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    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    Happy Birthday, MazHur!



    An interview with MazHur:

    *Why are we doing this interview thing?*
    I cannot give any special reason for that.

    *Are you sure you want to do this?*
    Not very sure but will try.

    *Got milk?*
    What? The cow has gone grazing.

    *Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?*
    not the cook, of course.

    *If you had a personal theme song what would it be?*
    Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town

    *Are you male or female? *
    Male, of course.

    *What makes you keep coming back?*
    My interest in poetry.

    *Are you happy with the way things are here?*
    Yes.

    *Which countries have you visited?*
    Japan, USA, Canada, UK, France, Hong Kong, Thailand, Kuwait, UAE, Afghanistan

    *How do you like your home town?*
    Nothing like it.

    *If you could live somewhere different, where would it be and why?*
    May be Japan or the USA. People are friendly there. USA is wide and airy,
    whereas Japan has its own beauty in its smallness..

    *Do you have any pets?*
    No, not now.

    *What makes you happy?*
    Minding my own business.

    *What is mankind's biggest achievement, and its greatest downfall?*
    Biggest achievement is Acquisition of advanced knowledge
    and greatest downfall is continuing conflict of interests.

    *Do you feel comfortable in your walk with God/atheism? *
    I don't have any problem with God...it's solacing for the heart to have him nearer.

    *Which actor should play you in a movie based on your life?*
    Victor Mature

    *Given the option, what animal would you choose to be?*
    I am already a Rat of the Chinese Horoscope.

    *What were your favorite things to do the past? What about now?*
    I liked to conduct technological experiments and accept challenges in the
    technical fields. Now, I don't have the opportunity to apply my skills anywhere.

    *What makes you feel great about yourself?*
    The thought that I have survived various tempests
    and hurricanes and am still living!

    *How did you meet your significant other?*
    Mine was an arranged marriage. She was my cousin.

    *Who inspires you most?*
    My faith.

    *What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)*
    Technological innovations...law, writing, poetry, etc

    *What is the one thing you must do before you die?*
    See all my children married and well-settled.

    *If you had to teach something, what would you teach?*Industrial sciences.

    *What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?*
    I feel guilty of not been able to fulfill some small wishes of my late wife!!

    *Do you feel the divine spark of life within you or do you consider yourself a mechanical thing?*
    I do feel divine spark of life.... which tends to overcome the toughest deadlocks unexpectedly.

    *What method do you cherish above all others, as means to improving your life?*
    Work, Work and Work.

    *What is your role in an emergency situation: the 911 dialer, the person who runs to the scene to help, the video recorder, or the person too overcome by shock to do anything?*
    I would run to the scene to help..

    *What one thing would you NEED to have on a deserted island if you didn't have to worry over food and water? *
    a woman!

    *What song is in your head at the moment?*
    'Saturday Night'

    *Which book are you reading at the moment?*
    None, just browsing articles on the internet.

    *What is your favourite quote?*
    Don't show me your teeth if you can't bite!

    *Favorite avatar on the Forum?*
    of late CdnReader's

    *Favorite food?/ Comfort food?*
    Yakitori

    *What time of day do you most often find yourself on the LitNet*?
    usually at night.

    *What are you wearing at the moment?*
    slacks and shirt.

    *Favorite poem?*
    We are Seven by Wordsworth.

    *First novel you remember reading on your own?*
    Robinson Crusoe

    *What era do you find most of the books you read are from?*1965 t0 1988

    *Favorite TV shows?*
    Natgeo, Discovery,

    *Which LitNet members would you like to meet in person if you could*?
    Symphony

    *Last words you said out loud?*
    Annie!

    *Last person you hugged/kissed?*
    My daughter, Annie

    *What do you do (for a living) to be able to keep your LitNet addiction going? And are you happy with your chosen profession?*
    have been forced to trade out. I live off unearned income.

    *What question would you like to ask yourself?*
    What's the purpose of my life now??

    *What would you like to be if you could change your profession?*
    an entrepreneur

    *What is your most outstanding feature?*
    Dead honest...

    *If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would that be?*
    quit smoking

    *Which book do you wish you had written?*
    Tarzan

    *What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?*
    debating on the internet at some forum.

    *If you could only rescue one item from your burning house, what would it be, and why?*
    My bag containing property documents so that I can claim my property later on.

    *Wonderful Superman or depressing Batman?*depressing batman

    *Anything that you want to forget but you never can?*
    Injustices of my own people

    *Tell us about some amusing translation mistake you have heard or made yourself.*
    I remember a guy transposing 'threat' instead of 'there at' at the close of a letter I dictated.
    At another instance I corrected two guys who pronounced 'Snack' as 'Snake' and 'focus' as 'folks"....

    *Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?*
    Not happy ..just living on as long as I lived.

    *What type of Faerie would you like to be and why?*
    I would better like to be like a jinn who could fly
    over to Caucasus and get some fresh air!

    *What makes you laugh?*
    a subtle joke

    *What part of “Final” don’t you understand?*
    there is nothing final...as such; everything changes with time.

    *One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?*
    Work hard, be honest,be modest.

    *What question would you like to ask to the person to be interview after you?
    Are your ambitions fulfilled??
    ~
    "It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
    ~


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    Happy Birthday MazHur!!
    Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda


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    Happy Birthday

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    Happy Birthday MazHur! I enjoyed your interview.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    Yes, nice interview, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mazhur!

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    Happy Birthday, mazHur!
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
    "Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai
    "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka

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    Happy Birthday MazHur.

    That was a wonderful interview. It's nice to get to know you better.



    I offer you this as a little birthday gift. I hope you enjoy it.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D7Rc...eature=related
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

    My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/

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    happy birthday Max!!!

    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    Happy Birthday!

    The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. Oscar Wilde

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    Happy Birthday!

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
    To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits
    in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”

    Helen Keller

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    Thank you very much, scher, for interviewing, the question asked were indeed well-chosen and interesting.

    And thank you ALL for your good wishes on my birthday... .


    Cheers!!

    ===============-
    When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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    Happy Birthday!
    People laugh at me 'coz they think I'm a fool...I smile because I made someone laugh
    Nikhar Agrawal

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