Hi kids!
A lot is about to happen in the coming weeks. The cricket World Cup is being inaugurated today and the tournament will continue till March 23. Baqr Eid is just round...
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COVER STORY: Who will rule the world?
Will it be Australia again? Will Waqar Younis lift the Cup for unpredictable Pakistan? Will South Africa defy odds and become the first host to win the Cup? Or will Sourav...
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A journey through the World Cups
The dawn of the year 2003 brought with it the World Cup fever. The eighth edition of the tournament is to be played in South Africa. It will begin with a...
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OPINION CORNER
say 50/50. Both are good pastimes. Reading is generally associated with increasing knowledge but television too fulfils the purpose just like reading and can be entertaining as well....
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COUNTRY HOPPING: Monaco
Official name: Principality of Monaco
Area: 1.95 sq km
Population: 33,000
Capital: Monaco-Ville
Currency: French franc...
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FEATURE: Protecting underwater cultural heritage
Archaeological sites lying in rivers, lakes or ocean beds provide an enormous wealth of information on the life of our ancestors....
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ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA: Riding the airwaves
The atmosphere is charged — almost electric. In between the microphone and the receivers at home there lies little else but fleeting currents of air rippling through the night sky with...
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STORY TIME: Ejaz saves his father
“Twelve a.m.” the talking clock announced, breaking the silence of the dark, quiet night....
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STORY TIME: A lonely tree
Once there was a tree who was very unhappy because he had been alone for years. He missed his other companion trees which had once gathered around him. Back then they...
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STORY TIME: A lesson to learn
I was lost in my wonderful dreamland until my mother came and splashed a glass of water on my face to wake me up. I jumped out of my bed and...
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POETS CORNER
World Cup 2003
The excitement is in the air
Which can be cheerfully felt
What is about to come?
We know it will be really fun...
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QUOTES
* Learning without thought is labour lost, thought without learning is perilous.
— Confucius
* Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast.
— William Shakespeare....
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MAIL BOX
Why are our roads so dirty and full of garbage? Maybe we don’t care enough for them. These roads are made so we do not have to travel on uneven surfaces....
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MISCELLANEA
The classroom situation is cozy and comfortable, and the young adults are getting along famously with each other and their trainer, Sidra Iqbal....
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WEEKLY UPDATE
MADRID: Five thousand Spaniards beat pots and pans on Saturday in an ear-shattering demonstration of their displeasure at the way authorities reacted to the sinking of an oil tanker that has caused widespread pollution....
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BOOK: From Sir with love
Every cricket lover knows, recognizes and remembers Viv Richards as probably the best batsman of all times. What they don’t know are the secrets of the ‘Master Blaster’, which he only...
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MOVIE: Abandon
The flick Abandon can rightly be classified as a half-baked thriller, which could have been much better if the plot had something new to offer....
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MUSIC: J to tha-L-O!
H ere is an album full of remixes of all of Jennifer Lopez’s hits. The album kicks off with Love don’t cost a thing. A good number with a fast beat....
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WEBSITE: Cricket
Cheer up cricket lovers and visit the home of cricket on the Internet by hitting the website:
www.CricInfo.com....
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GAME TALK: Mister mosquito
You are Mister Mosquito, an uninvited guest (or mosquito) in the Yamada’s family home in Japan. In order to store up enough food to survive during the coming winter, you will...
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