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Originally written: March 14, 2003

1st Revision: March 03, 2004
2nd Revision: August 22, 2004
3nd Revision: March 14, 2006

[No further revision has been done of this page, and as you can guess, it's old. I haven't deleted it just for the sake of record, and also because of the wonderful comments it has received.]

Okay, so what’s up with this ulta seedha thing?
Good question! Well, I wanted to maintain a journal, and to maintain a journal you have to have some entries. But even before that, you have to have a name for your journal (at least if you want to make your journal online). Now I was thinking, “let’s see, what name would look best for my weird, out-of-this-world and ulti seedhi thoughts. Ulti seedhi? Oh yes, my journal would be called Ulta Seedha!”

And what exactly does this ulta seedha mean?
It’s a phrase from Urdu, which means something random, something irregular, something illogical.

Yeah, whatever. So why did you decide to maintain a journal or diary or blog or whatever it is?
Basically, I was inspired by other diarists.

Inspired? You mean you started writing all this ulta seedha out of inspiration?
Sigh! No wonder human beings are complex species. Look, I used to have a personal website, which was a sort of “about myself” essay which kids write in kindergarten. I wanted a change, and then I surfed into some diaries and journals. The idea appeared cool to me. Eventually I came to know that this world of internet is full of diarists and personal journalists. So I thought to give it a hit.

Okay, but there must have been some core reason…
I can’t think of any.

Maybe you wanted a catharsis?
Oh please…

Then maybe you wanted to share your inner feelings?
Not feelings, but thoughts…

May be you wanted to tell about your love life?
Yeah, right…

Then why the hell has this website come into being?
Um… maybe I wanted to test my designing skills!

Nah, forget it… okay, so who are you?
I’m a Muslim, I’m a Pakistani, and my name is Saadat.

That’s it? That’s all you know about yourself?
Listen fella’. I, fortunately, know a lot about myself, though I must tell you that this knowledge is not complete. Here is some stuff about me that you may like to read.

Hmm, so what’s your inner source of inspiration?
My head.

Your what?
My head… the place where I process things happening around me.

And what about your heart?
It’s the place which generates results based upon the processing done by my head.

So do you listen to your head or do you listen to your heart?
I don’t listen to anyone.

Right. So what’s up with these apples?
Yeah, what about them?

I mean, do they mean something?
Go here.

Hmm. I went through the archive. You seem to take some long breaks between updates.
Yeah, I do.

Why is that?
Lack of inspiration. Lack of topics. Lack of time. Lack of…

… lack of mind?
Haha. All the time, mate! Why the hell do you think I am doing this stuff?

You mean everybody else who’s journaling/diaring/blogging has lost his/her mind?
God. Are you a lawyer or something?

No. But you didn’t answer me.
No, I don’t think that.

Then what were you trying to say?
I wasn’t trying to say something. I actually said that I have lost my mind. Others might have got their own causes for blogging and stuff like that.

Okay. I believe you. [Hahaha]
Thanks a lot.

No, I really do.
Then really thanks a lot.

What happened to Diary-X, by the way? Wasn’t your blog hosted there?
Yeah, it was. But Diary-X experienced an unfortunate drive failure.

Ouch!
Exactly. All the data—members’ profiles and journal entries—went poof.

Then how do you have all your posts? Did you have a back up?
Nope. I just searched through the caches of Yahoo! and MSN Search and was able to retrieve most of my posts. They are not all, by the way. Some are lost forever.

Hmm. And what happened to that horizontal template?
Ah. The horizontal template. Well, it was starting to get a little inappropriate.

Nah, man. It was cool.
Yeah, I know. And If I ever managed to stuff all the present info into that template, it’ll be back.

Hmm. So what else?
How can I know what else is there that you want to know.

OK then, Saadat. See you later.
Sure, mate!

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