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06 Recreational day ideas for employees

Office Olympics Every sportsman is not an employee but every employee was an sportsman. Provide indoor/outdoor, field/court even board game championship to unleash the sports man inside your employee. Sports has always been a till to learn transferable skills like team work, leadership etc. Inter-departmental championship is always a fun ideas for networking between the employees. Carnival Almost everybody cherish their childhood memories. A carnival based on traditional games and cultural elements will not only be a thing to remember but cultural and community promotion. Adventure Sports Curiosity and adventure is in blood of human being. Use this day out to take your employees an extra mile. Stretch their limitation. Give them life time experience. Be cautious about the safety of your employee don't let them get carried away, make sure they take every precaution. Scuba diving, snorkeling, sky diving, paragliding are few adventure sports must be tried. Yoga Breath ...

The Dart: A gift from Skip Jack

SKIP JACK I received a call from a university friend asking, in fact ordering, for joining them on visit to Gadani, Ship-breaking Yard. It was a casual promise that I made to be with on this time long ago, in fact I was curious to visit that place. So I just pack and went to his home where we stay in night and then left for Gadani in the morning where  Skip Jack  was waiting for us. I and My Friends As soon as we step up on the ship, we act like Pirates, searching every single cabin every single room and trying to pick any thing that we thought was worthy for us. I was interested in visiting this fantasy land. I can recall every single film in which ship was used as prop. My moment of shout was when I visited Kitchen. I saw a packs of Coffee and a round shaped official sized DART BOARD with so many darts were on the floor. I was like I want it at any cost. My friend showing his ge...

Green Shirt or US $? Why Such Hockey

Google Images It's a situation no sportsperson should ever find himself in,  by playing in the World Series Hockey tournament at the risk of forfeiting his Green shirt. Caught between the i nsecurities stemming from advancing age, finance and limited opportunities of playing competitive hockey in Pakistan have forced the player to choose WSH even at cost of national representation in olympics. PHF Website The PHF’s stance was in accordance with the FIH's wishes that since the WSH was being organised by the unrecognised hockey body, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), it was illegal.  This dilemma reminds me Indian Cricket League recently and Kerry Packer in 70s and responses made by our national heroes of the most popular and sponsored game in Pakistan.  They were also banned but later an apology letter allows them to wear Green Caps. History might repeat itself in this case. Google Images Financially cricketers a...

2 Cs of Pakistan: Cricket and Crime

It is being said 2 Cs are always out and loud in Pakistan Cricket and Crime. But we have seen a disastrous fusion of these 2Cs in the spot-fixing scandal.  Every cricketing country will have thrown up crimes of greater financial magnitude than this in the last 12 months, and Pakistan is particularly culpable. If a politician had done this, it wouldn't even have made it to the news but Sports make people win and lose, they laugh and they cry, but they strive at all times.  That is why what Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have done evokes sadness and disillusionment in far greater measure than the financial implications of their act. But sportsmen come from the same society as everyone else. Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals. As an actor is good at delivering lines, a painter at creating art out of an empty canvas, so too are sportsmen at playing sport. We must ex...

Missing 9

Coming into  SAFF Championship 2011  with new coach Zavisa Milosavljevic taking charge of the team only a few weeks back meant that the team was under-prepared for the competition.  The Serbian rightly pointed out that they do not have a number nine in their team earlier and it was evident  in both games against Bangladesh and Maldives . They   put up a decent display but the Green Shirts were wasteful with their chances and their often-threatening tactics on the field were not converted into goals.  Spirit to win the match was present but player shows sign of fatigue in second half. Long passes unnecessary shot on targets were more than creating a chance.  Pakistani Football have shown signs of improvement but the Serbian has to do a lot of work.  I am looking forward for an upset in from this site in this tournament . 

T20 is a Cricket too.

In recent times, from newspapers and message boards, in informal conversations, I had begun to get the feeling that 20-overs cricket was the root of all evil in the game And when I said I liked 20-overs cricket, I got curious responses. "No, you don't!" "That's Mickey Mouse cricket". "You have no editorial Judgement" I have always wondered why it has to be one or the other. Misbah or Afridi? Aqib or Waseem? Rap or classical? Burger or Bun Kabab?  I'm sorry but I like both Test cricket and 20-overs cricket. And the ODIs. I realise they demand different skills but I am unwilling to create a hierarchy of skills. Because we have been brought up believing one form is superior, or that the skills it demands are superior, it doesn't necessarily imply that other skills are trivial. We weren't allowed to respect different skills equally.  I fear we look at Test cricket and 20-overs with similarly prejudiced eyes. We grade them,...

I'm loving this Safari

I am falling in love with Jungle of this T20 , where food chain have been destroyed, I have seen Rams hunting Wolves, Panther swam to chase Dolphins making their way to Semis. I like this Jungle because it gives the next to star, hardworking cricketer a platform to showcase himself. Starving for international cricket, this jungle gives a chance to those that just play below the stars, and are actually good themselves; will not play in anonymity, before a small crowds; they won't become a statistics in First Class records that only their relatives will see. These are sportsmen who must make the most of the opportunity they get, you will see fantastic range of experience in this tournament. You felt for the young  talent from Hyderabad Hawks, Quetta Bears, you carried away with the energy and courage that  Afghan Cheetas bring to their cricket, you rejoice the cuteness of experienced first class cricketer who shies like a teenager givin...

Afridi's retirement: A joke to cry

Afridi, who announced his retirement after differences with team management, interestingly did not get  separate time to speak with President Zardari in recent meeting for flood relief to discuss his retirement decision review. Sources said in meeting when an official tried to break ice on Afridi's matter President Zardari just smile, while PCB Chairman was also present. However, after head coach Waqar Younis's tenure came to an end after the farewell he received yesterday, Afridi express his desire to make a come back. Afridi should stop playing this hide n seek game and should make his mind once and for all. He has to understand that Cricket is a team game not individual. PCB and Pakistan Cricket is already facing a lot of issues ranging from no international cricket to  lack of domestic infrastructure, spot fixing to losing the weights of words in ICC, resignation to contractual tenure endings, corruption to bad management...