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		<title>Cookin&#8217; Nanta!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/07/10/cookin-nanta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay I saved this post right till the my last day in Korea. Now publishing this from the airport on my way back. As I had promised in my last post on my trip to Korea that I am going to dedicate a separate post on Nanta, well folks here it is. Cookin&#8217; Nanta was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korea &#8211; Work Hard, Party Hard</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/07/03/korea-work-hard-party-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading from the series of Travel posts that I have been doing every month and plan to do them until January cos that&#8217;s how the project is making me travel. This month, is the month for Korea. Yes, readers, UTP has contaminated the streets of Seoul, South Korea this month. Seoul is probably the best of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Dead as the Dead Sea</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/06/15/as-dead-as-the-dead-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the project I am on, I have been lucky to scream &#8220;Frankfurt Helau!!!&#8221; and been to the &#8220;Land of the Pharoah&#8221;. Last month I visited Amman, Jordan, the land of Petra and the Dead Sea and not to mention the Baptism Site and the bother with Jerusalem. Interesting place but quite boring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling feels like Flying</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/05/26/falling-feels-like-flying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a good weekend this last one. Enjoyed a great movie. Crazy Heart. The one that fetched Jeff Bridges his Oscar. The title is from one of the songs from the movie which Jeff Bridges performed. The story is about Otis &#8216;BAD&#8217; Blake, an alcoholic country singer on the other end of his career. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Land of the Pharoah</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/05/14/from-the-land-of-the-pharoah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 07:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing project which took me to Frankfurt in February, took me to the land of the Pharaoh this time. Yes readers, it is true. UTP was in Cairo, Egypt these past few weeks and boy it was a trip. Cairo known for history older than 4000 years and maybe more, owning the wonders of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frankfurt&#8230;Helau!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/02/22/frankfurt-helau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes I have been in Frankfurt, Germany since 8th Feb. Considering its 21st today its been quite a long trip. It was a work related trip but I wouldn&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t get time to look around. It was hectic and tense in the early few days due to the project implementation but as days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Deal &#8211; Trade in Today for Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/01/15/trade-in-today-for-yesterday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about this for quite some time now. The way I have been working this last few months and telling myself its just this year. This year is for the great future. That is what I have been telling my wife also. That is what I am telling myself again and again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People, Magazines &amp; &#8220;The Act&#8221; in the Loo</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/12/25/people-magazines-the-act-in-the-loo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered why people take something to read when they go to the loo. OK, going to the loo for a long time that is. Yes I am talking about number 2 here. I was thinking why do I need to take something to read when I got to go shit. It has just passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Thoughtful Afternoon Wait</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/12/13/a-thoughtful-afternoon-wait/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think being on Annual Leave is one of the biggest blessings in life. Here is one of those &#8220;You Know&#8230;&#8221; phrases that I came up with, You know you are on annual leave when you spend an hour at Dunkin Donuts shop waiting for somebody and doing nothing else. Just waiting and nothing else. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O for Oprah</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/11/13/o-for-oprah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was roaming around one of these malls and saw the magazine stand. It had the latest version of &#8220;O&#8221;. That is the name of Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s magazine. I was just amazed at the concept of how lucky this woman is. The success has come to her like anything. She is pretty much the most [...]]]></description>
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