It's slightly confusing. It's meant to be. The caption. Hope you didn't understand.
We at EMENENTS are thinking big. Thinking long-term. Now we are thinking of changing the world. Or some part only. Or some part of some part only. Or some part of some part of some part of the world only.
The idea is to develop Kaar as what it is supposed to be. Vehicle for the ordinary Pakistani. An interal combstion engine, gasoline driven car that we can bring to the market sometime in the foreseeable future. Smarter use of existing technology, as I like to point out ever so often.
But this is not where the idea ends. On the contrary, that's where it begins. The second part of the idea is to develop new technologies that are expected to be dominant in the future. More futuristic future.
And what, where and when are we looking at? We are looking at the depleting fossil fuel resources in the world. We are looking at the renewable energy future.
We are looking at an electric car. Our aim is to develop one as a prototype for Shell Eco Marathon, who have been kind enough to include the all-electric, plug-in category from 2011 in the event. In time, we would like to take what we learn into the present, via the urban concept category, onto Pakistan's road.
Ambitious. But that's us.
PS: now, I'd have to make some posts defending the logicale of the all-electric car too :-(
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Emenation
You'd probably be wondering where did that team from Pakistan at the Shell Eco Marathon 2010 go. What was its name?Yeah...Bekaar. A useless bandwagon of useless people, with their Kaar.
Crouching under some desk. Hiding behind a tree. Embarassed. Ashamed. Disgruntled.
Errrrrr...No.
They have been busy. They have been busy changing their name. They are now called EMENENTS. That's a lot of work. They are back and stronger, better, faster, slimmer, fuel-efficienter, cooler, brillianter, higher, eminenter, and a whole lot more ******er (where ****** isn't necessarily a six-letter word, and isn't definitely a bad word) than ever.
The following goes on thier new website:
" The Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2010, held at the Sepang International Circuit Malaysia, saw our team’s emergence as one of the leading teams from Pakistan. While the engineering aspects of our vehicle would definitely have helped in raising the bar with respect to energy efficiency in vehicles, the Team ‘Bekaar’ and our vehicle ‘Kaar’ captured everyone’s imagination, with descriptions ranging from ‘interesting’ to ‘creative’ to ‘sporty’.
It was, however, decided that from this year onwards, the team would bear the name EMENENT, a name more representative of where we come from and what we do. It is also a statement of our commitment to a greater cause, which is to promote energy efficiency in our lives, find green solutions to our automotive problems, and eventually give Pakistan its very own fuel-efficient vehicle.
While there has been this change of name, the creativity and the resolve are still there. Our dynamism and the thirst for success is stronger than ever. The end of the last academic year saw a few of our members graduate. The ensuing recruitment programme not only helped us find new and vibrant members, but was also an assertion that EMENENTS will always be there to carry on the good work begun over a year ago."
No marks for guessing who wrote this.
Visit us: http://emenents.com/
Crouching under some desk. Hiding behind a tree. Embarassed. Ashamed. Disgruntled.
Errrrrr...No.
They have been busy. They have been busy changing their name. They are now called EMENENTS. That's a lot of work. They are back and stronger, better, faster, slimmer, fuel-efficienter, cooler, brillianter, higher, eminenter, and a whole lot more ******er (where ****** isn't necessarily a six-letter word, and isn't definitely a bad word) than ever.
The following goes on thier new website:
" The Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2010, held at the Sepang International Circuit Malaysia, saw our team’s emergence as one of the leading teams from Pakistan. While the engineering aspects of our vehicle would definitely have helped in raising the bar with respect to energy efficiency in vehicles, the Team ‘Bekaar’ and our vehicle ‘Kaar’ captured everyone’s imagination, with descriptions ranging from ‘interesting’ to ‘creative’ to ‘sporty’.
It was, however, decided that from this year onwards, the team would bear the name EMENENT, a name more representative of where we come from and what we do. It is also a statement of our commitment to a greater cause, which is to promote energy efficiency in our lives, find green solutions to our automotive problems, and eventually give Pakistan its very own fuel-efficient vehicle.
While there has been this change of name, the creativity and the resolve are still there. Our dynamism and the thirst for success is stronger than ever. The end of the last academic year saw a few of our members graduate. The ensuing recruitment programme not only helped us find new and vibrant members, but was also an assertion that EMENENTS will always be there to carry on the good work begun over a year ago."
No marks for guessing who wrote this.
Visit us: http://emenents.com/
Friday, October 1, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Alive and Kicking
If I were to make an ad on kaar today, it would go something like...
What's it called? An ECG. So the screen of the ECG shows (with all sides and corners blurred to add to the dramatization). A straight line runs right across the screen, without even a sign of a sign of a sign of a sign of a sign of a dent. That's how lifeless you are supposed to think Kaar is.
But you know it's not dead. You just know. Thats when they show a couple of 'doctors', with a set of spanners, rather than tweezers and scissors, trying to reinvigorate the beast. You see those...'shocks'...you hear a vrooooo...um!
You hear another vrooo...um! It's struggling to find life, but it's there or there abouts. You hear the vroo..um another couple of times, but then...it goes vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom.
That's when you start hearing some good-hope-brought-soundtrack, something like the one they ran in the intro of Commandos (Men of Courage). Kaar is alive and kicking again!
Ready to bear that onus of bringing innovation towards a fuel efficient future, towards the dream we call Pakistan-a-developed-country. These are far-off objectives and our part in getting there is small, but we live and work with the satisfaction of never having to regret that we didn't try.
What's it called? An ECG. So the screen of the ECG shows (with all sides and corners blurred to add to the dramatization). A straight line runs right across the screen, without even a sign of a sign of a sign of a sign of a sign of a dent. That's how lifeless you are supposed to think Kaar is.
But you know it's not dead. You just know. Thats when they show a couple of 'doctors', with a set of spanners, rather than tweezers and scissors, trying to reinvigorate the beast. You see those...'shocks'...you hear a vrooooo...um!
You hear another vrooo...um! It's struggling to find life, but it's there or there abouts. You hear the vroo..um another couple of times, but then...it goes vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom.
That's when you start hearing some good-hope-brought-soundtrack, something like the one they ran in the intro of Commandos (Men of Courage). Kaar is alive and kicking again!
Ready to bear that onus of bringing innovation towards a fuel efficient future, towards the dream we call Pakistan-a-developed-country. These are far-off objectives and our part in getting there is small, but we live and work with the satisfaction of never having to regret that we didn't try.
Monday, September 13, 2010
More Quotes
"Aap gari bananay say ab khaana bananay par agaye hain?"
A cousin, in the aftermath of the Shell Eco Marathon.
"Mamoo! Hum nay bhi Malaysia jana hai!"
Aabis and Farzaan, Senor Mujahid's nephews.
"Our ambitions are much higher!"
Deriding Bekaar, Col Khattak (Supervisor of Pakwheelers) to Commandant in Sepang. His team managed to collect the second-to-highest amount of garbage at the circuit.
"50 Ringgits"
"5 Ringgits!"
"Go **** a dog!"
Some woman on a street in Brickfield.
"50 Ringgits"
"5 Ringgits!"
"Go **** yourself!"
Another woman, on the same street I guess.
"Come on Kaar!!!"
James May, TopGear host. Or did he say 'car'?
A cousin, in the aftermath of the Shell Eco Marathon.
"Mamoo! Hum nay bhi Malaysia jana hai!"
Aabis and Farzaan, Senor Mujahid's nephews.
"Our ambitions are much higher!"
Deriding Bekaar, Col Khattak (Supervisor of Pakwheelers) to Commandant in Sepang. His team managed to collect the second-to-highest amount of garbage at the circuit.
"50 Ringgits"
"5 Ringgits!"
"Go **** a dog!"
Some woman on a street in Brickfield.
"50 Ringgits"
"5 Ringgits!"
"Go **** yourself!"
Another woman, on the same street I guess.
"Come on Kaar!!!"
James May, TopGear host. Or did he say 'car'?
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Memorable Quotes
A small collection of memorable quotes on Kaar and Bekaar. Some weren't very nice, one more reason I didn't manage to forget them.
"Gari nahi banti! Leadership he nahi hai"
Kaar's Captain Barbossa
"Gari? Nahi banti, aur bolo"
Some professor at College
"Tum? Hahahahahahahaha!"
Good friend, Hammad Zaidi. I guess he was only joking, and had complete faith in my uselessness.
"If we sponsor you, Bekaar would have to go."
The marketing guy from Indus Motors.
"Ay dekho! Dunya kahan say kahan pohunch gayi hai, aur inhon ne ye daddoo banaya hai"
(Look at this! The world has moved ahead, and all they have done is make this frog!)
One of the catering guys at college mess.
"Kya Bekaar ka wohi matlab hai jo Hindi main hota hai?"
(Does Bekaar have the same meaning as it does in Hindi?)
Some guy from an Indian team at SIC Malaysia.
"Waisay 'Bekaar' humain ziada suit karta hai."
('Bekaar' suits us more!)
Some guy from an India team. Don't know if it was the same guy.
"Creative!"
Faria Syed, of The Express Tribune, at the Sending Off Ceremony in May.
"Gari nahi banti! Leadership he nahi hai"
Kaar's Captain Barbossa
"Gari? Nahi banti, aur bolo"
Some professor at College
"Tum? Hahahahahahahaha!"
Good friend, Hammad Zaidi. I guess he was only joking, and had complete faith in my uselessness.
"If we sponsor you, Bekaar would have to go."
The marketing guy from Indus Motors.
"Ay dekho! Dunya kahan say kahan pohunch gayi hai, aur inhon ne ye daddoo banaya hai"
(Look at this! The world has moved ahead, and all they have done is make this frog!)
One of the catering guys at college mess.
"Kya Bekaar ka wohi matlab hai jo Hindi main hota hai?"
(Does Bekaar have the same meaning as it does in Hindi?)
Some guy from an Indian team at SIC Malaysia.
"Waisay 'Bekaar' humain ziada suit karta hai."
('Bekaar' suits us more!)
Some guy from an India team. Don't know if it was the same guy.
"Creative!"
Faria Syed, of The Express Tribune, at the Sending Off Ceremony in May.
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