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It was a wonderful feeling putting smiles on so many lovely faces :)

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Yes, It was a wonderful feeling putting smiles on so many lovely faces :)

Smiling and Laughters

 On 14th May 2013, I had the privilege to be the guest speaker at the Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi.  The topic for my keynote session was “Role of Humor in Stress Management”. 

Key note session on Humor and Stress Management

 I don’t know about others but it sure worked for me in controlling my own stress on the presentation day.

Mateen Hamza

Keeping students and faculty members attentive and that too of psychology is a herculean task. But Alhamdolillah, my two hour presentation sailed smoothly with lots of smiles and laughters .

Smiling and laughters

Thanks to students for liking and enjoying the session. I hope students will put humor to work in their own lives not only at times of stress but also during their happy moments. Your smiling faces really made my day.

Smiling and Laughters

 I am thankful to Dr. Zainab F. Zadeh, Director Institute of Professional Psychology (IPP), Dr. Khalida Shafi, Professor IPP and Ms. Gul-e-Zehra Abbas, Assistant Professor, IPP for giving me an opportunity to come and share my thoughts on the relationship of Humor and Stress.

Ms. Gul-e-Zehra Abbas presenting Bahria University Shield to Mateen Hamza

There may not be too much humor in wisdom but there is too much wisdom in humor or rather wisdumbs. I couldn’t resist the temptation to talk about 101 Wisdumbs and therefore i also grabbed the opportunity to present my recently launched book 101Wisdumbs :)

Presenting my book 101 Wisdumbs to Ms. Gul-e-Zehra Abbas

Pre-launch of my first book titled “101Wisdumbs” :)

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You are cordially invited to visit the facebook page of 101Wisdumbs by clicking here.101Wisdumbs

The response to the pre-launch of my first book 101Wisdumbs was “overwhelming”.

101 Wisdumbs is a pocket book in which I have unraveled my own wisdumbs on bosses, wives, success, social media, meetings and life in general. InshaAllah it will be available soon in the market. During the pre-launch phase, I met three important personalities namely Hammad Siddiqui, Sarfaraz Rehman and Mansoor Soomro. Hammad SiddiquiThough I wanted to meet more but I ran short of the initial copies of 101Wisdumbs.All three of them shared valuable insights with me on how to market and promote 101Wisdumbs. I am grateful to all three of them.Mansoor Soomro

Hammad took the lead and he not only tweeted himself in spreading the word about 101Wisdumbs on twitter but also promoted it on his Facebook and Linkedin page. Gratitude Hammad :)

Below is what people are saying about 101Wisdumbs :)

“Great book. Loved reading it. You have done a superb job” ~ Qaiser Abbas

“It certainly is a master piece on corporate humor” ~ Mansoor Soomro”

  “Humor at its best” ~ Hammad Siddiqui

An amazingly addictive book which is quiet handy. I can’t believe im going through it for the second time. My coworkers loved it too. Amazing work, must-have book (only if I know where to buy and gift to people who loved it) ~ Asim Zeeshan
This is great. Love the humor. ;-) ~ Hadel S. Ma’ayeh
Thank you for such a lovely book! =) ~ Atoofa Chaudary

Just saw some of your post! love your humor! we have to spread it with all these photos ~ Aaron Lee

Duddoo Aur Dhobi

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That’s my new addiction. Though it is not meant for me but I love it :) It’s fun and educational too. “Duddoo Aur Dhobi” from “JugnooMedia” is a brand new mobile app in Urdu for toddlers of ages 1 to 3 years. Oh, how lucky you guys are.Duddoo Aur Dhobi

Presenting Urdu poems in an interactive and a highly graphic form is really a novelty not only for our young nursery going kids but also for parents like myself. The app creates an engaging/fun learning environment which is quite conducive in learning new things.

ToffeeTV is also doing a wonderful work on similar lines in promoting urdu language through story animations, songs and fun filled activities. The initiatives taken by ToffeeTV and JugnooMedia represent a paradigm shift that has started taking place in our local educational market.

Along with ToffeeTV, JugnooMedia is the latest Jugnoo all set to provide engaging content based on local languages, themes, heroes, stories, traditions and context.

Currently this wonderful app is available for iPhone and iPad, but sooner an android version will also be available.Duddoo Aur Dhobi is also available on the Apple App Store. Click here to download on your iPhone and here for iPad.

101 Wisdumbs… my 1st book. Coming soon to haunt your wisdom :)

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No its not a typo. It is not 101 Wisdom. It really is 101 Wisdumbs…

I always wanted to be an intellectual nerd and i told the same to the Almighty. But than i read this “if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans“. It was too late for me as i ended up being a total opposite of what i wanted. Obviously He laughed at my plans too. I ended up becoming a humorist. 101 Wisdumbs...Coming soon to haunt your wisdom

Instead of becoming a microscopic source of Wisdom, God gave me an edge in churning out Wisdumbs and that too in english. And a whole lot of them. I just completed my first century in wisdumbs.

And so i decided to write my first book titled, “101 Wisdumbs”.

Coming soon in print to haunt your wisdom :)

We don’t want toffee, we want ToffeeTv :)

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We don’t want toffee, we want ToffeeTv ! That’s what my kids want.ToffeeTV with Bushra Ansari

So what is ToffeeTv. Lets read what Rabia Garib and Talea Zafar, the founders of ToffeeTv  has to say about their cute venture.

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“The idea of ToffeeTv stems from arduous hours of searching Urdu stories and songs for children similar to that of Cassette Kahani. ToffeeTV LogoAs the search continues the sad realization has set in that our heritage has simply not been captured in the realm of providing our children with the opportunity of learning the Urdu language through imagination.

We are uploading these treasures onto the Internet to promote the Urdu language. Content on this site is free as our way of sharing our heritage as widely as possible.”

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You can read more about toffeetv at  toffeetv.com

BToffeeTV with Bushra Ansariut that is not all. These two highly creative and innovative ladies along with their team  Hira Ilyas Bawahab and Hamza Lari  also conduct live story-telling, cooking, singing and activity sessions at T2F on alternate Sundays and also visit various schools and clubs to share happiness and smiles with kids.

I along with my kids have been attending their fun filled and smiling sessions at T2F since last year. You can gauge the success of the toffeetv sessions by the fact that recently celebrities like Sania Saeed, Marina Khan and Arshad Mehmood graced the sessions separately. The reason I love the show is seeing so many smiling faces of children and their parents.

ToffeeTV with Bushra AnsariOn 20 January 2013, another all time favorite celebrity Bushra Ansari attended the full session. As a chief guest she thrilled the audience by playing some of her favorite roles from the past like Sharmilee and Bijli. She also sang aik do teen, babay bodhay ki machine and dedicated it to her grandson Hadi who was also present there.

I also got a chance to stand and gave my first ever performance as a story teller.  I am happy that I was able to put some smiles on the faces of my audience including Bushra Ansari. The rendition of my performance is available here at Sheikh Chilli ka aik qissa :) Thanks to ToffeeTv

Smiling is Sunnah

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Yesterday i launched a new initiative of mine. I have started distributing hard copies of my cartoons amongst my friends and colleagues at work. This will be a regular feature. Whenever i draw a new cartoon, it will be posted online and at the same will also be distributed offline under this initiative.The photo is attached below. Please read the photo as it is self explanatory. Those of you who have already received it, please pass it on to other.

Those of you who want to be a part of this initiative and wanted to receive a regular free hardcopy of my cartoons should email me at humorcarbons@yahoo.com