Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Back to Routine

Oh well life has come back to its normal routine, although tension remains at work. Rest is chill.
Pakistan has started the Second Test at Melbourne well and I just hope they strike the killer punch. I keep checking the score in office although its not allowed :P I guess am playing with one possible memo ;) that too near the end of quarter aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Weather has gone cold and suddenly chill winds are blowing too and I just love it :D

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Yes, I am falling... how much longer till I hit the ground?
I can't tell you why I'm breaking down.
Do you wonder why I prefer to be alone?
Have I really lost control?

I'm coming to en end,
I've realised what I could have been.
I can't sleep so I take a breath and hide behind my bravest mask,
I admit I've lost control.

Lost Control - Anathema

Made a most stupid of mistakes today at work and got quite a critical data corrupted(though Thank God its back), but that not only cost us many hours, made me and my colleagues stay late till 2 AM but also I believe I have lost many positive points, that too ten days before quater end errrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I am mad at myself. Damn me!!!!! and I was considered responsible :S

Monday, December 20, 2004

Close Call

Yesterday I was quite lucky, lucky to an extent that if I hadn’t been protected I am quite sure I would not have been writing this right now. My friend was driving and I was sitting next to him, as soon as he entered the main road after giving a look at the incoming traffic. He suddenly took an evasive action and turned the car to left, a fast speeding bus whistled passed us touching the side of the car and thrusting it further to left. Bus driver stops the bus after around 200 meters(imagine the momentum he had) looks at us looks at his bus and goes. Initially I wasn’t able to judge how close it was, later I realized that if both the drivers hadn’t acted then, bus would have smashed right into us and God knows what would have happened then. Now only when I think about it, it gives me shivers and I cant stop Thanking God. It was pretty close call. My friend still doesn’t know how he didn’t see that bus coming and he still doesn’t know what made him turn the car. I guess those were the prayers of our families. Its been third time that I have had lucky escape from an accident, this one being far more serious. I just hope there is no decreasing counter.
God bless us all and keep all of us and our families and everyone else in his safety, Ameen. I guess I should do sadqa.

President and Traffic Jams

Whenever our “Dear President” and his fellow “Dear Companions” visit Karachi, traveling in Karachi becomes a nightmare. The time he decides to move the most busiest road in this city suffers the most and as a result all the citizens using that road get stuck in huge traffic jams simply because our security personals are very efficient in blocking a road but do not give a single thought for alternative routes. At times people are in real emergency situations where delay of a minute can be of serious consequences but it seems that concern for citizens welfare has been put far behind long ago in this country. If you have so much threat to your security why don’t you build a castle close to the airport and spare us all from the trouble or even if that is not possible then atleast do travel at the most non peak hour. That day no one had any good words for you and trust me you weren’t earning any prayers from your citizens.

Saturday, December 18, 2004

Rickshaw ride at 12 AM on December night is not a good idea at all, specially if it’s a relatively long journey and that was exactly I experienced tonight. You will most probably end up with slight but niggling pain in our of ears and your head would feel as if it was hit against the wall. Coming back from a mehendi, I had no choice but to take rickshaw because it was getting little too late and there was no cab in sight.

At the beginning of the day I wasn’t really sure where I will be spending my time tonight, there were three possibilities. One a dinner with office colleagues, second karting plans with cousins and third this mehendi function which was of a sister of a very good friend of mine and since I had committed to her long time back so I had little chance of going for the other two events. Buutttttt since you all know my last karting experience was an excellent one so I never ever wanted to miss this opportunity hence whole day my mood was quite scratchy(I just don’t like to be in conflicting situations), surely I don’t have any clone of mine(sometimes I wish so much I had one or two specially for such situations) otherwise I would have sent it to mehendi and gone to the karting. Anyways God responded as brilliantly as he could and the karting plan was postponed because all of their cars are sent to the expo center for ongoing Motor Show, by the way that’s another place I will surely be going.

Anyways so I was in the mehendi at 9:30 PM. But sigh if only I knew…. Have I ever mentioned to you fellas that I hate those parties where I hardly know anyone and all I do is sit idle and look here and there like an ogre. Today’s mehendi was another one of those type. I just knew two people there and both were extremely busy, one of them is bride’s sister so that’s understandable. Soon I had decided that I should leave but then dinner was announced so stayed ;) and it sure was a wise decision * grin *. Although crowd was good ;) but its useless when you are not “in”, and in the other cases it gives out quite a desperate image. So when finally I left that place, took rickshaw and headed home, Half way through I was thinking of asking him to allow me to drive ;) but then I didn’t ask :(.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Tale from last 10 days

Just needed time to write and update. Last 10 days are so, have been pretty busy, not because I had much work but this time it was my social life which had taken up all the time :). Its weird, at times weeks go by when I hardly go out and at times I am out all 7 days at a stretch(I guess I would prefer more balance).

Last week starting from Sunday till Saturday I have been continuously out and getting home late sometimes even at 1 AM ok ok don’t get any wrong ideas. Stop your imagination horses NOW. I am gonna tell you all. Before that I still regret that I haven’t met silentspring after his operation and feel really bad about it to an extent that I haven’t called him up just because I don’t have courage to talk to him.

On Friday that is 3rd of December I went for karting and let me tell you guys if you have any passion for driving fast and furious, if you want to feel almost the same adrenaline rush as guys roaring their cars on formula 1 or 3 tracks do then go for it. Its bit on expensive side but at the end you will find justice done. It sure is some serious fun.

Starting from Sunday till Tuesday attended Kara Film Festival's Prime Time 2 Shows, first two days movies would go down as average ones, but the last one ZELARY was a good movie. Second world war plot where a Czechoslovakian nurse who was a part of a resistance movement against Germans had to find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved marries her and takes her to his village and its all about her days spent there, story might sound similar but the direction, performance and landscape were pretty amazing. I was supposed to go on this Sunday again but could not and 4 tickets bought from my cash have gone to waste :(.

From Wednesday to Friday I was out with colleagues to electronics market in search for variety of stuff, some were looking for new Cell Phones, some for car utilities and I was searching for a digital cam. I might go for Sony Cyber Shot, it looks good and reviews are nice too.

On Friday there was this colleagues wedding, met medussa there and it was really nice to see her again :). Everyone was like she looked fresh and in good health, keep it up :).

And then on Saturday It was my cousin’s engagement, routine stuff but Thank God it was end of my continuous outing, but I have a feeling its gonna start again. Already another Karting adventure has been planned and plus mehendi and wedding of a friend’s sister coming up. Sigh oh well lets c.

Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Humiliated

Second floor of a three story departmental store, I got a perfume for myself and since I had to get other stuff from downstairs so I asked the store owner, if I can pay for the perfume downstairs instead of paying on the same floor. He was like “fine no problem”. On our(I was with a friend) way down I saw the owner having a word with the security guard. As I got to the bottom floor I saw the security guard entering our lane, walked in few steps then turned to another lane on the first corner. He disappeared towards the counter, and while I was picking up chocolates I saw him coming back again. I got my stuff went to the counter and there was he again, moving as if he is just there to share jokes with his colleagues. As soon as my transaction was done I turned around and he was no where to be seen.

Why am I feeling humiliated? Why why why I feel I was somekind of suspect :P, but it cant be I am quite regular there, have I become paranoid? Its just the guard movements and the smiles on his face were too wicked as if he was onto something

GGAAWWWWDDDDDDD and I thought I looked educated :(.