mai karachi

this past thursday at a friends birthday dinner i decided to go with the rest of my friends to karachi.a friend of mine was getting engaged and i decided i needed a break from work and lahore for at least the weekend.so at dinner me and a couple of other friends booked ourselves onto airblue.airblue flights are always eventful...ive never ever felt as much turbulence as i always do on air blue..this flight was no different..thank god i had an empty stomach or i would have definetely made use of the barf bag..hehe..other than that the flight was made memorable by my erstwhile friends who created one mighty ruckus during the whole flight.mind you no one was offened..on the contrary we had the passengers around us in fits..the air hostess also burst out laughing when my friend asked her for some ice cream. khair we landed in karachi to be greeted by wonderful weather but an awful stench...but the smell was the worst outside our hotel.apparently the tankers carrying dead fish passed outside the hotel everyday.khair the smell was the worst ive had to breathe ever and believe you me the toilets at aitchison were not for the faint hearted either..
that night we went to my friend's fiances house for dinner where we were treated to a sumptuous seven course dinner..unfortunatly such elegance and class was too much for us unsophisticated lahoris.after every course we would get up and go outside to smoke..hehe the courses were yummy and filling...by the end of it we all felt we were going to burst..finally we ended up at an after hours a friend from college was having at his place.it was fun but what was more funny was that the lahoris gathered in one corner while the karachites in the other..hehe ok there was mingling but of the negligible sort..
after waking up late there was time to eat and visit my khala. again i was reminded of the sheer size of karachi..its big...really big..in no time it was time to get ready for the engagement..the engagement was at sind club...now i must say that the buildings and the interior of sind club are marvellous..another sumptuous feast was followed by a trip downstairs to the casablanca night..bumped into many lahoris as well as more friends from college..i dunno why we dont have a similar thing in lahore...khair we were out all night coming back at 7.
anyhows now we were all set to return and not a minute too soon cos we felt things could get really hairy due to bugti's death...as soon az we left the hotel we were stopped by the police..apparently our friend who was dropping us had been talking on his cell while driving..we were getting late so we ended up paying the cop a hundred bucks..we had tried to give him 20 but he told us in matter of fact tone that the governmeant needed at least 100 from us..hehe

the big finale was not the flight itself but the landing...i had been amazed at the smoothness of the flight...but just 1 minute before landing the plane started to shake violently and then thud.we had landed but we bounced right back again before thudding down again.the plane swerved a bit but mercifully all ended well...the reason for the bad landing was that just one minute prior to our landing Lahore was hit by a wind and thunderstorm...the pilot either could divert us to islamabad or try to get in ahead of the storm....god forbid if the tyre had burst or something else things could have gotten bad...anyway an eventful end to an eventful trip...

questions

Disclaimer:these queries in no way reflect anything but a feeble attempt to post something new.hahaha

why is it then when i was young i couldnt wait to be older and when im older i wish i could be young again?

why is it that i can remember stuff which happened to me 20 yrs ago but cant remember or recall properly something two days old?

why is it that when i was abroad i could'nt wait to be back and when im back i wish(tenous at best) i could be abroad?

an unrelated question that nevertheless perplexes me

why do they dig up the roads just before the monsoon season??my tyre burst the other day cos there was a ditch covered by water..hehe i kid u not..actually worse has happened because of these dug up roads.

why is time flying by while i feel or seem to be stuck in an rut?

why is the grass always greener on the other side?

pakistan's worst hair day!!

wow!!what a weird set of events..i dont know how to express myself...i find myself feeling angry, dejected, bitter, proud and confused...what in the hell happened yesterday...im referring to Pakistan's match which resulted in test crickets first forfeiture in its history...i dont know why the ICC babus appointed darrel hair the umpire..everyone and his uncle knows the relationship between the pakistan team and this umpire is hostile at best. his decision to accuse pakistan of tampering the ball seems to be based on his personel evaluation of the condition of the ball rather than catching some player in the act. if this is the case and all tv coverage supports this so far then hair's decision was an outrage.in one minute he labelled the pakistani cricket team as cheats without any proof.im proud of the fact that our team stayed out..im not concerned about the fact that the match was forfeited though it does hurt a little bit cos we were likely to have won this match. im angry with the ICC..i hope the PCB gets hair removed from the umpiring panel cos his nonsense cant be tolerated anymore.

im pretty sure we havent heard the last of this incident..there are still some fireworks to come. in fact i have a funny feeling the ICC is going to do something really stupid..for eg.ban inzi or fine him...sneaky funny feeling!!

azadi mubarik

man this was one looonnnnngggg weekend...it seemed it would never end..im so not used to two day weekends anymore...first of all would like to wish everyone happy independence day..i saw such nice things yesterday that i wish i was able to take pictures and post em here.alas was driving..flag upon flag fluttering beautifully in the wind..yesterday was a gorgeous day here in Lahore...it rained quite heavily for a while knocking out the electricity and cable for a while...but instead of getting humid afterwards it was extremely breezy and overcast.14th august is like new years for me.a time for reflection. new years its more of an individual thing.14th august iis more about the collective..only difference is there are no independence eve parties..there should be..hehe..heard lots of positive stuff on the tv yesterday...heard some negative things from a couple of friends...a couple were of the opinion that there was nothing to celebrate...for me im proud we have our freedom yet its sad we've become insular, cynical, less tolerant over time...khair the thought that best encapsulates what i feel is when someone yesterday said that by talking to someone from palestine or lebanon one could get a very clear picture of what freedom is and what it means...i know 14th august is a day of despair for many...another year gone by of more and the same..i pray its a day of hope for the majority where they could look forward to a better year both for themselves and this land..

finally got to watch MI3,Xmen 3, pirates of the carribean 2 this weekend...like i said..its been a long ass weekend..

sickness and irony

ive been absent from the blogosphere cos ive been really sick..still am but in much better shape than i was this past sunday.really bad viral infection which was causing me so much pain tht only a shot of anesthesia wouldve numbed it. the ironic bit was tht i came down with this just prior to the first happening weekend event of this lifeless lahore summer.infact i was all ready, entertaining people at my place who'd gathered there as a meeting point from where to proceed together when i decided i couldnt possibly make it through the night intact.the next morning i woke up in pain and fever... since last year ive developed this really bad throat problem..my doctors still deciding whether my tonsils should be removed or not...im convinced they ought to cos ive had it with sore throats..they strike at the most inopportune times..besides they hurt and lately in my case they hurt alott!!
khair now the worst is behind me...im on antibiotics feeling all week and stuff..i hope ive atleast lost a couple of pounds.