I AM The Universe: Random Thoughts

As a kid, I always used to wonder why the tube to aircrafts were always slanting down from the departure lounge. Couldn’t they just make the lounge on the same level as the aircraft doors? But now I know. It is to overcome the time-proportional gravitational force that compells you to stay.

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Despite the power crisis, taking off from Karachi is one of the most beautiful sights. Though on the night of my departure it was marred slightly by the presence of stabbing green decorative lights.

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I changed my look. Well, sort of. It just kind of happened by itself. Now I have short(er) hair with that just-out-of-bed look, and fake glasses. Apparently glasses make you look intelligent. And apparently, I’m the only guy out there who tells people that he’s wearing fake glasses. Kind of defeats the entire purpose, doesn’t it? Anyway – the glass affair was very short-lived. It lasted only the two hours that my plane was up in the air. I just couldn’t live the with the Supermans-champoo-secret-identity-Clark-Kent look.

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I went to Dolmen Mall at Hydery to have some ice cream – my bhabi had just received an increment, and I wasn’t going to let that go without an ice cream damn it.  Anyway, we were getting ice cream from gellato, and suddenly it dawned upon me that I’m in a public place:

Me: Bhabi, sambhaalien apni aulaad ko, mein nahi sambhaal raha – sab larkiyan samjhengi mera hai!
Ammi (sarcastically): Haan bhaee, meray betay ka score kam ho raha hai!