The Word of mAn[S]o0r

Am i becoming a workaholic? Or even lazier? I have yet to decide….

After a long time, a enjoyed a long weekend. Three full days of no work!

And i longed to get back to office starting Saturday morning!

The truth is, it gives me something to do.. something to look forward to. I get my research work done here as well… so thats also a good thing (Oh, thats also why im being away from blogging somewhat). Anyway, this was quite an eventful weekend. I almost got crushed between two cars on Bahadurabad, attended a dholki cum ghazal nite which went uptil 4 AM, and on the way back, got paranoid that someone was following me on a bike! The first thought which obviously enters the mind is… Oh God! he’s going to snatch my car/mobile. So i gunned the engine and before i knew it, was back in the safety of my own neighbourhood.

Going back, i was at Bahadurabad shopping on Sunday! Yayy! (Imagine how out of my mind i must’ve been!). I bought two shirts for myself, one for dad and one for bhai. (Three of which were gifts from my dadi to us, so i cant take credit). Shopping’s hard! Especially shopping for someone else! I wonder how u females end up doing so much of it! While i was going back to my car, the crushing scene happened. I was strolling down the road, away from the mob on the sidewalks, when this dude in a Corolla finds and empty spot, and makes a turn for it. Lucky for him to find parking on Main bahadurabad road, unlucky for me, i happened to be between the corolla and another parked car! My hand grazed (read hit) his sideview mirror and only then did he realize what he was doing. (I suspect he thought i had taken it off or something, but i didnt care! i was in one piece!). Still, not bad.

Saturday, i was out with people who go by the name of Happening Karachi, a group formed over orkut. A nice community, with mostly working people (my age group) and who want these times go hang out, be brash and generally “take” the hell out of each other. It was at Creek Inn, it was cold, and i was wearing a kurti! Needless to say, after 2.5 hours.. i had become the Human Popsicle with my super power being spontaneous kicks, triggered an involuntary twitching of the freezing legs. But it was a riot! The group is so much fun, even though we’ve only me each other through orkut. The highpoint of the day was leaving the keys in the car *again*, and this time the whole group watched as i ‘expertly’ opened the lock with an iron rod. LoL.

And finally on monday, we had TERRIFIC weather! I mean, there’s nothing i can say which will even convey 0.01% of how good it was!!!!

And i was sitting at home…… (reiterating: need a life)

Called a cousin, who was busy lazing around (how could she!!! it was such an insult to the weather!) and decided to go spend the day with my grandparents. Armed with samosas, chicken on sticks and jalebi, i arrived there at 4 PM, and proceeded to spend quality time with both of them. My chacha and phuppi came over as well, and the usual “taking” between siblings ensued, with parents trying to break them up. LoL! it was so much fun! they’re like 60+ and still act like kids. I sided with my chachu and for the first time, did ‘phuppi take’. Haha!

Ended the night with Nandos and some quality reading.

I’ve rediscovered my love for reading novels, which reminds me.. Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress is one HELL of a novel! Once i picked it up, i couldnt put it down and finished it in a record 2 days! Ofcourse, the fact that i know a few security related terms helped my understanding a whole lot, but the way he spins a story! wow!

That was it! Stay tuned for another installment of the life that is mansoor’s… same blog… no idea when though

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