The Move

“I’m moving to lahore, accepted a job offer there and after completing my notice period in karachi.. will fly out”

That way in May 2007. Since then, i met the love of my life, an opportunity at work which i didn’t even think would be possible, and a chance to be closer to parents in Islamabad. A month later, the lahore offer tanked, and i was still left in karachi…

The new offer saw me moving to Islamabad to October, or so i thought. As soon as October rolled around, i got a project at work which required me to be in Karachi. So the trip was delayed.

The new date was in November….

On 14 November, after numerous consultations with everyone around me on the best way to move, i was informed by my office that the reason i was going to shift early, a new business opportunity, was delayed… my stay in karachi had just been extended to 18th December.

By now, the move was a standing joke, with most of my friends considering that i had already shifted and more and more people were continuously surprised to see me around the city. Many thought i had come back on business trips or was just visiting. Little did they know….

The 18th December date, however, was not to be either. The project was not yet finished, and i needed more time, so Dec 31st was selected as the date.

Then the bhutto incident happened, and we lost almost 4 to 6 working days because of that. This time i even had a confirmed ticket for the 31st, which i had to have postponed.

The next date i got was 13th January. Determined to make it this time, i completed all i had left there. Luckily, even my viva was completed (which deserves another post in itself), and i didn’t have anything to hold me back….

Till the morning of Jan 13th, i was waiting for some other thing to happen, something which would again postpone the event…. but it didn’t come. I started packing at 2 AM for a flight at 10 AM, was done by 4 and almost dropping from exhaustion.

And then i slept.. after setting a multitude of alarms ofcourse. The sleep was disturbed at best, but the alarms didn’t work still, she called over 20 times, i answered 7 and promptly slept on her.. (it was hilarious, atleast to her and so im safe).

So after waking up at 9:40, going out of my mind that i’ve almost missed the flight, leaving home in under 10 minutes and reaching the airport a minute after the deadline for check-in, i entered the airport apprehensive. The girl at the counter, looks over to her supervisor, asking the dreaded question “should i process this? he’s past his time and i’ve closed the counter”. I look at the supervisor, for what seemed like an hour, waiting for her response… in reality, it took only a second, a quick nod, followed by the affirmation “yes, yes, process it! i haven’t sent the stats yet” saved what would’ve been a very embarrassing, not to mention a very expensive event.

Thus begins the new life, in Islamabad.  Now, im waiting for her to come and join me, and to make this life a lot more exciting.

14 Responses to “The Move”

  1. on 16 Jan 2008 at 1:06 am batty

    heyy babe..
    how cold is good ol’ isloo then?
    i trust uve come out of hibernation at last?> :)
    lol…yes, the 7 times u slept on me was hilarious..lol.i only had to pause for a second before the symphony of kharaatas (snores) unpaused..heheheheh

    I guess we should be greatful u got to go this time .. :) this way i can look forward to u coming to see me, laden with smiles and presents and love :)
    woo hoooo :)

    love ya :)
    ps. totallly love the room :) eeek

  2. on 16 Jan 2008 at 11:34 am mansoor

    oh yea :p presents!!

    (mental note: stack up on presents!!!!!!!)

    :D

  3. on 16 Jan 2008 at 2:22 pm UTP

    hehe…funny guy…ALL THE BEST!! with everything…

  4. on 16 Jan 2008 at 5:28 pm batty

    yep- TOTALLLLY stack up on presents to shower me with ! :)
    hehhehe

  5. on 16 Jan 2008 at 6:58 pm mansoor

    utp: thanks man! dekho :p next move may be to you ;)

    batty: i’ll shower you with alot more jaan! not just the presents :D

  6. on 16 Jan 2008 at 11:32 pm batty

    lol..now now, very naughty u are, haan!!!
    :)
    ps - id totally love that
    .. lol

  7. on 18 Jan 2008 at 10:03 pm UTP

    I wonder if I should wish for or against heheh…kidding…all the best with the future…

  8. on 21 Jan 2008 at 3:26 am Sam

    lol ur gonna start missing him lke crazy. but he can fly to u anytime he wants batty..:) isloo must be shit cold btw…
    anyway gluck for the long distance..it sucks. well atleast its not as bad as me :( Lahore-London!

  9. on 23 Jan 2008 at 8:33 pm batty

    hey sam- haaaan, sachhii, he can come anytime he wants…tell him to fly down to me naaaa..*whining* i do0o00oo0 misss him, soooo much! meow!!!

    arey..ur a lahori.? good scene hai..when are u visiting next, maybe when we’re both in isloo, we can take a daewoo down to u, or you can take a trip up to us :)

  10. on 24 Jan 2008 at 4:31 am Sam

    lol no hes in lahore I’M in london :( and i dont know when im visiting next. not everyone is lucky and enagaged like u guys are (mashallah), some of us just have to keep a low profile :P

  11. on 24 Jan 2008 at 5:27 pm batty

    oooooooh….
    thats so not nice…
    lol :) MAshallah kahooo larki

    ps- keeping a low profile is great fun..so much mystery

  12. on 25 Jan 2008 at 3:51 pm mansoor

    my blog is a discussion forum?! cool!

    lahore’s really cold right now, just spent a couple of days here, today going back to isloo.

    and trying to get to khi as soon as i can.. missin my meow!

  13. on 26 Jan 2008 at 4:10 pm batty

    yessss, ur blog is a discussion forum…:)
    ur meow misses u tooooo babe!!!!!
    come home soooooooooooooooonnnnn…why did u not travel 16 hours south..i wud have made it TOTALLy worth ur while.. lol

    wud hve taken u with me to a jam session today tooooo

  14. on 31 Jan 2008 at 2:35 pm PsycheD

    awwwww…..the last line is soooooooooooooooooo…….. sighhhhhhhhhhhh

    lucky her!

    gud luck with ur new city and for all the good things yet to come ur way!

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