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“You are a highly absurd person.” Imran informed me this morning as I was walking towards him and Wse after entering the university’s campus.
I smiled interrogatively.
“If you could come just a couple of minutes later, and we would have gone, assuming that you are also enjoying the weather.” He explained, and I silently agreed that I had really been absurd there.
I mean who would like to go and attend two boring lectures in a weather such as this morning’s, when clouds were scattered all over the sky, and you could hear that cold winter breeze swooshing past your body, making you think why you didn’t listen to your mother who asked you to put your leather-jacket on. Add to it the fact that we came to know our score in one of the exams we have had last week, and it was sufficient to make us feel more absurd.
Then it rained. The same rain for which people had been praying at the end of every namaz. It wasn’t cats and dogs actually, but it was comfortable. Highly comfortable.
So you can ask me why I am sitting here writing these lines when I should be out enjoying the weather as there are no lectures to attend now. The answer would be that the highly comfortable rain has stopped. Those clouds, which were scattered all over the sky, are still there with the change that they are now highly scattered, letting the sunlight pass through. And, although it is cold, there’s no cold breeze anymore. The weather altogether is pleasant, and I might have gone out for a walk if I could find any way of walking over the water of those ponds made by the rain and supported by Rawalpindi’s roads.
And here’s some news: I noticed a great deal of traffic to this journal of mine (which was, well, quite surprising) and as I was tracking my visitors, I came to know of these Asia Weblog Awards 2003, having a category named “Best Pakistan Blog”. So go there, nominate your favourite blog, or vote for the ones already existing there.
And I would highly appreciate if somebody could tell me that who on earth nominated me?
23 comments
AWK
Dec 9, 2003 at 6:20 pm
sigh, aaj mausam bara beimaan he?
actually its so pleasant even here in this arid desert that being cooped up in an office, subjected to air conditioning must be ranked a crime against nature! but …
and abt these nominations…if u can figure out who nominated u, could u also find out the same for me, since i only came to learn of these awards and nominations today!
eXcalibur
Dec 10, 2003 at 1:35 am
relax it could have been me, but the damn site wont open, i think its a fraud.. hmmmm …..
Laura
Dec 10, 2003 at 9:43 am
I would have nominated you if I’d of known about it…
Rezwan
Dec 10, 2003 at 10:48 am
It was me. I wrote to Phil to add Bangladesh & Pakistan. But he did not add Iran & Iraq category as per my request. The reason I have written in one of my posts.
I sent him a list of my favorite blogs from those four countries. But you only get the chance to nominate one in each category. I could only nominate you.
Ejaz Asi
Dec 10, 2003 at 11:56 am
Pindi/islamabad is the best place to have rain and have it 24 hours. I hope you enjoyed it damn good jitni bhee thee shuker kero.
Talha Junaid Haroon Janjua
Dec 10, 2003 at 1:26 pm
Salam!
Bhai no doubt k mausam waqai bohot romantic tha, and u know what i were wishing at that time, k i were with u, not u with me, but me with u, coz class to main bhee attend nahin kur raha tha, but jo loag meray saath baith kur uss mausam kay joy ko barbad kurnay per tullay huay thay, it would have been a lot better k i would have attended the class.
and dont doubt the person who nominated u, abhee iss zameen per khuda k bunday maujood hain, so dont worry,
bye and take care till the next good entry.
Uptown girl
Dec 10, 2003 at 5:07 pm
I really enjoyed browsing through your site and I really liked it.And hey,I didn’t know that a fellow Baranian was into blogging!
Take care.
Someone from the Main Campus.
Saadat
Dec 10, 2003 at 5:43 pm
AWK: College & office routines always do that to us. Or nature. Or may be both. And I guess it’s obvious uptil now that who nominated you?
eX: LOL @ fraud. Even if it’s a fraud, it’s fun, man!
Laura: That is so nice of you.
Rezwan: So you’re the one who surprised me! Thanks for nominating me
Ejaz Asi: Oh yes, that’s the advantage of living in here
TJHJ: Romantic mausam! May be the ones who were ‘enjoying’ the weather with you had some different concept of appreciating weather!
Uptown Girl: Thanks for coming, and and thanks for liking the blog
Mani
Dec 10, 2003 at 7:11 pm
Rite….
eXcalibur
Dec 10, 2003 at 7:11 pm
*mysterious music* dhen dehn ddainnn
someone from the main campus *more mysterious music*
fellow baranian
* mysterious music to be continued… dhen dhen dainnnn…
Ayesha
Dec 10, 2003 at 7:43 pm
Mausam…. aur acha hai? Wow, you people are so lucky. Yahan to ajeeb sa haal hai. It is supposed to be winter and we feel hot and cold at the same time. i was in the sun warming myself for not more than 5min aur abb mera chehra jal raha hai. :-l
Yesterday i was the first one to read ur update aur mein ne comment bhejna chaha per my connection was down aur abb…. i am not the first person.
Who nominated u? i can name a lot of people…. and i know one person who keeps voting 4 u from different addresses….
Saadat
Dec 10, 2003 at 9:46 pm
Mani: Yeah. And come on, man … lift yourself up.
eX: LOL!
Ayesha: Hope the weather gets in some good mood there too. And no, no, no … I don’t want such kind of votes which could kick me out of the entire awards thing!
Hip-Hop Shaykh
Dec 11, 2003 at 1:24 am
This blog is too funny … I like it!
Binje
Dec 11, 2003 at 5:28 am
Hmmm, Did i miss something…?? How’d the exams go??? Go on,you can tell us the truth, we wont tell your ghar walay!
AWK
Dec 11, 2003 at 11:26 am
u got an answer to your nomination, and I to mine…
how’s the weather now? stil beimaan? then what are you doing cooped up inside, head out kid…moi, i will take a break from work too and enjoy some fresh December sea breeze (my office overlooks Jumerairah beach)
Hala
Dec 11, 2003 at 1:23 pm
At last, I can open your comments. Pakistan Zindabad!
Saadat
Dec 11, 2003 at 3:26 pm
Hip-Hop Shaykh: Thanks
Binje: Nah, my ghar walas already have this peculiar ability of judging what I’ve done in my papers!
AWK: Sigh, I wish the weather could become that be-imaan again. And you’re so lucky, we only have this Rawal Dam to go to. Waisay say hi to Jumerairah beach from me.
Hala: Haha, yeah, Pakistan Zindabad!
Sar
Dec 11, 2003 at 11:17 pm
Yup, the mausam was so divine,and as a response to that divinity i ended up stuffing myself with samosas by Kareem, yummylicious…and it’s so very okay if you spent the day typing away blog entries,as such a mausam has become quite a norm here,…best of luck for your exams my finals loom large over my horizon too ..
Ayesha
Dec 12, 2003 at 2:39 am
Wat u thought i voted for u from the same PC? you thought I voted for you many times? ME?
look i am not bad ok? i never do anything ‘najayaz’.
naah! i am too innocent to do anything like taht. waise u think people r mad that they’l listen to me?
Binje
Dec 12, 2003 at 6:38 am
LOL.. scary how the ghar walas do that eh bhai??? Oh and click on the link to get to Ovais’s new blog!
AWK
Dec 14, 2003 at 11:33 am
Re Ayesha: “i never do anything ‘najayaz’” ahem! will have to take a thorough jaiza of your blog to figure that out!
AWK
Dec 14, 2003 at 11:34 am
saadat, sorry didnt mean to flood this with my comment…kindly delete the extar ones…:$
Saadat
Dec 14, 2003 at 3:00 pm
AWK: It’s OK, you and me both know enetation.