Thursday, June 30, 2005

Strange Day

Its been a really strange day. I finally had my economics exam (stupid pre-reqs) thank god its over. I woke up on time, without an alarm, to make it to the exam. Considering that it was an 8:30 exam, this is a major achievement for me. The exam, 60 MCQs in 2 hours, was not that bad. For some reason, a good number of my answers were option C. Either I am going to ace it or go down in flames. Further on, I finished my exam and looked at the watch 10:10 how often does that happen. 10:10 exact!! I went out to grab a cup of coffee and the local Tim Hortons was closed – CLOSED. Timmy’s is never closed at this time. I had coffee yesterday at noon there and its just 10:30 right now.

With a heavy head and a body yearning for caffeine I got back home to a message from an ex-boss about a future opportunity. Awesome!! I turn on the computer to email him lo and behold, there’s a friend online from Pakistan – the internet is supposed to be down there these days, yet she’s online. While I am splitting time between email and chat another friend logs on and tell me that one of my best friends had a baby boy today!! WOW !!

There’s thunder, for real, and really strong winds start blowing in the background. RAIN, dancing with the gushes of wind, takes over the neighborhood. And soon enough, as though paying tribute to Karachi, there’s a power failure. Its quarter past one now. I am sitting in the dark, sucking on ol’ lappies battery, typing this and listening to Nusrat. The song playing is Gorakh Dhunda – ironic, isn’t it!!

(lights were out till almost 2:30 in the afternoon)

4 comments:

Rude Awakenings said...

lights were out in canada, whr r u??
I hate those 8:30 am exams too, I usually tend to pull an all nighter around then.
And as for emotions being font sizes, I cudnt agree with you more. Distance is like a filter though, only the real significant friends are left behind and the meaningless specks of friendships are whipped out!

Sonia

Rude Awakenings said...

Danglings chimes huh, well to be honest that's a thought that can be debated or discussed for eternity. We could be all that one thinks, yet nothing like that. Thats where faith, beliefs comes into the picture, and fill in the gaps according to our convienence.

Windsor, thats where I'm too.
Small world I guess!

Sonia

Rude Awakenings said...

hehe yea I go to the U.
Whats your major?

Rude Awakenings said...

I'm doing a Psych major, this is my final year.
Yea am glad I missed the power cut, wud hav jus reminded me of days back home.
I'm in the US for the summer.

Sonia