unplugged

This weekend, i was unplugged!! Aarrgghhh! the horror of it all!

What i learned in the last two days was this….. im a net-addict! and i keep needing my fix!

It got so bad, that i started getting online from my mobile (even though it doesnt work that well) just to get a fix! Logged into my mailbox, checked out the number of unread mails… n logged out! Forget reading blogs from there!

Then i came into work this morning… all happy that i’ll get to get online… and my damn PC was disconnected from the network!!! i almost screamed today! Got the admin guy to checkup my connection and now finally (shukar-allah) its working!!

Read a lot of blogs, commented a whole lot! And now posting!! Its so good 2 be online!! yayy!

*damn.. now i better get back to work!

the big day

We finally moved today! When i say move, i mean, we vacated the previous house, i moved into my new ‘digs’ and mom n brother have assumed gypsy status till their departure on wednesday.
The day started out at 8 AM, just like any other…. when i got out of my room, i realized…. that it was gonna be the last day i wake up in that room. (i had been realizing such things a lot lately).. quickly took in what/how that room had been to me.. my ’sanctuary’ for the last six years… as well as my bed n breakfast.

The packers/carpenters arrived as usual at 9:30, as they had been for the last two weeks. All credit goes to them for ‘efficiently’ packing up everything… My mom n brother just packed their rooms, i only packed up my clothes, the rest was done by them.

The container we had ordered came through at 11 AM, almost two hours later than scheduled… which gave us time for some last minute packing.. Also, that morning, we ordered a forklift to assist in loading the container… anyone planning a intercity move in the coming times… do yourself a favour and get a forklift! It reduced the time n breakage for the stuff manifolds!

At around 4 PM, my stuff, which was just to be moved crosscity, was loaded on another truck and the driver became anxious to leave. I handed over the rest of the packing/closing over to my mom n the packers, and left with the truck to unload the stuff at my new digs. I have now, officially, crossed the (so called) bridge of karachi, and live on not-defence side now.

Brought my stuff over, had them haul it up all three flights to my room, and then started some cursory unpacking. It was then that i realized that a) i was dehydrated, and b) was hungry!!! So grabbed a friend of mine, and we headed over to have some lunch. By the time i was back, i thought i’d just crash!! Almost did, before KESC decided to be a darling and shut off the power supply… and then the mosqitoes attacked! I had no candle, no mosquito coil and very irritated… then in the dark, continued unpacking some more stuff, found a candle i had stashed in my stuff ‘just in case’, lit it.. and proceeded to take a bath! Then changed and just as i was about to leave… the lights came back on! By this time, i was too pumped with my recent shower, so left. Did some visiting… had a late dinner with my bro (who i picked up on the way) and came back home at 1:30 AM! Its now 2:16 AM… and i just dont wanna sleep…. :S

I think i’m way past tired now………..

sleepless nights

For the last two weeks, i (nor anyone else in my family) have’nt been able to sleep much. The house being in a constant state of turmoil kinda ruins the peaceful sleep you get.

Two weeks of tossing and turning finally caught up with me yesterday, when i zonked out for 14 hours straight (from 8 PM to 10 AM)! Thank god didnt have much to do then or i’d be in for an earful today!

cleaning out my drawer

This morning, before coming into work, i sat down to clean my drawers, so that they could be packed. This morning, i also found out that i had accumulated a lot of stuff which i didnt need anymore, and some… which i was searching for what seemed like ages!

Some of the stuff stashed in there were

1. Medicines! I never knew i had that many medicines stashed away, strips of Panadol CF and Postan dating back four to five years, from which only one or two tablets were missing. These two were my staple during the days of university, when the common cold was indeed very common
2. Receipts! I’ve amassed a huge collection of ATM and Credit card reciepts over the years, which i had been faithfully storing in my drawer lest i need them in the future. Most of them have now faded to the point of becoming just plain scraps of paper hence they’re now part .
3. Business Cards! I never knew i knew that many people! As a rule, i dont keep business cards in my wallet (its already too fat) so all those cards make their way to my drawer.
4. Coins! What can i say… i dont keep change.
5. Notes! Written to friends, gotten from friends, made me relive the glorious university days (even though for a short while) when we passed them around! (SMS still hadnt caught up)
6. National ID Card!!! Hey! i was looking for that!
7. Some other ID cards! More strolling down memory lane…

Most of them however, are now in a big bag marked “Dispose”! And here i thought, i’d be needing a whole box to move my drawer stuff!

living out of a box

When your moving from one house to another, you pack up everything you have into boxes. By everything… i mean everything!

Thursday, i spent in packing up my room.. put all my clothes in boxes and almost taped them shut before realizing…. im still going to be here for another week! The result? Now i have no clothes out and too lazy to unpack the stuff! So, im living out of a box now, while im still at my own place.

Thankfully, im not alone! Another friend/blogger is going through the same dillema, having packed up kitchen stuff, and now has to unpack, use, wash, repack everytime they have something to eat.