Saturday, May 22, 2004

Back to the mundane. Was called up by the uni receptionist yesterday and asked to show up for an interview for the media club at nine in the morning. Pleased at being singled out (as usual), I show up at nine am on the dot, only to find that apparently I'm the only one in Karachi who's even remotely punctual. Luckily, four others from my class showed up soon after. Three hours of mildly-stale food, uncountable Coca-colas and incessant loud chatter later, my turn for the interview finally arrives. Think I aced it, surprisingly, since I was contemplating just leaving after the second hour for a brief moment, partly because of nervousness and partly because I'd had enough of the utter disregard for my time. Turns out all five of us from my class made it, out of which at least one is definitely joining. I, meanwhile, am still suffering from indecisiveness, always helped by Mum and aunt ("you'll never get anywhere by being so lazy!", "it's a good thing, why are you too lazy to take advantage of it?", and various other just as-subtle means of nagging). Finally, in an uncharacteristic burst of decisiveness, I decided to go for it. Worst comes to worst, they'll make me a director or camera(wo)man and I'll do a horrible job and everyone will know I'm useless with a camera of any kind, right? No harm done, then.

PS: If anyone remotely religious is reading this, say a little prayer for my cousin, the unluckiest idiot this side of the world (the unluckiest idiot on the other side of the world would be Bill Clinton). Poor kid came down with a serious case of typhoid/jaundice just in time for his O level exams last summer and was unable to graduate on to A-levels because of it. This year, as he prepared to take his O-levels again, turns out he needs a hernia operation, in which case he will be likely be prevented from taking his exams again by either the pre-operation pain or the post-operation recuperation process.

Wow, that's a sizable chunk of the mundane. And here I was thinking I had nothing to write about today.

Misha at Saturday, May 22, 2004

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