Yesterday, when I was unable to access most websites, I assumed, as WorldCall customers tend to do, that it was the fault of our service provider. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of sitting down and reading newspapers, I prefer to get my news online. The trouble was that I could not access any websites at all, hence I was cut off from the world and had little to no idea why.

Now that most ISPs have shifted to their backups, I am able to access all blogs and for some odd reason flickr as well. I had images of what would happen if our underwater link to the lovely world of all things cyber were to be damaged, and they included visions of Mushy and Co taking a couple of engineers down to visit the briny blue depths in a bubble-like craft that the Pakistanis got for free along with their F-16s, shrewd bargainers that we are. I also had expectations that every chatting-addicted youth would be running around screaming "OMG! A/S/L?! A... S... L?!?!?!?!" like one of those drug addicts you see muttering to themselves. I have since come to the conclusion that my imagination must be immediately caught and shot.

The good thing about any disaster is the number of people you get to meet in its duration that you would otherwise not get to meet. Worldcall has a modest little chatroom which I would normally never have bothered to frequent except for recently, when nothing else was really working at all. It's quite interesting how you can have a half sensible conversation with people online when you are not required to reveal your gender, thus inviting that unavoidable barrage of "fraandship" requests.

The good news amongst this madness, for those who are interested, is that my passport has reached me safe and sound and the VISA process begins. Additionally, did I mention I love my university? Well I do now, ever since I found out I get a substantial discount for travelling via PIA if I'm a student here.