When stuck in a heat wave so intense, it actually seems to make the air around you denser, one must look for the good in order to not go stir crazy from sitting in an air conditioned room all day.

First of all, a miraculous event has occured: my cat, who is my rival in anti-social behaviour, actually stood outside my room for a half hour, rubbing up against anyone who would pass by in the hopes that someone would let him in. When he finally did get in, I could swear he was almost sweating through his fur, which is a physical impossibility of course, but it just goes to show how hot it is.

Second, you can always indulge in a bit of heat snobbery, which is a bit like that quiz show "the weakest link", but more of a "the least hot city" where you can snub friends in other cities around the world for the dubious honor being crowned 'the idiot who lives in the hottest city on earth'. I can almost hear Anne Robinson snottily declaring "You are the least hot city. Goodbye." So far, New York and Lahore remain defeated in the temperature wars, and if this keeps up, I'm sure we could give some remote city-like area in the middle of the Sahara a run for their money.

A slight shower broke up the heat wave a couple of days ago, but it seems to have only incensed the sun (according to Aman). All that is left to cause us to mass revolt and start looting the stores is for KESC to have another of its usual power failures or loadshedding that lasts for hours.