PC's on the fritz again, hence I only get the meagre six hours the lab is open to get my work done, so you'll all excuse the lack of updates on this blog as of late.

One interesting thing that did happen lately was that my mum and sister's VISA application process has been going on and suddenly the day before yesterday, we got a call for an interview, which was the next day (yesterday) at 10 am. I was oblivious to all the scattered preperations to leave for Isloo going on at home and was surprised to find a flurry of activity at home. Mum and sis packed at what was perilously close to the speed of light and caught the 4 p.m flight the same day. Unfortunately, at such short notice, we had to make arrangements for living quarters for them both and hurried phone calls to relatives and friends in Isloo en route to the airport were of no use. That is, until Mrs. PM, nice lady that she is, invited mum and sis to stay at the PM House. Needless to say, mum was very impressed when she got off the plane and, immediately upon descending the plane's stairwell, encountered a driver with her name on the board he was holding up. He driver whisked them both straight off to the PM House. Now that's what I call door-to-door service! Lovely lady that she is, their host made mum and sis as comfortable as possible and, upon having her sehri brought to her on a trolley the next morning and finding bottles of Hugo Boss in the bathroom, sis was enchanted by the place and its sheer grandeur while mum enjoyed the gorgous backdrop of the Margalla Hills. Early the next morning, the driver took them to their interview and brought them back again. In the evening, mum and sis caught their flight back home and arrived all flushed but happy that they got the US VISA. Hurray! :) While mum recounted what a lovely lady their host is, sis lamented to friends about the fact that she never got to meet PM Jr, who was abroad at the time for studies.

Anyhow, so the good news for anyone interested is that mum got her VISA and very speedily, too and continues to plan her departure while I try to pry information about tuition costs from German universities.