First off, big news is that my mum's checkup went great and she and my sister are going to be back late august after about nine months away in the US for treatment, yay! =)

To balance it out, bad news is that dad is now hospital bound for some tests and treatment. Bah, when will the curse of the 1.5 parents end? To explain, it seems I always end up with 1.5 parents instead of two whole ones since my aunt counts as 0.5 while the principle parties are either unable, reluctant to participate or simply incapable of doing so.

Moving down the chain of the important, my final semester has now officially begun and I have additionally been offered the job of a Teaching Assistant for my Coordinator, who is a brilliant guy. Lord it over other students and be in control of their grades and participate in the torture raining down upon them from the coordinator? I'd do it for free, but I get paid, so even better. I am officially working two jobs now and studying as well. This should be an interesting semester.

Moving further down the list of interesting things happening currently, the world is drowning with these monsoons, as am I, since the contractor who did the enhancement project to our lounge did a crappy job and now half my living room leaks everytime it rains. One memorable evening when all of Karachi did not have any electricity the entire day and night, I spent the night out in the lounge in a mattress (it's the only place with any wind) listening to the radio in my cell phone and sleeping with drops of water splashing on my face. The overall experience is much like camping indoors with no fire to keep us warm or dry, aka "not very fun, thank you very much". =/

This and playing WoW (yes, still, and many hours a day, unfortunately) and customizing friends' blogs keeps me busy these days, but I'm sure that's going to change very soon, since I start classes and TA-ing from tomorrow. Au revoir!