KARACHI!

ok much needs to ensue to make this blog livelier...im only here for 10 days! 10!! how lame is that...i blame the corporate world for this. i have never visited karachi for less than a month and now i have to pack my life in a 10 day period...its not fun..considering you take two to three days to wear off the jet lag. but whatever. im so happy...even not doing anything is fun! :) the heat is a little annoyig and the stickiness of my clothes once i step out in the street...but hey...thats what i was born into.

so far. i have spent time with the kiddies...scolded them for reading my diary while i was away, ate bahadurabad chaat made with gutter water, meetha paan, naan, mango milk shake...mango slices. french biscuits..applied test make up on sarah naqvi and duefully got her approval for the eye makeup..minus the bold eyeliner i applied. gushed over her nikkah clothes, got lost in my sister's mansion, made a trip to the tailor master and asked him to masterfully stitch the nikkah clothes the day before, walked around in my slippers and got my toes dirty with sand. stared in shock at my measurements this year compared to last year.

why is karachi always so much fun? even amidst the not so great internet connection, not so grea power supply, not so great smog over the city...its the familiariy of everything, the room you stay in, where you lived for the first 19 years of your life, same landmarks, everythings right where you left it and going through drawers full of old pictures, notes, tests, textbooks, takes you right back where you always wanted to be.

thats the power of home. everything is you.