What a day. Just one of those days when you wish you never stepped out of the house. But when you do, the only thing you pray for is to step back in.
and a man comes on to tell me
Dunkin Donuts is where we decide to crash. Come here, 'Egg n Cheese'... n 'Long John', wont be long enough in a while. I feel alive.
On my way back to the car, I see an elderly woman with these 6 big bags of stuff, trying to put them in a cab with a look of disgust. It hit me again. I just tell my mate, 'Hey, we should help that lady'. I just look at her, 'Excuse me, aunty... اپ کی اجازت ہو تو، ہم رکھ دیں ؟ ' Shes more than delighted. You know what she says, ' الله آپکو ہمیشہ خوش اور کامیاب رکھے'. But that's not the point, that look on her face...that honest way she smiled at me...Priceless.
It was worth more than a million bucks.
Its Supernatural, Extra-terrestrial. Ah wheres Katy Perry when you need er? Anyways, after that, that talk with God took me home smoothly. All in all, it was memorable and evolutionary.
and a man comes on to tell me
Lets take it from the top, this day is one to remember. I wake up to no electricity...I start to miss it so much that I lose my appetite and without any further consideration, suddenly I find myself smoking. An hour goes by and just realizing the fact that I`m in a load-shedded city of Rawalpindi...decide to take a shower. What's worse when the only underwear you can find in summer is a winter one?
Just when you are all ready to leave for the day ahead, you realize you just lost the house keys. hy did I take a shower, I`m still sweating as I was half an hour ago. Just when I decide to meet someone from the hood, only to find out nobody actually lives there.
Moving on, I reach a petrol station, 'پانچ سو کا ' ..while the guy tells me to look at the meter, I`m busy wondering why Diesel is more expensive at PKR 94 than Petrol at PKR 86 in this country.
Just when I hit 80 kmh and start to enjoy my car's new A/C...is when the shit really hit the fan. What followed all the way to the university was worse then Nazi torture; my car's new name is 'Mein Fuhrer'.
But something strange happened on the way...on Rawal Road, while my car was publicly jerking off, I saw a pathan kid (around 10) crying in agony. Usually I would just ignore this but the kid was no beggar. I stopped the car near hi to test em. He kept crying and starting walking the other way. I reversed in the middle of a traffic road and got out of the car. I don't know what got into me. I walked towards em, inquired, 'Son, what happened?'. Spread my hand o his head, told him to stop crying, it`ll be alright, its fine.
The kid was bare-foot in the scorching heat of 40 degrees. I brought him water, he wouldn't drink, I held his hand and told him to drink slowly. 'Bilal', when I asked his name. 'Did you eat anything?'He shook his head, I took out a 50, looking at his feet, I gave him another 15.
'Go eat something, drink the water, go buy something for your feet, it`ll be alright, I`m gonna go now..you take care kid'.My biggest achievement was making him stop crying. God, I`m still thinking about what happened. I`ve never seen this side of me. I thought maybe looking at this, the car will feel pity on me, but it kept fucking me. 'I`m exhausted', my first words when I finally made it to the university. After taking the class, I smoke the hell outta Marlboro Reds; hungry since last night, mind you.
Dunkin Donuts is where we decide to crash. Come here, 'Egg n Cheese'... n 'Long John', wont be long enough in a while. I feel alive.
On my way back to the car, I see an elderly woman with these 6 big bags of stuff, trying to put them in a cab with a look of disgust. It hit me again. I just tell my mate, 'Hey, we should help that lady'. I just look at her, 'Excuse me, aunty... اپ کی اجازت ہو تو، ہم رکھ دیں ؟ ' Shes more than delighted. You know what she says, ' الله آپکو ہمیشہ خوش اور کامیاب رکھے'. But that's not the point, that look on her face...that honest way she smiled at me...Priceless.
It was worth more than a million bucks.
Its Supernatural, Extra-terrestrial. Ah wheres Katy Perry when you need er? Anyways, after that, that talk with God took me home smoothly. All in all, it was memorable and evolutionary.
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