My "Reduced" Drawer

This is what my drawer has been reduced to after the rat attack:

My "reduced" Drawer

Thank God it is this small, otherwise it would have been a pain carrying it around.

Massive RAT Attack

On Thursday when I opened my office desk drawer, I was devastated by the sight I came across. My drawer had come across a massive attack by the rats the night before. They had not only nibbled on my stuff but had also left some “goodies” there. *sick* I was really angry to see all this. Angry at the rats, that why in the world did they attack only my drawer and not anybody else’s. And angry at the office management that why can’t they make proper permanent arrangements to prevent entry of rats. *grrrr*

Well I cleaned up my drawer, put all my stuff in a small box, and since then carrying it to and from the office. It’s a burden carrying the stuff, but I guess it’s the only way to keep it safe from the sneaky naughty rats. I wish my management would do something “solid” about the problem without me making it into an “issue” yet again.

Attack of the Rats

Poor me! My desk drawer in the office has once again been raided by a rat or two. I don’t know what to do. The rats not only chew up my papers but also sharpen my pencils for me. Somebody please tell them that I already do have not one but THREE sharpeners, so I don’t need their services. Maybe they are social worker rats. They feel it an obligation to come and “clean up” my stuff.

Once they ate a sugar sachet in my drawer. Then they nibbled on my grape-flavoured Mentos. They didn’t even eat it. Just devoured the wrapper and crunched away the flavour coating. I had to throw the whole pack away, in fear of getting contaminated eatables into my system.

One thing I have noticed. Rats don’t like tea. Now you would be wondering, how I came to this conclusion. Well, while snacking on all my “eatables” in the drawer, the one thing they didn’t even touch were my Lipton Yellow Label tea bags. Strange but true! During all their little sneaky visits, not even once did I find a torn tea bag in my drawer. Maybe they think caffeine is bad for their health.

Whatever! I just want rats to be out of my drawer for ever. Can try setting up a mouse trap right under my desk, but wouldn’t that look funny?

Suggestions anyone!

Personality Analysis :-D

I went for a personality analysis ont he basis of hand writing. ALready i have a B.A.D. handwriting and then on top of it i wrote using a touchpad (not even a mouse, let alone a graphics tablet). You may well imagine the output piece of writing. Here is what it looked like:

(The blue text is in the top left corner on white background so the image is looking so silly)

But even for that i got fairly good analysis. (Being talkative bit being particularly true.) ;-) hehehe. Read up!

Your personality analysis based on this drawing:
You are well organized. You plan each step carefully to avoid mistakes. You are efficient in your work.good concentration, detail oriented.You are diplomatic, objective, and live in the present. You are cool and reserved.You are a talkative person.You are an independent person and do not depend other peoples' opinions.

Why don't you guys go to http://www.bored.com/drawthings and try for yourself and share with me what you got.

Get Me to the Work on Time

Today was 5th Ramzan and my 3rd rooza at work (after the first there were two holidays). And i am getting better and better in reaching my work place. The first day i reached at 9:30 am. The 2nd day i reached at 8:30 am. And today i eached there at 7:30 am. I guess i need to tone down the progress a bit otherwise the day after tomorrow i will be having my 'Sehri' there. ;-)

Touchpad and Visio DO NOT Go Hand in Hand

Today i was home and most of the time watched TV, browsed the Internet, played Text Twist on Yahoo Games and helped a friend with a UI in Visio, all at almost the same time. Did take some time off to 'eat' which is a favourite thing for me to do.

The thing i was doing in Visio was to making a UI. It invloved dragging of different UI elements from different 'stencils' on to my page and arranging those. Dragging and dropping is no big deal but when doing this with a touch pad it becomes a hell of a task, at least for me. That is exactly what i was doing, working on Visio with a touchpad. And believe me it was no piece of cake. Simple tasks were taking much longer to complete and in turn i was making my friend late as well. (Appologies dear pal!)

So i conclude, and many would agree, that a touch pad and Visio DO NOT go hand in hand. :-D

By the way, is there somebody out there who actually is a fan of doing this sort of work with a touchpad? If yes do let me know. Maybe i would ask for a tip or two about harnessing the power of a touchpad, for Visio. ;-)

Nawaz Sharif Returned, Nawaz Sharif Deported

Today there another drama took place in my country, Pakistan. Rather the military government made a fool of us all.

A former prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, was supposed to return back after 7 years in exile. He twice elected as the prime minister of the country. He was supposed to land at the Islamabad International Airport. It was also speculated that he will get a really warm welcome here and a big crowd would be there at the airport to greet him.

The military government also suspected that. And to prevent all these activities from occurring, the government made preparations. Sitting and old ministers of PML-N (political party of Nawaz Sharif) were arrested by saying that they were being arrested for their own safety. The roads to the airport were blocked. Almost all entrances into Rawalpindi (the twin city of Islamabad where the airport is located) were blocked. Many people who tried to pass through the barricades were arrested. There was tear gas shelling at places.

Due to all these measures taken by the government, it was impossible for many, like me, to reach their work places as the roads were blocked. Even if some were not blocked, there was the fear that the standing-by army might intervene and unnecessarily harass the passers by. All this made me stay home too. Rather I was strictly ordered by my father not to set a foot outside the house today. And I obeyed. Watched the happenings on the TV.

And then came the time when the plane of Nawaz Sharif landed. That too was shown from a far off place as the entry of media was banned in the airport. After about 5 hours of speculations the final news came that the former prime minister has been deported to Saudi Arabia. A fully fueled air bus was standing ready on the airport which was made the final transport for Nawaz Sharif that flew him away from the country.

It was an extremely sad news. I was really hoping that he would stay in the country and work towards achieving democracy in the country. I was even willing to vote for him in the elect ions but alas he had to meet such a fate, yet again. I do not know how he felt whilst being taken back. But I for one felt a grave pain deep inside. I kept wondering what had just happened. What was the military government trying to prove? Why was it so scared of a political leader? And most of all I thought that what will be the fate of my motherland, Pakistan.

Overhead Bridge Collapsed in Karachi

Today an overhead bridge collapsed in Karachi. It was a brand new bridge and was only recently opened for traffic and was inaugurated by General Musharraf on 2 August, 2007. The construction was done by NLC.

This has happend in Karachi. An overhead bridge is also going to be constructed in Islamabad. Seeing the Karachi situation is making me wonder if we would ever be witnessing such a situation in Islamabad in future. Its a scary situation. May Allah help us all!

Dream Skating

Last night i had a dream. And in that dream i was skating. First on the regular skates and then on ice. And i was so balanced that i even amazed my own self :-D hehehe I wonder what the meaning of this dream could be. I wish i really could do all this, some day!

Home, On a Holiday

Today I am home.

Why?

Because I am on a holiday! :-D

Why?

Because my sister asked me so.

Why?

Because she is here from Norway for a short while and wanted to spend some time with her elder sister. ;-)

Why?

Ummmm I guess you have to ask HER that. I am going to go and enjoy my holiday some more ;-) hehe