Load shedding.
For those of you in the dark (har har...get it?), load-shedding is the governmental act of intentionally turning off the power in order to relieve the stress on an overburdened infrastructure.
Thankfully, they're gracious enough to spread the misery throughout the entire day, so the suffering isn't concentrated.
But it sure does suck.
I was actually surprised that load-shedding took place in the capital city of Islamabad. After every three hours, they would have one hour of power outage. However, it was much worse in the rural areas. In Gujrat, where my parents live, twelve hours out of the day saw them with no electricity.
Ouch.
Now I wouldn't mind if it were being carried out as some 'Go Green' environmental campaign. In that case, I would proudly wear the sweat patches under my armpits as badges of honor. But sadly, its simply a case of administrative mismanagement by a government that wastes away billions on its military while neglecting its peoples.
Pakistan Zindabad!
Just don’t call it genocide
1 week ago
14 comments:
How did I know that was the only thing you were going to talk about on your return from Pakistan??? Can't you share with us some words of wisdom from our father? Or were you not listening cause you were so busy changing the sweat patches from your armpits! LOL
Junaid
No, Junaid. Brother naeem is right. right now pakistan is cooking, people are waiting for the storm, really. a storm of blood, like Iraq. situation is worse than one can imagine :(
totally demoralized nation ! (not an opinion) ask naeem.
Salam
Didn't really get the joke anyways lol but nice article mA
AA-
@Junaid, you dorky FOB! Sweat patches aren't changeable - like nicotine patches or whatnot. They're the marks of sweat on your shirt under your armpits.
You should know, you hairy gorilla! :-P
@Blogreader, although I agree that the country is demoralized and in a very ugly situation (which Junaid is very well aware of, having just come from there), my post wasn't meant to signal any impending bloodbath (like Iraq).
Why do you think that a storm of blood is coming?
@Mouna, the joke was that load-shedding takes away the power and leaves people in the dark....
Hairy gorilla??!! whoa, dude... have you taken a look at your back lately? You've got a rain forest growing back there... :-)
And don't change the subject - was that the only thing worth blogging abt in Pakistan??
Junaid
u went back to the motherland? cool deal, im sure you have some interesting stories that u will share in the days ahead via the blog!
P.S. are there desi men who aren't hairy gorillas?
I came across this--> http://www.muslimlinkpaper.com/mybo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1475
Im sure you are aware but just in case, the peter dude rips you, lol,
btw..explain gujrat vs gujrati, is there some type of connection that u are hiding? lol
Seems like Arif's link may have gotten cut off. So here it is.
AA- Arif,
Yeah, I had a quick trip, but there wasn't much action. Mostly visiting family and stuff.
"P.S. are there desi men who aren't hairy gorillas?"
Good point.
And thanks for the Muslim Link link. I posted a response on the page, but maybe I'll make it into a post as well...he makes a valid argument, but its misplaced in the context of my argument.
Finally, Gujrat is a city in Punjab and is the heart of all human civilization. Gujrat in India is a state marred by Hindu-Muslim violence.
Gujrat in India is to Gujrat in Pakistan as Australia was to England - basically all of Gujrat city's rejects and criminals were shipped to India and they formed the greater part of current-day state of Gujrat.
That also explains their gutteral language that no one in the world understands.
I hope that helps. I tried to submit this to Wikipedia, but oddly enough they rejected it. Not sure why.
dr junaid, brnaeem acually met a real genius in pakistan.somehow he just forgot to mention.am i right brnaeem????u could have written a nice blog on that but i understand its difficult to admire any1's intelligence....;)
AA- Anon,
LOL! Very funny.
I searched but failed to find any genius below the age of 20 in Gujrat. :-P
But I did have some really good biryani and ras malai! :-)
God, I just hate load shedding!
When I was there, a month ago, the electricity would go 3 x a day for 30mins. Now its for an hour to two hours at a time. Which is quite mean considering the heat!
AA-
@Suroor, I think its safe to say that everyone shares your sentiments...except for the generator salesmen. :-)
@Sumera, very mean indeed! The logic goes that the more stress on the power infrastructure (as happens in the hotter weather with the increased use of A/C), the greater the need for loadshedding. Pretty much summarizes the paradox of Pakistan. :-)
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