I shall endeavor to ramble ;)

The last three weeks have been quite a blur. After the whirlwind that heralded my uncle's arrival from the states, the days seemed to mesh into an endless continuum of visiting, shopping, and binge eating. In the nine days that he was here, we visited 13 families, another city, half the dress shops in Karachi, most of the restaurants in Defense, and one very overwhelmed tailor. Bichara.

We consumed approximately twenty kilos of mangoes. There was, of course, also much eye-candy searching, jailbait perving, and general snarking muffled by hysterical giggles, nudges and psychotic expressions. At some point, I am quite certain my cousin and I startled the locals, if the baffled sideglances are anything to judge by. And just to make the trip that much more memorable, we fit in a monsoon rain, the complete breakdown of the power grid, and about a week of cramming together on the floor under the ONE fan we could keep going all night. It's no wonder that the bulk of the pictures my cousin took feature roadside fruit stalls, donkey carts and sweaty relatives.

Needless to say it's been a tad slow since they left, and I've found myself wandering the labs of AKU like some bezaar aatmah, and staring at co-workers with a maniacal grin...just to see if I freak them out. I do.

Heeding my cousin's orders, I have also been coyly making eye contact with , although thus far to no avail. Thankfully, and much to my secret, perverted delight, an adorable little chooza has just joined the ranks of us lab rats. It's been ridiculously entertaining. And I won't tell you why ;)

In fact, I think I'll end this right here.