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1997

alone in the arabian peninsula

i am a big fool cause i haven’t written in this diary for weeks. even though i wanted to and even though major changes and events took place, i didn’t get a chance to write. i was sleepy whenever i remembered that i had to collect the days happenings. even now, i ain’t at home but am in school watching professor Jan-e-alam draw an illustration of a Nuclear Reactor. He’s through with it now. So will write either at home or in the next English period…… ah! good news. he’s dictating a lecture on above mentioned topic. so i can easily write in my diary cuase he won’t know what i am writing.

i reached the saudi airport from pakistan on 27th i.e, Thursday. paa and irfan uncle were sitting where i had advised them. i went through Passport Control easily. the customs however bugged me. it isn’t customs but the saudi security checks your luggage for any sign of liquor, pornography, and things like that. i was wearing a suit cause paa had told me to. the official checked my luggage thoroughly. but he didn’t get to the films. i am a master of deception. i had APOLLO 13 and THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW with me. they were inside the thighs of the Calvin Klien jeans that i had bought for kamran. the pants were folded and were in the centre and bottom portion of the suitcase. so the jerk didn’t catch me. i got out after being thoroughly checked and felt over by another jerk in the Men’s Search Room. Man, pakistanis are really notorious around here. finally i got out. felt good.

we sat in our Mercedes and it felt great. everything so clean and all the roads so smooth and spacious. reached home after dropping irfan uncle on the way. our home is really big. and my room is the best. i love it here. paa’s flight to canada was scheduled to leave tonight at 1:40 so he had to pack and go to the airport before 11:05 pm.

and he left. i talked to maa in pakistan on the phone and i have no recollection of it. paa says that i talked 5 minutes at least but i can’t remember. he bought two shoes, an overcoat, and some other things before leaving. and on the night of thursday i was left alone in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

paa actually left in a taxi and i was downstairs (naturally) when he left. shahzeb was there too. i stayed downstairs afterwards. went to baqqala and bought some pepsi. then came home with shahzeb. he stayed till 2 in the morning. the time flew past like a bullet train. we kept playing on the computer; Mortal Kombat 2, Street Fighter, and yes Lady Love. paa has left around 7k with me. isn’t that a little too much ?? i could’ve survived in a thousand.

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