Adnan Farooqui

Well, here I am again, in the departure lounge of the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. Its the same procedures, the same security checks, the same formalities etc etc... However sometimes there are incidents which make these highly boring trips, one to remember.

Well, let me tell you about the previous trip. I was aboard Shaheen Airlines flight NL145 which was due to take off at 9:00 p.m. Instead, the flight was delayed for more than 5:30 hours and took off at 3:30 a.m, for reasons which were never exactly to revealed to us, the poor passengers. Then there was one time when I had just gotten off my car (never drive in a fancy car to the airport mind you) when this person approached me and asked me if I could take his luggage inside to the departure lounge and he'd collect it from me later on. My frequent trips have taught me one thing, that is never to take anything from a stranger, so I politely declined. I just turned back after talking to my driver for about 10 seconds, and that person had literally vanished.. Poof gone! It honestly scared the bajizes out of me. Now, I'm here, and I came with a resolve to continue my blogathon from the computers in the departure lounge, however quite shockingly, not even a single computer here is in working condition, none! And to top it all off, there isn't even Wi-Fi to use. Had it not been for my smartphone, I would have been totally incommunicado with the world that lives on the internet. God save the BlackBerry(s). Adnan. Sent from my BlackBerry® Smartphone provided by Ufone