Back from Karachi and Very SICK.
Later in the evening we made a stop at the Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum, a monument to Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The driver made a request to the commander for his guards to do a performance for us. haha...
By the way, Clifton is like a coastal corner for the local wealthy, so i guess should be quite happening one.
Actually i was back on Sunday morning, but slept the entire day away. Just when i thot i could make up for lost time i fell sick yesterday. What a great way to spend an offday.
Anyway the night cycling thing with Lynn didn't materialise.
Damn... but as usual, after Karachi, most people would make a trip down to the doctor. Not many Singaporean could adapt to Pakistani food. My sister end up sick the last time she was there as well. Anyway i got a 38 degrees fever and a slight bout of diarrhoea. The diarrhoea wasn't the problem, it was the fever that's killing me.
My god... I've body ache all over and a throbbing headache that felt as if my head was about to explode. Wanted to let everything go away on it's own but i gave up eventually and went to see the doc at night.
Haha... Anyway it's free, haha... My very first trip to Raffles Hospital, the one at North Bridge Road. Made me feel damn rich boy! haha... If i weren't on company account, it would have cost me $60 to $70 for this trip.
The medicines they gave were also damn cute looking. haha...
Well at least now i'm feeling better. Hmmm... Think i should go out today to fully utilise what ever time i've left. Doing ANOTHER sydney flight tomolo. 2 Sydney flights within half a month, most people would be crying foul already.
Pray for May to pass quickly, as my leaves are coming in June. Really need to go on leave badly!
For those who wanna know what's there to do at Karachi, haha... eh... not much. haha... Crew seldom go out in Karachi. But i did managed to visit the french beach, which the locals claim to be breathtaking. haha... So me, Effy and Alvin packed our stuff, rent a car and a driver and went there after lunch on the 2nd day.
haha... We can't believe our eyes... haha... 'dot... dot... dot...' eh... dunnoe how to describe lah. Well it does beat Sentosa but still... U could find better spot elsewhere. The only thing nice is its scenic beachfront and rock formation. All the pictures u take looks like post cards. haha...
But not bad right? the picture came out rather nice, even more so for a camera phone. Nowaday, i just go travelling with my Sony Ericsson K800i, good enough to function as a phone, a camera and an MP3 player. haha...
Later in the evening we made a stop at the Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum, a monument to Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The driver made a request to the commander for his guards to do a performance for us. haha...
There were like 4 guards guarding the marble coffin in the middle of the Mausoleum, each at a corner. At the command of the commander, they marched off in a clockwise direction and took the place of the previous guard that was standing there.
Anyway eh... as an ex military personnel, this doesn't really intrigue me. haha... So we took some pictures and left for the hotel. Anyway it was dinner time already too. Our original plan of going to Clifton for a BBQ dinner didn't really work out coz the driver say that going there at 9pm would be a better time. WAH... so late right?
By the way, Clifton is like a coastal corner for the local wealthy, so i guess should be quite happening one.
I also found out why the trucks, lorry, buses and mini vans are all so elaborately painted and decorated. Coz in the past, while travelling thru the mountain passes, these caravans often get robbed by bandits. So the people painted symbol of their gods on the vehicles to ask for protection. So till this day, this tradition is still being carried out.
So, that's so much for our stay in Karachi. For the rest of our stay we just stay in the hotel, do gym, swim, suntan, play cards, chat, watch TV, eat and sleep. haha... On the flight to Karachi, we actually realised we could have saved ourselves the misery of having nothing to do there by bring a Mahjong set there. haha...
Then someone suggested we could maybe go to the bazaar to look for Mahjong tiles made of mable. haha... Anyway Karachi is a place to look for Marble tile and carpets. haha... forget the marble tiles lah, just bring back the carpets. haha...
Anyway i discovered this world is really small. Turns out that on this flight someone is connected to someone else. haha... Well, Effy is my sister's secondary school classmate, and there's Ling, who is rujun course mate in poly and now in RMIT as well and turns out the FO, Alvin knows Rujun too. Rujun is sort of my cousin. haha.. WAH... Really a small world.
Oh... got a sweet surprise when i opened my mailbox after flight. haha... After Ling and i checked out after flight we were wondering if we should go check our mailbox. haha... i told her i gave up lah, nobody drop things for me one. haha... But since she wanna go check i decided i might as well go check. haha... when i peep into the slit of the mailbox, there was actually something inside! haha...
It's a box of Hanuta and Giotto Chocolates! haha... Frankfrut chocolates from Wendy! haha... Ai yo... so sweet leh! She even dropped me a note. Hee... but i'm not going to post the note! It's for my eyes only! hahaha...
Girl, U have certainly brighten up my day! :)
