i like to thynk i had dinner w/ Mr Jamali and his entourage today :> sadly, while that isnt true, i can safely say i saw him and his goons perform live for an audience of around 900 people. actually he was presiding the 2nd convocation of Government College University Lahore, which on the whole was a pretty cool affair. ishmartly dressed commandos and elite force men were swarming the many acres of the 164 year old institution, the Mall Road had been sealed off for security reasons, and the 700 or so graduates were dressed like ringwraiths :) or sort of :) onstage sat Mr Jamali, Gov. Punjab Khalid Maqbool, the chief minister Pervez Elahi (who coincidently spells his name just the way Prez Gen uncle Musharraf does), the provincial edu minister and the vice chancellor of the uni Mr Khalid Aftab. and im proud to say i got them all right, including the IG Masud Shah, and a few other hot shots. now while Mr Jamali is the prime minister of the country, and we honour him completely, and mean no offence when we refer to him as His Heaviness, the full realization of his size and stature hit me today. dressed in a red velvet gown, ufff he was looking soooooooooooooooooo cute! you know the white stuffed bears in red coats that are put up in shops for valentines'? well, he was looking no less. and how i stopped myself from running up the stage to give him a big cuddly bear hug... i can so imagine him sitting in a top level security meeting with heads of various states discussing nuclear proliferation or somethyng, when say, one of the heads would be hit with inspitaion and he'd say: "hey! i know a polar bear who looks like u!" (and i mean it as a compliment...honest!) i HAVE to find pictures of him in that red gown to put up here :D i dont care how rigged the elections were, how unsecure the assemblies are, or how Mr jamali is unfit to be prime minister as he desolved the house while he was CM. the guy has found a fan in me. no more jabs at yer weight Your Heaviness! no sir'ee! in other news: after a fair amount of thynking, i have come to the conclusion that ALL multinational food chains in pakistan should be shut down. i dont starve myself all day, so i can let me slip everytym i cross a Dunkin' Donuts outlet or drive by a McDonalds.... which is exactly what i did today. i had a magnum for breakfast at 12pm, a strawberry shake for lunch at 2pm, and then ended up starving me precious out of guilt the whole day. since i did a good job of that, i treated me to glazed munchkins and a boston cream for dinner :| those evil multi national coorporations. tricking us unsuspecting people like that. its SO wrong.