animal kingdom

allritey... so alla you lot now know i sent baji some pix o'mine... really, not worth all the trouble. they were from a college trip to interior sindh last year. i could go on and on about the trip, but regardless of the heat, dust, sun, bad food, terrible accommodation, and worse transportation, i managed to have a good tym... simply cuz i LIKE experiencing new stuff. too much of luxury can kill you. anyways, so going thru those pix, i came across some rather cool ones, one of my favourite being thys: the picture doesnt do justice, but really, thys bird was perhaps the smartest rooster ive ever seen. and the colours??? they were RICH, bright... and mesmerizing... to top that, it had an attitude to match... you shouldve checked its gait... i never actually associated arrogance with roosters (that being more in the men's domain), but thys bird told a different tale altogether. had i been a guy, and had i the opportunity, i wouldve bred hens for fights... like the venezuelan birds here. and no i dont thynk it's cruel. but as fate would see it best, i was born a girl, and taught to instinctively flee everytym anythyn came close. but coming back to the case in point. baji was all like... what's with the cow head? cow head: in case you cant tell... it's a cow's head. (and the skin and the tail... if you look closely, you can see the eye) and i had found it extremely fascinating, how it lay in the MIDDLE of the main bazar.... and the number of flies... it was wicked! now had i been in my right mind, i wouldve belched and made faces and screamed and ran off. instead, i stood there taking pix on my digital camera, and then showed them to all my friends... (who predictably belched and made faces and screamed and ran off... women can be so predictable) that was ACTUALLY the first tym i saw a dead cow's head... thys year for bakra eid we did a bhains (or somethyng to that effect) and i saw ALL the innards... the bloating stomach, the intestines, the paws... it was SO DISGUSTING!!! but at the same tym, i figured it had to be done, if only so i could say, "but ive seen it with me own eyes." but coming back to baji's question, thys one i took out of shock. i was amazed at how callously it was just lying around... hygiene and health issues obviously having gone to the dogs. -------------------------------------------------------- technically, i shouldve blogged about meeting up with the nomad, and my first day in school, but im still so stressed about my studies and all... i cant thynk straight. in other news: there are 88 guys in my class, and 12 girls (including me)... so thats gonna be a party.