i miss the ocean!

It’s been a busy two days at work. I have been planning the two programs that I am going to produce for the Ramadan Transmission. My first program as a producer will InshaAllah be aired this Sunday. It was fun shooting it. My anchor was KJ and he was interviewing the CEO Engineering Development Board. While the cameramen were setting the cameras and I was supervising the seating arrangement, I felt tired and I sat in the CEO’s chair. Lol…the CEO wasn’t in the room and when he entered he saw me sitting in the chair, he said:’so you’re the new CEO’ and his colleague said, ‘sir! I think there’s been a coup’. We all laughed good naturedly and I told him I could certainly get used to the feeling. The office is in STP and the view was awesome. I could see all of Secretariat, Presidency, National Assembly, PM secretariat, Supreme Court and CBR Head quarters. The shooting went well but I think I could have done better in editing. Anyhoo, that is a first for me.

Things have also been interesting at work. There is this certain idiot AK in our Head office who thinks he knows all there is to know about Finance and Economics. Now I admit I am probably the world’s lousiest Economist but that guy makes me look like a genius. Well, I have been trying to avoid him for a year now. He called me at work some four days back and told me I was going to take over AM’s work. AM was our Finance correspondent and left for CNBC recently. Now, I don’t report and I only monitor the Stock market. Plus, AK has no authority to tell me what to do. He may be older than me but I am a producer as well so he doesn’t out rank me. AK also has an issue with my calling him ‘sir’. I, as a rule, don’t call guys older than me by their given names. And I have told him time and again that he is not going to be an exception. Well he chanted ‘say my name’ so many times that Destiny’s Child would have been humbled. When I refused to pay any attention to him, he called up Dogar Sahib, my immediate boss on the desk. He complained that I wasn’t working well blah blah. Dogar sahib asked me and I asked him who had complained. When I heard AK’s name, I knew where this was coming from. So, I told Dogar sahib all he had said. I am so glad Dogar sahib is so understanding. He called up the Assignment Desk Editor in Khi and gave AK a piece of all our minds. I am so grateful to him for standing up for me.

I was supposed to start shooting for my program today but Ms. Zuberi called in sick. Tomorrow, I have a program scheduled with Iftikhar Arif. Honestly, I don’t remember the last time I spoke urdu so fluently…”mai maafi chahti ho kai aap ko zehmat dai rahi ho laikin agar aap kuch waqt humarai liyai nikal sakai to mai bahut mashkoor ho gi’ lord knows how I am going to manage talking to him tomorrow. But on the bright side, I just might get to go to Khi and Lhr for shooting my program. It’s a very slight possibility right now but I hope it works out…InshaAllah.

I came home a lil’ late today. Watched TV for a while and went up to the roof since the breeze was so incredibly awesome. I sat there as wind sprayed stray drops of rain on my face. I have to say as some one who loves rain and has seen many rain showers; this was the politest rain ever. I had brought out Samreen’s radio and listened to songs from Kiss of a rose by seal to Savage Garden’s truly, madly, deeply. The clouds slowly drifted west wards and made way for stars to shine. I missed the sea so much today. I hope I get to hear the ocean soon, very very soon!