lack of visa's and quakes

I've been having issues checking my own blog... so
hopefully this works... Here's a lil' bit of an
update... at this point, looks like being born in
Bombay is causing a bigger deal than we all thought!
So, I'm being "checked out" by the Pak equivalent of
the FBI & CIA and wait for their answers regarding if
I'm a "threat" in the northern areas and will have to
wait anywhere from a week to 3 months for an answer.
In the meantime, my 15 day visa expired on Sunday and
am on their "Grace period", which is only good for
non-Indian applicants! Thanks! :P But ironically, the
reason they're checking me out in the first place...
is my Indian birth. Somebody should tell General
Musharraf and Manmohan Singh about that! Manmohan
Singh (prime minister of India) was born in what is
now Punjab IN PAKISTAN, and Musharraf was born in
INDIA!!!
Ok.. now that thats off my chest...
I felt my first earthquake yesterday while sleeping on
the 4th floor (generally, the higher up the more you
feel it). I'll write more about how that felt... but
certainly is scary when the realisation that even
ground ain't solid hits. Fragility is such an
important part of the human condition and yet why do
we so often feel falsely invincible?



Did I mention how much of this particular weed I saw growing just outside the US Embassy in Islamabad? :) LOL... you gotta see it to believe it!