I know it’s common around here in Karachi for people to keep
sleeping past noon but still I always hate it when I call someone at 10 am and I
am greeted with a sleepy voice!!! And when this happens at noon, I really want
to go kill that person.
Should I change myself and be considerate towards those
people who have such sleeping habits or should they change themselves? I know
it’s them who need a wake up call and really need to improve these bad habits. But
if you got to live in Karachi and get along well with people, then it’s the
other way around. This means, I really need to control myself when I feel the
urgency of calling someone in the morning. I should perhaps assume there is a
time difference between me and all those people out there who sleep until late.
I know that in Karachi our mornings start very late. I know
that you keep sleeping late in the morning. But for the love of God, can’t you
just pretend you weren’t sleeping when someone calls you?? At least show some embarrassment
at sleeping so late!!! Whenever I am greeted with a sleepy voice, I really want
to hit that person in the head but instead, I always end up apologizing.
Because, I have to live in Karachi.
Once, I called my best friend at 1 pm hoping for a nice and
lively chat, only to find her screaming at the other end of the line. She was
actually angry at me to call her at such an early hour. Huh?? Get a life! Its 1
pm and my day is half finished!
Maybe even foreigners are aware of our bad sleeping habits. A
few days back, I got a call from a US university about a scholarship
application I sent to them *accidentally*. They called me at 1 am at night when
I was fast asleep. I don’t know what I said to him because I was half sleeping
but I only remember the last part when he said “Good day”. Huh? In one way, he
was right because in Karachi, people are actually very very awake at 1 am,
except me.
The last thing I can do is hope that one day all my dear
friends and family will understand the importance of “early to rise, early to
bed”.
But in the meanwhile, keep expecting my calls at such early
hours. Because I can’t delay MY work because of this…If I need to call you, I
will do it, although I will never expect to have a nice friendly chat with
anyone at such hours. My apologies to everyone in advance J
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