Working at a hospital!

“Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some” – Charles Dickens

Today, I was buying coffee at the shop I everyday do before heading to the library and one of the security guards walked in and asked for biscuit. The biscuit was 17 rupees and he thought for a minute before buying it where as my coffee was 110 rupees and I don’t think even for a second before spending that amount. Now it is quite true that my pay must be like at least three times his but that one moment impacted me! I was telling my cousin today that working in a hospital can really make you realize just how blessed you are. Even when you are a non-medical staff member like myself, you get to see people who are in so much pain and problems that it should make you reflect; at least it does to me that ‘how lucky am I’. You can lack money, material possessions, a loved one, friends etc. but you have your eyes hence sight, you can move around with your legs, lift things with hands, etc.; these my friend are blessings, and like all humans do, we never value something till we have it. Today I saw someone being taken on a stretcher and he looked very serious and my heart just sank like it did the other day when I saw someone’s head stitched and he was being transferred. I am just grateful!!

I see folks from all walks of life at the hospital with their stories in their eyes but one thing is so common – there is a solid shield or at least an attempt at having a solid shield to hide the truth. What is interesting is you can take a walk around the hospital thinking about all your issues but the moment the heart starts to reflect on the problems the people there are facing, yours seem nothing. As I said, if a hospital can’t bring humility in you, then I don’t know what place is good enough to do so!

The other purpose of writing this article was to mention a little about my time here in Karachi and how my day looks like. Karachi is very hot at the moment to be honest. The humidity is a killer!! I never felt like this in Dar too – this actually reminds me of my 3 days in Dubai in July 2014 when I was returning from Mauritius post my graduation. KILLER!
I am adapting to the change of city at the moment like I have always done. It has been a month and a half already and I am yet to actually photograph it but every now and then I manage to pull out my camera. The sunset on campus is absolutely mesmerizing. If you ask me, Karachi has one of the best sunsets I have witnessed. Like every day, I fall in love with it all over again! I find people in this city assume they have all the time in the world which is quite frustrating. Shops open so late and that’s just argh like are you kidding me?! You might think I do not like Karachi as I am critical of it but I love it here only that I can’t shy away from the truth. The amount of diversity I see here in Karachi is so much that wow! It is a brilliant city to live in to be honest, of course you must have a good sustainable financial source.

My days are packed to be honest. I feel I have packed them that way. I work till 6:30 or so in the evening and then go for badminton and table tennis till 9pm and then study for my MBA for a couple of hours. I like to keep myself busy because then I do not find time to think about my so-called issues or so. I of course spend half an hour with myself every single day from 11 to 11:30pm. How long can I keep up this tough schedule – I do not know but let us see!

Lastly, what is it that is lacking and I want…an apartment, a car and yes, a girlfriend. Isn’t it amazing when you know what you want? :p on this note, this article comes to an end.. I feel quite happy to have written in a different style today and not been so serious as I always tend to be when I am writing.

Peace!

Champ!