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So I watched the news today. No big deal right? Everyone watches the bloody news every bloody day. Well, something inside me snapped.

Well, I've been harboring this since the days commencing Steve Jobs death and.. Well. Facebook's right. One person dies, the world gets down on its knees and when one million kids are dying because of famine and illness and shit like this (let alone adults), no one has the fucking courtesy to mourn those innocent beings who could have, you know, been assets to us all in some way or the other - let alone grow up and be good kids and serve a tiny purpose in their parents' lives. Just because the creator of the Mac is gone - some damned computer which only a minority of the people can afford - we sit down and cry like it's a whole generation of brilliance dead. 

Hey, I'm not denying Steve Jobs was brilliant - hell, he's done a brilliant job bringing about a whole technological revolution; I revolve around Hamlet and Silas Marner Podcasts, but idolizing this man to such an extent.. 

Yeah. Not something I'd do.

Sorry, Mr.Jobs, I hope computer heaven is treating you well but I will not sit and mourn your death like you were a god. 

And another thing: The uncontrollable flood and Dengue victims, Oh and two new cases of Polio in Pakistan were also reported to be discovered today, too. Seriously? Polio strikes back. This is not a joke. Our country is dying slowly! WE NEED TO STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING. I know I sound hypocritical bitching about like this but I really do not know how we as teenagers can contribute. Maybe sign a petition requesting the WHO to help us here? Maybe signing a petition for President Zardari to call an International Conference appealing for ideas? Maybe.. Maybe seriously praying for our country?

Oh, and lo! The price of electricity has increased buy Rupees THREE POINT FOUR PER UNIT (Rs 3.4). This IS NOT A JOKE! IT IS NOT! IT'S ATROCIOUS! IT'S HORRIFIC! IT'S BARBARIC! Our economy is in a slump, load shedding is haunting us and now they go ahead and increase electricity? BESIDES THAT: THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED TWO HOLIDAYS A WEEK  NOW! TO SAVE ELECTRICITY - SO BHAYE, WHY ARE YOU CHARGING MORE FOR THE DAMNED THING??? HOW DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO EARN ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT EVER-INCREASING BILL??

And something I haven't blogged about: The Chaudry Aslam Bomb Blast? Yeah, I live two streets away from his house. I WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF THE BOMB. And almost 18 - then - I was sleeping in my PARENTS's room. We're not even safe in our own beds. And my teacher was his next door neighbor with three adorable little kids - her house looks like a broken, haunted shack. Chaudhry Aslam has the mind to send his family away, knowing something dire was happening - could he not have made his surrounding neighbors and schools sign a petition of secrecy, informing us that something dangerous was going to happen and we should evacuate? Or rather, just announced that we should evacuate the night before that Black Monday Morning? It's just sad. We were not part of that war - us innocent people. His neighbors, the schools, his guards - why were we involved? Someone please answer that!

I thought I'd be patriotic till I die. Love my Land of The Green. Stand up for it. But really, I'm forced to rethink my emotions and decision. And events after that bomb blast in our country - the floods, local issues and shit - (19th Sep, I think) have seized my attention. A really bitchy teacher in my school once said: This country is going to the dogs. I think I'll with Miss Bitch on this.

Know why? Because this country has hurt me. It has hurt my family and my people.