I finally finished correcting and updating the second edition of our first coffee table book, “Our Life & Adventures in Pakistan.” The software I used is Booksmart by Blurb.com. The first edition only had two printed copies, but it served more as draft and sample copy. I was impressed by the professional quality of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Islamabad’
A Bright Spark in these Uncertain, Dangerous Times
Posted in Family Life, Islamabad, tagged baby, Islamabad, school on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure anymore what is normal in this town. We hoped, but knew it was not possible to return to normal after the unexpected two-week holiday. It can’t be normal if we can’t go to our favorite restaurants anymore, or if there are more roadblocks, checkpoints, and detours around the city. It can’t be [...]
Load shedding
Posted in Family Life, Islamabad, tagged electricity, Islamabad, load-shedding, power outage on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s the euphemism for rolling blackouts in Islamabad where the shortage of power supply has deprived our household of electricity two-three times a day lasting 30-60 minutes each since December. It is annoying to say the least, especially when they scheduled it so early in the evening. At first it was from 8:00 – 9:00 [...]
Daman-e-koh
Posted in Family Life, Islamabad, tagged Daman-e-koh, Islamabad, Margalla, park on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like the Snugli baby carrier is going to be our latest favorite baby item, after we brought James to the Daman-e-koh within the Margalla Hills National Park this past Sunday. The weather was sunny but cool in the morning. We saw monkeys, geese, peacocks, and other birds although James preferred to sleep again. We [...]
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