MURREE CLASS TRIP-2
By Naveed Yazdani

The train journey was decorated with songs, card games, luddo and what not. Shazib's family greeted us at Gujranwala railway station with eatables, which we gobbled up in moments.
We reached Islamabad University hostel around nine in the evening. Group 2 lodged itself in a huge room. We sang songs and played some in-door cricket. I think we (me, Shazib and Asaad) gathered small stones from the lawn and when all were sleeping; we took the ammunition out and started targeting Azhar, Najmi and Mannan. At first, they thought something was falling from the roof but then our laughter, which was no longer muffled, disclosed it all.
I have (to this day) never spent much time in communal life. For me it was a nightmare to go to a public toilet. In addition, its walls were full of graffiti and I could not lift my eyes in sheer embarrassment. But when I looked up to pull the ancient lever, I was greeted by one of the rudest comment of them all. It said: ANGRAIZ KE PUTR FLUSH KHARAB HAI.
That was it for me and I almost ran back to the sleeping area where Najmi was probably remembering his girl friend and Mannan murmuring something about Coolie's (I am not sure if I can recall the spellings) fracture in their sleeps.
Naveed Yazdani

Qayyum remembers the Murree Trip

Of course It was a memorable trip. during the journey my friends taught me how to play cards as I have no idea about it "being a paindoo". We stayed in one of the TV room of the hostels in Islamabad university. Early motning next day I found many "smart group" colleagues running towards the canteen. Later we came to know the reason for this big rush. girls from our class were strolling outside and taking breakfast, so everybody was busy impressing them. Of course it was a rare moment or chance to walk alnongwith the "elite and choosen few girls" of our class. We visited Cadet College Hasan abdal but I think not on the first day as Iffat wrote. Camp fire was in the open and not along the poolside. But we could not continue long as the "Jamiaat Leaders" of University interfered as they thought that our gathering is a threat to islam. Anyway It were memorable days with lot of photo graphers everywhere especiaaly capturing the girls with their shutter.

Abdul Qayyum