Thirsty crows of KU

By Ayesha Ahmad

The period between July and September should be known as the dog days of summer, specifically in Karachi. As a matter of fact, nobody can understand this hottest and muggiest part of the season better than the piteous, miserable students, whose ill fates had destined them to study at departments like Mass Communication and UBIT, which are situated at the remotest and the godforsaken corners of Karachi University.

Being in a hot, steamy sauna with a dozen lamps bearing down on you...yes, these are exactly the kinds of heat we MCDians experience when we return from our subsidiary classes, held usually in the Arts Faculty, with the scorching sun's rays raining down on us, as if we were just a feet away from it.

For those of you who are not familiar with KU, Arts Faculty is like a mile away from the department of Mass Communication, hence the inconvenience.

 You really ought to thank your lucky stars if you are granted a spare car or a bike to bring to the university as it makes life a lot easier and, not to forget, livable.

Once you return to the department, after attending a mind-numbingly boring lecture and travelling a great distance on foot in the sultry weather the only thing you would want to want to do is, after dropping yourself on those black leather couches which definitely would have been comfy once upon a time, have a tall glass of ice cold water as nothing can prove to be more satisfying than this in such a wretched condition.

 This is exactly when the water coolers come into the limelight. There are two of them in the department of Mass Communication and I bet all of us have taken this 'luxury' for granted like almost forever, but earnestly these can come in very handy when it is our parched throats we are concerned about. Trust me, if you are familiar with this machine and know how to deal with its settings, then cold icy water can be at your disposal whenever you would crave it.

All you have to do is to make sure that the machine is switched on and then check its thermostat, which is usually hidden somewhere on its either side, and turn its knob to the point where it says 'coolest'. Ask your nerves to grant you patience for a while and voilà!- refresh yourself with as much cold water as you like!