Assalamu 'Alaikum,
PAMCTOP
That’s Ramstore to you and me, a shopping mall a good 20
minutes walk away from the hotel I’m staying at in this beautiful city the
other side of the Himalayas. Yes, a walk I had to make succumbing to modern
man’s weakness of life can’t be lived without a charger.
Yes I remembered ensuring I took the international converter
everywhere in my travels the last couple of years, but I never had occasion to
need it! So I never bothered to remember to bring it this time, only to find
out that this time it was much needed, and that life is rather uncomfortable if
you don’t have the stuff to recharge your smart phone and your smart laptop.
Appeals were sent everywhere via emails and whatsapp to any fellow citizens
nearby to assist a fellow citizen in distress.
Only when the hotel reception said for the umpteenth time
that no international guest had return their converter did I decide to take
thing into my own hands. After all I did promise Facetime with the loved ones
at home soon, and I have tons of work and co curricula activities to do on my
laptop. Yesterday the receptionist did show me a map of town and how near
Ramstore was where I could buy the plug converter. Of course when people from
cold countries say it’s a short walk; it’s actually a long walk for those from
hotter countries. That’s because those for hot countries walk under the hot sun
whereas those from colder climes walk under breezy winds.
