Saturday, March 19, 2005

My Cat Ate the Billboards.

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.

-- Ogden Nash, Song of the Open Road, 1945

normal day driving back from work. on the emirates plane roundabout near parktowers, all billboards have tolet signs. funny. all of them together? the designer in me registered it but the human being in me, tired after a long day, fleetingly glanced up and went home to a relaxing cup of tea.

k calls. "all the billboards are gone".
haan i noticed i exclaim, now resuscitated to my usual alive self. wonder what is happening? "it looks so amazing" he says. well, i answer, tomorrow there will be new ones. silence. "sweetie. they dont exist. as in the structures are gone."
by now im jumping up and down hollering "what what??? what??"

houston, we finally have a skyline and man, she looks good.

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16 Comments:

At 2:07 AM, Blogger sam said...

Wow....FINALLY!!! I was afraid someday the skyline would completely disappear.
Yes to the demo class. Can you mail me the contact details of this place? Thanks :)

 
At 1:17 PM, Blogger Faraz said...

I can't believe this!! Karachi without billboards!

Somebody pinch me please! :D

 
At 2:41 PM, Blogger cheesoo said...

sunday morning so many oceans away and im feeling so happy just now. thank you jammoo :)

 
At 9:24 PM, Blogger jammie said...

sam: will get number today. seem to have misplaced card.

faraz: its not the whole of karachi..merely one roundabout. small victory so far. lets see what happens further. :)

cheesoo: it makes me morning every day now :)

 
At 7:23 AM, Blogger ~meyum & a half~ said...

perfect!!!!

 
At 8:37 AM, Blogger saba said...

Hands off our skyline!

Something even creepier - I didn't encounter a single traffic jam in my 25 minute commute from university to my place. Quite like an out-of-body experience.

 
At 1:00 PM, Blogger just muttering said...

are you serious!!! thats amazing! yay! im all escited now.... theres some hope for the city after all :))))))
must be beautiful! :)

 
At 3:34 PM, Blogger M K Abbas said...

Why is it an all or nothing deal with Karachi.
Removing billboards, ok makes sense.. for some of them...why all ??
What ever happened to landscaping and putting up billboards so they not only carry a message but look aesthetically pleasing as well. Like the coke billboard at Metropole or the infamous zara sheikh/mobilink one at gora qabiristan

 
At 8:25 PM, Blogger atrophying said...

Thank you God.

 
At 8:18 PM, Blogger insiyasyed said...

apparently, they are bringing the clutter down by a 40%.

 
At 12:32 AM, Blogger psnob said...

WOW.
love the picture too :D

 
At 4:01 AM, Blogger jammie said...

guys..i just hope all rumours of an underpass here are totally false..because as it is karachi is dealing with a serious moles attack. EVERYTHING has been dug up in search of better traffic!!!

 
At 8:55 AM, Blogger M K Abbas said...

ah, i wish the car dealers mafia hadnt stopped the KMTP from happening. We would be living in a different city i tell you all!

BTW-Jammie, your blogs becoming a community :D

 
At 1:42 AM, Blogger kAy said...

this calls for a before and after picture!

 
At 3:37 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

but i dont have a before pic!!!

 
At 1:37 PM, Blogger gulnaz said...

jammie i so enjoy reading your blog.

 

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