Kutttaaayyy!!
Posted by anas on Oct 26, 2009 in London Diary | 10 commentsAfter the success of my wake-up-to-jog-in-the-morning activity yesterday I tried to replicate it today as well. It was hard to get out of the bed despite not feeling sleepy at all. With a strong will, I crushed those thoughts of laziness and sprang to my feet within minutes to get ready for another session of activity.
I reached the huge and beautiful park near my residence, sat down for a while allowing the freshness to sink in. After stretching for a bit and setting my iPod to use Absar’s playlist I was all set to go.
I was feeling great and gradually building up pace. I was lost. The thoughts of getting an iPhone soon took over. I think I dropped in pace as well but I am not sure. I wasn’t looking around either. Suddenly during the song break I heard something. It wasn’t the music, obviously. And then it repeated again, twice. I came to an abrupt halt planning to see where the noise was coming from.
And then I saw it. It was a centimeter away from me staring (and barking) without a blink. It was a huge dog (kutta). A huge, ugly, son of a bitch! But what was he doing?
There was no time to think. Within a second of stopping I ran again. He chased me. I was slow. He was fast. I crossed over to the grassy land and jumped on a couple of benches hoping to see a human who would help me. No one. Where was the dog owner? The chase continued and I was taking huge steps when he finally overtook me, moved forward, slowed down and sat there waiting for me to arrive! WTF was going on? I changed direction and he followed me. Oh God! I don’t want to be bitten by a dog. After going round in circles twice, I saw man. A human! I slowed down near him and the dog quietly went towards his owner.
“Oh mate! He was just playing with you” said the owner. “I know, me too! But try keeping him close to you” was my reply.
I went back to one of the benches which I used to my advantage in order to increase the distance during the chase, sat down for a while where a sign clearly said “No Dogs Allowed.” After getting my senses back I went back to cover the distance remaining for the day while my thoughts wavered between my upcoming trip to Southampton, iPhone and dogs.
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haha, i feel sorry for you! being chased by a dog must have been terrifying im sure, but he was probably playing if he went ahead of you and was waiting for to you to arrive.
But he didn’t tell me!
Dogs don’t tell; they bark. And he was barking all the time! You should have known!
Kutta jis mulk ka b ho…. hota kutta hi hey
Things wud have been quite different if this incident had occured in pak … where there is no “playing” and there is no “owner” !!
lol..i think its typical of us Pakistani to have this disliking for bechare dogs. Im not saying that particular one was bechara since he chased you =p ..but yea.
Hmm. Scary. You actually told the owner u were playing with him
Thats the funny part !
hahaha hilarious! dude, youre the bomb!
So, our president actually chased you? And Obama came to get him?
lol… sorry, but that was too funny!