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History of Computing
The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century onwards though, the word began to take on its more familiar meaning, describing a machine that carries …
Day 2 Lahore
Lahore
The fridge in our room wasn't working, we had asked them lots of time to change it, I got fed up asking, I took it out of our room and dumped it on the front desk, as you can imagine, they got upset, lots of shouting at me, I did a bit of my own and shouted back, we got a new fridge 5 minutes later, the manager was all flustered and …
Thank God, we are out of here
Lahore
Today is our last day here, then it's a run to the border for India, I will be glad to leave, even though it did rain last night, it cleared the air of humidity and the stink of sewage,
I went outside this morning, it was actually bearable
It was fun and games last night, another 2 …
Tumult an der Grenze
... wieder in eine ellenlange Schlange stellen musste. Eine offensichtliche Reihe. Nichtsdestotrotz versuchte ein Inder sich an Flo vorbeizuquetschen.
Daraufhin
Flo: "excuse me sir....!",
Der Inder: "what..?"
Flo: "this is a queue"
Der Inder: "are you telling me to stand in the queue!!!?" (normalerweise ist so ein Satz Auftakt zu Aerger)
Flo: "yes, indeed!"
Der Inder: "ok" und stellte sich brav hinten an.
Wir liessen ...
Experiencing Lahore
... decided to take a spontaneous day.
The entrance to the zoo only cost 15 rupees which is a LOT cheaper than the Bronx zoo in New York City! The zoo was really well maintained and a lot of fun. We same lions, elephants, giraffs, (sooo manyyy) bird, zebra, a black swan (reminded me of the movie lol), ostrich, monkeys, tigers, etc. When we saw the lepord, the trainer was also there. He literally stuck his hand into the cage ...