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A Room with a View

It felt like there was a lake there, almost. At night the windows full of white light were reflected in the water and it felt like I had a lake-front room, with a lake-front view, for just a day or two.

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This morning:

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Batool said…
WHOA! The pictures are beautiful. I wish I could have been there. Fabuluous.
SR said…
Beautiful MashaAllah =)
psnob said…
ooh nice pictures :D deja vu - what camera do you have?
psnob said…
oyeee, am gonna link to this post on lahore.metblogs.com ..hope you dont mind :D
Ent said…
argh! you beat me to the punch! i had similar pics! havent been able to post em yet though..will...soon..
decaf said…
pokerface: Thanks :D I wish you could have been there for the rains too. The washed out green and blue on campus was gorgeous.

Shaima: Thank you :)

psnob: I have a Canon too :) Powershot A75. And metblogs? I'd be flattered!

elf: Dude, it's not a competition! Ease up :)
No fuss said…
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Anonymous said…
heh, neither actually...i just cut up a picture. :)
Anonymous said…
teh last comment was also by me - the deleted one :/ i was accidentally signed in frmo my friend's blogger account :p
psnob said…
heh, nope im not...it was just a list i found online .. :)

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