the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it

ReallyVirtual

… is what I am for the next few hours on twitter. I am too tired and sleepy to blog or talk about it though, but I guess it is finally time to revive this abandoned blog. Maybe tomorrow…

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94 thoughts on “the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it”

  1. You have no idea how important your voice is, just talking about the life of an ordinary computer professional in Pakistan. We need to have folk around the world building online friendships with common interests so there is less suspicion and hostility and more shared experience.

    I started using computers in the days of punch cards (yes, I am quite a bit older than you are) but I can identify with you — your concern for your family, working at night, etc. For a minute I was right beside you, sharing your concerns…

  2. I wonder if you believe in destiny after this? Instant celebrity. Some techies may had made if famous, but usually with a billion dollar company. You must be the most famous techie now from Pakistan. If you believe in a God, you should be thanking him.

  3. It might be a moment of pride for you that you have been covered by International media but the bitter fact which you might be ignoring that how the sovereignty of your country was screwed by both Americans and OBL. I think you should tell Americans to get out of Pakistan now and leave us alone.

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  6. I hope you’ve been sleeping better and the calls and emails have died down a little. Hang in there.

    Thank you for speaking to Al-Jazeera. I get my news from them. I also don’t watch television, so it’s nice to have their live feed on their website.

    I much appreciate your sharing on twitter. Keep up the normal-everyday-goodguy work.

  8. Hi buddy..interesting time i had to go through you twitter post and here at your blog. If i discount that oSaBama incident, then too your blog and you sound interesting. Specially I salute you decision to change your city and living in peaceful one.
    -Harsh Patel (India)

  9. Hey, Sohaib – Wow, what an interesting couple of days you must have had so far. I remember when your Twitter followers were 8k on Sunday, lol.

    I commend you for not wanting to monetize your fifteen minutes of ‘fame’. However, I think you should do -something- with the attention. Set up a paypal donation button for the kids and school in your community? I’m sure many in the world would be happy to give 5Euros or so without a moments thought – and you would have raised so much for the local school! I don’t know about you, but in my community funding for schools is totally wanting.

    Just a thought. Stay well.

  12. I hope you and your family, in fact your whole town, are safe and sound and that is getting back to normal. I am pretty sure someone out there is going to make a movie about this event. Since you provided a unique perspective, I can’t imagine they won’t include your part in it. How did Pakistanis feel about the reaction of Americans when they were told the news about Bin Laden? I am totally ashamed by some reactions. Most of my friends don’t celebrate the death of Bin Laden. We do feel some measure of closure to a grave chapter in our history. We would like to see our troops come home.

  13. Hi Sohaib,

    I’m pleased you’ve come back on here, I was hoping you would.

    I hope you can tell us a bit about how things are in Abbottabad after your life calms down a bit.

    Love and peace for you guys there in what must be a difficult time.

    Best regards,
    Gerry

  14. ReallyVirtual you are the coolest guy on the planet. It is really great reading your tweets. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thank you for your perspective. All the best to you. One Love.

  16. Yes, you must bring Life to this blog, my dear friend. It would be really exciting to read your mind and about your beautiful small town, which was unknown to me till few hours back 🙂

    I am sure many around the world would want you to record routine Life in & around Abbottabad.

    Do take best care,
    Yogesh Pagar

  18. hi, friend, i think for you, a new life has begun. God bless you and your family. Abbottabad is a nice and peacefull place. Next time , choose a better place to forget the noises of the life.

  19. Wow…I also recently left my IT career & city life to escape the rat-race, but I’d have to say my life has been a bit less eventful than yours since the move. Although things never do seem to work out quite the way we plan, do they!? It would be nice if you revived your blog. Twitter’s great, but it’s tough to communicate using only 140 chars. I’m trying to do the same with my blog, but it’s challenging to keep up with it on a regular basis. Hope you’re getting some rest finally!

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