The Whoredom is a bit of a drag right now.

There's no work, no poondi and not much entertainment otherwise. Countless nights of phonecalls, MSNing and God of War on PS2 have left the poor miserable Corporate Slut in a bleary-eyed, numb-headed zone for the sleep deprived.

A recent unofficial conclusion is that LUMS alumni are hired by 4 major parties in this country: banks (Econ and ACF), telecom firms (Econ and CS), financial houses (Econ, ACF and Math) and P&G-related corporations(Econ, CS, ACF, Math, SS and any other major LUMS can think up). It seems everyone and their LUMS-grad older brother is, has or will be working with the Messrs Proctor and Gamble, or a related firm. For those of you not working in one of the above-mentioned categories, you're not a real LUMS grad till you do.

Of course, this means that those ethically inclined, intellectually inspired and artistically devoted SS majors (amongst whom I listed myself before being seduced by the Dark Side) find themselves in a rather unforgiving conundrum. Or not. From personal experience, the non-prostitutional world of the non-corporate has almost enviable satisfaction packaged along with the most meaningful work and the sense of goal fulfillment. We wanted to make a difference; some of us are.

But the Whoring has its perks. Today's just a bad day.