You would think that after nearly six years of living apart from the family would prepare you well enough not to get all teary eyed at farewells.
Yet somehow every single time it happens you can't help but feel a tinge of gloom settling in.
Irrespective of how independent you think you are, you can't help but notice
-At the end of it, it's just you who is going to take that long lonely walk back home.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Midnight merengue
Under the stars,
just enough moonlight.
He holds her close,
the touch just right.
One foot moves,
the other follows.
Both arm sway,
the evening mellows .
A turn ,a twist,
a nimble fall.
A look into the eye,
to win it all.
Not merely a dance,
a celebration of sorts.
To get each other,
against all odds.
A promise was made
to be kept each day.
To dance forever,
their Midnight Merengue.
just enough moonlight.
He holds her close,
the touch just right.
One foot moves,
the other follows.
Both arm sway,
the evening mellows .
A turn ,a twist,
a nimble fall.
A look into the eye,
to win it all.
Not merely a dance,
a celebration of sorts.
To get each other,
against all odds.
A promise was made
to be kept each day.
To dance forever,
their Midnight Merengue.
Monday, October 8, 2007
The breakup.
3 years, 7 months and 12 days.
A fairly longish time for a relationship and he still couldn't believe they had finally broken up.
He remembered the first time he had met her ... the boys had insisted on taking a coffee break and he had to give in. They had been working non stop for 28 hours already and it still didn't look as if they'd get any respite. A hot coffee definitely sounded like a good idea and they trotted out to the nearby coffee place. He had just finished ordering his coffee when he saw her. No one could have missed her and neither did he. She seemed to know all his teammates and was greeting them one by one. He remembered gawking at her so obviously that Amit had to introduce her to him.
Don't they say 'A lot can happen over coffee ',well here was the perfect example !!!
That was the beginning .One coffee led to the other and before they knew they were inseparable.
Now after three years ,he couldn't believe that he had taken the final step .
Doubts and indecision had been the norm for the last few months.
Hadn't she been his constant companion through the ups and downs for the last three years?Whenever he was lonely ,he would seek her out.
Whenever he was happy ,she was around to celebrate.
Whenever he was in the dumps, she almost blew his worries away.
And the best part - She never demanded anything. !!!
Seemed like the perfect relationship a guy could hope for.
So the question was ...would he be able to do without her ??
He had thought about it for a long long time.
It had started with his mother not approving of the relationship. She had shouted at him, pleaded with him and even cried to make him stay away from her. He had endured all that.
But then he heard the news about Arjun. Apparently she had an affair with him, but all that was in the past.Wasn't he the uber cool guy who didn't bother about such trivialities !
He hadn't even cared about that phase in her life unless he came to know much Arjun was suffering .
That had got the thought process started.It was all hunky dory between them and he so much wanted to believe that she would never make him suffer that much.
But there something special about the seed of doubt...it grows way too fast.
What if he met Arjun's fate ?
Ma had never liked her anyway.How long would he continue hurting her ??
A number of mental skirmishes later,he had made a decision.
Yes...she would have to go from his life.
He knew it wouldn't be easy but he was ready to let go.
Now that he thought, he was never in love with her. It was ...it was more of a dependency than a liking.
It took a lot of effort but he told her he wanted out.
Surprisingly he wasn't feeling sad,quite content actually for being able to take the correct decision.
He said his goodbye ,wished her luck and left her at the same coffee shop.
As for her,well...she's still smouldering in the ashtray.
A fairly longish time for a relationship and he still couldn't believe they had finally broken up.
He remembered the first time he had met her ... the boys had insisted on taking a coffee break and he had to give in. They had been working non stop for 28 hours already and it still didn't look as if they'd get any respite. A hot coffee definitely sounded like a good idea and they trotted out to the nearby coffee place. He had just finished ordering his coffee when he saw her. No one could have missed her and neither did he. She seemed to know all his teammates and was greeting them one by one. He remembered gawking at her so obviously that Amit had to introduce her to him.
Don't they say 'A lot can happen over coffee ',well here was the perfect example !!!
That was the beginning .One coffee led to the other and before they knew they were inseparable.
Now after three years ,he couldn't believe that he had taken the final step .
Doubts and indecision had been the norm for the last few months.
Hadn't she been his constant companion through the ups and downs for the last three years?Whenever he was lonely ,he would seek her out.
Whenever he was happy ,she was around to celebrate.
Whenever he was in the dumps, she almost blew his worries away.
And the best part - She never demanded anything. !!!
Seemed like the perfect relationship a guy could hope for.
So the question was ...would he be able to do without her ??
He had thought about it for a long long time.
It had started with his mother not approving of the relationship. She had shouted at him, pleaded with him and even cried to make him stay away from her. He had endured all that.
But then he heard the news about Arjun. Apparently she had an affair with him, but all that was in the past.Wasn't he the uber cool guy who didn't bother about such trivialities !
He hadn't even cared about that phase in her life unless he came to know much Arjun was suffering .
That had got the thought process started.It was all hunky dory between them and he so much wanted to believe that she would never make him suffer that much.
But there something special about the seed of doubt...it grows way too fast.
What if he met Arjun's fate ?
Ma had never liked her anyway.How long would he continue hurting her ??
A number of mental skirmishes later,he had made a decision.
Yes...she would have to go from his life.
He knew it wouldn't be easy but he was ready to let go.
Now that he thought, he was never in love with her. It was ...it was more of a dependency than a liking.
It took a lot of effort but he told her he wanted out.
Surprisingly he wasn't feeling sad,quite content actually for being able to take the correct decision.
He said his goodbye ,wished her luck and left her at the same coffee shop.
As for her,well...she's still smouldering in the ashtray.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Together...
Tell me your dreams
I want to live them too.
Together I know
we can make them true.
Tell me your fears
I'm here to hold you,
Together I know,
we can see them through.
Tell me your joys,
I love to laugh with you.
Together I know,
we can find bliss anew .
I want to live them too.
Together I know
we can make them true.
Tell me your fears
I'm here to hold you,
Together I know,
we can see them through.
Tell me your joys,
I love to laugh with you.
Together I know,
we can find bliss anew .
Give me your hand,
lets walk awhile,
I need you with me,
You are my reason to smile.
lets walk awhile,
I need you with me,
You are my reason to smile.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Luv shuv ...bah !!
They say it's all magic..this business of Luv shuv .Apparently something which makes you go cuckoo over another Homo Sapien who basically happens to be just an evolved monkey and supposedly gets your heart all fluttery ,your knees wobbly and turns you into a non thinking smart alec.
Hmm...interesting...but why do I need to fall in love to feel all that !!!
A lazy existence coupled with restaurant cooking can help me get the fluttery heart.
Wobbly knees ?? Try getting into a roller coaster which goes up-down-round-and round-over-and-inverted and temme if you got the wobbly knees or not !!
Ok...so now where does it leave us...the part of being the non thinking smart alec.
I forntunately have an advantage over the others there!!
You see... I was born this way ... had a perennial 'Foot-IN-Mouth' disease ever since I can remember and mummy vouches for the time before that.
I must have been talented ... eating crow before I could eat mashed potatoes !!
So does it not make my situation much better than if I had been in love ?
Do you ask why ?
There's no hurt buddy !! No heartbreaks , no tears , no memories.
Just an ecstasy which can only come from eating till you drop, screaming ur lungs out on a freaky coaster and saying 'Oops ! sorry !' after you have said something politically incorrect.
Can we get any better than this !!!
Hmm...interesting...but why do I need to fall in love to feel all that !!!
A lazy existence coupled with restaurant cooking can help me get the fluttery heart.
Wobbly knees ?? Try getting into a roller coaster which goes up-down-round-and round-over-and-inverted and temme if you got the wobbly knees or not !!
Ok...so now where does it leave us...the part of being the non thinking smart alec.
I forntunately have an advantage over the others there!!
You see... I was born this way ... had a perennial 'Foot-IN-Mouth' disease ever since I can remember and mummy vouches for the time before that.
I must have been talented ... eating crow before I could eat mashed potatoes !!
So does it not make my situation much better than if I had been in love ?
Do you ask why ?
There's no hurt buddy !! No heartbreaks , no tears , no memories.
Just an ecstasy which can only come from eating till you drop, screaming ur lungs out on a freaky coaster and saying 'Oops ! sorry !' after you have said something politically incorrect.
Can we get any better than this !!!
Monday, September 3, 2007
The closure.
Two small urns .
A muddy river.
A task which had to be done.
I folded my jeans to step into the waters I had only seen from atop the Howrah bridge.
Not too sure whether I wanted to do what I came here for.
A little part of my dear friend was there with me and I did not want to let go of it.
I had to choose between holding on the tangible and making do without it.
In the end,good sense prevailed and i slowly untied the red scrap which was covering an urnful of memories.
As the ash floated on the brown surface and slowly went under, the Hooghly transformed itself into a holy river from the muddy thing I perceived it to be.
It held for me one last glimpse of my buddy for the last seven and a half years and encompassed whatever physical element was left of him.
Goodbye sweety...I'm gonna miss you.
This is my final goodbye and the time for closure.
A muddy river.
A task which had to be done.
I folded my jeans to step into the waters I had only seen from atop the Howrah bridge.
Not too sure whether I wanted to do what I came here for.
A little part of my dear friend was there with me and I did not want to let go of it.
I had to choose between holding on the tangible and making do without it.
In the end,good sense prevailed and i slowly untied the red scrap which was covering an urnful of memories.
As the ash floated on the brown surface and slowly went under, the Hooghly transformed itself into a holy river from the muddy thing I perceived it to be.
It held for me one last glimpse of my buddy for the last seven and a half years and encompassed whatever physical element was left of him.
Goodbye sweety...I'm gonna miss you.
This is my final goodbye and the time for closure.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The friendly auto driver ...are you kiddin me !!!
That I graduated from riding a bicycle to a car with no two wheeler in between is going to remain a source of discomfiture as long as Bangalore remains my chosen abode.
Every single excursion beyond the walkable limit lightens my wallet drastically.
No no, don't put it on the copious amounts of shopping that us girls are notorious for.
I wisely use my debit/credit card , no point restricting your shopping horizons you see.
Yeah,so the sole reason for the magical unburdening of the wallet therefore is credited to those three wheeled monsters who I have to hail down whenever I have to get moving.
Flagging an autorickshaw (hereafter called Auto) down requires a lot of pre-planning on one's part.Not only must you mention the exact route that the Auto driver is going to take as your intended destination , you must also show the inclination to pay him atleast what the meter shows plus a few more bucks before he even considers to consider your request.
It's quite interesting to see the facial expression of the driver when you dare to cross the line of 'expected-ladylike - behaviour-while-being-robbed.
You tend to be at the receiving end of an extremely contemptous look and sometimes if you are lucky enough , a dismissive chuckle which tells you exactly what the driver wants to convey.
Although I tend to think that everything has its set of exceptions,however small,I had almost given up hope to see any Auto driver with the milk of human kindness flowing through him .
So I was pleasantly surprised when on one instance I was taxied around by a person who not only lectured me on "The various dangers young ladies face in the city" but also what I must do in case I was unfortunate enough to be in a dicey situation myself.
Another time , my wizened with age Auto driver chose to sing old hindi film songs when he realised I could understand and appreciate the nuances of the same.
But such incidents have been so infrequent they can definitely be termed rare.
Meanwhile I am trying to learn a few choice words in the local lingo .
Who knows , they might just be useful on my next 'joy' ride :).
Every single excursion beyond the walkable limit lightens my wallet drastically.
No no, don't put it on the copious amounts of shopping that us girls are notorious for.
I wisely use my debit/credit card , no point restricting your shopping horizons you see.
Yeah,so the sole reason for the magical unburdening of the wallet therefore is credited to those three wheeled monsters who I have to hail down whenever I have to get moving.
Flagging an autorickshaw (hereafter called Auto) down requires a lot of pre-planning on one's part.Not only must you mention the exact route that the Auto driver is going to take as your intended destination , you must also show the inclination to pay him atleast what the meter shows plus a few more bucks before he even considers to consider your request.
It's quite interesting to see the facial expression of the driver when you dare to cross the line of 'expected-ladylike - behaviour-while-being-robbed.
You tend to be at the receiving end of an extremely contemptous look and sometimes if you are lucky enough , a dismissive chuckle which tells you exactly what the driver wants to convey.
Although I tend to think that everything has its set of exceptions,however small,I had almost given up hope to see any Auto driver with the milk of human kindness flowing through him .
So I was pleasantly surprised when on one instance I was taxied around by a person who not only lectured me on "The various dangers young ladies face in the city" but also what I must do in case I was unfortunate enough to be in a dicey situation myself.
Another time , my wizened with age Auto driver chose to sing old hindi film songs when he realised I could understand and appreciate the nuances of the same.
But such incidents have been so infrequent they can definitely be termed rare.
Meanwhile I am trying to learn a few choice words in the local lingo .
Who knows , they might just be useful on my next 'joy' ride :).
Thursday, August 23, 2007
My little fur ball of joy ...
My mom has never been able to match any of the gifts that she has ever got for us to the one she got for the Christmas of 99.
When she came back from her grocery shopping that day there was an impish smile on her face which almost certainly means that there is a surprise in store for us.
After some theatrics on her part, when she finally did outstrech her palm ,we couldn't help but squeal in delight.
Two of the cutest little eyes were looking at us from between a clump of soft white fur.We realised incessant nagging did work and we finally had our very own pet.
I instantly fell in love with the most beautiful living creature I had seen in all of my fifteen years. :) :) :)
Unfortunately, he didn't seem quite taken by me as I was with him :(
Thankfully after a jittery start to our friendship we got along like a house on fire.
And though we had not expected this ,our lives were never the same again!!
We began to plan our family outings around him - any place which did not welcome him was promptly ticked off the list and the ones which did became our regular haunts.
Our social lives too were being defined by him.Any of my friends who liked him always scored brownie points and the rest could choose not to be friends for all I cared !!
Ginger became a focal point of all our affection and he returned the same with much more gusto.
My brother was still too young to be a confidante and Ginger fill into the role to the T.
I had the perfect audience for telling stuff right from the chemistry debacles to the latest crushes. My very own 'Agony uncle' would just need to look at me with those liquid eyes and a muzzle or lick later i would be back to being happy again.
And how could I forget his zesty spirit , the personality of an Alsatian in that petite Spitz body of his...how he would take on the larger of his species with equal ferocity and a never say die attitude.
But all the best things in life come with a expiry date and Ginger's came all too soon.
It was heart wrenching to see our bundle of joy lying lifeless on a cold table.
He had brought infinite love and joy into our lives and with him gone, it was all too glum, all of a sudden .
Every morning had been a blessing when he licked my face and forced me to get up.
Every night had been all that more comforting when he snuggled on to my pillow.
Every moment with him around was just perfect .
Oh what would I not give for just one last cuddle from him.
And you know something , this time I am not going to mind any of that fur he so loved to leave behind.
When she came back from her grocery shopping that day there was an impish smile on her face which almost certainly means that there is a surprise in store for us.
After some theatrics on her part, when she finally did outstrech her palm ,we couldn't help but squeal in delight.
Two of the cutest little eyes were looking at us from between a clump of soft white fur.We realised incessant nagging did work and we finally had our very own pet.
I instantly fell in love with the most beautiful living creature I had seen in all of my fifteen years. :) :) :)
Unfortunately, he didn't seem quite taken by me as I was with him :(
Thankfully after a jittery start to our friendship we got along like a house on fire.
And though we had not expected this ,our lives were never the same again!!
We began to plan our family outings around him - any place which did not welcome him was promptly ticked off the list and the ones which did became our regular haunts.
Our social lives too were being defined by him.Any of my friends who liked him always scored brownie points and the rest could choose not to be friends for all I cared !!
Ginger became a focal point of all our affection and he returned the same with much more gusto.
My brother was still too young to be a confidante and Ginger fill into the role to the T.
I had the perfect audience for telling stuff right from the chemistry debacles to the latest crushes. My very own 'Agony uncle' would just need to look at me with those liquid eyes and a muzzle or lick later i would be back to being happy again.
And how could I forget his zesty spirit , the personality of an Alsatian in that petite Spitz body of his...how he would take on the larger of his species with equal ferocity and a never say die attitude.
But all the best things in life come with a expiry date and Ginger's came all too soon.
It was heart wrenching to see our bundle of joy lying lifeless on a cold table.
He had brought infinite love and joy into our lives and with him gone, it was all too glum, all of a sudden .
Every morning had been a blessing when he licked my face and forced me to get up.
Every night had been all that more comforting when he snuggled on to my pillow.
Every moment with him around was just perfect .
Oh what would I not give for just one last cuddle from him.
And you know something , this time I am not going to mind any of that fur he so loved to leave behind.
Friday, August 10, 2007
A fool's life
It's kind of weird .The way your mind can sometimes lead you to believe things that are not there at all.
Just because you want something to happen or be in a specific way, you start seeing things in a different light altogether.
You choose to ignore the obvious and live in a world of make believe.
It's just that you yourself don't know that it's make believe.
Intelligence ,where art thou ??
But thankfully , your sensibilities who had been watching from a distance so far,
decide sooner or later that's it's time to take over.
They laugh at your naivety and make you see yourself as the fool
that you have been all this while.
You get introduced to a new and not exactly charming aspect of your personality,
And well let’s accept it , you don’t quite like your alter ego.
So you've been there and done that.Next ??
How do you make up for that ???
How do you salvage whatever's left of your pride in yourself ??
You have been your best critic and now's the time to transfigure and turn into a Self Help Guru.
Forget all that was silly.
Learn from your mistakes , square your shoulders, get that chin right up and march ahead.
Like they say it’s never too late anyways.
And hell ….didn’t whatever you did , give you an altogether new perspective on how things ought NOT to be done.
So smile darling ...think of what lies ahead.
How many more novel way can you make a fool of yourself !!
Trust me, the possibilities are endless.
And the life of a fool , a happy adventure :) :) :)
Just because you want something to happen or be in a specific way, you start seeing things in a different light altogether.
You choose to ignore the obvious and live in a world of make believe.
It's just that you yourself don't know that it's make believe.
Intelligence ,where art thou ??
But thankfully , your sensibilities who had been watching from a distance so far,
decide sooner or later that's it's time to take over.
They laugh at your naivety and make you see yourself as the fool
that you have been all this while.
You get introduced to a new and not exactly charming aspect of your personality,
And well let’s accept it , you don’t quite like your alter ego.
So you've been there and done that.Next ??
How do you make up for that ???
How do you salvage whatever's left of your pride in yourself ??
You have been your best critic and now's the time to transfigure and turn into a Self Help Guru.
Forget all that was silly.
Learn from your mistakes , square your shoulders, get that chin right up and march ahead.
Like they say it’s never too late anyways.
And hell ….didn’t whatever you did , give you an altogether new perspective on how things ought NOT to be done.
So smile darling ...think of what lies ahead.
How many more novel way can you make a fool of yourself !!
Trust me, the possibilities are endless.
And the life of a fool , a happy adventure :) :) :)
Monday, July 30, 2007
My date with Venky :)
A beautiful,cloudless night...a cool breeze just to the get into the right romantic mood and the prospect of a date with one of the most sought after men !!! Yes, even the thought was enough to make one euphoric :)
A very minor glitch though...this was to be speedier than the much in fashion Speed Dating and there were thousands waiting for their moment with HIM.So much for my private time !! Hmmph !!
Nevertheless.
One look at the length was enough to get me rethinking about any affectionate thoughts
I might have for this man in question.
One enquiring look at Mom ...(Did i forget to mention it was a chaperoned date ??) and a searing glance later i just plodded to the end of the queue.
The beginning was well , just the beginning of an endless line of ,wait a minute, did i see it right or was it indeed a line of baldies.
There i was looking over the eggheads ,trying to figure out how to kill time , patiently chewing my nails when voila !!
I did have an interesting task ahead of me.
So for the next couple of hours while I was rooted to the spot , I was on a quest to find the most rounded head , quite a few were vying for the prize and I had almost decided the winner (A middle aged uncle with 3 kids in tow ) when I heard chants of 'Govinda Govinda' ...
Er...what was it again ??? Although I can expect to hear such a thing in Mumbai , I don't think the people here think beyond Rajnikanth and i had every reason to be nonplussed.
Ma to the rescue !!! Apparently this was some nickname among the thousands that this guy has and the Bollywood actor of the same name wasn't making an appearance here after all.
Hmmm...he had a lot of nicknames ,so why not add another to the list , but maybe something more hip this time :)
"Venky Venky !!! "...uh oh ....did i just say something terribly insensitive ???
A mob had joined my Ma in what was obviously a very cold glare . Yes i could feel all the daggers and not really sure why I was at their receiving end.
So much for creativity ,eh ??
I wondered what the Bard would have said about this whole naming business ...brings his whole 'A rose by any other name...' theory to deliberation.
Anyways, i zipped up my mouth and shifted my attention to this particularly interesting pebble near my feet and till the next series of chant that became my center of attention.
I managed to mollify Ma( and the other fanatics) when i joined in the chorus and that was when the jostling began.One didn't need to move , the mob saw to it that you make it to the sanctum sanctorum but whether or not in a single , untwisted piece is up to your Karma.
I realised mine had to be a really bad 'Karma' when I saw something similar to my arm waving at me from behind someone else's back...I got it back after some Herculean effort.
I never knew my elbow could be so useful :) .
A whack there, a jab here and lo !!! Job well done gal.
By this time i was neck deep in doubt over my motivations for this visit and the muck i was walking in rightfully added to it.One would have thought that for someone as rich and popular,the path leading to him would be clean.That we had to walk barefoot was bad enough, but trying to avoid the several eatables,coconut husk and a few strange things i dared not guess was toooo much.
A pedicure would be more of a necessity than luxury on going back and I mentally jotted down a reminder to take an appointment for the same ASAP.
Inspite of having made a resolution not to check the time, i couldn't help myself when after what had felt like an eternity of standing , i was still nowhere close to my destination.It had been three hours already and my already thin patience was almost threadbare.
But i guess Venky got a whiff of intensity of my impatience ,because a violent push later i found myself face to face with him.
Man !!! this guy was something ...
i) Definitely handsome - Did i mention Tall and Dark too ;)
ii) Rich ...no doubt about it !!!
iii) Efficacious - The throng says it all.
No wonder then that a cordon's always required around him...i could see people all around ready to throw themselves at him.
I managed a quick greeting and a few whispered nothings before a nudge took me outta the cubbyhole.
What !!! That's it ???
A very minor glitch though...this was to be speedier than the much in fashion Speed Dating and there were thousands waiting for their moment with HIM.So much for my private time !! Hmmph !!
Nevertheless.
One look at the length was enough to get me rethinking about any affectionate thoughts
I might have for this man in question.
One enquiring look at Mom ...(Did i forget to mention it was a chaperoned date ??) and a searing glance later i just plodded to the end of the queue.
The beginning was well , just the beginning of an endless line of ,wait a minute, did i see it right or was it indeed a line of baldies.
There i was looking over the eggheads ,trying to figure out how to kill time , patiently chewing my nails when voila !!
I did have an interesting task ahead of me.
So for the next couple of hours while I was rooted to the spot , I was on a quest to find the most rounded head , quite a few were vying for the prize and I had almost decided the winner (A middle aged uncle with 3 kids in tow ) when I heard chants of 'Govinda Govinda' ...
Er...what was it again ??? Although I can expect to hear such a thing in Mumbai , I don't think the people here think beyond Rajnikanth and i had every reason to be nonplussed.
Ma to the rescue !!! Apparently this was some nickname among the thousands that this guy has and the Bollywood actor of the same name wasn't making an appearance here after all.
Hmmm...he had a lot of nicknames ,so why not add another to the list , but maybe something more hip this time :)
"Venky Venky !!! "...uh oh ....did i just say something terribly insensitive ???
A mob had joined my Ma in what was obviously a very cold glare . Yes i could feel all the daggers and not really sure why I was at their receiving end.
So much for creativity ,eh ??
I wondered what the Bard would have said about this whole naming business ...brings his whole 'A rose by any other name...' theory to deliberation.
Anyways, i zipped up my mouth and shifted my attention to this particularly interesting pebble near my feet and till the next series of chant that became my center of attention.
I managed to mollify Ma( and the other fanatics) when i joined in the chorus and that was when the jostling began.One didn't need to move , the mob saw to it that you make it to the sanctum sanctorum but whether or not in a single , untwisted piece is up to your Karma.
I realised mine had to be a really bad 'Karma' when I saw something similar to my arm waving at me from behind someone else's back...I got it back after some Herculean effort.
I never knew my elbow could be so useful :) .
A whack there, a jab here and lo !!! Job well done gal.
By this time i was neck deep in doubt over my motivations for this visit and the muck i was walking in rightfully added to it.One would have thought that for someone as rich and popular,the path leading to him would be clean.That we had to walk barefoot was bad enough, but trying to avoid the several eatables,coconut husk and a few strange things i dared not guess was toooo much.
A pedicure would be more of a necessity than luxury on going back and I mentally jotted down a reminder to take an appointment for the same ASAP.
Inspite of having made a resolution not to check the time, i couldn't help myself when after what had felt like an eternity of standing , i was still nowhere close to my destination.It had been three hours already and my already thin patience was almost threadbare.
But i guess Venky got a whiff of intensity of my impatience ,because a violent push later i found myself face to face with him.
Man !!! this guy was something ...
i) Definitely handsome - Did i mention Tall and Dark too ;)
ii) Rich ...no doubt about it !!!
iii) Efficacious - The throng says it all.
No wonder then that a cordon's always required around him...i could see people all around ready to throw themselves at him.
I managed a quick greeting and a few whispered nothings before a nudge took me outta the cubbyhole.
What !!! That's it ???
I had 2 options - to voice my irritation at the suddenness of it all or to sulk
And the braveheart that i was ...i chose to sulk !!!
My efforts at any form of protest got lost between some more chants of 'Govinda' and before I knew I was out in the courtyard .
Heck !!! All this brouhaha and all that I was left with was a 'laddoo'.But one bite into the sumptous sweet and I knew why nobody else had objected to the abject conditions.
That laddoo did well to appease me and I ended my date on a sweet note .But whether I want to go for another?well...lemme not commit to anything now...but one things for certain...if there is a next time I'm taking that pedicure appointment beforehand :) .
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
When I met LIFE.
As i walked beneath the sky,
I met Life and she walked by.
Wait i said , don't you know ?
I'm enchanted by you so.
She raced ahead ,I ran after her
There were so many questions she had to answer
But try as much, I could never match her,
So i slowed down and let my thoughts stir.
Barely had i settled,when i heard a sound,
She sat next to me and i thought i had found,
Found an answer to all that had me intrigued.
Found a voice to the thoughts, that had me confused.
She spoke first and took me by surprise,
All my questions had she surmised ?
"Don't chase me girl."
"Give me some time and let me unfurl."
"For like the wind i sway"
"Try as you may,can't make me stay"
"So how it is that I know you better?"
Silence ! So a guess I tried to muster.
"Does it mean I have to rely on serendipity??"
And Life just looked and smiled at me...
I met Life and she walked by.
Wait i said , don't you know ?
I'm enchanted by you so.
She raced ahead ,I ran after her
There were so many questions she had to answer
But try as much, I could never match her,
So i slowed down and let my thoughts stir.
Barely had i settled,when i heard a sound,
She sat next to me and i thought i had found,
Found an answer to all that had me intrigued.
Found a voice to the thoughts, that had me confused.
She spoke first and took me by surprise,
All my questions had she surmised ?
"Don't chase me girl."
"Give me some time and let me unfurl."
"For like the wind i sway"
"Try as you may,can't make me stay"
"So how it is that I know you better?"
Silence ! So a guess I tried to muster.
"Does it mean I have to rely on serendipity??"
And Life just looked and smiled at me...
Monday, June 18, 2007
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