No, I don't suffer from Selective Amnesia like the politicians nor from Short-term memory loss like Sanjay Ramaswamy. I can say this for sure, coz, I remember the trivia, birthdays and telephone numbers. But what skips my memory is that I have to call or wish people on their birthdays!! So, am noted very much for the absent mindedness.
My friends very well understand if I miss their birthdays. I usually call them the previous day, ask 'what plans for birthday?' - forget to call them ON the D-day - Sincerely call up the next day to convey my belated wishes!! And, this carelessness does not stop with forgetting birthdays..
I am very popular for misplacing things as well. I do spend on an average atleast 2 hours per week searching. Searching for Spectacles, car keys, wallet, employee-id, what not?! Though I misplace them, I never lose them. If anything lies around, people who know me would probably pick it up, with an assurance that it is going to be mine.
'Arai Kaasu Amman'*, at my house, by now, would have contracted diabetes!
Now, Why did I have to do this self-revelation? Why confess my weakness in public? All to answer krishis's question and to let you know, as promised, how did I get a new pair of shoes at 10.00 AM on a Monday morning.
Monday morning, got ready to work, started my car, waded thru heavy traffic, got into Tidel and parked my car. All was fine till then. Since, I have the habit of driving without my footwear, All i have to do is, wear it on, switch-off the radio, get off, lock the car and walk to work...
Now, where is my footwear? First, my feet did the search, I just moved it on the carpet expecting to hit on my shoes. As that attempt was futile, bent down, put my hand underneath and tried. Failed again. Got off at Tidel, bare-foot, bent down to see under the seat… No Shoes.. 'Yeah', told my brain, 'how can it be there? You took it out last night to go to the restaurant!!'
When such is the situation, what can I do? what are the possibilities?
1. Go to work bare-feet and set a trend.
It definitely would be exciting, but guess my company's dresscode policy does not allow that!
2. Ping some friends guys/girls and check if they have an extra pair of my size at work.
They would really think I am insane to expect them to have/bring a footwear at work. But, I still did it. Nobody did!
3. Check if one of them who lived nearby had an extra pair, that almost fit me.. and if that person was jobless on monday morning to come with me for shoe-sake.
4. Buy it from a nearby shop - But are shoe shops in Adyar open by 9.45 AM?
5. Go back home 13 kms, for Shoes! - What a way to start Monday morning!
However, I do know #4. is feasible. Coz, this is not the first time am in this situation. I have been through the same, sometime back and have bought from the nearby Bata Seconds showroom.
The shop had just opened, the shutters half up. I parked the car in front of the shop and bought a pair of slippers for Rs.170. The shopkeeper didn't bother to take a box out for me. He just billed and dropped the slipper down for me to wear!
* 'Arai Kaasu Amman' is the Deity to whom it is customary to pray when you lose something. There is a belief that She finds it for you and you just have treat her with some 'jaggery'. It has been true in most of my cases.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Low Tides..
On a gloomy night, when the tides are low,
The tiny stars in the sky glitter and glow.
What more can they, so afar, do to say...
'Good times ahead', stay happy and gay!!
Well, this is not my attempt on poetry... I know it can hardly pass as a rhyme :-) It is just to reflect how little things made me smile on a dully gloomy day!
I was really down and out Monday morning... and on Tuesday, I reflect, how many little things made me smile!
Thanks to all those tiny stars that glittered through my dull day..
1. Morning flowers in the garden, the koel and crows on the rain tree
2. Got a new pair of shoes at 10.00 AM!(should blog about this separately)
3. Little note of appreciation from a tough manager in my mailbox
4. Friends and well-wishers pinged me oft
5. Food Court made Gulab Jamun for lunch
6. Malai gave me his Gulab Jamun too (2 GJs made my day!)
7. Code worked fine at the first stroke of keys
8. Left my car window open but nothing got lost
9. The usual cheering tea sessions
10. Went to a temple by the sea, calm and serene...
Standing by the sea, I looked up at the sky...
On a gloomy night, when the tides are low,
The tiny stars in the sky glitter and glow.
The tiny stars in the sky glitter and glow.
What more can they, so afar, do to say...
'Good times ahead', stay happy and gay!!
Well, this is not my attempt on poetry... I know it can hardly pass as a rhyme :-) It is just to reflect how little things made me smile on a dully gloomy day!
I was really down and out Monday morning... and on Tuesday, I reflect, how many little things made me smile!
Thanks to all those tiny stars that glittered through my dull day..
1. Morning flowers in the garden, the koel and crows on the rain tree
2. Got a new pair of shoes at 10.00 AM!(should blog about this separately)
3. Little note of appreciation from a tough manager in my mailbox
4. Friends and well-wishers pinged me oft
5. Food Court made Gulab Jamun for lunch
6. Malai gave me his Gulab Jamun too (2 GJs made my day!)
7. Code worked fine at the first stroke of keys
8. Left my car window open but nothing got lost
9. The usual cheering tea sessions
10. Went to a temple by the sea, calm and serene...
Standing by the sea, I looked up at the sky...
On a gloomy night, when the tides are low,
The tiny stars in the sky glitter and glow.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
An Unusual Cast
Those who didn't read 'A Usual Story' yet, please read that before you continue.
Statutory Warning: Please do not scroll down without reading the previous post, or you will miss the tiny element of suspense I intend to treat you with.
And, for all those who read that and thought that it was a big budget adaptation(Shankar's version) of an old Bhagyaraj flick featuring the famous 'Ek gaon mein, ek kissaan...' comedy, read ahead and do let me know if this impresses you...
Maggie's demands:
It was a simple request. Actually, an offer. She said, 'One who loves me most, will have to live with me 24/7’. She said, 'He should be able to denounce his job, commitment and come with me to lead a happy, royal life ever after.' She added, 'We will be taken care of, provided the best of facilities and will not have great responsibilities.'
This, was quite an awakening offer for our three heroes!
Freddy, Lead Marijuana tracker, K-9 division NYPD.
Max, Most Valuable Player (MVP) of NYU pediatrics trauma therapy division.
Sam, 'Best Guide for blind and deaf', Red Cross, Specially Challenged support division.
(with his trinket)
Will they leave their career for Maggie, the royal beauty?!
No, they didn't! - just the way Maggie wanted!
They realized, Maggie was just a distraction...They also understood, they would be courting better suitors, who adored them for what they are capable of!
Maggie was a good friend of them now, and didn't distract any more..
Pic Courtesy: WWW
Disclaimer : These pictures are ONLY author's choice to suit the characters and any vague resemblences to anybody is purely coincidental.
Statutory Warning: Please do not scroll down without reading the previous post, or you will miss the tiny element of suspense I intend to treat you with.
And, for all those who read that and thought that it was a big budget adaptation(Shankar's version) of an old Bhagyaraj flick featuring the famous 'Ek gaon mein, ek kissaan...' comedy, read ahead and do let me know if this impresses you...
Maggie's demands:
It was a simple request. Actually, an offer. She said, 'One who loves me most, will have to live with me 24/7’. She said, 'He should be able to denounce his job, commitment and come with me to lead a happy, royal life ever after.' She added, 'We will be taken care of, provided the best of facilities and will not have great responsibilities.'
This, was quite an awakening offer for our three heroes!
Freddy, Lead Marijuana tracker, K-9 division NYPD.
Max, Most Valuable Player (MVP) of NYU pediatrics trauma therapy division.
Sam, 'Best Guide for blind and deaf', Red Cross, Specially Challenged support division.
(with his trinket)
Will they leave their career for Maggie, the royal beauty?!
No, they didn't! - just the way Maggie wanted!
They realized, Maggie was just a distraction...They also understood, they would be courting better suitors, who adored them for what they are capable of!
Maggie was a good friend of them now, and didn't distract any more..
Pic Courtesy: WWW
Disclaimer : These pictures are ONLY author's choice to suit the characters and any vague resemblences to anybody is purely coincidental.
Monday, March 13, 2006
A Usual Story
Scene : NY city
Cast :
1. Freddy, Working for NYPD,
2. Max, Trauma Therapist in NYU Hospital,
3. Sam, Member and Service worker with Red Cross
4. Maggie, rich, cute, adorable, smart, adjective, adjective, adjective...
Freddy, Max and Sam have lots in common, but, each one is so different from the other! Though all their ancestors had migrated from Europe, especially Germany, during WW-II, they are all so American. All three of them are so molded by the nature of their work. They are, what their work demands, and are very good at that too.
Max, is all fun, cool, extrovert and relaxed. May be, his job demands such a disposition, but he is so typical. He never frets over anything.
Freddy, is a very responsible chap. He means business in all his approach. He's so professional, chats less and is very wise.
Sam, is compassionate, patient and fun-loving. Anybody can approach him for help and it will be given a best shot.
Of course they had a few things in common too.. All three loved their jobs, and they also had a habit of beginning their day with some work-out in the Central Park. Yeah, the same park that has played an important role in may Hollywood flicks. To make the long story short, they soon became acquaintances and would spend sometime together everyday.
All was well until Maggie walked (rather ran) into their lives! She had just moved to NY from LA, and comes jogging in Central Park. Can there be a prettier dude in the city?! She was not only pretty, but also very, very rich. She came to the park in different high-end model cars, more often in a huge shining BMW, visited best of the salons and was royally mannered!
Now the story becomes a run in the mill. All three get so psyched up and spent most of the day planning to please and acquainting her. They started competing and out-smarting each other to grab her attention. She was friends with all three of them and did not give a clue on who she liked the most. But, Maggie, definitely was eating up quality time of Max, Freddy and Sam!
Freddy, once, while at work, thought of the perfume Maggie uses and as a result, missed to catch a marijuana trader.
Max, was so upset, when Maggie sprained her petite ankles, that he just couldn't cheer a group of kids who met with an accident
Sam, started, expecting and accepting trinkets in return to his services. He wanted to flash and gift them to Maggie!
Such was an impact of their infatuation! and Maggie, being smart, realized it soon! She liked and respected all three of them, more for their work and service to the community than for their affection towards her. She decided to teach them all a lesson. She said, she liked all three equally and would court one of them who could do what she asks for. Her demand was simple, but made Max, Freddy and Sam understand things better.
PS: Maggie's demands, and star cast in the next post.
Cast :
1. Freddy, Working for NYPD,
2. Max, Trauma Therapist in NYU Hospital,
3. Sam, Member and Service worker with Red Cross
4. Maggie, rich, cute, adorable, smart, adjective, adjective, adjective...
Freddy, Max and Sam have lots in common, but, each one is so different from the other! Though all their ancestors had migrated from Europe, especially Germany, during WW-II, they are all so American. All three of them are so molded by the nature of their work. They are, what their work demands, and are very good at that too.
Max, is all fun, cool, extrovert and relaxed. May be, his job demands such a disposition, but he is so typical. He never frets over anything.
Freddy, is a very responsible chap. He means business in all his approach. He's so professional, chats less and is very wise.
Sam, is compassionate, patient and fun-loving. Anybody can approach him for help and it will be given a best shot.
Of course they had a few things in common too.. All three loved their jobs, and they also had a habit of beginning their day with some work-out in the Central Park. Yeah, the same park that has played an important role in may Hollywood flicks. To make the long story short, they soon became acquaintances and would spend sometime together everyday.
All was well until Maggie walked (rather ran) into their lives! She had just moved to NY from LA, and comes jogging in Central Park. Can there be a prettier dude in the city?! She was not only pretty, but also very, very rich. She came to the park in different high-end model cars, more often in a huge shining BMW, visited best of the salons and was royally mannered!
Now the story becomes a run in the mill. All three get so psyched up and spent most of the day planning to please and acquainting her. They started competing and out-smarting each other to grab her attention. She was friends with all three of them and did not give a clue on who she liked the most. But, Maggie, definitely was eating up quality time of Max, Freddy and Sam!
Freddy, once, while at work, thought of the perfume Maggie uses and as a result, missed to catch a marijuana trader.
Max, was so upset, when Maggie sprained her petite ankles, that he just couldn't cheer a group of kids who met with an accident
Sam, started, expecting and accepting trinkets in return to his services. He wanted to flash and gift them to Maggie!
Such was an impact of their infatuation! and Maggie, being smart, realized it soon! She liked and respected all three of them, more for their work and service to the community than for their affection towards her. She decided to teach them all a lesson. She said, she liked all three equally and would court one of them who could do what she asks for. Her demand was simple, but made Max, Freddy and Sam understand things better.
PS: Maggie's demands, and star cast in the next post.
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