To tie up a baby

COME BACK HERE... COME RIGHT BACK ... ELSE AM TELLING YOU  I WILL BEAT YOU UP!!!!!

She turned back and gave that puppy-eyed look at her mom  ran to the other room...Its 1:25 AM and my lil niece still shows no signs of getting to bed... My poor elder sister had a busy day and was soo looking forward to crash from 9:30 PM :-)

oh yes she has been trying to put her lil baby to sleep for the past 4 hours... but in vain. I didn't even try to offer a helping hand as I knew very well  when am about to lose a task 

:-D

Me and my younger sis were..watching the show … giving each other those suppressed grins..... though both were engrossed in our own private networking world.. and all of a sudden my younger one looks up and asked..

P2 : Hey ... what would you have done.. if you had a kid who kept you awake, and ran around the house on the most tiring of the days when you really really needed some rest??

Me : Let me see.. aaah... I know what I'd do... I will tie her to the cot just like how I tied you when you were a kid ... he heee

P2 : WHAT??????

Yeah  ...  I did tie up my tiny lil sister to her cot the one time I soo badly wanted to watch my cartoon show and when I was forcefully made to baby-sit my 9 month old lil sis... who used to crawl around like a turtle.. oh not a turtle she was faster that that.. Well I had no choice but to pick up a dupatta (I did chose the soft cotton fabric so it didn't cut her skin) and tie one end to her legs and the other to the bars in her cot... and it was bliss...and believe me its not harmful and they stay where they are when you do that.. you needn’t worry about them wandering off to forbidden lands and getting hurt or disappear like there was a black hole or something hidden in the house.. I watched the entire show and yeah I did enjoy it.. but the experience post that was not really pleasurable ..and well.. thats not to be disclosed.. well... I've got something to say in my defense.. I was tiny kid as well...

Keys misplaced and Lessons learnt

Who ever has designed the keyboard needs to be spanked... for keeping all the wrong set of words besides each other.. especially when its been used by people like me who thinks its am great cuz Itype fast, leching at the new hot guy in the floor, without batting an eyelid.. not even looking at the screen and finally hitting ctrl+enter without even giving a first last look at the screen.

So what happened?? well the alphabets 'C' and 'D' were so closely placed .. ah I can see you guys looking at your keyboard.. do that please... so that you don't end up in a situation like mine... oh so where were we??? yes.. C and D .. so for the mail that I sent to my entire team.. D was placed instead of C for the most vital part of the subject line..

And here I was .... sitting and chatting with the guy besides me oblivious of the malicious mail that has just left my inbox when I get a ping from my lead

K: Oh! so you can't wait till 9 to get into a disco eh??
Me: Eh?? I didn't get you
K: I knew it.. where's your mind girl?? :-) check out the mail you just sent to the whole team... lol

I didn't have to check my mail cuz by that time I had all kinda pings from the entire team.. another set of teammates roaring at the other end... another guy was singing 'Its the time to disco' the only  compassionate friend pinged me the entire content. 'Unable to connect to Disco; Please mail me in case of any issues'

So.. that's it... lessons learnt?? yeah quite a few.

1. Having the spell check on doesn't always work while sending mails.. so please read through before you press ctrl+enter
2. Always look at the screen ( if not the keyboard) while you type.
3. Last but not the least  NEVER lech at men while attending to official mail/calls.

Ripples

I lose control over myself..
as the waves of your love.. 
ripples around me.. 
Please hold me tight... lest I fall again... 

A celebrated vacation!

There I was sitting in my cottage, minding my own business …. Absorbing the beauty of the famous hill station Waynad. I wasn’t really sure how or when I landed there… guess I’d packed my bags in a hurry and started off without informing anyone.. like I always wanted to.

As I was sipping out the last drop of tender coconut water, ‘Hello… would you mind if I join you??’ I looked up and was sort of surprised to see Vivek Oberoi standing next to me… ‘Sure, why not??’ he sat there and there he goes talking about his upcoming marriage and his new release ‘Raktha Charita’ so after almost an hour long conversation which broke my own hearty conversation with the nature he decided to take me to the movie himself… so that I can see for myself and believe the movie’s just out of the normal.

So there I was watching the movie with Vivek Oberio besides me… the movie… was quite out of the box… too much of violence, and it was quite disturbing and I was praying for the movie to come to an end before the expected 3 hours. Come on I didn’t come o Waynad to go and watch a movie where people act… I came to watch the nature where the people and things are soo natural… I needed a break from the normal life where people act in front of each other to be in the so called good-books of whoever they wanted to be.

So I rush out after the movie, thank Vivek and rush back so that after all those torture to my eyes, I had to sooth it with nature therapy J  I fell asleep sometime between and was woken up by another intruder..  ’God NO why can’t I have a peaceful vacation??? Why don’t people just go around and mind their own business??’ I looked back and I was perplexed at what/who I saw.

There he was Surya, right there in front of me… in flesh and blood.. Wow!!! Now that’s what my eyes needed after all those torture I thought.. nature therapy yeah… what a bliss . I could feel my knees go weak and I was too mesmerized to react as he started speaking…. Usually I’m good at hiding my excitement when it comes to some cute guy… but this time… it was way too evident that I’ve lost all my senses to him which made him feel a lil uneasy.. But that’s okies… I was back to normal in around 15 minutes and I started talking.. about how I loved his movies, of how I loved his looks, of how I always used to have him in my desktop background, or how I love his eyes and how I always see romance oozing out of those roving eyes…. At the end of which he decided show me his new flick of ‘Rakta Chartia’ eh?? Well??? I’ve seen it but then.. watching it with Surya?? I made a quick apology to my eyes and willingly said I’d go for it… and as we started off for the movie… my bloody mobile started ringing… nooo I thought I’d switched it off..

As I picked my phone.. well… I could hear my sister on the other line.. and slowly things came back to where it was… I was lying on my bed, in my room… How I wanted to strangle her… byt why God why??? Why did you send Vivek first?? Why not Surya?? And just was I was about to go out with Surya you woke me up.. not fair…  I never fancied Vivek still you sent him to my dreams…. And just as my dream boy walked in you had to shake me out of my sleep… not fair… and its really NOT DONE.

The Stupid that I'm

Friday morning and I wake up late.. am lazy to get out of bed... I lied there staring at the ceiling for some time... coaxed myself go get up and do my morning chores.. 
At the end of it with just the shower remaining in the list I decide to sit and relax.. so I went online.. posted something on my best friends wall... Went through all the crazy update from all the crazy people in FB and then I log into gtalk.. and spent another 1 hr chitchatting with friends..


Finally I see the time and I realize am already 20 minutes late to work.. so I call up my lead and let him know I'll be a little late to work... then I got the water heated.. had a luxurious shower and dress up... again lazy.. so I listened to some peppy numbers to get the pump and finally I got the push I needed and set off to work.


So I reach office.. and I see my lead was anxiously looking at me as though he's met his long lost sister. He came up to me and said.. 'You said you'll be a lil late.. this is more than a lil' To which I smiled and wished him a Very Good Afternoon :D and so he tells me about some urgent task which needs to be done before the call which starts in 15 mins.. No worries... I 'll just get it done and I open my bag to pull out my laptop and then! there I was staring into a blackhole.. I looked again... and put my hands inside and checked ... I thought maybe I went blind all of a sudden.. see it was soo sunny outside so maybe all of a sudden my eyes couldn't take the dim lights inside and hence went blank... oops my hands couldn't feel anything either.


Surprise surprise!!! I just realized that I'd left my laptop back home and just carried the empty bag to work :-D
As my lead stared at my confused and horrified face I showed him my bag.. sure he could't believe it either.. 'How could you??? didn't you even feel that you bag was lighter as compared to the other days??' To which I grinned and pushed my colleague aside in a hurry to finish the job which was supposed to be done in 15 minutes and now I had hardly 7 minutes left.. and I jumped into action my lead roared with laughter to the horror of my poor teammates who were unaware of the turn of events..


So as I sat there finishing my work.. I had my entire team or rather the entire bay laughing their heads off at me for the making the impossible possible, well I could atleast give them their share of friday fun at work :-)


P.S : Those who are not aware of how forgetful I can get... do  have a peek at an old post I forgot something

Courage & Fear

Ever tried to stop someone from hurting you? moved out of a hurting and dying relationship?? ever told someone very dear that their acts of love were in fact straining the relationship instead of making things better??? 

It takes a lot of courage to do that doesn't it?? but have you observed that it is in fact the fear that actually brought out the courageous self in you? There is in fact no courage without fear... courage is that which conquers fear...  Courage doesn't mean you don't see the difficulties and dilemmas attached to the situation; courage is your willingness to face the difficulty and cross the hurdle and reach your destination in spite of the fear in you.


It takes courage to end an unhealthy relationship, to quit an unsatisfied job, to ask for what you need and want out of life. It takes courage to be honest to others and to one's self. It takes courage to go against your loved one's to live your dreams.. it takes courage to liveSo all of you out there, its time to let courage and not fear rule your life. 
Because as Holly says 
"This is my one and only life, And its a great and terrible and short and endless thing, and none of us come out of it alive" 


So why give up the best and the most tempting things in life for fear???

Did he get all that he asked for???

Raj is a friend of mine who was travelling overseas on a job assignment with another set of colleagues to join a few others who were already settled. He was all set, he'd shopped till he dropped, had all the paper works in place, Forex was also in place.. whats next?? Just as he was beginning to think that there's nothing left to do POP pops a mail.


He couldn't believe his eyes, neither his mind... he thought maybe he was hallucinating! how can this be?? may be all those shopping had made him imagine such things... as he confirmed the reality of the same with my forensic examination, I thought this was one topic worth sharing with you all.. so here we go the contents are given below with changed identities.. you see they're afraid if others might write them such mails in the future ;-)


Team,


Rajesh and Rajiv requires the below stuff from India. All together it’s coming around 12-13 Kgs.
We team of 13 people from Hyderabad should be able to do this.
I have randomly distributed the stuff below (Each one not exceeding 1 Kg per person). So please buy the stuff which is against ur name and carry it

• 2 Kg Moong Dhuli                                   Sairam & Bondhuram
• 2 Kg Arhar                                             Rajashekhar & Abhay
• 3 Kg Urad Dhuli                                      Arjun & Abhimanyu
• 1 Kg Chana Daal                                     Hariharan
• 2 Kg Rava                                              Ajay & Gunashekhar
• Masala papad—6 Pks                                Ravishakar
• Priya Non-Veg Curry Masala Paste—10 Pks  Ramesh
• Semiya-1 Kg                                           Raj
• Cloves – 100 GM                                     Vikram
• Elachi -100 GM                                       Ajay

Thanks,
Venu



Oh yeah it did really happen and he did spend ample of time planning over the above matrix. So next time you know someone's travelling... you know how to plan ;-)


And if you ask me if they did get all those things?? well.. you really think so???
Enjoy you weekend darlings!!!

Another wild conversation

:-) this is a continuation to my earlier post. There was this hilarious dialogue from a manager which I overheard say 10 minutes back... I cannot really tell you what went through my mind when I heard that..

Me n the person sitting next to me just gave each other a blank expression and let the meaning of the line, just unfold itself into our own corny minds...


Hi Ms Tania, I have make files and loaded that into the table...
Wonder what make the files where...


.. let me do the sharing and unsharing again (:-D)
unsharing and sharing what?? ;-)


and last but not the least.. the highlight of the call..
I just placed all of your info, only descriptions got changed due to hardness to get valid data


well... I won't tell you what I thought after hearing that.. but you are most welcome to share your thoughts on that one last line... enjoy!!!

Sunday Letter

I told you I was worked up... really worked up.. and tired and I was so mad and angry at the way things were at work and how life's been treating me.. I tried watching that comedy flick to divert my mind..that didn't help either... I didn't sleep the whole of last night.. and you shouted at me for that.. its not my fault... I tried hard.. and I thought maybe I need to relax, as you said maybe am suffering from high BP :-|


So... I shut down the lights, lighted those perfumed candles, dabbed on some aroma oil and lied down.. with my eyes closed.. they say deep breaths help you relax, so I started doing that.. now stop smiling... you're embarrassing me... 


So. like I said I lay there relaxed, and then all of a sudden I saw you&me... US!!! I could see all those breathtaking moments that we spent together... how we always laughed so hard at each other and the silly things we did, how our fingers used to entwine over those long silent walks... how you held me close when we watched the beautiful sun go down.... and yes the first ever time you pinched my ears and punished me for saying something I wasn't supposed to say.. and it did hurt.. remember??? my ears was all red.. wait till I get back at you for this...  All that and more my love....


All of it... was soo perfect... so good... honey I don't really know if we are in a dream or if I'm living my dream... whatever it is.. its beautiful and I wish it remains like this forever.

I'm content

Ding Dong rang the door bell.. 8:30 in the morning NOOOOOOOO I don't wake up this early.. Why can't they wait till 9?? just 30 minutes right??  Presuming my roomies would open the door I tried to slip back to my dreams...


Knock knock.. What??? now who's knocking ??? puhleeeese.. can't you let me sleep in peace?? I got out.. grumpling... and opened the door to see a shabily dressed little boy right outisde my room..  Not all of you would be aware of the fact that I have a certain heart desease.. my heart goes light when I see kids.. and that very reason makes my sister to keep her lil angel away from me.. fearing that I'll spoil her already naughty lil lady irreversibly ;-) ...  I smiled at him and he smiled in return.. Ah such a cute and happy smile..


This little boy was the plumbers kid, who'd accompanied his Dad to help him when he's at work. As he got busy with his work I noticed the shirt he was wearing.. torn near his armpits, a gaping hole which ended right above his abdomen and then a rope for a belt over his largely sized shorts to keep it from falling down...  My heart shrunk and my eyes welled up... and I was talking about buying a new belt just .. just because I thought its been awhile I bought a new one


I wathced him work.. without complaining.. with an enthusiasm I don't see in myself or rather anyone at work... I don't know about others.. but i do complain a lot at work.. I crib about how less am being paid for the work that I do... for a work wherein there is no physical labor, for a work which is done in a warmly lit air conditioned environment.. where you a cup of coffee is just a walk away .. where you don't have to spend a penny to get to work or get back from work... a work that  guarantees regular income even in case you fall ill and don't go to work for a day or two.


And there he was and yes his Dad as well.. putting his hands inside drains.. pulling out dirt and strands of hair (that even though is from my hair I wouldn't even think of removing). Not sure what he'll do about feeding his family in case he doesn't get a call relaed to plumbing issues for even one day. I felt so shameful for being the self-centered me.. and angry for the injustice on their lives. After paying the dad for his services I ran and opened the fridge to get a choci for the little one. We parted with a smile on our faces. As I waved goodbye.. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart for making me realize how lucky I was to be born in my family and how forunate I'm to live such a perfect life which was otherwise imperfect in my eyes.

When thoughts ran wild at work

Now this is quite a corny post and maybe some of you  might not approve the contents in here... but then I had to write.. just to keep this special incident intact.. so that I'm constantly reminded of the importance to mute your phone while I'm not speaking.. else I might end up in a similar situation and I might let my colleagues/friends imaginations run wild.. just like how the person am about to talk about... let my imaginations run like a wild.. untamed horse ;-)

So lets call this special someone 'Chaman' cuz thats what we all call him lovingly.. of course in his absence.. To talk about Chaman, he has always been our subject of lunchtime gossip...  he is basically a harmless fanatic in our team.. who talks in whispers and we never ever hear a word her says.. Of course we were completely unaware  of the fact that he was going onsite.. until and unless it was announced by our dear old manager.. we didn't know he got a silver award until we read the internal mails...

And finally our hero flew to Austria a few days back and in order to communicate and co-ordinate the work with his precious offshore counterparts our dear manager came up with a strategy of having a daily call... So here's the series of events that happened in the call today...

Callers1, 2, 3 : Hi this is A, B, C here...
Chaman : Hi Good morning everybody Chaman here...
All of us  reduces our phone volume
Caller 3 : Hi D here... 
After increasing our volume we ask him to repeat his name :-D

As we waited.. with bated breath for our manager to join the call.. our dear Mr Chaman implemented the lessons he learnt on the recent Time Management training...
he started with his breathing exercise....
After exchanging puzzled looks with each other we continued with our work... as the time progressed.. his breathings grew deeper.. and faster .... ...

without even wasting a minute I started a group chat with my close friends in the team ;-)
Me : Guys.. what the hell is he doing??

N : I dunno am getting some dirty thoughts..
Me : Exactly .. I guess he's making out :P
H : Chi chi.. wat r u gals talking??
Me : aur nahi tho kya?? listen to the increase in rhythm... ROFL
N  : ROFL.. you think anyone out there would make out with him?? of all the people???
Me : Yeah ...
H    : Stop it I say... Sai Nathaa.. please cleanse these impure minds....

as we continued to listen and finally the deep breathing ended up in a moan...hmmmm.... curious.. excited.. pings were exchanged amongst the team members.. along with suppressed giggles
 
We let our own individual imaginations run wild.. Chaman darling started speaking over the phone.. 'Aaj raat ka kya plan hai??? kahin baahar chalen???' At that point a seniors teammate known for his high tolerance level picked up the phone and spoke in 'I request the team to put your phone on mute and un-mute it only when you have been asked to speak' .. damn how I hated him for saying that... I had a juicy topic to talk over lunch.. forget about lunchtime gossip... I was having a lovely time letting the creative juices flow in all possible directions...

Longing

He sat there and opened the last of the remaining notes she left... "Baby I soo miss our morning cup of coffee together!!!" he smiled.. man she loves me.. she really does love me a lot. That was so cute of her to leave tiny little messages here and there.. but he was sad that this was the last one for now.. he'll have to wait.. wait until he meets her again to get another set of cute lil surprises!! She sure has her way to keep him guessing everytime... and always left him wanting for more.. it made him feel special.. no one ever made him feel the way she did. If only he could tell her how much he loved her and how much he needs her. If only he could rush back now and hold her tight.. to feel her heart beat in rhythm with his... to run his hair through those soft tresses... and sink into those deep brown eyes.. but then he knew he had to wait.. a few more days... days that creeps by like centuries...

She sat there.. slowly sipping her morning cup of coffee..God I miss him soo much!!!  She missed him waking her up everyday with his sweet smile.. Oh! how she missed the fun of lazily brewing the morning cup of coffee. And then she thought of the last of the few notes she'd kept hidden.. Wonder if he'd find it... lol he must be searching the entire place for it  She loved to hear the excitement in his voice when he always calls her up after discovering each one... each day... her happiness new no bounds when she see him happy. Her world has been revolved around his happiness for quite some time.. she loves it the way it is.. and she doesn't want anyone or anything to change it. God if only she could see him now.. and hold him tight.. and let him play with her hair.. run his fingers down her cheeks and see him stare deep into her eyes.. but yes she knows she had to wait..  a few more days...

Conversations that left me gaping

Here I've compiled a live conversation feed from my own personal chat history as well as that of a few friends who are split across the globe in various locations and various firms. These are stuffs and people do talk like this in this so called corporate world!!! and mind you am sure its gonna leave you stupefied as well.

Mr    : Hi Sigma
Me   : Hi
A      : I need some urgent help from you
Me   : Okies, what is this about??
A     : I became an error
Me   : Sorry?? (:-$)
A     : I ran so n so program and I was waiting for it to complete and then I became an error.. plz help!!
Me   : Oh Lord Can you please mail me the log file??

me:I've completed the assessment and still it shows as not completed in the site. Could you please work on the same and close this issue??
he: this is the appln  awareness training na?
he: wright?
me: yes you are right God save me

When one of the team members were questioned upon a certain data issue on a report... the team lead replies..."we had a keep closed eyes, whether report is pulling any data from these kind of tables"

I never knew you could see with closed eyes.. you must be a godly person I say.

A managers update to his team mate on a certain escalation
"The Shit has crossed the roof"

ouch better rush for your raincoats else the shits gonna fall all over you!!


The same manager responds when informed that the issue was not reproducible
'Is there a comfortable handle around which we can track the defects??'

Here's the most hilarious set of announcements we received from a senior team member
"I will be logging in late as I'm going to the burial grounds"
Another announcement followed once he was back in "I'm back in the graveyard"
Team :-O

One team members informs her manager that she would be on maternity leave on a certain period and the manager replies.
 'Can you give me another option??'
I had to actually rush out to the ladies room before I ROFL

Someone from the Support team ping me to clear a doubt
B : again In the technical documents its mansioned as ,,,,,
Me : mansion?? hey, can we have a quick call, I guess that would be more helpful as I'm unable to understand the exact issue..
and when I actually spoke to him I realized he pronounces mention as mansion and hence he typed mansion in the chat window

Postscript in an OoO from an onsite counterpart

P.S. Now I sleep 24 hours and try to recover or die.
I will not be reachable on phone or email or sametime.

Me:  what are you working on currently?
SD :  iam checking to last two days mails


nice you sit and play mail-mail and this person is supposed to have around 3 years of experience in the industry


Phew daz it for now..will release another version with more hilarious contents!!!

Saari umr hum

Saari umr hum office mein mar gaye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do jeene do


Saari umr hum
office mein mar gaye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do jeene do


Na na na.Na na na.Na na na.Na na nana na.


Give me a break now
Give me some peace
Give me another chance
I wanna go home once again


Give me a break now
Give me some peace
Give me another chance
I wanna go home once again


Kandhon ko laptop Ke bojh ne jhukaya
Client se jhoot bolna tho khud Manager ne sikhaya
4.5 ya 5 rating laaoge to chhuti, varna kismat futi


Kaam kar kar ke pada Ungaliyon pe
REVIEW, SCREEN aur REWORK ka chaala
Is Project ne to sala poora..
Poora bheja pakka daala


Career to gaya
Boy Friend bhi gaya
Ek pal to ab humein
jeene do jeene do


Saari umr hum
office mein mar gaye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do jeene do


Give me a break now
Give me some peace
Give me another chance
I wanna go home once again


Give me a break now
Give me some peace
Give me another chance
I wanna go home once again


Na na na.Na na na.Na na na.Na na nana na.




Dedicated to all my software buddies!!! This is not my piece of work, but that of a colleague... Life in a corporate minus the dressings!

Meeting Prince Charming

A part of a conversation I had with a newly married colleague of mine ;-)


He comes to the floor dreamy eyed, shining bright with a hint of blush in his cheeks. Looks around and checks if anyone’s noticed his presence, in order to cheer him up I said ‘Hey S, welcome back!!’


VS : Hi!! How are you??
Me : going good.. so where are the sweets??
VS : Oh! Sorry blah blah… So when are you giving me the good news of your marriage??
Me : When its time .. he he


By then another friend of mine joined us and the question was diverted to her marriage


VS : So M, when are you giving me the good news??
M : *blush*
I keep a straight face as I whispered; ‘tell him once you get married only then can you giev him the good news..., isn’t it wrong to have a child out of wedlock?? ‘

M : *blush*
VS : I see you are blushing, that means somethings round the corner!!
M : *blushes*  gives me the do something look
Me : Well she is actually waiting for her prince charming to come in a white horse and take her away *chuckle*
M : *petrified* I’m gonna kill you for this
VS : Oh ! like in the movies? Nice to hear that so Sig, how is your prince gonna come like??
Me : Ah.. think  think.. we need to keep this going...
Me : *smile* Well he will come riding an elephant and take me away *wink*

M gives me the WTF look while VS is thinking hard to figure out why I chose an elephant to ride on.


VS : Oh yes!! In Kerala elephants are used for auspicious ceremonies they are considered to bring good omen with them right??
Me : Boy!! You got it!!  and yeah he would be wearing those traditional mundu and vesti
VS : Will he be having a sword in his hands??? LOL and will it be a white elephant??
Me : LOL no white elephants please… and Of course yes, he is my prince charming!! My warrior!! how can he come without his sword of honor when he's coming for me??

M shakes her head and rolls her eyes at me.. and gives me that cut the crap lady look

Me : And yeah he will have his hairs rolled in a bun like how those old princes used to do

VS : *puzzled* ohh ok and maybe you will be wearing those traditional set saree of mallus right??
Me : Obviously and I would have my hair pleated.. but wait a minute my hair isn’t that long! God I should start growing my hair long enough that I can pleat it.. God please don’t send him until then…
VS and M :   *gives the lets get out of here look*
Me : You see I want the picture to be perfect.. it would look incomplete.. but now I need to figure out on how do I get on top of the elephant so he can take me away??


VS and M : *vanishes*


Poor souls were too busy to even say that they were leaving.. well its their loss… not mine :)

Meeting Prince Charming

A part of a conversation I had with a newly married colleague of mine ;-)


He comes to the floor dreamy eyed, shining bright with a hint of blush in his cheeks. Looks around and checks if anyone’s noticed his presence, in order to cheer him up I said ‘Hey S, welcome back!!’


VS : Hi!! How are you??
Me : going good.. so where are the sweets??
VS : Oh! Sorry blah blah… So when are you giving me the good news of your marriage??
Me : When its time .. he he


By then another friend of mine joined us and the question was diverted to her marriage


VS : So M, when are you giving me the good news??
M : *blush*
I keep a straight face as I whispered; ‘tell him once you get married only then can you giev him the good news..., isn’t it wrong to have a child out of wedlock?? ‘

M : *blush*
VS : I see you are blushing, that means somethings round the corner!!
M : *blushes*  gives me the do something look
Me : Well she is actually waiting for her prince charming to come in a white horse and take her away *chuckle*
M : *petrified* I’m gonna kill you for this
VS : Oh ! like in the movies? Nice to hear that so Sig, how is your prince gonna come like??
Me : Ah.. think  think.. we need to keep this going...
Me : *smile* Well he will come riding an elephant and take me away *wink*

M gives me the WTF look while VS is thinking hard to figure out why I chose an elephant to ride on.


VS : Oh yes!! In Kerala elephants are used for auspicious ceremonies they are considered to bring good omen with them right??
Me : Boy!! You got it!!  and yeah he would be wearing those traditional mundu and vesti
VS : Will he be having a sword in his hands??? LOL and will it be a white elephant??
Me : LOL no white elephants please… and Of course yes, he is my prince charming!! My warrior!! how can he come without his sword of honor when he's coming for me??

M shakes her head and rolls her eyes at me.. and gives me that cut the crap lady look
Me : And yeah he will have his hairs rolled in a bun like how those old princes used to do

VS : *puzzled* ohh ok and maybe you will be wearing those traditional set saree of mallus right??
Me : Obviously and I would have my hair pleated.. but wait a minute my hair isn’t that long! God I should start growing my hair long enough that I can pleat it.. God please don’t send him until then…
VS and M :   *gives the lets get out of here look*
Me : You see I want the picture to be perfect.. it would look incomplete.. but now I need to figure out on how do I get on top of the elephant so he can take me away??


VS and M : *vanishes*


Poor souls were too busy to even say that they were leaving.. well its their loss… not mine :)

Waking up

She opened her eyes and looked down.. he was there.. as always lying on her stomach... sleeping like a child.. but she was the child amongst the two and it was he who bought out the child in her.

She ran her fingers through his hair and smiled to herself as she watched his head rising up and down in rhythm with her breathing. Slowly she moved his head down from her stomach so she could get up.. he slowly  moved up and hugged her tight, fluttered his lashes and lovingly looked at her through the windows of his soul. They laid there for sometime... lost in each other.. as always.. and then they kissed each other and rose with the rising sun.

A bunch of nosy loosers

Ever been in a situation where the most unconcerned set of people seem to be really concerned about the whereabouts of you and why you did not get through the entrance examinations or why you didn't get placed in a so n so company and why you aren't married and if married why you haven't had kids in 3 months??? and if you have kids then... I guess why you haven't bought a house for yourself?? and then why you couldn’t get admissions in so-n-so school... and then why your kids didn't get through the entrance examinations and its a never ending list and always forms a vicious circle.


Being single at the age where my friends are giving birth to kids has been the woes of my relatives and not so close friends of mine. Given below are the excerpts from a few maddening entertaining conversation with the best of my list of well wishers!!!


Ms A was someone who once cribbed about how she used to get irritated at the way people keep questioning her marital status. How insensible people can get and how they can't mind their own business :-)


Ms A : Hey, long time no see wazzup with ya?
Me    : Hi, yeah hows you?? (when have we been such great friends for u to miss me soo much??)
Ms A: Am doing fine, doing great!! getting married soon
Me   : Oh great man!! congratulations!!! who's the guy and when the D day??
Ms A : (After feeding me on the minutest details of her forthcoming fortune she finally asks )
          So are you still planning to climb up your career graph and stay single?? Why don't you get married girl??
Me    : Well.... who says am not married yet?? am already married to my profession ;-)
Ms A :  Nice, hey I gtg now, need todo my wedding shopping!!!
Me : Bye (get lost you hypocrite)


Uncle V paid a visit to my home when I was on vacation. One of  the top listers in my black book of bad people, I hated him to the core. But Mamma dear doesn't approve of me from pouring out my inexorable  love on him. Now that he was a guest and since my family is known for our hospitality I made him a cup of tea, and went ahead to serve him with a few assortments.


Uncle V : God bless  you my child, everybody should have a daughter like you
Me        : :) (Shut up you liar bum)
Uncle V : I will find a nice groom for you, girls like you only deserves the BEST
Me        : flashes a shy smile (of course I deserve only the BEST)


A few hours post the incident I was phoned and informed by a cousin that Uncle V was visiting his house and he mentioned something like ... Meety's having a boyfriend in Hyderabad, and thats the reason why she isn't married yet. Her mother should have seen it coming know?? sending single daughters out of state to earn money.. let her suffer for her doings.. Hmmph had Amma let me do what I wanted to do when I saw him in the morning!!


Then there was this lovely friend of mine who was soo soo concerned for me... Here the link to a post by my friend, this was based on that last conversation that I had with that special friend.


And last but not the least.. a relative??? of mine who seem to have promised himself to shoot me off with questions based on my marriage...


SP : Hi
Me : Hi
SP  : I'm so n so person who is so n so's cousin... I don't remember meeting you but saw all my cousins in our mutual friends list
Me : Yeah I checked with one of my cousins before adding you
SP : So, are you married???
Me :  not yet... am not in a hurry at all  :)


2 Weeks later


SP  : Hi
Me : Hi
after all the formal exchange of queries related to health wealth and happiness
SP  : I've been going through your pictures, you seem to be gaining more n more with every recent pic
Me : Yeah unable to keep a check on my food intake
SP  : You have a boyfriend??
Me : No, Y?
SP : Well in that case you better keep a check on your weight... if you keep gaining at this rate then it'll be hard for you to get married
Me : Oh Thank you soo much for your concern, but don't expect me to get into size zero for a prospective groom  when I don't really know if he wants me round, seize zero or obese.


After a weeks time


SP : Hey, hello
Me : Hi (grrrrrrrrrr)
SP : So late?? whats cooking??
Me : nm (now that u pinged me its my brain thats cooking)
SP : Chatting with your boyfriend???
Me : 'Boys' who are 'friends' (haven't you asked about my boyfriend before??)
SP : So marriage vallathum??
Me : No (#$%^& hey wait a minute I can't keep letting him talk to me like this... let me get the better of him)
Me : Can I ask you something??
SP : Shoot
Me : Did anybody from our family tell u that in case I don get married in nother 1 months time, then u'll have to marry me??
SP : what?? I don't understand
Me : I repeat :) Did anybody from our family tell u that in case I don get married in nother 1 months time, then u'll have to marry me??
SP : No y??
Me : Well I couldn't think of any other reason for ur curiosity around my marriage
SP : ha ha ha
Me : hee hee hee


It might've been a little rude, but that will keep me away from his irritating thesis related to my marriage.


For once... why don't people mind their own business?????

Scarred

She winced as she stared back at the wound.. still bleeding . It might leave a scar a very ugly scar!! Oh! how will you live with it my dear??
She smiled back, I do not really know but I know I have to live with it, I only hope it fades with time

She's always loved her smile, there was something calm and soothing about it. It was like a blissful showers on those cruel summer days. How could she smile like that with something so painfully grotesque??  If only she could do something to help her. She'd always been there when she needed her. with that sunshine of a smile which always gave her all the strength that she needs. through all time.... celebrated her triumphs with her, brooded all her worries with her, buried all her secrets in her, and even when she ignored her, always stood there waiting for her.

If only I could do something, I've never ever done anything for her. I've always been selfish and jealous of her, her smile, her serenity, her loyalty. I always felt distraught that she was what I've always wanted to be and never ever could be. Will you be able to hide it from others?? I just hope it fades with time

She smiled her invincible smile : If I could hide it from you all this while then why not others?? You were with me all the while and you never knew until I showed you... I was within you, a part of you and you never knew.. Why don't you understand my dear that you are me and I'm you???

She stared back at the scar... and now she felt the pain... so rightfully hers... If only she had felt it earlier she could have stopped it from growing so deep gnawing onto her thinning soul...She had been busy chasing on those wordly pleasures .. not even once did she think about her And then She knew... that the pain would finally race away and the scar would finally fade away...   now that she finally knows...

She made my day

All through these years I've know a lot of people who waste their entire life chasing happiness and setting goals which would make them happy. Is happiness something which can be defined or do you think it can be  achieved when a certain someone comes to your life or a certain something happens in your life?? There were times when people asked me What makes you happy?? well actually I don't really have an definite answer for that.. my happiness do not have a predefined set of rules.. I'm someone who finds joy in the minutest of things.. sometimes something happen and I feel happy...  it might come across as a silly things to others.. but being so I have had my fair share to feel happy every now and then :)


Enough of boring philosophies and lets get to the point. Aadi if you are reading this.. today I missed my cab and something nice and sweet happened :) . As you said something's really got to do with me missing my cabs. Hey lemme just fast forward the set of events and make it short and sweet just like the experience. I walked past the security gate and went through the usual security checks and headed for my building. The security lady came running behind and stopped me. Then she was like 'Madam can you get me any old handbag of yours if you can??'  I didn't even think twice before I said 'Sure, but why old?? why not new??' It is impossible for me to put down into words what exactly I felt that moment.


Our interactions were always restricted to a  smile and a usual Good Afternoon wish which is at times followed by a 'Had your lunch??' question. We don't even know each others names.. even now..  I felt so good that inspite of the lack of a deep friendship, she did feel close enough to ask me a favor. I felt like somwhere deep down she considered me as a friend and I always feel good when I make friends!!
So this weekend I will shop for a nice bag for the lady and maybe I might write another post on how good I felt when I gave her that bag and yeah now that we are friends... it is a shame not to know each others name so I will definitely close that loop as well :)


So bye for now and have a great day guys!!

Office Stationery to the rescue

It was just another lousy weekday morning. To add on to the misery,  I missed my cab as well. After bargaining enough with the money minting Rickshaw wala's I finally got myself a good deal and jumped into the rick before I ended up melting in the hyderabadi heat.


As I reached my office I was excited to see a friend at the gate. 'Hi!!!' I said and jumped out in a hurry... 'Hi!!' she said followed by a RRRRIIIIP sound and there goes my slit up 2 inches above the required level. The rickshaw wala looked up and said 'tumhaara kurta phata hai' (as if I didn't know).  With an embarassing grin I looked back at my friend who was gaping at my new stylish avatar. With a meeting in another 15 minutes I knew i didn't have the time to go back and change and come. Moreover the kind of people I get to deal with I was sure even a near death accident narration would stop them from pointing fingers at me for missing such a worthless important meeting.


I covered the extra lenght of the slit with my handbag and rushed up to the floor probing my already disturbed mind as to how to cover my modesty. An idea struck me and as they say an Idea can change lives; well this idea save my day if not change my life :) Back in the ladies room I sent my draw keyes to my friend through a colleague and asked me friend to get the rusting peice of stationary for me. She bought it, the hardly 100 bucks peice seemed a millions dollars worth to me at that moment. I took the precious peice of metal and plastic in my arms and started working on the fixes that I intended to do, though I wasn't sure if the end product would be what I had desired.....


I fipped my kurta over and and stapled my way up the loose stitches and created like a perfect line of stitches running through the garment with the perfect finish that would put even Ritu Kumar to shame. Viola!!! in another 5 minutes time I was standing there right in front of the mirror staring back at the cute girl in her cute kurta, slits in place with a perfect fit. With a smile and 7 minutes in hand, I hurried over my touch ups and rushed to the meeting room right on time.


So people, though office stationeries are the least used items in the current era of "soft copies", I would ask you to keep these aside so that you can put them to better use in such crunch situations.

I Wish

I wish I could hold your hands and feel the need to be yours.

I wish I could sink into those oh so deep eyes of yours

I wish I could spend the entire day just listening to the soulful voice of yours

I wish I could go to the beach tonight with you

Lie down on the sand and stargaze with you

I wish I could stay the whole night awake with you

Fly up to the moon and watch the earth with you

I wish you could hear all that I want to say

I wish this distance between us would disappear some day

I wish you would come along n whisper that forever with me you will stay

Mistaken Orientation

Well well.. what would you think if you get to witness a head on collision of two individuals who are in a hurry to catch their cabs??? What if it were two girls?? I presume you would feel sorry for the two and check if any were hurt.. thats what I would've done.. But the onlookers at the said arena let their imaginations run wild... Thanks to the grapevine I got to hear a few think we were going around My so called innocent friendship, daily morning hugs with this like minded friend has fuelled the already corrupted minds of the sad people around me!! ROFL ... I so much pity those bigoted species who are supposedly working in a corporate world where such notions are best left upon the shelf!!

How could they talk like that about someone who finds John Abraham extremely hot?? about someone who went mad at the sight of Will Smith's butt in Hancock?? How can they talk like that about someone who finds Surya extremely irresistible and goes weak in the heart each time he looks at his object of love with those roving eyes?? Someone who's the first to notice and inform her friends about 'the new cute guy in the floor' oops!! did I say too much??? Isn't that enough to prove that I'm as straight as an arrow??

As for all you clodhopping gossip mongers, say whatever you feel to your hearts content cause it makes me feel am famous.. after all gossips are always made on the famous... I'm thrilled to know am the new celebrity :)

All at once

'Hey Sheena, what a pleasant surprise!!' said Ronak. Although its been about 2 years since he deleted her number from his phone, it lay there imprinted in his mind, like the stone carvings on the walls of the temple he so loved to visit every often.

Sheena : Hi, how are you?
Ronak : Moving on.. how about you?
Sheena : Am doing good.. enjoying life..
Ronak : Good for you... so what made you call me after such a long time???
Sheena : Well.. Nikhil wanted to talk to you and since you've forbidden me from passing your number to anyone I decided to conference, you can hang up once you guys are done.. I'll just conference and keep the phone aside
Ronak : Oh ok.. Take care..
Sheena: Ok.. you too..


And she left, leaving him with Nikhil...
'Bye Nikihl, do drop in when you get time' he was in no mood to talk..


A strange feeling groped through his stomach and rose up to his chest .. 'NO!
NO NO NO NO WAY!! it took me almost 2 years to gather myself, I won't let a phone call ruin it all for me' he shouted and sat down. He ran his hands through his shaved head.. he was dizzy.. I need some rest.. maybe I'll sleep for some time.. he walked to his room and lied on his bed.. staring up the ceiling.. how I wish she'd come back.


Just then the phone rang, 'You didn't even ask me to come back you moron! You are always like this.. its always me.. am the one who always patches up.. I'm the one to say sorry always.. I thought you would've changed.. but look at you! You are still the same.. the cute little rascal that I've always loved' Tears rolled down his cheeks.. he couldn't believe she finally said what he wanted her to say since 2 years.. 'Baby am soo soo sorry.. I just thought you've moved on.. and didn't want to upset you. You know I need you don't you?? you know I can never say that to you..' 'Moved on?? I'm coming.. am coming over NOW and will slap you hard to let you know how well I've moved on'


He pinched himself to be sure it wasn't a dream. Man it wasn't, he ran down the stairs and rushed to the stores to get her favorite drink and the chicken to go with. I'll make it a special for her... to let her know how much I missed her... All at once he was staring back at the ceiling, he realized it was all a dream or was it just his imaginations running wild?? Whatever it was... it was nothing but real

The Story of Molty and Monty

All characters appearing in this work are existing. Any resemblance to real persons is purely intentional.

Once upon a time there was a very naughty but brilliant boy who never lived his life the way his parents wanted… he did not do anything that made his parents happy… then all of a sudden came a cool breeze in the form of his life partner and changed the way this boy lived… The life partner was the epitome of what love is.. what caring is… his life simply jumped into a different lane which was filled with love and respect and he started achieving his ambitions.. his dreams.. one by one.. He and his love lived happily ever after for many years… They shared their old age together and they became the envy of every couple in the word… The boy is Monty and his life partner is Molty.. This is the story of their life and their love

The lonely star

I was waiting for a rick to go home last night along with a friend. One of the rickshaws which was going in the opposite direction stopped and the driver asked me "Ekkada??" (where??)


As I opened my mouth to reply I noticed that there was just one star in the deep blue sky above me. I turned my head to look at the lonely star. "Why are you so lonely tonight? Did you fight with the love of your life? are you single like me? don't you have any friends?? or did they choose to stay back with their respective lovers and left you on your own today or did you decide to let them spend time together and be a loner??Is something bothering you?? do you also prefer to be on your own when you are upset?? hello.... you hear me??"


He chose not to answer and just winked a twinkle at me :)


By that time my friend had found a rick and managed to bargain for a reasonable fare... "Take care and Good night" I said to the lonely star as I jumped into the rick.


Back in the rick, my friend was all smiles and kept giggling though I wasn't cracking a joke :P. On enquiry she narrated an incident which happened right in front of me, but I failed to notice as I was too busy with the star


Rewind a little... "As I opened my mouth to reply I just noticed that there was just one star in the deep blue sky above me" well.. the rickshaw wala traced my gaze up to the star assuming I was pointing out to the location where I need to go.. he he.. The poor thing was soo frightened that he gave me one puzzled look and fled from the scene as my friend ran behind him.... but he was too horrified to stop ;-)

A friend for all seasons

Beep beep went her mobile and she stirred in her bed... her lazy hands were searching for her phone.. her half open eyes strained to read the message she just received..


It read
"I know your lazy hands are trying to pick d cell and ur half open eyes are trying to read the message.. Good Morning My Sweet lazy friend getup and please make sure you have your breakfast !"

She smiled.. who else knew her more than him.. her friend for all seasons.. He has always been there, be it the joyful summers, the rejuvenative springs, the melancholic autumn or the lonely winters.
As she woke up and looked at the rising sun she teased him "Don't you envy me for being blessed with such a wonderful friend??"

Quite a weighty issue

I will be going home in another 3 weeks time. As usual am worried about the extra baggage of fat that I've been carrying around myself which has done nothing but grow over the past few years. Its not that I'm obese or something but over the past few years I have drastically moved from an athletic built to a round couch potato.


So today we had a round table conference on the new upcoming project.
Project Weight loss
Client in question: myself and Gaj(another round friend)  :-)
As I put forth my list of business requirements, the Business analysts were ramming their brains to come up with a solution plan.

A : You know I noticed that you laugh a lot, I think that can be one of the reasons why you gained so much. I know quite a lot of people who laugh a lot and they are all very fat.. . maybe daz one of the reasons...Try not to laugh for a few days... Am sure you will lose a lot
Me : Quite a tough thing to do, forget about few days I can't even think about not laughing for the next few minutes :-) (ROFL)
B   : Drink a lot of water.. that should do the tricks...
Me : I'm already on that
C   : (The most hilarious suggestions of all) I have noticed.. that people who have a lot of jealousy in them.. grow really thin.. The jealousy within will start eating on you.. and gradually you keep losing and you start looking ill
Me : Oh!! in that case I need to start getting jealous... quite a simple solution. I just need to stop feeling jealous when I slim down to a desirable level... ;-)


On our way back to our seat me n Gaj was busy discussing on how to get our project into action.. At any cost we need to meet the deadline of 3 weeks time.  We need to find a target to concentrate our jealousy on. We ruled out all our friends from the list, as we were worried if jealousy might leave some drushti on our sweet and caring friends.


Here is a portion of a conversation we had after we got back to our seats :-)


Gaj: heroine I got jealous




Gaj: I went to nishi and I got jealous and came back


Gaj: U know Nishi and her husband both are under Viru sir he is their coach


Me: oh cool


Me: but he is not that great a coach


Me: so u need not be J


Gaj: now nishi's husband will get jealous as he is not good like her and Viru sir will give more importance to her than him


Me: rofl


Me: right


Me: and he will lose all the wt


Gaj:  so now we should be jealous of him
 
Me: rofl, bwn even I just got J when Ramz said she'd be joining swimming classes
 
Gaj: Oh
 
Me : Yeah you know what? its really working, I'm burning with jealousy and the heat is burning the extra calories.. am sweating already !! I sure am growing thin ROFL
 
Gaj : too much!! lol
 
Jokes apart, I'm in a serious mission to burn a few calories before I run into my Mamma's arms as I know when I hug her, she's sure to feel and measure the thickness of the amount of fat that has deposited around me since my previous visit!