The drudgeries of life
Thursday, August 12, 2010
This, That
Not being able to delete stuff, or the inability to purge memories, is my biggest weakness... or so I thought!
How wrong I was!
Today it just made my day... and I somehow get the feeling it's not a one-off incident :))
Airtel seems to be out to get me... first they deactivated my prepaid number for no rhyme or reason, next they killed my post-paid number... and now I'm totally off the grid! Luckily, I managed to let those who matter know before vanishing off the scene... phewww
Feels like I'm done with blogging, just like I wrapped up diary writing of late... I'll curse myself later, but what the heck!
As my fav gym instructor used to tell me, too much of anything makes it redundant, monotonous even...
Change, ahoy! \m/
Monday, May 07, 2007
Weekend Blues
Monday!!!
This might've sounded like Garfield's take on the first working day of the week, but it isn't! I hold an entirely different opinion about Mondays. In the words of the Frenchmen, "J'aime le jour de Lundi"!!
I'm tired and I have good reason for it! Of late, weekends seem to be the stress inducers instead of being the stress busters!
Not long ago, we used to look forward to Saturdays and Sundays, the countdown for the weekend being the sole purpose of surviving the gruelling weekdays! The scenario has changed drastically these days! Weekends now seem to be more hectic than the normal weekdays! Take the last couple of days for instance...
Anurag's birthday party on Saturday, hosted at a posh hotel, was the perfect way to enjoy the evening. Lots of fun and frolic, leg-pulling, good food, a couple of shots of Vodka, and a very happy ending in the form of the bill amounting to 4K! LoL! Yes, it was worth every moment! Felt good to know that I had the same control over my senses which I used to have back at college, and felt as sober as a teetotaler by the time I reached home after a long drive!
Sunday was very hectic! Caught the matinee show of Spiderman 3 and though everyone has been criticising the movie, I liked it! Okay so it was lengthier (it is almost 2.5 hours long) than its prequels and had it's share of melodrama, but then the story has been dealt with fine enough! Girls can't stop gushing over James Franco, so our super-hero has to find solace in all the attention the kids have to offer! Kirsten Dunst... pretty in a typical way but I somehow don't like her much! Bryce Howard... yeah! Now she's a babe! Ahem! Anyway, all I want to say is that if you're keeping great expectations after watching the promos and trailers, please don't! I'm no sadist to spoil the fun by narrating the story here... and there's a lot to describe anyway:p So do let me know how you guys felt about the flick!
Went shopping in the blazing heat and planned to alter the decor of our room in the evening! But that was not to be! Ever heard of those doors with self-locking mechanism which when locked cannot be opened from the outside unless you have the key? Well, Anand and my room has exactly that kind of a door... and just when we were ready to call it a day and turn in, we found that the door was locked and we had no key! Me and my roomie found ourselves roomless! Greattt! Inspired by all those novels I've read, I tried to pick the lock but it seemed to have too many levers and I gave up after an hour! My elderly landlord had gone to bed and he lived 10 miles away, so save for the option of breaking down the door, the task I was in the mood to undertake, we had no other choice!
Anyway, frustrated though we were, the locked room saw all 6 of us flatmates having a wonderful bakar session in Arjun and Ankur's room! This was something which we hadn't done for ages... always some of the guys used to be missing! We talked about and laughed over incidents from college, discussed crushes, and this went on till past 1 AM! Wow! And we all are early sleepers!
Come Monday, we got the room keys from our landlord, unlocked the door, cleant up and beautified the room, and left for office after 1 in the afternoon! Not much work except for a status call at about 10 PM :( So spent the whole day going through a compensation review document and working out how much extra moolah we're in for:D!
Anyway, a lot has been happening recently and not all of it is sexy, but even though I curse and fret in the heat of the moment, in the end I tend to accept my Mom's standard line, "Everything happens for the best" :)
This might've sounded like Garfield's take on the first working day of the week, but it isn't! I hold an entirely different opinion about Mondays. In the words of the Frenchmen, "J'aime le jour de Lundi"!!
I'm tired and I have good reason for it! Of late, weekends seem to be the stress inducers instead of being the stress busters!
Not long ago, we used to look forward to Saturdays and Sundays, the countdown for the weekend being the sole purpose of surviving the gruelling weekdays! The scenario has changed drastically these days! Weekends now seem to be more hectic than the normal weekdays! Take the last couple of days for instance...
Anurag's birthday party on Saturday, hosted at a posh hotel, was the perfect way to enjoy the evening. Lots of fun and frolic, leg-pulling, good food, a couple of shots of Vodka, and a very happy ending in the form of the bill amounting to 4K! LoL! Yes, it was worth every moment! Felt good to know that I had the same control over my senses which I used to have back at college, and felt as sober as a teetotaler by the time I reached home after a long drive!
Sunday was very hectic! Caught the matinee show of Spiderman 3 and though everyone has been criticising the movie, I liked it! Okay so it was lengthier (it is almost 2.5 hours long) than its prequels and had it's share of melodrama, but then the story has been dealt with fine enough! Girls can't stop gushing over James Franco, so our super-hero has to find solace in all the attention the kids have to offer! Kirsten Dunst... pretty in a typical way but I somehow don't like her much! Bryce Howard... yeah! Now she's a babe! Ahem! Anyway, all I want to say is that if you're keeping great expectations after watching the promos and trailers, please don't! I'm no sadist to spoil the fun by narrating the story here... and there's a lot to describe anyway:p So do let me know how you guys felt about the flick!
Went shopping in the blazing heat and planned to alter the decor of our room in the evening! But that was not to be! Ever heard of those doors with self-locking mechanism which when locked cannot be opened from the outside unless you have the key? Well, Anand and my room has exactly that kind of a door... and just when we were ready to call it a day and turn in, we found that the door was locked and we had no key! Me and my roomie found ourselves roomless! Greattt! Inspired by all those novels I've read, I tried to pick the lock but it seemed to have too many levers and I gave up after an hour! My elderly landlord had gone to bed and he lived 10 miles away, so save for the option of breaking down the door, the task I was in the mood to undertake, we had no other choice!
Anyway, frustrated though we were, the locked room saw all 6 of us flatmates having a wonderful bakar session in Arjun and Ankur's room! This was something which we hadn't done for ages... always some of the guys used to be missing! We talked about and laughed over incidents from college, discussed crushes, and this went on till past 1 AM! Wow! And we all are early sleepers!
Come Monday, we got the room keys from our landlord, unlocked the door, cleant up and beautified the room, and left for office after 1 in the afternoon! Not much work except for a status call at about 10 PM :( So spent the whole day going through a compensation review document and working out how much extra moolah we're in for:D!
Anyway, a lot has been happening recently and not all of it is sexy, but even though I curse and fret in the heat of the moment, in the end I tend to accept my Mom's standard line, "Everything happens for the best" :)
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Flat tyre, cancelled "date", screwed up preparations...
I bet my frustration is evident from the title! Well I would've loved to have appended "... yet everything working out fine!" but it would've seemed cluttered up! Anyway happy endings should be reserved for the last!
The day I set my eyes on the half dug-up road in front of my society, I knew it won't be long before my bike is at the receiving end! As the days progressed, what remained of the Balewadi road was engulfed in a sea of pointed stones! Yikes! Anyway, maneuvering my bike through that path while ensuring minimum damage became a routine. Anyway it seemed to work perfectly until yesterday night! Got a call from a friend for a post-dinner icecream and called it a date! Left for a late dinner and felt a slight wobble in the middle of nowhere... a quick check confirmed the fact that my worst fear had come true!
Ok! Time for a reality check! It was 10 PM, I was on a road which can boast of just a couple of neat restaurants, I had no idea whether there was a vehicle repair shop in the neighbourhood, and I was stranded with a damn heavy bike to drag for God only knows how long and how far! For the first time I realized that sleek though it was, my bike was heavy, very heavy! As my friend later pointed it out, no one actually considers the weight of the bike as a USP when making up his mind on which one to go in for... one should be aware of the fact that they will at some point of time be faced with a flat tyre and will have to drag their cherished 2-wheeler! R.I.P.
Resignedly, I dragged my black beauty (which had lost some of its appeal in the last 10 minutes) to the my favorite dinner haunt! Met an old pal after ages and decided to drop off the bike at his place, which was nearby, and to get the puncture repaired the next day!
By sheer luck, discovered a partly hidden shop which repaired vehicles 24/7! Turns out a 2.5 Inch nail had ravaged the tube of my rear wheel and no chance of fixing those numerous little holes that dotted the rubber texture! Looks like all my good luck was in store for just this day, and the shop fella had a brand new tube, his last piece! So shelled out 2 Cs and was on my way, thanking God for all the miracles which never cease to happen:D
Anyway, that's that! Missed the icecream and felt bad about that, lost my apetite and all, depressed a pal who had called after a tiring day of her dance practise, but the way lots of other things worked out made me feel happy!
At the end of the day, was lying on my bed monitoring my progress in the CAT preparation front and was amazed to find that the only thing I had achieved till now was mastering a couple of tongue twisters! Sheesh! But these were really cool... will post about them next! As for the sorry state of affairs on the prep front, I was too happy to give a damn:D
The day I set my eyes on the half dug-up road in front of my society, I knew it won't be long before my bike is at the receiving end! As the days progressed, what remained of the Balewadi road was engulfed in a sea of pointed stones! Yikes! Anyway, maneuvering my bike through that path while ensuring minimum damage became a routine. Anyway it seemed to work perfectly until yesterday night! Got a call from a friend for a post-dinner icecream and called it a date! Left for a late dinner and felt a slight wobble in the middle of nowhere... a quick check confirmed the fact that my worst fear had come true!
Ok! Time for a reality check! It was 10 PM, I was on a road which can boast of just a couple of neat restaurants, I had no idea whether there was a vehicle repair shop in the neighbourhood, and I was stranded with a damn heavy bike to drag for God only knows how long and how far! For the first time I realized that sleek though it was, my bike was heavy, very heavy! As my friend later pointed it out, no one actually considers the weight of the bike as a USP when making up his mind on which one to go in for... one should be aware of the fact that they will at some point of time be faced with a flat tyre and will have to drag their cherished 2-wheeler! R.I.P.
Resignedly, I dragged my black beauty (which had lost some of its appeal in the last 10 minutes) to the my favorite dinner haunt! Met an old pal after ages and decided to drop off the bike at his place, which was nearby, and to get the puncture repaired the next day!
By sheer luck, discovered a partly hidden shop which repaired vehicles 24/7! Turns out a 2.5 Inch nail had ravaged the tube of my rear wheel and no chance of fixing those numerous little holes that dotted the rubber texture! Looks like all my good luck was in store for just this day, and the shop fella had a brand new tube, his last piece! So shelled out 2 Cs and was on my way, thanking God for all the miracles which never cease to happen:D
Anyway, that's that! Missed the icecream and felt bad about that, lost my apetite and all, depressed a pal who had called after a tiring day of her dance practise, but the way lots of other things worked out made me feel happy!
At the end of the day, was lying on my bed monitoring my progress in the CAT preparation front and was amazed to find that the only thing I had achieved till now was mastering a couple of tongue twisters! Sheesh! But these were really cool... will post about them next! As for the sorry state of affairs on the prep front, I was too happy to give a damn:D
Labels: Flat Tyres, Good mood, Happy Endings, Luck
