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Monthly Archive for May, 2007
The moment I saw the car, I was struck by its elegant looks; the very ‘different’ feel about it sets it apart from the rest of the pack. I was dazzled by its amazing head lights & its ability to make heads turn when taken for a test drive! Loved driving this car, incredibly spacious all right.
The indicators & the wipers have exchanged places though but the drive was smooth enough. Maybe not as smooth as Getz but will you look at the style already! The U-VA burns a bigger hole in my pocket than the Getz Prime even as I keep chanting, Its but ONE life….
Ahh… the choices you get to make in life.
After several near-death experiences with huge army trucks & their rash, over speeding jeeps, I think I am now qualified to make the following observations of what might be possibly taught in their driving classes:
a. The Road is Yours. Everyone else on it is redundant & expendable.
b. Keep exactly to the middle of the road. Period. Others will naturally go for the Tata Safari slogan… Make your own road!
c. Never let the other vehicle overtake you. Especially if its faster than you. Horn blowing fools will be specifically ignored.
d. You are immune to any speed limits. Fly like a bird.
e. As soon as a barrack is sighted, make a stop along the length of the highway & create a long traffic jam… esp in a tiny state like Sikkim with narrow highways.
What purpose these traffic nuisances serve is a mystery to me. The way I see it, they were meant to scare us ordinary people into testing our brakes, more often than not. And to cherish life, realizing that man is after all, mortal indeed.
I have these nice, even though slightly dead, plants out in the balcony. Today morning, I woke up in a groggy dream, stumbled to the balcony door & opened it for Winkie, my pet to go out & play. That was because I was still half asleep in comatose sleep at 6 am and was in no state to take her out for fun & games.
I woke up at around 7 to a happy Winkie surrounded on the floor by bits & pieces of my favourite flowers! The bitch of a puppy lavished her destructive attention to my poor plants and ate them up! Of all the stupidest, meaningless things to do so early in the morning…
I suppose I deserve it for being lazy and slip-shod enough to not take her out in time. If only she had some brains or I could get up earlier. Guess this has to be my prerogative entirely.
Test drove it. Twice.
Got the bank finance forms.
Got the vehicle quotation.
May 1st – Labour Day. Unlike other sensible offices, we didnt get a holiday today. So here I am, at my desk minding my own business when the Hostel Warden comes and tells me that today there’s a lunch organized at the hostel mess. Invitation open for all faculty members & students. When asked further, he said that a few students have volunteered to do the behind-the-scene work of chopping veggies & cooking; thereby giving the hostel workers a rest on this special day.
The point here is that throughout the year, our lower-echleon workers serve us in all possible ways to make our time in the office comfortable enough. Its true – our tea comes twice a day from the hostel kitchen, with yummy pakoras 3 times a week. My favourite chowkidar, affecionately called “Bara”, meaning elderly uncle, unfailingly delivers my tea wherever I am every single day.
So on this special occasion, me & a few other faculty members are also going to roll up our sleeves & get cracking to do our bit today at the kitchen. Then, today I will serve tea to my dear Bara in return. That should make this Labour Day far more special and memorable in return.
My beauty sleeps bids me goodbye at 7 am morning sharp everyday no matter how early or late I sleep. Sometimes I wake up to a bright sunny morning at 6 am sharp, if the weather decides to humour us here. The time I wake up till I have to leave for office at 8:30 am passes away in a hurried blur & am always late for reaching the destination.
I need to either wake up early or form a schedule and since I am not good at both, I guess I’ll just yawn through the earliest part of my morning. Easiest thing in the whole world to do, not to mention also the most haphazard. I cant wait to get till Friday.
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