Monthly Archive for March, 2008
There’s this one lady whom I admire a lot. She was a family friend, a well known state official and the Principal of my school when I was in Class XII. I dont know her very well but I do respect her because she just commands it from every person sitting across the room. She was one of the first few ladies I knew to wear her hair really short and look classy in it.
She’s extremely out spoken, calls a spade exactly one and doesnt care for anyone else’s opinions. Almost everyone was afraid of her, including me and we did not want to cross her path when she was in a bad mood, come what may. She used to make fun of her quiet, timid husband and crack jokes about how he once deserted her and the baby when there was an earthquake and ran out of the house, not caring for anyone else.
Her underlings were especially afraid of her sharp tongue and I suspect most people didnt like the way she spoke to them although none would have dared say a word against her. She was a stickler for discipline and could not bear to see one toe out of line where school matters were considered.
I once met her after I started working and we talked about her newborn grandchild, my career decisions and the memorable schooldays we spent together. The person I thought to be a real scary lady was now an indulgent granny, although still sharp witted and funny which I did not know before.
It seems once a particularly sycophant lady began praising her outfit nauseatingly during a party and said – My deay lady, you have the best taste in clothes. To which she clasped her hands and replied sweetly: Oh, you know I’ve been this way since I was a child.
The more I think of her, the more I think I’m like her in some ways. I’ve picked up a few pointers from her especially about the gender blender issue. Now what I need to do is get a short hair cut when I grow old and I’m all set.
Try any of the following:
Rigged Wheels + Magnets: Unpredictable bouncing of the ball can conceal the fact that the ball has a magnet in it, thereby players can direct the ball to areas where bet is made.
Deadening of Pocket Surface: By spraying or painting invisible polymers or plastics on pocket surfaces which deadens it so that ball doesnt bounce as much when it hits that area, thereby coming to rest in one sector more than others.
Wheel Gaffing: Creating a wheel bias where ball’s momentum makes it come to rest at one section of the wheel more than any other.
Back to Roadies 5.0, Shambhavi had a very big grin on her face when Raghu said that – it takes something more, something special to survive on the show. God knows why she was smiling so much – there is indeed something much more than meets the eye. To say the very least, she was given the advantage last episode and again somehow luckily wins immunity. Can you see a pattern here? Two happy coincidences in two weeks for the same person. Whats going on, people?
I saw Ashutosh rubbing khaini in his palms briefly. Ewww. What else could it be?
Snehashish got voted out – I wish he hadnt. I was really starting to like him. Therefore in his defence, I would like to say that I didnt like Raghu lecturing him on the rules of chivalry. A pig is someone who says things like – You girls should stay in the place that we men have given you and its unbecoming of a woman to go ask for a man to dance. Dont you think?
You said, I said