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Meeting Robert Downey Jr

Published on September 19, 2008 in Musings. 2 Comments Tags: , .
Some days back, I happened to meet someone who looked so much like Robert Downey Jr. While talking to him about my interests, I mentioned that writing was my passion; following which he immediately stops me in mid sentence and asks – What do you write about? I had to reel my brain back in and answer: Oh, sort of like, articles. I couldnt believe my own ears. Articles???

Really? And have you published any? he asks. Does publishing it on my blog count? Does he consider posts on my blog ‘articles’? Should I give him the link? Think, brain – think, you good-for-nothing piece of $#&!

Came back home and told my husband all about it. He let me know that the guy was actually a high ranking official and a pioneer in his field. Good looking and intellectual to boot. Drool.

Couldnt help take the day dreaming one step further – Would he be reading my blog right now and realize that I think he looks like Robert Dreamy Jr? I sure hope so! :)

The End

Published on September 10, 2008 in Musings. 10 Comments Tags: , , .

My maid comes to me today morning and says we’re all going to die today. I go – huh? Is this something to do with what they were talking on TV yesterday about the world coming to an end? And she says – yes, yes. Thats what they’re saying. I told her – I dont think we’re all going to die today. At least I hope not. Wouldnt that be a shame.

And what a fit beginning for Armageddon, I’d have to say. The sky’s turned a shade of dark gray, rain’s started falling this early in the morning. Thunder rumbling somewhere in the back ground. You know how it is at the end of the world. I’ve seen plenty of hollywood movies to recognize it instantly.

Some years back, a person from where I live too predicted a similar end of the world BS and thankfully he was wrong. What about today? I hope the prediction doesnt come true cause I sure as hell dont want to die today. Or any day soon.

I’m feeling jittery already. Oh crap.

Pseudo feminist

Published on September 7, 2008 in Favourite posts, Gender blender and No good. 14 Comments Tags: , , .

I have very strong feelings when it comes to gender discrimination. I’m usually telling people off whenever I come across discussions pertaining to women belonging to the inferior catgory and what not. One of my colleague sometimes counsels students by saying This is not America. While it is true that THIS really is not America, I find it hard to maintain perspective when he says that men can do anything they want because they can. And women cant. Thats the law of society and thats just how it is. So quit with the behaviour-influenced-by-western-culture. Understand?

He’s right, I know. Our culture and society favour men. We, the women are the weaker gender and even though so many issues have been raised regarding the equality of women, the gender debate is far from over.

I, personally dont think that women are any less capable compared to men. If I were a man, I’d be able to afford a wife (who wouldnt need to work) and raise children comfortably. I’d also rather punch the daylights out of all chauvinists but thats just how I feel.

So, it was a shock, a major one at that – when I discovered a woman standing with a measurement strip wound around her neck at a local tailor’s shop yesterday. I tried my best not to stare at her, closed my mouth and proceeded towards the tumultuous ordeal of talking business to her.

(After staring at the lady for a long time)

Me: Erm… where’s the other man who used to work here?

She: (Frostily) That guy left the shop ages back. He doesnt work here anymore.

(Desperately trying to figure if she would screw my dress because whoever’s heard of a female tailor??? Certainly not the pseudo-feminist that I was)

Me: Umm… It’s been years since I’ve visited your shop. Thats why I was looking for that other guy… (Attempting at something that probably does not even resemble a smile)

She: (Smiling back) Oh, thats all right. I’ve been working here for the past 4 years now.

(Sigh of relief as I exhale audibly. If she’s been working for 4 years, my clothes are in safe hands, I figure)

Me: Oh! I just didnt know that you’re working here. Okay. No problem.

As I left the shop, I thought to myself – how ironic is it that I berate others for gender discrimination when I, as a woman, did exactly that just now.

It is doubly hard to change the world unless you can change yourself. Isnt it?

My dog is no longer my dog

Published on August 20, 2008 in Life as it happens and Winkie. 13 Comments Tags: , , .

She’s a murderer. Or wait, is that supposed to be murderess?? Either way, I will never forget the turn of events on an otherwise ordinary monday morning…

I woke up late so I couldnt take my lab, Winkie out for her usual walk. So I let her outdoors to go do her dirty business otherwise, the house’s guaranteed to be in a stinking mess when I get back home in the evening.

Winkie took off but after a split second, I see her jumping after a chicken which materialized out of nowhere! Standing on my balcony, I didnt bother much cause the stupid dog’s prone to be overtly affectionate towards cats, goats, strays or anything that moves whenever she’s set loose.

However, this time to my horror, both chicken and dog dive headfirst into the bushes and after what seems like major struggling concealed by the plants, Winkie emerges with what looks like a dead chicken in her mouth.

I called or rather, screamed at the stupid dog (in ultrasonic frequency) to come home and she does, with her prize in the mouth. So thats how a highly idiotic dog and a chicken-that-was-breathing-faintly ended up in my living room while I was struggling to keep myself from screeching in (again) horror.

I called the cook and told her to oh-my-god! please, please-take-the-chicken-out-to-the-balcony but the moment she did, Winkie attacked it and snapped its neck, it seems.

We shut the dog and its hunt in the balcony, thinking wtf, she might as well eat it there but when I checked after 15 minutes, nope she was licking it instead. Guess she didnt know how to eat it, feathers and all.

So the cook got busy dressing the chicken and cutting it up after which I cooked it up with Winkie’s food. After meal time, all that was left behind was a clean plate and a lip smacking dog.

You know, I’m beginning to look at my dog differently now. She’s no longer going to be beaten with the same intensity that I used to before. I’m suddenly afraid of my own dog and I finally understand now why people cross the street when they see Winkie coming.

Something for monday

Published on August 16, 2008 in Good things. 2 Comments Tags: .

I feel inexplicably happy today. After a long, long time. Nothing’s going to mar my sense of exhiliration today. Not even this smell of dung’s that whifting in through the window. Where the hell is this smell coming from???

I listened to a nice song in the car, hummed the lyrics, made people look at me strangely as they drove past by. Splashed a puddle in the road real hard that ultimately made the driver in front of me wet, who in turn yelled at me but I pretended as though I didnt hear and continued my streak of non-stop smiling.

Reached home and patted my dog. Even she looked surprised. Got down straight to documenting my state of happiness. So that I can remember this afternoon when work begins on monday morning and I hear this imaginary voice inside me saying – Welcome to the real world.

Change

Published on August 8, 2008 in Good things. 6 Comments Tags: .

Change is good. Although I liked the previous look of this blog very much, I’m already liking the new look a tad better and have forgotten how the old one looked like, I think. Short attention span/selective memory at its best.

The new picture in the header leads the way to Hanuman Tok, in Gangtok. The entire route zig zags all the way uphill, lined with beautiful pine trees and the weather there is almost always misty throughout the year. One of the scenic tours that most romantics take on their dates.

Speaking of which, I had an interesting date today. Well, technically – we all did. Today is 08/08/08 although this only reminds me that more than half of this year’s already passed by. Not a good feeling because I am not too keen on 2009 for reasons best left till the mandatory Rave and Rant posts that will be made by me at the end of the year.

Went through Mr Amitabh Bachchan’s blog today. Not a major fan of his – mainly due to movie titles like Suryavansham, Major Saab and such others. Somehow it was a pleasant surprise to find a very intellectual, poignant and expressive human being beneath that mysterious superstar exterior. Today’s post was the best I’ve read in a long time and thats not exclusive to his blog. Makes you almost forget that he’s an on-screen god. Or an untouchable superstar.

Somehow he seems more human, just like you, me or any other blogger venting their feelings in what can only be described as their respective stress-busters. Nice. I like.

Its a good thing to have friends

Published on August 3, 2008 in Good things and These thoughts of mine. 4 Comments Tags: , , .

We make a lot of friends along the way. A friend once told me that we’re all like passengers on a bus, traveling along wherever our lives may take us. We talk, share, open up a bit of ourselves to each other for the moment and as long as time permits us. Sooner or later, we reach our stop and get off, sometimes without even looking back to say goodbye.

Thank you to all my friends, whom I’ve met, known, no matter how briefly or even if it may be from a distance. I cherish the moments spent with each one of you. For they say – you have but one life. And it was a pleasure meeting all of you.

There are a lot of my close friends with whom I’ve lost touch. People who have been instrumental in making me the person I am today. Yet we’re no longer in contact for we’ve parted ways long back. Sometimes I wonder when it was that we lost touch. Was it me or was it them? Were we all so busy and caught up in our lives that we slipped away unnoticed so easily?

I look back and wonder where all of them are, what they’re doing and wish them love and happiness in everything they do. Perhaps we shall meet again, perhaps not. I hope the former, in all earnesty, some day.

There there are some, a handful of people; who dont let distance or time matter when it comes to friendship. They are my backbone, my strength in life. I would be lost without confiding in them my deepest, darkest feelings as well as any ecstasies that come along my way.

For those who have always been there for me, even if I werent for them. True friends, with no issues towards any of my idiosyncrasies and who embraced me for what I am – thank you. Happy friendship day.

I dont like plants

Published on August 1, 2008 in You live, you learn. 4 Comments Tags: , .

Yesterday, one of my plants died. I then wondered how many more will have to give their lives up before I realize that I’m not really a green thumb and that I should probably forget about having these suicidal green things in my house. When I confessed my lack of discipline in watering the plants to a friend, she exclaimed: How can you forget to water them??? I cannot drink myself without remembering to water my own plants first. After all, think of how thirsty they’ll get! I guess I’m too busy quenching my own thirst to remember to feed decorations along the house. Huh!

It wasnt my fault that the stupid plant died in the first place. My faithful maid, who by the way, waters the plants herself without being told (probably cause she knows the final fate of the plants otherwise) stayed on leave for an extended period of time. She finally got back yesterday and the rest was history.

I’ve attracted so many comments from friends, acquaintances and strangers about the lack of my watering skills, call it apathy if you will; that I’m now beginning to resent these plants that I so lovingly bought many months ago. As it is, the ants outside the house got to many of them and a few were martyred by these white things that look like powder but actually lay eggs inside the plant. Just like in the AVP movies.

As I write this, I look back to this day gone by and realize that I put my day off from office to good use – ranting about unwanted things in the house. And now, the sky turns darker as I speak. The solar eclipse’s along the way and I’ve already called up all my relatives to tell them not to look at the sun directly. The sky’s cloudy and my sight goes dim, I have to stop for the night. Winkie stood in the doorway, I heard the door bell ring. And I was thinking to myself, why the hell am I beginning to sound like a doomsday song???

Connected

Published on July 31, 2008 in Good things and Life as it happens. 4 Comments Tags: .

I finally got a broadband connection at home. The lady who installed it at my home was pretty sweet. I know this cause I bugged her for three days non-stop and even then she didnt seem to get pissed at all. I admire people who have that level of patience with anyone.

Ah, my poor blog. Let you be neglected no more.

Corny things

Published on July 27, 2008 in Good things and Sikkim. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Things get very corny enroute to Gangtok and you can intercept the freshly roasted smell miles before you actually reach the place where they sell them. Thats my cook buying some roasted corns while we were on our way towards Gangtok. The corn fields line the highway and the village people make their living selling corns for 5 bucks a piece. Pretty cheap. And delicious too. I ought to probably say healthy too but I’m not entirely sure if it is indeed so.

I dont know how but nowadays they sell corn throughout the year along this stretch of the road. Earlier there used to be certain seasons for which people used to wait impatiently for the corn to ripen. Guess the villagers decided to make this a way of life. And looking at the large number of vehicles which stop and buy from them, I’d say people are really fond of this stuff.

Use of plastic bags are banned in Sikkim so we didnt get one. A small step towards reducing pollution and rightfully so. Therefore, as we continued our journey, the whole car started smelling like a corn field itself. Half an hour later, as I picked up a friend, the moment she sat in the car she exclaimed, You bought corn!!! Lets have some!!!

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