I am missing Tina toady. It’s her birthday. Even though I shared my room with her only for 4 months, the time spent with her has become immortal. She was a mallu who could hardly speak hindi, hardly being an understatement. During our stay together my only ambition was to be able to converse with her in Hindi and her ambition being, converting me into a mallu. One of these times we went for a movie together.
Movies are communications they say. But that day I saw one, and the director failed to communicate anything to me. The heroine was pretty. The hero was a male version of Preety Zinta - chubby and energetic. And the movie was colorful. But that was all I could gather from the 22 reels shown to me.
When translated into English the movie meant - Two eyes. Ironically, that was exactly what it meant to me - visuals. Mere visuals, and nothing else.
I sat there like a just born baby, just going through the motions. I did not understand the language being used. The elders went about their job. A few laughed, a few cried, but it meant nothing to me. I was straight faced. Atleast till they announced the interval.
After five minutes of `good time` the movie started again. And again, as was expected, I was ignored.
Luckily, I had not paid for the tickets. Moreover, I was paid Rs 200, to be present for the movie. Actually, I had turned into a mercenary, for I was doing things I did not like, just for money.
With experience to back the long time belief I had held, I decided not to watch a malayalam movie, until I learnt the language.
But how do I learn the language? I went about asking Tina, and here is the advice as I got it - “Dude, watch a lot of malayalam movies, and in no time you will be able to comprehend the language.”
Yeah, Right!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Best Moments in Life
So this is one of those days in my life where I am forced to wonder “What the hell am I doing with my life?” Usually when I get such mood swings I talk to people who are out of work or I start looking for different options in life, then I chalk out a PLAN for myself, write it down on the “To do” list, call up people who can help me achieve this and surf the net (and people say that I don’t make an effort!!!). And after a while, when this feeling is gone I resume back to my work and file the list in my “Things to do before I die” list.
But today I plan to do something different. I need to bring a change to my tedious “Get over it” routine. I plan to list down all the things that make me cheerful and rejoice. So here it goes: Times when I….
1. Laugh until it hurts my stomach
2. Find mails from hundreds of people when I return from a vacation
3. Times when RJs play my favorite songs one after another
4. Wake up and the first thing I see is beautiful weather outside.
5. Leave the shower and find that the towel is warm
6. Find the pages of my book BRAND NEW just before the exam and then I decide to switch to last 3 year’s solved question papers.
7. Receive a call from a loved one , out of the blue, just to say “I Miss You”
8. Find money in my pant that I haven’t used since last year.
9. Bunk college coz of my Bad Hair Day
10. Times when my calls at midnight would last for hours
11. Times when I would laugh without a reason
12. Times when I accidentally hear somebody say something good about me.
13. Times when I wake up and realize it is still possible to sleep for a couple of hours.
14. Times when I hear a song that makes me remember a special person.
15. Times when I was a part of a Gang
16. Times when I watch sunset from the hill top
17. Times when I make new friends
18. Times when I feel butterflies in my tummy everytime I would zoom down a slope
19. Pass time with my best friend
20. Use a sweater of a special and find that it still smells of their perfume.
21. See an old friend and to feel that things have not changed
22. Laugh…. Laugh…. And laugh…. Remembering stupid things done with stupid friends
Ah! My intuition was right. Change does make you feel good… Now I’ll have to think of something different to do when I get my next attack.
But today I plan to do something different. I need to bring a change to my tedious “Get over it” routine. I plan to list down all the things that make me cheerful and rejoice. So here it goes: Times when I….
1. Laugh until it hurts my stomach
2. Find mails from hundreds of people when I return from a vacation
3. Times when RJs play my favorite songs one after another
4. Wake up and the first thing I see is beautiful weather outside.
5. Leave the shower and find that the towel is warm
6. Find the pages of my book BRAND NEW just before the exam and then I decide to switch to last 3 year’s solved question papers.
7. Receive a call from a loved one , out of the blue, just to say “I Miss You”
8. Find money in my pant that I haven’t used since last year.
9. Bunk college coz of my Bad Hair Day
10. Times when my calls at midnight would last for hours
11. Times when I would laugh without a reason
12. Times when I accidentally hear somebody say something good about me.
13. Times when I wake up and realize it is still possible to sleep for a couple of hours.
14. Times when I hear a song that makes me remember a special person.
15. Times when I was a part of a Gang
16. Times when I watch sunset from the hill top
17. Times when I make new friends
18. Times when I feel butterflies in my tummy everytime I would zoom down a slope
19. Pass time with my best friend
20. Use a sweater of a special and find that it still smells of their perfume.
21. See an old friend and to feel that things have not changed
22. Laugh…. Laugh…. And laugh…. Remembering stupid things done with stupid friends
Ah! My intuition was right. Change does make you feel good… Now I’ll have to think of something different to do when I get my next attack.
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