DAMMIT !!!

That word does so much to the stress building up within you na..earlier it was "SHIT !"....and "F&#K!" a little later...now both seem adolescent and oh-so-crude...besides "DAMMIT" is sophisticated,suave and almost gentlemanly...ok..as gentlemanly as a swear word can be...
;-)

Anyways...why the word ? well...life's been like that for the last few days...not much work to do...trainings and templates and word and excel dont exactly make my day worthwhile...guess it'll be like this for sometime...inshallah will change soon though..

Am missing my work at the project..team,deadlines,logic,meetings,actually doing something instead of just "building assets" !

But..the thing i miss most,beleive it or not,is the local train from andheri to lower parel...

Miss those freakshows that i sat with(make that stood with) and observed on the 1st class coaches..

so..a tribute to them based on my observations...

1.The Gujju Tribe:Anybody and everybody between Borivali and Khar is my acquaintance and I shall smile and crack a PJ and roar in laughter thereafter...that seems to be their motto..typical conversation...
"Kem cho ? Majaa ma cho ? "
"sab aapki meherbani"..
"Pata hai ? Aaj KSP ludka,ASD ucchla...
"ok...Your Dad passed away yesterday ?? HA-HA-HA-HA-HA"...
"Oh sorry..hasne wali baat nahi thee ? HA-HA-HA-HA.."

2.The ET man: Not to be confused with superman or any of those superheroes...this specimen is typically a Bschool grad..all sophisticated and Mumbai-is-the-land-of-opportunity-and-i-will-be-a-millionaire-someday....buys the economic times and uses it as a shield against curious onlookers while actually scanning the sunday mid-day of the guy next to him and ogling at the mid-day mate and what-did-SRK's wife's- sisters-mother's-ex-boyfriend-wear-to-the-party yesterday ! talk about being informed !

3.The Deaf-and-dumb-guy:No..he's not deaf and he's definitely not dumb..he just is in such a state when he's got his earplugs on...whether it's an apple ipod,a walkaman,an fm-wala phone or a 30 bucks chinese portable radio,who cares when u can imagine britney spears doing the bhangra to the latest remix track playing on radio today !

4.The Exit-railing man:Bombay is a hawt place..if not in terms of action and glamour,definitely in terms of weather..you can either sweat it out by standing inside or...stand next to the door..so what if it inconveniences other people and you get to see naked bhaiyyas doing their morning business on the adjoining track while waving at you and you almost wave back...All that matters is the breeze !!

5.I-am-in-love..I AM IN LOVE...I AM IN LOVE !! :guy..gal...
guy-frenchie,jesus beard,chains dangling,eyebrows pierced..
gal-VIP frenchie,jesus look(as in doped out),chains dangling,eyebrows pierced..
Who's who ? Who's what ? Male/Female/etc take your pick !But we shall rejoice in the knowledge that we love each other completely and have no qualms in letting the world know via explicit kissing,caressing,etc in full public view !Censor board..For your information and Action please..

6.I-am-old-Wont-you-let-me-have-your-seat-please ? :This one is the most irritating...
Situation:you finally get a seat and just when you are about to sit,the old man next to you gives you the above look...You remember your grandad and give in to the emotional blackmail..It's only later that you realise he does this morning peak-hour routine just out of habit..he's retired..goes to office to say hi to his buddies and comes back home promptly at lunchtime..and he can easily wrestle with 10 young guys like you when it comes to getting out of the train !

7.I-have-been-doing-this-for-twenty-five-years-now-and-I-own-this-seat-and-train: Pretty self explanatory...This group runs a mini-mafia here...seats are marked out for each individual and newcomers will be taken into the fold after having gained "experience"...Thou meagre non-mumbaiite shalt not sit on any seat until then...

8.The Student Junta:Last but not the least..The ubiquitous "jhola" in place across the shoulders..on the way to college...or between tuition classes and college...or between college and part-time job..or to meet his/her girlfriend...or his/her boyfriend...trying to look all intellectual and pseude and ending up looking like a true-blue-idiot when she says "Yeah...guess what ? Hrithik's son ate vada pav today ! SO COOL NA !!!"

Missing you all guys..DAMMIT !!!!

PS:Surd is going out of town ! Not to Timbuktu !! Although he deserves it...he's going to London !! Talk about Punjus and London...i guess Yash Chopra has signed a treaty on behalf of all the punjus with the crown..
;-)
and so is Mr.Big-F#$k-I-care a.k.a Ashwin kumar...well..i am sure he does care now..

Lets all wish them both a happy journey and a fantastic stay in London !Oye..and do some work too...thats why they are sending you there,remember !!