Crazy people..Conversation with a friend..on the beach..at 2 in the afternoon on sunday..
A: Why are you wearing red sneakers ?
Me: Machi,these are the second sneakers that i have ever worn..the first i have ever bought..the last one was a lotto..i got that when i was 16...a lotto doesnt actually count..if they arent one of the big three(adidas,reebok and nike)-they dont count..these are reebok..latest thing in town..and these are a mix of canvas and have that "cool" factor-especially the "red"..almost classical in style..contrasting to the point of being an eyesore..attention-grabbing...different..so,bought it..
A: Hmm..*Sarcasm doesnt go down well with you,A..*
Me: (Cant take it lying down..decide to give it back) Macha..you are short,wearing those nerdy glasses,girly three-quarters and a red shirt..after all this you ride a cruiser (a cool looking yamaha enticer !)-to work !! Shldnt i be saying "Look who's talking",rite about now !!??
:)
/*Both of us have been the object of ridicule/sarcasm for our sense of dressing/lack of it..and both have disregarded all of it,and done his own thing..for as long as i care to remember*/
Flashback:My first viewing of my next door neighbour-A, in hostel..MBA senior..attitude-therefore not talking,i thot..*my first out-of-home experience..so i was shit scared of everybody,anyway*...
Walks out of the room,one day...with a veshti(dhoti),an old-tshirt and one of those yellow-tam-cloth-bags..ultra-orthodox and traditional..to the temple..with ash on his forehead,even !
Evening..come back from class..somebody locking the room next door..seems familiar..but..orange shirt (and when i mean orange,i mean flouroscent orange,ppl !),blue jeans,hair-gel,deo and..same guy !!!
Few days later,i am sitting in my room studying..when a whole lotta seniors come to the next room and decide to goto "Road"(an RGV movie)..I had a sad life,then...they took pity on me and invited me to join them,including orange-shirt..thats started a friendship thats lasted 3 years now..:)
A and G..i probably know them better than some of my own classmates..
Back to the future now..
Both of us got talking after having a hearty laugh and forgot about it..but it got me thinking,why are we like this ?
Both of us were born in conservative households..a sheltered upbringing..focus was education..alone..any amount of it..no probs..
money ? WHY ?? books ? anytime...
VIDEO GAMES !! NO WAY !!!
Shoes ? Buy a bata..adidas??? why do you need adidas !!Bata is just as good !
ready-made branded shirts ? no way ! there are so many cloth-pieces that you got from so many marriages..get them made by the tailor,first !! (MOM,I will be sixty by the time i finish those !There are so many of them !Why will i even bother dressing up in anything at 60 !!:)
So..the first time we had freedom,we went berserk !
he wore orange,i now wear red..
he thinks it's cool to wear nerdy glasses(gives him an academic look,he says:)..
i thot it would be great to pierce my eyebrows-while in college,not anymore..(it's a mode of self-expression,i used to say:)..
*i know what you are thinking-i didnt do it,i chickened out..and regret it,every day of my work-life*
Both of us share immense passion for our dreams..of making it big on our own..to someday be an employer and not just an employee..to someday quit,and say,"Dear Mr.Manager.._!_ to you..if i can put in 12 hrs a day for you,i can definitely put in 24 hrs for my own venture !"
He's had a bit of a start over me and has started a chota-mota BPO thing..and a portal for tam-brams..good luck to him..
after bombay,my ideas/opinions/methods have changed although the goal is the same ..we are still to get to terms with getting back to the way we talked in the old days..of rubbishing each other's ideas to such an extent-that when we cant rubbish it anymore,we know it's the motherlode ! :)
Both of us had a conversation sometime back-on the method of making money.remember,we are not interested in the wealth-enjoying part as much as the wealth-creation process..it's more a passion for seeing an idea take fruit and grow to be a viable biz model..
He argued that as post-grads we were lucky to be qualified enuf (courtesy: our parents and the values instilled in us) to be able to create jobs and therefore contribute to soceity..I disagreed with the view - i believe, you need to get down and get your hands dirty to make a social impact..Business and society are 2 different things..lets try not to mix the two..if you want to make a change in this world and improve a citizen's way of life, do so by working with NGOs,civic organizations,welfare organzns..on the field...
dont buy your guilt by saying- " yeah well,i gave them a chance to work for me ! they were much worse before they did.." They work,you pay..simple...no charity involved-no charity asked for,no charity given..
Anyways..I used to think we were the crazy ones..but..
Last weekend changed all that -
Friday nite and the deluge..
make it surd's office in the rain completely drenched..have a great time..with free booze and some people i met at the disc..;) and outside of it...
hi kavita...big hi to my foster brother and dad too..
*i was adopted since vidyut thot i was a cool bro..he wanted an elder brother..i needed a house to get good southie grub from..and both parents probably thot i wasnt high-maintenance..they'll know how wrong they were,soon enuf ! *
:)
hope to god that the car doesnt stall even after water had entered the car !
with a freaked-out surd at the wheel !
Watch a tam movie(thavamai thavamirunthu-nite show) with A ,saturday nite ..in a theatre around 30 kms out of the city..we drive back in the drizzle at 1 AM (the raindrops were like pinpricks at 90 kmph:)..and i walk into the house to see surd missing..call him..he says "macha,my friend's had a heart attack and i am in the hospi,will talk to you tomorrow...." (!!!)
Next morning.."macha what happened ? how's K ??" ...
"nothing da,bad case of gas !"heights !! doc and hospi at 2 AM !! and gas !!!
* thank god,nothing happened ! but mygod !! *
Plan to goto the airport to see off my ex-roomie from bombay..and cant make it,cos i am out of money in my wallet and account !! ( i am decently off..just that it's locked up in various funds :)
Go nuts sitting in the house and watching tv for half an hour at home..call up A again..pester him,to take me round town on the cruiser..or gimme the vandi keys..
Faced with option 2, he obliges, on the condition that i help him pull a rodent out of his sink..(!!!!)We do that successfully (dont ask,i'd prefer not to talk abt it,it's alive and free...much more than enuf said ! )
and then go sutthify round chennai..have a traditionally southie brunch at sangeetha which lasted about an hour-it was supposed to be a quik bite *awesome feeling*..
almost convince A to take me to the dopezone,on the way,to the museum..he says,the minute u step down from the bike,u are on your own..*sigh*
Come back home to hear surd's day..only to lose all faith in one half of the human species..and my sense of instinct- being able to say what person is all about,how he/she would probably react in a certain situation...*sigh*
Things can be way beyond what they seem and i have not even an iota of knowledge in certain areas..i think i am happier this way..anyways...
Make awesome ready-2-eat chicken nuggets..myself ! :)
And..sleep..and wonder..i am stil not tired..what else do i need to do to make me tired and sleep as soon as i hit the bed..
*maybe if i get used to this antidote, i should try reading
sayesha's blog..that will work..always !! =)) *
*kidding,"chick" !!:) *
but..no enthu to see a comp screen on a holiday..so..
the hindu and a biz magazine to the rescue..and i snore away to glory within seconds !
jogging ?? at 6:15 AM ????!!!! u gotta be kidding me ! :)
Like i said...crazy guy..crazy friends..crazy people..
:)
