Things that make me go...hmm...
1. A mail from my niece..she's 10 years old..she's using email now..knows how to use her dad's blackberry phone like the back of my pre-historic hand...
Has a better vocab than i do..and a better hold on fluency in the english language...than i do ! even at this age !!
"It's not 'flover' riteshmam,it's 'flaar'.."
:O
At 10, i had just about realised that the steel plate i imagined to be the imaginary steering wheel to my imaginary bus,wasn't something to play with..
*ooh...that hit on the head from granny still hurts..idiot,me !*
"hi ritresh(sic.) mam shocked no to see my mail????????well,i have my own email id....how are things there????and how are you??????ramesh ajja and mamama came to stay in our house for 2 days. Keep sending me messages...from k,bangalore"
I called her up..fooled her once again.."I'm calling from the Soceity Against Internet and Email Crime,Department of Police" !
*I know..it's flimsy..but thats all i could come up with at the time...*
She was silent...and then said after about 5 mins...."Hey ! riteshmam !!"
:-/
next I was speechless..in 5 mins...what do you say to a 10-year old ?
"Dhanda-paani kaise chal raha hai ?" or "Kyon bey ? koi pati ? ya abhi tak..."
:))
Fortunately...It's exam-time for her now..and i was able to chat with her...about that and the latest movie she watched...
And no..she's been emphatic..she doesnt want anything from here..dad has got her all that she will ever want..from his last trip round the world...she'll keep me informed,tho..
:))
2.A cricket limerick competition...more here(via Corridor of Uncertainity)..and the prize on offer-a free,funny cricket t-shirt !
and yeah,my entry goes something like this..inshallah,i'll win !
:))
"England were in such a mess,
Oh no,you were wrong no less,
The 1st test on a platter,
All of india was in a tatter,
It's time we wore a dress !"
PS: Read the rules and come up with one on your own !! And...NO COPYING !!!
:P
PPS: check out the "Not long now,mr gilly" ad too...funny...
3.A good friend..is going ahead with publishing a book...a novel...should be out by the year-end...in a store near you !
A precursor :
"Sometimes I get hit by absolute deluge of flashbacks, so real I could literally be there, wake up and find all this is a dream. Memories ofsitting in hot sultry classrooms with some lecturer droning away,everyone is his or her state of drugged equilibrium. Knowing the worst that could happen was that the professor would ask you (sometimes evenrequest...) to please pay a little more attention. Knowing the worst that could happen and not having it scare the shit out of you is aluxury I never knew I had until I lost it.
And other times, when subjects are discussed with such vehemence that we could as well have been arguing over the fate of some billion dollar company, rather than a neat little case study, a script for a play actedout, in B schools year after year. And oh the sense of power you are gripped with, making all those wonderful presentations, taking thosehard decisions to hive of business units and grow I\new business. Young Princes of Jargon living in the great kingdom of Academia."
My response:
":))))awesome ! i loved it !inshallah,everybody else will too !Keep up the effort,bro !It's a story that needs to be told..:)"
His repartee :
"It's fiction bro. Otherwise it will be filled with stories of boring people like you..."
:))) I love this guy...he's sooo me !! mean !!!
:)
4.One of my ex-colleagues and close friend...a mallu...getting married...another domino fell..wedding bells..all over the place..hmm..
His mail :
"Hi guys..just thought I'd tell u that my marriage has been fixed for May 7th . Its happening at K .. will update u guys on more details as soon as things get fixed ... "
My response:
" WOW !!! DUDE !!! COOL !!! that was quick !! either one of 4 things...
1 Your parents dont trust you being single..for too long..
2. You are really despo !!
3. Both of the above...
4. All of the above.
Which one is it ??? !! :))) and yeah...congratulations...about time,you got married...wouldve turned into a saint going by your lack of "bad" habits,otherwise... Congratulations again...to you and k-soon-to-be-m,too... wish you both a fantastic innings together... :)"
Not-to-be-outdone-last-word-freak-! gets back with this..
"Poda Punnaku..this I must say is a very strategic plan that my parents have laid n executed with pin point precision .. they gave me this lecture the last time I was in chennai sometime last year sayign that arranged marriages take a while and it'll be close to a year or even more before I can actually find the girl I like ... so I fell for it and gave them permission thinking that I'll be 27 when the whole thing happens ... then suddenly in 2 months they meet 3 girls and tell me about it saying that all I need to do is meet them .. after meeting the first girl I realised that she seemed very close to the typical woman I had in mind .. and the rest is history ...."
And the rest is history...the rest is history..indeed...
"poda poda punakku..podathe thappu kanukku..."
:)
posted by ritzkini @ 3/04/2006 06:25:00 am
