Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Small talk

It's always a problem to find auto-rickshaw in my area. Sometimes I have to share a cab/auto and today I shared the auto with this girl who talked a lot. Let me call her talkative girl- TG.
After exchanging names and addresses I realized that we had a common friend from IIT...irrelevant piece of information!
So she asked me what I did and I asked her the same. Interestingly she was a writer/journalist.
Here's a small portion of conversation from 15 minute auto ride-
Me- So, what do you do?
TG- I am a freelance writer. I've had a few articles published in XYZ paper.
ME- Oh, that nice.
TG- I also write books for kindies.
ME- Interesting! In my mind, I was like :o What the hell is kindies. For all I knew kindies could’ve been a new genre! I didn’t ask.
After a few minutes...
TG- I love writing books for kindies. It’s so much fun.
I had to ask!
Me- I'm sorry, but what is kindies?
TG- Oh, it's a short form we use for kindergarten.
Me- Aaah.. (Voice in my head... Too bad you don't write books for undergraduates ;) Lol)

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Blue and Pink


You know you’re one of the guys when they ask you to come along for a trek on a Saturday.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you agree and get up at 5 am on a Saturday and take a local train.
You know you’re one of the guys when they say all of us are going to the top.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you have to search for some thick bushes so that you can have some privacy while peeing.
You know you’re one of the guys when you do manage to reach the top.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you wake up the next morning with excruciating body ache, especially in your butt, thighs and calves.
You know you're one of the guys when you commit to going for a trek again whenever they plan, notwithstanding the body pain.
You know you're not one of the guys when you spend the whole of Sunday wondering whether your aching legs will allow you to wear your heels to work on Monday morning.
You know you’re one of the guys when you beat them at bowling.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you’re sad that your nail broke while bowling.
You know you’re one of the guys when you decide to go down the red slide in Essel World.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you have to hold your bag against yourself coz you were wearing a white t shirt which got wet.
You know you’re one of the guys when you do a ‘bottoms-up’ on a beer mug.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you have to run to the rest room after the ‘bottoms-up’ and they send a girl friend after you to check if you're ok.
You know you’re one of the guys when you scream ‘that was an offside, you jackass’ (at the referee in a football match).
You know you’re not one of the guys when you don’t like a player because he does not look cute.
You know you’re one of the guys when you decide to register for half marathon.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you have to look at a calendar to see if the date is good.
You know you’re one of the guys when you discuss Fight Club at 4 in the morning and argue that it’s one of the best Hollywood movies.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you end the conversation by saying And Brad Pitt was so hot!
You know you’re one of the guys when you can watch Die Hard again and again.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you secretly cry in Die Hard.
You know you’re one of the guys when you stare at you-know-what in this picture.
You know you’re not one of the guys when you think what if I had the same.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Best thing...


These days a friend of mine’s been asking me almost everyday- what’s the best thing that has happened to you today? And almost everytime my answer would be- I got an auto at the doorstep today or it didn’t rain while I was coming back from home.Those were actually the best things *sad sad*
So the best thing that happened to me today- Got to know GG season 4, episode 1 is coming on september 13!!
Something else to look forward to on a Monday :) Yeyy yeyy …

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

These parents


My dad sent me a joke in the morning. I replied LOL- out of habit and/or laziness.
He wrote back: Btw, what’s LOL? I explained.
I emailed mom her tickets in the evening. Since it was last minute booking, the tickets were expensive.
My mom replies- Omg!