where my mental faculties creak!!!

7:00 Am

Okay, here we go, one more day beginning to unfold.

Let me take out the book, headphone, lip guard.

Strangers, strangers,…how long can they remain  strangers. Ice will break some day or the other. May I be should add that as part of my to-do list. It’ll be nice to see the reaction on their faces when a supposed stranger starts a friendly banter all of a sudden.

Ok shut up now. I need some quiet.

…<sounds of a radio jockey>…

I can make out a few grammatical mistakes in what he speaking.

I wonder what he looks like. Square faced,wheatish complexion,bony chiseled face structure? Mayyy be.

…<a loud dance number>…

Totally inappropriate for a pleasant morning.

<channel change>……<a pleasant old song>..aaah that’s what I asked for.

<the bus drives past a closed shop with “elf builders” written on its shutters> elfffff….a linux executable…oh god those days….doesn’t seem like five months have gone by at all…tossing a 12MB elf from here to there..zzzzzz

whoa, is that him<yeah yeah, wishful thinking>..the person sitting in the seat right before mine. I know it is not the same person. Let me tilt my head a little more and confirm that it is not him.

yeah, not him <sigh>.

Oh godd…grow up!!! What do you expect??

Hmmmm…Nothing. I know I’m juuust fine now. I don’t need to go back to my old stupid self. I know that’ll not do me any good. But, if only it had turned out in some other way….sighhhh

Pathetic you are! Get a life.

Ok ok…<…deep breath….> Lets cherish what was hidden in those moments and move on………

<..lots of songs, ads and rj blabber amidst all these…>

Wait, what was that dream last night? Ah! the same old nightmare…that it is my wedding, all the guests have assembled and I realize that I don’t know anything about the guy I’m marrying….and I somehow get out of that place

Lets keep an eye on the route. It’ll come in handy sometime.

Ok, so what plan for the weekend? shopping? parlour? visiting granny? assignment completion? check out salsa classes in our area? another blog? go through some work related documents? visit the park nearby?

Hm..how many times should I remind you not to think about the weekend. Plan for today. Live for today. See what you can fit in today. Think of how you can make today a better day…so that you don’t have to stress over it during the weekend.

Remember yesterday’s mail ? such a nice one. .<..those sentences echo line by line..word by word..>

Thank you god, for blessing me with such genuine friends. <…those smiley faces flash by…>. Absolute sweethearts. God bless them all.

And, here comes the final stop. All the best dear Be honest. Do your best. You’ll have a great day.

8:10 AM.

After a series of some serious blogging, I thought why not start a meme on the  blog. If you are wondering what it is…a Meme (pronounced to rhyme with “theme”) is a set of questions/answers on any random topic that is passed around through tags. They are usually fun to take part in and propagate . They help you provide some interesting content to your reader.

There are tons of fun memes floating around. I picked up this one from a random link. So, here it goes….

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 2. Write down what it says:

Ahem! The nearest book I can find lying around this desk for quite some days  is  ’Shantaram’ which I guess my brother is reading…here’s what I find on page 18 and line 2

‘Is he fuckin’ serious? Who the fuck is dyin’ here? Jesus!’

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

I touch a window pane(with… an inch of dust on it. !…I should clean it up today lest I should die with bronchitis!!)

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

Can’t remember clearly…because I dozed off with remote in my hand…it must be some scene with actor Revathy in it from ‘Darna Mana Hain’  which was playing on zoom last night.

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:

Er…it must be around 9 ish.

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

It is 9:28! Not bad…I’m not as sleepy as I thought I am.

6.With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

Automobile sound….rickshaws mostly,..combined with some bell like sound…may be our milk-man is taking around his cows or may be my neighbour is doing Tulsi Pooja.

7.When did you last step outside? where did you go?

Thats easy. It was at 6:30 today morning. To my Yoga class.

8.Before you came to this website, what did you look at?

Um…I think I checked my both gmail accounts, checked my university mail account,checked my google reader account and landed straight down here.

9.Did you dream last night?

Thinking hard….no I guess..it was pretty much a deeeeep sleep! Lucky me

10.When did you last laugh?

Last night. For no reason actually! Oh..before you think I am insane….let me explain. Someone called up last night for a marriage proposal and my parents spoke to that person..after they hung up the phone, they started laughing. Since I didn’t hear the conversation…I don’t know what exactly happened. Later learned that it was a case of mistaken identity…comedy of errors..of the sorts. And laughter is so contagious….I started laughing too…sometimes you really don’t need a reason!

11. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Lemme look around..There is this wall hanging (it was a birthday gift from my schoolmates Supritha and Akhila..and if I remember right…i got it on my 17th birthday)..it says few things about friendship….let me quote the last line..

‘Friendship is love for all seasons’

12. Who is your latest crush?

Hm…it is a tie between Gerard Butler and Bradley cooper.

13. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

I’ll buy a butter-scotch ice cream with hot chocolate fudge. Well it has got nothing to do with me becoming a millionaire. It is just that I’ve been dying to eat that….

14. Tell me something about you that I don’t know:

I’ve acted in a movie….<honest>…hehe before you let your imagination running loose…let me explain. I was in 7th standard. It was a movie by Nagabharana..a noted Kannada film maker. It was a children’s film. I was one of a group of students picked from our school. I don’t know if the movie got released or not…but it was a fun experience.

15. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

I really really really wish to see each and every child being able to go to school.

16. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? a boy?

I don’t know….it is a far off thinking…anyways…for the fun of it….for a girl it would be ‘Hani’..(sounds like honey!)..i think it is a sweet name……..for a boy it would be….err..i don’t know…really hard to think..i’ll update this space a while later.

17. What is the last film you saw?

‘Ella Enchanted’…for the 5th or 6th time I think. I can’t get enough of chick flicks/fairy tales.

18. Who is your favourite super-hero?

It has to be spider-man (I don’t know if it is because Tobey MaGuire played his role!)

19. Would you ever consider living abroad?

Nop! It is going to be namma bengaluru all the way.

20. Your favourite sitcom :

A tie between Full house (thanks to Seema for introducing me to it) and F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Okay, I’m done. Time to pass on this meme. Let me think of people who are most likely to update their blogs.

I’d like to tag

aginesh,chandra,deepak,niveditha,nino , sandeep . Guys..please do the honors.