Noddy

Ever so often I find myself nodding to things ppl say without even being aware of what i am nodding to! Little do they know that I am completely lost when i do that. This does not augur well for me at all, I can get myself into serious trouble cos of this without even realizing it. So I've decided to take serious note of this, lest I end up regretting something! This got me thinking as to why i do that? Yes, it is very much possible that I am slowly but surely going deaf. On so many occassions I've asked ppl to repeat what they say. Sometimes I get what they say and on numerous other times I give up and just nod along. I should probably improve my comprehension skills. But sometimes I blame the ppl who talk to me, I mean how on earth can they expect me to understand them when they are sitting some 100 yards away in a crowded place and mumble something to themselves!? During these times, I just nod along to help them (I may not actually BE helping them out) to prevent them from screaming their head off. There is another scenario, something that I hate personally. Lets say a group of 5 or more ppl go out somewhere and I end up sitting in the corner(this happens to me a lot, that's probably cos the others face the same problem and have gotten smarter and they occupy the middle seats(this also has its own disadvantages btw)). So I am sitting in the corner and ppl start making smaller sub groups and start chatting away. Of course since i am not involved i start to keep myself busy with my thots and suddenly out of the blue if ppl turn to me and ask me a question, I really dont know what to say cos hey! I wasnt even listening. But in order to avoid getting thrashed, i have to say something and i end up saying a simple yes or no. Of course if the question is not such a question which requires a yes/no, I get caught and have to sheepishly admit to preoccupation with my thots!
Therefore I have to either
a) sharpen my listening skills or
b) develop a unique "Nod" that would stand for both a yes and a no in which case, if I see someone shocked by my reaction, i can always claim to be doing the opposite!! :) :D

which one is easier??

Alternate career paths?

Ok, I am reading this book, a thriller based on real life incidents and it got me thinking if people as described in the book exsist in reality! The characters in the book are so spectacular, it makes me want to be one of them. They are always in the thick of action, specializing in espionage, counter espionage and what not! They kick some serious ass! Maybe I should have been a spy, on similar lines of a certain Ms Sydney Bristow in Alias(of course she is not real). How cool would that have been?! Smart, brave, smooth talking, ass kicking hot chick! Of course this being a fictious character, has no flaw at all. But there is a downside to this. Chances of dying a natural death are very remote and there can be no friends or family( how dull is that!? Even if there were, they would be in grave danger I suppose).

Btw we know that the Americans have CIA and Pakistanis have ISI as their intelligence agencies. what is the Indian intelligence agency called? Are they so good that they have cleverly managed to hide their identity or is it that there is not one, but many such agencies and hence the credit cannot be given to just one agency?

I can confidently say that I wont be having such an exciting career. So I was thinking what else is as exciting but far less dangerous? And voila, how about being a football star!!??( the reason I chose football over cricket is cos cricket is a lil dull and boring and has less money in it and tennis is just an individual sport, there is no such thing as team spirit at all which is kinda boring)
Playing on a football field where millions of fans go wild every other week for powerful, rich and famous clubs like say MANU or Chelsea would result in generous amounts of Adernaline kicking in!
One can run, kick, dive, celebrate wildly and do lots of crazy things and all this will be part of my job!! But sadly I have to admit I dont have the stamina or the physical strength to play against 11 such bullies for 90 odd minutes.
In the end I have come to the conclusion that being what I am gives me the opportunity to dream abt such things and even write about them(even though they are a lil far fetched)! So me is very content :)

Irony

Rama and Sita are considered to be the ideal couple in Hindu mythology, but we all know about the hardships they had to endure. They did not "Happily live ever after". Is it becos they remanined true to one another always? I think I'm missing something.

Tiny dancer

Love this song by Elton John! Its just fabulous!!
Oh and I finally listened to Stairway to heaven! Loved it too! :)

Life...

Heard the following line was quoted by the lead singer of the band Moksha who is no more apparently!!
"Life is a sexually transmitted disease"
Come to think of it, it cannot be more true sometimes.

Shakespeare

Was having a casual conversation with friends about English grammar and I realized that Shakespeare is the only English playwright/poet/writer/actor that i know! Maybe I know some more ppl, it still hasnt dawned on me yet!!

Baby smell

Just love the way they smell. Esp after a bath. They smell of johnson's baby powder :) I'll go buy one today!!

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha representing the Indian people is a very funny place. Where else can one see politicians throwing punches at each other! Poor speaker has a very tough time managing the rouge MPs of our nation. Today I witnessed one such episode on tv. It was hilarious!

Tatha's bureau

My tatha's bureau(cupboard) was the object of my childhood curisoity! I always always used to wonder what he kept in it!! He used to always open only one door and do some thing or the other, what he did I still dont know, but I always wanted to peek and see what treasure it held.
So after he died, we i.e. all his grandchildren held a grand ceremony to open the old, ancient (one belonging to the British Raj days) Burma teak wood cupboard. And boy oh boy did it smell only of napthalene and nothing else! But my tatha being my tatha was extremely neat and organized. What we found left us very disppointed cos it had only some papers which my astrologer tatha used as reference material, papers he used to keep track of who owed him how much money and whom he owed money. Of course we also found some of his cute hats and walking sticks and coats that he proudly wore only when he went to the US! :)

Coming to the cupboard itself, well what i can say, it is my tathas and has been in our family for the last 60 years!! It is an antique piece which today is standing very nicely in my bedroom. It still smells of napthalene and reminds me of my tatha so much! :) Hats off to those carpenters for giving it such a fabulous finish. It is incredible!! And I am proud that we i.e. my sis and me dint let my pati sell it off to some one else! :)