It is OK to be fooled

Get up brush, login for your work, shutdown, sleep .. repeat. Not a detailed routine but you get the idea, this is the pandemic lifestyle most of the privileged ones are accustomed to. I say privileged because if you see around there are many who have lost their jobs, for many the job they are doing are put on hold or the business itself is paused. 

The other day we had water leakage at home, called up the plumber he changed some parts of the water tanker. It fixed the leakage. A week later the leakage problem reoccurred. I got a work around fix myself with the plumbers help over the phone. Another incident where our Air-Conditioner required servicing. The guys came in and said will need to change the switch box of AC it was not working. I said do whatever you want but get it fixed ( between my office calls ). They came back in about 30 minutes and replaced the part and cleaned up and gave me the bill. I told them the panel is not replaced and you have brought back the same panel. The obvious refuting started, I said please do not do this to others. 

In these difficult times you get to show your real character. It is probably easy to say this when you are not struggling with your finances. We keep on blaming the authorities of being corrupt or opportunistic , but given a chance aren't we too. In either case I choose not to complaint but hopefully gave them some understanding of their moral responsibility.

When you see a less privileged trying to carry out their business, be it a vegetable or fruit vendor or a  local shopkeeper please do not bargain, if they are asking for a higher price and you can still afford it just pay, it might help them, they are risking self in this pandemic to meet their ends. You make a donation for various NGO, this is a hands on help you can provide.

The Nerf War

 I had forgot i used to write, pretty stupid stuff, thank god i have kept most of them in draft. I think this is a good opportunity to get back to this fun. I have had lot of content over these years. The older posts are basically when i was a bachelor and well did all sorts of weird things. Now I am married and have a kid and still do all sort of weird things. My wife is pretty amused how she fell for me, but as they say love is blind. 

I have a kid pretty smart rather over smart he is, well if i think a bit kids today are way smarter than what we used to be. When I was 5 probably i was just running around naked and eating mud, well my kid can operate a laptop, talk to Alexa, has favorites on YouTube, can sing/learn a whole poem/story and also runs around naked when he feels like. 

Today being a weekend, we were playing Nerf wars. My wife has totally adjusted to this life style she also plays with us and well beats us as well. Women they master everything if they will (ahem!). I am far from a ideal husband, my wife can write an entire book on it. So well back to the topic, me and my son were playing Nerf wars, after a brief discussion we decided on playing same team and hitting objects, a robo figure, an elephant, a deer, a cup. Yes totally picked up with caution, Nah !! it was just lying under the table where my kid left last night. 

The Rules, we place the targets on distant table and hit it with 10 bullets from each of our Nerf. All the targets should be destroyed to go to next level (adding more targets), and we took an oath that we will be true to the task and not cheat, because god is watching. Well we do cheat while eating or getting to watch extra minutes on youtube/xbox etc, but here we were firm and it was a boy promise not to break the trust on this boy code. It is a thing an unwritten set of rules which you just know.

So yeah we started the game, and trying to hit the target like mad. It did not work we failed some attempts. My kid said papa this is not working. I said what?? we are having fun, just hit those non-living things we will be triumphant sometime. Lets do next round, he said stop lets make a strategy.  I just skipped a beat i think. I stared at him, what how do you even know such a thing needs to be done at an age of 5. He said let us divide the effort. He decided, I was to take care of robo and deer, and he will take care of elephant and cup. Not only this he said once either of us finish their task don't sit ideal, just help the other one to finish his. 

Boy this is really going out of hands, I know this is fun and all but how many times have we adults done such clear thinking and also put in a sense to others involved. Our generation is dumb founded, because our parents have stories of hardship they faced and still managed to get themselves educated and all, our kids will have a different childhood story altogether. I solved an important problem for my dad when i was 5.

Well we got to the game, we still failed because the effing elephant bit heavy to be thrown out by the nerf bullets. We winked to the ceiling and  elevated the elephant on a bottle so that it will fall off on a perfect hit. No! before you think my kid came up with this idea, nope I decided it. After all these 35 years are not wasted altogether, I can still teach my kid to cheat smartly. 

Good morning Sunday !!

The world over is thrown into controversies, be it cricket, osama killing, Pakistan, USA blah what not, did not mention India in the list cause it has all new breed of controversies its funny as my roommate would say if a celeb kills a person and cuts him in 300 pieces she/he gets 3 years of jail and if a poor guy cuts a tree he is imprisoned for life.

Anyways this is not the point of this blog, in all these mess up i pulled out some of my own, again i wont mention WTF i have/had done. When i slept yesterday i already had a feeling the next morning would be a bad bad day. So i decided to be optimistic and kick the heck out of the day.I worked it out literally, Got up earlier than usual. Sunday morning is a very less explored option, if you understand what i intend to say :). So getting up early was the first good thing i did for the day. Ahh and then its said if your left eye is blinking its a bad omen haha i better it out my left eye was not responding, it was still no blink at all, guess i manged to rub the hell out of it through the night. Freshened myself splashed some water, opened into my balcony it was awesome. You could actually go poetic if your loved ones are with you definitely you wouldn't resist a cute hug and few kisses to go with it. That feeling got me bit saddened. Ahh exactly the reason i gotup early to get some kickass morning. I thought it was the right time for getting that 'hey morning jog' period. Geared self with my running shoes, again it was as good as new, and track shorts and a cool tee. On my way to the near by garden saw many oldies 'working' out. Time to up the tempo, let them know what a morning jog 'actually' looks like.

Pitoush and i was off with my entu to jog at top speed, novice you see. 10 mins and 4 rounds and i was fuming and puffing had to reach out to a near by bench, all the oldies where smiling (silent laugh i suppose) at me. I but manged a reply, cutest smile ever and on my feet again this time a bit sensible walking another 20 mins with now 9 rounds then bit jog and run i was back to normal. Its really a good feeling to get so pumped up early in the morning. I jogged down to a tea stall nearby. On the way saw some firangs jogging and cycling. Spreading all the love in them smiles all around and yeah the woman who was cycling would be in her 60's. It pours on my mind its upto you how you decide to live your life. Get that running shoe of yours and show others how its done. After two cups of tea i was on my way back when my eye fell upon another old lady and she was visibly into 60's frail and weak and she was not jogging she was trying to sell fruits. One lady cycling out and other selling fruits for her living. I was obliged to buy some mangoes, she was selling it at higher price then usual but it would pinch me much i din't bargain a skill am no good at. I gave her some extra bucks for her gritty punch on the face of life full of hardship. Suddenly i realized the lack of young girls, wonder banglorites are in abundance on 'Y' chromosome.

Life's good but not happy without the sweet good morning call.

A night walk ....... (written long back ...... :) )

Had a rough day, felt like worlds against you, you are angry with self, ahaa that makes a perfect reason for a night walk. My mom slept by around 11:30 pm, early by her standards (hehe). I was not exactly in best of my moods, saw hangover on my PC; movie was awesome, except that I dint get a chance to see the last part, one in which they get the revelation on what they clicked all nightJ. Pirated movies suck that ways. Anyways, by now I felt I had all the symptoms of “oh hell you gotta go for a night walk”, hangover only added to the prerequisites. J

So I asked my mom, (who was in her sleep) that am going down for a walk, before mom could respond anything J I started locking the house, and off I went for a good night walk, loaded with a digital cam and my mobile phone J.

Time: 12:30pm, getting down was exciting, then came on to the road, damn people were still seen, and vehicles were still running, though shops were closed. I am not exactly unfamiliar with this environment, considering that I have been at office this late on many occasions. L. In the whole excitement, I sighted a autowala fighting a guy, damn it at 12:30 people still have in them to get into a quarrel. It was as usual “chutta” problemJ.

Anyways I was not at all interested in their problem. I moved a bit forward, found a beggar sleeping on the footpath. He had 2-3 bags with him, he cuddled them all, felt like he is missing some one, and hugging those bags for comfort. Well I was going through the same kinda feeling only that I preferred to walkJ.

I reached the park near the highway and chose to stay put there for some time. The ground there was completely empty J wonder whyJ. I went to the center the wind was very cold, felt like some cold running around you, felt good for few moments J then suddenly I felt something is happening around me, no more I was feeling the cold (hehe). I made a brisk move to the end where I could see some one sitting, a old man, gave a smile to him and then went out of the ground and moved ahead. Suddenly I realized that there was a crematory on the way J I thought it was intellectual to turn back J some how I am happy I made that decisionJ.

By now I was not feeling that afraid, I again went to the ground to the center of it J and clicked pics all around, nothing good to click though, except you gotta lay down on the ground and gaze the sky, its an awesome feeling. I would rather sleep there seeing pointlessly in the sky, then I chose to sit on the side railing, and clicked few pics on self. I appreciate myself as a model and photographerJ.

I had set an alarm of 30 minutes on my cell, just to confirm that I don’t sleep off on the ground. J. After gazing in the sky, I left the park. I came across the beggar again, but now it felt that the beggar was not cuddling his belongings he was actually holding them together, so that the dogs around, or notorious guys around don’t steal it. It was kinda sad to see that, even beggars have things to worry on. Heard about the short story we had in our schools? Who is the happiest man in the world; well that story named the beggar as truly happy, ahm seems unreal now.

Well then just thought would go back to my warm homeJ, and did just that. It was a good feeling after all, I think it’s not all that bad an idea to go out on a walk at night, hmm considering I cannot get up early for thatJ. Hope I go for more such rounds at night, alone. It’s a feeling you do not wanna miss.

I have tried to cut down on details of the feeling you get on being alone. Mind you it’s not always good, but just the feeling that you have to get in when on a night walkJ. I thank all those who have been there for me, cared for me, and not letting me alone. All and all I guess I got a solution on what you do when you are sad, just get the heck outta your self, go out, go all out.

Things go wrong ...... and they should ......

It was late night, if you consider 11:30 pm late, to be coming home from office work. I was quite depressed by the fact that i couldn't complete my assigned work, but had an excuse for that. I was not in so good mood, and that's when you expect your friends to step-in. I tried calling some special friends, unfortunately they were unreachable for sometime. That was a time when i felt i am running out of "my mood is not good, please help" friends. I called up my college sister :), she is really cute but somehow i could say, not tailor made for such situations :D. Amazingly she expected my call. I suppose i did engage her for a good 15-20 mins, speaking about the previous day, it felt good, coz the prior day was quite good being a sunday i.e. Anyways after i put down the phone still the bus didn't turn up, NMMT 100 i.e., then i decided got an airoli bus, on the way got a call back, i felt so happy on receiving that one. But the tone sounded so not reliving, it was on to another fight. Some misunderstandings cropped up and that was it, to add to my miseries the call ended in even more sad note. I was feeling so out of myself. I dint know what to do, i got down near airoli circle, and kept on walking ahead, don't know what was in my mind, i was just walking along with no feeling at all, until it struck to me that i had almost to the airoli toll-naka. Its pretty awful to understand that you have walked that much when you actually don't realize that until your legs start paining :P

The Big Shot .... (dimag ko)

I dared today, dared to watch BIG BOSS. Yes i did do that it sounds insane. Aaahh enough of this, but the show lived up to its reputation ahmm ill-reputation, rather. To start with i made sure there was something better to see just in case {you know why isn't it}.
The day i.e. the show, started with the morning jingle, alarm its said, and Vindu Singh (an amazing character, guy who knows how to play the game) first on the camera (...dhan tadaannnn.....). Nothing out of usual happening until "The BIG BOSS" sent some fruits for Poonam dhillon. Dont know what got into Ismailji he got furious, got an issue it seems "Rules should be alike for all". And then enter Baktiyar, he got a whopping from Ismail, "Teri biwi kabse coffee maangri hai aur tu kuch bolra nai hai BIG BOSS ko". Bloody hell i mean this show goes no where, the contestants from previous seasons were way too better(atleast entertaining in some respect legends like RAKHIji and Rahul..). To make matters worse there's one"Kamal Rashid Khan"(KRK), the multi-millionaire , he says that about a thousand times in the show. He throws up an dialogue "Big boss yahan multimillionaire se zhadu poocha karwa rahe hai..... ". LOL i mean okay he has that money fine get over it. Anyways if thats the way he entertains people. LOL remember Deshdrohi. This reminds me of RAJU SHRIVASTAV, he is quite an relief, great jokes all new ones, when he comes on camera its a good break from the jerks around. He explains the character of each of the male participants to Rohit verma(nothing good but not ridiculous) his interpretation on KRK was awesome "Sara desh confuse hai yeh chata kya hai har baat pe mere pas paisa hai bolte rehta hai..." you gotta see that part of the big boss footage, you sure are gonna laugh your ass off, in this footage he manages to stump out rohit verma, he goes like this "sarra desh confuse hai ki yeh kaun hai....." and he continues "designer ya choreographer ..... blah " amazing presence of mind. Atleast it was clear raju understands people better, should say a pure gem of a person, he holds the show together. Ahmm well theres another person which i was very 'satisfied' to see on the show 'Sherlyn Chopra'. She's not as OUTRAGEOUS, but certainly feel good factor.(ahmmm)
There was a task given to the house members, guys had to rehearse a dance number from BLUE ... chiggy wiggy .... certainly akshay's coming on the show sooner(as a guest :P) KRK opts out of the practice, and vidhu takes up this opportunity :) he says "KRK toh actor hai baadmein aaram se sheek lenge .....". I hope KRK was not too much happy with this appreciation (I heard deshdrohi 2 is coming up....aaah drop dead) Actually the show was full of KRK shit, i thought he would be a good guy, but he has lots of hollow attitude of his money, actually its apparent he doesn't understand what is going on around, mere dumb ass.
At the end of it sherlyn talks to KRK (they are nominated for elimination), sherlyn says in their room the ladies talk about breast feeding and stuff :| damn it why was that not aired :D, and she was sad to learn about the stuff and wants to go out of the show, well here too KRK steals the show (bladdy ass), he says "Oh no i cant believe this, its difficult , i thought you speak better things....." and he repetitively said "Oh no i cant believe it" ...... (bladdy .... eeeeeksss .. need to puke out.)
On conclusion if it at all mattered :P, show is really ridiculous, worst characters except for raju. Amitab Bachan would be in foot in mouth situation, what got into his head to be a host of such a show. Maybe if sherlyn stays ;) i might watch the show again.(I donno why though :))

Train booking .......

Its a Sunday morning and like every other IT professional i love to spend it on my bed. Well but not everything goes according to the script :(. I was supposed to book tickets for GOA for some family function.I got up early i.e. at 9 am :). If you know me that quite early for me especially on a Sunday morning :(. I got ready by 11 , got down and suddenly i got a feeling i was forgetting something :O. Oh Yeah !! i called up my mom and asked what date are we supposed to go :). {HOTA HAI BOSS}


Scene : At Mulund station, Time : around 11:30 am

I filled up the reservation forms , there where two of them.Being Sunday there were long queues.I placed myself in one of them, which i thought was shortest of all.It was already heating up people around shouting at each other, person at the counter window getting all the slang. {jaldi karna bhai ...... line ke beech mein maat guss} all the usual scenarios which you get to see at a queue full of Indian greats.And to make matters worse it struck 11:50 . Yeah it was lunch time for the clerks. And to be sure the crowd couldn't EAT that. I wish the trains were as punctual ,as these people were for their lunch timing.{Talking about punctual behaviour, this was nothing compared to the strict discipline these clerks follow..... coming up... :D}

These guys came in around 30 minutes.{Applause only 15 minutes late} And people didn't digest it well :D.{I love using intellectual words B-)}. Every other guy started howling {Wooooooooohoo}. I was getting frustrated. People around were so annoying. In all these my eyes went upon a dog having a life time.{I wonder why its said A dog's life .Does it mean good life or otherwise.} The most relaxed species in the entire crowd, It was walking graciously , feeling for better air-condition .There were two fans at the booking counter, the DOG chose one of them for his coolant. Stretching out his legs and then curling them in, finally managed the most relaxing position he could. People around were showing their disgust on that dog too , but after all its a dog , it cares the least , and to show it he had quite an interesting smile on its face. In all the chaos at least the dog was having a great time :D. I had a small laugh for myself, I was amused. Back to the other scenes , there was a small girl, probably she had recently learnt a dance . Free ticket full timepass, what a performance , i actually thought of clapping , cute girl. Well after this performance, I suddenly struck my eye on another cute girl , a little older ;) my age :D , actually she was beautiful , {mast phataka ... :D}. I kept on starring at her :) until she noticed that, she gave a anger look at me , well i suggestively responded with a sorry face. It worked :D. she obliged with a beautiful smile. {I was lost ....hehe}.Well then after a while i was at the counter window , around 1:15 pm , i gave the two reservation forms to the clerk. The clerk was a lady, well dressed with spectacles on, serious look, and the worst ever behavior :x. She was acting as if she was signing some presidential document, which needed so much concentration, to look at the numbers and name ,and after a INTELLECTUAL PAUSE {Sorry ladies but this lady made me feel that women should not be given ,rather given he feel of having a good position }, she asked me where do you want to go? when which train , how much people ? :) . All valid questions :) , but what the hell was she reading on the form :| . Rather why she was wasting time to read the form , if afterall she was going to ask me all these questions , maybe the disgust on my look was quite apparent. She printed the ticket for one of my forms , and when i said "doo forms hai" i got a reply , "line mein jaake khade raho" . WHAT ?? am already in the line . She said "ek time pe ek hi form". Damn the disgust on my face seeped down to my heart , and i pleaded "madam please ek kardoo nah pleaseeeee". I got a feeling like i used to have when at college , to get my journals signed :|.


Well so again i went back into the line,it was 1:30pm. Surprisingly it was a shorter line.After few moments it struck to me , its a sunday :| and booking open only till 2pm :O. {BOSS ab toh yeh pakka kuch jhol maregi :x}. I was feeling the fear , "galat panga liya bhai :(". And as it occurred it was 2pm and i was at the counter. This time with a face full of nervousness. And the lady at the counter had a wicked smile on her face :O. "do baaj gaya counter closed". I was starring at the lady, full of anger , i tried not to show , i again pleaded , please madam ek ticket :). She replied kasaa samjauu tulla counter closed, aata machine accept nai karnar :|{Told about punctuality wow these systems are so well designed , taking care that these clerks never do a overtime not even a single second}. I couldn't take this, in a fit of anger i replied , "Indian railways ka software itna acha rehta toh india mein recession nai aata" {i know that lady didn't understand that dialogue ,neither many who might read this would understand :D Explanation in P.S.}. I was sure she doesn't understand much of english i said "you are a bitch, thank you". She replied with a smile and a sorry :).

I realised that train booking can be fun, but in the end ,SHIT happens !!

{P.S. : Looking at the Indian railways site , it certainly doesn't seem that the company which has built it doesn't get paid well by the government, worst site , useful though. Now if the government was ready to pay enough to its SKILLED IT professionals , we wouldn't have to be so much dependent on US/UK etc
INDIAN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY : JAI HO !! we are coming}