Epiphany

A few days back, a conversation with an elderly acquaintance got me thinking about something, that I do not really like to think about these days - God!

Our discussion started with dead bodies of people, or saints – who do not decompose! Now, I have seen two such bodies so far – one in Goa, and another one in Sacile. I do realise that stuff like this quite bewildering to many, but I have never bothered to give it any thought. Anyhow, our conversation continued and we ended up discussing about the monuments that have been built to honour some of the saints. And that is when I mentioned to him about me having visited a few of them.

The next day, I was browsing through some of the old photographs on my computer and I ended up staring at a picture – of St. Mark’s Tomb. I paused briefly, before I continued with my random search for nothing. A little later, I stopped when I stumbled upon another picture – this one of St. Luke’s Tomb.

And that is when it struck me!

If these tombs exist, it means that they existed too! And they were Jesus’ disciples! So it means Jesus must have existed too, right?!

And I had always thought that the Bible was one big story book!

Oh crap!

In a way, I kind of felt a little dumb to have taken so much time to figure this out!

PS: In case you think that this little discovery has made me all religious – hopes you have!

I shared this with a friend and he gave me the most logical explanation ever – it only means that there was a man named Jesus, and that is about all there is to it!

Duh! I think I already mentioned that I felt dumb, right?!

Pursuit of Perfection

Although I hate to admit it – I am a perfectionist! And this attribute of mine, I lately realised, is not doing much good to me.

So the other day when a few of us friends were discussing about perfection, I so had to pitch in and put forth my opinion. At the end of it, I kind of got a lecture that actually made a lot of sense. All in all, I figured that if I looked for perfection in everything, I was sure going to be disappointed. Another lesson was that absolute perfection is uninviting.

Um, but what if you have experienced perfection earlier and you do not want to lower your standards?

My First!

Uh, I kind of planned to write about the changes this year has brought upon me a little later this month – but I suppose writing about this a couple of weeks early would not hurt anyone!

The one thing that I do drastically different these days is the way I ride my bike! At one time, I used to be among the safest riders on the road – ensuring that I follow every traffic rule, and stay within the specified speed limits. In fact, I used to lecture other guys to ride decently! Nowadays, the tables have turned, and these very guys lecture me! And a few people who have seen me ride have refused to ride the pillion with me!

Anyhow, I was riding back from office this evening, and needless to mention, I was riding very fast. Of course, I spotted the boards specifying the speed limits as I zipped by them. Actually, when you have one every three-hundred metres, you can not miss them, even if you want to! There was not a soul ahead of me, and I was completely enjoying the ride!

Alas, the joy was short lived! There were traffic cops ahead with their interceptor vehicle, and I knew that they had already got me on their camera when I spotted them! I do not exactly know how fast I was riding at that instant, but I do know that my bike does wonders, when in the fifth gear, and with the throttle fully open! I braked as hard as I could, knowing very well that it would not be of much use! As expected, I was stopped as I reached the vehicle.

Cop: You were over speeding.

I just nodded my head in acceptance.

Cop: The fine for over speeding in Rs. 300.

Me: Alright.

I think the cop guy was a little surprised by my absolute lack of acting surprised, or arguing with him! Fact is, I knew I was riding almost twice as fast as the limit, and I had no chance in hell to get out of this! And besides, I was in a real hurry to get to someplace!

Cop: Can I see your driving licence?

I gave it to him, and he directed me to another cop – with his flashy Blackberry. I paid up 300 bucks, and I got my receipt for my offence – complete with my name, bike registration number, and blah. Funny thing is, the cop was courteous enough to say ‘thank you’ when I paid up! I suppose replying ‘you are welcome’ was not quite appropriate, and instead chose to keep my mouth shut!

I was reminded of the incident where my friend was caught for over speeding, and ironically, it perhaps was the same spot!

So there you go, I got my first traffic violation ticket! I am sure all you guys believe that I deserved this; even I do!

Sad part is – I was over speeding the very minute I took off from the place!

Somebody stop me!

Silver Lining!

This could be my shortest blog-post ever! And the idea of writing all this bull crap here is to make it look bigger than what the content actually is! Am I good or what?!

Anyway, you know what? Lately, I have been expelling air out of my lungs, more by means of coughing than I actually have done by exhaling! Yeah, that is how sick I am!

But the optimist that I am, all this coughing is kind of strengthening my stomach muscles, and I can boast of six-pack abs very soon!

Hurrah!

Cough!