It was worth all the while

I was speaking with this friend a few days back, and our conversation was filled with a lot of nonsense like it always does. But somehow through all our stupidity, we got talking about what we had achieved in the year that had gone by. And as I was listing down my accomplishments, she reminded me that I had also gotten her last year!

Yes, it is true I had gotten her, and she certainly is one amongst the most amazing people I know. I even told her that I rate her as my friend of the year! (Well, so you get an idea of the nonsense we talk about!)

Anyhow, after I got off the phone with her – for whatever reason, I kept thinking about having told her that I rate her as the friend of the year. Yeah, I figure it is rather stupid of me to have done that, but then, considering some of the things I think about, this is progress! To be really honest, I did not give it much, or any, thought while I said that to her. But I reckon, if at all anyone had to be in that place – it so had to be her. Okay, enough about her for this post.

Since I had nothing worthwhile to do that evening, I decided to look back down the years, and identify the one person from each year – who had the greatest influence on me, or the one who had been there for me while I most needed it, or the person, with whom I had the best time with, or all of them!

I must say that I had always thought I had a splendid memory! I suppose I was wrong, because it did take me a great deal of time to jot down names of individuals who made that list. But at the end of it, I did feel glad that I spent all that time making one.

Now, coming to the list, though a few names did repeat for more than a year, the list did have a considerable number of names that did not repeat. It definitely was pleasing to know that a few guys have stuck on for all these years. Moreover, I was a little balled over to figure that I had been influenced by so many different individuals. And it was while I sat there looking at this list it struck to me that I had absolutely no idea what some of the people whose names were on this list were up to these days!

Frankly, it made me sick to learn that I had completely lost track of people – who at one time meant so much to me! I tried to convince myself that it was alright that I did not know what the guys from my school days were up to, but I could not make up any reasons for having lost touch with people who were so dear just some four odd years ago. And if the past trend is anything to go by, I am certain that I would soon loose a lot more people who made it to this list, in just a few years time.

It is quite natural to make new friends as we move along, but do we necessarily have to discard the old relationships that have been so fruitful all the while? So, do all friendships have to have an expiry date? Does this mean that the friendship we shared was not real? Does this mean I used these people for my benefit, and discarded them when I had no use of them? Does this make me an overtly selfish person? Am I the only one like this, or does this happen with everyone?

Well, I do not think I want to know the answers to any of these. But I do know that for what it was worth – it was worth all the while!

Murder!

Although I initially planned not to write any bit of introduction to this post, I could not stop myself from doing it! I was out on a little vacation with my friends last weekend, and stayed overnight at Belur. It is a nice little town, which is known for its twelfth century temple, built by the Hoysalas. The temple there is so magnificent, that I guess it could turn an atheist into a believer!

Anyway, this post is not about the temple – I certainly can do no justice writing about it! This post is about the other things we spotted in the town. We took a little walk through the town late in the evening, because, well, we had nothing else to do! And that is when we spotted these!

It just keeps getting better!

I guess the dude who made this probably spent a little too much time in the bar!

Anyhow, we got back to our hotel after our walk, and found these while ordering our dinner!

One block tea for me and a leman tea for the lady, please!


Um, the apple is so good, that you would probably not notice the strawberry!

Special, indeed!


It certainly looks like variety!


I think the e from the pineapple went up to the ice cream, and the a just popped up in the soda!


I do not even know what to say!


Have you never seen a papad roost before?!


I almost died when I read item 743!


And I saved the best for last – though this one was spotted in Sakleshpur!

Moron times two!

I am sure all you guys have you come across a few people, who always have something to say to you, irrespective of how unqualified they are in that subject. Unbelievably, the entire place is infested with morons like these! This post is about one such retard. Um, actually, make it two!

I was driving to some place a couple of days ago, and had this moron for company beside me. There was another guy too, but more about him later. We encountered a bad stretch of road for far too long, due to some construction work going on in the highway, and had to slow down. I think the slow down, kind of made this moron a little restless.

Moron: You do not have to slow down for these bumps, man. Your car is built for taking these!

Me: Dude, shut up!

Now, if you are wondering as to why I asked him to shut up, here is a little history about him. He once rammed his motorbike to the rear wheel of my motorbike. Obviously, I was irritated.

Me: What the crap is wrong with you?

Moron: Relax, man! Bikes over 150 cc are designed to handle things like this!

You get it, right? That is his concept of building vehicles! Somebody ought to give him a lesson on use, misuse, and abuse!

The other day, he asked me to drive his car. As I was about to adjust the central rear view mirror of his car, he almost died in panic!

Moron: What are you doing, man?! You can switch it only from the day mode to the night mode, and nothing else!

Me: Actually, you can also move it around to get a better view of the rear!

Moron: Oh? I did not know that.

Funny thing is – he has been driving his car for over a year!

And yeah, the car he drives has the radio antenna installed on the roof. This meant that the antenna got lodged on to the frame of the garage entrance, each time he took drove through it. Evidently, he was getting quite frustrated with this, and decided to break the antenna off the roof. It was only then he figured that the entire antenna could be disassembled! And this too, after almost a year of having the car!

And to finish this, here is what he did yesterday. As I was slowing down due to a traffic pile up, he opened the door – even as the car was moving.

Me: Dude, what are you doing?

Moron: Sorry, man. I thought the car was stopped.

So, I guess it is quite clear why I asked him to shut up!

Now, remember I had mentioned there was another guy with us? Unfortunately for me, he too seemed to concur with the moron.

Well, the only thing you have to know about the second guy is – he has been learning to ride a geared motorbike for the last six years!

You can only imagine my situation!