L.A.B.B.

Life's A Big Bore!! I was just thinking that last year had so many exciting events taking place everyday. Things were happening even when I least expected it to happen. So many things to look forward to. And this year, believe me ever since this year has started suddenly all the excitement has come to a stand still. Nothing at all absolutely nothing seems to be happening in my life.

God, do something before I die of boredom. I dont even have anything to say like 'I hope this happens' because there is nothing to happen.

I was just chatting with my colleague and she tells me that in the next 3 months there is not even a single holiday coming up except for Fridays. Why? Why? Why? Atleast if there would be a holiday there would be something to look forward to.

I think the time has come where if I dont take things in my hands there is going to be nothing happening. I need to create some situations where I need do something & then I can look forward to its after effects. So something like that. I dont exactly have it clear in my mind but I will be doing something for sure. Maybe buy a book to read. Maybe buy some clothes. Maybe join some classes. Something.

I will discuss the plan tomorrow.

Teeth trauma!

There is an old saying ‘Dentists are bad people’ and I know it’s true because I just went to one yesterday.

Last few weeks, my gums had experienced swelling, bleeding and reddening. I think the Saturn, Mercury or whichever planets retrograde has affected my gums too. Therefore I decided to visit the dentist.

I filled out the form which asked questions like what was the problem, if had ever visited a dentist before & what kind of treatment was I looking for. What kind of treatment I was looking for? What kind of a question is this? Isn’t the doc suppose to decide the answer to this question? There I was already freaked out. I did not fill in anything for that question. I finished with the questionnaire and the lady at the reception told me to take a seat. I was just reading the banner which mentioned the treatments they specialized in. And one of the treatment really got to me. It said HealOzone Procedures. What could this be? Ozone depletion has started affecting the teeth & gums too.

Just when my mind was wandering 360 degrees, the lady called out my name and asked me to go to Room No.05. I entered the cabin and what looked back at me was a cute, handsome face. I never knew dentists were good looking. Anyways, I decided to put up my charming self to him. He asked me the questions which I religiously answered. But somehow I knew the worse was soon to come.

He told me to lay on the dentists’ chair. And the inevitable happened. He told me to open up my mouth which I did – reluctantly. And he winced. ‘Tch tch tch, now I know why you are here’ he said. ‘You have been following improper oral hygiene’. And suddenly my cheeks were redder than my gums. I dint say a word.

Then he told me that there was cleaning required. He put on a bib-like thing around me. He pulled out a miniature driller –like equipment. He told me that on scale of 1-5 it would hurt only 2.3. He started off with the cleaning. It felt ok till the driller reached my gums. It felt like a Mike Tyson 400 watt punch. And he slowly says it may hurt a little more around the gums. I was thinking Yes, on the scale of 1-5 maybe 15. Only if that guy wasn’t good looking like he was I would have yanked out of my chair & spelled out some obscenities.

I finally rinsed my mouth. He asked me to go check my teeth in the mirror. It felt amazing. I felt a whole new me. Just when I was thinking that the whole painful experience was worth it. He handed over the bill to me. And the pain returned.

Highly restless

Since today is a Thursday, I have a half working day from 8:30am - 1:00pm. Though its not been a busy day but I have been pretty jittery today. I have been having these nervous jerks & I havent been in this kind of a spasmodic mood in a long time. But I am pretty excited to go home & enjoy my peaceful, most joyful time of the week - Siesta time. Siesta time also includes 'ghar ka khana', a movie & infinite sleeping time.

The very feeling of getting up after the afternoon sleep (definitely the amount I sleep I cannot call it a 'nap') and not having anything to do or think about is so blissful. From Thursday afternoon to Friday evening is 'No-thinking time zone'.

I can actually say that I can go through the entire week of stress and slogging for this 'siesta time'. I so look forward to it. And believe me if under unfortunate circumstances I dont get to enjoy my siesta, I can sense that the worst has already been experienced for the coming week.

Now its exactly 1:00pm & I have no time to waste. Gotta go!!!!

I have really convinced myself into believing that last month including this month is "evil"- not only for me but for everyone. I have heard tons of stories where people have admitted that nothing has gone right for them for the last couple of weeks. And frankly speaking, simplest of things I tend to do turns out to be a biggest disaster of all times.

Last week I decided to join swimming. I thought that taking laps for an hour everyday will help me reduce the few grams which I have been putting on. I paid up for the whole month. Next day after work I was all pepped up for my swimming session after a long time. Believe me, what I experienced can happen to someone only once in a lifetime or maybe never. Just when I was warming up with a few laps, this small kid who was trying to learn swimming got a little water in his wind pipe or wherever & he puked all over. In the water. Around me.

Next day, I decided to put it all behind me and just swim my guts out. I could hear loud blaring music in a language which I could not comprehend, just when I was nearing the pool. When I reached the pool there was a 'BACHELOR' party going on. There were guys, men, boys all over the place with the most wierdest of swim suits on. Now, definitely I am not that brave enough that I could have still gone ahead with my plan come what may. Thus, I finally decided to get my money back & give up on the idea of swimming for the next few weeks. And I also ended up paying for that one session. Matlab 'khaaya piya kuch nahin, glass toda baaraana'.

Believe me, this is only one episode of disaster which I have mentioned. Last few days has recorded hair -cutting disaster where after the hair cut I had recently, the pigeons in the balcony dont get scared of me because they maybe thinking I am one of them, gulab jamun disaster where its size turned out to be the size of a tennis ball, A/c disaster where I tried to switch off the air conditioning in my office and the entire power went off midst one of a most important presentation was going on.

Therefore, I have decided the safest, cheapest, most reliable thing to do for me is to not to anything for sometime. Period.

Match - Fixing???

I was simply plain elated when India won the match against Pakistan on Saturday. Especially when we win against our 'neighbours' its a different kick all together. Anyways, just when I was veiwing the score card on the net which mentioned in super bold letters that India has won, my colleague came by and I expressed my joy to him. It took him exactly 17secs to wipe the cheery smile off my face.

When I told him India won; he replied 'match-fixing! Aur kya?' I din't know what to tell him. I was so intimidated by that statement. This signifies the fact that one revelation can have such a long-standing effect on peoples' minds. I remember one more instance in which India had won the match again against Pakistan and the reporters got hold of Ganguly at the airport on his way home after victory. And this wise reporter comes up with a super wise question whether match fixing could be the reason for the win. And Ganguly looks at him for 1 whole minute. And then all he could say was 'Arre, isko koi leke jao yaar'. Really no kidding this all was shown on Aaj Tak news.

Everything has phases. Nothing lasts forever. Match-fixing was a phase too. I think its high-time that people start to watch the match without prejudices.

So, when we win today, its not match-fixing. Its the result of the sweat & blood of our players. :)

Expectations

Does having expectations help? I mean really how beneficial are they? Does it promote progress in life or its the easiest technique to a nervous break down? I dont understand that why do we have to expect whenever we do something? I mean I know that this is a rational human behaviour but cant we give it a break for once. I feel that expectations over-shadow sometimes what we have in life. It would be so much simpler if we did what we had to do unconditionally. Not expecting anything at all. Then whatever we get in return for our work done will be an absolute BONUS. A bountiful perk. Like a surprise inheritance. A profit.

I mean things are going way over the boundry line. For instance, I was genuinely appreciating a gesture made by one of our clients for posting condolences in the newspaper on the death of Pope John Paul II. And he tells me that is one reason & the second reason is that they expect it to become like an advertisement stunt for them. The name comes in the paper & blah blah blah. What is this?? Then when things dont work out as per planned, the thinking process starts where each & every single wee little detail is analysed trying to search for one possible explanation for the contretemps.

Why do we make ourselves go through all this? "WE" do it to ourselves. Self-inflicted pain/trouble or whatever. Can we bypass it??

Inception

Today is the commencement of my blog. Lets see what goes into this. I dint really know what or how to blog. But my friend explained to me the 'modus operandi'. This kind of excites me since I love the concept of putting down thoughts as points.