Friday, April 3, 2009

The Imli tree

Back in my childhood days i used to be a ... er.... 'wats d word again ' ... ya .... tree inhabitant. Well actually i used to spend most f my time on trees, either climbing it for fun or for plucking d fruits.

Der were many trees in my school n i luved to climb 20% f dem ...sadly rest were coconut trees.
Me n my frnds used to pluck jamun, chambakai, n also imli .

The imli (tamarind) tree stood at the back of our school building n it used to be everyone's fav. I luved to climb tat tree. It ws sumthin tat made me happy.

The school authority warned us not to climb d trees. But they never caught me at d act.

Dis incident took place on d evening f 14th Aug 1996. well i remember d date really well coz it ws d evening b4 independence day, when i ws in 4th std. Me n my frnd *******, whos shares my nick name, were killing tym doing nothing, after our cls hours. It ws raining cats n dogs.

she suddenly felt this urge to eat imli. so we went out. now d prob ws tat my frnd hd never mastered the art of climbing trees. so we decided tat i ll be the one to climb d tree n she would be the one to watch out for any trouble.... by trouble i mean, any teachers.

since it ws raining.... the branches were really slippery. n my white shirt ws no longer white. I ws somewhere nearing the top of the tree when from nowhere i heard someone shouting. To my surprise, it was the high school Hindi teacher, Mr Mishra. He ws standing under the tree holding an umbrella n ws shouting at me. I cud see my frnd running away . I was scared, confused n upset too. All i cud hear ws " Kaun hai wahaan upar.... Abhi neechay ayiye..... " . but i ws too scared to cum down .... so i waited on the tree for 15 mins, hoping he wud leave. But he didnt. So finally i had to come down.

Mishra sir scolded me for sumthin like 10 mins. I ws really happy tat it ws raining tat day, coz I didnt want him to know tat i ws crying. Den he realized tat i ws gettin drenched in rain n also tat my hands n knees were bleeding. so he took me inside n asked me who my partner in crime ws. I didnt answer his question so he asked me if i had any siblings studying in the same school. I told him tat i had a bro n sis studyin in d senior classes. He took their names n left.

I rushed to the wash room n found my frnd waiting for me. My frnd ws scared. she apologised for wat happen n den started helpin me out to get the mud stains off my clothes. I was nt mad at my frnd for leaving me that day. The first thing tat i spoke to her was... oh forget it... its ok ....
I ws a lil scared but still i pretended to be just fyn.

Tat ws me !!! in my childhood days. When i look back nw .... i realize tat i am no longer the same person anymore.
I ws a sweet kid back den ..... but today .... i am selfish .... hav an ego , n look for a reason to blame others for my mistakes. WOW ..... i wish i cud go back n live like a 9 yr old.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

the monkey's tale

first of all i admit the fact tat i am nt sure wat creature we encountered the other day. Whether is ws a langur or a monkey. Since it ws all white n black in colour.... n also had a long tail , we decided to cal it langur.

this incident occured to us (by us i mean me n kutty) last summer during our internship at a reputed oil refinary. Myself, kutty n baggy(who s my close frnd n also my roomy at d hostel) hd rented a house near the workplace. The duration of the internship ws a month so i had borrowed ambu's scooty. Every morning we did triple ride on the scooty n went off to work . We discovered many new routes to d workplace n spent a lot f tym in an abandoned CCD der.

The Manufacturing unit also consisted f many other outlets n covered a vast region ..... *** acres i guess..... :)
once we crossed the first checkpost of the unit.... we had to maintain a speed limit of 20kmph.
Duh!!!! we slowed down only at d places wher der were vid cams, n since we were quite acquainted wit d place in a few days, we knew exactly wher d vid cams were placed. But one day d guard complained tat we weren't allowed to travel trips inside d unit territory ,.....

nw tat ws a prob ..... we struggled a lil to overcum tat prob by taking longer routes to reach d place, avoidin d guards. n we were successful in doin so.

one fyn day .... baggy fell ill n we hd to take her home. d next morning it ws only me n kutti. so we decided to take the shorter route to the unit. for a change we were goin at a speed f 10kmph .... just to kill tym ... coz we were a lil early tat day. from nowhere.... a big branch landed right in front f our scooty. we were a lil confused n shocked...we stopped d scooty n looked up .... there ws a huge langur der.... n for sum reason he looked mad at us.

we just left the place in no tym . after sumtym my frnd kutti spoke " CG.... tat bloody langur tried to Kill us' ...... n in her regular tone she continued ' OH my God!!! did u see tat .... it threw a branch at us ' ....

we had a really interesting day ...... n for sum reason we considered d langur/monkey as our lucky charm. we had few more encounters wit the same monkey .... n everytym its tail seemed to look longer n longer.

well baggy surely missed tat scene .... but thank god she wsnt der .... varna she wud hv screamed n tat wud hv scared d hell out f d poor creature

my bucket list

try ice skating
wear a beautiful gown
straighten my hair
watch bryan adam's live performance
dance ball room dance in a beautifully candle lit room
walk on d beach at mid nite listening to soft music
visit disneyland
ride a swedish warmblood
go to tirupathi
sing in a club for a small audience
walk d ramp
shop in paris
do bungee jumping
also scooba diving
a bike trip
do water rafting