4 Weeks (not) Too Late

Wrote it, or rather typed it out some 3 or 4 weeks back but just got involved with things mundane. If I read it again now, it would either shrink to a quarter of its length or go straight to the recycle bin. And anyways, I am too lazy and it saves me the bother. Here's the unabridged unedited version, parts of which may perhaps not hold true anymore. Fashion changes at the skip of a heartbeat, so why not my skewed thoughts.

Money, Money, Money: “It's all 'bout the money, It's all 'bout the dum dum...” sang Meja and I hummed along, only because I like sing-along songs. Money is important, I would even go so far as to say its very very important, but it is not the most important thing in one’s life, definitely not in mine atleast. And coming from me at this moment of quite desperation (money wise, I am at my brokest best right now), I am not sure if it is daunting bold or just plain silly. If the money factor was the looming priority in my life, I would perhaps have dated this chap, married in a jiffy and become his first/second/third wife (heard it right, his own sequence of comedy of errors ended him tragically with marrying two women on the same day, so glad he wasn’t my object of affection!). You can’t live without money, but you can’t live with just money either. Money, to use a cliché, cannot buy happiness. And I, selfish as I am, want a happy life for myself.

Flashback: How far? On second thoughts, I'll rather save them for my grandkids! And anyways we should let bygones be bygones unless there are sweet nostalgic kodak moments you want to cling on to. Top of the list being “The eX Files”, when doing a reverse view of course. I endorse my friend’s view here who once said “I like the prospects of the future more than the history of the past.”

Connect: A friend of mine once spent 50K (INR) making STD calls to his girl, and another spent lacs making ISD to his, good that he was earning some green and other money. Its not the money spent or rather invested, as another friend puts it, that holds the relationship, it’s the unending communication (amongst others) between them that makes the relationship stronger. If distance stands between the two, there is always a phone, mail and IM handy. You do not have to spend thousands and lacs like these two, just stay connected. Don’t let distance raise that gradual impenetrable wall, build bridges instead. In the mad rush to get ahead, its not just distance that’s the culprit these days. People hardly seem to find the time to even make that 5/10 minutes call to their heart’s desire couple of blocks away. Such is the plight of today’s ambition driven, power hungry, always on the run restless lot.

Happy Ending: This phrase was redefined for me the day I first heard about naughty massages and the following happy ending. I upgraded myself from thinking about the “happily ever after” fairytale happy endings for this innocent sounding innocuous looking two worded phrase.

Chipkoo (sticky people): What’s with some girls who stay glued to someone else's sweet someone and follow them everywhere like an irritating itch? I was just telling a friend the other day that the only thing remaining between him and this girl who's-not-his-girlfriend was gluing them with a fevicol, he just stammered some incoherent joke about that making a good ad idea and brushed off the issue altogether... guys I tell you!

Perfection: My black stilettos, it has just the right height, balance, style and colour. What more can one ask for? Its purrfection personified, I am afraid it will get old and I will never be able to find its replacement so seldom wear them.

Sweetest Threat Received: An old worried friend when I was staying all alone, “call me atleast once even if that is to fight with me, so I know you are fine and I continue to torture you.”

5 Unlisted To Dos yet to be Striked off:
1. Have snowball fights. Owing to the lack of snow here, my fist should qualify for now if I at all feel the urgency!
2. Build sandcastles together (still the utter romantic).
3. Learn and memorise the way from my house to my most frequented movie theatre. Not to be stereotyped anymore, I must rise above woman's inability in map reading in general and my horrible road sense in particular.
4. Visit Disneyland just to indulge the child in me a little bit. I hear a lot of locals like to work for the mouse. One of my friend’s girlfriend wants to work for Disney someday. Hop, skip and jump (from her house) and she would be at work, good for her. Proximity aside, she can enjoy all the fun and interesting things inside for free (or get free tickets), she’s a big Disney fan.
5. Take part in the next, ahem, Miss India and eventually the Miss World/Universe contest! I only cringe at the prospect of stealing someone’s thunder, I can’t do that to those world peace loving women, can I?!

Can't help but add this last one despite my lethargic tendencies..

Smarty Pants: My now six year old nephew, who in his kindergarten days used to go tell his good looking teachers “Teacher, you are very pretty!” especially after running a mischief and when trying to patao/smooth his way into something :) This young chap finds his classmates too boring and goes asking 8/9 year olds “mujhse dosti karoge?” (Hindi for “will you be my friend?”). The day he learnt the Hindi vowels (vowels in this tutor) in school he went and got a small Hindi story book issued from the school library and got it home! His elder sis is yet to learn that she can borrow books from school to read at home. Recently while his aunt was in India on vacation he took out two toy cars from his stack and said “Take this for Sky and Cliff”, Sky and Cliff are his aunt's grandsons. We were all so touched and later asked which cars did he give, “I didn't give my Hot Wheels, I gave the oldest ones baba” replied my little imp! Next we heard, Sky and Cliff ignored all the gifts they received and were only interested in the old toy cars he sent :)