College

This weekend I went back to my old college. (Inspired heavily by the opening line of Rebecca) Down the familiar lane I went, the bike jerking around a little almost like it was fussing “Where have you brought me mistress? , I’ve never been this way before”True , the last I went down this lane , I had had my old bike , my friend of 7 years. Now , he was a toughie , he knew that he had to heave him self down with a puncture right in front of the mechanic’s garage , he had to run until he exhausted his last drop of petrol a safe 100 meters from a petrol bunk!Ahh the red bikes of today, spoilt, I tell ya! Gimme my old Kinetic any day! “Parking for students” the board screamed.. there used to be a WELL here! That used to be filled...

Weekday Happenings

Legend PPP : Praying PillPopper , mother Potterer: Dad RM:meAltoid:The sister , she ,well , is mintyIts the end of the year feel , theres 10% of the normal crowd in the cafeteria and the caterer happily doles out sooka chappathis without counting them , he usually lurks behind the huge casserole and swoops down on anybody who grabs more than two..considering they taste like feet..!So now , the Pillpopper(She seems to be the high point of all my posts , shes a never ending source of post feed , I tell you!) decided to go her Maika , apparently it has been two years since she last saw her Mom.So , one fine Sunday morning ,PPP:" Hi !"Potterer:" err , what do you want?"PPP(*looking miffed*):" Why does everyone respond in that fashion to my Hellos!"Potterer(*Looks...

Potpourri

Don't know what to call this post , it's a mixed bag of all events and musings from the past week . Lets call it Pot potpourri , ok? Ok. First of all , Altoid , Dad and I threw a party for the Pillpopper J , we called all her colleagues (her oldest colleagues from a little school near home to the ones from her new extremely corporate school) .. PPP: “This is ridiculous, how will I ever host a party! I’ve never in all my life hosted one” RM: “Well, I’ve never gotten married either, so shall I back out on that too?” PPP: “Shut up! I won’t have a party!” Altoid: “Black Forest cake and samosas? Or something southie?” RM: “ yeah yeah …yum” PPP : “ I will run away from home” Altoid : “Ok , we’ll tell your friends you ran away and now...

Some gems ...

Do you know why my weekends are never boring these days? 'Cause I just discovered a new hobby! Cleaning up my inbox in my Matrimonial profile! Good time-pass I tell you , it has all the makings of a sooper dooper hit reality show -Laughter(Lots of it , sometimes I need to hold on to the table for support ), then there is Drama("I want a soul-mate who will dig into the crevices of my until-now-un-nurtured heart"), there is romance("I want a friend-wife-soulmate-companion-cleaner-cook all rolled into one hot looking slim fair iyer chick"), there is Dard(" I will continue smiling until i find her") ; Also , ALSO a great place to find quotable quotes!How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.........When you love someone, and...