Once bitten, twice shy.

Why does life not go as you want? I know, I know, a realist like me should not ask this question. But every time the reality hits me right in the face. Smack!! I had to go to the dentist today after chipping a tooth. I thought it would be a normal filling. No big deal. But, Surprise!Surprise! I had to get a root canal done. This is not the 1st time, but it doesn't get any easier.It can even turn a brave soul like me into a coward. The dentist had to stop and give me a pep talk. When that didn't work she reprimanded me. Lady, if you had a high power drill in your mouth, which by the way could cut your tongue, would you be silent? No. Your imaginative mind would give you vivid and morbid thoughts, which is the opposite of help. After that, she tried the "little kid" approach, which basically, was saying "you are such a brave girl, yes you are". After that dialogue I put on a brave front and endured the pain.No way was I going to be treated like a 10 year old(even though my behavior was like one). If you thought my humiliation was over after that, think again!! My mother had to give a play-by-play account of the entire incident to my sister, who promptly took my case about being a hypocrite. In my defense, dear sister, it is the opposite of eating a candy, which is what landed me in the dentist chair in the first place. There are 2 more sittings left to this ordeal and from experience I know I'll be the quietest and bravest soul possible. Amen!

Train Wreck!!

A few days ago, I got a forward on Stella Awards. For the lucky few who were ignorant, this award is given to the most outrageous (and mind-numbing) lawsuits. Reading about this award made me think of the other awards I had the unfortunate happenstance of coming across. The Ig Nobel prize (for the dumbest scientific achievement) and the Razzies (in recognition of the worst movies). As if it wasn't bad enough that such cataclysmic events(the breakdown of common sense) occurred, but we had to go ahead and honor them. Why don't we just give the best bizarre awards, the best of the worst??!! But no!! Someone bet me to it. I thought of it as a mockery, but someone went to a lot of trouble sorting out which one should take the prize. Is there no end to this disaster?? This vicious cycle of senseless events. I'm stuck in this vicious cycle just like any other person, blogging about it, that is. But the tiny little hope in me, that minute part that seems to fight constantly with the cynical side, hopes that someday the talk wouldn't involve such incidents, but be more on the intellectual side (the kind we humans think we are capable of).

The Confession!!

Forgive me followers, for I have sinned. It has been a while since my last post and in that time I have strayed from the path of righteousness (a.k.a fun and frolic) to the dark dreary road of evil(a.k.a work, work and more work). As it is with life, it is so easy to commit sins rather than do good deeds. Ironically, epiphany came to me in the form of sloth. Not just physical but also a mental lethargy. And as any human being would, I too want to reach the gates of heaven (no matter how many times the cynic in me is shouting "Yeah,right!!!"). In this regard, I have decided to post more often and have fun everyday, not just work until sleep sets in. Please followers let me know if I'm on the right path.

I'm not a great fan of ads on TV, never have been. I mean there I am waiting for the crucial moment in a movie and BAM!! time for unwanted commercial. I understand it's for selling the products, but could they possibly have a worse timing. Some of them don't even make sense, like finding your long lost son using noodles(seriously??!!). But a few days ago I came across this ad for wedding jewelery from Tanishq, and it actually made me smile. It showed the facts of life.
Fact 1: Fathers aren't comfortable talking to their daughters about marriage, but they still try.
Fact 2: Mothers always know how to make us agree to something, even if we were averse to the idea at first(willingly or unwillingly).
Fact 3: Even after many years men never understand women(is there no cure??).
Of course it didn't make sense to me that you'd get married just to buy wedding jewelery, but hey, it did catch the eye.

P.S: If you don't know which ad I'm talking about here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfYLu_MhLQQ

Maa Tujhe Salaam

MOTHERS. I wonder what God was thinking when He made them. They have such opposing qualities in them, it could baffle even a psychologist. One moment they are loving, ready to give you everything you need and the next second they might deny the same things for your own good. No matter how wrong you are they will fight the whole world for you. There are times when my mom's over-protectiveness (what an understatement!!) has driven me crazy. But I can't deny it, it's because of that very quality of my mom's that I am sheltered from the evils of the world.
Mother's have a different perspective on everything. While my dad believes that I should make mistakes so that I can learn from them, my mom is a different story altogether. If I make any mistake she won't let me hear the end of it. But that's a good method too. Let's face it, mistakes are the last thing we want to remember. So your mom nagging about it 24/7 is a good way to not repeat those mistakes.

No matter how busy they are, they always put our needs first (selfish aren't they?!?). They are irreplaceable. Many times we refer to our girl friends as sisters, but never as a mother. Because no matter how many times our friends have helped us it's nothing compared to what our mother does for us everyday.

So go ahead, hug your mom and thank her for everything. They expect nothing from us, even today (for those of you who live under a rock it's Mother's day today). This doesn't mean that you say thank you to her today only or that if you forgot to tell her today you can't tell it tomorrow (although you do deserve a kick on your royal behind for forgetting). Appreciating your mom doesn't need a day or time, you can do it any time and the smile you get in return will make you forget all your worries.

Haathi Mere Saathi

I'm not an animal lover. Ask any of my friends. I'm not a cat or a dog person. It's not that I'm cold-hearted, it's just that even if I see a kitten i won't go all "aww it's so cute". There is nothing fundamentally wrong with me (I think??!), I just don't react like that. Sure, I'm all for SAVE THE TIGER, but that's mostly 'I'm a citizen of India and I should do my part in saving our national animal'. But today while watching (more like flipping through) Discovery Channel, I saw a piece on elephants. The clip showed the elephants being fed by mahouts. They stood in line, lifting their trunks,waiting for their turn. The animals looked so forlorn that my heart went out to them.
The narrator then went on to talk about the danger of poachers. That did it. I started cursing those poachers with all the bad words in my arsenal (of course my parents gave me the has-she-lost-her-mind look). And that's when it hit me like a wrecking ball. I'm an elephant lover. Maybe it was because my mom took me to feed the temple elephants in Udupi or maybe I'm not so emotionally devoid like I thought. Whatever the reasons maybe, I am forever more an elephant person.

P.S: I knew there was nothing wrong with me (most of the time).

Belling B.E.L.

Once upon a time, in a far away land lived two beautiful and intelligent girls. One day(40 days ago) they decided that their life wasn't that tough, so off they went in search of a great adventure(forget what I said about them being intelligent, making an already tough life even more impossible isn't a sign of intelligence). They traveled to a far away place(well, not they, only one of them had to travel far), where they had heard lived a monster(The B.E.L Project) that drains the energy out of a person. It's powers included sapping a person of hope and pushing them into a bottomless pit of despair. But these two girls had made up their minds, CONQUER THE MONSTER OR DIE TRYING(alright, maybe it wasn't that dramatic). Each day they set out to conquer the monster, walking in the blazing heat, and each day they got closer towards their goal(even the Taj Mahal wasn't built in a day, all great things take time). They had got their wish, their lives was now downright miserable. But these girls still had a little hope in them(guess the monster wasn't that powerful). Finally, one bright day they got very close to conquering it, but alas, they failed. But as the saying goes 'the night is darkest before dawn', they tried again with new hope and they were finally able to conquer the monster(Hurray!!!). Now they will go back to their not-so-tough(yeah right!!) life and maybe they will live happily ever after(there is not end to their gullibility).

Moral of the story:No matter how much you try to dig a grave for yourself, there is always a way out.


P.S:The poor souls will get the certificate for their hard work only after two more days.