Stupidity,Priceless Humour and Unselling ear-buds..

I travel to college boarding the college bus everyday.Our college is situated almost 70 kilometers away from where I live,so the transport the college provides is most convenient compared to the long never ending journey in the city buses.The bus stop is around 4 kms away from where I live so I keep travelling all day...home to bus stop,bus stop to college,college to bus stop,bus stop to back home.Every evening when we get down the bus,there is a throng of vendors selling almost anything.There is this particular vendor,around 60 years old,who piqued my and my friends' interests because of the peculiar and rhythmic way he sold ear-buds."Maaaaay-dum!maaaaay-dum!(Madam!Madam!) Onlllly phai rupiss!".Neither did anyone pay attention to him,nor did they buy his ear-buds.I would always wonder if he never got bored standing there and selling things which hardly got sold.I felt sorry for him.But the first time we heard him,we couldn't help but laugh.He sounds acutely funny.He noticed this,and thought he had amused us.So he started saying "Maaaaay-dum" even more loudly from the next day on.After a few days,our gang had stopped laughing realizing that it would be rude and started ignoring his presence(though his maaaaay-dum would make us titter a little).Little did we know how much he was enjoying our attention.The funniest part was,he had started to fancy my friend Nupur!

We actually realized that when one day,we normally got down,and completely ignored him,he gave a nice bold flying kiss to Nupur.This time everybody laughed except me(you see,I didn't want to provoke his interest and fascination for my friend further),but looking at them,a little later even I burst out laughing.Nupur also laughed,since she didn't know what else to do.

A few days passed and the man had started to get annoying.This time he had come up with new witty one-liners to amuse us.He once looked at Nupur and actually said"arre,yeh to meri Radha hai!!'(she is my Radha!),for which all of us had a "wtf?!" expression on our faces.We found it very hilarious,but we made sure not to laugh in front of him.He tried this a few times.Then,he started using other cheeky words.He didn't seem to give up on Nupur at all.He started calling her "jaanam"(beloved).Every time she passed by him,he would call out to her,"jaaanammm!".

Everybody in our bus got to know about Nupur and her oldest fan,and she had become the butt of all our jokes.These days,our bus stops way ahead of our bus stop because of certain traffic and security problems,so the old man hardly gets to see Nupur,as she goes home taking another road.We saw him every day though,and his search for his Radha is endless.I told others in our gang to make sure not to laugh in front of him.Laughing will only make him act more smart.It would be like a hint for him to continue his stupidity.

Its difficult to comprehend a street vendor's life.Maybe this old man is bored with his life,and is just having some fun.But one thing I appreciate about him is that he never gave up on his ear-buds.I don't know how much money he makes everyday,but he still comes there on the same spot and tries selling them all.He atleast has some dedication,even if it was we who stabled it a little more for a while;).We haven't seen him for a long time,but still hear his loud"Maaaaay-dum!" every evening.

Tagged By "Which is that one object you think represents you the best?"

A very interesting question,and finding a proper answer for it can be quiet a task!I had to rack my brains,think about all the possibilities,and zero on one answer.After I read the question,I was relating myself with every other object that my retina captured then.I had thought of the weirdest answers,some of them being,the door,the window,raindrop,rainbow,cough syrup!(yeah I actually thought of it),sofa,chair,computer,internet,etc,etc,etc.Then after 24 hours of brain racking,lateral thinking,and watever, I finally decided "sea" as the answer.Yes,I think the sea represents me.

Everybody likes to view the sea from the shore.The sea looks different in the morning sun and the night sky,and makes you feel good when you are lying on your back,looking at the waves.Many people go and play with the waves,try to swim with them.However hard you try,the waves will remain recalcitrant,wild and rough.The person trying to swim in it will have to try real hard to pass through them.Nobody will understand the nature of the next wave about to hit them.It gets more unpredictable by the minute.Tired and annoyed,some people decide not to swim any further,as going deeper gets impossible,irritating,scary and understanding the waves becomes a tiring process and soon the person's interest ends in apathy.They realise that the shore was a better place.But not all are like that.There are people who want to swim in it,want to face the waves,enjoy its unpredictability,and out of curiosity of what the sea holds within,want to probe and intrude deeper into it.

Once the person has passed through the sea's wild and crazy nature and has managed to go deep into it,he realises that it is as pleasant as any other water body and never meant any harm.Once he understands it,he will love to play with it all the time.He will realise that the waves, its craziness,obstinacy,impetuosity was just an initial phase,just like my hard outer guise.Some people like me,quiet a many don't,plausbily because they dont want to know the person beyond the hard outer cover.But its afterall one's own perception about a person.

One more thing about the sea is its tidal changes.My mood swings are like the tides,high,low,normal,an so on.They change more than twice a day just like the tides.I can be mad,sad,funny,scary,angry,pissed,emotional and happy,all in one day.

Well I guess thats how Iam,just like the sea.I might seem to you a stubborn,crazy,kiddish girl who gets angry very fast,can be brutally frank,extremely moody,and snobbish.But the more you get to know me,the more you realise how simple,pleasant and mature Iam inside.So on the whole,its all about how you know a person right!;)

Summer Strangulation

well to begin with,the only thing thats dominating the lives of the hyderbadis now..is the HEAT!(im sure its like this in most parts of india too).it feels as if iam moving around in a huge autoclave(with roads,buildings and people in it!!)and to make matters worse..we were actually asked to come to college till today!(what were they thinking?)..yeah right..as if i would go..i have been cooly bunking college for like 2 weeks now!:D..no,but the thing that makes me say"wtf?!!",is that..most college students have got final exams at this time..that too in the afternoon!now..thats what i call "unescapable torture".I so pity them!and hyderabad has all professional colleges located in the outskirts of the city..imagine travellin 40-50kms in the afternoon..just to write the final exam!(sigh)most people sweat it out at work too though.as far as iam concerned,im kinda having a blast!;)sitting in my room,right under da air conditioner,surfing the net,hogging on icecreams,listening 2 music(rock rules!),sleeping,watching movies, cartoons..(i watched 2 cartoons yesterday..ratatouille and madagascar:D..)hanging out with pal..talkin on the phone for hours..eating my bro's head..hehe and i almost forgot..IPL matches!(deccan chargers suck!)..all this apart..i still hate summers!sometimes i wish i was made of non-melting ice or sumthing :.the only thing i like about summers is the LOOOOONG vacation the college gives us...1 month!(yeah.thats pretty long for me!)okay..i guess ill sign off now..im in the "rammstein" mood..will listen 2 him scream for sometime..chao!