the top 10 times i thought i would die .
sometimes people tend to do weird things at 3 in the morning. im sitting here making a list of the 10 times i thought i was going to die. now the question arises as to how many times in your 23 year lifespan do you wonder about your mortality. i always thought i was happy go lucky, or atleast aspire to be. Hmmm, this list makes the complete thought redundant huh? anyways, a lot of airplane rides would feature in this list. and in my recent past, all have scared me shitless. some have had those terrorizing turbulences that made me look outside the window to check for smoke, or listen really intently to the sound the of the engine, maybe be the first one to notice something wrong, what good that would do is anybody's guess. some times i refrain from moving too fast, or step too hard on the airplane floor, or sneezing so as to disturb the delicate balance on which this airplane is currently airborne (butterfly flapping its wings type, you know). whatever, im superstitious like that. i would sacrifice a goat right on the plane to have a safe flight !
so yeah, i guess this would be one of them.
hey,i didn't say they would be bullet points!
sitting in the same car as my friend maulik (or if in know which car, then the neighboring 4, 2 or 3 wheelers as well) . yes, i suddenly turn religious when im in his car. my friend chumki (lopamudrapanigrahi, real name……no,its not a shloka ) is a very recent addition to this list. (sheen, your driving awaits inspection ). another friend akansha sonwane has another scary car, and i say scary car since she is already, scarily enough, confident of her amazing driving skills. i feel her father must have had a feel for things like that and gave her a box on 4 wheels, assembled at home. i swear the cars doors fly open at 80, its like a 4 seater, with 2 and a half doors and three and a half windows. not kidding. i guess this is a new kind of safety device, physically making it impossible to ever reach high speeds. shalini too, but atleast she can be carefully monitored on the job (i think). and ofcourse, last but not least, my oldest, dearest, hairiest, sweatiest, stinkiest and unashamedly so, friend (phew!), JAISINGH AKALI.
if ever one was arguing that men could multi-task, he should be kept locked in a cupboard, harry (hairy) potter style for atleast 13 years. he is currently working at an aircraft hangar in dubai. i don't know how he manages that but all i know is that while driving a car, him handling the steering AND changing the gear is multitasking of the highest order. and if he is talking to you or changing the radio station at the same time, then forget it, you are going to be driving down to pune on the expressway on 3rd gear forever! i swear, my conversations in that car were like 'hey do you remember………(gear change)……how we once….(2nd attempt, success)…..got caught bunk….(downshifted by mistake)…..ing the lecture.' i think i managed around 20 odd sentence on the 3 hour journey.
i think being sick and hospitalized is definitely on the list but its too boring a topic, isn't it. funnily enough, i fail to remember anything else as of now.
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