My maiden trip to Essel World....

This year my employer hosted it's annual "Family Day" event@essel world.It was a sort of outing/picnic to chill out from the daily drudgery.Initially I had decided to chuck it but then with friends insisting,I also decided to venture.

It was really a thrilling experience.I have been always acrophobic and always avoided the adult rides.But @Essel world when i saw little school kids venturing into all kinds of ride,I could garner guts and decided to try it.

I first tried rollercoaster and "thunder"(a ride where you are made to swing to and fro at an angle of 180 degree).Man..my first ride was a bit scary but then I just loved the feel of it.In school,I had solved numerous problems on freely falling objects from a height.This time it was me who was made to fall freely from a a high altitude.Many of my friends vomited during the ride. :)

There was another ride wherein you are made to sit in a rolling wheel.Two persons inside a wheel and then the wheel keeps on rolling at a high speed.You feel nauseating for initial few seconds and then you start enjoying the thrill.But one thing,you blood pressure gets so high then it's almost impossible for you to speak out anything during the ride.

Next I tried a ride called "enterprise" wherein you are to sit on specially designed aircraft type vehicles.There would be many such vehicles tied in a circular fashion and then the circle starts moving at an extremely high speed.Then the circle starts moving up at an angle of 90 degrees.This part was the most exciting part!

I tried 5-6 adult rides but the showstopper was the "Thunder".Seeing the school kids,I couldn't control myself from enjoying rose flavored "ice gola".I almost had it after 5-6 years.So,it tasted great!

I also tried my hands at bowling.Although I didn't rock at it but faired pretty well.Scored 9/10 a couple of times.Not at all bad for a first timer!!!

Essel world was full of kids.They were like pests.They were everywhere.It was for them that we had to wait in long queues for each ride.

It was really a "fantabulous" experience for me.The rollercoaster rides,the rose flavoured ice golas,those fearless school kids et al.Nice way to spend your weekend!!!

Elusive Participles!!!

Despite attending some of the finest ICSE schools,I've never been good at the English language.We all are aware of the well known apothegm "A little knowledge is dangerous".I've been through many embarrassing situations because of the lack of mastery on the language.

In school,we had a beautiful lady named "Natasha" who used to teach us English.She was just out of college and had that "girlish charm" that usually can be seen only among teens.It was a grammar class and she was teaching us tenses.I was a "nut" in my school days and even now many of my friends think of me in that way.I always used to confuse between the different participles of lie and lay.As she said in her usual "as sweet as honey" tone, "Children, lie has got 3 forms: present,past and past participle.They are lie,lay,lain".Unfortunately,God has bestowed on me an extremely "curious" mind which makes me immensely restless.I raised my hand and asked,"Miss,what are the various forms of lay?"She retorted back,"it's lay,laid and laid".Not very pleased with my reply,she asked me to frame some sentences using the the various forms of lay.I stormed my brain and came up with the following answers:
*I lay on the bed.
*I got laid yesterday night.

After replying,I gave miss a " dirty smile" which i normally do when I confidently answer something.Listening to my answer,she got furious.Her "creamy" faced turned "RED".I was in 9th standard and she was some 7 odd years older than me.She frowned,"Idiot,are you aware what crap you are speaking".I was dumb-founded and had no clue where I had gone wrong.She rushed to me and BANG................I received the SLAP of my life!I could feel the marks left by her soft fingers.She was blushing........I still had no clue.She then left the classroom.Henceforth,I was made to stand on the last bench in all her classes.

It was only when I joined engineering college and started watching movies like "American Pie,Euro trip,road trip et al" that I understood I was a real moron to say to a young lady...."Miss.I got laid yesterday night".That was really embarrassing!!!

PS:Though the backdrop of the post is true,the characters and situation are fictional.

Unsolicited "Advertising"

During good old school and college days,I was fascinated by "credit cards".It was like a status symbol to me and I used to look people with awe who had it.As I started earning,I got introduced to the Beelzebub world of "unsolicited advertising".

During my 1st month of job,I got numerous calls from different banks pursuing me to use their credit cards.The voice on the phone used to be so sweet that it was really difficult to resist yourself from applying for one.When I used to battle with "Null Pointer Exceptions"....the girl on the phone would irritate with something like this "Hello sir...mein XYZ ki taraf se neha bol rahi thi....congratulations aap hamari Super value dinning card ke liye chune gaye hain"......,"kya mein jaan sakti hoon ki apki umar aur salary kya hai"(as if planning 2 marry me :D)......et al.
With my first salary of my life,I had applied for some 5-6 credit cards.With my salary proving incompetent to compete with the frequency with which I sweeped my card,I had to set all my credit cards on fire.Now,I just have one and I am happy with it.

The Insurance agents are gifted with a lot of foresight and their phone calls come at such timing which would force you to assume that behind all your bad luck,it was the conspiracy of the insurance agent.Recently When I was sitting in my office with a heavy heart after having broken my LCD of my cell,an insurance agent called up and said....."good morning sir...mein..ABC ki taraf se pinki bol rahi thi....hamari company aapko personal loan dena chahati hai...kya aap batayange aap ki salary kya hai..?".......I got so furious that I felt like banging my office phone but then I thought about my job and cooled down.............

These agents are like pests..."unwanted...unsolicited"..........but without them the big MNC's would flounder coz they are the ones who create customer base for their parent company.

A short travelogue!!!

I've travelled to all the metros in india but none fascinates me more than mumbai,the city of dreams...as they say!

Mumbai falls altogether in a different genre.People know mumbai for 3 things viz. Finance,Bollywood and Local Train.Since independence, India has morphed from a "land Of snake charmers" to a "Land Of BPO's and IT".If you wish to experience the complete metamorphosis process,you can step into any of the well known stations in mumbai,for e.g dadar.

If you want to experience the rural india,venture into the "luggage compartments".People literally travel with their homes and shops.You can easily find a fisherman carrying dried salted fish,fresh fish and imagine going to your first interview by travelling in such compartments.!Even an Adidas perfume can't render such a long lasting smell!

In other compartments,it's much more better.You can also find plastic beauties which hour-glass figures.You can find school children skimming through their notes which reminisces of your own school days.You can also find self proclaimed "fakirs" with long hair and hookas decorating their countenance.They seem like having taken their bath years ago.And yes...one thing interesting..You also find you young chaps questionably close to their ladies and defending them so that none can even exercise their "sense of touch" functionality.When it comes to the senior citizens,they just care a damn about the world.For them the world is encapsulated in the pages of newspaper.Sometimes you can find some foreigners looking at Indians with awe.

The variety that the journey and station offers can spice up your journey,provided you are willing to observer people around you closely and derive fun out of it.

New Year Wishes or Spam???

As per word web thesaurus "spam" is to "Send unsolicited bulk e-mails".On the eve of new year,

the new year mails qualifies to be touted as "spam mails" as it is "in bulk" and it's mostly "unsolicited"(except from a few of your close pals).

People celebrate the new year with such fan-fare as if they've hit any jackpot.They mindlessly wish "happy new year" and get the same in return.

The situation in office is pathetic.You become victim of chain mails wishing you "happy new year".I've turned so allergic to such mails that i simply use "shift+delete" to clean my mail box.Mails aren't sufficient for some who eat your head on chat messenger.

Just consider some figures.Supposing you know 30 people in office and 20 people outside your office.So,it's like 50 people whom you know.If all start wishing each other,there'll be 2450 wishes floating around(assuming if A wishes B,then B also wished A).2450 wishes in a span of 2 days!!!

I am not saying we shouldn't be wishing our near and dear ones.But too many wishes camouflages to spam!So use your wishes judiciously and responsibly.Remember spider man's golden words--

"WITH GREAT POWER...COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES".