DRUNK!!...

BOARD EXAMS!..intimidating..sure!..
But more intimidating and maddening and irritating are the study holidays before them.
Getting up at 5..I trudge up the stairs and study drowsily till mom appears with my morning quota of delicious and aromatic coffee. It keeps you going for sometime..At about 11, in spite of a pretty satisfying breakfast, my stomach as well as brain starts protesting of work load.
      I groan and continue to do so until mom comes to the rescue with a mug full of thick raggi drink that makes my stomach full and my brain consents for another few hours of work.
   After lunch..I am bound to hit the couch and after mom manages to shake me awake..I feel rather groggy..
Head throbbing..I walk towards a steaming cup of green tea..
and FINALLY at around 10..its the turn of black coffee...

So come friends..lets get 'DRUNK' this study holidays...

A DOG STORY...

They say that dog is man's best friend...as said in the movie marley and me..."A dog has no use of fancy cars,big houses or designer clothes.

A dog does'nt care if you are rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him ur heart and he'll give u his..how many ppl can make u feel rare and pure and special?,,,hw many ppl cn make u feel extraordinary?"

       A dog cnt cheat u....it cnt backstab u...it cn only love u like u are the most lovable person in the world..(even though u r not in many wayz)...

I was rather excited dat mrning...we were going to venkatesh anna and maithili akka's house...and of cos gin's house...for those who dnt knw...who gin is...she is a labrador retriever...and in my opinion the most adorable dog i've ever met...

But we had small problem...my dad has a problem wid dogs..it wud b wrng to say he does'nt lyk dem...(though he vehemently claims that he does hate dem frm the core of his heart..)...he is a bit scared of dem ever since he has been bitten by one very long ago...so he demanded that he would'nt cum if gin is let loose...so we had to call dem up and ask dem to tie her up...hmm dat was sort of sad...wen we reachd their house situated in a calm colony exactly hw sridharanna described it in his awsome article..

   I was bending to remove my shoes...thats wen i saw the drooping ears and the melting..deep brown eyes...pleading for freedom...

 I wanted to go to gin rite away...but dad gave forbidding grunts and glares but i went and let her sniff around me...and she did remember me of cos.....from 6 years ago..thats another thng abt dogs...once they knw u...dey'll never forget u...

  after smtym sridhar anna untied gin and we all..including charu went for a walk..around the colony...gin she is very strng...and very fast...it was fun letting her tug me along to wherever she goes and not the oder way round...:D...

while we were returning a pack of dogs were lying on the side of the road...the leader of the pack strted barking but she was cool and unperturbed..she just kept on walking compltly ignoring the oder dog...as if she was saying.."how many tyms hav i seen dis!.."
wen we got bak home...maithili akka,charu and me went for a walk in the park der...it was quite fun too...den wen we got bak venkatesh anna said he cud take gin for a a bike ride...i was surprised...how cn u take a 35 kilo DOG on a BIKE RIDE?! it was very amusing to see gin sitting on the tank of the bike,paws on either side of the handlebars and an expectant luk on her face...and dey wen for a ride...
 After dey came bak venkatesh anna strted talking about gin...hw she plays wd adults and hw she maintains a distance wid small kids...how she senses if he is angry or in a bad mood...and hw she knew the fact of their father's death..it is surprising hw much a dog understnd...dey r the best!!..
after dat it was tym to say gudbye to all 3 of dem...and wen we opened the door of the car...gin jumped in and sat ready of a shotgun ride..:D...and finally we waved at her...it was a nice day...and i'll go der...on every chance i get...:D

TRAIN 'ROUND'-ABOUT

"Uggh!!..it's still going round and round!..".It was 8 in the morning and my dad was in front of the computer...it was the day before we were leaving for Bangalore..but there was a small hitch in the plan...our tickets weren't confirmed!!.. OK so its not a small hitch..its a pretty huge one....so anyways dad was trying to log into IRCTC to see the status of our tickets and to book tatkal..but as he said..it was going round and round...

       i heard the scrapping of chair as he got up frustrated..well who wouldn't be?..mom was beginning to grow frantic and was making desperate calls to the 'booking expert' of our family..ie..of cos sridharanna!..she ended up noting down the transaction ID instead of PNR number and got hyper when the 139 voice said (ever so sweetly).."this PNR number is invalid"..

the next day evening came...and even dad began to lose his cool..he called mom and told her to book 2 tickets in some bus..she rushed out to book them and when she returned..dad got the information that the tickets were confirmed..! What a relief!..BUT!..mom had to rush out again to cancel the bus tickets and we ended up donating Rs.600 to the Bangalore road transport corporation...all this because of IRCTC!...

 But we cannot blame them completely..(as long as i'm nt the one who is doing the booking ;) )...as they teach us many values especially PATIENCE...and precision...(because once we enter the data wrong..we hav to start from scratch!..) I wonder why short-tempered people have not yet stuck a fist through their computer due to 'booking-deficience-syndrome'...(mayb dey hav...jst dat i dnt knw of any)...IS THERE ANY SOLUTION TO THIS 'ROUND'-ABOUT PROBLEM??