Tagged Again!!

I've been tagged by whatsinaname to list one fact related to my life for every letter of my middle name. I don't have a middle name, so I will take on the tag with my blogging name Timepass since I relate to it quite well.

The three rules to be followed are:
a) The rules must be mentioned in the beginning of the tag.
b) You must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
c) At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

T- is for Talkative – I talk and laugh a lot. But I do take time to settle down with new acquaintances.

I- is for Innocent – No, I am not saying this myself. I get this title even now from many people..Along with innocent I also get this remark “Poor thing/Bechari/Paavam”
Dunno why??

M- is for Moody- At times, I do get moody and withdraw to my own shell. But, once I get over it, am back to normal.

E- is for Elephantine Memory- My family would be ready to vouch for that, am sure…If I visit a place once, its stored forever in my memory…grandma’s genes I suppose!!! (Family are u reading this, waiting for your comment)

P- is for Pacifier- Friends pour out their sob stories to me and get pacified by me..I am surprised though that I am able to do this job well.

A- is for Adaptability/Adjusting Nature - Proof of this lies in the “N” number of change of residences across different cities since my birth.

S- is for Sensitive- I am highly sensitive, sometimes a small talk can shatter me but sometimes even the biggest of issues will not bother me much…

S- is for Systematic- I HAVE to pay all the fixed monthly payments like Building Maintenance, Phone and Electricity Bills and taxes right on the first day else my head would explode….I hate to take loans from people but in the rare case of doing so, I HAVE to return it to get a peaceful night’s sleep. I hate it if fans/lights are running unused and hate it when water is wasted (people brushing your teeth with the tap left open, here I come!!)

I now pass on this tag to dame's diary,Dotmom, justlikethat, mnamma, Parul,pixie,Poppins and trishna.

Hawa Mein Udta Jaaye...

I happened to notice one girl driving a two-wheeler at a signal. Hmm she was dressed smart and Chic..She seemed to be well off and had fully equipped herself with safety equipments. She was wearing a helmet, white gloves upto her elbows, a big bandana around her head etc etc. But I just could not help noticing that her dupatta was royally flying in the air. The girl had not noticed this. What is the use of wearing gloves and helmets when the flying dupatta is very likely to get caught in the wheel of another vehicle and drag you??? I have noticed this even in the case of pillion riders on bikes. I request all two-wheeler lady drivers to kindly tie back the dupatta/saree pallu and ensure that it is not flying in the air..Who knows, it might save your life one day... We will compliment you for your dress even if it is not displayed in flying mode...

Why Me??? (All the time)

I was going on a small evening walk. At a distance, I noticed one beggar begging for alms. He seemed to be middle aged but was seriously handicapped and immobile. I could see that his legs were badly twisted and so was one hand. I started hunting for change to give that man. As I was walking towards him with the change in my hand, suddenly from nowhere, the man took a puff from a fat beedi in the only one limb (his hand) which seemed to be working for him. I was taken aback..and shocked. And then all I did was to put back the change in my purse and just ignore him and walk ahead. At some distance a very old lady was begging, I gave her the change that I was almost giving to this man. But as she did not smoke in front of me, I am not aware if she too is a smoker or not.. Who knows, everything is possible in this world!!!

Dear God, this is to remind you that I go for walks for fresh air and fresh and positive thoughts and not to become a passive smoker....

Root-Level Corruption

I noticed that some people were digging a ditch outside my main gate. On enquiry, I came to know that it is for putting some cables, which would be done tomorrow. I could see one worker digging deeper and I told him to leave some space untouched for our car to pass through and enter the parking area of the building. The guy had already dug up the area in front of the gate, so he initially said it is not possible to do what I asked for. I requested him to leave some space atleast since otherwise the car would have to be parked on the road itself. I then came back home.

After a few minutes, the doorbell rang and it was one of his co-workers (a lady). The lady said " Seems you have a car and have asked to fill the ditch in some areas so that your car can enter the parking area. We are three workers, we will do the job, but please pay us some money for tea" I was okay with it till I heard " Give us Rs 50 for tea, we will ensure that the work is done"

My first reaction was " What, Rs 50 for tea???" . But then i took two factors into account..
1. These are poor labourers toiling in the hot sun, what is the harm if they ask money for a small task which is for my own benefit.
2.When so many big level scams are being conducted successfully, what's wrong if these labourers ask for a small sum of money. They do not have any assets to fall back on in case of adverse times.

Finally, I agreed to pay them Rs 20 since they had to put some amount of sand back in to fill the ditches. I could have certainly afforded to pay the money she asked, but I did not want to comply with her demand since it will encourage her to ask some other thing after some time. Guess what, the lady agreed instantly. Maybe the amount is more than what she expected? She must have asked for 50 rs hoping that she would get atleast half of it..Good logic..

After some time, I noticed that the pit was still not filled up. So I went up to that lady and asked her to fill up the pit. She sent a man to do the job. He promptly did the job and guess what he asked "Madam, give me some money for tea"...

I could not help thinking about how we people look to earn money from all possible modes...A similar incident.. A temple watchman was collecting donation, I paid XX amount and got the receipt. Since I wanted to give X1 Rs and I did not have a 1 re coin, I gave a five rupee coin to get back the change. The watchman promptly said, "Madam, I shall take the remaining four rupees as my bakshish since I am the watchman here".. Is it his birthright to do this?? My dear man, Bakhsish is not asked or demanded, it is given happily by the person who wants to give it. Else, it is not a Bakhsish, its hafta (mamool). Way to go, India..

Sincere Request

Request to a co-passenger (a girl in her 20s) in a bus..

You have been blessed with lovely straight hair which I have always longed for. I agree you look fab when you let down your hair but not in a crowded bus.. as the bus picked up speed, your hair started flying not just eastwards and westwards but northwards and southwards too. For a second I thought I am in a film shoot. Your hair went into my nostrils and poked me..I'm okay with sneezing but why should your lovely hair get dirty??(Cause its the hair I never had) Not just that, your hair was poking others too..

Finally you get a seat to sit and I am most relieved. But your lovely bandhani dupatta attracts me to you because it is simply lying on the dirty bus floor and you are so engrossed in conversation with your friend in the next seat that you did not notice this. I am pained to see that lovely dupatta getting stamped by shoes but you are still busy conversing. And last of all, you get down in the very next stop after getting a seat. When you know you are getting down at the next stop, you could have surely had the strength to stand till your destination comes and offer the seat to the old lady standing in the bus..As a youngster, you must definitely be having more strength than that old lady dear.

Sincerely Yours,
Timepass

A Good Start....

It was a cool morning, the previous night had nice showers that resulted in a cool and pleasant morning. I was sitting on the steps of a temple and here's what I saw.. Lots and lots of cute pigeons hovering around for someone to feed them.. A cute kid had come with her parents and her father was carrying her and asking her to feed the pigeons like how he was doing. The kid took the food in her hand but instead of feeding the pigeons, she put it in her own mouth.. Child like innocence..Hmmm There were three calves nearby. An old man had got a bag full of very very ripe bananas. He started feeding the calves and it was a lovely sight to see the three calves pushing and nudging each other to get more bananas. Not many people will think of feeding bananas to the cow/calves, they prefer to put it in the dustbin instead due to lack of time. I appreciate the man's efforts to come to this place and feed the calves. A good start to the day indeed...

If wishes were horses

If wishes were horses, then

I would love to take my blog friends to a beach
I would love to take them on a horse ride
I would love to watch the sunset with them
I would love to share snacks and juice with them
I would love to give them gifts before saying bye to them





P.S: My blog welcomed the 2000th visitor today. I wish to celebrate this occasion with my friends from the blogging world, please do indulge yourselves.

Epitomes of Courtesy

Scene I

House Owner on the Phone with the Tenant, the tenant is late in paying rent most of the time.

Owner : Hi (Tenant)
Tenant: Hi
Owner: Looks like you have not paid the rent this month.
Tenant: Oh is it, today’s ….th (date) right
Oh I forgot…
I shall pay by tomorrow.

Forgot, kya word hai..Atleast when you leave or enter the house, you must realize that its a rented place...


Scene II

Hospital room of a patient who’s baby died in-utero at 5 months
Entry of a new trainee nurse. She has the patient's case history in hand but has not bothered to go through it.

Nurse: So, you had an abortion right?
Patient: Yes
Nurse: Why did u get this done?? U did not want the baby is it??

Oh, so this is what people say " Adding salt and chilli to a fresh wound".