Strange

Its strange how you can sometimes have the most fun with people you have just met. The connections fall into place, not too many misunderstandings. Things are exciting, fun, sometimes exhilarating. Hi, this is my cousin from pune, kajal. You are not quite sure of how to behave, cause you dont know if your normal behaviour sets in well with her. Is she the easy going type or the finicky type. The first few moments are really awkward. The 7up in your hand is beggin to be drunk before it fizzles into the hot summer air. You answer her questions as politely as possible all smiles. Its not so bad.. see. Then you think what the hell, I have known her only for 2 mins how bad can things get. You loosen up a bit and start coming back to your normal self and begin to drink your now saccrine laden water. Just then you choke and spill the contents of the glass all over the place... people begin to laugh. The colour of your face begins to match her red dress. You make some excuse and try to get away from there as fast as possible. If only i had another chance.

You talk to her the next time you meet her. She gives you a sweet smile and you think "... its not so bad". One can only be human. The mundane comes to an end. You plan to go out with your friend and cousin and a whole lot of other people who have already had the pleasure of laughing at your expense. You pull off a few smart ones... start getting a bit confident. A few pranks are played on you. You take it nicely, smiling all the time. People begin to gravitate toward you. You love the attention... you are again yourself. What you should have been in the very first place.. and people like you anyway.

This journey of self discovery and the discovery of another, as it might be, is probably what is exciting. The inhibitions fall off one by one. You begin to make connections between the new and fimiliar, making you comfortable. Guess this happens because the same thing is happening to the other person too. The insecurity spills out and the other person picks up on it, trying to make you comfortable. You enjoy each others company.

Wish you too meet someone new everyday.

cheers

Hey wheres the remote

Ouch.. my ears hurt... wheres that god damn remote when you need it... why the hell isnt it responding.. what!! the battries are dead!!! .. hey i just changed them last week... must be all the food getting jammed into the button panel... oh god damn it I'll just have to get up and hit the sound - button on the set. phew... finally.. relief. Imagine you are watching your favourite daily 'K' soap and are really concentrating hard as to what the really hot chick has to say... when the suspense builds up and suddenly the whole set erupts into "Washing powder Nirma... Washing powder Nirma"... that too without warning and you run for cover... you are still figuring out your next move, when Rahul Dravids screams at the top of his lungs "Rohit Brush Karo".... you think "what the hell do these take us for .. snakes.. its not like we listen to the TV by feeling the vibrations from the ground.... ".

Making an impact is one thing. But disturbing the peace and bliss of watching your daily soap is totally obsecene. These guys should atleast have the common sense that there is a level of sound that is normal and then there is the abnormal. Ads need to stand out, but not by being the loudest ones. Donno how effective this stratergy is, but I think it must really work well on thick skinned buffalos. Well how would you define thick skinned, I leave to a future date... a future blog...

Be kind to your ears..

cheers