9 November 2013

I have created a Frankenstein

Got a call from FedEx last night informing us that Natasha’s large print job was over. Natasha, who was getting wary of getting the printouts in time for her debate today, had asked me barely a minute back if they had called.

So, I yelled from downstairs to her (she was in her room upstairs), saying “They just called”.  And for good measure threw in “To say they love you” 🙂

Nikita, her 9 year old sister, had this quizzical look on her face – so I told her “There is a song – ‘I just called to say I love you'”

Without missing a beat, she retorted “Mmmm hmmm… I bet, YOU have never made that call” 🙂

[And all these days, I thought, one wife was enough to humble me for life 🙂 🙂 ]

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9 November 2013

Religious wars!

The religious wars over android vs iOS vs Microsoft has not escaped the team I work with. A classic conversation over drinks this evening….
Raj (a diehard iOS hater) : “I tested out Surface this weekend”….
Sunjay (iOS fan; but more importantly a fan of poking fun at Raj) : “So, it was YOU…” (Implying that only one person tested out surface this weekend)….
I am still trying to get over Sunjay’s sharp and quick wit on that one.
Very very funny. Unless you are a FB friend of mine who works at Microsoft, of course!!!

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5 November 2013

Indian Mars venture

India did today successfully what only US, Russia and the EU has done (and China and Japan failed in the past). Launched successfully a mission to Mars.
Proud and jubilant leaders from India, in a rare moment of camaraderie, declared that when India puts its mind to something, it is an unstoppable force. In fact, emboldened by this success, they solemnly swore to conquer the next frontier – indoor plumbing 🙂

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4 November 2013

Divine Vine :-)

Natasha (15 years old)  found out this afternoon that I have a Vine account. She had been berating me ever since…

A few minutes back one more of those war of words started. But this time it ended in a very different way.

….

Natasha: “You don’t understand Vine. Vine is not for you”

Me: “Says who?”

Natasha: “All kids countrywide says so”

At this point, 9 year old Nikita who had been intently watching us offered this…

Nikita: “Yeah, Daddy. Vine is for troubled teenagers countrywide” 🙂

For the next few moments I could not decide whether to laugh my head off or separate the two girls from each others’ throats 🙂

I was certainly saying “You go, girl!” to Niki mentally 🙂

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28 October 2013

OK prisoners

USA Today headline reports that “4 Oklahoma prisoners escaped from a ‘escape-proof’ prison through the shower vent”.
This is, no doubt, the after effect of the jail officials plea to the prisoners to come out “clean” 🙂

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19 October 2013

Good looking potato

Most of you who know me, also know very well that grocery shopping is clearly not one of my core competencies. I have rarely done it and I am totally clueless about the aisle layouts. Once in a blue moon, Sharmila will hand me a list of things to pick up. Typically, once in the store, I will look at the top of the list and then roam around the store looking for that item, listlessly 🙂 Eventually, I will give up, call her up and then ask for instructions. She will remotely guide me to the aisle, I will find the item and then tell her “I have got it from here” before dropping the call.
Then I will see the next item on the list, again walk around the whole store completely confused where to find the item, call her back again…. and so on … till I have made as many calls as there are items on the list. It is the same story every single time.
So, these days, she tries to be very explicit in her instructions when she absolutely needs me to go to the grocery store.
This is the text message I got from her when I was out running an errand this morning.
The good news is, following her directions, I landed up in the potato section. Except there were lots and lots of potatoes. And I had no idea in God’s green earth when to deem a potato “good looking”. Frankly, they all looked rather unseemly to me 🙂
As you must have guessed, a phone call ensued… 🙂 🙂

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