Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Yell Yum & Yen
I’ve been puzzling over some oxymorons I experienced recently.
Ever hear someone say “Cut it in 3 halves”. What do they mean when they say that ?
Or when your kids have been pestering you for something and you say to them “Do you know the meaning of NO ?” and they cheekily reply back saying “No.”
Then last week I watched Hannibal Rising with McDonald as the sponsor of the movie. Hows that for irony ? [ Hannibal Lecter of Silence of the Lambs ]
The Liberhan commission submitted its report after 17 years ! Does anyone get the humour in these things or is it just me ?
SEVENTEEN YEARS !
Some philosophy now :
We dislike beggars not because they are smelly and needy and “in-your-face”. We dislike them because they seem free and un-inhibited in ways that we are not. They have the courage to walk upto a random stranger and ask for money.
But I think mostly we dislike them because they remind us of how poor we really are. Of how much we lack in the spirit of human kindness and generosity. And the times we do pull out a few coins to hand over to them, what we are really doing is postponing thinking about it.
Meanwhile the kids have been settling into the new school. Yes we changed this year as we found that in the last one Armaan was insisting that his teacher said the letters that follow H I J K was Yell Yum and Yen. That’s when we knew we had to get them out.
On a separate note, in the past 1 year I find myself getting back in touch with many buddies from school and college days, thanks to Facebook and other networks. What I find striking, is that I am in very few photographs from back then. Which makes me wonder about whether I’ve been generally camera shy or not involved enough…... this made me sad somehow.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Year End 2008 & Year Begin 2009
“Does Santa know what we are thinking ?” – Armaan
“If he makes his toys at the North Pole, why does the barcode sticker say WALDEN ?” – Alisha
Earlier this December the Anands came over for a quick break to Hyderabad.
The kids had a great time & we all had a blast. [ See VDO feed at the end of this page ]
How do you break the news to a seven year old that it’s the spirit of Santa, and not really a fat old man who goes from house to house ? I don’t know either, so I postponed the telling for another season. Maybe I’ll get Deepa to do it.
Our first Christmas at No 12, and we had a great time as usual.
I wonder why for some odd reason people think that wine and cake is made / served during Xmas…. I’ve heard it so often now that I’m beginning to think I’m the one whos got it wrong….
New Years eve in the Gazebo was nice with all the other inmates, and I think we managed to stir up some of the stiffs as well. It seems to me that as we get older we forget how to have a good time. Or even if we do know how, we pretend that having a good time is somehow very shallow and not sagacious enough or befitting ones age. I hope I never get like that.
I now know 2 people with un-timely birthdays. One is on 31st Dec and the other is on 1st Jan. Tough luck I guess, speaking of which, what do people who are born on the 29th of Feb do ? How do they calculate their age ? How do computers at pension funds calculate their earnings ?
Meanwhile Alisha has turned a cheeky seven years old and seems to have developed an unspeakable taste in sweet & confectionery. More on that later, but here’s her birthday cake as conceptualized, designed, decorated & eaten by her.
I watched the Republic day parade yesterday, and I see that the turn-out of our forces are quite impressive. The State floats too were not bad at all. I didn’t get Bihar though; and when the railways float came up, the camera panned to Lalu Prasad, who was at that very moment spitting his paan into the spit bowl placed near him.
‘GUSTING ! – as Armaan would say.
Before I forget, heres Armaan’s favourite knock-knock joke :
Tak Tak
Kaun Hai ?
Agarwal
Agarwal kaun ?
Agar wal pe su-su kiya to gussa ayega apko ?
“If he makes his toys at the North Pole, why does the barcode sticker say WALDEN ?” – Alisha
Earlier this December the Anands came over for a quick break to Hyderabad.
The kids had a great time & we all had a blast. [ See VDO feed at the end of this page ]
How do you break the news to a seven year old that it’s the spirit of Santa, and not really a fat old man who goes from house to house ? I don’t know either, so I postponed the telling for another season. Maybe I’ll get Deepa to do it.
Our first Christmas at No 12, and we had a great time as usual.
I wonder why for some odd reason people think that wine and cake is made / served during Xmas…. I’ve heard it so often now that I’m beginning to think I’m the one whos got it wrong….
New Years eve in the Gazebo was nice with all the other inmates, and I think we managed to stir up some of the stiffs as well. It seems to me that as we get older we forget how to have a good time. Or even if we do know how, we pretend that having a good time is somehow very shallow and not sagacious enough or befitting ones age. I hope I never get like that.
I now know 2 people with un-timely birthdays. One is on 31st Dec and the other is on 1st Jan. Tough luck I guess, speaking of which, what do people who are born on the 29th of Feb do ? How do they calculate their age ? How do computers at pension funds calculate their earnings ?
Meanwhile Alisha has turned a cheeky seven years old and seems to have developed an unspeakable taste in sweet & confectionery. More on that later, but here’s her birthday cake as conceptualized, designed, decorated & eaten by her.
I watched the Republic day parade yesterday, and I see that the turn-out of our forces are quite impressive. The State floats too were not bad at all. I didn’t get Bihar though; and when the railways float came up, the camera panned to Lalu Prasad, who was at that very moment spitting his paan into the spit bowl placed near him.
‘GUSTING ! – as Armaan would say.
Before I forget, heres Armaan’s favourite knock-knock joke :
Tak Tak
Kaun Hai ?
Agarwal
Agarwal kaun ?
Agar wal pe su-su kiya to gussa ayega apko ?
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JENTS TAILOURS
Just when your think you’ve seen them all, some new signboard comes along to break all previous records.
Check this one out :
1) Firstly wot eet ees a “Readymade Tailor” ?.
2) He’s gone for a French touch by calling himself a “Tailour”.
3) Jents
4) Were
5) Metrial
6) Cutpees
7) Bust-Stop
Check this one out :
1) Firstly wot eet ees a “Readymade Tailor” ?.
2) He’s gone for a French touch by calling himself a “Tailour”.
3) Jents
4) Were
5) Metrial
6) Cutpees
7) Bust-Stop
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