Run like Hell

Every once in a while things happen that leave you ..... if i may say so,  flabbergasted.

Sharing one such. So i'm walking on the pavement outside my showroom and as i pass the next shop i hear
someone calling out my name....not once, not twice ...but thrice (the decibel and angst in the voice increasing each time). I turned around and i see this guy, who i know by face but have never spoken to beyond a polite
greeting , as neighbours would. He has some sort of a speech impediment as is evident to me as soon as he's through with the first sentence. His teeth are spaced out and due to the stuttering there is collection of excess saliva around his mouth, which i am fearing can shoot out any moment! He is at work dressed in track pants a sleeveless t-shirt and sneakers. And he grabs my hand to shake it with gusto and says "H-h-hii j-j-j-charannn..That's uurr n-name right? I always r-r-remember but then i forget. Hower yuu? " I replied saying "Good..how bout yourself " To which he starts out on what might be the longest reply to that question in the history of the world!
He said "I'm good ya I was working for a corporate for 2 years to get corporate experience Then i went for doing my diploma and after that i did my MA first class and will now be joining mba at National college Matunga and after that i wanna do my PHD."  (all this with stuttering and salivating)

I took a step back and tried to ease my hand from his grip as my first instinct of self preservation. He was breathing heavy and his eyes had widened as if he was speaking to a fellow human after a long while.
I had to say something....something that would end the chat and enable me to walk away from Mr. Iwannatellyoueverything. So I said "That's remarkable!"
To which he says "Yes it is cos its like something is goin in all the time and thats a way to keep you distracted from someone I lost no need to say who but you know its always better to do something and keep ur mind occupied as you know something is always coming in its better than crying over the love of my life my honey who left me for someone else and has 2 kids even....but you know its better to do this than sit in a bar and have alcohol and im not suicidal... yet. And 'WE' are not the kind of ppl who will drink away and drown in alcohol i come from a decent family just like yours and i am not going to take revenge on other girls jus because she has left me na"
(stuttering,salivation and speed of sentence reaching maximum capacity!)

I am running like hell in my head.....In reality im....Flabbergasted.
  

from tring tring to PING!!

i think of a simpler time...when things were real, emotions dint need emoticons, distances had to be traversed to see your beloved, internet was for checking email, keeping in touch required effort thus making frienships more meaningful.
i belong to a generation that has been a part of such a time....i can therefore compare.

our fingers would ache to dial a number repeatedly cos the phones had a rotary dial...yet the excitement of getting through was real,
the telephone had a fixed place in the house attached by a wire....but the curiosity whilst running to answer it was real,
STD calls were a big expense...hence the conversations were real,
paper greeting cards were a way to wish on a birthday.....but the feeling special on receiving it was real,
photographs had to be developed and put away in a paper-back album....but the joy in organizing them was real,
friends had to actually come over to see them....and their reactions were real,
we used to look forward to sunday evenings to watch the weekly feature film on doordarshan....and the family bonding was real,
there was no fine dining, only fine food.....but the satisfaction was real.
now nothing seems real anymore.

having a 24 hr free wi-fi in a hotel is equally or sometimes more important than having a 24 hr water supply...im sure you'll agree,
your intelligence is crippled without google.....if you think otherwise ask yourself when was the last time you actually went to a library to dig out information yourself,
your self esteem is dangerously dependent on the no. of "likes" your posts get on facebook....no need to argue that,
distances are a thing of the past...you can bbm or whatsapp anyone, anywhere,the most unimportant messages,
photographs are uploaded on the web and shared with everyone all at once.....may it be a trip abroad or letting people know who you watched the match with, at the stadium.
terms such as botox and nose jobs are as common as haircuts and pedicures.
there is a very thin line between losing your phone and losing your mind!

don't get me wrong, i'm not criticizing...i can't.
i feel and act exactly the same way! (except the botox and nose job part.....well atleast until now)



but in conclusion i enjoy the now...but i miss the then.

im in touch with many more people than i could've ever imagined,
but when i meet them in person i have little to say.
i have 437 friends on facebook,
hardly anyone to call to just chat.
i get many wishes online,
but those who take the effort to call are few.

they are special, they are real.

i am real. atleast i try to be.

Around this time of the year i start feeling restless.....i feel like what is all this for.....where am i goin in life....i should be living my life to the fullest, etc.
its the time when i badly need a break. i need to go somewhere ive never been before(which is most places).
this year hopefully ill go to Paris,Austria and Switzerland!

later...