We've been having a laugh over small things... I can't exactly say its fun, but i make it a point to laugh my heart out even though the incident wouldn't really call for such a laugh! I guess i'm just trying to inculcate the craziness into the people living with me! Evidently, i haven't been too successful. Anyway, here's a list of the things that brought out a loud loud laugh, or maybe just a smile -
- Cooking day. I told my roomie to grind 4 tomatoes for sabzi. 5 mins later, she declares that something's wrong with the mixie, because the tomatoes aren't liquid yet. Tearing my attention from the onion-chopping, with eyes filled with tears, I turned to her wondering how the hell a brand new mixie could get damaged! And then the bulb came on.., "did u chop the tomatoes?" aah, the golden words were spoken! She realised she'd chucked 4 FULL tomatoes into the mixie! It would take some giant blade to grind that!
- Cooking day again. I'm frying the onions, roomie 1 is cutting veggies, roomie 2 walks in. She opens the tap. The tap comes off! And the water's dripping non-stop! And there was quite a racket before getting the water to stop! Well, we did get the water to stop, but there's still a gaping hole where the tap used to be! The plumber should have fixed by this time today!
- Cooking day again!! The Upma is cooking, and the stove's getting reallly hot! We turn it off, but its still red hot! Aah, the knob's not working! Another half-hour spent on turning the knob clockwise and anticlockwise before the red finally starts fading! We stopped using that particular coil! Sad thing, it was the biggest and the best :( Result? We finished cooking at 12.30 in the night!
- Smoke alarm. The smoke alarm is the maharaja of the house, and we the servants! Each time it comes on, and i stand on a chair and fan it with a newspaper, i can only think of the rajas and the elephant-ear-sized-zari-bordered fans that were used to fan them! Sigh! And of course, i say "tsb, now i know what the hell you meant!" ;)
- When i go to sleep each night, i seem to be thinking of groceries! Do we need to buy milk tomorrow? Are there enough tomatoes and potatoes? Do we need to heat the old rice before eating the fresh rice? Sheesh! I'm sick of it! Someone please convert me back to the person i was! OR, get me a husabnd ;) I'm a full time housewife, part time student, i'm sure i deserve a husaband! Atleast then i wouldn't have to worry about the broken tap and the dripping shower and the milk buying and rent paying and smoke alarm ringing! And no, i do not want to marry a mesthri or contractor! *sneak attack*
- I slept without a sweater one night. It rained the whole goddam day, the day after that! The heavens are spying on me! And i did not have an umbrella! I went back to wearing my sweater. Why cause inconvenience to innocent citizens? :)
- I was so engrossed in staring at the misty windows of the bus that i missed my stop! Of course i promptly got off at the next one and ran back home in the rain! Oh yeah, it was that same long rainy day!
- My high point of the day was the free mars bar that a prof gave out at the end of his lecture (he earlier went around throwing them at different people, apparently explaining a mechanism! And obviously, he didn't think my poor head could bear the weight of the mars bar hitting it, so he didn't throw me one! So we promptly lined up infront of him after the class, and snatched our bars away! Ha!). But then, my high point just changed... my mother just told me that my grand dad told her that my grandparents talk about me on their daily evening walk. Aaah, what bliss :) To be remembered!
Ok, i gotto run to catch the bus!
Yours "Its like writing, and if your can't write, we can never get down to discussing what's written" ly
Signing offf.....
9 comments:
very very entertaining!And smoke alarm lol. now you know why things like that are NEVER introduced here. They'll be blowing off every minute. he he you're saying "milk check. potatoes check. tomatoes check.rice check." and then they jump over the fence instead of "1 sheep. 2 sheeps. 3 sheeps.. jumping over the fence? god some experiences!
Suk - LOL!!! Check check only! It'd be much more entertaining to see them jump over the fence though! I should imagine it that way from now on ;) Then probably i wont have creases on my forehead when i'm thinkin abt stuff like this!
Smoke alarms will definitely beep every second in chennai! That too with so much thaalichufying and frying! You'll have to have a permanent visiri for it! :D
i feel honoured that i m mentioned in this post. more than once actually. i dont know baout your fanning that fire alarm, btu you definitely fanned my ego :D.
and on a related side note:
1) cooking on the big stove, apparently makes the food cook faster without getting cooked completely. yes, i understood it as much as you did :). its hwat dear mummyji said when she came to visit this time, and in order to ensure i do not touch that stove, she's covered it with aluminium foil, taped it on tight and put a cover over it :/
2) i need to buy tomatoes and milk too :/
3) you still havent suffered my catch 22 conundrum :/ wherein, your house smells and the firealarm is burning, so the house is boiling hot and the only other alternative to let the heat out is to open the balcony door/window, in which case the freezing cold comes in and now you're just confused.
yeah you can laugh and go to sleep :P and yup we could. but then now because of stupid power cuts visiris actually have to be used for their original job. :(
the tee-ess-bee. - Twice? What twice? ;) Lol.
Fanning your ego. Hmm, some things never really change!
On a related side note? Sheesh tsb, i thought u JUST stepped into a long term research commitment. Adhukula u've started sounding like u spent all your life doing hypogammaglobulinemia research!
I didn't think you's have so much knowledge on stoves and their levels of cooking! *salute* I dont think we need to tape our stove with foil though! The knob just doesn work! and, u think of tomatoes and milk too. All the respect you've been losing at frequent intervals is slowly comin back ;) :D
And abt your catch 22 conundrum... i would never want to be in that situation! It belongs to you, wholly! I probably cant handle so much confusion anyway!
suk - still have daily power cuts huh? super!
Actually now we don't. But they still ended up serving their purpose.
Missed this for a while :P :) ... But ya the point is to be noted. You HAVE TO laugh your heart out whenever you get a chance ..
Div .. Ipdiye iru ..sirichukitte :D
vinod - missed wat for a while?
Ipdiye irukken, alaipayuthe dialogue recognise pannindu! ;)
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