..."To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone"...

... the week was going great... "We'll Let You Know"... was keeping my mind and soul and dreams and everything else so entangled that i couldn't concentrate on work... Rabbi was getting impatient... he wud ask every 2 hours on the updates... i mean... he sensed that i am 'lost in the thoughts' ... anyway... Saturday came ... and being in second shift i cud hardly wait to catchup on the sleep... now when u accumulate 30 minutes of sleep deprivation daily... on a weekend all u want is to redeem that sleep quota... however this was not just any Sunday...

... for some reason i cannot imagine... i woke up after seven hours of sleep... i mean ... i opened my eyes and the tiny clock showed 0800 hrs... i thought mebbe it's not working... besides it was quite quiet outside... and then i was sitting there wondering why i am not feeling tired! ... and then with lightening speed i ended the Sunday chores... and it was i guess 1030 when Ajay pinged...

... "maine ek ghar dekha hai!" he said over the phone... and for a nano second i thought mebbe he has decided to buy one... and then, perhaps sensing my "What?" ... he immediately corrected "arre! for rent!" ... "Oh!" ... i think he was still evaluating some options when he asked if i can join for a look... well... i was almost ready... so i grabbed things that i thought i would require and blasted off to his place...

... while the first place we visited was not in MG's and my liking list... after the second and third and then fourth... and we all agreed loosely for the first place... i think Ajay liked the pool... dunno about MG... i think i just liked the ambiance... and the fact that it was only first floor so less walking :p ... i know i am lazy... so don't say it in 'comments' ...

... while returning MG suggested for a movie... and we went back to their place booked ticket for 'The Bounty Hunter' and ... what?... watched the movie... duh!... and as for the movie... well ... i think u can save ur money for something else... say .... some other movie maybe?... or how about some birthday party?... or u can buy some pottery and fill it with water to quench the thirst of all those animals who are passing by... from land or air... or how about stealing some stuff from the flea market (not literally ofcourse) and turning it into one of the most seductive attractive piece of in ur wardrobe... u want some ideas? ... i bet you do... just don't strain ur curves...

... anyways... maid was asked to prepare 'partial' dinner... rest was to be taken care by MG... and once again i was enjoying the 'ghar ka khana' ... with special bhindi ki sabzi... thanks to the improvisation by Ajay... and after a tummy full of yummy food ... we all returned to where we belonged...

... and then it was one monday that i wudn't forget... not anytime soon... i realised my '40 winks' after the 'final wake up alarm' had put me 14 minutes behind schedule... which meant i was still 14 minutes ahead from arriving 'on-time' at office... but then ... it's better to drive like a pro on a highway than to drive like a maniac-in-search-of-parking in office area... so i started with the longer version of vroom... and then i did what is not supposed to be done by 'customers' ... as we call them... :D

... it is a four lane highway... both sides... and it is in the middle of the richest municipality in the 'world' ... i am not checking the claims by the local corporators... and it has NO lane markings... and it is littered by the ars*hol*s on wheels of such magnanimity that even ShooMaykhr (sorry Jags!) will struggle to drive... but then i am not a ShooMaykhr... so i was cruising at 80kph... i vaguely remember that because i shifted to fifth gear... and it was a downhill slope...

... i could see a water tanker crawling along the central verge and a container truck exactly opposite to it... making it a venturi on the road... some bikers who were wandering as if they are there for a stroll in a park... i thought i wud pass-by... i knew i wud... but then the container started and with absolute no regard to vehicles on road decided to take a sharp right turn... the bikers started behaving like bees from a broken beehive... and i panicked... the last thing anyone driving a car wants to do is to 'hit' a biker... and that too with no helmets...

... and then... even with all the 'training' and 'theory' that i have amassed during my stint in automotive industry... i did what we call as 'panic braking'... and i cud hear my tires screaming ... the bikers overtook as if nothing happened ... bastards... and i drove with a gentleman composure... as if... well... nothing happened... actually i behaved as if it was intended... but then ... i knew i was shaking...

... the good thing?... i got my favorite parking place... and then enjoyed the 'vada-paav' in breakfast...