Wednesday, July 21, 2010

..."The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about."...

... i woke up this morning with a sneaking smile on my face... unusual for me but it was there... i cudn't help it... and i was not in mood to wipe it off... so i left it there... and went about the morning business... the moment i stepped out of the house i cud see the drizzle ... and the smile was turning into a grin...

... for the uninitiated... i am an absolute "dry day" lover... whether i am well sheltered or not i despise rains... i am utterly absolutely no "rain lover"... in fact i am closer to being "rain hater"...

... as i approached my mode of transport i felt like jumping in joy... the sparkling clean porcelain white body and the black roof and the alloy wheels and the radials were "oh-so-clean!" ... aur hon bhi kyon nahi ... i made a pran yesterday that i will get my Vista cleaned ... and no matter what...

... the determination was so strong that even though it started pouring the moment i stepped out from my room yesterday evening... i continued with my plan... and even though a minor detour threatened my schedule i improvised and continued and thanks to the sincere effort of SRW i was able to reach the Utkarsh car wash ... and utkarsh it is...

... so there i was ... driving my clean car in the evening of cold and wet evening... the whole idea of spending some money on the car care initiated few weeks ago...

... "In your city today and tomorrow" ... the message was clear and it was still early morning... i mean... i barely dragged myself out of bed... and there it was... the short message landed at my phone... now an sms this early is usually another forwarded sms from my younger siblings... so i continued with the chores... just before stepping out of the house, however i decided to peek into it... and it brought the surprised "boyish" grin... the one u get when recall one of your "younger" school teacher...

... i decided to call and confirm later in the day at some convenient time... however i cudn't hold myself... and decided to call her the moment i reached office... and heard one of the most charming energetic and longest "hi" u can ever deliver over the phone... so she told me that she will be here for two days on business trip and i told her to meet in the evening... her hotel address sms'd and located (thanks to Google maps!)... and the itinerary fixed...

... it was another "feel good" event... meeting her in this swanky hotel... i am not sure about the star rating though... the tea... the dinner... the ambiance and her stories... she is such a master of story telling ... kept me hooked with her so-well-timed pauses and gestures and expressions... so after the dinner she asked if we can go for a paan... now this was purely for the reason that she wanted to go out... she's been in the hotel since morning and so... as we approached towards my car... i was already thinking of excuses of not keeping it clean... however it was something else that caught me unaware...

... it was a piece of newspaper and the unkempt seat cover... she simply picked that paper up and laughingly said "ye kya hai?"...and gestured towards the seat... now the tone and pitch and all other effects u can imagine with sound meant only one thing... i felt mildly embarrassed... and totally goofed-up... "err... it's a new car!" mumbled sheepishly ... "WTF!" i thought "saari izzat ka kachra nikal gaya!" ... the whole situation was making my ears red... mebbe also because all this time we were with one of her colleague as well... who had joined us just before the dinner... so u can imagine the tight spot i was in... "waise it appears to be well maintained for the duration u mentioned" she said... i congratulated myself for the consolation prize...

... and then i decided... i took the pran to get it cleaned... and prepped up... and that was the reason i was sooooo happy this morning... now if you or that femme friend of yours need that ride in the city... you know where i am ;-)

PS: i am doing fine now... been on the meds for the surprise stomach trouble... buggy water and the weather...


>>>EDIT: i forgot to mention WHOM i met... well... it was my cousin! ... (thanks Garry for the clue...)

5 comments:

  1. awee....that was such a CUTE post... made me smile through out... :D

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  2. wat? wat do u mean cute post??

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  3. lets go for a ride in your vista... :)

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  4. yeah...it was abt the post...

    and where exactly this post says that it was your 'cousin'??

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