I Wish

I wish i was there too, calling out "Motu",
Running away from your tickling fingers, running towards u to hug u.

http://bikramsnehi.blogspot.com/2009/04/revisiting-quad.html

Until next time...

Euphoria and a Gas Balloon

There is a hope.
There is a begining.
There is a ray of light, in the the absolute darkness.
There is a life.

After all.

As the car stopped at a red light, she looked outside the window to see a blue gas balloon slowly float up to the dark sky. For a moment, it was her and the ballon. No noise. No euphoria. No music. No talking.
Just her, the ballon, and a feeling to finally, finally, coming home. Of being satisfied. Of being at peace.
As the light turned green, and the balloon faded from her sight, she was pulled back into the noise, the happiness, the din of a bunch of friends chattering away to glory. She dived back in, head-along. After all, she had the last 3 months of being quiet to make up for.

Until next time...

Belated Happy April Fool’s Day

It was a dry one this year, April fool's day. No pranks, no fun. No mood, no need, no inclination.

But I made up for it.

It so happened that a friend of mine (promised him, wouldn't mention his name!) missed April fools day by one day when he was born. So I called him to wish him a very happy birthday today. And ended up giving myself a belated happy April fool's day instead! He didn't recognize my number (landline) and as the usual habit of making a fool of people who aren't smart enough to recognize my voice, I took his case too. I pretended to be a relationship executive from a well known MNC bank, and after identifying myself (with a pseudo-name, of course!) went on to wishing him a very happy birthday. After that, I informed him that he was chosen to become one of our esteemed HNI clients, and so I wanted to come and meet him today itself personally. I also mentioned that I would bring cake and flowers. This flattered the guy to no end, and he was all shy-blushy-flattered. To his credit I must mention that he said that there was no need for the cake etc, but he would like to know the features of this HNI-Account that I was offering him. I was on the verge of mentioning a free trip to Bangkok (his favorite holiday destination) when I couldn't hold it any longer and burst out laughing!

Needless to say the next 10 minutes were spent in him trying to convince me that he knew this was a prank and that he reacted in such a manner because he did know someone with the same name as the pseudo-name that I chose and that he was an HNI client with his bank already and also pointing out numerous times that he did refuse the cake and flowers; and me not believing one word of what he as saying and laughing non-stop!

After a long time I laughed. So hard, my stomach hurt because of it. And for once, I welcomed the pain in my stomach and the water flowing out of my eyes. I gave him only my best wishes, but in return he gave me a happy day in between these dark, gloomy days. For that I can never thank him enough. May god give him all that his heart desires, even if it is only a preeti (pretty) banker chick that brings him cake and flowers!

Here's wishing him a very happy birthday, and me a belated happy April fool's Day.

God knows, I needed it.

Until next time…