Just What I Said

At the outset, let me make public, a fact which you'd know one day anyway. The title is not an original, like most bits of my humor, the title of this post - being absolutely humorless - is also borrowed. And, that doesn't imply I will return it. There are some things I can borrow without asking and keep them with me for good. Like the stapler pins from the client's work-place. And, like affection.

Why are you reading this? There is not going to be an ounce of value-add to you after you've finished reading this. That's not really a warning. As a friend, I like to be transparent about likely outcomes of deeds I do. Go on, anyway. With a little help from you, I will make sure we enjoy this entry. It's funny; they call it "posting new entries on your blog". Who's entering anywhere in this whole blogging business? But then I don't have a better word. On second thoughts, how about "posting a new note on your blog"? Naah...? They sure have done their research before naming stuff on the internet, huh?

See, I digress. Although I'm wondering if I really did - digress, that is - even when I weren't really making a point at all! Reminds me of a conversation I read shortly before it touched zero in Delhi, or before they claimed it did. The conversation goes like this:

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where-" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"-so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."

So I think the point is taken, you'll get somewhere one day eventually. Even when you aren't really making an effort to get there like Rakhi Sawant does. (I respect her for her ability to carry-off all that she's been carrying off since long). I wonder if I need to work hard towards getting where I want to. Alright, I want to change that sentence. Retrying....I wonder if I need to think hard to getting where I want to. Oh yeah! unlike you, I know where is it I'm going to end-up. Doesn't make me a bit more wiser than you, does it? 'Coz, if you don't know where you want to end-up, you probably are at that place. Holy shit! and now you have a lifetime to get elsewhere. I like that!

But we're all trying very hard. We're in the rat race, right? The hilarious part is may be you'll win, may be you won't but at the end of the race you will be as much a rat. Borrowed, but twisted to fit in the context. Boy, how I play with words these days! See, I digress. So, I was saying that as a matter of fact we are all trying hard. *Idea!* I'll serve you an anecdote right in your platter now. About trying our best:

In a conversation with a colleague at work, she told me about funny times at school. Here's one. She was writing an english test. The question was to "read the following paragraph and give the best possible title you can". The paragraph was about an old farmer making a living by tilling barren land and going far off to the city to sell it all only to earn a few pennies. She said, she zeroed in on a title after thinking hard. "Ashoka The Great" - was her choice. She did the best she could to give the best title in the whole world, irrespective of what that paragraph had to say about the old farmer! Like this, we all make our lives funny at one point or the other.

I had a Chemistry teacher, who would ask a question to the class and spank that one person who answered too early. "Tum overtry karte ho...sun liya karo; Do not overtry." Frankly, I liked the word overtry. It says a lot about the existence of the limits of trying. Why is there a line at all...I think we can keep going on and on. Trying hard and harder. Like SRK does. That way, we will all end up with a six-pack and a self-proclaimed-superhit-blockbuster at our hands. Not bad, huh?

See, I digress. My Chemistry teacher is no more. I am sad that he died, reasonably young. I wanted to gift him a car. As a matter of fact, I wanted to gift all my teachers a car each. Unfortunately, I studied at different places and until I completed my masters; They are too many to count now. Besides, I don't make enough right now. I still wish I could. May be in future some time. Fortunately, there is Tata Nano now. But my Chemistry teacher wouldn't get one ever. And, we all keep trying so hard all our lives. Take a moment off and send a li'l gift to whoever you'd thought you wanted to give one to.

I know, you get these free advices all the time and way too much these days. So much so, that we call it spam, now (among other things that are certainly spam). But then I'm an Indian. If I know something wise, I will share it in form of good advice. And, if you are a true Indian, you will always appreciate that; its utility or significance notwithstanding.

Wait a minute, before I finish...I just noticed the big 'C' in my "Chemistry" s above. These things have a friggin' psycho interpretation, I tell you. May be I liked Chemistry. To be honest, I was good at it. May be, I could have been the Richard Feynman of Chemistry one day. I have the sense of humor, at least. In regards to Chemistry, may be I just didn't give it my best!

Don't be mad at me. If you are, just leave a comment. I always publish them all. I try my best to.