As I would have cribbed @ 1000000000 words per day, I am currently at a place called Jhunjhunu where I have no social life to speak of, internet is the only thing that keeps me going, apart from few random movies or episodes of Seinfeld. So prospects of celebrating birthday in this solitary confinement are not that exciting!
Too add to that, as I switched on my laptop yesterday night, I realized that it had conked off and is showing fan error as the reason. For me this was the end of world. And I knew not how would I survive! I hoped the issue will get sorted out in a week but it is too much to ask in this small town and this time period seemed to be an extremely optimistic guess. My birthday eve and early morning were spent on developing strategies on how to get it repaired. I couldn't find any IBM authorized dealer here, and I would have needed to send it to Delhi.
There were two options - first was about sending it as a parcel to one of my friends at IBM , either directly or indirectly through my brother, who lives at NCR. Then I could have made a visit to Delhi on the one day weekend I get, so that I could be back after collecting my laptop. The other was going to Delhi this weekend, giving the laptop for repair and collecting it the next weekend.
Maybe I could incentivize the channel members with a cheese burst pizza at Domino's.
These were few of the many thoughts running in my mind throughout the night. Other was strategizing about ho to pass time fo next few days. Maybe, a 2 hour session at internet cafe followed by random TV channel hopping, and maybe a few novels which I had sufficient stock to last for 7 non-internet days. In fact I spent a fraction of 12-1 AM in thanking my friends for birthday wishes and rest in cribbing about my lappy!
Today morning I went to a local computer shop, the only one that was open in that area at 10 AM, without expecting anything. After an initial rejection and a phone call later, he opened the laptop as if he was about to perform a complex brain surgery, took a vacuum cleaner and blew the dust off it. The fan was now in working condition, and the laptop too!
The day was spent in selling hair oils, toothpastes, shampoos, hajmola, toilet cleaners, and evening is being spent in front of laptop and TV, and of course my cell phone!
__________
Among one of the instructions I got from home was to visit the world famous Rani Sati Temple in this region!
I disobeyed.
Though I do many things against my will, this was unthinkable. How can I visit some place that actually glorifies that lady who supports this mindless evil custom. In fact I hate the fact that there is a temple dedicated to Rani Sati.
But then, my hating it or not does not make any difference to how the world functions!
__________
I have completed the silver jubilee of my existence ... and soon I'll be 30, then forty ... fifty ... sixty ... Damn! I am becoming an old man. I have invested a lot of this time in whiling away in all kinds of useless activities, all those activities which yield an abysmal ROI.
Time is flying away fast, real fast.
__________
In fact, I am constantly getting reminded of an episode from 'Friends', where they all turned thirty. They were sad, and crying!
But then, they say that life begins at 40. So there are still 15 years to go before my life begins!
__________
In this era of remakes, I am repeating something which I did last year on my birthday
For all those birthday wishes, I just want to say -->
T HANKS
Too add to that, as I switched on my laptop yesterday night, I realized that it had conked off and is showing fan error as the reason. For me this was the end of world. And I knew not how would I survive! I hoped the issue will get sorted out in a week but it is too much to ask in this small town and this time period seemed to be an extremely optimistic guess. My birthday eve and early morning were spent on developing strategies on how to get it repaired. I couldn't find any IBM authorized dealer here, and I would have needed to send it to Delhi.
There were two options - first was about sending it as a parcel to one of my friends at IBM , either directly or indirectly through my brother, who lives at NCR. Then I could have made a visit to Delhi on the one day weekend I get, so that I could be back after collecting my laptop. The other was going to Delhi this weekend, giving the laptop for repair and collecting it the next weekend.
Maybe I could incentivize the channel members with a cheese burst pizza at Domino's.
These were few of the many thoughts running in my mind throughout the night. Other was strategizing about ho to pass time fo next few days. Maybe, a 2 hour session at internet cafe followed by random TV channel hopping, and maybe a few novels which I had sufficient stock to last for 7 non-internet days. In fact I spent a fraction of 12-1 AM in thanking my friends for birthday wishes and rest in cribbing about my lappy!
Today morning I went to a local computer shop, the only one that was open in that area at 10 AM, without expecting anything. After an initial rejection and a phone call later, he opened the laptop as if he was about to perform a complex brain surgery, took a vacuum cleaner and blew the dust off it. The fan was now in working condition, and the laptop too!
The day was spent in selling hair oils, toothpastes, shampoos, hajmola, toilet cleaners, and evening is being spent in front of laptop and TV, and of course my cell phone!
__________
Among one of the instructions I got from home was to visit the world famous Rani Sati Temple in this region!
I disobeyed.
Though I do many things against my will, this was unthinkable. How can I visit some place that actually glorifies that lady who supports this mindless evil custom. In fact I hate the fact that there is a temple dedicated to Rani Sati.
But then, my hating it or not does not make any difference to how the world functions!
__________
I have completed the silver jubilee of my existence ... and soon I'll be 30, then forty ... fifty ... sixty ... Damn! I am becoming an old man. I have invested a lot of this time in whiling away in all kinds of useless activities, all those activities which yield an abysmal ROI.
Time is flying away fast, real fast.
__________
In fact, I am constantly getting reminded of an episode from 'Friends', where they all turned thirty. They were sad, and crying!
But then, they say that life begins at 40. So there are still 15 years to go before my life begins!
__________
In this era of remakes, I am repeating something which I did last year on my birthday
For all those birthday wishes, I just want to say -->
T HANKS
Birthday Ramblings... :)
ReplyDeleteAnd this 25 yr thing, even I was telling my friend, that see, now, I come in III category for CCD feedback forms, 25 and above...And the last category as well...
Anyways, age is just number ;)
Congratulations on ur 25th! :) Loads of best wishes coming your way... :) You should receive them by courier tomorrow ;)
ReplyDelete@ Silencekilled - As they say, it is not the age but the mileage!
ReplyDeleteThe next time I visit CCD, I'll pretend that I did not notice the feedback form !!
@ Worldthrumyeyes
Thanks for the wishes already sent(... and the wishes to come by courier!)
hey happy birthday ! so are you on some vacation in Rajasthan ?
ReplyDelete@ Munmun - Thanks for wishes
ReplyDeleteI am not on any kind of vacation in Rajasthan. Am here for my 2 months rural stint for selling hair oils, tooth pastes etc and all those FMCG products!
Nice post
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday
Keep writing
Cheers
@ Priya
ReplyDeleteThanks!
T Hanks eh?
ReplyDeleteand here I thought MY jokes were bad...
@ Srinath - You have some stiff competition!
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