Random Thoughts!

Well.. life comes and so do awkward things.. here are a few randomly random thoughts.. that might cross your mind.. randomly..!!

Courtesy - Mugdha Gupta. (Facebook profile : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=701441230)

okay.. so the list goes.. :

1. Do stairs go up or down?
2. Why is there a top line on lined paper if we never use it?

3. Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?
4. Why do the numbers on phones go down while the numbers on calculators go up?
5. If the sky is the limit, then what is space, over the limit, or crossing the limit??
6. Are children who act in rated 'A' movies allowed to see them?
7. Aren't the 'good things that come to those who wait' just the leftovers from the people that got there first?
8. If the swat team breaks down your door do they have to replace it later?
9. "Cute as a button" Is that supposed to be a compliment? Since when are buttons cute?
10. Can you breathe out of your nose and mouth at the same time?
11. Are marbles made of marble? (- WTF??)

12. If you pay for a vacation and your plane crashes on the way there, do you get you money back? (Given, you lived)
13. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink what comes out"?

14. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken over there ... I'm gonna eat the first thing that comes out if its butt"?
15. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? (okay.. this WAS funny! )
16. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?
17. Can you get cornered in a round room?
18. Why do we wash behind our ears? Who really looks there? ( :P )
19. Why don't the hairs on your arms get split ends?
20. If an atheist has to go to court, do they make him swear on the Bible? (Thing to think..)
21. How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
22. Why is it that if something says, "do not eat" on the packaging it becomes extra tempting to eat?
23. Why are people so scared of mice, yet we all love Mickey Mouse?
24. Why are the commercials for cable companies on cable but not on regular television? Don't they want the people without cable to buy the cable? (..LMAO )

25. "Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in mother in law, they come out to Woman Hitler?"
26. Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’?
27. Can mute people burp? (:/ )
28. Why is chopsticks one of the easiest songs to play on the piano, but the hardest thing to eat with?
29. If a fork were made of gold would it still be considered silverware?
30. Why isn't chocolate considered a vegetable, if chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and all beans are a vegetable?
31. Do they have girl’s bathrooms in gay bars? (Thing to think.. )
32. Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown?
33. Why can't you get a tan on your palms?
34. Why do dogs sniff other dog’s bottoms to say hello, why don’t they just bark in their face or something? (..random)
35. If something "goes without saying," why do people still say it?
36. You know the expression, "Don't quit your day job?" Well what do you say to people that work nights?
37. Why is a square meal served on round plates?
38. Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?
39. If mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?
40. Why do you DELETE something on the computer, but ERASE something on paper?
41. If a missing person sees their picture on a milk carton that offers a reward, would they get the money?
42. If the president were gay, would his husband be the first man?(... geesh..)
43. Do movie producers still say lights, camera, and action when it is a dark scene?
44. Did Noah have woodpeckers on the ark? If he did, where did he keep them?
45. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?
46. If the day before a holiday is called Christmas Eve, is the day after Christmas Adam?

47. If you were under house arrest and you lived in a mobile home, wouldn’t you be able to go anywhere you want?
48. Do the security guards at airports have to go through airport security when they get to work?
49. Why do we teach kids that violence is not the answer and then have them read about wars in school that solved America's problems?
50. If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still called a dog pile?
51. How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
52. When a boy is named after his dad, he is called 'Junior,' but what do you call a girl that is named after her mother?
53. Does Hawaiian Punch come from Hawaii?
54. Can you cry under water?
55. If all of the Acme stuff doesn't work, why does Wile Coyote keep buying their products? (aah.. peenp peenp.. Road Runner.. :P )
56. 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged! Why is that ?
57. Why is it when we laugh in school the teachers say do you find something funny? When obviously we do?
58. Why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going too ?
59. Why do people call it an ATM machine, but they know it's really saying Automated Teller Machine Machine?
60. Why do people say PIN number when that truly means Personal Identification Number Number?

P.S. I will always love you...

A foreword: This story happens to be real.. a story of a friend of mine. And since I was asked to maintain anonymity.. I'm forced to edit some parts along with the names... :)

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She looked away from her laptop.. in anticipation of something she had desired for all these days, so badly..

A call from him..

She could feel the butterflies in her stomach as the seconds of anticipation passed by.. It would be after such a long time.. she thought to herself.. Leaning against the wall at the end of her bed, she took the cell in her hands and clutched it tightly.. It was, after all, Rahul..

A few more seconds passed by and the cell started vibrating in her hands.. She looked at the screen to see Rahul's picture as the cell notified who was calling. She gulped.. and with trembling hands.. picked up the phone..

She could feel her hands sweating the moment she pressed her cell against her ear.. "Hey".. She managed to keep herself composed..

"Tamanna?" his voice cried out. She could feel her insides swell.. She had longed to hear his voice cry out her name for so many days.. so many months.. and now it was him.. only him and her.. and everything else seemed to just evaporate..

"Rahul.." She muttered.. tears rolling down her cheeks as she thought of all the memories of them.. being with each other.. being together.. and all those days that they spent.. days which seemed to have never come back.. but now, he had called.. she never doubted the strength of her love.. and strong indeed, their love had been..

"I miss you.." Rahul could feel for her.. his insides.. forcing him to forget everything. He had always known he could love no one more..

"I know... I miss you too Rahul.." she let out her breath..

"Listen na.."

"Say na.."

"I saw that video.. yeah.. I miss Sentosa.." he said..

"Oh.. I told u.." clearing her mind, she asked him "How are you?"

"I'm fine.. and, what else?" He asked.. trying to have the conversation move on..

"Uh-huh.. like always.. you talk.. and I'll listen".. It was getting more normal now.. she was getting back to being her-self..

"Oh..okay.. what plans for the holidays?"

"I might go visit Sentosa again.. will miss you.."

"How did your exams go?" he asked trying to change the subject..

"Pretty well.. and yours?"

"Off the top.. ! Life has become so much difficult after the boards.. Never imagined myself so occupied before.."

"yeah.. to be honest, I love being occupied actually.. otherwise.. you know.. I keep thinking about us.."

"Hmm... I never thought I could call you again.. after all that happened.."

"Same here.. but, I'm so glad to hear you again.. It feels.. feels.. nice.."

"I so wish.. it stays this way.. I dont want to lose you.."

"I know.. neither do I.."

He felt himself losing his composure.. "Umm.. Tamanna.. I can't live without staying in touch with you.. It is just impossible.. you are my life.." he let out.. what he had in himself..

"I know.. It will be very difficult.."

"If we go out of touch totally, you would probably hesitate to talk to me in some months.. and then, you would visit my profile once a month and type those three words and then delete them.. " he sounded too rational to be ignored..

"I don't want that to happen.. I can't do that.. I can't live without you.." she cried out meaning every word..

"I want to be there for you.. with you.. always.." he felt for her.. more than he had ever had..

"I will be there for you too.. " she replied.. she fell in love with him all over again..

"Okay, I have to hang up.. I don't have much time.."

"Yeah.. all right.. bye and take care.." she wanted to talk more.. but she had learnt to cope with circumstances..

"You too... P.S. I love you.." he said.. and hung up..

The last words resonated in her mind.. she had never doubted it.. she knew he loved her too.. She kept her cell pressed to her ears... even though she knew he had hung up..

She closed her eyes.. and thought about him.. his face.. his voice.. still echoing in her mind.. and then collecting herself, she let go "P.S. I will always love you.." ...

The Mysterious Girl... Part III

"I need to go.. I guess we can find a time to talk later.." her words kept resonating in my mind for the entire duration that I had been away from school.

The next day was going to be special. I kept thinking for the entire duration of 20 hours 56 minutes and 45 seconds before I met her again the next day.. I had literally counted every second that passed by and had day and night dreamt of her throughout the time.

It was about 8:25 in the morning the next day when my school bus entered the premises. To everyone's surprise, I had been the first one to jump out of the bus and run towards the building that housed our classes. I passed the reception block and kept walking briskly. Its today or never Abhisek... I could hear my heartbeat.. The images of her smiling at me the previous day kept my mind astray.. I kept walking..

Just then, I caught something by the corner of my eye...

She stood there on the field looking at me. Her face had contracted a big smile.

I felt hysteric. I never thought about this..! In an attempt to look normal, I smiled back. Looking either sides to check whether we had gathered any attention, I moved in her direction. Luckily, no one was around.

"Hi" she was quick to start the conversation.

"Hey" I was spontaneous. I tried hard to NOT repeat the incidents of the day before, but my eyes wont listen. They started on their voyage of carefully glancing through all her facial features till they met their counterpart..

She looked ever so beautiful.. her face outlined by the drowsy sun in the background.. for a moment, I thought she resembled the perfect Greek goddess..

Look straight into her eyes.. My mind instructed me..

The silence seemed eternal. None of us spoke but we could hear each other reach out. She took the opportunity to break the seemingly everlasting silence..

"Why were you running?" she teased. I could see her trying to hide a smile.

"Umm.. Nothing really, just had an appointment.. " Okay, the opening had been smart. She sensed the sarcasm.

She quickly pulled back a strand of hair that had fallen on her face and tucked it behind her left ear.

"Dont do that.. it looks good otherwise.." There went the impulsive me! Shit.. I blew it up already!?

"What?" She shot back. Her tone was dreading. I looked at her cowardly till she burst out laughing. Her giggles seemed to have absorbed the entire atmosphere.. I couldn't help but manage a weak smile myself.. It was serene.. absolutely.

She kept her look at me intact.. as she started taking small steps to the back towards the building.. My smile broadened as she kept moving further behind with crossed arms which were clinched in a loose fist.. one step at a time.. in the sweetest manner that could possibly have existed..

"I'll meet you at the break" she shot back as she looked at me, still smiling. A moment later she turned back and hurled into the building.

As the episode started sinking in me.. I stood there, all by myself.. tracing the path she had just taken with my eyes..

I was struck by a bolt..

The bolt.. of love.. :)