Ol' Memories: The Milk story

I was just telling a friend of mine how much I hate drinking milk. When I say that, I mean milk in its original form. I like it as coffee and in Shakes but if you ask me to drink it by just adding sugar (or with some Bournvita kinda stuff) in it, I promise I will make all the faces before eventually drinking it. Yes, I will drink it and I wont throw it away. I still remember I did that once and the results were not very good.

I was in third or fourth grade and was standing in the balcony of our house then. Mom came and handed me a glass of milk. I told her I don’t want it but meri to koi sunta hi nahi hai na (No one ever listens to me). The glass was forcefully handed over to me. So, as soon as she turned around and walked away, I spilled contents of the glass on the road. Immediately after that, me smart me, rushed to the kitchen to keep the glass back.

Mom was there and she got suspicious.

a.) I was not that fast when it came to drinking milk.

b.) There was no (b).

Reason (a) was good enough for her to suspect me. I tried to avoid any eye contact but she called me and asked me what I did with the milk.



Did you drink it? She asked.



Me, Harishchandra, came up with a small yes.



She asked me again, Are you sure you had it?



Now she had me. I just shook my head.



So, where is the milk? She was turning impatient by the second and I could see the temperature rising.



I threw it on the road, was all I could come up with.



YOU WHAT ??



CHAPAAT!!!!!!!!



I still remember that slap. That was the last time I spilled milk. Though, I still hate it when I have to drink it but I manage to after making all those faces. 

I was just smiling away to myself when I thought about this and surprised as hell that I still remember it. I guess some memories are there in one's mind. Forever!

T-Tag

Bilbo tagged me a long time ago and me, lazy me was postponing it to eternity. Today, at last, I gathered all my energy to complete this and here it goes.

Time for some day dreaming.

1. Most desirable celebrity:


Jennifer Aniston or Rachel Green??


2. Want to do this one day:



Well... Tolya its gonna be a day dreaming post


3. Want to visit this place:




I think this is the best way to fit my list on this page. Boy! Am I greedy?



4. Random favourite :




Totally cracked me up.


Where did I pick this tag up:

All I can say is, Me n my BIG mouth.


 


Whom am I gonna tag??
Hmm... Lets see... Perspective Inc, would like to know her perspective on this. :P

Japan (mis)adventure series: Dude! Where's my Key?

#5449
Error

It was the fifth time it gave me an error when I tried to enter the code that I have been using to enter the main entrance of my apartment building.

They changed the code! But how could they change the code just like that?

I could not figure out what to do. It was 8 PM on a Friday evening. I browsed through my address book to find the number that was given to me to be used in case of emergency.

Well! This was an emergency. Wasn’t it?

The only thing that I had to do was, call a colleague who could speak Japanese, give him the number and request him to talk to this person and ask for the new code.

After 5 minutes, my colleague called back to give me the bad news. It seemed the number was the office number of the agency and they closed at 7PM

“So, what are you going to do?” he asked.

I didn’t know what to do. I told him that I will wait for someone to come out or go inside and enter when the door opens. But after waiting for 45 minutes, It seemed either everyone was already in or they were not planning to go out and since it was a Friday night, chances of anyone going in at then were thin.

I looked around and found the 24 hr emergency number of the agency. I thought for a second to give this number to my colleague again but something inside me resisted and next I found myself talking to a lady on the other end.

After explaining the situation 5 times, she understood what I was trying to say. Lucky me! She knew a little English and I was able to convey my situation. It was hot and I had just bought a huge pack of Ice cream.(To be frank that, was one of my major concerns.)

She promised to call back in 5 minutes and I agreed to wait (as if I had a choice).
Ten minutes later, I was beginning to get impatient. I thought of jumping over the grill surrounding the mansion, and getting inside but there was a lot of risk involved in that.

What if someone called the cops?
Explaining the complete situation to them in Japanese will again be a huge task.

15 minutes later, I was on the grill. Just as I had imagined, half way up, my phone rang. She was late but she had kept her promise. (Have you ever taken a call hanging on a grill? Trust me, it’s not funny.)

“So your company has not given you the apartment key?” She asked.

This time I lost it but still trying really hard to sound polite and patient, I replied, “No! YOUR COMPANY has not provided the key to the main entrance. I have my apartment key but this key does not fit in the keyholes on the door of the main entrance (there are 2 keyholes on that door) and I have been using a 4 digit code to open the door which was changed today.

But your room key should be able to open the main entrance door.

I was really worried that I might blast her any moment now. Still I was going to keep my cool for as long as I could.

“No, I have tried that and it does NOT work”. Saying this, I went back to the door again trying to insert the key in the keyholes on the main entrance door. But the key did not go in.

At last, I gave up. Without saying anything I hung up and turned around to go out and climb over the grill. As I moved, I saw a keyhole under the keypad where I used to use the code. I inserted the key, knowing that it is not going to happen, and, suddenly, I heard a click.

Fk me!

The door opened.

Some Random Pics:2 (Kids Special)

At Kamakura, we (me and Bilbo) worked on theme ‘Old age and kids’ and we were surprised with the collection that we had at the end of the day. I am putting up some of the pics that Apy clicked. Amongst these, my favorite is ‘The Princess’. One look and you will be ready to do anything for her. ‘The Princess’ pictures were taken by Bilbo and I envy her for that. However, I am also thankful to her for letting me use them. :P


The Princess











The Brat











The Kid with Granpa





The Goofy One















The Cute One






The Piglet


 

Some Random Pics:1

I went to Kamakura some time back and took these pics there. The camera used was an SLR and for the first time I realized how it feels to have the power of a Machine Gun in your hand.

In one word, “Sexy...”

It was P' s camera and she was generous enough to let me use it for a while. The best part about it was the sound that it made when a picture was clicked and of course not to forget the zoom it had. 
We clicked around 500 pictures that day. I am uploading some of my favorites.

I am not that good at Photography so don’t look at those minute mistakes...

Just enjoy the pictures...