And then there was this.

So,when are we getting married?

Well when do you want to get married?

Some December, some nice cold December.


"cold" is the only thing she got wrong.

That sinking realization..

Conversation with Constable

"So, Y2K? How well do you remember it?"

Y2K? The millennium? Pretty well I guess..

"You probably remember clearly, right? Like, I can remember it like it was yesterday"

Sure..I remember what I did and all that.

"Exactly. See, the thing is - that was ten years ago"

Pause. Turns to the much-younger 25-year old guy called Cricket. Hey Cricket, you remember what you did on Y2K?

Cricket: "Nope, I was 15."

Curses, am old.

Not a fan of

- Superficial patriotism. The Bton city council is passing a resolution condemning Bhopal gas tragedy (no idea why though). The Indian students here all are raved up on this with a misplaced sense of patriotism, which is apparent when they ask me - "What? You're not going for this event? How can you not go?". Fuck 'em, these kids weren't even born when the dashed thing happened.
- Picking on people from the interiors of India for their bad English. Usually done by city prissies who link to marriage ads from Facebook or their blogs. What the fuck? Leave the guy alone. First, he's done nothing to you. Second, let's see you try and learn an international language from scratch and not try and fuck it up.

On the flip side, I think I discovered a likable new sport - rowing. Now, if only I can learn to swim.

11/26

We have not forgotten. We are still on the battlefield.

Watching from the sidelines

Tryin' hard to focus on the good
I'm tired of divin' for the pearls
And every dawn is another morning less'

Poker face

She wants to pack a suitcase together with towels and socks. And then she asks me if that's weird.

I am hoping it's just those she wants to pack :).

I'll see your weird and raise you one.

Gathering threads

The landlady told me that her friend's D's 4 year old daughter is being treated for leukemia. She was this really cute and thin girl with teeth missing, and the image of chemo being done on her was just too harsh. The prognosis is good, the landlady said, there's 99% chance of full recovery.

Hmm..How's D doing?

She has a stable marriage, so it's good.

I paused for a second, wondering if it was expected that couples break up over cancer. And then she continued.

What I meant is that they've got each other, their marriage has a really strong base to take them through.

Ah that makes more sense. Or so I thought - until I read this pointed from here.