white flag

passed this strange white garment hanging from the neighbouring roof.
careless people! don't they know when one of their clothes are missing from the clothes-line?
perhaps they have so many clothes that it really doesn't matter if one disappears. what waste, i say! in a country where poor kids roam around naked and unfed, these types take their belongings for granted.

passed it by again.
it was my white shirt.
wonder when i washed it.
at least a month ago.

jump out of your skin

what lovely roads we have in our city bangalore; and what lovely vehicles to traverse them by!

ever sat in an auto while it turns from residency road into brigade road extension? HA! try it. you'll be jolted out of your rivolta jocks/low-waist jeans/demi bra/plain ol' skin.

i just returned with only my skeleton and my kidneys hanging on by a thread. (is that the ureter?)

no comments please, i have a key

i couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. i have to post comment on my own blog in order to reply to friends who've left comments? i have to type stuff out into that little box that the aam janta uses to express their appreciation of every word that trips from my nimble fingers?!

but seriously, i do feel that i should be given special treatment. it should be like having a key to the executive washroom. i shold be able to go straight up there and, well you know what.....

sigh. i'll just stand in line to reply to all ur comments. who can fight these large corporations anyway.

lifesty-mull, cloppers

12:45pm
eina: this is eina ahluwalia. can we have a table for three at 2:30?
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2:25 pm
runa: this is eina. i'd booked a table for three. we'll be there in 15 minutes. Please hold the table. And can you give me directions to the place?
hostess: yes ma'am. where you coming from? ok. u know lifesty-mull cloppers?
runa: excuse me? (silently: WHATTT??)
hostess: LIFESTY-MULL, CLOPPERS. go stlay, take the fus lie thn the fus ref.
runa: ok (silently: WHATTT??)
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2:30 pm
runa (on the phone with friend #1): hey do u know where Olive Beach is?
friend #1: what place????
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2:35 pm
runa (on the phone with friend #1): do u know where Olive beach is?
friend #1: of course. get to the Lifestyle mall and Globus.....
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2:45 pm
runa/eina: WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE!!!
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3:oo pm
1 lycheetini (vodka, lychee juice in a martini glass)
1 chocotini (vodka, coffee, chocolate in a martini glass)
3 kinds of hummus
salads
sushi (later realized it was faux - was actually veg, but was very good)
grilled fish, prawns, lamb
seafood in mussel shells
asparagus puffs
2 glasses of white wine
beef lasagna
grilled veggies
greek minced lamb
pasta
oysters + vodka n orange shot to chase it down
salad
1 glass of white wine
1 chocotini
liqueur glasses of flavoured whipped cream
chocolate pastry
butterscotch pastry
fruit
doughnuts
other stuff
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5:00 pm
runa: ohhhh i can't move
5:02 pm: can we just collapse here?
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The Great Comeback

I'd toyed with the idea of blogging sometime in the middle of last year, and even posted a couple of snippets, but like most things in my life (piano lessons and morning walks), I gave up after a few weeks. I just found that I last posted something on my erstwhile blog in august 2005. So haven't I done anything worth writing about since then? Well guess what - I have! And I'm going to write about it too. Keep your eye on this space.