TAGGED ???

Rajesh, Thiru and I were playing Pool. Suddenly I was the only one winning every rack. Surprised? It was not as surprising as the fact that we were playing pool in a house and the house floor was the pool table and we were playing in it. Only then I realised it was all a weird dream, not as weird as the fact that I was the only one winning every game. Yet, we did use standard snooker cues and colored balls. Nothing frenzy there. Anyways, I woke up, opened my laptop for some emails and I found this email - "Tagged You". After reading Archana's blog I realised what it was and I also realised that this was a test to my funny bone :-)
And, Many thanks to Archana for tagging me. And allrite if you folks cant laugh, I will pay ya all 10 bucks to laugh on this one.


1. Last movie you saw in a theater?
Couples rubbing each other in the seats in front of me, in a movie I cant remember. They did quite a show for the the people behind them esp. after knowing that people are watching. Yuck. I genuinely prefer home video to rub-rub.

2. What book are you reading?
The illustrated version of "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. Yes, I prefer "kids, Look at the picture and tell the story" type books. Also the "Monk who sold his Ferrari" with the audio cd version. Yes, I also prefer "Story narrating for the kids" type books.

3. Favorite board game?
Snooker I guess, cos thats also on a board. Used to be good at chess when I had no idea what I was playing.

4. Favorite magazine?
Kumudan, Kungumam - favourite ones to read whilst sitting on the toilet seat exporting previous day's inputs.

5. Favorite smells?
Gotto be honest with this one. Smell of the perfume of a girl who sat next to me on the train from Malaysia to Singapore. Somehow everyone malay/korean/chinese type girl/women use that perfume.

6. Favorite sounds?
would have been lot easier to ponder and answer, if the question had been favourite music. Guess it has to be sound of an F1 car's engine.

7. Worst feeling in the world?
Losing loved ones and friends...

8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
Nothing much goes through my mind other than nature's call

9. Favorite fast food place?
Definitely Hill Greens, Anna Nagar, Chennai. Been going there for 5 years. yes one of the places responsible for the growth of my tummy.

10. Future child’s name?
I thought Robin as in Robin Uthappa and Robin Singh (and not as Batman n Robin, cos that Robin might be Gay). But then, have got too much affinity towards my mother tongue Tamil, so will probably end up with names in Tamil.

11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….?”
Get a super speaker and use the rest for people without food and shelter.

13. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Nope. The place next me on my bed is reserved only for my girl friend.

14. Storms - cool or scary?
How can a storm either outside or the one that comes in ur stomach after you have had too much of anything to drink, be cool?

16. Favorite drink?
7up with a squeeze of Lime, which one of my friend always hates cos it reminds him of vodka.

17. Finish this statement, “If I had the time I would….”?
Learn Tamil and English properly without using Tanglish. I could have also invented the alternative fuel, 1 drop of which would allow a vehicle travel for several days, but, sadly I dont have the time for it.

18. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
I have never had broccoli.

19. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
hmmm ... perhaps pink ... well i have always had my share of bad luck, what the heck, why not try some pink colored hair.

20. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?
In chronological order - Chennai, Dharmapuri, Salem, Chennai, Trivandrum, Chennai

21. Favorite sports to watch?
F1 Race, Cos thats the only sport that doesnt remind me how bad i used to be in other sports during my school and college days

22. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?
There are lots of nice things about Archana. Some nice things to say would be that shes a grown-up, a philanthropist and a brilliant software engineer.

23. What’s under your bed?
Ha ha ... Whats under my bed ? Even if I had to hide something/someone, thats perhaps the worst place to hide.

24. Would you like to be born as yourself again?
Nopes. But if I can resurrect someone from the dead, that would be great.

25. Morning person, or night owl?
Night owl. Never a morning lark. I have my second-dinner at 12 AM and breakfast at 2 AM. After I wake up, straight lunch at noon.

26. Over easy, or sunny side up?
I prefer chicken rather than eggs.

27. Favorite place to relax?
A warm shower in winter or cold shower in summer in my bathroom

28. Favorite pie?
The only pie I have ever had was apple and nothing comes even a bit close to Kentucky Fried Chicken

29. Favorite ice cream flavor?
Dont really know, cos whenever I enter an ice cream parlor, the smell of ice creams make me sneeze and I get sick for a week. So I detest ice creams, and I perfer chicken.

30. Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
Let me make up the tagged questions first, then I will invite everyone to participate.


Hope you all had fun,
Thilak

One afternoon at my office ...

It was a lovely evening … My friends and I went to the corner tea stall behind my office and asked for some “SP”s (Special tea). Its just tea with ginger and cardamom flavor but it tastes great. It was usual gossip.

“Machi, did u notice that new girl on third floor south wing?”

“No man, how is she?”

“I don’t know, I haven’t spoken to her yet. I will try to socialize with her sometime and let you know how she is. ”

“Dei mokkai (Tamil word for person who makes up blunt or blade Jokes. (I think)), I meant, how does she look?”

“I KNOW, I am kidding.”

And then some shameless slandering at each other.

“I tried to bag a contract with a client. I suggested A’s Name, the client was happy. I suggested B’s Name; the client was even more happy. But then I suggested our Arun Thilak’s Name; the client said, I will get back to you on that and then he never called me again.”

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Then we drag our way back into our office lifts. Then your comrade calls you to his cubicle to savor more mokkai jokes and slandering conversations. But you politely refuse him by saying “You know, I have more professional work ethics than you. Now, if you will excuse me, am going to go up to my cabin and browse the internet. C ya”

Its late in the evening. I check with my boss and I find my comrades, still there, cracking jokes at every mundane happenings possible. (Too hard to describe and they are funny only when you are there). I just synchronize my way into the conversation by laughing for everything they laugh, even though I am not exactly sure what they are talking about.

“Ha ha ha ha ha, huuuh hhuuuhhh, hmmm.... Hey man whassup?

Hi ALPHA, Hi BETA”

Then my boss cracks a joke. I respond.

“Huuhaahhaaahhhhhhaaahhhahahha hooooooo (inhale) ha ha ha ha hmmmm (inhale)”

then wipe the tears out of my eyes. Then I whisper to my comrade “whattt?”

Another joke from my boss. However, out of the corner of my eye I notice the beautiful girl that I have a tiny crush on walking past me in the aisle. Now I respond again.

”Wuhaaaaaaa (Silence)”.

Thats when i keep my arm on my tummy and bend a little bit and I have opened my mouth to laugh, but no sound comes off it. Pause. Check that girl again at the corner of my eye. She is looking this way. Quick.

“Buhaahhaaahhhhhhaaahhhahahha hooooooo (deep inhale) ha ha ha ha hmmmm (deep inhale) hahuh hahuh hahuh (deep inhale) huh huh ha ha” .

And then you notice she’s just smiling at this entire joker pack and I just wish she would join this conversation (Jealousy). Since that’s never going to happen, I just watch her disappear while she walks back to her cabin.

Oh no. I must be listening to these lovely people’s jokes cum conversation. Now I have to make it seems like I have not been looking at that girl. Out came the cell phone. I check the phone for any messages / missed calls. Of course there is nothing there because friends are busy with their routine lives. Just a few more pushes into the cell phone buttons. Now slowly drift back to the conversation unnoticed and just look back at your boss for any new jokes.

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... Oh!!! Wow !!! I didn’t know that”.

After a few more jokes, and laughing hard and even harder and then softer. Whether I get the joke or not, it never hurts to be good listener. Then my mouth is all tired and dry from the laughing and decide to call it a night.

“C ya tomoro dude, Good evening!”

“Good evening Alpha, good evening Beta”

(Note for my Boss - Hi Boss, if you are reading this blog, some of the things mentioned here may not be true. Of course, I do get your jokes... Really...)