Miscellaneous Notes

I visited the SONY showroom today that was home to the new 3D LED! I abandoned my pursuit of the recorder (reason of my visit to the store) and focused all my attention on the shining new "slick" machine. The sales guy with his typical "Bombaiyaa" dukandari gave me a complete run down of that sexy thing...I mean sexy...Just check out SONY's web page for detailed features and you will see that damn thing photographed from different angles as it poses like a super model!
Moving on... I was given those super cool 3D glasses (which remind me of my own pair of sunglasses) and voila! A third dimension emerged as I watched a polar bear skinny dip in a pool of ice water, playing around. I could see the surface of the water as it bobbled up and down with the bear's belly which had a cuddly round shape! I swear I thought it was pregnant! This entire 3D image made me feel like I was in an aquarium and the TV screen was actually the glass wall! My entire face was lit up in glee when the showing came to an end! So my new aim in life is to earn that ** INR in surplus and own that thing!

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On a slightly related note, I have rejoined the gym after my sojourn. Consequently, my walk has been replaced by our very own "Munnabhai's" swagger complete with the position of the hands as I balanced my embarrassing weight on seriously exhausted quadriceps!


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PS - Tequila rocks :)

TerribleTwos? OR Terrific Twos?

I spent 4 hours with about 15 two year olds yesterday. They were all bright eyed and excited. Most of them were accustomed to their 120 minute class that included a lunch/snack break. Among these veteran two year olds was a 3 foot tall new member, who was not at all happy nor comfortable in those foreign surroundings. He bawled and howled till we were sure he was dehydrated. Finally he yielded and had a sip of water. His traumatic experience amused his peers who looked at him with not apprehension but mild amusement. They did not desert him or even shrink away from him. A couple of them even tried their best to console him by patting his cheek and tummy! I guess we all could learn a lesson in compassion from these two year olds!
And ofcourse there were excellent examples of ‘boys will be boys’ as they pushed and shoved each other and even ‘boy handled’ a classmate in the process!  All sorrows were forgotten as the teacher asked them to apologize to each other! Then ensued the lunch break wherein they nibbled at their boxes and snatching each others biscuits in the process. As the 120 minutes were up they hurried to their bags and shoes and slipped them on with equal fervor craning their necks to find their parents!
What wouldn’t we all give to be two again... where the biggest concerns of our life was if the teacher was handing out our own bags... guess we learn being possessive earlier on than we imagine!