I think that it should be kept to chance and coincidence to unravel the idiosyncrasies of people around us.Where is the fun if you dont stumble onto it innocently and then cannot stop yourself from pursing your lips or having trouble closing your wide open mouth or trying to control your laugh. And what about that sly smile at the corner of the lips everytime you remember it.
Enough said, here is my contribution to the ever growing list.
1. Whenever I have a rash or throat-ache , I always believe that I will be stuck with it for the rest of my life and no amount of medicine can save me. Its not the same with flu or cough or cold, them I don't fear. But if I have a rash or swelling I make life hell for myself by believeing that I am doomed and also of the people around me by asking them again and again ,"You believe it will go away?Are you sure about it? Have you ever seen anybody get cured"? Don't laugh, you have no idea how I suffer during those days.
2. I start running a temperature if somebody shouts at me without any apparent reason. Not always though. Generally I do all the normal stuff like crying and shouting and sulking. And then, there are these instances where I believe that I am being wronged , at these situations I go very quiet not believing that this is happening with me and my despair ,agitation and everything manifests itself in a fever.
3. I have a thing for shoes. I never seem to have enough.I always want another one.I lust for a pair for months and then when I finally get one I am undoubtedly very happy but somewhere in my heart I feel a pull that I won't be able to buy another one for the next few months.But within the next few weeks I convince myself that I need another pair. No, I dont have a lot many pairs of shoes. And I dont think I actually like buying many pairs , its just that I like craving for them.
4.I love Maggi hot and sweet tomato chilly sauce. Take note of the name. Its this single brand I want...chahiye hi chahiye. I have it with everything possible and most of the things people would consider impossible.But I like it.Its just that people cannot appreciate it so I have to sneak into the kitchen to put a dollop on my khichdi.Yeah right, go ahead and crinkle your nose I don't care and you don't know what you are missing.
5.I laugh hysterically when I am nervous and I am sure I look like a total idiot. Of course its very annoying for people who don't know this but well I dont control my nervousness or my laughter under these circumstances.There haven't been a lot many situations like these.But, I strongly believe that the crown of all the instances would go to the time when I told my dad about 'him' (my husband).I was very scared.It took me a lot of courage to go and stand before him and all I could tell him was that I had something to say and then I started giggling madly and ran out of the room, this happenned 4 or 5 times before I could utter a single word and
then it was back to the giggling and running out.I was so scared and I giggled harder with the added nervousness everytime I realized that my laugh must be going against me.It was like a fight against myself, and a losing one at that cause I was sure if the topic didn't get me in trouble(as if) the laugh would.
6.My refuge for the afternoon at my parent's place is this couch near their bed which can hardly accomodate me lying down.I don't know when I first discovered it but I have had all my best siestas there curled up in uncomfortable positions. Sometimes also sharing it with Genie and a warm blanket in wintry afternoons. If anybody wants to sit I try to make a little space for them too but no soft pillows can compare with the arm-rest and no comfy bed can compare with that couch. It is the ultimate thing for those naps. I believe the proximty with my parent's bed and the feeling of security with them just a few feet away has something to do with my finding bliss in that little corner.
All said and done I invite everybody who is interested to give us a sneak peek into their eccentricities.
4 comments:
Couldn't control my laughter reading them....
The maggi sauce is really irritating... and so is the laughter thing for them who don't know you. But for me it was always the first hint that "you were losing it".... hee hee!
I already know about you favorite couch ( thanks to Shakhi, I am always updated). And there's one similar passion that we share ... shoes. I am darn cray about shoes ... from formal boots to sleek and sexy ones, my taste has a huge range.
Hope I wil earn enough money to have hoards of them one day.
I too share that Maggi Hot & Sweet craze. I too have it with everything and anything. Ur post is really a nice one. Laughed a lot. Esp. visualiszing that laughing scene.
I love how you write. HOwever it is time to enter something new.
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