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“marley & me” and ME

when I asked my best friend to bring me a good book to read as I was feeling a bit low lately, I was not very serious. But she promised me she would get me a “make u feel good” book. True to her word she did. So the following week when we met she handed over to me this book “marley & me”. I looked at it with not so much of interest. A book about a dog? Oh! well ok… she had a dog of her own, so she would like it but me? I have an aversion to animals.. no I don’t hate them, but I don’t like them either.. except for baby animals.. I like them but from a distance.. be it baby dogs, baby elephants, baby cows or even baby cockroaches( yes I have never killed a baby cockroach with the broom.. I leave them to scamper away).. My closest encounter with a puppy was when I was 6. I walked in to a neighbour’s house and had encountered their new “just got from store” puppy lunging at me with the delight of a long lost friend! I had let out a scream so loud and had run so fast , that my “embarras...

why?

Saw an eccentric neighbour who has 2 kids of his own, the second one being less than a month old, shout at his maid's 1 yr old daughter so very badly... the baby was choking in its tears... rest of the neighbours were also watching but nobody intervened... why would they? she was a maid's daughter... i dint too.. not coz she was a maid's daughter, maybe coz i dint have enough guts....one day i will... and yes, i hope that man rots in hell.

Holy dung!

This incident happened on my way back from the bus stop the other day.its usually around 15 Min's walk from the stop to my home.each day there are interesting incidents to be witnessed or interesting people to observe.. the other day i saw a bunch of kids playing on the road.a small kid aged around 4 had a worried look on her face.. i looked down at where she was staring. her leg was in the cattle dung in the middle of the road.. poor little thing i thought.. she looked at her elder sister all of 7 for help.. the elder one in order to cheer her up said, "its ok, adhu devaru!"(in Kannada - ITS GOD) i suppressed a smile, and walked on.. the road is a steep one so takes time, that's how i got to witness this whole thing mind you, not coz iam a slow lethargic walker!.. i had passed these girls, when i heard the worried tone of the younger one-" then its wrong to touch god by foot na akka? (elder sister)"! alarmed i turned back, half expecting the kid to touch t...

patience is not my virtue.

realized that one more time ,when i started out creating this blog... select a blog name, address, wait to check its availability, select your name.. baaah ! felt like filling out an exam form.. blog's i thought were supposed to be fun. you do what u want... well initial hitches forgotten, time to be positive and hoping to have a good time here :) PS - i know for starters only 4 people will read this blog because i will force them to.... but will try my best to make it interesting ...