3 to tAnGo (for a MaNgO !!)

I have enjoyed most of my summer vacations in Mumbai (almost all till I was in school). As you might be knowing summer is the season for Mangoezz.... earlier we used to stay at Vile-Parle(W) behind Bajaj Road... there used to be a Mango Tree (Aambo in gujju) near the house... It was so close that we could take down the mangoes by hitting with a stick from our balcony... enjoied a great deal eating them... It used to be Me, and two cousins of mine... three of us... (Lord of the Mangoes - Fellowship of mangoes ;=)

After few years, we moved to borivali... there was also a mango tree there... but wasnt that easily approachable... Still we tried with a bigger stick and all... and managed to succeed upto some extent... Once we (fellowship) were having a stroll around the house... We saw a mango tree that had big mangoes hanging through it... They were low enough, so that we can jump and grab them... The tallest among us, tried the stunt and succeeded... yeah... then we heard "Oye.... Rukk..." We saw that a man was shouting at us and was coming towards us... We got a bit tensed... We opted to run to home... dude also ran after us, shouting and screaming... and got us, when we were almost home... He told us... "The mango you ppl have took is from my tree.. you trespassed my territory, I wont let you go like that"... We were too small then to deal with him, so took him home along with us... where few elders came in handy... they talked with dude and finalized the deal... 100 bucks for one damn mango... and the mango was all ours... it has to be this mango which we should have enjoied the most till date ;-)

Silent Scream

9th March 2005... I was a bit less energetic than usual... had a fast previous day (Mahashivratri).. so just had juices and milk... Got ready, went to a food joint and had a juice... time to board the company bus... Got a middle seat :-( As therz not much option left for ppl staying in BTM... the bus is almost 2/3 full... as it was the front most seat, it wasnt that bad... much leg-room and all.. my disc-man batteries were down... so only option was dozing off or read smthin... i chose to read... Hardly after 5 mins after that, I heard a half scream... looked around... the girl sitting on my left appeard bit taken aback... y the hell did she screamed... silently !! (obviously it wasnt a mute scream but silent relatively) ... I looked in front thru the windshield of the bus... a bike had collided with other and drivers were down... it wasnt that serious an accident... you know how serious can it be ;-) I mean the drivers were able to get up and walk... I thank the girl for that silent scream... Had it been a little louder i would have gone down too.. (fast side-effect !!)

Suspension for Passion

"Jab mein chhota bacha tha...
badi shararat karta tha...
meri chori pakdi jaati........... "

- famous ad

Cricket WorldCup '96 - 1st match: NZ v/s Eng at Ahmedabad. Me and some guys from school (9th std.) had planned out to watch it live (my first time)... Got tickets 250/- each. Gracefully went to the principal with a leave application with genuine reason. Princi poured water on our hopes... :-( He said that education is important than entertainment. Had it been India's match, then he would have given a second thought to it. We argued and told him that tickets have been bought. But Education again won, this time over Money.

Came out and thought about it, Do we really think so... do we care !! Naaaah... the match was ok, but experience was awesome !! But what to do the next day ?? Dad comes in handy in such situations. Doc's certificate that "Keyur Gor was not fit to attend school for two days".. So other day was a deliberate rest day... But others had gone to the school and had been caught by the Princi and were kept out of the class whole day... they were kind enough to let Princi know that I had been there for the match too... Ball was in my court... what to do... again, do i care. !! Naaah... went to Princi next (3rd) day indicating that i had went to see the match 1st day and was not well to come 2nd day... he was so understanding, that without any fuss... he handed me the suspension letter and said : 'You are suspeded for two days. Come with your father the third day'. Gr8... can watch 2 more matches !! (not live of course)... went to school on 3rd day with dad, and was gracefully taken back into the class ;-)

Trust - Virtual Reality

There are two people who I trust, the first person is me the other is not you!

-Nicholas Cage, from Con Air

TRUST iS THE HARDEST THiNG TO FiND AND THE EASiEST TO LOSE

-Unknown

I think this should be enough to set the scenario.

Had fixed a meeting with Faheem (new landlord - LL) to discuss out things, as we were interested to take his house on rent. The rent amount was agreed upon to be 13k pm, and deposit to be 110k. We told him that we can give 60k upfront and rest of the 50k within next 15 days.

LL: what if you cant give ?
Me: you tell me (I had no answer !! What should I say)
LL: Give me 4% of the amount that remains to be paid after 15 days
Me: Hmmm... (Again no ans !!) I will have to ask others !

Called up rajan (better money manager). He said this cant be agreed upon. Conversation went on for few mins. Me back to LL.

Me: What would you do with the 4%. Its not that we are taking some loan on interest.
LL: I have commitements, so have to answer. Thus want some assurance from you ppl.
Me: If its so then we can give you PDC (Post Dated Cheques) of 1st April (Salary gets credited)... The reason for paying later is we have our deposit with previous LL. As soon as he gives, we can give it to you. If it doesnt work out that way, atleast you can have PDC.


LL called up someone and agreed upon it. Its been 4 days now that we shifted to the new place, but the fans havent been installed till date. Cheers !!