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How often do u lose something valuable and get it back?
I lost my mobile, and got it back within 12 hours thanks to a good samaritan ( His name is Sony and he is from Vaikom). Poor guy called a colleague of mine and informed about the lost mobile. I was shocked to realise that my phone was missing . But what was even more shocking was the realisation that I lost it almost 5 hours back, and I was not even aware of it. Well , I should not be blamed for being careless. I hate my mobile phone as much as I hate the messages and phone calls that comes in.
Sony and his sisters had fun at my cost, threatening me that they'll use all my phone to call all my friends. Well, the thought did give me some fear but Sony finally put all my worries to rest. He said, he'll return it without much damage the very next day. The mobile fell from my pocket while I was riding bike . Thank God it fell infront of Sony . I'll never forget him ( and his chirpy sisters ). As a preventive action and for early detection of phone loss , I've added my number to menu list of our company. It sends me messages at regular intervals about what food is going to be served in our canteen. This measure also made me fall in love with my mobile again. Atlast, I've started eagerly waiting for an SMS to come, just like the good old days.
Well, this was not the first time I dropped my phone. Few years back , while riding the bike on a highway, my mobile jumped off my jacket. It fell infront of an auto-rickshaw driver. He collected all its pieces from the road quickly ( not before a bus went over the back side cover, recycling it to shredded plastic ) I realised that I lost my mobile after 50 Km. I stopped and tried calling my mobile from a public telephone booth. "Sahadevan" the autodriver had connected all pieces together by then and like a true Nokia phone , it worked. He gave me his whereabouts , so that I can rush back to collect the mobile. I ended up buying brandy for all auto-drivers of that stand, but what the heck, I got my mobile back.
I have lost another mobile 5 years back. Nope, I was not on my bike when I lost it that time. I went for a colleague's wedding and somebody picked it from my pocket while I was hurrying to have food. I realised that the phone is missing within 1 minute, but the thief was quicker than me. There was no ringtone when we tried calling from a friend's cellphone, as it was switched off by that bastard. That one time, it was lost forever.
Still 2/3 is good.
Its not about getting the mobile back. Afterall Mobile is just a thing. I won't feel bad about losing any materialistic things ( as long as its not my sun-glass and yes my bike too. Lets keep the list short for now ). What was more comforting was the fact that 2 out of 3 people in the world are good guys. My only prayer is that those 2 good guys would be around me always and not the third one. Its a necessity that my social circle is safe enough as we live in a world of terrorism and hooliganism.
Oh yeah , we've gone through a tough period of terrorism and hooliganism. I dont wanna write about terrorists as that would be exactly what they wanted. All those who perpetrate violence or violent methods are people who suffered serious attention-seeking personality disorder in their younger days. They find violence as a short cut to fame and happiness. Bah !!
Muthalik would be the luckiest guy in the hooligans list. From being a leader of 50 odd people with a gang name not even known outside his village, he was all over the national media . All that he had to do was instigate violence, that too on the poor girls who went to pubs. His luck is not over yet. He also won a jackpot from a group of girls ( ask any bachelor and he would say 200+ free underwears , pink or not , is a jackpot). This underwear jackpot is for Muthalik's warning that, he and his gang of dysfunctional thugs would ruin the Valentine's day party for cupid couples. Any unmarried couples enjoying the day on street would be rounded up and taken to a temple and would be forcefully married. Ain't that a cute threat?
Meanwhile there is a group who finds a great opportunity in Muthalik's threat. IT Guys. I'm sure a lot of single software engineers would consider going to Manglore and hang around with beautiful girls, hoping that the thugs of Muthalik sees them. And then, it would be a 'they lived happily ever after' story. I ain't joking. Till few years back, it was easy for an IT guy to manage few girl-friends. "Sweet heart, I would be back next week", would often be followed by the girlfriend's "oh honey, I'm missing you so much. Come back fast." But now with economic slow down, salary cuts and job loss, IT guys are having a tough time. "Honey, I'm coming back to India next week",doesn't sound sweet enough for girlfriends coz they know he is gonna be here for good. No more expensive gifts from abroad and all hopes for international honeymoons shattered. Can't blame them. Gals have adapted to the reception faster. Clear indication for that is matrimonial ads like this .
When my parents asked me few years back, if they should start looking for gal for me, I stopped them. I was , you know "bullish" in the matrimonial market . There was over-confidence that market value would go high with the number of pages in my resume ( read "higher pay-check"). Unfortunately that was not to be. Along with DowJones and Sensex , my matrimonial market value also crashed. All my dreams , a small 5 BHK apartment or atleast a small luxury car as dowry, have gone down the drains. Damn it, I should have agreed to my parents when they asked.
I remember listening to a song on IT job. In it, the writer allgorizes IT job with woman. I only remember a part of the song and it goes like this
And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me ......... Billy Joel . ( She's always a woman to me )
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