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4/4/09

Quirky Crackpots

[This post arises from the stark realization - इस धरती पर ऐसे लोग भी हो सकते हैं | This place is blessed with some awesome, quirky, cranky and freaky people with unsolicited and unavoidable bouts of insanity. And hence this post.]

Some clues to the inordinate insanity pervading this place-

Instance 1:
Me (to Pondy): Abe, pata hai *** kya bol raha tha aaj
Pondy: Kya?
Me: Jaisa wo har sem se pehle bolta hai - yaar, is sem mein bahut load tha. Agle sem mein sab theek chala to pakka do teen bandiyon ko thokunga.

Pondy gets excited over the idea, and approaches Baniya anxiously.

Pondy (to Baniya): Abe sun *** kya bol raha tha
Baniya: Kya?
Pondy: Agle sem mein sab theek chala to pakka do din Baniye ko thokunga.
Baniya faints.

Instance 2:
Baniya (at some treat, expressing how staunch a veg he is): Abe us chammach se mat le... main bahut zyada vegetarian hoon.

Instance 3:
(Eve: Baniya's budday (April 1). His ass has been kicked too sore to walk easily.)
Slv: Aaj 1st April hai na.

Me: Haan. Aaj Baniya paida hua tha.
Slv: Haan, tabhi to nahi aaya class aaj.
Pondy: Haan, abhi to chalna bhi nahi aata hoga use.
(I know this is somewhat lame. But looking at it otherwise, it is crazy, particularly when Pondy says it.)

Instance 4:
This time it's me. The grogginess resulting from the stupor (which itself results from from intolerably boring classes) makes my hearing ability skewed.
I begin hearing some beautiful things.
Prof: And we can see the image in scanning ... (waiting for students to complete '...electron microscope')

I hear (barely awake): And we can see her image in stunning ...
(My stupor wades off, senses activate. Before the chorus of students, am all awake. And after the chorus, when reality hits me, am all dejected.)

Instance 5:
(Occasion: Project presentation.)
A prof from the panel: What is the basic principle of lyophilizer?
[Let me tell you, lyophilizer is used to dry things - it sucks moisture.]
My fellow classmate: Sir... it sucks (then forgets what does it suck. So the final answer is - Sir, it sucks!!!)

And then there is the craziest person that came to earth - Gyan. He deserves a separate post for his antics.