Baby Pratyasha is an Angel!

Look Ma, I even have wings, not the fake wings that the teachers used to put on us for school concerts…but real ones, which can flap… I even got a wand… only it does no magic like Harry Potters, but every time I move it around, tiny stars fall around it like a trail. I have a lovely white dress that never gets dirty even if I roll around on the ground…but then there is no ground! We are on some kind of fluffy, snowy surface, like clouds.

But Ma, the best part is that there is no homework… I don’t have to bother about class tests and exams. But there was this wrinkled lady who reminded me of our geography teacher who showed me my patch of the cloud, she looked very strict. I guess even here there are some rules and regulations.

The rules are not many, just that I have to keep smiling the whole day…now c’mon that’s not at all difficult… when I realize that I don’t have to sit for any board exams or compete with my own friends and random strangers to get into college, vie with girls to get a guy, struggle to get to work in the increasing traffic, manage to squeeze in a little time for you in my increasingly hectic adult life… I rather be here and smile away to glory.

Although, I will miss going to school and meeting my friends and playing hopscotch with them (yeah I know we never played that… we have moved on to video games and stuff…but it’s nice sentimental stuff).

But the best part is that, I can get to watch you as you go about your work…I can see you as you fold my arms over my chest…I can see the love that you had for me… I can see how tired you are, I can see how you need some rest…I think its best that God decided to get me here… at least you will get some rest.

Get some sleep Ma; go on take a nap while you are waiting for the flight. I will watch over you like you have done countless times, I will not let anyone disturb you. And I will always be smiling … for you, forever.

Smile and wave …smile and wave…smile and wave…hey stars fall out of my hands when I wave… this is so cool… do they fall out of my feet when I walk… but hey, I don’t have to move my legs to walk….i’m actually gliding across…ma, look I can glide… ma, look….

Single on V-Day??

Guy 1: Hey, wassup, how are you these days?? Long time no see, eh…how about catching up one of these days?

Me: Hmmm, nice of you to call… but I’m kinda busy…maybe later… (Thinking…strange how I got this call after so long…oh its V-day tomo…no wonder… booty call)

Guy 2: Hey babes…how about a movie tomo??

Me: Sounds nice, which one?

Guy 2: You choose, we’ll pick up the DVD, snuggle in with a beer, what say?

Me: Ok, I’ll call you back; Mom’s on the other line … (wow that was quite direct)

Girl 1: Hey babes, you know what tomo is… so my guy has planned this nice romantic thing for me, but his cousin is visiting from out of town, so why don’t you two hang out so that I get some alone time with my guy?

Me: what, you really think I would…

Girl 1: why not, you are single, doing nothing on V-day and this cousin is not bad, works in an IT company, earns decent…good talker… what’s the problem??

Problem??? The problem is that I don’t want to… why is it difficult to accept that there can be people who can be all by themselves and still have loads of fun. One doesn’t have to be with someone to experience the meaning of life.

Besides, I think its more about not being projected as a loner which makes people scramble for their phonebooks and call up long lost forgotten crushes expecting something magical to happen. Wake up, its not a movie, if the person hasnt responded earlier, few chances are that s/he would now.

And frankly speaking, coming from a small town where there were few hallmarked card shops, figuring out that Valentine’s Day even existed was only for those whose I.Q was more than 180. Besides, seeing my friends getting pink teddy bears, roses, was not my idea of fun… I mean what’s with the teddy bears… I don’t like them… would never have one in my room… coz they never stop S-T-A-R-I-N-G. Besides I am not a nature person… that means I don’t go about harping on global warming to all and sundry or planting trees, I do my bit for nature by not picking flowers or accepting them …especially red roses… now if they are orchids, it’s another story, Likewise for chocolates.

But why do I have to give up my space and share of the bed for these things, I can easily buy them myself… I didn’t diligently avoid the mush to get into it later… yes sir, I chose to avoid the mush… like some people choose to be constantly be in one relationship after the other.

Does that mean that I am a loser… if I don’t have any special plans on the super hyped V-day? Of course I would like to be fussed over and made to feel special, but if that happens only on one particular day of the year, then I rather depend on myself to fuss over.

How about you fussing over someone else for a change… it’s not always about taking, sometimes it’s good to give too… quips in a smart ass sorry excuse for a friend (read sam)… well yes I would like to fuss over somebody once in a while… but I would rather fuss over myself… there I said it… I want to fuss over myself rather than somebody else, as I can handle my own expectations better rather than somebody else expectation … which mostly runs like this…

• don’t look at another man,
• don’t think about another man,
• don’t think, period
• always look like you are dressed up for the kill even when you are actually nursing a bad cold and 102 degrees fever,
• be nice to his parents,
• don’t be a bitch to his exes’,
• be a buddy to his friends,
• play the perfect host to his boss,
• love sports,
• Put up with his burps and farts…
• Be a good chef, but accept that you are 2^nd to his mom’s cooking
• Always clean up after him
• Never nag about hygiene

Well, I rather be with myself thank you. It’s much simpler that ways, no one, no expectations, no blowing up hard earned money on pink teddies, no getting hurt later and no picking up the pieces, no moving on.

The three E’s of a relationship - Experience, Experiment, and Expectation (thanks to remo) always lead to the 4^th E… “EX”.

Just that I miss all the great offers and discounts that stores these days offer…maybe the new marketing trend will be a single day!!