Women's appetite for answers ??

For the starters, i am learning to drive a four-wheeler ( bullock-carts / modified rickshaw / tum tum and others are next on the list ;) ). Now being an inquisitive engg. myself, i always thought i ask a lot of questions. And when in mood, i can ask the most stupidest question ever. However, today this long lasting myth got broken and now the fact is that i at-least know one person who asks more irrelevant questions that i can think of. So here it goes ..

Morning 7:00 am, i reach the driving class destination, shivering. Its more cold than i had anticipated and should have worn that sweater instead of trying to look cool. There was this petite young lass. I guess, she was a product engg. from infosys because at-least her bag had those words imbibed on them. 7:10 , she broke the eternal silence and asked .. isn't it cold ?. I was like .. no ..its damn hot here ..feel like going for a swim .I just smiled and reminded her that this is the cold season. Immediately the next question was, how late is this man today. Though she had asked a right thing, i didn't reply back ( simple smile !!).

Finally 7:15, the instructor came. I get to drive first. Its been 7 days that i am driving now. I haven't learnt a great deal yet, but have improved a hell lot !! . Right from the first day , wherein i removed my hands from the steering wheel on seeing a truck coming from opposite side , i guess am at pretty good situation. Straight line drive is comfortable while side turns / U -turns still need assistance.

Right, so there i was completing my drive and driving cautiously on a small slope enjoying the serene morning and the calm and quite surrounding that pune showers on u these days .But that was the end ( of the thought and the calmness). What started next was a whole round of 20 minutes of firing of questions at point blank range.

Am driving, and up pops the question:

She : Sir slope pe konse gear pe gadi chalate hai ?
Instructor (I) : Stares. Thinks that he needs to give sum answer. And mutters "second".

She: Accha, matlab gadi uppar le jate samay bhi second aur neeche aate samay bhi second ?
I: madam, woh aapke speed ke hisab pe hota hai.


Wow... does she always drive with the rule books ?? , drive at this speed on this lane only !! ..

Next i was asked to take a U-turn. Not being good at it, i was a bit nervous and wanted to get over with it as soon as possible. But the champion lady had other thoughts in her mind.

Up pops the question, "sir mujhe aapne U-turn kyun nahi sikhaya ??"

For a moment i felt telling her .. le bhai .. yeah le steering, maar de U-turn tu hi. But sanity was restored and i completed my round of training quite comfortably.

Next it was her chance, and boy ..she clocked more questions than the wheels did the revolutions.

S: Sir clutch dabau ?
I: Aap ka pehle din thode hai Jo yeah basic questions puch rahe ho...
S: Nahi sir, mujhe darr lagta hai..
I: chalo ..

She accelerates more instead of leaving the clutch, hence the car vibrates instead of going ahead.

S: Sir, car main kuch kharabi hai ?? ( What the hell ??)
I: clutch chodo .. accelerate mat karo
S: ohh ..


The moment she gets car moving:

S: Sir second gear?
I: Ruko.

Just when the instructor signals for gear change:
S: Sir sab gears dalu ek ek karke ?
I: huh
S: Sir, woh dusre sir ne aisse hi sikhaya (The other instructor's job is gone i guess now).


After few moments.

S: Kitne thandi hai na?
S: Sir, 4th gear pe kitna speed hona chahiye ( Thatz a valid question)
S: Sir, gadi control main nahi rehti..

While taking a sharp turn,

I: Slow , clutch, third , release clutch, clutch, second.
S: Sir, directly second gear main dal du ??


By this time , i was actually enjoying the whole thing. There was a bus stop ahead, with few people standing there. While going near to that part of the road,the car moved a bit towards the stop. Instead of getting the vehicle back in line, she mumbled out , logon ko laggega main unhe pick up karne aa rahi huin !! .... killer statement.

I must confess,the lady has set new standards in my books when it comes to blabbering and asking useless questions. Looking forward to drive with her the next time around ;)

God, am i a mess ??

When God gave out brains,
I thought He said trains,
And I said I'd take the next one.

When God gave out looks,
I thought He said books,
And I didn't want any.

When God gave out noses,I
thought He said roses,
And I ordered a big one.

When God gave out legs,
I thought He said kegs,
So I ordered two fat ones.

When God gave out ears,
I thought He said beers,
So I ordered two long ones.

When God gave out chins,
I thought He said gins,
So I said, "Give me a double.

"God, am I a mess!!

Marvell-ous Begining

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted

Dan Sanford


40 months of work experience and i couldn't understand the meaning of this statement. However it got crystal cleared within 3 minutes one fine day. I resigned (lay off !! ) from my previous company and have joined a new one. Work wise nothing would change i guess ( it might get better ).What is more difficult i how i adapt to new environment, new people (and hence new friends) and overcome the fact that i can't keep missing my old office.

I was ghastly shocked / sad when i resigned as i had never thought of such situation. What was more bad was the untimely occurrence of the event.After the initial hiccup, where the whole world seemed against me, i now think that whatever has happened did happen for a cause which was to open my eyes.

It is in this period that i came to know who my real friends / well-wishers are. I called up some people considering them to be my friends but i was greeted with the words "will call u later" and hunged up to be never called back again. And then there were people, who called me up on their own and gave me all sorts of moral support (which was the need of the hour), some even from outside india ( Just shows how popular i am ;) ). Also it gave me some time to introspect myself and figure out where i stand today in the given scenario, how well can i cope with it, what are my strengths and where do i lack. Hence the real "eye opener".

Another bad thing that happened in the previous week was the Mumbai terrorist attacks. My deepest condolences for the victims of the attacks.We must thank the NSG commandos / fire-fighters / police and all ppl involved in the grueling attack and should be proud of their bravery. Hats off to them. Somebody please give me Raj Thackeray's phone number coz i want to ask him where is he hiding now? , Where is his marathi manus theory gone and his sena of dacoits who can vandalize at an examination centre on poor and innocent students, but are left hiding under their beds when a real trouble came. Also the NSG commandos who risked their lives never said that this is an issue in a marathi speaking region, hence we won't go there. They treated the attack on motherland and did what a true Indian should do.

But then, the good part is that atleast now some steps would be taken and stringent actions performed to ensure such stupid security lapses do not occur again in future.

Coming back to my new job, i still have to get to the terms and conditions b4 i feel settled in. Till then .. tata :)