Bits And Pieces

Clichéd though it may sound, it IS really the small things that make life "funner".  Here are a few things that can help improve the quality of your life –   Get Wet Water is amazing! Never EVER miss a chance to be near/in water (unless great white sharks are swimming around). H 2 O can be your personal therapist and masseur. It can even get you contemplating the origins of our universe. Get drenched when you go to theme parks. Walk in the rain once in a while. Go to a beach and let the waves kiss your feet. Have a luxuriating bath. As long you are not drowning, water really is your best friend. Get Addicted NEVER TO DRUGS/CIGARETTES!!! Addictions can provide immense satisfaction. Just make sure to pick one that is not harmful to you in the long run. Ever started to read a book and realized you can't put it down without finishing it? That dear friends, is addiction. There are a zillion addictions to pick from once you start looking. Become a movie buff, or becom...

Sorry about the highly pedestrian title guys. If Benjamin Button , and a dog in the night can have curious cases, well, so can I! What happened - I had a mobile phone in India paired with an Indian SIM card. Now here in the US (where I'm currently kuppa kottufying*) I have the same mobile phone with (Surprise Surprise!) an American connection. I keep getting a particular kind of weird Call on my phone all the time. Sometimes, several days pass by with no signs of it, and on other days it wreaks vengeance with an annoyingly high frequency. For two years now I have had this problem. The Call leaves no trace. Never shows up in my Missed or Received Calls list. It comes up as "Unknown". You try to reason with whoever/whatever only to be greeted by dead silence on the other end. One can only wonder at the intellectual genius of the Call that can so effortlessly transcend SIM card boundaries! What everyone said - "You have a stalker! Kalakku**!!" (??? Serio...