My Pensieve

The fire emergency alarm suddenly blared interrupting all of us from our work."Shit,man...not another darn fire drill...", I exclaimed with consternation. Anyway...hoping to get a head start for lunch and also spend time with Vani...I ignored the pending work I had to do, locked the system and proceeded to join the steady stream of humanity moving out of the SDB. I tried to reach Vani on her cell...but she was out of reach. It was only when I reached the safety point that I realised, this wasn't the usual fire drill...it was the real thing...huge clouds of thick black smoke was billowing from our SDB...the largest on campus!!! I tried to reach Vani again...but she wasn't answering. Panic grabbed me. I frantically started searching for her amongst the anxious on lookers. I met some of her friends and all they could say was that the last time they saw her...she was taking a rest-room break. I ran and told the fire fighters that there was someone trapped inside...but the...

"Dum de dum dum dum...la la la la...", I hummed as I put on my shirt, applied deodarant liberally and started combing my hair."Arrey...where are you off to,Akash??",asked Ashok,my roomie. "Todays the big day da... taking Mohini to the movies!!!",I replied with a huge smile,"...I have it all planned. We're going to a super horror flick...I'm sure she's going to cling on to me during the scary parts..and I've asked the manager to get me seats at the back row too!!!". Ashok let out a howl,started laughing and gave me two thumbs up!!! I got down from the bus and rushed towards the theatre entrance. Mohini was standing there waiting for me. She was looking great!!! I held out the crook of my arm to her and said,"Ready Madam??". She gave me her sweetest smile, did a mock courtesy, and replied,"Yes my dear sir!!!". We proceeded to the hall and I asked her to wait while I got the tickets. There came the first blow...th...

Customer service lady: This is the ***** customer service...how may I help you?? Customer : I am not satisfied with your service. Customer service lady:Which service is that,sir? Customer:Rs 30 for Caller tune has been deducted from my balance and it has not been activated despite the immediete activation you guys advertise!!! I want my money back!!! Customer service lady: Ok sir...let me check our records. (After a minute) Our records say we have activated your caller tune...it should be working fine. Customer: No its not...no its NOT!!! Customer service lady:How can you be so sure?? Customer: Well Ms Smarty Pants...I have called my own phone quiet a number of times,now and all I have heard is an engaged tone...no caller tune...can you care to explain this?? Customer service lady: (Sound of fainting)

I made my way slowly towards home. I had developed a habit of walking home from work for a long time now,listening to my Ipod. It was my way of unwinding from the days happenings at work. As time went by,the Ipod had given way to Lakshmi(Latchu)...my wife, who used to accompany me on these walks, chattering animatedly on silly as well as serious things. But now she was gone. After a year of blissful married life, that seemed to last forever, she had fallen prey to cancer. We spent a year fighting it and finally, 3 months ago, she had succumbed,bringing my life into abrupt darkness. I didn't know whether I could survive without her. I had lost the will to live but I wasn't cowardly enough to commit suicide. Today was particularly eventful.Some high profile personality had been assasinated and the police were on the lookout for the assassin. A shoot-at-sight directive had also been issued.I was troubled as they had shown a sketch of the assassin and he looked a lot like me. I tho...

I was fed up with life. Things have been going down-hill for quiet sometime now.The day started with terrible news. The sensex had crashed and my consultant said I had lost a major part of my savings.I had broken up with the girl I loved. I had done something reaaaaal stupid and I had accepted her decision to part ways with guilty silence. And there were rumours of an impending lay-off at the company...I was sure that I'll loose my job. I opted for the easy way out...suicide!!! I was standing beside the busy highway. This was it...I stepped in front of a speeding car. Horns blared and in that frozen moment, I could see the look of shock n distress in the driver's eyes, as he slammed the break and tried to swerve to avoid me. But it wasn't enough...the car slammed into me and I was flying through the air and soon slammed back onto the hard concrete!!! I heard loud screams and a huge bang...and then things started falling silent... I woke up. There was a blinding light. I sto...

Darn those coffee machines!!! I wasn't hungry enough to have b'fast today...instead I opted for a mug of nice steaming Cappachino from the CCD vending machine. I placed the mug beneath the filler, pressed "cappachino" and out comes only milk!!! I try once again...and again out comes only milk!!! I tell the person standing next in line that there is something wrong with the machine...he places his mug beneath the filler, presses Cappachino...and out flows cappachino!!! :( So here I am starting my day of with a mug of milk instead of a mug of great cappachino!!! Great start!!!

Here is a scenario. You have been given an anaesthetic and put to sedation while the surgeon starts a complicated operation on you. You wake up in the middle of the procedure...what are the things you WOULDN'T like to hear your surgeon say? Here are some of my inputs :) 1) Oops...!!! 2) Now where is that scalpel?? I could've sworn I had it with me before I stitched him up...(doc looking at the stitches,suddenly realizing something)...Ohh Oh!!! :) 3) This should finish him off... :) 4) Oh my god!!! What should I do next??... 5) This ones got great kidneys...have we got any buyers that need one?? ;) Care to add to this, anyone??? :) P.S: I asked some of my friends about this...here are some entertaining replies :) 1)you see the doctor sayin to your mom: I’m sorry ma’am, we did all we could…..(you sit up on the table and you look back only to see yourself still fast asleep) 2)(Surgeon asking trainee standing next to him) Want to try out something?? 3)Doctor saying…"this is th...