Monday, July 22, 2013

I need you the most, my girlfriend!

Dedicated to all my girlfriends :)

When I get a new shirt
When I feel a little hurt
When I have cooked a new dish
When I have done something foolish
I need you the most, my girlfriend

When I see a great movie
Or one that had my head heavy
When I find a new makeup
When I just want to catch up
I need you the most, my girlfriend

When I know I have been lazy
When I know I am going crazy
When I want to crib about stuff
When I know the weather is rough
I need you the most, my girlfriend

When I am feeling totally bored
When my spirits are completely shored
I need your scoldings to lift up my mood
To start my gears and get me doing good
I need you the most, my girlfriend

-- Ritha Hegde

Monday, June 24, 2013

How are you?

When there is someone who asks my son ‘Hi! How are you?’, almost always would get a prompt reply – “I am good thank you, how are you.” Yes he says it as a sentence and not as a question, because I am dead sure he doesn’t care how the other person is. And more over he is has just been taught to be polite and respond, but doesn’t really care about the emotions going with it. Well, as rehearsed as he may sound, I really wonder who cares anyway! 

This reminds me of a time when my granny was staying at my Kaka’s place. Just for the sake of my writing, lets say An is my kaka (uncle) and my granny’s son, Jy is An’s wife and Sh is their son. Someone, lets say Xz called up my granny to just chit chat and this is how the conversation went :

Xz : Hello granny how are you?
Granny : Araam…all well

Xz : How is An and family?
Granny : all well

Xz : So how is your leg pain now?
Granny : Ya its there, it has increased a lot now…getting very difficult to stand up, sit down and all. And because of the cold these days, its even worse.

Xz : Oho…hope you will be fine soon….so what else?
Granny : Everything else is fine.. (My granny has the habit of saying this, and she never says ‘nothing else’, she will always say ‘everything is fine’ for the question ‘what else?’)

Xz : Ok…so you said it is getting very cold these days…take care
Granny : Ya…lil Sh(who is not little anymore) is down with flu….cant help winter season started na. He hasn’t gone to school for 2 days…looks like he will not go this whole week only.

Xz : Oh….really…that’s sad…hope he gets well soon. How is An’s work going on?
Granny : Ya year end time for him, so work is really hectic, but he also couldn’t go to office due to terrible headache and vomiting accompanied with that…He has some temperature also. Doctor thinks he has food poisoning; maybe he ate something in hotel for lunch that has got his stomach upset.

Xz : Ayyo…but why he ate in hotel? Is his wife not at home?
Granny : Oh no actually Jy was admitted in hospital and was put on drips as she had weakness. She was fainting and all.

Xz : Oh god…hope she gets well soon too.
Granny : Hmm

Xz : So…what else?
Granny : Everything is well…

And so a conversation that started as “everything is well”…ended as “everything is well” too.

We still have fits of laughter when we my uncle narrates this to us and says “We were the only people in the house, and all of us were not feeling well, but still it starts and ends this way!”
But if you just answer, “Not very well” to the person who asked you “How are you?” what would the reactions be?
I tried with a few :

Cashier at supermarket counter : “How are you?”
Me : “Not very well”
Cashier : “I know right,  its terribly hot outside today!” (I like it when someone thinks their problems are universal!)

My mom : “How are you?”
Me : “Not very well”
Mom : Do some exercise, do some dieting (moms always care)

My so called friend : “How are you?”
Me : “Not very well”
My so called friend : “Can you call me later? I am in office


My hubby back from work : “How are you?”
Me : “Not very well”
My hubby : “Oh internet not working today?

My son : “How are you?”
Me : “Not very well”
My son : “Can I eat chocolate now?

So.....How are you?