Wednesday, April 04, 2007

An interesting blog I 'saw'......

" ' Well, this nice gentleman handed me this pad and requested that I write him something, anything. Why me?! and anything?! wow!
'What could i write about?! really?! '
'for starts, i feel good today, pretty good! .......'
'hmmm.....write something, write something nice....'

' Well, one of my friends, this Indian guy (i'll spell his last name for you - really long one: Balacahanadaran!) who i knew from my college days just dropped by to say hello and just gave me this book to read; It is a collection of Indian mythology tales...well, they have so many gods there, i guess you couldn't simply say "O Lord!", without creating a traffic jam of sorts in the heavens above!'
'incredible!'
'anyway, the first story goes that there was once a king called Hiranya who wished to be absolutely invincible. So through severe penance and meditation, he acquired a boon that he could not be killed during day or night, by a human being or animal, and neither inside a house or outside it.'
'that sounds pretty airtight, right? And yet as the story moves on, you get to see how there is manner of death that beats all these clauses, totally counter-intuitive!'
'boy, this is complicated....no wonder Indians are taking away all our jobs, they have been exposed to this kind of complicated stuff right from childhood....weird stuff......'
' i should write something about myself? hmmm....write something about myself?'

'I was born in Dayton, Ohio. I went to the Ohio State University during my under-graduation, landed myself a job, a couple of years ago. life is good, pretty, pretty good!'
'I was going to be an engineering major, majoring in mechanical engineering at one point but later i changed my major to Math. many tried to change my mind saying i was nuts to do that, but today i have the last laugh.'
'I remember having had an Indian TA in one of the quarters there for, let me see, Math 152, it was. I guess. Funny sort of chap, has always been a very big help to me. His last name? It went like Balahacadaran - i am not sure though if i've spelled it right though i could pronounce it correctly. its been a while since i met him now... he used to joke about his last name saying it was more or less, a maze to many people! but he then said that one way out of it was this: if in doubt about the next letter, throw in an 'a'!!'
' I later landed myself an actuarial job. Its pretty interesting...'
'What more should i say about myself? say about myself.....'

'say about myself? well, i'd rather write since you have the benefit of being able to assort your thoughts and not keep writing vacuous drivel. While in college, i knew an Indian guy - he was my TA, Mr. Balacadaharan. He used to chide some of us for writing long sentences without purpose... I've learned from him that it is important you write in precise terms because if you don't keep things terse and to the point, then most of the time people reading what you write won't know where you are heading after where you've started. that is silly.'
'well, i'm feeling good, pretty, pretty, pretty good.'
'huh, that isn't much; i'll collect my thoughts and write something concrete about myself, now...'

'Something concrete about myself?well, for starts, I'm feeling good, pretty pretty good!'
'well, i work for an insurance firm. the pay is good and just last year, i married this amazing woman, Cynthia. Life has been great all the while and i couldn't have a better life as such...well, there are some ups and downs....sometime back (can't recollect when exactly), i had this car accident. well, i'm covered in all sorts of ways, so no problem with the medical bills! the car was totaled though. Cynthia? well, god knows where she is right now, i wonder whats keeping her...'
'maybe i could write some more a while later, maybe after she gets here...'

'Cynthia? why would she come here to my office? doesn't she have work to do?'
'this is a hospital? why?! i feel pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good! i can't recall ever having been sick or anything, except this one time i had a car accident. did i ever mention that? i had this huge accident, hurt my head apparently. Cynthia, my wife was with me at the time. I can't recall as such, what happened after that...'
'anyways, whats this whole thing here? have I written all this?! i hardly think so!! this must be one of those April Fool jokes...that's it, shall do this writing, no more...'
'writing no more, just signing off here...'

Sammy Jankis "