1. After the thundershowers of last night, the morning was calm with a fresh, cleaned up look of the environment. The morning walk was refreshing and rejuvenating.
2. Ajith had come by a trifle after 9 and we'd another round of chat over a number of things including his bachelorhood. He'd decided to be a bachelor at the age of 17 when out of the six brothers, the second had got married and his wife had come home. He realised that the conflict of interests that he was witness to subsequently, could best be avoided by remaining single - a point that wasn't very convincing though. But being the simple soul and the thorough gentleman that he is, with the added quality of being very sensitive, he seems to have a point. The fact that he'd not come across anybody from the fairer sex, all these years, to convince him otherwise is perplexing. We, his classmates, seem to have collectively let him down on this score!
3. He left soon after, back to his hometown.
4. Ramesh Babu, a schoolmate of mine, had called up and broached on a lecture series on 'contract management' that's gonna involve a lot of travel for me. We've decided to work on the pros and the cons, the nuances when he visits me, here, during the first week of next month.
5. My neighbour had hired a casual labourer to remove the slush from the road in front of our house. Bidesh, from Orissa, has done a neat job and the road is now free of glitches, ready to face the onslaught of the monsoons!
6. The evening walk had begun with the sight of a young man trying to pick himself and his cycle up after a bad fall. He was inebriated. Period! Blood was oozing out from a bad gash on the bridge of his nose. I asked him as to whether he was all right to which his answer was an inaudible mumble - the effect of the alcohol that he'd imbibed was still very strong! I could manage an escort for him to be taken to the nearest clinic for first aid. Why do people drink themselves silly, I wonder?
7. My uncle and family had fetched up after 2230h. They're gonna be here, with us, for the next two days.
Tailpiece.
The day had begun with a faux pas on my part. Lekha'd operated the motor for drawing up water from the well and despite the mandatory seven minutes of running, the taps continued to remain dry. The reason was not hard to find, I'd forgotten to turn the valves back into position after washing down my Chevy yesterday.
..........Rajeev, when will you learn? Or will you, ever?
2. Ajith had come by a trifle after 9 and we'd another round of chat over a number of things including his bachelorhood. He'd decided to be a bachelor at the age of 17 when out of the six brothers, the second had got married and his wife had come home. He realised that the conflict of interests that he was witness to subsequently, could best be avoided by remaining single - a point that wasn't very convincing though. But being the simple soul and the thorough gentleman that he is, with the added quality of being very sensitive, he seems to have a point. The fact that he'd not come across anybody from the fairer sex, all these years, to convince him otherwise is perplexing. We, his classmates, seem to have collectively let him down on this score!
3. He left soon after, back to his hometown.
4. Ramesh Babu, a schoolmate of mine, had called up and broached on a lecture series on 'contract management' that's gonna involve a lot of travel for me. We've decided to work on the pros and the cons, the nuances when he visits me, here, during the first week of next month.
5. My neighbour had hired a casual labourer to remove the slush from the road in front of our house. Bidesh, from Orissa, has done a neat job and the road is now free of glitches, ready to face the onslaught of the monsoons!
6. The evening walk had begun with the sight of a young man trying to pick himself and his cycle up after a bad fall. He was inebriated. Period! Blood was oozing out from a bad gash on the bridge of his nose. I asked him as to whether he was all right to which his answer was an inaudible mumble - the effect of the alcohol that he'd imbibed was still very strong! I could manage an escort for him to be taken to the nearest clinic for first aid. Why do people drink themselves silly, I wonder?
7. My uncle and family had fetched up after 2230h. They're gonna be here, with us, for the next two days.
Tailpiece.
The day had begun with a faux pas on my part. Lekha'd operated the motor for drawing up water from the well and despite the mandatory seven minutes of running, the taps continued to remain dry. The reason was not hard to find, I'd forgotten to turn the valves back into position after washing down my Chevy yesterday.
..........Rajeev, when will you learn? Or will you, ever?
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