My thoughts today touch upon trivia but they're sufficient enough to etch a few lines, deep within. If one were to ask me as to whether they really affect me, the answer is a yes and a no.
1. Ramji's angst continues.
Ramji had come in this afternoon at my behest. As he went about his work, he told me that it was his niece's(his elder brother's daughter) wedding tomorrow and that he's not been invited. The elder brother is not on talking terms with him because he feels that his younger brother is a successful businessman and he has not got a share of the spoils! A logjam in relationship rising out of plain jealousy!
Funny, how relationships meander!
2. Kochi, in a traffic mess!
With repairs being affected on two arterial roads, the traffic within the city during peak hours, has taken a turn for the worse and this is gonna be so for the next 45 days or so. The repair work are:-
(a) Resurfacing of the approach roads and the bridges off Kundannoor(the NH 47, if you please) that
service the traffic towards the south, like Thiruvananthapuram, etc.
(b) Widening of the Banerji road in connection with the metro rail activities!
The traffic policemen are doing a fantastic job despite the constraints within which they work and the uncouth behaviour of the motorists. Seeing the long queue of vehicles during the evening peak hours, I was glad that I was on foot - was on my customary evening walk - and not behind the wheel. Many of the them are gonna reach their destinations quite late!!
3. Water in short supply.
It's just the end of February, but there's news aplenty that water is getting to be scarce in various parts of the state. We're in a privileged(?) colony and hence, have not felt the pinch as yet but today's was an exception. According to the gentleman, on duty at the pump house, things are slowly achieving normalcy after the last strike and that the day's interruption was a necessary evil!
4. Early morning tests.
The doctor at the community health centre is on a drive to educate residents on the ways to ensure a robust and healthy heart. Towards this end, he'd insisted that all of us started the day at 0530h so that his boys could draw our blood samples at the fasting regime and subsequently, the other after breakfast! We're asked to fill up a questionnaire highlighting our daily habits and while that was in progress, each one's blood pressure, height, weight and girth were also recorded.
The results are gonna be sent to the individual e-mail IDs, which would predict the risk of a heart attack and the remedial measures that one needs to undertake to stay away from trouble!
Tailpiece.
Small things that impinge upon our lives and can be a reason for unnecessary excitement resulting in the heart going on strike(?). Just grin and bear it!
1. Ramji's angst continues.
Ramji had come in this afternoon at my behest. As he went about his work, he told me that it was his niece's(his elder brother's daughter) wedding tomorrow and that he's not been invited. The elder brother is not on talking terms with him because he feels that his younger brother is a successful businessman and he has not got a share of the spoils! A logjam in relationship rising out of plain jealousy!
Funny, how relationships meander!
2. Kochi, in a traffic mess!
With repairs being affected on two arterial roads, the traffic within the city during peak hours, has taken a turn for the worse and this is gonna be so for the next 45 days or so. The repair work are:-
(a) Resurfacing of the approach roads and the bridges off Kundannoor(the NH 47, if you please) that
service the traffic towards the south, like Thiruvananthapuram, etc.
(b) Widening of the Banerji road in connection with the metro rail activities!
The traffic policemen are doing a fantastic job despite the constraints within which they work and the uncouth behaviour of the motorists. Seeing the long queue of vehicles during the evening peak hours, I was glad that I was on foot - was on my customary evening walk - and not behind the wheel. Many of the them are gonna reach their destinations quite late!!
3. Water in short supply.
It's just the end of February, but there's news aplenty that water is getting to be scarce in various parts of the state. We're in a privileged(?) colony and hence, have not felt the pinch as yet but today's was an exception. According to the gentleman, on duty at the pump house, things are slowly achieving normalcy after the last strike and that the day's interruption was a necessary evil!
4. Early morning tests.
The doctor at the community health centre is on a drive to educate residents on the ways to ensure a robust and healthy heart. Towards this end, he'd insisted that all of us started the day at 0530h so that his boys could draw our blood samples at the fasting regime and subsequently, the other after breakfast! We're asked to fill up a questionnaire highlighting our daily habits and while that was in progress, each one's blood pressure, height, weight and girth were also recorded.
The results are gonna be sent to the individual e-mail IDs, which would predict the risk of a heart attack and the remedial measures that one needs to undertake to stay away from trouble!
Tailpiece.
Small things that impinge upon our lives and can be a reason for unnecessary excitement resulting in the heart going on strike(?). Just grin and bear it!
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