ABC: Hey Rohan, wer r u man? Kay challay saddhya?
me: Hey, I'm doing very well, thank you! How's the vacation coming along for you?
ABC: Gettin vry bord re… :-( just tp and it gets very boring if it starts raining…can't even go out.
Read your latest blog…patla mala :-)
me: Thanks thanks, I'm glad you agree with it…
ABC: Wot else? Wot all are u doing thes days? (other than blogging i mean :-P)
me: Umm…continuing learning German, trying to learn Western Classical music (finding it a bit tough though :-|), then the usual hanging out with friends in the eve…post-engg life enjoy kartoy, baas! Baki, vel aahe tar pushtaka pan khup vachtoy.
ABC: oh my god! That's nice…do you buy all the books?
me: nahi re baba :-D source: some ultra-generous friends, library, have bought a couple, kahi aadhi pasunach hoti Baba chi
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me: what's up with you?
PQR: Rogerhan! Howdy? Khup kantala aala aahe re…joining Jan madhe kay, still 6 months to go damn bored :-( Tumhi bola…
me: - same as above -
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Okay, so the point in Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V -ing these chat excerpts I had with ABC and PQR is to stress on the statements made by both of them – "vry bord" & "khup kantala aala aahe re, damn bored…"
I utterly detest people making such kind of statements and particularly when they're in the middle of a no-bound, much-deserved, parat-na-milnari vacation – where they've the goddamn 24 hrs and 7 days of the week all for themselves! I hardly remember the last time I mentioned of "getting bored", "kantala aala aahe" to anybody; and certainly not when I've a holiday.
See, I'm neither boasting about the various activities I'm indulging in these days nor trying to become an ideal for all! What I want to know is why do people need external motivation to do something? Doesn't it bug them when they're mentioning "bore hotay, kantala aala aahe" for days together? A day or two I can understand…even I do. But doesn't it hurt them by always starting a conversation with nothing else than the above mentioned phrases? I'm glad that I've a plethora of things to do and keep myself engaged doing them!
Following is a very nice and one of my favourite one-liners, aptly summing up the post –
The best test of intelligence is what we do with our leisure
…and I'm super-confident that I'll pass it with flying colours!!!
