Well, pardon the pun… but staying in Karnataka for so many years…. the phonetics have grown on me.. and I am not ashamed to use it when I converse local Kinglish..and when I visit back home I have seen myself eagerly surfing Kannada channels to feel the familiarity an safety when I hear the language and the phonetics.. I know it should be the other way round but there you go..

So well…this post is all about adapting to change…. in my own way..

One of my friends had advised me sometime back that wherever I am, I should not grow roots… but hey guess what… being in a place for almost 5 years, roots with regard to logistics and locations have grown on me and its taking me time to walk the present path…

Its so true that when one lives in a certain condition, you whole being adapts to the same. In a new land and a new country even though sometimes its strange, after a while, the very strangeness which you would wonder at would become your identity… or give you the feeling of belongingness..

This is what happened to me .. which threw me asunder as to what was going on with me..

Pallavi driving to office and though the new work place is nearer and the route easier, she inevitably takes the old route to her old office and for no reason whatsoever, she keeps doing this many times…specially when she is thinking of tasks to do at work and planning the same while driving …. suddenly she always sees herself in a place which is far away from her present work and very near her old workplace… and frustration mounting, she has to reroute herself back…. wasting precious moments… GAH

Pallavi goes to office.. and typically when nature calls,

Day 1 : she runs to the loo.. usually its at the last minute… so run run run…. and bang !!!! she opens the door to the men’s loo and rushes right in… and IMMEDIATELY backtracks…

Day 2 : she again runs to the loo.. so run run run…. and bang !!!! she opens the door to the men’s loo and rushes right in… and IMMEDIATELY backtracks…

And she tries and tries not to do that.. Pallavi is careful.. Day 3 goes fine…

Day 4 : runs to the loo… so run run run…. and bang !!!! she opens the door to the men’s loo and rushes right in… and IMMEDIATELY backtracks…

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I am thinking.. there is something wrong with the neurons in my brain… and I get it.. its the bloody neurons..

Like I learnt and noticed things which you do repeatedly, it becomes an automated path which the brain just does not think but its like a switch which just gets triggered and the body just functions… without thinking..

So for the route, I now plan the route in my mind before starting out.. and I try to be aware and take the right one.. I know that if I do not create this path consciously, I will keep making mistakes..

Bathroom : Well, in my old workplace, the entrance to the ladies section was in the direction of the men’s section in my present workplace.. hence the confusion.. so again, I try not to do the last minute bit and go when I have to go and save myself any corporate embarassment.. ( Sheeesshh) :)

Moral of the story : Be aware of yourself and catch yourself automatically saying and doing things which has no context or prevalence on the present situation.. create new paths of thoughts which is fitting to your current path and you will be surprised to find that the old paths of habits are just lessons and need not be the solution to your everyday growth.. sometimes its good to leave the past beliefs behind..

A new social network : Moooooooooooshhh !!

Pallavi walks into the medical shop to buy supplies..

A BIG BLACK COW (taller than her) with beautiful eyes also walks with her… and it so happens she stops when Pallavi stops.

She looks at me with her beautiful eyes and very softly and huskily says.. Mooosshhh !!!! as if she was asking me something.

Pallavi is conversing with the medical shop guy, and then again, the cow specifically addresses her : Mooooosshhhh!!

Pallavi surprised at this.. replies back : “hello there… what do you need in her own way “

The cow again softly says Mooooosshhhh!!

Pallavi finds it cute and goes back to the immediate task of giving the money for the meds she buys..

The shopkeeper now finds the cow a bit irritating because its blocking his street.

So knowing Pallavi as a regular customer to buy this and that, he asks her politely:

Madam, DOES THE COW KNOW YOU..????

Pallavi is like WHAT !! Maybe sometimes she gives too much importance to semantics.. But there was a pause before she replied..(did she KNOW this cow ??? Nope, never saw her or talked to her or said hello before.. )

And he goes again politely.. :No Madam if you know each other, I will not chase her..

Pallavi cooly smiles and says, No She does not know the cow, thank you. She just likes animals.. LOL and tells the cow to go her way.. and the cow actually turns gently away and goes her way. I cannot forget her beautiful eyes.. She was sorry she could not help her..  she knew the cow was asking her something ( go figure !!)

Rocky tells me that cows back home do this to humans to ask about their babies.. its natural.. So I rest myself.. thinking … oh very well, I did not know where her babies were.. but I definitely did not KNOW the cow.. buhahahaha !!!!

Moral of the story : You dont have to KNOW any sentient being to be kind to them..

Buahahah !!!