அவன் தான் ஒரு பேமானி Bike வசான்னா, நீயும் வெக்கணுமா?
"Avan thaan oru Baemaani Bike vechaannaa, neeyum vekkanumaa?!"
"If he only, a #$%^&*(~ kept the Bike there, do you also have to keep it?"
சாரிங்க, தெறியல...ஏன் இத இவ்ளவு Indecentஆ சொல்றேங்க? "Sorrynga, theriyala...yaen idha ivallavu Indecenta solarenga?"
"Sorry mam, didn't know...why are you telling this so Indecently?"
LOL
The talk was between a corporation worker and a young stud who parked his bike where cars are supposed to be parked.
It was funny because these people don't mince words in expressing themselves and the young man was himself nice. It's the clash of classes where the worker was merely frustrated and irritated by these young, spoilt and rich kids to whom the Elliots Beach is a place for having fun without any strings attached.
But the beach will not be what it is without these two types of people. While the beach will start stinking within a day if these workers go on a strike, the affluent sections provide a rosy picture of merry all around. I guess it is the same with life too.
Looked as if there was an angel missing at the beach today.
I went and played at the Badminton court today. Not bad...I got the hang of it after 5 minutes. I lost 2 games and won 1. But that's okay. There were a couple of girls there with whom I played but they were too young for me though they looked nice. I had to learn the rules of the game since it was a little different from tennis. At the end of the day, I still didn't remember all the rules since I had played a long time back but it didn't matter much. The first game we won and in the next 2 games, I became a wee-bit pre-occupied with trying to win. in the 1st game, I played more for the joy of being there in that atmosphere. In the next 2 games, I started analyzing which technique I should use to play, like I used to strategize in tennis. So my natural flow was lost. The same old dilemma also returned...whether to play for winning or enjoying the atmosphere or perfecting the game or stick to the issues that I'm dealing with in life. finally, there was no focus on anything like being in the no-man's land, and I couldn't play well. But it didn't matter and if not fully, I achieved to some extent all those things. I have to get this dilemma of not knowing the reason for playing the game. Generally, it is easy at the start because one has neither won nor lost. But when one has started winning or losing, then it affects the motive. I will have to buy a racquet but I'm not going to do so immediately since my reputation at home as bread-winner recently isn't really at a all-time high. Today, the club manager lent me his racquet. And I had to look at him guiltily a couple of times I hit the racquet on the floor. I will also not join on a monthly basis but rather pay on a daily basis whenever I go to play there.
I'm keeping Maam Yekam Sharanam Vraja in my mind. Well..that is the reality I want to create for myself though i understand only vaguely and even when it means different things at different points of time. But I believe that in any such phrases or proverbs or commandment, there is an underlying truth that is stable even when the surface looks contradictory, hazy and what not. The mind is a funny thing in that even if it is given a precise explanation of something, it tries to find some loose end and escape. I have stopped trying to find precise meanings for these truths in the full confidence that the message is loud and clear to my unconscious.
