Rectangle, Triangle

Resurrected Post from 13th July 2008
This happened when I was in 9th. My brother Shreyas, 3 yrs younger to me and my two cousins Pooja(my age) and Prerana(3yrs younger) were hanging out together at my grandma's place. She ran a play home for kids so we had a black board in our room.

We were playing a game, which henceforth we named as "rectangle, triangle".

We formed teams of two, me n Prerana against Pooja and Shreyas. Rules of the game were simple; an item will be named to one player, and he/she has to explain it using only geometrical shapes to the teammate who'll be drawing it on the board. So for example if i give the item as "phone" u describe it as a big rectangle with a square inside at the top, etc etc..

So the item we gave to Pooja was "washing-machine", and Shreyas was supposed to follow instructions and draw on the board. So she asked him to draw a large rectangle. AND, so he drew it. Well, thats what he thought, cuz his "rectangle" had 3 sides!! Me n Prerana stared at each other, n then we were smiling uncontrollably, waiting to explode into laughter, waiting for Pooja to turn n look at the blackboard.

Anyways, we keep laughing always so those little giggles did not disturb the awesome game going on. He proceeded to draw a circle in the middle of the "rectangle", and then stood staring at the board, when asked to draw small rectangles on the top right corner of the rectangle. I swear, the look on his face was so innocent. It was hilarious, looking at him wondering where the top right corner of the triangle was. And then finally i forced Pooja to turn around and see the drawing on the board, and then we all laughed, so much so that our stomach hurt and tears poured down our cheeks. AND, BTW, the confusion in the two shapes continued in the next rounds that day also. It was like one of the most awesome times ever. The fun we had confusing him, laughing when he drew the correct shape, so that he erased and drew the wrong one.. phew, its impossible to express the utter confusion, and mindless laughter in words.

Well, what brought back all these treasured memories, was that the four of us were hanging out again this past Sunday, 5 yrs since the incident; and once again we sat down to play
"rectangle, triangle"; only to see Shreyas jot down on the top of his drawing pad:


Post resurrected from my first blog which has now disappeared into oblivion.

Kafe with...out Koffee

Everyone has one of  these days occasionally. Bored, jobless, nothing to do, no movies to watch, no new TV shows out, no games to play; u get the drift.... And then you decide to go out with friends and hang out in a "cool" place like CCD or Mochas or the like. Well it could be friends, a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, cousins or whoever is free and fun to spend time with.

Now, everyone reaches expecting to spend some time having fun in a nice cosy place, with soft music playing, and the smell of coffee and cakes adrift in the air. It isn't a gathering to celebrate something, but just to randomly hang out and chit-chat. So no one's thinking of ordering a lot. Maybe a drink each just so you wouldn't be sitting in there without ordering anything and giving the staff a good reason to kick you out.

Now imagine that you are in a group of 4, and all order a drink. Hot coffee, Blackcurrant blast, Devil's Own, Toblerone Shake. All drinks are brought together and put in front of you. As one person speaks others listen while sipping on their drinks and it goes on, until you realize that in almost half an hour all of you are almost finished with your drinks. You realize, you cant sit there another 2 hours without ordering anything. The waiter will simply bring the bill, implying subtly, that you need to go!!

Well, worry not. Here are a few useful tips...

• Keep sipping from your glass occasionally. Doesn't matter if its empty. Just make the right gulping actions.
• Add imaginary sugar from an empty sachet into an empty coffee mug, and pretend to stir it with your spoon.
  
• One person keep an eye out for those waiters, and always sip your imaginary drink while looking at them.
• Compliment the cafe you are in, amongst yourselves, loud enough for passing waiters to hear.

And last but not least,

• Please don't all of u stir, or all of u sip at the same time while looking at the waiter. Act normal people!!

Credit for the material goes to my cousin Prerana who made my stomach ache by enacting these and many other humorous ways to prevent the waiter from bringing us our bill.

Blogging... My second attempt...

Hello everyone. For those of you who know me well, you know how lazy I am.

However, blogging seems to be a very constructive pass time and therefore i shall try once again to be an active blogger. My last blog reached a massive total of, an unimaginable, an unforseen and amazing... 2 posts. Lets hope this blog actually reaches a massive, unimaginable, unforseen and amazing total. :)

Now, many (actually hardly anyone) would wonder why I created a new blog, instead of just continuing in the old one. Well there is this thing of mine, where i am unable to continue something that I've left for a long time. Whether it be in-game characters in MMORPG's or, well blogs, I always have to start afresh if I take a long break.

(MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games)

Enjoy!!