No space in between!

Bravo Arun!Sonali
Sonali left this comment on Arun’s blog.

Do you think no space was left in between intentionally or hurriedly?

Love is...

While cleaning my cupboard, I stumbled upon an envelope, opened it and found some old newspaper’s cuttings. The colour of cuttings had faded and there are some strains here and there. It was a collection of ‘Love is …’ which I used to collect in my teens.

Do you think should I discard them as you can see in the photographs that the color of cuttings have changed from white to yellowish or should I keep the collection as it is interesting and a remembrance of my teenage stupid passions?

No beggar! No thief!

“I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I havn't seen single individual who is a beggar or a thief. Such prosperity I have seen in my country, INDIA!” These are the words of Mr. ‘M’.

Do you agree or disagree with him?

Nadi Astrology Centre (Predictions)

Predicting my future, the astrologer of Nadi Astrology Centre said “Your ascendant is Sagittarius.”
“No.” I said.
“See here the number nine written on the bottom left corner which means that your ascendant is Sagittarius.”
“But….”
“Aren’t your Mercury and Venus in the zodiac sign Sagittarius?”
“Yes. They are. But….”
“Aren’t your Moon and Ketu in Aries, Jupiter in Taurus, Saturn in Cancer, Rahu in Libra?”
“Yes. But….”
“Aren’t your Sun and Mars in Scorpio?”
“Yes. But my ascendant is Scorpio and not Sagittarius. I know ASTROLOGY.” I said confidently.
The face expressions of astrologer changed. He took out the pen from his pocket and corrected his mistake with his initials on it.

What would be appropriate for him, paying the fees calmly or a slap for cheating me, not finding my leaf, not predicting through leaf but posing as these are all genuine leaf predictions and not only this but while predicting like an ordinary astrologer with date and time of my birth making a blunder mistake?

Nadi Astrology Centre (Leaf Search)

“It is written that Munni has a younger sister.” An astrologer translated the written material in Tamil for me. Many years back, sages wrote the future on bundles and bundles of leaves for the betterment of humanity. These sages predicted the characteristics, family history, as well as the careers of innumerable individuals contain in several thousand volumes, each containing around a hundred predictions on leaves. There are set of statements on a leaf if all are found to be correct and matched properly then your leaf is found. And then the predictions written on that leaf are translated by astrologers of Nadi Astrology Center.
“No. My name is Chandrika and I have a younger brother not sister.”
“So, this leave is not for you. We will search another.” He turned over the leaf and said, “The name is Chandrika who has a younger brother and is born in the month of February.”
“No. In the month of December.”
“Next leaf said that the person is born in the month of December on 23rd.”
“No. On 3rd December.”
Slowly and gradually he flipped through more leaves and gathered all information required to convince me that my leave was found. He also asked my date of birth and time of birth for doing predictions. Not only this he also asked me what I want in my life and what is my aim in life. I told him as I was very curious to know how sages have predicted the future on leaves for each one of us.

Will he surprise me by fraud methods of future predictions or will I surprise him with my innocent nature?

Stressful life and greying of hair

“These days, my life is so stressful that my hair have started greying.” A young woman told me.
“Now you can color your hair with purple dye.” I suggested.
“I don’t want to be a clown.”
“Purple color hair looks cool with purple color dress.”

Do you agree or disagree that the common reason of greying of hair is stressful life?

NaNoWriMo

“I am working on a novel.” I told Mr. ‘K’.
“There's also the NaNoRiMo thing they do annually...hear of it?”
“Never heard of it.”
“NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month in which the writers from all over the world participate. They have to write 50,000 or more words novel in one month.” Mr. 'K' explained.

Last date of joining is 31st October. Should I join it or no?

Meditation means ….

“With closed eyes sitting for hours and hours doesn’t mean doing meditation. No, it is not meditation. Meditation means that you are totally involved in whatever you are doing. It may be cooking food, it may be servicing a poor or it may be doing your office work. Forget yourself in doing that task. And when you come out of it you have to erase the factor ‘I’ from it. You have to wipe out ‘I did that work’. This is what meditation means to be completely absorbed in work without thinking about the factor ‘I’.” A saint explained the meaning of meditation to an elderly woman.

Do you agree or disagree with the saint?

Loud and clear whisper

“We will be doing it tonight.” On watching a scene in which hero and heroine were enjoying French kiss; a boyfriend whispered to his girl friend. They were watching an English comedy movie in a hall.
I was sitting behind them and could clearly hear the plan.
“What did you say?” The girl friend asked him.

What do you think a whisper should be so loud and clear that it could be heard by everyone except the person for whom it was meant? ;-)

Alphabet dating

We have a box with the slips of all alphabet letters. While dating, I and my boyfriend do the activities starting with the picked up letter. Last weekend, the picked up letter was ‘C’.
Car racing
Preparation of Cake
Candle light dinner
We thoroughly enjoyed them.

This time the picked up letter is ‘X’ then what can be possible activities one can do?
Ms ‘D’ posted this somewhere on net.

Tweet me @chandrikashubh

“Chandrika, you never share your likes and dislikes with your readers.” Mrs. ‘F’ said.
“I will be sharing about my life on twitter.” I replied.

You can tweet me @chandrikashubh. Please share your address with me so that I can follow you. :)

Photographic humour

Photograph 1 : Cat was inspecting a parakeet inside the cage.
Photograph 2 : Cat was sleeping and parakeet was playing on cat’s head and the cage’s door was opened.
Photograph 3 : Cat was inside the cage, its door was closed and parakeet was enjoying outside the cage. :-D

I saw these photographs on a humour site and wanted to share with you all. :-D

Do you think this was reality or cat and parakeet were models who were directed to act?

Filling my life and blog with colors

“Chandrika, you always wear dresses in white, cream or dusky shades. There are bright and vibrant colors also. Try them. ” Mrs. ‘L’ suggested me.
“Hmmmm….”
“Fill your life with the colors and feel the difference.”
“First I will fill the colors in my blog.” I said.

So I filling my blog with colors. Hope you like the new look. :-)

No reply from past one and a half year

“You didn’t call, mail or send any sms to me even ONCE during the past one and a half year. I know you were busy in your career but at least you should have find time to reply my calls, mails and smss. I was worried about you and you didn’t bother about my feelings.” I complained to my friend.
“I bagged Outstanding Performance Award and that I do not want to tell you on phone, emal or sms. I want to tell you personally. When we meet….” My friend told me with a smile.

Should I give my friend a punch on face or a warm hug?

No one is born a Genius though becomes one by forgetting things

“ “I forgot my admit card.” I worriedly said to my uncle who was driving scooter on the busy road of Delhi. We were about to reach my examination centre for my higher secondary final exams. Instead of scolding, my uncle took a U turn towards house. This is 20 years old incidence but it is as fresh as it has happened just now.” Mr ‘M’ narrated me.

“No one is born a Genius though becomes one by forgetting things.” I told him. :-D

Have you ever forgotten such an important thing? ;-)

So cute! So active!

“So cute!” It was my mom’s friend reaction on seeing me first time. At that time I was a baby. I was in my mom’s lap and my mom was feeding me with tomato soup. She picked up the bowl to fill the spoon. Immediately, I kicked the bowl with my tiny foot with such a force that my mom lost her grip and the entire bowl liquid was on my mom’s friend’s cream silk sari.
“So active!” She changed her views about me.

Cute and active baby is one year old in the field of blogging.

The other side of the coin.

You presented only one side of the coin, Chandrika. That’s not fair.
I have an illegitimate sibling. My Dad wants to give an equal share to that f*** in MY GRAND PA’s property. That’s MY money and ONLY MINE. The guy in blue shirt mailed me.

Money can’t be yours until and unless it is in your name. So it’s pretty shallow of you to say so. I replied.

Do you think fighting the case against father is justified with this explanation?

Story of a guy in blue shirt

“Do you know him, the one in blue shirt?” Mrs. ‘T’ asked me pointing towards a young guy.
“Yaeh. He is a decent guy.” I replied.
“DECENT!?! He has filed a case against his father.” She disclosed the latest news to me.
“What??!??”
“The case is about ancestral property.”
“How could one fight over a few bucks with his father who gave him this body?” I said with a surprise.
“He is in a hurry and can’t wait till his father die.” She was enjoying the spicy conversation.
“He is neither handicap nor mentally retarded. He is intelligent and earning well. Moreover he is single. Then why he is fighting?” I was perplexed.
“With this fight, he has divided his house in two zones with no communication between them and I pity his mother as he is her ONLY SON.”

With this court case whom do you think the guy in blue shirt is hurting more, his father or his mother?

Daily drama

EVERYDAY,
i) he opens a new account in pseudo name on ‘XYZ’ site.
ii) he starts a new thread to vent out his emotions.
iii) he replies to comments on the same thread but writes only one more post i.e. Total posts : 2.
He is repeating this tedious job from the past 19 days.

May be he is scared that I may write about him on my blog therefore he changes his name, EVERYDAY. ;-)

Chinese toys

I am in a toy shop searching a plaything for 11 year old child. The market is flooded with beautiful, vibrant and tempting toys. I select a vivid, distinct and cheap toy appropriate for that age group.

‘Made in China’ was printed on the left corner of the box.

Should I buy the toy as it is very attractive, unique and comes in my budget or should not buy it as it was in news that Chinese toys contain toxins which are harmful for the children?

Everybody lacks patience

“This season heavy rains are pouring. All at once they start, downpour heavily and stop. There is no drizzling or light rains this time.” I said.
“These days everybody lacks patience. Even clouds are in a hurry as they have to pour rains to other places also.” Mr. ‘X’ commented with a beaming smile. :-D

A message from Ex BF

“ ‘My dog - No more. Returned from work, found Buddy dead. Hit by vehicle. Missing My BUDDY!!!!’

After break up and no contact for seven months, today my Ex-boyfriend texted me this.” Miss ‘L’ told me.

What should Miss ‘L’ reply to her boyfriend? ;-)

Friend's family life

“Do not interfere in MY family life, Chandrika.” My friend whose family problem I was trying to solve told me.
"Sorry. I thought it was OUR family." I said.

Do we need friends to say ‘hi’ and ‘bye’, to do parties and have fun or to solve the complicated family and financial problems?

Who was at fault?

“You cheated me.” Wife shouted.
“You spied me.” Husband shouted.

Who was at fault, husband or wife?

Menu Card

In a restaurant, I am viewing a menu card which has 208 dishes.

It is difficult to make a choice. Please suggest something that I can order?

Discipline

“Two elderly people were talking so vulgar that I had to ask my son to get up from there.” A middle age man was narrating an incidence of a shopping mall where he, his teenage son and two elderly men were sitting in a waiting lounge of a parlour.

What was teen age son thinking ‘Oh Sh*t! I can’t enjoy the spicy gossip becoz of dad.’ or ‘Discipline is only for me!’ ? ;-)

A silent visit

“Stay away from my blog, Chandrika.” Mr. ‘R’ shouted on me.
I was deeply hurt as I was suggesting improvements for his blog and wanted his blog to be a popular one.

After that I stopped visiting his blog and started writing on my blog. Now one day, he silently visited my blog.

Should I say “Stay away from my blog” or “Thanks for reading my posts.” ?

A blind beggar

A blind man in shabby clothes was standing in the middle of the highway on which vehicles were moving with great speed. He was spreading his palms for alms.

Do you think he was begging money or wanted compensation if any speedy vehicle hit him?

Staring

I waved my hand in front of the face of a middle aged person who was staring at me.
“Oho! Actually I was thinking something.” He said.

Was he really thinking looking into my eyes or did he want to lock eyes with me?

Married twice

“I will be married TWICE in my life time; an astrologer predicted that for me.” A middle aged man who had happy married life told. He was married only ONCE.

Do you think he feel cheerful or cheerless about being married ONCE?

Reduced AC temperature

I and a middle aged woman (not known to me) were waiting in AC office of Mr. ‘S’. He was not on his seat. After forty five minutes he arrived. He made himself comfortable, reduced AC temperature and switched on the fan.

I started discussing official matter with him and the woman slowly removed stole wrapped around her neck and placed it in her handbag. Now, not only her beautiful neck but more than that was visible.

The temperature inside that room was hot or cool? ;-)

Google search

“I love you, Shubham. Do you?”
A person googled this. :-D

Who know the better answer Google or Shubham?

Foul smell

“How much foul smell you dirty fellow spread?” A lady shouted on a sweeper who was cleaning the passage situated in the open space of a hotel. Her husband with a lit cigarette in his mouth was escorting her.

Who was responsible for foul smell; sweeper who was doing his duty or her husband who was smoking?

mY dEaReSt EnEmY!

I have posted a photo album ‘Emotional me’ on a social networking site. In it, there is a photograph of a young guy in his mid-thirties. He has a doomed bald head and a fair face. Dark brown dyed moustaches matches perfectly with twinkling little brown eyes behind designer wear spectacles. Shades of innocence and cunningness can be seen clearly in those eyes.

Below that photograph I have written ‘He changed my life……… mY dEaReSt EnEmY!’

Today is his birthday. Should I wish him or no?

Only ONE!

“God bless u with a beautiful wife!” An elderly woman said to a young guy who touched her feet.

“Aunty, only ONE!!?!!” The young guy of marriageable age replied.:-D

Why we are so tempting when we get one we yearn for more and more?

Shy writer

I wrote :
I read your latest post 'Traffic Jam'. I tried to leave a comment but couldn't as it was opened only for members. So, writing a mail to you.
Comment : Ur style of writing is very impressive. There is indeed a traffic jam of thoughts. We want to write but can't.

She wrote :
Thank you Chandrika. And appreciate your kind words about my writing. You can always create a blog on ………. just so you can respond to other blogs. I know a couple of people who do that! They keep their identities private, and don't post anything, but read blogs and comment/participate like readers.

You have mentioned that you want to write but can't. Is it because you are extremely busy, juggling career, home etc. or because you are SHY? When I was a full time working woman and mom too, I used to write during my lunch hour at office. Sometimes just a paragraph, but I wrote. Everyone has his/her unique voice, let it out.

This is 100th post by a shy writer. :)

Strange house

Oh My! What a strange house is this! Not a single piece of furniture or decorative item in the drawing room and the adjacent L shaped dinning room. As I entered the house of a client, I was not only surprised but rather shocked. I took a few steps and sighed, at least a well equipped kitchen with all modern electrical gadgets was there.

The hostess was a young lady in her mid thirties who asked me to follow her towards the other end of the house. While passing through a narrow passage, I noticed, the two bedrooms were also empty. On reaching in the third one my shock took the shape of confusion. There was only one double bed on which a senior citizen was lying and viewing a plasma TV on wall. A window ac was throwing cool air which seemed hot to me.

They both reside in that house, now can you guess what is the relationship between the two?

Blocked me

Three months before :
One of my blog readers sent a friend request to me on a social networking site. I replied that it was only for my close friends and relatives. I apologised her for not accepting it. She said its ok and withdrew her friend’s request.

Yesterday, I was surprised to notice that she blocked me on that site.

I can’t understand why she block me after three months??!??

Crack in the specs

“You forgot your spectacles at home. Then how did you watch movie in cinema hall on that day?” I wanted to know from my cousin.

“Hehe hehe. I have another spec whose one glass is cracked and temple arm is broken on other side.” He replied.

“Watching movie must be an awesome experience!” :-D

Forgetting little things make life difficult or interesting?

Accident of Innocent animal

My car was moving with high speed on National Highway. A truck was coming in the other lane a little behind to car. Suddenly a bull appeared and started crossing the road. It had a limp which slowed its speed. It was in the middle of the road then decided to go back. As larger vehicle was coming in that lane, it decided to continue its journey to cross the road. Its indecisiveness confused my driver. The distance was too less and speed was too high. It seems for a few seconds bull will be killed. But driver took a fast decision, put the harsh brakes. The car only touched the animal with the slightest pressure.

Consequently my back ached the whole day but I was relieved an animal is SAVED.

Who is responsible for such accidents on roads; the owner who leave innocent animals without giving any food or the driver who even with careful driving hit these animals because of high speed?

Shortening of name

Mr 'Y' wrote :
Chandrika..!! i hv habit of shorten my friends name.. so can i.?.. chandu.. or chandra.?!

I replied :
Shortening of name means you will be moving from friendship to relationship. The more you shortened it the more you will be moving towards relationship.

ok chandra..;)

So what does it mean; beginning of friendship or relationship?

Special Toilets

In the morning, as I opened the door of the house five pigeons flapped and flew away. The ceiling fan of the veranda was slightly moving. They must have spent the whole night on it.

I looked at the floor.
“Government must construct special toilets for pigeons, separate for males and females.” Only this I could think. ;-)

Green shoes

Mrs. 'T' from Singapore posted on social networking site as :
Today, I am wearing my green shoes. I love my GREEN SHOES! :)

Mr. 'P' commented :
Post the pics. :-p

I commented :
I am coming to Singapore to have a look at your pretty green shoes. :)

Was I serious or kidding?

Real or fiction

Mr. 'I' wrote:

I love all your posts and I really like the way you express ideas. Are all these real incidents or fiction?

What do my readers think about the posts; real or fiction?

Little things

"Please have a cup of tea." A staff member offered me as a peon placed the cup of tea on the table.
"No. Thanks! I do not drink tea." I replied.
"So you saved my one cup of tea." :-D

Do you think such little things make our lives interesting and humorous?

Chandrika Aunty

Blog buddy : i gone thru most of ur post.
wts ur favorite? the most?

me : all r like my kids

Blog buddy : aiyooo
so u r an aunty!!

Which is your favourite post of course written by you? Please share its url with me. I will love to read it. :)

In between

Mr. ‘Y’ narrated an incidence from his recent trip to a European country, “One day, I was going for a walk, two guys stopped me and talked in Spanish. I told them I couldn’t understand it. One of them in broken English told, “We are here to spread the message of GOD and talk about your life’s goal.” I noticed then only they were wearing a white T-shirt on which ‘Jesus is Great’ was written. I told them that right now my goal was to have an ice-cream. And hurriedly I left that place before they could understand my goal.”

“Such situations should be avoided and ice cream is the best option for that.” I said.

“One should avoid talking to strangers about politics and religion and one should avoid talking to friends about relationships.”

“Out of the two categories, in which category do I fall?” I asked. ;-)

“Somewhere in between…..” ;-))

“Do you want to be my friend on Social Networking Site?”

Which option he will chose stranger or friend?

Miss or Mrs.

Mr. ‘Z’ wrote to me :

Dear Ms. Chandrika Shubham,
……………………………................

Do my writings reflect that I am ‘Miss or Mrs.’ or does he want to know about my marital status?

Baby lizard

Something suddenly and unexpectedly fell on me from the top of the car seat while I was travelling. My reflex action was shrugging of shoulders and moving of hands with a shriek to remove that. I saw a baby lizard running in between the space to hide leaving its dancing tail behind.

Should I kill it after searching or just leave the situation as such?

Techno savvy

“Let me show you my site.” I told a school going boy and clicked the buttons of keyboard.
After viewing the address bar he said confidently, “This is not your site this is your PAGE.”

All of us must have met techno savvy kids but has anyone ever meet techno savvy granny?