Sunday, January 18, 2009

the fall of mighty KK

This blog is about an incident that happened around 3-4 months back. My girlfriend has a scooty pep, I always hated that vehicle 'coz when we were in Chennai, this pep had got me into a lot of trouble from flat-tyres, engine seizure, battery failure, refusal to start for unknown reasons to days when my girl simply forgets "petrol" is necessary for pep to run. And whenever such problems surfaced i had to drag my ass all the way from NM road to Guindy or Adyar. My ideology is non-geared bikes are for girls and sissies, to me riding a pep was not a "man" thing let alone pillion riding it. So she had challenged to take me as a pillion rider and i was able to hold on to that challenge for more than 4 years until that fateful day. On that day, our team in yahoo was celebrating a successful release over some lunch. Needless to say i was having loads of chicken and barrels of beer. Half way through the lunch, someone told me that most of the stuff were old and badly cooked, I didn't care a damn and wiped everything off my plate. Usually bad food affects me only after a day or two, but on that day the beer had accelerated my digestion and i was not feeling very comfortable even while driving back to office.

Back at my desk, i realised that i was having a revolving cubicle, dual screen, and even a dual keyboard..Oh..ohhh it had started, i wanted to puke. Knowing the stench beer+chicken can generate i retired into a loo in breakout area. I puked as discreetly as possible without making much noise, there was some relief, and then i puked, puked and puked again. I got really exhausted and all the memories of college farewell came back to haunt me. I couldn't go back to my cube, what if somebody asks me to explain something?? i may end up puking in their face. So i decided to stay in the loo, but was feeling too giddy to stand up. Flushed the toilet, closed the lid and decided to have a nap. No..its not gross for someone who during his college days had slept and rolled over his friends partially digested chicken rice. This place was spotless and clean for me and i had a goooooood nap. I slept for around 20minutes inside a loo in yahoo egl, by doing so it became the second office to be blessed after HCL in Chennai. As soon as I woke up i decided to go home, and called my girlfriend who was working for netapp in the opposite building. She asked me if i was in any position to drive, i don't remember my answer but am sure it prompted her to bring the vehicle I hate. I dint have much choice than to be a pillion rider. She drove the pep and i don't remember a damn thing that happened on our way, which my girl later exploited to her advantage by claiming i appreciated how safe her driving was

Back at her home, i drank lots of water and slept for an hour, without realizing the danger of facing one angry little giant. And when i woke up, she was there for me..
and she made me realize how cruel words can be and how harsh ur best buddies can be..sob..sob. Needless to say i had to apologize repeatedly and was prohibited from being anywhere around 100 yards near shops selling liquor for 2 months.

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