Recently I had gone 2 Pizza Hut vit my dear roomies... I really do not have anything against them... but it seemed like tey had never given an order before!! tey ver so confused n utterly confused the waiter too!! But dat was not wot irritated me.. it was the "artificial" accent dat this guy kept adding to his words that got 2 my head..

Imagine a guy who in a normal "Indian" conversation wud call a "Ship" a "Ship" and a "Sheep" also a "Ship".. now imagine a person like him adding an accent!!

It was quite hilarious actually to think about it... Ill try 2 narrate it D best I can.. tough I kno that half the fun was in D way he was pronouncing the words and the other half was his ignorance about commonly used terms and phrases..

Waiter: Yes sir how can I help you

Roomie1: ya plez... we wud like a... a...

Me(butting in to remind him): Garlic Bread

Roomie1 : ya.. garlic braid .. 1 plez.. and 1 coke .. 1 plez... and 1 vegetarian peezza .. big 1

Roomie2: aree ek coke nahi.. teen coke.

Me (Correcting him partly) : Dat wud b a family size pizza.

Waiter: Ok sir.. we do not have coke.. but..

Roomie1 (Before he finishes) : aree Coke nahi hai iske paas.. fanta chalega??

Roomie2: orange juice hai kya pooch

Me: Please make it a cola instead of coke (I knew it by default dat Pizza hut does not serve Coke but serves Pepsi)

Waiter: ok sir.. anything else?

Roomie1: ya.. (in an assertive tone confirming that pepsi is ok)

Waiter: (Still waiting .. asuming dat the "ya" meant he wished 2 order something more).. wot wud u like to have sir?

Roomie1: 3 pepsi

Waiter: (confused). Ok.. so 1 Gemuse pizza, 4 cola? (Gemuse is german for Vegetarian)

Roomie1: No No.. not gemuse.. vegetarian.. (ok..this was not my roomies fault) only with cheez, tomaetus, and u no... no phork, haem or shikean aend all that..

Waiter: ok sir, Vegetarian pizza will have brocoli, onions, olives and cheez. If u wish to have tomatoes, I wud suggest u order a Margeritta with extra toppings...
Roomie1: No No.. 1 vegetarian pizza

Waiter (scratching out something in his pad) : Ok.. 1 "vegetarian" pizza and 4 cola.

Roomie1 : No No.. 3 pepsi not cola

Waiter : ok.. 3 cola

Roomie1 : No No.. 3 pepsi

Me (butting in finally): Just to repeat the order.. We wud have 1 Garlic Bread.. 4 peices.. with cheese, 1 Vegitarian pizza.. family size, and 3 cola... large.

Waiter (finally getting the confusion out of his head) : Yes sir (and he walks away)

And all thru dat evening I just kept thinkin how much time tey wasted just for a 1 line order!!

Yesterday seemed like a nice day... It was Chetans B'Day actually and as much as I hate him.. I stil had D intention of surprising him. After all, It is every1s right 2 b pampered on his b'day ;-) So my first task (as always) was 2 get him a nice cake... But D problem was dat this guy does not eat eggs.. n cakes have eggs.. So now it was a question of finding a place ver I cud get Eggless cake..

After eating D heads of my colleagues here I finally got D address of a place ver I might find Eggless cake.. Dat shop closes at 1800Hrs. Dat meant dat I had just over 1/2 hour 2 get 2 D shop... So I hurried off frm office n took D Subway 2 D stop... Got off at Zipperrerstrasse. D shop was in between Ziperrerstrasse and Enkplatz (D place ver I liv). So I planned getting down at ziperrer n ten walkin it up 2 Enkplatz pickin up D cake on D way...

NEways.. everything seemed to go like I had planned until a young lady stopped me just outside D station.. I hav been stopped by ppl before in order 2 ask for sum change for cigarettes n I Xpected this 2 b 1 of D same.. But then ven she started her story I cud not help but believe the genuinity of it.. It seems she was here for finding wrk n her luggage had got stolen n she had a police registration of the same.. So she said she did not have money 2 eat 2 rent a hotel.. Well, I knew better tan 2 believe dat kind of story.. But I just felt like believing her for dat moment.. So I put my hand in my pocket n removed a 10EUR note.. gave it 2 her and said.. Hope that wud b enuf for u atleast for 2day...

She suddenly stopped talkin.. like she was dumbfound at D unexpected gesture.. I normally began walkin my way... I knew I did not hav enuf time bfore my cake shop closed.. n suddenly I heard sum1 running behind me... ven I stopped n turned back.. I was greated by the most natural hug Ive ever got frm a girl.. I was astound by it.. a lil pleased n a lil embarrassed too.. It was D same female I had just givn D 10 EUR bill.. She had begun 2 weep.. n said dat I was D first person who even stopped 2 listen 2 her story...

Well... all I kept saying was "its ok..." but she was not ready 2 let go... I did not believe dat I actually pushed her aside after sumtime (wot D hell was I thinknig.. I cud have just stood ter!!).. but NEways... It seemed quite funny coz everytime I pushed her.. she spoke 2 sentences n was overwhelmed again.. n hugged me again!!!

It happened 2 or 3 times before I actually said.. Xcuse me.. but Im gettin a lil late for sumthin... N ten she finally got sum control over herself.. I started 2 walk off 2wards D cake shop n I cud Still hear her endlessly thanking me n blessing me n all dat stuff until D voice became too soft 2 be audible...

I was already late n D shop had closed.. So I vent home n tried makin up sum kheer.. but was so engrossed n dat spontaeneous hug dat I think I burned D milk..

NEways... Overall I wud rate it quite a happening day for me... dunno bout Chetan ... he had 2 eat D burnt kheer rite ;-)

How many of yawl have actually forgiven somebody for all the cruel things that he did 2 u? A quite a handfew u say huh? Well thats gr8!!

"Forgive and Forget".... this is a very commonly heard phrase ven it comes 2 ppl who try to giv u religious advise and try 2 show u D divinity that comes with the act of forgiving. And I truely believe that forgiving is a very divine thing to do. But just like all divine things, it is not a very easy thing to do either. Wot those religous leaders fail 2 xplain is that "Forgetting" is actually 2wice as divine as just "Forgiving". And yet the "Forget" part of the phrase is often at best Forgotten!!

Think about it... Ven and if ever u hav thought that u hav forgiven a person for wot he has done 2 u and u still remember very well wot he did which hurt u so much... have u really forgiven him for it? Or have u just consoled urself by saying that u did a gr8 deed by forgiving him ven actually all u hav done is given him another chance whist u are always on ur guard ven it comes 2 him?? After all, giving forgiveness is by no means a favour that u are offering that person (it is the gr8ness of ur heart u r portrayin) and the true essence of forgiving is to pretend that he never did such a thing to you right?

My personal experience has been that if I happen 2 look at a persons face and all I can think of is the way he has hurt me in the past.... then no matter whatever I say 2 D world.. heart of hearts.... I still have not forgiven him at all for wot he has done. And if I truely want 2 forgiv him, I would first try 2 forget what he did. In case I can get myself 2 forget it.....Ive automatically forgiven him!! And in case I cannot forget it inspite of all my efforts... then I just have 2 say 2 myself.... ok, lets give him 1 more chance 2 c how he fares.... and ten tis just a "wait n c" business.

And the beautiful part of the theory is that since every time u truely forgive some1, u hav in essence actually forgotten it already, you just dont have a count of how many times u have forgiven him!!! So in that way, it is an in-exaustible supply of forgiveness that you find urself with.

So now tell me..... how many of yawl have actually forgiven somebody?