Chunnu Munnu - Episode 1

I was in the restroom one day when I heard a loud voice -

"and then I took out the stamp from my pocket and gave it to him and said this is your tip".

That was Munnu's voice! THE Stamp? for a tip? Strange.

"I tell you, nowadays most of the time if I see him I feel like slapping him".

Violent Munnu! Something is wrong... I can smell gossip... Lemme find out what is going on.

But first time for flashback - Chunnu and Munnu,two individuals, miles away from their homes and families, in search of better avenues are in the land of oppurtunities (as called by someone in some movie). Chunnu's dream - to become the President of USA and of course to become the proud owner of an American Express Credit Card. Duh! Munnu's dream/fantasy - It has to do something with Jungle and running and being upside down, I am really not sure(or maybe I am not allowed to disclose it). Chunnu and Munnu are roommates now for a little more than a year, and a few days back were joined by one Mr Pappu Singh from Punjab. The presence of Mr Pappu is very irrelevant. I mean irrelevant in the story. Sorry Papaji.

Chunnu and Munnu are the proud owners of a second hand television which used to sit imposingly on a cardboard box in the hall of their apartment and for quite some time that was the only decorative item in that room. So one day as destiny would have wanted it to happen Chunnu decided to move the TV to his room and suggested to Munnu that he would pay him half the price of the TV so that he owns it completely. Munnu thought for a while (I was surprised to know that he can think! but again that is not the focus of this blog, back to the story), he thought and said - we bought the TV for $50 shared by 2 of us making it $25 each, Ok.. I will sell it to you for $20. Chunnu bargained and said $15, Munnu - $18, Chunnu - $17.50. $17.50 - 1, $17.50 - 2, $17.50 - 3. Sold to Mr Chunnu for $17.50.So Mr Chunnu paid the amount to Munnu and became the proud and sole owner of the TV and moved it to his room (probably along with the cardboard box :-D )

Day Two:

"Munnu..Munnu... The remote is not working.. it was working till yesterday".

Munnu sighed, gave a smirk and then with an irritated expression replied -

" So what should I do if it is not working today?"

Chunnu said he would move the Tv back to the hall and demanded his money back. (Some people definitely are impressed by the 30 day return and money back policy here). Munnu did not agree to it and an argument started. Both of them went to Pappu's room fighting about the matter. Did I mention earlier that Pappu is irrelevant.. sorry Mr Pappu if I said so. So after Pappu became the judge and after a lot of arguments, Munnu agreed to give the money back. After he gave Chunnu the check, he said -

"I will tip you also.. here take 80 cents and he took out a stamp from his purse and gave it to him".

Whew! God Save the Queen!

pssst.. I have been told by reliable sources that someone will be murdered if this blog sees the light of the day.. so it is my sincere request please read it during the night or probably in a darkened room ;-)

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Its 30 minutes past midnight. Temperature outside is exactly 0 deg C. Its drizzling outside, freezing rain as the meteorologists would say. Not a very good time to stay awake for working exactly.

Every now and then my eyes dart to the time on the computer and then to the record counter which is decreasing like the dollar to rupee exchange rate. Damn! 221,714 to go still.. this could take hours. Why am I still awake... like a mummy(without the embalmation stuff), lying stomach down on my bed inside a comforter... the cold air breezing in through the open windows..

Hippee I got a mail... it was from Editor Bob! :( Where has everyone gone? Am I dreaming about this? Let me pinch myself... Ouch! that hurt! Nope.. I am not dreaming...

219,248 to go... No, this cannot happen to me... Not a single mail... Oh God what do I do now.
zzzz......zzzzz........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..

Its the Weekend!!

Its friday evening again! And its time for people to do what they like the most.
In all the days and months and hours I have been here, it was interesting to watch different categories of people.

The first category is the one where people(gangs) would gather at one house,drink their favourite "juice" all night long and bitch about their problems (or as they see the problems).
As for the others who are in the non-juice category, it will be what movie should we rent tonight? Are you cooking tonight or shall we dine out? Do you want a drive-thru or probably lets order pizza, there should be some coupons lying around in the kitchen. At the end of the "juice" party the non-juicers would probably have to drive the juice-rs home.

Then there are some people who want something to do after work hours, so they take a backup of the files in the computer, reinstall the Operating System on the laptop and install all the needed software and restore the files from the backup. And then they would take a stopwatch and record the time windows takes to start or the time internet explorer took to open a new window. If not satisfied, they repeat the backup-reinstall process again. I pray that the Lord does not make me so jobless like them.

Then there are some who cannot simply sit at home and they have to go out, even if going out means to the gas station to fill gas or to a grocery store to buy chewing gum.

Then there is the category, who "chat" during dinner time till the person on the other side goes to sleep or if they are on the other side of the world, they have to goto lunch or return home or their mother is waiting for them or whatever. Then they realise that they are hungry (at 1am in the night) and hurry to the kitchen to gobble up food quickly and then go back to "Chat" with the next appointment.

Then there is this category where people are looking for reasons to go to office or work from home as they cannot cease to be workaholics. Also as a parallel to this category are the ones who look for reasons for not leaving the house during the weekend (as the wife is chattering incessantly in the background). Unless of course there is this category who want a change from the culinary delights of the other half once during the weekend at least.

Last but not the least, comes the category comprising of the romeos and juliets, who wait impatiently for the clock to be at the desired time before they can call up their sweethearts and at least cuddle upto them in thoughts. Did u have breakfast? did u miss me? Did your PM scold you for not finishing your work...oh he's so bad..so insensitive. :-)

And then there also is a category which watches all this and writes a blog. ha ha. ;-)