  Sunday, August 01, 2004 A friend called, she said she had a nightmare, She thought that lipsticks are banned forever from the earth. Uff.. I have a nightmare too, Her name is Anna, and shes my aunt. Calls at ungawdly hours of the night to find out if i was sleeping peacefully, (on a tangent, Mr.T also has the same habit, wonder if they have any long lost relations.. like kumbh ke mele mein.. nah. . annaaunty is too old for that neways.. ) Coming back to her, she called yesterday night, my only night of unbroken sleep, saturday being no online classes and I get to sleep till dawn.. but well, its almost two in the night and the phone rings, I got this feeling it has to be annamausi.. he he.. i always wanted to call her that in our very own dharampaji eshtyle, neways, i get up with a groan and pick up the phone.
Sure as ever it is Annamausi, i would strangle her any time any day..but for this phobia i have about jails and closed places... The 4 minutes 40 seconds of conversation that followed leaves me sleepless and in a wake. Unfortunately I cannot even take some coffee, as i am fasting.. so i resort to standing at my window, with a stuffed nonie, (shes me stuffed dog, since i cant have real ones here) and staring into the night for a long time. I am thinking over the converstaion in my mind and wondering what we actaully talked about. It started off with AM : Jai Shri Krishna Beta, Me : JSK ( she hates it when i go JSK, but well, thats me.. i am neha, i am different) mausiji pranam AM : Did I wake you up?
Me : No Mausiji, i am usually awake at 2 in the nite waitign for you to call AM : Now this is not the time to be moody, I called to tell you that you are supposed to be fasting so read good religious books. Me: yeah.. tell me about fasting.. tell me about good books.. If i get a bit free from looking after the neighbours cat and oogling at him.. then i shall read some good books.. of course i dint say all this toher.. I go nice and ever so meek, Jee mausiji, am reading my vishnushahstranaam. and that kinda satisfies her and she says chlao have sui jao ( now go to sleep) and puts the phone down.
End of the conversation... so much for the midnight call, I bet in normal households when the phone rings in the middle of the night, there is panic and chaos all around.. not my place, My place the phone rings to find out if i am sleeping peacefully.... Now can you really make any sense out of this??
Ringing in the middle of the night, oh yeah so you are in singapore, but time difference makes it like dawn there .. what are you doing thinking about your niece, working niece at that, who is definately supposed to be sleeping and get up early in the morning and get to work and serve a 100 odd users????? Ahh.. but i guess its what they call love. She tells me I am always on her mind, and for all the right reasons. Must admit that is kinda cool.. i mean how many people can i say are on my mind all the time?? Can you?? especially aunts and nieces and nephews?? I must admit my family leaves me pretty much to myself, living the life that I want, so heres a thank you to all of them. Thinking back about my life.. ahh well its a well lived one, and though theres not much acheivements in there, its a well adorned one, with love and calm. I wonder whether I have fulfilled what i was sent on earth for ?? ahh.. well i take great pains to take care of the neighbours cat.. ye ye.. i know.. and i take greater pains to let the hunk of a neighbour know that hes a barbarian... but well, other than that??
I guess i would have.. or would do that, in due course when the time is right ya?? Ahh, this comment has been born out of a blog i visited today, but comign to think of it, living a plain life, trying not to meddle with other people and beleiving in myself.. yeah.. i guess i have accomplished a lot more than i would have ever thought possible... the result being I am happy within myself, with all my joys and pains, and all my faith in myself ?? ye.. i am happy.. and thats how I am going to stay.. happy happy happy neha.. !! SO HEY WORLD..!! CARRY ON.. AT UR OWN PACE.. !! I AM HERE TO STAY..!! ! 
