Serve Chilled

Aah... What is this, you wonder. A can of Coke framed against the colours of Pepsi. Are the two rivals merging? Are they coming out with Cokesi or Peca-Cola. (Perfectly horrible names if you ask me.)

I am glad to say that nothing so disastrous is in the works. Do I hear sighs of relief from all interested parties?

What did happen was that, a desire to follow the instructions on the can turned a simple routine exercise into a frustrating experience. The instructions were really simple: Serve Chilled.

Patience is not really a virtue you can afford when you have come out of the sun and need a cold drink. Hence, there went the can in the freezer, not the refrigerator mind you. It should suffice to say that I returned to find it frozen solid.

Then came the stroke of brilliance, I filled up the wash basin with hot water and left the can in it to thaw.

No points for guessing that I was sipping hot Coke half an hour later.

Is this news?

You just know that the newspaper is having a slow day when the print something like this.

From The Times of India, April 21 2006.

Aishwarya falls from cycle, suffers 'minor abrasions'
BANGALORE: Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai fell from a bicycle while shooting at Badami in Karnataka's Bagalkote district on Thursday and suffered "minor abrasions", police sources said.

"She suffered minor abrasions in the leg. She was given treatment and there is nothing to worry", a police official said from Bagalkote.

A police official !!! How ridiculous can things get :)



Agreed she is very beautiful, but still ...

I Remain

Earth, wind, fire and water,
A maelstrom rages around me,
In the eye of the vortex,
I remain.

War, savagery, blood and death,
A wildfire consumes the world,
In these desolate grasslands,
I remain.

Love, betrayal, kindness and cruelty,
An unending turmoil in our hearts,
In the deafening silence,
I remain.

Overfull

An interesting account of a unpleasant gastrointestinal experience is a contradiction in terms.

However, by keeping it brief and conveying the amount of food consumed over a period of 2 hours (better believe that !!!) for a breakfast, I plan to entertain.

Course 1:
Scrambled Eggs
Bacon
Hash Browns
Banana
Strawberries
Glass of Chocolate milk
Chocolate chip bagel with cream cheese
Boiled Egg

Course 2:
Hash Browns
Grits
Chocolate chip bagel
Waffles with syrup
Apple
Glass of Chocolate Milk

Another half a glass of water almost pushed me over the edge. My stomach literally started hurting and every step I took I was controlling my regurgitation reflexes.

Eating the food was an amazing experience, the 15 minute walk to the class... not so much.