Wednesday, January 09, 2008

What do you think?

I called this guy up today, and asked him if he had any stock available for two board games that I wanted to buy...

He said he'll check, and call me back later...

...

Call back he did, and told me that there were only one each of the two board games I requested, and he told me to "Come by tomorrow" if I really wanted it...

So I did... Fearing that they will run out of stock if I didn't tarry, I came down immediately. Then he told me that he didn't have it in stock, and actually he meant "Come by TOMORROW", instead of "Come BY tomorrow". Coz he will get the single leftover stock in tomorrow from his warehouse; he didn't have it at the store currently...

Sheesh... over the phone, I couldn't tell the difference. I thought he meant the latter...

Would you have thought the same???

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Just Chillin'

The boom of an approaching plane...

Peering out the window, I can't seem to make it out... Though I can't see it, I know it's there... and it makes me calm.

Sitting back, the radio playing light jazzy tunes, gotta admit, life's been pretty decent to me. I don't get everything I want in life, but, who does anyway?

Everything in life simply gets better when you are not hankering desperately after some object of desire. Perhaps this is middle-age thinking, when the rashness of youth is replaced by a jaded acceptance... or is it called a tacit understanding...

I lean back on my chair, eyes closed, hands behind my head, stephanie singing a slow, low ballad, the song interspersed with the drone of the fan. No cares in the world, just a little "me time" before I head to bed. A grin, shoulders down, as i think about how the bedsheet is warming up under my feet...my own style of "meditative pose"...

I am happy...