If ever I had let the madness takeover...

From last couple of days [after this Day Light Savings Time] I am having tough time to fall asleep on my regular time [which is 11 PM]. And it was the same even yesterday. So rather than wasting my time by rolling from one end of the bed to another, I decided to do something different, like how differently I would have responded to some past situations if I was mad at that.

Incident#1:

“I need two years of commitment from you, to work with me” – this is what one of the manager told me, when he wanted me in his team.

I had to smile at that statement and responded, “I guess this is something which I can’t do right now”

“No, I want you to promise me that you are committed for next 2 years” came his reply!

“Nope, I really doubt about it, I think I am the wrong choice if you want 2 years commitment”

If I were mad at him at that time, I would have told him, “I dint even give 2 years of commitment to the company when I was joining, why would I give 2 years of commitment to you, that too after completing 3 years here!?, You must be kidding or how else you end up asking me something strangely stupid like this!!”

And I was telling my friend about this incident and there came his words, “You would have told him that you were not ready to give 2 years of commitment to not even your girl friend”

Point duly noted buddy.

Incident#2:

Many a times when I speak to a friend of mine, he talks about girls, girls and girls and at times it becomes a repetitive pattern. And one of few things which pisses me off is “repetitions”. I can absolutely hate it if I am not interested in that.

“She was one real b#@$&, I really had good time with her. Bla bla bla..” and continues [Sorry, I can’t get into the details]

If I was mad about listening to his stories, I would have yelled “Oh enough of this, I have had enough of this already, I am done listening to this part of your life. And yeah, if ever you think that it’s an achievement, you are hopelessly wrong! I bet you, there are better things out there to do”

Incident#3:

I remember this conversation with a friend of mine, when I was chatting with her:

She: u know what, it’s raining here, I stood in the rain

me: wow :)

She: I got totally wet

me: Hamm

She: u like it? I love to get wet in rain

me: At times I like it when it rains

She: yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I love, I got totally wetttttttttttttt and then could not go anywhere with that dress

me: :-)

She: yeah, I was looking very transparent. so dint go anywhere

me: thank god!

I got myself out of the conversation that day, but given a chance, my madness could have responded to that situation this way “What exactly are you trying to tell now, and what is that you expect me to do now? Can you please stop this crap and yeah, you have got the wrong guy here”

Incident#4:

Though for being here [in Dallas] I get enough time to do “certain” things and I don’t do many things. But one thing which I do is cooking and I enjoy doing it. I do it my way and at times I try out different recipes which I find online and get to know through my friends.

Me being from Udupi [which is south west coast of Karnataka], I use coconut [Believe me, not as much as my mother or any Udupi people does] while cooking, though not always and not for all the recipes. And I don’t like direction unless I am trying out a new recipe. A friend of mine says, “Lets prepare chicken/fish. But don’t put coconut in that”

I simply say “yes” with a smile. But if I let my madness take over me, I would rather say, “What, now you are instructing me on what I am suppose to do and what I should not? If my cooking is a problem, why don’t you do the honor? I am more than happy to eat anything that you prepare, irrespective of how good or bad it is! Do you want any more discussion on this?”

Incident#5:

After reading few of my write-ups, someone made a comment about me, “Is he living in a dream world, can he manage to do something like that?”

Immediate response from my madness would be “Oh come on, you are here to judge me now for what I write? They say don’t judge people according to their appearance or what they wear. I guess we need to discuss on that, why don’t we catch up on this a bit sometimes?”

“It’s my own space and I could write anything – real, fiction, fantasy, I don’t really need to give any damn about what others wants to read out of it or I don’t need to be told by others about what I am suppose to be writing and what not!” ;)

I could not help myself from laughing after recreating all these situations and I slept wearing a smile on my face J