Ok, so today it was “Friendship day”. Till a couple of years back I agreed with the majority who thought it was cool to say “we don't believe in celebrating these days, in our life each day is a friendship day, or mother’s day or whatever”. But soon, I realized what a big Fat LIE it was and a perfect example of hypocrisy that we Indians are so skilled at. Yes, we all would love to show our concern and care for the ones we adore, each day of our lives but I highly doubt the possibility of it being implemented practically. This one day at least reminds us of acknowledging the presence of people who matter in our lives. So I am all up for celebrating these days.. no matter how cliched or corny it may sound.
Also I had forever wondered and expressed my bewilderment on these millions & zillions of days in a calendar year of just 365 days! Thanks to some authorities, marketers & creators that we have even days for “temporary insanity” (thisyear it was on 19th Feb) &“teddy-bears” (this year it’s on 9th Sept). So, as far the concept of these days are concerned, I think whether I like it or hate it, I have sort of done truce with it now.
Only wondering why don’t people come out with some more meaningful days which can make our lives a bit easier, you know even if it is just for a day. And on a 'vella' Sunday evening, here I come with a wish list of my preferable days which I would love to be added in this never ending list of special days. So, here goes my proposed memo from the top 5 in my wishlist, of course if I will have more such free Sundays, I don’t mind adding more to this:
Well-behaved auto driver day:
Now this is self-explanatory, isn’t it? Imagine you walk out of your college/home and an auto guy is just standing in front of you with a big grin on his face, he bows down and asks you absolutely politely – “Sir, aap kaha jana chahenge”? When I say X road, he obeys with another big smile and says – “sure sir, please baithiye”.He starts the auto and starts his meter too, drops you to your destination and charges you exactly as per the meter. If the meter reads Rs. 99, he actually returns Rs. 1 from the 100 rupee note given to him. Ah bliss!!! The imagination itself of even one such day in our life is just so comforting. I’m sure people from metro at least from Bangalore, Delhi & Chennai will vouch for starting one such day.
Self obsession day :
Self obsession day :
This one’s way too specific to me.. I have been trying to get over this self-obsession issue that I have been battling against since childhood but till date haven’t made much of a progress. So it would be really nice if I would have an entire day to myself… do stuff I love to do, indulge in my guilty pleasures, talk only to people I like talking to etc etc. In short, a day when everything transpires the way I wish it to. Hopefully it will inspire and motivate me enough to surmount my preoccupation with myself for the rest of the year.
Negative calorie day: oh, this one’s especially not for me but I have many people in my life who would give up almost anything for this day to materialize into reality (Issued in public interest). Coming back to the day… I very much mean one such day where whatever we eat (of course, chocolates, ice creams and all desserts included) gets converted into negative calories by some miracle of God. Science has advanced so much, but why on earth some such invention has not happened till now! On this negative calorie day, eat all your favorite calorie laden food absolutely guilt free :P
Cello tape day: One day where you have the power to just shut-up or mute the LOUD persons in your life by officially pasting a cello tape on his / her mouth. And this has to be applicable to anybody whom you hate – be it your teacher, your mate, that really LOUD colleague of yours, your very irritating neighbor or this person who is so self obsessed that all he/she knows is to speak about “me & myself”. (Well, be careful about this day though, maybe even you would be on hitlist of someone for putting a cello tape on your mouth, but if this happens my advice will be to take it sportingly)
And last but not the least,
Sleep in College Day: This is the only one we all celebrate every day, though every one of us would vouch for it to become legitimate. One day (some week day of course) where we are allowed to officially sleep in college for as long as we want. Reach class, take the entire back bench and go to zzzzzzzzzzzz…., teacher comes, wakes you up, asks you to do something and you look at him with sleepy eyes and without listening to him completely go to zzzzzzzzzz again…wow!
So, anything on your wishlist? Feel free to add more it in comment section… kabhi to kar diya karo yaar ..!!!
PS: I forgot to wish “HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY!! “ ppl.
This year, try calling a person whom u haven't contacted for years....experience the shock, the heart popping up in their mouth, the gradual realisation in their voice and finally... infinte talks !! It'll make you wonder how the gap of all these years vanishes in a matter of seconds..... the feeling will make up an entire week of yours at least!! (all this deserves an entire blogpost of its own... this PS doesn't do justice to this. I'll surely try to fulfill this promise!! )
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