24 Belvedere Estate

Sunday

Posted on | February 8, 2009 | 37 Comments

sunday

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Vodafone wakes me up early with a pre-recorded message.
Urging me to download tunes I have no intentions of ever listening to.

Daughter gives me a sleepy look that urges me to crawl back beneath the blanket.

The driver arrives bang on time, unlike every working day.

My boxer, tied at the gate, barely moves a muscle as I drive out.
Nothing new for him to get frisky about.

Less traffic means life should move faster.
It doesn’t.

Even the cop at the Chembur checkpost sympathetically smiles in hi-speed.
Which, for the layperson, means slow motion.
S-l-o-w.

It’s 11 am.
Nariman Point bears a lazy look.

WTF – look on liftman’s face.
WTF – look on guard’s face.

Office is a mess.
They have ripped my cabin apart to build a new one.
Not their problem.
I wasn’t supposed to walk in today.

Two of the boys arrive. The rest follow in quick succession.

The carpenters are using rubber solution for the flooring.
Damn.
The smell reminds me of trainee days in McCann.

I tell the contractor this. He grins.

“Why do you want to shoot me? I don’t have an interesting face,” tells me one of the carpenter boys.

I shoot, neverthless.
I am woefully out of practice, I discover.

We break for lunch.

Work drags. Overboiled tea arrives from outside.
The carpenter’s drill makes it impossible to hear my own thoughts.
Work looks good. We all split.

The roads look as empty on the way back.

The cop at the Chembur check post has gone home.

My boxer is unmoved. Still.

Daughter leaves for a party.
Leaving me with a cup of home-made tea.

There is no carpenter’s drill here.

I can now hear my thoughts.

So here I am.

Hello Sunday.

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  • http://tangled-up-in-views.blogspot.com Meraj Hasan

    wow…brought me a smile on a Monday…what a lovely line: “I can now hear my thoughts.”

  • http://tangled-up-in-views.blogspot.com/ Meraj Hasan

    wow…brought me a smile on a Monday…what a lovely line: “I can now hear my thoughts.”

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    :-)

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    :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    :-)

  • http://blinkjet.wordpress.com Devina

    hahahhaha….prepare yourself for this one pal…

    I LOOOOVEEE IT!!!!! :) ))))

  • http://blinkjet.wordpress.com/ Devina

    hahahhaha….prepare yourself for this one pal…I LOOOOVEEE IT!!!!! :) ))))

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    lol…you had me for a moment :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    lol…you had me for a moment :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    lol…you had me for a moment :-)

  • http://malapaul.blogspot.com/ Mala

    I wish I had more days where I was able to hear my thoughts. I also wish my daughter was old enough to go to a party. (Actually, I take that back!) I need such a Sunday…sigh!

  • http://malapaul.blogspot.com/ Mala

    I wish I had more days where I was able to hear my thoughts. I also wish my daughter was old enough to go to a party. (Actually, I take that back!) I need such a Sunday…sigh!

  • http://malapaul.blogspot.com/ Mala

    I wish I had more days where I was able to hear my thoughts. I also wish my daughter was old enough to go to a party. (Actually, I take that back!) I need such a Sunday…sigh!

  • shreya lohumi

    the end beautifully holds the essence of the build-up.
    this is the first time am reading your blog, sir. i hope there’s something in there about ‘short-cut’ i.e. if your boxer is still called the same. have heard so much about him.
    and just to fill you in sir…i simply love the smell of rubber solution :)

  • shreya lohumi

    the end beautifully holds the essence of the build-up.this is the first time am reading your blog, sir. i hope there’s something in there about ‘short-cut’ i.e. if your boxer is still called the same. have heard so much about him.and just to fill you in sir…i simply love the smell of rubber solution :)

  • shreya lohumi

    the end beautifully holds the essence of the build-up.this is the first time am reading your blog, sir. i hope there’s something in there about ‘short-cut’ i.e. if your boxer is still called the same. have heard so much about him.and just to fill you in sir…i simply love the smell of rubber solution :)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    good to see you here shreya :-)
    Mala, thanks for your comments :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    good to see you here shreya :-) Mala, thanks for your comments :-)

  • Saurabh

    Umr ke saath vajan aane laga hai baaton mein. Lage raho.

  • Saurabh

    Umr ke saath vajan aane laga hai baaton mein. Lage raho.

  • Saurabh

    Umr ke saath vajan aane laga hai baaton mein. Lage raho.

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    :-)

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    Just came across your blog…I like your style of writing and the simple insights :D

  • http://socalledmarvel.blogspot.com/ Aldemen Tripe Loon

    Just came across your blog…I like your style of writing and the simple insights :D

  • http://socalledmarvel.blogspot.com/ Aldemen Tripe Loon

    Just came across your blog…I like your style of writing and the simple insights :D

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Hey thanks Aldemen Tripe Loon. Do keep dropping in :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Hey thanks Aldemen Tripe Loon. Do keep dropping in :-)

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    Yep, I’m a ‘follower’ now
    Cheers!

  • http://socalledmarvel.blogspot.com/ Sir Loon

    Yep, I’m a ‘follower’ nowCheers!

  • neha

    this is real nice, to put up all you can think of in a few words in a manner so effortlessly simple. i loved it

  • neha

    this is real nice, to put up all you can think of in a few words in a manner so effortlessly simple. i loved it

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Thank you neha :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Thank you neha :-)

  • sensebreeze

    Serene writing! Thanks for sharing

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Thanks :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Thanks :-)