"I am an ardent fan of your handwriting"
"Thanks", I mumbled.I could feel myself going red.
"Especially the way you write an A", she continued.
"Indians as a rule having better handwriting than others" I muttered.
"Yeah, probably because as kids we are insisted on improving our writing"
"And also because of the amount of homework that we do", I wanted to sound intelligent too, almost at the risk of sounding stupid.
"I have seen specimens in my office who have deplorable handwriting", she insisted
By then thankfully I was done with the bill and she decided not to stick around.
Well, not that I was not used to complements, but it had come at the most odd of times.I was after all writing out a bill for some medicines.
10 - 10:30 - Hashbrowns, Lemonade, Toast, Apple, Orange, Salsa, etc,etc
10:30 - 12:30 - Drive to Sedona (without directions!)
12:30 - 1:00 - Boda lies to the Lady behind the Tourist Information desk at Sedona.
Boda: "We were just on our way to Phoenix, and had some time, so we decided to stop in Sedona.".
Then sheepishly assuming she had bought the whole story, "What can we see in 1 hour?", followed by the usual Boda grin!
Lady handed us a map and asked us to just keep driving along a trail, "You can see what to see when u come back for 4 or 5 days"...hehe
1:00 - 1:25 - Furious calculations, lost paths....
Lots ventured, nothing Gained!
1:25 - 1:50 - Driving back to a Taco Bell that we had passed on the way earlier.
1:50 - 2:20 - Educating Boda abt what to eat, what not to and of course HOW TO EAT!!!! Stuffing ourselves with tacos, tacos and more tacos....:D
2:20 - 4:10 - Driving to Boda's place...dropping him off, the car heaving a sigh of relief at the big load that was unloaded.
4:10 - 4:40 - Driving in 112 deg from Bodas place to mine...
4:40 - 4:45 - Manu decides to take a break...
4:45 - Manu leaves, I get down to work (missed the conf calls at 8:30 and 4:00 )
4:45 - 5:15 - internet plays Truant, and theres a truckload of work to complete...
5:15 - Decide to head to office to finish the f****** work...
6:00 - Into the deserted office, 3 of us trying to work diligently, but not before realizing our badges dont work and we have to walk a mile to the lobby!!!!
6:30 - Mr Manager pops popcorn for us.
8:45 - Am finally back home...settle down with 'Fountainhead'...
10:30 - 12:30 - Drive to Sedona (without directions!)
12:30 - 1:00 - Boda lies to the Lady behind the Tourist Information desk at Sedona.
Boda: "We were just on our way to Phoenix, and had some time, so we decided to stop in Sedona.".
Then sheepishly assuming she had bought the whole story, "What can we see in 1 hour?", followed by the usual Boda grin!
Lady handed us a map and asked us to just keep driving along a trail, "You can see what to see when u come back for 4 or 5 days"...hehe
1:00 - 1:25 - Furious calculations, lost paths....
Lots ventured, nothing Gained!
1:25 - 1:50 - Driving back to a Taco Bell that we had passed on the way earlier.
1:50 - 2:20 - Educating Boda abt what to eat, what not to and of course HOW TO EAT!!!! Stuffing ourselves with tacos, tacos and more tacos....:D
2:20 - 4:10 - Driving to Boda's place...dropping him off, the car heaving a sigh of relief at the big load that was unloaded.
4:10 - 4:40 - Driving in 112 deg from Bodas place to mine...
4:40 - 4:45 - Manu decides to take a break...
4:45 - Manu leaves, I get down to work (missed the conf calls at 8:30 and 4:00 )
4:45 - 5:15 - internet plays Truant, and theres a truckload of work to complete...
5:15 - Decide to head to office to finish the f****** work...
6:00 - Into the deserted office, 3 of us trying to work diligently, but not before realizing our badges dont work and we have to walk a mile to the lobby!!!!
6:30 - Mr Manager pops popcorn for us.
8:45 - Am finally back home...settle down with 'Fountainhead'...
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