Zindagi Rocks ...

Isn’t it strange how quickly our lives change into routines … Every now and then we try to ruffle things up , but then it always falls back into a series of repeatable activities … People go to great extents to break the monotony of doing the same thing over and over again …. G for example has started cycling … As if cycling 7 kilometers in the heart of Mumbai wasn’t weird enough , he does it at Midnight … Every night at the stroke of 12 , the one quarter sardar in him awakens , makes him pick up his bicycle and off he goes where no sane man has gone before on a 12 gear all aluminum Gary Fischer bike … I would have been happy for him , but I know that very soon hes gonna get bored and quit … Either that or N will throw his bike out of their 10th story apptt… Till that time if you see a Lance Armstrong look-alike in spandex shorts on a Grey Colored bike blocking your way the Juhu Tara road , please don’t run him down …
Coming back to the topic at hand … Shifting to Mumbai was a big change in terms of lifestyle … Crazy traffic , long ass commutes , late nights at work , late nights outside work … At one point of time , I started thinking that things might get our of hand … But 3 months down the line , everything is in control … In fact , its not just in control , its gotten kindda boring … I could join G in his Midnight cycle expeditions , but I don’t want the police to think that we are a new variant of the Kaccha Baniyaan Gang and arrest us … I could do what Spew did and buy myself an Enfield.. Trillian doesn’t approve of this .. She thinks one should not attempt to entertain oneself by buying stuff … Specially when one cant afford that stuff …She is right you know … I have been buying a lot of stuff in my pursuit of happiness … My latest purchase was a seriously cool Rock Bonsai … It’s a bonsai tree on a Rock !!! Just a frikkin rock!!! …N warned me that I might not be able to take care of such a delicate lil thing, but I just had to get it ….It was amazing how the tree was surviving on just a rock with no mud around it … Turns out it wasn’t … The moment I got it home , the poor fella started dying … Gave it to N and last I saw , Mr. Bonsai was out of danger and doing a lot better … Well at least it wasn’t a complete waste of money … Although it did abruptly end my grand plans of converting my room into a Japanese Zen garden … That would have brought some seriously kickass peace and serenity in my life … I am also rethinking about that exotic aquarium I was gonna get for myself … Ill just stick to buying electronic gadgets … Speaking of which , I might get myself a High Fidelity Music system … Am researching on Amps in my spare time … I have short listed these speakers … Am still mulling over getting myself an active bass controller… G thinks I definitely should .. My banker thinks I definitely should not … Irrespective of weather I spend my salary this month on this ridiculous purchase or not, I am quite enjoying learning the finer details of digital audio science …
Continuing with breaking routines, my good friend M thought that his life was turning into quite a drag and the only way he could think of getting out of it was by bringing another member in his family … Yes sir … the dude is gonna become a dad … Given how P and I have always treated him as a child , this for all practical purposes is gonna make us Grandfathers ... And I aint even married yet !!! I just shudder to think of the big lecture I am gonna get when I tell my mom about M … Then again this is not about me … Its about M and his lovely wife M (yeah they are both M’s) …. I have known them as a couple for almost 5 years now … They were going out back then and in spite of being married for 3 years, they continue to remain one of the most fun couples I know … Way to go guys … I shall come and visit you when you get the thing potty trained …
P on the other hand has been extremely hectic trying to get his grihasthi settled in chilly Columbus… He’s been living like a pig in his bachelor pad for years and now has to adjust to living with another human being … One who does not share his enthusiasm in sniffing food to see if its still edible … It’s a huge change for him … This means he would no longer be able to continue with his weekend ritual of drinking a couple of 6 packs and hitting on his roomie’s lady friends …
As much as I sympathize with these guys, I cant help but feel good about it … At least my life aint that bad …I guess I just have to keep inventing ways to mix it up every now and then … Nothing as drastic as P , M or G though …

PS: The author does not intend to promote the movie Zindagi Rocks through the title of this post ... I havent seen it ,but from what I hear it sucks big time ... I just liked the title ...