Presence of 'absent' mind

“You know, apka face Kisi se milta hai?” Fifth time. Fifth time somebody told me this in past one month. Can it be a mere co-incidence? I never knew my face is as common as my name itself…

By the way, its past mid-night and after a long time since my net connection has collapsed, I am up at this hour and sitting here typing something. Exams are over. Damn classes once again begin from tomorrow.

...And including them even I have failed to figure out who this ‘kisi’ is, who has this misfortune of having similar face to that of mine. My friends say we sisters have similar looks, so I think we have. Yet it’s obvious those who pointed out aren’t talking about my sister. Okay. It looks like I am making this an issue as alarming as if it’s a case of identification of any terrorist. Fine. Coming over it.

And I have not been able to get over my absent mindedness. My dad asked me to fetch his calculator from the other room. Next, I found myself in the dining room and with the refrigerator’s gate opened, looking for calculator!!

I said my exams just got over. Before my physics exam I was up till 1 am and again woke up at 4 in the morning. I was at my bus stop by 7 and waited for the bus, which turned up. I took my seat and the bus was on its usual way, I found nothing strange till a senior sitting on the adjacent seat fortunately saw me and yelled. “ Nahiiiiiii….BUS ROKIYE”! For a fraction of second school-bus-kidnapped kind of thing flashed in my mind. Bus came to a halt. I was sitting there with a stupid face, completely bewildered. She said in a vigorous tone-“Get town, 11th std has no paper today.” I bet I never had more stupid expression ever, how could I be so reckless? I immediately got down feeling glad-“ Thank God I didn’t land at school, only to make more fun of myself ” and wondering “ how come she remembers 11th ers time-table? I never remembered even my board examination ones” and “three hours of sleep for this?”. Next, I had to seek a rickshawala’s help to my way home. Would you believe it, if I say that it was the first time I was actually traveling alone, on my own. I found it a bit funny.

I’ve something like more than 20-30 new friends [not actually friends though]. I’ve met people with a variety of disposition and some with particularly weird attitude off late. Most of the girls in my tuition use respectful terms like “aap”. Its fine when you talk to your aunt or mom or any senior citizen but it sounds weird if your own batch mates calls you so. When I said, “why don’t you call me “tum”, we belong to same class if I am not wrong.” They hit back-“No, aap sounds good rather pleasing. Don’t you think? No harm.” I gave a confused smile with “okay” wondering the respect I have displayed for people elder to me by “ages”. “Tum” for my elder cousins is very common and yes if I use “Abe, tu, stupid etc” for this elderly responsible citizen of the country particularly, I wonder they’d shoot me by their glances once they ever find me talking in such tones.

… I can go on and on with my silly talks. Actually I still have lots to talk of but I can see its 1 am by now and certainly I have to get up at 5 tomorrow. I’ll be at school tomorrow and I may get to hear – “ Yes. Yes. Got it!!!! You resemble Aishwarya Rai”! No harm in hoping. What say? * blush *

Anyway, guess what winamp is playing. “Ladki badi anjani hai..” of KKHH. I remember the movie was released in late 1999…I was a big girl then, you know.