If you ask me this whole thing about "building character" is bullshit.
There was a time when i jumped around in skirts, basking in ma outdoorsy delights (playing marbles! yayyyy!!)
or simply taking pride in ma elementary school victories (winning a lemon-n-spoon contest! yayyyyy!)
But dad wud'nt think so! x-(
He wanted me to clean the porch or cut vegetables for mom or learn "how to pay the home electricity bill"
Becoz he thot it builds character.
I argued "How can standing in one long queue outside a govt. office drenching in ma own sweat and praying that ma turn to pay the bill came soon, build character?"
Its supposed to give me a headache, if you ask me!
Or there was a time when I was sick and crawled upto him one nite and said, "Dad, i wana puke." and he said, "There's the bathroom. You know what to do".
"You know wot, i dono how to puke! So you better get out of the bed!"
And thats when after da bathroom hustle I was lectured more on character building.
Later as I began to stay out of home, I finally said to maself "Manju, no more character building.!"
Along came "cleanliness" freaks, "perfectionist" team leads, "organized" roommates
All of them with a single motto "character building is the crux of life"
Now when ma dad calls me, he often asks
"So are you guys paying up your bills in time?"
To which I reply, "Yeah. All the character building apparently has gone ONLINE"
There was a time when i jumped around in skirts, basking in ma outdoorsy delights (playing marbles! yayyyy!!)
or simply taking pride in ma elementary school victories (winning a lemon-n-spoon contest! yayyyyy!)
But dad wud'nt think so! x-(
He wanted me to clean the porch or cut vegetables for mom or learn "how to pay the home electricity bill"
Becoz he thot it builds character.
I argued "How can standing in one long queue outside a govt. office drenching in ma own sweat and praying that ma turn to pay the bill came soon, build character?"
Its supposed to give me a headache, if you ask me!
Or there was a time when I was sick and crawled upto him one nite and said, "Dad, i wana puke." and he said, "There's the bathroom. You know what to do".
"You know wot, i dono how to puke! So you better get out of the bed!"
And thats when after da bathroom hustle I was lectured more on character building.
Later as I began to stay out of home, I finally said to maself "Manju, no more character building.!"
Along came "cleanliness" freaks, "perfectionist" team leads, "organized" roommates
All of them with a single motto "character building is the crux of life"
Now when ma dad calls me, he often asks
"So are you guys paying up your bills in time?"
To which I reply, "Yeah. All the character building apparently has gone ONLINE"
Why can't I ever build character in a Miami condo or a casino somewhere?
-- Calvin
5 comments:
Are you just being nostalgic or you got a call 4m HYD to build character or sth..? :)
(Hmmm BTW... I think i'm the first reader of this post...ya, think so...)
@soma
ya. no one reads ma blog nemore! losers.lol.
i always get da character bldg flak. hence da blog:)
Ha.. Get that a lotta time nwadays.. Love your accent.. :D
But why is it "supposed to give me a headache, if you ask me!" and not
"supposed to give ma a headache, if ya ask ma!"
Wow Sirpy is here...
Do you guys know each other? Is "Life's like that" so famous?
@Sirpy
thanks! but i use ma instead of "my" :)
@Soma
well now u know sumone's reading :) r u like insulting ma blog??? :p
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