I woke up yesterday with this incredible urge to change something. The problem was that I didn’t really know WHAT I wanted to change, but frivolous details like that couldn’t deter me as I went about trying to come up with a plan.
Biting my lip and looking around the room, careful to avoid the untidy pile of books in the corner in case my conscience felt like pricking me into cleaning it up, I saw my desk, and thats when inspiration struck.
I got my own room only a year back, and before that, being the younger kid, I never really had a say as far as decoration was concerned. Which basically means the only thing I got to decide was how the books would be arranged in my cupboard.
But now, I realised that even though I COULD do exactly as I pleased, I hadnt really exercised that option yet. A vase full of gorgeous flowers in a corner of the desk sounded quite appealing, so grabbing my wallet, I pranced happily to the florists.
Beaming at the man there, I asked for daisies, and orchids, and red roses. The initial smile that he had plastered on his face slowly washed off, as he tried to imagine the hideousness of my request. But I take pride in my ability to cheer people up, because that fake smile came right back on as he handed me the bill. This time, it was MY turn to carry out the wash off routine.
Me:A 100 bucks???! Isn’t that a little too much for a few flowers?
Fake Smiler: No, Paapa, it’s the orchids. They are very expensive
Me:(A little stiffly now, and trying to sound older) Um...ok. So leave 3 and take away the rest.
Fake smiler: Its Rs. 80 now. There are too many roses
Me:(Scowling visibly now)Sigh...fine. So give me as many as you can for 40.
I came back home with a sad little bunch of daisies, and a woebegone look on my face. The condescending world out there has no heart for a poor 17 year old.
Sigh..next time, I’m buying potpourri.
32 comments:
paapa?? oh great!! People call me something like that too. Sigh, anyway .... little modified ... but the same syallables..
hmm...wht a day!! flowers wilt, ur feelins dont!!......noo im not advicin....jus sayin LIVE WITH IT!! lol
paapa ?! swarun ?! YOU ?!?!?!
WOWW !
and so much hassle for a few flowers ! my room is so beautiful and it doesnt have a single fower
if anyone called me that,id ask the ground 2 open up n swallow me,but as the chances of that r remote at best,..beauty is in eye of beholder,my room wud probably make a drunk pig throw up(aesthetically designed with the latest in unwashed clothes,2 or 3 huge bookshelves n unused study table)but i take pride in tne squalor.my room,my castle,my paradise:-)
money, money, money
must be funny
in the rich man's world!! :)
...All the things I could do
If i had a little money!! :)
It's a rich man's world!!
apparently a little money didn't do the trick!! :))
and why do u always title your posts with songs?? :)
@anon2
wow..and i always thought you hated that!
@barath
yeah..now if i could have a guardian angel who'd be willing to give me a few bucks...hmm...hi!
@paddy
um...right. organised chaos
@ninju
now id have thot U of all ppl would share my misery...being the KID and all:)
@s
ahh someone noticed:) I'm not sure myself..first thing that comes to mind being the musical genius that i am:)
musical genius....hmmm!! :)
anyway...."you are my sunshine" and "sentamizh then mozhiyai" - that way you sing 'em HAS to be genius!! :))
What are U talking about? I've seen ur room. Books all arranged perfectly with no room for the word untidy at all !!!
Sigh! You are rt abt one thing - it's a rich man's world.
(tho daisies don't sound too bad?)
books!!! you kno what i sold all my and also my sisters 10,11,12 notebooks and earned a quarter of a thousand....which i get to keep along with atleast a 50 buck daily income and 100 on demand i am getting richer.....yay!!!
and get to see any movie i want to whenever,wherever.......muhuhaha and also i have joined the ranks of paddy and nish as one of the most jobless guy..... muhuhaha!!!
hm looks like aesthetic sense is a little far off here.i recently covered 90% of my wll with posters and pics of grest people and also our class pics.earlier it was just 50%.i cant imagine removing them and the owner seeing the plaster marks!i think best way of dec a rom is by drawing on it.i planning on doing some paint work in mine.
@ Me : I shudder to think what your definition of UNTidy is, if Tidy = Sou's room.. !!
*sweet voice* ahem...WHO came up with the title for the post ?!
musical genius it seems ! you didnt even know a song from sound of music !
Oh and what was called "That thing I do" ?
@anin
i guess quarter of a thousand sounds a lot more than 250 bucks ;-)
be happy. noone has seen my room yet. first the miserably small size makes you feel claustraphobic and feel atleast a fleeting moment of sympathy for me... Then the state of the room. its not very bad actually. er.. actually it LOOKS fairly good as I just dump everything into the free cupboard.
you dont complain about ur room...u've got a gorgeous room...its me who is stuck in a blue and white room in a blue and white house with blue grill doors and gates!! flowers sound like a great idea...i need colour in this house now! :(
@s
i will comfortably ignore the sarcasm, and assume you made that statement in full sincerity!
@me
actually, daisies R my favourite, so not feeling too bad now!
@anin
find a big big hole and go jump in it!
@datch
hey dog u asked me to check out ur blog and didnt give me the url!
@suze
excuse me, but I am neat, YOU are an obsessive compulsive freak who sits and covers all ur books with plastic wrap!!
@paddy
yep THANKS paddy:), but slighta that thing i do would be a slight modification of that thing u do, which IS a song, so HA! and u didnt even know what song you were TALKING about, so how am i supposed to figure out that its from sound of music from "i feel like singing this song"??
@suze :
You haven't seen my room. :D
@freaklord
sigh..i dont have that option cos of glass doors
@nam
:) ahh yes i forgot. ill get u white roses?? ohh and bluebells too!
@soumi:kid ??plzzz,spare me.i might b on the younger side,but anyone who says i look it is talking thru his top hat.no one calls me anything but "sir" or at worst,"thambi...(very very rarely,may i add)
well um you should have realised its a song from sound of music coz i told you it was !
and "That thing I do" had absolutely no relevance to the post ! Even "stairway to heaven" would have been a closer to the mark.
@ninju
sir? romba aasai padaadhe:) i think u shud be satisfied with MY wide variety of names for u
@dd
will check it out:)
@paddy
u didnt even remember how the song WENT u dope! i know that thing i do has no relevance, isn't that why i asked for help:)?
and help asked for shall be given
LotR i think
;-)
that is not lotr i think.sounds a bit like dumbledore if u ask me,not 2 sure
@sou:oh im satisfied all right!!what more cud i ask 4...
oh n dd,completely out of character(the blog name i mean),how cud u??
oye!! u've bin tagged- by me!! so buck up wit the next post!! :D
here is the url for dd's blog
www.dd-the-man-who-sold-the-world.blogspot.com
These florists are frauds!!! I remember going to a wedding once and din't know what to get.. Hence stopped to get a bouquet (however that is spelt) and it was freakin' 120 bucks or something.. Crap.. I din't even know the couple that well!!!
Fake flowers are great though :P
@abhi
its bouquet only:)
yep, i am beginning to explore that wonderful cheap world of fake roses, though the artificial water drops on them are a turn off!
fascinating convo,now get on with ur next post,uve milked this 4 all its worth:)
@ninju
all in due course, when i feel ready, when the time is right:)
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