Sixty Seconds of fame....

Some quickbite incidents which held me in the limelight for a very short while...

1) I have this fight with one of my male friends as to who has to pay the bill at the local canteen (That is bcos just a short while ago the guys with whom I was having a small get2gether boasted that gals always stick with guys only for their money, Well I wanted to teach them a lesson), It definitely created a scene bcos, my friend angry that I was paying, gave a small push and that went a long way in helping me fall down right in front of 20 people. I get up with a silly grin on my face and trot to the counter and ask how much...

2) First day at the 3 star hotel where we were put up as part of the training program for GETs/MTs. At the breakfast table... Me playing that sophisticated gal part with the fork in my right hand :) trying to eat the boiled egg, which was ever slipping from the fork before it went to my mouth. I quickly see around to find if anyone is noticing me...No-one..I pick the egg piece and put in my mouth with my hands, only to find that 2 waiters were watching and giggling. Hmphh!

3)First time I was to use the ATM, I read the instructions the previous night twice, thrice. Keep all papers ready before entering the ATM enclosure (even the letter from the bank which accompanied the card and the secret code letter and other pharaphernalia which I thought were important and which is not worth metioning here) I swipe the card for the umpteenth time, Iam worried that it is not working and then a long queue has already formed. The guard steps in impatiently and tells me aloud as to how to use it with the door kept open and some 10 odd faces staring at me...

Now that Iam penning down all my embarassing events in my life, it gives me a good feeling that if at all there would be a competition titled Ms Clumsy, Iam sure to bag it....

Witty Professor

I work for a very humorous person, whose wit tickles your stomach at the most unexpected times. Here is a very recent one which I loved...

One of my labmates had gone on a month's leave and retured recently. Lets name him X. There is another labmate Y who has got his Comprehensive exam in a week's time, so he decided to give a mock presentation to his labmates and prof, as is the usual practice. It is also the tradition that whoever gives a lab talk or wastes his labmates' precious time :) has to compensate for that with coffee/tea and samosas & stuff. So when Mr Y is rambling about his project work on THE DAY, Mr X who landed up that morning after his break wanted to please our prof' to erase all hard feelings. Mostly a months break is too much a time and all work goes on a standstill which might evoke displeasures, if you can get what Iam talking about :)

So what does Mr X do to please prof', he gets up from his seat and walks around to offer biscuits/eatables to prof, which could have been done without much ado if he had just passed around the biscuits. Then he goes to get a cup of coffee specially for prof' which is usually served by the lab assistant. When we all are biting our teeth, waiting to get our hands on Mr X for his actions, prof coolly asks with mists in his eyes "You take good care of me, X will you marry me?"