It’s raining cats and dogs

What is the origin of this famous phrase? I just happened to read it on the net today and though it worth sharing here.

In olden times, when the rooftops were not so sturdy, a heavy downpour would disrupt the roof tiles and bring down the cats and dogs that would be sleeping on these roofs. So when it’s ‘raining cats and dogs’ you know it’s a heavy, heavy downpour.

Another explanation given was that in the past, animals would be associated with weather conditions. Cats, for example, were associated with rain and dogs, with wind. So when it’s raining heavily and with lot of wind, the phrase comes into picture again.

Interesting, isn’t it??

Of women and shoes…

Yes, I have a fetish for shoes…period! Do I need to justify the reason? Being a woman, this obsession is as much my birthright as it is to breathe. The problem, however, begins when I don’t find a pair that my mind has conceived, when I set out on my hunt for new ones. I may have something very specific in mind such as open sandals with heels about 2 inches big, comfortable straps to hold my feet in place and with some classy design on the top that is neither gaudy nor sequined. Preferably black in color, soft on my feet and the kind that goes on Indian as well as western outfits – these are few more criteria to impress me enough to buy the pair.

With this in mind, I set out to check a dozen showrooms before I even begin to like some pair. Sometimes I wonder if the salesperson at the showroom has marked me as a ‘junk customer’ since I end up with so many criteria that they would even go so far to tell me, ‘Madam, why don’t you get a customized pair stitched? You will simply love it’. Hehehe… I quite like the idea…just that I don’t have the patience to wait that long… and then I go hopping to the next shop… Voila! I find what I wanted… glad that someone imagined exactly what I wanted!

Struggle called Life!

I read a quote somewhere few days back that 'Life is what happens to you when you are busy planning something else.' Indeed, I realized how true it is!
I have plans for my life, my work, my future, my friends but am watching just how sometimes life throws you out of gear to test how well and how soon you can get back on your toes. It is exactly what is happening with me now. But all I believe in, at the moment, is God and in myself. I know what I want, and I know how to get there. It's just the obstacles on the way which are big now. But I believe the achievement in the end is going to be all the more sweet, because I will fight all these obstacles and emerge the winner - no matter what!

I am The Boss of the house!

I was enlightened by the supreme wisdom of the Lord the other day when I accidentally landed upon a brilliant saying that went ‘My wife allows me to say that I am the Boss of the house!’ If you are laughing at the deep insight that this quote offers, you are either the man who has been through this (even if it is not literally!!) or the woman who is possessed with the ultimate authority over her husband and proudly acclaims the same!! If you are none of the above, pardon me for saying that you are possessed with a ruthless mind that makes fun of the agony that married men go through!

Coming back to the point of the quote, it drives home the essence of the lives of married men that no matter how authoritative you are outside your home, it’s the woman who rules the roost at home! The reason simply being that she is the one with the unfathomable mind! This reminds me of a parable about an old sage who was once asked by one of his followers “Oh Master, how should I to lead a life that brings lasting happiness to my better half, my soul mate?” The sage nodded as if in deep thought, then looked up to the disciple and uttered just one line: “If I had known the answer to this eternal question, do you think I would have been in this place today?”

The story does not end here; some proclaim that even God has never got a complete insight into the mind of the woman though he was the one who created her. It’s said that after He created the World, He rested. Thereafter, He created man and then rested again. But the turning point in even God’s life came when He created the woman. After that neither God, nor man rested!! (Some intelligent dude furthered this story by adding that God was smart enough to create ‘Shopping’ after this so that both He and man could get some rest!!)

So my dear folks, the assured way to be happy is to let your wife be the boss (and it’s not as if she isn’t already!). If she is kind enough, she will allow you to say that ‘You’ are the boss and you can enjoy this liberty as long as you keep her happy. And now if you ask me how to keep her happy, I have another secret coming your way. I shall reveal the same to you for the benefit of mankind and it goes thus: ‘To keep a woman happy, you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her’. An off-the-track suggestion for the woman out there “To keep a man happy, you must love him little but understand a lot.”

Precious times ahead!

This morning I saw an old couple get into the bus I take to work everyday. Nothing unusual about this…all kinds of people come and go…nevertheless there was something about them that kept me looking at them. Each of these two got a place to sit in different areas of the bus. As soon as the old man's neighboring seat got empty, he called out to his wife and got up for her to be seated besides him close to the window. She smiled, sat down besides him and they traveled the rest of the journey without saying a word. Both of them kept looking out of the window without saying anything, yet they were so comfortable in the presence of each other. They must be 70+ I guess and I assume they must have been married for at least 40-45 years + going by the standards of marriage in India at that time.

I was so pleased to see them together even though I didn't know them and had never seen them before either. It was just that I could feel the pleasure of being with someone who cares for you, who loves you and who has been with you for so many years - all through the ups and downs of everyday lives!

I wish u cared enough for me like this…I treasure every moment spent with you and don’t feel like losing a single one but you are too pre-occupied with work to notice my presence at all, at times. May be you will notice my absence one day when I'll be gone! I don’t blame you for all this but I don’t seem to understand that if I can manage my work and yet be with you every moment, why can't you? Am I expecting too much from you? If yes, I don’t mean to pressurize you in any way…I will try to go on with my work and not expect anything from you! Maybe this will make things easier for you as well as me. It will need a mountain of an effort from me simply because I love you so much…but I am willing to try. Just for the sake of seeing both of us together one day….years later…just like the old couple I saw this morning in the bus I take to work!

Why did God make Idiots?

To add color to our otherwise-monotonous-dull-n-boring lives! And think what a pleasure it must be to have one RIGHT BESIDES YOU in office! No points for guessing that I'm the lucky one this time! For a while, I felt I should not put up such things on my blog…nooooo….don't get me wrong….it's not because I feel that it's bad to make fun of Idiots…but its because I thought I could have well written a book on it….however the urge to let my friends know of this Idiot right away was more overwhelming than the urge to write a book. Moreover writing a book needs lots of patience and I have already spent enough on this Idiot so I don’t have much patience left to write a book now!

The tales of this Idiot begin at sharp 9:30 AM (the moment he reaches office) or maybe at dawn when he wakes up….for an Idiot will remain one at all times! If its chilling cold, he will invariable put on the fan as well as AC but if its 'hot n stuffy', he will want to put off both as if they were invented for no reason at all…maybe his Hypothalamus has not been programmed well to recognize temperatures normally! Priority things are always kept for the latter part of the day or week or month; unwanted things become the top-priority and will be completed the same day…no matter how much overtime is required for it!

And recently I discovered why he always seemed to have a wry-neck…it's obviously because he constantly peeps into my computer screen instead of his. For once I thought of telling him if you like my monitor so much, you can take it home. Why on earth can't people mind their own business and stop bothering others around?

By the way, this fellow is supposed to be a 'Designer' but all that I see him doing is to fuse a Stethoscope image into a Globe or a Globe image into another stethoscope and then torture me to no end asking which looks better! For Heaven's sake someone tell him ALOUD that he does not possess even the 'C' of creativity which he proudly acclaims as being one of his prime qualities!

Ten months I have seen him playing with the same silly images and make nothing out of them…sometimes I sincerely wish his computer crashed…at least his silly voluminous collection of stupid images would be lost! I would gladly download some nice images for him to start fusing and diffusing thereafter!

And look at the attitude man…he treats the poor junior designer like someone out from a mad-house. Constantly asking that poor thing 'Are you mad to design it this way?' I feel like screaming 'He is not mad but you are surely the king of Madmen! Stay away from him and let him do what little he knows before you guide him into forgetting everything about designing'. After all it is enough for me to have one Idiot besides me, I definitely can't handle two!!!