What have you got?

With all the price soaring, job cutting scenario, what would be the conversation between a Gen Next IT guy and a Non IT guy

One such fictional conversation...

Gen Next IT guy : Car EMI=6000, Home EMI= 45000 , Savings for MS course= 8000

Non IT guy : Bank loans, diwali bonus

Gen Next IT guy: I have a 3BHK flat, car and plans for MS in one of the top notch Universities in U.S.A. What about you?

Non IT guy: I have mental peace, happiness, and I lead a tension free life.



Ps: No offense meant to anyone.This is a purely fictional work.

Weekend

IHS Series

HE: Boohoo weekend is coming to an end.Back to office tomorrow :(

SHE: Hmm.. everybody seem to be bragging about what they did during the weekend

HE: How did you like the weekend?

SHE: Weekend was superb!

HE: Superb? We went on a long trip just for one day, we were at home for the rest of the two days.What was the exciting part in staying at home?

SHE: Because, you cooked, cleaned and did all the work at home while I just lazed around.

HE: $$**%%##???

Minimal posts

More people at home - check

Little niece running around the home and driving all of us nuts- check

Good food - check

Sweets and savouries from India- check

Chit chatting about family members- check

Getting pampered royally- check

Visiting places - check

Yippie...parents are here and good times ahead.

Birthday Gift Ideas

June is a speical month at the 'He-She' household. He- She share the same birthdate. With just a week for the 'special' day, I am sure TH ( meaning The Husband and henceforth will be addressed this way) is already thinking of some gift ideas.

Here are my tips for you honey...

1.Chocolates: Who doesnt love chocolates?So I do love them too.But not the stuff which is available in a grocery store.It has to be lindt or ghirardelli.I say a big No to the Hershey's kisses.

2.Perfume: What? is that a way you tell me that I stink?

3.Greeting cards: A card to wish me or a card to say that you forgot its OUR birthday?There is no way you can easily get away with just a greeting card

4.Flowers: Yes, that would be nice. But remember flowers = RED ROSES only.

5.Music CDs: Yes, they would count only if you get them to my taste.

6.Stuffed toys: No thanks,I love to cuddle with you more than them

7. Long drive: Nothing can beat that darling

8.Spa/ Beauty parlour gift card : Trust me, you can never go wrong with this one.Would love to go there every week, but then...

9.Handbags, clothes: Be careful when you venture into this dangerous territory.Be 100 % sure what I like.Many times, I myself have not been sure of what I like.Just thought of warning you..thats all.

10. Jewellery: Bang on!But no gold business here.You know me right? I like everything in complete set.So go ahead and splurge here For now, a necklace will do.We shall together shop the next weekend for the matching earrings, rings and the bracelets.



Much love,
Your better half

Noothukku Nooru

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Here's to many more....

Random notes from the household

*We got our car this week.Mighty excited about it.

*Playing poker like mad.Poker with money and loosing big time as well.

*Been eating out atleast twice every week. Cooking has takena back seat.

*Resumed gymming this week.Dreaming of weight loss and wishfully thinking I really do loose.

* Parents visitng us in 10 days.Good food, fun, visiting places, going to my sisters place...what more to ask for?

*Thinking of joining for some cake baking class

Life is beautiful I say!

You know you are talking to an NRI

when......

1.He greets you with ' wazzup dude?'

2.On every Friday, he asks you about the weekend plans, and on every Monday, he asks you what you did the past weekend.

3.He cannot talk without using words like ' cool','hows life'

4.When 'pardon me' gets replaced with ' I am sorry'.Trust me, I was taken aback once when I was talking to a lady and she said ' I am sorry'. I was like why should she be sorry?

5.Even simple words like 'how are you doing', becomes ' howdy doin'

6.NRIs suffer from X=X+1 syndrome.They keep postponing their return to India by 1 year.

7.Soda is a necessity..he needs to have a soda with dosa/ pizza/anything

8.Can and Can't - both are pronounced similarly.You are left puzzled as to what is it that he is actually saying.Similarly STOP is said as STAAP.

Just before sleeping...

What does the dear husband do
when the wife asks important questions like

* Do you love me?
* Do you feel happy with me?
* Do I keep you happy?
* What made you like me/ love me?
*Am I your darling?
and many more,very religiously every week, especially when going to bed at night?

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The dear husband simply dozes off not knowing a way to stop the wife from asking these kind of silly questions.

The Summer

In the last one month that I had called my family in India, I get to hear how hot and humid it is.Love it or loathe it, the peak summer is bound to stay with you atleast for a good 2 months.The month MAY reminds me of the blessed dullness that a scorching mid day brings along with it.

* Better hygiene as you end up taking several showers.
*Crisply dried laundry
*Trickle of sweat on the back
* Long afternoons
*Darboos everywhere
* Pieces of kirni liberally sugar coated and left to cool in the fridge
*Mangoes in all form- juce, shakes et all
* More mangoes in the form of maavadu, thokku
*Elaneer, nongu
*Butter milk ( neer moru) prepared with ginger, tiny black msutard seeds, corrainder leaves floating on the buttermilk sea
* Mottai maadi thookam
*Paati swirling a handfan over me and chasing away the heat

and lastly
hoping that the summer would come to an end.

Gut Feeling

IHS series

HE & SHE are travelling to a friend's place for the first time.

SHE:We are totaly lost, no phone coverage. and noone around to ask for directions

HE: Enna panrathu?

SHE: At times like these, your gut feeling really works.What do you say?

HE: I think we should head southwards,thats what my gut feeling says.

SHE: OK, lets head northwards then,its always E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. the opposite of your gut feeling that works.

HE: ##$$$$@@@@@^^****