A Typical day

4.30 am: peep.peep. alarm from my mobile. the only thing my Nokia 3230 does to perfection.
soft start to yet another day of unlimited (lost) opportunities ! snooze !
4.35 am: 'Karthik! Karthik!' voice of my pa.
hmm. ya.. ezhundutten...
4.40 am: why is this nature not calling. shit !
4.50 am: do i need to shave? as though i will be handsome if i get my beard shaved ! who the hell cares ! lets do it on Monday next.
4.55 am: hmm... hot bath, what else is required in life!
5.10 am: Let me start of with Sashti kavasam in the CD player while i do my sandhya vandanam
5.25 am: hmm... start the never successful attempt to beautify myself. 5 mins is hell of a time
5.30 am: 'Karthik, paala tea-a?'... Paal.
5.45 am: pani koranchiruchu illa? hmm, january aayiduthu... anyways, its a pleasure to be on the bike so early
6.00 am: 15 mins more for the bus to pick me up...Solomon paapayya thamizh varalaru solrar.. enna than solararu-nu keppomae... inniku nichayama bus la thoonga maatten
7.15 am: in office for the humpteenth time to be mostly vetti... my company should have been in debt, huge debt, to me in my last janmah.... or else will someone ever pay me for what i do??? ok. let me work today (atleast) for the pay i receive.
8.30 am: cha... no interesting mails! let me atleast fill up my tummy...
9.00 am: kalaaichify, sight adichify (as though they are worth it) and vambu adichify (what else on earth!)

My typical windows task bar will contain Outlook, 4 to 5 sessions in SAP (just pretending to work), a couple of intranet pages, orkut, wikipedia, gtalk, a couple of working folders, some spread sheets

01.45 pm: lunch? is it damn necessary? ok...lets spend time at canteen...
04.45 pm: really a tired day at work. lets sleep in the bus... it will take atleast 1.5 hrs to reach!
06.20 pm: am i hungry? should i have a bite? nope, go home and have tea
06.45 pm: what to do? read books? chat? take my nephew out for a walk?definitely cannot sit in the hall watching 'kasthuri' and 'Anantham' and the rubbish news that follows....
08.00 pm: dinner time... eat anything that is available
08.30 pm: Now, the remote is mine and i can watch anything. huh
08.35 pm: huh... how many times should i say, lets go for a 'Tata Sky' connection.... ''Sun TV varaathu'' ppl near me would kick me out at that statement.
09.00 pm: check sun music for divya or hemasinha.... view only the compering ! songs??, i would rather commit suicide to see the songs.
10.00 pm: Senthil in Mirchi! ragasiya snehidi in Big! and the mesmerising yaazh sudhakaran in Suryan FM lulluby me to a sleep (thookam onnu than korachal!!!)
10.10 pm: hmm... what did i do better today? Million $ question. Let me atleast make tomorrow an inspiring day full of enthu.... and i know for sure that tomorrow does not come at all!

Deep in my sleep, i hear some voice, "Karthik! vaazhkaila when are u going to chase your dreams???"
by the way, what's my dream? oops... should i now sit and wait for one???