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One For All and All For One.

After watching how kids and adults use shopping carts at Malls, I wrote a poem and published. http://jottify.com/works/shopping-carts/ A friend responded that many even ended up in rivers which was something I have not seen here, may be because of no rivers here or the flowing water streams are far far away from any big Malls. That reminds me of an incident in which, a group of friend in an inebriated state threw a couple of metal camping chairs in to a lake, without even thinking of the consequences. We were invited to a dinner party at a famous rowing club and after a couple of drinks everyone started boasting and the gang that I was leading was threatened to show that we were capable of doing what we had been telling them. Immediately I took one of the chairs and hurled it in to the water. I turned back with an inflated ego and chest to face the opposing gang and then I heard the familiar and distinctive sound of metal chair hitting water and sinking. Then I saw my good friend was ...

My Recent Surprised Birthday Party

Our house is in a Cul-de-sac. Every time when hearing a vehicle approaching my wife used to run outside as she was expecting someone or something. Finally she said the neighbours are having a party and they have ordered some chairs and have asked her to receive them as they were going out for some other work. The neighbour’s house is not well secured, hence I asked her to get them unloaded in our compound or otherwise she has to take the responsibility if any goes missing. She gladly accepted and got them stacked up in our compound when the delivery van finally pull-up. This was on my birthday. Someone sent me a text message wishing me on my birthday. Instead of replying back with a text, I called him up to say thank you for remembering me. He said he and his wife would be visiting some of their friends staying closer to our place and would try to drop in if time permits them to do so. I was not having much hope of them visiting me as he was less mobile after a spinal operation. Phone ...