My flat-mate or PG as she likes to be called...has several quirks. Something on the other always keeps happening to her...and its hilarious...as long as one doesnt come in the way of her faux pas! I've never seen so many things just happen to one person and in general the person concerned herself, is such a bundle of energy and life...and mishaps! (obviously with all that hyperactivitiness and energy there are bound to
be many of them - and alot of them worth howling over!!) And one day I was like "Man I simply gotta share all this...!" So here it goes..
What ever that follows here is a true account of events that may not be quoted, or lifted or copied or circulated without the author's consent..for the simple reason that my life is at stake here! :)
1) She is THE Queen of Zombies in the mornings and after any nap (which is rather frequent). One should not even bother to attempt any conversation for atleast 30 mins till the queen has woken up fully. Serious and urgent situations may be pushed a little earlier, like 15 mins, but no less than that! The incidence that I've described here is a typical scenario that occurs on a daily basis, with an assortment of people!
After weeks of desperately hunting for a maid, and the flat a total mess, one prospectus finally landed up one fine day at about 8am. And Pinkie was woken up from her slumber. With her hair sticking in all ends and half shut eyes, she staggered to the front door. (Well I didn't really see all this for myself but I have seen her several times before and I know for sure this is a very accurate picture!) Instead of even letting the maid talk, Pinks mumbled and muttered and in short told the maid to come back coupla hours later and slammed the door shut on her face.. Ofcourse, the prospectus never came back again. And that was that.
2) She always manages to bang into something/someone or drop something a some point of the day, especially food and booze...and pretty often on a poor soul's pants...
3) Shes capable of getting lost anywhere, even in the building we live in! I remember once she went downstairs ahead of us...and somehow despite several smses and calls, was unable to locate the rest of the gang till some 10 mins later...right at the main gate which is where we told her we were all the while!!
4) A noble and true alcohol (read, smirnoff) lover, but with a horrendous low capacity. And whens she high...all I can say...Watch out! On her high moments she gets it into her head that she's a world famous bar tender and cocktail mixing expert..all in my tiny bar at home. She bangs away at the counter and orders people to the bar at regular intervals to drink her mixes (eh..actually she only knows one!) . And once she gets it into her head that she wants a mix, be it morning, afternoon or night, it doesnt matter!
5) Food lover... Pinks favourite quote goes like "I love food!" and an even more comment lament "I am hungry" - this said with a doleful face and her hand making circles around her poor lil tummy... For the record, I havent met any other girl in my entire life who..ahh lets say...has a "healthy" appetite the way Pinkie does. :)
6) She SUCKS in cricket commentary. In the recent SL-India series I had to practically beg her for regular updates as she was working from home and basically had the tv in front of her! Moreover, it was the penultimate match that would decide the series. It was only after alot of pleadings and a promise to make dinner for that day that she agreed to give me the updates through smses.... And what updates! I could have cried with sheer frustration and rage except for the fact that they kept me in splits at the same time! One message would say, "India 123/3 24 overs", with the following one reporting "India 120/4, 26 overs, Fernando just hit a 4, 38 runs", and the next one would be "Ind 132/3, Fernando going strong", etc etc... Aing! And for all those cricket illiterates, Fernando is a SL bowler.. So you see, she sucks in cricket commentary but atleast one is able to get some vague picture about the match proceedings!:)
7) She's a horror buff and regularly watches them, and yet gets shit scared after each movie. So scared that she can't even go out to the terrace for a smoke on her own! I wonder if this is a rare form of sadism?! The scariest one she's collected here so far has been "The Shutter"...a thai movie. Pinks freaked out...yelps and screams were generated every few minutes and punctuated with intervals of her running and hiding under my chair and peering out at the TV through me, the chair and between her fingers that were over her eyes! And this is another regular scenario with most horrors!
And yet...through it all I wouldn't ever want to miss this chance of knowing her the way I do now! She's one of the whackiest, happy-go-lucky and most bindaas girl I've known...who has the talent to get along with anyone and everyone! Nonetheless she has her own shades of gray and mood swings...but put all that together and you get the one and only Pinkie Borgoyari!
