Necker Cubicle

The best thing about Thiruvananthapuram is that we got beaches over here, very near to the city!

It has been long since I went to a beach. Next week i need not have to give company to anyone and the complete 24 hours a day is mine (except for work hours).

I am getting really really silly, nowadays.. Maybe they are not silly things but i feel so.. { F10, F10 }

He is my grandfather (my mother’s father), the only one among my grandparents whom i haven’t seen. Whenever I talk about him i use ‘Muthachan’ to refer him. Muthachan was a great admirer of life and beauty of earth. He wanted to live a thousand years if possible. According to my mother he is the best father ever lived in this world. He loved his children more than anyone could love. You may have a difference in opinion but my mother never agrees..

He died when my mother was 13 in a car accident. Of my grandparents the one whom i love the most is my grandmother (Amooma, Muthachan’s wife). She used to say that if Muthachan were alive it would have been him.

Muthacha, you live in my dreams, in my thoughts, forever  .. 

I reached at about 6, back to their house after dropping him. And still the gate was locked and no lights were on. I thought of waiting till 6.30 there, observing (vayanottam to be precise) the joggers! Einstein had a point.. Time is relative.. It took about an hour for the time to reach 6:10. And that changed my mind. No matter what they think i decided to disturb them and started striking the gate. This continued for about 2-3 minutes and i failed terribly. What to do now.. Yes, you guessed right! I jumped over the gate.. :D.. I was not at all hesitant as I was sure nothing bad is going to happen. The aunty knows that someone will come to meet her today morning to hand over the documents.

I rang the bell twice to get the door opened. A middle aged lady came out and i extended the package towards her and said

“Aunty X, sorry for disturbing, I am son of Mr.Balachandran and he told me to hand this over to you”

Lady: I am not X. I am Y.

Me: Ahem. So is this not the house of X?

Lady: NO

Me:(GULP)

And now the man of the house also came out. The lady told him everything and I was lucky that the couple took it lightly. And they were about to go back when i again interrupted.

“Can you please open the gate for me…”

Now the lady looked at me strangely. The man came with the keys and I was thinking of whether to give him an explanation or not and at the end decided that it is better to keep quiet or else i would be giving him a chance to talk and who knows what he is gonna TALK.

Just after i entered my car i told him “SORRY” and didn’t even waited for a reply.

I finally found out the house. It is a similar looking house in the next lane.

Apart from this, it was great ride in the morning. It’s pretty nice to see the sleeping Thiruvananthapuram city. The whole 4-line road is yours to drive!

Lots of joggers; i think it is high time for me to start jogging :P.

And the KV students waiting for bus reminded me of the horrible days of my life (11th and 12th).

Engineer A

MD asks to develop an aeroplane. A begins the work immediately. He thinks about all the possibilities, even starts to think what to do when AL-Qaeda attacks the plane. Once he had the overview it would be too late, when he knows that the company does not want to stop AL-Qaeda from attacking this plane, but he wants his idea to be implemented. He design and develop giving slots for further upgradation of the plane to resist the attacks (as company might have the plan to resist in future. And he streamline the plane for better performance which might make the plane look like a car but with improved speed.

MD comes to see the demo performance (He might be iritated by the delay). He gets confused by seeing the car!! He questions why it looks like a car and the need of extra slots?? A too feels bad to see the faults (he forgets the positive sides as he always looks at his faults to improve himself). MD becomes unhappy for the moment and goes back.

A spends more time on it to rediscover the inventions he had made and informs MD about it. MD is satisfied..

His dedication and vision is impressive…

Engineer B

MD asks to develop an aeroplane. B is lazy but smart and starts his job too late (say a day before the ‘demo day’). And almost finishes the work in time.

MD comes to see the demo. Plane starts to fly and by half way it crashes.. At this time B tells MD that there is a new rescue system attached to the plane (say parachute) which helps you at crashes. MD gets thrilled and would want to know more about it. B explains how the rescue system works and what all advantages the passengers will have with the rescue system. That would kill a lot of time. MD is satisfied by the work and forgets about the crash and goes back. Now B, has more time to fix the problems.

After sometime MD comes back (someone hits his head :P) querying about the crash which would have been fixed in meantime by B. B gives a dumb excuse for the crash and demonstrates it again, which makes MD happy.

I love to master this art some day..

Engineer C

MD asks to develop an aeroplane. C is really really smart. He breaks down the plane into a lot of bicycles - different types of bicycles. Then, he finds people who likes each type of bicycle, discuss with them about the bicycle and develops it in ease. Just after one gets developed he informs the MD and he would be satisfied by the bicycle as he had a quick result.

The way he divides the problem is so very elegant..

A, B and C are smart, right??