Happy Teachers Day!!

A day that's quite easily missed unless one of those radio jocks or the news presenters throw it on our faces.. then it hits us.. oh yeah.. its teachers day.. "Teachers" a bunch of interesting characters who more or less decide how our experience at school is gonna be.. you find all kinds.. the good.. the bad and the ugly.. but we all remember just a few. just the ones that matter.. the ones that left a huge mark behind.. hats off to such souls.. we need more of them ..

wished just one on my teachers today.. dint have the numbers of a few others to do the same.
but i still remember.. 2 years back.. on the same day i happened to call and wish couple of my teachers.. and seriously you need to follow suit to see the kind of reaction you get.. they are so elated and touched just by the fact that you not only remembered them on this particular day but also cared enough to wish them.. one of them after thanking me profoundly told me this.. "being remember by an old student means much more than an award and it is this that keeps us going". I'm sure he was so right.

the timesofindia has now nosedived to teach india.. nice concept.. but wonder what happened to lead india?? did we already lead india to wherever it had to go ?? damn the attention span of our indian media..

the week was pretty good.. or should i say pretty laid back.. went back home for the entire week.. good food.. lotsa sleep and yeah lotsa relatives at home during the festival.. in short..came back happier and fatter.

got a ayurvedic oil massage when i was back home this time.. not my first time.. you are given a disposable langoti which is as good as your birthday suit.. when this is a part of our tradition wonder whats with the moral brigade's hue and cry about the scantly clad babes on fashion tv or m tv. anyways back to our massage... hell lotsa oil and you have two guy who work on you dividing your body into vertical halves they proceed rhythmically. if one guy is massaging the tip of your index finger of your left palm the other is massaging the exact location of your index finger of your right plam.. whats the icing on the cake is that even the pressure applied by both the guys is exactly the same. if you close your eyes and just feel it you'll think that there just one person doing the massage and not two. quite an experience. but i would rate the traditional thai massage as a much more rejuvenating experience. not because its done by a chick ;) but because after the massage you feel so good about being alive.. its awesome. theres a point when the chick stands on your back and applies pressure on your nerve centers by pressing her toes and the whole while she has got nothing to hold on.. its all an balancing act.. its beautiful.