Life without Insurance..

These days I'm lil more careful when i hit the road.. make sure i don't ride like a maniac.. not that i used to ride one before.. but u know how the traffic is and when u trying to rush to work or say meet a friend.. when u got to get there asap that when the traffic is the worst and all your maneuvering skills help.. which means you have close encounters every other day.. and that's precisely what I'm trying to avoid these days.. coz i got no medical insurance now.. guess that's the only worth while thing you get when your employed.. was just wondering the other day. how many of us Indians have medical insurance? with 52% of our population below the poverty line.. i dun think the number is any high.. so coming back to where i started.. that if i crash now.. not only will i inflict the pain but also foot the medical bill which is gonna make it even more painful.. it may sound stupid.. but its true.. when u know that you are covered.. medically i mean.. its at the back of ur mind that you have a safety net say something goes wrong.. and the moment you dont have one.. you are slightly more cautious.. its like facing shohib akthar with your gaurds on and without.. aint it ;)
Now that i spend a considerable amount of time at home.. I'm surprised at the number of sales persons who come banging at your door.. the other day.. this lady knocks on my door and tries to sell a electric shave to me.. i kindly refuse.. she said may be i could gift this to one of my friends.. told her i got none whom i would need one.. she said what about one to your girlfriend sir?? i said WHAT??? gift a electric shave to a girl.. who gifts a razor to a girl.. i lost it.. saw no point explaining the same to her.. closed the door.. sat back to think.. imagine if you had a gift a girl a electric shave.. how hairy would she be.. well i do not want to imagine and more importantly what a ridiculous suggestion.. this was easily the worst sales pitch somebody made to me.. electric shave for a girl.. wonder if she actually managed to sell any.

Was at the Bengaluru international airport the other day to drop my bhai who was off to Dubai after his month long vacation here.. the first time i was going to the BIA.. the connectivity is quite okay.. i'm sure those bugger will fix the roads in sometime.. but whats so disappointing is the terminal. such a large area.. decent connectivity and look at the size of the terminal.. looks like a match box.. no wonder BIA is already running full capacity.. wonder what were they thinking when they planned it.. and if you ask me.. they should have made the terminal in two levels.. one level for arrival and the other for departure.. someone coming to drop off somebody has got no business in the arrival section and vice versa... that would have reduced the traffic at the drop of point by half. anyways its a great relief from that old fish market called HAL airport.