Ram Writes

It was the summer of 2010, I had completed high school. I had 4 months before my college started. So, an ample amount of time to play, travel and do something new. I thought of start watching a sitcom show that everyone was raving about in social media. My brother recommended it too. I had never watched a TV series, and that too one in English before. The show was “The Big Bang Theory” . I was a little confused at the beginning. I thought it was a documentary on the big bang and universe. The show’s title track indicated something similar. But five minutes into the show a pretty lady shows up. Oops, it’s definitely not a documentary on the big bang. My ability to predict and understand anything related to that show ended right there.  I don’t know about you, but I could never follow the dialogues without subtitles. The practise continues even today. The show didn’t help either. There was sarcasm, references to American movies and comics culture, actors, and physics!! All these were...

One day I was waiting in the lift lobby at work, having nothing to do. It was one of those days where frustration was sky-high, everything that could go wrong did. So, I took a break! Software engineers reading this would agree with me. Might seem silly for others though. Coming back to the story. There in the ground floor lift lobby, I noticed a guy, who was in his mid-30s or so he looked like. We entered the lift.  He punched in floor 1. What a lazy ass! I have noticed him repeating this couple other times. I thought he must really be a sloth. I made fun of him. I loud-mouthed once to my teammates that I am going to take the stairs for four floors and beat them to it. The one-floor guy was around waiting for the lift in the lobby. I made sure he heard it loud and clear.  A few months later, I joined the gym to bulk up. My romance with the gym as you guessed didn’t last long. But oh boy I didn’t give up so easily. I persisted for two months you see! The fifth day of my first ...