Sunday, August 30, 2009

She came with boyfriend

I was watching a documentary on Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pumping iron is no easy task, boss. These guys really sweat it out. Like I said earlier, the pain is the pleasure. Arnold talked about how focused he was during competitions. “No emotional attachments. Winning remains the goal.”
He talked about how once he was preparing for a contest when his mom rang up to say “Come home son, your dad is dead.” But the bodybuilder could not agree. “Sorry, I cannot make it now,” was all he could say.
Asked about the lighter side of life, he revealed how a guy came for his advice. “I am an expert in bodybuilding poses. Just gimme additional clues,” the guy asked. Arnold decided to have some fun. He told the best different style would be to scream everytime he posed at the competition. Scream the guy did, but was promptly thrown out of the contest.
Talking of bodybuilding, I remember I used to visit a gym near Victoria Terminus in Mumbai. Among a lot of sportsmen, I found a lone, attractive girl lifting heavy weights. The second day I was in the gym, I introduced myself to her. Don’t forget, I wasn’t married that time and there was this lurking fear that she would throw the weights on me. Fortunately, nothing like that happened. She agreed to reach my office the next day for an interview for my newspaper. While I eagerly awaited her, she came. Hold on, she came along with her boyfriend.
The story appeared, and my dream disappeared.

19 comments:

  1. Haha. Does your family read your blog? Oh yesterday was my first ever interview! Owner of the Mangalore United team of KPL!!!

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  2. A very amusing story.
    Have a lovely day.
    Sunny :)

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  3. haha, good one...keep it up..:)

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  4. LOL! Your story appeared and your dream disappeared. Pretty good rhyming there!

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  5. LOL..seriously..does ur wife never venture to your blog sir? I shudder to think what would happen once she decides to drop by! :)

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  6. Nice one. Is this what they call "kandadhum Kaadhal"?

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  7. :) The stories of the stuff happened before settling down are ever famous and never fail to bring a smile. It's almost like one story completed and time for another beautiful story to begin

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  8. that is amazing style....
    had a quite a bit laugh too....
    do visit my page..

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  9. Lol, that was quite an interesting story.

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  10. and after all these years you relive that dream in a post!! anyways you are better off without the weight lifter!! God knows what you would have got instead of sweet nags!!

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  11. Mr. Arnold, the Governor now and body builder then is my fav one.. nice good post... and you ended with an awesome sentence... "story appeared and my dream disappeared" lol lol...

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  12. Ramesh, I haven't told you in a long time just how much I enjoy your blog. You're a terrific writer. Catching up on these past four posts has put a big smile on my face. :) I hope you are doing well, my dear friend. I am thinking of you. Namaste

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  13. I am with sujata - since I read the last post first - there would be no pussssssss...
    An I am with Trantra Flower too - still smiling!

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  14. "The story appeared, and my dream disappeared" - ha ha...

    And yes, as said here in the comments column, Tantra Flower is right, you are indeed a terrific writer.

    Man, you write so well that you make all of us, your friends, proud of you. Cheers buddy :)

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