Thursday, July 26, 2012

Not a bad day after all

The day appeared jinxed.I put on the washing machine at the kitchen and entered the living room. An editor- friend from Mumbai came online and I got engrossed in chatting. Hardly 20 minutes passed by, when I felt something wet soaking my toes. No, I had not done what a baby would have. I looked down and was aghast to see my room filled with soap water.
I had ostensibly left the washing machine outlet tube down the floor and all the rooms were filled with water. I called the watchman and he began cleaning up the mess.
I sat on a chair to chat again when I lost balance and the chair broke. I asked the watchman to discard it.
I then picked up my phone to call India only to realise that there was not sufficient credit.
Enough, I told myself and went down the building to buy fresh milk for coffee.
I saw a friend coming in the opposite direction. He had already taken AED500 from me as loan and I thought it was not the best of days to greet him. I entered a laundry shop. He was approaching fast. I ran to the next pharmacy. He chased and successfully caught me.
Before I could say anything, he thrust AED200 in my pocket and said, “Thanks. I will return the rest later.”
The day was not jinxed after all.

19 comments:

  1. heheh! all is well that ends well!

    :)

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  2. A different kind of post, I should say..:)

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  3. Not at all! You had me worried friend!

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  4. When you write of washing machine,it reminded me of Akshay Kumar in one of his movies.
    Loan...if you give loan,you must be ready to write off

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  5. I would have considered the soup water draining unto the floor as a boon in disguise.

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  6. Hmmmm...no one ever returns my money back so far :(

    Boo hoo hoo

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  7. I wonder why the washing machine was put in the kitchen? Or do you mean a dish washer?
    What a post/ a mix of fun and sympathy!
    At least you got some of your loan back-lucky you buddy!!!!!

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  8. LOL at the way you described. Every dark cloud has a silver lining right?

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  9. hehehe...finally a silver lining :)

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  10. hahahah.. was good day after all :) :)

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  11. Finally, things took a turn for the better

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  12. Not so jinxed eh ?! Was fun reading :)

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  13. Not so jinxed eh ?! Was fun reading :)

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  14. The silver lining always at the end:) Enjoy your India trip.

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