Sunday, February 10, 2013

Life's little pleasures - One (Flight Journey)

Picture yourself traveling in a flight that was swiveling left and right and top and bottom like a state transport bus in India running on a bumpy road at 60kmph. That would scare the shit out of anybody! But, for some strange stupid reason (unknown to me), I ended up laughing all the while as the plane continued the bumpy ride. A few moments later,  I recollected how stupid it was to laugh when you were supposed to be scared and that thought, made me smile at myself.. That moment: #Life'slittlepleasures-1

Picture yourself sitting on a flight, seat belt buckled up, tray table closed and seat uptight waiting for take off and then the most boring announcement of safety instructions start. Before I could get bored, the attendant speaks out:
"Can everyone please pretend that you are looking at us"
"This is how you buckle your seat belt.. As if you don't know, huh!"
"This is your life-vest.. Never mind, you don't have to use it anyway"
And just as we were to deplane, she says "I was told this by my parents when I was 18 and I'll tell you that now, pick up your bags and get out" .. The entire commentary brought a smile to the face.. That moment: #Life'slittlepleasures-2

Picture yourself peeping out of the window and see the moon in a straight line (Not on the top, Not on the top right, Not top left, Not "adhigo akkada", But right in front of you in a straight line. You never understood why it appeared so (Optical illusion?), but the moment you see the moon in a straight line and not at the top as how you'd see, that brings a smile to the face. The same smile when you find yourself flying on top of another flight (Though separated by good 1000 feet, you still see the flight right under you). Not that it's anything, but there is a smile when you see that.. That moment: #Life'slittlepleasures-3

Picture yourself staring outside the window randomly and suddenly see an object of relevance. You see it again. And again. And realize it's the stadium of a club you love. You peep out and ogle at it again and again until your neck has turned 220 degrees, until the clouds have blocked the view 3 minutes back, until the smile fades away very slowly from the face. That moment: #Life'slittlepleasures-4

Picture yourself staring at a cloud that the flight is about to dive into. Like that moment when you were about to dive into a swimming pool, the heart picks up a couple of beats and as soon as the plane dives into the clouds, the lips make a small little upward arc. That moment: #Life'slittlepleasures-5

Picture yourself thirsty and desperate to have a glass of soft drink or water. You've asked for it around 20 minutes back, but due to turbulence, you have to wait. Since you were very sleepy, you just slept off. After a while, you feel thirsty again and wake up clutching your lower lip and as soon as you open your eyes, you see a glass of coke ready on the tray table. That moment: #life'slittlepleasures-6

Picture yourself traveling in an airlines that seats people more like how city buses do! Get on first, sit wherever you want. You end up falling in category C which was the last boarding category. Just when you were thinking of taking some seat between two fat guys, you get to sit at a window seat beside a hot chick! WoW! #life'slittlepleasures-7

#8: Passing the security without a beep on the metal detector

#9: Trying to "actually" visualize a Ferrari racing the flight during takeoff

#10: Getting confused between takeoff and takeover and write "takeover" in #9