Bapsy Jain's Blog
December 22, 2009
'No, I'm on a diet.''Me too. I'm on a see-food diet.I see food I eat it." (p185)Steve eagerly grabs the half eaten sandwich on Lucky's plate which she has abandoned because of her diet. All of us women at some time or the other are on some kind of a diet. Particularly after a spot of binge eating like the holidays when good food is hard to resist.
Yesterday evening while walking round the Race Course to pre-empt the calories that we are bound to be piling on, my friend Monica came up with...
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Published on December 22, 2009 17:58
You know it's Christmas when boys at traffic lights pester you to buy Red felt Santa hats with white pig tails or when all the window displays have cotton wool snow and Santa's reindeer pulling sleigh loads of goodies. With thermacole snow flakes dangling from ceilings and green and red buntings all over the place, radio stations playing Christmas songs, it is hard to miss the fact that Christmas is just two days away.
I love going around town seeing the elaborate Christmas trees and...
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Published on December 22, 2009 05:24
December 19, 2009
'Four bucks for a cup of f---ing cup of coffee? What the hell? He looked the menu up and down. 'I'll have a glass of water,' he said. Lucky laughed as she ordered two cappuccinos."(P.183)
Steve is not the only one who has been faced with the dilemma of paying an arm and a leg for a cup of coffee.
For most people Starbucks is "Coffee" . There are some die hard fans who actually pick up a cup every single day. When analysed into its bare ingredients, it would seem decadent to pay for just...
Steve is not the only one who has been faced with the dilemma of paying an arm and a leg for a cup of coffee.
For most people Starbucks is "Coffee" . There are some die hard fans who actually pick up a cup every single day. When analysed into its bare ingredients, it would seem decadent to pay for just...
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Published on December 19, 2009 17:50
December 14, 2009
"Steve kept his appointment on Wednesday and Lucky laughed when she saw him. It was the first time she had seen him in anything other than prison wear." (P182)
Steve is out on parole and Lucky finds it hard to associate this tough nosed, tattoo artist in"civilised" attire. While clothes are only the extraneous elements of a man's personality, they are a very important means of assessing him . Just as we wear different garments for different occasions ( beach wear for the beach, black tie for a...
Steve is out on parole and Lucky finds it hard to associate this tough nosed, tattoo artist in"civilised" attire. While clothes are only the extraneous elements of a man's personality, they are a very important means of assessing him . Just as we wear different garments for different occasions ( beach wear for the beach, black tie for a...
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Published on December 14, 2009 22:06
December 10, 2009
Poor Tiger. He is really being taken to the cleaners by the Press and one feels really sorry that he has to face a public that is as eager to tie him to the Pillory as they are to raise him on a Pedestal.
I have received several emails making jokes at Tiger's expense :
"Crouching Tiger, hidden hydrant"
What does Tiger Woods have in common with a baby seals?
They both get clubbed by Norwegians.
That's the first time Tiger Woods has failed to drive 300 yards
Tiger Woods crashed into a fire...
I have received several emails making jokes at Tiger's expense :
"Crouching Tiger, hidden hydrant"
What does Tiger Woods have in common with a baby seals?
They both get clubbed by Norwegians.
That's the first time Tiger Woods has failed to drive 300 yards
Tiger Woods crashed into a fire...
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Published on December 10, 2009 23:05
December 3, 2009
"I sometimes stay at the office if I have a late meeting, or if the commute is going to be bad. She doesn't ask and she won't suspect." (P.182)
Staying late at the office is the lamest excuse a cheating spouse can give to their partner. Amay had better watch out or he may find his things on the sidewalk like this cheating husband did:
CHEATING HUSBAND

It doesn't pay to cheat on your wife. Straying husbands take note, look what happened to this one. Now the world knows he's a rat. Stay faithful...
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Published on December 03, 2009 01:00
November 30, 2009
With Lucky settled into a new apartment, she begins a new phase of her life. One which surprisingly enough leads her into an adulterous relationship with Amay.
Do you think she is any different from Viki?
While you ponder, I would like to share this joke I received in my mail today.
An Indian migrated to America, and moved into an American neighborhood; His American neighbor went next door to wish him welcome.
He was shocked to see the man from India in his nice backyard chasing ten chickens...
Do you think she is any different from Viki?
While you ponder, I would like to share this joke I received in my mail today.
An Indian migrated to America, and moved into an American neighborhood; His American neighbor went next door to wish him welcome.
He was shocked to see the man from India in his nice backyard chasing ten chickens...
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Published on November 30, 2009 21:45
November 25, 2009
'Have you seen how they cut casts? Millions of dollars of expensive medical equipment and they use a thing that looks like an electric pizza cutter.' (P.173)

A young medical student doing her internship at the local government hospital told me an amazing story. Last week there was a commotion going on at the Nurses station in the Female ward. Being the doctor on duty she asked what the matter was and was told that the expensive autoclave machine was used to make tea."What?" she asked aghast...

A young medical student doing her internship at the local government hospital told me an amazing story. Last week there was a commotion going on at the Nurses station in the Female ward. Being the doctor on duty she asked what the matter was and was told that the expensive autoclave machine was used to make tea."What?" she asked aghast...
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Published on November 25, 2009 23:52
November 23, 2009
'I always knew what you deserved,' Amay said, finally looking up. 'You were the one who went chasing after other things.'Colour drained from Lucky's cheeks.'You're right,'she said, 'and I deserved what I got. But if it makes any difference, I kept the note you left for me. And I still have the ring.' (p170)
Earlier in the book, we find Lucky looking at the ring that Amay had given her. Hurting from a broken marriage, she is obviously regretful of this decision. But youth often clouds our...
Earlier in the book, we find Lucky looking at the ring that Amay had given her. Hurting from a broken marriage, she is obviously regretful of this decision. But youth often clouds our...
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Published on November 23, 2009 20:48
November 18, 2009
"She told me that there were three illusions and the third was "position". She said that our bodies were apparitions and one day we would lose them." (P169)
In today's world we spend a lot of time obsessing about our bodies, weight, self image and the like.
What does a 320 pound woman look like? (Nearly 23 Stone!)
Now, before you scroll down to look at her pictures, get a mental image of what you think a woman who weighs 320 looks like... GOT IT?
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In today's world we spend a lot of time obsessing about our bodies, weight, self image and the like.
What does a 320 pound woman look like? (Nearly 23 Stone!)
Now, before you scroll down to look at her pictures, get a mental image of what you think a woman who weighs 320 looks like... GOT IT?
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Published on November 18, 2009 20:21


