I belong to a girl who bought me very reluctantly. Most of my time is spent wondering when my next sighting will be. I am totally at her mercy. I expire soon so most of my brothers and sisters who are already stocked up wait in anticipation only to end up lost, confused and desolate like me. At times the wait seems worth it as I am an adornment for very special occasions. I am akin to a prized possession. I am allowed to meet only some close friends and family. Most of the people she interacts with on a day-to-day basis don't even know about my existence in her life. They believe its all hearsay! Here's an open confession. I can't understand females I tell you - One would actually be excused for thinking I make her look revolting! Truth be told, she revels in all the attention she gets thanks to the new dimension I add to her personality. Yet for most of the time, I am swimming in my own thoughts and private world. Unfair I scream.
Apart from these vexing quirks, my owner is generally amiable so I don't give her a hard time when she uses me.I am blessed with such good care that at times I can't believe my own good luck. Nothing to do on most days but a comfortable home and hearth (I did mention I was confused so stay with me on my roller-coaster emotions when it comes to my owner). I expose a whole new world and make people look nice usually, but my owner feels thoroughly exposed when she uses me. Thank goodness I come in pairs and I ain't alone in this. Misery needs company. I have only one complaint with life as such. My competitor (alternative in this case) is drab , boring and doesn't get heads turning unlike me .. but alas! This thought sometimes churns the insides of my stomach and burns a hole in my heart.
The day isn't far when I might drown in the same solution she uses to clean me, shrieking in between gasps for all to hear "So long , and thanks for all the fish" !!!!!!
The day isn't far when I might drown in the same solution she uses to clean me, shrieking in between gasps for all to hear "So long , and thanks for all the fish" !!!!!!
- Bausch & Lomb contact lenses
p.s. - By the way, I do use glasses regularly but my lenses aren't as ignored as I made it out to be. So this attempt at creative writing is simply my relentless effort to impress all you nice readers out there.
53 comments:
Heeeehaw...first;-D!!!!!
Coool...novel even;-)!!! All along I thot it was a riddle & didnt have a clue wht u were talking abt;-D
Only after I saw the answer did I really appreciate the post....written really well Rohitha:-)).
Ha ha funny :-) I didn't see it coming :-)
Agnes.....what a pleasure to bump into u here;-D
Yeah yeah I know.......I'm totally jobless some days;-D
Wow!! I had to read it again!! :D
Wonderfully written!
Cheers :)
Ro!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! i Love Love LOVEEEEEEEE ur blog template. Its so inviting and fresh. Tell me it hasen't been that long since i visited ur blog!!
Hehe. Its the same with my contacts too. when r u visiting????
You trying to impress me too? Or only those who read your posts completely?
Woohhooo!! What an anti-climax that was. Never had an hint until the last line.
Very very novel. Poor contact lens. :-P
Keep them coming!
Very very nice post. It was a complete surprise. Originally I thought you meant Kancheepuram Silk Saree. When I read "it comes in pairs" i thought you meant shoes. At the end, I liked the anti-climax.
Wow! Nice post... I thought its about some cloth or saree but the climax was very different from what I expected, way better! :)
wardrobe??u keep ur contact lense in wardrobe?? i thot u ver talkin abt some dress :) probably some gym outfit :D :D u the soda butti? :D :D heheheee
very good humour:)...even I used contacts very infrequently,found them cumbersome.
impressed for sure :)
You have a flair for writing fiction and that first person narrative was simply awesome.
Simply loved it :)
Keep 'em coming :D :D
neat ;) got reminded of one of j.archers twist in the tales ("just good friends" if i remember right)
very well written!!!Clap clap!!!
Hi!
very neatly followed exponential curve in the post and the climax hits you exactly where and when it should...very well handled...taking up such topics must be challenging...u should experiment more like this...anyways u r getting good results...it would help u when u write ur first book :).....all da best!!!
Hi!
very neatly followed exponential curve in the post and the climax hits you exactly where and when it should...very well handled...taking up such topics must be challenging...u should experiment more like this...anyways u r getting good results...it would help u when u write ur first book :).....all da best!!!
hehehehe :D :D
you hgardly wear them huh... poor overused glasses and unsed lens :P
Very very creative. Read it twice.ill the end you could maintain mystery.
Really, really nice post. For a while, I actually felt sorry for a seldom worn garment. Great twist to discover it was your contacts.
Tricky and clever young lady.
Reflections, I'm shocked 'cos --
1. You came first while on a break! Kudos Nancy :)Me touched.
2. I almost thought you were also replying to comments on my behalf for the post! ;)
Heeee ;-D Thanks sooo much. Oh & you have given me new ideas (riddle)!!!
Agnes, :-)) Its good to see u here!
Shilpa Garg, A compliment from you is always special :) thanks!!!
MindfulMeanderer, Thank U for the invite. I am gonna visit U soon , thats a promise :-)) Thanks, how I wish I designed this template , but its actually by some nice person named Josh Peterson (see bottom of the page)! LoL :-D Btw even I ignored my blog for a month so no worries. I welcome U with open arms Shruti!!! :-D
uptake, whoaa..these sound like questions asked by The Sphinx!! :-D
Insignia, I thought it'd be easy to guess but then that might be b'cos I wrote it.. ;-)) Thanks a lot!!! Very encouraging coming from you.
SG, Thanks to you for the insight!! I did want to know what train of thought the readers would have. I'm so happy you liked it :-))
Karan Agarwal, I'm all smiles. Thanks so much for the lovely words!!! :-)
gils, soda pop is eet? poda!!! ;-D
Exactly where should I keep my lenses - In my shoe rack? See, since I don't use them regularly, the aim is to preserve them atleast :-D
Samvedna, thaaaank you!!!:-))So I have company.
R-ambam, U made my day!!! Yes! :-):-)
Chatterbox, if the above comment made my day, yours will have me in cloud nine for a long time!! No exaggerations, its a honour through and through :-))Thank You!
Hari, *faints*.. Bows down deep. Thanks a LOT Sir!
A New Beginning, Thank You, thank you Sana!! :):)
Urmil Amol, You have a way with words. I love your comments! Always overflowing with encouragement. Thank you so very much!!! :) (a dozen times) I shall experiment whenever the urge strikes me ;)
Rajlakshmi, my glasses say thanks. You're the only one who sympathised :)
chitra, Never imagined all of you would like it so much. The pleasure is entirely mine. Thanks!! :)
Arkansas Patti, I guess wardrobe gave everyone the image of a garment :) I love what you called me. Will bask in the glory for a while ;) Thanks a bunch!!!!!!! :)
First of all... The title's so amazing it made me wanna read!
And I love the post! So damn interesting. I thought they were clothes initially! Then I figured! :) Damn innovative! :)
LOL !!! didnt see that coming !!! good one ! :D
Cool one..cool one!!
:)
Rohitha, i like this writing style. great post :)
He he he!! I was trying to rack my brains and figure out who this mysterious occupant was :-) Enjoyable read :-)
couldn't guess it all till the end....good one....btw why the change in template?
Ha ha, am impressed - nice reader that I am ;) ;)
I thought it was abt some party-wear too ;) Dint see this cmg @ all :) Well written :)
Hey.. Yes .. Even i had to read it again .. First i was thinking that it's some cloth as it was mentioned as the wardrobe .. But then it came as Total surprise..
I'm happy that the lenses are allowed to meet only close friends .. and I'm one of them.. Yippie.. Because i've met them :P..
Wonderfully written ..
I would like to read more autobigraphies .. May be u can try for ur purse / Handbag/office bag.. which carries Socks/torch :)
I thought it was about a dress too :P something which you wear only for parties.. I was so curious to know, that I scrolled down, read what it was and then continued reading the second half.. Nice attempt at fiction girl :)) enjoyed reading..
nicely written
nivedithasperceptions, You are seriously being too niiice..but hey I ain't complaining. Thank You Niveditha !!!! :-)))
vimmuuu, thank you bhery much!!! :)
Sorcerer, thanks a lot :)
Sriram, Thank you! (collar up) ;-)
pallavi, heheee :D In between, I also racked my brain while writing it ;-)
nachu, thanks! Parts of my old template vanished. A friend told me the web links were broken etc & couldn't be fixed unless the creator did something to it. So I simply changed the template :)
Swaram, that goes without saying. You ARE one of the nicest :D Thank Youuuus!!!
sonal, To tell you the truth, its been a while since I used my contacts (not going out much na ;)) Autobiography of my socks is a very very good idea. I bet noone will guess & of course ppl will throw their shoes at me later! ;-D
Avada Kedavra, U what?? ;-0 Cheeeeating! (precisely what I would've done too..LoL)!!! ;-) Thank you so much miss.
scarlet pimpernel, thanks :)
Empathy, empathy.
You know these Bausch and Lomb people were offering people at a mall in Delhi free 24-hour contact lenses. They asked me and I said no! Why? Because I know I am super-lazy!!!
hahaha...That was a nice creative exaggeration indeed! :)
to be not to be
have to read again
The Double Inverted Commas, OMG-Free! :-0 I actually like wearing my glasses. Atleast that way, I can pretend to look intelligent, studious & geeky ;-)
Indy, Yeah exaggeration is every bloggers` useful weapon! ;-D
sm, okayyyy!!
lol zimbly awesome post :D
and aww the Hitchhikers' fan in me is asking me to visit my library NOW, so ... So long, and Thanks for all the fish
;)
Thank U Shruthi :) Btw I am reading Hitchhikers'..yes yes, whattay splendid novel. I love Douglas Adams more & more :D
Wow, theres creative writing for you:) I liked your old template better though:)
Cheers
V
V, thanks :) to be frank, even I am still partial to the older one. Kya Karein. It just isn't working!
Hello dear,
I am back!!!!
Someonez gone missing again..;)
Where did u disappear?
Hello madame..where are you? Not to be seen anywhere!
didnt expect this .. thought you were talking about a dress ... then the last para made me think of lingerie .... but never thought of lenses
great ~
Tan, hiiiiiiii!!
gils, really not sure how to add u on fb. I'm not called lostworld & I'm pretty sure you aren't gils ;)
Hari, kabhi kabhi hota hai yaar ;)
Aryan, didn't want to do the disappearing act but had no choice :(
evanescentthoughts, See see, I'm back! :)
DEEPA, that really didn't even cross my mind..not even for a fleeting moment!! But after I read your comment, I read the para keeping it in mind & it was so hilarious. You have some imagination. :) Thanks for visiting! ;)
Lol! Impressed! I just did not see that coming! Good going with being creative girl. I like. :)
Nice post...I was wondering if you were talking aboabout sari. But now you've mentioned it, my contacts may be thinking the same thing too, they've been abandoned for months on end by now :)
Choco, Yay thank you!!:-)
Chinkurli, seriously, my mom thinks I'm upto something fishy everytime the contacts are out ;-)
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