Just remembered..

I don't know how this came to me today.. or why.. I was on my way to work.. and I remembered this happening a long time back.. I think I was in first grade then.. and I think the class was Social Studies or something of the sort.. We were learning either about Family or Professions.. or something.. Can't remember.. But there was this part where I had to write down my Dad's profession.. and I didn't know what that was.. He was working for Schindler Elevators then, and I remember him telling me that Elevators were the same as 'Lifts' .. like the one in our building.. And I don't know how I came up with the term 'Lift Operator'.. I felt really proud of my Dad for being someone so cool, and of myself for having come up with such a cool profession amongst all the Doctors and Engineers and Bank Managers.. My teacher raised her eyebrows when she saw what I'd written.. smiled and asked me if I was sure.. I nodded .... and when my turn came to read it aloud in class.. I don't think it made an impact on anybody.. except I think the teacher.. and yes... my mom when I got home.. I think she was struck .. she probably imagined my Dad wearing a red coat with two parallel rows of round silver buttons and a cap and standing in a corner of a lift asking people which floor they'd like to go to... She told me Daddy wasn't a Lift operator.. and to my disappointment erased it and made me write 'Engineer'.. which, I consoled myself, was something like a Train operator...

Crush...

He had a beard and I'd seen him twice... I don't remember if I heard people talk about him, but I have a feeling I did. There was no other way for me to form an impression about someone I had seen twice. He's the sort of guy who probably writes well...Listens to music I've never heard of, or will ever understand.. done drugs, probably still does... sketches, draws or paints in abstract ways he doesn't care to explain.. Probably cooks.. Not sure he bathes very often .. Must've had plenty of affairs with like minded unconventional women.. He could be gay.. But I like to think that he isn't... Doubt he believes in marriage.... Surely likes photography.. probably black and white.. Can't imagine him in formals.. Must be the sort that loves to travel.. Doesn't care too much about money... Probably gives the nicest gifts for special people.. Probably likes dogs.. maybe cats too..