Rambling On

A significant amount of time in our life is spent (wasted?) on returning favours of the wrong kind. The other day a few colleagues and me were invited over for a wine session. So one of my colleagues suggested that we should be going with something, it’s the first time he has called and so on and so forth. We carry for the host a bottle of wine!!! I was looking the other way when the transaction was taking place. Coming to think of it, this was an enlightening gesture. So next time when somebody calls me for dinner. The first thing I am going to do is find about the menu say steamed dim sums and as a goodwill gesture I would carry some from a local restaurant. That should be a good idea!!

So you get invited lets say to a birthday party. Now you can’t think of anything interesting. So you take along a “surprise” gift for the birthday “guy/gal”. You know the answer, its nothing but a Birthday Cake along with some candles!! The host of course has a big smile on his face. Does he have any other option?

Give and take is a good process that we should learn. The only difference is that we need to accept perhaps is that the person you give to, may not necessarily reciprocate appropriately. Your investment return will come to you from another source. The balancing is bound to happen, sooner or later. I am not sure of course on your agreement on this theory.

So we amongst friends have a good practice of going dutch in any activity we do. Individual consumption is not accounted for; rather the burden of the whole is divided equally. Every body is happy except that odd man out who never paid in a group earlier.

The other day we had gone for the Hi-Seoul Festival and though there were a number of programs we selected the Parade out of the lot. On a sunny afternoon five enthusiasts and two bored people landed up at Kwanghamun crossing to witness the action. It was a bright sunny afternoon and we were all charged up to see the colourful spectacle. The dancers, Harley Davidson bikers, the belly dancers, the comic artists, senior citizens, samulnori troops, they were all there. We were behaving like Press Photographers clicking our cameras in rapid succession. But two of us were absolutely disinterested in the proceedings and they left us sat behind on the wall with grim faces. One even put back his camera inside his bag.

This week is going to extremely busy and that’s how it has been since a fortnight now. In fact I am working on the weekends and looks like won’t have too much of sleep. My blogs too have been erratic due to the same reason and looks like its going to continue in this manner.

That’s about it for now. More next time, and see you soon. Sphere: Related Content