Spine Flu

Have you heard the latest? The Swine Flu b@$t@rd will have a second wave of casualties when it genetically mutates! Try Eucalyptus oil, or chew clove or, wait wait, try the hot salt water gargle - it works... WOW, people do get worked up these days: all they need is a reason. (Did I just say reason?) Naah, not reason: fear of getting dead is what wakes us up, instantly. Fear of being vulnerable, like anyone else, otherwise how would you explain the apathy towards victims of other diseases.

Scores of people die of diseases such as (the simpler ones) diarrhea, cholera, (and the not so simpler ones) HIV, TB: but who cares. These diseases don't affect us...its for the poor ones.

There's lot to be done in other areas, but nope, only deaths and threats that affect us will be the priority. We should not worry about the Swine Flu, its the Spine Flu which is deadlier.

Strumming a Guitar

What is your favorite musical instrument? Well, my favorite has kept changing from a Flute to a Harmonica to a Casio keyboard to Drums to (now) a Guitar. The best part is, I don’t know how to play any of them!

So why are they my favorites (not for the girls, no) but for the art involved in playing them. I’ve seen some or the other friend of mine playing them and they got added to my list (of favorites) one by one. Although I’ve not owned any real musical instrument except for the odd Flute from the hawker or a Harmonica that I received for a present, but I think I will be able to play the guitar (chuckle). I love the way guitarists strum away beautiful tunes on them (I can hear the music score from Ek Hasina Thi in the back of my mind)…

I am going to get one in the coming weeks.