Rocking in the Free World

Winning this competition gave one of the participants considerable pride and props in the eyes of the other person. Think of it along the lines of a slow cycle race where the participants battle it out such that the last person to cross the finish line wins. Its not quite the most competitive of head-to-heads, but a reasonably entertaining one for both participants nonetheless.

Back in 2008, I had won the competition by telling my friend about the fact that sometimes I’d wake up late at night if I got real hungry, discover that I had absolutely no food to chomp on and then eat jam from a bottle thereafter. Heck, I even finished the jam bottle one night when the hunger pangs were particularly intense.

I did something to top that last night. I firmly believe that between the two of us, I will now be the all-time champion. I was flipping through channels on the TV in the temporary guest house accommodation provided to me in Gurgaon while waiting for sleep. While channel surfing, I saw this channel named “PTC Punjabi” and I sat and watched it for 30 minutes continuously.

There were some cheesy low production Punjabi music videos that didn’t make any sense, but I was so mind-numbed in the first place that I sat and saw it all anyway. I don’t think anyone can stoop to any lower than this, unless I am able to come up with newer stuff when I move into my own place that I have zeroed in on in a quaint little location about 2 km from my office.

Let’s see, only time will tell.

Additionally, I have more stuff to write about regarding my first visit to Gurgaon and living here, but that will happen once the initial settling has been dispensed with.