Mi aani majhi tanhayee

I am so pleased to see him! So finally I have found company! I walk towards him. He stares at me with his big green eyes. Oops! I don't want to scare him away! "Hello!" I try to break the ice. No response. But he raises his head, alarmed now! "You still keeping awake?" I move nearer. Now he gets up on his feet, giving me an intimidating look, his eyes bigger, greener, watching me keenly. I continue towards him as he gets ready to attack me at the slightest movement I make........

An hour ago
Its a cool rainy night. Everybody is sleeping. But I am far from sleepy.Outside my window, I stare into the deep dark night getting darker with every passing moment. The rains are coming down heavily on the tin-shed........I can not sleep! Not one living being in sight. No one to keep awake with me. No one to give me company. "Am I the only one who can not sleep! Koi toh, koi toh jaag raha hoga yar!" .......None I want to disturb.

I put on the radio on my mobile and hope that it would sing me a lullaby.....but much to my disappointment it does,"emotional ataychaar" to me!!! I can not sleep! Irritated, I go to the TV room and surf through all the programmes for about 20 long minutes. Nothing interesting enough to keep me awake and nothing boring enough to make me sleepy! This is not going to work....I CAN NOT SLEEP!!! I start walking back to my room. Perhaps, I should try those sleep-inducing MBA books. But ... No No No! I am not reading them! I may actually start understanding them, if I read now! Dangerous! Very dangerous!!!

Deep into my thoughts, I walk to the window and see that the rain has stopped. Soon I notice a cat sitting right below my window. I quickly name it 'Tom'. Every cat must be Tom. Watching cartoon network excessively as a kid was showing its effect now. I am so pleased to see him! So finally I have found company! I walk towards him. He stares at me with his big green eyes. Oops! I dont want to scare him! I have wastefully tried all other means of recreation, so scaring him away is the last thing I want to do! "Hello", I try to break the ice. No response. But he raises his head, alarmed now! "You still keeping awake?", I move nearer. Now he gets up on his feet, and gives me an intimidating look, his eyes bigger, greener, watching me keenly! I continue towards him as he gets ready to attack me at the slightest movement I make......

"Okay okay, chill dude! Ich bin harmlos! I am not....." I remember a joke and laugh out loud. Surprisingly, Tom gets the message that I am peaceful. Relaxed, he sits down but keeps an eye on me. "Wow! He knows German!", I guess. So I try reading out 'Lernziel Deutsch' to him. But he dosen't seem to be interested. So I put down Lernziel and move my hand towards the MBA book. Then quickly deciding against it, I pick up 'Kuby- The everything on Immunology'. I love Immunology!

Tom opens his eyes as I start reading, "Antibody Dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity" Alert now, Tom is trying to understand ........ so I think. But just 20 mins later I find Tom dozing off! So I sit at the window and start explaining,"Among the cells that can mediate ADCC are Natural Killer cells, Macrophages, Monocytes........" Tom raises his head, gives me a sorry look , and then lowers his head. Like this he bears with me for some time. I continue,"These cells have also shown to secrete Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF).........." At this point, Tom raises his head for the final time, gives a disgusted retort, looks away from me, lowers his head and dozes off!!!
GHOR APMAN!!!!! ...............I better try the MBA book!

PS: Built around a single fact, this is purely a figment of my imagination. This rule applies to all my posts. This particular one is for all those who keep asking me how I am spending my time these days. So I am readng out books to animals, when I am not readin them to myself, or clicking photos, dissecting bird-eggs, watching Roxy (you'll know more on this in my next post), composing ootpatang shayari, playing with my plants,watching Disc or Nat Geo, writing posts, or just sitting in my room lost in thoughts!!! Phew! Guys, I am very busy!!