I just realized that i am one of those, useless, boring, worthless blokes who'll grow up and be a Mamoo* 


(* Maamoo as in Munnabhai, im sure one gets the idea)


The reason for this, rather sweeping, conclusion is that it appears that in order to get ahead, make a living (and all that blah-blah) i'l probably be spending the rest of my life doing uncool stuff. 


I am, of course, developing the most boring, bird-brained, clumsily presented theory around this. Maybe later. 


Case in point: 


My conversation with female X the other day.


X asked me about what i 'did', where i 'hung out' in spain. 


I, as usual, kept my work out of the discussion. And with little else from Spain - stumbled around the few plazas, nightly walks, 10 euro-all-you-can-eat-buffets and a (what must have been) godawfully boring account of the day trip to barcelona..(Note: Sarcasm intended)


X, incidentally, is the same person who actually started laughing (rather loudly - i must say - even attracting the attention of passerbys) when i had once, during the course of some gen chit-chat, explained to her my concept of how blokes should think of setting up this 'trust fund' before getting married etc. 


Now, a little bit of introspection actually reveals that X's attitude is probably correct in one sense. 


Let me explain: An impressive, well rounded, going-places - young man of 25 - ought to know a little more about all the right things in life like 'doing' 'hanging out'. And X is just behaving naturally - just like nature intended her to behave like - anyone with an overall behavioral pattern similar to mine are Maamoos and Maamoos are a big no-no (or possible casual+sometimes entertaining+nice to know acquaintances) 


This thought process leads to several, hugely tricky questions - two of which are pro'lly: 


1) WHAT is the ideal-impressive-kindof behavior in such contexts ? One of these days, when i stabilize a little- or maybe someday in the future, i'l probably ask X the same thing - WTF does she consider cool ?


2) Is the problem really with X, in this case - as in - 'bah, X is not worth it' 'X has a brain about the size of the average parrot's' (as some friends suggest) ?


OK. Enough.


We now move on - a maamoo is a respectable maamoo ONLY if he does well at work - and such delusional, hormonal state of affairs is NOT the ideal frame of mind for a maamoo to be in. 


P.S  All this has sort-of-spoilt my planned post and all - but Ive uploaded a fairly largish chunk of photos - in no particular order - Commentary / Post later on, if i manage crawl out of this hole this week. The album is here