flat world

when my parents came to know i had bought a 150 cc bike, they asked me why i had bought so heavy a bike (its weight also comes to around 150 kg). and i had replied: it's not as if i have to carry it. the bike will carry me [not my words. someone else had said this to me]

today i realised how it feels to pull/push/cajole a 150 kg mini-elephant - even though i had to do this only for about half a km. my day started with a flat tire. and when i finally managed to get to the puncture repairing shop, it turned out there was no puncture! the guy said that most probably someone had played a prank.

now, even after being drenched in sweat, i believe in the basic humanity of people. i still think this has something to do with yesterday evening when i had air filled at the petrol pump.

however, if i'm proved wrong at a later stage, i swear the culprit will be bludgeoned to death. with a 150 kg object.