I have just moved back to Thane and my parents are tired of seeing me dozing away in the bed at 9 AM. To show that their son is a “aadnyadhaari putra” , I started frequenting the joggers park in thane. Here are my observations on some special species found there. Kindly note, such parks abound in Mumbai suburbs and you are will find similar species everywhere.
1. Television Yoga fans: They will practice 5 different Pranayam exercises and each one accompanied by 10 different sounds you have never heard before. You will wonder what part of their body these are sounds coming from. Some pros look like they are all set to win the “I-am-a-cycle-pump” championship.
2. Get Slim fast types: Very likely to be fresh members at the park. They have been “advised” to take up brisk walking in order to (briskly) lose weight. They want to transform from Rambha-ish to Kareena-ish figure in 20 days flat. Favorite exercise is stomping off for 10 rounds in the park. Once they start marching you are best advised to stay off their course. Anything and everything that comes across them will be crushed. P.S: I am still recovering from my last week’s encounter.
3. HA-HA-HO-HO types: Will generally be made up of uncles. Thankfully aunties are more decorum prone. Laughter is definitely a nice medicine but the following problems occur:
1. The sight of sober people inflicted by reasonless laughter bouts is absolutely amusing.
2. As all non-laughter club members see this sight and knowingly smirk at each other, our laughing dudes are encouraged to spread the cheer even more loudly.
3. Competing clubs! You will be subjected to a Jugal-Bandi between the laughing gharanas.
4. We-Love-Vada-Pav: These people will spend 10 minutes strolling across the park before they queue up to gobble down Vada-Pav(s), trebling their calorie intake. I guess their guilt is easily stifled unlike others sweating it out for hours.
5. The jogger dudes and babes: They too are fresh entrants to the circus. Easily spotted with new Nike/Adidas/Reebok shoes, Nike/Adidas/Reebok hair-band, Nike/Adidas/Reebok sweat bands, and I-pod clipped to the T-Shirt sleeve, they are straight out of some Sports magazine cover. 5 minutes into their jog and they realist the futility of spending up on all this attire, coz the parks in mumbai are just not wide enuf for people to jog. If they are lucky they can jog a round by chanting "excuse me" every 2 steps as they wriggle through the maze of junta. If they are not lucky, they WILL bump into some senior lady and be driven away by choicest expletives.
1. Television Yoga fans: They will practice 5 different Pranayam exercises and each one accompanied by 10 different sounds you have never heard before. You will wonder what part of their body these are sounds coming from. Some pros look like they are all set to win the “I-am-a-cycle-pump” championship.
2. Get Slim fast types: Very likely to be fresh members at the park. They have been “advised” to take up brisk walking in order to (briskly) lose weight. They want to transform from Rambha-ish to Kareena-ish figure in 20 days flat. Favorite exercise is stomping off for 10 rounds in the park. Once they start marching you are best advised to stay off their course. Anything and everything that comes across them will be crushed. P.S: I am still recovering from my last week’s encounter.
3. HA-HA-HO-HO types: Will generally be made up of uncles. Thankfully aunties are more decorum prone. Laughter is definitely a nice medicine but the following problems occur:
1. The sight of sober people inflicted by reasonless laughter bouts is absolutely amusing.
2. As all non-laughter club members see this sight and knowingly smirk at each other, our laughing dudes are encouraged to spread the cheer even more loudly.
3. Competing clubs! You will be subjected to a Jugal-Bandi between the laughing gharanas.
4. We-Love-Vada-Pav: These people will spend 10 minutes strolling across the park before they queue up to gobble down Vada-Pav(s), trebling their calorie intake. I guess their guilt is easily stifled unlike others sweating it out for hours.
5. The jogger dudes and babes: They too are fresh entrants to the circus. Easily spotted with new Nike/Adidas/Reebok shoes, Nike/Adidas/Reebok hair-band, Nike/Adidas/Reebok sweat bands, and I-pod clipped to the T-Shirt sleeve, they are straight out of some Sports magazine cover. 5 minutes into their jog and they realist the futility of spending up on all this attire, coz the parks in mumbai are just not wide enuf for people to jog. If they are lucky they can jog a round by chanting "excuse me" every 2 steps as they wriggle through the maze of junta. If they are not lucky, they WILL bump into some senior lady and be driven away by choicest expletives.
2 comments:
ROTFL!!
I was a wannabe 20kgs in 20 days...gave up after 2 days tho...
LOL! Good one.
Which category do you fall in ;P
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