Another April 1st - Another Hero!
Let’s all give a standing ovation to......(pause)......one and only ..... Anish K Vijayan !!! The smiling dude in the picture above !!! (betwee the Kodak expression in the picture was when somebody asked him "ennaaalum nee itra valiya mandan aayirunnooda???"
This prank serves for payback as well.
I had once been to a 'matrimonial-meeting-the-girl-in-person-event' in Dubai - and it had turned a funny one. Few of us friends were on a weekend visit to meet old colleagues in Abu Dhabi - and I got these calls from home and from the girls relatives in UAE to arrange a meeting on the same day at their Dubai residence - By the time me and Anlal dropped all friends in their rooms, it was late night. Frankly i was not at all in a mindset for a pennukanal at that time as it was almost 11 pm and i was exhausted by the day - enduring a sandstorm in Marina and with all the driving that started from almost 2 o clock or so. Imagine, I even had to purchase new pair of dress and change inside the car itself for the ocassion...The whole episode turned funny with us becoming very friendly to the girls relatives too soon...and we were pretty sure about the doomed outcome :) - since Anlal had accompanied me and was witnessing all that happened, the story was in gulfnews on time...after 2-3 days i got a call from a strange number and the person introduced himself as "the girls uncle" - I was forced to speak to him with respect...only to find out later that, it was this very dude Anish - and from then on, whenever he used to call me, he introduces himself as this uncle.
Another time, for a dinner party, i had made another blunder at a valet parking - with all these trusty friends in a new car with its incredible push button start(read "naya system") , i made the mistake of attempting to explain the ignition 'naya system' to the experienced staff of the hotel. dangg!!!...the guy who parks Porsche's and BMW's on a daily basis smiled at me as i began my endeavor.........Anish never forgot this event and reminds me diligently whenever he gets a chance!!
This prank serves for payback as well.
I had once been to a 'matrimonial-meeting-the-girl-in-person-event' in Dubai - and it had turned a funny one. Few of us friends were on a weekend visit to meet old colleagues in Abu Dhabi - and I got these calls from home and from the girls relatives in UAE to arrange a meeting on the same day at their Dubai residence - By the time me and Anlal dropped all friends in their rooms, it was late night. Frankly i was not at all in a mindset for a pennukanal at that time as it was almost 11 pm and i was exhausted by the day - enduring a sandstorm in Marina and with all the driving that started from almost 2 o clock or so. Imagine, I even had to purchase new pair of dress and change inside the car itself for the ocassion...The whole episode turned funny with us becoming very friendly to the girls relatives too soon...and we were pretty sure about the doomed outcome :) - since Anlal had accompanied me and was witnessing all that happened, the story was in gulfnews on time...after 2-3 days i got a call from a strange number and the person introduced himself as "the girls uncle" - I was forced to speak to him with respect...only to find out later that, it was this very dude Anish - and from then on, whenever he used to call me, he introduces himself as this uncle.
Another time, for a dinner party, i had made another blunder at a valet parking - with all these trusty friends in a new car with its incredible push button start(read "naya system") , i made the mistake of attempting to explain the ignition 'naya system' to the experienced staff of the hotel. dangg!!!...the guy who parks Porsche's and BMW's on a daily basis smiled at me as i began my endeavor.........Anish never forgot this event and reminds me diligently whenever he gets a chance!!
So plan ke muthabik, I explained Anish yesterday about the (imaginary) prospective business oppurtunity available in my current project and asked him to meet in person today at my office - he had requested me to arrange some safety stuff for his sub contracting firm some time back - Today afternoon, poor Anish drove all the way from Jebel Ali to Al Twar(Opposite ends of Dubai).
I was just being God's instrument - cuz "ippolokke daivom appappo thirike kodukkum" - Morning Anish had played practical pranks with friends at his office - Worst was when he informed Naushad that another cable was broken in site! Naushad being in charge of the site has a tragic history of breaking five live cables despite the prevalent final warnings from department! He jolted to the site only to find a smug faced Anish there.
I did my role and did finishing touches by spreading the joy to his victims ( did some wise guy say - "happiness is for sharing??!!") ...But seeing his "laugh or cry ?? cry or laugh?? "face, I felt really sorry for him, though I was not able to suppress my laughter for a while. To appease my guilt I took him to the contractors store and lucky him - he got business in no time!!! But he has reduced the previously promised commission drastically, guess commission is no more a criteria here :P
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