Hello Doctor - Part 1

I met a galaxy of feminine wonders on the net - techies, artists,
teachers, accountants, beauticians, entrepreneurs, home-makers -
so why should the medical profession not get its respectful dues?
When I chanced across one such lady, and she offered me a chance
to write to her, I was in a dilemma : to mail or not to mail......


kband - Hi., Sure it took me some time to find an answer to such
a profound enigma. But am here finally perhaps in search of the
'road' - so alluringly promised by you. Before I hop aboard, it may
be worthwhile reminding you that i'm a married guy in mid-
thirties who could well turn you much different than what you
could have anticipated. Keep the 'escape' button handy, just in
case. Looking forward to another refreshing session in your
chamber. Bye



chy - well at least u got the right answer for ur profound enigma!!
and isnt this a nice suprise for me!!! i never expected ur mail as u
were apprehensive about mailing so i kinda figured u wont ...boy
was i wrong. hmmm ur married, good for u but tell me one thing
how does that affect me????? oh ya ur 35 ish right??? my godddd
how does that concern me??? age and marital status does not
affect me or for that matter neither does gender but then most of
the people on this chat site are consumed with the thirst for the
other persons asl ..... then u have people like me who dont give a
rats ass to asl unless i'm desperately out on the look out for my soul
mate!!! i just find out so that i can adjust to that persons thinking.
besides i could be a 35 year old male for all u know .......and u have
no way but to believe me but does it matter???
dont worry i dont need an escape button all i need is my parachute
so that i can jump off ur plane of thoughts. hope to encounter u soon
take care



kband - hi, u were surprised to have received my mail, gal was i
stumped to have heard from you after...let me recall...ages, to be
precise!!!! guess u must've been busy tryin retrieve the scissors u
had sewed inside the patient u had operated on :-))
i admit i've been a bit in-your-face while givin out some apparent
trivia abt myself. but hey there's another breed who seem to be
most comfortable when u've performed a full monty! being a
scorpio also doesnt help for me, as i tend to keep even the most
innocuous details under wraps. so the statutory warning was
issued in general public interest...u may pay no heed to it
whatsoever at ur own peril or pleasure!
i only visit the chat site sporadically, and on these occasions have
not been able to bump into u (i happen to use a variety of aliases
too). so lemme know in advance when u'll be drifting into cyber-
space, and i hope to make the most of that inside info. otherwise
i'm generally available on msn during the day when in office - so
thats another radar for u to send ur blips. in any case, keep those
thoughts ringin in once in a while. Bye



chy - hi, if it's a tryst u want a tryst is what ur gonna get ............
man u have a great memory, guess must be somethin to do with
all the fish u eat. yes yes i am kinda stereotyping u ..i could be
wrong but then i could also be right .
as far as ur info goes in my face think nothing of it ... i dont mind it
could be periloious but then readin ur mails is always a pleasure.
so much for ur sporadic visits i aint no regular either ..have been
grounded for quite some time as well coz of dad...reason being
openin too many stuffs online and managed to crash the computer
hahha. ne way u a scorpio hmm not bad at all, me on the other
hand leo virgo cusp ...details are good when required which is most
of the time so that things are clearer.
tried dashin a line of to u earlier but of no use it bounced back ....
thats it i guess take care and hope to c u orbiting around real soon.



kband - hi shooting star, that's what u are. as i keep staring into
the far horizons and look for what lies beyond, every now and
then you flash your brilliance across my engulfing darkness. i cant
but help in admiring your dazzle, very very far though u may
seem. and i shut my eyes and wish fervently that may u bring
happiness to all those in your very own universe.
i'm not too fond of fish, and whatever i've had must have been of
the rotten kind which has led to my spewing out of such stinking
philosophy as reflected above ;-) and before you bring those
odious rassgullas out, i'll beat a hasty retreat into my peripatetic
world which recognises me as a maverick. i like idli-dosas as much
as hot samosas or for that mattter vada-pau, chholey-bhaturey
and any other exotic cuisine u can think of to make u salivate in
expectation. sorry to let u down on that count, coz being a non-
foodie, i happen to maintain a respectable distance from such
gastronomic delights! why dont u shift ur PC to the ICU and get it
back on its feet again? perhaps it's got some viruses or worms
(do i see someone gleaming now?) and may need some fixing of
the slip-(hard)disc too! whatever u do, dont shoot the messenger,
though that could make u a star in delhi's political firmament. and
last but not the least, wash my mail down with an anti-flatulent
antacid to avoid further indigestion (hope u know that).



chy - well well u and not a foodie well that seems quite absurd ..i
know i may be off the mark by makin a sweeping statement that u
seem to enjoy food ..... i feel u do but just dont know it yet. as the
old adage goes a way to a man's heart is through his stomach!!!!
and if u break the rule then what is ur weak kneee??
dont know what shall i call thee - a philosopher or a poet ... if i am
dazzling u ....i am already blinded by you ..... u orbit me from a
distance yet the light is far beyond compare.
was online on 24 aug my bday lookin for u but was a failed attempt..
today after seein ur mail it brings a smile to my dry lips which have
cracked due to lack of the substance that flows ....
a hasty retreat is never a sign of good taste and specially for a
maverick as u very well put it. all messengers are rewarded when
they are the bearers of good news ... unfortunate news gets an
unfortunate fate ...what say u???? i dont mind riskin a stake at
being a star in delhi's firmament either, specially if its u who hurls
me into the spotllight ..if i go u go down with me!!!! ur sealed to this
fate ..;)
im a foodie through and through so yes i would know whats an
antacid ...u tend to need that stuff if u keep gorging on food that
seems like ur best friend in the whole wide world hahaha..............
if u get a line 'my tummy hurts' dont be suprised coz thats what i
usually get after eating only a morsel .
oh im gettin paged in the Emergency Room! gotta go...........each
nite before i go to bed i stare up at the sky and wonder if i will see u
again orbiting ........take care.



kband - A Belated Happy Birthday To You!!!!!!!Hope you get
relieved from ur ER duty soon and get my msg before it gets
further belated. There's another way to page me - my msn id and
if u mail me there, i get an instant notification if i'm logged in (which
i normally am when in office). u2 take care, particularly of ur
parched lips, hope the world's sufferings are not sapping u dry! Bye



chy - Thanx 4 ur wishes Don't worry got them in time. haha ne
way....wat else is there to probe about u ???? do i torture it out of
u or will u surrender ur info on ur own .............
if i mail u on ur hotmail id then what it doesnt serve ne purpose
coz i dont have messenger at least not yet !!!! may b if u have a
cell i could message u to come online ..........dont get me wrong
it's just for msgin u thats it...... no calls no hassling my patient!!!!
purely professional.
can i ask u one question? y were u so apprehensive about mailing??
i thought most of the prospective reasons over but they all landed
as a dead end so if u could kindly put my curiosity to rest would
appreciate it.
ps- when did u land on this earth???



kband - There's this strange thing which happens to me often.
People I interact with say, "hey u sound so familiar!" Perhaps, thats
what i am in a nutshell. A common man, a familiar guy who u meet
everyday in every walk of life. Talking the same language, sharing
the same thoughts, living the same hopes as u do too. If one thinks
I resemble someone they know closely, its perhaps a reflection of
their own self manifesting itself in a known form. All I do, is seek
out such individuals where the familiar patterns mesh to a
considerable degree. In all cases, they happen to have renounced
their celibacy. Except you. Being a Mr Nobody, I don't wish to let
u down.
I should have guessed from ur hint(leo-virgo cusp) abt ur b'day. At
least, a proper greetings would have been in order. I know I cant
just make it up, but attached is a bouquet of yellow roses for you,
hope u like them. True to your sign, you're in service of mankind,
am sure many would have succumbed to ur mercurial charms too!
I was born many many winters ago in Ranchi (erstwhile in Bihar).
Does that make me a Bihari-bhaiyya? It used to be famous for its
salubrious climate but is more infamous for its lunatic asylum. Does
that make me a half-crack? Will leave it to you tyo crack that. Bye
P.S. The therapy would work better if a reciprocal dosage is
administered from time to time.



chy - half crack full crack ...as far as im concernced the whole world
is full of cracks...everyone lives with a mask on their face and
sometime or the other their mask cracks and breaks revealing a
crack behind the porcelain face. most people i've met are not the
same as they try to portray themselves as....
being born in bihar does not stereotype u into ne category at least
not from my point of view, cant speak for the rest of the world .
thanx for the yellow roses...so r we friends???? that's what they
symbolise ..thanx for u r charming adjectives for me ...but i did not
understand 'renouned their celibacy except u... ' could u please
explain it....
if ur Mr Nobody then join the club ......everybody is a nobody till
they become somebody unless they r born into great parenatge of
bluebloods or something to that effect ..take away that from them
and they too are nobodies only....
let me down ?????? u have surpassed the place of being able to let
me down ....i dont expect nething much so dont worry u are free to
suprise me though ..u take care



kband - That was a real cracker!!! at such an early age itself, u've
gained impeccable insights into the human psyche (dissecting the
mind may come easily to u). but i'll be careful not to provoke u with
such perfunctory fare coz at the end of a hard day at work, i'm sure
the last thing u'd want would be to tax those fatigued cells. btw,
studying ur past behavorial trend, it does appear that u seem to get
time only on sundays to let ur hair down a bit. and thats the day, i
happen to stay offline (more by force than by choice :-)) so a
convergence seems a bit unlikely at the moment. unless of course,
the forces will otherwise! till then, dont tie urself up in knots on wat
i say, coz the married persons i know on the net have no such
compulsions :-) good to know that u expect nothing from our
association, that makes two of us. keep writing though, it may just
be an avenue where the unexpected lurks at a corner.



chy - hmmm..........what do i say to the flattery that is poured out in
oodles over me except thank u..............dont worry about taxing my
brain cells becoz provoking thots only activate ur grey cells......... as
they say if u dont use it u lose it.
good to know that there r no expectations from ur side either ..... it
is very nice and am kinda relieved at the thot....these days u tend to
meet only the moronic variety who want to meet!!!! dont know 4
wat but yet they insist hahaha very amusing ppl i tend to encounter.
what a pity i'm not that fortunate when it comes to u : ( what
exactly do u mean by the married ppl not having any compulsions??
wow ..im suprised ...ur studying my past behaviourial trends???? as
in i'm being studied ...good i can be a case study hahah it's not just
sunday ..it's just when i feel like checkin my mail and i get time to sit
undisturbed that's it.
what exactly is a girl supposed to do to let her hair down in this sex-
starved, female-obsessed society ........be an object of target ????
which is why i prefer to mingle with the men ..stand amongst them
shoulder to shoulder and brave the storm.that's it i guess ..u take
care and do keep the mails rollling, quite enjoy them.



kband - Flattery...thy name is...whatever it is...definitely not my
name! i always speak frm the bottom of my heart coz am never
comfortable with any kind of hypocrisy nor deception. in my
profession (marketing) i'm often called upon to don such a
mantle to achieve broad business goals. even there, i think i can
make an impression only when i'm at my candid best - making
others believe what i seem to be convinced about first. i truly
enjoy this, as i also seem to like ur comments abt my mails -
wonder if there's any flattery there :-) many have told me that my
writing is quite laboured, akin to my complex psyche perhaps.
i may have been a moron to meet up with a person fm kolkata few
months back with whom i had exchanged abt 100 odd mails. on
hindsight, it could have been avoided, but then curiosity got the
better of me !! think that we were lucky to come out of that
experience unscathed, but then i seem to agree with u, history
may not repeat itself.
i admire the grit that u exhibit with ur characteristic flair while u
rub shoulders with the "sex-starved female-obsessed" guys whom
u come across in daily life. but i'm sure u'll also encounter men who
look upto women as divas, are enamoured by their grace and are
awe-struck by their capabilities. they can go to unimaginable
extent to bring the world at their feet just to catch a cursory
glance or a glimpse of their smile. would u ever like to give up such
a hallowed position? let me know at the earliest. bye



chy - wat went wrong with ur meeting with this person from
Kolkata ???? and why do u regret it?????
second of all i think ur a liar .......becoz i very distinctly remember u
sayin that u were an engineer ...i expressed my surprise to which u
calmly asked me y i did not seem convinced??? the reason is that a
engineer will never have the flair 4 words the way u have in
abundance....only a sales or marketing person would have .
as far as a glimpse goes well i'm not in blore and ur not in delhi!!!!
besides i could have passed u by already and u wouldnt have noticed.
in a rush so loggin out.



kband - hi, dint get to reply to ur mail earlier, pls excuse me. hope u
r doing fine and looking after urself well despite all the hustle n
bustle. yes u got it right the first time, i am an engineer (from the
best engineering institute in the country). my initial stint was in
research on robotics (happened to be my favourite subject in IIT)
but then over the years i realised that rather than designing lifeless
objects and providing them motion, what moves me even more was
understanding the needs of real people, fashioning a solution to cater
to them and convincing them about the merits of the new innovation.
that's how i made the switch to marketing about a decade ago, n
stuck there. flair for words or whatever u call it, does not really
contribute to success in my case unless its thoroughly backed by the
strength of the solution offered. but yes, i have received kudos for
some of my business presentations where i always attempt to add a
dash of creativity. and what the heck, doesn't anil kumble play
cricket, despite being an engineer???...but now i seem to be getting
carried away and stretching comparisons a bit too far!! more in next.



chy - it's bad enuf that ur gud with words.....but also coupled with
the fact that u seem to be a debator just adds to my woes ;( i
thought i was a solitary live lexicon ..but hahha
why do u always write in cryptic codes afraid the CIA would crack
down on u?????
so what else is happenin .............if u actually passed out aeons ago
then that would make u a prehistoric old bird right????
hey u never told me what happened with that person u met up
with in kolkata????? u simply need to tell me that ok



kband - i know it sounds extremely sheepish but the fact remains
that our office remained without power right from the morning
today and it had not been restored till the time i left office at 1.30.
being a delhi denizen, i trust that u wouldnt find this as a lame
excuse that i may have conjured up to avoid getting maimed. i knew
the darkness in office spelt more than doom for me coz i was unable
to meet u :-(( so hang me if u want, i'd face the gallows smiling upon
ur orders, but at least grant me a fair trial ....



chy - u mr kband, u really have a way with words...................can u
believe that i would actually believe ur power supply disruption as
an excuse that would bail u out????? which part of delhi r u at ne
way????? hmm i'll cross check this definitely!!!!! and u smiling ur
way to the gallows 4 me ???? i dont think so, u'll b kicking and
screaming...............all the way and i know u wont go down without
a fight!!!! so thats that, u take care



kband - Hi, so i get crucified for not turning up on a day coz of
circumstances entirely beyond my control.....and what kind of
retribution should i seek for making those infructuous sojourns to
the net throughout the past week? guess u want me to be 'patient'
so that u can take on my jangled nerves and tangle them further
if and when we meet...or have u started charging for ur visits
already? recently took some clients out for lunch at a chinese
restaurant. after the sumptuous meal (dont start salivating now),
we were served some fortune cookies. mine read - u need to
indulge in more meaningful conversations - am seriously thinking
of moulding myself. any comments?



chy - u have a way with words is one thing and making a mountain
out of a mole hill seems like ur forte. neway i havent crucified u yet
.............!!!!! c i know 4 fact that u basically forgot .....inviting me
over and standing me up!!! so if u just said that i forgot it wouldnt
seem that big a deal.....however u seem to b adamant about giving
me a cockeyed lame excuse of power failure in ur part of delhi!
...sorry i think maybe u may have said ur from delhi .. thought
that ur from blore......
hmm which chinese restaurant....???? u being a non foody may not
appreciate the true value..... i really wanna know the restaurant coz
i too want a fortune cookie.
meanigful conversations........do we indulge in nonsensical banter???
as far as chargin u the question does not arise because i am not
gonna meet you ..... i may b in the same state but far from you yet i
am pretty much capable of mangling ur brains just buy my email.....
not that there is much of that to mangle either ..hahah
so hows ur little 7 yr old daughter???? wats ur P.O.A for diwali ???
ur folks still here???? me havin miserable time with juniors in class..
dimwits i tell you just interested in socials ...... boyz gurlz boyz gurlz
thats it!!!! im sick of them ..... blew up a chap yesterday coz he was
dictating terms to me .... so i spun around and blew fire at him ..haha
was fun coz then the whole meeting group just clammed up
instantaneously... guess thats it for now, u take care



kband - Hello Ms Dragonica, one thing u've achieved for sure -
allowed me to visualise how u look - with those bloodshot eyes
glaring out of the sockets, serpentine tongue spewing lava, flared
nostrils gushing out seething flames of anger on those who have
the misfortune of locking horns with u! i'll tread with utmost caution
as the last thing i'd like to be caught on the web is in ur insidious
drag(o)net :-)) in case u've started stomping ur hoofs already, am
sure u would know how to handle such nerve disorders. and instead
of blowing ur fuse, for a change if u want to blow a deep hole in ur
pocket, try Larry's China at the Taj Ambassador hotel (near Khan
Market). i recommend the pan fried mixed meat noodles there
along with the jasmine tea - it may just serve u rite if ur fortune
cookie reads : don't mistrust those who could become ur friends.
we celebrate diwali like all others here - diyas, lights, sweets, gifts,
the whole (fire)works...we also invoke the goddess Kali (during
midnight)...so all in all its an amalgamation of pomp, spiritual
fervour, sparkling delight, all rolling into the blissful smile on the
glowing face of the child.....parents will be with us through all this,
though they are presently in nearby vrindavan for a couple of
days. let me know how u r doing and of course everything else.


(to be continued)