Saturday, February 10, 2007

Camera-dearie

Bhai's whereabouts: Bhai's left Mumbai after chomping on gazillions of pani puris and is now on a road trip somewhere in New Zealand.

I've been wanting to upgrade my digital camera for quite some time. And finally I did it. Errrmm... not in the way I intended to, but I did it nevertheless.

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting Smart Sayesha's 7-step camera upgrade plan:

Step 1: Plan trip to Puri beach with family and friends.
Step 2: Place digital camera in purse.
Step 3: Smartly place bottle of sunscreen too into aforementioned purse.
Step 4: In car on the way back, ensure sunscreen bottle magically opens/cracks and sunscreen spills out such that every nook and corner of digital camera, including battery compartment and USB port, is filled with a gooey white liquid. If necessary, sit on purse to carry this out effectively.
Step 5: Examine camera to check that it is indeed permanently damaged. Express shock. Attempt to hold back tears.
Step 6: Between tears, show camera to Viv and let him examine it. When he shakes his head and hands the camera back, yell "What kind of an engineer are you??? You can't even repair a digicam???" Remember to conveniently forget that you are an engineer too. Electronics at that. Wince as he takes revenge by gleefully relating to her friends the story of "How Sayesha ruined her digicam".
Step 7: Bid tearful goodbye to old cam and buy new cam for NZ trip.

Shabash Sayesha, kya dimaag dikhaya! Sheesh! :/

On the brighter side, with 2 GBs of memory in the new camera, Hopscotch's gonna be hopping real high when I return to Singapore in end Feb! :)




37 comments:

BP said...

Cool then there'll be more photos for us to see ;P

Have fun in NZ!

Aysha said...

Yippeee...
Soon New Zealand in Hopscotch !!

I can't wait anymore...

TMaYaD said...

Hopscotch, haan? Still waiting for you wedding pics. :P

BTW, which model is your new cam?

TMaYaD said...

And IMHO, what hurts more than a destroyed cam is the destroyed moments that I wanted to remember.

Anonymous said...

you already know the upside to this one: 2 GB :-)

hope you transferred pics during india trip that might have been on the cam before it decided it needed sunblock :P

NZ would look amazing captured in photo posterity, so that's something to look forward to :)

Anonymous said...

all's well that ends with a new better camera ;)
Enjoy! :)

Sakshi said...

Hehe. I did that to my old Kamputar. So that it could be trashed and my Dad forced to buy me a new one.

Hope you have lotsa fun in Kiwi land :)

Anonymous said...

Have loads of fun in New Zealand.
Cant wait to see pics.

Tarun said...

Bhai ne khud ka Mamu banayaa ...

ROFL

Iday said...

Apart from the 2GB, the new cam must be faster, snazzier, probably smaller and probably cuter compared to the older one :)

Since it was a much needed upgrade anyway, enjoy the new cam. And a huge yaaaaay for the promise abt Hopscotch :)

Tejal said...

my sympathies wit da sunscreen-infected digicam..
n a high-five to sash for gettin da new cam!! great plan..wil follow this wit mine too! *nods intelligently*
yyayayyyaya!!!! hop hop hop!!!(v wanna hop to hopscotch ASAP)
hav fun in NZ!

Unknown said...

2 GB?? Thats coool Sash! Now thats why they say "Jo hota hai, ache ke liye hota hai" hehehe :P

Sigggh, wish you had it in Mumbai :|

Enjoy Yourself bacha :)
Take care,
Aarti

atul lakhotia said...

wat a gr8 way to buy a new digicam!!!

have a loads of fun at NZ wid the cam....

Bivas said...

wow...looking fwd to the pic updates on hotch-poch ;-)
waise kya tarika nikala hai...now even ur octagenarian cam wont ever get sunburns!!! probably might miss the tans though ;-)
so u honeymooning in NZ...kewl...wot a coincidence...a friend of mine got married last week in kol n is now in NZ for his shahad-chand :D

Anonymous said...

*hands over pressure-cooker-ka-dhakkan to sash*

:)

have fun girlie!!!! looking fw to snaps etc. from N Z.

qsg said...

Chillax maro... looking forward to pics from your new camera with 2 g memory! :D

Di said...

eeks..sry abt the old cam..but looks like the new one kinda makes up for it.. :)

Anonymous said...

hey sayesha. this is suchi from the telegraph. i had sent u another mail aksing for a snap and a little info abt yourself. your current location and whether ur studying or working. could you please write back with the info on my gmail and abpmail id.

Thanks

Suchi

suchi.arya@gmail.com
suchiarya@abpmail.com

Basanti said...

Now, now, do not forget to put the camera in a different bag! Do NOT let any gooey substance come near it!

And have fun! :D

R said...

pictures!!!
yayyyyyyyyy!!!
shaadi ki mubarakz!!

Nirmal T V said...

Gud one... :-)

Inder said...

in new zealand!!?? great! if you find a pathetic being walking up and down the steeps and slopes of auckland, please ignore him. that would be me :P
in new zealand in summer? anyway, autumn is around the corner. heard that the horrible new zealand rain will start in a week or two.
wish you a nice time :)

Anonymous said...

That was so very cute :))))))

typically u :-) :-)

n great..NZ mein honeymoon :D njoy!

rt said...

heyee...its a very new way of getting ur cam upgraded!!

Anonymous said...

Bush is forever saying that democracies do not invade other countries and start wars. Well, he did just that. He invaded Iraq, started a war, and killed people. What do you think? What is he doing to us, and what is he doing to the world?
Our country is in debt until forever, we don't have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!

Anonymous said...

lol @ anon...wrong propaganda at the wrong address!! :D what's that got to do with a camera that likes sunscreen lotion pal? :P

soleil said...

Oh no! At times like that, there's really nothing much you can do except think, "How could I do something so stupid?!?!" Nevermind, a new camera is always good considering how fast technology advances and thus how quickly your old camera becomes branded "outdated" ;) I know the two of you are having a blast in NZ! :D

Sherry said...

whoa. nice tareeka to upgrade cam indeed!
i actually applauded ;)

wow! NZ? cool. will b waitin for d pix.
and oh, 14 farvari kaisi rahi?

Anonymous said...

tht means i shld finish the pak trip update b4 feb end.. :|
why cant we have few xtra hrs each day??

u must be already enjoying NZ.. wahan ki cricket team mili toh unko letake aana bhai.. utne hi chances badh jayenge indian boyz ke march mein :D

Unknown said...

Cool!! Have fun!

Incase u find Gollum on any one of those New Zealand slopes, please click a pic! :P

Unknown said...

Cool!! Have fun!

Incase u find Gollum on any one of those New Zealand slopes, please click a pic! :P

Unknown said...

Cool!! Have fun!

Incase u find Gollum on any one of those New Zealand slopes, please click a pic! :P

Anonymous said...

heh heh sinister, sinister idea, but real cute! :D
Shaadi bahut bahut mubaarak ho! :)

Canary said...

Hello girl! How you doing?
Am still reading about your new adventures :P

Abhishek Upadhyay said...

Kya Sayesha bhai woh Camera apun ko de diya hota.

The Idea was really good.waah kya Shaitani dimag hai.:P

Abhishek Upadhyay said...

Kya Sayesha bhai woh Camera apun ko de diya hota.

The Idea was really good.waah kya Shaitani dimag hai.:P

Abhishek Upadhyay said...

Kya Sayesha bhai woh Camera apun ko de diya hota.

The Idea was really good.waah kya Shaitani dimag hai.:P