Monday, June 18, 2007

Between Mars and Venus

You know you're one of the guys when they call you to play badminton with them on a saturday morning.

You know you're not one of the guys when you agree to get up at 6.30 am on a saturday and catch the 7 am bus to go play badminton.

You know you're one of the guys when the guys straightaway ask you to play a game (with points!) instead of letting the shuttlecock shuttle between the players with the rather general aim of getting a good workout. (And they say girls like to 'play games'. Hmmph!)

You know you're not one of the guys when every time someone shouts out the score "1-love", you think of Blue, Shaan and Abhishek Bachchan.

You know you're one of the guys when they don't bother being nice to you by sending the shuttle right back to you but make you run around like crazy.

You know you're not one of the guys when all four of them royally kick your ass at every game.

You know you're one of the guys when one of them actually admits you're better than he was when he first started playing with the other three.

You know you're not one of the guys when the other three say, "Come on now, you're not that bad. You're actually pretty good!"

You know you're one of the guys when you actually play for most of the 2 hours that the court has been booked for.

You know you're not one of the guys when you're shocked at their suggestion of going to Burger King right after the two-hour workout.

You know you're one of the guys when you tell them over Burger King burgers that you think Fight Club is one of the most gripping and brilliantly crafted Hollywood movies ever, and they are utterly surprised that a girl should say that.

You know you're not one of the guys when you get home, take a shower and your hair takes half an hour to dry.

You know you're one of the guys when you don't think it's necessary to do stretches before you go to sleep after you've been playing badminton for two hours.

You know you're not one of the guys when you wake up the next morning with excruciating body ache, especially in your butt, thighs and calves, obviously caused by not doing stretches before going to sleep.

You know you're one of the guys when you commit to playing again whenever they play next, notwithstanding the body pain.

You know you're not one of the guys when you spend the whole of sunday wondering whether your aching legs will allow you to wear your high heels to work on Monday morning.



27 comments:

Arul said...

Atlaaast Gold...
Whew... took a long time... :):)

Long time Visitor.. first time commenting...

I like your posts... very nice

-Arul

Silver Mist said...

Awesome! :D

soleil said...

I've never felt like one of the guys before haha! I'm most definitely not one of the guys cos I almost always stretch before going to sleep even if I didn't do any rigorous exercises that day. I'm terribly afraid of body aches :p

Thisisme said...

:D:D:D:DDDDDDDD
i sooooo much identify with this one :))))))))!

tooo gud n actually very sweet!!

Bivas said...

Ha...much ado abt nuthin ;-)

Neihal said...

hahahahaaha

such wisdom :P

Sudipta Chatterjee said...

Lovely!

To bhai ko ab sab badminton mein bhi harane lag gaye? Tsk tsch.. :D :D

Sandip Chaudhuri said...

u are supposed to stretch before sleeping after playing ?????
i didn't know that :D

Enigma said...

sounds so familiar:

i know i am one of the guys when they invite me to their nite-outs... i know i am not one of the guys when all they talk about is bikes, cars, F1, action flicks and dev languages!

i know i am one of the guys when i join them for go karting... i know i am not one of the guys when they keep me out of their races!!!

whatever said and done, venus shines brighter in the nite sky than mars...

;)
Cheeku

RP said...

ha ha ha... lol... now thats a very nice of putting things... esp that we are lazy to work out... lol... lazy bones, welcome home! ;-)

Phoenix said...

Accept it na, you're not one of the guys. And add to it, you don't even want to be.

Naresh said...

u a girl, how do u know abt boys?! :P

Unknown said...

Hmmm. Sounds familiar. Have you ever been RT? ;) Right now I'd be singing, jaane kahan gaye woh din :/

Wish I was in s'pore, near you :)

Lalit Singh said...

You have to do stretches before you go to sleep ???
DAMN!!! I had no idea... Game ke pehle kiya n baad mein.. bas khatam

Iday said...

i like the girls who wanna be one of the boys when they do boy stuff and then worry abt all girl stuff ;)

How do we know said...

whoops!!

harshad said...

hehe...good one. like the short, witty lines. :-)

Kais said...

Burger king after badminton..shocking! Maybe they would appreciate a nice home cooked breakfast next time ... just a guess... ;)

Cheers
Kais

Sakshi said...

Hehehehe. I relate to this post :P

Sayesha said...

#Arul,
Welcome to Sayeshaz! Thanks for commenting! :)

#Silver Mist,
Thanks! :)

#Soleil,
Whoa! Good girl! :)

#Thisisme,
Hehe... thanks! :)

#Bivas,
:P

#Neihal,
Muahahahaha! :D

#Sudipta,
Hehehe... Bhai badminton mein hara toh kya hua, baddie-minton mein toh sabse aage hai muahahaha! :D

#Sandew,
Yeah, if you wanna avoid body ache after a tough workout. :)

#Cheeku,
Aye aye! :D

#RP,
Thanks! :)

#Phoenix,
Arre what is there to accept? I am not a guy and I dun wanna be one. Happy now? :)

#Naresh,
Because I am THE BHAI! :D

#Rebellion,
Me too! Err... I don't mean I wish I was in Singapore (cos I am in Singapore) but wish you were here! :P

#Lalit,
Ufff! Yehi toh problem hai ladkon ki... discipline ka naam-o-nishaan nahin! :/

#Iday,
In other words, you like the bhai muahahaha! Bhai khush hua! :D

#How do we know,
:P

#Harshad,
Thanks! :)

#Kais,
I totally agree! The people who live a stone's throw away from the badminton court should TOTALLY invite the girl who lives an hour away for a nice home-cooked breakfast, what do you say? ;)

#Sakshi,
:P

Nandya said...

this was so confusing to me....:D

Vijay said...

Loved the last few lines. Two words - Very Cute!!!

Siddhu said...

Madamjee,

You spelt Sidhu with two 'd's in your previous post, like I do.

Aap mere aur jootaen phenkna chaahtee hain? :(

Ish said...

bhai ko pranam

bhai khabi fursot mila toh, mera blog ko ek visit lagadoh...

grace it once...

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blogging meh mein ek baacha hoon phir bhi..

Sayesha said...

#Nandya,
Eeesh! Simpal si toh baat hai yaar - guys will be guys, gals will be gals! Aur kya? :D

#Vijay,
Thanks! :)

#Siddhu,
Hahahahahaha! :D

//Aap mere aur jootaen phenkna chaahtee hain? :(

Yeah that would be nice, thanks! :D

#Ish,
Apun aa gaya ghoomke tere adde se! :D

Just Simple said...

awesome, mars and venus are really different :)

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