Scientific Findings

In case you haven't been seeing any posts from me for the last few days, it is because I have been in the middle of discovering a lot. Not out of curiosity, not out of any interest, but more out of necessity.

On June 17, Ranji had left to UK for office training. Now, she was going off for 3 months. Knowing me very well, she had post-its cover our walls with instructions like "Close the door before you sleep" "Dispose the waste every day" "Turn the gas off when going out" etc. Well, she might be knowing me well, but then again, she doesn't know me well enough. So, just 2 weeks into living alone, I have already had days where I have forgotten to dispose waste, haven't turned the gas off, and much more dangerous things, but let me not list out them all as she also might be reading these, and we've still got to live together.

Anyway, this imposed loneliness meant that I needed to do certain things from which I was shying away all my life. These included cleaning the house, cleaning the toilets, cooking (purely rudimentary stuff), washing (I hate it), etc. It was during these enforced activities that I came across so many interesting facts of life.

First of all, I have realized that human body has invisible hair which is visible only when it comes in contact with the floor. How else am I to explain the huge quantity of hair that I get while brooming the house? I mean, if I were to be shedding so much hair, I would be going completely (and I mean completely) bald in 2-3 days!!!

Another thing is that cooking and any other activity just doesn't go together. The other day, I was boiling milk and was reading a book when it started giving indications that it was ready. I looked at it and saw it wasn't ready and promptly proceeded to the next sentence in the book. When I was right in the middle of the sentence, the milk decided to act up, and without any further warning, just frothed over. Now, any serious reader would agree with me that you just can't stop reading in mid-sentence. The same is true with watching football matches and cooking. Just as one team would be lining up near the 18-yard of 6-yard area to go for a goal, the food particle would decide enough is enough and will act in the most imbecilic way possible.

As for washing, I don't even want to go into it. I have found that soaking a cloth for longer periods, like overnight, doesn't necessarily result in better results. Not that I really wanted to leave it overnight, but I had forgotten that I had soaked the clothes. I was thankful that they didn't exactly come apart. Thank God for small mercies.

Another 10 weeks to go before I can see any kind of respite from all these experiments. Meanwhile, watch out this space for my newer discoveries. One thing I have started doing is praying fervently to help me see through this demanding phase in my life.