Jai baba ramdev..

I friend of mine once told me that rubbing your nails against each other would get rid of premature greying. Both he and I started to exhibit the signs of wisdom at a very early age. Just another one of those beautiful traits passed onto me by my parents. I remember reading an interview where women expressed a lot of interest in Harrison Ford's salt and pepper coiffure, where are you ladies?

Now there is another thing is an integral part of our household, the projection around the midriff that ensures that we mimic the ring around the cheerleaders as a permanent fixture. It has always been fascinating to notice the change in the centre of gravity in my family after they finish a meal, from bolt upright to going parallel to the ground and contributing to the mass in the midriff.

Now yours truly is not kidding himself. He does not believe he is as bad looking as Mr.Ford but he did try his hand at burning the fuel around his sides. The setting was amazing, air conditioned gymnasium (courtesy my first stipend), electronic equipment, a personal trainer who would put Hulk Hogan to shame and pretty looking colleagues from the surrounding buildings. The first few days were great. Atlas would have been impressed with my abilities to lift iron and the cardio machines witnessed the 'flying hyderabadi'. The man who prides himself on eating 2 plates of hyderabadi biryani suddenly refused his manna one day...... such commitment and dedication.

It was too good to last.

A back exercise involved picking a bar that supported 20kg weight so high that I actually needed to smell the iron. Some muscles in the back refused to see the point of the whole ordeal and indulged in collective bargaining... It is not amusing when you cannot look at junior when liquid is expelled. Two injections, around 2000mg of painkillers and 3 days of rest later I was back in business.

Its now 8 days since I lifted anything heavier than my laptop or moved faster than a stationary truck.

It seems there are only aunties in the coming batch.

Suits me just fine :)