On A Death Row!
Being sentenced to the gallows, not less than 24 hours earlier, I woke up today early morning. Like a convict on the death row, I prepared my own coffee, and switched on the TV to watch my favorite programme for the last time. It was the BBC World News. Enjoying the last mug of coffee, I got up and went for my last shower. Standing under the shower, I wondered to myself that not more than a couple of hours later, I am going to face the worse moment of my life when I feel the nooze tightening around my neck. I shaved properly to see to it that my face was absolutely smooth, even though it was my last moment I wanted to be presentable. Soon it was time to go and so I packed my belongings headed to the gallows. Twenty minutes later, I was there. As I entered the room I could see the nooze hanging out there, and also could feel it tightening around my neck.
I headed to the front and reached the console and pressed some buttons. The LCD projector came to life. I opened the drawer and took out a small mic attached to a tie pin and fixed it into my shirt, and the cordless aparatus going into my belt. I tapped the mic and there was pin drop silence. The time had come!! With a lot of hesitation, and a million butterflies.....all at once, not in my stomach, but in my throat, the words flowed out reflexly........"Hi, Howz' it going?".......Then again...."Howz'.....(a silent pause)......It......(another silent pause).....Going! And then a big smile!! The full class of 160 students burst into a light laughter.....and I knew that my death sentence had been averted!!!
I got my death sentence a day earlier at around noon, when my professor called in and said he had to leave town due to some urgent meeting and wanted me to take over his lecture today early morning.
Indeed it was a fine day today, and Boy...Oh Boy.....it definitely feels great to be all alive!! :-)
Wednesday, March 02, 2005