Saturday, March 6, 2010

The thongs !

Normally my weekend doesnt bring any surprises or exciting things. It is generally covered with a normal household work ( Which is not most of the guy's choice ), surfing, chatting or going for a movie! Sometimes, my enthusiastic mind reminds me of doing some productive work and thats when I pick up my camera or guitar, lately I would say some study.

This weekend, something tragic happened. Althought I have seen people or things getting seperated, I never got a chance to capture it, except for today. OK dont get so serious. The following photo tour wont bore you. Its near the place where I live.






I was trying to focus sun! ( does this looks good though? )



Thats Nightcliff Jetty, 200-250 meters long, Good place for Fishing and hangouts at night.




Thats when the traggic seperation took place. One of my thongs ( Footware, Dont get another idea!) fell into the deep water, leaving its other half alone and
making my life misrable!)



Just to prove - thas me n the thong is mine....

This whole thing became such a big scene and everyone joined in the mission of getting my slipper back. One lady said, I live nearby and come for a walk everyday. If I see it on the seasore, I will keep it there ( The pointed place). The other guy tried to hook it with fisher-rode but could not get it ( I guess my thong was as smart as me, doesnt fall into hook easily - Kidding m the easiest fish! ). So finally one brave heart came up. Follows:



An aboriginal drunken guy jumped in to rescue my "chappal". Its amazing how one gets so large hearted and brave when he is drunk! I guess alcohol has thing thing to shrink brain and expand heart! ( And damage lever! ).
Anyway, His large heart wasn't sufficient to get two thongs togather. He gave
up, but look what he has got for himself. Follows:



So I have learned again, If you plunge in something for better cause, You always get something in return! ( But make sure you are drunk! )




oh ya! and THE HANDSOME GUY - The end of the story should always be good, isnt it?

Cheers~

10 comments:

  1. so even wen you could not get your thong back .. you learnt something out of the whole incident.... good one!!

    make sure ur drunk!!? ;)

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  2. hehe... Its good to learn something from everything... sometimes a small incident can teach you BIG lesson!

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  3. To start with...d snaps r amazing especially d sun n flower...gud job done thr...
    n d footwear storys so hilarious...so much for a such a petty thing...i cn visualise d entire picture especially d look on ur face...bt i wonder wht did u do to gather a crowd around u;)...Nyws it does signify u'l nvr run out of helping hands in darwin...N d aborgine actually dived in 4 a fish i guess(j/k)...Wonder if drunk person cn swim(nt 2 mention it wsnt just a swimming pool)
    All in all u had amazing time bar loosing ur footwear which i guess is a very small price against loads of laughter, pleasure of getting so much of attention(only thing left was cops...lol) n making amazing frns
    Best part is u being ur usual self learnt something out of ds too...
    Keep ur daily mischeifs updated here,
    Komal

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  4. Hey komal, ur right... When the drunken guy jumped in, we screamed n stopped him, coz we din want the NT news to make up a story that an indian guy made an aboriginal man drawn into the water for his thong ( NT news paper is expert on creating story realted to sea and crocodiles)!
    Neways.. Thanks for appreciating pictures!
    Keep commenting!

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  5. to gather people aorund me is coz of my personna! N good people are always there. I always find good in everyone!
    N yes indeed it was very small price compared to finding a good story for my blog and a pleasure of sharing it and getting that laughter and a good weekend!

    :)

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  6. Oh so u werent worried about his life, u were rather worried abt u being in papers 4 wrong reasons...lol...
    U needed ur share of good weekend n u got it!!!

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  7. I was DAMN worried abt his life but more than that i was worried abt me going to jail! ( who knws wt rules these goras has! ) I just prayed that he comes back and doesnt get drwan! He din go further though. I cudnt believe he jumped in as soon as he knew wt we all takign abt.. n said, M getting u ur thongs mate, dont worry.. lol...
    these aboriginals r like that - very innocent and helpful - but not at all civilised! ( today's sophasticated human's requirement sadly! )

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  8. yeah requirement only for people who r meant to b at arms distance...for important ones, u cn b aborginal bt tht cums wid responsibility of saving something which is more difficult nt to establish bt keeping intact...innocence, sharing n caring(like u said)...:)

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  9. Wonderful picture dude... Specially the Coconut leaf at sunset and the jetty... (Truly picturesque)... The story of losing ur footwear is good, cool n noteworthy (coz u got to learn something)...

    Keep posting dude...

    I think i too can post a lot of pictures on my blog... I have a huge - huge collection...

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  10. exctly, Thas wt i wanted to tell u pratik. In comparison to ur pics, Mine is nuts. I have seen ur pics on orkut. N they are wonderful.
    Y dont u post some on ur blog and tell us a story attached to it.

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