Toughest Things!

What would be the toughest thing to do?

Definitions differ.

Walking onto a dais and speaking for the first time in my life was perhaps the scariest thing I had ever done. It was certainly much shuddery than the first assessment result or the rebuke of parents at your own silly wickedness.

“Class V Extempore competition is to begin and I request the first contestant to come up the stage.”

I was secretly wishing that the announcer’s sheet vanished or his throat turned sore. The rain drench the stage, the microphone broke down or the dacoits attack! Unfortunately neither of the unlikely things occurred.

As though those words were hot iron rods that struck my leg and seized me from moving a step forward. A shiver ran past my spine and I could sense the drip of sweat drench my forehead.

Experiences certainly do teach but for such incidents, which are better to be quoted than underwent, experiences sometimes are indeed “Breath taking”.

Regrettably such embarrassing moments turn out to become the laughing stock for people who grin as you mention it to them and all you can do is to get a silly smile across your face.

Another such thing would be handling two phones at a time.

Believe me when I say how baffling it is to answer calls of two distinguished people at the same time.

“Tring Ring” went the first line. “Who is it?” I called out. A friend of mine. Finally a break from studies but wait…another call.

“Hey! What’s up with you?” and here begins the thrill.

“Do I call you back in some time? I am busy presently.” BEEP. The lines dead. Relief.

Back on Line 1. Hello? Anybody there? But no…Line dead.

Perhaps the wrong person at the wrong time always hears the wrong message.

Conclusion: Absolute pandemonium.

I am sure some would certainly give the first credential of this category, with respect to their past experiences, to cross a road!

A whole bunch of vehicles swarming from one end of the road to the other with no apparent reason (is how it seems to me!) and an ignorant raised platform called a footpath which drivers and riders prefer to forget!

Look here, step there, eyes go left, right, straight, back ...Look out!!

And if you happen to fail (Not in terms of accident, In terms of perfection), these become, as I mentioned earlier- "the favourite tea-time chit-chat".