The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.

Yesterday, I was invited to a birthday party. It had lots of balloons,cakes, sweets and girls. I was surprised by the trendy clothes these younger generation girls wore .. and the smiles they gave were bewitching .I talked to a few of them and even got to know their names. ( Vc and shy Hah! ) .And oh they were accompanied by their mom's .. I mean who would send their 6 year old daughters to a birthday party unaccompanied? You know what's difficult. Finding the right present for a 6 year old girl. The first thing that came to my mind was Barbie dolls. You’ll be surprised at the different shapes and colors that Barbie comes in. I liked the Indian Barbie, but the price choked me . A cool Rs599 /- for a plastic foreign lady dressed up in Kanchivaram silk saree .I was desparate and so had to break Rule 9.3g , “ Never ask a shopkeeper for advice “.I asked the shopkeeper for a suitable gift for a 6 year girl .I stressed on the word "girl" because his eyes were roaming around the expensive Remote controlled Cars . He said why not present a junior Scrabble set .( Aaaaah that reminded me of my childhood days when I used to go to Rahul's house to play scrabble. Sigh* wonder where Rahul is ....) I was jolted from my reverie when he quoted the price, a whooping Rs 600/- . I couldn't visualize the little girl spelling INSCULP( To engrave; to carve; to sculpture). So I decided on a Kitchen set. It costed a little over Rs 400 but was worth it. I mean it had cabinets ,a table , pressure cooker, plates, spoons and even a miniature gas stove. I remember my sis playing with one such set a long time ago and I think I accidentally hmm broke it. I swear it was an accident . What's with parents dressing up kids ? I mean everyone has a childhood photo were they are dressed as "Lord Krishna " or "Hanuman” ( as in Sajjan's case ) or as a "farmer" or as "a girl" ( as in Sajjan's case ) . Thank God my parents did not dress me up in fancy clothes. Wait a min …. Pink Jeans.. Yep I was made to wear pink jeans . Can you imagine me in Pink Jeans ? ( Ok you can stop imagining ) .Oh the best part is that even my brother was made to wear them ... uhahahaaaaaaaha. And no I am NOT posting those pics here . Here's another thought .. during the festival season we ( me and my bro ) would be wearing similar type of shirts. It turns out that my pop bought 4 meters of the same material. You can find such "enthusiastic parents" all over the country. I think its something to do with " partiality " among children. Oh yes I would revolt and throw a tantrum. "It looks good on him and not on me ." and the result - pattar pattar . There was this guy Mathew in my Engg college. He was a classmate and a casual friend and we used to travel in the same bus. One morning , I saw that he had managed to get a window seat and .... Me: Hi Dude . I dump my bag of books on his lap .. He : Hi ( He gave me a surprised look ) (I did not notice the look because I was busy with certain other activities. No not buying tickets but checking out chicks). Me : So did you complete the Maths assignment ? (Still looking as if I was from Planet Pluto) Me : I found the 3rd problem a bit tricky.. He : I'm getting down here, you can have my seat . I was caught off guard and before I could react he jumped off the bus. Thirty minutes later, I reached college and was busying narrating this incident to a couple of my friends and what do I see ? Mathew writing assignments in the classroom. Now how the hell did he reach before me ? Didn’t I see him jump of the bus ? I confronted him and asked him to explain himself .He gave me that puzzled look and wanted to know what was going on? His concern was genuine and I calmed down and told him about the incident. He smiled. Of course he had a twin brother and his twin had decided to wear a similar shirt that day. Twins in identical clothes are cool .. but why do they do that ? I mean we are confused as it is ....