Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Wake up Shanu!!


I have been reporting to work late for the last 2 days. My sleep-deprived eyes are swollen and I keep dozing off at my desk. I have become the butt of jokes ranging from subtle hinting ones to plain crass ones. This is the 3rd night in a row and it doesn’t look like it gonna be any different. Because, Kallu jisne mere raaton ki neend udha li hai is still around.


My nights are spent playing ‘Who blinks first’ with Kallu and days are spent trying to dress while averting his constant gaze. He seems to be smitten by me because he is near the computer when I am chatting and as soon as I get ready for bed...there he is waiting for me.

I still remember the day when I first saw him. My heart skipped a beat and tried not to gasp. He held my gaze without batting an eyelid. I tried sleeping but couldn’t get his image out of my head. Every time I closed my eyes I could see his face.

When I didn’t see him around last night, my eyes kept searching for him. Although I couldn’t see him, I knew he was somewhere, looking at me. I assumed he must have gone for a midnight snack and I was right. He was back in no time smacking his lips and staring at me with those beady eyes.

I disliked creepy crawlies before Kallu came into my life but he has made me change my point of view. Now, I hate them.

Usually my father does the honors of driving the unwanted elements away. But he is away on a business trip. And as my brother derives sadistic pleasure from watching my ever-growing dark circles, I have no other alternative but to pray that Kallu – the lizard finds a better home….soon!

Psst: Kallu is reading over my shoulder as I write this. He is a huge black lizard who has currently made the wall near my bed his abode. He (don’t ask me how I know it’s a he…I just do) is the biggest, fattest, blackest lizard I have ever laid my eyes on.

Psst psst: I guess he took offence because I called him fat. I haven’t seen him for the last 2 hours. Believe it or not I actually miss him. I better rush off to bed before I start looking for him. I can’t survive another day on just 4 hours of sleep.


Psst psst psst: I know that the title has no connection to the post. But I couldnt come up with anything else :(


47 comments:

Gauri said...

Dearest Sleepless Shanu,

I am ever so smitten by your flashbulb like smile. I laike u alot!
Hope u laike me too.

Hum "kallu(e)" hai toh kya hua dil wale hain....

repltianly urs,
kallu


LOL :P

me first?!

Gauri said...

reptilianly*

Naina said...

i am scared of lizards.. :(

rANE

As the Mind Meanders said...

I always knew that you would keep your promises... you promised to put up your picture and you did... you look really cool sitting pretty on the blue lounger... and yes... you have a great smile....

buckingfastard said...

i tell u dis lizards...dey r sent by aliens to study human!!

soon they r gonna take over our planet...

u see lizard face as u close ur eyes...man!! u desperately need sum sleep!!

Anonymous said...

UGH!!!My sympathies are with you...
Black fat huge lizzies look so creepy..plus they give the impression that they are poisonous....Oooops...Was I not supposed to say that? Sorry..My Bad! :)

Blunt Edges said...

bolo kallu maharaj ki jai!!! :D

psst psst psst psst: i had used the garfield wala pic 4 an ancient post of mine...waha se toh nahi churaya??? :P

Dhanya said...

Oh my poor dear Shanu! :( Now that the lizard has gone, hope you can get ur beauty sleep from now on :) Unless it decides to come back to get some sadistic pleasure of scaring u ;)

The Aspirant said...

well good description of a lizard... :P

nd i jst felt dat it hs becum an imp part of ur lyf.... :P

Meira said...

Send him to my place. I have a mate who's getting desperate without company. :D

gayathri vishwanathan said...

kallu singing:

humein tumse pyaar kitna yeh hum nahi jaante...magar jee nahi sakte darraye binaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

u sing:

maaaaaama kallu mama...


Idhar bej de kallu ko...bahut dino se mere ghar koi lizard nazar nahi aa raha :P

Anonymous said...

if you ever get to know any full-proof method to kep them away from your walls, send it to me asap as walls of my house randomly see different sizes and shades of Kallu..!!:/

Archana said...

Aaaaaaaah lizards! They scare meee. The way you describe Kallu, I'd faint if he was in my room, lol. When I was in New York, we have this pesky little mouse that kept sneaking in to our perfectly clean apartment, and my sister wanted to name him..and I was like don't do it, because the minute you name him he becomes a pet. And a pet translates into liking something, and therefore if & when he gets caught by a mouse trap you'll feel bad, lol.

I'm silly, I know. :P

Hemanth Potluri said...

lizards sometimes scare be but since its gone now u should wake up :)...

urs..hemu..

iceprincess said...

haahaa
kallu oru kallan..
thats malayalam...for..kallu is a thief...
the robber of ur sleep..
:P
i know,lame joke.....
:)
good one..hope u get some sleep....i bless,u get d role of sleeping beauty....

Shanu said...

Dearest Kallu aka gkam,

No wonder you looked so familiar and were so interested in readin my blog over my shoulder.

I am attracted to your lovely beady eyes too. But I havent seen u since last night..were u offended bcoz i called u fat?

I love every bit of ur fat flabby body..pls come back.

Urs Shanu :(

Shanu said...

@ Gkam urf Kallu

Yup..u are first..u read the post even bfr i posted it didnt u :P

Shanu said...

@ Rane

So was I...but kallu main ek alag sa jadoo hai :P

Bud-Wiser said...

We share this hysteria, and finally its nice to know that there are others out there too..:)..

Tall Guy said...

Hmmmm... Missing him

Try kissing him, maybe he will turn into one of those princes from the fairy tale :P

Shanu said...

@Mindey

Toh kya main isse tumhari taraf se haan samjhun?

And when can I see ur pic?

Waise if u wanna see more of my pics let me know..I have a whole collection :)

Shanu said...

@ buckingfastard

Yup,you are right...I desperately need some sleep..but i just cant..with him around!

Shanu said...

@ Choco

Uhhh poisonous?? Watz that in my coffee...Uhhh ohhhh!

Shanu said...

@ Blunty

Tune mujhe chor bulaya..shaane tujhe pata nahi tune kisse panga liya hai..kidhar gaya mera gun!

Shanu said...

@ Dhanya

Haan yaar..but dekh na Choco has scared me sayin that Kallu is poisonous...abhi kya pata woh kidhar hai..yeh sochkar mereko neend nahi aayegi!

Shanu said...

@ Aspirant

Yes u are right...he is family now!

Shanu said...

@ Meira

Are u sure u can handle tiny kallus running arnd ur place? Babes u dont kno wat u askin for!

Shanu said...

@ Gayathri

Lol.

Nahi mera kallu sirf mera hai!

Shanu said...

@ Wishes

Yeah there is one way.

Dont show off - I did..in my tag by sayin that my walls are lizrd free and BAM..Kallu appears!

Shanu said...

@ Archana

Naah u are perfectly normal. Ur sis and I am weird!

Shanu said...

@ Hemanth

Hey welcome back...long time no see.

Yeah let me sleep frst..phir wakin up ke baare main sochenge!

Shanu said...

@ Iceprincess

Haan u are right..Kallu ne mere raton ki neend and din ka chain chura liya hai!

Shanu said...

@ Chikki

Ohh trust me..there are loads like me arnd!

bliss said...

ewwwwww!! too bad for u!!
i really hope u make it thru this bad time easily!!!!
honestly, goodluck with it!!!
once again, ewwwwww!!!!!!!

Shanu said...

@ The survivor

Yeah..but to try that i need to catch hold of him frst!

Shanu said...

@ Bliss

I agree..ewwww!

Chicky said...

Ohhh!U remind me of my sister! Uffff! What's with u guys (or girls?) and lizards? And the funny thing is, these lizards never show their face to me!
Btw, u hv got an Award. Chk my blog for more details! ;)

eye-in-sty-in said...

oye!... 2 days of being sleep deprived? Are u sure u r looking @ a lizard on the wall or is it ur reflection in a mirror :P

Btw, my grandma used to make us take a shower if we touched a lizard.... poisonous n all...

take care, ok? did you say kallu was black? isnt a dark snake more poisonous? (scratches his head as he leaves....)

PS: do remind me when u reply...

Shanu said...

@ Kaddu

I need u in my room...Now!

Ohh an award**dances arnd**Will drop by now :)

Shanu said...

@ Spikey

I dont look like a lizrd...I mite resemble a cockroach on my best days..but try as I may..i cant reach the crawly beauty of a lizard!

Kallu isnt poisonous...he is cute..thatz wat he is!

Unknown said...

if u wanna look like a lizard, u shd hire SRK's trainer... the latter made SRK look like a lizard in OSO! :P

Apparently he was still liked by many ppl after acquiring his reptilian looks ;-)

Shanu said...

@ Spikey

How did u manage to read my mind? I have decided to join power yoga classes so tat i can get to a size zero and look like kareena who looks like a pretty white lizard herself!

And most guys (mayb even u)loved her in her skinny avataar!

Man, lizrds are attractive arnt they?

Unknown said...

well, never a die hard fan of Kareena, but yeah, she does manage to look like a stick... perhaps she and SRK share the same trainer, eh?

Shanu said...

@ Spike

yeah..now SRK, Kareena and me will have the same trainers..hw cool :)

ekta khetan said...

This is an ideal tale about all the kallus and yallus of the "wall world".

Gosh i have been a victim too of his breed's dirty lusty looks and loyalty.

First i thought it is the rahul "the wall" dravid poster on my bathroom that makes him a sticky to walls...but futile...some ppl just do not given up...kallu bhi waisa hi hai.

If you find a cure for kallu, mujhe bhi batana- full on!

ani_aset said...

hopped over from choco's blog here ...why dont you try hanging a cotton ball near the wall :)
I wrote a post sometime back on lizards here http://silentlyexpress.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/nablopomopost-2755-words-or-less-creeper/

Harini said...

Sheesh! How could u even stay in the home. If it were me i would have been gone. I am saying this and yet their is a lizard in ma kitchen which wlecomes me every time i go in to cook. They creep me out so I clap and dance and enter so that it goes hiding and i can cook :P.