My little cubbyhole of an office awaits me. I arrive, draw the curtains, open the window, get settled in, and either read up on my notes or work at my PC:
Then it's lunch, which I forgo some days; after my work is done, I wearily drive back the bumpy, torturous and winding 18 kms back. On certain days, I go straight to my part time job as an anchor for a TV station, which has to be located on the opposite end of the city. Believe me, it's tough to try to look good after a hectic day's work, but that's when the dressing room and the make-up experts weave their magic and I somehow end up looking at least passable:
The show is Live, and unpredictable and therefore it is impossible to let down your guard. Depending on the guests for the night, it's either an enjoyable one hour that whizzes by, or a slow, excruciating sixty minutes that simply crawl by. I have been known to look a bit too animated on good days, and bored out of my mind on bad days, so I guess you can't win 'em all.
When I'm very, very fortunate, there are days when I even manage to squeeze in time with my family, and those are the ones that I really cherish, although, to be frank, some days I just want to crawl into bed and sleep when I have some free time, but pulling on those jeans and some enthusiasm is always worth it at the end of the day.
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon.
"Hnathawk lo chuan ei poh ei suh se" tih angin, a thawktu tan chuan a rah seng tur a tam si a. Kan hna theuh atang hian satisfaction nei thei ila nuam awm, nang ang hian. Mizo te hian diklo taka sum lakluh tam ai hian hna dang thoh kawp ang chi te hi a theih chin chinah hian ching ila, ure a good example. By da wy.. nice snaps
ReplyDeleteeu eu eu va turu e. Ka van ngaisang tak iam iam che. Salaam ka buk a che dam reng rawh ehhhhhh
ReplyDeleteEheu, hotunu chu va bon thin ve aw.. Shongli lam return te pawh a iang lek lek i dress atang ngawt chuan (i fit hmel tihna)..:)
ReplyDeleteThlalak hrang hrangte han thlek kual hian net atanga tala kan han be eih zo che pawh hi kan vannei thawkhat viau e.. malsawmna chi te pawh a ni ngei ang..:)
Nice. I wasn't aware of your showbiz side but hey, you seem to have your hands capably full. So what kinds of shows do you host and does that entitle you to a celeb status?
ReplyDeleteSo this must be what they mean when they say, "No rest for the wicked"! :D You know what, I love your campus but the bus timings and the road between it and Tanhril just kills me arghhh. Hey, I still haven't caught your showbiz appearances. Must remember to get a look-in sometime. And I'd love to sneak into the back of your car someday and listen to you talk to yourself. With a lifestyle as frenetic as that, you might be a prime candidate for the loony bin sooner than you think :P
ReplyDelete@ vana... min bol nge "ka lawm e" tih top tur? Nia, rin ai hian darkar 24 theuh2 hi keimah rau rau ah poh ka hman tangkai (productive) hleih thin khop mai. Snaps hi chu "nice" chuan a hmet tu in a zir aniang ti mai ang!
ReplyDelete@ amuana..i thlalak dah hian min ti buai deuh tlat..hehe..tunge a? Turu awzawng lo, hetia ka rawn tih tak vak na chhan poh ka buai lutuk hi "is it worth it?" tih chang ka nei a, in gnaihdan ka hre ve chak mai mai a.
@puia, i lo len luh hian a kim sawt thin, thanks. Ka fit vaklo aniang, drip kan khai hluai kha hmanni pohin! Thlalak atang hian in judge vak loh tur, photomagic vek a nih hi, hehe.
@philo, it ain't showbiz, and NO I am most certainly not a Celeb! It's just a small show which we part-timers take turns hosting; issues I've done in the past include AIDS, Disaster Management, education for the physically impaired, health issues...that sort of thing, no big deal!
ReplyDelete@calliopia...the road's worsened; whereas before, we would avoid the bumpy and patchy parts that kept cropping up between relatively smooth stretches, now we have very rare,occasional patches of smooth turf and the rest is all "bumps and a grind". My so-called showbiz appearances will hopefully remain unknown and unseen by you, for I have no intention of telling you when or where! As for the loony bin... it just might be sooner rather than later, sob sob.
But the harder we work, the more accomplishing we feel at the end of the month when we receive our fat pay-check. That feeling is so amazing.
ReplyDeleteI haven't worked again after I quit my job and then that whole IIM thing went for a toss etc, but I will never forget the feeling we get as we spend our first hard-earned money.
Really looking forward to work again, and hoping I can search for such work once my sister gets better.
In the end, hard work really does pay off.
And WHOAH at the whole TV hosting thing! I never knew thaaat!
ReplyDeleteHectic day... see that some part of ur day is even sideways... but hey atleast u'r not upside down... :-)
ReplyDeletetake time to smell the roses
seems to me you'll be a good wife ;P (prob. for one lucky guy)
ReplyDeleteyes, a hardworking (wo)man never fails. when you dont have time to eat, drink maaza, much better :-). and whats that TV show thing? name? and thank God for your not a bathroom singer or maybe you are. i can't control myself laughing when i hear people singing in baths.
Hotunu hi chu naupang hmuia chithlum dah dan tawk i thiam thin mange aw..:)
ReplyDeleteThlalak han en mai atang pawh hian Touching Tiger Hidden Dragon(?) tih film a a changtunu te pawh i ang viau mai..:)
Is that kid your daughter? (from your family photo) I remember that guy (you cousin?) and your mom. Long time huh. I still remember you, and also your sister coming to play for table tennis. :-D
ReplyDeleteBeing busy is life. I am a workaholic myself. LoL. I prefer it better than being bored dead without doing anything. ~o-o~
hahaha Hotupa rawn sawi ber kher khi leh! "Touching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"! lolz. A blue film tawh eeee.
ReplyDeleteA va ngai porn actress che ve, a u Cherrie. "Drunken Mistress", "The 37 Chambers of Sherry", "Enter your Dragon" tih ang vel movie an ang. Hihihii...
U cherrie hi i van lo turu ru reuh ve a.. ka ngaisang leh zual sauh che.. thawkrim te chu an la chawl dawn si a...
ReplyDeletesandman hi va hre hlawm em em(khitiang film..)
Hotunu, hei pu kima hian fuihpawrh che a, i rilru thianghlim tak kawih peng a tum a nia aw..:) A ni ang, tawngkam thiam leh zei tak Angel pawh kap tla thei chin hi chu an tawngkamah tawlhpanal a awl teh mai a nia...:)
ReplyDeleteChinese film ka sawi chu i hriat thiam kha aw..:)
Khai keini nileng lengin kan mu a,heh heh...i va han buai tak em em ve o. Zirtirtu, celeb ni pah bawk.. chhungkua ngaipawimawh bawk, thalai mu mai mai, nalh viau ringawt te hi kanla zirtir dawn nia. MZU zawng an nihlawhteh e,nia mahni hna theuh a rinawm hi a tha ngaw mai, student poh in nei bright viau ang. Zawhna pakhat thlalak hian a zir nge a hmettu in a zir, a hmet tu hi tunge ni ang le ? :-)
ReplyDeletegrt post..buai ve hle mai maw, lolzzz..but tht's when we get the satisfaction, i guess.
ReplyDeleteI never realized how every minute of a day is important or counted in my schedule...minute eng kim mai hian omzia an nei vek mai
@ illusionaire...Nia, hnathawk theilo a awm te hia a hluahawm sia tiro? hope your sister gets well soon. I awma a dam thei lo chu a ni em lo maw? Porn lam kha i va hre reng reng ve a..interesting titles!Keic hu ka la hre ngai lo reng reng!
ReplyDelete@apatea...heheh! Was in such a big hurry I forgot to rotate the picture before I posted it, and then with my extremely limited knowledge of this whole blogging thing, I don't know how to change it anymore. Now that i think of it, it seems so apt anywah, coz there are days when I don't know wich side is up! Thanks for the visit.
@Joseph...of course I'd make a good wife. I only wish other men were as smart as you and realize this profound truth soon!However, I must confess to occasionally singing in the bathroom...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteMI blog ah midang kah loh tur illusionaire, plizz, i inhmeh tlat lo. Im serious mate..
ReplyDelete@ lal, hi, thanks for the visit. Isn't the Net great? Can't believe we were neighbors for so long and never talked to each other, and now, years later, it's so effortless, catching up via the good ol' internet.
ReplyDelete@azaia...min hrechiang la chu min ngaisang lo top ang mawle, hehe. Lo leng lut ziah roh ooo
@almost unreal..thanks. Yeah, it's scary in a way, we're starting to act a bit like machines programmed in certain ways, na?
@sawmpuia..pu chu i ti zahthlak e! Ka buai nge ka "inti buai" poh ka hre bik lo e a. Nangnin hma in hruai toh sia, in tih dan tha kan zir ve mai loh chuan
@puia, hotupa, kha film kha hmuhnawm ka ti lutuk a sin, nuam eeee, ka intithei dawn lutuk. Mahse darthlalang hmaah "posi" ka la deuh hah hah reng mai ang tih chu ka hlau.
@sawmpuia...i zawhna ka chhan theihnghilh: thlalak khi chu e, a hmettu te, a camera te, leh a model te poh in an zir tlang a niang ti top mai ang :)
ReplyDeletesorry :-(
ReplyDeleteka loleng ve mial eee i ngaihsan om hle mai...
ReplyDeleteHei ha! Don't you long to stand and stare? It's same with me though details differ.
ReplyDelete@welcome ramstein, lo leng lut ziah roh o. Ngaihsan awm nang oo, mahse tunlai mihring kan buai toh zia hi ka ziak chak mai mai a, bakahthiante bula "ka buai" tih reng a inthlahrun awm thin em a, kan in soi fiah a ih hi!
ReplyDelete@mesjay...i bet you're even more busy! Yeah, I do wish sometimes that I could just stand and stare. It's scary to think that one day we might be so caught up in all this that we wouldn't even have that desire anymore!
Hmeichhe pakhat, someone I knew only distantly, a hming chu Mapari, chu nu nen chuan in in an dan hi bawnra :)
ReplyDelete@jerusha, mission veng a mi a ni em? a nih chuan midang pohin in ang min ti toh thin in ka hria. Hmeltha tihna an tia ni lom ni, an ngah chu?!
ReplyDeletehahaha awww Mission veng, midang pawn an lo ti ve maw, an ngah hi hmeltha tihna an tih bakah, I an nu chu mi hmelchhe lo tak ani thin ngei mai ah! :)
ReplyDelete