Put the good news first, sandwich the bad news between good news in the end again.
This was taught in our very popular Toastmasters club. And I internalised that this is the best way to throw something negative at someone when you dont wanna handle a panic-stricken scene.
You've been on an airplane right? Doesn't it scare you when they do their "dono taraf chaar exit hain aur doh emergency exit hai. Pani mein utarne par, tairne ke liye blah blah ka prayog karen..." bull shit... It scares the living daylights out of me everytime the plane takes off. The first time I flew in a plane I remember ducking down during landing. Luckily I had my best friend sitting next to me to calm me down. Of course, he cant be there all the time. I am just not fine until I land and get out [completely out - on terra-firma] of the plane. You know what they should do... First, they should stop making movies like Final Destination or Executive Decision. And please turn off that mushy cry-y music for God's sake. Someone, please buy them a Robert Miles CD or something. And do NOT give me that seat on the wing - Pleasssseee.
And finally, and most importantly, why cant they talk about how many hours the pilot has flown and how experienced he is and how much he loves flying the plane and that he will get us to the destination safely... No... Not one mention. Their responsibility ends with telling us to save ourselves with some wierd floatation-device-under-the-chair. They need Toastmasters.
Phew!
It's another thing when the view from the top gets so beath-taking that you do tend to forget the bad things that could happen [God forbid]. Those clouds, so white, fluffy and large, make me wonder where they are headed. The sky looks so blue; makes me wonder which version of Adobe Photoshop God must be using! And that reminds me I can take some pictures, so I find my batteries , fix it up and click some.
What song's playing on my mind? 'I just called to say i love you' 'Another day in paradise' words' [Fault: you-know-whose] Are you kidding me??? No, I do NOT want to be thinking of these songs now. Now is not the time. I can almost see a whole state that I'm flying over and the beautiful clouds, beckoning me to just jump onto them. Will there be little people there to catch me when I fall? Will I reach another world? The view just triggers your imagination and leaves you wishing you could be part of a fairy tale, so that you could watch yourself have all the fun one day.
What songs I strain hard to remember? 'Wish you were here' 'Knockin on Heaven's door' ...They never come.
This was taught in our very popular Toastmasters club. And I internalised that this is the best way to throw something negative at someone when you dont wanna handle a panic-stricken scene.
You've been on an airplane right? Doesn't it scare you when they do their "dono taraf chaar exit hain aur doh emergency exit hai. Pani mein utarne par, tairne ke liye blah blah ka prayog karen..." bull shit... It scares the living daylights out of me everytime the plane takes off. The first time I flew in a plane I remember ducking down during landing. Luckily I had my best friend sitting next to me to calm me down. Of course, he cant be there all the time. I am just not fine until I land and get out [completely out - on terra-firma] of the plane. You know what they should do... First, they should stop making movies like Final Destination or Executive Decision. And please turn off that mushy cry-y music for God's sake. Someone, please buy them a Robert Miles CD or something. And do NOT give me that seat on the wing - Pleasssseee.
And finally, and most importantly, why cant they talk about how many hours the pilot has flown and how experienced he is and how much he loves flying the plane and that he will get us to the destination safely... No... Not one mention. Their responsibility ends with telling us to save ourselves with some wierd floatation-device-under-the-chair. They need Toastmasters.
Phew!
It's another thing when the view from the top gets so beath-taking that you do tend to forget the bad things that could happen [God forbid]. Those clouds, so white, fluffy and large, make me wonder where they are headed. The sky looks so blue; makes me wonder which version of Adobe Photoshop God must be using! And that reminds me I can take some pictures, so I find my batteries , fix it up and click some.
What song's playing on my mind? 'I just called to say i love you' 'Another day in paradise' words' [Fault: you-know-whose] Are you kidding me??? No, I do NOT want to be thinking of these songs now. Now is not the time. I can almost see a whole state that I'm flying over and the beautiful clouds, beckoning me to just jump onto them. Will there be little people there to catch me when I fall? Will I reach another world? The view just triggers your imagination and leaves you wishing you could be part of a fairy tale, so that you could watch yourself have all the fun one day.
What songs I strain hard to remember? 'Wish you were here' 'Knockin on Heaven's door' ...They never come.
19 comments:
Nice Sandwich principle!
Sandwich reminds me of school days when we used to dread "The Sandwich Punishment". Dunno why. cause on hindsight I would have loved it!
too bad nobody punishes with "The Sandwich Punishment".
The Sandwich Punishment
When you are caught talking while class is in session or if you did not do your homework. Then, you were made to sit in between two students of opposite sex! I cant imagine how I (or anybody else, for that matter) could dread this punishment(?)!
My oh my, Just after reading that blog entry, it makes my imagination run wild of that breathtaking panorama from your seat, to just view that far curved horizon, to those unaware minds far down below under the visual purview of your god like "eyes in the sky". However, I must say that you pay more attention to the National Geographic Channel, "Air crash Investigations". Let me restate the facts, India is now experiencing an aviation boom as you already cognize, but what you may not discern is that piloting is a high risk incumbency and for one to graduate as a pilot requires him to undergo extensive flight hours and training with simulators, Cessna models, smaller jets, Airbuses and Boiengs. These brave Jet Jockeys were once the mainstay of India's only staple AIR INDIA and INDIAN AIRLINES. Today's cheaper air fares mean economization at every level including pilots who are willing to work for lower wages. This forces newer air companies like Spice Jet, Deccan Airways to poach from other companies to fulfill their task force and look for under qualified pilots who will work for lower wages. This will directly reflect on the pilot's crisis management finesse, if it were to happen. After a jaw dropping gape at National Geographic's Air Crash Investigation, it was revealed how the misjudgment of the cockpit instrumentation by a seemingly experienced pilot, caused the plane to crash into the ocean obliterating any sign of all the people that were on board. Maybe a eye opener for you would be that the pilot's experience was never announced in the flight deck during your most sensuous areal bliss. Perhaps that pilot was on his maiden flight? Should an accident occur ? You will be in the helpless hands of an inexperienced pilot of an organization that is yet to witness the consequences of an air disaster, which (excuse me) is most imminent in this country. So I leave you with one phrase "Happy Landing".
- Rohit.
Oooh yeah. Heheh, well said bro Happy landings to you girl., why dontcha get a piolets liscence ?.. so you can control the flight just in case... or better yet, carry can emmergency parachute in ure luggage... ! Nice writeup though.. very introspective...
chio. !
Hey Rohit, that comment was like a blog in itself... man u just worsened my fears daa.. whataneediot... and i love readin what u write coz u do it so well. Thanks for going thru my blog and spending time to leave ur monster comment... hehe... jk... Love Dee.
amazing stuff da....blues from an airplane!!!!! nice, really nice...but i really dont know how it feels on a plane coz i think ive flown only twice in my entire life!!! but after reading this, i really wanna feel that fear; its been such a long time since ive been excited or thrilled abt sumthing, i wud really wanna feel that 'rush of blood to the head'!
Im assuming this was Surekha... i'll take you babyyy... our Europe tour and our mad trip to Las Vegas is stil coming! Anyway.. I just wanted to announce that the pic over here and one for The Rain Song was clicked by meeee DEEEEE... and the pic of me was clicked by Surekha my baby sis..
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