Blaring train horn at 5'o clock in the morning, it's screeching halt at your backyard...the lost sleep of a pleasant dream, the dripping sound of a open tap at night, the grinding halt of the ceiling fan after a power cut, a red mark on your cheek after an urgent shave, washed yet un-pressed dress for office, bus that leaves as you enter the stop, the standing journey, droplets of god-knows-what slapping at your face in the window seat of the bus, a sudden brake that jolts you out of the nap, blaring horn of the over-taking bus, red signal as you approach the white line, crow’s gift to your helmet secured at the pillion, hot air that blows at your face as you leave the office, the salty side dish for an otherwise sumptuous lunch, a rotten peanut at the end of a good munch, ruffled hair after a journey in the bike...

Late service in a hotel, half filled glass of water while in hiccups, hurrying traffic at the back in a signal that reads "10 seconds", a bike that wouldn’t start even after the signal goes green, fine spots of dust on the freshly polished shoe, the person stepping on your polished shoe as you alight from the bus, kid that jumps on your tummy after a heavy meal, a chilly in the curry that you are eating, power cut when enjoying an Illayaraja’s song, a head phone with just a single speaker that work, the red/green lines beneath the spelling/grammar mistakes in MS Word, the web page that doesn’t load, , forms that ask for your father’s height, weight and none of yours, the internet connection that goes bad just as you click submit after filling out a long form, the swiping machine that says,” your card is not readable” after you had made heavy purchases, the ATM machine that says, “Invalid card” at 11:00 in night….

Cuff button that breaks off on a Monday morning, the mobile that beeps in the midst of the meeting, for an SMS from some unknown devotee asking to forward a message to 10n people, the mike that goes blank as you start addressing a gathering, the mike that suddenly blares a “uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu” when in the midst of a serious speech, the guy at the back telling. “Can you speak louder please, I am unable to hear you”, the speaker asking “Am I audible to all?” , the PPT’s with green background and blue lettering, the latest “The Hindu” layout, the conductor sitting at a corner and asking for tickets by hitting the handle bar with his ticket puncher, Houseful board at the theatre when you are about to buy a ticket, “Link not working” board at the railway reservation counter, as you come in front of the counter……

A telephone call from a PCO near a main road with high traffic, the machine that wouldn’t accept old 1 rupee coins, the defunct weighing machine that shows everything except your weight, the pins and small disks inside those weighing machine that doesn’t rotate when you stand on them, the computer that takes eons to load, but a second to shut down, the key board that throws two characters when you had typed five, mouse that goes awry as you move it, the hot water from tap as you prepare for a night’s bath, the flickering tube light, intentional single ring missed calls from friends, “Hi! How are you?” SMS’s…….

And last, late but latest.......buggers who intrude my mail box and delete my mails.....God I get Irritated for so many things…..!!!!