May 21. “The wife of one of our directors, lost her father a week back. This took me back 30 years to the time I lost mine.”
“You must have been close to him.”
May 20. “Button, the stray we’ve named Sin who sits outside the consulate is extremely sensitive.”
“There’s no doubt that our four-legged friends are sensitive.”
May 19. “Button, I changed my chore-infested life around a bit and it made me feel really good.”
“And how did you do that? You’re someone who loves to do everything by rote!”
May 16. “Thought of going to the club but didn’t.”
“Good. Instead spend the day with us and start work from tomorrow.”
May 17. “Button, come, I’ll give you a spelling test.”
“I don’t like tests.”
May 15. “Button, this newspaper clipping made me realize how similar monkeys and human beings are.”
“But we all know that man descended from apes. What’s so strange.”
May 14. “Button, the four of us spent two of the most memorable days of our vacation at a friend’s place just beyond Phuket.
He invited us to spend a week at this haven he has built.”
May 13. “Button, be it God or mother nature or whoever runs this universe, everything is turning topsy-turvy—
tsunamis, volcanic ash which was spewed all over Europe and brought travel and life in general to a standstill, the oil-spill in Mexico which has devoured marine life—shows that everything is going haywire!”
May 12. “Button, I must take the three of you for a ride on the Worli Sea Link.
The other day, on our way to the airport, the drive on the bridge was simply awesome.”