All the random thoughts

Of late, when I go to my daughter's school for whatever reason, I keep coming across the physical education teacher of the school. He must be much younger than me but sports a much sterner look. And slowly, over the last few months, I started developing some kind of respect/fear for the guy. Nothing to do with his capabilities but simply out of fear I used to have for our own drill sir all those years ago. I guess that position or role has a fear inducing capability. But what's the deal with these PE teachers anyways? Why do they believe they were supposed to be in some military but landed up in a primary school ? Why are they so strict? For some one who is supposed to be playing most of the time with kids for a job, should they not be much more happy looking people? Why do they seem to carry most of the weight of the world's future and wear a frown that could compete with that of some true blue strategist or military boss? After some brainless storming, I have come up with...

Being a bachelor must be a really lonely affair, people say it so often that one tends to believe it. May be because one says and does things which have 'lonely' written all over them. 'I had dinner at Macdees last night' - I & Macdee are the key words here; carrying much heavier meaning than what their lean structures indicate. 'Why was he alone last night? Why did he eat at Macdees?' people immeditaely start analyzing. Mainly because no sane person who is not alone should be eating at Macdees, according to those who crossed that bridge (Of eating alone at Macdees). The perspective changes if the 'I' becomes the 'We'. 'They were having a fun night out' is the immediate conclusion. At the risk of annoying my wife, I will have to say that the 'I' is always hidden in the 'We'. 'We' is just a mask, a pass to enter the club of social acceptance. As bachelors, people are interpreted in ways that make them look like ...