" Hey come in and see my house ..." , he quipped, the guttural way he spoke, had strains of his descent, schooling was obviously from the western hemisphere ,I had just sold my bag of glitzy appliances, to this very affluent gentleman, and beaming , he wanted to show me the rest of his luxurious villa. Not that there was the remote chance of me making a purchase,...... well at least not immediately. Bounding up the steps, " the marble is from Spain...the pergola is from Italy" he continued breathlessly. " You could mistake him for a real estate agent " I thought, the child like excitement was evident and becoming a bit of a bore... "I 've got more work to do chum...cannot spend the rest of the day running up and down your overbudgetted ,overengineered excess that you call your..villa."
His blabber peaked, when he got to the commentary about his customized French Windows....obviously some street smart geek had sold one of his many ideas that never really went public. Whatever.... the assortment was impressive, tall windows, the glass segments were larger than the ones i had come across , the conventional arch was missing..nicely done though. In spite of its tomfoolery with symmetry...the segments...somehow looked pleasing...under the guise of being ..ultra modern. He pressed something ...and the segments...began to rotate and stack up...almost silently. Each segment swivelled on it vertical axis and , very very smooothly stacked up on either side of the wall...this really was impressive. This was no longer a window....it had turned out be a large opening on his wall...we stepped out ....and boy...this was awesome. You wouldnt figure out much as you drove into his parking lot, from here...his house was on a hill !! . You really could see the entire city below. I must admit this was impressive. Worse still..my millionaire noticed ..." I can see the whole world from here!!" he blurted out . Bah!! , there could be something more educated , that he could have come up wiith..he'd have gone up a notch or two in my rating sheet...but no, my man wants to see the whole world. You actually could see the city, its winding roads, traffic...steady pace, the Jaipur sun gleaming off automotive paint , intersections, synchoronized...well yes impressive.
"Wait till you see the pool ..the master bedrooms...... my study" he continued ...Id better call in ...the guys at work would be wondering what was taking me so long on a "done deal " As he passed the foyer ...he pressed a inconspicious button..."Ive equipped the house with the latest security system he went on.. there are monitors in each room ...i can switch amongst forty five cameras".. the misery continues now who hadnt seen a CCTV , motion detectors aided security systems.....this chappies built a fortress...I suppose hes hidden a SWAT team in the basement too. " I can see any place in the house any time, talk to anybody in any room " He had now had the good sense to whip out a packet of cookies......hopefully not from the woodwork ...I did not care much where it came from and its not polite to check the exipiry dates. I risked the bite.
"I can see any place ...any place ..any time" the man was actually proud he could...I wondered if that was some kind of achievement,.. that was what this shindig was meant for. " Come to my study " ..we were soon there, my mind stopped taking note of the details.." .....see how good it feels in here " . Yeah it did ...( applause everybody ) . I can press this button and see the pool , or the kitchen , or the garden...would you like to go down and see the garden ? He wasnt waiting for an answer, as he bolted down the ornate steps.. " see ...ahhh the smell of fresh flowers..these are from Shimla , these from Brazil...." not important not important..".you can see my french windows from here..amazing arent they ?" A panel under the garden table had a monitor..and my man was soon on the buttons switching from one view to another ..any place ..any time..
Omnipresence ...that was what this twerp was trying to acheive, no wonder i wasnt paying attention anymore and fat chance I ever would. At the flick of a switch he could see any place any time in his house, .He would never know what it felt like to be in ALL the places at all times. ... Call me religious , call me spiritual, theistically speaking, Omnipresence in Eastern Theism is a divine attribute , though much less mentioned and spoken about in Western philosophical circles. I do believe that Man yearns to be more like his Creator , and every existential belief system , seems to subscribe that Man could come close.
Yes ,we could bound up and down the stairs till we faint ...he would never know what it feels like to be in ALL the places ...ALL the time !!...
Advantage : Almighty ...Consolation : mortal
His blabber peaked, when he got to the commentary about his customized French Windows....obviously some street smart geek had sold one of his many ideas that never really went public. Whatever.... the assortment was impressive, tall windows, the glass segments were larger than the ones i had come across , the conventional arch was missing..nicely done though. In spite of its tomfoolery with symmetry...the segments...somehow looked pleasing...under the guise of being ..ultra modern. He pressed something ...and the segments...began to rotate and stack up...almost silently. Each segment swivelled on it vertical axis and , very very smooothly stacked up on either side of the wall...this really was impressive. This was no longer a window....it had turned out be a large opening on his wall...we stepped out ....and boy...this was awesome. You wouldnt figure out much as you drove into his parking lot, from here...his house was on a hill !! . You really could see the entire city below. I must admit this was impressive. Worse still..my millionaire noticed ..." I can see the whole world from here!!" he blurted out . Bah!! , there could be something more educated , that he could have come up wiith..he'd have gone up a notch or two in my rating sheet...but no, my man wants to see the whole world. You actually could see the city, its winding roads, traffic...steady pace, the Jaipur sun gleaming off automotive paint , intersections, synchoronized...well yes impressive.
"Wait till you see the pool ..the master bedrooms...... my study" he continued ...Id better call in ...the guys at work would be wondering what was taking me so long on a "done deal " As he passed the foyer ...he pressed a inconspicious button..."Ive equipped the house with the latest security system he went on.. there are monitors in each room ...i can switch amongst forty five cameras".. the misery continues now who hadnt seen a CCTV , motion detectors aided security systems.....this chappies built a fortress...I suppose hes hidden a SWAT team in the basement too. " I can see any place in the house any time, talk to anybody in any room " He had now had the good sense to whip out a packet of cookies......hopefully not from the woodwork ...I did not care much where it came from and its not polite to check the exipiry dates. I risked the bite.
"I can see any place ...any place ..any time" the man was actually proud he could...I wondered if that was some kind of achievement,.. that was what this shindig was meant for. " Come to my study " ..we were soon there, my mind stopped taking note of the details.." .....see how good it feels in here " . Yeah it did ...( applause everybody ) . I can press this button and see the pool , or the kitchen , or the garden...would you like to go down and see the garden ? He wasnt waiting for an answer, as he bolted down the ornate steps.. " see ...ahhh the smell of fresh flowers..these are from Shimla , these from Brazil...." not important not important..".you can see my french windows from here..amazing arent they ?" A panel under the garden table had a monitor..and my man was soon on the buttons switching from one view to another ..any place ..any time..
Omnipresence ...that was what this twerp was trying to acheive, no wonder i wasnt paying attention anymore and fat chance I ever would. At the flick of a switch he could see any place any time in his house, .He would never know what it felt like to be in ALL the places at all times. ... Call me religious , call me spiritual, theistically speaking, Omnipresence in Eastern Theism is a divine attribute , though much less mentioned and spoken about in Western philosophical circles. I do believe that Man yearns to be more like his Creator , and every existential belief system , seems to subscribe that Man could come close.
Yes ,we could bound up and down the stairs till we faint ...he would never know what it feels like to be in ALL the places ...ALL the time !!...
Advantage : Almighty ...Consolation : mortal
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Fantastic write-up.....very descriptive....enjoyed every bit of it.....
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