11
Oct
05

Ageless

My life is becoming a little boring n mundane these days. Nothing interesting happens ever.
So I thought of writing about an interesting incident that happened in the past.

This happened when I was coming back from Lucknow to Bangalore. I happened to have the window seat next to the emergency exit on the flight. One of the airhostesses came to me and asked if I was okay with being seated there. I replied in affirmative. Then she started telling me about the procedure I’ll need to follow in case of an emergency and I listened carefully, hoping at the back of my mind that I don’t actually have to do it, but then she stopped all of a sudden and turned her face to look at me and asked me, “Are you over 16?” I was shocked, surprised, amused, appalled all at the same time and couldn’t control my smile when I told her that I was actually 23. She seemed to be a little taken aback by my reply cos she immediately replied, “Oh, but you don’t look that old.”

Now, I know I do look younger than most other people my age and can easily pass off as a 20-21 year old (in fact, some college students look far older than me) but 16 yrs old? That’s just ridiculous.


6 Responses to “Ageless”


  1. 1 Vinaya HS Oct 11th, 2005 at 3:17 pm

    Lucky guy!

  2. 2 Lucio Oct 11th, 2005 at 3:37 pm

    Looking younger than u r is always a good thing!

  3. 3 Akanksha Oct 11th, 2005 at 4:36 pm

    like i keep tellin u raj u look like a 20 yr old and act like a precocious 3yr old.But smtimes u really surprise with things u say and then i realize that mayb u r more mature than i giv u credit for!!

  4. 4 Becky L Oct 12th, 2005 at 7:43 pm

    people always think that my sister and i are somewhere between 16-18. which totally sucks.

    we’re 24!

    i hope when people see me with a baby they dont think i’m 16. that would REALLY suck.

  5. 5 Raj Oct 13th, 2005 at 10:58 am

    @vinaya: Yes, that I am.

    @lucio: Not really, sometimes people don’t take you seriously bcos u look too young.

    @akanksha: As John Mayer sings, “I’m bigger than my body gives me credit for.”

    @beckyl: I hope that doesn’t happen either. That would totally suck.

  6. 6 Amodini Oct 21st, 2005 at 11:48 pm

    Better to be though younger than older. Was carded once at a casino (they thought I was under 18). Of course that was in my younger days :-)

    -Amodini

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