Sounds funny, doesn’t it? Well, it’s the truth. Ask me. I’ve been listening and hearing things only partially since the last ten odd days, thanks to the deafness of my right ear. Frankly, it’s not all righty’s (for convenience purposes, I’ll refer to my right ear as righty and its left counterpart at lefty) fault. Two days back in the morning, righty had popped and I could hear the music of the world. (Yes, it’s true, only when you’re deprived of something, you realise how much it’s worth.) However, being the mischief-maker that he is, righty soon decided to block up again and leave me with no option but to ask people to either scream themselves hoarse, (I’m not exaggerating, I’ve always been slightly deaf as compared to other people) or to stand on my left so that dear lefty could do the needful. Hope all this isn’t confusing you.
It’s really not funny. Definitely not when you are in college and one of your dear darling professors decides to play Chinese whispers with the whole class at the same time, especially while taking what most students (excluding me, mind you,) live for – ATTENDANCE. So if I miss attendance, which I thankfully haven’t as yet, I’d have to let myself to be considered absent, in spite of the fact that my physical self and my dynamic personality (alright, not dynamic personality, my voice, happy?) just cannot allow it!
Imagine being left out of games like the afore mentioned Chinese Whispers and Dumb Charades for fear that if you are included, the other team will win, purely because you have to be told loudly enough for the Chinese whisper to reach Japan!
Oh yes, I know what you’re thinking. In some cases, it is also a boon. I guess you’ve already figured out what those small mercies of God are – shouting classmates, scolding parents, boring professors… you get the drift. But trust me, a day or two of this stuff, and you’re ready to get back to having the use of both precious ears! After all, how else can one put into action the famous saying, “In through one ear, out the other”. So while I have my five senses in tact, [no, I am not THAT bad at Math, I mean five senses, my sixth sense, clairsentience, as it is called, (go check a dictionary) is currently serving as my fifth sense, understood, Mr. wise guy?] I want my sixth sense, or, in actuality, my fifth sense, back as soon as possible.
Wait a minute. That last sentence was really confusing, wasn’t it? Well, basically what I mean is… I WANT MY HEARING POWERS BACK, ASAP!!!
It’s really not funny. Definitely not when you are in college and one of your dear darling professors decides to play Chinese whispers with the whole class at the same time, especially while taking what most students (excluding me, mind you,) live for – ATTENDANCE. So if I miss attendance, which I thankfully haven’t as yet, I’d have to let myself to be considered absent, in spite of the fact that my physical self and my dynamic personality (alright, not dynamic personality, my voice, happy?) just cannot allow it!
Imagine being left out of games like the afore mentioned Chinese Whispers and Dumb Charades for fear that if you are included, the other team will win, purely because you have to be told loudly enough for the Chinese whisper to reach Japan!
Oh yes, I know what you’re thinking. In some cases, it is also a boon. I guess you’ve already figured out what those small mercies of God are – shouting classmates, scolding parents, boring professors… you get the drift. But trust me, a day or two of this stuff, and you’re ready to get back to having the use of both precious ears! After all, how else can one put into action the famous saying, “In through one ear, out the other”. So while I have my five senses in tact, [no, I am not THAT bad at Math, I mean five senses, my sixth sense, clairsentience, as it is called, (go check a dictionary) is currently serving as my fifth sense, understood, Mr. wise guy?] I want my sixth sense, or, in actuality, my fifth sense, back as soon as possible.
Wait a minute. That last sentence was really confusing, wasn’t it? Well, basically what I mean is… I WANT MY HEARING POWERS BACK, ASAP!!!
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