Blackberry (Un)Bliss

I love that I have a phone in India. I don’t have many people to call, but every once in a while I text Urvashi. And I play Sudoku all the time.

In three weeks, I have become a beast at Sudoku.

I do not, however, love all the advertisements I get on my phone.

I get calls every hour from vendors asking me to buy the latest ringtones. I get messages about new coupons and deals, and I get SMS’s about various stores and sales.

Every morning, I get a gem of a message from some number that likes to send out inspirational messages.

Here are some of the notable ones:

“Today I woke up with a pain in my heart. I did not know where it came from until my mind reminded me that it is the pain of missing. GM”

“Every mind like celebrations. It gives more pleasure n memorable moments.2day is 1 of that day.So enjoy it n feel the moments.Have a Nice Day. GM”

“View A Negative Experience In Life Like How u Look At A Photo Negative.A Single Negative Can Create An Unlimited No. Of Positive prints. GM”

“When u find a dream inside ur heart Don’t ever let it go Because Dreams are d seeds from which beautiful tomorrows grow.Have a great day. GM”

“A Beautiful Day waiting for U.Walk with aims. Run with Confidence.Fly with ur Achivments.So get up,Make lovely day.Good Morning.”

For the record, all misspellings and grammar-atrocities were typed word for word (or letter for letter or period for period) from the SMS’s.

Also for the record, I think I might miss this daily dose of Good-Morning-wisdom once I get back to the States and my crappy phone.

Update: In the time it took me to write and post this article, I had three missed calls and a message about buying a house in Bangalore. Wow.

-June 13th