My Fat Wallet

Today, my office people tried to scare the shit out of me by hiding my wallet. Well, they usually try such stunts regularly but poor guys – I guess they get upset when I don’t react much to what they do. My wallet disappeared at 10 AM and miraculously reappeared on my table exactly at 15-00 hours. I suddenly find it cosily sitting pretty lodged between two files. I had kept those two files on my table merely 2-3 minutes back, just before I went to the loo, hence am sure the issue was not like one of P’s acquaintances, who was apparently looking for her necklace or earrings all over the place while she as actually wearing them – Ohh, maybe it was a medicine and not an ornament – but am not gonna go into details now.

Well, I informed P casually about the case of the truant wallet and she raised an extremely pertinent question – What do you have in your wallet – considering the fact that it is exactly 3 inches fat – maybe more – I don’t carry rulers around in it, so can’t tell the exact measurement. Well – this innocuous question sent my wallet on a solemn soul-searching – Frankly, what exactly is in there?

Let me list out what is in there –

1. Office ID

2. 4 debit cards issued in my name + 1 issued in dad’s name (the last one is flicked and for contingencies)

3. My Driving Licence – which as P pointed out, expires by the middle of this month

4. My professional licence and I card for that- not going to mention my profession lest you all boycott me (high chance – fear factor)

5. Rs. 130 (out of that Rs. 100 given by Mom to refill her cell phone – I am banking on the fact that she does not know how to check her balance, so that I can delay it)

6. My tube rail Magnetic card (Obtuse people named it Smart Card – will delve into details in some later posts)

7. One I-Mint card – (No idea what this is just that it looks cool)

8. 30 visiting cards – I checked all – could figure out at least 5 of them which have been in there for the past 2 years and I cudn’t even recognize the guys whose names were imprinted there – Oh it even has a visiting card of the Governor, an MP, a journalist, a criminal, the police commissioner and a very reputed national award winning film maker – some ensemble!!!

9. A few bills – mostly from a place whose name matches with the first part of the Bong translation of the word ‘unwritten’

10. Some ATM transaction slips

11. Some mobile recharge vouchers- all duly scratched and used

12. Rs. 27 in coins – ohh it also has a 10 rupee coin – reminding me of my erstwhile passion for numismatics

13. 2 passport size pics of mine

14. At least 5 papers where I jot down my “Things to do today” list (ironically some of the ‘today’ papers scream out very old messages – like booking ticket at Majestic – this is in Bangalore which I left 1.5 years back )

I guess there are other things too – am just tired of going into minor details. I frantically searched for my own visiting card – but nope – totally futile. P had proposed to clear out my wallet, but I guess got busy doing other more important things – not that am complaining…..for obvious reasons…….

Here’s a pic of the wallet for your kind inspection (wow wow wow – that was my corporate language kicking in)