When I fell in love with Farmville, like a true mad lover, forgot everything else in the world. Mother’s yellings, soaring broadband bills, brother’s threats, father’s frowns- nothing seemed to matter to me. I merrily sowed, harvested, milked, collected, bought and sold my farmland stuffs, dreamt fields full of daffodils and tulips and read and re-read whatever came out in newspapers about it. Zynga looked like the greatest happiness giver of modern times. But lo! There came the holy semester and our meeting became less frequent. And like most long distance relationship , things did not work out smoothly. Now, to the people still reading, take a tissue paper and pretend to be strong. Yes, the worst happened . We broke up. I did not even open the three score gifts lying below the Christmas tree. The fields are dry, the trees are full, the houses empty. To my bovine , equine, elephantine fellows- I miss you. Cows were never so sweet, pigs were never so cute, elephants were never so adorable, never so close. Dear Farmville, you did this to me.

Jumping from virtual to real world, here’s the story of my short stint with digestive biscuits. Not chocolate or sundae or say palak paneer.
It was the International trade fair where I aimlessly wandered into the Bangladesh pavilion and bought a packet of biscuits. Little did I know, that simple buy would usher in much happiness for one month in my life. The biscuits were digestive biscuits with a layer of chocolate on one side. God! It tasted awesome. Had it not been the last day of the fair, I would have surely gone back to fetch a dozen packets more. Foreign stuff gone, it was time to go desi. There is n’t any brand whose digestive biscuit I haven’t tasted. Breakfast to evening tea, it was D. B all the way. At the end of the month , I got bored and now I almost can’t stand the mention of it.

Btw, roses at the flower shops, red and white balloons at the Archies, and Vodafone messages tell me that Valentine’s day is round the corner. Don’t frown, how else will I know? So , here’s wishing everyone a happy Sunday.