Jade, crystal, quartz, emeralds, rubies, sapphire, diamonds and opal, all gemstones, none of them worth bothering about, I thought, until now. Wikipedia says and I quote," Opal ranges from colourless through white, milky blue, grey, red, yellow, green, brown and black. The word opal comes from the Sanskrit upala, the Greek opallios, and the Latin opalus, meaning precious stone. " You'd think that a polite disinterest would keep it out of my life. Then again you might say Opal is harmless, maybe you'd even want to wear one if you happen to like gemstones. But do not be fooled! Opal is nightmare!!!
Wait! Before you decide I have a spot of sunstroke or that my brains are addled, let me tell you what or rather who Opal is. She is the protagonist of Kavya Vishwanathan's infamous book, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life." Yeah that’s the one facing charges of plagiarism! All might have been well; alas it was not to be. My friends read the book and I haven't had any rest since. Woe is me.
Why? You might ask and rightly so! I dear sir or madam reading the blog have been subject to unending, unjust and untiring comparisons with this girl. Have I ever hinted that I like studying and that I posses an attitude? Well it seems that this girl was a major nerd. Solving the Fermeculi formula no sweat, reading up on abstract philosophy easy, have fun.... wait, "Define fun", she might've said. And then it seems she got a life, as the "Oh! So obvious." title suggests.
My friends are divided in opinion. One set think there is an obvious and hilarious similarity between Opal and me. That said, I'm no longer going to soil this post with that monstrous name (Whisper -for those why haven't got it yet- Opal) .The other faction, consisting solely of one member, defends me saying, " No! No! He isn't like that. He wouldn't be mean to his friends.... He’s more like Hermione." Ayah the pain! By this point I’m mentally praying, "O God, my divine father, and maker, O mighty Shiva, Vishnu and any other divine power listening, deliver me from this torture.... When will it end?"
Hey! It isn't the first time, I've been compared to many other unpleasant things. Time I got over it don’t you think?
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Next time , write in a language I know..plzzzzzzz
Hey people! I wanted to say that there is no favouritism here.I love all my friends equally. Can't Imagine life without them. Thank god for every one of them..... No offense meant..
Bye until the next post, people, readers and hopefully a few fans....
hey Bharathan..... that was a cool one.....nice pic on that Opal stone.... sort of a deep research you've done bout the origin of the word you dread the most...!!!! And i surely will once again say...."Don worry at all buddy... you're not like Opal.... you're wayyyyy wayyy different from or perhaps better than her..!!!!"
hey bharathan!!!
great research on Opal!!!this shows how keen u r on Opal :P the next thing u need to do is to read that book n see the similarities and realise the Opal in u!!!!
and not to forget a beautiful narration!!!
so hope u will read the book soon!!!
keep goin!!!
U ROCK!!!
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