MacGyver

Today was my day off but I still decided to wake up early and go to my work area. There is a big mall near there and I wanted to go explore it. The plan was to then meet Bhaskar uncle for lunch, before heading to the university for gym, followed by a trip to Nannudi’s place to check on things there. Munnudi will then pick me up from there.

At the mall, I went into HMV to look for the entire 6 seasons of the Nanny. My friend couldn’t get it in Singapore and so asked me to look for it. As I was looking for it, I saw something that made my eyes pop out: The entire 6 seasons of MacGyver on DVD. By far my favourite series of my childhood days, this is what got me interested in science. I would sometimes dream I was him: Making batteries out of cactus juice or fixing the brakes of a car while driving it. Every boy wants to be a hero… and while I knew I couldn’t be the climbing down buildings carrying machine guns kind, I thought that maybe, just maybe I could try to be like him. Everyone said I was intelligent, why not believe it (I now know better :p) .

This series taught me more about thinking out of the box then school ever could, and opened the mind of an impressionable child to the wonders of the world. It gave me hope, and dared me to dream.

Maybe I’ll buy it …if I have enough money left. It might not be a collector’s item to a lot of people… but it means a hell of a lot to me. And in the unlikely event of me getting a son of my own, maybe I could watch it with him, just like m y father did with me. And maybe, just maybe, his eyes will be opened too.

I can dream, can't I?