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Palms Away!

Something unusual happened recently. My mom and I visited a friend of her brother, who just happened to be a Palmist. (See Palmist). He has some rather sensible T & C before he agrees to read your palm; sensible for a palmist anyway! Although my mom was pretty disappointed with his ‘predictions’, I was fascinated by his description of my personality solely by looking at my palm. Here’s a short version of what he said, translated from Telugu:
Revolutionary..not a general hand..High level of self respect..no need of external validation..as long as I’m convinced I’m right, I don’t care for the majority.. feminist.. dislike explaining myself in respect of allegations.. love driving, like solving puzzles.. good cook but do not like to cook.. strong sense of justice.. retribution rather than mercy.. loyal, hate traitors.. frank and straight forward.. do not like hypocrites.. good managerial ability.. talker.. high levels of persuasiveness.. aptitude for marketing,judiciary,military/law enforcement.. will not interfere with others and not tolerate interference from others.. self reliant.. has to have financial independence.. self defence.. thinker.. explore possibilities.. love playing devil’s advocate.. problems with authority and dictators.. dislike working for someone else but will prefer that as an alternative to authoritative husband/in laws.. will accept no solution even the right one if it’s forced down my throat.. show me it’s right, never tell me it’s right.. “Coz I said so” is not an acceptable answer.. self confident to a high degree.. want to travel and explore the world.. should’ve been born a boy.
So, what do you think - does it sound like me? I have to admit, he freaked me out!
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  1. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    cool yaar ... i ans shruti need to meet this guy. Let's what he comes up with.

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  2. Shilpa JApril 4, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    I know. Like I said, he freaked me out. He kept repeating the sentence 'should've been a boy'...freaky!

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  3. Rahul SharmaApril 6, 2011 at 1:16 AM

    I agree with the part "should have been born a boy". this guy is good, he figured out the most of you quite accurately.

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  4. Shilpa JApril 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    yeah...he was so accurate and he kept saying don't change, that my mom got very concerned!! in fact he said if i attempt to change,i'll end up schizophrenic or worse..naturally mom did not like him.

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