Selective Amnesia or early onset of senility??? I dont know which one it is, but a strange thing happened to me today. Went for my weekly groceries and on my way home stopped by the ATM to withdraw some cash. So I just put in the card as usual and well then comes the screen that asks me for my PIN number..and guess what? I had FORGOTTEN IT! It is one of the most regularly used numbers for me, its like forgetting one's phone number, and no I didn't do the "smart" thing by making my date of birth my PIN number! Anyways, I tried every possible combination, but nothing worked. Came home and frantically searched my papers, and lo and behold I had the answer staring in my face! Thank God for an organized paper filing system! ;)

Funnily enough I could remember ATM Pin numbers I had had in the past, say a few years ago-I even remember my IITM Bank ATM Pin number, but the current one just vanished out of my short term memory, it was like someone had erased that bit of information from my mind! Well, I since then been able to locate my number, it is ********! ;)

It is said that when one is preoccupied, one's brain, limited as it is in its storage capacity tends to forget the most important things. And guess what, there have been things on my mind, so much so that my afternoon nap isnt complete without a dream or two about it!

This too shall pass..hopefully!

Moral of the story: People reading this blog, please ensure that you have your essential numbers stored in multiple locations, do not rely on any one single source for all that info-your brain has limits to what it can take!!!! Mine sure does!