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Two good posts by my friend Gadling.

I want to write something about Bombay but this post says it all.

The Spiderman post reminded me of a great day in my childhood.

"Spiderman, Spiderman, fendy naygago Spiderman. Hooray, he is the Spiderman!"

That's what I remember of my version of the lyrics of the theme song which I used quite successfully during my 1st standard fancy dress competition in school.

My dad sat up all night designing a black and white costume for me. He got an old white kurta pajama, white gloves and a white mask with holes in the right places, stitched by the friendly neighbourhood tailor. He then painted black spider webs all over the costume with a pretty realistic spider around the chest area for added effect. When I woke up the next morning, I thought my dad was a genius! He helped me perfect the low crouching spidey walk and tried to correct my lyrics but when I protested he agreed that my mumbo-jumbo made a lot of sense.

So, I show up for the competition and the friendly neighbourhood relatively rich kid has a garish red and blue spiderman costume that his parents bought for him. I was insanely jealous.

When it was my turn on the stage, I did my spidey walk and musical rendition quite well. Then the rich kid walks to the stage, stands there for a few seconds and walks off the stage. What a dumbass!

Needless to say, I totally kicked his ass and won the competition. The first significant achievement of my life. Thanks Dad.