10 things that bother me...A LOT!

10). Chocolate with nuts in 'em. Its a corruption of chocolate. Give me pure milk chocolate anyday. Cadbury's/Galaxy/Godiva. Love'em all..but no nuts please, thank you very much.

9). Loud, obnoxious tourists who spoil lovely 3 hour cruises for everyone with their incessant chatter, attention-seeking behaviour, and worst of all...screaming kids.

8). The constant nattering in Chinese that goes on in the lab. Its rude and insensitive, and they seem oblivious to both these critical facts. Pah!

7). People who take you out for ice-cream and then make you wait(in the cold!) for 5 minutes outside Baskin Robbins while they fish around in their coupon book for a lousy coupon that will take 1$ or some such silly amount off the ice-cream. Makes me want to weep and tear my hair out. The nutty coconut doesn't taste half as good after these shenanigans!

6). The super-smart but marginally obnoxious guy in the lab down the hall who always proclaims he will give up science go back home to sell oranges one day. Its a damned lie and he knows it. There is no way he will EVER trade dissecting E3.5 embryos(and a possible publication in a high profile journal!) for oranges. Why not just admit that you enjoy your work and you're good at it? Oh no...that would never do! Why..that would mean telling the truth!!

5). The other not-so-smart, but very nice, and CUTE guy down the hall. He should not be in the pet peeve list..but he is. Because I heart his cute butt and cannot tell him because he has a girlfriend! Damn her!!

4). My hair on humid days. No explanation required.

3). Not being able to figure out why an experiment is not working. This makes me so mad...I lie awake at night trying to figure out why. This phenomenon has been responsible for far too many sleepless nights lately!

2). Pav Bhaji with corn in it. Which is how it turns out if you make it with the frozen mixed veggies. What self-respecting pav-bhaji has corn? Its sacrilege really.

1). Parents\relatives\friends trying to set me up with men because its "time I settled down". I give up on this one and will not bother to expound. Its worth an entire post all by itself.