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Decoding 828...!

Decoding 828 A friend of mine gave me a magical weight loss formula. For seven days rice, dal, parothas were replaced by fruits, boil vegetables and soups. Waking up in the morning with sugarless tea and going to sleep having boil vegetables was not only tough but painful too. Every minute seemed to last longer than an hour.  Desperate to lose few kilos, I sacrificed my taste, hunger and above all my piece of mind. At the end of the week when the weight machine showed some impressive results there was temporary satisfaction. Next, came the month of festival. It started with Durga Puja and by the time it was my birthday I was almost back to where I started. Then came the surprise birthday gift from my wife which reached home a week late. Seeing the courier guy, helped by the security guard with the biggest parcel ever, I wondered what must be inside. As I was opening the huge parcel, the curiosity was more towards the likely financial liability (credit card bill) at that ti...