Theres probably nothing as intriguing in life as life itself..Just when u think u have it all figured out and lay grandiose plans to take it by the horns and make it go the way u want, the slimy creature that it is does a quiet u-turn leaving u as clueless as you were before you embarked on this entire figuring out business...
If you are wondering what all this sudden animosity towards life is all about, let me first assure you that things are just fine and that life and I are at loggerheads like this all the time and then proceed to give you a little perspective on the state of affairs..
It was way back in September.. I was being my characteristic slumbery self waking up only
now and then to crib wholeheartedly to B and gang about how the world at large and the officemates in particular were refusing to make use of the huge talent that lay hidden in our beings, about how apathetic our supervisors were etc..
Now B, not being like yours truly ( thank God for that ,U say?..well,have to agree on that one :P) decided that enough was enough and that the only way forward was to quit the job here and take up another job in another company and also roll in the extra dough that it would bring in..I quite liked the idea ( esp the extra dough part :P) and was very eloquent in my support for it and would have been content just talking about it for,as you may have figured out by now, I am a person of too many words and too few actions:P...
B on the other hand is among the most proactive people I know and once she sets her heart on
something,there is no way in this world that she will rest till that 'something' is conquered ..(Hey! B...Just a little note here to say how I think your attitude rocks and going by what transpired in yet another coffee session, sac and rum agree too :))
Anyway, I digress,So while I promptly went back to nap after the show of support, B got busy polishing her resume and taking up interviews and it wasnt long before she came in beaming one day to tell us that she had landed a rather nice job in a very cool company...It was then that I woke up and we collectively woke others in the team up and before we knew everybody was talkign about quitting and almost every one of us cleared interviews and started putting in resignation letters sending shockwaves to the management team....Well, it would have served the team right for having ignored us for that long a time and would have been a typical 'Alls well that ends well' thing but for the slimy part of life kicking in...
For some strange reason , the companies I took up the interviews in were only fast in conducting interviews and declaring me cleared and in procuring all my docs from the time I started playschool but the offer letter, the one doc I needed to join my now ex-teammates team remained totally elusive....It was almsot as if I had carried my management team's bug to those organsiations and had infected the lot with them...In the meantime, my own company , rattled as it was by the numerous resgnations gave me a very unexepected promotion and my previously apathetic supervisors have overnight transformed to models of responsiveness and have been calling on me regularly to check what it is I need so that they can hasten and give me just that to prevent yet another resignation from happening...Well,all in all, it has worked out pretty well and left with me not too many things to complain about...But thats not me at all and so here I am complaining about how I wish Life had gone on the way I had planned it...Well, maybe someother time...huh?
November 30, 2010
October 19, 2010
(Dis)order!
If you are the kinds who think babies are all cute and sweet and nice , you have obviously not caught saanu and sachin in action together. For the unitiated, saanu is my 1 year 3 month old neice and Sachin is my 1.5 years old son. The brother,baabhi, hubby and I had grand plans of how we were going to contribute to the great cause of India and of the world and still be super fair parents by not having any more kids and just letting them each b the sibling and the support system (that everybody talks about )to the other one...A nice one u say..Thats what we thought too till our grand plan became 2 extremely naughty kids :-)...
My mom, who for most part of her life has tried to keep the house spick and span ( this despite me and my brother:P) now sits resigned to the fact that with forces like them around, she has not a chance of suceeding in her efforts..After all what can you do when there are two people who think their main business in life is to ensure that every toy is kept out of its covers ( I want to go meet the guy who designed all the shapes and sizes Fisher Price toys..bet he never met any kids in his life :P..coz all our kids want to do is to throw each shape as far as possible...the farther and the more inaccessible the place..the better..hehe), that the newspapers and magazines are actually there for them to test their tearing sklls and that Tata's and Ajji's specs cases are to be thrown around everywhere...Only, they do all this with all the charm and cuteness
that only kids are capable of, that my mom and dad are actaully glowing and gloating about their grandkids skills..hehe.
It was on one such typical day when the two imps were running amok with their crazy acts that I suddenly thought I HAD to do something to bring the mad house in order and drawing sufficient inspiration from all the other mommy bloggers I read ,decided to indulge them both in some constructive activity. I picked up the colors book that had found its usual place on the floor and called Sachin with what i hoped was a very alluring tone :)..Though,not one to normally respond when other more interesting things like pouring water on unsuspecting people's head could be done, he probably recognised the enormity of my intentions (:P) and responded..I held up his book n said,'Paapa ge apple torsi helkondamma jaana neenu'..He looked at me with a glint in his eyes which seemed to say ,'Ah! now we are talking business' and rushed towards Saanu who was contentedly sitting and drumming the remote on the floor..
Its not for nothing that they talk about girls and their sixth sense for danger coz Saanu somehow miraculously sensed danger running fast towards her and decided to run herself...My mission to get them engaged in some constructive activity would have probably been accomplished just with the running itself but for the unnecessary structures like doors etc in between which cut Saanu's run and brought her face to face with her very determined teacher who was very confidently pointing to an orange and saying 'Paapa, apal'.. Saanu tried to wriggle herself free but Sonny boy wouldnt let go..He was determined to teach and teach wrong..hehe..Never one to take such nonsense lying down (or standing up as in this case), Saanu smacked her teacher on the face and decided to attack the problem at the core and tugged at the book in his hand..The intended 'constructive exercise' soon became a tug-of-war game and very soon the once full colour book was cut in half and order, as they know it, was restored leaving both the teacher and the student very happy and pleased ...Phew!
Its on days like these that we start to think if we couldnt have contributed more to the cause and just shut up and not had kids at all..hehe
My mom, who for most part of her life has tried to keep the house spick and span ( this despite me and my brother:P) now sits resigned to the fact that with forces like them around, she has not a chance of suceeding in her efforts..After all what can you do when there are two people who think their main business in life is to ensure that every toy is kept out of its covers ( I want to go meet the guy who designed all the shapes and sizes Fisher Price toys..bet he never met any kids in his life :P..coz all our kids want to do is to throw each shape as far as possible...the farther and the more inaccessible the place..the better..hehe), that the newspapers and magazines are actually there for them to test their tearing sklls and that Tata's and Ajji's specs cases are to be thrown around everywhere...Only, they do all this with all the charm and cuteness
that only kids are capable of, that my mom and dad are actaully glowing and gloating about their grandkids skills..hehe.
It was on one such typical day when the two imps were running amok with their crazy acts that I suddenly thought I HAD to do something to bring the mad house in order and drawing sufficient inspiration from all the other mommy bloggers I read ,decided to indulge them both in some constructive activity. I picked up the colors book that had found its usual place on the floor and called Sachin with what i hoped was a very alluring tone :)..Though,not one to normally respond when other more interesting things like pouring water on unsuspecting people's head could be done, he probably recognised the enormity of my intentions (:P) and responded..I held up his book n said,'Paapa ge apple torsi helkondamma jaana neenu'..He looked at me with a glint in his eyes which seemed to say ,'Ah! now we are talking business' and rushed towards Saanu who was contentedly sitting and drumming the remote on the floor..
Its not for nothing that they talk about girls and their sixth sense for danger coz Saanu somehow miraculously sensed danger running fast towards her and decided to run herself...My mission to get them engaged in some constructive activity would have probably been accomplished just with the running itself but for the unnecessary structures like doors etc in between which cut Saanu's run and brought her face to face with her very determined teacher who was very confidently pointing to an orange and saying 'Paapa, apal'.. Saanu tried to wriggle herself free but Sonny boy wouldnt let go..He was determined to teach and teach wrong..hehe..Never one to take such nonsense lying down (or standing up as in this case), Saanu smacked her teacher on the face and decided to attack the problem at the core and tugged at the book in his hand..The intended 'constructive exercise' soon became a tug-of-war game and very soon the once full colour book was cut in half and order, as they know it, was restored leaving both the teacher and the student very happy and pleased ...Phew!
Its on days like these that we start to think if we couldnt have contributed more to the cause and just shut up and not had kids at all..hehe
September 09, 2010
Blessed!
All great things come in small packages:) !... Have used this line zillions of times to get back at sneering younger and taller cousins who would invariably stand beside me and predictably discover that they were much taller...On all those occassions, I would pretend to not mind at all and would mouth this line and would walk away with whatever little respect and dignity I could pose to have...hehe ..But I have to admit that this line never quite hit even me the way it did when I went to this temple close home with my not even 3 feet tall sonny boy in my arms for the first time...
Now, there are not too many things that I can claim to be good at..but I honestly think there are few people out there who can rival me when it comes to being whiny and needy infront of God :P...I always make sure to have this huuuge list of pleases and let this happens and let that not happens lined up for HIM everytime I go there and no matter how hard I have tried I have never been able to walk away from a temple without pleading for new sanctions..hehe
N by force of habit there I was that day too, ready to unleash my requests and thats when IT happened..no sentences got formed...random words like promotion, job change, bda sites floated in my mind but they refused to form into requests.. It was almost as if I had lost the power to whine..:O...With him in my arms, there was this sense of content in my heart and a what can be better than what I am holding feeling that everything else in the world seemed to pale in comparison and became too trivial to be wished for.. That day, I bowed to HIM and had only a very huuuge Thank you to say :-)....
I dont know for how long this reformed me will stay but Iam guessing that for as long as the smile on my li'l package stays intact, HE is going to have to contend with having a very satiated devotee :)
Now, there are not too many things that I can claim to be good at..but I honestly think there are few people out there who can rival me when it comes to being whiny and needy infront of God :P...I always make sure to have this huuuge list of pleases and let this happens and let that not happens lined up for HIM everytime I go there and no matter how hard I have tried I have never been able to walk away from a temple without pleading for new sanctions..hehe
N by force of habit there I was that day too, ready to unleash my requests and thats when IT happened..no sentences got formed...random words like promotion, job change, bda sites floated in my mind but they refused to form into requests.. It was almost as if I had lost the power to whine..:O...With him in my arms, there was this sense of content in my heart and a what can be better than what I am holding feeling that everything else in the world seemed to pale in comparison and became too trivial to be wished for.. That day, I bowed to HIM and had only a very huuuge Thank you to say :-)....
I dont know for how long this reformed me will stay but Iam guessing that for as long as the smile on my li'l package stays intact, HE is going to have to contend with having a very satiated devotee :)
June 26, 2008
Tagged!
Got tagged by Anu. Here goes the list of my all time fav characters not necessarily in any order..
The Famous Five & Timothy, the dog:
Like most people in this world, absolutely love all Enid Blyton characters...from the Malory Towers girls to the St.Claires Twins to Fatty to..well, the lists not gonna end in a hurry :).The Famous Five, however, need a special mention here, coz they were instrumental in getting the 'love story ' started :)...Have lost count of the number of times I have read each of their adventures..infact, so much so that back in school, Julian, Dick,George,Anne,Timmy and all their adventures seemed more real than the neighbours next door:P..Well, I am super glad that i was tht crazy coz it was all the crazy famous five talk at lunch times that got me n Shu, [a friend who i have subsequently known and whos been there for me through the ups n downs of my life for the past twenty years now..phew!] talking :)
Elizabeth Bennet & Mr.Darcy
Shes smart,quick-witted,spirited and very prejudiced against him and hes rich,handsome,proud and totally in love with her:) ..Jane Austen's brlliant portrayal of these two characters makes their story the best romance you will ever read in a loong loong time.
Calvin And Hobbes:
Needs no explanation i would say :)
Scout Finch
The most adorable six year old you will ever come across..Loved the book coz of her 'oh! chochweet' narration :)
Sidney Sheldon's Heroines:P
I suppose there arent too many times in one's life that one will take Sidney Sheldon and literature in the same breath :P but really, theres simply no way for my list of fav characters to exist without including Lara Cameron,Paige Taylor,Jennifer Parker ,Kate Blackwell and the likes. Loved the 'never say die' spirit of all his heroines. Their characterizations are so real and soul stirring that u cant simply help but laugh ,cry and empathize with them. I did more than that..let my ambition change with what his current heroine's profession was:P..from a doc to a lawyer to a builder which is probably y I got all directionless n ended up being a software engineer:))
Kane And Abel
Two of the most powerful characters ever created perhaps. Loved them both and kept rooting for both of them to win, though they were competing against each other:P If you havent read the book, its an absolute must.
Hercule Poirot & Captain Hastings
Love reading those Agatha Christie books which feature this combo. Hastings is sweet, a lil gullible ,super loyal to Poirot and very gallant to pretty young ladies and he always manages to bring out the naughtier side of Poirot, who is as always brilliant.
Harry Potter & Gang:
Love the books and adore all the characters in it. Fred and George are my particular favourites:)
Kaveri from Triveni's Sharapanjara: Cant really claim that she is a favourite character. But shes one of those characters who i have never been quite able to forget. Have mulled over her story millions of times ..each time trying to come up with some sort of a solution that would have let her be.
Fred Basset
Love this character coz it reminds me a loooot of Scooby, my dog. Its super cute, funny , very snobbish..basically as any dog-owner will know..has all the characteristics to make him reign supreme..in the house n in the owners hearts :)
The Famous Five & Timothy, the dog:
Like most people in this world, absolutely love all Enid Blyton characters...from the Malory Towers girls to the St.Claires Twins to Fatty to..well, the lists not gonna end in a hurry :).The Famous Five, however, need a special mention here, coz they were instrumental in getting the 'love story ' started :)...Have lost count of the number of times I have read each of their adventures..infact, so much so that back in school, Julian, Dick,George,Anne,Timmy and all their adventures seemed more real than the neighbours next door:P..Well, I am super glad that i was tht crazy coz it was all the crazy famous five talk at lunch times that got me n Shu, [a friend who i have subsequently known and whos been there for me through the ups n downs of my life for the past twenty years now..phew!] talking :)
Elizabeth Bennet & Mr.Darcy
Shes smart,quick-witted,spirited and very prejudiced against him and hes rich,handsome,proud and totally in love with her:) ..Jane Austen's brlliant portrayal of these two characters makes their story the best romance you will ever read in a loong loong time.
Calvin And Hobbes:
Needs no explanation i would say :)
Scout Finch
The most adorable six year old you will ever come across..Loved the book coz of her 'oh! chochweet' narration :)
Sidney Sheldon's Heroines:P
I suppose there arent too many times in one's life that one will take Sidney Sheldon and literature in the same breath :P but really, theres simply no way for my list of fav characters to exist without including Lara Cameron,Paige Taylor,Jennifer Parker ,Kate Blackwell and the likes. Loved the 'never say die' spirit of all his heroines. Their characterizations are so real and soul stirring that u cant simply help but laugh ,cry and empathize with them. I did more than that..let my ambition change with what his current heroine's profession was:P..from a doc to a lawyer to a builder which is probably y I got all directionless n ended up being a software engineer:))
Kane And Abel
Two of the most powerful characters ever created perhaps. Loved them both and kept rooting for both of them to win, though they were competing against each other:P If you havent read the book, its an absolute must.
Hercule Poirot & Captain Hastings
Love reading those Agatha Christie books which feature this combo. Hastings is sweet, a lil gullible ,super loyal to Poirot and very gallant to pretty young ladies and he always manages to bring out the naughtier side of Poirot, who is as always brilliant.
Harry Potter & Gang:
Love the books and adore all the characters in it. Fred and George are my particular favourites:)
Kaveri from Triveni's Sharapanjara: Cant really claim that she is a favourite character. But shes one of those characters who i have never been quite able to forget. Have mulled over her story millions of times ..each time trying to come up with some sort of a solution that would have let her be.
Fred Basset
Love this character coz it reminds me a loooot of Scooby, my dog. Its super cute, funny , very snobbish..basically as any dog-owner will know..has all the characteristics to make him reign supreme..in the house n in the owners hearts :)
January 22, 2008
Broke!
This weeks seen me transform from being a smart stock savvy person to becoming a very disgruntled, distraught destitute:P N since I cant do anything much bt the money that i dont have, thought i will generally go about shouting out at the world at large..Afterall, somebody has to be responsible for the mess I am in..me not included of course:P
The drain on my account ofcourse began a long time bef today..It started when all my benovelant credit card companies mailed me those super cute vouchers that i could trade for all the bonus points I had accumilated coz of all the hard wrk I had put in to spend all my money:P..Of course, they left it to my choice as to whether i would like to encash my points or may b just let them go lapse:O..Like that was a choice 8- I, with all noble intentions took 2 500 arrow gift vouchers..After all it was new year time and i decided to be this nice sis and wife and get my bro and my husband a couplea shirts...Now of course, niceness and intelligence are tot 2 diff things. As anyone whos stepped into a an arrow showroom will know,u will def not get 2 shirts for a 1000 bucks and i obviously didnt want to like walk out without buying the 2 shirts I had wanted to buy..And so, i used my card again to spend some more and assuredly won some more bonus points 8-
Spent some more [ a fortune by my current account standards:P] and watched TZP..Amazing movie and actually have nothing really to shout about it as such..But, just to not let the shouting spirit die :p, have decided to take great exception to the ending..Found it so cliched.I mean..on one hand, this is a movie thats trying to be different, trying to focus our attentions on some humane stuff which we all seem to have forgotten in our quest for better grades and smarter kids. The kids so brilliant..Hes making u sob at every one of his predicaments, U are tot spell bound and 100% involved in the movie and then lo! there is the ending..the ever so cliched painting competition..Even if a kid is dyslexic, he has to a be a champion painter to make the world like him. I mean, come on!
Lastly, theres Bejan D who made me spend a cool and a whopping 40 bucks[ a huuge amt considering the money i have now:P] to buy his book on forecast of 2008 for Cancer. If i remember right, which I may not, given my level of depresion :P, I was supposed to be making a lot of money, was supposed to be right at the center of a lot of propertly and legal deals, all of which were assuredly going to go my way,was in general supposed to b out there having the time of my life but hello! isnt there like a slight discrepency! As an amused friend suggested, I should prob go and sue the person:P...Now, since both of us [BD n I :P] are cancerians and since both of us are suppsoed to b winning in all the legal batteles we undertake, this will b one interesting case on hand:D
The drain on my account ofcourse began a long time bef today..It started when all my benovelant credit card companies mailed me those super cute vouchers that i could trade for all the bonus points I had accumilated coz of all the hard wrk I had put in to spend all my money:P..Of course, they left it to my choice as to whether i would like to encash my points or may b just let them go lapse:O..Like that was a choice 8- I, with all noble intentions took 2 500 arrow gift vouchers..After all it was new year time and i decided to be this nice sis and wife and get my bro and my husband a couplea shirts...Now of course, niceness and intelligence are tot 2 diff things. As anyone whos stepped into a an arrow showroom will know,u will def not get 2 shirts for a 1000 bucks and i obviously didnt want to like walk out without buying the 2 shirts I had wanted to buy..And so, i used my card again to spend some more and assuredly won some more bonus points 8-
Spent some more [ a fortune by my current account standards:P] and watched TZP..Amazing movie and actually have nothing really to shout about it as such..But, just to not let the shouting spirit die :p, have decided to take great exception to the ending..Found it so cliched.I mean..on one hand, this is a movie thats trying to be different, trying to focus our attentions on some humane stuff which we all seem to have forgotten in our quest for better grades and smarter kids. The kids so brilliant..Hes making u sob at every one of his predicaments, U are tot spell bound and 100% involved in the movie and then lo! there is the ending..the ever so cliched painting competition..Even if a kid is dyslexic, he has to a be a champion painter to make the world like him. I mean, come on!
Lastly, theres Bejan D who made me spend a cool and a whopping 40 bucks[ a huuge amt considering the money i have now:P] to buy his book on forecast of 2008 for Cancer. If i remember right, which I may not, given my level of depresion :P, I was supposed to be making a lot of money, was supposed to be right at the center of a lot of propertly and legal deals, all of which were assuredly going to go my way,was in general supposed to b out there having the time of my life but hello! isnt there like a slight discrepency! As an amused friend suggested, I should prob go and sue the person:P...Now, since both of us [BD n I :P] are cancerians and since both of us are suppsoed to b winning in all the legal batteles we undertake, this will b one interesting case on hand:D
September 24, 2007
Philosophy Hunt!
Came across this saying recently: "If u cant change something, u just change yourself to make it seem more likable". Really like this philosophy:)..Dunno what profound things and applications the guy who said it had in mind but I have very characteristically[:P] misread it to make life simple.. This is one saying i always tell myself these days when i discover that I am totally incompetent in something..Not in a pro-active way to change myself and become competent at it or something but mostly to revel in the situation, to find joy even in that damned state :P...
Like for instance,its helped me digest all the hazaar jokes ppl keep cracking about the lack of my directional accumen...To be fair to them,that i lack it is probably like an understatement..I know a few places and a few routes to get there and all the rest of the places could b in Alsaka for all I know:P ..I dunno what the funda is..but i simply dont remember directions the way some people do..And being a localite in a team with a lot of non-bangaloreans hasnt helped either.Way too hard to hide the ignorance part:P Only now,with this brand new philosophy in hand, I dont even try to:D..I not only enjoy those jokes, i even help ppl crack some on me:P..Much more fun this way really:D
And in some others, I have very lilttle choice really.
I sometimes go along with my mom-in-law on all these arishina -kunkuma charades..Was on one of those, when an aunty there suddenly told me to sing an aarthi song ..[This was just after a couple of other ppl had recited the lalitha sahasranama..which again i had had no clue how to] Guess even with a voice that would put Ajay Devgan's voice in HDDCS to shame, i would have tried to..only, the only the only aarthi song i know is the 'aaruthi tha krishanamooruthige' song..which probably wouldnt have been the most apt one to sing when the diety in question was Gowri:P..And then after I was done explaining how [as strange as it may seem to them] I did not know any aarthi song, a six year old kid got up n sang a really nice song...Normally, this would have been a 'Ah! let the ground open up and let me go in' kinda scenario but then, perspectives help u know..hehe..Afterall u do need a few mutts around to applaud the achievers..which i promptly did..I went n congratulated the beaming mom and her super cute kid.:)...[ Just one note on this unfair world: Discovered that nobody calls u for arishina-kunkuma on Gokulasthami..Cha! tht aunty will never know that even I can sing..hehe]
And then there was this time when i went to get my eye-check up done with my neice...The attender there who does the first routine round of making u read from the board has been around from the time i first discovered that my eyes had become powerful[:P]...And he kinda dosnt like it that over the years, lesser and lesser lines make sense to my eyes when in the sans specs state...Sometimes think he thinks that all my eyes need is a lil bit of encouragement..hehe..And though i wont even know if the lines after the third one are in Greek, i generally try to humour him..Only this time, it must have been very perplexing to my four year old neice that i was reading an 'O' has 'U' and a 'L' as a 'D' n so on coz after the check, she, with all the delicacy she could muster said 'ninge abcd ne seriyaagi baralla alva...naan helkodla?':))
They say, all good things have to come to an end and i guess this philosophy has prob met its match in my stats class...Things always travel like a good 10 mile oth for me in that class..Its always been like that...Probability and the hazaar distributions are the most complicated things in the world for me..It used to be like that even in the cat classes..Nam would see a problem and make some very intelligent comments n all and i would be like , how??..hehe..My only hitch is that i cant revel being in this situation coz i have to pass my exams...So, am on the hunt for some new philosophies..Please help:D.
Like for instance,its helped me digest all the hazaar jokes ppl keep cracking about the lack of my directional accumen...To be fair to them,that i lack it is probably like an understatement..I know a few places and a few routes to get there and all the rest of the places could b in Alsaka for all I know:P ..I dunno what the funda is..but i simply dont remember directions the way some people do..And being a localite in a team with a lot of non-bangaloreans hasnt helped either.Way too hard to hide the ignorance part:P Only now,with this brand new philosophy in hand, I dont even try to:D..I not only enjoy those jokes, i even help ppl crack some on me:P..Much more fun this way really:D
And in some others, I have very lilttle choice really.
I sometimes go along with my mom-in-law on all these arishina -kunkuma charades..Was on one of those, when an aunty there suddenly told me to sing an aarthi song ..[This was just after a couple of other ppl had recited the lalitha sahasranama..which again i had had no clue how to] Guess even with a voice that would put Ajay Devgan's voice in HDDCS to shame, i would have tried to..only, the only the only aarthi song i know is the 'aaruthi tha krishanamooruthige' song..which probably wouldnt have been the most apt one to sing when the diety in question was Gowri:P..And then after I was done explaining how [as strange as it may seem to them] I did not know any aarthi song, a six year old kid got up n sang a really nice song...Normally, this would have been a 'Ah! let the ground open up and let me go in' kinda scenario but then, perspectives help u know..hehe..Afterall u do need a few mutts around to applaud the achievers..which i promptly did..I went n congratulated the beaming mom and her super cute kid.:)...[ Just one note on this unfair world: Discovered that nobody calls u for arishina-kunkuma on Gokulasthami..Cha! tht aunty will never know that even I can sing..hehe]
And then there was this time when i went to get my eye-check up done with my neice...The attender there who does the first routine round of making u read from the board has been around from the time i first discovered that my eyes had become powerful[:P]...And he kinda dosnt like it that over the years, lesser and lesser lines make sense to my eyes when in the sans specs state...Sometimes think he thinks that all my eyes need is a lil bit of encouragement..hehe..And though i wont even know if the lines after the third one are in Greek, i generally try to humour him..Only this time, it must have been very perplexing to my four year old neice that i was reading an 'O' has 'U' and a 'L' as a 'D' n so on coz after the check, she, with all the delicacy she could muster said 'ninge abcd ne seriyaagi baralla alva...naan helkodla?':))
They say, all good things have to come to an end and i guess this philosophy has prob met its match in my stats class...Things always travel like a good 10 mile oth for me in that class..Its always been like that...Probability and the hazaar distributions are the most complicated things in the world for me..It used to be like that even in the cat classes..Nam would see a problem and make some very intelligent comments n all and i would be like , how??..hehe..My only hitch is that i cant revel being in this situation coz i have to pass my exams...So, am on the hunt for some new philosophies..Please help:D.
August 20, 2007
Question Time!
Chanced upon this discovery when i was doing sumthing that i am really good at: classroom chatter:P
There was this case discussion happening bt a firm in the fashion industry and the Prof was taking great joys in delving into the female mind to explain some seemingly irrtational moves of the firm..Wont bother u with the details primarily coz i dont know too many of them..:P
Wasnt listening u c,coz just then my benchmate started talkign bt this rather intriguing settings he noticed when he went to the Bhavani Kangan Store in Gandhi Bazaar..Now if u happen to be one of those who has never been inside that store, just a lil filler. The store has 2 floors..The cosmetic section is housed in the ground floor and the ornament n some hazaar other accessories section is housed in the first floor. Well, the intriguing thing was this: The ground floor was manned completely by girls while on the first floor, it was an all male section. While there was nothing out of the ordinary bt the all girls section, the all male section however came as a surprise[ to him...i have been there a million times and my super dormant brain hadnt even taken in this fact:P] He was trying to say that mt b the settings there again were done with the female mind in mind..That it was probably something like a woman would much rather discuss her cosmetic problems and take solutions for it from a girl ,which made sense..but would probably prefer to consider a male point of view when buying jeweleries and sarees n all..kinda like the SRK scene in DDLJ...Dont agree with it..But i distinctly remember tht most of the saree shops that i hve gone to are also usually managed by men..So, have been wondering what the funda is. Lemme know wht u think:)
There was this case discussion happening bt a firm in the fashion industry and the Prof was taking great joys in delving into the female mind to explain some seemingly irrtational moves of the firm..Wont bother u with the details primarily coz i dont know too many of them..:P
Wasnt listening u c,coz just then my benchmate started talkign bt this rather intriguing settings he noticed when he went to the Bhavani Kangan Store in Gandhi Bazaar..Now if u happen to be one of those who has never been inside that store, just a lil filler. The store has 2 floors..The cosmetic section is housed in the ground floor and the ornament n some hazaar other accessories section is housed in the first floor. Well, the intriguing thing was this: The ground floor was manned completely by girls while on the first floor, it was an all male section. While there was nothing out of the ordinary bt the all girls section, the all male section however came as a surprise[ to him...i have been there a million times and my super dormant brain hadnt even taken in this fact:P] He was trying to say that mt b the settings there again were done with the female mind in mind..That it was probably something like a woman would much rather discuss her cosmetic problems and take solutions for it from a girl ,which made sense..but would probably prefer to consider a male point of view when buying jeweleries and sarees n all..kinda like the SRK scene in DDLJ...Dont agree with it..But i distinctly remember tht most of the saree shops that i hve gone to are also usually managed by men..So, have been wondering what the funda is. Lemme know wht u think:)
August 12, 2007
Time!
Somebody said, that by the time u start to think that ur mom was right, u invariably have a kid who knows u r wrong..hehe. Guess thats time and its confounding acts at wrk for U!:)
Discovered the 'effects of aging' at wrk a few days ago..
As a kid, I used to hate the idea of attending the 'extended' family functions and running into random aunts and uncles, who were forever awe-struck that I had managed to grow up so much r wanted to know if I remember'd who they were.
The first statement,I have to admit,was the welcome one. Given that i have like always belonged to the vertically challenged lot, i used to quite like hearing that, except that whenever anybody told me that, i had to contend with a smirking elder brother [ who has sumhow always managed to be taller than me by a good few inches:( ] telling me that they were just being polite..hehe.
The sec one was the nightmarish one. I used to never know how to handle that one. For one, i didnt know y they were so eager to know if i remembered them..Couldnt fathom what difference it made in the colossal scheme of things to anybody at all and to add to my plight was tht usually, i had no idea who they were..my memory has always wrked in the 'all r nothing' way. I either remember everything bt a person r i remember nothign at all.. N they usually fell in the nothign lot and still, i would never b able to say no.I would always say yes and stand grinning foolishly [ more foolishly than usual...acc to my brother:P].
Given my entire history of embarassing experiences at attending functions, one would have thot i would make a somewhat more resonable and sensible adult. Atleast if nobody else did, i did:D. But then u live n u learn..hehe. Attended a function at a sec cousin's place a few days ago. He used to b a rather close cousin before he went off to the US and his kid was among mine and my brother's fav neices. She was probably around three r four when she left and we used to spend hours playing all kindsa games with her and so, she was like the one person v were really eager to meet. Guess I was expecting to meet a sligthly grown up version of the cute kid i had known, so was tot unprepared to b intro'd to a super pretty teenager who bore no traces to the kid i had known and bef v knew it,was saying 'God! u have grown so much' and my bro the 'so, do u know who v r ' line...:)). Both of us burst out laughing leaving the girl super confused in life.I am sure that the girls decided now to not meet random uncles and aunts again. Well, what can i say?..Atleast am doing my bit to keep tht tradition going:P.
Discovered the 'effects of aging' at wrk a few days ago..
As a kid, I used to hate the idea of attending the 'extended' family functions and running into random aunts and uncles, who were forever awe-struck that I had managed to grow up so much r wanted to know if I remember'd who they were.
The first statement,I have to admit,was the welcome one. Given that i have like always belonged to the vertically challenged lot, i used to quite like hearing that, except that whenever anybody told me that, i had to contend with a smirking elder brother [ who has sumhow always managed to be taller than me by a good few inches:( ] telling me that they were just being polite..hehe.
The sec one was the nightmarish one. I used to never know how to handle that one. For one, i didnt know y they were so eager to know if i remembered them..Couldnt fathom what difference it made in the colossal scheme of things to anybody at all and to add to my plight was tht usually, i had no idea who they were..my memory has always wrked in the 'all r nothing' way. I either remember everything bt a person r i remember nothign at all.. N they usually fell in the nothign lot and still, i would never b able to say no.I would always say yes and stand grinning foolishly [ more foolishly than usual...acc to my brother:P].
Given my entire history of embarassing experiences at attending functions, one would have thot i would make a somewhat more resonable and sensible adult. Atleast if nobody else did, i did:D. But then u live n u learn..hehe. Attended a function at a sec cousin's place a few days ago. He used to b a rather close cousin before he went off to the US and his kid was among mine and my brother's fav neices. She was probably around three r four when she left and we used to spend hours playing all kindsa games with her and so, she was like the one person v were really eager to meet. Guess I was expecting to meet a sligthly grown up version of the cute kid i had known, so was tot unprepared to b intro'd to a super pretty teenager who bore no traces to the kid i had known and bef v knew it,was saying 'God! u have grown so much' and my bro the 'so, do u know who v r ' line...:)). Both of us burst out laughing leaving the girl super confused in life.I am sure that the girls decided now to not meet random uncles and aunts again. Well, what can i say?..Atleast am doing my bit to keep tht tradition going:P.
July 04, 2007
Movie Talk
This blogs coz i love complaining:P..Love complaining every now and then that things arent the way they should be, though i must admit,that it would probably be a really boring world if things were just right..For one, wouldnt have gotten to blog this post[which mt not at all b bad news as far as U are concerned..But tht could just be ur reason for complaining:P] Anyways, all this prologue is to talk bt all the Pride and Prejudice movie adaptations that have happened. Happened to watch the Keira Knightley starrer version recently.[Okie..I know it was released a loooong time ago..But i am a lil behind the times:P]
Am probably the most biased critic that could ever exist on this planet coz i am a huuuuuuuuge fan of Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice [P&P] is amongst my all time fav books and i honestly do not think anybody can quite capture the varied essences that she manages to so expertly weave into her books on screen..And unfortunately, the belief keeps getting proved right every now and then. Have to admit that its prob way too difficult a job to transalte a 300 odd pages classic with soo many subtleties into a movie and still keep the viewers interested. So, am not even going to complain about the way the movie has been made...My complaints more on the superficialities that are so important to the plot. The fact that Jane is prettier than Elizabeth, i would say, is where the story starts off;is what kicks off the Elizabeth-Darcy tussle. And its probably the easiest thing to show on screen..I mean, how difficult can it poss be to cast a wow looking person as Jane and a slightly plainer looking one as Elizabeth. Must b really difficult coz have never caught a version whcih has a prettier looking Jane. Sample this: In the desi version, Aishwarya Rai is Elizabeth and Namrata Shirodkar is Jane. And you are expected to digest the Darcy character mouthing a 'Cant see any pretty girl apart from Miss.Jane' kinda line with a straight face..I mean..come on. Dont think this movie fares any better on that front either..Kiera looks wow!..And sumhow, the story seems rushed..Can think of so many scenes and dialogues that have been left out..Would have liked a longer one i think.
Complaints apart, this movie does have some plus points. Keira makes for an excellent Elizabeth.Macfayden's pretty believable as Darcy. Mr.Collins and Lady Catherine characters are played really well too. So, all in all, a decent watch i would say but then the more knowledgable and the saner critics have lauded this movie quite a bit and and so, if u havent yet watched the movie, u shud def do it.
N for kicks, came up with my cast for the movie. [Ignore the ages ..afterall this cast will never get to act in a movie:P]
Mr.Bennet: Boman Irani
Mrs.Benent:Kiron Kher
Jane: Sonali Bendre
Elizabeth: Kajol
Mr.Bingley: Hrithik Roshan
Mr.Darcy: Aamir Khan
Mr.Wickham: John Abraham
Lydia: Kareena
Mr.Gardiner : Anupam Kher
Mrs.Gardiner: Fareedha Jalal
Colonel Fitzwilliam: Akshaye Khanna
Cant think of ppl for these: Mr.Collins,Lady Catherine[ though think the saas in the KSBKBT serial mt do:P]
N for those of u who want to go catch up with the original story,u can go check out this link:
http://esnips.com/_t_/pride+and+prejudice
Enjoy maadi :)
Am probably the most biased critic that could ever exist on this planet coz i am a huuuuuuuuge fan of Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice [P&P] is amongst my all time fav books and i honestly do not think anybody can quite capture the varied essences that she manages to so expertly weave into her books on screen..And unfortunately, the belief keeps getting proved right every now and then. Have to admit that its prob way too difficult a job to transalte a 300 odd pages classic with soo many subtleties into a movie and still keep the viewers interested. So, am not even going to complain about the way the movie has been made...My complaints more on the superficialities that are so important to the plot. The fact that Jane is prettier than Elizabeth, i would say, is where the story starts off;is what kicks off the Elizabeth-Darcy tussle. And its probably the easiest thing to show on screen..I mean, how difficult can it poss be to cast a wow looking person as Jane and a slightly plainer looking one as Elizabeth. Must b really difficult coz have never caught a version whcih has a prettier looking Jane. Sample this: In the desi version, Aishwarya Rai is Elizabeth and Namrata Shirodkar is Jane. And you are expected to digest the Darcy character mouthing a 'Cant see any pretty girl apart from Miss.Jane' kinda line with a straight face..I mean..come on. Dont think this movie fares any better on that front either..Kiera looks wow!..And sumhow, the story seems rushed..Can think of so many scenes and dialogues that have been left out..Would have liked a longer one i think.
Complaints apart, this movie does have some plus points. Keira makes for an excellent Elizabeth.Macfayden's pretty believable as Darcy. Mr.Collins and Lady Catherine characters are played really well too. So, all in all, a decent watch i would say but then the more knowledgable and the saner critics have lauded this movie quite a bit and and so, if u havent yet watched the movie, u shud def do it.
N for kicks, came up with my cast for the movie. [Ignore the ages ..afterall this cast will never get to act in a movie:P]
Mr.Bennet: Boman Irani
Mrs.Benent:Kiron Kher
Jane: Sonali Bendre
Elizabeth: Kajol
Mr.Bingley: Hrithik Roshan
Mr.Darcy: Aamir Khan
Mr.Wickham: John Abraham
Lydia: Kareena
Mr.Gardiner : Anupam Kher
Mrs.Gardiner: Fareedha Jalal
Colonel Fitzwilliam: Akshaye Khanna
Cant think of ppl for these: Mr.Collins,Lady Catherine[ though think the saas in the KSBKBT serial mt do:P]
N for those of u who want to go catch up with the original story,u can go check out this link:
http://esnips.com/_t_/pride+and+prejudice
Enjoy maadi :)
July 02, 2007
Driving Woes!
Read somewhere that one person in every 10000 people is simply incapable of driving a car..No reasons whatsover were cited and understandably so,one would think..I mean , just who in this wide whole world would want to waste their time thinking about that one loser who cant do sumthing as simple as driving a car!
Only, i wish sumbody would coz i am totally convinced that i am tht 1 in 10000 person:P..much to my driving instructor's agony:P Can and do get all the mechanics right..Its all the 'beyond the obvious' stuff [ n i have been in TCS for the past 4 years:P] that i simply dont seem to fathom..For instance,I get it by now tht the sec gear shud b in place when i am attempting to take a turn but i cant for the life of mine figure out whether r not my car will end up hitting the pavements or all the hazaar vehicles that seem to b parked on the roadside when i do turn my steering wheel or how i am supposed to know if the left side of my car will able to get through 2 vehicles even when i'm going straight on..He keeps saying 'sense' it madam though i must confess hes probably figured out by now that i dont have too much of it ..hehe
So, u see, i dont know how to turn and i dont know how to go straight on but i do so want to [very proverbially:D] zoom away in the black Lancer car[ the car of my dreams:D] right into the sunset...Sigh!
Only, i wish sumbody would coz i am totally convinced that i am tht 1 in 10000 person:P..much to my driving instructor's agony:P Can and do get all the mechanics right..Its all the 'beyond the obvious' stuff [ n i have been in TCS for the past 4 years:P] that i simply dont seem to fathom..For instance,I get it by now tht the sec gear shud b in place when i am attempting to take a turn but i cant for the life of mine figure out whether r not my car will end up hitting the pavements or all the hazaar vehicles that seem to b parked on the roadside when i do turn my steering wheel or how i am supposed to know if the left side of my car will able to get through 2 vehicles even when i'm going straight on..He keeps saying 'sense' it madam though i must confess hes probably figured out by now that i dont have too much of it ..hehe
So, u see, i dont know how to turn and i dont know how to go straight on but i do so want to [very proverbially:D] zoom away in the black Lancer car[ the car of my dreams:D] right into the sunset...Sigh!
June 18, 2007
CO(O)LEGE!!
This ones for Ro. This ones to make her read my blog more often and to make her stop chiding me about the f of my blogs :P
Come this friday, shall be going back to study in a college...Sumthing which i had vowed never to do when i passed out of my college 3.5 years ago...A decision,which ppl who were well acquainted with my studying habits [ the abscence of it rather :P] had wholeheartedly approved..hehe. But then,have been rather consistent in being really dumb in life, so couldnt really live with the wise decision for long..hehe
Dunno how 'college' is gonna be this time around but its gotten me all nostalgic bt my engg coll days...Our college was like an unique piece in itself..The building and the campus which soo much became a part of life and which looks so comfy and nice now wasnt as appealing when i entered it for the first time [ to put it lightly:P]
Still remember the search v had to undertake to find out where our Chem lab was and the shock tht v got after eventually discovering the place :)) Ofcourse as some ppl said, the good thing bt it was tht it was just beside the canteen..A really famed place in college..a place where all the social networking happened,a place which was like a hangout for all the 'kewl' ppl in coll...A place which acc to me served bad food and so, consequently a place we never went to:P ..Was a simple choice really, V had to chose bewteen good food and all the other attractions...and it never occured to us tht there could b stuff beyond good food.Hoggers then n Hoggers now:D
College was primarily about Ro, Sow, Ranj and Nam..Was about all the incessant bakar v did..All the situational antaakshari ,pictionary and innuemerous hangman games we played when the class was on...which is prob y i never understood y ppl thot v were 'gandhi-ish' coz v didnt bunk classes..We never needed to..Class was where all the fun was after all :D ..
Remember the 2 hr pre-exam sessions that v used to have on the staircase landing..V would have read next to nothing and still that was the time to talk about everythign under the sun..from x's bf to y's crushes to z's pettiness. Only wonder how v passed:P..Have a feeling it was mostly due to Sow's and Ranj's notes..Thanks hudgira:D
It was also the place where i discovered Linda Goodman..And if i had read ANY of my coll books the way i read the Sunsigns book...Period..hehe. Ro was my co-zodiac sign enthusiast. Together, think v read every characteristic of every sunsign. We even tried to sell off our zodiac sign guessing powers to some gullible classmates of mine like SD...hehe And armed with our new zodiac sign knowledge , we even offred to track the identity of Nam's bench scribbler:))..We were prob way off the mark but who cares..those were the times :)
It was also prob the time when commiting sooocide became an oft repetaed comment after ever sem exam..We would have invariably messed up some paper r the other and then v would sit n worry bt it and then decide tht it would kinda atleast be ironic if v committed suicide and then the world discovered tht v had actually passed in it :))..N Sow was always the sane person there..Always has been..Hey Sow! Mt have laughed at all tht talk back then,but ur talk did help...later on in life..when life's actual problems surfaced:)
Ro's hundred and one crushes, ROSM company tht Ro and i decided to start off,its policies and umpteen startergies tht never took off:P, Mech Sir's stories and his tiger biscuit packs, MLS [wow!:)] , IISc and all the project hungama and the generous gobi manchuri treats v treated ourselves to there:), Dracula sir at office who always told us tht the results were coming out tht day itself, all the copying v did in internals [:P], Hamspriya Mam and her super impressive prob solving skills, Cyber cafe and all the stupid chat room sessions ,the treasure hunt games, the dc sessions..Can go on and on. That was definetely life at its simplest best :)
Come this friday, shall be going back to study in a college...Sumthing which i had vowed never to do when i passed out of my college 3.5 years ago...A decision,which ppl who were well acquainted with my studying habits [ the abscence of it rather :P] had wholeheartedly approved..hehe. But then,have been rather consistent in being really dumb in life, so couldnt really live with the wise decision for long..hehe
Dunno how 'college' is gonna be this time around but its gotten me all nostalgic bt my engg coll days...Our college was like an unique piece in itself..The building and the campus which soo much became a part of life and which looks so comfy and nice now wasnt as appealing when i entered it for the first time [ to put it lightly:P]
Still remember the search v had to undertake to find out where our Chem lab was and the shock tht v got after eventually discovering the place :)) Ofcourse as some ppl said, the good thing bt it was tht it was just beside the canteen..A really famed place in college..a place where all the social networking happened,a place which was like a hangout for all the 'kewl' ppl in coll...A place which acc to me served bad food and so, consequently a place we never went to:P ..Was a simple choice really, V had to chose bewteen good food and all the other attractions...and it never occured to us tht there could b stuff beyond good food.Hoggers then n Hoggers now:D
College was primarily about Ro, Sow, Ranj and Nam..Was about all the incessant bakar v did..All the situational antaakshari ,pictionary and innuemerous hangman games we played when the class was on...which is prob y i never understood y ppl thot v were 'gandhi-ish' coz v didnt bunk classes..We never needed to..Class was where all the fun was after all :D ..
Remember the 2 hr pre-exam sessions that v used to have on the staircase landing..V would have read next to nothing and still that was the time to talk about everythign under the sun..from x's bf to y's crushes to z's pettiness. Only wonder how v passed:P..Have a feeling it was mostly due to Sow's and Ranj's notes..Thanks hudgira:D
It was also the place where i discovered Linda Goodman..And if i had read ANY of my coll books the way i read the Sunsigns book...Period..hehe. Ro was my co-zodiac sign enthusiast. Together, think v read every characteristic of every sunsign. We even tried to sell off our zodiac sign guessing powers to some gullible classmates of mine like SD...hehe And armed with our new zodiac sign knowledge , we even offred to track the identity of Nam's bench scribbler:))..We were prob way off the mark but who cares..those were the times :)
It was also prob the time when commiting sooocide became an oft repetaed comment after ever sem exam..We would have invariably messed up some paper r the other and then v would sit n worry bt it and then decide tht it would kinda atleast be ironic if v committed suicide and then the world discovered tht v had actually passed in it :))..N Sow was always the sane person there..Always has been..Hey Sow! Mt have laughed at all tht talk back then,but ur talk did help...later on in life..when life's actual problems surfaced:)
Ro's hundred and one crushes, ROSM company tht Ro and i decided to start off,its policies and umpteen startergies tht never took off:P, Mech Sir's stories and his tiger biscuit packs, MLS [wow!:)] , IISc and all the project hungama and the generous gobi manchuri treats v treated ourselves to there:), Dracula sir at office who always told us tht the results were coming out tht day itself, all the copying v did in internals [:P], Hamspriya Mam and her super impressive prob solving skills, Cyber cafe and all the stupid chat room sessions ,the treasure hunt games, the dc sessions..Can go on and on. That was definetely life at its simplest best :)
May 29, 2007
An Honest Confession!
Been sometime since i blogged and think am blogging again mainly to show off the new girl pic on my template...hehe. If u like it as much as i do and are wondering where i got it from, have to admit,i stole it from somebody else's long forgotten site :P
Now, if u r tht 'Sumbody else', lemme first take back the 'long forgotten' words [:P] and also very qucikly add the 'Imitation is the best form of flattery' line..hehe..Seriously, think the pic rocks:)
Now, if u r tht 'Sumbody else', lemme first take back the 'long forgotten' words [:P] and also very qucikly add the 'Imitation is the best form of flattery' line..hehe..Seriously, think the pic rocks:)
March 01, 2006
Kal Ho Na Ho!
This has to be amongst the most meaningful hindi songs i have ever heard..I think the kinda message it sends across in the first few lines is simply amazing :)
Har Ghadi Badal Rahi Hai Roop Zindagi
Chaav Hai Kabhi Kabhi Hai Dhoop Zindagi
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Ghadi Badal Rahi Hai Roop Zindagi
Chaav Hai Kabhi Kabhi Hai Dhoop Zidnagi
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai SamaKal Ho Na Ho
Chaahe Jo Tumhe Poore Dil Se
Milta Hai Woh Mushkil Se
Aisa Jo Koi Kahin Hai
Bas Vahi Sabse Hasin Hai
Us Haath Ko Tum Thaam Lo
Woh Meherbaan Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai SamaKal Ho Na Ho
Palko Ke Leke Saaye
Paas Koi Jo Aaye
Laakh Sambhalo Paagal Dil Ko
Dil Dhadke Hi Jaaye
Par Sochlo Is Pal Hai Jo
Woh Dastan Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho .....
Har Ghadi Badal Rahi Hai Roop Zindagi
Chaav Hai Kabhi Kabhi Hai Dhoop Zindagi
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Ghadi Badal Rahi Hai Roop Zindagi
Chaav Hai Kabhi Kabhi Hai Dhoop Zidnagi
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai SamaKal Ho Na Ho
Chaahe Jo Tumhe Poore Dil Se
Milta Hai Woh Mushkil Se
Aisa Jo Koi Kahin Hai
Bas Vahi Sabse Hasin Hai
Us Haath Ko Tum Thaam Lo
Woh Meherbaan Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai SamaKal Ho Na Ho
Palko Ke Leke Saaye
Paas Koi Jo Aaye
Laakh Sambhalo Paagal Dil Ko
Dil Dhadke Hi Jaaye
Par Sochlo Is Pal Hai Jo
Woh Dastan Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho
Har Pal Yahan Jee Bhar Jiyo
Jo Hai Sama
Kal Ho Na Ho .....
December 13, 2005
Tagged by Nam!
7 things i plan to do:
*Learn to cook well and become the
'totally accomplished cook ' all cancerians are supposed to be!
*Go to a beach.
*Buy a fundoo digicam and
take lotsa pics:)
*Own a farmhouse and adopt a kid and a dog
[ doesnt look very feasible ...given my salary and my parents' Mrs.Bennet like attitude :P ]
*Read the newspaper everyday
*Go ski-ing and also go to switzerland someday
*Take car-driving lessons
7 things I can do:
*Run at 12 kmph for 2 mins on the threadmill.
*Watch the balaji telefilms serials
with my mom n actually keep track
of who married whom, who 'died'
n came back looking like they did before
n who came bk looking shorter,taller
[ apparently due to plastic surgery!!!]
*Sleep for more than 14 hours in a day.
*Make aloo gobi [a recent accomplishment ;)]
*Laugh effortlessly n appreciatively at the p-est of js.
*Beat most of my friends in a game of 'panja':)
*Put reasonably good rangolis.
7 Things I cant do:
* Pronounce 'yelendru'
[r whatever it is..meaning 'get up' in Tamil]
*Put on eye-liner.
*Eat jeera.
*Solve probability and permuation
probs like Nam does!
*Get addresses and directions right!
*Watch Manoj Bajpai in Kam Ya Zyaada [he is yuck!]
*Win in any card game [:(]
7 Things i say the most:
*Cool
*Fundoo
*Your Head and Your Tail
*Boss
*Shut Up
*Da
*Joke a?
7 Celebrity Crushes :
*Sachin Tendulkar
*Shah RukhKhan
*Harsha Bhogle
*Prannoy Roy
*Hugh Grant
*Abhishek Bacchan
*Ramesh Arvind
7 Things that attract you to the opposite sex:
*Intelligence and Wit
*Sense of Humour which should be
good enough to appreciate jokes levelled at oneself
*Modesty and a down to earth attitude
*Same wavelength thinking and Common Interests
*General Goodness
*Friendly and an easy going attitude
*Looks that appeal to me
*Learn to cook well and become the
'totally accomplished cook ' all cancerians are supposed to be!
*Go to a beach.
*Buy a fundoo digicam and
take lotsa pics:)
*Own a farmhouse and adopt a kid and a dog
[ doesnt look very feasible ...given my salary and my parents' Mrs.Bennet like attitude :P ]
*Read the newspaper everyday
*Go ski-ing and also go to switzerland someday
*Take car-driving lessons
7 things I can do:
*Run at 12 kmph for 2 mins on the threadmill.
*Watch the balaji telefilms serials
with my mom n actually keep track
of who married whom, who 'died'
n came back looking like they did before
n who came bk looking shorter,taller
[ apparently due to plastic surgery!!!]
*Sleep for more than 14 hours in a day.
*Make aloo gobi [a recent accomplishment ;)]
*Laugh effortlessly n appreciatively at the p-est of js.
*Beat most of my friends in a game of 'panja':)
*Put reasonably good rangolis.
7 Things I cant do:
* Pronounce 'yelendru'
[r whatever it is..meaning 'get up' in Tamil]
*Put on eye-liner.
*Eat jeera.
*Solve probability and permuation
probs like Nam does!
*Get addresses and directions right!
*Watch Manoj Bajpai in Kam Ya Zyaada [he is yuck!]
*Win in any card game [:(]
7 Things i say the most:
*Cool
*Fundoo
*Your Head and Your Tail
*Boss
*Shut Up
*Da
*Joke a?
7 Celebrity Crushes :
*Sachin Tendulkar
*Shah RukhKhan
*Harsha Bhogle
*Prannoy Roy
*Hugh Grant
*Abhishek Bacchan
*Ramesh Arvind
7 Things that attract you to the opposite sex:
*Intelligence and Wit
*Sense of Humour which should be
good enough to appreciate jokes levelled at oneself
*Modesty and a down to earth attitude
*Same wavelength thinking and Common Interests
*General Goodness
*Friendly and an easy going attitude
*Looks that appeal to me
July 20, 2004
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