While the Sun shines

The first thing that came to my mind as I woke up this morning was that I have only one more day here !!

I really really really dread going back to college. I do :(
Dear God, please make the nest 5 months go by real quick. Please.

And I made khandvi today. Khandvi is a Gujarati dish. And it turned out to be okay.. (Took pictures as a proof. Will post them when I get back.. hehe)

A big and blue sky

It rains here. A lot.

The rain Goddess is like a bright, shiny, happy girl who doesnt care for schedules.. Hence the happy bright kind of rain and not the dark and gloomy variety.



And the sky is so big and blue. If only I could carry some of this back to college. sigh.. :)






Tried out my culinary skills again. And just for the records -i did okay. which means it wasnt burnt, overly salty or soggy or spoilt in other numerous ways possible.



And today I cycled all around the neighbourhood. felt nice, really nice. I guess it must be at least 10 years since I cycled.

Lovin it.

Of Nimbus and Airbus

Finally here.. again.
This time I made the journey all alone =) and quite well I should add.

Found excellent avenues to dine(ohh ok, breakfast), see and shop. Met interesting people and learnt equally interesting things (for e.g. I should be a Sri Lankan and could be a model : )

Went for a hike today. A place called Labi. There is a small waterfall and a 2 km hike before that. It was a picnic- all Indian families. And as usual, towards the end, people started playing antakshari !! I let everybody down (i am the freshest arrive from India, they expected me to be fluent in bollywood songs) by not coming up with even a single song :) I m not too good at this.

As a punishment i was made to sing a solo.. Yeah I know. It was horrible.
What's even funnier is that one person, the good sport he is (bless him), he even danced to the song !! Believe me, it was good fun.

Needless to add, the trek was awesome. Untouched rain forests. I collected some leaves. And sadly they got spoiled since i forgot to take them out of my jeans pocket. Anyways, what reamins is the memory. And that i have.

More to come. :)

And thats 4 out of 6 :)

Yippiee... exams over.

ok ok so they got over yesterday and the euphoria has somewhat abated..
But so what... the fact remains that we have successfully completed 4 terms out of 6.
:D

Spent the night with two old friends. She didnt scold half as much as I deserved.
And I feel so much better now. I know I can be a terrible person at times but.. I need to improve. Will. Promise.

Gotta shop today. That would be fun.
And its wierd being up so early. I dont know what to do now.

Tidbits from here and there

Its Happy Bday time.. :) of my favorite Deity.. The coolest and the most awessome one.

Exams going one.. 3 down, 4 to go. And ohh my God, I wrote so much today.. It was insane.. I took two extra sheets and my handwriting was so bad I was ashamed of myself. but then, had to keep up the speed.

And I miss MNIT so much. Specially during this time. it was so much more fun there. :

We had the Dahi Handi here in the hostel in the morning. yeah I wonder why they chose that time. People were not even up. But, I do love it so much. Saw it once in Pune. Too bad I missed it this time.

And I have started making a list of all the stuff I have to buy. And this time I will remember to carry the list with me when I go shopping..

:)

A good morning

Had breakfast in bed(got it myself of course..i guess then it doesnt qualify. does it?), with newspaper and while it was drizzling outside. Excellent combination. I love the drizzle breeze. Cool and .. foresty. hmm.. i guess it does remind me of Nazira.

In this feeling of well being, I decided to miss the class :D
Well.. one can afford such luxuries at the end of the term if your attendance is not in the threat zone.

Exams starting tomorrow. Its strange. With each term, we are getting used to exams. So much so, that the rigor(!) during exams is much less than that during regular classes. A far cry from the first term when I developed muscle cramps from stress.

Looking forward to 28th. Not even a week left now.
:)

All 's right in the world

Got up late today.. Really late.
and ahh.... It feels so wonderful..

The best sleep is the one you get after the alarm goes off.

Gives you the same feeling that you get while eating something you ought not too(mmm those luxurious chocolate cakes,sizzling brownies is my sin food) or nick food ( hehe.. yeah you NMP n EMP uncles) even if you are eventually going to give it away to some classmate hungrier than thou.

Yeah.. so, the point I wanted to make was that I am happy.. coz I slept. :)

Hope i retain this happy feeling. We have two quizzes scheduled today. : Gotta study now.

Tomato salad

Next time when you find youself with some tomatoes(either of toh-mah-to or to-meh-to), olive oil, some oregano and some pepper powder, stop doing whatever you are and follow my advice.

Slice the tomatoes in regular salad style, spray some olive oil, oregano and sprinkle salt and pepper powder..

Eat it. You wont regret..

And then, you may resume doing whatever you were doing.

Neeu

And I forgot to mention my new green kurta. it absolutely rocks..

I love fabindia.

:)

Musings

As usual, i was thinking, contemplating, analysing things totally unrelated to me.

Today, I was thinking about popular books. Now, I consider I enjoy reading two kinds of books.. or rather, i enjoy them at two levels. One are the ones which are deeper, more intense and intellectual.. In simpler words - serious fiction like say Marquez, Gibran.
The other one would be light reads like Segal, Koehlo. Lighter ones like Christie and Sheldon.
Or my childhood favorite.. yeah Enid Blyton.

Enid Blyton was voted Britain's most popular author of all times. Above Rowlings. Might be something to do with the sheer volume of books she wrote (which i loved. and still have a soft corner for), or maybe britishers do love her more. if somebody asked me, I wouldne be able to rate them. I feel its cruel. Each one of them (the list had Roald Dahl, Tolkein, Christie, Austen) is unique in their own way. Come on now, its unfair.

Yeah, so back to my musings. Thinking about Enid Blyton always makes me think about one thing - A hearty meal. And a thoroughly english one (any comments Bhave?? She never mentioned the bland fish an chips)having bacon and eggs, cup cakes, juice, sandwiches, steaks and so on.. (Might be something to do with the fact that I missed breakfast today. Was realllly hungry in the class). Think about it. Dont you remember that ? She used to mention food everywhere. And.. i m hungry again..

Food time now..

Tea or Coffee

My brother says I am addicted to coffee.

And I say -Whats wrong with starting your day with a nice cuppa and maybe having a cup or two more during the day.

See what happened today. I decided to go with tea instead of my regular cup of coffee. And I was almost snoring during the class. I could barely keep my eyes open!!

Never, never again am I going to repeat this.

Essentials and non essentials

According to MKS, Essentials are those things in life that shape your life. Like your attitude towards difficulties, work, people skills, sanity, rational, ability to love ( yes.. not everybody is able to love unconditionally), ability to trust, optimism..

And essentials are what one should focus on. Rest everything follows..

But the problem is that even though people kind of know this, seldom does anybody follow the principle.

And, I cant tell them to. You see, i am not yet fully qualified to confront people i love. I am still learning.

And yes, as i discovered recently.. The affection I have for some people is one sided. It kind of bothered me for a while.. But then.. I know my essentials..

:D

A day full of .. everything

up and down and low and high..

seriously..

what a day..

full of dissappointments, excitement, amusement, giving support, getting support, disillusionment, revelations .. what not..

And in the end.. it all comes down to one thing.. trust.. and of course love.

I pray.. and I pray for everyone..

Blanked out - again

This time for a split second, and decided to play along..
It was fun.

Kind of funny it was - the expressions on their faces..

At times i think i should stop doing this.
People are not to conduct experiments upon..

But then, I only make them laugh, and maybe think for a while.. As a principle, I never ever harm anybody..

Surely nothing is wrong in that.. Right??

Room with a view

I should have done this some time time ago.
This year, the room I got, has a wonderful view from the window. An all green view. Take a look..



And while we are at it..
Look at some of these products of vellagiri as well..

Awesome mausam

Folks.. Saawan at its peak..
Lots of rains, greens everywhere, birds and squirrels..
:D

So, to join nature's celebration, I decided to wear my shocking pink shirt to the class today..

And once again people expressed their discomfort. Rather too verbally i guess..

Hehe

Gonna do it again :D

And yes, I bought a fountain pen today.. Its a rather cuter version of what we used to have.. And its pink as well..

Dharma & Greg

Truely in love with the series..

Head over heels..

Riches of the world..

Came across this at Prof. Madhukar's blog.

It was written by Shekhar Kapoor for his daughter..

My wealth lies more in the faliures of my life than my succeses. My wealth lies in people I have known and lost. My wealth lies in the pain and the heartache of living.

My wealth lies in the memories of those moments of love that were given to me. And given by me. But my wealth also lies in letting those joyous moments and people go.

My wealth lies in all those unfullfilled dreams. In all those longings that aroused my passions. My wealth lies in all the passions I have ever felt and expressed. And those not expressed.

My wealth lies in every moment of guilt that I carry for actions done or imagined. That burden too is my wealth.

My wealth lies in every breath that I have ever breathed. Each imbued with doubts and questions and hopes and dreams. And fears.

All this wealth I bequeath to you. For you to squander to the winds..

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Among all the things I dislike, the one I dislike most is being cheated.
And that too by a person who claimed to be your friend angers me more than any thing else.

I believe that even if you are not on talking terms with a person, that doesnt mean you forget to be civil to them.

No situation justifies cheating, lying and bad mouthing anybody.

Absolutely none.

But then again, I am blessed to have enough sanity to brush these tiny incidents aside and get on with life.

A silent walk to collect and recollect my thoughts is what I need now. [Hmm.. Agenda for this evening :)]

Devi

Sunahu tat yeh akath kahani,
Samajhau banat, na jaat bakhani.

And then she begins narrating stories. Stories about women.

About women who were wronged.
About women who found the courage to stand for their believes.
Women who rebeled.
About those who wrote their own rules and were brave enough to be burned for it. With unmistakable twinkle of pride in their eyes.
About the women who suffered and survived. On their own terms. Who gained strenghts and proved that a woman wronged is the most fearsome power on earth.
About Shakti..

Friendship

nice video..

Sinfully blissful

Out of all the things I have fallen for, the one I am gonna fall for again is a mouthful of a rich delicious chocolate cake..

It does something sinister to the brain.. makes it go totally haywire..

Its futile trying to resist another mouthful..

But then.. Why shud one resist??

Madhushala

Got hold of a truely awesome rendition of Bacchan's masterpiece by the great Manna De..

yeah.. a lyrical fiesta..

From Godiva to Marmalade..

Would the latter exist without the former??

But then would the world be what it is without Godiva ? Probably yes..
Or maybe not..

Lady Godiva - The first feminist, who walked (rode?) on the earth even before the term was coined.
And so different from the bra burning variety of yesteryears..

And before anybody bothers me again with why feminism and yada yada, one should get their facts right.

that feminism is not about being against men, its being for women.

Dil se..

Some people have God's gift

and then

some are God's gifts sent to us..

One of those rare gems is Allah Rakha Rehman.

yeah yeah.. I know..

I just felt like stating it once more..

:)

Ahh... la música es alimento para la mente

Random..

he was a heavy drinker

yet died of thirst

his friends had abandoned him

And then..

Life goes on

Everybody is having these flashes of memories, bittersweet, now and then, all the time..

Some talk about it
Some prefer to listen
And some keep on thinking..

To each his own.

And collectively we hold together, in bits and pieces, bracing each day, helping each other out..

We never needed His blessings more than we do now.

I pray to Him,

for him,

for the people

for us.

Edna

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Edna.

She could see the air flowing,

Just as you and I can see water flowing.

But that didnt help her breathing problem.

Memories of Mumbai..

Wishes..

Once again I wish I could write music..
Or play an instrument..

I am absolutely smitten by the theme from the movie Love Story..

Its so soothing and soulfull..

Did He ?

For a change I was studying some while ago [exams approaching you see :) ]

Hmm.. so it was supply chain that I was breaking my head over.

And as it happens everytime, my splendid mind wandered :D

Did God ever intend to have so many tiers/ middlemen between Him and us ?

Did he want us to follow rigid and elaborate rituals ?

Does he believe in janam patri and stuff?

Doesnt loving all His creation make more sense?

Faith

Faith is a tricky thing indeed.

You either have it or you dont.

=)

The Relevence of Mugging-Up Act, 2008

bewilderment - despair - utter despair - gross indifference

thats the range I go through

Thou shalt not..

I was quite taken aback when I came across the following message in a mall at Noida yesterday..

"Do not lean against the ailing"

A split second later I realized the "R" had dropped off from the original message which was "Do not lean against the Railing"

:)

Iko Iko

Listen a fast paced music track at half its speed...

how does it sound?? Can u still recognise it?

Romantic fixation

A couple of days ago I saw the movie Pride and Prejudice. Ever since I havent been able to shake off the image of Mr. Darcy. ohh... he is so handsome, serious, passionate yet silent types..





I keep ranting on and on about him. I am afraid I have bored my friends with his talks ( yeah.. even guy friends..)



Watched the movie again just now. It must have been the only movie I have voluntarily watched again. Alone. With the sole purpose of drooling over a guy.




See.. I even made a collage of his pics.. my drool tool.. (no dirty connotations plz)


Ohh.. how I wish I could go to the era of quiet life, when you didnt have to study for so long, work didnt eat up so much of your time, people were at their disposal to talk, to take long walks, lived in quiet countryside... When romance could be a reality..





I have always believed I was born in the wrong era..





And now I am sure..

adding on...

And I forgot to mention..

Manu made us all proud.. (got it.. yeah !!)

and

We indulged in the biggest capex(yet!!)

Touchwood

:D

Hair woes

I am angry at my hair ..

Its neither curly, nor straight..

nor does it have enough strength to hold a style if I get it set !! (I call it characterless)

And God only knows why I have cut it so short !!

ohh how i wish....

And there it was..

round the corner..
waiting to be discovered.. patiently

I found it on a lazy idle saturday.
(with a little help from Mother nature.. wonderful delightful weather u know ;) )

peace of mind..

A free weekend

Just what I was craving for since last 3 months.. A weekend without any travel plans, meetings, appointments etc. etc..
Since end of march I havent had a weekend when I havent travelled.. All of them ( well ok, some were only from Mumbai from Thane.. but then it took me 2 hours !!)

And now that I have it, I am at a loss as to what to do. had planned to indulge in drawing and make some things for my room. Its only friday night, and I have already done it!!

Am also rather happy with what I made.. :)
Enjoyed :D

hmm.. But now.. 2 more days :

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And nothing tanglible to write as well..

I need some more time to gather my thoughts. And form an opinion.
Its necessary...

I will be shameless and chaat enuf to call it - strategy formulation
:)

But I need to do it anyways..

the theory of relativity

no no.. dont get scared. M not about to rant about e = mc2

:)

I am about to talk about one of the most obvious yet mysterious facts.

or maybe I wont..

coz its just a matter of time.

And it will always be so.

knowing me knowing you

everybody claims to know me so well..

earlier it was funny.

now its just moronic

do i humour them or correct them?

can i ??

:)

poets of the fall

and i tried to understand

but couldnt

maybe i have lost it

Psycho files - part 1

Statement 1 : People are only as good as they behave
Statement 2: The same person can be good for some and bad for others

Conclusion:

People are not good or bad. They are just people. its the relationships.
Relations are either good or bad. That is how a person who can only be described as self centered in one relationship can turn into the most amicable one in other circumstances.

I was really surprised at some of the experiences i heard. I am going to have a nice time trying to spot people telling the truth. It will be fun.

Next time somebody asks my hobby, i am going to tell them the truth - I watch people.

:)

Mumbai mullings.. (since "Mumbai Blues" does not rhyme)

Mumbai masti is coming to an end..

nd i have mixed feelings.. Loved it here..

I had one of the most memorable weekends ever. Those weeks - starting with a monday full of happy afterthoughts. Three days - tuesday, wednusday and thursday somehow flying away while i wait for friday. And friday- spent planning( plans that never materialized :) thankfully.. )

And then came the weekend.. those glorious 2 days..
sigh.. it wont ever be the same again..

Nice read

Got this as a forward.. Read for a few laughs.
------------------------------------
An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato
garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped
him, was in prison.

The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like Iwon't be able to
plant my potato garden this year.
I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved
planting time.
I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were
here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for
me, if you weren't in prison.

..Love, Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram:
"For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I
buried the GUNS!!"

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers
showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what
happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was:
"Go ahead and plant your potatoes,Dad..................

........ It's the
best I could do for you from here."

Life happened

Just when I had given up all hopes..

And i ended up amazed, content, happy, crazier and loved..

and loved it.

Time of my life

Both good and bad

Really - Irony is the way of life..

It amazing what all I am capable of doing.
M thinking of having my middle name as "Crabtree".. the way I switch from one emotion to other. I just wish I remain honest to each one of them..


I’m going deaf, you’re growing melancholy.
Things fall apart, I don’t know why we bother at all.
But life is good and it’s always worth living at least for a while.

If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy.
They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes.
On second thoughts, I’d rather hang around and be there with my best friends,

I know they want me ( a little deviation from the Belle and Sebastian thingie)

:)

blanked out

only if i could turn back time..
5 years..

Mumbai Airport woes

Mumbaikars have a pretty good, honest image among most of us. And it is correct upto a certain extent. Well, not so if you are at the airport. Be ready to be fleeced by the taxiwallahs here.

A bunch of them are honest about the fact that they charge you extra. However, if you happen to ask for a taxi with meter fare.. they literally take you for a ride. Happened with me today morning.
A uniform clad security person (apparently) approached me and said - madam meter se jaana hai kya? I said yes and he directed me to a taxi parked there. The taxi took me to worli old passport office as i had asked. But wait, the meter read 180 which amounted to 380 bucks !! Now any person who has lived in mumbai will know it is more than double the appropriate amount.

It is downright cheating and shameful for the honest mumbai ..

A month in mumbai

wooohh....

And ironically yesterday was the most rotten day yet. traveled alone in local train, taxi, walked on roads so damn crowded they can give canned tuna a close competition.

Past month has been ... I dont know.. i dont have a word for it - upsetting ? enlightening ? happy ? tragic ? I dont know. I have found time to think. I thought and found I have made some funny mistakes which are probably gonna stick with me throughout my life.
I found I dont have to take so seriously all the time. There is nothing time cant heal.
There is nothing on earth that can parallel being close to ur loved ones.

And yes.. once again i found THE truth of life - It is tough to shed weight !!

well.. doodle along guys..

Have fun

HR Summers Party

Finally, we had the much awaited HR summers party..
Funny timing if u ask me.. here we are neck deep in projects and with the exams approaching and with most of us headed home for Holi this weekend.. but we went.. and we danced..
and we danced..

It was fun..

And I also learned one more thing today.. What looks like a hppy twosome on the surface need not be so. And it always helps to talk..

Consider this..

Thats me in the corner,
thats me in the spot...

I thought that I heard you laughing,
thought that I heard you sing.

Why do relationships become oh so complicated??
As long as I have my sanity, I am ok..
I have always been ok.( Plz Mr. joker, let this one be :) plz.. )

But are you?
It takes a lot to be brave.. I know..

Just try once.
(This incidently is my 100th post)

I run for life !

We have all been running.

All the time, all the way.

You may stop for a while, take a breath. But then you have to run again.

Some are running for things they desire,

some from things they dread..

And some dont even know where they are headed.

Most of us dont even understand the system.

Those who do, step out..

And those who dont, carry on..

What?

These are the days, it never rains but it pours..

its the terror of knowing what this world is about
watching some good friends screeming let me out..

:0

laugh like u never knew sorrow
live like there's no tomorrow

and you shall live.. a life worth living

End of an era

They closed down Appu Ghar on 17th Feb 2008. I know their logic holds good - an amusement park from the pre liberalization era had become too obsolete in today's ultra modern- european themed parks.

But for people like me who grew up in the 90's, Appu Ghar held an iconic place. As kids we used to discuss its handful of rides. And mind you, I grew up in Ahmedabad, hundreds of miles away from the capital. Whenever somebody came back from a visit to Delhi, we usually serenaded her/him with requests for narrating the experiences. So much so that we could practically count and recount the rides without having visited Appu Ghar even once.

I finally did get a chance to visit it when I was about 12. It was every bit as promised. I still have fond memories of the bhoot bangla and the small clay modelling toy that mom would not buy for me.

What was once a heaven for kids( and for grown ups too i presume. Who doesnt like to have fun?) would now give way for the metro project. And an extention of the supreme court's premesis. But Appu Ghar will live in our memories.

Forever.

Placement party

dum dum dum de de dum

dee da dee da de
dee da dee da dee da dee da dee da

:)

p.s. : Dance ~ nirvana :)

FPD 0

delightful..
nd tiring

:)

and delightful

Aaannchoooo........ *o*

I was sneezing througout the PM exam today..
damn it.

Photography time :D

I have always been more active in everything other than studies. And these activities reach their peak during exam time :D
During last exams i remember making and putting up posters in my hostel room.
I have planned room layouts, designed dresses, written poetry ( read poetry), drwan pictures, etc etc during exams.
This time I took up photography. Took pictures of my campus. mm well.. not the campus sctually.. Just some flowers. The best part of winter if u ask me.
Anyways.. winters are going so i decided to take the pics before the flowers go too.
Posting some of them here..

Exams :(

What a sham..

We have a supposedly open book exam where we cant bring books.. Only notes.. And that too hand written !!

to top it off its bloody 13 chapters..

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh..

And the subject is plain boring stupid.

I dont like exams !

The weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek..

its the v week again.. ugh..

na na dont get me wrong guys.. I am totally for the various displays of love/affection (public/private/protected)..

its just that why only one day?
and why shud somebody else decide when shud i let my loved ones know about the depths of my affection for them??

In fact people shud be free to chose their own V days.. as for me i would like to celebrate mine on the first day of spring(yeah m still stuck on spring :D)






anyways.. Happy Valentine week to everybody.. may you discover your true love and live happily ever after.. and blah blah




blah

Jhoom barabar jhoom

Hellos amigos..

Me is not saying this .. its the leitmotif in fashion.. the whole universe (its a figure os speech dearie.. U dont have to take it literally) is filled with this chant..

=)

Ok Ok.. Let me explain.. I think Spring is coming =)

Yippie.. yeah.. It was sunny today.. Hurrah Hurrah.. And some more Hurrah..

I have this incredibly irritating habit of not writing everything..

Let me fill in in short :

Kerala Trip

Gigi got married. We went. The trip was beautiful (an understatement actually). met some wonderful people there - Hasan, Clint, Kumar and tath.. didnt feel I was meeting them for the first time though :) .. You know these annual trips are like some kind of tonic for me.. Whenever i am down or something , i just remember the trip and voila - happy again :)

My BDay

Yup. I turned 24 yesterday. Had a wondersul time. Most wonderful experience kal was something that reinforced my belief in the cosmic joker. When i thought everything was about to be ruined.. Things started falling into place and whoo.. they did. thank you Bhagwaanji..

And well.. thats much of it.

\(*_*)/

Chill chill go away

Its too cold today..

really really cold..

Google says there is more to come in the week ahead.. aaaaaaaaaaaahhh

Have a look at these snapshots of our campus taken by a batchmate ( the Before and After effect)

I didnt take any notes in the law class today morning because I couldnt take my hands out of the gloves..

God has a funny way to make us "Chill Out"

Be Patient and Kind

Its so funny.. yet true.

I had known it all along and preached about it endlessly..

And had not been practicing it..

Hurt so many people and myself..

and I thank God for making me see again.

I thank God for making me believe.. in Him

and in love..

Northern sky

I never felt magic crazy as this

I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea

I never held emotion in the palm of my hand

Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree

But now you're here

Brighten my northern sky

Nirvana

They say education is the key to enlightment. And almost everyday I am reminded of these HIGHER level implications of HIGHER education.

Five of my classmates attained NIRVANA during one of the lectures today (In other words, they fell asleep ). According to the theory given by our prof, they came a step closer to turning into flamingos.
I hope they complete the transformation process soon.
It would be fun having some winged pink creatures in the class.

Happy New Year 2008

I pray to God that this year goes well and quick..

May there be peace among people and within.

May there be more laughter, joy and happiness..

May Bollywood shell out better and more sensible movies..

May I stick to my diet plan and actually lose weight (does 4 kg sound too optimistic ?)

Random

4 exams over..

Within two days i would have completed 1/3rd of the whole course.. thats quite a lot.. isnt it. :D

But have I learnt that much?? Not a gud question..
Certainly my way of thinking has changed. Yep it has..

And I have started seeing people from a different perspective now. Damn it. My perception has been ruined. I think I connected better with them earlier. Now I just try to fit peple into personality types.. and thats the most foolish thing to do.

I know.. this will wear off soon.. :D I love my weak memory..

and.. yeah.. i havent written about the study group that we have here . have I?

Diary Dilemma

I had read this somewhere a while ago "Only sad people keep diaries.."
I disagreed with it at that time..
However, yesterday night.. once again I had this urge to start keeping a diary again.. And I thought why..
I think people who keep diaries just need somebody to talk to.. When they dont have a friend who can be told everything, they tell it to their diaries.. That also explains why some ppl have a name for their diaries (Remember Hello Kitty.. ?)
:)
heck no. I do not want a diary.

I dont need one.

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Random saturday rants

The chill is increasing.. and it seems to be worse than last year's (The chill Drill).
I mean, december has just begun, and we are already having 7.5 degrees !! Do you have any idea what it translates into when u have an 8.30 class in the morning?
yeah... probably a grade dock because u cant be so cruel to make urself get up :D

and yes... APROS is approaching.. I hope its fun. The dinner is gonna be. M sure. Will tell u about it when I come back :)

And hey.. did i tell u about Elevate ?? It was fabulous.. absolut (!) ly.. And it had been ages since i had so much fun..

haha

i just realized, reading my blog doesnt give u an idea about the acad rigour that we have.. right ?

good.

A wishlist

Laughter

Twinkling eyes

Sunshine

A gentle breeze

A soft bed

Getting up at 7 and feeling good

Simplicity

No diplomacy, hypocrisy

A genuine ear to ear

Ahh.... Are you listening Mr. Cosmic joker??

Clearer is Better

I am low on Intentionality..
(For the uninformed) It means that I dont always do what I plan to..

Quite true.. :)
Like the dozens or more things that happen everyday and i want to write about them here.. But I dont.. hehe

Ok, now lets make an aberration on this generalization.. ( Sentence alert !! Too many words with more than 2 syllables :D )

Remember that din in my head I was talking about the other day... it has cleared up a bit now.. As a result I did some damage control ( as in talked to some 'ppl' ) .. have to do some more..

And though i am neck deep in work.. I feel better..

Thank you bhagwaanji..

And yes.. ohh.... hmm.. ok later..

:)

BusYness

Very very busy times ahead...

all the projects..
End terms

and

APROS

ohh we are gonna have some serious fun.

It happened. Right now..

Hey Krishna..

Shattered

You shouldnt meet ur idols in flesh.. ever !! I did.. and was so disappointed :(

I first heard Euphoria when I was in std 8th or 9th.. I loved the band, and i absolutely loved the guitarist and the percussionist.. absolutely.

Met them today.. and found out that
1. Live doesnt sound as good as the record ( Wasnt so with Sonu Nigam.. he sounded great.. )
2. Being a celebrity does not mean u hav a sense of humour.. So plz DO NOT try to crack stupid jokes to arouse the crowd. It doesnt work..
3. The percussionist tries too hard to cash in on his hair. It was a bit sad.. I had liked him only bcoz of his hair.. I mean, flounting is good if done within limits..

what else.. here I am.. back frm the concert (which is not over by the way.. )

We hav a party tonit.. hope to have fun at least there..

good night..

And yes..

I got placed.. Just to let you know.

:)

Does that explain some of my lazyness ( yeah.. like HappYness )?

Shh..... Or our dear profs will hear that and go on doing what they do best - Burden us with more assignments !

Crazy or Lazy ??

Or maybe just lazy.. yup, i have bcome lazy..

But still, I am happy to declare that i DID spend this weekend doing something worth..
Spent the saturday clicking pics around the campus.. ( Strictly not judging :) ) and Sunday.. Ksh was here.. went to this nice italian place called Earth. Good food, good music (live) and great ambience.. I absolutely loved some of the nick nacks they had. But careful as they tend to charge u for food you havent even ordered !!

Well, the week so far has been largely uneventful. I must have at least spent 10 hours watching mindless sitcom episodes ( and really enjoying them .. :| ).

I think i am missing something here. Maybe its like the calm preceding the storm. Just a hunch. Lets see.. we have Imperium now , APROS in second week of december and our end terms afterwards. And thats not exactly what you call a breather. I guess i just have to start working.. :(

Haha

Good night.

Happy Diwali

Time to face some of the harshest days since we came here..

But its OK.. Yeah OK in caps.. :) First of all bcoz I am gonna go home for diwali.. and even 2 days of home are like a course of rejuvenating tonic..

And then..bcoz I know i can..

:)

Home...

here I come.

Happy Diwali

some pics..

this one is from Illumina ..

The props are for Trendylicious.. An Online Lifestyle Mag..

See that collage banner..?

I made that one.. :D

And another pic.. more recent..

Its one of my books..Before the exam.The subject is Perspectives on Self.. Its a soft subject..But i mm liked it..Insightful. Maybe i shud bcum a theologist...

I wonder

I wonder how i keep over estimating myself..

when i didnt hav a camera.. i kept coming across breathtaking sights (yes.. :) ) and yearned for a camera....

now that i hav one.. i know i cant carry it with me all the times..

ohh one of these days.. i will hav to get up early and do a round or two..

haha

one of these days..

Good joke.

random..

hmm..

It has been too long this time.. and i hav a feeling it wont be too often from now on.
its not that i am that busy.. its just that being here for about 4 months and its like the writing madhu in me has died.. or maybe she is in a deep slumber somewhere..

Why?

And yes.. some days.. I am not able to think. The faint murmuring that I had has turned into a din.. Its scary at times..

But yes.. I am still in touch with myself.. those fleeting seconds are precious.. and yes, i do cherish them..

One recent one was during the Illumina celebrations.. We had children from various schools here for some paintintg competiotions. You know I had almost forgotten how kids look like.. How they are so tiny.. One poor little kid was not able to reach the desk when he was sitting on the chair.. :) he was sooooo cute.. And those kids were drawing.. It was a refreshing sight.. I was happy for the whole day ( and yes.. our MR was a success .. yippie.. )

However, i am aware that the times ahead are going to be bad.. Ohh God.. Plz let me retain my sanity.. Plz.... I dont like that noise anymore..

God has a nice sense of humour.. coz one of the questions that we hav been given to write on is "Describe your current life situation..". Thats cruel !

i think i summed it up nicely when I was talking to bhave..

"its like we have sold our souls to the devil...."
but i cant remember this.. "for what??"

Its not that i dont enjoy.. I do.. but its different. a lot different.

leauf

and its official

Cant write

my writing skills have turned to zilch

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Pray for Pavarotti

Just heard ( GNews)

Pavarotti has suffered a major kidney failure and is unconscious right now.....
[From Reuters]

Lets pray for one of the greatest tenors of our times.
May God help him

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U10

had a lovely time last night.. ( late till this morning :p)

had gone to my old PG.. All of us had such a nice time. We cooked a really elaborate meal (complete with naan and salad !!), had ice cream.. and of course lots and lots of talking....

It was ashima's last day too.. She'll be off to Mumbai next week :).. and met a new girl jyot.. She has come in my place.. Really nice girl.. delightful :)
And everybody was so nice... Didnt feel like i was visiting the place after such a long long time.

havent really studied anything since i came back ( quite difficult with the lectures of course... )

am gonna tidy up my room now.

:)

Motivation

While you are in a quite-not-so-intresting-class which goes on and on for ever :

> Drawing smiles like =) and :) actually helps.
> Thinking about food doesnt !

You know, as the class progresses, my smiles go from =) to :) to : ..
then :(
and finally :{}

haha

joking of course. :)

Dream a little dream

I remember that I had started this blog with the intentions of maintaining it as a dream diary of sorts.. :p

And yet, this is only the second dream i am noting down. haha.....

"Dreamt about Crompton Greeves on 12th September. (No idea where that came from.... Crompton Greeves ????)

And that I was going home for rakhi. And that my gift still came through courier and the kurta had a really funny neckline. I also saw colors, i remember that quite distinctively. The kurta was pink =) "

And tonight I might not dream at all.. For some strange reason, I am not able to sleep.

:(

Why men cant give proper directions ?

Allan and Barbara (Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps) say that Men and Women interpret maps differently.

Had a first hand experience of this today.

For about 10 minutes he kept talking (giving instructions on phone) about some second left from the next right next to the fountain and blah blah.....

Why couldnt he just say that i had to go on the road where those cane furniture shops are.....

Men!!

RR (Regular rants)

A whole week and no blogs!!!!

I was busy.. yeah even the saturday and sunday... and m freekingly busy right now as well.. but enough is enough.. As a prof had said "You have to decide who drives your life..... And I've decided for myself :)"

After 2 months, we are slowly getting the hang of what HR is all about. Intresting actually.

Not all faff.... :p

and yeah... I had my OCPS public speaking class today.. The topic I got was "A thank you speech to ur coll friends on winning the who eats the most contest" .. great fun. haha

And yes, in one class I forgot Jeevs' name !!!! And I take pride on my P.G Wodehouse readings.. shame on me. :

Rumour mill working on all time high..... if every thing i hear turns true , we have 3 classes and 3 quizzes tomorrow.. hmm.. so how m i gonna prepare..? its 12 already.

Coffee.. always the solution :)

60

15th Aug 2007


60 years of Indian Independence

Vande Mataram

Exams going on..
Tommorow we have stats - THE test =)

Hmm, so today while filling up the first page on the answer sheet, I suddenly realized today is 10th Aug 2007. Just 5 days to go for the 60 years of our Independence..

Vande mataram !!

Friendship day

To all my friends :

Live

Laugh

Love


And laugh some more......

A life well lived..

Suddenly the world
seems such a perfect place...........


With age, comes wisdom. So they say.. And i believe it. Do you?

When we grow old, say 70... no 80... no say just before dying , and asked THE question "How was your life? " . How would you judge it ?

Would you say "My life was good coz I earned billions of dollors and became the CEO of so and so.."
Or "I was powerful and I ruled.. So my life was good."

Or are you more apt to reply thus, "I was cherished, cared for and loved. Unconditionally." I dont think there is anything else left to say after this.

There isnt.

Amen.

rain rain, come again

green green everywhere..

i love it.

rains.

:)

Dance of joy (?)

Hmm?

Joy.

For what?

For not being worried.

How come?

Coz it wont help.

Ok.

Whatever.

The other day they were trying to teach us how to make conversations.

What was i doing all these years?

Why

I have been cribbing too much lately.
Around here, anybody who doesnt crib is labeled happy.

And for some strange reason, ppl dont want to be called happy.

Why is that?