The Euro Mix

Of the song 'Tu Hi Meri Shab' is just toooooooooooo 'hot and happenin'.
Love the way it starts. Going to try and get the first 42 seconds in a loop. Lets see if I have any success. One thing is for sure...I'll end up listening to that A LOT...

Intelligent but not smart

Well I know someone who is intelligent (actually very) but not smart...most people think that being smart and intelligent are the same...but I disagree and very strongly...the 2 are very different and its not about being book smart v/s street smart. Its more about having knowledge but not enough wisdom. Its about seeing things but not through them. Its about realising but not accepting. Its about knowing better but not doing better. Its about knowing how bad the darkness is but not removing the blindfold that covers your eyes. I feel sorry for this person because this person is intelligent enough to be greater than great but just isnt smart enough to get there...

The rains are going to be here soon :'(...

I hate the rains...
Leave aide all that crap about romantic...leave aside all the garam chai and pakoras (i never seem to have the either...atleast not great garam chai)...leave aside the greenery....
Think about the muck....think about being drenched...think about the horrid auto ride because of the oh so very very bad road....think about feeling cold to the bone...think about worrying about keeping your things dry....about your clothes not drying...about running to shut all windows as soon as a shower starts...wet curtains...wet floors...wet stairs...if your unlucky broken bones...also in recent times worrying about the floods...the lack or lateness of trains...the worry about no electricity...the problem of traveling...of spending money on taxis...of wet shoes and socks...of wet seats because some stupid ppl keep their windsheeters on forgeting they are dripping and that people will get into the rick/train/cab after them...the worms...the DULL DEPRESSING days...the longing to be home...the longing to breath fresh air...
Nothing nice about the rains as you can see....

Additions-
The heavier bags because of carrying umbrellas...the even heavier bags because of wet umbrellas. Getting to work/school/college etc and then trying to find a place to keep you umbrella/sheeter to dry and not being successful. The depressing days...the dark clouds...

The only things that TOTALLY ROCKS about the monsoons is the LIGHTENING and the THUNDER...which is totally spoilt by the rains. Cant watch any cause you cant stand out in the rain, cant hear much because the raindrops make a lot of noise. Cant really take pics/videos cause camera isnt water proof...

I hate the rains...

Manzille Revisited...

Rahul Sharmas latest song...
If you haven't heard it yet, please get your hands on it and listen to it.
The funny thing is that everyone I have forwarded the song to, has liked if not loved it...so check it out.

Why is it that only the medical students are taking part?

Talking about the protest against reservation for backward classes in higher education and our premier institutions. Do we really want 50% reservations in our top colleges or for that even in higher institutions? Is it worth giving seats to people from backward classes (I believe it should be based on economics and not caste in the first place) and bring down the level of not only graduating students (and therefore the institution) but also have people who might not be competent enough and thus bring down the over all functioning of small economies all over, over a long period of time?
What I believe is that having these seats in our colleges doesnt makes sense. If there should be reservation, it should be at our school levels (accommodation is a big problem - we might end up having lots of children who cant afford schooling because there are no seat.
What should also be done is to give blackward classes more vocation training so that they can stand on their own feet. Give them better loan schemes. Financial aid to help them start their own small business.

Im so sick and tired of vote bank politics.

Oh god...everytime he says 'I can't'...I just die a little....

I'm talking about none other than Hritik Roshan in the new Hide and Seek ad. Man the way he says 'I can't' is just too hot. A lot of people find him yuck, but after seeing the promos for Krissh, I realised that I missed watching him on screen for a long time. In regards to his new hairstyle - he looks better in shorter hair. Though his hair on its own looks really good. I wonder what kind of styling hes doing.
Well make as much fun of me as you like but I will admit it openly - I'm a huge fan of Hritik Roshan and he looks hot.

Cant wait for the Da Vinci Code..or for that matter even Krrish

Well I'm not going to talk about the whole controversy surrounding the Da Vinci Code. All I'm going to say is that I'm WAITING for the movie to release soon. I read the Da Vinci Code and enjoyed it (except for the end - all of Dan Browns books end so horribly). I remember what a huge fan I was of Leonardo Da Vinci, when I learnt of him in my 'cultural history' class. He was a GENIUS.
Also cant wait for Krrish...or Krish or Kkrish ...or how ever it is spelt. Havent seen Hritik Roshan in suchhhhhhhh a long time. Of course he is soooooooooooo unbelievable in the 'Hide and Seek' ad...

A tribute to Jackie Cochran...

On May 18, 1953, Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was flying a Sabrejet F-86. She was also the first woman to land and take off from an aircraft carrier, the first woman to pilot a bomber across the North Atlantic, and the first pilot to make a blind (instrumental) landing. She still holds more distance and speed records than any pilot living or dead, man or woman.
Source - todays TOI.

She was orphaned at a young age and grew up in poverty. She was not attracted to aviation from the start. Her dream was to start her own cosmetic company. She got her flying license only because she believed that it would help her sell her products all across the country.

Now thats a super achiever. And one for woman power too...

Love Guru...not the radio types...

Surprisingly I have had a number of friends over the past few years asking me for advice on their 'love life' issues. I mean jeez I would obviously be the worse person to ask right? Because I dont believe in such nonsense. But surprisingly I end up giving good advice. I guess its a matter of common sense and trying to figure out what people are thinking and how they are thinking what it is they are thinking. Of course I can't quantify how much any of my advice really did wonders but its good to feel all important and know that what your saying might really help someone and change the direction of their life hehe okay I not such a romanticized feeling but still its a lot of fun....all th plotting and planning and trying this and that.
Of course I have sat back and tried to figure why these few people have asked ME for help. And I end up feeling sorry for them. How tragic that they have to come to someone like me to get advice...hehe...jk....[I know at least one of them will be reading this for sure :P]
Naah I somehow end up giving good advice.

'Not the radio types' is because each and every channel seems to have some sort of show that revolves around these issues. And all those shows are too pathetic...

JATC...

A tribute to our once popular everday hang out...
The CCD Iced Eskimo is great...

The guy thing...

Well no this isnt about the 'guy thing' you thought about...whatever that be.
This is about the 'guy gang(s)' . Whether it be work or anywhere else...ever noticed how guys definitely have their own gangs or groups? They might mingle with women and have mutliple 'groups' but every guys will be in a guy gang. And most of the time women are totally off limits to these groups and the discussions that happen in the groups. Even if the discussions are not "typical guy talk". Women too have their own gangs I am sure but its usually related to things other than work that are discussed - maybe kids, home, new nail polish, etc. But with men, they discuss work related stuff that is not shared with their female counterparts. Yes I am pissed for guys hanging out together and learning/knowing things (because other guys are disseminating this knowledge/new etc) that even women in the workplace (or otherwise) have the right to know. Sure life isnt fair, and sure people are not equal but is it then alright to discriminated some (on grounds of gender) because they are only part of the 'team' and not the group??? ....

I can't help it...I dont want to live in denial...

Some days you just feel like shit...you cant help it...you just feel horrible...either with or without reason. Well never really without reason but the reasons are not evident enough. I think you should embrace it and take something from it...otherwise those feelings are wasted...sure its not easy to be bright and optimistic when your down but at least at the end of the day you can tell yourself that you are doing something about it.
Well actually to be honest I dont know what prompted that line...I know...sounds lame..but I'm sitting here trying to remember and I cant...so I thought why not write some crap that will make some people go oooooooooooh ahhhhhhhh...

All politicians giving sops and making stupid promises should be banned...

I thought I'll try and not put anything about politics and politicians up - at least not for a while...but couldnt help it.
First its the 50% reservation in education institutes
Then its reservation in the private sector
Now its rice for Rs.2 per kg/ free colour televisions / free computers
No increase in fuel prices even the the price of crude oil has shot up
The list just goes on and on...Will there ever be an end to vote bank politics? I wish there was some kind of punishment for politicians doing such ridiculous non sense...I don't want politicians who go out and give away stuff to people (even those these might make life better for those 'lucky' people). I want politicians who do their jobs. I want politicians who are honest. I want politicians who are dedicated. Politicians who think for the better of the country. Not their pockets, not their parties, not their positions...Am I asking for too much? I dont think so.

Beautiful Cloudy Days...

Nothing beats cloudy days...except during the monsoons...of course I dont mind at all if I'm at home...but hate the rains if I have to get out. Anyway the last few days were cloudy and it was all so beautiful. Also beat the heat a little...cloudy days are better in summer than they are in winter...I also read in the news paper that it drizzled...dont know abt that...no one around me mentioned experiencing anything of the sort. Anyway the cloudy days are gone...so will my nick...Hope we have some more soon. Of course I hate that I cant enjoy them since Im not at home anymore. Usually at work and indoors at all hours of the day. If I were home I would have sat and read a book on the terrace. Soaked in the nice cooler weather and beautiful skyline. Taken in the fresh air and enjoyed.....none of that for me anymore :(

Hummmmmmmm the first mangoes of the year...

Well the king of fruits is here...at least for a while. At a mango 2 days ago...D E L I C I O U S....
Of course I'm picky when it comes to mangoes (yup just like everything else). Nothing by alphanso mangoes...they are ABSOLUTELY DIVINE. Have decided not to binge on them...look like that will not be too tough. Already late into the season and also mom not buying too much. Plus this year I'm at work all day, so maybe I'll get a little mango on some nights...
P.S. - Cant believe the rain will be here soon again...

Why do you think you're immortal....

Not related to all the deaths happening all around...Though about this long ago....
We all feel we are immortal....I cant even imagine that I could die today....and to think of it, what would it take? Nothing - a speeding car, a slip onto the tracks, a fall that could break my neck, a bomb in the train, a maniac running around with a knife...so many things that do happen all the time could happen to me. There is no reason that they wont happen to me but yet I believe that they wont...atleast they wont today...crazy isnt it...especially when you know death is inevitable....

Politics everywhere...I just hate it...

I do really hate politics...not like Indian politics - i.e. governtment agencies etc. But actual 'politics'...what happens everywhere in all our lives at some time or the other. The worse part is politics is omnipresent...At work, in families, between friends, in politics (no I would never forget that there is politics in politics), in schools, colleges, in our lives, everywhere.....even inside us....

What the **** is wrong with the people of Gujarat...

It seems like all they want to do is riot...I cant seem to understand what has happened to the state. I would never have though of Gujarat to be the state that break out into riots everytime something happened. I'm not saying breaking down a 200 year old shrine is not big...but come on to start murdering people..thats down right ridiculous. The reason I wouldnt have picked Gurarat as such a state is because people there are interested in making money...real money...big money...the logic in my head behind this is long...so I wont get into that...
Maybe its that people in Mumbai are very indifferent. I dont know. I have said before that our chalta hai attitude is a draw back sometimes. Sometimes I think its good. I remember there being a similar order here to break down all shrines that have cropped up on pavements and roads because these were being used to store ammunition and narcotics. I dont think too many people went crazy when that happened here. Maybe its not that other people are toooooo emotional, maybe its that we are too detached...or maybe it is because we believe that we will always bounce back. So if the officials want to tear all of these down, let them and we will build new ones. Or maybe we (Mumbaikars) are smart and we know whats right. What the point of a temple/mosque that is used to hide guns and drugs. We rather not have such 'places of worship'...we can go put our Rs.2 and say our prayers elsewhere...

R.I.P P.M.

Never followed politics until 2 years ago - In my opinion Pramod Mahajan, came second after Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the BJP. I'm sure he will be missed. What would be interesting to see is what this vacuum will do in/for the BJP and its members.

How did we get this way?...

BITTER........................ Shallow.............................. Angry

Hippocrates .................................. MEAN

irate ........ self concieted .... Cruel

............ Cheap.......... Idiotic ...... Disappointed
Unhappy........... SCARED ............. slow
COLD ........ stupid ............ dull ........... numb