Well not just tonight but I never party on New Years.
Actually I never party - unless it's like an office party - which rarely happens. (lol don't get invited to parties of 'friends').
I don't really see the point of going to parties. I don't drink. I don't dance. I hate dressing up. I don't like dark dingy places with bad ventilation. And I sure as hell don't like the idea of spending money for doing things I don't like.
If I have to 'hang out' with friends, I'd rather do it over coffee / lunch / dinner. For me hanging out means catching up or discussing stuff. So hanging out obviously wouldn't happen in a disco.
About it being New Year's Eve and all of that...I have one word for it - Commercialization. What the big deal what day it is? If you pay anything more than usual for a 'special occasion' it's commercialization.
Anyway I don't understand why people party on the 31st of December. It's actually a day to be sad. I am always depressed on the last day of the year...
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
"We do not seek to be a trend. We seek to matter."...
Found the line on a blog entry and found it very interesting. I think not only the line but also the post not only real substance but deep insight. I mean today everyone wants to be a trend-setter or a trend-follower. Nobody seems to really care about what ads value.
Also when you do things to be a trend-setter, there might be huge success in the start, with minimal cost, but in the long run only those that provide real value last.
I know this sounds too much like corporate talk but it really covers every aspect of life.
Also when you do things to be a trend-setter, there might be huge success in the start, with minimal cost, but in the long run only those that provide real value last.
I know this sounds too much like corporate talk but it really covers every aspect of life.
Make a wish - its simple...
If you could make one wish for the world, what would it be?
http://www.gifter.org/index.php/million-dollar-blog-post/
1 Comment Wish = $1 to Charity
All you got to do is go and make a wish for the world.
Two minutes to think of what you really want for the world, type it out and submit it at GIFTER.ORG and a charity will get $1.
Two minutes to help someone who needs help...
I think it's worth it.
http://www.gifter.org/index.php/million-dollar-blog-post/
1 Comment Wish = $1 to Charity
All you got to do is go and make a wish for the world.
Two minutes to think of what you really want for the world, type it out and submit it at GIFTER.ORG and a charity will get $1.
Two minutes to help someone who needs help...
I think it's worth it.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Disaster time - No water tomorrow...
There is going to be no water supplied tomorrow to the entire city (Mumbai) because of extensive piping work that will be carried out, to help the city get more water on a regular basis.
Firstly let me tell you something I find hilarious but I know it's the right thing to do. My house already had all buckets filled with water. Now usually when we know water is going to go, we fill up only that very morning, but I guess since this is going to be BIG and for the whole day, and therefore everyone is going to fill their water, the tank will get empty sooner than we can imagine.
Secondly, I am so totally going to hate this and therefore calling it disaster time. I mean call me a snob or whatever you like but not having RUNNING water for even a few hours is 'painful'. This is going to last a whole 12 hours.
Thirdly I am terrified about the work not getting done in the alloted time. I mean when has the BMC or any body for that matter promised something will get done on a certain day at a certain time and it actually happens that way?
Fourthly -
I feel soooooooooo totally blessed for getting water 24 hours a day. I also do realise how much I might actually be wasting but I love my running water. If water ever became scare, I would look at it as a luxury and indulge in it. The same with electricity. I feel very blessed for having electricity 24 hours a day too. I am thankful for the ability to put on the AC, 365 nights a year if I want to. To watch television at will. To read a book at 3 a.m....
Good luck to all the poor souls who are not use to facing stinky dirty loos. Good luck to the poor folks who couldn't fill up enough buckets, vessels etc and had to forgo some daily activity. Good luck to those who finally realize how difficult life can be without their daily water supply (if they do get to realize it). Good luck to you and good luck to me.
Firstly let me tell you something I find hilarious but I know it's the right thing to do. My house already had all buckets filled with water. Now usually when we know water is going to go, we fill up only that very morning, but I guess since this is going to be BIG and for the whole day, and therefore everyone is going to fill their water, the tank will get empty sooner than we can imagine.
Secondly, I am so totally going to hate this and therefore calling it disaster time. I mean call me a snob or whatever you like but not having RUNNING water for even a few hours is 'painful'. This is going to last a whole 12 hours.
Thirdly I am terrified about the work not getting done in the alloted time. I mean when has the BMC or any body for that matter promised something will get done on a certain day at a certain time and it actually happens that way?
Fourthly -
I feel soooooooooo totally blessed for getting water 24 hours a day. I also do realise how much I might actually be wasting but I love my running water. If water ever became scare, I would look at it as a luxury and indulge in it. The same with electricity. I feel very blessed for having electricity 24 hours a day too. I am thankful for the ability to put on the AC, 365 nights a year if I want to. To watch television at will. To read a book at 3 a.m....
Good luck to all the poor souls who are not use to facing stinky dirty loos. Good luck to the poor folks who couldn't fill up enough buckets, vessels etc and had to forgo some daily activity. Good luck to those who finally realize how difficult life can be without their daily water supply (if they do get to realize it). Good luck to you and good luck to me.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Who would have ever thought?...
Ever sat back, thought about something and smiled cause you realized that you witnessed (or were a part of) something you didn't think possible?
Well it actually happen a lot to me, and I believe it's because a lot of times I have these notions that would be correct assumptions but are not.
The most recent case being of this guy who works where I work. He's the quiet type and the most you will hear from him is a 'hi how are you?'. The kind of guy who either is an introvert or only friendly (but still quiet) with people he is comfortable with. Now who would have thought that this guy would be such a great dancer? Not me. Of course he had to be pulled out of his shell but once he started dancing, all of us had our jaw on the floor. And not only does Kevin dance very well, he actually makes other people dance well too. Just goes to show that you shouldn't jump to conclusions based on half knowledge.
Thanks Kevin, I had a blast.
Well it actually happen a lot to me, and I believe it's because a lot of times I have these notions that would be correct assumptions but are not.
The most recent case being of this guy who works where I work. He's the quiet type and the most you will hear from him is a 'hi how are you?'. The kind of guy who either is an introvert or only friendly (but still quiet) with people he is comfortable with. Now who would have thought that this guy would be such a great dancer? Not me. Of course he had to be pulled out of his shell but once he started dancing, all of us had our jaw on the floor. And not only does Kevin dance very well, he actually makes other people dance well too. Just goes to show that you shouldn't jump to conclusions based on half knowledge.
Thanks Kevin, I had a blast.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Tell me, what becomes of us...? http://www.hemanginigupta.blogspot.com/2005/06/train-to-chennai.html...
I would suggest you first read the blog entry - Train to Chennai. It truly brings to light a reality that all women face. Sexual harassment happens allllll the time. The only thing is that we don't want to call it that cause then we have to accept that it happened. A man falling all over you in a bus or brushing past you 'cause of too many people' around is something that makes every woman uncomfortable, or at least it should. And what do we women do? We move up front in that bush, we write off the asshole as also being squashed and having no option, we try and look away when people are staring, we half run when being eve teased. Too many men get away with harassment and it is not right. I admire women who make a noise and get men who mess with them into trouble. I am the kind who would go and stand ahead in the bus, or someone who will say 'what are you looking at' mildly instead of saying 'I'll poke your eyes out *******'.
I do think the first step is to call all this crap sexual harassment and to put more men behind bars.
Of course the bigger issue if of a bully and people who can't stand up to one. Being vulnerable isn't the best position to be in, and I think we shouldn't make the mistake with our children that our parents made with us. We must realise that standing up and shouting loud is the right think to do, knowing full well that we might be in a little more trouble than we otherwise would have been, if we ran away, but that at the end of the day we won't be ashamed of how we reacted....
I would suggest you first read the blog entry - Train to Chennai. It truly brings to light a reality that all women face. Sexual harassment happens allllll the time. The only thing is that we don't want to call it that cause then we have to accept that it happened. A man falling all over you in a bus or brushing past you 'cause of too many people' around is something that makes every woman uncomfortable, or at least it should. And what do we women do? We move up front in that bush, we write off the asshole as also being squashed and having no option, we try and look away when people are staring, we half run when being eve teased. Too many men get away with harassment and it is not right. I admire women who make a noise and get men who mess with them into trouble. I am the kind who would go and stand ahead in the bus, or someone who will say 'what are you looking at' mildly instead of saying 'I'll poke your eyes out *******'.
I do think the first step is to call all this crap sexual harassment and to put more men behind bars.
Of course the bigger issue if of a bully and people who can't stand up to one. Being vulnerable isn't the best position to be in, and I think we shouldn't make the mistake with our children that our parents made with us. We must realise that standing up and shouting loud is the right think to do, knowing full well that we might be in a little more trouble than we otherwise would have been, if we ran away, but that at the end of the day we won't be ashamed of how we reacted....
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Hate Meetings
Most meetings are only a waste of time...
We actually had a meeting about - having future meeting....can it get any more pathetic?
We actually had a meeting about - having future meeting....can it get any more pathetic?
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Have you lived in Second Life?
Was wondering what it would be like to be a citizen of Second Life.
Didn't do much research but membership if free - I thought it was like an invite thing.
Maybe I'll be a second lifer soon - but knowing me I'll be bored of it soon...
Didn't do much research but membership if free - I thought it was like an invite thing.
Maybe I'll be a second lifer soon - but knowing me I'll be bored of it soon...
If I were Abhishek, I would never have made the mistake of acting in D2...
Hritik was oh sooooo totally MIND BLOWING in Dhoom2.
Whether it be his look, his scenes, his stunts, his acting - it was all perfect (Also all his muscles - totally perfect).
Whether it be his look, his scenes, his stunts, his acting - it was all perfect (Also all his muscles - totally perfect).
Sunday, December 10, 2006
A Good Years - Swades' inspiration?...
I caught A Good Year (the movie- there is also a novel) with a friend who bought to my notice Swades shared a lot of similarities with this movie. And the more I think about it, the more its true. While Swades might be wound round the protagonists whole Indianess and A Good Year talks more about the protagonists life as a boy, the base story for both seems to be the same. Maybe this kind of story is very common but here the similarities pretty strong.
Only Ashitosh Gaikwad would be able to tell us if he wrote his movie after he read 'A Good Year'.
Only Ashitosh Gaikwad would be able to tell us if he wrote his movie after he read 'A Good Year'.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Too many colours...
Well for once I am posting something on this blog that hasn't been my msn nickname.
Anyway I apologize if you see too many different colours for links on the blog. Was trying to change the template and play around with stuff but since I dont know html or any design coding, things didn't go as planned hehe.
Anyway I apologize if you see too many different colours for links on the blog. Was trying to change the template and play around with stuff but since I dont know html or any design coding, things didn't go as planned hehe.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Stop Shouting
Well the incident is a few days old so my anger of that moment has long since ebbed.
But it make me realise that humans are horrible at dealing with their emotions.
We can hardly control our anger and fear. We don't know what to do with our euphoria and misery. All our positive energies get wasted on unless things and all our negative energies just spread and contaminate everything around us.
Well also I was getting yelled at by my mom, who believes I am not responsible enough. I wont totally disagree with that because she isn't totally wrong, but the problem with her approach was that, she thinks it will help when it wont. I am 23 but I get treated as if I were 2 or 3.
Also this nick has significance because I use to yell and scream a lot. I have a very bad temper and a very 'harsh' way of expressing it....but I don't shout anymore. I don't know how come. I guess I am either too tired, too pre-occupied or just more tolerant. And sometimes it even make me smile to think about how easily I might have 'blown up' but how quickly the feeling to lash out, actually disappeared...
It's strange.
But it make me realise that humans are horrible at dealing with their emotions.
We can hardly control our anger and fear. We don't know what to do with our euphoria and misery. All our positive energies get wasted on unless things and all our negative energies just spread and contaminate everything around us.
Well also I was getting yelled at by my mom, who believes I am not responsible enough. I wont totally disagree with that because she isn't totally wrong, but the problem with her approach was that, she thinks it will help when it wont. I am 23 but I get treated as if I were 2 or 3.
Also this nick has significance because I use to yell and scream a lot. I have a very bad temper and a very 'harsh' way of expressing it....but I don't shout anymore. I don't know how come. I guess I am either too tired, too pre-occupied or just more tolerant. And sometimes it even make me smile to think about how easily I might have 'blown up' but how quickly the feeling to lash out, actually disappeared...
It's strange.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Transit
Saw this interesting movie on VH1 called Transit. Now it was nothing earth shattering but it does a great job of showing you how easy it is for AIDS to spread. And also what kind of pre-concieved notions we have about the disease.
If I write a review - I'll put down the link here.
If I write a review - I'll put down the link here.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Stay Smart - Stay Safe
World AIDS Day today.
Someone once asked me about what the scariest thing would be for mankind. I thought of Dooms Day scenarios - of meteors hitting the earth, of global warming melting ice caps and submerging all land, of world war 3 with nuclear weapons, etc etc.
A few years ago I thought up the worst scenario possible. Imagine AIDS spreading via mosquito bites. Better still imagine AIDS becoming an air borne disease. The reason this scenario is the worst possible is because it is the most realistic and also the soonest possible occurrence. I mean how long does it take for a virus to mutate? A few years? A few decades?
While researchers are hard at work trying to find a cure, we people are being stupid and spreading the HIV virus very rapidly. I am sure that within a decade there will be a medical cure - one that will kill the virus or even maybe immunize us, not one that will only help us live a little longer. But the reality of today is that millions of people are dying because of AIDS, millions are suffering everyday and millions are catching the disease every year.
3 things make me not only question how foolish we are but also make me upset.
1) We could be destroying a cure to this by cutting down the Amazon forest the way we are.
2) Maybe if we were more open as a nation, India wouldn't be facing the 'crisis' it is facing today. We need to talk about AIDS, we need to see that our kids are educated about it.
3) AIDS is neither a truck drivers disease only nor a disease only of a super rich girl who acts like a slut. It can happen to anyone.
Someone once asked me about what the scariest thing would be for mankind. I thought of Dooms Day scenarios - of meteors hitting the earth, of global warming melting ice caps and submerging all land, of world war 3 with nuclear weapons, etc etc.
A few years ago I thought up the worst scenario possible. Imagine AIDS spreading via mosquito bites. Better still imagine AIDS becoming an air borne disease. The reason this scenario is the worst possible is because it is the most realistic and also the soonest possible occurrence. I mean how long does it take for a virus to mutate? A few years? A few decades?
While researchers are hard at work trying to find a cure, we people are being stupid and spreading the HIV virus very rapidly. I am sure that within a decade there will be a medical cure - one that will kill the virus or even maybe immunize us, not one that will only help us live a little longer. But the reality of today is that millions of people are dying because of AIDS, millions are suffering everyday and millions are catching the disease every year.
3 things make me not only question how foolish we are but also make me upset.
1) We could be destroying a cure to this by cutting down the Amazon forest the way we are.
2) Maybe if we were more open as a nation, India wouldn't be facing the 'crisis' it is facing today. We need to talk about AIDS, we need to see that our kids are educated about it.
3) AIDS is neither a truck drivers disease only nor a disease only of a super rich girl who acts like a slut. It can happen to anyone.
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