When I come back like Jordan wearing the 45......

Ever had to go through your thoughts?
some thing so intense, even you dont know
whats going on in there, is it just a dilemma,
or a question, questioning yourself

A cry, a wail, a whimper that makes you scream
all you want is your brain to go numb
to think that you dont ever want to think
these games they play with you

Caught in a fog, a war on both sides,
you are just a spectator,
your white's just plain useless
Its their war, what makes you stand in it?

Their wars, their claims, their bullets,
blowing you to smithereens,
and yet your feet deep in the muck.
while the thoughts keep shooting out.

Went searching for the bible quote

Vincent: And you know what they call a... a... a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
Jules: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese?
Vincent: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the fcuk a Quarter Pounder is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: They call it a Royale with cheese.
Jules: A Royale with cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?
Vincent: Well, a Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it le Big-Mac.
Jules: Le Big-Mac. Ha ha ha ha. What do they call a Whopper?
Vincent: I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King.

*Quote from the classic "Pulp Fiction"

yahoo mail beta

the new yahoo beta .... its coool

brit music

I dont know wats with brit music n me....
was in 6th when i heard I want to break free....
was in 9th when i heard I dont need no education
was in 11th when i heard that 666 was the number of the beast
my brother decided that its time he goes west
and when I needed to dance Id be screaming smack my bitch up
some love here and there brought me onto the streets that have no name
at the end of the streets was the wonderwall
.. ahhh what the heck .... seems like all music i like is british ..or UKish .. dunno why /:)

u2
iron maidens
led zep
def leppard
ozzy
pink floyd
black sabbath
oasis
coldplay
stereophonics
prodigy
chemical brothers
now yesterday i heard franz ferdinand .. and i had to say to myself this is a brit band
and a few weeks back since ive been onto beatles !!!!
ah u know what .. i think i need to make an american band list to see how many american bands i like?

Things I wish I could get on the road here
� shailen

the task begins

the focus of my life for the next two months will revolve around two things.
my project and its report.

thought the snow will help me want to move out of here quickly. instead its holding me back .. making me want to do things like snowboarding.
the next day of my defense i plan to enjoy completely on the slopes of mount ripley having fun snowboarding.

Damn you Hitchcock!!!

So Im working and decide to listen to some music. iTunes got me sharing music from others on the school net. Saw some fabulous collections of classical music.

Next you know Im listening to symphony 9 in B minor .....

Now oblivious to the music I start working .... and suddenly I feel scared so i look up and theres nothing. A few minutes down the line I get the same feeling again I look up .. to find no one as expected.

Thats when I realized I have watched a bit too murder mysteries and horror movies with classical songs for the climax !!!

I was actually getting that feeling from the music ...

Do I blame the music? or the director for his choice of music for the scene ????

Anyways I just wont be able to appreciate the intensity of the 4th chord in the 6th symphony in C sharp.

A dirty PT cruiser and French Vanilla

So I finally got to drive in the snow .... yay .. and whoaaaa ... last year greenville never had snow n the year before i didnt have money to drive a car :P

Passing is a strict risk you need to take only when u get bored of wiping all the snow off ur screen..

The french vanilla was warm throughout the drive and even refilled at a couple of stations ..... 5 hours in the UP where the speeds max only to 55 :( ... but luckily no cops .. so .. :D

Had a weekend with family downstate ... had some fun and some rest .. back to work now. :)

Wish I was at State ... could have supported the spartans without the guilt of having a stupid team.... but hey ... on the bright side ... they lost !!! :P hehehe

*wondering wat huskies are good at* ... hmmm .... losing home games :D

Its like getting hot!

So this weeks physics lab invovled getting the students on a platform that rotated.
As the students brought their initially stretched out arms closer to themselves their speed of rotation increased. Nice fun lab.

Even I enjoyed this trippy spin during lab reviews.

Enter IC... a student (18)... who finished his lab 25 mins in hand...
"eh? do you mind if i have an extra spin at it?"...
me:"sure go on !!"
IC:trips on a spin .. LAO ... and then .. "Dude this is like getting hot!!"
me:ROTFLLAO !!
IC:"not that i know of it !!"
me:still ROTFL....

So... Conclusion of lab. Physics is like getting hot.

Memento

Saw this movie this week ... Wasnt aware of such a masterpeice.....

Leonard thinking while he is running in a parking lot
"Ok! So where am I running ?"
Leonard sees this guy in black running as well. and thinks
"Ah ! Im chasing that guy!"
Leonard runs towards Dodd the guy, Dodd shoots at Leonard
"Oh right ! Hes the one whos chasing me!"

* Leonard suffers from short term memory from a certain point in his life ... he has memories before this point but he cant hold onto anything thats been happening since then.

Chirkut

I got dragged into this thing called orkut by a friend of mine, a very good friend of mine...its like an obsolete version of facebook, for those who live in the latest technology.

and for those like me who got dragged into this ... its a website where a person creates his ID and gets in touch with his pals through their IDs, kinda like IMs on website .. and u can jump from your home to others and send scraps and stuff..

Its really nice .. you like it till u get in touch with all the people in the world... You see even the theory of "Six degrees of separation" really works in this orkut thing.... i got lots of friend's friends who are friends of some other friends of some other friend of mine ... so in all we look at each other on this site and yay to each other ....

I even realised I could be a friends friends friends friend who might be the relative of mahatma gandhis sons wife's sister's brother in law... and i yay again...

At greenville in the evenings we would use orkut to while away time and anyone found on orkut would be termed chirkut .. as in the movies .. the bollywood ones... where the smartass roadie hero would come and "wassup" the sidekick by saying "aye chirkut kya dekhrela hai"

Today I took orkut really seriously and turned my ID into Veejay Dinanath Chauhan! Haayin!

Yay ! Chirkut !

Elevator Raves

My school recently had a bunch of students so bored that they plugged in their laptops and a storbe light in the elevators during non office hours and kept on dancing all the night, as the elevator rode up and down bringing helping grad students reach their labs and offices to and fro.
They called it Elevator Raves or summat like that.

They had an argument to it too....

It saves energy as they arent at their individual rooms consuming their own power
It brightens the moods of stressed out grad students
Its a cool place where the cops wont show up to keep it low.

If only I had time like that.... I would have definitely gone to the gym daily....

damn it guys

Ive had a couple of innocent pals who wudnt know what they r doing and just install stuff on the pc ......

my bro even thought the 100 different smilies were cool and he insisted i shud get em ...
not that i blame the smilies for it .. but soon enough my bros pc crashed ..

I hate a pc crash .. like any other person does ...

and I hate to wait for ages till the window is switched over ...
guys .. we dont need to crash all pcs .....weve got one down and now everyones workin on the other one in the office .. which now plays songs in packets of 5 seconds at a frequency of 1.5 packets per minute.

For all Friends Fan

Their Apartments were here

Real Vibrant colors here...
� shailen

I have a Wallpaper in my Window

I know I know everyone has .... but everyone has a wallpaper in windows Here Im talking bout my window.

The bright orangish yellowish 5 pointed leaves that look into my face while I type this really make it worth staying up here in houghton,MI. Some may say whats so special bout the fall in Houghton? or Houghton? well for one.. I experienced my First Fall in Houghton.

My complete 5ft by 7ft glass window is covered by a tree thats brighter than govindas brightest shirt. And it even lets me look beyond to the other trees that are a mix of green yellow orange and red.

I remember a girl had once enquired about my university as she wanted to enroll here. She never even applied to this univ after my reply started like this: " If you ever want to create your own wallpapers for your desktop, pack your camera and apply to this university..."

This is Houghton. This is where it all begin at for me.......

The only thing....

No Armani suits
No Gucci boots

The only thing I want
The only thing I need
The only thing I choose
The only thing that looks good on me .....

is you.

the week that was

IIPM contrevarsy .. galore.... they ought to be taught a lesson there.
an 8 hour meeting with the advisor...
less fights more love over the calls
a wakening to the hip hop liking of music
the end of ipod u2.
beautiful mornings as i sipped my rich in taste french vanilla coffee in the mug and the morning chill making the vapours around the mug as i stand on the balcony
kinda rough mornings when i had to get up at 6 to reach the gym a new begining
a strong desire to purchase 295 $ per 2 tickets to the U2 concert
a potluck to celebrate dassera ...
a weekend spent playing age of empires on the lan with my roomie.
a weekend which didnt give me any break so far

Cat chase mouse

I did it again ...
proved I can goof up simple things like signing up on time .....

had an offer of signing up for a campus interview with a great company ....
what do i have to do for the job? graduate out in time.

what do I have to do to graduate out in time? work on my project.

So on a darned friday evening basically the whole night... i slog out with my advisor till right now .. ( 3:32 am) forgetting all about the sign up that was scheduled to start at 12 am not that i had forgotten but I cudnt ask my advisor hey hold on while I do this ..

And here I am just about to think what a nice day this was when i see all the interview slots full........

Fate you play the sickest jokes on me....

thanks.

*Updated: Have got an interview lined up and I wasnt the only one who missed out... They had offered an interview to more number of students than the slots available .. that was the issue.
No fate business here.
Thanks .

St Pauls Cathedral

© SM n SC

Now its really a collectors Item and im sore

This is freaking Cool as well .. but nothing like the U2
Before I can save enough for it......
they stopped selling Ipod U2....

Taklya !!!

You have room mates and you have room mates!!!
One such person whos tolerated the agony of being my room mate for more than half a year is taklya (Marathi for bald headed guy)....

A swimmer, blogger, dummy guitarist, wtf***er, puneite, perenially sleepy, lazier than his ass, weirdo.

thats how id put him.

now i know you might be thinking wats with the wtf****er... well

Taklyas first day in houghton. just landed after a 28 hour flight from india. reaches home and demands food. seems nwa gave him their best service too. so he was hungry ...
we all get to cooking something... naa naa dont get wrong ideas about us being nice hearted people. it was around dinner time and we need some grub too..
so while we prepare taklya dozes off on the couch.

foods ready .. taklyas still dozing .. so someone thoughtfully decides to wake him up ...

guy:"hey wake up your foods ready"
sleepy dopey taklya startled all of a sudden: WTF.

I know its not humorous when you read it .. its more like sienfeld where you gotto see it to get it... "not that theres anything wrong with it" types.......

oh yeah you may wonder why taklya ... yeah .. the lazy ass gets bored of cutting hair every other time and just gets a bald cut .. since then .. taklya...

oh yeah .. y you wonder this post on taklya ...

the guys decided his future and is going back to his hometown to work with his dad. and to get married.

all the best dude... have a great life.... dont forget me i might need a job sometime ;) .. afterall we cant be so goddamn lucky to remain students for our whole lives.....

PS taklya ... dont get offended but now that you wont be meeting me for some time .. you wont get a chance to kick my ass :P hehehehe .. enjoy dude.

May they get the strength to fight these tears.

I didnt want to post anything regarding this, but couldnt resist feeling for these two and many of their like who are suffering from something that cant be controlled. Hopefully at least the governments would not intensify their sufferings any more and learn to live in peace.

Linux

My Mathlabs have linux machines installed in it. I dont know if they tweaked it a lot to get what it is right now. it just looks like a marriage between a SunOS and a MacOS. But I am really enjoying this. Feels a whole lot better than the usual xp.

Also am just in love with firefox. the tools Themes, tools Extensions are way too cool.

hehe got the itunes theme for my firefox right now and also got meself the pdf extension.

although im not quite sure if i had to install linux on my pc if i could use all the peripherals on my pc like the BT, or wireless out of box options or even the quickplay for that matter.

and of course the religious every morning visit to the ipods site just wants to make me buy one ..... have to look at the pros and cons...
next post pros cons of the ipod.

now some mallu !!!

ദെഅര് മൊസ്ത് സീന
നി സുന്ദരി ആന്
നി പൂവ്
നിന്നെ മരക്കന് വൈയ
നി എന്ദെ പ്രാനന് ആന്
നാന് നിന്നെ സ്നെഹ്യു കിന്നെ
കെത്തി പീദിചു
നാന് തരുമ് വലരെ അധികമ് സ്നെഹ്യു കിന്നെ എന്ദെ പ്രാനന് ആന്.

ഥത്സ് അബൌത് ഇത് !
നി സ്രദ്ധിഖു
നന് നന്നി
പൊയിവരാമ്


Hopefully this works for those who cant get the font

Flightplan

So I jsut read this news bout the flight attendants union worldwide creating a furor about a movie that puts them in bad light.....
heck... wats the big deal people???
they state: " we've suffered enough though 9/11 and dont want to be at the recieving end of customer spite in flight"

heres my take on it :
ever wondered bout the 1000's of muslims and followers of islam whove been at the recieving end?
ever heard about the police and FBI union complaining about them being at that end?
Ever heard the president of America complain something like that????
or maybe army?
or maybe lawyers?
or maybe computer programmers?

what makes u guys so special ?????

oh heck .. if anyones ever travelled northwest .. you might want to make a movie on how northwest is ripping you off in the biggest scam of the world .. charge exorbitantly for the tickets .... specially in regions where it has monopoly .. provide no service at all .. pretty soon I can even imagine the ol hag of a hostess coming and saying .. how bout sharing your pretzels with your neighbour?.... and all that .. and at the end the company files for bankruptcy .. haha you must be joking me ...

माय फ़िर्स्ट लाइन्स इन मराठी.

हे काय चालु आहे. धिस इज़ अव्सोम. म्हण्जे सहिच एक्दम बघा की. माय फ़िर्स्ट लाइन्स इन मराठी. धिस रोक्स!!!

One - U2

I have wronged a many times ...
I have hurt you often times
The unseen tears have touched my skin
The muffled snif is heard again

Apologies n excuses ..
have always been on my side ..
and now i just hate my side
and the cry thats behind your smile

How can I promise a pleasant future
when the past and today is mired
I seek to correct it .. and i harm it ..
one love...one life .. and we get to share it..

i need to make this work out
I hate to ask for it ... and yet i need to
for ur smile .. and tears of joy ..
are all i ever want of you!

foood

I got my U2 collection back.:D
Me and 2 other pals drove 20 miles each way to eat a burger. Spicy Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich at BKs.

Reminded us of Harold and Kumar something to White Castle......

but im in the mood for some sleep ..

gnite cruel world !!! 40 freaking miles for a burger u crave !!!
u think thats difficult? well heck ... its 300 freaking miles for an Indian restaurant !!!!

Plans !!! get me more Plans!!!!

I need a new plan !!!
Not just a plan ... an amazing plan !!
Im going to offer Tmobile this plan ...

I want 600 mins free nights and weekends and free incoming anytime... only US national roaming...im ready to pay 70 for that

I want 2000 mins free nights and weekends US national roaming ..
im ready to pay 70 for that

I want free worldwide unlimited calls
I am willing to pay 200 for that !!!!

or else ill just sulk and convince my ma to use yahoo voice for free !! :D

Of face implants and Bollywood

Just read this and was thinking ... whaaa ... India is always a step ahead ... and hey the Indians dont even mind much to the ethical implications of the whole scenario !!!

Rishi Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon .. Yeh wada Raha
Chunkey Pandey, Govinda and Shakti Kapoor ... Aaankhen
Kkusum .. changing faces 3 times !!!
and a lot of other serials .... stating
"From this episode onwards the character of Whatchamacallhim played by thepriceyolbitch will be replaced by thenewcheapstar Viewers please note"

We rock !!!

On a serious note ... heck .. real spooky .....face recognition really means a lot to mankind .... imagine having a face implant and facing the family of the deceased.... that sucks.

Russel Peter and the Mandarin experiment

A couple of weeks back I happen to see this stand up canadian of Indian origins do a great stand up comedy about racialism and races. So he thinks a chinese mans name sounds just like a chinese soup, I felt a bit disgusted there and still I laughed off until today.

There I was taking Lab practicals for a bunch of freshmens and they happen to group up as 3 oriental students and this one really unlucky american bloke [ ;) ] named Jug. The poor guy had no idea what the hell was going on in the lab. So he decided to take the lead and start talking to all these guys until he realised they really cant even speak english. The south asian community has a product we as indians will never need. They extensively use a language converter that converts what they want to say into Bookish and most likely ancient English. Now Indians on the other hand know of the Dons dialogue when they get cornerred by any species::::"I can talk english, I can walk English, eenglis is a bery phunny language....."

So back to the lab and these kids are working on the experiment, only the oreintals really dont have a clue what they are doing as its all in English. Jug who on the other hand is a typical american freshman with the "Dude I think this thing can slam off into space like uhh kapowww.. n whack....oops" type of an attitude tries to think his experiment is working out real fine till we tell him he's disastrous. Thats when he sees the birds dancing around his eyes.

So while the orientals wrap up the experiment about constant accelaration with words like slop n placid, Jug sits and tries to figure out the experiment.

At the end its just me him n the other TA.. n I tell him .. well part of it is to get you guys working as a team ... n Jugs reply to it is .. well we were a team .. the three of them n I , the only one who didnt know mandarin. And did you see this other dude who probably chatted with his friends on that computer thing of his ???(*sic converter).

Im in the mood for some music

And its the romantic sissy types ....

The whole album
Rehna hai Terre Dil mai
n
Saathiya
n
Alaiypaiyuthe

the music is really coool .....

Oh hey ...
Happy Onam !!!

question

What do you want to be?

Have you ever been asked this question?

I want to be a person who lives my life ... my way...

How many times have you heard THAT answer?

sup

Been waitin to write bout my India trip.

Day 1:

I had to have the the guts of taking a trip where i change for 4 flights in 28 hours, not that I lived in the antartic but still Northwest believes in giving its passenger the most. So all the excitement , joy, emotions, sentiments, feelings anything else that I was supposed to have while touching base after 2 years just happened to be overridden by something of a constipation uneasiness and tired feeling. With just the feeling of getting over with the travel I land up enter immigrations and am the first one to get my bags!! Yippeee!!!

As soon as I walk out I see the faces of a thousand people. I might have to organize like a woodstock sorts festival in houghton to see 1/10th of the crowd that I got to see at the gates. I so loved being back home.

Its this odd feeling of being on the other side, where you come out, n there are people with anxious eyes waiting to meet the loved, missed one. I happen to spot my pal mojo in all the crowd, a yell "Aunty hes out" and Im looking in the direction of the yell and zero on those eyes with pearls. tears of joy and a hug that I just freak out on. My ma. Then follow in all my pals who had been eyein the chicks so far. Get some helping hand n my bags are in the car. Off we go home.

whats the story

morning glory.

its 3 50 in the night and I am wondering to myself.

websites recently searched.
citeseer.com
priceline.com
dell.com

one was for the research papers.
one for airline tickets
and one for old times sakes.

Recently:

Recently I left home again! how could I be so stupid.
Recently I met my old friends and had some great laughs.
Recently I made some new friends and had some beer
Recently my friends just popped in and ima watch a movie.

The Grind

Two months of vacation.. once in a lifetime.

After a grilling first week. Michigan Tech embraces me.

I need to get out of this place as soon as possible, Not that I hate it. It seems to bring back the bad phases in my life. The speparation from family, the agony of watching others being opportunists and the irony of a student wanting to get out but the univ not letting him off.

Sometimes I wonder how lucky the "pandu" at the signal near "teen hath naka" must be. He gets to eat his favorite pan, he gets to be with his family and in dire conditions all he does is blow his whistle.

But as a wise cow once said the grass is always sweeter on the other side.....

Its been a demanding week, But now I can brave up and say Bring it on!!!

Houghton, MI

The past two months have been really a dream. Kind of odd to say that being back at home is now a dream like treat.

But the last two months mean a whole lot to me.
The occassion for which I was rehearsing since the last 4 years, came by, and I didnt have to say anything that I had rehearsed. I guess such issues really dont need a great speech but just trust.

GSP-DTW-MSP-AMS-BOM
BOM-LHR
LHR-BOM
BOM-AMS-MSP-CMX

my story in the last two months. I hated to guts the last two trips.

Life continues.
Reality brings on a new semester and Im back at Michighan Tech in the great UP.

back

Been some while.

Fly BA!

Dont ever think to yourself 12 days would be fine enough.

But dont forget to thank god you got 12 days.

People can be jealous. People can be supportive. Ignore the jealous shove it up their A$#. and appreciate the supportive.

the day has finally arrived. 

= 2 x 2 x 2
A cube.
= 2 x 4
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...
A Fibonacci number.
Eight pints make a gallon.
Eight is the third number that stays the same when written upside down.
There are eight legs on a spider, barring accidents. Scorpions also have eight legs.
An eight is a racing boat with eight oars. Its crew is also called an eight. There are eight people in a tug-of-war team.
Some large car engines have eight cylinders.
According to Indian mythology, the Earth is supported on the backs of eight white elephants.
Before the rise of Christianity, there were eight days in the Greek and Roman weeks.
 

this is where home is
the streets and the people
not a time to cry this
cos it aint no fable

its true and it hurts
you feel it and it soothes
the pain the sorrow
the joy tommorrow


blades of grass
swish in the wind  

Music

Just a few days back I realized a big difference in the way people look at things.
Music for some is for the sheer pleasure of the instruments and for others the underlying meaning in the lyrics.

After a long long search (i was searching the wrong sites)I got to see chemical brothers - star guitar video.

its a masterpeice, THE MASTERPEICE rather. not appreciated by many I know.

You can feel the beats and you can even see the beats. The song is tailored in such a way that every beat every sound is associated with a landscape, a panaromic view through the window of a train. Every time the beat is heard the vision associated with the beat would come as if you see it through the window of a moving train.

Its the ultimate driving song. going up and down the flyovers between thane and kings circle (the ride becomes city after that) Its just tempting.

25 days.

before the zen beats to the full volume of music that pioneer of a deck can come with!!!

my cake ! got it right on the face

i just ordered for it and i got it .. talk about quick delivery!

PS: Thanks SM

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you
Now you got someone to blame

You say
One love
One life
When it’s one need
In the night
It’s one love
We get to share it
It leaves you baby
If you don’t care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without

Well it’s too late
Tonight
To drag tha past out
Into the light
We’re one
But we’re not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come tor raise the dead
Havew you come here to play jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it’s all I got
We’re one
But we’re not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can’t be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should

One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers

One life
But we’re not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other

One 

The Wonder Years contd.. Engineering!

My engineering years were kinda weird. In the first year, all the profs thought me n my other two friends sat on the first benches cause we preferred to. What they didn’t realize was we never sat on the first benches for profs who would close the doors. The neighboring class had a bunch of pretty girls sitting on the first bench. Hadn’t completely come out of my crazy age till then. I remember picking up a fight with a senior because he came to sell his books to us and I replied coldly while eating Mummy ghar pe nahi hai baadme aana.

In my second year, the first two weeks of class were bunked and I was with my friends of the first year. You see we were grouped name wise in first year n then according to the branch the year after. So the third week of the class when I enter, I heard a couple of people talking bout me. It figures I was the top scorer of the class for the first year. All my life I wanted that and when I got that I avoided it. I laid low in all my classes, in fact bunked almost all which weren’t strict with attendance and those with attendance had me sitting in a place where no prof would look or expect any trouble or answers from.

Made a few friends in my branch class. Stuck to the few. Helped them in assignments got help from them. In fact by third and final year me n jc worked as a team he would get assignments n experiments 1234 n I would get 5678 id finish mine he, his, and then the exchange between us and so on. This was so great. In second year for some reasons I didn’t fare well. Well the subjects were a bit tough, the papers difficult, no proper direction, no notes and last I thought Id do it easily, yeah I get a lot of scoff from ma for that even now. But that’s that.

I know I must’ve said this like a 1000 times but its true all my mechanical classmates thought so and so did my profs. One of the profs comes up and speaks. You were never a part of mechanical all 4 years. I say yeah and lay low again.
There’s one more reason why I laid low in class. In my second year a bunch of crazy friends decided that the opinion poll thing was really safe and that we should complain about the profs who took classes outside. Guess what happened? Those opinion polls were removed from the poll and the handwriting compared with all the journals that had been submitted. This just knocked me out. I was so definitely sure I was going to flunk the exams. For some reasons those same crazy ass friends were found in that same professors class in the year that followed. I couldn’t and I didn’t want to do that. So I just laid low until the professor came to teach us again in final year. Was my nightmare year again. But thinking that the story had been two years back and that life would be fine I breezed through 4th year out in the crazy world.

hhhhhoomer

long time back me n my roommates didnt have a TV.I brought home a poster of the various stages in the life of HOMER SIMPSON.I was scoffed at. Was ridiculed at. And was even asked to put it up at a place where no one else will see it.

Then we got a TV. Evenings were spent watching TV. Simpsons was a regular between that 70 s show and friends.

Yesterday the same roomie of mine croons just like marge "hhhhhoooomer!!!"

I have simpsonized one ! And I will continue my good work!

I think Im free

With the paper done. The mail sent. And hopefully a GPA boost. I think Im done.

and oasis sings lyla !

tendencies

weird isnt it???
the grass is always greener on the other side ...
for everyone on this earth .. what he has .. is not important .. but what he sees others having .. is important.
Not that since I am realizing this eternal truth Im different.
the need to experience what others have or are experiencing.
the desire to have what others have or are in possession
the urge to do what others have done or are doing.
the temptations the indulgence... sigh...contention is what no one desires because no one else has it.
Contention is not an achievable state.

Id still like to order what the gentleman on the other table has... please. Thank you.

Wake up from dreams to live a nightmare.

I was dreaming
Reality came in the form of a wake up call at 6:12

End of day: I get in my bed and feel Deja vu. I so wanted the whole day to be just a nightmare.

"All the best for your future." is there anything wrong in this statement? Why dont people let me say it?
Apparently there is something wrong with it.

Up ye Maiden !

Today I found my old Iron Maiden CD.

Thought Id never be going back to this.

Beautiful Day

Lifes a bitch !
Loves a luxury !
and just when I want to forget it !
U2 plays .. its a beautiful day !

Im free today. are you?

hitchikers ultimate giude to the galaxy

:)
got the book to read !
me gonna have some crazy dreams now !

The wonder years :: The Engineering years

When I look back and look at my engineering years it was a gamut of emotions. Good bad drunk sober mischevious rebellious and what not. No wonder I look back at my engineering years as the wonder years of my life.
I know for one Jmans gonna hate me when I say that engineering years were the best of my life. But you see dude we ended being with the people we came across in engineering.

Day 1:
Typical New Bombay small suburb odd building Engg College!

Me shows up with whichever moron (not mojo for some reason) I know from my area whos got an admission in the same college to pay up our fees. I check this amazing female in red T and just cant help but check her out again. So the dude in me feels I should be checking out the red hot gal again. Thrid time I make it obvious me checking her out.

Half an hour later. Ah now if you thinking me a smart moves types .. ha ha brace yourself. Red hot chick turns out to be seniors. Red hot chick's whole group takes me n a couple of others to a small shady tapri for ragging. Me enjoying in the beginnig, cmon what with hot chicks playing with you !!! oh harlems !! well well all the hot chicks start gathering gets attention of all the bhais in the area.

My first day in college n im realizing engineerings got its own shares of bhais. WTF where am I? After getting some seriou shit for 4 straight hours I break down. Get all silent thinking this aint fun no more. The bhais leave. Im morose, the chicks realise my state. They come comfort me, give me a cup of tea n ask me to relax. Whoaaa .. I scored !!!!

Fascist Confounded Czars

ways to get your five min fame

Stink Factor : for 50 K you get to eat fish-shit shushi and maggot spawn
Marriage 911: yeah so you got screwed up marriage well bring it on tv
elimicopulate: promise da sleaze ull have him for da night n he makes u his date !

and the FCC bans prodigy -smack my bicth up! ......

dunno how but wheres for sure

ATL - CDG - BOM, BOM - CDG - ATL - CMX
GSP - EWR- BOM, BOM - EWR - MSP - CMX

GSP - ATL - MXP - BOM, BOM- MXP -MSP - CMX

Destination BOM
Return CMX ..

the end point of the journies fixed. the start point is a question.
Hate the return part. but life moves on.
Destination BOM .. soon in 2 months !
:)

Look back only to be aware of your past overtaking you. Be aware of what lies behind and even if it overtakes you, do it safely. Aucontraire .. look back 10 % but look in front 90 %. PS-- objects in mirror may be closer than they appear. 

Sarco King

Meet Sarco King
Fondly called as Sarco king by people who are very close to him. He has always made a point with a sarcastic reply.
As a kid he was the smartest (read cunning most) ass around. Would be silent and obedient, be the apple of everyones eyes. would never do any horrible or funny thing in front of people. Will never embarrass people. But when left alone will do all sorts of shararatein will fight his brother to death but still will love him the most. A father figure, A protector, one wise ass, Globe trotter, thinks he is a cool dude, is a cool dude, one hell of a bandha.

scene:
S SK and Ma watching movie. S not interested in movie observing an irritating mosquito. M sits on SKs cheek
Scene:
Saaaapppppaaaaakkkkk!!!!
SK: WHAT (TF was censored being home and small kids)
S: well there was a mosquito on ur cheek!
SK: SO U slap me ???? wheres the mosquito i didnt feel any?
S notices his aim was miserable and that M is still roamin free in the air
S rolls on the floor with laughter
SK: YOU .. U laffing??? What do u think u doing?
S: well i tried to kill a M but theres no proof of it .. so i can say i just slapped u.
Ma: laughing .. aayyyeee S that was not nice .. laughing again

S had a tough time smiling that day or rather holding the smile back ;)

20th april 1976: Welcome on board Ship of life SK!

this the bridge 

some things in life are just so cool. The bridge is in the greenville downtown park and the boat on a menu card of the chinese restaurant we had lunch at yday. 

trying to get the tricolor 

life at a standstill 

Lakshya?

Maria:"Mr. Stravros. I like you"
Me: ROTFL, Mistah sTraVross ah like you !!! can u beat that?
R: Italian ladies!!!

Sunday Evening: Papad, Michelob Ultra, Guns of Navrone.

sideways

Ha!! never thought Id actually come across a scene from sideways in real life

Location: Local Ingles Mall, Hendersonville,NC.

Characters:

A ( self confessed connosier ( i know i got that spelling wrong ) of wine)

R ( knows that wine from the year 2001 is the only he likes ......)

J ( doesnt like wine cos it makes his head dizzy so went and got beer)

S ( dont know much of wine .. but know i prefer wine which is sweet and like to eat cheese with my wine)

Cut to scene:

A: we said we wont have Merlot

R: is it 2001?

J: Michelob is better than coors light. Budwieser is not as great

S: did we try Pinot ( makin sound pee no )

weekend: time of friday when four wild indians raid the local mall for wines and go home cook some excellent chicken wings and chicken do pyaaza ...with rotis.

day after weekend: time to wash dishes.

the temptations

aaah got sunshine !!!

hmmmmm u guys should listen to this song .. my girl by temptations.

Pranksta

No wonder they called him a problem child in his family.
if you found anything broke at home, check on him he probably might know a thign or two. If you find something missing, check on him. If you smell something fishy, grill him.

Worst pranks this problem child ever played ...

letter to ma:
me bored of life. sick of it. leaving home.dont worry for me now im on my own.
p.s. out with mojo be back for dinner.

smartass prank 1:
empty valentines envelopes to all hot n slightly snobby gals in college.
"aww im sorry i cant.. but id take .. hmm .. hey .. wats this .. u @#$#!!!!! "

smartass prank 2:
hands clasped in front of gals "wanna get related to u gotchyou a gift"
hands had rakhi in it.

cutest prank:
when being reprimanded by teacher for something in jr. kg.:
to teacher: miss look a tiger !

Yours truly has had a deluge of people cuss at him for these. for some pranks I even regret I played em. But some like my ma who know me well .. aah well for them it was just another boring day.

oh by the way .. its in the family ... me learnt small pranks from my bro n cousins .. i was their guinea pig ;) :P
my pa was supposed to be one helluva prankster himself too !!!

doodle

Another day goes past me
Another life thrives to be
A smile a pleasure and peace
A rose with thorns at ease

Rainbows off the tears
Are hope for all our fears
The colors a pleasant view
All my joy is forever in you

Sunshine on the treetops
Blades of grass with dewdrops
Blue skies with flying doves
This day her love she shows

Ramblings of a guy whose 1000 words cant match the beauty of her smile.

movies over the weekend

Shark Tale (cool will smith yo !)
spiderman2
sideways
zeher

cant the indian guys ever do one movie without copying a hollywood movie
zeher is a scene to scene ripoff of out of time except for the songs.

-update-
Also had seen Sahara *ing Penelope Cruz.
PC fans ... take it easy .. not much for u guys there ..
but the movies typical Sea Diving Navy Seals Indiana jones meets national treasure and a hot doctor

hmmm

aah me just missing the streets of thane. My hometown.
the night rides on the bikes. the dhaba on the highway.
the booze at Rs place ( even when his parents slept in the other room)
the coffee at that place near the highway.
the silence in the small lanes at odd times when Id walk by.
the alleys I used to hide when we played hide n seek.
Never have i gone up the streets thinking Id not be walking them someday
This time when I go there (bout 74 days remaining) Id see to it I capture it all for me to reminisce about them.

I wanna run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
that hold me inside
I wanna reach out
and touch the flame
where the streets have no name
--u2

ICICI .. Im Cheated Im Cheated Indefinitely

if there was an oscars for the worst service .. all 5 nominees are ICICI

if I had to chose between ganguly and ICICI for best performance .. I chose ganguly.

THE WORST service ever!

they argue back with me for their fault !!

they give lame excuses that blame their own company for all reasons

they forget to work on things after the call is over.

they are so incompetent that their competitor will just win by opening shop.

they give back replies that try to ridicule the customer!!

( I dont know the geography of bombay!!! -- a classic by a snobbish bitchy icici sales rep gal) she didnt know the geography of bangalore(place where she stayed) either....

my one comment to ICICI

you suck!!!

Jayan just started his career with ICICI .. hahah .. he likes challenges!!!

I request all of you to transfer to something sensible and professional.

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they even made me crib on my blog !!! YOU SUCK BIG TIME

Bhai Bhabhi n the 12 friends.

My brother recently celebrated the anniversary of the day he got engaged to my bhabhi.
Now its not surprising that engagements are a big event in India. So for my brothers engagements my bhabhis family wanted just to be with close family. The event was supposed to be only for the real close people of the couple. As it was just a family thing I wasn’t allowed to call my friends. In a typical shailenesque silent suppression of rage I just didn’t mention to any of my friends that my bro is getting engaged. Of course the party for the night was granted to me by my bro (sponsored daru was always a big thing you see) but not the engagement ceremony. Finally on the last but one day I was allowed to call my friends. Just a bunch of 12 old time school friends who are the worst lot when it comes to behaving. So anyways it’s a Friday night I couldn’t catch hold of everyone but still I managed to leave a message at everyone’s home. The next day evening we all end up at the place where the engagements supposed to take place. I had specifically mentioned these jokers the time for the ring exchange program. Only about 20 mins were remaining when I decide to call one of them and see the status as to where they are. The calls go somewhat like this:

Call 1
Me: “hello aunty! D at home?”
Ay: “No he’s left for A’s place”
Me: “A’s ? Aunty they are supposed to be here its about time for the engagement!!”
Ay: “try A”

Call 2
Me: “A!!! WTF!! What are you doing home? Its friggin 7! Why arent you guys out yet??”
A: “You serious? We thought it was your April fools prank on us!”
Call terminated.

Oh yeah forgot to mention it was on 1st april.

Savings Shmavings!!! !@#$

Someone once mentioned the benefits of daylight savings. For some reasons I just enjoy daylight savings in the winters. But its payback time now…

Time has been pushed forward by one whole hour.
I tried sleeping at “12” yesterday that’s “11” day before yesterday. Yeah see that .. times become a relative concept now. What a farce! So anyways after trying hard to get my eyes to sleep as I have to wake up early (again same logic follows yesterday it was “6” but today its “7”)
Eventually I get my sleep at 1, but my bro still thinks its just about 12 so he calls me up and since we haven’t spoken for ages I chat up till the time his card worked.

To beat the system I finally devised my own new technique… Sleep in the shower, its easy! Here’s how…
As soon as you wake up rush to the bathroom. Of course grab hold o ya towel, don’t look straight at any source of light or in the mirror. The mirror part is important cos if your mind sees you and understands the body is awake then it becomes difficult to get the nap.
Hit straight for the shower and don’t open your eyes till the time either someone knocks up the door or the water runs out of heat or a monster rips open your curtains.

I know its not a completely fool proof technique but it sure as hell defies the meaning of waking up.

songs im gonna listen while i sleep off

bahbi - shinda
piya bavari - abhijit pohankar
fanaa- ar rahman
punjab - karunesh
nuvvu nuvvu - devi sri prasad n i think bombay jayshree ( cool name that though !!!)
aankhon ke saagar - Fuzon
dont give up - chicane
stand by me - ben e king

that should help me keep off wanting to blast a gun up rohans nose !!!

the wanderer wins the battle reaches home to find a snorer

the week that was ...
had one job to finish off at work
had a midterm exam at the distance course i am taking ...
two nights at a stretch my bed saw the better of me only for 2 hours.
lunches have been sacrificed for the sake of calorie count n time count ..
n now .. at the end of the week the jobs done the test has concluded
now had to switch on the pc as rohan is snoring n i need to listen to music .. my players in the other room where jitus got guests over ;)
just a fluke tried some wirless n now im pirating on someones highway of data.
hahaah .. wat a week ..
oh by the way
countdown
81 days
still no ticket so tentative countdown ...

Countdown

86 days !

my anthems

Humey tumse pyar kitna -- Jhankaar beats (the originals a sad one this one adds passion)

U2- Walk on (all time mood maker song)

Oasis - Wonderwall ( I know honey why you dont get this song. But id still sing it for you)

U2- with or without you (like the guitar start too it )

Iron Maiden - The Number of the beast (everything thats the dark side of this moon)

Pearl Jam - Alive (never fails to give me a pain in the neck)

Coldplay - Yellow and The scientist ( got the cool feeling)

Steareophonics - Maybe Tomorrow (the happy go lucky procrastinator in me just loves this song)

Pearl Jam- Black ( remember the time i hummed to this and anu told you why Im hooked on to it)

Iron Maiden - Trooper (You take my life And I takes yours too)

Safri Duo - Baya Baya (ultimate song to play full volume on the drive)

lots more .. will name them later...

This is what I would have been doing in India today:

From L-R Swpanil bal, Vignesh, Me, Salil, Amish, Mojo, Hippy

HCl

Got no brains
no ones willing to buy me
im just a human
with greed on my mind

u dont see my pain
u dont know its self inflicted
so come pity me
dont you enrage me

Im a human
with the beast in my mind
got feelings for u
so what if its just lust

now u refute me
you didnt even try me
but u didnt have to hate me
ur hates just gonna F#$k with u

im in pain
lemme share it with u
ull get ur hate
for i have no remorse

Im Human
im greeds C!%$sucker
at ur mercy im a leper
Im an HCl attacker

P.S. im a coward too
so ill pay someone a grand to do u

Rege Uncle

He was the iconoclast who destroyed all my beliefs that the elder people have a particular taste when it comes to movies.
But I guess hes just being true to his profession I guess.

Now who do you think Rege Uncle is ... well dont go overboard thinking he is someone related to the movies.

Rege Uncle is the guy who has referred movies like Prarambh ( dont even go look up which movie is that ) Insaan, Chehra, Wajah...

yeah !!!! we watched all those .. and my roomies are right now trying to dissect the intricacies of a movie called Insaan... im telling u my roomies are insane...
this cheapass movie has got tushaar kapoor and they are makin fun of how monkey like he looks when he delivers dialogues with emotions .. me personally think the director was asked to inculde tushaar kapoor in the movie at gunpoint.

the whole story has no connection what soever with tushaar kapoor. arrrgh .. im getting involved in the movie too..
damn you Rohan

move on

one life goes out
one life smiles
life moves on
moved on to a new place.
new set of people.
different set of chairs.
different attitudes.
but the same ol sunshine
same ol moon
same ol air
you got to move on.

Weekend Recipes:

Breakfast recipe:
Take an exit en-route to fill gas get coffee and some delicious “Krispy Kreme” Glazed Donuts.
Great Fun Recipe:
Take the tyres/tubes you see at juhu beach, add a rubber bottom to the tyre add two handles to the tyre and you have your tube ready. Now take a mountain, put a conveyor belt on it to reach the top easily , maintain a cool amount of snow on the mountain and let people slide down from the top to the bottom using the tubes. That’s the recipe for a great snow tubing adventure.
Great drive recipe:
Drive up the Smoky Mountain National Park and as the breath taking drive starts going up the mountains stop at all the scenic spots to take photographs of a snow caped mountains in the background.
More Fun Recipe:
As you reach the top of great smoky mountains you are welcomed with a great view of snow caped mountains. But you should take advantage of the snow and start snowballing your roommate and tackle him down in the snow. Then start making a new friend by building him. Snowman building time.
Great Lunch Recipe:
Enter a city Gatlinburg, surrounded by the mountains on all side. Walk up the streets of this tourist spot. Enter an Italian restaurant and have some smoked chicken hickory (which I doubt is Italian but hey! Great dish!!). To feel light after the lunch. Take a ride up the sky lift on top of a mountain (height makes you light ;) ) and enjoy the cool breeze and the city below you.
Extreme Fun Recipe:
Take a quick turn on a tourist attraction and skid your car in the dirt around (no I wasn’t driving) let the car go and hit the trash bin. Then park the car and hop into a helicopter and view the amazing land covered with mountains below you. Warning: to have fun all thoughts of Black Hawk Down must be blocked. Enjoy the loud roar of the helicopter as you climb in it and the lift off makes you feel more light.

Monday Recipe:
Wish Monday was a holiday so you could rest and do all the work you had to on you weekend.

some song

nadia
this bhai sahab lost his gal nadia .. he makes a song ...
its making the rounds in fwds .. so u ll get to hear soon ..
but still !!

PS im not all that happy as i was two days back .. but still im happy !!!

i feel good

I geniunely feel good !!!

Have a fantastic day guys !!!

i feel good

I geniunely feel good !!!

Have a fantastic day guys !!!

30 day

me: man whoever thot of arranging the 12 months on the knuckles!!!
jitu: yeah dont know .. but its according to the english calendar ... marathi calendar has 30 days
rohan: aye kuch bhi..... kalnirnay me kya jan me 30 days hi hotey hai !!

shailen:

I am tied by my own laws.
I am tied by myself
I have been here
and seen the sky above
I have tied myself
I dont want to set loose
My desires that know no bounds
My wishes that no one found
This life and the one after
give birth and deemed creators
I am tied by my own laws
I have to get you my son
Up in the sky I so cherished
I will guide myself
and I will win
if not in this life the one after
the one whos I will be the creator

Caaphi sir?

Every time some one has to go places or has to come back home he/she could always count on me and a couple of my pals. You see we liked to have coffee at so if theres a wait invovled theres a cuppa coffee involved. And India hasn’t yet been totally swarmed by the starbucks or the dunkin donuts yet thankfully because honestly no other coffee can beat the taste of the mysore/madras coffee or even the regular coffee machine coffee from India.

But not always was it for the coffee that we would go to drop someone or pick em up. It was also for the junta at the place. Ever been to the airport as a spectator. Its kind of fun to check out all the babes and the crowd that hangs around. Some Moms crying some, wives crying, some kids smiling some Dads with worried face, Some aunts hugging monty from UK and some tina from NJ smiling at her cousins and their friends wanting to date the amriki gal, some wives checking others lukkhas like us. Ok the last one never happened, how I wish, but rest of it all almost common emotions, new faces everytime commom emotions.

The last cuppa coffee that I enjoyed was 2 years back when I was at the airport makin my people cry and worried while me and friends were still checking out the crowd sipping coffee until I realised I had to check in. In about 4 months Ill try the piece de la resistance the coffee machine in India.

Barbershop

Really cool movie which inundates you with humor in every day life in a very realistic manner. Got some really funny no make that HILARIOUS moments and some excellent dialogue and dialogue delivery ... "my bad" or even "hook me up" also youll find a lot of quoted words in this post all inspired by the movie.

Unfortunately I have been able to visit barbershops which are more like the cost clippers or cost cutters kind. the KFCs of barbers.

But what still perplexes me is whats the worry with THICK HAIR ???

Ok before I start theres one more point to make I ve always been "hooked up" by ladies in the shop. now these ladies are some times like your mamma doing your hair and sometimes like your girlfriend wanting you to have a sexy look. But hey .. no one seems to bother bout me.

I've had ... some really funky no make that obscene, experiences with barbershops and barbers in India. hahaha .. dont even want to start with that.

So the first lady I had a cut with had some mexicans before me and they couldnt even speak english. The lady thinks Im Mexican too and the latters cousin waiting in the line to give the poor lady a real "bad ass" time. But she thanked me for speaking in englaisias. or watever the spaniards call it. Hers was the best haircut Ive had in a barbershop here.

Then was this lady who would make my ma look like she lets her sons have big hair. (which I had to fight for and had to be careful to sleep only after she slept) This lady just razed my head like her lawn and left me with a desert of a hairstyle. " ooooh look at you .... you have thick hair ... would I love to have hair like yours ( I was howling then ...for you should see my hair when they are real short ...they stand like their national anthems playing perennially).... wait lemme thin your hair"....next I remember I was alive and in the shower.

Then I decided to visit the McDs of barbershops and there the girl was some real young chick you'd ask out if you met outside. So I let her do my hair. And shes doing a good job at it until she goes to shave off my neck and for some reasons I asked her to let it be ... so this avril lavigne doesnt even trim the hair near that part !!!!

Finally I come back to the regular place. New person there ".. ooooh look at your hair ... you have thick hair .. wait lemme thin em ..." and before I could say .. n.... I have the horrendous Big fat "big ass" "bad ass" "MF" hair thinning scissors going through my hair.

I have thick hair ... wheres that sylvia of a joker??? I need to ask him/her

I have thick hair .... and fat stomach .. do you have a stomach thinning insturment too??

Note: I end up tipping all of them for being good to me. Because I know the bhaiyas at the corner hated when I would enter their shop and say "hook me up"

shrugged ???

So I got this pal who has some novels on his shelf .... I remember checking out some of the Ayn Rands with him . This once when he was visiting us and while my roomie went to drop off the dude in a rush I asked him to pass me atlas shrugged.
Now I dont know whether he just shrugged it off or what but next I know my roomie comes back with this book and asks me am i planning to go someplace?
I see the atlas in his hand.

Want to eat some chaat?

I’m sure everyone likes Bhel Puri and Pani Puri. I mean the whole Chaat thing. My Ma freaks on it, everytime I used to eat chaat I would pack some for my Ma. This once I forgot.

It was a regular Sunday. Mojo my pal had to pick his father from Kalyan railway station. I had nothing to do in those days, but let me say, “Weekend ko hum free thay!!” So I volutneered to be the navigator for mojos trip to kalyan. Ah coincidently our friend had put up at her friends place for the weekend to work on their project. Now let me speak a little about our friend. She had me going ga ga since the time we’ve met. So obviously mojo knows the chemistry and keeps on pulling legs. (Ha but mojo himself is still a dedh futya!) Uncle comes out with a lot of luggage mojo and me do the hamali get the luggage in the car. There she is at the station, ready to catch her train and go home. We coerce her into coming along with us and then we could drop her home. Poor gal agrees and comes. Mojos relentless legpulling session continues in the presence of his Dad. Don’t you guys think you’d rather be interested in knowing how your Dads journey, health, etc was? But no! it has to be the rear seat passengers who get all the unwanted limelight.

Allright so we drop uncle home. And we decide it better to take the rickshaw to the station. Now I know people might be asking wheres the chaat? Well there it was, some eatery right on the signal at which our rickshaw is stuck perenially. Pop the rick dude loses passengers faster than he could turn the meter on. We decided that the chaat place was more inviting. All three of us drop down the rick pay the dude some cash real quick and head for the chaat place before the signal turns green.

Now it seemed Mojo was on some sort of a high. He continued his inhumane act of belittling his friends by all sorts of kiddish and inane teasful comments. So the order comes. I and I guess even She decides it best to enjoy the Sev Batata Puri that’s in front of us and ignore mojos comments like the coriander that’s supposed to be garnish. As I am crunching into some dish this bhai sahab decides it best to go and pop a question I was warned should not come ever.

Ah well that’s a long story but lets say due to some unknown force field (like that in Independence Day) we werent supposed to think of being together. Not like I didn’t ever ask for it myself. I tried almost every day till I was made to realise that if the friendship has to continue there couldnt be the other ship. After that I decided to enjoy all the moments I was being offered at least as on a friendship basis and not talk about going ahead.

Back to the chaat house. My coriander almost flies out of the mouth when I hear him speak. And no it doesn’t stop at the question. It continues to be even more grotesque, he says “this be the final decision, if No then you guys don’t even need to be pals”. With the onion stuck in my teeth I went ballistic. But, have you ever seen a ballistic missile having to sit with its pants on fire? Well you guys missed it. I was caught in the dilemma of putting a lid to this guys trap but how can I speak with sev, onion and the whole garba in my mouth? Yes I wrote garba! Anyways forget issues like My life, My question, My line and timing. I had to deal with more realistic things now to assess the damage done and to talk after I finish the goddamn chaat in my mouth. Stuff settling in my stomach but almost my balls out in my mouth I start to say, “NO NO no such decisions okayed by me! You don’t give me a decision. Im fine with my life! I don’t want a decision. I am innocent!”

And she speaks “I guess I will give this a try, I have been thinking about it myself and I think it is true the feeling is mutual”. For a second I was still thinking shes asking mojo to shut his trap and go on with his life. But then my dumbwitted brain deciphers what it just heard. Broad whale smile on my face I turn around n look at her. Shes looking back and smiling at me. Now mojo couldve played some music, but he decides to laugh. I pay the tab. We decide to walk the way to the station. Im euphoric. I forget the chaat for my Ma. That was a couple of years back. Nice going sweetheart! Happy Anniversary.

Days dont go by

Plans never seem to work well ever. So yesterday I had a plan of faxing my HW to the Prof. but I end up clarifying one doubt with a colleague at work, and the chat goes on till late evening.

Next Im at home trying to finish off the homework, synchronising the .doc part of the hw with the realtime hard copy of the remaining part. But the damn Charter God decides to work his way off me probably for not respecting the Internet and logging on to yahoo for 3 - 4 days, i get punished. No internet. No synchronisation. No work done. Great plan so far.

So yesterday night finds me working hard on trying to get the last problem straight on paper.
Hit the sack at 1230. get up at 715 ( yeah late for a change). The Rains are now working on me. so even if I did get ready soon (staggering feat of brushing to dressing to cerealing in 15 mins) I have to wait for my pal with the car to pick me up.

All the while I figure out the last problem to put it on paper. get a rough draft ready. decide I dont need the textbook, will just scribble the whole thing on final draft and fax it first thing in the office. Come to office, am finally getting a chance to synchronise the whole draft. But hey how can you forget the meeting that was supposed to start in 15 mins. got involved in the meeting and after a whole hour and a half Finally get my hands on the hw again. In between I get to be an insensitive moron by totally neglecting the haalat of someone who cares for me no matter what.

yes now I have time to work on the HW. have to submit before 1 its already 1030. start finalising the draft when suddenly the number 3 pops up in an equation. generally I wouldnt refuse a 3 ;) but here !!!! where did the god damn 3 come from ??? So desparately cursed my dumb brain for thinking it best to let the textbook enjoy the heater on at home.

to make matters worse i get confused with the name of the person whose equation Im using. Barett's test and Bartlett's test. ( heres a pop quiz which one do you think is right?) forget getting confused I didnt even know the right one as I had the wrong one fixated in my brain even If i had to read the damn test book like a tibetian monk.

Ah well finally get the hw straight send the fax. And pop the reminder for the next meeting!!! And I was supposed to work for this in the morning. huh ?? where did the damn morning go?
skip goes the meal. never had a plan for it, though so doesnt make a difference. but generally I do read news, other blogs,gmail etc at that time, that too skipped.

the meeting goes on for a marathon 3 hours its not a marathon considering my meetings with my advisor in school where i had to stand for 5 hours straight at the board explaining things to my pals but heck no meal too !!!!

come back from the meeting to receive a mail from the TA stating my HWs due 17th FEB !!!! YEAH I KNOW !!! whatever u guys think its true!! well it so happens I qualify for the extra time as Im a distance student whereas regular students have to turn it in today. but hey why dont you mention it at least in the fine print , i have a habit of reading the fine prints of things in the loo. dont ask.

So after all this. While Im typing it and reliving the past 24 hrs I now need to update things from todays meeting for tomorrow .. haha 3 hrs of updates + 1 hr of editing before 12 tomorrow !! hahah nice. not to forget Im an alien so I cant stay on premises after 7.

And you think thats a day well over ? I still have to cook for 5 ppl in the evening !!!!

Christmas isnt all snowy in Australia.

Ganga Jamuna Saraswati

I wonder why bhaiyas arent the worlds best bartenders? I mean they regular mix milk and water and yet people buy it. (Ha in case you think you got cheated over milk, milk in America is thinner than vodka.) Ok so back to the main concern. I don’t know what phase was Mumbai going through but I suddenly noticed a growing population of these Juice Centers in and around every gully in Mumbai. It was as if the lords wanted every Mumbaikar to be healthy, loaded with juice and dozens of water borne diseases. So there you are, you have everything from Haji Ali to Durga to some bizzare out of the blue conceptual places selling juices. Now why you may ask did I think of the Bhaiya?

Well my pal mojo used to freak on some concoction called Ganga Jamuna. Now I am also aware that the whole world doesn’t know what a Mosambi is and I had known its angrezi naam but I forgot and this juice is made of Mosambi n Orange. But yesterday when I had to drink something from the fridge I found the innocuous Orange bottle with “Pulp Free” written on it, and besides the bottle were two bags of black n green grapes and apples. Now I decided this Pulpfree juice gotta be more Juicy and out came the knife to chop the apple. Seconds later the apple grapes and OJ found itself in a mixer ready to be blended to form the PULPY juice like concoction I was gonna call ganga jamuna saraswati. Until I realised that the Bhaiyas didn’t travel far south with their concoctions and people from Chyennai don’t know what a ganga jamuna or mosambi is. …

Update: And I thought Mumbai and the juice walas were the main concern.
Update Special: Manish Sreevastava a guy from Kalyan used to come to this class early in the morning n I used to ask him “aaj kalyan ko dudh nahi milega kya?” Heheh :P
No offenses meant to anyone. If you took any, no apologies offered.

third seat !!!

This happeend during my stint in my college as a lecturer !! (read khadus prof)
We both were now in the same college she as a student n me the prof !! (no ones gonna think "wild things" here)
Now the autosickshaw fare from the college to the nearby station was a bit high so the richkshaw walas had invented the system of a seat basis customer.
so one fine day while the two of us sat in the rick waiting for the thrid customer the rick dude called out to a customer "third seat".
In comes a hard core mechanical engineering (also the dept where i taught !!!) professor with a passion for the ancient ancient(read baba azam) history of India.
Now he starts talking to me(maybe out of professional ethics). I really need to keep the conversation going at least out of respect to the dude(ok make that professional ethics ;) ) so he ends up telling me the history behind my caste!!!
ok all this while shes getting bored beyond relief. So he starts invovling her too n starts asking her caste and stuff.
Luckily by then he has to get down!!!!!

Once he gets down .. the rick dude starts laughing .. she starts laughing .. Im the only one who suffers the pain of continuing to have a reasonable conversation with a person who was esteemed in the dept.

Sorry boss agey se meine decide kiya hai kissi bhi professor ko aaplogon ke saath nahi bithaunga !!! rick dude is earning divine enlightment!!!! she is laughing, no make it howling!!! arre boss tumko kya malum yeh bhi ek professor hi hai!!!!

End of any hope that I could even myself.