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I think she's a girl

Dear Georgia,
I think I'm in love with you.
No matter how hard I have tried to deny myself, it's not happening.
You are just there everywhere I see and appear in whatever I do.
I have tried to consciously avoid you, but you don't seem to understand.
You are just there.
It's just this...and nothing more I have to say

"Guide"d

June 2005 : "It is better to make a decision at the right time, than to wait for the time to make a right decision" - TDG via nid.edu answering my query of IDC/NID, Thanks :)

stutter

shoes are broken
not the steps
eyes wide open
not the rest

Geek celebrations

Name : Macbook
Skin colour : White
Generation : First (late 2006)
Original price : Never mind
Current value : It's not always about money :P
Nature of work : creative (hahahaha) rest of the time...just try and avoid the sight of my doting owner
Cities traveled to : New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Bangalore, Mumbai, Panjim, Pune, Solapur
Bad experiences : Burnt power adapter cable
Nervous moments : Jury presentation at NID auditorium, Friday, 13th April 2007
Looking forward to : Another nervous moment...
Happiest moment : The day he took me home :P
Embarrassing moment : Random shutdown during a concept presentation at Y!
Intimate moments : Lots
Wild encounters : Geoffrey (the cat)
Biggest achievement : 2.5GB space still free (of 60GB)
337 battery cycles, beat PM and SS in NFSMW
Split personality : Windows xp via boot camp
Visible signs of aging : Brown stains, a cracked corner, low battery, the same yellow apple wallpaper (hasn't changed since a year) and only 2 icons on the desktop
Extra marital affair : None
Biggest Crash : Hello!!! not the right time

Claim to fame : It's my 2nd birthday :D

MOVIESPOTTING

With me it's true that I enjoy a movie only when I have tons of piled up work to do.
How else can you explain this time last year, with a hard disk full of movies and all the time in the world, and me not even bothering to open up and check on any. And the same time this year, loaded with probably all the work possible in the world, I still catch up on a few portions every night. Actually it is a good incentive, to set a deadline like "today i will work
till page number...xyz of my document"....and only then I get to watch a movie :) It's another story that most of the times, I skip deadlines, of course, coz it's me who sets them in the first place :D

Here are the ending words from a few nights back, a movie which was very well made and re-established a few basic facts of life.

I am moving on, going straight and choosing life,
I am going to be just like you,
The job,
The family,
The f**** big television,
The washing machine,
The compact disc and electronic tin opener,
Good health,
Low cholestrol,
Dental Insurance
Mortgage,
Start a home,
Leisure wear,
Luggage,
Three piece suit,
DIY,
Game shows,
Junk food,
Children,
Walk in the park,
9 to 5,
Good at golf,
Washing the car,
Choice of sweaters,
Family Christmas,
Tax exemption,
Clearing gutters,
Getting by,
Looking ahead......the day you die.

-Trainspotting

Tagged

Life 10 years ago
HSC- high on engineering dreams
Physics Chemistry Mathematics Electronics :P
Hercules Rockshox
Cricket with a leather ball
Big fish in a small pond

Life 5 years ago
Big fish in a big pond ;)
High on architecture
Still on Hercules Rockshox
Waiting to get out into the world
Pune is the place!!!- nothing's better

Life tomorrow
Everyday is a Monday!!
Cities don't matter...

5 bad habits
procrastination
day dreaming
high expectations from people who don't deserve it
talking less
expressing even less

5 things I will never wear
A dazzling sherwani
A washed out and grunge look pair of jeans
Ear jewellery
A leather jacket
Make up

5 biggest joys at the moment
Almost 2 year old Macbook
Bangalore
30th of every month
Some real friends
That I can adapt to any situation
That I don't regret anything I did this year, last year, and the year before that, and before that

Something to achieve by next year
Something real...
A new resume

Something that impacted me last year
All ends need not necessarily have beginnings

5 things I want to do before I die
Get drunk
Swear at someone in public and storm out of the door
"Dance"
Make a pass at a girl
Own a BMW
Live out of my studio
Play at a rockshow
Make a difference to a few lives

: )

And today I read another tagged questionnaire.....phew!!!
I do want to fill them up :P

Status

Facebook asks: What are you doing right now?

Well, as for me, I am thinking about writing a post which is actually a tagged thing circulated among friends which is as follows

Life 10 years ago

Life 5 years ago

Life tomorrow

5 bad habits

5 things I will never wear

5 biggest joys at the moment

Something to achieve by next year

Something that impacted me last year

5 things I want to do before I die

Flashing lights

Title of one of the songs that I have been listening to lately, and also lights is a part of one of my other momentary favourite that goes....Hey there Delilah.....and somewhere in between..."Times square can't shine as bright as you"

Talking of lights, last night will be a bright spot in my life as a cricket enthusiast. Another first to the list. The pace, the array of shots, the fast paced movements, the dazzling colours, the unanimous oohs-aahs and even boos, the shattering of stumps and bails, the cheer leaders within the crowd and outside them as well, everything......and of course Bengaluru :P 

Whoever said that cricket was a slow and boring game!!!

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SMTWTFS

SMTWTFS just doesn't seem clear
It was x3 a few days back....now it is x?
A few more things that are unclear
But I guess hazy atleast sounds better than lazy :)

SMT'WTF'S

pages...

KALGUDI

I've just realised that the name rhymes with Malgudi. That is just a co-incidence. Subtle difference though. It's Kal (like the Hindi for tomorrow) Probably Malgudi days was on air at that point of time. I must have been in class 5 or 6, not too sure.But yeah Kalgudi was my first brush with a rustic, authentic village, where there was no electricity after 6 pm in the evening. North of Karnataka. Literally translated, it means Stone Settlement (human), but it wasn't even remotely close to that. A lot greener though.

It all started with a bumpy bus ride to the nearest town. The bus driver relentlessly worked on aimlessly honking the horn, and all I remember is sitting with my back facing the driver. The older state transport buses used to have that. Even as a kid I was irritated and failed to understand the reason behind his stupidity. We reached the first destination. Then on followed another bumpy and scary Jeep ride to the exact location. I don't remember what exactly happened after that but as twilight fell, everyone was busy preparing for the approaching darkness. I was fascinated by the tiny lamps being lit everywhere and the preparation for an enormous dinner. Another striking incident was the largest species of mosquitoes I have seen in my life. I had settled with the argument that I would probably never see anything bigger. I guess that was what my mind could think of at that time. They must have been really huge, or maybe their shadows on the wall against the yellow lamp light made them seem ghostly and huge to my tiny mind.

I found a lone harmonium sitting in a huge hall in one corner, and after making sure that no one was around, I unfastened the stoppers and began fanning and playing it. It wasn't much different from a keyboard afterall. Hearing that, a few distant cousins of mine gathered around me and looked at me in awe. I was embarrassed and immediately ceased to play the instrument. Night fell and the ghostly mosquito shadows became longer. I clinged to my father sleeping next to me and the next thing I realised was when I woke up to the chirping of birds and a faint mooing of cows in a distance. Done with the basic cleaning stuff, I discovered a forbidden fruit. An irrigation canal just behind our house.It was knee deep for a kid my age...so it was perfect. And lo, began our escapades and events. Shouts and calls for lunch from the elders were put on hold. An amazing buddy system was starting to develop among distant cousins who I didn't even know existed. Games were varied and innovative in nature, all drawing from the way the canal water was flowing. Then my eyes fell on a tree nearby. It had some 20-30 weird looking objects hanging from its branches. On closer inspection, I realised these were the same things from my text book. The baya weaver bird's nests.

I waited until early next morning . While everyone was asleep I sneaked out and climbed onto one of the trees even as the sun was sprinkling its rays on the muddy backyard of the neighbour's courtyard. The tree was in their half so I had to be careful of that too. It was our last day there and my only chance for an upclose inspection. With all my courage I managed to pull one. Then two. Little did I know what I was doing. On seeing it packed in a polythene along with my small bag of clothes, my parents were wondering where did I get it from and what would I do with it. I got to hear lot of advice on the Railway station about spoiling someone's hard work and breaking a house. I had thought of hanging them above my study table and that they would look really cool and it also seemed like some practical knowledge gained outside text books. All I have is a faint memory of them lying unattended in the same polythene bag which I discovered years later whilst cleaning up during the spring break at school. I was ashamed at my foolishness back then, but it did bring me back sparkling memories of this wonderful place, Kalgudi.





image source:wikipedia.org

kite runner

The truth was Yes, the lie, No, I chose something in between and said "I don't know" (or was it the other way round..I don't remember now :)

which way?

silver

Sitting face to face across each other on the side lower berth of a train.
Her eyes have that twinkle every time they meet his.
Her face glows when she looks earnestly at him seeking an answer.
Questioning, caring, making sure if he is Ok.
Their legs which were laid across side by side are now folded around themselves neatly.
He hardly speaks, but she understands.
She wears the shy smile of a bride behind the veil.
They both look either way now. She, through the window, he into the coach.
They have that dew drop freshness of a newly wed couple.
Journeys like these might not be a novelty.
She gestures elaborately to explain something like most girls. He, a few words and grunts.
Seems he said something funny within that and she covers her face to hide her smile.
Her eyes twinkle and glow. They talk now. A seeming conversation at last.
She is nodding, without looking at him though. Still looking out of the yellow tinted glass window. Her eyes lowered. She puts her hand below her delicate jaw.
She must have been beautiful around 40 years from now, backwards.
Hair a brilliant silver, about 10 bangles in each hand, a brilliant cream saree neatly worn, like for a special occasion. This is only a journey, but isn't life one too.
The wrinkles on her saree perfectly complement those on her face. She's beautiful.

The train halts briefly, she speculates on the name of the place. He disagrees. The name of a relative and an associated opinion is uttered and they both seem to visibly agree on this one.

**shooting star again**

This time around
I took a turnaround
And wished for a shooting star
Instead of on a shooting star
What joy when this one came true within minutes that were few
If only the wish that I made after, came true :)

somewhere :BLR-GA

springing in bangalore!!!

redbus.in

"Only those who risk going far, will ever know how far they can possibly go. "
- Kaustuv Dasgupta

Whiff of fresh air!!!

Well, you generally don't associate Mumbai with that.
But there are somethings that don't change no matter what.
Something that continues to amaze me, hit me yet again, and I fell for her all over again.It's been a year, and I didn't even realize that, until I went back in time with a friend. It's just one of those "somethings" that are meant not to be. Probably ME and Mumbai is one of those. Not that I have completely lost hope. The die hard optimist that I am, and of course one never knows what's next in store. So for now it is still pending.
The reason this time...like most times for me, was rational. A dear friend's wedding. A seemingly important day in everyone's life.After all the wedding usuals and the friends' what's up, as I lay on the upper berth of my train back to the workplace, what was left with me was the slightly warm and salty Mumbai sea breeze hitting my face and a smile of "I shall see you again, soon."