2008 s round the corner..a new beginning!! indeed!!
i have started off with changing the look of my blog :)
sadly blogger does not offer much in the shades of blue, ob my fav :D, so picked tis one!!
pretty refreshing..unlike the stuff on this blog :D
and i guess this one's gonna stay as in i m getting this feeling 'this is the one' :):)
anyways as for me..lots needs to be done and undone!
my hair need a change..a cut will do..may be some hideous flicks to scare the hell outta my friends :D but 'mummi ko na kehna..kyonki mummy ko nahi hai pata!!' :D:D
on the serious side, need to join dance class, restart yoga, read loads of marathi books, catch up with studies, learn continental cooking, restart badminton....
bah...
the list is just overwhelming...
at least the spirit s in the right place..
as Swami Vivekananda says 'Arise, Awaken and stop not till the goal is reached!' (dunno how i still remember school days ka sayings!! )
Nightflier has started..wat bout u ppl..post and let everyone know :):)
till we meet again...ARISE, AWAKEN....
wish u all a cheerful new year ahead!!
adios 2007!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
illusions ...
i was in mumbai sometime back and this peculiar incident happened with me...
had promised meself that would surely write about it..somehow could not (working lady saga :P)
well anyways, sad stories apart :D, here u go...
we were having lunch at this simple hotel in colaba, when suddenly, two hands poked my shoulder from the window (me was sitting beside the window giving an exotic view to the streets of aamchi mumbai:)) first i was startled then it scared the hell outta me..
two beggar kids, were asking for some food..i m pretty bad at handling this cos i dont like the whole idea, of giving food for free..well thinking i was, to somehow wriggle out of the situation, dont know what struck me..i took my bag, took out a five star i had bought for emergencies, and gave it to the kid..wild with joy it went to its other friends..the most astonishing thing happened then, instead of eating it him/her(dont remember the gender) self, the child gave the "5 *" to its younger sibling and both finished it happily..taken over by the whole emotional scene, i also took some snaps of them (now i know why the faarainers find indian beggars so amusing :))
although, the beggar kids' other friends thronged us for more '5 eesstarss' later, and i also found out that their whole family was into this begging business (i did feel sorry for meself then), i was happy cos i had made someone happy!!
hmmm...made someone happy...
taking a look back, i realize, what i gave to the children was momentary happiness..
after a day or two when, they or their parents could not find anything to eat, those kids would be left in the vicious misery..
is it always like this? may be i m thinking too deep, over a mundane matter..but it is worth giving a thought...there are people who are happy over small things in life and there are people who ooze happiness, like they dont know what happiness is?? may be the small kids had not even realized, that they were happy and they were in such euphoric state...may be the giver (me) was aware of what happiness (chocolat) m giving, but the taker (the kids) just knew that they r getting something exotic to eat and it needs to be eaten...so simple yet so complex, isnt it??
illusions i say are good for health :D
hadnt it been for writing and this blog, i was surely a goner ...:):)
till we meet again, stay simple..
p.s. good i dint write this blog then :D
had promised meself that would surely write about it..somehow could not (working lady saga :P)
well anyways, sad stories apart :D, here u go...
we were having lunch at this simple hotel in colaba, when suddenly, two hands poked my shoulder from the window (me was sitting beside the window giving an exotic view to the streets of aamchi mumbai:)) first i was startled then it scared the hell outta me..
two beggar kids, were asking for some food..i m pretty bad at handling this cos i dont like the whole idea, of giving food for free..well thinking i was, to somehow wriggle out of the situation, dont know what struck me..i took my bag, took out a five star i had bought for emergencies, and gave it to the kid..wild with joy it went to its other friends..the most astonishing thing happened then, instead of eating it him/her(dont remember the gender) self, the child gave the "5 *" to its younger sibling and both finished it happily..taken over by the whole emotional scene, i also took some snaps of them (now i know why the faarainers find indian beggars so amusing :))
although, the beggar kids' other friends thronged us for more '5 eesstarss' later, and i also found out that their whole family was into this begging business (i did feel sorry for meself then), i was happy cos i had made someone happy!!
hmmm...made someone happy...
taking a look back, i realize, what i gave to the children was momentary happiness..
after a day or two when, they or their parents could not find anything to eat, those kids would be left in the vicious misery..
is it always like this? may be i m thinking too deep, over a mundane matter..but it is worth giving a thought...there are people who are happy over small things in life and there are people who ooze happiness, like they dont know what happiness is?? may be the small kids had not even realized, that they were happy and they were in such euphoric state...may be the giver (me) was aware of what happiness (chocolat) m giving, but the taker (the kids) just knew that they r getting something exotic to eat and it needs to be eaten...so simple yet so complex, isnt it??
illusions i say are good for health :D
hadnt it been for writing and this blog, i was surely a goner ...:):)
till we meet again, stay simple..
p.s. good i dint write this blog then :D
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wat a comeback!!!!
M blogging after ages...and there could not have been a much better reason to make a come back...
Madhuri Dixit is back :):):)
dear madam,
its a pleasure to see u act,dance and emote...
and your latest movie was a treat !!! i was never sooooo taken over by someone :)
the dancing and the performance is just awe inspiring !!
speechless...is the word...when u danced on the very drab and ordinary title track, i was just speechless :) accepted that a musical needed a really deep, meaningful music score; just hats off to u for lifting the movie from nowhere to everyone's heart!!!
i dont want to review the movie, as there s, truly, nothing new about it...we have the usual culprits like poor script (believable in first half, but which flies off to lala land in the second half), not so great music...on the positives, its got great set design (thanks to cinematographer turned director), all characters are wonderful and i liked the whole 'shaher ko kala ki jarurat hoti hai' wala funda!!
but madam, its u, u and only u who has ruled throughout the movie...
i dont remember a single scene, when u were around, and my heart dint skip a beat :)
it just went mmmmmmm....:):)
once again i thank you.
it was a totally incredible experience, watching someone do what he s best at...ur dancing skills are just too much to write about :) and i dont really want to exert myself to come up with any more suitable adjectives :D
i would just say...ye dil maange more :)
love u loads!!!
your loyal fan,
nightflier !!
P.S. for beginners 'Aaja Nach le' s Madhuri Dixit s first movie after a 6 yrs sabbatical...and its much more than worth a dekho..u ll realise it when she dances :)
rest is great!! happy reading...
Madhuri Dixit is back :):):)
dear madam,
its a pleasure to see u act,dance and emote...
and your latest movie was a treat !!! i was never sooooo taken over by someone :)
the dancing and the performance is just awe inspiring !!
speechless...is the word...when u danced on the very drab and ordinary title track, i was just speechless :) accepted that a musical needed a really deep, meaningful music score; just hats off to u for lifting the movie from nowhere to everyone's heart!!!
i dont want to review the movie, as there s, truly, nothing new about it...we have the usual culprits like poor script (believable in first half, but which flies off to lala land in the second half), not so great music...on the positives, its got great set design (thanks to cinematographer turned director), all characters are wonderful and i liked the whole 'shaher ko kala ki jarurat hoti hai' wala funda!!
but madam, its u, u and only u who has ruled throughout the movie...
i dont remember a single scene, when u were around, and my heart dint skip a beat :)
it just went mmmmmmm....:):)
once again i thank you.
it was a totally incredible experience, watching someone do what he s best at...ur dancing skills are just too much to write about :) and i dont really want to exert myself to come up with any more suitable adjectives :D
i would just say...ye dil maange more :)
love u loads!!!
your loyal fan,
nightflier !!
P.S. for beginners 'Aaja Nach le' s Madhuri Dixit s first movie after a 6 yrs sabbatical...and its much more than worth a dekho..u ll realise it when she dances :)
rest is great!! happy reading...
Monday, October 15, 2007
the film review thread!
this is a movie review thread, nightflier's starting to promote the film critic (:P) in her (more appropriately the film buff, ardent fan and who can watch anything, which will b proved in this thread :D)
so today's review is about a film called 'Laga Chunari mein Daag' (!!@@$**#!!)
lets start with some trivia......
the film's director is a noted ad film maker, who has recently won some award for aaj tak's campaign, who has shot some fabulous music videos (apparently, he shoots all the songs for Euphoria tha band) whose directorial debut Parineeta, highly appreciated by critics (i was not one then :D) won him a national award and blah blah blah..... stories can be written on how fabulous an add maker he is, or how some of his videos have moved me, or how Parineeta promised a director with his senses in the right place!!!
the synopsis in short: a small family in a small Indian town is in a financially crunchy situation, with meagre sources of income..the elder daughter takes the responsibility of leading them thro these tough times, as a son would have...goes to mumbai..her too-little-to-get-her-a-job educational qualifications land her up in a situation where she has to resort to the quick ways of money making (Smart people will understand the quicker ways :D and btw is the story writer trying to emphasize that Ajukeshan is still overly rated in the society and not human qualities!! this leaves me utterly confused :-/)..anyways all's well for some time..money is coming in..now a small twist..the younger daughter of the family (she has finished her MBA in the mean time) moves to mumbai..so the rest of the movie ends up in convincing everyone that how the elder daughter is a virtuous,little angel, who went haywire just for the sake of her family...heppy heppy ending for a not so heppy family :)
Anyways, now all said and done, mr. director disappoints big time with Laga! where is the script dude? my only question to the wise man!! Just a potentially great cast does not do wonders to a movie, the story needs to be told effectively, if u want to make ur film a success! The protagonists character is so drab that u end up feeling nothing for her.. the story moves forward in such a cliche way that, u feel like, ur watching a movie u thought we all movie lovers were done with! some scenes are very stupidly melodramatic...the ganges, banaras ke ghaat dont make u wonder at the simplicity of small Indian towns...simply because they look so repetitious (apparently, Sarkaar has done a song on same locations with a famous music band!)
the only high of the movie is konkona, who i first thought was wasted, but this female has an incorrigible quality of leaving the audience awestruck with her smooth, easygoing performance!!! Thumbs up to u girl! Jaya Bachachan suits the role to the hilt..no one could have done it better.. Lastly dear Rani feel sorry for this fact that, the most important character of the movie was so lifeless..better luck next time.. all the guys are just fillers, this being a story of the journey of a woman!
The music s just average, though talented Mr. moitra has tried to make it colorful with some folk touch...
All in all, a disappointment to the average filmy buff and a huge disappointment to the class movie goers!!
Happy viewing till we meet again!! :)
Cheers.....
so today's review is about a film called 'Laga Chunari mein Daag' (!!@@$**#!!)
lets start with some trivia......
the film's director is a noted ad film maker, who has recently won some award for aaj tak's campaign, who has shot some fabulous music videos (apparently, he shoots all the songs for Euphoria tha band) whose directorial debut Parineeta, highly appreciated by critics (i was not one then :D) won him a national award and blah blah blah..... stories can be written on how fabulous an add maker he is, or how some of his videos have moved me, or how Parineeta promised a director with his senses in the right place!!!
the synopsis in short: a small family in a small Indian town is in a financially crunchy situation, with meagre sources of income..the elder daughter takes the responsibility of leading them thro these tough times, as a son would have...goes to mumbai..her too-little-to-get-her-a-job educational qualifications land her up in a situation where she has to resort to the quick ways of money making (Smart people will understand the quicker ways :D and btw is the story writer trying to emphasize that Ajukeshan is still overly rated in the society and not human qualities!! this leaves me utterly confused :-/)..anyways all's well for some time..money is coming in..now a small twist..the younger daughter of the family (she has finished her MBA in the mean time) moves to mumbai..so the rest of the movie ends up in convincing everyone that how the elder daughter is a virtuous,little angel, who went haywire just for the sake of her family...heppy heppy ending for a not so heppy family :)
Anyways, now all said and done, mr. director disappoints big time with Laga! where is the script dude? my only question to the wise man!! Just a potentially great cast does not do wonders to a movie, the story needs to be told effectively, if u want to make ur film a success! The protagonists character is so drab that u end up feeling nothing for her.. the story moves forward in such a cliche way that, u feel like, ur watching a movie u thought we all movie lovers were done with! some scenes are very stupidly melodramatic...the ganges, banaras ke ghaat dont make u wonder at the simplicity of small Indian towns...simply because they look so repetitious (apparently, Sarkaar has done a song on same locations with a famous music band!)
the only high of the movie is konkona, who i first thought was wasted, but this female has an incorrigible quality of leaving the audience awestruck with her smooth, easygoing performance!!! Thumbs up to u girl! Jaya Bachachan suits the role to the hilt..no one could have done it better.. Lastly dear Rani feel sorry for this fact that, the most important character of the movie was so lifeless..better luck next time.. all the guys are just fillers, this being a story of the journey of a woman!
The music s just average, though talented Mr. moitra has tried to make it colorful with some folk touch...
All in all, a disappointment to the average filmy buff and a huge disappointment to the class movie goers!!
Happy viewing till we meet again!! :)
Cheers.....
Saturday, October 13, 2007
The work life diary....
TO BE a working lady is a bit depressing sometimes....
u have a routine somehow woven into this fast life.. for eg. for weekedays i have a routine plan of going to work-work for 8 hours-hour 9 (this has a standard deviation of 3 hrs, at least :D depending on how badly u have screwed it up :P) get back home-home chores-chores like cooking (its a hobby which has become a chore :D),tiding up the the house, roomies' update-updates to family (pyaare gharwaale u know :))-........ Well, somehow, a normal working day ends on a very happening note, i.e. i go to sleep reading some book or the other, after dabbling in various activities for 16 hrs .....
it's very exciting actually... given that i discover new places everyday, when i commute to office ( the journey, calling it so, deliberately :), takes almost an hour).. i do my work efficiently and effectively, giving meself the pleasure of WORKING! ... take time out to decide what to cook everyday and plan accordingly .... share my day with roomies, share their experiences ..... talk to parents, share and get insights into their not so interesting routines ( they r both into happy retirement phase, u know) pep them up with liveliness, fun and exciting activities (recent was compelling them to watch Chak de!, which they did after much pestering from my side for 2 months :)) ........
Moral: i m happy at the end of the day :)
it can be very boring, actually, tooo ..... :)
given that i dont c the same route i travel by to office with open eyes.. i finish up my day's job just for the heck of it.. i drag myself home, to cook and eat half heartedly.. dont talk to anyone at home.. and sleep off on a tired note ....
Moral: i m less happy at the end of the day ( dont know wat emocon to put, confused may be :-\)
day after day of exciting days dont even bring to notice the fun i m having!! but a single boring day and here i am cursing the monotony of life... strange i say....
stranger fact is, a single boring day makes me think that how could not i strive for happiness today?? whereas an eternity of exciting days, and i dont even realize that im happy!!!!
Jeez!! its so complicated!! darn it!!
but its a boring day which brings to notice, the unknown unknowns ( as told by some great sage :D) of life...and makes u strive for an exciting day...it again proves that every dark cloud has a silver lining :D incorrigible optimism, i must say !! :)
but sometimes i do feel like, standing outside the ground, and watch others play..... do i thank god or wat, that, weekends exist :D !!
u have a routine somehow woven into this fast life.. for eg. for weekedays i have a routine plan of going to work-work for 8 hours-hour 9 (this has a standard deviation of 3 hrs, at least :D depending on how badly u have screwed it up :P) get back home-home chores-chores like cooking (its a hobby which has become a chore :D),tiding up the the house, roomies' update-updates to family (pyaare gharwaale u know :))-........ Well, somehow, a normal working day ends on a very happening note, i.e. i go to sleep reading some book or the other, after dabbling in various activities for 16 hrs .....
it's very exciting actually... given that i discover new places everyday, when i commute to office ( the journey, calling it so, deliberately :), takes almost an hour).. i do my work efficiently and effectively, giving meself the pleasure of WORKING! ... take time out to decide what to cook everyday and plan accordingly .... share my day with roomies, share their experiences ..... talk to parents, share and get insights into their not so interesting routines ( they r both into happy retirement phase, u know) pep them up with liveliness, fun and exciting activities (recent was compelling them to watch Chak de!, which they did after much pestering from my side for 2 months :)) ........
Moral: i m happy at the end of the day :)
it can be very boring, actually, tooo ..... :)
given that i dont c the same route i travel by to office with open eyes.. i finish up my day's job just for the heck of it.. i drag myself home, to cook and eat half heartedly.. dont talk to anyone at home.. and sleep off on a tired note ....
Moral: i m less happy at the end of the day ( dont know wat emocon to put, confused may be :-\)
day after day of exciting days dont even bring to notice the fun i m having!! but a single boring day and here i am cursing the monotony of life... strange i say....
stranger fact is, a single boring day makes me think that how could not i strive for happiness today?? whereas an eternity of exciting days, and i dont even realize that im happy!!!!
Jeez!! its so complicated!! darn it!!
but its a boring day which brings to notice, the unknown unknowns ( as told by some great sage :D) of life...and makes u strive for an exciting day...it again proves that every dark cloud has a silver lining :D incorrigible optimism, i must say !! :)
but sometimes i do feel like, standing outside the ground, and watch others play..... do i thank god or wat, that, weekends exist :D !!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
that dont impress me much !!
Ladies and gentlemen!! Presenting to u a jewel from the mines of lala (where men have forgotten the art of wooing women :D) land...
below is a friend request scrap i received on a popular networking site..
STATUTORY WARNING: Read at ur own risk :)
looking so Beautiful
my Mess Only & only for U hpe u like coz i like ur Beautiful smile
If every one forgets u,iam with u, if every 1 lets u down iam with u, if every 1 betrays u iam still with u, But if every 1 likes u sorry iam with them
Apples are sweet
Kisses are better
If u love me
Sent me a letter
i mean waiting for ur reply with ur Beautiful smile
Somone asked me for how long i will like u.....i remained silent b'coz i didnt know-which one is longer,"always"or"forever".
cme 2 da point Dear waiting for ur reply & dnt forgate i like 2 know u like chat with me y or n ??
believe me i was too stoned to say anything :P
i was literally rofl !!!
With due respect (no offense :)) to the protagonist's (here, the person who wrote this) feelings, i think its time guys learnt that,
'that dont impress me (for that matter any female :D) much!!'
Guys, females are always on a look out for a clearer heart and a strong character!
the words, all this extravaganza is an adage; they surely dont want someone constantly uttering all this gibberish, which they dont even mean!
ha.. once in a while a bit of romance is welcome! :)
but then dont forget to use the language ur comfortable with, at least bad grammar wont prove a turn off :)
and believe me, most females go weak in their knees, for straight(pun intended!)forward guys!
for the lesser known Wooing is an art..and it starts from a clear heart (for everyone :)), me thinks!
Me not a veteran in this, but this thing really moved me :D
P.S. Suggestions and discussions are welcome :)
below is a friend request scrap i received on a popular networking site..
STATUTORY WARNING: Read at ur own risk :)
looking so Beautiful
my Mess Only & only for U hpe u like coz i like ur Beautiful smile
If every one forgets u,iam with u, if every 1 lets u down iam with u, if every 1 betrays u iam still with u, But if every 1 likes u sorry iam with them
Apples are sweet
Kisses are better
If u love me
Sent me a letter
i mean waiting for ur reply with ur Beautiful smile
Somone asked me for how long i will like u.....i remained silent b'coz i didnt know-which one is longer,"always"or"forever".
cme 2 da point Dear waiting for ur reply & dnt forgate i like 2 know u like chat with me y or n ??
believe me i was too stoned to say anything :P
i was literally rofl !!!
With due respect (no offense :)) to the protagonist's (here, the person who wrote this) feelings, i think its time guys learnt that,
'that dont impress me (for that matter any female :D) much!!'
Guys, females are always on a look out for a clearer heart and a strong character!
the words, all this extravaganza is an adage; they surely dont want someone constantly uttering all this gibberish, which they dont even mean!
ha.. once in a while a bit of romance is welcome! :)
but then dont forget to use the language ur comfortable with, at least bad grammar wont prove a turn off :)
and believe me, most females go weak in their knees, for straight(pun intended!)forward guys!
for the lesser known Wooing is an art..and it starts from a clear heart (for everyone :)), me thinks!
Me not a veteran in this, but this thing really moved me :D
P.S. Suggestions and discussions are welcome :)
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Exam Blues !!!!
Hush....
today gave my toefl i.e. test of english as foreign (i don think so though :P) language!
had not studied a bit (seriously :D) for it..i mean what do u expect, me to study for an exam which has a reading, listening, speaking, and writing (bah.....!!!) section ???
i can definitely read ... my junior KG teacher's must be real proud of me :-)
listen .... ahem ... well i am a good listener (that's wat my friends tell me, poor things dunno that half the time i am staring into thin air!!! :P)
Write ... well someone who's written 7 blogs till now can definitely write, right???
Speak ... hmmm... here lies the glitch...
Anyways point is not whether i could pass the exam (actually the scores come home after 3 weeks so can't say anything, but m sure i'll make all my teachers' proud !!), the point is that i went for the exam literally without any substantial preparation!
I had loads of material to go through, loads of practice softwares installed on my system...but i chose to go for the exam kinda unprepared...i just knew about the pattern and that's it...
I mean i even ignored the fact that it had cost me 150 USD (that too from my own pocket :D)
I just went like that .....
Another feather in my cap for taking risk at a place where twas not at all expected and required.. I aint proud of it people...
Have i become so cool that exams dont bother me much nowadays or is it just some attitude problem ??
I am proud of those school, even college days when i used to voraciously read all the available study material, prepare my own extensive notes, and go for the exam like i never cared for it! U know wat that was cooler! Cos i knew come wat may i am going to win.
(Except for M-II, an engineering subject, it had scared the hell outta me :|) I have hardly had exam blues...
But with changing times, my attitude changed and i started taking exams for granted! I still dont fear them, but i miss the apprehension u have, when u have worked really hard for something and are about to be rewarded for it! Well, getting good marks was never a concern, the real achievement lied in thoroughly understanding something and being actually able to apply it. The sheer satisfaction u get when u have given ur best to something is quite unmatchable!
I realized this thing when i was doing my company training in mysore.. the lost drive had somehow come back.. I used to study like i had never before.. learned some 8 or 9 subjects in a span of 4 months.. read lots of books .. and i really-really enjoyed it!
hmm...
As blingo says lagta hai Bournvita pina padega !!! :)
today gave my toefl i.e. test of english as foreign (i don think so though :P) language!
had not studied a bit (seriously :D) for it..i mean what do u expect, me to study for an exam which has a reading, listening, speaking, and writing (bah.....!!!) section ???
i can definitely read ... my junior KG teacher's must be real proud of me :-)
listen .... ahem ... well i am a good listener (that's wat my friends tell me, poor things dunno that half the time i am staring into thin air!!! :P)
Write ... well someone who's written 7 blogs till now can definitely write, right???
Speak ... hmmm... here lies the glitch...
Anyways point is not whether i could pass the exam (actually the scores come home after 3 weeks so can't say anything, but m sure i'll make all my teachers' proud !!), the point is that i went for the exam literally without any substantial preparation!
I had loads of material to go through, loads of practice softwares installed on my system...but i chose to go for the exam kinda unprepared...i just knew about the pattern and that's it...
I mean i even ignored the fact that it had cost me 150 USD (that too from my own pocket :D)
I just went like that .....
Another feather in my cap for taking risk at a place where twas not at all expected and required.. I aint proud of it people...
Have i become so cool that exams dont bother me much nowadays or is it just some attitude problem ??
I am proud of those school, even college days when i used to voraciously read all the available study material, prepare my own extensive notes, and go for the exam like i never cared for it! U know wat that was cooler! Cos i knew come wat may i am going to win.
(Except for M-II, an engineering subject, it had scared the hell outta me :|) I have hardly had exam blues...
But with changing times, my attitude changed and i started taking exams for granted! I still dont fear them, but i miss the apprehension u have, when u have worked really hard for something and are about to be rewarded for it! Well, getting good marks was never a concern, the real achievement lied in thoroughly understanding something and being actually able to apply it. The sheer satisfaction u get when u have given ur best to something is quite unmatchable!
I realized this thing when i was doing my company training in mysore.. the lost drive had somehow come back.. I used to study like i had never before.. learned some 8 or 9 subjects in a span of 4 months.. read lots of books .. and i really-really enjoyed it!
hmm...
As blingo says lagta hai Bournvita pina padega !!! :)
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Can someone turn off the lights please............
Sometimes everything seems so hollow..
i guess that must be when despair wins and we give up....
sometimes i start feeling absolutely hopeless about almost everything....i feel like i am geting sucked inside this big,dark black hole....
if i knew 'why' i would be the perfect human being..aint i??
or is it may be i had stopped risking myself or my happiness, and now when i am trying to do so, to be purely more happy, i feel its all very stupid...
there s nothing like being more happy or something...ur just happy or ur not....
but some sane person had told me that i should strive for the HAPPIER Me...rather than settling on being just "HAPPY"!!
huh?????
dilemmas.....confusions....chaos...
my chemistry teacher used to tell us that wipe of the word CONFUSION from ur dictionary....now i know how costly its proving!
i thought the confusion ll drive me to lead to enlightening facts about myself,about life, about everything in general.....ya being confused helped...being in a dilemma always helped cos that way i could gauge so many aspects of...anything...
the picture was never pure black and white! i could see all the colors...not just the good or the bad....
And now when i want to see something pure black and white, it aint helping me...
bah.............
why are we born with such pieces of grey matter which produce intellectually stimulating thoughts..... :-/
Can someone tell me how to shut this thing off, please????
{dont tell me go and booze cos it does not ve any effect on me :D}
i guess that must be when despair wins and we give up....
sometimes i start feeling absolutely hopeless about almost everything....i feel like i am geting sucked inside this big,dark black hole....
if i knew 'why' i would be the perfect human being..aint i??
or is it may be i had stopped risking myself or my happiness, and now when i am trying to do so, to be purely more happy, i feel its all very stupid...
there s nothing like being more happy or something...ur just happy or ur not....
but some sane person had told me that i should strive for the HAPPIER Me...rather than settling on being just "HAPPY"!!
huh?????
dilemmas.....confusions....chaos...
my chemistry teacher used to tell us that wipe of the word CONFUSION from ur dictionary....now i know how costly its proving!
i thought the confusion ll drive me to lead to enlightening facts about myself,about life, about everything in general.....ya being confused helped...being in a dilemma always helped cos that way i could gauge so many aspects of...anything...
the picture was never pure black and white! i could see all the colors...not just the good or the bad....
And now when i want to see something pure black and white, it aint helping me...
bah.............
why are we born with such pieces of grey matter which produce intellectually stimulating thoughts..... :-/
Can someone tell me how to shut this thing off, please????
{dont tell me go and booze cos it does not ve any effect on me :D}
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
BiG deaL
gosh.......
It was yet another Sunday on my calender...
And i dint want to open my eyes for "yet another nightmare" (normal
people open their eyes after seeing a nightmare but this is something not normal
we are talking about :D )
I guess god dint want me to "rest in peace" even on Sundays so he gave
me this highly impractical urge to shift with one of my bestest
friends...
To cut a long story short, me and my best friend ve been living in the
same city but in distant localities for more than a year now. The
monotony and boredom of work life (read normal life as well :D)
motivated us into shifting together.
So here we were, searching for a nice 1 BHK flat in a big,bad city
ruled by the 3 M's (MONEY, MONEY and MONEY .... :P) When people of our
age were busy sleeping it off on Sundays and partying hard and late
into the night on Saturdays, we two, poor souls, were struggling to
get a place to live, on every weekend now, for the past 5 weeks. God
surely had plans to show ~No MERCY~ on us :D
No offense sir!
That's exactly how i felt when i used to call the property agents and
they all (ya all, not a single exception) after promising to show the
flat on the same day at some decided time, never used to turn up or
used to chuck off the deal saying that the flat's already booked by
someone else.
And moreover i had almost spent last 5 weekends with my best friend
i.e. i practically ended up dating her for no reason :-/
Weekend after weekend was turning into a fiasco. The frustration had
already crossed "above dangerous" limits. The whole house hunt topic
had become a canker for me. I had bitter fights with my friend,
thought we were too foolish to even think about something like that.
In short i had started losing HOPE :-)
So on this, no different, Sunday, we again went out on HOUSE HUNT!
I already had a rotten week, so was kinda prepared for anything!! Cos
worst would have been another failed attempt, right?? :D
The day was uneventful as usual, property agents dumped us! Nothing
new and adventurous!
We were wandering from park to park and were inviting unwanted and
unwarranted attention :D
And then we were attacked by DEMENTORS (for beginners they are
happiness sucking damned,imaginary creatures) !!!
u are supposed to think about ur happiest memory when attacked by
dementors, but my brain was failing me!
And then it happened, my phone started ringing!
Some property agent like a Patronus had called up to show us a flat at
that very moment!!!!
But life has an uncanny way of getting back to u :) It was a 2 BHK, meaning
higher rent,higher deposit...well that was out of question now, cos we
were ready to give anything for a good locality and a good,clean flat!
There was another catch, the agent wanted us to take "decision" in
t-15 mins cos there were many contenders for the place ( it was HOT
property, u know :D)...the crunchy situation demanded a lot and we
took a brave decision of taking the offer...
well the story does not happily end there...
After finalizing the deal with the agent, (yup u have to finalize it
with them first and then get in touch with the owner, this is the
standard way the Vicious circle works! that means u have to pay the
owner as well as the agent!) we sat in the parking of the same
building which was now supposed to be our ABODE, for more than 2 hours
, waiting for the owner.
Mr.BEEZZZIIEEE BEE arrived at a late hour and brought with him some
gang of other agents. Looks like the news of the HoT property going
away had spread like wild fire and the other agents had come to
confront the owner!! :D We surely were in the middle of some gang
war....MANNNNN it was so exciting! We (me,my friend and the owner, and
ya our agent :-)) were gheraoed by the rowdy gang of agents.
I don't know how we managed to wriggle out of the situation, but all in
all, this whole HOUSE HUNT thingie was turning into quite a show with
enduring performances by Me and Ketaki!
We finalized the deal at exact 5 past 9 PM that day, a very auspicious
time for making property related deals, according to the Great
Jyotishi NightFlier Kelkar!!! :P
So do deewane had finally found an Abudana in this ajnabee shaher! :)
Now a minor task of finding 3 more roomies to share the expenses with
is remaining :-)
God surely ll ve MERCY on us this time! :-)
It was yet another Sunday on my calender...
And i dint want to open my eyes for "yet another nightmare" (normal
people open their eyes after seeing a nightmare but this is something not normal
we are talking about :D )
I guess god dint want me to "rest in peace" even on Sundays so he gave
me this highly impractical urge to shift with one of my bestest
friends...
To cut a long story short, me and my best friend ve been living in the
same city but in distant localities for more than a year now. The
monotony and boredom of work life (read normal life as well :D)
motivated us into shifting together.
So here we were, searching for a nice 1 BHK flat in a big,bad city
ruled by the 3 M's (MONEY, MONEY and MONEY .... :P) When people of our
age were busy sleeping it off on Sundays and partying hard and late
into the night on Saturdays, we two, poor souls, were struggling to
get a place to live, on every weekend now, for the past 5 weeks. God
surely had plans to show ~No MERCY~ on us :D
No offense sir!
That's exactly how i felt when i used to call the property agents and
they all (ya all, not a single exception) after promising to show the
flat on the same day at some decided time, never used to turn up or
used to chuck off the deal saying that the flat's already booked by
someone else.
And moreover i had almost spent last 5 weekends with my best friend
i.e. i practically ended up dating her for no reason :-/
Weekend after weekend was turning into a fiasco. The frustration had
already crossed "above dangerous" limits. The whole house hunt topic
had become a canker for me. I had bitter fights with my friend,
thought we were too foolish to even think about something like that.
In short i had started losing HOPE :-)
So on this, no different, Sunday, we again went out on HOUSE HUNT!
I already had a rotten week, so was kinda prepared for anything!! Cos
worst would have been another failed attempt, right?? :D
The day was uneventful as usual, property agents dumped us! Nothing
new and adventurous!
We were wandering from park to park and were inviting unwanted and
unwarranted attention :D
And then we were attacked by DEMENTORS (for beginners they are
happiness sucking damned,imaginary creatures) !!!
u are supposed to think about ur happiest memory when attacked by
dementors, but my brain was failing me!
And then it happened, my phone started ringing!
Some property agent like a Patronus had called up to show us a flat at
that very moment!!!!
But life has an uncanny way of getting back to u :) It was a 2 BHK, meaning
higher rent,higher deposit...well that was out of question now, cos we
were ready to give anything for a good locality and a good,clean flat!
There was another catch, the agent wanted us to take "decision" in
t-15 mins cos there were many contenders for the place ( it was HOT
property, u know :D)...the crunchy situation demanded a lot and we
took a brave decision of taking the offer...
well the story does not happily end there...
After finalizing the deal with the agent, (yup u have to finalize it
with them first and then get in touch with the owner, this is the
standard way the Vicious circle works! that means u have to pay the
owner as well as the agent!) we sat in the parking of the same
building which was now supposed to be our ABODE, for more than 2 hours
, waiting for the owner.
Mr.BEEZZZIIEEE BEE arrived at a late hour and brought with him some
gang of other agents. Looks like the news of the HoT property going
away had spread like wild fire and the other agents had come to
confront the owner!! :D We surely were in the middle of some gang
war....MANNNNN it was so exciting! We (me,my friend and the owner, and
ya our agent :-)) were gheraoed by the rowdy gang of agents.
I don't know how we managed to wriggle out of the situation, but all in
all, this whole HOUSE HUNT thingie was turning into quite a show with
enduring performances by Me and Ketaki!
We finalized the deal at exact 5 past 9 PM that day, a very auspicious
time for making property related deals, according to the Great
Jyotishi NightFlier Kelkar!!! :P
So do deewane had finally found an Abudana in this ajnabee shaher! :)
Now a minor task of finding 3 more roomies to share the expenses with
is remaining :-)
God surely ll ve MERCY on us this time! :-)
Monday, July 23, 2007
For the Greater Good!
the setting was perfect!
the atmosphere a bit cloudy, in fact it had started to drizzle..
very scarce traffic on the roads, to make my passage to the shop easier..
I was walking briskly with an umbrella in my hand...
I was talking to my dad, in an excited tone, on my way..
he too was excited cos speaking to one's lazy bum daughter at 6.30 am s pretty weird.. :D
I was tellling him, how I would be disappointed if the shop s not open by now..
in the mean time asked him to switch on the TV to gimme some news on the book's release!
To my amazement, the shop was open (only a dumb person like me can think of a closed shop on the release day of last book of the series :)) and there was no crowd outside at all (so again I was proved wrong ;-)) Murphy's laws work for me then,I guess !
I hung up the phone and smiling at myself for my stupid thought process entered the shop...
WHOA!!!!!
there were at least 100 people in the queue inside the shop..
grudgingly, cursing myself for being lazy, for underestimating people's enthusiasm, I got into the queue...
surely Rowling has done a lot of good for the reading community..imagine people from all age groups turning at 6-6.30 in the morning for collecting a book which many think is just about magic...
the book s not only about magic..its about relationships, adventure, motivation, sacrifice, human nature, human mistakes and above all superb storytelling....
Kudos to Rowling for rekindling that desire to read in many who had given up and for coming up with stories, with such a high sense of clear logic and for her extraordinary writing skills..
coming back to reality .....
the charged atmosphere took over me slowly..the excitement seized to contain itself inside me anymore...I started chatting with a female in front of me and I was there..dint even realise that mera number had come!!
the moment was magical..I had HARRY POTTER and THE DEATHLY HALLOWS in my hand.. Finally...
I had a big, big, big grin on my face...I winked at myself.. as dumbledore does when he eats one of those Bettie Bott's every flavor beans..
with remotely any idea about the book, the plot I walked on...
for the greater good!!!
the atmosphere a bit cloudy, in fact it had started to drizzle..
very scarce traffic on the roads, to make my passage to the shop easier..
I was walking briskly with an umbrella in my hand...
I was talking to my dad, in an excited tone, on my way..
he too was excited cos speaking to one's lazy bum daughter at 6.30 am s pretty weird.. :D
I was tellling him, how I would be disappointed if the shop s not open by now..
in the mean time asked him to switch on the TV to gimme some news on the book's release!
To my amazement, the shop was open (only a dumb person like me can think of a closed shop on the release day of last book of the series :)) and there was no crowd outside at all (so again I was proved wrong ;-)) Murphy's laws work for me then,I guess !
I hung up the phone and smiling at myself for my stupid thought process entered the shop...
WHOA!!!!!
there were at least 100 people in the queue inside the shop..
grudgingly, cursing myself for being lazy, for underestimating people's enthusiasm, I got into the queue...
surely Rowling has done a lot of good for the reading community..imagine people from all age groups turning at 6-6.30 in the morning for collecting a book which many think is just about magic...
the book s not only about magic..its about relationships, adventure, motivation, sacrifice, human nature, human mistakes and above all superb storytelling....
Kudos to Rowling for rekindling that desire to read in many who had given up and for coming up with stories, with such a high sense of clear logic and for her extraordinary writing skills..
coming back to reality .....
the charged atmosphere took over me slowly..the excitement seized to contain itself inside me anymore...I started chatting with a female in front of me and I was there..dint even realise that mera number had come!!
the moment was magical..I had HARRY POTTER and THE DEATHLY HALLOWS in my hand.. Finally...
I had a big, big, big grin on my face...I winked at myself.. as dumbledore does when he eats one of those Bettie Bott's every flavor beans..
with remotely any idea about the book, the plot I walked on...
for the greater good!!!
Friday, July 20, 2007
THE D-DAY IS FINALLY HERE!!!!
Its 7 hours to go now (INDIA time), when the book ll officially be released in some part of the world....
Its more than 15 hours to go now (again INDIA time), when I ll have my own copy in my hands!!!!
GOD......this is high testing time for me..
cos I have a few pirated copies of the book which I m so tempted to read, but cant lay my hands on, as I m bound by some stupid thought process of mine which says SAY NO TO PIRACY....
the righteous me always wins such battles...
cos now she knows that the lazy me wont maarofy fight to even open the pirated copies..
its just 15-16 hours to go right????
there are so many things at stake...
some bets to be won (which I am sure I'll win :D), much important work to be procrastinated..just so that I finish the book before all my friends before getting to know the climax and crux!!!
bets...hmmm...some interesting ones...
1. WHO ll DIE????
2. WHICH OF the PIRATED COPIES IS THE TRUE ONE ??? (well, I had to read a few pages of each to form an opinion :D, hope righteous me dint mind that :D)
I hope and pray that I win,I win,I win.......
well, actually its obvious, that I m going to win :D
losers be ready!!!
saw the fifth movie yesterday...really sad to know that how Rowling lets them make movies on her books!!!
I mean the movie had bits and pieces of the book...
but it surely refreshed the 5th book for me!
I was touched by the scene when Serius dies... :(
I was literally crying!!!!!
well, the anxiety and the excitement is so much to contain that I had to give it an outlet...
HAPPY READING POTTER FANS!
I wish I had it in my hands right now :-)
cheers!!!!
Its more than 15 hours to go now (again INDIA time), when I ll have my own copy in my hands!!!!
GOD......this is high testing time for me..
cos I have a few pirated copies of the book which I m so tempted to read, but cant lay my hands on, as I m bound by some stupid thought process of mine which says SAY NO TO PIRACY....
the righteous me always wins such battles...
cos now she knows that the lazy me wont maarofy fight to even open the pirated copies..
its just 15-16 hours to go right????
there are so many things at stake...
some bets to be won (which I am sure I'll win :D), much important work to be procrastinated..just so that I finish the book before all my friends before getting to know the climax and crux!!!
bets...hmmm...some interesting ones...
1. WHO ll DIE????
2. WHICH OF the PIRATED COPIES IS THE TRUE ONE ??? (well, I had to read a few pages of each to form an opinion :D, hope righteous me dint mind that :D)
I hope and pray that I win,I win,I win.......
well, actually its obvious, that I m going to win :D
losers be ready!!!
saw the fifth movie yesterday...really sad to know that how Rowling lets them make movies on her books!!!
I mean the movie had bits and pieces of the book...
but it surely refreshed the 5th book for me!
I was touched by the scene when Serius dies... :(
I was literally crying!!!!!
well, the anxiety and the excitement is so much to contain that I had to give it an outlet...
HAPPY READING POTTER FANS!
I wish I had it in my hands right now :-)
cheers!!!!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Blah...Blah..Blah....
does writing require mood?
mann me in no mood to write...
but nothin to do so.....
exact one week back started this thing...
so lets celebrate!!
first weekly anniversary of my blog!!
phew...sadness....
this ll surely make the server crash :D
some interesting stories to tell though..
me thinks the bus driver of the bus in which I come to office everyday should have been on the F1 circuit...
all right exaggerating..
at least not into driving some piece of crap (read the pathetically sad buses we ve to commute in!!)
he never brakes his vehicle...ya right the bus..at any stop..
people want to call him names let them...but this banda just keeps on driving..
whooosh...like that he comes and whooosh like this he goes...
but still I make it a point to catch his bus only :D
and sit behind him...its like someone's given me royalty for that seat..
its a weird vicarious feeling to be in the driver's seat at least for some time..
I look at the roads through his eyes..and I love it..
the speed and his energy (he must be above 60 at least!) just gimme life to live through just another daY!
whoosh...whash...idhar se cut udhar se cut and there we are...in office in 30 mins...
thats a feat considering the traffic and the rains nowadays :D
mann he makes me feel like a kid...
I want to tell him all this one day...that sir you make a difference to people's lives..
thumbs up to you uncle!
cheers!!
mann me in no mood to write...
but nothin to do so.....
exact one week back started this thing...
so lets celebrate!!
first weekly anniversary of my blog!!
phew...sadness....
this ll surely make the server crash :D
some interesting stories to tell though..
me thinks the bus driver of the bus in which I come to office everyday should have been on the F1 circuit...
all right exaggerating..
at least not into driving some piece of crap (read the pathetically sad buses we ve to commute in!!)
he never brakes his vehicle...ya right the bus..at any stop..
people want to call him names let them...but this banda just keeps on driving..
whooosh...like that he comes and whooosh like this he goes...
but still I make it a point to catch his bus only :D
and sit behind him...its like someone's given me royalty for that seat..
its a weird vicarious feeling to be in the driver's seat at least for some time..
I look at the roads through his eyes..and I love it..
the speed and his energy (he must be above 60 at least!) just gimme life to live through just another daY!
whoosh...whash...idhar se cut udhar se cut and there we are...in office in 30 mins...
thats a feat considering the traffic and the rains nowadays :D
mann he makes me feel like a kid...
I want to tell him all this one day...that sir you make a difference to people's lives..
thumbs up to you uncle!
cheers!!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
NightFlier breaks free!!!!
PROCRASTINATION was the key till now.....
now no more....
NIGHTFLIER breaks away in bright daylight (though its a been pouring here for the past 4 days :D)
for beginners I ve taken to blogging publicly here, sitting in my office with very small outlets for my intellectual juices..
I m a person of conviction and dont do things until m completely convinced bout em..
I was in my regular mode of self retrospection and got totally convinced about bloggin..
this thought struck me when I was supposed to be brainstorming in a DP (thats so called defect prevention in IT terms) for my design defects..may be now you all know how big IT companies work so effectively :D
and there s another reason too...
earlier whenever my crazy thoughts dint used to have an audience, I used to go to my dearest DIARY and write pages and pages...
with IT culture getting totally inculcated in me (read the laziness,the tendency to put away things till indefinite time,the chod na yaar attitude,etc,etc) my dear diary has just become a fragment of my past :D
and last but an important reason is that my thoughts were getting stagnated, and for the sole reason of expressing myself loudly, this attempt...
and I aint kiddin, I have a habit of seeing things through...
so jab tak mera haath aur dimaag chalega ye space khali nahi rahega :D
cheers....
I expect a warm welcome :D
now no more....
NIGHTFLIER breaks away in bright daylight (though its a been pouring here for the past 4 days :D)
for beginners I ve taken to blogging publicly here, sitting in my office with very small outlets for my intellectual juices..
I m a person of conviction and dont do things until m completely convinced bout em..
I was in my regular mode of self retrospection and got totally convinced about bloggin..
this thought struck me when I was supposed to be brainstorming in a DP (thats so called defect prevention in IT terms) for my design defects..may be now you all know how big IT companies work so effectively :D
and there s another reason too...
earlier whenever my crazy thoughts dint used to have an audience, I used to go to my dearest DIARY and write pages and pages...
with IT culture getting totally inculcated in me (read the laziness,the tendency to put away things till indefinite time,the chod na yaar attitude,etc,etc) my dear diary has just become a fragment of my past :D
and last but an important reason is that my thoughts were getting stagnated, and for the sole reason of expressing myself loudly, this attempt...
and I aint kiddin, I have a habit of seeing things through...
so jab tak mera haath aur dimaag chalega ye space khali nahi rahega :D
cheers....
I expect a warm welcome :D
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