The Xcentric is back!!!!

Brain Dead

2005-07-29T08:37:00.000+01:00

Was jobless and couldnt be bothered to post..so here goes :D

You Are a Snarky Blogger!

You've got a razor sharp wit that bloggers are secretly scared of.
And that's why they read your posts as often as they can!

What kind of blogger are you?

Finally!!!!

2005-07-21T22:06:00.000+01:00

One helluva expensive piece of paper :D

Fours years and this is the result. The end of student life and the start of a working life.

Should be interesting !!!

Beatles and Porn

2005-06-15T14:37:00.000+01:00

No offense to Sir Macartney..

But REALLY, WHAT was he thinking when he wrote the lyrics
" Come together, right now, over me"

Is it just me, or is that more suited to a certain Ms. Jameson..

Ye Ol Days

2005-06-13T22:59:00.000+01:00

Spent all evening talking to Devar and Rhea..and listening to Pulse (Floyd) , and then Kandisa (Indian Ocean) .. Not a good combination..

Damn, I want to walk in the warm rain again, with a garam garam masala makkai in my hand..I want to smell the wet earth as the first rain gently falls on it..the dust setlling..the leaves glistening in the sunshine..the undhyon during uttarayan..the pretty girls at navratri..kitli chai..garam ghee jalebi..vada pav..mangoes..late night movies..ice cream..wandering in iim lawns at 3 in the morning with friends..on the empty roads at nights as we drove to kalupur and back..chai on the platforms, busy even at 3 am..the breeze in our faces .. the company..

Ye Ol Days...long gone and yet still here..for today's life shall be the memories of tomorrow..Another 3 months and I will be longing to be back at university..When I get married, I shall probably long for the single life..

After all, we want what we can never have..But more than that I think, we want what we once had and can have no longer..But life is long, long enough for me..And dont they say 50 is the next youth..well, 50 , Here I Come..only another 29 years to go :D

Michael Jackson found Not Guilty

2005-06-13T22:50:00.000+01:00

So..MJ found not guilty on all counts, including the apparently fail safe prosecution option of "supplying alcohol to a minor" .. justice done? Preferentail treatment? A great lawyer? A flawed justice system?

Who knows..The jury says " We had to consider him the same as any other accused, a normal human being" ..fair? or maybe they SHOULD have considered him as a celebrity..Should we pay more attention to celebs? Should their sentences be stricter? tougher? After all, they are role models..Their behaviour is copied by millions of people across the world..Or should we be more lenient with them? After all, it is a lot easier to accuse a celeb in order to try and get some money off them..

Was it a money making exercise by the kid? Was he telling the truth? Who knows..

In the end, only those involved know what went on..

Is it justice? Maybe..Maybe not..But then, maybe there are people whou would ask whether sending him to jail would be justice..in fact, why maybe, there ARE people who believe his innocence and will till their dying days..

He admits to sleeping in the same bed as kids..But did he have sex with them? For every one child that says he abused them, another 10 say he didnt..But truth is not about the majority..Though, it is DEFINED by the majority.. or is it? Perhaps truth, like history, is defined by the winners, by the powerful, by the few..Who knows..the goal posts keep moving..Truth a hundred years ago is myth today..Hell, truth from 5 years ago is a lie today..

Fuck it, i dont even think i know what I am going on about here..Typically, I have started on one train of thought and gone in whichever direction my head has taken me..so am going to stop this discourse before it goes on for pages and pages as it might well threaten to..Gnite all..

Oh and PS: I have posted below as well..SO READ IT AND STOP YELLING AT ME TO POST :D

Life again..

2005-06-13T21:21:00.000+01:00

So..finally, i think i have got my life back..Well, part of it anyways! My university life is officially over, for now at least..I have got a job and am awaiting my mark sheet so I can then get my contract..Then need to apply for my work permit and visa..

Also, been looking for a house..Chose to be posted in Leeds for the first year, so will be here for another year, which is great..Love Leeds anyways, and makes transition from student life to professional life that bit easier, just knowing the place..Have found a house and now need to get the reference check done..Going to see the agent tomorrow, so should know about the house by Friday, which is also the day I get my results..

Speaking of results, the exams seem to have gone well..The lecturers and Project Supervisors have been very positive so lets see..Even the very last exam, for which i did all of maybe 2 hours revision has gone well..According to the lecturer, two of my project mates and I have the top 3 marks in that exam, but dont know which order..Mind you, considering we all did only about 2 hours or so each, it aint half bad Just waiting for my marks now really, so can move on..It has been a looooong 4 years..Saying that though, dont know where it has gone..Had the end of year sit down formal at the Halls..Was an interesting experience, knowing it was my last..The staff who have known me for eons as well seemed to be sad that I was leaving too..Or maybe they were tears of joy? <-- "thank god the bugger is FINALLY leaving..Thought we would never get rid of him!!"

Life really has entered the next stage now..Going home at the end of July, but dont know what to expect..Finally, we have all finished uni and moved on to jobs, to further studies..Neuro is now in Bombay, Devar in Canada, and I am going to come back to UK to work..Let alone 3 different cities or countries, we are actually in 3 different continents!! Who would have thought so when we first met, all those many many years ago..Still, going home will be a nice welcome break..And will still get to meet people, Neuro in Bombay, and Rhea, who has decided to explore Ahmedabad..

Well, will be nice to go home for a break, but there is a long while to go yet..Graduate on 21st July, and only then go home for 5 weeks..Till then, will be here, getting my work permit and housing sorted out..So not quite done yet..Hence why said at the beginning, only got part of my life back But by Friday, should know about my marks and house..Another 2 weeks or so to submit my Work Permit application and get the result of that..So hopefully, by end of June, will be done with all my work and preparation and I can relax..

Or can i? Have been thinking of working for two weeks or so in end June/July to get a bit of money..A week or two's earnings will be a good pocket filler when go back home can really chill out and spend some money travelling and enjoying what is likely to be my last real long holiday in years .. Mind you, at 5 weeks, it is'nt that long..Still, will be a miracle if can sneak 2-3 weeks continuos hols once I start working..So from that point of view, I guess it is..

Oh, and apparently, a half italian/half english HOTTIE fancies me Now i know she isnt blind, nor mentally deficient, nor suicidal, nor clinically insane..Who knows, maybe there is a girl around who has fallen for my charm and personality and great sense of humour

But more seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF TELLING ME AT THE END OF THE YEAR!!!! *$%^&*!!%^*

Saala, apun ke saath aisa ich kyun hota hai??

Finally, a BIIIIG Hello to Abyss, who apparently has been checking daily for posts
Rhea, another nutter who seems to want to read the rubbish i spout!

And Neuro, ya ************, you should be the last one abusing me for not posting Considering you shut down yours

Right, me thinks thats wnough rubbish for one day I should be posting more frequently from now on..Especially, once get all the other stuff sorted and my brain decides to come back from holiday..Till then..

Jobs and Love

2005-04-19T18:46:00.000+01:00

Well, you have all obviously noticed my absence..LIfe has been very very busy the last few weeks..My masters report is due on 6th May and me been working my rear end off to get the bloody thing done..Another 17 days to go for that deadline...and 45 to go for the end of my degree..Such a sad life..After 4 years of university, I am now reduced to counting the days left..sigh..kya kiya jaye..

Anyways, on a brighter note, have got myself a job :) so thats one stress less..Still waiting to hear from two other places by end of this week and got a couple more interviews lined up as well..Still not quite sure what to do but will sit down and decide soon..Thou shall be updated soon :D Another 3 weeks and i will be back to my regular posting..

Well, thats the "job" part sorted..Now for the "love"..And before you tear you hair out wondering WHO would be so stupid, it is only a damn quiz...hehehe

Fairy tales, your love will be like an imaginary
story, you love to love, you believe you have
only one soul mate is waiting for you some
where in this world and you are sure you will
find them one day, and when you do you will
make them the happiest in the whole world.

Where will you find love?
brought to you by Quizilla

LMAO..found this hilarious so thought i might as well share..

Damn right I will make my soulmate the happiest in the whole world..by NOT marrying them..heheheh...am sure she will be over the moon with relief :D

Right, back to work..Enjoy peoples..and come back in a few weeks..The madness shall continue with renewed vigour then..After all, have 2 months of pent up nonsense to let loose!!

For now, wish me luck as i break my head writing up my reports..Adios

He He He He He He

2005-02-26T15:06:00.001Z

Mua: i leave offies and even made a damn intl call...yet no apologies
Mua: tch tch
Mua: kya zamaana aa gaya hai
Friend: u made a call?
Mua: lol..yeh
Friend: Abhi, i dint get it!
Neuro: i left a dozen comments for the same post... and got told that i have no sense of humour
Friend: when?
Mua: well, u accepted it kyunki connect ho gaya
Mua: but was only bckground noise
Mua: so u musta sat on it and accepted it lol
Mua: so i hung up... no sense talkin to ur rear end
Neuro:
Neuro:
Neuro:
Mua: nice as it may be
Mua:
Neuro: x 100
Friend: sheesh
Neuro: blaadi sexist comment!
Mua: oye khepte, me thinks this shud go on blog
Friend: u boys r vulgar
Neuro: abhinay is!
Mua: sigh
Friend: excuse me
Friend: yes he is
Neuro: it shud!
Mua: here i am praising ur delightful bottom and u gaali me
Friend: totally unsubtle
Friend: isn’t that right Nem?
Neuro:
Mua:
Neuro: yea... trust Nem to go to the “bottom” of this
Mua:
Friend:

PS: This is amusing..Trying to explain above scenario to Ideas Aunty.

Ideas Aunty: have to tell u...i cant figure out this post at all
Ideas Aunty: but i absolutely love the look of ur blog as usual
Mua:
Mua: was simply a stupid post..found it amusing so stuck it on
Ideas Aunty: uh......duhhh i didnt get the jokes....sorry
Mua: lol..ok..basically, i called her to wish her on her bday
Ideas Aunty: okeeee
Mua: and the call was answered but cud only here background noise
Mua: so i assumed she sat on it and hence the call was accepted
Mua: hence y i said" i hung up coz not much point talking to her rear end", as luvly as it may be
Mua:
Ideas Aunty: hehehehehehheeh..ur a nut
Mua: finally she gets the joke..and realises i am a nut..sheesh
Mua: and obv, neuro talkin abt nem gettin to the "bottom" of it was another stupid pun
Ideas Aunty: hehehehehe
Ideas Aunty: cant help it...i missed ur 'ass'-umption
Ideas Aunty:
Mua:
Mua: hits head against wall..
Mua: that was as bad as ours
Mua: infact, so bad, i mite be tempted to put it up as a PS to the posht
Ideas Aunty: well if ur badshah of nutcases, i'm queen of pjs
Mua:
Mua: queen of pajamas??magar tum to mini-ishkart mein ghoom reli ho
Ideas Aunty: huh-huh-huh....that was soooooooooo lame
Ideas Aunty: i'm limping
Mua: hehehe..u silly woman
Mua: if my joke was lame, then i shud be limping, not you
Ideas Aunty:

PPS: Another hilarious discourse...

Mua: u need someone like george clooney unkaal
Ideas Aunty: naa.....richard gere perhaps
Ideas Aunty: or closer home..rahul bose
Mua: hmm
Ideas Aunty:
Mua: bose unkaal got quite a nice bottom apparently :P
Mua: english august dekha?
Ideas Aunty: nope
Ideas Aunty: but i saw the butt in split wide open
Ideas Aunty: yeccchh...that sounds awful
Ideas Aunty: eek eek eek
Mua:
Mua:
Ideas Aunty:
Mua: o man..fabulous
Mua: mite stick that on as well
Ideas Aunty: i will kill u if that comes on the blog
Ideas Aunty: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Disclaimer: In case Ideas Aunty wants to kill me, proof that I was simblee respecting her wishes..

Mua: areyyy..wont give ur name out
Mua: will just say "friend"
Ideas Aunty: hmph...my ego is bigger than my embarassment
Ideas Aunty: now i insist if u use my jokes...be sure to mention the source too
Mua: ..very well, if you say so

The Results are Out

2005-02-08T16:03:00.000Z

Got my results last week :D hhehehe...am in a supremely gloating mood now..Got 90% overall..WOOHHOOOO...Was shocked..highest in all subjects and top of the class..not bad, not too bad at all..

On other boring news, off to Manchester tomorrow for a job fair..lets see wot joys that brings..lol..

On a competely different topic, was readin the news a few days back and saw an interesting article..An american man parked his car on a level crossing in order to commit suicide..At the last moment, he changed his mind and got out of the car, but the train crashed into the car and overturned killing few tens of people..So the guy got taken to court and charged with multiple homicide, was found guilty and sentenced to death!!! Bloody irony of life...Guy wants to die, then decides he does'nt and then get sentenced to death anyways..sighh...madness...absolute madness..

This Day in History

2005-01-27T18:46:00.000Z

Just a quiet post for Holocaust Memorial Day..The day Auschwitz was liberated by the Russian Army 60 years ago..

Also happens to be my brother's 16th birthday..so Heppi Budday to the lil brat..

And of course, Republic Day, a day late..

As for me, life been busy like never before..Exams finished on Friday after which all my energy was concentrated on getting my application for PhD funding done..Finally handed it in yeasterday so that is one chapter closed..Don't find out whether have been successful till early May so its a long wait..o well..Plus, the master's project is now in full swing..the past four days, i have been in my department from 8.30-5 everyday..No lunch break either..Sigh..Looks like this life is going to last for at least another 3 months..On the bright side ( I guess), this has lead to my maintaining reasonably human hours again..Have been going to bed at 12-12.30 and waking up at 7.30-8 now instead of my usual going to bed at 3 am..The old bones have begun creaking..Cant hack the student life anymore..Lol..

Saw the doctor today about my shoulder cause the physio is going pretty slowly and he says it is a frozen shoulder..Never seen a case in someone so young before..Apparently the youngest he has seen so far is a guy of about 35..sigh..So is now going to take about a year before i get back full movement instead of the usual 3 months or so..It doesnt seem to affect my daily routine though as I can still use it for most purposes but it means swimming and the gym weights are off for a bit..Pah..Most annoying..

One more day till the weekend..cant wait!! Enjoy ur Fridays people..Good Night :D

A tribute to Celine Dion

2005-01-12T19:17:00.000Z

Sorry dear Mrs. Dion,

As you all know, i have not posted in ages. That was simply because it was christmas and new yr weekends and also, i was studying for my exams. Exams start tomorrow and so my head is just full of highly uninterestin facts which i shall not espouse here

I did however, remember this from ages ago. This is something Neuro and I came up with in the good old days back in school when we used to write a spoof magazine. Still makes me laugh my head off. Oh,and wish me luck. First exam at 9 AM tomorrow.. Well, have done all my revision so hopefully, it should go well. Next one not until next week so can have some peace after tomorrow morning. Till we meet again, yenjaaaaiiiii!!!!

In the memory of those who smelt it... and now are in their Heavenly abode...This is also dedicated to his legendry CH4 which, after departing from the first bench, cut many a budding life short.

Sing along to the tune of"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Whatshername??

Everyday in my class
I see you... I fear you
That is how I hate you..
(Dont) go onnnnnn..

Far across the classroom
And the benches between us
You have come to kill me...
(Dont) go onnn...

Yooooou'll f*rrrrrt...
Where ever you are...
And I know that you're fa*t will go on...

Onnnnnnce morrrrrre...
You open that **** <--- (Rhymes with "goal")
And its here in the classroom
And the fa*t does...
Go onnn and ooooonnnn...

You can fa*t just time
But it last lasts for a life time
And the stink ne'er goes till...
We're gonnnne (To heaven)

Pain was when I smelt you
All the time... I hate you
In my life... the stink will
Go on...

Near ... Faaaaaaar...
Where ever you are...
I believe the fa*t does...
Go onnnnn...

Once morrrrre...
you open that **** <--- (Rhymes with "goal")
And its here in the classroom
And the fa*t does..
Go onnn...

You're Heeeeeeeeere...
What more could I fear...?
And I know that your fa*t will..
Go onnn...

The smellll's gonna stay...
Forever this way...
And it's here in the classroom
And the fart will go onnn...
AAAAANNNND ONNNNN!!!

[Bows] Thank you... Thank you very much!

Daily Blabber © 1999

My brain has been busy!!

2004-12-21T22:34:00.000Z

Ok guys..Guess I WILL post about all these various scandals doin the rounds..time to tax my brain a little bit :D

This post axully started out as a comment on Di's page so please bear with me if the startting sounds a little bit abrupt..

Firstly, a question no one else seems to have considered (If you have, my apologies)

How come no one has raised the point that the DPS scandal is actually child porn and illegal as hell..Is not just a moral issue, is also a bloody legal issue..They are 16 for chrissakes ..Whether it was consensual or not and whether she knew abt the recording or not becomes immaterial...is it just me who realises the legal implications??

I got a reply as follows: Legal implications? X-Cy! You realise what a long-drawn court case would do to the kids involved? It would ruin them inside & out!!

My response:
My dear girl..Who is talkin abt the kids..It is to protect them that I talk abt the legality of the issue...All I meant to say was that anyone distributing these clips is techically guilty of child porn and shud be prosecuted..That wud hopefully, reduce the distribution (I am not quite naive or hopeful enough to think that stoppin it possible) and give the kids some peace..The courts need have nothin to do with the kids themselves for the issue, I do not think, is axully the kids anymore themselves but what was done with the clip, immaterial of who made it or was in it..

Someone else's point of view:
The only problem I have with this sex clip issue is with DPS and IITKgp. I goto a school to get an education (so i was told). That is, for me, the only basis of my relationship with them. Why then should the school be bothered about what I do in my personal life? Do these actions mean that my school has a complete right to information on all activities I indulge in with my girlfriend?Also, do these actions mean that pimps and prostitutes aren't allowed to apply for our premier institutions? If so, shouldn't it be clearly mentioned in the admission brochure? My source of income - for genuine reasons or to satisfy my profligate ways - should be of no concern to the institute as long as I am satisfying their basic purpose - studying well.My fundamentals themselves may be misplaced but the worst two things about this episode for me were - 1. expelling the students from their respective instis2. overwhelming coverage given to the issue by the media spotlighting - the kids, the technology and the 'sexquotient'boooo

And now, MY point of view..I spent a bit of time before i posted this..And have reread it as well..My opinion on the incidents seems to be different from most people..I dont know why..And do not know who is correct..But then, opinion is never about right or wrong, about truth or lies, about fact or fiction..It is a matter of perception..And in that, we are all different..

Simply put, your private life is only private till it becomes public..A bit of an oxymoron but if you consider it, makes sense..the clip was out in public..most people in school had seen it..

And also, is not a case of pimps and prostitutes as you put it...The guy distributed the clip without the girl knowin...It becomes more a case of exploitation than nething else...And even with pimps and prostitutes...If you do it in private, it is your bizness...But if you distribute the videos in school, it BECOMES the school's business...similar principle..

As to the overwhelming media coverage, it is hardly surprising...One cud argue that the media coverage makes us sensationalists but conversely, it is quite often the case that the media will cover these stories because they KNOW that the public are interested in such sensationalist hyped issues....If we werent, they wouldnt..simple as that...

News is no longer about news, it is about viewership..No news channel is either foolish enough or rich enough to concentrate on the good old ethics of news and morals and all that...Viewers count and viewers want sex...I dont think you can blame the news companies..At least, I dont believe they should be blamed..And belief, like opinion, is of course a matter of individual perception..They need viewership else a lot of people are going be out of jobs...

As for slimes of india..I agree they are..but why do they still sell so many copies? Tells you something about the public doesnt it? It is easy to blame these big companies but for crying out loud, most of you read the damn papers..why do you if they so terrible? And forget even the papers, most of you probably read magazines like filmstar and stardust and all those glam mags with celebrity lives..How can people then cry foul when newspapers or news channels do the same? I know about 4 people who GENUINELY buy papers or magazines for news alone..We all want to read about sensational issues..

And even for the iit incident..I think it was on uni premises..Can hardly blame the uni for takin the hardline..Hell, if you were an employer and you found out an employee was sellin porn out of work,u would be annoyed..Legally u may not be able to do anything...but if he was doing it AT WORK, you would have fired him..After all, nowadays, ppl are being fired for even accessing it on work computers let alone selling it..I dont see how bashing the policies will help..You live by the sword, u die by it...

And D: Dont quite see why you say he did a wrong thing by selling porn?? Morally wrong? Perhaps...But almost everyone watches it..And on one side there is an argument that we should be enlightened about sex and stop making such issue out of it...But we are not allowed to view/distribute porn?? Cant have it both ways..Either we decide we want to be a hyprocritical conservative society and condemn such behavior and yet indulge in it all privately..OR live with it and grow up a bit...In THIS case, i do thing his crime was NOT doing wotever he was, but simply doing it on university premises where he should'nt have..To put it simply, wrong place, wrong time, wrong person...Maybe i am alone in this view (and I would not be surprised) but like I said, can't have it both ways..

When the Shiv Sena went on its "moral" policing everyone was up in arms against it..but what the public is doing now is NO different..So who are we to condemn the guy?? And i DO think the two issues are VERY different..What happened in the DPS incident should notbe confused with the IIT incident..

Well, I think my position is pretty clear..But of course, leave your comments and will do my best to reply to them..And PLEASE, DO NOT be offensive..Either to me or to anyone else whose comments may not be similar to your point of view..We all have our opinions..Respect each other's and they will respect yours..

Make up your minds..And live with your choices..PEACE.

Edit @ 11:20 PM : Here you go CA..Something worth waiting for..3 pages and 1200 words worth :D This has got to be one of my longest posts so far..Happy reading..

Edit @14:00 PM, December 22 : A chat i had with M..C+P it with her permission..adds a slightly new dimension..

Abhinay: btw, since when is legal age of consent 16?
Abhinay: was 18 far as i remember, unless they changed it recently

M: its sixteen. even for rape

Abhinay: u sure?

M: totally

Abhinay: in india?? Hmmmmm..ok..thats new to me..far as i was aware was still 18..but point is, no one arguin abt their right to DO it so to speak but the fact that there was a VIDEO changes matters..i may be wrong but me pretty sure for videos, age is still 18

M: its always been 16 which is very unfair

Abhinay: ergo viewin of neone under 18 still illegal

M: i'm the activist areound here

Abhinay: for videos?

M: i know..lol

Abhinay: dont think so..man,no where in world is it legal to have under 18s in porn shoots..16 is
legal age of consent in many places,sure, but 18 is standard worldwide for porn shoots..for certain,if neone in the states or europe or australia etc was caught watchin the clip, theu WOULD be sentenced..wud b very very very surprised if it was diff in india

M: india is stupid..the laws are anyway

Abhinay: hmm..will have to chek it out

M: so i agree with you there

Abhinay: 16 consent age may be fine..and if 16 is age for consent logically follows that is age for rape as well..well, statutory rape newayz..but like i said, videos, esp one that is distributed...16 highly improbable..HIGHLY..man, all porn channels/sites wotever wud have 16 yr olds NOT 18..which i think everyone is aware DOES NOT happen.. not legally newayz

M: so the people who put it on the net get screwed
M: not the kid who did it or made it

Abhinay: indeed..that is wot i have argued all along..if u read my post, i argued that distributor should be prosecuted not the kid

M: maybe i missed the point..i agree with all you say..just thought i'd bring up that point

Abhinay: “Who is talkin abt the kids..It is to protect them that I talk abt the legality of the issue...All I meant to say was that anyone distributing these clips is techically guilty of child porn and shud be prosecuted” as I quoted

M: as right..that was my point..not child porn

Abhinay: it is i am afraid..it very much is

M: coz its above legal age of consent

Abhinay: doesnt matter..legal age of consent for private sex is very diff from legal age for distribution of sexual acts in public domain
Abhinay: u have sex at 16 in ur bedroom great..u make a vid also fine IF u watch it urselves..anypoint of time u distribute it, u r in deep trouble
Abhinay :you would not be able to argue in any court i know of that it was above age of
consent..is immaterial..the two ages are for diff things..which again is silly...for if u can have sex at 16 u shud b able to watch/sell/do wot u like at that age as well..but such are the laws..trust me on this..wud b v v surprised if u got off..dont care whether was above age of conesent or not..
Abhinay: if they were under 16 it wud b child porn as well as statutory rape and distribution of a "rape" vid..again....much more serious..but even at 16,it may no longer be rape as is consensual but still child porn

M: ok
M: whatever you say

Abhinay: i do say :D ..post ur opinion..will reply to it..on second thoughts..mite just c+p this if ya dont mind

M: go ahead

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

2004-12-20T13:16:00.000Z

U2's new song..I absolutely LOVE this song..Is their second single from their new album after Vertigo and I actually like this song more..Listen to it if you get the chance..

Tough, you think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough
You don't have to put up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

We fight all the time
You and I...that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need...I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
Sing, you're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me...

Where are we now?
I've got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone...

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
The best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

Artist:U2
Song:Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Album:How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Well, Well, Well, whaddaya know, Xcentric IS still alive!!

2004-12-20T11:59:00.000Z

Indeed, as mentioned above, I am actually still alive..ye few people out there who actully cared and bugged me to post, well, muchos gracias ...Has been a while simply coz has been a busy time..was the last two weeks of term and was busy finishing off submissions and other work to hand in..and last week was very very busy doing the best thing of all..absolutely NOTHING!! Went over to a friend's place and had a great [eaceful relaxing week..Watched movies, played video games and had food cooked..The joy..But am now finally back to me good ol room with internet access..

Guess a fair bit has been going on last few weeks..Seems to be quite a few scandals doing the rounds but wont be posting about any of them..Enough has been said about them by most everyone else who seems to be blogging so will not tax my poor li'l brain too much..

On other news, Neuro (Zyaada Pagal) has finally moved out into a flat and Devar (Aadha Pagal) will be off to Canada soon, so for the first time ever, we will ALL be away from home..Will be interesting to see how life changes now, esp for those two...For me, Leeds IS home now in a way..Well, gud luck to them anyways..Finally get to sample the joys of living away from home, and a few nightmares too no doubt..

And also, Angel babes, here's wishing you a FANTABULASTICALLY BRILLIANT Christmas...huuuuggggggssssss..take of yourself kid..

New Photoblog

2004-11-27T02:28:00.000Z

Hey there..have got a new photoblog to post photos I take. The template needs a bit of improvement which will be done in the holidays. The first few photos are up though so go have a look .

Ah yes, have also updated my frequents lists..hehehe..If I have missed someone out, lemme know and will add you. Updating my list has also thrown up some interesting revelations. Apart from Neuro and Iyer, all my other readers are female!! How very bizzare. Well, if ever there was proof needed that guys are smarter ...All the mad women out there who read my insane drivel ...ok ok apologies ladies ...Wud be interesting to hear peoples opinions as to why that is..comment, comment!

Well, two more weeks of term and then the xmas hols..sighh..cant wait..Right, time to head to bed. The weekend is here..yaaahoo..Gnite all..cya arnd..

ONE Good Reason to marry an Indian Girl..

2004-11-23T01:05:00.000Z

Indian boy's mom:

If you marry a white girl, I am sure you can be very happy.
BUT, if you marry an Indian girl, you will get all my gold and diamond jewellery..

ROTFLMAO..DAAAYYUUMMM that was soo funny when I heard it...

2004-11-19T21:44:00.000Z

Almost 40, kids and STILL stunningly gorgeous..Saw her perform on tele today, and the magic still remains..

Apart from that, life has been ok. Had a great weekend and then went and popped my left shoulder out on Sunday..PAH..3-4 weeks in a sling..typical!! Anyways, hope you all had a fantastic Diwali..Life here has been busy and about to get a lot busier..But I look forward to the Xmas hols..All u slackers now will be hard at work then..my turn to PAAAAAHHTTEEEEEE...muahahahahaha..Take Care All..

For those less fortunate

2004-11-10T23:52:00.000Z

This Diwali,

before you spend 1000 Rs. on a firecracker, think that amount could be a family's earnings for a few months..
before you buy sweets, think of the people who have no food..
before you buy new clothes, think of the people who have no clothes at all, who do not even have a roof over their heads..
when you get together with friends at the brand new barristas, think of those kids outside who stare at you with longing eyes..

think,
if you buy new clothes, give the old ones to people who need them..
if you buy some sweets, give one to a kid on the road and watch their eyes light up with the joy
if you buy firecrackers, give a few sparklers to the beggars at the crossroads..

The festival of lights, the festival of joy, the festival of sharing....

This diwali...THINK
This Diwali...GIVE

Good night and happy diwali..........

"HAPPY??" Diwali

2004-11-10T19:08:00.000Z

My response at being informed that devar, hems and malav were gonna be speding diwali in Abu while I continue my miserable existence here..

abhinay14: so you spending diwali in abu eh?
abhinay14: sahi hai boss
devarshi: haaan
devarshi: and that too without you
devarshi:
abhinay14:
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On a happier note, have fun people..Remember me :D gnite..and happy diwali all....

Weekends and Dreams

2004-11-06T15:31:00.000Z

Ok..well, firstly, have'nt been posting too frequently coz am now starting to get busy..Next few weeks will be even more busy with my job hunting and search for phd intensifying..This probably acounts for the rather interesting dreams i have been having :D

two days ago for some reason, M was in my dream and she really SHOULD NOT have been in there. Then i had a dream including some random friends of mine. And last nights dream, by far the best of the lot..I was transporting some diamonds over with two other people and we had the three most fabulous cars :D And best of all, we kept swapping them around..And man, what cars...the new porsche 911GT, the Maclaren F1 roadster and finally an ultimate supercar which i could not identify but was MY perfect car..and considering it was my dream, it looked to be a cross between a Ford gt40, a Lamborghini Diablo and the Jag e-type and damn, did it look AWESOME!!

Hehe, I think that is going to be my only amusement over the next few weeks while i jobhunt..Unless anyone of you out there wants to offer me a fabulously paying job soon.. :D considering that is not likely, I best look around..Thats it for now..Toodle doo

PS: Oh yes, INDIA WON THE TEST..what a joke of a match..o well...

The weather is horrible.......

2004-10-28T01:48:00.000+01:00

......and life isnt much better. Have to do 6 example sheets for the maths lecture on friday. It is not essential to do them but considering that that is the only example class we have for the module, would make sense to have the sheets done by then. To make things even better, have a 600 page book to read up on for the new .NET software i am using for my Masters project. What joy. Not only a 600 page book, but one on software and programming at that. And that too needs to be done ASAP. And then have to sit down and work on the other two modules as i have in sems in the following week. Which means that I will then have to do twice the work the following week after the tests on my project as will not be doing any work on it next week.

On the bright side, after that life should improve considerably :D Also, being halloween weekend, will prob chill out over the weekend which as usual should be fun. What DOES NOT improve matters is the horrible weather. Has started dropping below freezing in the nights now and there are predictions for gale force winds of abt 80 miles per hr. Not nice at all. However, am not quite sure whether it is a good thing that it is crap weather or not. Coz if the weather was lovely, then I would probably be even more annoyed at having to sit in and work. hmmm.... Your thoughts please.

What else? Well, saw Die Another Day and sorry guys, but hallie berry looked pretty ordinary me thinks. And what was with the Ursula Andress copy? Tch Tch Tch..No patch on the original. She was waaay better in Swordfish. Though the Aston Martin WAS ultra ultra cool, not forgetting the Jag either.

Well, that really seems to be it for now from my boring life. DO leave comments and make my life slightly more interesting. Probably wont be posting for a week or so unless something exciting happens like a meteor falling on my head. Though i suspect, if that happened, I wouldnt be in much of a state to post and neither would much of good ol' Blighty.

SO as described in Snatch, from the land of "Bad food, Worse weather, Fish and Chips, Mary effin Poppins England", Good Night. (Bit of literary license there before people bite my head off. I know the description was for London but wth, does a pretty good job of describing whole place.)

Oh Dear Oh Dear

2004-10-18T15:05:00.000+01:00

Well..Firstly I am dead tired..Three hours in the sports center yesterday followed by staying up till 5 am studying does not do much good to ones mental or physical state..And to make things worse, had to be up by 7:30 as I had an early start..Just a quick post before I go to bed..Something i just noticed today which had me in fits of laughter and thaught I would share..Was going through my latest guests in the gostats and I noticed that there were four visitors who had come through a google search..Guess what the search terms were:

"Mallu babes" and "Gujju girl porn"..

(these terms have shown up in the limericks and obviously some people have got the wrong end of the stick..quite literally, got hold of the wrong end )

Bloody brilliant..now i show up on dodgy google porn searches..Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear..My blog has sunk to new depths..hehehe..Seriously, if you dont believe me, type the search in and see what comes up..That gave me as much a laugh as the actual post itself..

Apart from that, nothing much else..Peace people..Good night and happy porn hunting

World beware, the nutcase is back..

2004-10-09T20:10:00.000+01:00

Well my faithful readers, it has been a while since my last post but i guarantee you the wait has been worth it. I am now back with a new post. Those of you who read AI would have seen his touching post of dedications. Well, I have come up with something similar though not quite the same. So here is to all my faithful readers.

Be Warned: The following post may cause lack of oxygen to brain due to severe laughing fits. I am not responsible for collapsed lungs, heart attacks or reopened hernias. HOwever, rest assured, if you do die, you will die happy!! Read on ye all..

For Hems:

There once was a girl called vani
Jo thi hems ki dil ki rani
So one can see, why he wasnt too pleased
When she ran off with Abhinay Ramani

For Nemesis:

There once was a silly lil twit
A greek nemesis with some wit
She lived in b'lore and jumped off the 10th floor
When she realised she was doin English Lit.

For AI:

There once was a boy called Lean Dude
So called coz he didnt each much food
He took all the gals and called them best friends
So we took chicken soup and threw it on him
Coz he WAS being kinda rude

There was once a mad guy in leeds
Who intro'd divi to a guy who smoked weed
They hit it off, and ppl started to coff
Coz AI was a lean dick indeed

For Angel and Blues:

There were 2 girls called angel and blues
Wot their real name was, i hadnt a clue
I set them up,but both were straight babes
And so all they did was hit me with shoes

For M:

I once had a cousin called Minnie
Who was a big fan of Winnie
I joked winnie was pooh and it was raining golden streams
So she smacked me and called me a meanie

(For explaination of golden streams joke, pls refer to earlier post called Rude, Very Rude)

For Rhea:

There once was a girl called Rhea
Who thot porn na dekha to nahin jiya
So she unwrapped her tape and sat mouth agape
But saw it and thot, "yeh maine kyun kiya?"

For Priya:

There once was a gujju called priya
Usne snakes ko rape karke liya (i.e. snacks ko wrap)
But the RSPCA, came and took her away
And said, "ey tame su kari dida?"

For Divi:

I had a friend called Divi
Who called herself spider which was kinda silly
Coz with 8 hairy legs, wot can one do
But go out with someone like Peter Willey

ForMyself:

There was once was a boy called Abhinay
And all he did ever was people annoy
So his friends screwed his life, and got him a wife
Whose name was Alisha Chenoy

More limericks about people in Neuro's college to go into the
Dontlook Magazine :

There was a bengali called Suman
Who married what he thot was a woman
On their honeymoon, he suddenly swooned
As he realised that "she" was a he-man

Girls i no longer find scary
Coz one of them i will eventually marry
And then she will see, that though i have a degree
All i really have is a vada pav ka laari

There was once a mallu called Nesil
Who married a girl called Cecil
They said their i do's and their life was happy
Till one day she smacked him with a pestle

There was once a girl called minx
So small she wud have baths in sinks
She trained to be a journo,
but that was such a bore no?
So she said, " damn this degree stinks"

There once was a girl called dimple
Who was but a giant big pimple
But now that she's old, she's started to fold
And now she looks like a more like a wrinkle

There once was a girl called vaishali
Every morning she used to sing some qawalli
Until one day, her neighbour came to say
U sound worse than banging on an empty thali

There once was a girl called Pragyan
Whose sole purpose in life was to bug ya
She bugged away, until one fine day
Hems said"shut up, or i'll kill ya"

Well, I hope you enjoyed that. All ye people out there who I failed to dedicate any limericks to, if you leave me your names, I will try to come up with some :D . While i understand that if you actually want me to write silly limericks about you, you must be going nuts, all those who read my blog are nuts anyways!! I await your comments. Till next time, good night.

For Blues..

2004-09-29T02:27:00.000+01:00

Here you go girl..You wanted a post..I was being lazy..ergo a C&P I think you will enjoy :D

Mine, immaculate dream, made breath and skin, i've been waiting for you,
Signed, with a home tattoo, happy birthday to you was created for you.

(can't ever keep from falling apart.. at the seams)
(can't i believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)

Ahh, it'll take a little time, might take a little crime to come undone
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me in to cry.
Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone.

(chorus)

Words, playing me deja vu, like a radio tune i swear i've heard before,
Chill, is it something real, or the magic i'm feeding off your fingers

(can't ever keep from falling apart.. at the seams)
(can i believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)

Lost, in a snow filled sky, we'll make it alright, to come undone,
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me in to cry.

(chorus)

Iris

2004-09-25T19:01:00.000+01:00

One of my all time favourite songs...

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

At the risk of alienating all female viewership!!

2004-09-20T17:12:00.000+01:00

Adios Ahmedabad

2004-09-15T06:42:00.000+01:00

Well, after 3 months, the time has come to bid adieu and head off back to Leeds. How, where and wen these 3 months have passed, I do not know. The again, the fact that I have graduated is itself alien so I am not too surprised about 3 months passing by so quickly. Has been a nice, relaxing holiday and now me is back to my miserable existence as a student :D Should be a fun year (when I am not studyin anyways :D ) and am sure will be back same time next year wondering where the year just flew by. Looking forward to being back in Leeds. Leave tonight to Bombay and then catch and early morning flight to Manchester. Will be back in Leeds by tomorrow evening so will be online soon. So adios for the next few days. Next post from Leeds!!!

Till next time, Ahmedabad!!

A Perfect 10

2004-09-02T12:17:00.000+01:00

Ok Ok so its actually a perfect 5 but what the heck, literary license :D

Thank you to the Journo for having such perfect taste (he he he..ok ok so modesty is NOT my middle name). She has in her infinite wisdom decided to grant me a score of 5/5 (yes yes SHE. Probably the only female ever who would do such a thing :D )

On a more serious note, all ye new people that visit, leave a comment or shout so that i can drop by your blogs as well coz a fair number of you have dropped by after the review and I dunno who you guys are. Obviously, some of you perhaps, fearing your sanity, wisely decided against leaving your url, but the rest of you who have not read my disclaimer ;) , please leave a shout.

No new posts in a while now as I have been travelling around and on return, seemed to come down with a bug. That coupled with the fact that don't really have much to post about has resulted in the silence.

Will be back again soon. Till then.......

Modifications

2004-08-22T13:55:00.000+01:00

Am back and have been playin with the template a bit. Have added my Launchcast station as a link at the bottom of the page. Check it out if you want to get an idea of my eccentric music tastes! :D

Also the frequents and archives are now in a drop down list. Loads more people finally added :D Makes the place a lot neater I think.

Saw I,Robot yesterday. Pretty cool. Excellent effects. Will Smith as usual was great and the female was pretty damn nice as well(dunno who she is). On the whole, worth it.

The trip to b'lore was peaceful and relaxing. Apart from when a truck decided to kiss the car!! Thankfully, had insurance.

31,000 BUCKS!!!! HOLY CRAP!!

O well, all part of life..hehe.. As long as some idiot doesnt decide to crash into me when I give my test on Tuesday, its fine.

Well, that seems to be it for now. Adios all

Back and Jobless as ever

2004-08-22T10:49:00.000+01:00

Hemant: ok...
Hemant: what wouold the hip hop version of Twinke Twinkle be like?
Me: twinkle twinkle u big momma star
Me: me wonders wtf u be
Me: up above the world on pot
Hemant:
Me: like a big fin sparkly in da blues
Me: on pot=high
Me: me thinks it was clever no?
Me:
Hemant:

Why I luv Abad

2004-08-06T05:19:00.000+01:00

10 Steps to having a great time.

1. Get stuck in torrential downpour.
2. Discover friend at chai kitli while on the way home.
3. Get out off the rick.
4. Sit and drink chai and eat garam garam makkai on roadside for next 15 minutes.
5. Spend all money.
6. Discover have no more money for rick to go home!!
7. Start walkin in knee deep water.
8. Get discovered by a friendly rick driver who takes you home for no
charge because "yaar..baarish mein to aisa hota hi hai..koi baat nahin..baith
jao..tumhe pahuncha dunga..paise kabhi baad mein mai milun to de dena"
9. Sit in garden as no one at home and get further drenched.
10. Finally go in, have a warm shower and dinner.

Aaaah...peace, contentment, joy.

Who needs anything else??

ROTFLMAO

2004-08-06T05:18:00.000+01:00

A man goes to a doctor with a steering wheel stuffed down his trousers.
The doc asks him what happened.
The man replies " I dont know Doc, but its driving me nuts!"

ROTFLMAO...

poor chap

2004-07-31T12:03:00.000+01:00

Me:baarish hai to kya hua be?
played back garden cricket for 2 hrs in pouring rain today

H:kamino kutto bhadvo... salo mazze karo

Me:man was it fun or was it fun
and goin for movie as well
and eating nice garam garam samose at iim canteen
which is open till 4 am

H: f***************k off

Me:havin fun

H:ACK ACK ACK

Me:woooohoooooo

H:ICANT HEAR U

H:I CANT HEAR U

Me:i know u cant
we aint on voice chat
HAHAHA
but u sure can see wot i am writing
hehehe
H:F*************K OFFFFFFFFFFF

Take 2:

Me:mein vatak riya hun
mein aur bevade abhi patel ko utha ke uske lancer mein rakhadne jaa rahe hai
law garden for butter masala makkai

H:F*************K OFFFFFFFF
GO TO HELL
DIE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE FOR ALL I CARE
DIE DIE DIE!!
CHOKE ON UR MAKKAI AND DIEEEEEEEE!!!
TAKE THE SAMOSA AND STICK IT UP *******

sigh..poor fellow..I have decided to post this in order to generate some sympathy for the poor chap..bechara abhi college mein hai aur hum bindaas tp kar rahe hai..hopefully, the sympathy will makehim fell better..no nasty comments please.. HAHAHA

IT GETS RUDER STILL!!

2004-07-30T13:47:00.000+01:00

Sudden stroke of genius, hence an afterthought to prev post..

abhinay14: surely the mouth is the wrong end for spouting golden streams
abhinay14:
abhinay14: shud i include that?
jughead117:
jughead117: do it

Are we evil, or ARE WE EVIL??

RUUUUDE, VERY VERY RUUDE

2004-07-30T13:31:00.000+01:00

The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish, and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky. - Rabindranath Tagore

Taken from M's blog..Apologies to her from the outset for my rudeness.

My response to these great words of wisdom : " If it is pouring golden streams anywhere, I sure as hell am staying indoors"

Hemant's response to MY words of wisdom:

jughead117: golden streams?

jughead117:

jughead117:

Now, while I found this funny, and obviously, so did Hems, any hate mail, please address to Hems...

abhinay14: i was gonna post it on her shoutbox
abhinay14: but thot better of it
abhinay14: mite post it on my own blog though
jughead117:
jughead117: do it
jughead117: do it do it do it
jughead117: or i will

So, as you see, I had to..

What is this world coming to??

2004-07-30T12:54:00.000+01:00

jughead117: javsie got Engaged
abhinay14: WTH????????????
abhinay14: S.O.B
abhinay14: wth is this man
abhinay14: saale in a few yrs u devar and me will be the only single ppl arnd
jughead117: abbey tereko nahi pata?
jughead117: puja ka fone aaya.. woh boli
jughead117:
jughead117: highly likely... u and me maybe... fadiya... i dont think so
jughead117: abbey uske ghar wale use chhodenge nahi
abhinay14: hehehe
abhinay14: sach baat hai be
abhinay14: o well
abhinay14: me thinks we shud have a reunion in 3-4 yrs time
jughead117: 3-4 years?
abhinay14: saale invitation hoga hum skool ke kareeb 25 log ke liye
abhinay14: aur ayenge sab pati-patni and bacche in tow
abhinay14: bas hum do akele
abhinay14: Bahut mazaa ayega
jughead117:
jughead117:
abhinay14: woh sab life sentence le ke mar rahe honge
abhinay14:
jughead117:
jughead117: i know one thing... i am NOT coming to that reunion!
abhinay14: hehehe

:D :D :D

2004-07-28T04:54:00.000+01:00

ok..i have finally got over my laziness and decided to post.. :D The main reason I have'nt been posting is simply because there has'nt really been anything to say..Have been enjoying a nice boring life while I can coz in a few weeks time, all peace is going to go flying out of the window..

Have been making good use of the time to watch some cricket :D At the moment, am feeling good. Is difficult not to considering we won a match so close. All credit to the guys in blue who fought like men possessed, and they needed to. I don't think many people will disagree that maybe 5 years ago, there way no chance we would win the match after jayasuriya had taken us apart with surgical precision. It only goes to show how much the TEAM has come along. They have belief, not only in themselves but also in one another. The way Zaheer followed the thrashing he got with a maiden over was pure class. And then of course, the last over. Perfect yorkers all the way through. Sehwag's bowling was beautiful. If only he got a chance to bowl moreoften, would be a very useful fifth bowler. After all, he got into the team as an off spinner who could bat a bit!! And good to see him use his head and hang around. Once he was set, he opened up beautifully. Damned unlucky to be given out. Yuvraj played a blinder confirming his ability. One only hopes for more consistrent performers from this man who can deliver so much more. And for all the abuse the fellow has to suffer, I think Ganguly did a fabulous job. Batted beautifully and as per the team requirements. He seems to be slowing playing himself into someform and that is always good news, for when on fire, he can tear the bowlers apart as well as anyone else. And his captaincy was fantastic. Give the guy some credit. The team has been moulded by him over the years and the youngsters have all repaid his confidence in them.

And it annoys the hell out of me to see all the hypocrites dancing around. They insist they have no faith, yet they will watch every ball. They criticise every mistake yet look as if they were the architects of the brilliant victory. And they talk crap about Tendulkar. Give the guy a break. And Dravid as well. The guy has won us more matches than I care to count. And yet, people just don't want to give him credit.

:sticks middle finger up:

We are not going to win every match. But at least they bloody well try and work their bollocks off. Which is more than I can say about most people.

Right, now that I have completed my tirade and let off some steam, I can move on.

Been learning how to drive over the past wekk or so. Had 7 classes so far out of 15 and been wandering around town. All good fun :D Been to CG road, Ashram Road, Old City, Usmanpura, Sarkhej Highway and havent killed anyone yet. If anything, at least the start to my driving life has been auspicious..hehehehe..Unfortunately, dont think the Brits are quite as easy going as us lot when it comes to issuing licenses (understatement of the century)..Though surely, if you can drive in India, esp Abad, driving in the UK should be as easy as piss. Stupid rules, me sez.

That's that I think. My schedule comprises of driving, cricket, gym, story book, bed. Except on Saturday when we go rakhdofying the whole nite. Great Fun!! Late nite show, driving to kalupur for chai, sitting in the IIM lawns, eating food at the canteen at 3AM.....the list goes on. You is missing out big time Hems. Vaise, you shameless bum, kabhi to online aaya kar. Coll kab chalu ho raha hai?

Thanks for all the comments people. I am relieved to see that some of you actually want me to post (or maybe you just wanted to know when i was posting so you could avoid it like the plague!! :D :P )..lol..either ways, see you around people. And hopefully (for some, anyways), wont be so long till the next time I post.

AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH

2004-07-27T16:51:00.000+01:00

DAMMIT!! Why are Indian women so beautiful????? I swear this trip has taken at least 5 years out of my life with the heart flutters...sigh..

Coming Back to Life

2004-07-11T09:45:00.000+01:00

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted

Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And headed straight into the shining sun

-Pink Floyd

Heppi Enibursary

2004-07-11T00:00:00.000+01:00

To Hemant,

Heppi budday to u,
U were born in da zoo,
U look like a monkey, (poor monkey :P )
And act like on too.

Congratulations,
You are now old enough to get married and join politics..From the frying pan into the fire :D Have fun!!

2 Weeks

2004-07-10T12:16:00.000+01:00

Has been a loong two weeks since i last posted for which i have blogger to thank. Blogger decided to die on me foe a week and so have not been able to post anything. Finally, I manage to log in and have abt 7 new posts which i could finally publish. I think you might have to get a couple of posts through the Recent Muses or Archives section as the blog only has 5 posts per page. Anyways, I am off now, and hopefully, wont be another two weeks till I publish again (though, no doubt, some of you were enjoying my extended silence ?!?! ;) :D )

Till next time..

Life

2004-07-09T11:28:00.000+01:00

It amazes and saddens me how few of us appreciate the value of life. When I say the value of life, I don't mean the value of A life but the actual importance we give to our own. Most people value a life. The irony lies in the fact that though they agree that a life is the most precious gift and should not be taken lightly, they usually don't appreciate life. They are alive and yet do not live. If you are all wondering what the hell I am on about, don't worry, I hardly know myself!!

For most people, life is about getting up, going to work and earning money so that they may continue to stay alive. But is this actually living? Or is it merely the shell of life. Instead of having the lead role in the greatest and most important play, that of our life, we are relegated to the sidelines to merely observe as life flashes by us. How many of us can say we LIVE. That we take this great gift we have been given and put it to good use. All of us have the capability to be great, to do great deeds and yet we wallow in the depths. Why? Are we scared of venturing out? Of being ostracized? Are we scared of not having money? Do we not have belief in ourselves? Or do we drown out the screams from within by listening to the screams of society? Do we not owe it to ourselves to do what we belive in?

Yet, it is not as easy as that. We have multiple responsibilities. To our family, our partners, our children, the society we live in. Is it justified to do something simply because we believe in it? Perhaps it takes more courage to live with security and not follow your dreams? Or does following your dreams require more? Should we compromise on OUR life? And yet, do we not expect compromises from others? Is the whole idea hypocritical? Can we actually live life for no one else? Is this not selfishness? Or can we justify it by saying we do greater good for humanity though not necessary those close to us. What is more important? Humanity? Society? Family? Self?

I do not know. I do not understand. And in this, I think, we are all together. I look at people who live what may be described as boring lives, as worthless lives. Yet for those who depend on them, they can hardly be described as worthless or useless. And without them, the world would not function.

I am still young, too young, some may say, to even contemplate such points. Maybe, as life progresses, I will learn the answer. Or, more likely, I will learn not to ask such questions!! Then again, I may never know. And perhaps, there is nothing to know? For surely it is all relative. At the end of the day, everyone has a purpose. And maybe we need to accept that. Without question. And live, not necessarily, how we can, but how we should.....

...................

2004-07-08T11:14:00.000+01:00

Down, very down...

Yet, as all else before, and all that is yet to come, this too shall pass...

Singing in the Rain

2004-07-06T11:13:00.000+01:00

Finally, after 3 weeks, the rain pours down. As the heat is washed away, and the
fragrance rises from the parched earth, the joy spreads throught the heart as
well, probably best expressed by the song which most of you will probably
recognise..

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
For love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I'll walk down the lane

With a happy refrain
Singing, singing in the rain
In the rain.

La...

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
I'm singing, singing in the rain
In the rain
In the rain

A Huge Upset as the Defending Champion Is Victorious Again

2004-07-05T11:12:00.000+01:00

A slightly confusing title no? A huge upset but the defending champion wins?? For
those of you who have'nt guessed (which, admittedly will be very few if not
none), I am referring to the Wimbledon Men's Singles as well as the Euro'04
finals. Federer won Wimbledon as was, perhaps, expected, while the Greeks pulled
off what must, arguably be, the upset of the century as far as football is
concerned. As far as I am concerned, I was rooting for the Czechs all the way
through, but it was not to happen. So I am glad that the Greeks actully won after
having destroyed the hopes of so many others..Good for them..It seems destined to
be year of the Greeks..The olympics to come as well..

The Triumph of the Underdog

2004-07-04T11:11:00.000+01:00

WOOOHOOOO..Maria Sharapova won!! The 17 year old defeated Serena Williams..and
not only that, the manner in which she won was absolutely amazing..never in a
million years did i expect her to thrash Williams so soundly..And it IS a
Roddick-Federer final..Go Federer Go!!

Maria Maria

2004-07-03T11:10:00.000+01:00

COME ON GIRL!! well well well..the youngster from siberia is in the Wimbledon
finals..that girl can play..and of course the fact that she aint half bad looking
helps as well ;) DAMN, that girl is FINE..

The finals later today should be exciting..I really hope the kid wins..The end of
the Williams domination..and looks like a Federer-Roddick final as well..that
shud b muchos muchos fun..is it just me or does Federer remind you of Sampras?
lus the Euro '04 finals on sunday night and it makes for an interesting
weekend..

I Wonder Why?

2004-06-25T07:30:00.000+01:00

It is a curious trait of humans. A simple question posed a few posts back (Random Thought) elicited no replies yet one so profound as life itself attracts them like moths to a flame.

Why, I wonder?? (and wonder also, whether this post will attract any replies!!)

Confusion no more

2004-06-25T07:27:00.000+01:00

I AM WHO I AM AND WHO I AM IS ME........

Don't know if anyone said that. Sounds familair. If not, i claim it as my words of wisdom..HAHAHA!!

Life

2004-06-25T06:25:00.000+01:00

Hmmm...Seems like Sahil and Hems have been in deep thought for a while now..

Firstly, to Sahil,
"Oye Dumps, don't worry too much man. I feel the same way and technically, I have already graduated! Man, am I gald I am still at uni. Thing is though, I don't think many people ever know exactly what they want to do and how they are going to achieve it. Most people take what life throws at them and carve out a path. I talk with some of my older friends and I realise that as far as being confused goes, Welcome to the Gang!! Most of us are stronger and smarter than we realise and eventually, we will find our roads to travel. So relax. And as for life, i quite like this:

All life is an experiment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson "

To Hems,

" Man. I get where you are coming from. All I can say is, be who you are. I have always believed that there is absolutely nothing to be gained in putting on a mask. Sooner or later, one is found out. And if one is'nt, the maintainence of the pretece takes its toll. As most people I know will vouch (well, I jolly well hope so anyways!!), I do have the tag of being frank to the point of rudeness. But then, its what some people love about me. The fact that I say what is in my head and heart and consequences be damned. Then again, it is one of the biggest reasons some people cannot stand me. Thats fine. I don't expect everyone i ever meet to like me. But one thing I can say for sure is that it is very very very rare that people don't know exactly where I stand. The person people know is the real me. Sure, they don't know my life history but they don't need to.

Sometimes I see friends of mine be tactful and diplomatic and i wonder that perhaps it would be better if i was a bit more diplomatic. But then I see them get dragged into doing things they do not want to and saying things they do not mean, all because it is now too late to state how they truly feel. Life is tough enough as it is and as far as I am concerned, making it more difficult by trying to please everyone is pointles. No one can please everyone all the time.

I don' think this makes me an uncaring or selfish person. Far from it, I feel, and hopefully, so do others, that I am. Rude maybe, frank definetely but uncaring, I hope not.

Someone said that to enjoy life, one must first be happy with one's self and then only worry about other people's happiness. And though it sounds extremely selfish and arrogant, I feel it is true. It is very difficult for a sad man to make others happy. Not impossible mind you, for I know people who achieve that. But pretty damn difficult. But then, they say also that making other people happy makes you happy. Also true. It is all so confusing eh?

I suppose at this point some people will probably think I am a complete and utter bleep bleep bleep. Fair enough. All I am saying is that whether you are yourself or whether you put on a front, there will always be people who will dislike you or want you to be different. The way I figure it, they might as well dislike me for who I am then who I pretend to be. And if they like me, I would hope they like me for who I am. Anything i achieve, I want to be able to say that I did it and not one of my many multiple adopted personalities.

I am also neither that stupid nor arrogant to belive that my way of life is perfect. Maybe, later, I will be the one left wondering. But there is no harm in trying. If it works, great, and if it does'nt, other paths will be discovered.

People have liked you for who you are. They will continue to like you and no doubt, so will others. Be not, what others want you to be. Be your own man, my friend. Stand tall and be counted. Know that you have friends who prefer you as you are and may this give you the belief and strength in your ways. "

Thus endeth the sermon................

Down but definetely not out

2004-06-25T05:37:00.000+01:00

Why is it that when you think you know and like someone that they turn around and kick you in the ba**s as hard as they can?

Its only words.....

2004-06-19T06:36:00.000+01:00

Why is it that when we really need to express ourselves, words fail us?
Or is it perhaps, the lack of words which enables us to understand each other perfectly?

As the Beegees said,
"Its only words,
And words are all i have,
To take your heart away."

True?? Or maybe not...

Random Thought.....

2004-06-19T06:34:00.000+01:00

Why are there paper cups in the airplane toilets when it clearly says above the taps
" This water is not suitable for drinking" ???

I'm BAAAAAAACCKKK

2004-06-15T15:54:00.000+01:00

Aaaah..it is boiling..i am already half dead..have not slept in more than 50 hours..But DAMN, its good to be back..Was a scary flight..nothing to do with the flying though..simply the fact that every single female on the flight above the age of 20 was not only married but also had at least one, if not two tag alongs ( as in annoying li'l brats who would not shut up or stop screaming)..SCAAAAARY..hehehe..

And then of course, on the flight i get stuck with an old gujju lady who speaketh not a single word of english..Sometimes i think i have become too english for my own good..get this..this woman sat next to me says " beta..mane angrjji nathi aavadtu..tame air hostess thi puch ne ki mare toilet paase seat mali shake..mane bahu ulti aavde che.." one mention of air sickness was enuf to get me scurrying away to the nearest air hostess possible :D ..newayz, gettin back to the point..do i say " excuse me but this woman wants a seat near the loo because she feels sick a lot"..OHHH NOOOOO.. this is what i say..

"Excuse me please..but the lady sat beside me was wondering if you would be so kind as to possibly reassign her a seat closer to the toilets as she does have a tendency to get rather violently air sick"

WTH??? I almost burst into hysterical fits of laughter once i finished..the troubling thing is not that i said sumthing like that but the fact that i was sincere..I was not doin it to be silly..and a damn posh brit accent to boot..jeez..ah well, bhun day here and i bhill be bhek to dhe gujju eksent of angrejji..

Apart from that was a nice flight..i luv emirates now..free meals at dubai while waiting for the connection to bbay..and fresh mango shrikhand!! aaah..wot a feeling when you have not eaten mangos for what seems like forever..and a nice fresh rava onion masala dosa at bbay airport..life is good..The simple pleasures of life..

And it has finally started raining here..Seems like i have driven even the gods here to floods of tears..hehe :D :D ..well, that seems to be about it really..enjoying this feeling of complete freedom while it lasts..few more days and then will be back to the books..

till next time..

The last day...

2004-06-11T01:21:00.000+01:00

Well..it has finally arrived..all the papers have been sorted, the room has been cleared and the packing is done..Once again, it is time to go back for a few months..And man, have i been looking forward to it..The joys of masala dosas, dahi paneer, sleeping in, live cricket, friends, family, getting laundry done for you..Aaah, the simple pleasures of life..Will be great to finally have a break and be back in A'bad..This is probably the last time I will get in a long while to meet most people as we have all graduated now and will all be drifting away, building our own lives..

Some of my friends will be graduating this year and so, once again, comes that time of the year, when goodbyes are said and many promises are made to stay in touch..Promises that are, in the vast majority, made for the sake of politeness and never honoured..Most of us will never meet again..But some of us will, hopefully, stay in touch..Am glad have done all my preparation for the trip back coz all of tomorrow will be spent meeting people for the final time..And technically, I am a graduate now though it does'nt really feel like that because I am back next year for the Masters..

On a completely different topic, met Asterope online today..Finally met the person behind the voice (or as in this case, the person behind the MANY MANY comments!!)..Am constantly amazed as to how we keep meeting people in such random ways..Always good to meet new people..Finally got her name out of her, and, much to Hemant's annoyance I am sure, I am going to keep my trap shut (for one of the few times in my life :D ) and not reveal it!! Hehehehe..Also, muchos thanx to Asterope for the free advertising on her blog!! The more the merrier..Keep the bloggers coming..

Hey Dawn, sorry abt yesterday..Was shutting down my laptop when u logged on..Was off to bed..Am sure will c u arnd..

A big hello to Ocean, who apparently asked Asterope to say hello to me coz she was too busy!! The generation of today, i ask you..Always busy..

"We have no time to stand and stare" ..Still so true..

Oye Hemant, when you get your phone line in, send me your number..I assume your mobile number has'nt changed..

Right, thats it for now i think..Gnite all..Probably will not be online till i get back on Sunday night..Till then..

And finally...

2004-06-07T21:05:00.000+01:00

So hard we toiled for today
To derive the joy when it arrives
For a brief moment we have no fear, no worries
Suddenly the sky clears, the clouds dissapear
And the Sun, which for so long has played hide and seek
Comes out to shine down
As the darkness and gloom lifts
The mind relaxes
The heart soars
And a smile gently plays along the lips
We step out and throw our arms wide open
And for the first time notice
The gentle breeze
The myriad of colour
The quiet whispering of the leaves

What tomorrow will bring nobody knows
But for today at least we are free
Finally, truly free

Good things come to those who wait.........

Krypya Prateeksha Kiyije...Normal service will be resumed shortly

2004-06-02T23:34:00.000+01:00

aaaggggghhhhh...been 3 long long long weeks...and it all ends tomorrow..finally after months and months of hard work...and then i can get back to blogging..have not been totally dead though...await the all new template which hemant and myself have been workin on..aah..cant wait to finish that either...has been in my head for a few weeks now and hemant has kindly consented to do the coding, being as he is rather bored and jobles...which is great for me coz i wud throw the comp out of the window if i had to do nemore programming during the hols!! rite, bed time now..up early for me final exam..till then...

to be or not to be....

2004-05-18T13:13:00.000+01:00

that is the question probably running in mrs gandhi's head...well well well..is'nt the politics in an interesting state..just been watching the news...and obv, hand in hand with the politics goes the stock exchange..will the lady from turin sing?? or will it be the sardar from jalandhar (well..dunno where he is from but jalandhar is as good as any!!!)...BSE is like a yo-yo one day plunging record amounts, the next day rising in record amounts...the world has gone mad...but hopefully, by the end of today, we will know who it will be that will shape our future for the next 5 years...either wayz, dont have time to pontificate now..time to pull down the shutters, start burning the midnight oil and pray like mad!!! hehehe..obviously, in case no one has guessed yet, it is EXAM TIME....well, if i am still alive, i will next post in 3 weeks time..till then, adios, wish me luck and all the usual bull....

A Birthday Present`

2004-05-14T10:34:00.000+01:00

well....now here is a nice present to have....been speakin to a few lecturers and they seem interested in a phd offer :D now that is worth coming to the dept for even on ur bday!!! is very cool...will be meetin them after the exams so that shud b interesting...one lecturer has said if marks are good this year as well then he mite wanna chuck me straight onto a phd instead of doing an meng next yr...but i will prob do an meng newayz...plus, i need to apply for funding and is now prob a bit too late for next academic yr..but u never know..lets see..mite happen, mite not...mite not even get the offer/sponsorship in the end..we can but hope...tis out of my hands newayz..all i can do is perform in the exams which i will newayz..so here goes...another stage of life now beckons..where shall we go from here????

I AM OLDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!

2004-05-14T00:10:00.000+01:00

lol!!! i love the way people always ask you if you feel older...what do you expect me to say???... "well, u know, two seconds ago i was in my teens and now i am suddenly out of it and i feel sooo much older..wow!! i have become a year older in a matter of one second.." lol!! i feel no different to how i felt yesterday or how i will feel tomorrow..but then, for some reason, "BIG" birthdays dont really seem to be that big to me..16 and 18 did'nt mean half as much as 17 simply because 17 was when i finished school and prob the last time i would ever be with all my school friends at the same time..21 will prob b bigger than 20 coz i will have graduated...wot i find very amusing is that most people i know here seem to think 18 is a big birthday coz u can drink legally!!!is something i fond so silly it is amusing..i cant even begin to contemplate how being allowed to drink legally makes it a big birthday..the right to drive, to vote,to have a bank account, to own a credit card, to be a major..even these are somewhat reasonable reasons...but being able to drink?? especially when they all have been drinking for years newayz!!!!! ah well, ever the cynic, me!! o well, going to have an interesting birthday..in the daprtment form 10 am till at least 4 meeting various lecturers and have 2 revision classes as well..should be fun ;) have not bothered making any plans which also seems to amaze people..i just told them to decide something they wanted to do and i was quite happy just turnin up!! too busy to bother making plans for 100 different people (ok ok i kid myself..will prob b 2 people who will remember or bother doing nethin!!!)...newayz, apparently am out for dinner and also visiting dev and the others on saturday..right..off to see nypd blue..and then bed...looooong day tomorrow..nite all....

....................

2004-05-13T23:21:00.000+01:00

has no title as could'nt really find any words to describe it...but is very thought provoking and very very disturbing...biased perhaps/ personal definitely...i would say i "enjoyed" reading it but that does not really give the true extent of what i felt...more than the article itself though, to some extent, it is the comments, especially the ones by people who repost and carry a conversation that i found very intriguing...the post is not meant to offend, nor bias nor brainwash anybody...is simply an interesting post.....

Easter in Fallujah........

End of teaching...the summer ball and the final project presentation

2004-05-10T20:03:00.000+01:00

aaah..is now revision week..and i have done no theory revision yet..AAAAAGGGHHHH...on the bright side, am now completely done with the practical side of things and so is now time to get down to some full time studying....the presentation went well, though the examiners did have a rather bizzare sense of humour....one wanted to know why i had designed a deterrent and not simply a device to kill the squirrels??? lol!! o dear o dear o dear....is now formally the end of teaching..and techincally, if i was'nt continuing to do my masters, this would have been the end of my uni life..

WOW!! where did it go, wot did i do ?? it is like a giant kaliedoscope of various people and times..all so seamlessly blending into each other, yet all so very different in their own quirly little ways....some people whom i will never see again..some i dont want to see ever again..and some i will be gutted to never see again..some happy times, some sad ones, some easy times and more often than not, some very VERY busy times ( :D )....but all very very unforgettable times..one friend married, 5 more engaged, more than one going insane..and i aint even out of my teens yet!!! lol!! (for those wondering, will finally be 20 on friday..expect messages and presents!!! hehehe )....

and speaking of unforgettable times..was the end of year ball on saturday..and was great fun...has been a great year....my first as a sub-warden and has been soo cool....the ball was brilliant....got very embarrased when the students started hooting and applauding the wardens....and thats a first for me ;) is quite an amazing feeling when u are standing in front of hundreds of people applauding...one of the very few moments that kept me silent...and as most of you will testify, that does'nt happen too often :) well, apart from that, as usual, took too many fotos with too many girls for my own good!! lol!! :D:D need to finish the roll off..will stick the fotos on when thats done...will prob b a while though wot with the exams coming up...aah well, was a good escape for a day but back to life as usual now.........

And Hemant thought he was bored....

2004-05-10T19:54:00.000+01:00

well...did this before the easter hols..on the last day of term axully..but managed to misplace them..found them yesterday..and here it is..my only excuse..i was very very very bored. :D :D

check it out...

slightly bored...

bored...

and very very bored....

Life and Honesty

2004-05-08T00:27:00.000+01:00

Well...heard from the company i was applying to for a summer placement..i did'nt get through..tough..o well..that in itself does not bother me..only one person was selected from our group and if that person was better then me then so be it..i know the guy who was selected and he is a fantastic chap..when i was told that only one person had got through, i asked them if it was him and they said it was..he deserved it and i am happy he got through..

But when i heard why they had not selected me the reason they gave me got me thinking..and to be honest, got me more than a bit annoyed..

They liked mostly everything they saw..academically i was one of, if not the best in the group..the presentation was great..the time management and group exercise went well..but they rejected me because i was not able to give them specific examples in the interview..incidents from my past which matched the scenario they presented...but it was not for lack of experience..in fact, quite the contrary..the two questions i was unable to relate to specific incidents were about how i dealt with giving criticism to people and how i behaved when i had to break bad news to friends and comforted them and helped them...at that point of time, it was impossible for me to come up with any one specific incident..criticising people is something i do not do often..yeah, i know that i may be frank, sometimes to the point of rudeness..but thats a bit different from criticism..and even when i do, it is hardly an incident i particularly care to remember...as for dealing with people in vulnerable or emotional states,...again, it is something i do without thinking..if i help someone, it is not so that i can stick it on my cv and tell the interviewers that 4 months ago i helped xyz...it is something i do because i feel i can and should..and like most other situations, once it has passed, i forget about it...the fact that i should record what happened in some corner of my mind coz it mite prove to be useful when i need to vomit out the situation and glorify myself later is not really something that crosses my mind..and i would hope that it never would..

Some people said i should have conjured up some story on the spur..which to be fair, i am quite adept at..lol!!..me and my imaginative skills... :D ;) but why should i have to lie in order to show someone that i am genuine and caring and honest..surely that is the most hypocritical deed possible?? and why should the fact that instead of giving one hyped up event, i answered thruthfully about what i would do in such an event and what i have actually done in such events...i don't remember the events in sufficient detail to describe them when asked...but i know what i did..and i know what i would do..i dont recall events, as for me, they are just part of life and helping someone is not a special event but something i do often and subconciously..and surely that, if anything, should be in my favour??

Sigh...tis a sad time when being there for a friend has to become a hollywood blockbuster with all the ingredients simply to get a job..and when u have to conjure up stories to make yourself a glorified permanent do gooder who is surprised as to why he is not being sainted along with mother teresa...

Was def an experience though..left me slightly disillusioned, slightly angered, slightly wiser and yet, at the same time, slightly more confused...a very bizzare and ecclectic cocktail of emotions..but a learning experience nevertheless..to sum it up in three little words of eternal wisdom,.... " Such is Life".....

WHERE IS EVERYBODY???????

2004-05-05T23:52:00.000+01:00

oh and i have a bone to pick...counter sez abt 7-8 hits a day..well, WHERE ARE ALL THE SHOUTS???? EH??....i know i aint been postin but come on guys..leave us a message sometime.. :D g'nite

sigh......

2004-05-05T23:30:00.000+01:00

jeeebeezus..do u realise that it has been 2 weeks since i last posted?? i didnt even think had been a week..shows u how quickly time flies..and they say time flies when u havin a good time...HA..well, i got news for you..it travels a lot bloody faster when u got soooo much to do that u r hoping each hour is a day as it supposedly feels like if u aint havin fun...o well...nothin new including the fact that there is nothin new..lol!! well, handed in my final project report on friday and have the poster/viva tom..shud go well... :D been an interestin week or so in some ways..will prob expand later when i have the time..mebbe tom if i am not curled up in bed sleeping for the next two days!!! sooo much to do apart from work as well....need to fig out wot i am doin for summer, get tickets and visas sorted, apply for next yrs modules, sort out the project for next year, aaaaaaaaaghhhhh...rite..well, best be off to bed i think..early day tom..wish me luck..and will def be back to my annoyin rambling waffling nonsensical blogging ways soon.. :D :D HAHHAHAHAHAHA ( loud evil laffter) ...aaah one man's food is anoter man's poison..so enjoy the peace while it lasts, me hearties..coz as thin lizzy said "the boys are back in town"..though in this case only one..he he..o well, nite all...

GMAIL IS HERE

2004-04-22T02:17:00.000+01:00

mwahahahaha...1000 MB of storage..WOW..is brilliant..alll u bloggers out there..sign up to it..thats more than i will ever need..ideal for storing all the junk i keep gettin.. :D ah well, on a complete tangent, did an iq test coz was bored off my pants..145..not half bad..esp for 130 am... :D aaaaaaahhh..bed now me thinks..got an early start tom..nite all..cya arnd..

Bored

2004-04-21T15:18:00.000+01:00

well...frequency of blogging seems to be going down..not really surprising..nothin particularly interestin happening..and not enough time to write about it anyways..life gettin better though..spoke to the lecturer about the snake project and thats now only due in after the exams..which is soooo much better..plus, finished off the other two smaller projects to be handed in..and just finishin off the final modifications and diagrams of the main project so that that will also be done..and then can take it a bit easier..shud hopefully, be fairly less manic than i originally expected..phew...

also, Chris (my lab partner) and me were "scouted" so to speak by one of the lecturers for a new project next yr..will be in chip design and programmin etc which is cool..coz we both enjoy it..plus is a new project..didnt have it for the guys this yr..so that shud b interestin..and was quite pleased that the prof asked us..is quite cool coz means that he likes us and feels we r the best guys for that project..lifted the spirits a bit..and boosted my ego..HAHAHA :D o well..that seems to be it for now..

Back to uni

2004-04-18T23:00:00.000+01:00

well...they say good things come to those who wait..i am still waitin!!! lol..newayz, back to uni after what was supposedly a break..HA..on the slightly bright side, i did'nt expect to get any time off so was'nt bitterly dissapointed..also, got my final report draft back and supervisor didnt seem too displeased..not many changes so u never know..mite end up havin a few days off..also, the final timetable is completely different from the provisional..was initially having 2exams in first week and then one on monday of second week..now have one exam a week..8 days off b/w each exam...which, for the first time in my life, i am actually pleased about..am usually the one who wants to get exams donw with ASAP but this time, the week off in b/w each will be very very very useful..if only to take 5 days of the week off and wander off ;) HAHAHA..we can but wish..o well..oye hems..hope ur exams goin well..gud luk for the rest..and the transfer and ur bro's admin etc..havent seen u online in a few days..kya chal raha hai?? btw, agar tujhe balla dikha to mere taraf se usko sorry bolna yaar..yahoo pe aaya tha magar i was away..tried replyin but gayab ho gaya that tab tak..chal to..milte hai..

P.S: Anyone notice the new deep and meaningful banner yet?? hehehe..

ROTFLMAO

2004-04-16T23:59:00.000+01:00

aaah..got my report back today..looks to be decent...not too many modifications and corrections..thats one thing off my mind..due in 2 weeks time so got some time to draft a few more copies..got to write up another report this weekend due in for monday..shud b fine though..already done all the tests and got the results..now just a case of composing it into the report itself..and finish writing up my lab book..aaah..work work work..best thing about this blog..in a years time i will read the archive and go " WORK??WHAT WORK?? THIS IS REAAAL WORK"...lol!!

newayz, heard this today:

Seen on a shop door: "Out for Lunch. If not back by 5 PM, out for Dinner also!!"

i thot it was hilarious..cud u imagine ever having that on your desk and your manager walkin by!! LMAO...

Interview

2004-04-15T23:35:00.000+01:00

phew...all done..was a looooong day..but me thinks went well :D the interview went pretty well...and the presentation was spot on time which pleased the interviewers...overall, quite a good day..and even of dont get through, was def an experience worth it...well, been a busy few days as usual...wed was spent in lab and then off to bham..today was the interview..and tom, back to dept again..hopefully, can get stuff done by sat and can take sunday off..that way atleast get a day off before we start term again..sigh...wot times eh..lol! wishin for just one single day off..o well..such is life...we all in the same boat..and slowly sinkin!! ;) the philosopher in me returns..hehehe...well, NYPD Blue later and then off to bed..laters..

A Beautiful Day????

2004-04-13T07:20:00.000+01:00

SIGH.....been ranting to hems and a cousin of mine for a few mins...check out the conversation below...is shaping up to be a very interesting next few months..

If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference says:
howz life beenin general?

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
HA

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
u REALLLLY shudnt have asked

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
was gonna rant and rave on the blog once i finished me work

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
chek it out in a few hrs time and u will know

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
lol

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
been mad

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
and aint gonna get ne better

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
is 6 am and i still up writing me damn report

If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference says:
ouch.......

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
yeh

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
exactly

If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference says:

well i have exams coming up and i have been studying for 4 hours without a break and now i don't want tpsee another boookj in my life

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
hehe

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
welcome to my world

If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference says:
irony is, the edxams haven't even started yet

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
like i sed

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
welcome to my world

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
get this

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
havent had a holiday since sept when i started

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
am supposedly on holiday now but havent taken a single dy off

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
will work today and get up and continue

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then on wed go into lab for another project

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
finish it off 9-5

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then havta go to birmingham for an interview thursday

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
come back on thursday and type up the report for wed's lab

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then meet supervisor and get modifications and corrections for this report i am currently doin

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
work on it over weekend and draw up all diagrams and design the PCB

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then next week all time on a third project

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
finish that by next weekend

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then week after that have a presentation on this project and anothe rproject

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then a week off for revision which will b v v useful coz me aint touched theory yet

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then 2 weeks of exams

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then work for 10 weeks

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
and then home for 5

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
but even in summer

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
while work/home

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
havta prep for gre, gmat, cat etx

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then back in sept for masters

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
till next june

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
then mebbe

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
just mebbe

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
next summer i get some time off

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
so as u can see

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
pretty damn interesting next few months

If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference says:
woweeeeee!

If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference says:
you sure lead one great life!!

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
HA

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
yeh rite

and for those of you who are wondering what the title is about..SARCASM...LOADS OF IT..well, on the bright side, am finally done...can mail it off to me supervisor to have a look at and see wot he sez..tom or rather later today, i gotta finish of the lab book..also, need to get meself a shirt for the interview..will either do that later..though most prob will just stay up a few more hrs and get it done and then hit the sack..is already 7:30 so watch frenz and everybody luvs raymond till 8:30 and head into town..sounds bad but axully is'nt too bad..woke up at 4 pm so in a weird kinda way, is very similar to gettin up at 6 am and goin to bed at 11-12..not quite sure ppl will agree with me there though ..lol!! but hey..once i get this lil shoppin trip done, straight to bed..and then have a abt 3 hrs work max to finish off the lab book..CSI and Law & Order from 9 pm so if i wake up at abt 5-6 will be fine.. :D lookin forward to bed..rite..well, me off now...cya all in a few days time..will prob update before me interview on thursday..wish me luck..gnite...

STILL Up

2004-04-13T04:07:00.000+01:00

phew..time for a few mins break..is now 4 am and am gettin somewhere..almost done..a few more hours and i shud b done..then mebbe bed time..till then...

Boy Does'nt Time Fly

2004-04-10T23:28:00.000+01:00

OMG..was watchin tele earlier and there was an ad for Kill Bill Vol2 being released on 23rd April..and i thot, eh?? i thot it was being released in a few weeks??...and then it hit me..23rd april IS TWO WEEKS AWAY..o dear o dear o dear..was really taken aback..in the back of my head i knew it was april..but it just hadnt sink in..lol!! still has'nt...cant believe that in a month's time or so most of us will be graduated..jeez..newayz, end of rant..back to work :D gud luk to all u guys whose exams start soon..

An Ode to Nice Men

2004-04-09T15:04:00.000+01:00

This really made my day...check it out..

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~jenf/writing/rant04.html

Hum rahen ya na rahen yaad aayenge ye pal

2004-04-08T14:42:00.000+01:00

yaar khepat bhai..tu bhi kaisa aadmi hai..i didnt recommend u listen to wywh and then u go ahead and do it..lol!!! tu bhi hai maha gadha..koi nahin..is an amazin song..and is followed by comfortably numb..and yeh, i kno the feelin..and the best thing is..since i got the concert, can watch it on large tele, turn lights off and vol on max and is like being there..is sooooo cool..will try to bring it accross when i come over this summer..and since u refuse to be sensible, here is another song for you to sink your teeth into.. :D am sure u have heard it but this time listen to the lyrics as well..for your benefit, here it is ...till next time...

LOL

2004-04-07T23:56:00.000+01:00

An excerpt from an interview with Jackie Chan:

" I once met Spielberg and i asked him how he managed to get dinosaurs, men and machines, all together in one shot..he said 'Jackie, its simple..i push one button then another and then another..how do u manage to jump off a roof onto a pole 10 feet away and then fall 40 feet to the ground through two glass roofs..??'
'Even more simpler' , i said, ' lights on, camera rolling, JUMP'..."

i found this hilarious..and sooo great..the guy performs all his own stunts, has almost died twice, broken almost all his bones, dislocated his shoulders, pelvis and cheekbone (????????), fractured his skull and spine multiple times..and he still thinks what he does is in essence, so beautifully simple...wow

WOOHOO

2004-04-07T16:46:00.000+01:00

aaaah..woke up today and checked my mail and discovered had one from the company i had done an assessment center for last week..typically, they had mistyped my email address and so i got it forwarded to me again today rather than have it on friday..but all that apart, have been called back for an interview!!! :D :D is sooo cool..is gonna b a long day though..is next thursday from 9-5..apparently there is gonna b an interview, group exercises, something known as a competency test (dunno wot it is) a presentation..its an on the spot presentation which is axully a good thing far as i am concerned coz it means that i dont have ot bother with any preperation now and can concentrate on getting all my work done before then..also, i am usually pretty decent on the spot and being able to blab about 'most anything under the sun and manage to keep people interested (ok ok..most of the times they wanna kill me but hey, at least that shows they are still tuned in..HAHAHAHA) should help me a bit...he he..well, thats abt it really..only bit of slightly interesting news in my life in the past few days..whole uni shuts down tom for 5 days for easter..so can finally stay in and not havta go into the dept which makes me feel sooo much better.. :D

Go Yuvi

2004-04-05T23:30:00.000+01:00

aaah..back after a few days...had fair but to say (hardly surprising) but cud'nt b bothered (very surprising!!!)...well, been a busy past few days...started the report write up..wanted it done by today but that aint happenin so hopefully by thursday..that was supervisor can read it when we split for 5 days off for easter..that shud b a good tea time read!!! lol!! poor chap...dont think he will be overly pleased...he he he...apart from work, been a lotta very long and bizzare net chats over the last few days..HA HA HA..mite post em up when i can be bothered..hems and dawn already seem to have done so...got a few pics up as well..mebbe more later (when i can be bothered!!!)..lol!! dont seem to be bothered about much these days ..ah well, the joys of work far outweigh any other remotely decent and interesting activities i could otherwise occupy myself with eh..::weak sad sarci grin:: ah well..think will be a let off today..a short post..just a quick hello really so that people who were hopeful i had sodded off and left em in peace are bitterly dissapointed...HA HA HA..well, that brings a lil joy to my life..HE HE HE EVIL LAFFTER continues long into the nite...don't think gonna b online for a while..waste too much time..mebbe on the weekend..

also, congs yuvi..great century..and young irfan as well...missed a 50 unfortunate..and then figures of 8 overs 5 maidens and 4 runs..WOW...o well, shud b an interesting first hour of play....

and to end..AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH......Y CANT THEY MAIL ME????? THEY SAID WUD LEMME KNOW EARLY THIS WEEK...ANNOYED ANNOYED...o well, fingers crossed..update later...off to bed now...

Predictions Come True and Words of Genius

2004-04-03T02:30:00.000+01:00

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (evil sarcastic laff)...wot did i say?? wot DID i say??? ::sigh:: surprise surprise, hemant IS'NT over her just yet..he gets 2 offline messages from her and tells me ( we were chatting on msn at the time) he is weak in the knees again.."NOOO", he sez.."this cant b happening"..ah well....when i warned him in my infinite wisdom (cough cough) it aint gonna b over quite so eaasy he refused to believe me..i rest my case..as does dawn i am sure...he he he...and i assure you, i dont write it in hindi on purpose...well, i do write it in hindi on purpose coz sounds better to me..but the purpose isnt to make sure u dont read it..he he ;) though to b honest, dont think that one needed much translation..poooompff means the same thing in most languages!!! ha ha ha...lucky you with the sunshine..is pissin it down here again..typical...is like the big man up there is playin a cruel april fool's joke on us..gave us one day of sunshine yesterday and now this..sigh..is prob a good thing in a perverse way though..coz have started my project write-up now and crappy weather keeps me indoors and hence working..

spoke to mom today...she had a party yest for all her students..apparently they didnt do justice to the food..there were leftovers..LEFTOVERS???????????? when my mom cooked??? u hear that hemant?? insult i tell u...terrible insult..my nani (grandmom on mother's side..translation for dawn's sake :D ) and us were musing over the good old days when u lot came over to eat at my place and let alone leftovers, there was no food left for my parents and bro and so mom axully had to cook again..HA HA HA ...aaah..now that is doing true justice to the food eh hems..he he he..and U IDIOT...i reminded u when i met u in the morn that mom was havin the do and rahul was going..and HE MISSED IT....got the days mixed up...come on man..ur brother missed it??????? how cud u do this..terrible..u of all people...he has missed out on a part of his life now..lol!! knoing him and you though, am sure he will b shameless enough to reinvite himself another day..lol!!! :D

and to end with some words of genius..me and hems seem to be coming up with some genuine gems last few days and here is another one:

And the panic starts to creep in again... Right about... NOW!! says: i AM gonna fight the feeling... i will find temporary respite.. one day at a time... and i dont care if its kills me.. i will get over this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
yeh
The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
well
The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
if it kills u
The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
u will def be over it
The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
LOL
The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says:
:D
And the panic starts to creep in again... Right about... NOW!! says: :S

this lil affair of his really has raised our intellect to a whole new level...he he he he..

and dammit, this has turned out to be another essay..me is begginin to think i shudda done my degree in a course like 'Blabbing without purpose incessantly and finding amusement in the most mundane activities and living life through a haze of silly laffs and dripping sarcasm and in constant amazement that people will read and believe almost nething blatantly untrue yet will look at you like some sort of freak if you mention that the sun rises in the east'...........as can be seen form the above statement, i wud clearly have aced it...HA HA HA !!!!! dunno y but am in a surprisingly eloquent mood today..must b the half botte of JD..HA HA HA HA HA...rite...well, i think this is a good point to leave it eh.. ;)

hmm

2004-04-02T03:12:00.000+01:00

well, that was a bit long...o well..

A Long Un

2004-04-02T03:10:00.000+01:00

Rite..this is gonna b a long post...thot abt splittin em up into smaller segments but cant b bothered..will start off and see where it goes...well, here goes...

firstly, hello again dawn..long time no see...suppose exams have kept u occupied...hope ur exams went well..gud luk for the remainin ones...and yeh...damien rice..if u plannin a trip to europe, drop anchor here in stiff upper lip land for a bit and u shud b able to catch him live as well.. :D worth the trip if u ask me...

secondly, varun yaar, where r the updates?? know u aint a regular blogger but......

has been an interesting past 24 hrs or so....wed nite, had a lenghty philosophical discourse with a frend about state of the world..lol!!! she was'nt too amused abt certain ppl being *******.....i eventually came to conclusion that babies have the right idea...sleep most of the day..wake up and eat..and when in need, yell ur head off or cry...and everyone still thinks u r soooooooooooooo cute...sleep and myob....just stay away form this mad world of adults coz invariably most of em turn out to b *******************................that got her pretty amused...o well..lol!!

woke up today morn at 6 am to follow the cricket on the web..eyh yeh i kno, mad man..but wot the hell..newayz, woke up 5 mins late so missed the first over..and followed the next over and that was it!! lol!! managed to get the wicket by the second over..last ball axully..so promptly went back to bed..whole lil experience was done in 4 mins!!!!! lol!!!!! well, i was'nt complainin.. :D

then last nite, went over to dev's place...new joint for em so sorta like a house warmin party...yaaaar..ghar ka khaana...dil chala gya..mazza aa gaya..newayz, to the juicy bits...wahan tha aur yaar..ek ladki mili..aur naam..ab main kya bolun..udhar tu, yahan mein...ajeeeeeb yaar..was absolutely weiiiiiirdddddddd...magar yaar....pooommppfffffff....main kya bolun......newayz, before ppl start freakin out, no interest..and she is from london..and she is engaged :D he he he..so there goes that lol!!! but thot was interesting...i mean, i knew hems and me share very similar taste in clothes and music esp..but man, this was bizzare....

aaah..MILD developments...have just bumped into hemant online..and his first words to me...I AM OVER HER!!....rite :: voice deep with sarcasm and rolling of eyes:: this from the guy, who last time i met him ( yest morn about 20 hrs ago), had wanted to tell her everything coz cudnt get over it....and the time before that (the prev day abt another 15 or so hrs back) told me they were frenz and he was reconciled to that and was getting over it blah blah blah..hence i think u can appreciate the sarcasm...but hey, good for him.. :D :D newayz, in parting told him to tell me when he made his mind up in a way which amused the hell outa him..

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says: call me in about 20 yrs time when u have made ur mind up..

And the panic starts to creep in...Right about...NOW!! says: ROTF LMBO

The hols are here..(http://the-xcentric.blogspot.com) says: dont laff to hard..u need the B to study

And the panic starts to creep in...Right about...NOW!! says: lol true true

rite well, newayz...last few days been a bit more interesting than rest of the last few months..thats prob my dose for this term done!!! ..have taken a few days off and back to work now coz feelin much better.. :)

and to finish..

I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' just to get you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

(from Cryin' - aerosmith)
think that sums it up eh hems..he he he..

A Day Off

2004-03-31T22:10:00.000+01:00

well...finally decided to take a day off..went down to the pub and watched the test match..that was fun.. :D saw the last 5 wickets...pleasant surprise..did'nt think wud b able to do it quite so easily..11 wickets in first 2 days, and then 13 in one..not bad..not bad at all...hopefully, will pull off an innings victory...will be first since inaugaral test in 1952..not bad eh..either ways..WAY TO GO GUYS...kumble now only 10 wickets short of 400..if he manages that in this series will b quite an achievement as well..

lazed around all day and boy did it feel good..caught up with hemant online and asked him to listen to this ..a bit o philosophising on my part..he he..though he apparently prefers this instead....if u insist mate...gimme a few months and will be over to do it.. ;) till then, try to stay alive eh..

AND GET DOWN TO SOME WORK...U HAVE YOUR FINAL EXAMS IN 2 WEEKS...AND I AM GONNA KEEP BUGGING YOU TILL YOU DO...SO UNLESS U WANT YOUR BACKSIDE ACHING AS MUCH AS YOUR HEART, SEAT YOUR BUTT DOWN AND HIT THE BOOKS!!!!! :D right, that should hopefully serve the purpose..he he he..if not, desperate measures, here we come...

Frazier now :D and then back to bed..aaah.. echoing the genius of Goofy on the poster above me bed.." There aint no such thing as too much sleep"...

Groanin and moanin....

2004-03-30T23:30:00.000+01:00

ACK ACK ACK...damn this cough and cold..went to the dept today and supervisor took one look at me and told me to go back to bed..lol!! but hey, on the bright side, he sez the cct is now complete and so i can get on with the write up and PCB design..also need to do lots of tidying up and explainations of y various components were used but apart from that, am about as finished as one can get..obv, is never gonna b totally, totally complete coz there are always improvements to be made but it has fulfilled the initial specs so thats cool..came back and went straight to bed..but woke up at 9 pm to watch CSi and Law and Order..he he he..yeh i kno, ikno, i am mad..but man i was fed up of lyin in bed all day..so hey,..plus, was a david bowie live in new york concert on the tele so saw that as well...was GREAT...and now 2 paracetamols and back to bed..he he..but before that, GO INDIA...come on guys..make history and win the test...will be icing on the cake..

Take the painkiller.........

2004-03-29T23:41:00.000+01:00

Summer rain, dripping down your face again
Summer rain, praying someone feels the same
Take the pain killer, cycle on your bicycle
Leave all this misery behind

Assessment Centres and hitting the bottle...and 300 reasons to celebrate

2004-03-29T21:01:00.000+01:00

just got back from the assessment centre..went pretty decently..will find out in abt a week whether get thru to next stage..fingers crossed..for now though, want nothing more than to crawl into bed..feelin awful..nose running faster than shoaib akhtar when sehwag is batting ( he he now there is an analogy to be proud of!!)....and now ill as well..bloody typical...time to go to bed.but before that, 300!!!!! woo hoo..the butcher of najafgarh really took the carving knife to the poor bowlers...unfortunate cud'nt get to 380..wud only have taken another 10 odd overs if he had hung arnd the rate he was going at lol!! newayz, time to get to bed me thinks..need to get back to dept tom..2 paracetamol and bed shud work wonders..

PS: about hitting the bottle, he he he, no, dont mean alcohol..that wud axully b pretty silly with me suffering from a cold..yest went thru 3 litres of orange juice, 1 litre of apple juice, 3 litres of water, 2 bowls of soup and 3 glasses of rasam..and all this when i was only awake for abt 12 hrs...madness..and still felt dehydrated...

and hemant, sorry to dissapoint you yaar..have given uptearing my hair out..have realised that eventually, u will get either a) bored or b) fed up, and shut up..he he..mebbe i am hopin for too much eh lol!! newayz, till then, have a read through this.

Hmmm....

2004-03-28T04:40:00.000+01:00

hmm..this is interesting..is now 4 am and have just done two practise verbal and mathematic reasoning tests..the same as the ones i will have to do tomorrow..i finished the maths in 8 mins (out of 10) and the english in 3..AND got all the questions correct..is weird though coz now i dunno whether to be confident or not..coz if the tests tom go as well as these then man, i will be soooooo pleased..but also, i am thinking that maybe tom's tests will be a darned sight harder and i will not have had sufficient practice..never know with these things..i am keeping hope in the fact that the company i have applied to asked me to do these practice tests coz the same company does the real tests as well..and the fact that i went to the uni's career center and did their practice test which was significantly harder and managed to get in the nineties percentile..and there is a creativity test as well..shud b interesting i guess..oye hems, wot u think? Somes Bond and The Maitrik and the great Daily Blabber!!!!! u think they will be impressed with our school time creativity??? HA HA HA...aaaghhhh..confusion reigns again..but like i sed, fingers crossed...newayz, apologies to all else; last few posts been a bit borin eh..all work and no play blah blah blah..but hey, have now finished practical work and so now mebbe life gets more interesting..hope so newayz..till then, am sure hemant will continue to expand our minds with his masterful and eloquent discourses.. ;) lol!! and to end on a tangent, is now british summer time so clocks have moved forward by an hour..hence, on top of this all, i also get an hour less sleep..bloody brilliant..newayz, wish me luck..an update on monday when i get back.

It Works, It Works!!!!

2004-03-26T23:01:00.000Z

aaaah..will go to bed satisfied tonight..and hemant, before u start cracking below the belt (both literally and metaphorically) jokes, is coz my complete circuit works!!!! yaaaahooooooooooo!!!! feels great :D after months of work, have finally integrated it all and seems to work beautifully..phew..now time to get it all written up..sigh..from the frying pan into the fire..need to go get me haircut tom me thinks..been a few months now..been too damn busy to even go get a hair cut..sad life eh..thot wud prob b a good idea not to turn up like a gunda mawali for the interview on monday (unless i was applying for a job in their security division or something lol!! )..right, so thats that...the weekend should hopefully be interesting..got a few movies and prob gonna get together and cook or go out for dinner on sunday..get mind of work for a while..oye hemant yaar, abhi bhi philosophising chal riya hai?? ;) he he...interesting pome newayz or song, wotever it was..and yeh, already checked out ferriswheel..pretty neat..very philosophical young lady..like how each post is just that one line or observation or quote..nice nice..

Back to Life

2004-03-25T23:09:00.000Z

AAAhhh..its quite amazing..yesterday, it seemed like i had no care in the world..a few minutes of pure, unadulterated joy..and then, life being as it is at the moment, an hour later, i was back to my damn books..sigh..well, on the brightside, the main project seems to b almost all done...a bit more work on tests and then the final integration...the most annoying thing is that there are so many small things to do..want to get this damn project done and dusted and then can concentrate on the millions of li'l things that need doing..hopefully, can manage to scrape a bit o time off in between as well..newayz, nypd blue now and then bed..another long day tom.....

Very Very Special.....

2004-03-24T18:30:00.000Z

The man is back..V V S Laxman..WOT A MATCH..god..got off to an excellent start and then looked like we would'nt even get to 270-280 due to batsmen getting out when set..and then balaji and pathan with some fireworks..and i've heard of throwing your bat around but i mean, hey, breaking it in two??? incredible...

and wot a start to the bowling..young pathan on fire...and then THE CATCH..wow..that was some catch..literally, the match was in the balance as sachin just hung there and managed to keep his..and then the usual story..letting the tail get the better of us..moin is as good as any on his day and a top class fighter but we let it run waayyy too close..a few too many heart in mouth moments...that will not do my fragile heart any good..me thinks i have shaved a few years off me life..he he..

and can u believe it..i axully didnt speak when we won...not many times that happens as i am sure enuf ppl will vouch ..lol!!! not for lack of words though but rather a lack of vocal ability..throat hoarse with yellin..will prob go bald coz of all the hair i pulled out..and cannnot help but wonder wot the atmosphere in the stadium wud have been like..we were about 20 of us and making more noise than a pub full of footie fans who can be pretty damn vocal..imagine a few tens of thousands of us...prob created tremors underfoot...well, wot an end to the series..one can but hope the test matches will be as good and if they are, man do we have something to look forward to..time to get back to work now i guess..have had a day off so straight back to it now..aah, this life

The end of a chapter

2004-03-21T21:35:00.000Z

And so...finally, the end of another chapter in this book called life...or rather, to be honest, called "HELP WOT THE HELL IS GOIN ON...THE SH** IS HITTING THE FAN..GET ME OUT OF HERE....HEEEELLLLLLPPP!!! "

lol..well, thats my philosophising (dont think such a word exists bit who cares) for the day...enuf to last me and prob all of u a lifetime, let alone one measly lil day..he he..
gnite all

A Beautiful Preoccupation

2004-03-21T21:02:00.000Z

Just read hemant's post and seeing as he has managed to take some inspiration from me ( ;D ), i thought i wud post a response..

As long as i have known him, he has always been the practical, logical, confident and ever smiling young man..in many ways he is similar to me with many of the same qualities..and in many ways, so very beautifully different..when we chatted a few weeks back and i first came to know about the turmoil he was experiencing, it was like nothing before....

Other friends of mine have confided in me about their private lives and their troubles and i have always done my very best to try and make things better..as hemant says, the smiles on their faces after the tears are wiped away is a feeling better than any...he has taken pleasure in helping people move on and through out the time i have known him, he has always been the same..i am sure many others will stand with me on that...

And so, when i found out about his troubles, it aroused a mixture of feelings in me..mild and bizzare amusement that he had actually finally come to a point in life where the practicality was no longer evident..where there was no logical solution..where the power of a clear mind, for so long his strength, had suddenly vanished like the sunset in a desert..at the same time, i was concerned, for i had never seen him like that..and yet, at the same time, pride at the way he conducted himself through his misery..pride at the concern he was still displaying for other's feelings when his own were in disarray..i was confident that he would, in his own time, find a way through the mist and fog and emerge on the shores, ready to move on again..i am glad and proud that he felt he could confide in me, that he allowed me to lend a helping hand in what small way i could, and that he has come out of it a stronger, better person...he can't help but laugh about how such times brng out the philosophers in us..i for one, never thought either of us would ever post such experiences..but we have, and no doubt, we will again..

And so, for the second time in as many days, a toast; to friends, old and new who make this life easier for us; and to life, good or bad, happy or sad, wherever we may be, whatever we may be doing, for there is no greater test than life,...... and no success as sweet...my best wishes and may happy days be here forever...

and finally, to end on a funny note, a quote which is slightly deserving of the ocassion..hemant, this is for u, seeing as u have done this with the people u needed to during these last few weeks...

"I'm always frank and earnest with women. In New York, I'm Frank and in Chicago I'm Earnest." S L Jackson in The Long Kiss Goodnight

A Toast...

2004-03-20T21:34:00.000Z

There are moments in life that hit you and make you stand still and contemplate..today was one of them...

Got a text off Devarshi sayin he had been awarded the Student of the Year for the 2001-04 batch...it ended sayin" I have finally proved Hemant Shah wrong"....made me think...wot a brilliant achievement...and after people saying he would never do it...teachers, colleagues, class mates..and to prove them all wrong..how proud he must have felt..and how deservedly so...Congratulations....gives me heart and lifts me up..it has been a tough few weeks for me and others...just reading that text has given me will, hope and joy...a proof that hard work pays off in the end..

To say it was a surprise would be wrong..i have always beleived he has the ability in him as have others..and now he has put his heart and mind to it and achieved what he is capable of...i know he has always believed in his abilities..now my friend, u have tasted success...u are standing on top of the world..enjoy the moment..and notice also, the other peaks that surround you..u have scaled one..the others are sure to follow...

And so, to you my friend, i raise a glass..best wishes and good luck...

Good Things Come to those who wait

2004-03-20T11:55:00.000Z

GUINESS!! he he..well the line from guiness newayz..THE HOLS ARE HERE...YAAAHOOOOOO!!!! lol...to be honest they are not really here..going to be in the dept all next week at least..but who cares..have the weekend completely off and boy does it feel good...and my project is almost done..the main parts are all done..now to explain the working of the circuit..problem is..cant seem to figure out how it works..lol!!! it works perfectly but the way it works is quite different to what i thought..so now i have the unenviable task of trying to figure out how the damn thing works..which is not essential for my report but wud b a great help..and wud look pretty damn good as well and hence, get more marks..newayz, will stop boring you with details of my mundane day to day life..all students have left and it soooo nice and peaceful..bliss.... absolute bliss..

2 Days More

2004-03-17T23:33:00.000Z

well, tis almost here..2 more days till what is offcially the beginning of the hols..course we all know that means nowt..but hey, at least it eases the mind..few weeks of peace and quiet..sleeping through the day and staying up all night..watchin cricket and movies and eating good good food... :D aah the simple pleasures of life..on a different note alltogether, wots with the cricket?? gets better and better..well not quite coz we lost.. but man is it warming up to be a pretty damn good series..as is the Aus-SL series and the Eng-WI series...also, have got a call for an interview for a job..wish me luck..fingers crossed i get it...makes all this madness and hardwork worthwhile...going off on another tangent..hemant yaar, ek ghanta ruk jaata...fir to sahi mein uske baarah baj jaate...Ha Ha Ha..i know i know..terrible joke.....AGAIN!!! aah but wot can i say..prob nothin wud be best eh?? he he..but u of all ppl shud know that is not likely.. lol...and to end, a quote i saw recently: " We all have baggage. Sometimes,....its what makes the trip intereseting".....hmm...

DANGER!! HIGH VOLTAGE!!!

2004-03-16T23:02:00.000Z

he he he i now have working high voltage gen and a detection cct..now to get em all workin together...project finally moving along :D ..hopefully shud b done by end of the week..cant seem to access ne of the blogspot sites today..dunno y...server must b down..o well...and wot is it with the tele in this country???????? can get NCAA but no NBA...boo hoo hoo..y y y ??? o well... dawn and varun, enjoy ur break...my hols start in 3 days..woo hoo..cant wait...hems, wot u been upto man? hope ur bro's exams goin k...wot made me laff today though..check out who plays me in my life movie..ROTFLMBO...dear o dear o dear..and check out the celebrity family..are all male celebrities gay or what??? coz if u try it out only gives names of boyfriends..lol..am sure some ppl wud have a great deal to say abt that....also, my band will be called My Bleeding Skin..and my fabulous lyrics are " My breath is running out of sympathy for you"..hmmm interesting to say the least.... o well, was a good laff while it lasted...time to get back to work me thinks..nite all..

Liquid War

2004-03-14T01:38:00.000Z

hey guys..this great new game a frend discovered..hunt arnd on the net for LIQUID WAR..is a cool lil linux based game..pretty interesting..well, i thot so newayz..lemme kno wot u think..

hmmmm

2004-03-14T01:36:00.000Z

well...looks like i am hysterical too..GREAT :D :D

I'm hysterical!!

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We Won We WOn We Won!!!!!!!

2004-03-13T14:30:00.000Z

ok ok..so ppl say its just a game..but dont u understand?? yes, its a game but its more than just that..some ppl get into their films, i get into my sport..and its part of my life..and all sport fans will agree..sure when u reflect later pbjectively its only a game but when it is on, all ur emotions are in one big bioling pot and they are churned around like mad..is quite an indescribable feeling..but, more to the point..WOT A GAME!!!!!! wow..and for those not quite sure wot i am on abt( which will b most ppl who visit), am talkin abt the indo-pak cricket match..perfect start to the tour...i cudnt see it and bit dissapointed but a mate has got sky sports and so will be pretty much living there from next week on once the hols start..he he he....aah yes!! the hols :D 6 days and counting..

One li'l week

2004-03-13T00:59:00.000Z

aaah..finally to the last weekend before the end of term..shud b fun..am taking it off. my first weekend off since feb 21 when i ran away to b'ham for frnz bday..so been 3 weeks..sigh..and got the circuit for my project working as well!!! great feeling..still a way to go before get near completion but is a def move forward and shud make life a bit easier now..apart from that nothin particularly exciting..lookin forward to the indo-pak series startin tom if i am not mistaken..and enjoyin the Knicks b'ball..off to bed now, gnite....

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