It wasn't your usual bright cheery day..In fact it was just the opposite, cloud covered sky and misty roads, I generally am depressed when weather's this way, but today driving on those roads felt like cruising on clouds!!
As I waited for my fellow carpooler to join me, I more deeply in love with the sights and sounds around me.. grass looked more greener, dew droplets dripped from the bare tree branches .. the distant houses on the hills looked like a whole new world with fog embracing the hill.. Ah..I could not help but let out a sigh.. just felt like singing Louis Armstrong 'what a wonderful world' out loud..My vocal cords never live up to my expectation anyway so let it go, just hummed to myself as my partner came in and we went on our usual commute to work.
The visuals were fantastic, I had been in the same place for over half a year, but this was my first winter, and gosh was I loving it! Living up a mountain certainly had its pluses .. I was adoring the sights all the way and secretly wishing time would stand still.. and let me absolve myself within the nature around me..
Well as they say.. be careful of what you wish for.. it might as well come true.. time did not stand still but we sure did! My car came down from 75mph to 5mph.. and eventually we stopped! no my car didn't break down, but somebody else's did and there was that fabled traffic jam again.. I thought to myself, hey no harm done, its a beautiful day, romance in the air, a little traffic jam ain't gonna ruin it!15 minutes later I realized that was not true!! To hell with the beautiful day.. I need to get to work, gosh that important meeting, I could almost see my manager give me that one-raised-eyebrow look! I gulped.. looked around.. the green grass did not speak out to me this time.. I turned to music instead and gave my partner a cursory glance and said - 'hey do you think we'll be able to make it in time ?' and well I can't be too sure, but I think I heard a four letter word followed by a what sounded like a mumble "Do you REALLY want me to answer that?!" and some more of the four letter words..
I tried to laugh it off but it sounded more like a soft whimper of a wet doggy. 'Ah.. now where did that CD go..' I thought to myself music soothes the biggest and meanest of the creatures, lets try that.. it wasn't the best CD I had but will do. 2 songs later.. that opinion changed to wont do!! and I was fidgeting with the cd player trying to skip songs as soon as I knew what it was, apparently did not realize that'd cause the anti-soothing effect on big and mean creatures.. and there was that four letter word coming out again.. "would you not do that!! .....please" that please came out after a long awkward pause.. and I told myself I'd better behave lest I wanna a be called the soup of the day! So music was out .. and returned to gazing out of the window again.. and huge chevy drove up beside me .. conveniently blocking my view of the exotic mountain!! It was my turn to growl..I fumed over the fact that I was now seeing a muddy pickup that probably wasn't washed for centuries instead of the grazing cattle and green fields!
And then my eyes caught something.. a pair of the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen, glistening in the sunlight that just peeked through the clouds, and not willing to let me gaze move away.. I felt the smile returning on my face as I looked into the adorable big eager eyes of the cutest golden retriever I had ever seen.. I chuckled to myself and well.. started humming what a wonderful world all over again.. and well as they sing and the world sings with you.. the big beast.. err..I mean my carpooler exclaimed hey that's my favourite song!! and sang along all the way to work!
And so my first work day of the new year began with a smile... Happy new year to all my readers!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Koi Mil Gaya ??!!
Desperation for love.. a deadly syndrome hitting all my friends these days.. I want to love someone I want to have a girl in my arms when I meet my friends.. Nice, but do you realize what you are headed for? 'I want to get married.. its high time I do'.. they say, and I ask 'so.. you can't force yourself into love honey, you've gotta find love and that ain't simple as you think it is'.
Love is a pure feeling that emanates out of a want to be with someone, to make memories with someone who not just shares your interests but shares your attitudes, respects your opinions and decisions, is able to put you before themselves when needed and ... the same works for you as well you should be ready to put them before yourself. Its not a one time see and decide story.. thats possibly an arranged marriage.. not love. You grow to like a person, no instant coffee here!
And the dreaded C word .. Commitment, think about it.. one person all your life, no matter what happens, no matter how old and wrinkly they get, no matter how grumpy they get during their midlife crisis, no matter how unstable the situations around you are you have to stick by each other and have that love going for eons to come.. are you ready for that? Not if you go in with a mindset that I am going to love the next single cute girl I see.. how do you know she's the one? there should be something.. some one thing other than looks that will make you want that person all your life.. and that one thing believe me is not easy to find.. Finding faults is easier..and you will find faults all your life with your partner.. but then there should be that one reason that will make you still stick to that person.. I am amazed everytime I see mom and dad quarrel and then settle down.. how can you be with a person who's hurt you so much with words I ask my mother, and she always says .. he is like that, he'll come around in a while, we can't stay without each other! And thats what is love.. no matter what happens, there should be a strong enough reason for you to go back to the same person...
Its really silly to love a person just because its the in thing, or just because all your friends are married. No amount of social pressure is enough to make me fall in love.. Ah but then again that's just me.. the rest of world around me is blissfully hunting for love.. which on the face of it ain't a bad idea.. but then grabbing on to the first girl/guy you find and decide to say I do in a weeks time and expect it to last for a lifetime.. well lets say is too ambitious. Ofcourse there are classes of people who can pick people like we pick melons.. one look and that it you know it all.. but I ain't one of 'em.. and there aren't really as many like that anyway.
So all people who are desperately hunting for love .. think of a girl/guy..not a status symbol, think of companionship not something to show off.. think of love and commitment .. not desperation for commitment.. Seek and you shall find.. and think before you say " Eureka!! I've found the one"
Love is a pure feeling that emanates out of a want to be with someone, to make memories with someone who not just shares your interests but shares your attitudes, respects your opinions and decisions, is able to put you before themselves when needed and ... the same works for you as well you should be ready to put them before yourself. Its not a one time see and decide story.. thats possibly an arranged marriage.. not love. You grow to like a person, no instant coffee here!
And the dreaded C word .. Commitment, think about it.. one person all your life, no matter what happens, no matter how old and wrinkly they get, no matter how grumpy they get during their midlife crisis, no matter how unstable the situations around you are you have to stick by each other and have that love going for eons to come.. are you ready for that? Not if you go in with a mindset that I am going to love the next single cute girl I see.. how do you know she's the one? there should be something.. some one thing other than looks that will make you want that person all your life.. and that one thing believe me is not easy to find.. Finding faults is easier..and you will find faults all your life with your partner.. but then there should be that one reason that will make you still stick to that person.. I am amazed everytime I see mom and dad quarrel and then settle down.. how can you be with a person who's hurt you so much with words I ask my mother, and she always says .. he is like that, he'll come around in a while, we can't stay without each other! And thats what is love.. no matter what happens, there should be a strong enough reason for you to go back to the same person...
Its really silly to love a person just because its the in thing, or just because all your friends are married. No amount of social pressure is enough to make me fall in love.. Ah but then again that's just me.. the rest of world around me is blissfully hunting for love.. which on the face of it ain't a bad idea.. but then grabbing on to the first girl/guy you find and decide to say I do in a weeks time and expect it to last for a lifetime.. well lets say is too ambitious. Ofcourse there are classes of people who can pick people like we pick melons.. one look and that it you know it all.. but I ain't one of 'em.. and there aren't really as many like that anyway.
So all people who are desperately hunting for love .. think of a girl/guy..not a status symbol, think of companionship not something to show off.. think of love and commitment .. not desperation for commitment.. Seek and you shall find.. and think before you say " Eureka!! I've found the one"
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Allah Ke Bandhe Hasde....
Uncertainty - in everything! Every place I go I see so much to make me upset forever.. and throw me into maniacal depression. And I am not even talking about the real problems .. no poverty, no global warming, no terrorism yet in my list. Simple things make me depressed these days.. two failed marriages of people whom I hardly know.. relationships that are based on absolute zilch.. shaky job scenario around the US and the world in general.. old missed opportunities that haunt and taunt me.. Nice people with real bad luck.. bachelors with bad bathrooms!! You name it and I am depressed with it.. and sometimes (especially on full moon nights) I seem to be unable to shut my brain and say stop it! that's enough! I want to not think about depressing things. As it is the everything from economy to rice supplies in Indian stores are down.. I don't want to bog myself down too.. but the brain ah .. it ofcourse has a mind of its own!
You must be thinking .. PJ.. yes the famous acronym for a Poor Joke.. or the way I put it silly rotten jokes.. and that's when it hit me.. a light moment that's all it takes to bring a smile back to a depressed face. Imagine couple angry with each other and have just finished a real WW III type argument and one of them does something silly or funny.. I bet you the anger goes out the window.. at least temporarily.. Ofcourse this ain't a fool proof solution.. but then light moments are unbeatable when it comes to minor repairs!!
So this blog is dedicated to PJ's!! Use without caution!!
Q:what do monsters make with cars?
A:Traffic Jam!!
Q:what do sea monsters eat?
A: Fish and Ships!!
Q:what is black white and red all over
A: A zebra wearing too much lipstick!
Q:why do mummies like chirstmas
A:Because of all the wrappings!
Q:why did the hen cross the road
A:he had to prove that he was not chicken!!
Q:why did the chewing gum cross the road
A:because it was stuck to the hen :-o .. That is a true PJ
Q:why did king kong climb all the way to the top of Empire state bldg?
A:because he was too big for the elevator!!
Q 1 :I buried a stone in a park.. and looked for it 10 mins later.. but it was missing what happened to it... (wait for the answer (its marked as A1))
Q:what makes an octopus laugh
A:ten tickles (tentacles)
Q:when can u put pickles in a door
A: when its ajar (a jar)
A1: The green eyed stone eater ate it :D
Q2: Ok now I picked the stone up and put in another spot and when I checked after 10 mins it was missing and Green eyed stone eater had an alibi so be assured it did not eat it!!
A2 : A red eyed stone eater ate it!! :-o
Q: why do african animals not play games
A: because there are too many cheaters (cheetahs)
Q:why does batman keep cancelling his fishing trip
A:because robin eats up all his worms!!
Q: All you engineers this is for you...What happens when I dig a hole through the earth (pole to pole) and throw a stone in ..? .. answer will come later
Q: what is an elephants favorite game
A: Squash!
Q: why did the elephant paint its toenails red?
A: Because it wanted to hide in a raspberry bush
Q: why did the elephant want to hide in a raspberry bush?
A: So that it can jump out and stomp people
Q: why did the elephant jump out and stomp people?
A: Because that is the way elephants play Squash!! :D
Answer to the engineering question .....if I dig a hole through and through in the earth and drop a stone in.. all you engineers , I hope you recall this from your gravity based physics classes: the stone oscillates pole to pole before it settles in a equilibrium .... ahem. but that's not the answer .. we ain't geeks! we are silly people at present so.........the answer is.. the green eyed stone eater gobbles it up!! :D
Alright.. I think you get the point .. a little laugh a little fun is the way to go!
You must be thinking .. PJ.. yes the famous acronym for a Poor Joke.. or the way I put it silly rotten jokes.. and that's when it hit me.. a light moment that's all it takes to bring a smile back to a depressed face. Imagine couple angry with each other and have just finished a real WW III type argument and one of them does something silly or funny.. I bet you the anger goes out the window.. at least temporarily.. Ofcourse this ain't a fool proof solution.. but then light moments are unbeatable when it comes to minor repairs!!
So this blog is dedicated to PJ's!! Use without caution!!
Q:what do monsters make with cars?
A:Traffic Jam!!
Q:what do sea monsters eat?
A: Fish and Ships!!
Q:what is black white and red all over
A: A zebra wearing too much lipstick!
Q:why do mummies like chirstmas
A:Because of all the wrappings!
Q:why did the hen cross the road
A:he had to prove that he was not chicken!!
Q:why did the chewing gum cross the road
A:because it was stuck to the hen :-o .. That is a true PJ
Q:why did king kong climb all the way to the top of Empire state bldg?
A:because he was too big for the elevator!!
Q 1 :I buried a stone in a park.. and looked for it 10 mins later.. but it was missing what happened to it... (wait for the answer (its marked as A1))
Q:what makes an octopus laugh
A:ten tickles (tentacles)
Q:when can u put pickles in a door
A: when its ajar (a jar)
A1: The green eyed stone eater ate it :D
Q2: Ok now I picked the stone up and put in another spot and when I checked after 10 mins it was missing and Green eyed stone eater had an alibi so be assured it did not eat it!!
A2 : A red eyed stone eater ate it!! :-o
Q: why do african animals not play games
A: because there are too many cheaters (cheetahs)
Q:why does batman keep cancelling his fishing trip
A:because robin eats up all his worms!!
Q: All you engineers this is for you...What happens when I dig a hole through the earth (pole to pole) and throw a stone in ..? .. answer will come later
Q: what is an elephants favorite game
A: Squash!
Q: why did the elephant paint its toenails red?
A: Because it wanted to hide in a raspberry bush
Q: why did the elephant want to hide in a raspberry bush?
A: So that it can jump out and stomp people
Q: why did the elephant jump out and stomp people?
A: Because that is the way elephants play Squash!! :D
Answer to the engineering question .....if I dig a hole through and through in the earth and drop a stone in.. all you engineers , I hope you recall this from your gravity based physics classes: the stone oscillates pole to pole before it settles in a equilibrium .... ahem. but that's not the answer .. we ain't geeks! we are silly people at present so.........the answer is.. the green eyed stone eater gobbles it up!! :D
Alright.. I think you get the point .. a little laugh a little fun is the way to go!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re....
What is it about super heroes that we like the most? Is it their invincibility? Or is it the fact that they are always there to protect the world from the evil? Or is it that they are so .. human despite the powers?
Ask me and I'd say the most desirable thing in a superhero is their invincibility...! But many would vote for the vulnerability despite the super powers.. we are a race that likes to see power being defeated.. why can't we accept superiority? Why can't we accept perfection.. a super hero has to have a flaw.. why? well part of the reason is that there wont be anything for the villain to work on otherwise and hence no storyline... but those can be restricted to weaknesses like superman's failure when there's kyrptonite around .. but these days the audience has turned the villain instead.. asking for more human-like superheros.. they should be susceptible to a dark side within themselves, they should be envious like others.. they should be susceptible to even subpoenas when someone sues them.. I mean where are we headed.. even the heroes we idolize are like us .. then whats so super about them...Really we should stop making the extraordinary seem ordinary.. and ordinary seem like the be all and end all of life.. Its not fair.. not for the people who aim for perfection..
The concept of greatness is far miscalculated and misjudged these days, right from reality shows that vote for the most vulnerable and supposedly downtrodden than the actual genius.. just be cause 'humanness' is over rated.. the common man is powerful.. but hey guys let the experts do their job.. We elect people who are commoners and have no bit of leadership qualities.. because we identify with them as a commoner.. and see what happens when you hand over the nation to such people who can't lead.. where as the actual leaders.. they have to sit all day in the parliament trying to prove their point..and become mere non-entities..
I am not saying that perfection does not exist among the commoners.. but that does not mean you select someone who has no talent just because he is a commoner or a person from a community that was backward in the 1940's or was treated badly in the early 1800's! We are slowly headed towards a society where people staunchly believe that a person cannot be good at everything.. cannot be a perfect person and a person even remotely having such qualities is a fraud.. well leave alone perfect at everything.. the world these does can't even accept that a person can have exceptional ability in any one thing either.. it pains me when I see Emon Chatterjee from Indian Idol participate in all XYZ competition to prove himself while the likes of Suhit and Abhishek and Chang (whose talent is honestly not on par with Emon) get to cut an album with Sony.. and you know the worst part.. the winner is even worse in singing talent than the people mentioned above... and why is all this happening? Its because the winner is from a small town.. has a background that is different from the others.. and was initially not treated well in the competition.. and his commonness and flaw-ful singing is glorified to the extent that he wins the competition and poor the talented lot.. are just named arrogant and affluent.. so are undeserving..
when is this going to stop? Movies show us how a small town girl comes up on her own and her feet to win a modeling contest.. a fairytale story.. but if every small town girl without any talent or looks comes to town and is made a model.. imagine how lakme fashion week would be! And categorizing the city ones as snooty and high-and-mighty.. is a gross stereotyping of the city lot.. what does that mean..? all city girls are snobs and all small town girls are modest.. give me a break! That is not just presumptuous but also preposterous.. Wake up guys.. let talent be talent.. no strings attached.. let heroes be heroes .. don't make them human..!
Hmm if you are wondering why this sudden post of heroes and talent .. its the anticipatory emotion on the release of Drona and the beginning of the new season of Indian Idol.. Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re..........
Ask me and I'd say the most desirable thing in a superhero is their invincibility...! But many would vote for the vulnerability despite the super powers.. we are a race that likes to see power being defeated.. why can't we accept superiority? Why can't we accept perfection.. a super hero has to have a flaw.. why? well part of the reason is that there wont be anything for the villain to work on otherwise and hence no storyline... but those can be restricted to weaknesses like superman's failure when there's kyrptonite around .. but these days the audience has turned the villain instead.. asking for more human-like superheros.. they should be susceptible to a dark side within themselves, they should be envious like others.. they should be susceptible to even subpoenas when someone sues them.. I mean where are we headed.. even the heroes we idolize are like us .. then whats so super about them...Really we should stop making the extraordinary seem ordinary.. and ordinary seem like the be all and end all of life.. Its not fair.. not for the people who aim for perfection..
The concept of greatness is far miscalculated and misjudged these days, right from reality shows that vote for the most vulnerable and supposedly downtrodden than the actual genius.. just be cause 'humanness' is over rated.. the common man is powerful.. but hey guys let the experts do their job.. We elect people who are commoners and have no bit of leadership qualities.. because we identify with them as a commoner.. and see what happens when you hand over the nation to such people who can't lead.. where as the actual leaders.. they have to sit all day in the parliament trying to prove their point..and become mere non-entities..
I am not saying that perfection does not exist among the commoners.. but that does not mean you select someone who has no talent just because he is a commoner or a person from a community that was backward in the 1940's or was treated badly in the early 1800's! We are slowly headed towards a society where people staunchly believe that a person cannot be good at everything.. cannot be a perfect person and a person even remotely having such qualities is a fraud.. well leave alone perfect at everything.. the world these does can't even accept that a person can have exceptional ability in any one thing either.. it pains me when I see Emon Chatterjee from Indian Idol participate in all XYZ competition to prove himself while the likes of Suhit and Abhishek and Chang (whose talent is honestly not on par with Emon) get to cut an album with Sony.. and you know the worst part.. the winner is even worse in singing talent than the people mentioned above... and why is all this happening? Its because the winner is from a small town.. has a background that is different from the others.. and was initially not treated well in the competition.. and his commonness and flaw-ful singing is glorified to the extent that he wins the competition and poor the talented lot.. are just named arrogant and affluent.. so are undeserving..
when is this going to stop? Movies show us how a small town girl comes up on her own and her feet to win a modeling contest.. a fairytale story.. but if every small town girl without any talent or looks comes to town and is made a model.. imagine how lakme fashion week would be! And categorizing the city ones as snooty and high-and-mighty.. is a gross stereotyping of the city lot.. what does that mean..? all city girls are snobs and all small town girls are modest.. give me a break! That is not just presumptuous but also preposterous.. Wake up guys.. let talent be talent.. no strings attached.. let heroes be heroes .. don't make them human..!
Hmm if you are wondering why this sudden post of heroes and talent .. its the anticipatory emotion on the release of Drona and the beginning of the new season of Indian Idol.. Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re..........
Monday, August 18, 2008
Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Nata Koi
... Yunhi nahin dil lubhata koi.. Jaane Tu.. Yaa jaane na, Maane tu ya maane naa.. No.. I am not promoting the movie that claims to the the 'chweetest' college love story (of 2008) nor am I planning to promote a probable sequel 'Maane tu ya maane na' depicting the perils that Jai (Imran Khan) falls into after his made-in-heaven love marriage to Aditi (Genelia) , with her bossing him around singing the title -maane tu... Hmm silly jokes apart, why I brought the song up is because of its first sentence. Tera mujhse hai pehle ka nata koi .. How does one know whether there is a bonding between them, more so in their very first meeting , not that the song suggests it but I have seen several cases of 'love at first sight' and have always thought that at least one of the parties is surely kidding when they say they were in love at the first sight.. It can't be that two mature individuals look at each other and feel instant bonding of love. Love has its own strings attached that you discover that much later than the fabled first sight.
And yet there are people around the universe who claim their first meeting was the very moment they knew they were meant for each other.. My question is how?! Its not melons for crying out loud.. that you go look, knock, and take home! Its a completely different issue that even after several trials and tribulations I still can't select a good melon, let alone identify one by color or sound. But a life partner, which I'm sure most will agree with, is more complex a theory than melons.
Taking time has its own charm, the denial, fighting it out withing yourself whether this is it or not, finally owning up, building trust and once you find a reason behind your choice of a life partner.. you know you are in love! It's not fair giving credit to the first meeting alone, its what takes place after that, the realization that without him/her your life has this unexplicable emptyness that just refuses to go away, that is when you can declare to the world, that you are in love.. not really when you meet for the first time in a coffee shop.. or any other mushy romantic setup!
There was a strange observation I made about the correlation between love-at-first-sight and arranged marriages. They both happen in the first meet! think about it , practically speaking, how much time is given to a girl and guy who are supposed to get married by their parents wish.. one meeting in a busy living room and then a series of phone calls continue, but the would -be-couple are already in a mind frame that tells them they are already a couple and declaration is the only thing left - Thats as close as it gets to love at first sight.. except perhaps in this case, the mind frame is -lets try this out, rather than lets get this settled. (May be this should make the against-love parents relax a bit eh?)
And the same question arises again, how do you know this person is right for you.. some of my friends tell me its a feeling, you will know.. or as Madhuri Dixit in her all time hit says 'God will ishara-fy and your heart will understand' yeah yeah.. only if dear God was free enough to make us realize love in the first meet! I stand by my policy it take years.. at the minimum months to know if a person is really meant for you , whether its a 'pehle ka nata' or 'sau saal pehle ka pyar' or plain old pyar. Love grows on you.. and no not instantly!
And yet there are people around the universe who claim their first meeting was the very moment they knew they were meant for each other.. My question is how?! Its not melons for crying out loud.. that you go look, knock, and take home! Its a completely different issue that even after several trials and tribulations I still can't select a good melon, let alone identify one by color or sound. But a life partner, which I'm sure most will agree with, is more complex a theory than melons.
Taking time has its own charm, the denial, fighting it out withing yourself whether this is it or not, finally owning up, building trust and once you find a reason behind your choice of a life partner.. you know you are in love! It's not fair giving credit to the first meeting alone, its what takes place after that, the realization that without him/her your life has this unexplicable emptyness that just refuses to go away, that is when you can declare to the world, that you are in love.. not really when you meet for the first time in a coffee shop.. or any other mushy romantic setup!
There was a strange observation I made about the correlation between love-at-first-sight and arranged marriages. They both happen in the first meet! think about it , practically speaking, how much time is given to a girl and guy who are supposed to get married by their parents wish.. one meeting in a busy living room and then a series of phone calls continue, but the would -be-couple are already in a mind frame that tells them they are already a couple and declaration is the only thing left - Thats as close as it gets to love at first sight.. except perhaps in this case, the mind frame is -lets try this out, rather than lets get this settled. (May be this should make the against-love parents relax a bit eh?)
And the same question arises again, how do you know this person is right for you.. some of my friends tell me its a feeling, you will know.. or as Madhuri Dixit in her all time hit says 'God will ishara-fy and your heart will understand' yeah yeah.. only if dear God was free enough to make us realize love in the first meet! I stand by my policy it take years.. at the minimum months to know if a person is really meant for you , whether its a 'pehle ka nata' or 'sau saal pehle ka pyar' or plain old pyar. Love grows on you.. and no not instantly!
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