Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Annoying Comment Posters

Since I practically and unfortunately live in a virtual world, this post will relate to that world too. Has it ever happened with you that you post pictures and videos online on networking sites with all your heart in it waiting eagerly for comments and appreciative feedback but all you get are loserish annoying comments?

There are various types of annoying comments-as you would have noticed by now , I like classifying things-thats one of my hobbies

1) Been there-done that

You post a video and you get a comment- "Oh I saw that ages back" or " Dude , I have seen this video 5 times already"
You post a picture and pat comes the comment-" I had been to Grand canyon last year" or "You guys are celebrating Holi NOW? We had it last week itself"

The variant of this is one who offers better alternatives in the line of "Yeh toh kuch bhi nai hai (This is nothing) "
"Dude, you should see THAT video..that will blow your mind away. "
"Dude, Yellowstone is way better than Grand Canyon"

2) The CASETAKER

The dude or dudette thinks he/she is expert in taking people's cases and that he/she is making you blush deep red by posting " Aaaaaaan...whos the girl to the second right in the picture ..you have just one guy between you and her in the pic.."
"You have 2 girls that 'like' your pic haaa...full on haa ...aaan chhave..";
They make you look as if you haven't EVER got acquainted with any female in the world.

3) The Observer

Usually observes and points out things you dont want to hear.
" Dude...you have grown fat" is the most common variety
"What the hell happened to your hair?Looks terrible"
" You look weird in those glasses"

4) Over-appreciative feedback

They see grass on the other side as super green and will almost make you feel guilty
" Kya Yaar..you are having super fun and here I am ...I have full day work and no holiday and no friends and no time . My life is ruined. I hate you for posting such pics..Don't you have any feelings, you inconsiderate sick bas** ?"

5) Unimaginative commenter

" Nice Video"

Girls face this type more often
I saw one of my friends had updated her profile pic and she got 20 comments --16 of them were "Hey nice pic!" remaining 4 had some add-on.. "Hey nice pic- Howz it going these days"

Thats more than the number of birthday wishes I get :P


I am sure you guys will have more types to add..

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Some more updates

I was asked recently- what do you think of Shayanka?
What do I think of 'whom'??
Don't you follow Bollywood?
Well.. I always have a hawkish eye on it but who or what in the name of God, is Shayankaa??
Then the curtains opened and I was enlightened that it stood for "Shahid and Priyanka"
Its called alloy names. Cool na?
So , down went Shareena and in came Shayankaa? In between there were talks of Shaidya too-but it never really saw the light of the day. Harmanka might not be in destiny too, not even after 2050.. the real calendar year.
Saifeena is the new rage too, and there is intense rivalry between 'em and Shayanka. Jopasha fear they are going out of news and need to do something pretty soon... Salkat are having issues over marriage and receding hairlines (the latter has been taken care of for the time being using hair weaving)
New risque sounding and having a risque component alloy name is Rakhel (from Mumbanada) -- the alloy name has to be pronounced in English as Raquel and the Hindi connotations have to be totally disregarded.



*Recently , Aishwarya did a Mallika Sherawat-- No , she has her clothers pretty much intact and no she did not say she fantasized Amitabh running behind her amidst trees ( ew..that would be awkward.. problems of marrying into a celebrity family.)
She fooled us all into believing that she was the main lead in a hollywood film ( Pink Panther in Ms Rai's case) whereas she was there for a few minutes and fewer lines only.. very similar to what Mallika led us all to believe in her already-forgotten forgettable film with Jackie Chan.

** After debauchery and drunken revelry, when young teens return home after 3 am and are quizzed by their concerned folks where they were, they have an easy answer now.. every weekend... "I was at the Jackson tribute show" . Jackson sure is becoming more popular among teenagers.

** Inside news is that Bill Clinton had to trade Paula Abdul to North Korea to secure the release of the two American Journalist girls. Dont know exactly what interest Koreans might have in her. She might have to leave American idol too.

** After the recent turbulence and injuries in a Continental airlines plane, I wonder if helmets and knee guards and elbow guards and chest guards and box guards should be made compulsory in airplanes. After all safety comes foremost- comfort is secondary. What say? :P

Bollywood pickup lines are useful sometimes. I saw a desi guy in a pub trying to make a pass at a firang by saying, " I dont mean to pile on, but can I join you? " :P

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

News Updates

*In a classic case of racism against Indians, Pakistanis and Brazillians ; the company (the summer work company) has banned Orkut- I get a stupid message saying--"You are not authorized to visit potentially harmful sites from our secure server. Your attempt has been recorded and forwarded to the concerned department" So, I ask the question-Why are they not taking the same action against Facebook- the productivity will dramatically increase then! why target a dying social networking site used only by people in a handful of countries?

Btw- orkut I think is seeing the beginning of the end.. Many beautiful girls are starting to delete their profiles (as guys that complimented their pics and other things every day are busy taking facebook quizzes or updating twitter) This will trigger a chain of events, in which only guys will remain there, and all of them will be so frustrated that the system can collapse any time

In other news,

* Michael Jackson is STILL dead. People are paying tributes daily. The police in Gary, Indiana and Santa Barbara, California (Neverland Ranch is there, and as an amazing unforeseen coincidence, my university is there too ) are not too happy. They have to work much harder now to control people. The overtime days are back again. Michael Jackson , in his death has given people new hope though. They are buying $ 1000 cds. I heard people justify this by saying that only if you spend-the world will be out of recession. So, I guess MJ is doing what Obama couldn't--fixing the economy. However, doctors have warned that other envious artists might get suicidal sensing immortal fame, and have appealed to the government to take immediate action.

Personally, too much of MJ coverage is playing on my mind. I keep hearing voices like " AAAAeeoooowwww" in my sleep. I remember when I was small , elders scaring me with "Soja byaaeetaa warna Gabbar Aa jaayegaa" nowadays they replace Gabbar with MJ for threatening kids to sleep. Unfortunately, they will have to find someone else now as his successor. He has penetrated all walks of life. I saw people playing baseball with just one shiny glove- you see the respect he still commands. They had july 4 fireworks with letters MJ everywhere and now they will have labor day tribute too. People auditioning for news reporting are also updating their resumes to include 'expert on life of Michael Jackson' . They are planning to write down 2009 as the year of Michael Jackson. Chinese people are not very happy. They are ruing the lost opportunity of building Michael Jackson toys in time.

It has given people like me who don't watch American football or baseball and don't know much about 1000s of types of alcohols a very important topic of interest to converse with people. It helps me to carry on a conversation for more than a minute. The more you know about MJ, the more people get impressed with you.

* The company (yea the same pharma summer company.. ) has found a cream for itchy fingers...They are contemplating naming it Twitter, for obvious reasons! Applying this cream 20 times a day gave esoteric and mysterious satisfaction to the patients in clinical trials, they said.

Dost Dost Na Rahaa!

BFF--Best Friends for life?? What is the fastest way a healthy joyride of a superfun bond of deep friendship between two guys can head for disaster? -- Think.
The answer cannot get more obvious.---> Just one of them getting committed :P
Out of NOWHERE. When you least expect it. And that one is NOT you. )
You yap around for a week telling everyone you meet with a big "guess what" look and eager eyes that your buddy has a girlfriend, as if he has won the olympic gold. Your pure unadulterated joy goes tumbling down soon though. That smile disappears from your face quick as a tracer bullet.
Your buddy starts acting pricey. She assumes the position of "The ONE" and you are relegated to "Someone". The only topic of conversation you have is when he asks what to gift her and where to take her out-and you try to contribute with utmost sincerety though you have minimum knowledge and still lesser experience. Then things start going south
Never before have you faced the situation that your calls go unanswered for more than a day.
Your messenger pings get you "BRB" followed by a naughty wink like ";)" . WTF? Wink at your new GF--not me!
Your humor is appreciated no longer. Your super-awesome jokes suddenly start appearing corny to him. These were the same jokes that drew maximum laughs and high 5s/high tens.
You wonder whos losing the sense of humor, you or him.
Traveling is no longer fun, even when you two are going to some "dude place" for some "dude activity" , he gets stuck on the phone-describing to her every moment of the journey..she has told him she wants to "experience" the trip too-and you are FORCED to play games on your cell phone--if you have a pathetic cell phone..it could get as bad as playing SNAKES.

You no longer have company for the "guy movies/action movies". All he wants to see is "couple movies". Wonder what those are? A movie with lots of kisses and lots of cheese and lots of tears?? :P

The other "surprising changes" that grip him are getting haircut three times a month..Ever heard a guy doing that? Man..earlier he shaved three times a month.. What the hell went wrong with him? Why is he changing himself? Isn't love supposed to mean liking the other person for what he IS-- so wht if he wears the same pair of jeans for 2 months.. Last ppl knew, it was COOL.
Then why is he acting so weird and DIFFERENT all of a sudden?..
Even the other guys you know agree.. He has lost all respect he used to command amongst you'll. He is a different feeble form of his self now.. A tiger acting like a squirrel. Enjoy your new "squirrel life" LOSER.. :P
RIP "old buddy TIGER"

IMP
P.S :: Before you think I've gone crazy and this is happening to me or I have started hating all things feminine, strong disclaimer that this is work of pure fiction and sarcasm (I hate it when I hv to explain it :P) ..hasn't happened to me just YET..

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

America, dude

Strange quirky things in USA that a simpleton like me takes time to digest

1)Greetings

Every random person I come across the street smiles and says, 'Wassup' or 'How u Doing?'
Cool, ha? Initially , I had the *turning around ...who, me ? * kind of reaction. Then felt good sometime when ladies gave the smile.. but then it gets irritating with time.. Why would each and every person want to ask me how I am doing? Can you put up with my pathetic boring life? I should actually start off with all twenty one thousand of my problems and stalk them to help me with them and then these people will never ask anyone "hows it going?" again.

"Take it easy" is another such pest greeting. Really sets my tempers up (has the opposite effect than intended)
I mean, I do worry sometimes about life, but I am generally a happy person.. so I do not quite want each and every person to tell me to take it EASY. Do I look like I am gonna have a nervous breakdown or do I look like I am the sole breadwinner of 100 people and in search of a job? Then why should I be asked to "TAKE IT EASY"

2) Rules:
*Honking is illegal--why do the car companies make it(the horn) then.?.and why do they design it such that it is right in front of you. Do they realize how much self-control it takes not to press that honk..?

* Pedestrians have the right of way. One whole family takes 10 mins to cross the street where there is no signal , and you still have to wait.. You would break the rules if you startle them in any way.. And on TOP of that...rule 1 still applies..can;t honk too
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*Airports are still paranoid. its been long now...8 years after 9/11 ..still they dnt allow no shit in carry on bags.. When I was traveling to washington recently, I was asked for identification 3 times..in fact two successive checkers were just around 6 ft apart in distance. I wanted to tell him, "Dude why don;t u ask the other guy what he saw.. hes right over here..dont u trust him? Are you planning to lay him off? "

* It rained for an hour or so, and the only thing people talked was that roads are flooded.. Now, I was curious what they ACTUALLY mean by flood. Then , I learnt that any visible level of water above ground is termed as "flood" Wonder what they will call 26/7 like situation of Mumbai, where the entire ground floors were submerged..

* The supervisor trick !
If some bugger on the phone is not getting your work done or is inefficient or plainly boring you, just say in a stern voice, "Can you forward the call to your supervisor.?"
And then sit back and enjoy your work get done in a jiffy

*I officially hate Marcus Lopez. I get 3 calls a day which begin with " This is an important call for Marcus Lopez . If you are not Marcus Lopez, please hang up... (Yea, I should wait till you ask me to hang up?)

* Veggie Dilemma

I-- Do you have anything vegetarian? i could not find any on your menu
waiter (w)- Veggie?
I- Yes ...Vegetarian--no meat..
W--Oh no meat?? You eat chicken/?
I- No ..no meat---no chicken...
W- Ok, you like shrimp or fish?
I- No No...no meat , no chicken, no fish--
No land animal or no sea animal...got it? Someting tht does not have meat.. Do you have anything??
W- Yes..we do have a variety of items..
I- What all?
W- Various snakes.... ( He meant real snakes..not gujju "snacks" .. I love those ones)
I- No..just bring one Pepsi..

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tagged again

I've been tagged again by Vedz....so it gives u another window to peep into my life.
Four places you have lived:
I've lived most of my life till now (22 years to b precise) in Bombay (Mumbai for some) and I know many little places in it that capture the essence of the city. I like the crowded streets and the people who always run around and the spirit of the city which tells you on your face that the show must go on; keep pushing harder no matter what the resistance is. The place where there is always space for everyone, and the city that never sleeps, where nightlife exists and means what it stands for; where you get an assortment of spices of all cultures; the dialect of Hinglish that only local people can understand--the city which they have tried to break and shake, with zero success.
I have lived a memorable life in the company of fabulous people, and certainly this is MY city and I'll certainly spend many more years here.
2) Last 2 years , I have been staying in Santa Barbara, CA-- a place whose natural beauty is I think unparalleled. Its quite a contrasting life to live in a town whose population is only 90,000.
Beaches are abundant here, and equitable pleasant weather all year round. A popular tourist destination for surfing in the ocean or just visiting state beaches and parks, I really like this small town life in the company of nature. And yes, learning surfing and sailing are top on my to-do list now. This is the place where I am growing up (yes , mental growth) -- trying to lose all the cares, standing up to things on my own-- constant turmoil within ; a desire and an atmosphere to do something worthwhile- discovering that life is more than just running around and racing with people; I am lucky to find a set of friends who make the stay away from closed ones bearable and life enjoyable.

Four TV shows you love(d) to watch :
House MD-- I like him, no matter what people think.
Prison Break
Small Wonder
Kaun Banega Crorepati
The Jungle Book (Mowgli)

Four places you would like to go on vacation :
Barcelona, Spain
New Zealand
Kashmir
Rome and Venice
+ South India (havent been south of Goa)

Four of your favorite foods :
gulab Jamun
Khaman Dhokla (gujju world famous dish :P)
Pav Bhaji/ All chaat
Paneer entrees
Four websites you visit almost daily
Gmail +Yahoomail
Orkut+Fb
ibnlive/timesofindia/nytimes/cnn
Google Scholar + google maps
Four places you would rather be:
-Mumbai with parents
-With friends in SB, CA (Right now I'm on an internship all alone in a lonely village in Illinois)
-In the gym and try and get some pack (6,4, 2,1, 1/2) of abs before I can go to the pool with confidence, and impress the bikini babes :P :P
-on a cross country drive in my sexy car, (when I buy it, I'd rather be in it.. :P)
Four things you hope to do before you die
- Graduate :P (No, its not easy )
-skydiving
-meet and be with the almost perfect girl for me...someone who can instill some sense within me..and with whom I can truly enjoy life
- Take good care of my present and future family so that I can die without regret..
Four movies you love :
Pulp Fiction
Bourne Trilogy
Chupke Chupke (old classic comedy)
DDLJ

Thanks for the tag and for reading this.. :)
Got me back into the writing flow...so some more posts will follow soon

Monday, May 18, 2009

Online Romeos

More concerning than the invasion of Taliban in Pakistan, is the invasion of cyberspace by self-styled Romeos. Well, all guys can claim to have tried a hand at some degree of online wooing, (including yours truly) and thats perfectly fine and understandable--but the extent to which people go to flatter eligible single PYTs is often ridiculous.
Well , everyone is well versed with various structures and parts of speech of the "friendship requests" on orkut and facebook.

'wanna 'friend'? (verb)
I want to friends with you (intransitive verb).
I want to do friends with you.
can you do friendship to me?
Do you want friendsheep? (Are you selling sheep? NO thanks)
Can you perform friendship with me ???(I am not making this one up...i wonder wht is there to perform?? :P or has friendship become a direct metaphor for something else? )
Wanna Frandship?
Mujhse Dosti Karogi?
can we make friendship with each other? (No dude, you make friendship with someone else, and I will make with someone else :P)
The over smart ones, with good grammar :P -->"I was stuck at your profile, and its not my fault you got me mesmerized. Hence, sending you this friend request..Dont get me wrong."

All roads lead to Rome. Shahrukh Khan is to blame for this-for starting the Love is Friendship ideology...Dosti pyaar ka pehle kadam hai..pyar dosti hai..

in the same line is complimenting...for every damn little thing

1)"Nice pic...every change of pic by a girl is followed by minimum 50 "Hey nice pic". Even if the pic is Kareena's pic. Wht the hell nice pic...go and say that to KAreena.
2)"nice profile" (Global appreciation...thinks tht it will give the impression tht just looks r not imp...n he gives weightage to everything)
3)"Nice 'about me'---Even if the about me is only "Strangers keep out"
4) Nice taste in Music (Attempt to be different --though has no clue who Goo Goo Dolls or Coldplay is...)
5)" Wow, you got 499 friends" (Dude, doesnt mean she is desparate to make it 500)

6) Microscopic appreciation (Nice hairstyle...nice lip gloss...Mole just above lip really suits you...basically creepy kind ..Dont know their psychology)

7) Nice Background... ("Dnt know if it is for humor, or if they really really like the background more...)

8) Nice Album.. (Even if album has only Hrithik pics with captions...hes sooo cute...)


Facebook--commenting and liking..

The dude likes every status msg u put....
PYT is bored!--- OR (Online Romeo "likes this")
PYT cant wait to go home ( OR "likes this")


Also, the DEAR phenomenon...
Addressing all members of opposite sex by "dear" is in vogue... Hi Dear, Hello dear, Thank you Dear. ok dear, brb dear, cu dear, ttyl dear, gn dear, how r u dear, i c dear.. It seems there is some DEAR key besides the RETURN key on their keyboard.

Have to give it to the ladiez who get to deal with all the CRAP. I dnt know if reverse trend happens at all, and I wonder if guys would mind tht at all...

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Life For Rent

I'm renting out my life. Wanted a person to sublease my life for few months, till I get my act right and am able to do justice to the life. Life is in working condition, just few repair jobs needed. Any person will do. No background questions asked, but should be ready to hand me back the life in same condition I left it. Serious offers only. Not a commercial posting. The person in contention should be able to justify why he/she would like it and how proper care would be taken. Contact soon! Must go this week!

Lyric Magic

I have a fixation with lines of songs! Just some random line in between--if the lyrics appeal me...gets me completely glued!
Examples:
1)You pretend it doesn't bother you--but you just wanna explode" -- Metallica/Bob Seger- Turn the page

2)ek baar waqt se lamha gira kahin..
wahan daastan mili...lamha kahin nahi..
thoda sa hansake..thoda sa rulake..pal yeh jane wala hai.----- Golmaal

3) jeene ke liye socha hi na tha, dard sambhalane honge
muskuraoon to, muskurane ke karz utaarne honge
muskuraoon kabhi to lagata hai
jaise hontonn pe karz rakhaa hai

Masoom
4)Jag ne chheenaa mujh se, mujhe jo bhee lagaa pyaaraa
sab jeetaa kiye mujh se, main har pal hee haaraa
tum haar ke dil apanaa, meree jeet amar kar do

Jagjit Singh

5)Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way
No Leaf Clover- Metallica

6)In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
Loser- Beck

More laters :)

Friday, May 1, 2009

Tonload of questions

LAST TIMES…
1. Last beverage: Milk
2. Last phone call: Mom
3. Last text message: David, lab mate.
4. Last song you listened to: Payaliya (DEV D)
5. Last time you cried: 3 years back..

HAVE YOU EVER...

6. Dated someone twice: Nope..
7. Been cheated on? : No
8. Kissed someone & regretted it? :No
9. Lost someone special? No...
10. Been depressed? : 6/10 scale yes..
11. Been drunk and threw up?.. Not quite, but close

LIST FOUR FAVORITE COLORS:

12. Royal Blue
13. Yellow
14. Grey
15. Red

FIRSTS :
16. Made new friends: Junior Kg.
17. Fallen out of love: No
18. Laughed until you cried: Tonnes of times!!!
19. Met someone who changed you: yes, to some extent
20. Found out who your true friends were: yes , learnt it the hard way.
21. Found out someone was talking about you: Yes...I hate tht part.

HAVE YOU:

22. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: No
23. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: 90%
24. How many kids do you want to have: Not thought/ dnt wanna think yet.
25. Do you have any pets: No
26. Do you want to change your name: Yes, Pappu might suit better :P
27. What did you do for your last birthday: Highway surprise bash
28.What time did you wake up today: 8 38 a.m..thts whn my 4th alarm rings..
29. What were you doing at midnight last night: strolling on the beach
30. Name something you CANNOT wait for : buy a car+ go back home!
31. Last time you saw your father: last september .. gosh its been 9 mnths already!
32. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: FML
33. Most visited web page: Gmail/ CNN/Times of INDIA/ Facebook/Orkut

WHAT'S YOUR :

34. Name: Secret
35. Nicknames: Zubs, ZK(ZeeKay)
36. Zodiac sign: Aries.
37. Male or female or transgender : Male
38. Elementary: Vivekanand
39. Colleges: UICT
40. Hair color: Black
41. Long or short: Men's Medium
42. Height: 174 cm (5-8)
43. Do you have a crush on someone? Think so..not a strong one though..just the fleeting ones.
44. Ever been in love? Dnt understand what "love" is
45. Piercings? No
46. Tattoos? No
47. Righty or lefty: Lefty.......
48. First surgery: Eye Surgery at age of 7..eye injury
49. First piercing: Redundant question
50. First best friend: BD
51. First sport you loved: cricket, table tennis
52. First pet : Redundant Q
53. First vacation: Delhi/Agra
54. First concert: Lucky Ali
55. First crush : P
56. Eating: Choc Chip Muffin
57. Drinking: Mango Juice
58. I'm about to: say F it and go to sleep
59. Listening to: Say it Right (Nelly Furtado)
60. Waiting for: Evening

YOUR FUTURE

61. Want kids? Yes
62. Want to get married? Yes
63. Careers in mind? Research Analyst, Process Engineer, Entrepreneur

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?

64. Lips or eyes: Both
65. Hugs or kisses: ? Both :P
66. Shorter or taller: Just about my height, +- few cms.
67. Older or Younger: +2 -5
68. Romantic or spontaneous: Both!
69. Nice stomach or nice arms: Zero Figure :P
70. Sensitive or loud: Sensitive
71. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship
72. Trouble maker or hesitant: Mix of both

HAVE YOU EVER :
73. Kissed a stranger: Almost :P
74. Lost glasses/contacts: No, but broke them
76. Broken some one's heart: Dont think so
77. Had your own heart broken: Not the cliche way, but have been hurt and angry
78. Been arrested: No, but got searched on suspicion
79. Turned someone down: No ( I dont call the shots here)
80. Cried when someone died: Yes, but seeing my mom cry.
81. Liked a friend that is a girl? Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

81. Yourself: Yes, but not as much as I should
82. Miracles: Yes! Need some more..
83. God: Yes
84. Love at first sight: Not exactly.., but creates a big impression
85. Heaven: No...
86. Santa Claus: No
87. Kiss on the first date? depends if I get the signal :P
88. Angels: Not the literary ones, but I see angels all around
89. Devils: See those too, and sometime difficult to distinguish between angels and devils

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

90. Is there one person you want to be with right now? Don't Know..yes I guess
91. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time?
92. Wanted to kill someone ever? Wanted to knock the person down
93. Among you blog mates, whom would you like to kiss? Well well..you think you are gonna get answers
94. Committed a blunder and regretted later? Yes hundreds of times :)
95. Wanted to steal you friend's boyfriend / girlfriend? : Just for a moment, but morals took over.

ASSOCIATE WITH SOMETHING YOU WEAR :

96. White: Shirt/Tshirt
97. Black: Jeans
98. Red: T shirt
99. Pink: Er..
100. Posting this as 100 Truths? Yes. :)

We dont want no Thoughts Control??

My background is in engineering and Separation Processes in production of all chemicals can be considered to be my specialty. So , I was thinking of Separation Processes in daily life. How I wish I had some filtration device for my mind. Just take out/separate thoughts or people that you don't want or deserve your mindspace and dump them outside. Can thoughts be controlled? Is it possible to pinpoint just relevant thoughts, possible to change the frequency of stray thoughts? That certainly would be a great subject of research. Yogis have been known to master this art by meditating. So what exactly are they doing technically? Are they steering their thoughts in such a way that blood flow reaches just one particular region of brain and other regions face subdued activity? How can you block out impulses to certain regions of the brain though? I am really curious about their art/skill now. When doctors/scientists try to explain miracles, some strong believers rubbish them saying that man is too low a being to explain supernatural phenomena. But weren't the yogis exceeding that limit too? By not just being able to fathom the deep secrets, but by using them and having the power to tweak thoughts? Why doesn't anyone blame them..?

Mysterious Blogger!

Why is psuedo name or "blog name" so popular in blogsphere?Is the sexy and mysterious appeal the common motive or are there deeper reasons? You want people to care only about your writing and not as a person...or are you afraid people will judge you in daily life based on your blog entries?
Are psuedonom bloggers afraid of the impression they create? Or you don't want any baggage from blogging to stalk you into your real life? Does that mean your real persona is different from you literary one? Do they want people to know about their life only through what they write and want no one to do any background check (read Google) on them?.
There is definitely some issue of credit in here. And it is ironic that the best creative blogs I know of are by "pen name" bloggers and the most shameful directly lifted one I read.the writer/s had no issue whatsoever in making their names public and infact publicise their blog with zest.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

World's Largest democratic exercise!

Today's Youth are passionate about their team/players.
We see the passion in their support for Manchester Utd vs Arsenal or vice versa.
Its reflected in IPL- Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils.
Again comes forward in Federer vs Nadal.

Where is that passion when it comes to the national politics. Why are there no status messages saying Go Congress or Go BJP? Why the absolute indifference over the government that can decide your fate? You cannot control who plays for Arsenal and who wins the IPL. But YOU have the right to select the national leaders. Use your POWER. Ignorance is no longer BLISS!
We need to show the world that we are an informed set of people who are motivated enough to change things.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

"Physical"/mental torture

I was at this party the other day. I am usually not the party type but I was forced to go to this one by a good friend I couldn't refuse. So I'm there sitting on this couch just fiddling with a glass of low quality beer I couldn't finish off, when this drunk girl comes and sits besides me. I was bored so just thought of starting a normal conversation. I introduced myself and to my surprise, she said she wasn't interested. She had a strong East European accent. I was pissed by her arrogant response. I was the only sober guy behaving myself in the party and I get this. So I asked her what and why she was not interested in to pique her further. She said "Your physics is not good" . I was taken aback. What the peep was she talking about? How can she possibly know about my physics and I usually boast of a good working knowledge of physics -it must be atleast few times better than this drunk rude bitch. So I responded in an agitated tone,"What physics are you talking about?" -She said--"Body..Body--You are slim." Then it dawned upon me that she was referring to physique. But still, I may not have the Sylvester Stallone body, but I was definitely not "slim". Average is acceptable. But "slim?" Slim is for girls. I left the party in anger and came back and did 10 push-ups, followed by flexing of muscles against the mirror.
Take that , bitch!.. I was contemplating hitting the gym next morning..Was it a wake-up call?What happened to the good old lean look? Are only bulky guys in vogue? --> But then, sense prevailed and I siad..F*.. it. Its all good.

Moral of the story...(1)..When in Rome, do as the Romans do..( No she was not from Italy, also Rome is not in East Europe..also Rome is not a city in California) in the sense that when you go to a party, drink ..like everyone else does...till you are in so little sense that no words or actions move you a millimetre! (2) Don't fall in to the "large guy" fetish of strange drunk white girls. Lean is in! No need to bulk up!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Zindagi kaisi ye paheli

**Is ego very different than self-respect? where is the thin line between them? Why can't I decipher that thin line?
That is the challenge one faces-to have the highest degree of self-respect without bordering in the ego zone. I don't know my exact location today, but I believe I am in the self-respect zone. Please direct me back if I have trickled down the metastable zone.

** Can memories cause a change of interests/hobbies? Perhaps, it can. I don;t understand it well but maybe the sub-conscious makes efforts to detach with memories that hurt. I think that is an interesting topic for psychological research and I am ready to volunteer as a subject if anyone is willing to carry out research in this field :)

^^ Does one mature a lot after 23? :P . I personally think I have exponentially. But then, maybe its a function of circumstances too.

I will have to end this thoroughly boring and lousy post now at this point. I need to get out of the writer's block, (and fight the subconscious tending to oppose) . I need to get one post out, and not let this one join the 20-something drafts that never saw the light of the day.