Theres nothing like fleetwood mac , starbucks and tons of code to keep a girl company on a cold windy fall night - I guess it sucks to be at work ..but it would suck even more to be outside alone on a bitter night like tonight - where even the moon didnt show up .
So let the landslide bring me down
I took my love and I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
And the landslide brought me down
Oh,mirror in the sky--what is love?
Can the child in my heartrise above?
Can I sail through the changin'...oceantides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Idon't know.....I don't know...
WellI've been afraid of changin'
Because I'vebuilt my life around you
But time makes is bolder; childrenget older
I'm getting older too....
So,take this love...take it down.
Oh, if you climb a mountain and you turn around
and you see my reflection in thesnow-covered hills...
well, the landslide will bring youdown;
The landslide will bring you down...
Landslide Fleetwood Mac.
About Me
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Waqt
Whats Time but a fair weather friend
The classic beginning to all ends
That makes his weight felt in the passing years
The loves that were - the shimmering tears
The dreams that once used to be
The smiles shared tenderly
The plans that were all laid out
The life I now have to live without
Time thats stretches even when he's fleeting
That seperates me and destiny from meeting
A clock ticking with each heart beat
A heaviness to otherwise fleet feet
Time that plays its twisted hand
and lets me know where I stand
That doesnt really change much at all
Except the changing leaves of fall
But if all it does is seduce the leaves
I guess I'll have to let him play
When the east wind blows and calls my name
Time will have to call it a day
The classic beginning to all ends
That makes his weight felt in the passing years
The loves that were - the shimmering tears
The dreams that once used to be
The smiles shared tenderly
The plans that were all laid out
The life I now have to live without
Time thats stretches even when he's fleeting
That seperates me and destiny from meeting
A clock ticking with each heart beat
A heaviness to otherwise fleet feet
Time that plays its twisted hand
and lets me know where I stand
That doesnt really change much at all
Except the changing leaves of fall
But if all it does is seduce the leaves
I guess I'll have to let him play
When the east wind blows and calls my name
Time will have to call it a day
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Don
So last night - on the eve of what promises to be a very cold sunny Diwali here in North GA ,
I went to see DON . Now this particular plan had been in motion for months ..almost a year to be precise . Eat Sev Puri for dinner and DON for dessert.
I wasnt disappointed. Not even a little bit.
Let me start by saying that I love DON .I've watched it at least over 25 times easily. In every city that I've lived in the past few years ..including Delhi.
I think theres two types of AB fans - ones who swear by DON ..the others who swear by DEEWAR.
Now the DEEWAR groupies are in two buckets . Ones who say "
..Dabur Saab ..Kuch Saal pehele aap race khela karte the..Mai aaj bhi pheke hua paise nahi uthata " ....and others who say "Mere Paas Maan Hai"..(The latter dialgoue moves me so much when I still see it that I'm going to teach my kids to say it as soon as they can learn to talk ..)
But for me ..the AB moment ..in my childhood was a different moment in DEEWAR. A very sombre Iftakar asks AB .."Vijay ..ek taraf tumhare peeche sawant ke admi honge ...aur doosri taraf tumhare peeche ..police hogi .." ...and Vijay looks at him straight in the eye and says ..
"Mere peeche to sirf meri kismat hogi "
.............The rest is History . He could do no wrong .
I loved DON.From the drinking..the car chasing ..the suits ...its awesome ..when Helen pours him a drink ..He looks at her and says "Good " ..only AB and only AB could say one word and make someone feel sleazy ..what can we say ..when he said "Mere paas sirf dus minute hain ..pehle paanch mintue mai tumhari piatai karunga ..and baki ke paach minute mai tumse sawaal karoonga .." ..we also wanted ten minutes ..of mostly sawaals with him and were in laymans terms pretty institutionalized.
I think for the 70's ..shot in the year that I was born ..this movie is a very progressive forward thinking movie . The best part is how compact and gripping the story is. You cant even blink . Waqt hi kaha hai ?! ....before you know ..there is action , romance , lust , love , gut , instinct , strategy, risk , betrayal , redemption , revenge , faith and justice ! ..
Circa 2006.Present Day .
I think when you are a kid - you watch a movie and you love it so much ..that everything around you seems like a part of the movie . For example - when you see a car chase in fast and the furious ..and immediately step on the interstate after that ..you feel like speeding and imagine a complete alternate sequence of things unfolding in slow motion .
The new DON - is the depiction of all those feelings and more . Its brilliant at times , funny at others and faithful to the original mostly *wink*
I think everyone was absulutely fab in the movie .
I went in thinking this was more of Farhan Aktars film ..than SRK's and it was classic Akthar all over . It was a DON set in Akthars mind ..10 years ago ..and what a creative imaginative mind it must have been .
Without giving anything away ..Here are the 10 things I liked teh most about the movie
1. SRK . ..he was funny , sharp ..witty and very SRK.
I still think they should have named him Raj .I cannot see him being called Vijay on screen .
Its in the eyes I think. He doesnt have that hard look about him . But yesterday ..he was very good .Lets bloody face it - If you have to imagine a Desi Hero in Paris ..managing a drug business wearing an armani suit who jumps into the hottest hard top Merc Convertible ever ..and does a top of the line car chase ...it has to be someone who can be a complete bad ass .
2. I love the new shiny mean techy gizmo look of desi cops , chors , vamps , heroines and sidekicks .
I love it when the guns are smaller , the bombs are timed , the cars are slick , the graphics , the leather ....all of it ! ....gone are the days when the villain was some 2nd rate by the way cast to the hero . I love the new dark side to hindi movies . Vey Hot .
From the old fashioned slide show that Vijay was shown in 1978 ...to the power point presentation Desilva shows the 11 mulkon ke cops ...Progress has happened !
3.The clothes - Its soo awesome ...so if you watch the movie carefully you will see how SRK weras stuff thats taken from AB's wardrobe ..so in Khaike paan banaras wala ..AB is wearing this purple bloka dotted vest on his suit shirt ...SRK wears a purple polka dotted shirt
I loved the Bruce Lee shirt and the Bruce Lee ..snakes in the monkeys shadow hand action sequence ...Hilarious !!! ....
4. The twists - I think this was the best part . Took the movie to whole new mean level.
5. All the corny dialogues . They even tried so hard to be corny in some places ...from Roma's head toss when she sayd .."Aaaj kal ke zamane mein .." ..
I think Filmi dialogues are best served in the most fimli over the top cheesy way possible !
6. The theme - the medivial punditz revived theme ...was outstanding ...very in your face but subtle ..stylish and totally international in a music sense
7.Boman Irani - I love him ! He is the best thing thats happened to Bollywood in a lonnngg time and yesterday he was very very good.
8. Yeh Mera Dil - I loved the dance , the clothes , SRK was very high on the H factor ..and I was very very happliy surprised to see the kick ass song . Ladies and Gentlemen ..welcome to 2006 ....the illicit rendezvous is even better when its a penthouse suite with a illuminated KL skyline and SRK and Kareena with the petronos towers in the backing right !
Love it ! Completely ! .....we have bamboos and stylish lights instead of photographs and wall hangings ...we are the new contemporary indians ..lol ! ..Full Marks on this one
9.The hot silver mercedes convertible . ... smitten !
When Kishore Kumar sang in the rain with a very beautiful madhubala ..can we imagine the same song if he was fixing a porsche , merce or a ferrari .
Go Figure .
10. Classic Akthar - from the small parachute scene ..the chacha chaudhary references , the tumhara pyaar mujhe yaha khicch ke le aya hai scene ...this was one heck of a well made film .
I think as a movie going movie watching audience - we are fairly intelligent . This is why its easier to sell an Omkara to us than sell a Gangster . A Swades ..over a Salaam Namaste .
But to go back and make one of the all time iconic movies in Indian Cinema ..and change it ..like an artist paiting a van gogh years after ...and maybe not exceed the orginial ..but in no way diminish or tarnish it - while adding your creative touch ..is not a small undertaking in any way .
So for whatever reasons Farhan made the film ..I loved it ! ...like Don would say .."Kuch baatein faydein ya nuksaan ke liye nahi ki jaati ..bas ki jaati hai "
I went to see DON . Now this particular plan had been in motion for months ..almost a year to be precise . Eat Sev Puri for dinner and DON for dessert.
I wasnt disappointed. Not even a little bit.
Let me start by saying that I love DON .I've watched it at least over 25 times easily. In every city that I've lived in the past few years ..including Delhi.
I think theres two types of AB fans - ones who swear by DON ..the others who swear by DEEWAR.
Now the DEEWAR groupies are in two buckets . Ones who say "
..Dabur Saab ..Kuch Saal pehele aap race khela karte the..Mai aaj bhi pheke hua paise nahi uthata " ....and others who say "Mere Paas Maan Hai"..(The latter dialgoue moves me so much when I still see it that I'm going to teach my kids to say it as soon as they can learn to talk ..)
But for me ..the AB moment ..in my childhood was a different moment in DEEWAR. A very sombre Iftakar asks AB .."Vijay ..ek taraf tumhare peeche sawant ke admi honge ...aur doosri taraf tumhare peeche ..police hogi .." ...and Vijay looks at him straight in the eye and says ..
"Mere peeche to sirf meri kismat hogi "
.............The rest is History . He could do no wrong .
I loved DON.From the drinking..the car chasing ..the suits ...its awesome ..when Helen pours him a drink ..He looks at her and says "Good " ..only AB and only AB could say one word and make someone feel sleazy ..what can we say ..when he said "Mere paas sirf dus minute hain ..pehle paanch mintue mai tumhari piatai karunga ..and baki ke paach minute mai tumse sawaal karoonga .." ..we also wanted ten minutes ..of mostly sawaals with him and were in laymans terms pretty institutionalized.
I think for the 70's ..shot in the year that I was born ..this movie is a very progressive forward thinking movie . The best part is how compact and gripping the story is. You cant even blink . Waqt hi kaha hai ?! ....before you know ..there is action , romance , lust , love , gut , instinct , strategy, risk , betrayal , redemption , revenge , faith and justice ! ..
Circa 2006.Present Day .
I think when you are a kid - you watch a movie and you love it so much ..that everything around you seems like a part of the movie . For example - when you see a car chase in fast and the furious ..and immediately step on the interstate after that ..you feel like speeding and imagine a complete alternate sequence of things unfolding in slow motion .
The new DON - is the depiction of all those feelings and more . Its brilliant at times , funny at others and faithful to the original mostly *wink*
I think everyone was absulutely fab in the movie .
I went in thinking this was more of Farhan Aktars film ..than SRK's and it was classic Akthar all over . It was a DON set in Akthars mind ..10 years ago ..and what a creative imaginative mind it must have been .
Without giving anything away ..Here are the 10 things I liked teh most about the movie
1. SRK . ..he was funny , sharp ..witty and very SRK.
I still think they should have named him Raj .I cannot see him being called Vijay on screen .
Its in the eyes I think. He doesnt have that hard look about him . But yesterday ..he was very good .Lets bloody face it - If you have to imagine a Desi Hero in Paris ..managing a drug business wearing an armani suit who jumps into the hottest hard top Merc Convertible ever ..and does a top of the line car chase ...it has to be someone who can be a complete bad ass .
2. I love the new shiny mean techy gizmo look of desi cops , chors , vamps , heroines and sidekicks .
I love it when the guns are smaller , the bombs are timed , the cars are slick , the graphics , the leather ....all of it ! ....gone are the days when the villain was some 2nd rate by the way cast to the hero . I love the new dark side to hindi movies . Vey Hot .
From the old fashioned slide show that Vijay was shown in 1978 ...to the power point presentation Desilva shows the 11 mulkon ke cops ...Progress has happened !
3.The clothes - Its soo awesome ...so if you watch the movie carefully you will see how SRK weras stuff thats taken from AB's wardrobe ..so in Khaike paan banaras wala ..AB is wearing this purple bloka dotted vest on his suit shirt ...SRK wears a purple polka dotted shirt
I loved the Bruce Lee shirt and the Bruce Lee ..snakes in the monkeys shadow hand action sequence ...Hilarious !!! ....
4. The twists - I think this was the best part . Took the movie to whole new mean level.
5. All the corny dialogues . They even tried so hard to be corny in some places ...from Roma's head toss when she sayd .."Aaaj kal ke zamane mein .." ..
I think Filmi dialogues are best served in the most fimli over the top cheesy way possible !
6. The theme - the medivial punditz revived theme ...was outstanding ...very in your face but subtle ..stylish and totally international in a music sense
7.Boman Irani - I love him ! He is the best thing thats happened to Bollywood in a lonnngg time and yesterday he was very very good.
8. Yeh Mera Dil - I loved the dance , the clothes , SRK was very high on the H factor ..and I was very very happliy surprised to see the kick ass song . Ladies and Gentlemen ..welcome to 2006 ....the illicit rendezvous is even better when its a penthouse suite with a illuminated KL skyline and SRK and Kareena with the petronos towers in the backing right !
Love it ! Completely ! .....we have bamboos and stylish lights instead of photographs and wall hangings ...we are the new contemporary indians ..lol ! ..Full Marks on this one
9.The hot silver mercedes convertible . ... smitten !
When Kishore Kumar sang in the rain with a very beautiful madhubala ..can we imagine the same song if he was fixing a porsche , merce or a ferrari .
Go Figure .
10. Classic Akthar - from the small parachute scene ..the chacha chaudhary references , the tumhara pyaar mujhe yaha khicch ke le aya hai scene ...this was one heck of a well made film .
I think as a movie going movie watching audience - we are fairly intelligent . This is why its easier to sell an Omkara to us than sell a Gangster . A Swades ..over a Salaam Namaste .
But to go back and make one of the all time iconic movies in Indian Cinema ..and change it ..like an artist paiting a van gogh years after ...and maybe not exceed the orginial ..but in no way diminish or tarnish it - while adding your creative touch ..is not a small undertaking in any way .
So for whatever reasons Farhan made the film ..I loved it ! ...like Don would say .."Kuch baatein faydein ya nuksaan ke liye nahi ki jaati ..bas ki jaati hai "
Friday, October 20, 2006
Somewhere only we know
To those of us who celebrate festivals away from home
To those of us who swear by masala chai and starbucks with equal gusto
To those of us who celebrate Diwali , Id, Halloween,Thanksgiving and Christmas with equal ethusiasm
To those of us who play hindi music loudly while running on the treadmill,driving on the interstate or even at work on most days
To those of us who waiting for the super bowl as well as world cup
To those of us who will never call coke or pepsi " soda" ..that means something else for us ..lol!
To those of us who are asked - from where are you ? at least 50 times during a month and who dont blink before answering
Who answer questions they would never ask each other ..like why are you here ..why did you decide to come here ..will you ever move back ..what do your parents think about you being here ....will you stay forever ..do you have to marry an indian ...do you eat meat ..whats that thing on your forehead ..whats the wrap around outfit you wear ..how do you make curry ..are there elephants in your city
The joy and paradox of having and creating options is our story .
Stuck in time ..between ideals , goals, thoughts , aspirations , convictions , commitments and continents. Somewhere only we know.
Life has a big "IF" in it.
So take a deep breathe ..observe a moment.
Get busy living .
Happy Diwali
May you live long and thrive !
Thank God I have enough.
To those of us who swear by masala chai and starbucks with equal gusto
To those of us who celebrate Diwali , Id, Halloween,Thanksgiving and Christmas with equal ethusiasm
To those of us who play hindi music loudly while running on the treadmill,driving on the interstate or even at work on most days
To those of us who waiting for the super bowl as well as world cup
To those of us who will never call coke or pepsi " soda" ..that means something else for us ..lol!
To those of us who are asked - from where are you ? at least 50 times during a month and who dont blink before answering
Who answer questions they would never ask each other ..like why are you here ..why did you decide to come here ..will you ever move back ..what do your parents think about you being here ....will you stay forever ..do you have to marry an indian ...do you eat meat ..whats that thing on your forehead ..whats the wrap around outfit you wear ..how do you make curry ..are there elephants in your city
The joy and paradox of having and creating options is our story .
Stuck in time ..between ideals , goals, thoughts , aspirations , convictions , commitments and continents. Somewhere only we know.
Life has a big "IF" in it.
So take a deep breathe ..observe a moment.
Get busy living .
Happy Diwali
May you live long and thrive !
Thank God I have enough.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
When
For the past 3 years - I've been part of a reading and mentoring program that runs October through April of the school year.Last year I missed most of it since I was in India ..this year ..not a chance .When October rolls in - Every Tuesday if only for a few hours I get to enjoy the pleasure of being in the company of a 10 year old ..who is most of the times unreasonably happy , excited , hopeful and trusting . Everything that I am not- even on my best days . ..when I try really hard
Today was the launch of the program.The Teacher contact from the middle school presented us with some questionnaires that the kids had filled out to help us understand them better .
Here are some real answers :
Question : What is the one thing about you that is unique ?
Some Answers :
I can do 2 things at a time
I can run really fast
I once thought I could fly
I can do magic sometimes
I think snakes are awesome
I can make great hairstyles
I can make life pause
Question : What do you want to do when you grow up ?
Some Answers :
I want to be a doctor
I want to be spiderman
I want to be able to fly
I want to be a pediatrician
I want to see a miracle
I want to be a football player
I want to be like my grandmom
I want to make magic
Question:Who is your favorite actor
Answer : I forgot his name
I guess they remembered all the important things didnt they ?
I smiled in the middle of a long week .
Smiled from the inside - the kind of smile that sneaks up on you.
A smile ..Thats reckless , abandoned ,real and just because .
When did I become an adult ..and how do I make it stop ?
Today was the launch of the program.The Teacher contact from the middle school presented us with some questionnaires that the kids had filled out to help us understand them better .
Here are some real answers :
Question : What is the one thing about you that is unique ?
Some Answers :
I can do 2 things at a time
I can run really fast
I once thought I could fly
I can do magic sometimes
I think snakes are awesome
I can make great hairstyles
I can make life pause
Question : What do you want to do when you grow up ?
Some Answers :
I want to be a doctor
I want to be spiderman
I want to be able to fly
I want to be a pediatrician
I want to see a miracle
I want to be a football player
I want to be like my grandmom
I want to make magic
Question:Who is your favorite actor
Answer : I forgot his name
I guess they remembered all the important things didnt they ?
I smiled in the middle of a long week .
Smiled from the inside - the kind of smile that sneaks up on you.
A smile ..Thats reckless , abandoned ,real and just because .
When did I become an adult ..and how do I make it stop ?
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Gup Shup
Some total randomness from my end
1. I think if Madonna wants to adopt a baby - The world should just shut up and let her adopt a baby.All the protesters and organizations and angry demonstrators should just back off. Pick your battles people. I agree that adoption involves a lot of responsibility and changes . There is the increased risk that it isnt always done for the best reasons and a life is at stake. Please divert your energy to actively monitoring obsure people who adopt . Use all those resource to look at foster programs with a microscope where unsuspecting children lie at the hands of namless faceless strangers..please leave Ms American Pie alone. Her life demands that she is in constant public eye - you wont need to second guess how she is raising her new baby .
So please find something more meaningful to do with your very valuable time.
2.The worst and best part about working a 15 hour monday - is that you can drive home in the rain on bitter cold nights and watch a bunch of beautiful dumb women drool over a hot italian guy - that itself is emotional redemption for all the nights you spent working as a cashier and what not putting yourself through college . Face it - things could have gone the other way and you could be on the Bachelor ...worse ..you could actually be the Bachelor ..
3. I found out something life changing last night .I realised that in the noah's ark of sports teams ..that you could teach a pre -K kid the entire jungle book by ..names are actually shared .
So get this ..My sports know -how ..sucks .But when I do hear something - I try and be cool and pretend that I already knew it and use it in following conversations.
So Tinu was watching the Bears play the Cardinals last night . Obviously I was unaware that this was a major TV event . I called him . He said something like .."not now Kau ..I'm watching the game ..its close" .And I said something like " How is St Louis" doing ....and he laughed and laughed and laughed for hours ...
How the F*** is a working 27 year old woman ..whose major sports interests involve cricket and soccer for all the wrong reasons , who likes to read (everything other than SI.com) , do yoga and shop know that the cardinals are a baseball and a football team ...I thought cardinals were birds ..so much for me being sports savvy.
4. I also found out that purple mist is not the name of a fancy big brand perfume.
Thanks HQ for the info - I hope you continue to experience Nirvana !
5.Who drinks Decaf coffee ? ..why is there such a thing as decaf coffee? ..is there a point to it ?
6. Oprah and Bono recerntly launched these really cute GAP shirts that are bright red in color and say stuff like "Inspired".."Empowered" ..play on the word red ..and they donate the money to an Aids charity in Africa ..I think its brilliant.Will buy. If I am ever able to leave work on time and go to a store
7. In conversation with a friend over lunch we debated whether we miss actual people ..or we miss the feelings and comfort level they represent . Like do you miss somone you were in love with ..or the feeling of being in love ? ...hmmm....this will have to be a seperate blog post ..
8. I am excited about Don . I love SRK but i dont think he can pull an Amitabh. If you look at Amitabh in the first half of Don ..esp in "Yeh Mera Dil" ..he looks like a complete bad guy/jerk..with a super high "H" factor ...When Kareen dances around SRK ..he still looks like a Raj ..a very cute to die for Raj ...SRK ..you are tool stylish and sophisticated to pull a paan eating sequence ...cant hide all that ..
but still...but I have to agree that Duniya ke Bara Mulkon ki police ..Don ki talaash kar rahi hai ..Don ko pakadna ..mushkil hi nahin ..namumkin hai !
very hot ..cant wait for Friday !
9.The movie I am waiting for is the new James Bond movie ...Superman can fly away ..my super hero works for her Majesty's Secret Service ..and drives bad ass cars
10.If I had to fall in love with a fictional character - it would be....Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones Diary
11. Wonder what will happen in Greys Anatomy this week ? ...I am so mad at Mcdreamy for pulling the "I like you too much and i'm bad for you thats why I need to walk away " stunt ...wake up ..most women are perfectly capable of deciding who like like/dislike and grasp what it involves ..and yeah ..they like to think they can take care of themselves .."like to think" being the key word ..so pls smell the coffee Mcdreamy ..she's in love with you but she also has a brain and a gut ..dont push her..she can push back and then no one wins ... least of all True Heart stopping brain numbing remote control sharing ,eating chinses takeout in candlelight pretend to like each others music love..
1. I think if Madonna wants to adopt a baby - The world should just shut up and let her adopt a baby.All the protesters and organizations and angry demonstrators should just back off. Pick your battles people. I agree that adoption involves a lot of responsibility and changes . There is the increased risk that it isnt always done for the best reasons and a life is at stake. Please divert your energy to actively monitoring obsure people who adopt . Use all those resource to look at foster programs with a microscope where unsuspecting children lie at the hands of namless faceless strangers..please leave Ms American Pie alone. Her life demands that she is in constant public eye - you wont need to second guess how she is raising her new baby .
So please find something more meaningful to do with your very valuable time.
2.The worst and best part about working a 15 hour monday - is that you can drive home in the rain on bitter cold nights and watch a bunch of beautiful dumb women drool over a hot italian guy - that itself is emotional redemption for all the nights you spent working as a cashier and what not putting yourself through college . Face it - things could have gone the other way and you could be on the Bachelor ...worse ..you could actually be the Bachelor ..
3. I found out something life changing last night .I realised that in the noah's ark of sports teams ..that you could teach a pre -K kid the entire jungle book by ..names are actually shared .
So get this ..My sports know -how ..sucks .But when I do hear something - I try and be cool and pretend that I already knew it and use it in following conversations.
So Tinu was watching the Bears play the Cardinals last night . Obviously I was unaware that this was a major TV event . I called him . He said something like .."not now Kau ..I'm watching the game ..its close" .And I said something like " How is St Louis" doing ....and he laughed and laughed and laughed for hours ...
How the F*** is a working 27 year old woman ..whose major sports interests involve cricket and soccer for all the wrong reasons , who likes to read (everything other than SI.com) , do yoga and shop know that the cardinals are a baseball and a football team ...I thought cardinals were birds ..so much for me being sports savvy.
4. I also found out that purple mist is not the name of a fancy big brand perfume.
Thanks HQ for the info - I hope you continue to experience Nirvana !
5.Who drinks Decaf coffee ? ..why is there such a thing as decaf coffee? ..is there a point to it ?
6. Oprah and Bono recerntly launched these really cute GAP shirts that are bright red in color and say stuff like "Inspired".."Empowered" ..play on the word red ..and they donate the money to an Aids charity in Africa ..I think its brilliant.Will buy. If I am ever able to leave work on time and go to a store
7. In conversation with a friend over lunch we debated whether we miss actual people ..or we miss the feelings and comfort level they represent . Like do you miss somone you were in love with ..or the feeling of being in love ? ...hmmm....this will have to be a seperate blog post ..
8. I am excited about Don . I love SRK but i dont think he can pull an Amitabh. If you look at Amitabh in the first half of Don ..esp in "Yeh Mera Dil" ..he looks like a complete bad guy/jerk..with a super high "H" factor ...When Kareen dances around SRK ..he still looks like a Raj ..a very cute to die for Raj ...SRK ..you are tool stylish and sophisticated to pull a paan eating sequence ...cant hide all that ..
but still...but I have to agree that Duniya ke Bara Mulkon ki police ..Don ki talaash kar rahi hai ..Don ko pakadna ..mushkil hi nahin ..namumkin hai !
very hot ..cant wait for Friday !
9.The movie I am waiting for is the new James Bond movie ...Superman can fly away ..my super hero works for her Majesty's Secret Service ..and drives bad ass cars
10.If I had to fall in love with a fictional character - it would be....Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones Diary
11. Wonder what will happen in Greys Anatomy this week ? ...I am so mad at Mcdreamy for pulling the "I like you too much and i'm bad for you thats why I need to walk away " stunt ...wake up ..most women are perfectly capable of deciding who like like/dislike and grasp what it involves ..and yeah ..they like to think they can take care of themselves .."like to think" being the key word ..so pls smell the coffee Mcdreamy ..she's in love with you but she also has a brain and a gut ..dont push her..she can push back and then no one wins ... least of all True Heart stopping brain numbing remote control sharing ,eating chinses takeout in candlelight pretend to like each others music love..
Sunday, October 15, 2006
War on Sound
Year.Saal.Anne. ..Although the switch turns off late december in most worlds - in my little world ..it turns off Late October.My months are numbered from November to October.So in the chronicles of my life- the bells are already tolling for 2006- The year that was.
I get a little mad this time of the year.The changing seasons , halloween , impending holidays,multi colored leaves doing the tango ,goodbye frappuchinos hello lattes and what not have this effect on my grey cells. A condition often termed as chronic retrospection of the past year.
So here is the soundtrack for 2006. If I replay the events that unfolded in the 27th year of my life - This is what would play in the background.
Theme song for 2006 : Dekh Le - Munna Bhai MMBS remixed
Overall All encompassing hitting too close to the heart song : Suddenly I see - KT Tunstall
2006 O.S.T
1.How to Save life -FRAY
2.Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
3. Hold you Till I die -Rod Stewart
4. Rang de Basanti - Daler Mehendi
5. Aisha - Khaled (Ecoutez Moi ?)
6. Zinda - Strings
7.The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
8.Maria Maria - Santana ( theres weeks in my life set to this song this year ..)
9.Pinacolada - Rupert Holmes ( I had to find out who sang this ..I hear it all the time inside my head all the damm time when I am happy and never knew who sang it ....lol)
10.Right to be Wrong -Joss Stone
11.Aadat - Jaal
12.Good is Good -Sheryl Crow
13.Collide - Howie Day
14. Ya Ali - Gangster
15. Dont Lie - Black Eyed Peas
16. You're Beautiful - James Blunt
17. Bang Bang - Nancy Sinatra
18. Bheegi Bheegi - Gangster
19. Mehfuz - Euphoria
20. Amore - Dean Martin
I get a little mad this time of the year.The changing seasons , halloween , impending holidays,multi colored leaves doing the tango ,goodbye frappuchinos hello lattes and what not have this effect on my grey cells. A condition often termed as chronic retrospection of the past year.
So here is the soundtrack for 2006. If I replay the events that unfolded in the 27th year of my life - This is what would play in the background.
Theme song for 2006 : Dekh Le - Munna Bhai MMBS remixed
Overall All encompassing hitting too close to the heart song : Suddenly I see - KT Tunstall
2006 O.S.T
1.How to Save life -FRAY
2.Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
3. Hold you Till I die -Rod Stewart
4. Rang de Basanti - Daler Mehendi
5. Aisha - Khaled (Ecoutez Moi ?)
6. Zinda - Strings
7.The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
8.Maria Maria - Santana ( theres weeks in my life set to this song this year ..)
9.Pinacolada - Rupert Holmes ( I had to find out who sang this ..I hear it all the time inside my head all the damm time when I am happy and never knew who sang it ....lol)
10.Right to be Wrong -Joss Stone
11.Aadat - Jaal
12.Good is Good -Sheryl Crow
13.Collide - Howie Day
14. Ya Ali - Gangster
15. Dont Lie - Black Eyed Peas
16. You're Beautiful - James Blunt
17. Bang Bang - Nancy Sinatra
18. Bheegi Bheegi - Gangster
19. Mehfuz - Euphoria
20. Amore - Dean Martin
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Hope
This is why I say the universe is on my side , that hope in my life is like the wind - I cant see it but I can feel it.And on days like today , when it seems scarce and much sought after - it comes right to my door.
Homeward bound at 10 pm at the end of a gruelling 13 hour day -that made its presence felt with every minute that ticked by .Oustide - as if to reflect the climate of my mind and the season of my soul - it thundered and splattered.This was another night spent eating out of a tin can - so much for my vision of love and not spending every evening alone ..and I turned to my only friend on days like today ..the TV and this is what he said right back to me
"They say they built the train tracks over the Alps between Vienna and Venice before there was a train that could make the trip. They built it anyway. They knew one day a train would come.
Any arbitrary turning along the way, and I would be elsewhere. I would be different.
The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game."
All I have to say is Amen....Makhtub...Inshah Allah.
Homeward bound at 10 pm at the end of a gruelling 13 hour day -that made its presence felt with every minute that ticked by .Oustide - as if to reflect the climate of my mind and the season of my soul - it thundered and splattered.This was another night spent eating out of a tin can - so much for my vision of love and not spending every evening alone ..and I turned to my only friend on days like today ..the TV and this is what he said right back to me
"They say they built the train tracks over the Alps between Vienna and Venice before there was a train that could make the trip. They built it anyway. They knew one day a train would come.
Any arbitrary turning along the way, and I would be elsewhere. I would be different.
The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game."
All I have to say is Amen....Makhtub...Inshah Allah.
Monday, October 09, 2006
It had to be You
Farzeen - You bring so much laughter to my life !! ..lol..you silly silly jerk ..you need to find another blog to read ..lol!..I really needed this today ! Thank You !
Kau
ps : U - Now you can gang up with Farzeen - finally someone else is making fun of my over dramatic posts too !
Farzeen Irani/Na... omg - i just had the biggest rush of my life...i have to share
Farzeen Irani/N... I fell asleep at my desk (happens all the time)....
Kaumudi Bhide/... what !!!
Kaumudi Bhide/... whatt ?!!!
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol poor kid
Farzeen Irani/N... and I was dreaming that I was running along the shores of the Chattahoochee....so much adrenaline was rushing when I woke up
Kaumudi Bhide/... F@##k
Farzeen Irani/N... its was great
Kaumudi Bhide/... You
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol
Kaumudi Bhide/... you jerk
Farzeen Irani/N... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Farzeen Irani/N... hahahahahaha
Farzeen Irani/N... hahahhahahahahaha
Farzeen Irani/N... i hope its foggy tonight so I can finally update my blog
Farzeen Irani/N... i had you going, no?
Farzeen Irani/N... so if I am reading this right, you are saying "home is where the heart is", right?
Farzeen Irani/N... my mom has a plate that says that on it
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol
Kaumudi Bhide/... you are such a loser
Kaumudi Bhide/... you need to find better things to do with your life !!!! ...lol
Kaumudi Bhide/... jungleee
Farzeen Irani/N... ok - i am heading home...i'll talk to you later. enjoy your night..i heard that they are cool and clear this time of year
Kaumudi Bhide/... i thot u fell asleep and someone found you
Farzeen Irani/N... ha!
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol
Kau
ps : U - Now you can gang up with Farzeen - finally someone else is making fun of my over dramatic posts too !
Farzeen Irani/Na... omg - i just had the biggest rush of my life...i have to share
Farzeen Irani/N... I fell asleep at my desk (happens all the time)....
Kaumudi Bhide/... what !!!
Kaumudi Bhide/... whatt ?!!!
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol poor kid
Farzeen Irani/N... and I was dreaming that I was running along the shores of the Chattahoochee....so much adrenaline was rushing when I woke up
Kaumudi Bhide/... F@##k
Farzeen Irani/N... its was great
Kaumudi Bhide/... You
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol
Kaumudi Bhide/... you jerk
Farzeen Irani/N... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Farzeen Irani/N... hahahahahaha
Farzeen Irani/N... hahahhahahahahaha
Farzeen Irani/N... i hope its foggy tonight so I can finally update my blog
Farzeen Irani/N... i had you going, no?
Farzeen Irani/N... so if I am reading this right, you are saying "home is where the heart is", right?
Farzeen Irani/N... my mom has a plate that says that on it
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol
Kaumudi Bhide/... you are such a loser
Kaumudi Bhide/... you need to find better things to do with your life !!!! ...lol
Kaumudi Bhide/... jungleee
Farzeen Irani/N... ok - i am heading home...i'll talk to you later. enjoy your night..i heard that they are cool and clear this time of year
Kaumudi Bhide/... i thot u fell asleep and someone found you
Farzeen Irani/N... ha!
Kaumudi Bhide/... lol
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Tum
This weekend in the words of my favorite artists ..for my questions ,longings and musings ..stuck in a thought ...
Tum
Tum se milkar bhi - Tum se doori hai
Pyar mein faasla zaroori hai
Chahey milna ho ya bichadna ho -
Yeh Kahani abhi adhuri hai...
Tum jo hote to baat ban jati
Chand Adha hai - raat poori hai
Mai tumhe chu ke dekh sakti hoon
Sirf ek Jindagi ki doori hai .
Kya Zindagi ek Khayal hai - Ya Ek Khayal ki Taalash ?
Duniya
Koi Mile Ke Bichdien ..
Yaha kisko kya padi hai
Sab log chal rahe hai
Duniya yahi khadi hai ...
Khamoshiyon se kahiyein
Chalkar jara pookarein
Khawaboin ki janaatoin se
Ayi hai kya baaharein
Milo ka yeh zamana ..bas aur do ghadi hai
Sab job chal rahe hain ..Duniya Yehi Khadi hai ,
M.F.Hussain
Tum
Tum se milkar bhi - Tum se doori hai
Pyar mein faasla zaroori hai
Chahey milna ho ya bichadna ho -
Yeh Kahani abhi adhuri hai...
Tum jo hote to baat ban jati
Chand Adha hai - raat poori hai
Mai tumhe chu ke dekh sakti hoon
Sirf ek Jindagi ki doori hai .
Kya Zindagi ek Khayal hai - Ya Ek Khayal ki Taalash ?
Duniya
Koi Mile Ke Bichdien ..
Yaha kisko kya padi hai
Sab log chal rahe hai
Duniya yahi khadi hai ...
Khamoshiyon se kahiyein
Chalkar jara pookarein
Khawaboin ki janaatoin se
Ayi hai kya baaharein
Milo ka yeh zamana ..bas aur do ghadi hai
Sab job chal rahe hain ..Duniya Yehi Khadi hai ,
M.F.Hussain
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Shaken ..Not Stirred.
When I was 22 ,I boarded a Delta Flight on a wet rainy charcoal grey night in Bombay .You know how when something of excruciating importance is happening in your life - you remember the smallest and most irrelevant details ..What I remember is that I had a copy of "Illusions" -Richard Bach to read on flight , that I was wearing a grey benneton sweatshirt that's seen me through so many rough phases , its almost a miracle its survived along with me ..That I was wearing a pair of grey and black checked drawstring pants borrowed from ushie that I never returned ..I had a cassette of "kaho na pyar hai " that ushie had given me last minute at the airport , I drank coffee at a particular shop at Frankfurt airport that I always make a point to go to when I fly through ...I wrote a letter to myself on the flight and that at one point I wondered if I was making the biggest mistake of my life .
I imagine that almost at the same time breakfast was being served mid air ..Between London and Frankfurt ..When the windmills of the gods were blowing that day and the die was being cast to decide the fate of my early years in America - The divine forces simply said "Shaken ..Not stirred"..And so they shook my world till it got rid of all the deadweight , baggage and unnecessary conditions , expectations , hopes and demands .
The years flew and before I knew I resisted , enjoyed and then welcomed life in the U.S
From waiting alone for hours to get my car towed , to the adrenalin rush while running on the banks of the Chattahoochee , to foggy nights like this I spend writing on this blog , to days I'm soo sick that I am hoping that a cup of tea will just make itself , to forgotten birthdays , friends , festivals and dreams ...from knowing the many sacrifices that made this experience possible to The empty hearted void that fills my world on phonecalls- to the wild beating of my heart as I look outside my office on full moon nights like knowing that there is a purpose to the passion and the pangs...to years when I wonder if I will never fall in love , to weeks when love seems like its just around the corner ..to days when whats around the corners is another crazy day with long drawn battles , to battles that are lost even before they are fought and others that are won simply by being still. A conundrum of sorts with multiple answers.
A country where I made my mistakes ,saw my life impacted by those others made ..a place where I was loveless,jobless,hopeless to a place where I was at peace ,quietly determined and madly in love with life .
There are people who make their home over here and then there are others who come here all the way to find out that their home is a place they left behind .
The truth is that I 've traveled many many miles - some not even physical to know that home is a place I carry in my heart .It holds the tears I've cried ,the smiles I've shared ,the prayers I've held on to , the dreams that have held on to me ,the lessons that have been hard to learn and the love and people that have endured .A place that is familiar .And until that familiar place is pumping systolic samba beats - I guess no matter where Life take me ...I will always be Home.
I imagine that almost at the same time breakfast was being served mid air ..Between London and Frankfurt ..When the windmills of the gods were blowing that day and the die was being cast to decide the fate of my early years in America - The divine forces simply said "Shaken ..Not stirred"..And so they shook my world till it got rid of all the deadweight , baggage and unnecessary conditions , expectations , hopes and demands .
The years flew and before I knew I resisted , enjoyed and then welcomed life in the U.S
From waiting alone for hours to get my car towed , to the adrenalin rush while running on the banks of the Chattahoochee , to foggy nights like this I spend writing on this blog , to days I'm soo sick that I am hoping that a cup of tea will just make itself , to forgotten birthdays , friends , festivals and dreams ...from knowing the many sacrifices that made this experience possible to The empty hearted void that fills my world on phonecalls- to the wild beating of my heart as I look outside my office on full moon nights like knowing that there is a purpose to the passion and the pangs...to years when I wonder if I will never fall in love , to weeks when love seems like its just around the corner ..to days when whats around the corners is another crazy day with long drawn battles , to battles that are lost even before they are fought and others that are won simply by being still. A conundrum of sorts with multiple answers.
A country where I made my mistakes ,saw my life impacted by those others made ..a place where I was loveless,jobless,hopeless to a place where I was at peace ,quietly determined and madly in love with life .
There are people who make their home over here and then there are others who come here all the way to find out that their home is a place they left behind .
The truth is that I 've traveled many many miles - some not even physical to know that home is a place I carry in my heart .It holds the tears I've cried ,the smiles I've shared ,the prayers I've held on to , the dreams that have held on to me ,the lessons that have been hard to learn and the love and people that have endured .A place that is familiar .And until that familiar place is pumping systolic samba beats - I guess no matter where Life take me ...I will always be Home.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki ?
50 reasons to love evenings in my childhood .
TV serials - man ..I wish I could watch these all over again now !
Gone are the days when I used to finsih homework and playing help-help and 4 corners to rush home and watch ...
1. Chunauti
2. Tara - lol ! ..I hate to admit I saw this - but I did !!...lol
3.Life Line -Jeevan Rekha
4.Aaa Bail Mujhe Maar
5.Wagle ki Duniya
6.Tamas
7.Nukkad
8.Buniyaad
9.Banegi Apni Baat
10. Paramveer (omg ..stab me ..I actually had a crush on this guy !)
11. Ek Shunya Shunya
12.Kile Ka Rahasya
13.Giant Robot
14.The Wonder Years
15.Doogie Housier MD (everyone I know kept a diary after this one..hahaa)
16.Picket Fences (This is when U and me made a habit of calling each other after shows and bawling)
17.Chiman Rao
18. Ally Mcbeal
19.Mr Yogi
20. Zopi Gele La Jaaga Zhala
21. Malgudi Days (taana na tana nana na and Master Manjunath)
22.Dada Dadi ki kahaniyaan
23.Fauji
24.Circus
25.Byomkesh Bakshi
26.Reporter
27.Dekh Bhai Dekh
28.Vikram Aur Vetal
29.Mungeri Lal ke haseen sapne
30 Honi Anhoni
31.Kahaan Gaye Woh Log ? ..would always make me cry
25.Chanakya
26.The Sword (Sord ..lol) of Tipu Sultan
27.Mahabharat
28.Ramayan
29.Campus
30.Jaspal Bhatti Show - The Flop Show !
31. Kakkaji Kaheen (om puri rocks!)
32.Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi - best friday nights ever !!!
33.Hello Inspector ( this was a marathi tv serial that ROCKED - I can still sing its title song ...hello hello hello hello ..innsppecctor )
34. Gotya
35.Ragini
36.Hum Log
37.Karamchand ..cant believe they actually said hello kitty and shut up kitty !
38. Udaan ..i used to loovvee Kalyani !
39.Ase Pahune Yetil
40.Gul Gulshan Gulfarm
41. Ek Do Teen Char
42.Bodyline ( i can never forget this !!!..it was awesome)
43. Tandoori Nights
44.The world this week (still think it was the best show EVER !)
45. Mrignayni
46.Tenali Raman
47. Paramveer chakra
48. Famous Five
49.Sara Jaha Humaara ..girish Karnad all the way !
50.Bharat Ek Khoj ?
TV serials - man ..I wish I could watch these all over again now !
Gone are the days when I used to finsih homework and playing help-help and 4 corners to rush home and watch ...
1. Chunauti
2. Tara - lol ! ..I hate to admit I saw this - but I did !!...lol
3.Life Line -Jeevan Rekha
4.Aaa Bail Mujhe Maar
5.Wagle ki Duniya
6.Tamas
7.Nukkad
8.Buniyaad
9.Banegi Apni Baat
10. Paramveer (omg ..stab me ..I actually had a crush on this guy !)
11. Ek Shunya Shunya
12.Kile Ka Rahasya
13.Giant Robot
14.The Wonder Years
15.Doogie Housier MD (everyone I know kept a diary after this one..hahaa)
16.Picket Fences (This is when U and me made a habit of calling each other after shows and bawling)
17.Chiman Rao
18. Ally Mcbeal
19.Mr Yogi
20. Zopi Gele La Jaaga Zhala
21. Malgudi Days (taana na tana nana na and Master Manjunath)
22.Dada Dadi ki kahaniyaan
23.Fauji
24.Circus
25.Byomkesh Bakshi
26.Reporter
27.Dekh Bhai Dekh
28.Vikram Aur Vetal
29.Mungeri Lal ke haseen sapne
30 Honi Anhoni
31.Kahaan Gaye Woh Log ? ..would always make me cry
25.Chanakya
26.The Sword (Sord ..lol) of Tipu Sultan
27.Mahabharat
28.Ramayan
29.Campus
30.Jaspal Bhatti Show - The Flop Show !
31. Kakkaji Kaheen (om puri rocks!)
32.Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi - best friday nights ever !!!
33.Hello Inspector ( this was a marathi tv serial that ROCKED - I can still sing its title song ...hello hello hello hello ..innsppecctor )
34. Gotya
35.Ragini
36.Hum Log
37.Karamchand ..cant believe they actually said hello kitty and shut up kitty !
38. Udaan ..i used to loovvee Kalyani !
39.Ase Pahune Yetil
40.Gul Gulshan Gulfarm
41. Ek Do Teen Char
42.Bodyline ( i can never forget this !!!..it was awesome)
43. Tandoori Nights
44.The world this week (still think it was the best show EVER !)
45. Mrignayni
46.Tenali Raman
47. Paramveer chakra
48. Famous Five
49.Sara Jaha Humaara ..girish Karnad all the way !
50.Bharat Ek Khoj ?
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
The Art of Breathing
Yoga requires one to practice the art of breathing .
I have been reading two Yoga books off late that have revealed some pretty insighful things .
Yoga Masters which draws a parallel between the Bhagwadgita and everyday Yoga . Dr Yoga that teaches how to prevent,combat and remedy everyday aches and ailments through the healing powers f Yoga. I'm more committed in my practice and its helped me understand yoga and my mind much better.Yoga - which is derived from "Yug" in sanskrit means Union - and it helps you bridge the gap between who you are and what you want to become.
If you've ever studied Indian Dance you'll know about the mudra .The Danceuse mudra that has the thumb and index finger joined . The same mudra is used while meditating in Yoga . The five fingers of each hand stand for five different aspects of our life .
The Thumb is the Universe , the index finger represents the inner self, the middle finger is the ego , the ring finger is worldy attatchments and the little finger is the mind . So for yoga mudra and meditation to be most effective - the inner self has to bend towards the universe .
We have to learn to let go of the past and the future - only then can we breather and focus on the present .
I tried this at work all of last week .At Lunch - I would sit in my chair and practice meditation for 3 minutes . It changed the entire day . Made me more focused , more involved with what I was doing at that moment instead of boiling the ocean with worries about tommorrow ..and even though the action of yoga mudra , folding my index finger and thumb and breathing was so minuscule - its impacts were large .
I know a lot of people who are sceptical about the benefits of yoga . Yoga is not something that you can see results overnight with.It requires faith in your body and mental strength above everything.It has to be nourished , encouraged and developed ..and like a sapling that you plant to grow into a sturdy tree - It changes your world view forever .And not necessarily the world ..but the eyes of the mind that you see it through.
I started Yoga on the way to achieve a goal. But the journey - changed my life so much that it change the very nature of the goal.And thats Yoga - everything is changing , everything is transient ..but your mind and strength are constant - and in the power of your breath , they shall remain safe.Like Wendy would say - The light in me recognizes the light in you , and in that light - we are one.
I have been reading two Yoga books off late that have revealed some pretty insighful things .
Yoga Masters which draws a parallel between the Bhagwadgita and everyday Yoga . Dr Yoga that teaches how to prevent,combat and remedy everyday aches and ailments through the healing powers f Yoga. I'm more committed in my practice and its helped me understand yoga and my mind much better.Yoga - which is derived from "Yug" in sanskrit means Union - and it helps you bridge the gap between who you are and what you want to become.
If you've ever studied Indian Dance you'll know about the mudra .The Danceuse mudra that has the thumb and index finger joined . The same mudra is used while meditating in Yoga . The five fingers of each hand stand for five different aspects of our life .
The Thumb is the Universe , the index finger represents the inner self, the middle finger is the ego , the ring finger is worldy attatchments and the little finger is the mind . So for yoga mudra and meditation to be most effective - the inner self has to bend towards the universe .
We have to learn to let go of the past and the future - only then can we breather and focus on the present .
I tried this at work all of last week .At Lunch - I would sit in my chair and practice meditation for 3 minutes . It changed the entire day . Made me more focused , more involved with what I was doing at that moment instead of boiling the ocean with worries about tommorrow ..and even though the action of yoga mudra , folding my index finger and thumb and breathing was so minuscule - its impacts were large .
I know a lot of people who are sceptical about the benefits of yoga . Yoga is not something that you can see results overnight with.It requires faith in your body and mental strength above everything.It has to be nourished , encouraged and developed ..and like a sapling that you plant to grow into a sturdy tree - It changes your world view forever .And not necessarily the world ..but the eyes of the mind that you see it through.
I started Yoga on the way to achieve a goal. But the journey - changed my life so much that it change the very nature of the goal.And thats Yoga - everything is changing , everything is transient ..but your mind and strength are constant - and in the power of your breath , they shall remain safe.Like Wendy would say - The light in me recognizes the light in you , and in that light - we are one.
Monday, October 02, 2006
What Can Brown do for you ?
Have you had one of those days when you wake up on a Monday - wishing it was Friday . Its by far the bleakest note a week can start on - and so began my day .
I drive to work almost in a trance - uncanily enough my freaking horoscope thanks to MR Cainer (who I secretly suspect is my best friends boyfried ...thats the only bloody way this website can be soo accurate about how our days and months look) was also bang on :
Scorpio
"It is easy to forget, when there are tense astrological alignments at work, that you have strength, energy and power. But you do - even if all you can think about are the five and a half thousand things that must be done before lunchtime tomorrow plus another two billion to be sorted out by next weekend. Pressure? This is not pressure. This is slavery. You are being marched by merciless captors towards the altar of overkill. They want to offer you to the god of self-sacrifice. Don't let them. Quick. Escape!"
Escape . Right . So I pulled into work on a powder blue day and went about with my stuff - mutilating my keyboard et all.No reason to smell the roses today . Nah - not here . Just plain old plain banal everyday mundane bytes and bits competing for my attention.
As usual the cosmos had superior plans for my average day.
Four weeks ago - I called my credit card company and asked them to send me a new card since my old one was expiring . They UPS'd a temporary card to me while they sent the regular one by post.Unfortunately they needed a signature and all I could say was "Pehle uska sign leke aou ..jisne mere haath pe likkha .. " You get the picture . Anyways - after much hide and seek - my parcel is at a customer service center .
I left work early -beat the traffic and went to pick it up . This is where the greater plans unfolded.
My car died on me . In the parking lot . WWHHHHRRRR - thats all it did . I begged , prayed ,sang ,pleaded but nahi . It was just too bummed out being in a garage on a perfect day like this one .So began the 2 hour long wait for a tow truck.
I guess suddenly I had to enjoy the day or else be miserable . Luck is a lady on days like this . My car could have died on the interstate (there would have been a lot of tears..) ..but here I was in a parking lot - watching some pretty cute UPS drivers unload their trucks ..I had 2 books ..Bridgets Jones Dairy and By the River Piedra I sat down and cried , A bag on Halloween candy ..kitkats ,milk duds and malted chocolate , Breezy day in fall , Clear blue skies ..and 2 hours to spend.
It was like my own picnic - thats I spent alone . I organized my glove compartment . Cleaned the cups and windshield and nooks and corners . Then I read my car manual for the first time . Learnt my different warranty features - including 4 pages on how things would change if I lived in California , learnt my vin number by heart , fiude out how to open the bonnet (ha ! never had to be that before ) , checked the tire pressure (very deflated ..much like my psyche nowadays) ..played around with my music system and programmed all the radio stations , arranged the CD book , cleaned my purse , put on like a zillion calories from all the candy and was just about to count the number of ridges on my tyres ..when the town truck and my friend (who cane to rescue me - and I paln to buy her a superman outfit ) showed up .
Came home - tired , sweaty and exhausted .To find that my permanent credit card - had arroved in the mail today .
I guess the important thing to remember is that even if I completely lack a sense of humor on days like this ..the universes does...laughing out loud :)
I drive to work almost in a trance - uncanily enough my freaking horoscope thanks to MR Cainer (who I secretly suspect is my best friends boyfried ...thats the only bloody way this website can be soo accurate about how our days and months look) was also bang on :
Scorpio
"It is easy to forget, when there are tense astrological alignments at work, that you have strength, energy and power. But you do - even if all you can think about are the five and a half thousand things that must be done before lunchtime tomorrow plus another two billion to be sorted out by next weekend. Pressure? This is not pressure. This is slavery. You are being marched by merciless captors towards the altar of overkill. They want to offer you to the god of self-sacrifice. Don't let them. Quick. Escape!"
Escape . Right . So I pulled into work on a powder blue day and went about with my stuff - mutilating my keyboard et all.No reason to smell the roses today . Nah - not here . Just plain old plain banal everyday mundane bytes and bits competing for my attention.
As usual the cosmos had superior plans for my average day.
Four weeks ago - I called my credit card company and asked them to send me a new card since my old one was expiring . They UPS'd a temporary card to me while they sent the regular one by post.Unfortunately they needed a signature and all I could say was "Pehle uska sign leke aou ..jisne mere haath pe likkha .. " You get the picture . Anyways - after much hide and seek - my parcel is at a customer service center .
I left work early -beat the traffic and went to pick it up . This is where the greater plans unfolded.
My car died on me . In the parking lot . WWHHHHRRRR - thats all it did . I begged , prayed ,sang ,pleaded but nahi . It was just too bummed out being in a garage on a perfect day like this one .So began the 2 hour long wait for a tow truck.
I guess suddenly I had to enjoy the day or else be miserable . Luck is a lady on days like this . My car could have died on the interstate (there would have been a lot of tears..) ..but here I was in a parking lot - watching some pretty cute UPS drivers unload their trucks ..I had 2 books ..Bridgets Jones Dairy and By the River Piedra I sat down and cried , A bag on Halloween candy ..kitkats ,milk duds and malted chocolate , Breezy day in fall , Clear blue skies ..and 2 hours to spend.
It was like my own picnic - thats I spent alone . I organized my glove compartment . Cleaned the cups and windshield and nooks and corners . Then I read my car manual for the first time . Learnt my different warranty features - including 4 pages on how things would change if I lived in California , learnt my vin number by heart , fiude out how to open the bonnet (ha ! never had to be that before ) , checked the tire pressure (very deflated ..much like my psyche nowadays) ..played around with my music system and programmed all the radio stations , arranged the CD book , cleaned my purse , put on like a zillion calories from all the candy and was just about to count the number of ridges on my tyres ..when the town truck and my friend (who cane to rescue me - and I paln to buy her a superman outfit ) showed up .
Came home - tired , sweaty and exhausted .To find that my permanent credit card - had arroved in the mail today .
I guess the important thing to remember is that even if I completely lack a sense of humor on days like this ..the universes does...laughing out loud :)
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Of Must Haves and More ..
A List of things a 27 year old must have in her life , purse , wardrobe , office and more .
1. A Best Friend who is a girl - who also multi tasks as fashion police, fait accompli , honest critic ,wishful thinker,driven,purposeful,motivated,objective and like self - a little obsessive and complusive about men,calories and clothes.
2. A pair of well worn sneakers - representative of dropping phrases like "I'm an out doorsy girl who is in tune with nature " ..depending on audience (wouldnt want to show up for a cute picnic soon after that in a pair of bland new ultra screechy white keds right !) ...also immensly necessary for long walks , pretend work out sessions and for months when the casual tom boy look is in .
3.A little black dress - that always gets you into trouble when you wear it.
4. A favorite sweatshirt - thats atleast a "phase in your life" old. Like caterpillars , real women like silk , eat a lot of mulberry leaves (or other healthy substitutes) ,gain weight and then one day miraculously lose it all to become gorgeous butterflies .Well - that may be my personal wishful fantasy , but its better in a threadbare comfy old sweatshirt thats at least a phase old ..silk , mulberry or butterfly .
5.Black Kohl Liner - for dramatic moments .They just look better with the liner -trust me.
6.A personal pep you up , make you feel like Athena ,atleast 10 pounds lighter (mentally also counts) ,wanna be a world changing combination of Condi ,Hilary,Nooyi and Bipasha Theme Song .
7. A guy friend falls into the "Nice" guy category . These are the true fossils of nature.To give you much needed career advice ,ignore your extra pounds ,compliment you , ask you for advice , occasionally ask you for directions ,let you give them serious fashion advice ,actually go out and fall for and marry the not so skinny normal girls you set them up with and be good friends ,listen to your boy problems and remind you that in every boy lies a man waiting to be discovered
8.A guy friend who falls into the "Nice to you - but a complete player ,ruthless, mind game playing ,compulsively flirting with skinny women in the gym who actually look good in boy shorts ,dont ever sweat in makeup and who dont know what S.C.U.B.A stands for ..thinks he is a one in a million combination of Pitt,Gates,Messi ..umm ..couldnt think of one attractive intelligent politicain.. But NICE to you since you are immune to snake like charms Friend : Serves a very very important purpose . When you are in a war - it is best to have someone who thinks like the enemy on your team . I hope you get the point .
9.Killer Black Heels ,Boots meant for walking and Black Mary Janes
10. A Flashlight next to your bedstand , one in the Kitchen and one in the Car .
To show you the way -when you most need it .
11.A favorite perfume that does not have a grey and white ,glossy , tabloid looking ,PDA indulging couple in its advertisement. To reaffirm ones status as a viable market sector .
12. A Scrunchy - to remind you of times you can be a mess and have your hair in knots ...literally
13.A key chain that actually means somethinng . Not am old bank memorablia or an unwanted christmas ornament .Keys open doors , Doors that have opportunities , dreams , alternate lives ,or V6 engines at the end of them .Its best to play it safe and choose something meanigful - after all god alone knows where having an old plastic one that says "Prozac" could take you .
14. soul food - Food that you know will always make you feel happy and wholesome.
My soul food is Sev Puri. Its fabulous , familiar and flavorful .
15.Long and Lean Jeans . Faded , Ripped , Well Worn , Well Travelled , Multi Purpose and Stromg .Much like yourself .
16. A book where you can see yourself as the protagonist - I guess its the best substitute to having someone make a movie about your life right ..
17. A watch - that you have bought for yourself . That reminds you that of all things you can give yourself - the most important and difficult ..is Time .
18.A plain black T shirt , a white collared shirt and a red tank top .
So that you are like a newspaper , black ,white and well read ..(and sometimes lame too :) ..but this makes perfect fashion doesnt it ?!)
19. A Yoga Class - to worship our holy lady of weight loss
20.A Blog like this one :)
1. A Best Friend who is a girl - who also multi tasks as fashion police, fait accompli , honest critic ,wishful thinker,driven,purposeful,motivated,objective and like self - a little obsessive and complusive about men,calories and clothes.
2. A pair of well worn sneakers - representative of dropping phrases like "I'm an out doorsy girl who is in tune with nature " ..depending on audience (wouldnt want to show up for a cute picnic soon after that in a pair of bland new ultra screechy white keds right !) ...also immensly necessary for long walks , pretend work out sessions and for months when the casual tom boy look is in .
3.A little black dress - that always gets you into trouble when you wear it.
4. A favorite sweatshirt - thats atleast a "phase in your life" old. Like caterpillars , real women like silk , eat a lot of mulberry leaves (or other healthy substitutes) ,gain weight and then one day miraculously lose it all to become gorgeous butterflies .Well - that may be my personal wishful fantasy , but its better in a threadbare comfy old sweatshirt thats at least a phase old ..silk , mulberry or butterfly .
5.Black Kohl Liner - for dramatic moments .They just look better with the liner -trust me.
6.A personal pep you up , make you feel like Athena ,atleast 10 pounds lighter (mentally also counts) ,wanna be a world changing combination of Condi ,Hilary,Nooyi and Bipasha Theme Song .
7. A guy friend falls into the "Nice" guy category . These are the true fossils of nature.To give you much needed career advice ,ignore your extra pounds ,compliment you , ask you for advice , occasionally ask you for directions ,let you give them serious fashion advice ,actually go out and fall for and marry the not so skinny normal girls you set them up with and be good friends ,listen to your boy problems and remind you that in every boy lies a man waiting to be discovered
8.A guy friend who falls into the "Nice to you - but a complete player ,ruthless, mind game playing ,compulsively flirting with skinny women in the gym who actually look good in boy shorts ,dont ever sweat in makeup and who dont know what S.C.U.B.A stands for ..thinks he is a one in a million combination of Pitt,Gates,Messi ..umm ..couldnt think of one attractive intelligent politicain.. But NICE to you since you are immune to snake like charms Friend : Serves a very very important purpose . When you are in a war - it is best to have someone who thinks like the enemy on your team . I hope you get the point .
9.Killer Black Heels ,Boots meant for walking and Black Mary Janes
10. A Flashlight next to your bedstand , one in the Kitchen and one in the Car .
To show you the way -when you most need it .
11.A favorite perfume that does not have a grey and white ,glossy , tabloid looking ,PDA indulging couple in its advertisement. To reaffirm ones status as a viable market sector .
12. A Scrunchy - to remind you of times you can be a mess and have your hair in knots ...literally
13.A key chain that actually means somethinng . Not am old bank memorablia or an unwanted christmas ornament .Keys open doors , Doors that have opportunities , dreams , alternate lives ,or V6 engines at the end of them .Its best to play it safe and choose something meanigful - after all god alone knows where having an old plastic one that says "Prozac" could take you .
14. soul food - Food that you know will always make you feel happy and wholesome.
My soul food is Sev Puri. Its fabulous , familiar and flavorful .
15.Long and Lean Jeans . Faded , Ripped , Well Worn , Well Travelled , Multi Purpose and Stromg .Much like yourself .
16. A book where you can see yourself as the protagonist - I guess its the best substitute to having someone make a movie about your life right ..
17. A watch - that you have bought for yourself . That reminds you that of all things you can give yourself - the most important and difficult ..is Time .
18.A plain black T shirt , a white collared shirt and a red tank top .
So that you are like a newspaper , black ,white and well read ..(and sometimes lame too :) ..but this makes perfect fashion doesnt it ?!)
19. A Yoga Class - to worship our holy lady of weight loss
20.A Blog like this one :)
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