The year that was

This aint a post, jus wanted a last one in '07, a weird year (one sem being kinda nice and the other being kinda not-nice for me :P) .. anyway, heres to a less-crappy year(hopefully), new beginnings, lotsa fun n all the rest!! happy '08! :)

Cheers!
Peace!

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I don't know how else to put this
It's taken me so long to do this
I'm falling asleep and I can't see straight
My muscles feel like a melee
My body's curled in a U-shape
I put on my best but I'm still afraid
Propped up by lies and promises
Saving my place as life forgets
Maybe its time I saw the world
I'm only here for a while
But patience is not my style
And I'm so tired that I gotta go
Where am I supposed to hide now?
What am I suppose to do?
Did you really think I wouldn't see this through?
Tell me I should stick around for you
Tell me I could have it all
I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go
I get to go home in one week
But I leaving home in three weeks
They throw me a bone just to pick me dry
I'm following suit and directions
I crawl up inside for protection
I'm told what to do and I don't know why
I'm over existing in limbo
I'm over the myths and placebos
I don't really mind if I just fade away
I'm ready to live with my family
I'm ready to die in obscurity
'Cause I'm so tired that I gotta go
Where am I supposed to hide now?
What am I suppose to do?
You still don't think I'm going see this through
Tell me I'm a part of history
Tell me I can have it all
I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go
I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go
I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go

Sounds familiar? Oh well, those are the lyrics of a song and I'm jobless so....... :)
Cheers! :)

LOL/hahaha/:D/:)

What is funny? A joke (all sorts- pj, sarcasm etc etc.)? A funny picture? Anything? Everything? Anything that makes me laugh need not necessarily be funny to all or vice-versa. Why do we all laugh? That’s another question. Anyway, this topic all of a sudden because today was one of my laughing days —I laugh for no reason at all, I find everything funny. Does that ever happen to any of you? Do you find every damn thing that your friends say amusing? Do you find yourself laughing looking at a non-living thing (read comp screen) at any point of time? Do you actually lol when you type that anytime? Do you sometimes laugh before even realizing what the situation is? Do you sometimes laugh when you’re not supposed to? Have you ever gotten into an embarrassing situation because the timing of your laughter was inappropriate? Oh I could go with a million such questions. The point of it all is the fact that I love to laugh (with or without reason) and am a strong believer in “laughter is the best medicine”. Even a smile at times could work wonders. What was the point of this post? Ah, nothing, as usual, lol.

Peace!

A funny incident

A funny incident happened when my friends and I were going to Vasco by those small miniscule buses. We as usual were rambling on and on and on (in Tamil). There was this person sitting next to us. He suddenly asks me if I’m from Chennai. I say yes, to finish off the conversation quickly. No no he doesn’t give up so easily. He asks me where I’m studying (all in tamil). I say BITS. He asks me “ennadhu?”(what?). I say BITS-Pilani this time. No use. He asks “adhengairukku?”(where’s that). He asked me if it was some kind of payment seat and why I did not get into any college in Tamil Nadu. Then one of my friends who was sitting in the next seat says “there’s an all-India exam for BITS”. That man had a blank expression and says ok(looked so not convinced, assumed we were some kinda duffers who could not manage even a payment seat from wherever we were). Ah the conversation isn’t over yet. He actually had the guts to ask me for my mobile number. This was how he asked- “naanum tamil neenglum tamil rendu perum ippo remote la irrukom phone number kooda kuduka koodatha” (I'm tamil, you're also tamil, both of us are in remote, cant you please give your phone number). Lol! Had to struggle lots to stop myself from laughing. We all had an awesome laugh after we got down the bus. Oh btw, I told him didn’t have a mobile. :)

Ps- not so interesting post. So will go to the trash when I later delete certain posts :D

Disaster

Post compre no1 really knows what to do.. well i returned from an awesome panjim trip(domino's cheese burst roxxxest!!) and then did this n that when i finally thought i'll change the template of my blog, poor thing been wearing the same clothes for a looong time now.. so i google, get some site which had some iphone template.. ah excitement excitement!! i immediately downloaded it with so much of enthusiasm n changed it at once.. aarrrggghhhhhhhhhh- was my 1st reaction.. then i what i saw was beyond what i expected it'd be like.. n all the stuff on the right side(dunno wht they're called!) were gone O.o.. mega thuism only! i couldnt take the fact that my so-pavam-lookin blog looked like some villains sidekick in some lame hindi movie!! even the old one after all this drama looked so pathetic without the heading i jus wanted to smash the laptop(ah over exaggeration, no way i'd hav done that).. phew i finally gathered some patience n then managed to bring it back to the way it was with a few changes here n there.. and so decided 2 post on how some dumass site can ruin the mood for u even after u're done with compre!!! this post wudve almost not been there thanks to mozilla crashing abruptly all of a sudden but yoyoyo blogspot has auto save(god bless 'em) so here it is.. :)

Long Time No Blog...

Long time, no blog.. I missed at least 10 occasions when I really wanted to blog but did not because of various lame reasons.. I finally decided that i should overcome the laziness and blog! Something that has been on mind all this sem- about how things change, people change.. Change need not necessarily be good,one may not like it, but it jus happens.. Ms n i were walking tonite in our usual route.. the one that has been the same from sem1.. good ol' days.. all of us were always together, no meetings, no comps(=> no addiction to trivia, anagrams, dc), no hanging out in the library, no reports/assigments to write(!!), no anything that we could do alone or no hmm..few other things that i dont really wanna say.. It amazes me when i look back and see how much things have changed.. I've discussed about this with various people around me and everyone pretty much has the same thing to say- '1st sem was the best :) ' and i see no reason to disagree.. Agreed we have so much more to do now but talking to your neighbour on gtalk/dc is the limit! theres very li'l "talking" to friends these days.. Gone are those Saturday nights when we used to stay up till dawn and just talk/laugh about stuff.. Everyone(including me, of course) just prefers to shut themselves up with their comps and the ones who don't like it hang around till 11 and then boom, another day of the semester over! Ah come exams, all the more reason for people to remain shut in their rooms and gobble up their meals in a jiffy and get back to the precious books and over-work the poor things called brains till they scream "leave me alone"!! What is the solution to all this? Is it possible to come up with a plan which will lead to more human interaction? Is it possible to unchange the changes that have occurred in the past few months? will my dream of a perfect sem come true? Highly impossible, I know.. but yeah, whatever it is, you just have to deal with things and accept it the way they are.. sigh!
Don't know if I've included everything i wanted to (will edit later if anything does pop into my mind), till the next post,
Peace! :)

Why is the B-wing the way it is?

Just a thought that comes to my mind every time i walk on the uneven, the most inconvinient surface to walk on especially when you are late to a class and decide that you'll not take the sheltered way and walk on the road instead and it starts pouring(the goa rains!!) .. this B-wing makes it IMPOSSIBLE to run.. even if you do decide to run you'll almost immediately regret it..water splashes, everything becomes such a mess and sheesh.. happened when "i" decided to attend "optimization" lecture.. why did they decide to make it this way? what purpose does it serve? is it for beautification sakes? oh well, might look ok from a distance but its such a IRRItating thing to keep looking down while walking! I dunno what the purpose of this post is and yeah its a short one.. cant think too much on such a thoo-thing! :)

ps- dont think im crazy!!
pps- i bunked that class ob.. who in the right state of mind will go sit in an lt wet?!

The journey continues....

Sem 5.. not a bad beginning i must say but whoa!.. too much is happenin already.. to begin with CDC's, 30 hrs of classes without any elective (eee is indeed blessed), the crappiest priority number(as ever!!), new mess contractor(yay!), atttendin classes (for a change), photos rage(toooo many already n its not even a month dammit, thx 2 a digicam n myirad(word of the day?):) mobile cams), goin 2 vasco millions of times, thx 2 hutch n airtel n the amboli trip which was awesome!!... but most things r jus d same.. dc, lectures, regular visit to d sac,sc, ic, nesc n the goa-special-weather, walks, incessant chitter-chatter, bunkin a class after contemplatin for long whether or not it is necessary 2 attend... sems goin pretty well but m sure test1'll change it all.. the words of the days n songs of the days r cool n ya the thought of learnin a new language(german) excites me.. too bad bosm isnt a flawless plan, visitin pilani still remains a dream!.. elections round the corner, the whole college is excited abt whos contestin n whos gonna win.. defn worth a wait 2 c wht d fantastic four(y do they call themselves tht?!) is gonna b like this time.. hmm.. dont hav anythin else 2 say/type now.. till next post, cheers! happy voting! :)

ps- its a holiday n bday n zephyr(hopefully!) sem.. so fun time begins!!

Snakes and Scorpions

Nature.

Marvelous, breath-taking, fantastic, beautiful, simple, stupendous, amazing, awesome etc.
These are a few words that should come naturally to anyone's mind when they think of nature (pardon me if I missed out on better adjectives)

Everyday you hear about how climate patterns are changing, how ozone layer is depleting due to over pollution (CFC's mainly), how the average temperature of earth is increasing, how forests are receding, how several species of animals are becoming endangered and many many more problems related to nature. What could possibly be the root cause to all these problems?

Simple. Human beings.

Man is selfish (c'mon, accept it!). The species as a whole was/is still being selfish despite knowing the fact that there is going to be no earth to live on 20 years from now. 20 years (read that loud and clear)! Isn't 20 years a little too soon? Yes, it is. The temperature of the earth is likely to rise by a maximum of 6.4 degrees (Celsius). Whoa! That’s lots. Imagine the temperature being 50-55 during summer.

Global warming, temperature changes... What next? Animals. Protection of endangered species. Current rate of extinction of such species is 10 to 100 times greater than any of the prior mass extinction events in the history of the Earth. If this rate of extinction continues or accelerates, the number of species becoming extinct in the next decade could number in the millions. Extinction will lead to the loss of the species (as an entity in the biological system), destabilization of the ecosystem, it might affect other species, genetic material and biochemicals that are associated with the species will be lost forever. Does all this make the problem that we have in our hands look grave? It sure does.

Oh and the danger because of plastic. I read somewhere that plastic wastes can be more of a threat than global warming. Plastic covers and bottles are to be seen everywhere. The real problem with plastic pollution in the world's waters -- the fact that it never, ever, degrades. It’ll eventually become a part of the food chain. Many cows die because they eat the plastic that’s there in the garbage bins which results in choking. Now, imagine the same story being said in case of humans. Too scary.

The whole nature-turning-against-humans is not far away in the future. We’ll pay for all that we’ve done to them. The least you and I can do is not litter, minimize the use of plastic to whatever extent possible, avoid cutting trees, plant trees wherever possible, raise our voices against hunting, poaching, the inhuman practices against animals, contribute in any little way possible. I’m not saying technology is bad; we should stop using vehicles because it pollutes the environment, we should just realize the limits and not cross them.

I don’t want to wake up everyday to get my oxygen tank filled. Imagine not having animals around you because they all perished in the race for survival. Imagine a life which is no life at all.

Peace!

PS- A serious blog I know. This issue has been bothering me from the time I was say around 14. The topic only because i love both those animals and they're a part of nature too. And, I seriously was considering joining the blue cross or the WWF or work for the Discovery channel. This one’s to all those dreams. Cheers! :)

NEWS

9.00 pm- headlines at this hour
i) first lady president blah blah
ii) so n so kidnapped
iii) a girl in bombay critically injured cuz of an eve teasing incident
iv) ap assembly war (cong v tdp)
v) rain saves indias game
all this covered in the 1st segment n then some ads tht make absolutely NO sense..
9.11- 2nd segment of d news.......
9.21-sports n show biz.. bah!

i sit down to watch the news everyday n i must say except for the 1st 1o minutes, rest of the news is crap!.. i DONT care abt wht a particular bollywood/hollywood star wears for some arbit film festival in some god-forsaken-place!! is tht wht the whole world wants to hear abt? some controversy or the other all the bloody time.. does the media over-hype(is this a word?) any incident that they can devour? do they jus report the incident as it is? do v get to kno the truth at all? but ya ill contradict my own point here, i'd rather kno things goin on in the world(?) this way than not knowin it at all..

oh how cud i forget the political influence on some of these channels?! take tamil nadu for instance (this is one of the places where politics takes a nasty turn!)-- wont take names here- party A has channel A which glorifies whtever tht party does, mind u, WHATEVER!! similarly the opposition applies a similar strategy.. immature i kno but cant be helped, whos gonna listen?! .. now, whats the truth, wht shud one believe? its ones call to decide which is right n which is not..

osama bin laden, harry potter, madam president(currently), bombay blasts, jihads, some crime committed abt 10 years back for which they're huntin for clues n possible suspects, bollywood/hollywood(how cud i forget?) etc etc is wht a news channel thrives on when nothins happenin in the world.. they dig up stuff tht happened years ago n telecast them as if theres somethin new.. it'll come with the tag abcde exclusive like its brand new discovery!!
its ultimately the viewers choice to decide n believe whts true n whts not.. wht really happened n whts jus the media hype.. whether or not the media is misusin the freedom giv or not..
all this wasnt sposed to go in2 my blog but ive been ponderin abt all these news channels (cuz i watch the news for abt 2.5 hrs everyday:)) n wht they report, the incidents, the crimes, all the politics...

whoevers readin this jus giv it all a thought n lemme kno abt wht u feel strongly for/against, wht u believe is true/not true n the rest..

toodle-oo (i learnt this recently, so showin-off) for now! cheers!

ps- 4 more days 2 go.. sigh!
pps- hmm.. nothin :P jus wanted 2 include a pps :)

my biggest passion! :)

Next post.. am hopin to write a decent one..lets c..
Standard qsn again- what?
So i decided, it shld b abt somethin tht keeps me goin, ALL the time, through good n bad times, day in n day out- MUSIC
Be it classical or the other extreme opposite sorts or even the bird-calls or the sound of the gushin river, every person in this whole-wide-world enjoys some form of music at some point of time in their lives.. i'll hav to consider a person to b some kind of a lunatic(superlative of this word abt a thousand times!) if he/she doesnt listen to music!!! there r soo many kindsa music which makes it impossible for any1 to kno abt it all... n hey my fav one liner wud make sense here- to each her/his own'!
for me it all started out with learnin carnatic music (tradition!, sigh) which i learned to appreciate in due course of time.. n then the good ol' eng stuff (thx to dad).. ah then the hindi songs era..lol.. eng pop for a short span n then rock era dawned :) .. the louder the better.. this caption is so apt these days
'if it aint loud, it aint music'
i kinda fell in love with tht caption much to the annoyance of my mom cuz ive broken a thing or 2 at home cuz of d loud music :)
even at college its somethin tht relieves me at the end of every bad day.. cut out the bad.. at the end of everyday.. does gr8 wonders, i must say!.. all of us assembling in a room to hav a good chat, plan plans tht v kno r gonna fail, listenin to songs tht v've never heard to n singin those which v love.. lightens every1's mood instantly!.. amazin!!..
cant think of anythin else that'll hold me in a single piece throughout my life.. cant think of anythin tht i enjoy as much as this.. cant imagine livin without it..
till next post, peace!!

All over...

yea, u guessed it rite! another harry potter post!... i, like many other ppl was totally excited abt the release of deathly hallows for, its the last book of this world-altering-series :P
i finished readin d book a while back n sigh.. i wasnt really happy with the the way it ended.. ya harry dint die n its a they-all-lived-happily-ever-after ending but not for me .. she killed 3 of my fav characters! i was soo shocked! well, voldy died, in a very weird way, not the way i imagined it'd all end.. the characters tht stand out in this book are hermione n hmm.. kreacher.. i dont wanna spoil the fun for those hu havent yet finished readin the book by breakin d suspense.. i'd giv it 6 on 10.. the 4th book still remains my fav.. n yea, i wudnt want jkr to continue writin.. the charm of the series will b lost tht way.. so happy readin 4 d ones hu havent read it yet...

peace!!

ps- this ones comin the day after i finished the book.. now tht i recollect the various parts of the story, it feels like a big joke.. sad way to end the most-popular series of all time(exaggeration i kno, but thts how disappointed i am).. n the epilogue was funny to say the least.. hmm at the end of it all what is harry potter up2? oh wait, i dunno,hmm i do kno wht his kids names are,jkr forgot to mention wht bcomes of harry ninteen(y this number, i dunno) years later! :)

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OK.. heres my 1^st blog ever. Never wrote 1 b4 for unknown reasons, never wanted to share wht I like, dislike, feel strongly for n against cuz I dint think it’d interest ne1 n I also thought my writings were good enuff.. Now, I don’t care!!.. thts an attitude tht impresses me hella lot.. n it aint easy to not giv a damn! So, wht is a blog for? Wht am I sposed to write abt? Why? And then, I asked myself this afternnon, why not?! Here goes- One thing thts always on my mind is- What is life? Whts the meanin of it? Why is it so weird? So unpredictable? I soon realized that everything abt life is a “?” !! Till I was 17, I was happy-go-lucky n this wasn’t something tht bothered me at all.. Once, BITS-G became my life, this question is on my mind almost all the time, prolly cuz I’m more responsible for evrythin tht I do, ive more freedom, I kno what not-so-easy life is like..

Ive met so many different kindsa people, few nice, few not so nice.. Each of them hav their own story, r unique in their own way n hav different perceptions of life, everything! Theres this grp which studies so hard to achieve wht they want(those 10 points I mean:)) and one exact opposite who “don’t care”! well, am neither here nor there.. This is whr the crucial questions arise- what do I want frm my life? Will the 4 letter word (I meant CGPA for all those hu thought of some unparliamentary word(s):P) make that much of a difference to my life? And finally, do I care???