Odyssey Of The Mind

Saturday, March 8, 2008

EXAMS ...

*ugh*

*ewwww*

*yuckk*

*gosh!!*

*yaayy!!*
a vivid picture of all human (or animalistic :D) emotions painted on one frame -- The Mind
An examination is every student's nightmare.

The slogging,

the last minute flipping,

group studies,

coffee breaks,

chits,

copying... u're just waitin for all of it to get overrr !!!

And then again the panicstriken faces on the night before the results.. !

Well.. my nightmare has begun ... and how i HATE it !!! :(

Saturday, February 16, 2008

In The Name Of LOVE ...

Valentines Day was just a few days away... and it was indeed very surprising that this year, Bombay celebrated it in full swing with no disturbance from the anti-valentine Party
whatsoever..!! ;-)
Which makes me wonder...Its a day of love , and are the people really celebrating their love , or is it just for the sake of not being left alone in the whole frenzy..?

Anyways,Valentines Day is pretty much the same every year.There are couples holding hands, whispering to each other, gifts being exchanged and love being expressed..

On the other hand, there r singles, celebrating "Independence Day" ! :D and people staring
at them as if they have been plagued by some kind of a social paralysis...!!! Now, it isnt a
crime being SINGLE.. nor is it bad.. but just being seen alone on that day gets you a lot
of pitiful eyes staring at you!!

Then there are those typical uncles and aunties, who, have "been there, done that..." and
don't want their children to wander off somewhere with their better halves..!!

And offcourse political parties who take it to another level ... by beating up innocent
youngsters , as they believe that celebrating this day is against "Indian culture" !!
Frankly, I just think they are jealous as Cupid might not have struck them yet !

Speaking of myself, it was just another day for me. Being a FOSLA member (that stands for Failed One Sided Lovers Association.. :D dont worry it's just a hypothetical club..!!!), and having
recently renewed my membership :) , I wasn't really looking forward to this day. But when it
did arrive, I must admit that it brought me back some nostalgic memories that I didn't really wish to recall... I did enjoy with my friends though. Firstly , the CHIP issue got

resolved that day. Then I had a great time with my college bunch.. laughing my heart out .. was online too for quite some time chatting as usual.. and finally I snuggled up in bed, thinking of how my day would have been if things would have taken a different shape...and
Ouch! That hurtt..!!

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

The Devil Strikes.

The Thackeray family has done it again. A new political party, hungry for publicity, is doing nothing but following the footsteps of the ShivSena itself.

The recent outbursts at the migrants from UP and Bihar was totally unconstitutional and uncalled for.

Who is Raj Thackeray to take the law in his hands, and decide who stays in Maharashtra and who doesnt ?
In a cosmopolitan city like Mumbai, who is to decide which people to welcome and whom not to ?Is he trying to divide India into boundaries?
I thought India was a secular state, and people could go anywhere they wanted to. There are special exceptions in states like Kashmir, where you have rules for buying land.. but again, thats legal. What gives this man the right to do this ?
The statements made against Amitabh Bacchan..... he himself knows what he was talking made no sense at all. Its upon Amitabh Bacchan to excercise his choice over whichever state he wants to. Just because he resides in Maharashtra and is supporting his hometown DOES NOT MEAN he isnt being loyal enough to it.
And if Raj Thackeray thinks he's being so loyal , why doesnt he do anything for the Maharashtrians ? Why doesnt he give them jobs, or do something constructive for them?Why didnt he do anything for the Maharashtrian farmers committing suicide? Leading them on by hurting their religious sentiments is NOT the way.

Is hitting people to death the right, rather moral way of approach ? Just because some migrants of a particular state keep coming each year doesn't mean you can generalise it for the whole bunch of people of that state.And even if they do migrate and earn a living here, and if you want to stop them from coming,try to come to terms with them and make a law, protest PEACEFULLY if u want to !!!Hitting people to death, destroying personal property... IS WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE AIM OF THIS PARTY !!!! Its such an unethical party ! Where are your values gone ?
If this is what people get away doing on the name of statehood, there is much much more to come and nothing good will come out of it.
No wonder they are getting supporters from the Shivsena, after all they are adopting their criminal ways !!
SOME ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN -- ASAP !!!

Loved reading this (I'm sure you all will) :D
chk it out --
http://punjabilad.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/02/hey-raj-thackeray.htm

Thursday, January 31, 2008

A Dead Life

Had been to a tech fest today, some A.P. college near J.J. flyover.. walkin through the lanes of Mohammed Ali road was a real bad experience i must say !!
The fest was good enuf, i took part in coding, quiz and typing.. hopin 2 win in Typing & Quiz. The first prize is a Mickey Mehta's Gymn Voucher , dat too for a weight loss plan-- lose 8 kgs in 4 months..!! Wonder what i would do with that..
Anyways, I was tired by the end of the day and all i wished for was to go home as soon as possible, n relax with a warm cup of tea...

Towards the end of Mohammed Ali Road, as my friend and I were going back home on the motorbike, the vehicles had all halted in the middle section of the road and I saw something horrible ...
I had never seen something like this before..
An old lady, who had already lost one of her legs, had got run over by a vehicle, her other ONLY leg was bleeding ... it was smashed, the bones and nerves were out .. and she was actually picking it up with her hand .. !!! There was no feeling of pain on her face at all .... that was most surprising about her...
We couldnt stand seeing her for more than 2 seconds, and we went ahead in full speed ...
I got this lump in my throat for 2 minutes,
We were in that traumatic state for atleast 20 minutes...

All i kept thinkin on my way back home was..
Had those people who were trying to help her called an ambulance?
Will she be given proper treatment ?
What if she loses both her legs forever ?
She looked like she had no one to care for ... how would she live her life now ?

We always crib about the small things in life , and keep complaining ....
Its time we realised there are some things we really need to be thankful to God for ...

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Attachment / Like / Love ???

What is it when you never get bored of talking to someone ??

And you can never have enuff of them ??

When you dream about spending all your time with them ....

Sharing each of your memories with them..

When their face comes to your mind automatically each time you hear a love song you're really fond of ..

When you see them in your dreams every night and actually pray you "shouldnt be dreaming of them tonight " just to drive away those thoughts ...

Mind vs Heart , the game has begun ,

Never ever thought I would fall into this again.

And I really Hope I don't go too far...

Keep prayin I come out of it time n again ,

Guess I have to start dealing with it rather than running away from it.

That's what you always want me to do , right ...?

Takes a lot of guts, I must say.

Just help me deal with whatever comes my way ....

2008 - The Beginning

2008's here !!!
And its been nothing but a nuisance to me till date.
The last time i wrote was on ma bday.December 2007 was good as usualFull of parties, and meeting up with friends, and new people.Christmas time was the best ever this year.

Trouble started since the 1st of Jan 2008. Conflicts at home between my parents and me, guilt, fear, thoughts haunting me all day long.. lasted for a few days.

Then came my IT fest SPARK-IT 2008, and I was one of the OC (Organising Committee) members. It was on the 11th and the 12th of January.
I was in charge of the sponsorships, I was mainly handling one of the sponsors- CHIP magazine. We had a deal-- they would print an ad of our fest in their January issue and in return, we would give them 50 subscriptions from our side. They were ready to give us a 50% discount on the subscription cost. I already had so many names with me from the TYIT class and it was also made compulsory for the OC members, hence i agreed to the deal. I got the subscription rates on the day of the fest (11th jan).Once the fest was over, I went around the classes to collect money for the subscriptions and everyone refused to pay. I had TYIT students approaching me after class saying they gave their names out of fear of the professor who was in the class at that time.I was helpless. The CHIP guy is now like- "We can handle 45 subscriptions. If not that, we'll send you a bill of the Ad we printed and you'll have to pay us the same" Great !! I said..75000 bucks , gone down the drain ...Shud have thought of it before.. Donno wat's gonna happen now.

Was also down on health. I had got this infection on the thumb-toe of my left leg. I took it very lightly initially.Later a puss developed and it started spreading in the toe-nail.The pain was excruciating, I would wake up at 3 in the morning holding my toe tight and wishing it would stop paining. Antibiotics didnt help. Finally I had to be given anaesthesia , and my nail was extracted out. Its painless. But believe me, its not a good sight !! Just hoping my nail would grow back ASAP !Fever, cold, loose-motions followed, making it worse for me ..... :-(
Feelin much better now, but I'm really hoping everything sorts out soon.
Crappy New Year, and it's just the beginning.....

Adios Amigos!!

Saturday, December 15, 2007

ok... updatin ma blog aftr a month i think

lifez okkk.... its goin on

My bday was something i really looked forward to,

i wanted everything to be perfect.

i always have this thing in mind dat i wanna meet ALL my frnz on my bday..

And so, i had it all planned.

I was gonna take my coll frnds out for lunch, and then head to U-turn (Khar) at night with the closest of my friends so that i end the day well....

It started with a fight with my mom over the phone .....

I was hoping I would cheer up at lunch , and was expecting to have a reallly good time. Normally its our whole group and a few more frnds , we have a lot of fun at bday treats and spend 3-4 hours at a stretch jus fooling arnd, laughing and cracking jokes...

But this time, it was different.

People had problems... jus like i stomped out of my place aftr da fight n da crying, so did the others.... not quite the same problems, but yeah... it all had to happen on my b'day .. Dun blame neone for it, jus that it wasnt what i wanted it to be like.

There were 8 of us. Nimit (Bhangiiiiii) gave me a really nice surprise by comin for my treat though he had some issues at home , he told me he isnt coming and landed up at da rite time :)

Haseena was thr wit me all day.. feels really lucky to have someone like her :)

I did cheer up after spending time with them. We even had a photo session as usual ;-)

U-turn was something i was planning since a week's time. We were 9 of us - Haseena, Mona, Chinky, Jazz, Alisha, Paras, Osci, Dinoo and me.

The place was good, we even got an Indian sitting n evrythin..
But the music was so loud, we couldnt really interact with each other, so people ended up gettin bored... :( and i , inturn felt bad abt the whole thing...

Haseena stayed over at my place dat night and we talked abt a lotta things. The next day was my bro's bday so we cut another cake at midnight ;)

Post b'day blues lasted for a few days ... Then things were back to normal .

There were some more problems with one of my best frnds, it was really difficult digesting his decision, but I know there wasnt any other way out.

Sometimes , therez one person on one side whom u care abt a lot, and a bunch of special friends on the other... and you have to either choose between the two, or compromise, change and adjust accordingly. I did the latter.

I accepted the fact that some things had to change , and you couldn't do much about it.

You just have to be happy with whatever you've got...

Looking forward to nxt week.. for Nazrana , our cultural fest , and the Christmas holidays that will follow soon after.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

therez nuthin better than an evening wit frnds, jus hangin out havin fun... n dats exactly wat i've been doin da past coupla weeks. okk so the mornings kept me a bit busy as the IT fest meetings
have started already but i've been havin a gr8 time

few of my frnds came over on the 12th to celebrate diwali ... we lighted a few crackers on my terrace :) sanket insisted on buying "saap-goli" ... and was also lighting alll "ful-jhadis" to make a bonfire , and nimit was hiding those ful-jhadis for him n me... :D
felt like v were lil kids again !

saw Om Shanti Om the other day @ sankets place... ok, so i heard the movie doesnt suck as badly as Savariya (havent seen dat, jus read the reviews) ... but yet i didnt like it one bit . the concept of re-incarnation was never so improperly displayed before... loved the concept, hated the story line... still had fun dat day though, there were 7 of us, we fooled arnd a lottt

Then there waz sana's B'day da next day itself
we went to her place n played games like Snatching the partner, Message-message, Action-action, Fuzzy-Duck, Cop killer... it reminded me of my call-centre training days... how i miss all dat now !!!!!
it was really nice.. went home late dat nite , wid nimit dancing on the street lik a maniac ... (chalo devghar, chalo devghar) ... lol ..

College re-opened yest...
Things aren't quite going as smooth as i expected them to be , but i'm sure things will fall into place with time.

At times, when u believe in something and the world disapproves, u start doubting yourself and then prove yourself wrong...

There are relationships which need to be handled with care--- memories which need to be cherished... and good deeds which need to be looked up to.

Sometimes i wonder why i get so attached to people that i dont see their flaws. But there are many other things that outweigh those flaws.

Testing times have begun.
No worries, i'll pass.

(thanks jazz... i know u dun want me 2 say dis to u, but yet.. thanks.. A LOT)

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Holla !!!!!

okie so m writin aftr decades.. i knw ... !!!!
juzz was caught up wit a LOTTT of thingss.....
the last time i wrote was wen i got a job in e-funds.... well, had a reallly gr88 time thr, neva thot i wud.. cuz u knw, wat i had heard frm ppl abt call centres... all those aunties n uncles always have this typical idea abt hw youngsters start smokin n drinkin wen they start workin in a bpo... n lemme tell u --- its SO NOT true !!!
met all kinds of ppl thr... had a blast in da training period (May)..... our trainers were jus too good, we wud do role-plays, they wud teach us our process, n hav fun too... we played all sorts of games lik Fuzzy Duck, do u love me, dhamsharas, etc.... fuzzy duck was total tp.... the game goes lik-- u hav to say fuzzy duck, n the person aftr u will say ducky fuzz , n thn the next one again says fuzzy duck...n so on... it has to be quick.. n thr wud be a point wen one of em wud end up sayin "Duzzy Fuck" (does he fuck :D) ... n he wud be out of da game... !!!
once we all cleared our tests n hit the floor, we didnt get time for interactin wit each othr ... it was nice takin calls n stuff .. it was all gud wen the call flow was smooth... we dreaded fridays, as there were back-to-back calls !!!!! our team coach always tld us to cut down our AHTs (Average Handling Time) .. mine was always high..
it was really difficult wen we parted.. most of us went to the powai branch, i was still in malad..

My college re-opened in june n i had a reallly difficult time juggling between coll n work... it was hell wen my pracs started.. n i had to resign frm work on the 2nd of july... i still cant believe i actually cried wen i resigned..

I got a new cell on the 30th of June-- a Nokia 6233... wazz so happy i finally got rid of my Dabba (3315)... :-D

Frm the 3rd of July, i started tutoring this 5th standard student a coupla hours in da evening.. wud go to her place aftr college...
gawd she waz such a headache.. i mean shes cute n all , i really liked her innocent nature... i wd teach her , n it seemed lik she understood evry word of wat i taught her... bt the next day she wd mix up lil things lik ... "digestion" for "transformation", "decoration of independence" fr "declaration of independence" evn wen i wud tell her wat every word meantt.... she was sweet in a lotta ways though... once she made sandwiches for her family, n came home to give me one, and one fr my mom too ... :) n i always wishd she wud put a lil more thought into studying , i cudnt shout at her... i mean .. dats sumthin i juzz cant do, evn if i shout it hardly evr works... so i wd almost break down wen she wudnt listen... !! n wen she started gettin low grades, i had to ask her to find another tutor..dat was in aug end...

i had gone to Lonavala on the 22nd of July.... i dunno, i always wanted to go sumwhr in da summer holidays bt neva got a chance to , cuz of work n all... so i planned dis short trip wit a few frnz... six of us went thr-- Jazz, Heena, Sanket, Sana, Sanskruti and me.. jus the night before i had stayed over at sanskrutis place in vashi n her dog Simba bit me !!!! since then, weneva i go thr i make sure hes tied up sumwhr..... Newayzz so gettin bak to lonavala, we went to Bhushi Dam, Tiger Point, Waterfall point... we had a lotta fun at Waterfall point, sittin in water havin hot vadapavs n cuttinggg chaai ;-)

Had been to Pune for 3 days ... 1st , 2nd and 3rd aug.. there waz dis tech fest at Symbiosis , had sooo much fun there... Dilip, Nishant, Kashish, Jazz n me had gone ... i took part in coding, obv din win.. the questions were jus beyond my level... !!!!!! Kashish, Nishant n Jazz took part in CounterStrike along with 2 other guys frm Symbi.. since they needed a team of 5... they won the firstttt prize... 10000 bucks cash .. along with certificates and a trophy.. aint dat koool or wat !!!!! there waz a rock show on 1st .. and a dj nite on the 2nd...
neva been to a rock show before.. it was fun... dat chic sang Zombie (Cranberries) really wellll......
DJ nite was gud too, though i dont dance... we were noticin everyone else's movess... rather--- jazz was noticing them n tellin me hw "dis gal is jus movin her asss re, shes nt dancing.." :-D
We came back to Bombay on 3rd , it was raining heavily dat day...

September was funnnnnn......
I had been to this intercollegiate math seminar competition .. to Vikas college on the 8th... i was all prepared for it , had got my powerpoint ppt on ma pen drive ... went thr confidently only to find out powerpoint presentations weren't allowed since they didnt hav a projector !!!!! won a consolation prize though... ;)
the first coupla weeks of sept were lik really hard 4 me.... had a fite wit a frnd ovr goin to Bandra fair.. "dodo i dun wanna remind u abt it bt stilll....." i was a real dork wen i got all jealous cuz he went to da fair wit sum1 els n not wit me. n din evn tell me abt it.. sumwhr i felt i was rite... bt yea i shudnt hav sunAAO-ed him so much ... he wazznt takin my calls or replyin ma msgs fr 2 weeks ... n i waz upsett.... i went fr the fair wid alisha on the 15th... dat was also the first day of ganpati... went fr the GSB ganpati at King Circle in da mornin as usual n for the fair in da eve... was realllly excited for my very first trek on the 16th... the computer science dept organised a trek, we went to Lohgad.... wazz a lil upset cuz of ma frnd, bt still had fun on da trek , clicked a lotta pixxx.... dats my fav thing to do aftr all :D ..
the climb was a lil difficult..... okie so my bro n osci say its the easiest trekkk.... bt it was a first time for me ... !!! we had fun on da pond ova thr... the climb down was easy... bt i had a thin sole n the rocks n small pebbles were hurtin ma feet.... by da time we were down n wen we finishd havin chaai , my thighs started painin so hard i thot my leg wud breakkk ....... next day obviously coll ko daandi !! ;-)

exactly a week later, on the 23rd.. again a Sunday... our training batch frm work had a small re-union at bandra.. Red Box... we were all excited to meet each othr aftr sOOO Longgg... but somehow it wasnt how we expected it 2 B.... we met up, had sumthin there... bt didnt talk much .. n it felt awkward considerin.. during training, our trainers wud make us sit seperately cuz we'd be jabbering all da time !!! hOping our nxt reunion wudnt go da same way ..
23rd was also lucky fr me .. since i patched up wit my frnd again... "thnx dodo.." :) thr r some things i need to understand... i cant always have MY way!!

On the 30th of Sept , we had our next trek to Sagargad, our dept is goin nutsss i think ...i lik it though .. the more i get a chance 2 go out da better :)
Sagargad was comparatively a lot difficult than Lohgad.. it took us so long to climb... and the worst part was--- we cudnt find the entrance to the fort !!!!
we found a temple, a dargah, a cow's face made of stone n fresh water comin out of it, anthills, a snake ...everything but the entrance !!!!
there was dis point called "Takmak Tok" .. During Shivaji's reign, they wud push traitors "gaddaaars" down frm there... i wanted to c it but they weren't allowing us to go there since it was already late... bt i still wanted to go thr n i ran towards it alone.... aftr i saw it n came bak, every1 started callin me "Takmak" !!!!! Takmak Tok ki Gaddaaar :D

October was fullll of exams.. except for Maths 1 and VB, all othr papers were quite OK... Loved FC & Java.. they got over on the 22nd and we all went for a movie "Bhool Bhulaiya" ... found it really boring b4 the interval , its interesting after Akshay Kumar's entry and Vidya Balan's role is tooo good .... the next day jazz drove me nuts by callin me "chhote pandit" .. he even went to the extent of writin dat in ma testimonial !!! (deleted it now :P) wat elz did i do-- i shopppped wit alisha at bandra... i did a lotttta tp with Haseena as usual ... met Poo ... and obviously pakaaoed osci to no limit on gtalk :D

A lot of changes hav taken place....
i made frndz wit Nimit .. met him thru Haseena... neva thot i'd be frndz wit him , bt we get along so well now and we are a lot similar .. if u listen to our phone conversations u wudnt stop laughin... !!!! we call each other Bhangiiii and actually enjoy itttt !!!!!! we have this Kutte ke Doodh ka business... :D hez very funny and a fun-to-be-with person too ..... u can laugh ur ass out wit him and wet his shoulders at da same time ! thnx bhangguuuu :)

Jazz (Jaspreet)
Met him at da time of exams last yr.. and we are such gud frnds now .. we can talk abt anything and everything..
no matter wat happens, how busy he is, he'll always lend a ear... n will help u out in watever way he can... hez the ideal frnd u can hav , a sweetheart.
wen he started comin to my place to study fr exams i think dats wen v became more closer frnz, now its lik i HAVE to talk to him durin da day...!! "wont thank u for nethin or u'll start the "thank u" ritual all ovr again lik u did last time" :P

Osciiiiiiiiiii
hezzz changed a lotttt since last yr and dats wat i keeep telling him all da time , n everytime i ask him, he'll be like "Ailaaa.. sacchi kya??" ... idiottt like him !!! i juzz dont feel my day is complete if i dun chat wit him..... he knows every bit of my life, i tell him all dat happ durin the day....n he listens, i really enjoy talking to him, thnx 4 dat :)

Haseeenaaaaa.........
shez an absolute sweetheart... i juzzz love her... (yea i'm straight, dun worry!!) shes always been there for me... she understands me so very well, and makes me feel so good abt mahself... shes juss tooo sweeeetttttt , she always tells me da rite things.. n i jus enjoyyy her company...

Had a lot of fun with Mona, Chinky, Alisha tooo...
Cant thank em enufff...
Alisha has started comin to my place a lot these days.. she and i hav becum real gud frnz now... shes fun loving n one confused chic !! ("u kno wat i mean" ;-) )
shez seen me thru everythin... and so hav chinky n mona.. :)
mona's still wit e-funds so i get to meet her only on sundays now dat too for 1- 2 hours , i really miss her a lot at times... i m juz waitin for her TY so dat she resigns n has time fr me !!!

Mona, Chinky, Alisha, Janice, Haseena, and I had an overnight once in da summer hols.... we stayed over in my downstairs room n made a hell lotta noise there. overnights can be sOO much fun...

And Dodo ....... i gave u a lotttta trouble i knw, but thanx fr bearing me :D..... n for being thr n understandin me... :) though v arent so much in contact bt i hav fun weneva we catch up... merko paani mein mat fek !!! :D

My Bro gave his GRE n got really good scores... hez goin abroad for M.S. somewhere in January n i'm kinda gettin mixed feelings now ... i mean i m ok with him goin to pune every week, but i think dats cuz i know hes gonna cum bak on friday night!! he cant come frm US every weekend though :( donno how i'll feel wen he goes thr... 2 years is a longgggg time, gonna miss him a lot i guess .. good for him tho ....

Prasad's changed a lot... and for the better... :) its gud 2 c da change in U... "dun ruin ur life for anyone" ! :) feels gud to c dat smile again.

well well well time for me to wind up now...... man i wrote so mucchhhh.... !!!!! phew !

will update this more sooner nxt time.. sure takes a lotta time !!!!!

cheers,
Anu..... :)