Jame Raho! You'll come to know why the name of the post is so at the end of it ;-)

Hmm..
Today is Cheti -Chand.

Wonder what's that..

Nevertheless, We have a holiday today.. :-) Who cares what it is for.. ;-)

anyway.. I woke up at eight thirty,, pretty early for a holiday morning!!

Had dosas for breakfast and went on a blog visit..

I saw a post on a blog (well there are many posts on too many blogs!! ;-) But bear with it right now)

Well to be more specific on Freshly Squeezed..

and it was written there to try it on mine too..

So doing it..

All bout it is that..

There is this list of questions and u play a playlist on shuffle mode.

the song gives you the answer to a question.

I chose Hindi songs to do the honors

So, without any further cribbing, here I go..



* If someone says 'Is this okay?', you say?

Ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga (1942 a love story)

lolz.. what was that? A bouncer on the first delivery..

*What would best describe your personality?

Dard-e-disco (Om shanti Om)

Ohkie.. but could have been better..


*What do you like in a guy/girl?

Chak De India (Chak De India)

What the..? seems the answers are misplaced!! Anyway, let's go on.. I'll add my views bout it later..

*How do you feel today?

Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya (Dil Se)

Bingo!!

*What is your life's purpose?

Dil Se Re (Dil Se)

Hmm.. Ohkie.. but perhaps absoluetly wrong.. Though i would fancy the scened in this particular song with SRK and Manisha escaping.. Quite romantic..eh? :-D


*What is your motto?

Bijoriya Bijoriya (from the album Mausam by Sonu Nigam)

What the..? It's getting Shit*y mate!


*What do your friends think of you?

Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapne chune (Anand)

Quite fine... I agree am like this.. :-) Wonder they think bout me so..


*What do you think of your parents?

Azeem O shaan shehenshah (Jodha-Akbar)


Lolz.. not exactly.. My parents aren't that strict.. :-D



*What do you think about very often?

Ek Ajnabi haseena se yun mulaqat ho gayi (Sung by Kishore Kumar.. Dunno the movie name)

Perfect!! :-)

*What is 2+2?

Aazmaale aazmaale (Taxi No 9211)

Ya.. I'm quite prone to committing Silly mistakes..


*What do you think of your best friend?

Kal Ho na Ho (Kal ho na ho)


Okies... Chalega! Ya.. my attitude towards life is so.. Kinda Kaliedoscopic.. U See ;-)


*What do you think of the person you like?

Jeevan Se bhari teri aankhen majboor kare Jeene ke liye (Safar)


No comments
I'm not in love yet.. and there are too many people I like..


*What is your life story?

Yun Hi Chala Chal (Swades)

Bingo!!



*What do you want to be when you grow up?

Bholi Si Surat, Aankhon mein masti (Dil to Pagal Hai)

;-) I would love such a girl


*What do you think when you see the person you like?

Ab to aadat si hai mujhko aise jeene mein (Kalyug)

Ya.. sorta.. As i told u.. I've never been in love..
But yes.. I very much feel so.. nowadays.. miss u ma.. :-(


*What do your parents think of you?

Na Is pal ka, na kal ka pata...
na koi shikva, na ab hai gila,
tere gum se, main har gum se,
hass ke mila :-) (Movie- HatTrick)

I believe so..:-) Bingo!!


*What will you dance to at your wedding?

Fitna Dil (Shikhar)

This is getting better. Not so bad after all.. Is it? ;-)


*What will they play at your funeral?

Mitwa (Lagaan)

Ohkie.. I'm fine with it..


*What is your hobby/interest?

Piya Haji Ali (Fiza)

Bizzare!!



*What is your biggest secret?

Kholo Kholo Darwaazen (Taare Zameen Par)

hmm...


*What do you think of your friends?

Raat kali ek khwaab mein aayi ( Budhdha Mil gaya- A Dev Anand movie)

hmm... not exactly :-P



*What should you post this as?

Jame Raho (Taare Zameen Par)

I Completely agree!! You really need to stick to this one!!

Got it?? ;-)




Phew! That's all on the offer..


I enjoyed it. Seems more like a comic movie..

anyway.. sinvce this was inspired from another blog, I won't write much on this post!!

Hope u enjoyed it too :-)

Have a great day.

Fifty Three

1. I am a very honest guy and I like honest people. I hate it when people fake it. I'm true at heart and expect others to be true to me too. And I'm not lying!!

2. I am six feet tall( or is it five eleven?)

3. The busiest day of my week is Sunday!

4. I don't have tea. I am a coffee freak. And MILO too ;-)

5. So it makes sense that engineering is not my cup of tea. Because if it is tea it won't be mine:-D

6. I'm a typical Sagittarian which I've mentioned in About Me too. But if you meet me after going through a book that entails a description of Sagittarians, you are not at fault if you believe that it was the first chapter of my Biography.

7. The toughest period of my life till now just went by. And it lasted four and half years; 55 months to be precise. Well it was tough for everyone in my family and it was a learning period too. I don't fancy my life to get any tougher than this (i.e. if it can get any tougher!) Now I am in a rebuilding phase.

8. I would like to believe that I am very intelligent (well an IQ of 140+ is supposed to be intelligent... right?) But I don’t want to be over confident at the same time which unfortunately I can't seem to avoid.

9. I got selected in IIT-JEE 2007 after studying for four months (not in sequence!)

10. And I was in my first year of engineering at that time. Secured 74 percent marks in my first year. Another testimony to my intelligence.

11. I study the least in my class and manage to get in the top ranks.

12. Well I told you I am boastful. Didn't I? But I did tell you that I can't seem to set aside my over confidence.

13. But I couldn't solve the Rubik's cube! *sigh*

14. I can talk the hind legs off a donkey! And I mean it. I can talk nonsense on and on and this has actually saved me a couple of times.

15. Actually I also meant to say that I am a glib communicator.

16. I am a good debater and orator.(which makes sense)

17. My room's in a complete mess. I mean you perhaps can't get a dirtier room with things misplaced and books and clothes strewn here and there. Absolute clutter!!

18. I miss my school friends a lot.

19. I love my family and miss my mom.

20. I spend close to seven hours everyday on the internet.(Gosh!)

21. My dad just had a look at my blog:-D

22. I like meeting new people.

23. I like Shahrukh Khan Movies. Also the ones starring Aamir, Hrithik, Boman Irani, Naseeruddin Shah, Ranveer Shourey( specially when he gets with Vinay Pathak), Rajat Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and everyone who makes my day.

24. Okay I don't want to sound like I'm lying. I like the movies of Priety Zinta, Rani Mukherji, Priyanka Chopra, Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawala and I love watching Katrina Kaif.

25. I love Gayatri Joshi. God why did she get married?*angry*

26. My life has got a lot better ever since I got a Broadband connection. Trust me, it's worth it.

27. If you are still reading this, I love you my friend!

28. I aspire to make it big in life. Really big. And my friends believe that I will do it *all smiles*

29. I a huuuggeee procrastinator. I dream BIGGGG but hardly act!

30. Which does explain some of my failures*sob*

31. I am a very responsible child and I took care of my mom really well. Love you ma!

32. I wouldn't like anyone to go through what I have gone till now in life. Or for that matter what my parents have gone through in life. Specially ma.

33. I love driving my Access -125.

34. I just got a call from a dear online friend, Sneha. And I didn't talk to her properly (Hmph!) Sorry. See I got u a line in the post ;-)

35. Didn't I say? I love all my friends!!

36. Now that this is turning boring for you, let me tell you that this ordeal will end soon. Just that a few more things came to my mind.

37. I seem to have taken a liking to managing and motivating people. Today only I preached thrre friends about PREPARING FOR CAT. :-D

38. This does mean that I am somewhat intending to bell the CAT. I believe that it is my cup of tea. :-)

39. Just that I don’t act what I preach. No no, I'm not a bloody hypocrite! Just that I'm a very lazy guy. Remember the procrastination point?

40. My room has its walls full of motivational thoughts which I don't even bother to take a look at.

41. I would love to be studious! *chuckles* No; seriously! I know you don't believe that but you have to coz its D truth!!

42. But having said all that, I work really hard once I commit myself to anything! And I mean it. I still remember how hard we worked to make our tech fest a success. 16-17 hours everyday! (gosh!)

43. I just saw the Good Knight refill and I dare say that I'm yet to find an effective mosquito destroyer! Though I've tried using Odomos, I don't fancy smearing it all over before sleeping!*sneer*

44. I believe that a super power exists but I'm not religious. I vist temples because my mother wanted me to and sometime coz I wanted to for my ma.

46. I hail from a very orthodox Brahmin family and I am okay with that :-) In fact that sounds cool to me!

47. Didn't I say? God! How could I miss that? I believe in arranged marriages. Yes, pyaar vyaar bekaar hai. I mean it's fine if you love after marriage. I do come from the old school of thought in this regard. Details are given in my orkut profile. :-)

48. If the above point resulted in a heart break for you. Lolzz. I'm saying as if I'm a very eligible bachelor which I believe I am :-P Well I am just 19 for that matter. Coming back to the point, if it resulted in a heart break for you, I care for you but can't help it. I love my ma and can't disobey her. (At least now) We still are great friends :-)

49.. I dare say I look good in formals.

50. Okay! That is a lie*chuckle*

51. I am a complete foodie. I just love eating! Anything Vegetarian and once upon a time anything made under the guidanceof mom.

52. I love traveling as I do meeting new people. So that does make me a fit in the Marketing world. Does it?

53. If I don't stop now, you will leave it without completing and that will break my heart. So, I'm stopping here. And it is a Prime number too though I don't fancy it. I would have preferred a 71 or 89 for that matter. Anyway, Thanks a lot for showing so much patience. But kudos to me too coz I still can't believe I wrote so much! :-)

Happy Holi

I got my third mithai ka dabba of the day just five minutes back and it is when I decided to put up my third post of the day!!!As we all know, today is Holi.But I sometimes wonder whether we have lost its significance over the period of time. Everyone makes the festival look so good with all the colors and splendor. A day full of sweets, delicacies, visiting relatives and acquaintances. And everyone is supposed to have a great time. Holi, is about forgetting the ill-will towards anyone and making a new beginning(at least a part of it is bout doing so).Or as I feel, is it the beginning of the end? It has reduced to an instance of social gathering where you stand up to be counted among the one present. You make this festival so colorful and after that, forget all about it. I mean, there's so much paucity of time in everyone's lives that one doesn't even know when a neighbour meets an accident. Then what goodness is there all about? Just sending a box of mithai and playing for two hours with colony people doesn't make for Holi. Then there are people who do exactly the opposite of what holi demands. I've seen some people. They will shout at each other, have a squabble over petty things, but on the day of holi, it's all fine! They are the best buddies you can see. And you feel, it's all fine now. But what you see the next day. Wahi Ramayana wapas repeated!

PS: everything above is purely imaginative and has no bearing to any person living or dead. Any resemblance is co-incidental.And please… I've the sweetest neighbors in the world!!:-)They always lend a helping hand when we need it the most. And of course they play with colours:-)And they give you mithais too:-). And you love them so much that you devote a post to them in your blog.:-)Cheers to my neighbors and their mithai ka dabbas :-)And of course a very happy Holi to all of you!!

Thought

You sometimes don't even know what you are capable of. Your life seems to be all bliss when suddenly it comes out with a series of challenges and that is when your true character reflects.

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds of cheerfulness

Give it your best efforts, take pains to reduce others pains; be a sight of joy to others. And you will have peace, a sense of completeness, a feeling of being good and above all you will start respecting yourself a lot more.

Culinary romance

My culinary skills got tested for the first time today.I made dal under dad's guidance in the afternoon though it was I who decided in how much amount the ingredients should be put in. Consequently dad was shouting all the time that I had put in too much 'dhaniya powder'. But being the cool customer I am, I believed in my ability and remembering mom and her culinary expertise, I went ahead with it. I waited patiently for it to cool down, ordered for 'missi rotis' from the restaurant and opened the pressure cooker thirty minutes after I'd turned the stove off. I prayed to mom and took the first gassa in my mouth. Wowwwww!I had not eaten such dal in ages; so tasty it was!!I woke my sleeping dad (who by the way wouldn't be eating it because he has a fever and because of it only I endeavored to fight the battle with the pressure cooker!) and told him what a great rookie chef his son was! He mumbled something (which I won’t get into) and got back to sleep.And in this way, I'd a hearty lunch. More so, because I was relieved that I'd not messed it up!But in the evening I found, to my dismay that I was supposed to make rotis too! Dad said it's not feasible to take rotis from restaurant every time (or even from the neighbours I was about to say, but I left at it)I've tried this before; not be a tough ask I thought to myself. Again, hoping that the endeavor will be successful like it was in the afternoon, I took on it with courage. Wasn't feeling very hungry. So target –five [as dad again wasn't eating because he had khichdi (or was it because he also doesn't fancy my cooking :-P)]Anyway, my ordeal began.

First roti: Srilanka (or Madagascar??) Perhaps both :-D
Second: Australia
Third and fourth rotisi: I don't remember much. But didn't resemble any geometric figure either!
Fifth one: aah! Finally something remotely close to what one calls a roti! Somewhat circular in shape. Looked like Hrithik Roshan among a bunch of Johnny Levers (apologies to Mr. Lever) Was made properly too. Oho! I remembered from made properly, when I sat down to eat them, the first four were absolutely pathetic! Half made, half baked or what ever you call it! Unpalatable is the word that comes to mind when I think of them. When I came down to the fifth one, my tongue was already down and so couldn't appreciate it's taste. I believe it would have given any roti good competition (the Hrithik Roshan. They say don't judge a person by looks!Can't say so in case of my rotis!!

Vernacular miseries

Today was the first time I felt great about the department lecture theatre.

There was an ambience and our mathematics teacher was teaching in a way never seen before (that perhaps was because I was attending his lecture for the first time!!! ;-)) and I was able to follow a lecture in a long-long time!

Anyway, let me get to the point. I had an (I don’t know what I should call it) today. A good friend of mine, Rakesh (name changed), took it to me. He started with asking me whether or not, I knew the meaning of misanthrone. I replied in the negative. I realized that misanthrope was the word he was looking for when he explained its meaning! I corrected him (had a torrid time doing so!) and asked if he was trying to follow the great vocabulary builder by Norman Lewis. He said,” yes!”. I felt genuinely happy as this was the first time I was seeing a person coming from a vernacular background making an honest effort to improve his language.

But little did I realize what he’ll come up in the next few minutes. He asked me the meaning of fifteen odd words. I started to realize what this guy was trying to do. He stopped at a word I didn’t know the meaning of and I later found out that it didn’t even exist. Then we almost fought over the legitimacy of the following sentences

Had I played cricket?

Had I played cricket, we would have won the match.

I tried to explain him for a good five minutes as my heart winced in pain at what he doing. I realized that it was the sheer frustration that was erupting from his side over the difference in the language skills. I avoided saying that I knew it better. At that point of time, my friend came to my rescue only to be caught himself! He agreed with Rakesh and got the matter settled.

Sometimes I wonder whether you should be genuinely interested in helping your lesser talented friends.

Indian Cricket League-Big deal? Yes it is!

So, the first tournament of the Indian Cricket League has finally ended with the Chennai superstars proving their supremacy. A lot of controversy has surrounded ICL for some time now.
It has come as a ray of hope for the players who felt that their careers were going down the drain with limited money and even lesser reputation while playing at the Ranji level. With ICL, they are definitely getting better money and a chance of building a reputation. Breaking into the Indian cricket team is an uphill task particularly because of our ill-managed domestic structure with lots of politics involved. One can’t blame the players in this regard as they put in honest toil and get virtually nothing in return!
It is helping cricket to gain global popularity as players from different nations are being signed and they are getting good money too! This will attract talent from the minnows and non-cricket playing nations and will eventually helping in motivating people to take up cricket as a sport in such countries. Not only this, it will also help ICC in its quest for cricket’s inclusion in the Olympics.
In a sort of counter attack, BCCI formed an IPL (Indian Premier League) taking in most of the accomplished players from around the world. This will no doubt generate more excitement and money as people will rather watch Sachin, Dravid, Warne than Hemang Badani, Darryl Tuffey or T Kumaran! But then, it won’t help cricket raise its bar and elevate itself into a truly global sport. Rather than looking at it as a rivalry between BCCI and ICL, it should be seen that such a venture would take cricket to a new level altogether.

We can take a cue from other sports: soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Look at the way it is played! It is not restricted by national boundaries with talent and performance being the criteria for making it to the top teams. Man united, Real Madrid, A C Milan, Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal are just some names of the sea of clubs that rake in money and take in players of caliber. We can always guide cricket that way.
There was always this contradictory point that cricket is too long a game and that 90 minutes of entertainment can’t be compared with 7 hours of ordeal. But the new peppy Twenty-20 version has transformed the game. A spectator gets the entertainment worth the bucks he spends in quick time. Purists though may resent at the idea of so much Twenty-20 cricket being played but they should understand that this is important for cricket’s survival as it is losing its hold on the spectator’s interest. Moreover it’ll help in making test cricket more interesting. A lot of changes are being proposed in this regard too! I won’t dwell on that topic now!


ICL should continue and more such ventures should be encouraged to come up in the future.