Meter down....

Surd...getting engaged today...
Rassam probably happening as we speak...
Leaves me and rohit..as the remaining bachelors in the gang...

Correction : Rohit getting engaged next week...which means...yeah.exactly...do the math...

*Arun,Ashwin(both),Vips,Mike,etc dont count...I compete with equals !
Those buggers will land somebody soon,I know :-/*

Surd's epitaph...is long..and boring..
Bahut badmaashi kii hai saath mein...
Never thot i would have a northie for a good pal...A Surd ?!! NEVER !!
But..strange things happen...

From the time i called him a 'kashmiri militant'..Day 1..Photo-session...
*He had a beard then..and looked scary ! still does...different reasons now though :D*

To the day I wasn't being able to guess "sydney" in DC,with him gesticulating wildly...
"5 Balls ?! huh ?! 2 and half people ??! You ? and who are the other two ?!! Muh kholke bol na,kutta saala ! "
:D

*5 balls=5 rings...olympics..sydney 2004..that was his angle ! saala,sportsman sudhrega nahi...played hockey all his life..university level..like i would be able to guess based on that !! Come'on !!! *

and shouting "WE OBJECT !! Virginity and Sharav Girls hostel ! Antonyms !!"..in "What's the good word ?"
*the whole audience was in splits...girls included :D "

From the time we stuck a poster on the hostel notice board, of my enemy No.1 with a junior..probably 10 years her junior !

*Err..they were sipping coconut juice out of...a coconut...one coconut,2 straws ! get the picture !??
Valentine's day,2004...Newspaper pic...The Hindu..
We played...only a small part...
:D
Caption : "Love is blind...indeed !"
And i had got even..for the time in my 1st year..
sorry yaar dipu...karna pada...hisaab ka sawaal tha, I like to keep it even... :)*

To the time i decided to ask a girl out on a date,for him..

*I was damn irritated..with him rambling on..and on..and on..about her..and that he would like to ask her out..
for 1 month ! breakfast,lunch and dinner ! MY MEALTIMES, same ronaa-dhonaaa !! She this..She that..
I had had enough...I went ahead and asked her...she refused...i told him...matter khallas...
:D
He wasnt even in town,then...helped..would have been dead,otherwise..
:D*

From the time we decided to beat up the guy who was going out with a girl he was interested in..

*Didnt help that we were strung-out on grass...and totally out..We didnt beat him up...*

To the time we fought..

*He hit me..i hit back..
and my first reaction..was regret.....that i hadnt hit back, hard enough ! :)
We were back to normal 2 days later...but...Regret that..now.. :)*

One kissa though that happened here,on this blog..and i can recollect..very clearly..
Me..Bombay..he..chennai..almost 6-8 months into our new jobs, just after college..
Hated work..and longed for joblessness,as in college...
Parallel mail threads...2 of them...
One..a mailgroup of around 8-10 people...all classmates...general leg-pulling..
The mail count crossed a 100 a day, sometimes !
:)
And the second...this conversation b/w surd and me...
:)
Philosophy,religion,the purpose of god,imagination and creativity, leg-pulling,nostalgia,gossip...bollywood fillum story...the works !
:)

Looks like it mite actually happen...my daughter..his son...
Pity my daughter...but...is his son lucky or what !?!!
:)

Jaa bey jaa...aish kar surd...Congrats to you and bhaabeeji...
Poor Bhaabee..but..anhonee,what to do..
I have asked her to reconsider the offer from you..
yeah..the ring looks super-fantastic..But...
If not for herself,atleast for their kids...the IQ levels will be horrible...

*Still have him as "Surdard" on my phone...
Surd ko jab gussa aata hai...jwaalamukhi phata..and all that Chacha Chowdhury nonsense..
But jab surd ke dimaag mein keeda ghusta hai, Ek number ka surdard ban jaata hai,for the others ! *
:D

Oye ! You remember the deal,rite ??!
Your paltan gets to hear stories from the "Kini Uncle" upstairs..
while you and bhaabee...feed me,in return..free grub !!
No ! we shall not settle down in the north or abroad !
Thats outta the question...No deal,then !
Only Chennai !! ONLY CHENNAI,you hear !!!??
:)

Never...EVER..touch !

1. A Software Techie/Consultant's laptop...
*Ever heard of a male bonding ? it happens..it does ! with innate,inanimate stuff - cars,gizmos-laptops,ipods...bimbos...*

2. A sleek phone..
*Dont know about you,but..i tend to drop costly stuff...My cousins dont encourage me holding their kids...and...Dropped the laptop twice already...still working...still...bloody working..*

3. A girl's handbag..
*Lotsa fun...but lotsa pain too...later..
the perennial bump on my head..yeah,experience doesnt teach you much...*

4. Mom's breakfast and/or newspaper,before she does...
*We therefore....get 3 newspapers at home..TOI(dad),Deccan Herald(mom) and The Asian age( the last page- with the dirty pic,is mine..the rest,i dont really care..)
Sis doesnt read much newspaper...she reads her study-books..and tops exams :-/ Cant do much abt that..
Cant do much about the breakfast,either..stuck with that..There was aunt's,and granny's place earlier,though..*

5. Dad's collection of Carnatic classical music..
*Why would i want to do that ?!! Just fun rummaging through other people's stuff :D*

6. The air,even..of Sis' room..period !
*We get along so well,we refer to each other as "My mom's son" and "My mom's daughter"...Reallllllly 'siblingy' cute...*

7. Flatmate's undies....
*why ? hmm..i dont know you,if you are asking me that question !*

8. A niece...she cries ! She's like one of those little dolls.. cute..but,chaabi na bhi do aur cassette chaloo...
*Cassette rewinds while feeding on the chocolate i gifted her..then...plays,again !*

9. A cat...in heat...
*Dont ask...Just...dont ask ! Not one amongst my most-interesting adventures..gross,yes..interesting,no...*

10. My hair...I hate it !
*Why ? Bcos it's mine,thats why !*

Why this post ?
Had a haircut today..again..Mom complains that fridays,when she calls, i am at the saloon..a li'l too regularly..
:-/
Mein kya karoon !? given our genes, i am thrilled there's still some undergrowth on top of my head ! besides the guy gives a fantastic twist to my neck...and a massage that sends me to heaven...
:-/
Cousin walked in, just then..and reminded me of the way i used to get irritated when she ruffled my hair..
Again..
I STILL DONT LIKE IT !!!

If you believe...

If you believe in peace, act peacefully;
if you believe in love, act lovingly;
if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid -
but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system.
You end up contradicting what you profess to believe in, and you set a bum example.
If you want to change the world, change yourself.

- Tom Robbins, "Still Life With Woodpecker"

I have to get this book !!
More quotes,etc..wiki-ed here..
Others include..

There are two kinds of people in this world : those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.

The man and woman firmly shook hands. The solution to the overpopulation problem might rest in such handshakes.

Society had a crime problem. It hired cops to attack crime. Now society has a cop problem.

Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you.

A better world has gotta start somewhere. Why not with you and me?

A related perspective on the reservation issue..
The recent Swaminomics..

24 hrs..

There are days..when 24 hrs seem too long..
And then...there are days when 24 hrs seem too short...
Yesterday..was one such day..short...
:)
Just like that *finger-snap* a day can change...just like that..

*finger-snap didnt work second time round ! damn ! :D*

ho-hum...ordinarily boring day at work..
On the commute back,I am sitting at the back and just looking out of the window wondering..
While my boss entertained V..

'The problem with my job..is that it helps greedy old men find new ways of making more money..'

While i wondered about that....and hoped for a good game and quiet drink,to change my mood;
Some of the best things to have happened to me ever since i came to this place...happened..
Thanks.. nice time at the beach,my first one here..
a beach is a beach is a beach..
Always the same..that incredible feeling you get when you put your feet into the water..
Reminded me of Madras..Besantnagar beach..morning,noon,nite,mid-nite...anytime..all the time..best place in town...
And speeding on the theosophical soceity road..a many in a lifetime experience...
Mini-adventure..even yesterday !

*opening a car window...without a key,a lost one..was fun ! helped that i have done it,once before ! :D*

And inspite of missing out on baddie..and a drink...good fun,still...

*Clean fun..one that doesnt involve anything that could be frowned upon by Mom,is so hard to come by,nowadays..this was a change.. *

Nice movie EOD...50 first dates...good fun..and slightly mushy..'typically OAT movie'...not my ideal choice..but good one,nonetheless..
Just proves what i have always believed in...wooing a girl is so much more fun..than...not wooing her...
:D

Seriously...wooing a girl is so much more fun..than...falling in love,girlfriend,relationship,commitment,breakup,emotional baggage,marriage,wife,nappies,child's nappies,child angst,adolescence,hormones,rebeldom,boyfriend/girlfriend issues,finding 'a suitable boy/girl',cycle repeats all over again !! :O
:)

And...Drew Barrymore...*siggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh* "Aloha! to you too,dear..Mohalo..."
:D

'Still life with woodpecker' by Tom Robbins,huh ? worth a read...sometime..
Accha din thaa...alag din thaa...
So much to do...So little time..
:)