I'm off for a month
Due to greater demand of my skills in the real world, I am taking a sabbatical from blogosphere....Hope to c myself here soon ;)
Due to greater demand of my skills in the real world, I am taking a sabbatical from blogosphere....Hope to c myself here soon ;)
Hey..This is me..U2, the blog...
Tell ya what happened between me and my
master yesterday :( ...
At some unearthly hour:
U2:Hiya...master...howdy??
M:U2 I am leaving Delhi...hope u wont mind and will manage the stuff when I'm not around....
U2:Sure master...but where r u going??
M:I am going to Bombay!!
U2: What!! Master u r going for some Bomb Babe :( i thought u were a lot saner than this..
M:AWWWWW....U2 U2..Shutup!! and mind ur own business...
U2:But master i just asked where r u going??
M: Ohk..Last timee...listen now..I'm going to Mumbai....
U2:Master...u've changed a lot!!
M:(angrily) And, Why is that??
U2:..Now..I know I cant stop u but i tell ya one thing...wasting ur life for bais and babes is not good at all....
M:Ohhhh..u dumb-witted moron...just understand that I'm moving out of Delhi and will make my next post from Bom..er..i mean another place...now get the hell out of here n lemme pack my bags...byeeeeeeeeeeee
U2:ya master...ur order is my command...ciao n Good Luck!!
So this is it guys..I will surely b missing my master n hope he stays on the right path.....but u all keep hanging around till my master is back 2 business...Till then...me signing off!!
--U2
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds know still don’t.You also start feeling that this a meany-weeny world and most of your friends are selfish and they are not exactly how you had expected them to be.Infact your friends also seem to harbour those feelings and are as confused as you are...this happened to me sometime back...this happens when your expectations are dashed...so it always helps to be a little realistic about what you have to offer and what you need to expect from others...
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.You also seem to miss your college days and the camaraderie that you shared with your peers.And to your shocking disbelief,its something totally different out there in the corporate world...its the end of all innocence....fortunately i never had to go through this as some of my peers joined the same company and infact some even landed up in the same department...though one would be better off opening himself up to the outside world...communication and networking is the key...when one has to do business with strangers on a regular basis...
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
You also tend to become overly critical of yourself...feel alone,scared and confused and try to cling to your past very dearly...You start comparing yourself with others and tend to move between various extremes...you laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life...You get your heart broken and cannot digest that how can somebody so easily ditch you like that....or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to get to know better...You love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person...One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision....yeah..how true? :)
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
So what are those people supposed to do who suffer from QLC? Nothing at all...hang on with ur life and dont worry much about it...its simply a phase in the constant evolution that a human being undergoes...so just Enjoi...
The past cannot be changed, the future is still in your power. - Hugh White (1773-1840)Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
p.s. - The italicised text is taken from the 'Sunscreen' song by Baz Luhrmann.
Infact this is what some timepass online quizzes tell about me n myself....
Some r dead accurate,some too harsh and some i'm totally clueless about....
Have a look !!
CAVEAT: Take the quizzes at ur own risk....some qs. r really weird!!
A nice TP,nevertheless!!
You belong somewhere out in the world, exploring
and learning and spreading the knowledge that
you find. When you love, that love will join
you in your quest and believe as you do in a
world of spiritual energy that is stronger than
anything humanity could normally even conceive,
although you may be able to. Council those you
encounter, give them your wisdom, and stay true
to yourself.
Where do you belong?(ANIME IMAGES)
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You are Proverbs.
Which book of the Bible are you?
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You're addicted to.....
Nothing!
Your addicted to nothing at all? Well..... ok I
guess thats a good thing but come on just think
of the possibilities!
What are you addicted to? (pics!)
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cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed
What Sign of Affection Are You?
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What Finding Nemo Character are You?
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Mermaid:
Mermaids, similar to Centaurs, have a torso of a
human and the body of a fish. You are curious
yet reserved in your actions. You like to have
fun but never at the expense of others and you
never roughouse. You love water and the
creature in it and feel it is your job to make
sure they stay safe.
What Mythological Creature Are You (Many Results and Beautiful Pics)
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Pirates of the Caribbean!
What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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Morpheus
?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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My inner child is sixteen years old!
Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.
How Old is Your Inner Child?
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A formidable creature half lion and half eagle, the griffin is said to be one thousand times stronger than any lion and five thousand times as farsighted as an eagle. Humans find themselves unable to lie while in a Griffin's presence. The griffin is also said to be fierce and untamed. It was a protector against evil and people often wore talismans of a griffin's claw to protect them from demons. Griffins were often used as transport for the gods. They were also reputed to swoop down from the mountains on occasion and pick up goats and small horses and bring them back to their nests for their young.
What mythical beast best represents you?Take the quiz!
You are Socialist What: Socialism Where: At the distant bottom-left of the politcal spectrum How: Comparable to communism, socialism is an economically authoritarian political standpoint. Often, people are guaranteed jobs and given them, while workplaces are being closely regulated. Forms of it are currently instituted in many modern countries, and it is know to support the working class, but also implode economies. What political extremity are you?
I am the number 2 I am friendly _ |
During my first semster in college,I had a special course on Relativistic Mechanics.The professor(we called him MM) who taught me this subject looked straight out of a sci-fi novel.He was short and plump,sported a reddish orange beard, wore heavy rimmed glasses and had a shiny balding head.He had a knack of asking out-of-the-world questions but his questions were never meant to be answered and if you thought you were a smart dude and tried to answer him, you ended up looking like a numb nut.And in one of these lectures he introduced us to the concept of Time Dilation, length contraction and Time Travel.
More than Albert Einstein's relativity equations (the best theory about time and space), the application of these concepts caught my fancy (Plzz..dont end up believing that i finally published some revolutionary time travel theory and got a Noble prize for it).Consider the fact that we humans are always travelling in time but in a linear fashion until we meet our death.But the Time travel phenomenon can possibly allow us to rewind/forward the video of our Life video to any moment anytime.
During those days, Discovery Channel also aired a program a programme showing the theories and experiments revolving around 'Time Travel'.
There is one school of though that believes that 'Time Travel' is not possible and they have many theories including the one called 'GrandFather's Paradox', to boot their claims.
How will it feel like travelling in Time ?
The grandfather paradox is a paradox of time travel, supposedly imagined by the SF writer René Barjavel in his book "Future times three" in 1943. Suppose you travelled back in time and killed your biological grandfather before he met your grandmother. Then you would never have been conceived, so you could not have travelled back in time after all. Now did you travel back or not?
The protagonist of his novel builds a time machine capable of moving back and forth in the 'fourth dimension' called Time. He travels far into the future where he experiences that the world has changed a lot but the class distinctions still persist.After this he ventures into a more distant place in the future to find that Earth is almost about to perish.Another attempt to time travel causes him to disappear into the portals of time forever.!!
In the future a great war has devastated the earth. Robots, controlled by a central computer, Skynet, have taken over; But human insurgents are about to overthrow the tyrannical machine. In a desperate attempt to save itself, Skynet sends one of its robots, a Terminator, into the past to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of the rebel leader before he can be born. One lone rebel soldier, Kyle Reese, follows the Terminator into the past to try to stop it. By sending the Terminator into the past, Skynet has sealed its own fate, as Kyle Reese meets up with Sarah Connor and together they conceive their child John Connor, who will grow up to be the rebel leader who destroys Skynet.This satisfies the theory,that 'Anything that can happen,will happen.'
"... it had never occurred to anyone to have fighter aircraft aloft over the capital ...... Sato brought his aircraft around ... the 747 banked left, clearly under precise control ... Sato had been to Washington often ... including the Capitol Building ... he adjusted his flight path so that he was now roaring right up Pennsylvania Avenue ... His last voluntary act was to select the point of impact, two thirds of the way up the stone steps ... Nearly three hundred tons of aircraft and fuel struck the east face of the building at a speed of three hundred knots. The aircraft disintegrated on impact. ... Next came the building itself. ... one hundred tons of jet fuel erupted from the shredded fuel tanks, vaporizing ... A Second later it ignited from some spark or other, and an immense fireball engulfed everything inside and outside of the building. ...".
There was a news story in TOI yesterday about George Fernandes being strip searched in US during his visit to the country as a Defence Minister.This was one minister in NDA govt. with a high profile ministry of defence, who had no clue about his work and now this incident amazes me till no end.First this so called terror act gets reported through former deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott's book (Engaging India) and whats even more surprising that George didnt raise his voice when such an incident actually happened.He could have vehemently opposed such an atrocious act.But no he had to act saintly,i wonder Y? (a diplomatic stance some might say but no its just being obsequious to US and its ways).Another example of meekness shown by Indian representatives towards the mighty UasS.And to top it all,when he was questioned by journalists today about this incident,he vowed that he will never ever visit US in his lifetime.Are people supposed to sing paens for his renunciation act? People in US govt. wont care a damn to whatever he says now and his antics didnt carry weight even when NDA was in power.This is the same man who almost broke down to tears on Karan Thapar's show bcoz the man in the opposite seat seemed much too well informed than him about the country's defence scenario.Is it too difficult to voice your concerns or uphold your dignity when you hold such high profile offices,i wonder? WHy cant such people just leave Indian politics and sit in their homes and watch TV?
From the US point of view, they have every right to frisk anybody on their shores but hell he was an Indian Defence Minister,what was the need to do so? India isnt a rogue nation like Pakistan or Korea...is it?? May be bcoz US has never been a victim of terrorists all these years and 9/11 made them go bonkers over everything and anthing...but India should now stop taking any more bushit from the US....
Yesterday,I was lazing on my bed reading Sunday TOI when my nephews called me up.They were feeling bored (i guess this is the first reality that strikes you as you grow up :) as my jiju was away.The simplest thing I could do was to take them to some movie and McD but atleast me and my nephews agree on one point - we wont watch any bullshit hindi flick.And with theatres brimming with such horrible stuff,we finally settled to go for a drive and plan our outing on the way.Finally after dumping all my suggestions to the waste basket,they asked me to take them to a water park.
I reluctantly agreed (c'mon they r just 4 & 9 :) to their demands...but I really had a swell time swimming,sliding and splashing around and helping them swim (though i personally like to swim in my personal pool at home...no, i dont have one but intend to have it in the near future :).Actually the idea of so many people taking a bath together doesnt appeal to me much ;) thats why.Infact,I realised, that the phrase that 'people come in all shapes and sizes' doesn't ring more true anywhere else than a water park!
So while most of the people were butt-shaking to the beats of some raunchy remix number and were getting themselved drenched in one pool(as if this is the first and the last time in the year they were taking a bath),we went to a more peaceful place that had some privacy of its own (no i didnt take my gf along).And that place fortunately had some water slides (my idea of fun in a water park).A funny incident happened over there.There was this guy with his family at the top of the slide and I was standing beside him.He dispatched every member of his family down the slide one by one and when his turn came,he gave me a wry smile.I was raring to go down the adjacent slide and i gave him a thumbs up.But as soon as the supervisor there tried to push him below,he stood up and said ,let this guy go first:?
And later i came to know that the people who went down before him were not his family members...hehe...
So,after having done everything thats possible in a water park (only the things u r supposed to do there :) and spending close to 3 hours, I literally had to pull my nephews out of the water park (Y r kids so adamant?).But all their complaints died down when I treated them to a sumptuous lunch.
Somehow swimming seems to create an extra space in my tummy and I ate more than i usually do and felt like dropping myself to the floor to take a well deserved nap.
Finally we returned home and the evening was spent with choclate fudge and 'Munna BHai MBBS' (I have copied this one in my HDD coz my nephews r addicted to this flick..particulary the songs).
So this Sunday also came to an end just like others but was definitely a bit more eventful...
So finally my dog..err,i mean blog had its day.It was the time for it to dress up and give up an all too undesirable look.
Though I am still not satisfied with some of the stuff (c the sidebar can still accomodate a lot :).First up, I need to dynamically update the 'Currently Playing' and 'Cool Quote of the Day' without me having to republish the entire blog everytime i change the content under these two heads.And this is possible by taking them out of the template code.Need to figure that out.Some of the forthcoming attractions on U2 Lounge would include a 'Shoutbox' (btw..my earlier experience with this has been scary,ended up spoiling the whole template.The box also seems to slow down the loading of the blog.So need to wait).
The packaging has almost been done,time to focus on the content..
P.S.Suggestions for the improvement of the blog are most welcome...
Although the time is ripe to write a budget review but I wont do so bcoz who the heck cares to read it anyway ( although i do :). To make matters worse all the dailies,mags n TV channels r puking out overwhelming doses of budgetary crap.Between all this chaos and hoopla surrounding the budget,I set out to tweak and tune my blog yesterday night (you might ask what in hell inspired me to do so?).Simple. I had already exhausted all tried and tested methods of timepass.
For the uninitiated,some of these are :
1.Watching repeats of Tom n Jerry/Friends/House Full on TV and sometimes saas-bahu soaps too on Ma's insistence.
2.Switching TV channels furiously over and over displaying your button pressing prowess.
3.Looking out of the window waiting for the rain gods to appear and cussing the Met. dept.
4.Jogging at 7 in the evening and grinning/winking at each passerby.
5.Burning Cds of your Mp3 collection based on Artists and Genres.
6.Watching the latest flicks first day first show and after the show feel like you have been looted in broad daylight.
7.Chatting with friends on Y! and MSN where everybody pretends to be busy like hell or is boasting of his 'I'm on SMS' status.
8.Leaving offline messages for those who are not online at the moment warning them of dire consequences in case they dont reply.
9.Visiting relatives who have their own life too other than entertaining a nut like you.
10.Making STD calls to friends and realise that your bill has already cross the 'Line of Control'.
11.Crawling into each n every store in the shopping malls when you have already shopped so much thats gonna be enough for next 2 years.
12.Advising people who seem not at all interested in your wisdom and feel great and accomplished.
13.Watching live cricket and soccer and then eagerly wait for the highlights and analysis.
14.Reading two novels simultaneously and worry 'what would I do after I am finished with these?'.
15.Watching Discovery to understand how lions mate or why do ducks quack or why do tachyons behave the way they do.
16.Looking for '101 ways to kill your time' kinda book on the bookstalls.
17.Going on a long drive on a cool breezy evening only to be disturbed in your dreams by mindless drivers honking their horny horns.
18.Tinkering with your mobile and trying to discover every hidden feature.
19.Playing Cricket and badminton with your cousins who are less than half your age.
20.Showing unnecessary enthusiasm to show your culinary skills to mom and dad and end up looking like a stupid.
21.Watching 'Ripley's Believe it or not' and 'Who Dares Wins' on AXN and fantasise about performing better feats than the people on air.
22.Taking hour long baths twice daily,most of the time trying to see which shampoo suits your hair and which soap would be gentle on your skin.
23.Joining a Gym only to realise that you are the leanest and meanest guy around among the bunch of hunks and babes and leave before you become their eyesore.
People who are still not bored to death bcoz of all this gibberish above are truly fantastic people who uphold my faith in 'The Bored Community'.Mail me your idea of boredom and you stand to win a chance to fly to Timbaktoo islands for 7 days and 7 nights all alone.You can also participate in 'Who bores Wins' contest and win exquisite T-shirts and caps with 'I am a BIG Bore' slogan .And yes,do subscribe for the 'The Bored Community' daily newsletter for a peek-a-boo into the lives of thousands of others like you.
Me signing off for now to take a big bore break.....
Now its my turn to hit this creepy crying creature...defnly need to deliver one strong beating to get the matter settled once n for all..
But i wud be damned if i commit such an atrocious act....how can i ever hit such a beautiful creation of God...C'mon Kid..Go ahead..n do whatever u wanna do...
i'm at ur mercy... :)
P.S. For people who seem to be lost on this,just check my previous post.
I had mailed Paulo Coehlo from his website (i stumbled upon it somehow)because I was really impressed by his work 'Alchemist'.He has got a nice website.What surprised me even more was that i got a reply mail from the great man himself the next day.
Here it goes:-
But..Wait...Some raucous kid seems to have torn it into pieces... :(
(Yeah..beware of these new kids on the block..they can tear away ur e-mails too).Newayz..She is due fr a beating!!In the meantime, do try to read it by joining the 2 pieces..
Sometimes you have to sacrifice some parts for the greater good of the whole!! ;)