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my version….
there was a time…no so long ago…when i used to treat the ‘Reader’s Digest’ as a must read. this was much before i started reading the same for its jokes..only…! anyways…so this one time…there was a wonderful article on this dude who, when he was 18, made a list of 30 things he would wanna do before he turned 30. its almost a cliche now…but at that time the idea sounded quite cool. and this dude actually went on to accomplish each and everything on that list…and the article was all about how he managed to do so. just so you know…the things listed there were not exactly…”brush everyday”…but “travel on a bike for more than 3000 miles” sorts..!!!
and then…after a deulge of such posts by EU and SB….here is my version of the things i have done…would want to do…and would never want to do…(and this would be extremely India specific…somewhat inspired from EU’s entry…and in no specific order)
Index:
- Have done
- Want to do
- Dont want to do
- thrown garbage on the road…paused….picked it up and dropped it in the thrash
- had golgappas from the same guy who pulled out his snort a minute back
- ran after a bus and caught it finally
- slapped an auto guy cause he refused to go where you wanted to
- saved a lady from being harassed/molested
- watched an entire episode of krishi darshan
- been on a bus…with just one foot on it
- driven without a license
- driven at more than 120 kmph
- drove away when a traffic cop tried to stop you
- asked a cop “jaante ho main kiska/kiski beta/beti hoon…?”
- for guys alone – scratched your (you know what) thinking that no one saw
- scribbled on a protected monument
- cheated in a school examination
- been on “palace on wheels“
- been to atleast 3 sanctuaries in India
- sang something special…for someone special…
- stayed up all night and saw the sunrise
- met anyone from the indian cricket team
- pee-ed on the road
- milked a cow
- ate sugarcane…the traditional way
- stayed in a village without electricity for more than 2 nights
- shopped for vegetables atleast 100 days in a year
- paid a begger more than rs 100
- had a househelper who was less than 15 years of age
- been to a temple, a church, a gurudwara AND a mosque
- stopped at the red light when no one else was…
- requested for a song on the radio
- called the KBC phoneline atleast once
- waited in a queque for more than 2 hours
- bribed your way through to get a government document
- tipped your barber
- driven a bike in 5 degree centrigrade…with your tee and shorts on
- been to atleast 3 beaches in 3 separate states
- been to the North-east
- travelled to the lakshwadeep islands
- hiked to the mansarovar lake
- studied beyond the age of 23
- started your own business
- driven an ambassador
- looked at the night sky through a telescope
- slept under the stars
- kissed your gf/bf right infront of your parents
- gone dutch on your 1st date
- washed someone else’s puke
- cried in public
- visited the taj mahal
- seen a live cobra
- had dinner with your domestic help…on the same table
- worked on a 386 computer
- tied/worn rakhi to/from a total stranger
- danced naked in your room
- cried infront of your parents, after the age of 18
- touched your parent’s feet
life has been slightly hard lately…more cause of personal reasons. lekin theek hai…it moves on…!!!
~a
PS: and yah…feel free to add stuff to the above…which highlights true india.
cryptic…
trinnnggg….triiingggg….
Mirror: yo…not feeling urself?
Me: dont know dude….wanted to…but something doesnt feel right…
Mirror: i know…its strange right..when something tht is close to you…doesnt mean as much to someone else…
Me: I KNOWW….!! how cud they ever forget whatever happened….did they not feel IT…?
Mirror: maybe they did…and maybe thats precisely why they dont wanna feel it anymore. its not tht u left them with a choice…
Me: i am being selfish here…i always was…and i told them all through…at times to no avail…
Mirror: i am glad you realized that…
Me (smiling to himself): so…whatver i said that evening…is actually turning out to be true…
Mirror: hahaha….as if you didnt know it would.
Me: yahhh…it had to happen…and i dont think i should be bothered anymore…not anymore…
Mirror: :)
Me: thanks dude…
Mirror: thank her…
…………………………….hang up
the entire city infront of me….not a soul in sight…machines making their way through turns and lights…the skyscrapers blinking….my hands folding…my eyes closing…this was always meant to be…involuntary drops of water…my job is done…
Me: i let go…
~a
…wud die a peaceful death…
if i got the chance to click anyone of these snaps…
~a
Liar
Canoe
a midsummer nights dream
a midsummer nights dream
Originally uploaded by _rebekka.
Barnacle.
Two face
Two face
Originally uploaded by jallen dragonhide (ToBeOr..).
…nightmares….and spreadhseets…
last week was my first touch with work pressure…and i mean pressure thts worse than a guy who hasnt shat for 7 months…!!
am working on a model. a project feasibility model. we wanna see if the project tht we abt to undertake makes business sense for us…and if it doesnt, then how can we ensure that it does. so basically…whatever happens…we will do the project…!! we jst hv to show tht it will work as well…
as wud be obvious…any such feasibility model….will hv its dose of P&L statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements…and the works.
now anyone…who has ever come in close contact with me…including the one i passed while coming out of the elevator this morning…knows tht my sole purpose in this world is a 3-step process…
Step 1
find out who was the guy who made the 1st balance sheet in the world…! the P&L statement or the cash flow statement ‘inventors’ will also do…
Step 2
find out if he is still alive…! chances r tht he is not…!
Step 3
find out who are his living descendents. and then aka ‘the da vinci code’….bloody launch the worst ever cult group to wipe tht entire race. in the process…also attempt to remove all possible traces of accounting in this world…and alongwith them…the god damn accountants…!!!!
which…translated in english language….means…tht i hate…i mean…ohhhhh soooo muuuchhhh….HATE…acounts…! it was my first B-grade at ISB…and if it wasnt for AP, GC, AG and the likes…i wud hv sunk without a trace…!!!
so…it was torture…all the way…and its not funny when u come up with your version of the model…and are told…”uuuummmmmm….cash balance…can never be negative….but good try…DODO…”
it was so bad…tht the past 4 days hv been the following:
– dreaming…no no…nightmaring…about the spreadsheet….! nightmares about my life being a bloody balance sheet wherein my weight is adding on….to the liabilities side…! cash flow statement…and what the F is capitalization…
– sitting in the loo…ostensibly shitting…for 45 mins…with my ISB accounting book…!
– at the shop, after realizing tht i am out of monies…asking R..”tere paas cash flow hai…????”
the model is done…and i think…its comes out well…! thank god…
~a
PS:
- for all those concerned…i think its almost a proven fact now that consulting is possibly the only field which required you to hv paid attention during your MBA. possibly speaks for the reason why they always look for the toppers…!
- AD topped the marketing course at ISB. which speaks for the fact that he hasnt been studying…cause it wont hv happened if he did…! :)
…and where do u come from…
the other day i was explaining to my manager the concept of a blog…the same way someone explained the concept of an orgasm (THANK YOU) to me…only a few days back…!
so anyways…he asked me a good question…”how does the world come to know of your blog”…”and how is it that you know of others”…
at that time i simply answered that you start circulating your blog amoungst your peers…so on and so forth…and the network builds. and its the same way that you get to know of other blogs..
and then…i went to my sitemeter…and checked out stuff. to my surprise..almost 70% of the clicks on my blogs r through referrals. which basically means they are unsuspecting individuals browsing some really high IQ blogs…until destiny takes them to mine…!
additionally…i also found that my blog comes up on google for the weirdest of all searches:
Search # 1
yana gupta lipstick ad (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=yana%20gupta%20lipstick%20ad&meta=)
WWWWWWWTTTTTTTFFFFFFFF
Search # 2
who has remixed yeh zameen gaa rahi hain (http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=who%20has%20remixed%20yeh%20zameen%20gaa%20rahi%20hain&meta=)
holy shit…!!!!!
Search # 3
What does Ankur mean (http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=What%20does%20Ankur%20mean&btnG=Search&meta=)
thank god for a sane search
so…where do u come from…?
~a
PS: funny things are happening to me on orkut nowadays. next post…dedicated to…”adventures on orkut”
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