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issi shauk ka imtihaan zindagi hain…!!
..its the test of this desire…that’s what life is…
– Zaaveda Zindagi (Movie: Anwar)
i agree with that…! life..at all times…at each point..is simply a test. a test of how strongly you desire something…how much are you willing to work towards it…a test…each and every point.
so…i sat down the other day…with the music on…! ofcourse..people who can see my gtalk know that nowadays i am on an overdose of urdu stuff. gone back to jagjit singh sorts. and then came atif aslam. friggin amazing stuff. fanstastic lyrics…most of them…and his energy is jst killin. i mean…he is so good…tht at times i wish i cud be this teenybopper…at his concert…shouting at the top of my lungs…atifffffffffff…almost tearing my top off..!!
anyways…
so i sat down the other day…!! and omg…HAVE YOU HEARD ATIF ASLAM…HE IS LIKE…OMGGGGG…
yeah…the othe day…! i was wondering..what are the things that i would work for..! what would life be testing me on…each and every point.
this was my list…
Photography
life…everyday…asks me this…
“u friggin ass..! at a time when you were earning $525 a month…u bought yourself a $750 camera..! you used to cook your own food everyday…because paneer outside used to cost more than milk and vinegar…(ofcourse my time had no value then. notice how i used ‘then’ to lead you into believing that it does hv any value now..!!)..! so what the f did u with it..! clicked some snaps..! made a moron show at the ISB talent night..! and yeah…never got down to practising..! u friggin ass…!”
i know what i want to do. i want to become angus moon. for those who dont know him…he was the exchange student to isb from UCT GSB, last year (read here). and a professional photographer. not before he earned his living as a consultant. and according to him…he earned much more as a photographer than he did as a consultant (ofcourse with my friggin package i will have to click rajnikanth naked to make up for it…although i do know that clicking bappi lahiri naked might fetch me more!). now thats what i want to do. i just want to leave my job one day…and pick up my camera. and jst go clicking for a yr.
balls..! will never get that courage..! life’s a waste..!
Singing
yeah…thats true..! i hv always loved singing…although only 2 people hv heard me do so. only one survived. i do visit the other whenever i get the time..but the friggin asylum closes before my office ends.
i wanna learn singing. i want to sing the song i like…the way they shud be sung. and i want to believe that i did a good job. ofcourse i also know that anu malik thinks the same…so yeah…i also want the world to think i did a good job. which in turns means…i want to sing for an audience one day..!
let see if i pass this test…
Superman
my masi went to singapore right after her marriage. so when she finally came back to india after some 5 yrs…she was this genie…! with magical stuff…!! she had this thing called the VCR…! and this beauty of an invention named TV. and a certain video called Superman II.
each time i met her…which was like once a week or so…she used to make me watch it. without fail. till i reached the point wherein i visited her almost everyday…jst to watch it. the movie was my sholay..!! i knew each dialogue..(or atleast i thought..heck..i was in 3rd grade..and the movie was english!)…! ofcourse…growing up..it was easiest to blame masi for most of who i was..!!
hah..! i used to go to temples and pray to god…to make me superman. and i remember telling god…i promise i will use my pwers for the good..!! i am sure that used to be god’s stand up comedy hour…!! he wud invite jesus and mohammad…and indra (if he was free from his boogie-woogie dance performances) to view me…and would go…”listen to this friggin ass…wants to become superman..he is too funny..!!”
but i want to become one…whats wrong with that. really..! i get a kick when i do somethng for someone…wthout the person knowing its me. he jst knows its someone..! it cud be anyone..! and thats superman for me. u hv the power…but never the identity. you dont exist…and yet you do..in the most powerful manner possible..! and its an addiction for me..! the ‘overly involved’ me..!
ofcourse…they stopped making red underwear…and my blue pants are not the best fitting. but i can manage..!
so there…u hv Mr. blue pants…who can friggin sing….and flies arnd with this camera. yup…that’s me..!!
that’s who i wanna be…
issi shauk ka intihaam zindagi hain…!
~a
feb 2006…
i hv given a lot of tests in life…won some…failed some…but what i remember most about them is not the result but the experience. i was on campus last weekend and in one of our conversations AS mentioned that he went to my blog in feb 2006…to see what it was like…
the campus wears pretty much the same look as it did last year. the vulnerability of each is clearly visible…people are at their emotional weakest…! mental strength is sought at each stage…and its a beauty of life how each one of us manages to find their source…in their own way..!
it was a learning experience…ofcourse where i am today also makes it a memorable one..but thats largely besides the point. i would have still emerged more ‘developed’ irrespective of the result…
i used to maintain a daily log of my activities at ISB….and i went back to it today. before i realized i had spent 2 hrs on it…remembering my life in tht part of SVII.
cudnt help but share the following:
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
8.15 – 8.30 – Daily Stuff
8.30 – 9.30 – Gym
9.30 – 10.30 – Newspaper
10.30 – 11.00 – Internet
11.00 – 1.30 – Studies – Stats
1.30 – 2.30 – Lunch
2.30 – 4.30 – Class
4.30 – 5.00 – Nothing Specific
5.00 – 7.00 – Class
7.00 – 7.30 – Nothing Specific
7.30 – 9.00 – Newspaper
9.00 – 9.30 – Dinner
9.30 – 10.00 – Telephone
10.00 – 10.30 – Lying down on the grass
10.30 – 12.30 – Studies
12.30 – 1.00 – Walk
Total for the day: 16.75 hours
Sunday, January 15, 2006
10.00 – 11.00 – Daily Stuff
11.00 – 1.00 – Resume
1.00 – 2.00 – Lunch
2.00 – 4.00 – Studies
4.00 – 5.00 – Nap
5.00 – 9.00 – studies
9.00 – 10.00 – Dinner
10.00 – 1.00 – Placement prep
1.00 – 2.00 – Nothing Specific
2.00 – 5.00 – Studies
Total for the day: 19.00 hours
life changes….but still remains beautiful…! right, SL…?
~a
never again….
this post is not for the faint hearted…or people who have never been to a public loo…!!
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ever been to a debate…?? the good ones…always define the motion infront of the house. even if the motion is “bappi lahiri is the sexiest person alive…”…they will spend painful minutes describing what their definition of ‘sexiest’, ‘person’ and ‘alive’ is…!! which is actually an impressive way of wasting time and still coming out intelligent.
so…here is my definition.
any loo that as been used (by an absolute majority) by people i have never met in my life…is a public loo…!!
i dont know if its just me…but i somehow cannot shit in a public loo when i know that people whom i know are around. best example would be office. i can never…ever get myself to sit on the pot and ease myself…
the only thought that crosses my mind is…
Shit (diffrent from the real shit!) man…i will shit…it will stink…next person comes in…and HE WILL KNOW THAT I SHAT THERE…!!
and…what the f is with these new loos whose dividers do NOT go all the way down. i mean…what in friggin world are they thinking…that the only way we will get to knw that its occupied is when we see the shoes, pulled down trousers and hairy legs of the guy on the pot…??? would a simple try at the door be enough…!! or was it that the inventor had a case wherein the person knocking refused to believe that there was someone inside until he saw one…!!!
friggin morons…!!
anyways…so i am at this restaurent…the other day…!! and i clearly remember that i eased myself in the morning. and i didnt eat anything that could have led to another visit…!!
but i had the feeling…and you know how it is…
mauth aur moot…jab aati hain…tab aati hain…!
(ofcourse…we r talking abt shit here…but u get the point!)
so…after much decision making….i was like….chuck it man….ab to karna padega…!!!
and i enter this 1×1 feet room.
which not only has a pot and a wash basin…it friggin has a urinal as well…!!
NOW WHO WOULD BE SHITTING IN A PIGEONHOLE…WHEN SOMEONE IS LEAKING BESIDE YOU…?????
but no…gay marriage as legal and so are such toilets…!!
aaah…and not to mention…it had a hand dryer as well. which makes up for the first part of the story…
the loo is so so ‘huge’ that the minute i sit down on the pot…the hand dryer gets activated. i move my arm..and it goes wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…i move my head…and the same…!! it was so bloody small that i am sure my breathing process would be causing vibrations strong enough for it to get activated as well….!!!
well..so life is not always fun. after some 5 minutes…its done. and i ready to wipe all possible clues that i ever shat…!!
now…i know i have stayed in the US for a long time…! but heck….i will never ever wipe my ass with paper for god sake…! its just not happening…
so luckily for me…there is a nozzle. and its strategically pointing towards…u know what…
i find the knob…and turn it arnd.
no water
turn more
nothing
little more
nope…
turn it all the way….
PHOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
so…now if you can imagine…everything bad that could possibly have happened..had happened. my undies were all wet…and so was my jeans…!! and there was water dripping from my ass the way it never had…!!
but…the worst was yet to come…
i get up…count till 10…actvate the dryer a million times in the process…and get myself together….
flush…
no no…wrong gues…the flush worked..!!!
the friggin shit wont move…!!!
why gawd…why….why me…and my shit…out of all…!!!
flushed again…
nope…
yet again…
nope….
now this is where sound decision making will make the difference between a winner and looser. or a “all loos are the same” and “public loos…no no no no nooo…”
i wont go into the details of how i emerge victorious…(oh yes..i did)…! but to give you a hint…once i came out…i told the manager…”you may want to change the cleaning brush…”
friggin public loos…!!!
never again…
and hey…remember the time when the air hostess says
“in the unlikely event of an emergency landing, please adopt the brace position”
here is an addition they might want to consider
“in the highly likely event that your neighbour decides to take his shoes off when his socks havent been washed for a week…please ask for our highly successful wet tissues…wipe your hand crazy with them…and adopt the manoj kumar position”
but friggin public loos..
never again…
~a
balls of steel…
no no no no no….busy….heck no….
ummm…yeah…vacationing…and hence lazy….more like it…!! not that life stopped…so hv a lot to share…so much that i hv forgotten most of it…
Solstice
Cudnt have asked for more….it was jst perfect. everything abt it…! meeting everyone again..walking down those roads again…as if you had never left…spending time doing just about nothing…! it was bliss all over. i guess the only thing that i like about work is the fact that i can now afford to fly kingfisher frm hyd to delh…instead of air deccan. its another case that i flew indigo…! but u get the point..!! student life…no matter what said and done…and no matter how many friggin assignments…is still far better…! and i hv been saying this right from my MSU days…!
the following month seems to be ISB travel month. Will (hope to atleast) visit it atleast 3 times before the final placements. A is getting married this 28th…so plannin to attend that too…!! wuuuhuuuu
New Years
Now…dont get me wrong here. Its not always that a consultant will get 10 days off…in the middle of an engagement. but things worked out. for the better. yes…i was working…frm home…so things werent as tight as they are once in Dubai. so had an awesomely chilled time. wonderful…! and yeah…the NY party was great…and i hvnt seen as much fog as i did tht night..!! it was crazy…..my left hand kept shouting….where the f is my right hand man…!!!
Misc.
Yesterday I met the weirdest guy in the history of mankind. in some loose sense i would also call him the man with balls of the hardest steel
so its airplane waiting time at the airport lounge. and the test is placed sexy. with another 70 runs to win and 4 wickets in hand…it could have gone any way. and kumble was bowling like god…so everyone was hooked on. there is this sweet 32 inch LCD screen…with all the sofas in front. however…there is one which is right below the LCD…facing all other sofas.
now i do understand that some people dont like cricket. or lets say dont enjoy it as much. and thats fine…seriously. i think they should just change their nationality if they are indians…or continue to live with a foreign passport…and they will do just fine.
but no…this gentleman…indian…in his 50s maybe…decides to show the world his mind. so when some 50 odd souls are watching the screen…following the match…he enters the lounge…and sit on the sofa right below the screen. so now…he is facing the entire crowd…!!!
dont miss this historic moment in history people…! there is a screen with decent volume…and almost everyone is wathcing that. and there is this dude…who is facing everyone…and looking right into their eyes…
and then he does it…the act that will catapult him to the hall of fame. he shakes his head….left to right…and goes….tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk….for almost 20 odd seconds.
HE WAS FRIGGIN PITYING US…
one half of my brain was giving his a standing ovation…the other was imagining the plight of his kids at the loss of their father…!!
crazy….
and surely balls of steel….
but what was he thinkin…???
~a
orgasmed again…
at times i wonder what my mum will hv to say about my blogs…and the number of times i use the big O word…!! my guess is she will be shocked at the fact that i know about the word…let alone using it every second line…
anyways…
my current client had participated in this huge international exhibition by the name of cityscape. we particpated (and had quite an awesome stand…including the hostesses..!!)…and had roped in a photographer for the entire 3 days duration.
for the entire 3 days….i had a ball with him. went through a crash course…and loved the fact that there were shit loads of stuff that i wasnt even aware of…!! and tht gives me a kick…cause i know that i work on those and i will be better than what i am…!! ofcourse…it wud hv been tragic if i got to know that i know everything that there is to it….and still click the quality that i do….which wud mean tht i suck…!!!
after cityscape the engagement happened….(yes..if you havent read the dec edition of TIME…this will be news!)…and hey…am talking abt my engagement…yes…yes…me…!!!
it went well…everyone was happy…tht includes me…and the parents of all delhi girls…!
came back…and will be flyin to ISb this weekend for the reunion…(WUUUHUUUUUUUUU)…but…my latest learnt talent will be put to use…! so got myself some sexy professional rolls…and a new set of batteries…! had intentions of clicking at will when on campus…
things were to change when i loaded the film on the camera yesterday. i jst cudnt resist…and for the next 2 hrs jst played with my camera like never before..! its funny how a material thing can bring you so much pleasure. i mean…alright..a dildo wud fit in the same description..but this is a camera i am talking abt…!!
fascinating stuff….!
orgasmed again…
~a
PS:
1. project got an extension…will be in Dubai till feb end.
2. am going on a long leave starting 25th…all the way to 2nd jan
3. registered 40% returns in the market…in the past one week…
4. met with E after a long time…and it was amazing
5. did i mention…life’s good…?
amoungst clouds…
a closer view of the Burj Dubai. stunning development…
~a
Dubai Monsoon
from my hotel. the Burj Dubai in the background. when completed in end 2007, it shall be the world’s tallest towers. at some 860 friggin meters and 180 storeys.
currently its at 86 storeys…and the clouds can already reach it…!!
~a
Iconic..!!
a very unsual day for Dubai. rained for some 18 non-stop hours….and one cant imagine that this is a desert..! beautiful weather.
the iconic Burj al Arab, amidst clouds…
~a
Madinat Jumeirah
madinat jumeirah is one of the prettiest malls i have visited. simply because its unique. just look at the image…one cant imagine that this is a mall..!! breathtaking interiors…a lot of work has gone into designing this masterpiece
the Burj in the background…
~a
hrithik shud start wearing a…..
So life has been pretty hectic for the past 10 days. Took a day off to attend a friend’s wedding which eventually turned out to be quite a hectic and an enjoyable experience. I can see why the director ever thought of coming up with a “hum aapke hain kaun”story line. Marriages are quite fun in their own way.
And then work has been quite involving…and orgamiscally exciting. I never knew I would enjoy marketing, the way I am right now. Am leading the marketing strategy implementation for our client…and its awesome. The thought behind brand development…interacting with agencies…and hearing them share their perspectives on how we should position ourselves. All of it is quite fascinating…and quite new…to me. Am loving it.
However, in this welcomed madness the last thing I wanted was a crappy movie. I guess god was traveling with ear plugs on when I was praying not to get me into that one bad show.
So last night I watched Dhoom 2
Now now…don’t get me wrong. Its slick. Definitely. Slicker than most bollywood stuff I have seen. But for god sake…I mean…gimme a break…what is it…? James Bond magnified?
Frankly I had expected more. The action scenes were just overdone…and OH MY GAWD…with logic taking a long ass leak while those were being shot. Friggin cop jumps off the cliff…when the thief has done so 3 seconds back as well. But hey…thief has parachute…cop just has biceps…! So lo behold…cop jumps…and no…he is not trying to land on the parachute…no no…that too feminine for such a shot…he jst tries to position himself so that he lands right on the back of the thief. And after some hot gay romance…they kiss…and live happily ever after…!!
and some things were like….wtf…!! what is the queen doing in the middle of the desert of namibia….and WITH THE CROWN…??? and entry of abhishekh…toooooo much. the dude emerges from underwater on a sea scooter…wearing leather jackets..!! wuuuhuuuuuuuuuu…!! i can understand why he would do something like this…!! cmon…with all the female fish hittin on him…he cudnt be at his worst…!!
i think he should simply start acting for a change…!! ummm…and shaving as well..!!
My biggest takeaway…hrithik should start wearing a bra..!!
My biggest observation…i think aish can wear the same bra…if u know what i mean…
and does everyone think that the kabul express trailers are quite awesome…????
~a
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