Identity?

Growing up, I was one of the millions of Army kids around the country. And I can safely say that we share one characteristic trait: A skewed sense of identity. I didn’t care if I was from a regular Tam-Brahm household. As far as I am concerned, I’m a nomad, an amalgamation of cultures. The question ‘Where are you from?’ has been the most difficult to answer. Well, I’m from a lot of places!

Each city I’ve lived in, I’ve fallen in love with it. There’s the initial adjustment issue..new people, new school, totally different atmosphere.. But then there become a few regular fixtures in my life. Soon, I can navigate the roads. The neighbourhood shopkeeper recognizes me. I know the specialties at the little bakery at the other end of the city. And I’m home again.

So, in me, I have a bit of Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. And also the influences of my friends who are from far flung places across the country. I can relate to all of them, see through their perspective. And this, by far, has been the most valuable lesson I’ve learnt in my life. Cultural empathy.

I’ve never been bothered by the fact that I’m not a true-blue Tamilian in the sense of the word. Now that I’m living in Chennai, that doesn’t really work to my favour. ‘What sort of Tamilian are you?’ is something I hear all day. Well, not a regular one, I guess!

But what the heck! Y’kno what I am? I’m Indian.

Into The Abyss

The dark clouds descend.

the omens, apparent.

Time alone can tell

when the night shall envelop you

in its cold embrace.

The remnants of the past

attempt to break through.

Their corpuscular rays

not quite succeeding in their attempt.

Drawing inspiration

akin to a breath

on a crystal twilight.

Trying to rebuild

what once was.

Lost in the abyss

that is now the perception.

Feeling the way across

the direction is unclear.

But look

it is the sanctuary now

that which drew all unto itself.

What Lays Broken

The beginning had promise.

And the excitement of many more to make and keep.

The journey had just begun.

I had closed my eyes

To take in the fragrance.

Only to open them and see

That there was no one there beside me.

I tried searching

For that elusive memory.

But it only exists

In the realms of my consciousness.

Not all those who wander are lost

Perhaps

They search for a reason

To wander some more.

To keep them safe

From what led them there.

Now

The future lays at my feet.

Its million pieces shattered.

With the shards of dreams never to be

Piercing their way into me.

How to breakup with your Girlfriend?

Been ages...

How are my delectably demented friends?

I've been good. Slightly fucked up, but mostly good. I've been (not) studying, (not) taking care of myself and pretty much stalking Mr. HANV. (i am such a saad person). Talked to him for the first time today. Dammit, all this crush-y business is such a pain. Esp. since he already has the "other" 50%. I guess the saddest part of being a human is that that we refuse to see logic even when its out there, in a fluorescent rabbit suit, holding a large basket of Easter Eggs and singing Bieber's "Baby" at the top of its voice.

Pictured above: Logic.

Demmit! This is stupid! Its also incredibly girly! X(

Blah blah. I don't know why I waste time this way.

I have more important things to think about.

I just can't remember them.

Sigh.

Happy Halloween...

Hope you have a spookalicious day ;D

Are you getting old???

I miss all the crazy, dumb things i did whn i was a kid. We had this room freshener in our bathroom. One day I read the label and found that the major ingredient was alcohol. As a pyromaniac in the making, I decided to light a match in front of the nozzle while spraying for a little entertainment. Being cautious I pointed it out the window. It was like pointing a flame thrower out the window actually. Now that went on for an hour or so. Lots of fun for sure, but not so much so when my parents found the huge burn mark on the wall of the building and the residents complaining about it.

So coming back, many people pretend to be somewhere in life they are but actually somewhere else. You might be fifty and act twenty, you might be twenty and act fifty.. You are nineteen and you still wonder if eggs would explode if you left them boiling in the pan, once the water was gone. You are NINETEEN and  you are a control freak!!?!!??!! Seriously wtf is tht???

Some of us don't know where we stand.. but as usual, KJ is here to the rescue with this very helpful quiz. Answer the questions honestly and find out exactly how old you really are... I know, u are probably thanking me  already... 

Okay, lets see...

You're at a bar and your friend buys a round of tequila shots. You...

(1) Down your shot, then your friend's shot, then order another round.

(2) Down your shot, thank your friend, and retire home for the evening.

(3) Turn down the shot - you have assignments tomorrow.

(4) This entire scenario is unrealistic - bars? What is this, college?

Your friends are camping out for concert tickets. You...

(1) Get a tent and food -- you're in.

(2) Give them money and ask them to buy you a ticket

(3) Pass --  can you believe the crap those kids are listening to these days??

(4) The music's too loud, parking is a pain, and everyone's on drugs and intoxicated. No, thanks.

You're house sitting in your friend's ridiculous flat. You...

(1) Throw a booze party that will make every damn person throw up.

(2) Invite a small group of friends over and have sane fun.

(3) You have a date with his comfortable couch, a glass of wine, and the latest and watch something on TV.

(4) You leave early because you're old and depressed and it's strikingly clear you'll never be able to afford a house of similar size.

You get a girls' number. You...

(1) Call her that night for a prank call.

(2) Wait the allotted 3 days and ask her out for coffee.

(3) Wait the allotted 3 days to call and plan a dinner.

(4) Don't call because phones are too confusing.

The stock market is crashing. You...

(1) Don't care because you aren't invested in the stock market.

(2) Care a little because some of your buddies are on it.

(3) Start looking for a cliff to jump off of.

(4) Find it exciting to actually have something to talk to people about.

It's the first beautiful day outside in a while. You...

(1) Fill a thermos with rum and step outside.

(2) Go on a road trip!!

(3) Go for a stroll in the garden.

(4) Bird-watch with the new binoculars you bought.

You just found out that you won the lottery. You...

(1) Spend half the money on booze and the other half on the party.

(2) Buy a really cool car that you've always wanted.

(3) Diversify thru mutual funds and CD's.

(4) Do not want to cash in the ticket for fear that its too risky to carry around a lot of money.

You're at a sporting event and a jerk is causing a ruckus. Do you:

(1) Hit him with a beer bottle and when he looks over, point to the guy next to you.

(2) Berate him about why he's being a jerk and if he wants to fight you say, "Save your ass buddy!!" and hit him until he collapses.

(3) Be a sissy and alert it to a watchman nearby.

(4) N/A. Don't attend sporting events because of chance of inclimate weather and escalating price of concessions and seriously, have you seen what they're charging for a cup of pint of beer nowadays? It's criminal.

You're flipping thru the channels and you see " Bay watch " just started. You...

(1) Watch it - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages

(2) Watch it - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages

(3) Watch it - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages

(4) Watch it (at an increased volume) - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages

Your dream wedding would be:
(1) I am not getting married, ever!!
(2) on the beach..with all my close friends and family
(3) traditional! (whatever your culture/religion is)
(4) already married..

Assign yourself the corresponding points for each answer and tally them.

For instance, if you answered choice (1) to a question, give yourself one point, and so on and so forth.

10-15 - You're young at heart, or you're an immature jerk. Either way, do as you please.

16-25 - You're still hanging on to that last vestige of youth. Many people your age shake their head at your antics.

26-32 - You're starting to get that old person smell. Give it up

33-40 - You are probably dead already.

P.S : I m glad i came up with this.. i understand the fact that i m your only savior!! God bless you all.. I am okay if he gives u my blessings too.. I don't need any.. 

*almost on the verge of crying*

sob sob..

Of Things Quirkily Chennai

1. It’s the land of jasmine flowers. Even auntys who go for walks along the beach in the evening have the entire season’s flowers pinned to their hair.


2. There are two kinds of Tamilians. One, people who can understand what their maid says and reply to that. Two, people who search around for a translator(preferably the grandma next door).


3. The males expose more skin(read: flaunt their calves) than females. Why, oh why, would I want to see Mr. Hairy Legs, ride a motorcycle with his dhoti tied up above his knees?


4. The heroes in movies who resemble the vada pav sellers you see outside Ghatkopar station. Where are the Hrithiks and SRKs of Kollywood? And talking about movies……


5. The Rajinikanth Obsession. Where in the world would you see milk abhishek being done to a cutout? In the theatre lobby? I might get taken out to the streets and stoned for writing that, so incase you don’t hear from me for a while, you know what would have happened.

The Ax-Logic

P.S.I LOVE U

READ P.S.I LOVE YOU???

yah.. i kno.. its too tooo late to wryt like a revu on this book.. coz lik its released like yrs yrs back.. but stil i jus finished readin it...n now it feels lik.. I VE NO MOTIVE/ AIm in life left..

NO MORE GERRY's letters... sobb!! sobb!!!

but.. as i was readin de book....

yes i did fall in love wid GERRY.. n felt pity for HOLLY's condition...n was.. n am so JEALOUS!!of HOLLY....


but apart from all of dis...

HOLLY's FRNDS..

i fell so in love wid dem.. coz evry tym i read any thing related to der SPENSIVE shoppin n late nyt chats... all i did..

WAS MISSSED N MISSED SOOOOOOO MUCH ALL MY GIRLFRIENDS>>>

NIRVANA TAURME AVIE SU__.. n loads of oders...

chattin til late nyt or earlieee mornin... and shop exxpensive stuff.. eat lik bigg fat hogs.. decide to go on DIETs... lik for sure... from de next recess break.. but JUMPIn into de dubba's filled wid.. yumiee sandwiches n roti sabjees n noodles n rice... n oh!! ya!!! de grrreeeaattttt PIZZA we use to mak at de end of recess...

i miss every moment i spent wid u gurls...

summ realli realli spl moment i reli wanna lik QUOTe...

wid budhie a.k.a TAURME : TYMS WE USED TO GO TO MONGINIS N HOG POST TUTIONS... n ticklin u to wake u up for tutions...

wid NIRVANA: dose sleep overs at ur place.. one on de 24-25th of december.. n watchin movies it 4 in de morn...

wid AVIE: de impromptu skits we did on stage... i git a bbeeegg round of applause!!!


MORAL OF THE "BLOG"....


I MISSSS N MISSS U ALL.. SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH....


HUGS , KISSES... ROSES.. N EVRYTHING ELSE... LOOVVEE U ALL


SARU A.K.A SADDIE


ADMIN EDIT: real names were removed

No sure how many share the same problem...

I like sleeping while listening to the rain fall.

That can be just a wee bit hard when you live in a desert.

Courtesy Maca, I present to y'all...

RainyMood.com

Enjoy....

Thank You...

Nick Drake. You save me over and over again.

You're my angel. Probably the only thing that keeps me sane.

I love you. And I thank God everyday, just because you lived. You lived. And you keep us alive.

You will never be forgotten.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/18312369/Nick+Drake+ZZ040.jpg

Now we rise...now we're everywhere....

And to sum up...

I haven't been here in a while...sorry 'bout that. Stuff's been happening around me, I guess. But then stuff happens around everyone...

Anyhoo, I went through a spot of depression.

Now I'm okay.

And sick.

Huh.

I have a lot to talk about...so lets start, shall we?

#1: THANK YOU MY WONDERFULLY DELUDED PALS!
Have recently rediscovered the joys of having some of the best pals in the world. And so I wanna dedicate this part of the post to you guys - my real, lovable friends. I don't care who has how many facebook friends, but of this I am sure: I have the greatest pals in the world. The very best. And I don't say this enough, but I love you guys - so so so so soooooo much :)

#2: Mr. Has-A-Nice-Voice:
Mr. Has-A-Nice-Voice came to our class one day. He looked well, average. Nothing about him was out of the ordinary. And then he started speaking. Oh my oh my oh my! What a lovely voice!

#3: From the Darkest Corner of my Criminal Mind:
I'm watching waaay too much of Criminal Minds. Cant get serial Killers out of my mind! What am I doing here? I should have been a Criminologist. I knew I belonged in the good side of the world of crime back when I was fourteen. Care to explain WTF am I doing studying engg?

#4: I Really Need To Start Studying:
Its a subject I didn't pay attention to in 12th. And now I'm sick, I have a hell lot of portion to complete, I don't have the right text book and I have the worst teacher in the world. I am so S-C-R-E-W-E-D.

#5: Stay tuned for more Random Ramblings!
COMING SOON: My views on just about everything I'm crazy about!

#6: And Finally:
I could leave a photo of something really cute, like a bunch of (nuke) babies or hopping wabbits, but somehow, I find this cuter than anything else:

" Love " is beautiful!! ya right!!

Supp ?? Life's good???


But life's not good for the entire spectrum of my friends and that's a dampener to all my fun. And believe it or not its 'LOVE' that's playing the spoil sport out here and i thought it was the most beautiful feeling one can experience. 


Experience it is, but not a good one in the recent past for a few ppl i know.
It was all beautiful and heavenly in the beginning like always then the fuck ups begin. And believe me or not its not only temptation ,rowing eyes, fights, infidelity that play spoil sport but also STUPID decisions we take when we start out!!!!

The problem with so called LOVE is that when u start out, u start with preplanned ends!! That its not love ppl, its just a contractual agreement for ur FB status to say 'IN A RELATIONSHIP' OR 'COMMITTED' which is really sad!! To me, its more of a status symbol!! I am not against such agreements.. its just that its not love,its called 'STUPIDITY' or just pure 'FUN' pls don't defile the word 'LOVE'.

If your happy and having fun in your life don't get into this contractual love scenario coz it will just spoil all the fun of your life and all you know will also screw up your chances to meet your true so called 'SOUL MATE' (I don't think that the soul mate idea exists). Unless you go in for only the 'FUN and GAMES' ;-)...... Then i am totally THUMBS UP for that.


I know i sound like a pure dickhead and a shallow person for all that i am blabbering. But it just hurts me to see people spoil they inner sanctity for lame reasons especially when they mean a lot to me (I may not show it).. And that is what i am trying to say DON'T show it that you care for the people who complicated your life , by showing it, all you are doing is showing that you care and get deeper in that LAMEASS zone where you feel miserable and feel that all the world's problem are upon you, truth being you don't even have a problem , it's that you yourself have created a problem by acting all sad and mushy that 'awwwwww baby I miss you' 'I Love you' and all that crass,joining lame ass group's like 'I will never forget the times we spent together'.. complete crap..  All these won't take you any where but freaking deeper into shit.. Give it a few months,loads of cash and a new bf/gf or your crazy friends and all you will remember about your ex is when you cross paths... Ya i know saying these things might be pretttttty easy but implying it would be difficult!!!!!!!!!! Difficult my ass!!!!!!! I was in a crappy relationship and i ve experienced crossing my ex...


 All we need to do is put our heads to it and stop feeling sorry for ourselves!!!! Not eating , sitting alone looking at the stars and the moon looks really good  only in the movies with different camera angles...


In life there are no different angles,there is just one angle 'YOU LOOK LIKE A LOOSER'  or a LOVE SICK MORON who is ready to fall for any Tom ,Dick and Harry who comes your way!!!!!!!!!


I am not saying LOVE is not a BEAUTIFUL feeling it might be the most satisfying feeling in the world.....  But its not worth all the pain you gotta go through.....

'I' is the word,you are the most important person in your life never forget that, you are the one who LOVES you the most , you are the one who most CARES for you, you are the one who can PROTECT you from everything,  you are the one who can be the most SWEETEST person for you, you are the one who can make you feel SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!!! and no other person can do all this for you.It's 'YOU' who is of the belief that all the above feeling is given by an other person but the TRUTH being......You is all YOU and YOU is all you need!!!!! 


Dasvidaniya!!


P.S : The way i said it would be offensive but then that's how i am, but you know whats the feeling behind it!!!!!

A little too late, perhaps?

Welcoming Boy Genius and the self-proclaimed (read prev. post) Bad Joke Extraordinaire... KayJay!

Hi world!!

Enter the matrix, now exit it.....coz this has nothing to do wid me. Matrix is one of the most boring concepts in maths...oops! i am here to talk bout myself and not the matrix...actually i am very sure of horse power..oh ..sorry..watt i am doing...no just wait a minute..i think i am not sure of this...no no 72 kg. (i mean wait)...actually i am, but not very sure... OK, thats it!! x(

Was very exited... Okay.. This time i am finally doing it.. I always had this idea of writing blogs.. But thanks to my college schedule, i never found time for blogging.. Forget blogging, i rarely came online.. I am kinda jobless now, so finally here i am.. Strangely i m the only guy here and strangely enough i am the only member who is introducing himself .. :D

But if you are gonna read the stuffs that i post, u better get used to these cheap / lame jokes that i often crack.. Now that does not mean i only crack bad ones, i do crack good ones too... " Live and let die " is a simple funda of my life...u know..if u r not a part of the solution then u are a part of the precipitate.. :D 

Well, i m like any other guy, no special.. I am ever ready for football, music and gadgets.. I believe doing things in my style..

One of the advantages of being jobless and having nothing constructive to do is that you have a lot of free time to analyze a lot of inconsequential things. Like I did my research on the increasing horniness in the pigeon society... One horny pigeon couple has hijacked my room and they refuse to leave!!!

So, while waiting for a friend to come, me and Pranav were roaming around D-Mart (yes, only losers like us wait for other people at D-Mart!!)  and that's where the fieldwork of this research happened! 

The world is getting hornier!!

Yes! I mean it....this world's really getting hornier by the day!! All you can see at Vashi creek or Seawoods is couples making out....behind dupattas! And if you're standing in a make-out free corner with your friends, the dogs come to chase you out!! Wtf is this????? some kind of natural selection to weed out singles ?!?!?! You see making out couples and by couples i mean even " pigeon couples " ...parking lot of malls, roads (yes...try walking on Off Palm Beach Road sometime!), rickshaws, movie theatres... everywhere!! Whats wrong with the world???

" Wake up people "

For all those who wanted to be woken up when September ended. Please don't kill me for that... 

So, until I find another inconsequential topic to research on, I'm signing off!!

P.S : If you have any violent / non-violent idea of me getting rid of this horny pigeon couple....please do let me know!!

Like an umbrella...

They get you when they need you.
They use you throughout the rainy months.
They don't give a damn about you. 
They can't spare a few moments to take care of you.
Even though you give everything you have.
Even if you put your life into it.
You're always at the bottom of the bag.
Rain goes, your existence becomes a burden.
Soon you're not even in the bag.
You're somewhere on the street, stuck in the mud.
Tired, broken, helpless.
And you see them walk by with a new umbrella in their hands.
Before you feel sorry for their new victim,
The garbage man picks you up.
And now you're really in a dump.

http://www.soundofwater.com/gallery/umbrella.jpg

I put my LIFE into doing donkey-work for those pathetic, disgusting beings. I dropped everything - my life, my friends, my ego, my work - for them. I doubted some of the most amazing friends I've ever had. I was at their beck-and-call 24*7. I fucking worshiped them.


Now they're in a jam because of someone. And they are blaming me. 


Filthy Bastards.


I hope their life sucks.


Hate me for who I am, but don't you EVER accuse me of doing something that I would NEVER do.

Melancholy

HENCE, all you vain delights,
As short as are the nights
Wherein you spend your folly:
There's nought in this life sweet
If man were wise to see't,	5
But only melancholy,
O sweetest Melancholy!
Welcome, folded arms, and fixèd eyes,
A sigh that piercing mortifies,
A look that's fastened to the ground,	10
A tongue chain'd up without a sound!
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
Moonlight walks, when all the fowls
Are warmly housed save bats and owls!	15
A midnight bell, a parting groan!
These are the sounds we feed upon;
Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley;
Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.

-J. Fletcher (1579-1625)

Looking Back

Another semester is coming to an end.

It feels like a long time ago, when we were still in school, lived in our own secure worlds, unaware of what lay ahead of us. College was a distant thing of the future..

And now more than a year later, I look back at the journey that has brought me here. Leaving school, leaving Mumbai, writing a million tests, joining college, meeting an entirely new crowd and having things fall into place.

The way we met, the way our lives had intersected for that one moment and how we’ve come far along the road..thinking about it makes me wonder at the working of the universe.

Now that I’ve mentioned it..all the weird meetings are flooding my consciousness..uh oh. I think I need some chocolate now.

Superman: Its Not Easy!

Surplus Copies!!! Call Now!!! (Postage and handling extra)

It's a Condition...It's a Plague...It's...It's...It's Super Lethargy!!!!!! (*everyone ooooohs and a few girls swoon) Yes, Super Lethargy. This Anti-(super)hero has been around since the beginning of time itself and has ever since been playing the Grinch to poor Devil's life-long holiday. What purpose doth the Devil serve when man self-destructs through lethargy?


It is the reason why Superman wears his undergarments on those blue nylon leggings that he passes off as pants. Oh, and it's also why he has the same pair of his costume on at all times.

No wonder SUPIE suffers from a bad case of the KRYPTON CRAWL making him dance!

And then of course there is the Amazing Procrastination-man, who crawls up and down the walls of our head, helping us put off work until later when it is too late to be done, who has been meaning to get his spelling corrected(in the first picture) but keeps putting it off until later.


Remember, how eons ago, when we were hyper little kids, we used to be eager to do and learn new things? Yeah, the good old...really, really old days. So what really happened that we have become......well, you know, us?


Well, legend has it that once bitten by the Procrastination bug, humans develop special abilities that let them put off their work until it's too late to be done.

It's Alright! You can clean the cobwebs under your armpits tomorrow or the day after or never, i was only asking!

So Thank You! soooo soooo sooooooooooo much Super Lethargy and Procrastination-Man. Without you our rooms would be clean all the time, everything would be prim and proper all the time, all our work would be complete before time, making excuses would be just a myth.....oh the horror!

Noooooooooooooooo!

Oh quit cribbing Batman, you have a bloody butler who does all your dirty work!

HELP!!!

Awesome video made for an AWESOME Beatles song. Note the animation and Typefaces. Brilliant stuff. One of the things i hope to do as a designer ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2Iii0Psao