Time...

Time... How it flies by...

Two years to the day... I left Delhi.. left for another place... a place where I am right now... for what... to what...

Looking back... to some this would be wasted time... to me... I have learned new lessons... most of them the hard way... but lessons for sure...

As cliched as it might be, there's no looking back other than to remember what you learned. What is there though, is to look ahead and move forward...

Thoughts from Kashmir

Coming Soon....


:)

A fall, a bump in the head but still working.... :)

My Laptop fell the other day from my wardrobe and broke... so now that makes the list such... the screen had long gone, which I got replaced and it is now again on the verge of giving away, the battery doesnt last more than 10 mins, the hard disk cannot last another fatal error if I am right, some of the ports no longer work and now the whole damn thing has fallen and is broken. Wonder what the message is that it so desperately seems to be trying to pass on to me...

But then again, as has been the case with all my stuff, I have never been known to take care of them but still, they have served me without giving me too much to worry about. They have kept going on & on, struggling, sputtering maybe but never giving up.
This has been the case till date, however, I guess I am soon gonna run out of this luxury that I seem to have over abused now.

Well, as goes the song from the movie 'Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind'.... Everybody's gotta learn sometime...

So, the sooner the better ... :)

...

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd


An excerpt from Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard".

To read the full poem (one should... I think its nice) Click Here.

Kabhi....

Kabhi, mai na chahun koi khushi
Na mai chahun yeh zindagi
Mere dil me teri kami

Har sanam, har pal hai koi karam
Har dil ki chahat magan
Dar dar ke guzre janam

Jungalon aur samandaron me sami
Hai raahtein jo mile na kabhi
Is haseen samay ki yeh rahat samajh me aane lagi
Ban jayegi yeh khushi, mil jayegi yeh khushi
Kitne samay guzar gaye, bichad gaye is samay
Ban jayegi yeh zameen....



Kabhi, mai chahun sabke liye
Khul jayein dil me chhupe
Chhote chhote ghum ke gile

Oh kabhi, mai chahun tere liye
Mai chahun mere liye
Jo gaoon sabke liye

Jungalon aur samandaron me sami
Hai raahtein jo mile na kabhi
Is haseen samay ki yeh rahat samajh me aane lagi
Ban jayegi yeh khushi, mil jayegi yeh khushi
Kitne samay guzar gaye, bichad gaye is samay
Ban jayegi yeh zameen....

As they say... Better late than Never

So with this, I have now completed all editions of Klueless. I eagerly await their next edition this Oct/Nov and hope to reach the top 100 that I had planned for last time. Funny I was having a gala time elsewhere because of which I wasn't able to do it this time. No Regrets :)

Glad my friend, Aditya, got into the top 100. He is on Rank 58th!

I'll be there next time :)

Drifting...

Is this going to be the beginning of the drift?

Is it going to begin now? Whats gonna happen next? What is one supposed to do?

Many a question as always... answers... well... that's a search that still continues... isn't it?

Coincidences??

A friend once told me how she believes that books come to you whenever you need it...

I dont really know about books... but I can tell you something about my experience with songs. No, not that the songs have been what I needed, but it has always been something that matches with my frame of mind at that moment. Be it joy, happiness, sadness, trepidation, confusion or whatever else you can think of. But yeah, its always been n sync with how the minds (only?) working at that moment.
Maybe for some reason I have all the songs that go along with all those emotions somewhere close to me, and by the way its not like I select and play them myself, its got to do nothing with me, cud be the next track on my phone, the radio with the local chaiwala, or the local music store blaring out songs from the speakers that they place outside their shops... its just not something that I control...

Not that I am going to be the one who complains about it :)

Now the more educated or the cynics would say (I include myself here btw) that its just another game played by the mind. As someone once said the mind sees what it wants to see... maybe its just that my mind finds some weirdly concocted way to relate the songs with the frame of mind... but then again dont you think its an awful lot of coincidence managing to do that almost every time?

Anyway, I am not sure why I am writing all this, other than the fact that I am listening to songs and well what do you know, they still are in sequence, in sequence with the times, thoughts and well who knows what else :)

Cheers to Life

. . .

Happiness only Real when Shared!

- Christopher Johnson McCandless

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Tagged !!! .... contd.

Oh and by the way... here is what all that jazz was about the tag :D

1. If your lover betrayed you, what would your reaction be? -
Hmmm... surprised, shocked and well would be in search of the reason for doing so, trying to get the better of that reason, try and be a better man, a better person. Betrayal doesn't happen on its own, there's always a reason behind it and more often solving that would be more than an answer to everything else.

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be? -
Same as my taggers response.. "will not disclose. But if my dream comes true, I will be a 'happier' person.

3. Whose butt would you like to kick? -
Mine. (Again similar response... not a single person other than my own ass) :D

4. What would you do with a billion dollars? -
Travel the world, help the needy (no kidding i really would :)), maybe start my own "Make a Wish" foundation :D

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend? -
Rather, let me put it this way, the one I love would be my best friend :)

6. Which is more blessed: loving someone or being loved by someone? -
I would say both. It's not really a choice between the two, bcoz either way it would be an undermining the other by making a choice, to the loved one and the one who loves, I am believe both are a blessing in their own.

7. How long would you wait for someone you loved? -
How does one wait for someone you 'loved'. You wait for those whom you 'love'. And when in love, there is no time line, there is no end.

8. If the person you secretly like is attached, what will you do? -
Be happy for them?? I dont know... still trying to figure out I guess :P

9. If you could root for one social cause, what would it be? -
Bob Marley's song "One Love' comes to mind. A cause to spread the message that we are all one, and when we are one, nothings bigger than that

10. What takes you down the fastest? -
Hahaha... my weight I guess :D

11. Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? -
I Don't. I don't see that far. I hope, I dream that far :)

12. What’s your fear? -
Not being able to stand up to my beliefs and proving myself

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is? -
A person whom I would def love to know more of. A tad crazy as she says, but then again, who isn't? And another person I envy bcoz she worked with Google!!! :D

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor? -
How come married and rich are never an option in such cases? What's wrong with that? Between the two, well its not married but I'd rather be Poor and in love. However, I'm going to be in love and rich and hopefully married too :D

15. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? -
Try not to open my eyes and see reality. But then again, its after u wake up, so the minds already on its walk through the thoughts of...

16. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously who will you pick? -
Not gonna happen. And even if it does, the answer would only come to you then. :)

17. Would you give all in a relationship? - Undoubtedly

18. Would you forgive and forget someone no matter how horrible a thing he has done?
If I forgive, why would I forget someone. I forgive bcoz the person matters and not to forget him/her. Yes, I'd forgive and forget the thing but not otherwise.

19. Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
I'd prefer being the only one in a relationship

20. List of 6 people to tag:
Well, from the ones who read my blog a few prefer to remain anonymous about it, a few who follow to keep track of my mind and where it's going this time, a few who do not blog, a few who have already been tagged and well then there are the others... :P :D
So nope... no one to tag in particular, its out in the open for anyone & everyone

Tagged !!!

To be honest... I was tagged over a month ago by " Naaz :P ". But, I did what comes to me best... Procrastinate (!!) over it.

Have followed a lot of blogs, a lot of people responding to tags, their thoughts, their responses to the questions. However silly or otherwise the concept might be never did find myself getting bored of reading them. Okay.. maybe a few. But, I have found many a witty responses too. Probably that's one of the reasons why I never did get myself to doing it. Somehow keep getting this complex that my answers might be wierd, well then again, my answers will be wierd but who cares right? It's not like I am safeguarding myself against an impression that my readers would form about me. And even if they do, so what? What is there that I can do about that? It doesnt change who I am.

So thank you Naaz (:P) for giving me my first tag :)

The last few lines again...

The last few lines from the movie "Death Race"

"Someone once asked me... Did I think I was the best future for my little girl...
No one in this world is perfect... Everyone knows that...
But I love her more than anyone else can possibly could...
In the end... that's all that matters"

Hmmm.... Have got nothing else to say that...

The last lines....

The Last few lines of "Hellboy (2004)"...

"What makes a man a man... a friend of mine once wondered...
is it his origins the way he comes to life...
I don't think so...
It's the Choices he makes...
not how he starts things...
but how he decides to end them."


Hmmmm... I am not sure what to make out of it... still doesn't say where I need to walk towards... not about being a man...
But more about the choices... the heart says one thing and well.... no the mind doesn't say the other.. but it sure puts questions in one's head.

A Blip I am once again :D

Hmmm...... I am now finally once again a blip in the world wide web... alright that prob dint make much sense... basically I now have internet once again... now that once again would raise a question of obviously... 'what do u mean once again?'

Well I had moved out from my friends place to nearby where now I stay alone... in a room with a terrace for company and well.... lets leave the rest :)

After struggling for the past 3 weeks or so without internet decided to get it at home last week... and after some more struggle have finally got it installed at my place :)

So yeah in a nutshell there u go... I am now ONLINE :D

August Rush

The Music is all around us... All you have to do is 'Listen'

- August Rush

Inspirational stuff???

Something tht a friend suggested to me... hmmm...



Hmmmm

Another Day... Another Time

No... this is not related to what I had written earlier... but this has to do with some gates being closed temporarily a few months ago

I have booked my GMAT date. Yeah, for those who were not aware (are there any really???), I am giving my Gmat again. The Date is 12th Oct 2008, 1345hrs.

Have this mixed feeling going on in my head, not only a feeling of fear, worry, anxiety, trepidation, but also excitement, hope, belief, faith, confidence.

By 1800hrs on that day... I hope to be a happily ecstatic man and come out of the center smiling with having taken many a steps closer to an ambition that I've had since long.

Wish me luck guys... for every dream is achieved by taking one step forward, however related or unrelated, but its the step forward that counts :)

Here's to fulfillment of dreams :D

Here's to the Class of 2009... the way I always used to understand it to be :D

Hmmmm :)

St John Chrysostom said

“Those whom we love and lose are no longer where they were. They are now wherever we are.”


To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;

to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;

and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.

Mary Oliver


Courtesy: Jo McGowan's Blog

Ask Calvin's Dad - hehehehe - Nice one :)

Stolen from someone who stole them from Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.

Illustrating the value of a good explanation in science education!

Calvin: Why does the sun set?
Dad: It’s because hot air rises. The sun’s hot in the middle of the day, so it rises high in the sky. In the evening then, it cools down and sets.
Calvin: Why does it go from east to west?
Dad: Solar wind.

Calvin: Why does the sky turn red as the sun sets?
Dad: That’s all the oxygen in the atmosphere catching fire.
Calvin: Where does the sun go when it sets?
Dad: The sun sets in the west. In Arizona actually, near Flagstaff. That’s why the rocks there are so red.
Calvin: Don’t the people get burned up?
Dad: No, the sun goes out as it sets. That’s why it’s dark at night.
Calvin: Doesn’t the sun crush the whole state as it lands?
Dad: Ha ha, of course not. Hold a quarter up. See, the sun’s just about the same size.
Calvin: I thought I read that the sun was really big.
Dad: You can’t believe everything you read, I’m afraid.

Calvin: How come old photographs are always black and white? Didn’t they have color film back then?
Dad: Sure they did. In fact, those old photographs are in color. It’s just that the world was black and white then. The world didn’t turn color until sometime in the 1930s, and it was pretty grainy color for a while, too.
Calvin: But then why are old paintings in color?! If the world was black and white, wouldn’t artists have painted it that way?
Dad: Not necessarily. A lot of great artists were insane.
Calvin: But… But how could they have painted in color anyway? Wouldn’t their paints have been shades of gray back then?
Dad: Of course, but they turned colors like everything else did in the ’30s.
Calvin: So why didn’t old black and white photos turn color too?
Dad: Because they were color pictures of black and white, remember?

Calvin: Dad, will you explain the theory of relativity to me? I don’t understand why time goes slower at great speed.
Dad: It’s because you keep changing time zones. See, if you fly to California, you gain three hours on a five-hour flight, right? So if you go at the speed of light, you gain more time, because it doesn’t take as long to get there. Of course, the theory of relativity only works if you’re going west.

Calvin: Why do my eyes shut when I sneeze?
Dad: If your lids weren’t closed, the force of the explosion would blow your eyeballs out and stretch the optic nerve, so your eyes would flop around and you’d have to point them with your hands to see anything.

Calvin: How do bank machines work?
Dad: Well, let’s say you want 25 dollars. You punch in the amount and behind the machine there’s a guy with a printing press who makes the money and sticks it out this slot.
Calvin: Sort of like the guy who lives up in our garage and opens the door?
Dad: Exactly.

Calvin: What causes the wind?
Dad: Trees sneezing.

Calvin: Why does ice float?
Dad: Because it’s cold. Ice wants to get warm, so it goes to the top of liquids to be nearer to the sun.
Calvin: Is that true?
Dad: Look it up and find out.
Calvin: I should just look up stuff in the first place.

Calvin: How come you know so much?
Dad: It’s all in the book you get when you become a father.