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Thursday, July 30, 2009

short stories

just some small incidents came to my mind right now. Sometimes small things, like a touch or a smile or something can just make your day .. the past week's was with its frustrations n celebrations. things are moving, Just seems like i'm in a ship in a middle of an ocean, finding an island.. (i have a map, but am confused which one to choose and why).

Sleeping... the night before you were pissed off because of some things that the best way to get rid of the disease is to sleep. Just imagine waking up seeing a face, devoid of its youth, lots of wrinkles but a smile which could just make an heartache. My grandfather was looking at me, in smile, trying to wake me up, telling me your work would be done, dont feel sad.Such is the power of emotions, care and the invisible happiness which can just make stones turn. Waking up to this, I believe is a bliss possible once in a lifetime.
Who says only children are cute ??

Now, on a bike, the red lights on a crossing.... getting the opportunity to see a foot, red nailpaint n okayish slippers. The girl is busy seeing you and yyou seeing her now. The lights are 5, 4 .. the girl starts . now your mind races . she was looking n den goes.. she's interested ? should u follow her ? or wait for 3 .. she's raced ahead now .. I wait. just wen its 0, see 2 more scooters racing wid me, 2 girls, definately better than the 1st one, are going side by side .. moral of the story ???
u knw.. wait mate !! u'll get better things in life !

Monday, July 20, 2009

things things things

well i've heard it n number of times, things change change and keep on changing ...
but why dont they ??
why do you just realise after like sometime that u've ended up at the same point u were before ?
why does a circle exist ? why do people revisit their memories again and like to end up at the same point ?
why ?
Well, science says, Things are static, they dont change unless u apply a force on it. even when you apply energy conservation comes up and tells u that the whole cycle of your energy is used up in something, its becomes something else and probably would be stored back into you .. o cycles ... these cycles annoy ... samsara, the vicious cycle of desires ..... let them thoughts be taught a lesson and prevent your memories to entangle with them ... rein them, those unbridled horses. . . tame them and make them realise that you're better off ... its an experience and there has to be something different somewhere .. something you're missing .. some attribute .. try finding it and you'll find its changed .. not the same again !

tender bender

Mr. Yadav hinted at the staircase and started moving his long legs, wearing a casual jeans and a shirt (for a senior government employee above 55, it seemed cool) and a swarm of people followed, some in their best formal attire, with clean shaves, hairdo and polished leather shoes. The others, though not much in quantity (like me) were just wearing some-clothes to do us good. With a big beard on the face, i must have looked sick in front of these people. Anyways, i followed, too. We were moving down from the 4th floor to the ground to sit in a conference room

Todays scenes were flashing in my memory, the Pizza lunch, me in the same place submitting the quotation (and before that running up and down 3 times to find the exact location of the department). The classes that never took place and some discussions about the quotation for the tender (a lot of them actually). well, i was assisting someone for tender of lights to be installed in some department in chandigarh. and here i was back again, in the conference room, with a secret in my mind. the price which no one in the room knew, (but same applied to them). in a few minutes, quotations were to be opened in front of us and we would be witness to a game, similar to casino, a game of numbers, a game of having the best bet and a game of probability. seeing everyone's faces, the swanky businessmen around, i was sure about their lack of technical expertise in the field the tender was. further, this class smelled of greed, the sealed envelopes must have high prices in it, my belief. i had got a seat now n i was analysing the people around. people were asking questions from Mr Yadav, one person even mocked at the specifications mentioned in the sheet. "thats old technology". A curt response to finish him off and some more questions followed.

People which are most likely to give-away are the insecure ones. Their minds know about the possibility of losing and they've already experienced it before, though dreaded it, but still have given it their shot. with more questions, more of their insecurity and personality kept coming clearer and when the envelopes started opening, all businessmen were reduced to some 9th grade children wanting to keep on scribbling to know more about their 3 competitors.

1) 9.48 Lacs
.... some pause, some scribbling, some details asked for and told about etc etc. people were just being so bumbly dumb n i was sitting there, expressionless, with the secret in my mind.

2) 9.75 Lacs
a suppressed sigh of relief from the party no. 1, of which 2 people stood up, in their late 20's and another colleague, a 35+ chap scribbling down as fast and illegibly he could.
The team sitting in front of me had bee scribbling down and a sense of queer arrogance in the face of the sardarjee (whose tender was just opened, took my mention)

3) 7.15 Lacs for some bullshit and 6.95 Lacs for another ..
ooooooo .. the difference ! this guy must be the real one, the supplier of the products who's quoting the correct price for the job. the rest clearly have to be middlemen. clearly, there clothes did mention that only.
2 to go... myself still emotionless, but the thought making me consider a possibility that its decreasing in a spiral manner, we dont want to go lesser than this .. ...
this was ours.

2)(the reason why i sat there) .. 6.37 Lacs .. hmmmmm .. my secret was in front of everyone, just read out by Mr Yadav, who was now signing the pages he'd just read. people were just seeing the backbenchers now, the people who quoted this must be sitting in the backseat cause the ones asking the questions and have used up all their emotions are the frontbenchers... who me ? nooo .. not me someone else's it must be.. still n straight was the way to go .

1) 10.something .. n i just didnt want to hear more .. plus he wanted 1 more( for his wife i guess).
the game was over n battle won.

Going out, a person saw and just said, "from whom you'll get the stuff ? china ? but its impossible to get at this rate. you have links there ? "
"I am making them myself"
" your experience? "
" 3 years"
" we've spent 10 years and swear its not possible to make it in india !" .. some curses n i had decided to step in.
"i guess your technical knowledge was a little lesser and mine a little more then.. "
muted by words, agreeing now, it turned out that people were really not that red-taped as they looked to be.
N i was just left with the thought" O people .. why cant indian brains make things which the bloddy chinese can ?
is it necessary they have to be cheaper ? "
god bless

Saturday, July 18, 2009

The good movie to actually watch ! Persepolis

I don't know what Persepolis means, but its just a great movie. Showing the Iranian war scene through a 9 year old, the movie is a breathtaking account of the changes in customs a country goes through in war. Very contemporary (With some similar style of Southpark series), the movie aims at associating everyone for the particular question- do you have a choice?

The direction and screenplay is brilliant, for a comic. The benefit of using just 2 colors in the movie is imminent. Just by showing shades of whites, the plot undergoes through the lighter moments of life and then follows the blacks with difficult phases of life. Its something which everyone has experienced in life, the unending struggle against life, the ups and downs of the tide which one rides on. The message is evident, Be yourself! The movie aims to be emphasize the importance of being yourself and not yielding away in pressure.

The protagonist, a forceful girl with no fear in heart against the world shows the Iranian society from her eyes. The modernist thinking clashes with the conservative 'religious' clergy, police and many more, only to realize that their motives are not exactly religious, but selfishly modern too. What is most important is the character of a girl. The child, who dreams of being a nun and doing justice to all finds herself too complicated for the society. With the pressures of love and loneliness in her mind (am sure any girl will relate to marji in it), she just reflects the messy life of a normal girl in the indian society. While there are innumerable things aptly embedded into the movie, the plot unfolds almost perfectly. For example, the visit by marji to the grave of his uncle just to justify that she's decided to be truthful to herself the rest of her life.

Am impressed with the whole idea, the execution and the editing of the story. bravo! PS: English subtitles are the only way to watch it. Someone should dub in English and release in the western society.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Harry potter review. average to say the least.

I expected Harry potter-the half blood prince to be the thriller, with all about voldemort and the dark world. Sadly, its just turned out to be an average take on the JK Rowling book, with Lavender Brown getting more frames than even hermione.

Okay, they wanted to make the movie interesting for the audience, but the trade-off has been really frustrating for the harry potter fans. Most of the movie has been shot about romance in the air and teenage life of harry and his friends but the people expect a thriller from a HP movie. Not a casual take on teenage love with some magic involved. The plot just unfolds in the last half an hour of the movie and the lead characters of the novel have not been given their due while the supporting ones (lavender brown etc) are just used for no reason at all. Poor screenplay, poor direction and some really wonderous scenes reduced to a flash makes you wonder that is this the adventurous harry potter series like the other movies ?

The scenes at Hogwarts are usually filled with 'snugging' teenagers and one wonders why werent harry's seniors been shown 'snugging' in the corridors in the other harry potter movies and they just had to keep on emphasising the fact that love was in the air ? With just 1-2 spells in the whole movie, no wand-fight for the matter, the story just reduces to showing the main focus of the book, to introduce about Horcruxes and show the killing of Dumbledore. The storyline is with lots of loopholes and direction is all the while poorer. Snape has not been given his due while the movie also lacks the male protagonist's optimism. Harry is shown to be afraid of Draco in the opening scenes at hogwarts which makes you wonder if this is the boy who'll be killing voldemort in the final blockbuster. A opportunity missed, i'll say the least.

gtalk status messages and more

whats about the philosophy these days ? whats about all the 1 liners on gtalk status messages ? well, am late to discuss it, but june and early july has been the most 'philosophical' month for the freshly graduated engineers (including me).

Why ? no naukri (for the majority) , no chokkri (for some more unlucky ones).
With the recession making our lives miserable, most of the people experienced sorry letters, deferrals and lots more. some unluckier like me, still havent recieved any intimation by the companies. all this stress just after the joy of graduating made it sound more miserable. Plus the reminiscence of belts being hit and parties been given (which burnt a hole in everyone's pockets) in the name of job acceptances making it all the more miserable.

all this was evident on gtalk status messages, with practically everyone turning a philosopher or cursing someone or the other.
With cliche's like 'naukri dava de rabba' to more philosophical like 'pessimism never won any battle', sometimes even emotions fail to do justice to how i feel', 'If you're falling off a cliff, you may as well try to fly...You have nothing to loose' and god knows what to cocky ones like 'aVELAbel' available+vela.. lol,

everyones turned into a philosopher. ok. that june has passed and july's bought news about joining for the most. the transition, too has been something to show off about. those getting the joinings feel sorry for leaving chandigarh (to boast that they've got the joining), while some explicitly type 'got the joining' on the status.
its big news, to get a joining, even if from some bullshit company giving a crap of 17K per month or 25 K per month only. just remember last year, things moved in 6lac per annum and stuff, and now people are just so happy to get even salaries of clerks to just go out of home and feel happy to be on a job while the rest of their peers still are busy with empty minds making new philosophies and sharing 'desperate' status messages.

PS: i dedicate this space to ***** ****(name suppressed), who started it all, the desperate messages since his puberty (that happened like 2nd year college) when he started finding a girl for his life, sadly, we all had to witness some crappy status's of his for 2 years.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

perfect day for movies

wow .. it was a delightful watch today . starting 8PM, the TV channels were showing all the great movies of 2008. coincidence or what, it was a real delight today.

If your'e wanting a light hearted comedy about daily things, watch khosla ka ghosla. some serious stuff, change channel to 'A wednesday'. Action lovers have kidnap and ghajini to their liking. Romance you want, jab we met is there. You need to watch an oldie classic, 'yaadon ki baarat' is airing too ! Imagine all of them at the same time ! a perfect day for the greedy movie lovers like me. Plus we have lagaan, a long, but brilliant take on rural society.

a perfect day for anyone to watch a movie. and a nice break from rakhi ka syamwar .. ;)

PS : chasme buddoor and swades also aired today deserve a special mention though they were on evening times

Saturday, July 11, 2009

maggi

There's just something about maggi. No, she's not a girl. No, i've not bought a pet and named her maggi. maggi is maggi, yes. the 2 minute noodles that everyone is so ga-ga about.
whats so special in it ?

well, for boys nothing much . but there's just something about maggi. Its the Ultimate Universal liking of every girl.. the 2 minute noodles are just their liking. Now only god know why. and thats what interests me. You think its a stupid generalisation, ask the ones you are courting or wanting to court. do they like maggi ? Mostly they DO.

i mean how can 'maida', something not too good for the stomach, combined with some 'masala' be the liking of majority of girls ? even the health conscious ones. now the people who're reading this think its a joke. but believe me, if there's a way to women's heart, maggi is one of them . definately.

they fantasize, they dream and they like it. what they fantasize ? some with vegetables, some fried, some with omlette and all kind of experiments .. and when things go wrong, they love it plain too ..

some fantasize making it at late hours, with romance in their eyes. some think about making new languages to describe recipe's of maggi. some share it with their loved ones, some dream of it. they just have a fetish. and thats maggi.
there's just something about maggi. and i dont know why .

Sunday, July 5, 2009

kiddish bullshit Part 2

the next day, the same guys + some new people - Hathi... The bullshit continued with the same guys starting from where they left and the new guys feeling all the more insecure (probably that they came to the wrong party). sadly this time, the waiters were too sharp to throw us out of the restro to cause much damage.

things moved on to my place as the heat was intolerable to roam around in chandigarh's lake/marketplaces/gardens. after some more bullshit plus a dose of 'gunda', my stomach was paining just like the membrane of drums would be doing after any rock performance.

the day that started with being kids had now started becoming more natural and adventurous. after a swimming session in gymkhana club and some random roaming in panchkula streets, we were off to the mohali club to find a jam-packed full house playing tambola. The dinner was lovely, my pineapple juice lovelier. then the baskin robbin icecream and suddenly its 1 in the night. the time had just flown quickly and the exhaustion in our eyes. the day doesnt end here. A short lake visit is on the cards. its 2 now and then we realise the need of sleep. but before that, a quick game of poker on facebook (dont forget 10 min of xmen,too) ends the so so entirely busy day .....

Friday, July 3, 2009

the kiddish bullshit

Aaah.. u're 21, big and old enough to face life. ya .. you are ..... but just then you meet your schoolfriends (and there's nothing like meeting after a long time or something, its like we meet every now and then.... ) . you're suddenly in 10th, transported by bonds of camaraderie, the never ending stories and the never ceasing gossip.

Its not a new feeling to me, but, all the while, its better typing it off rather than not. the age when words like 'bada' 'chotta' 'patla' 'mota' 'aage' 'peeche' make u keep on laughing non stop (while the nearby people are wondering what kind of people are these?). the time when any word can be morphed to make you laugh...

pervut, ashole, gaadi ki 'dikky', kabaristan ki thoka thaaki, peepa and god-only-knows how many more 1 liners ... and all the more expressions .... its so obviously stupid, yet all the more comic... the stomachs start aching, eyes red, tears roll and people are forced to bang their hands and faces on the table. yet no one stops laughing. Is this being in 10th ??

the time has passed. yet the memories remain and so do the gossips, the camaraderie and the stories .. is it 10th ?? or is it 3 engineers, 1 doctor and 1 'chemist' just talking some good ol' bullshit ???

Thursday, July 2, 2009

a few good men

Just saw a few good men (and as there was nothing much to write about in the blog, i'd have to be content with it only)
Tom Cruise and Jack Nickolson its best... a nice movie, courtroom drama at its peak with a good, nicely paced story. (personally, i was expecting a romantic sidetrack on demi moore and tom cruise, but sadly that didnt happen).

Similar classic movies to watch...
12 angry men
To kill a mockingbird
Witness for prosecution
Mr. smith goes to Washington (this is a politics based movie, but the way the optimist forces the judgement is like a courtroom).