sapno ki nagri-- mumbai

Things u wont miss, wen u r in mumbai:

• the yellow roofed black taxis: they r here, there and everywhere.
• red coloured match box type buses.
• the simply dressed people: simplicity is their fashion statement.
• the traffic: though nobody seems to be in a hurry but be sure that u have ample travellin time. i missed seein most of mumbai coz of this reason. :(
• the chowpati n the food: channa jor garam, pani puri, pav bhaji, pulav and the famous vada pav(missed it again)
• nariman point: cud sit there for hrs and hrs just staring at the sea and seein the sunset...
• the heaviness in the air. caught a mild cold coz of the humidity there...
• the billboards: giant hoardings of frida pinto, Raj Thackeray, 555 chai etc etc...
• the high rises and the dilapidated buildings and the slums: it is this sharp contrast in the the buildings that amazed me the most... there are the corporate houses tall shiny shinny sparkling clean glass buildings , then u have the buildings with caged windows and algae ridden walls and then u have the slums (which need no description).
• n last but not the least my best friend: she can keep u engrossed for hrs by her stories.

connected lives

Today an amazing incident happened. I was writing an email to a friend and at the very same moment she messaged me, asking me to call her back... wow!! I never believed in anything known as telepathy. Now, i understand wat ppl mean wen they say, "I feel there is a connection between us." So many times it happens that frm one message, frm one reply in gtalk u get to know the mood of the person u r talking to... leave alone this, so many times it happens that u come to kno that someone's remebering u... u can just feel it!! can science explain this?? i don't think so. Can u explain this?? plz do!!
Don't believe me... i ll give u an example, one of my friends had her interview. we had prepared for it together, so knew the level of preparation and i knew that it was pretty gud... exactly at the tym of the interview i cudn't concentrate on my work n started feeling nervous(discussed it after the interview, wen she called me up.) Frustrated, got up and went to a colleague's cube, loitered here n there... finally, half n hour later i got a call frm her, tellin me it went off fine... wat a relief! finally i was able to finish my work. Can u explain this?? I've myself never believed in a higher power... whether it exists or not is a mystery to me... but incidents like these do make me think "maybe, i shud re-think abt the existence of God."

Ode to the nice guys

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~jenf/writing/rant04.html

This link was sent to me by a nice guy and i will dedicate this little article to him and all the other nice guys i've met!!

the story of an ellipsis

U might be thinking-- who the hell I am?? Im the ellipsis, noh not the eclipse, the ellipsis- the three dots (...) u use so much while writing informally. Im sure there mustn't be anybody who doesn't use me. U use me wen u want to say something but u fall short of words, at times wen u want to tarkaofy someone u write "hmm..." , sometimes wen u trail off into silence, and this way there can be many more situations where u use me...
However, im very angry with some of u. U don't use me properly, instead of 3 dots u put infinite no. of dots. Ohh!! that's so irritating. It feels like u r abusing me. Like everyone of you who want their names to be written and pronounced correctly, i ask for the same respect. U've gotto understand I have only 3 dots not 4 or 5 or 10 or 20. So be careful next tym u use me, remember my story and remeber i have feelings too...
But on the other hand, it feels good to be a part of ur life as u've been using me ever so often nowdays. For that, i want to thank u all for making me such an important part of your life...

wait at the airport

Sitting at the airport, waiting for my flight back to delhi, back to the real world, party's over!! This trip has been very different from the usual trips, i talked to so many different people the driver, the internet cafe wala, so many seniors frm Symbi, the shop wala bhaiya, the bakery wala bhaiya-- which is so not me. Right now sitting in the airport, observing people. Everyone engrossed in their own world. Everyone's life is a story in which they are the main protagonist (I kno it's a cliche, but i cudn't resist it here). Someone waiting to their son/daughter, autowala's waiting for a sawari (pestering the outgoing passengers), a family in front of me going for a marriage, an inquisitive person peering into my laptop(shoo man), so many ppl around me going on business trips, some ppl goin to meet their friends, some people going back to their homes, some ppl goin away frm their homes, an MBA student carrying a survey asking these people to fill a survey form. Each indiviual here has something to tell. Each face here showing an eagerness for the future. And, life goes on... As for me, 2 more hrs of waiting!! Im trying to entertain myself by making wierd faces for the kid in front of me, but he doesn't react. Useless kid!! Let the wait go on...

the first impressions

Ppl say "first impression is the last impression" and I say-- first impression shud never be even considered, for it's always wrong. Here are some of my first impressions in chronological order. (These impressions may or may not be true or they may simply be in the testing period also):

My company: wow!!
My Job: it's a challenging one!! (still is)
My clg: scary seniors... had heard so much abt them!! but they all turned out to be such sweet ppl.
My batch mates: uhhh!!! uff i wish my class had better looking guys!! (im sure the guys must have thot the same abt girls)
My hometown: it's like a village, therez nothing here. No entertainment and no life!!! But lately this place has improved so much, with malls and recreational centers coming up in every galli galiaar ;)
My school: wat a s**** school. but, there cudnt have been a better place to fulfill my DCE dream.
Friend1: i thot she was very chant, but then i was such gud friend with her wen I realized she wasnt that chant, then again she became chant and now i really dont know if she is chant or not chant!!! (still trying to figure this one out)
Friend2: 1st impression--cute, innocent person. talked a bit-- totally arrogant, too full of himself but helpful at times, talked a bit more interesting personality but still full of himself, now im at truce with him (dont think too hard it's not u!!)
Friend3: 1st impression--she's such a sweet person!! 2nd impression--anything but sweet!! but then she turned out to be the most creatively original person i've ever met.
Sud1 and Sud2: 1st impression- sweet, polite and nice ppl. later and til date-- never trust them!!
And now i'll tell u wat ppl said their first impression was abt me -- they said "i was a selfish person!!!"
Ahhh!!! im sure they made a mistake somewhere or did they???

weird me!!!

These are a few things u'll notice wen u r with me:

1. All the rubbish has to go into the dustbin. Ppl keep cribbing that India is so dirty, but it all starts from you!! and you teaching the rest of ur friends the same.
2. If u r with me, n u bitch abt someone... i'll do the listening part. It's very rare that i bitch back.
3. i hate ppl who crib abt money, except when ppl have some monetary problem.
4. there'll be times wen i'll be chattering away, eatin ur head with my nonsensical bakwaas but there'll be times wen u wont even notice my presence.
5. i can be irritatingly analytical at times (For eg: read theory of shattered glass)
6. "kuch naya karte hain"--- that's my fav dialogue. have ne ideas??

abhi mein itni weird nahi hoon... kuch aur yaad aayega toh i'll add in for sure!!!

DEEP THINKING

Yesterday my sister asked me: wat is the one thing you would want to eliminate from the face of the earth? (typical Miss India/World question)
Me: World Peace (phataak se I answered)
My sis: huh??
Me: there would be no fun if there is no terrorism. Imagine a world with no country accusing the other country for all the bombings and the killings that are taking place!! No news about Sri Lanka, no allegations on Pakistan for not carrying out proper investigations, no war between Israel and Palestine... and what about the media?? They'll stop earning, u see the amount of unemployement that will be generated due to world peace. And moreover, until and unless u r living on the edge wat's the point in living. Right!! Doesn't the fact that you cud die tomorrow make u live ur life to the fullest today. There would be no fun in living a life without fear, that is why terrorism is essential. :)

(Caution: Please don't believe watever u've read, i certainly don't believe in this philosophy)