When I saw my last update on my blog page I really couldnt believe that its been more than a year that I have really written something here. I guess August 2009 was the last I even visited it. The years 2008-2009 were the days when I had limited access to internet browsing, so I used to write voraciously and surf incessantly while spending a fortune over the extra Megabytes and even resorting to the Cyber Cafe incase of restrictions from my mom. Now I have both, the sources of ideas as well as unlimited means, but unfortunately no time. My MBA is just an year old and I realise I have lost touch with most of the things I used to enjoy doing - like spending time with friends, singing, music editing, swimming, photo graphics videos, read read read, spend time in introspection and many more. I wonder if the number of hours have drastically reduced over this year. I hope this trend doesnt carry on after my course too.
Uhh, let me pull the mood to a more lighter note. I also realise that my Twilight fever has also become an year old :) One wouldnt believe it if I say I used to day-dream about Edward Cullen even while I was sitting in the class of the most expensive course of my lifetime. Phew...!! Thank god my mommy didnt know of it. Else she would'nt have agreed to pay my next trimester's fees. But nonetheless my roommate, Darshna as well as my classmates were my victims of this scourge. Hahah. There was nothing other than Twilight soundtracks playing on my Laptop. Be it the class or my room. Darshu had literally already memorised by rote all its dialogues in a week's time without actually even watching the flick. Can you beat that? :P The frenzy was catching up with the class too, when people watched and started referring the movie to their siblings. Why I recall all this is because the fever is back again with the release of the 3rd Twilight movie - Eclipse and this is what I am hooked to right now. It isnt released in India and am waiting for it. Though there isnt a single youtube upload which I must not have watched already :D
On a more serious note, I have couple of assignments to finish before my class at 5 and there is mammoth report which I have to finish too. Ciao for now readers :)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
GONE TOO SOON....I'L REMEMBER THE TIME!
I got an SMS at 4am on June 26th, that said - MJ Dead.....End of an Era.....i thought i was dreaming.... a Teardrop - Thats what slipped from my eyes when in the morning I realised, I was not!
I do not suppose there existed/will exist an entertainer that can or will come close to the extraordinary, magical, and breath taking gift that you have generously allowed us all to witness.
Even TODAY as i write this, it seems so untrue. Watched his Memorial Ceremony yesterday night. Everyone spoke of what a shy soul he was. The people who spoke about him were not INDIA TV or AAJTAK people (who have no sense about life and death and have only known TRPs)....they were not people who made money from Michael's Fame. They were his close friends and family who knew him inside out. Not many spoke about his wives. Maybe they never were worth of it.No one could probably even understand what he was going through from inside after all these years of wrong trials going against him, his wives too never did...!! He was just too sensitive to handle people’s viciousness! The allegations, the media hype, the hollow controversies......it all killed him, not the cardiac arrest/drug overdose.....now please let him rest in peace....The tabloids wouldnt leave him even after death..Staples Centre drew huge amount of Bucks from Media presence for parking at the gateway and all....Truly shameful...
I was watching this video and was just comparing the attitudes of the two people who were being interviewed. It was a surprise to see that Michael was such a great personality and yet as humble and softspoken as his friends had said....look at his eyes when he spoke...just feel the tone of his voice when he wants to clear the truth. Never aggressive, never oversmart. And his wife? See it for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2NegZ4_AM&NR=1
He never reflected the irreverence that our so-called Bollywood Stars start throwing after a couple of hits. They called Michael's Memorial as the THE BIGGEST CELEBRITY SEND-OFF...he deserved it man! He deserved it !
All the controversies about the colour of his skin ( damn, its his life, his own skin....his own skin disease or any compulsion....he had vitiligo anyways.....why should losers bother to advise him of whats right/wrong...who filed a case when our desi kangana ranaut got herself under the knife for FASHION, who filed a suit when Angelina Jolie got herself special body creams made out of the skin peel of an endangered species called -SNAKES only to keep out her natural old-age nerves creeping outta her hands ), his nose job ( what else would he have done when it broke during a rehearsal ?? ), sleeping with minors (the children followed him everywhere - it was a mistake on his part to fulfil the wishes of parents who said MY GIRL/BOY IS DYING OF CANCER,SHE WANTED TO MEET MJ BEFORE SHE DIED,SHE WANTS TO SEE YOUR NEVERLAND HOME'S THEME PARK,PLS FULFIL HIS/HER WISH, PLZ PLZ PLZ JESUS WILL BLESS YOU )......he paid badly for his help! Have you read about the torture which he got from the police after his arrest?
http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2729-michael-jacksons-charity-legacy
An excerpt from www.allmichaeljackson.com - Michael Jackson is a true humanitarian, an example to us all. He has devoted much time and money to a wide range of charities. He loves children and takes time out when touring secretly visting sick children. He also has special rooms at his home Neverland for sick and terminally ill children to stay over. He was listed in the 2000 edition of the Guiness Book Of World Records for breaking the world record for the "Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star". It states that Michael Jackson has supported 39 charity organizations either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or by participating in their silent auction.
I wonder why he ever wrote "GONE TOO SOON".....he shouldnt have!
Yes, he was the greatest entertainer on earth...No one else can match his innovative deadly moves, or write and sing songs as he did....sing with as much passion as he did....an ardent lover of Classical Music, he was always inspired by it more than Pop. The whole world has millions and millions of his duplicates who try to copy his moves....bt can anyone else be suchha Powerpacked Combo like him ever again??
His children would be safe, coz Michael was a pure soul...All his good deeds will pass on to his next generation, because its THEY who know what their DADDY was....Michael, you would never fade away from the memories of people, thats for sure, but I never got to see you in person/person , thats the only thing that saddens me! Thats a pain I would carry in my heart till my end. Come back before I die... !
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
This one is the best fwd ever…really read it…it’s awesome!!!
A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste.. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.
I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've
met a few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
Ms. Pretty
Here's a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:
Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same
goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.
Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do
contact me…
Signed,
J.P. Morgan
A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste.. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.
I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've
met a few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
Ms. Pretty
Here's a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:
Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same
goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.
Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do
contact me…
Signed,
J.P. Morgan
Friday, December 26, 2008
Train To Pakistan
The story of Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh dates back to partition time. It is a fiction revolving around the village of Mano Majra where people are not clearly aware of the happenings in India, of how no part of the country has been spared of Hindu-Muslim hatred. The villagers are ignorant, perhaps, because they never thought of Hindus and Muslims any different from each other. In short, Mano Majra was a cultural paradise where people were religious but not religious fanatics.
The book which starts with illegitimate sex (a Khushwant Singh typecast) and ends with illegitimate death has everything - from love to hatred, from religion to atheism, from peace to riots, from life to death. There are certain instances where one would feel pukish. The writing style is purely Indian, in fact to be very precise it is typical Khushwant Singh types.
More than the plot (since, the title of the book gives away the hint of the story), it is the characters that are interesting, especially one Iqbal who adds a little urban style to the simple, unstylish Indian lifestyle. The hallmark of the book is its insight into normal lives of Hindus and Muslims who were victims of circumstances and the fact that partition was the biggest tragedy in the history of India.
Yes, the book was released decades ago a little later after the separation movement but even today it remains one of the best by any Indian writers. For youth who wants to know what and how the scene was in 1947, this fiction story could throw light on the sufferings that both Hindus and Muslims underwent. The lines and thoughts are interlaced andthus provides a free flow of the plot.
The book which starts with illegitimate sex (a Khushwant Singh typecast) and ends with illegitimate death has everything - from love to hatred, from religion to atheism, from peace to riots, from life to death. There are certain instances where one would feel pukish. The writing style is purely Indian, in fact to be very precise it is typical Khushwant Singh types.
More than the plot (since, the title of the book gives away the hint of the story), it is the characters that are interesting, especially one Iqbal who adds a little urban style to the simple, unstylish Indian lifestyle. The hallmark of the book is its insight into normal lives of Hindus and Muslims who were victims of circumstances and the fact that partition was the biggest tragedy in the history of India.
Yes, the book was released decades ago a little later after the separation movement but even today it remains one of the best by any Indian writers. For youth who wants to know what and how the scene was in 1947, this fiction story could throw light on the sufferings that both Hindus and Muslims underwent. The lines and thoughts are interlaced andthus provides a free flow of the plot.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
SURE SIGNS OF INTERNET ADDICTION
Who can live without the internet, right? I mean, it's pivotal to our lives, our existence and our being. From email to news to chat to YouTube, some of us would rather have a computer with an internet connection rather than food when stranded on a desert island.
Some sure-fire tell-tale signs that you think the internet is the greatest invention ever, beating even sliced bread to the ground. And all these are from my perspective. [:P]
01. You get a deep sense of sadness when you don't see a (1) next to 'inbox'.
02. You refresh all your mail accounts once in 5 minutes. For some strange reason, you prefer new email to mails to reply to!
03. You use :P while writing with a pen and paper (oh come on, you've done a :) atleast! Admit it!).
04. When people ping you asking you for help, before they can state their query, you do Ctrl-T and have the cursor in the Google bar.
05. Your chat list has a familiar 'feel' to it. You subliminally know what goes where, and if one of the regular online guys is offline, something seems terribly out of place (but you can't put a finger on it). There has to be a term for this.
06. You have a folder full of text files with answers to frequently asked questions :P
07. You love the Alexa toolbar.
08. Somehow get a kick out of watching Cricinfo commentary online, as opposed to watching a game in real life.
09. You feel the internet should never be wasted, especially an unlimited collection and keep downloading.
10. Actually cheer torrents on (Come on, you can get to 30 kbps! Go guys, go!).
11. When you say HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA or HILARIOUS!!!! what you're most likely to be doing is just smiling.
12. Refer to :P in real life as the P smiley after an incredulous friend asks why you're sticking your tongue out at a goofy angle after saying something stupid.
13. You feel extremely proud of yourself when you do something non-internet like read an actual newspaper or are writing on an actual piece of paper, so much so that you feel the dire need to go online and tell people :|
14. You have your phone attached via Bluetooth to the computer so you can send off even quicker SMSes, and can check numbers even more fundoo-ly.
15. You actually take your phone to the toilet and finish writing the blogpost, when nature calls. Like I did for this point onwards.
16. People exclaim in surprise that you actually went offline, when what really happened was you got disconnected.
17. You check your college and personal mail before brushing and going to the loo.
18. ULTRA-ADDICTION: You rename all your contacts according to how you know them (School, College, Work, Online, Others, etc) and have created mailing groups so you can spam multiple people easily.
19. You get a high when you find a long-l0st friend on Orkut, and have this feeling of relief when you finally establish contact with him. It's another matter that you may never speak to each other for months, but he just HAS to be there on your Orkut / GTalk list.
20. The last three times you saw a movie on the computer, you minimised the screen so that you could chat with someone side-by-side.
21. You find your friends in the US asking you whether it isn't time to go to bed yet, only then you realise that it's five in the morning.
22. You looked at the computer clock first for the previous point, and then, incredulous, you look at the phone.
23. The idea of signing out of GTalk is antithesis to your entire being. What if someone important pings while I'm sleeping?!
24. You waste time reading useless lists like this and say, "That will never happen to me."
PS: Slightly related post: here.
Some sure-fire tell-tale signs that you think the internet is the greatest invention ever, beating even sliced bread to the ground. And all these are from my perspective. [:P]
01. You get a deep sense of sadness when you don't see a (1) next to 'inbox'.
02. You refresh all your mail accounts once in 5 minutes. For some strange reason, you prefer new email to mails to reply to!
03. You use :P while writing with a pen and paper (oh come on, you've done a :) atleast! Admit it!).
04. When people ping you asking you for help, before they can state their query, you do Ctrl-T and have the cursor in the Google bar.
05. Your chat list has a familiar 'feel' to it. You subliminally know what goes where, and if one of the regular online guys is offline, something seems terribly out of place (but you can't put a finger on it). There has to be a term for this.
06. You have a folder full of text files with answers to frequently asked questions :P
07. You love the Alexa toolbar.
08. Somehow get a kick out of watching Cricinfo commentary online, as opposed to watching a game in real life.
09. You feel the internet should never be wasted, especially an unlimited collection and keep downloading.
10. Actually cheer torrents on (Come on, you can get to 30 kbps! Go guys, go!).
11. When you say HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA or HILARIOUS!!!! what you're most likely to be doing is just smiling.
12. Refer to :P in real life as the P smiley after an incredulous friend asks why you're sticking your tongue out at a goofy angle after saying something stupid.
13. You feel extremely proud of yourself when you do something non-internet like read an actual newspaper or are writing on an actual piece of paper, so much so that you feel the dire need to go online and tell people :|
14. You have your phone attached via Bluetooth to the computer so you can send off even quicker SMSes, and can check numbers even more fundoo-ly.
15. You actually take your phone to the toilet and finish writing the blogpost, when nature calls. Like I did for this point onwards.
16. People exclaim in surprise that you actually went offline, when what really happened was you got disconnected.
17. You check your college and personal mail before brushing and going to the loo.
18. ULTRA-ADDICTION: You rename all your contacts according to how you know them (School, College, Work, Online, Others, etc) and have created mailing groups so you can spam multiple people easily.
19. You get a high when you find a long-l0st friend on Orkut, and have this feeling of relief when you finally establish contact with him. It's another matter that you may never speak to each other for months, but he just HAS to be there on your Orkut / GTalk list.
20. The last three times you saw a movie on the computer, you minimised the screen so that you could chat with someone side-by-side.
21. You find your friends in the US asking you whether it isn't time to go to bed yet, only then you realise that it's five in the morning.
22. You looked at the computer clock first for the previous point, and then, incredulous, you look at the phone.
23. The idea of signing out of GTalk is antithesis to your entire being. What if someone important pings while I'm sleeping?!
24. You waste time reading useless lists like this and say, "That will never happen to me."
PS: Slightly related post: here.
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