I envy people who are able to blog regularly ... write regularly ...

Thinking about what you want to write is one thing, and making sure that you go ahead and do it, inspite of how time pressed you are is another matter completely ...

But then I guess, most of the people are monetarily motivated for it .. and some even get free stuff for writing reviews ... (something that the FTC will change soon)

Understandable that getting to such a level where people pay you to review stuff, the kind of peer group influence takes time ... and an awful lot of patience .. and a ton of SEO in today's world ...

Wonder where will the world be in a few years .. when everyone is a self proclaimed expert on things and there are reviews everywhere ....

Consolidation sites exist even now, which depend on crowd analytics and intelligence ... They'll only probably increase even further now ...

Oh the future .... if I only could see you .... I'd invest in you ... :)

Father...ooh...oh...oh...
I see the world, feel the chill
Which way to go, windowsill
I see the worlds on a rocking horse of time
I see the verse in the rain
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
Ill ride the wave where it takes me
Ill hold the pain...
Release me...
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
Ill wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
Ill open up...
Release me...
Release me (3x)
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

- Release, by Pearl Jam

Shit happens.. Life is like that... It pains too, but then its really alright isn't it?



Like someone once said,

"Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is optional"

Bad things will happen in life, mistakes, rash decisions, weak moments and more incidents which will challenge your very ability to take life...

But then its upto us, what we learn from the incident(if at all)...

I've always felt life is all about choices, you have a choice each time, in each situation, in each road you take ... everywhere...

You score less in your exams, you have a choice, study harder and build your strengths or just be sad and lose out on studies and get involved in the wrong places..

Your career is not going right, you have a choice, either you stick it out and compromise or just do what you feel is right and follow your dreams...

Relations are not working out fine, you have a choice, either make it alright, sacrifice, compromise, forgive, but work it out, or else make your stance clear and step out.

Whatever happens in life, take the best things possible out of it and move on... thats whats most important, move on ...

Probably the best philosophy in life is to always keep on foot ahead of the other...

Stuff I wanna Buy....

1. Porsche 911 GT2

Upfront... Porsche ... There is no substitute .... :)

2. BMW 7 series

Sheer driving pleasure .... It's one of the best cars to drive and be driven around, either ways, will be sure to have awesome technology, and a complete Driver's Car ...

3. A Vintage Jaguar coupe, the one with the loooonnnnnnnggggg bonnet.

It ignited Jay Leno's life long passion for cars, and for good reason... the beauty of the car is in its stance, the elegance, the presence, the monster inside the sleek and long bonnet. Such a grand sight. *Sighs...*

4. Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 5 and BeoSound 9000.

The sheer class of the Bang & Olufsen speaker range coupled with the awesome technology that comes with it makes it a must have.. no matter what the investment...

5. A Chalet in Switzerland -

Nothing beats the grandeur and laid back charm of a Swiss Chalet.. A perfect place to park the beautiful machines mentioned above and a heavenly abode with wooden floors, beautiful views, cozy fireplaces, lush green lawns and crisp fresh air... :)

6. Vacheron Constantin - Tourbillon


The way the watches are made, the complexity in each watch, the fact that only 10-100 pieces are made per model, the beautiful beautiful looks of the watch...

7. Franck Muller - Master of complications - Casablanca

One of the most exclusive watches in the world, the sheer genius of the man behind it... the exquisite pleasure of owning a timeless classic ...

8. Westone 3 - The world's first 3 way driver earphone..

The most comfortable and best sounding earphones ever made... like the holy grail for earphones .... Waiting to get my hands on one sometime ... :D

lots more to come ... will keep posting .... :) and in the meanwhile will come up with a more realistic list too ... or rather a more immediate one ... :D

Having a "Near Perfect" day is a good revelation ... a blessing actually ... it makes you look back at the day and say "Hmm .. did pretty well there... " along with a dorky grin in place ....

The dorky grins are there in place even when the "Near Perfect" day is unfolding ....

My bike's been giving me troubles... tell me I'm weird but sometimes, it reminds me of a Girl friend .... Troublesome at times, it'll conspire for the most opportune moment to get weird and refuse to start.. At All ... and then when I push it all the way to the mechanic (With many hearty attempts at starting it in between) ... it starts firing with the first kick from the guy there and the mechanic looks at me with a "There-you-go-son,-all-you-had-to-do-was-kick-start-it" look.... Hmmm.. only if he knew ... *Dorky Grin* (with grease stained hand from my insistence in helping the mechanic)

Then there are days when I feel within my mind that no... today it shouldn't get clogged.. absolutely not.... I'd be screwed otherwise.. Seriously..... No, Seriously.... and somehow it just seems to listen..... it runs and gets me to the place in time.....

But the day before was one of the off days ... had to reach a dinner meet at 8, figured if I leave by 7:30 should make it there .... and yes .. you guessed it right ... I did NOT reach there in time ... Reached there by 9 .... The vehicle tanked up after a few kms .... a little push and shove and lots of coaxing later it starts .. Covered in sweat but exalted with the bike running again .... only to go phooot again .... :( ... happened another two times .... DRENCHED in sweat ... numerous phone calls inquiring my whereabouts ... tired me ready to crash on the suddenly very inviting roadside.. (The vagrant on the roadside did seem reluctant to share the space though :))....Rode it a few more kms and then freezed completely .... pushed it till the hotel in neutral and let it rest in peace there .... and I floated into the upper terrace BAR cum rest .... Peace ...
*DORKY DAZED GRIN*

So its not been really good till now, but the "Near Perfect" day has only started now na ....

Today was the day I went around to pick it up and show it to a mechanic .... The mechanic was more than helpful.... gave me a blow by blow account of what was wrong with the Bike, what repairs it needed, and what he'll do to make it ok ... OK, I'm convinced .... you can handle my bike dude ... go ahead .... :)
*DORKY REASSURED GRIN*

Before the Bike repair trip, I did give an exam ... (slipped my mind.. considering how really pointless I consider them....) The exams were good too ... considering my 5 hrs before the exam study time table ... it went pretty well ...
*DORKY RELIEVED GRIN*

The mechanic told me to be back after 3 hrs for a Shining, clean, healthy, repaired bike ... (OK .. he DIDN'T actually use those words, but didn't I mention my bike's capability to act remarkably similar to a spouse ?)
*DORKY PROUD GRIN* (owing to the fact that I understood all his carburetor, engine jargon and also helped him with the cleaning of the carburetor)

So with 3 hrs and an exam on the next day, I go out for a movie with a friend (Who also had an exam on the next day :)... )... Little Zizou.... a really really cute movie .... I loved it ... the entire experience was a god one... ages since I liked a movie in the theater so genuinely....
*GENUINE SMILE*

Movie over .. Bike ready, gleaming in its new Polish and repaired completely .... Looked gorgeous .. kinda reminded me of the day I saw her first ... Girlfriends also tend to have that effect on you sometimes .... after years and years or being together .....you feel the need for a new girlfriend .. oops .. I mean Bike ... and then suddenly, when you see the girlfriend... oops .. Bike (Man they are so similar, me confusing them :) LOLLzz ).. again in a shade of its former pristine glory, you seem drawn towards it ....
*BACK TO DORKY GRIN, NOSTALGIC ONE ...*

All said and done (and hefty bills paid) .. the bike did run smoothly.... and took me to my beloved SIC campus safely ....

On the way .... in a prominent and blatant case of flirting, while seriously risking my relation with my Girlfriend natured Bike .... wait for it .... hold your breath ....

I took a Pulsar 180 test drive *BIGG WIDE GRIN, PLASTERED ACROSS MY FACE* and also inquired its price ....

I know ... pretty shocking and all ... but then again .. I think its time I moved on .... A pulsar 200, a ZMA or a FZ16 ..... soon .... pretty soon .... :)
*HOPEFUL SMILE*

My bike too seemed to realize the same.. or was just putting in good behavior ....
what ever the reason, it got me to campus, without further incident .....

The coconut vendor on the road leading towards the institute too contributed to the "Near Perfect" day syndrome ..... HE is one perfectionist guy.. the other day.. I told him to give me a "Nariyal" with a nice creamy innner part and awesome water .... and believe it or not.. that guy actually threw away one "Nariyal" which had only "Nariyal Pani" and no "Malai"... and gave me one which was the one according to my specifications .... now I know good Customer Service when I see it ... He did ensure that his customers got only the best .... left me impressed ....

So today too I dropped by on my way back from the mechanic ... and asked for my regular stuff .... he opened one and it was all water again according to him... and almost apologetically he asked me whether that is OK, or should he break another "Nariyal" for my preference .... I declined and took the first one ...

You know how those tiny tiny little things matter a lot suddenly ... Well the "Nariyal" did turn out to be a one with "Malai" in it .... :D :D :D
It did have a nice effect with me .... especially with the "Malai" being exactly the way i like it ... soft and so so tender, that it melts in your mouth .... :D
*DORKY CONTENDED SMILE*

And as they say .. Good days are temporary ... Bad days will come too ... they'll go as well, but they DEFINITELY will be there ....

And considering the fact that I haven't really studied much for tomorrow's exams .... I don't think the BAD DAY is too far away .....

1. 192 students .. 79 placed so far .... :(

2. "Highest package ever @ SCIT" record broken twice this year .... :)

3. Exams starting in 15 days .... :(

4. College over in another 30 days .... :(

5. Attendance short in classes ... :(

6. No exemption or consideration for Placement coordinators .... :(

7. Job secured as Sales Manager ..... :)

8. Package 7 lacs PA ...... :)

9. Shifting into a bigger house with my folks .... :)

10. Bike, 2 services and oil changes in 2 months ..... :(

11. Bike, on its last legs ... :(

12. Will most probably buy the Yamaha FZ16 in a few months ....... :)

13. Right now, broke ...... :(

14. Single ...... :)

15. Lonely days .... :(

16. No fights on why I didn’t call or meet or think or ponder or whatever .... :)

17. New Cellphone ..... :)

18. Dropped it for the first time ... :(

19. Safe and sound .... :)

20. Know very well, it isn’t going to stay that way ....... :(

21. Will get in another 4 companies at least to campus ..... :)

22. Awesome friends around ..... :)

23. Had minor arguments with Dad .... :(

24. Posting in Pune, Ghar ka khana everyday .... :)

25. Can't stay out late if at home ...... :(

26. Need a break from all the rush ...... :)

27. Not possible right now, reason? refer to point 13 ...... :(

28. Disappointments ...... :(

29. Achievements ....... :)

30. Happy days ..... :)

31. They pass .... :(

32. Sad days ....... :(

33. They pass as well ..... :)

34. Life moves on ..... :) :) :)

And here’s dad making me sit in front of him and talking to me about the ill effects of talking on a phone. The report, cut from a newspaper, which has apparently run out of better news, reported by a reporter who apparently does not get better opportunities and the person who wrote the thesis in the first place, a college teacher from some village in Kerala, who again conclusively does not think much about education or anything else more worthwhile.

The talk was a repercussion of me and my supposedly monumental phone bills, backed with a demand for a new phone, since my current one is holding on with the sheer will power that i manage to have in its case (The external body is broken and the joystick functions extremely reluctantly, if at all)

The diseases he counted out and the supposed repercussions, if true should have me in my grave by now or at the very least have me in a severely depleted defective state of being, something I assure you I am not.

Apparently the researcher in question put in four cell phones with a chameleon in a cage and in four days, the poor thing turned white and apparently lost its ability to change its colour, its prime defence mechanism. Apart from the sheer futility of the entire exercise and the horrid injustice to the poor animal, it doesn’t prove anything at all. I for one, and I’m sure most of my species would agree, would not really be bothered about us not being able to change our colour, which I am tempted to bring to notice, we can’t anyways in the first place.
Another research from the same dork proves that the arteries of a frog explode when kept in contact with a ringing cell-phone. Again, how very inconclusive and over the top cruel. I can almost imagine the poor frog being held up and the constant ringing near it, with its shivering body and heightened heart rate awaiting uncertainty; Certainly not good. Time and again, the human species has proved that we are more capable of adaptation than anything else living, except perhaps the cockroach, who, it is said can even survive a nuclear bomb. But then I don’t really think roaches would be using mobiles in the near future, so we’ll stick to humans.

We have an affinity to cholesterol and all things unhealthy and also some of us have an affinity to exercise, both of them leading to extremely tough arteries, which leaves the bursting apart thingy out of question.

We live in a world of more, it is said. More of everything, money, people, choices... you name it and I can show you an alternative to it.... But isn’t it a good thing in a way? The time to live is now, a time where everything is plentiful and more, where everything is accessible, you can have anything you want at all, provided you have the dough and the contacts for it....

People who come up with such stories are vying for a piece of the same pie, popularity, two minutes of fame, an article in the newspaper... so I won’t really blame them for this piece... but it’s up to us to understand and selectively perceive only what is really important for us.. Leave out the trivialities in life, be materialistic, who really cares if you like your iPod and your phone more than anything else... be whatever you want to be as long as you are happy...




Oh, and btw, I did get the new phone.... a Motorazr V8... real slick...all said and done, my dad is indeed a sweetheart.... :D