..to believe that Rafael Nadal isn't drinking testosterone with his morning tea or something like that!

Is just awesome! Go watch it. Yet another star in its kitty for Pixar. Damn, do they make good movies or what!

Finally retires from active duties at Microsoft today. Even though i am no longer a fan of windows, Bill Gates defined what is the computing era.

Heck I wouldnt even move to mac had I not been introduced to windows and computing in general, thanks ONLY to Bill Gates.

Bill Gates is an Icon and must be remembered as one of the most influential man in the lines of Edison or Einstein.

Not comparing Bill Gates to them, but his legacy is as important if not more than them.

I had the most exciting night in my last 3 years of Milan!!!! It was so freaky and random!!

Well, so I went for drinks for this friend's farewell, who I hadn't seen in a bit, and never socialised with his group. Apart from another friend...I didn't know anyone. But khair, it was fun!

When we were leaving the place, and looking for the car, we walked passed this bar, and was that there was fire next to the glass..and people on the other side of the sidewalk calling the Fire-bregade.

Then khair, the fire people came, in 3 fire engines...and they extinguished the fire and everything...so we walked on...still looking for the car. We'd just walked away from the place, when we hear a car crash and some screams. So we turn, and see all the fire fighters and the police running. We run too ( being naturally curious :P)....and see that a car had crashed into another one, pushing that car around 50 feet away, and crashing into other 2 cars. There was petrol everwhere and a big chaos....and the worst was that the driver of that car, was the owner of the bar ( which was burning), and he was driving fast when he heard about the Bar. So....that poor dude had a majorly jinxed day!! Car completely ruined...bar burned out....yikes...!

Anyway...so yeah...that was my exciting night...there was a lot more, but i'll leave that for some other time :p! just HAD to write it out here!!

New York City govt spent on this "ART.

Some art it is. What tripe - 15 million dollars for what? throwing down water from heights? Gimme a break!

Where should you stay if you'd like to be surrounded by a 1000 wildfires?

San Jose of course!

Its dense and foggy past day - We can no longer see mountain ranges from our house as it seems to be covered with smoke around.

Still not as bad as I had seen a few years back in San Diego, where I could see the sun directly in daylight - it was that dense with smoke.

I get a FW: mail today from somebody which talks about how NOT to spam people by mass-FW mails!

Did this idiot not even read the email?

Cant wait for July:

- Getting a new painting that I and missus found very very nice and appealing.

- Lots of "corporate" summer parties to attend.

- Going traveling and meeting friends and well, more parties.

- Getting my 10-22 ultra wide angle camera lens; can't wait to play with it already!

- I am bored of June :P

Sigh, I am in a highly nostalgic mood today... recollecting my Sri Lankan trip! Blame it on the lovely weather :p

Suranganita malu genawaa
Maalu maalu malu
dan genapu malu
Suranganita malu genawa..

Mmmh I am not sure I like it - Its very different and weird. I am not sure what's missing, but something is. It feels great, but its not there....

....gawd, maybe I need to give it another listen :P

BTW, best song so far is challa.

Booooooooo!!!

Finally! Rabbi's second album has been released!!! Just downloaded it - giving it a listen!

I have some time on my hands these days after all! How else could I explain my new hobby.. Gardening! We don't have a real full fledged garden, but there is this small stretch running along the compound wall, and then a little square piece adjacent to the main gate. So meet Ms. Greenfingers. I planted few flower bushes, papayas, sowed some seeds of shady trees and experimenting with lemons and brinjals :-) Ah, it feels nice!

I am not sure if I shared this here, but the other day when I and missus were at a nice Malaysian restaurant, we saw a shocking sight - a desi couple eating rice with their hands!

Missus quipped people in India have so much more social etiquette about eating in restaurants. It was a disgusting sight to see them.

I remind missus that this is a daily occurrence I see my cafes. Hordes of desis eating rice and food with their hands - its actually gruesome to watch.

I eat with hands at home myself, but please, somebody ought to teach these idiots some sense.

...is Doomsday....I am NOT looking forward to going for this exam....its gonna ruin me, and I can feel it. I'm sorry to keep whining..but im majorly panicking...im horribly stressed, and totally demoralised right now!

Life sucks! Maths sucks!
:(

...the person called :p...so it's all ok :p! I'm chilled now...but fretting for the exam tomorrow...its going to be a royal pain in the a**!

Costume party tomorrow night..yay!

...when I can't get in touch with people when I really want to! Keep ur phones ON people!! How hard can it be??? Reject my call if u dont want to talk to me, but for heavens' sake dont kill me by keeping ur phones off!! I have this obsessive compulsive thing, that I keep calling till I actually get through to the person...yeah, I agree, i'm a bit nuts!

Anyway...very VERY high-strung right now!!

Financial Mathematics is the worst, most annoyingly horrible, most evil subject ever created by mankind!!!

I do NOT frikking CARE about Dynamical systems!!!

*hits her head on the wall*

a zillion years later, I watched 2 movies. And thrillers at that!!

First, Manorama 6 feet Under - A class! Story n mystery as such not big deal.. but the handling of the case, the simplicity and the absolute authenticity of the characters make this movie a must watch!! I loved it.

Then was Race. All glitzy, glammy and babes in the face. Its entertaining in parts, the twists n turns though are too many.. and the climax, well I did not see the point. It could have as well been wound up in first few reels.

Awesome Logo! Congrats Rads.. Great work!

Somebody's got a new mac :P

I wish I had NOT read this. From now on I have to be extra careful before I begin my day....

It has not allowed me to post anything in the last 5 days!

...of my writing :p! Today, for the first time ever, I made her read some of the stuff I write..and she actually liked it :D! Its silly, but the stamp of her approval makes me feel so much more confident about my writing...its great :D!

Its nice!! Given that I keep coming back to NSR every hour or so...its a welcome change to see something different :p!

I mean, where else can I go to do some absolutely USELESS ranting and whining??

...more days till the next exam. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and my brain trained for the upcoming torture...

Bachao, mujhe koi bachao! Hay Exam Devta, mujhe bhagwan ke liye chhod do! Main tumhare paon padti hoon, tumhare saamne haath jodti hoon, mujhe baksh do! Iss annyaye se mujhe mukti de do...iss dushta se mujhe mukt kardo Exam Devta!!!

right now.

Sing songs in my praise. Cheer me up! :P

...and i'm totally Brain Drained right now!!

Sleeeeeeepppp....

2 more to go. Life is cruel.

Doom-Day has officially arrived and I've woken up 2 hours earlier, to do some revision for this dreaded exam. My verdict: I know NOTHING...

God Bless Bullshitting...

....and exam is tomorrow...Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Well...i'll just have to not sleep tonight. Sleeping is a waste of time anyway. I'll go get some Red Bull now...and inject some caffeine into my body.

I can do this! I HAVE to do this!!!

110 pages to go...Law is killing ME!!!

And I'm pissed off for some reason...the 2 things dont go well!!

Ready to scream and yell and create a royal rucous!!!
AAAARRGGHHHHH!!!

With version 3, you have finally copied Safari! So much for Anti-Windows. Now I don't know why must I keep using Firefox when I can use the inbuilt Safari!

Score so far...2-0...hehe, what happens to Italy with France?? The first 2 games were so absolutely s*****!!!

A bittersweet comedy, ultimately pointless movie though. I was waiting for the movie to take off - it never did. Nonetheless, its a cute movie.

..I'm getting somewhere.

Just not sure where. No bleedin' signposts anywhere :P

....For several reasons..

1. I'm sick of studying boring subjects.

2. I could strangle my accounting prof right now...Her notes and teaching screwed me over! Total shite!

3. What I *really* wanna do is sit and write on my blog, but I dont have time for that because I need to fit some Company and Business Law into my brain!

4. NOBODY reads my blog :|

5. Remember when I was all proud of myself cleaning? Well, its sort of back to square one now, so I have to do it ALL over again tomorrow!!! Che cavolo di merda! Sono proprio stuffata!! Che palle!

6. It's been raining for one month straight. I LOVE rain, but COME ON!! I need some Vitamin D now..I want the Sun back!!!

7. It's June and frikking COLD!!! I WANT SUMMER DAMNIT!

8. Its 2 am, and i can't fall asleep again...

9. I'm in desperate need of shoes, but have no time to go buy them!

10. Well, I just wanted to round off the list :P!

Ye!! After what seems like ages, we are getting new furniture delivered today! It cost a fortune, but all worth the smile on the missus's face hehe :). Photos to follow later.

some people's reactions never fail to amuse me! :P

heh!

Finally saw the movie last night - must say I was very impressed! I found it better than the first one, and Big B / Ash / Abhi - the troika rocked in their roles! I am so looking forward to the next installment.

Did I just write Facebook as Phasebook???....See...my world IS coming to an end!!

My world is coming to an end..my DAD just joined phasebook...its baaaaaaaaaad!!!!

why, O why, do weekends get over in 2 days?!?!

wtf.

I prefer Sarkar anyday over Sarkar Raj.

Amitabh Bachcha, please retire before I shoot you down!

Rocks! Go see it. Its been a while since I've seen a good original animation movie (not counting the sequels and all). The Panda is really cute!

.. is such a waste of time!

Can't figure out why the classes or the masses or the critics have loved this trip movie. It took us two days to finish the movie and felt like a rejected script of Gangster (Which btw, was really good!). Great music though.

SRK speaks way tooooooooooooooo much! He just keeps blabbering on and on and on and on and on like a never ending tape. Hello, there are other people too around!!

Gosh!

...and sleep evades me like an animal evades fire. It's rather annoying, i'm lying in bed for an hour, trying to make myself sleep, cuz i know I have to get up really early tomorrow to start studying again. If i dont keep a regular routine, a lot of things get messed up, and I waste half my morning. So Mr.Brain is pressuring me to sleep.

But there's this other part of me, that's lying awake, and unable to let my brain relax so sleep can approach me. I just lie here, with a racing brain and a tumoultous heart beating away. I want to sleep, I *need* to sleep, but I just can't!

...and I feel unnaturally calm. It feels like, I have accepted the stress as a part of who I am, so much so that I dont even realise when I'm stressed anymore. I'm taking it cool and easy, and not feeling pressure, which also means that I don't have the motivation to do much. It goes hand-in-hand I think!

Anyway...i'll go back to studying now...Fun times :|

...the world!!!

Damn that viva la vida song is simply stunning! One of Coldplay's best! They always one classic song in their albums don't they?

I still maintain though that "dont panic" is their best song ever.

I havn't had such a hearty laugh in while until I read this headline.

Apparently Pakistan jailed two of its citizens for 10 yrs suspecting them to be "Indians".

Sorry for the poor people, but this is just hilarious!

has become worse than David Dhawan (in a sense) At least David Dhawan's films were liked by "certain" masses!

I shudder to think what will happen to Sarkar Raj.

Whats the problem with this dude anyway ?

I just accomplished the most tedious task EVER...cleaning out my closet!! I wish i'd taken a pic...it was a junk yard...I hadn't folded a single piece of clothing in I dont know how long!! Anyway, i'm so proud of myself now...it looks all neat and tidy!!

Now, moving on to the rest of the room...and umm...mujhe dekh kar hi chakkar aa rahe hain!!

Bhagwan bachaye....here I gooo...!!

Are increasingly sounding like a Church Choir rather than a rock band. That said, a few song s of viva la vida are rocking!

Head HERE

Photos are with captions and comments. Enjaaaay!

Back from Yosemite national park! Awesome 2 day trip, but the roads with 1000-200 feet (and at some places easily more) drop-offs scared the s*** out of me, especially driving on the edges...

...Trip report, photos et al to follow!

Why is Business Strategy so frikking BORING?

Answer: Because it's a load of bullshit!

Pehli pehli baar dekha aisa jalwa,
Ho aisa jalwa,
yeh ladki hai ya shola

Is quickly becoming corporate facebook!

In a moth and a half i'm going on a holiday to Sicily with all my closest friends and i'm sooooooo thrilledddd!! I have a month and a half of exams in the middle, but we wont think about that! I'm happy to plan the trip for now..at least I have something to look forward to after these wretched exams!

Sicilyyyyyy here I commeeeeee!!!!!!!

...or rather, trying to! It's getting quite boring, stupid Business Strategy....with all those fluff theories and practises about successses and failures...bla bla bla!

I WANT OUT!!

Kiran Nagarkar's take on Mirabai remains one of my favorite books by an Indian author. This morning, a thought struck me. I think Sanjay Leela Bhansali should make this book into a movie with Aishwarya and Abhishek. I don't know why, but I feel Sanjay Leela Bhansali would do complete justice to this book!

Please give us a break! You guys are seriously over-exposed! From Nainital to Jhumri Talaiyya, Cannes to Kathewadi.. enuff! Just waiting for Sarkar Raj to release and bomb out sooner

Rs 50 hiked per cylinder... ouch, that pinched really, Mr. Singh!! And not to say anything about Petrol.. ouch, ouch, ouch!!

...phir wohi, fursat ke raat din
baithe rahe tasavvure, jaana kiye hue,
dil dhoondta hai, phir wohi, fursat ke raat din...

Bafili sardiyon, kisi bhi pahad par,
vaadi mein goonjti hui,
khamoshiyan suni,
aakhon mein bheege bheege se,
lamhe liye hue,
dil dhoondta hai, phir wohi,
fursat ke raat din...

Excuse me, But this bad cold is almost killng me! Four days and counting.. still no signs of recovery... grump!