The feeling of nostalgia for home is something i havent associated with myself for long time in life.Its not that i dont love staying at home,its just that i enjoy and relish my freedom and being independent the same way.Those aspects of learning the hard way,of starting to eat food which u havent liked for over 2o yrs(infact,never tasted coz it didnt sound or smell good),learning to manage own wardrobe etc etc on own is just not possible till one goes away from home.And i have relished the learning for the time i stayed in noida.
Past 7-8 months have been a lil rough phase,when all the time i could wish for is to find a good job,relatively safer than my last job yet interesting enough to be considered a new challenge evryday.And here i am,when i find myself close to what i could have asked for,an all together new beginning,for some mysterious reason or the other,i am caught up in this complex web of emotions.The feeling is mixed..enthusiasm regarding the challenges new life will bring and nostalgic about leaving behind what has been my source of entertainment(or call it,ways to distance myself from boredness :P).Well,m confused...and can only infer the same old fact about human life,"present never looks good,past and future always does".I have never relished those mechanical subjects,but i do know, the probability for me to decipher engines is much better than deciphering human emotions.I wish to believe m not all alone in this quest to understand y we humans,though being among the highest form of life,are yet so confused and indecisive..
I hope this monday will turn out to be a decisive day in my life and i hope to stay hell busy to be thinking of all the crap i just wrote!!
Sharing lyrics of one of the appropriate songs for the mood..
Happy living.. :)

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...

have u ever

HAVE YOU EVER.......

Smoked a cigarette?:nah,boozing is good enough
Crashed a friend's car?: not yet,but my friends dont doubt my ability..
Stolen a car?: yeah..i am a GTA champ
Been in love?:yep..its a great feeling
Been dumped?:Flirting is next best thing to real love,u gotta try enuf no. of times to find true love..those who claim to find it in first attempt have either compromised or have been god gifted
Shoplifted?: oh..those lovely school days..m nostalgic
Been in a fist fight?:yup..college time 2nd yr with noor,in front of professor
Snuck(I guess she meant sneaked) out of your parent's house?:yeah..in final year of college
Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back?:omg,how often!!!
Been arrested?: again,in GTA
Gone on a blind date?: not interested unless i turn blind..
Skipped school?:so often...i hated those "submitting report card days" and those hindi class tests..
Been on a plane?: yup..but want to fly more often than i do
Seen someone die?:nope..the thought is dreadful enough
Been to Canada?: naah
Purposely set a part of yourself on fire?: may be i look stupid...but m not
Been jet-skiing?:nah...zyada enthu bhi nahin hain
Met someone in person from the Internet?: yep..i did
Taken pain killers?:m just 22..
Flown a kite?: tried...but these trapezium shaped creatures dont get along well with me
Built a sand castle?:m bad at such stuff...but built a sand volcano in goa
Gone puddle jumping?:i love holi...
Cheated while playing a game?: wtf r u talking about..its all part of rules..isnt it?
Been lonely?:yeah..that's when i blog
Fallen asleep at work or school/college?:haan,those mechanical lectures are perfect sleeping doses
Used a fake ID?:yup..in library,in fests
Felt an earthquake?:yup,around 5.5 on richter scale..
Touched a snake?:tell me seriously,do i look crazy??i love my life!!
Slept beneath the stars?:yes...but willingly..not for being thrown out of room
Been robbed?:stealing is in..and i have contributed a lot
Been misunderstood?:anyone who has been in a relation has been misunderstood many times
Won a contest?: i discovered my talent little too late(22 yrs)..
Run a red light/stop sign?: m more of a traffic rule follower..but did so once to reach movie hall on time...u see,i dont miss trailers..
Been suspended from school?:thank god,there was no such punishment for poor performance
Been in a car accident?:yup..many..recent one on nh-8, gurgaon
Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night?:it takes somebody 8 hrs for a pint of icecream???too slow man
Walked the streets drunk?: walk isnt enough..my friends say i dance better when drunk
Had déjà vu?:sab moh maya hain
Danced in the moonlight?:yup..on trip to kasauli(yeah,we did!)
Witnessed a crime?:if being foodie is a crime,then yes!!
Been obsessed with post-it notes?: nope
Squished barefoot through the mud?:good old goa days
Been lost?:dont trust me on routes...its just luck on my side
Been on the opposite side of the country?: well..no..(i wd want to say yes,can i call chd an independent country???)
Swum in the ocean?:again,u dont believe me,i am not crazy
Cried yourself to sleep?:yeah..its part of life
Played cops and robbers?:i really suck at both
Recently coloured with crayons?:yes(if it was asked in 1996)...no otherwise...dont ever test my drawing talent,u wil repent it..
Sung karaoke?:some ppl just cant tolerate me singing!!
Paid for a meal with only coins?:many a times for roadside chuski or chole kulche
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?:hawwww...tumhe kaise pata i have weak willpower?
Made prank phone calls?:yeah..just made one yesterday among friends..i suck at it..
Caught a snow flake on your tongue?: i live in chandigarh..not in canada
Written a letter to Santa Claus?:y shd i write one..he never got me any gifts..huh!!
Blown bubbles?:those days at rose festival..awesome
Bonfire on the beach?:oh ya..in ranthambore with FF colleagues and once in goa with mechanchies
Cheated on a test?:i wish i could do it atleast once without being caught..
Gone skinny-dipping in a pool?: oh..naughty me

Garari is not a word .... It's a Mission

Garari is not a word .... It's a Mission
'Garari' ... A word frequently used by me, by people for me. The title of this post describes its meaning aptly.

Its like, if you have decided to do something, then it oughta be completed, irrespective of the cost. It can be as small as, eating a particular flavour of ice cream at 1am, and to fetch it wander through whole city. On higher note, Sky is the limit.

Technically speaking, 'Garari' means 'gears' ... So what happens when two gears gets entagled into one another, its impossible to move ahead unless they are corrected. That's what garari is, if something comes into your mind, it becomes mission of your life.

Only people who have experienced this kind of thrust knows the satisfaction on completion of 'Garari'.

Somehow, she was never on my garari list. Why? Because garari once achieved looses its importance, but she can never ever be someone not important in my life.

Ending the post here, cause if I start I can write a book on garari, but then writing a book was never my GARARI

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Dont write me off...just yet

It's never been easy for me
To find words to go along with a melody
But this time there's actually something, on my mind
So please forgive these few brief awkward lines

Since I met you, my whole life has changed
It's not just my furniture you've rearranged
I was living in the past, but somehow you've brought me back
And I havent felt like this since before Frankie said relax

And while I know, based on my track record,
I might not seem like the safest bet
All I m asking you is dont write me off, just yet

For years I've been telling myself the same old story
That I'm happy to live off my so-called former glories
But you've given me a reason to take another chance
Now I need you, despite the fact that you've killed all my plants

And though I know, I've already blown more chances
Than anyone should ever get
All I'm asking you is dont write me off, just yet
Don't write me off just yet

Hangover-venue the kasauli hills,time 3 am

Finally,a break from the monotonous routine..i have been looking forward to around diwali time with lot of enthusiasm as most of my colleagues(read kalolis) were supposed to be in chd.Let me introduce u to the characters first
Mr VM-Supposedly big daddy of drinking.He wasnt so in college but has sincerely worked hard to achieve this feat in past 8-10 months,thanks to his job.
Mr SS-the typical seedha saadha guy,wd have prefered sleeping over nightout but buckled under peer pressure
Mr SG-The Good boy,who listens to evryone's problems,tries his heart out to suggest solutions and WAS habitual of healthy night sleep...not anymore,thanks to his job and few nightouts we had together.
Mr HB-The skeptical guy,not sure whether its a good idea go to kasuali more coz he wasnt sure abt SG's driving skills after boozing
Mr NM & Mr MD-The notorious guys,they truly symbolise murphy's law..if anything can ever go wrong in ur life,it will(and if not,des two ppl will ensure it happens)
Mr RC-yours truly :-)


It didnt require any photos to be clicked or videos to be recorded to make it memorable...for what VM did,it will stay down in our memory lane for yrs to come.
It all started when we guys decided to meet at lake.Its a heavenly feeling to be at lake,especially if one hasnt been in chd for past months.So,we were kind of reliving those college days again.Soon,we were off to Himani's at around 7 in d evening.The real party began there.We have all changed a lot in past year or so and the most profound change noticed in VM is,des days he always have something to talk about.Its like most of us have never been to Guhuwati or Chennai but it feels like our second home,thanks to VM's amazing storytelling skills.He guided us on Planter's punch and how to get best out of a smirnoff and we listened as any inquisitive naive individual wd do.The party continued till 11.
On an usual day,its d time when we bid adieu to each other and go back to our places,but tonite it wasnt meant to be so,the party had to go on..wid no place to stay at,our best refuge was in HB and MD's car.(going back to home wasnt an option,unless we believed this is the best time to reveal our boozing secrets to our beloved parents,but as we were still in senses,we decided not to).

12 00 mid nite
So we took off for kasuali,with SG,HB,SS,RC in one car and NM,MD,VM(hell of a combination,notorious guys with big daddy of boozing) in another.
As expected,Vodka just doesnt satisfy VM rbc's...its just a mean to warm up his body neurons..they went on for some BP while we continued our journey towards the hills.We reached Timber trail,suppposedly our first stop.By now,SS had realised he overdrank and the guilty feeling creeped in..so just after his career's first post booze Puking,he fell asleep in car.Meanwhile,SG,HB and RC were waiting for the other car to arrive and were enjoying the chilly air.For us,it was like a december night.Soon,the other drunkards reached.One could sense Vm had reached his threshold level with his unstoppable colgate smile and his shirt removal act reminded me of Dada's reaction after winning Natwest series in 2002.We danced without a melody for few mins before we decided to move on.By now,we all were hungry.It was 2 30 am and the pleasant part of the story was nearing its end(once again,TED's grandmother was proven right,KID,NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER 2) :-)

3 00aM
we reached a dhaba where the only thing on menu was chai with veg sandwich(better call it green tomato slices squeezed between 3 days old bread with mdh chat masala).By now,VM was getting out of control.He drank hot tea as another of his bottom's up act(the after effects of hot tea on his tongue shd still be der).
I always relish the conversation ppl have once they are influenced by boozing..so here's an excerpt:
VM(wid hand over his head):tu saamne baith ja,tu baith ja,tuu saamne jaa ke baith ja.tu shi chi chup shi chi murmuring murmuring(again holds his head)..
we had no idea what he intended to say,and i doubt even he does :-)


3:45 am
So after all this healthy meaningful conversation,we decided to put VM back into MD's car and make him sleep.Tea was followed by expresso coffee.By now,even SS and HB were asleep.So,four of us,NM,MD,SG,RC sat around in dhaba and thats when the worldly talks were initiated,we call it job cribbing.well,i havent had much to crib about in recent months except sheer idleness and how my joining keeps getting postponed all the time and MD was just too busy updating his orkut status msgs on his newly acquired gadget(read a simple phone with gprs facility),so the main contributors happened to be NM and SG.As always,SG happened to live to our expectations,of being a good listener and trying to explain why working in corporate sector sucks but we have to live with it.He is truly an amazing listener,probably thats why he has people as versatile as TJ and Sahil gupta/kapoor or Sandy among his good friends.Soon,this talks came to an end too.

4 30 am
These past 45 mins changed VM's boozing career forever.His first ever Post booze puking happened to be on back seat of MD's i10.Had it been a t-shirt painting competition(natural colours ofcourse),VM had no competitor.There were circular prints,den der were amoeba type patches and that wasnt all,this hair conscious guy made sure he applied the natural conditioner to his hairs too.Any attempt to wake him up went in vain.
Soon,we started our journey back home..hats off to MD and NM to have survived deadly foul smelling,which VM could create in car deadly enough to be used as remedy for H1N1 virus.

5 45 am
Destination-NM's locality
Intentions-To bring VM back to planet earth.
Here was another dilemna..NM and MD,the experienced drinkers,believed VM should be straightway dropped to his place.SG and I couldnt disagree more.We had no intentions to get him kicked by his parents :)

SS was still busy sleeping when 4 of us made die hard effort to clean up VM.His hairs were shampooed with sunsilk to get rid of his natural moisturiser(and this guy couldnt stop complaining,he prefers dove over sunsilk).No matter if VM remembers anything which happened at night,but he wont forget this ON ROAD bath at 6 am with chilled water.
(After all this cleaning,SS couldnt help mentioning he didnt expect that all of us would put in so much effort to clean VM of all the dirty stuff..i cant agree more)
Thats were we call adios to NM and MD
6 30 am-
On way back to chd,VM had urge to do some more puking..so we had to put brakes on the way.Meanwhile,SS woke up and as if he couldnt see his dear friend VM do it all alone,out of nowhere,he followed the course.It was kind of funny,really funny..

7 00 am
Finally we reached the city but we were supposed to stay at SG's place,that too after his parents leave at 8 00.By now,all of us felt like innocent child who have been sleep deprived for last 24 hrs for no fault of theirs.Now,it was kind of a big dilemna,after a night out with true followers of murphy law,Nature's call had to strike in this odd circumstances.Well,i wont delve more of details onto a blog here,but next one hour was hard on us.All in all,SHIT HAPPENS,IT REALLY DOES!!

8 30 AM
Reached SG's place..and the fine nightout came to an end..zzzzzzzzzzzzz

P.S-Dear VM,Apologies in advance. despite ur repeated request (dhamkis),i couldnt resist putting this fine evening into words.See thats what excess of idle time can do to a person,i managed to write this multithousand words story:-)

Lets hope evry diwali gives us chance for such nightouts...

The Rusty Brain....

Well,its been around 16 months since my graduation(or precisely the time when even those short lasted affairs with books came to an end) and the brain is already giving a hard look to FRM books and Mock CAT's...Cat exam never looked this tougher(making me relook at admission forms if they have changed d criteria for admission to only for PHD's in English & mathematics),FRM stuff seems as if finance can be more boring than engines and boilers,with the probability of getting thru both,as low as Ishant Sharma scoring a test hundred....if it continues dis way in days to come,den chahe puri kayanat lag gaye,mujhe FRM mein paas nai kara sakti..
time for some sleep...oops..i meant frm studies...tatazz

We live in a crazy world

hi guys(if any who happen to read this piece of shit),have been thinking of writing on this for long but couldnt really come up wid a whole bunch of such crazy acts..so i thought to write one i can think of now and will keep updating it as and wen i find something which is a mystery to me..
yeah,as the title says,i find many practices on earth defying any logic whatsoever...so here's an attempt to jolt some of dem..
1.The concept of caller tune:One has to shell out 40 bucks a month,so that the person who is calling us can listen to one of the songs i like(though the caller mite hate it) instead of the conventional tring tring.I mean,if u r really so fond of telling evryone on earth what ur fav song is,mention it on a blog or ur social networking profile..wats d need to pay for somebody else being able to listen to that song.Defies all logic,but ppl do it al d time and mr bharti and mr ambani keeps getting richer and richer.
2...wil be updated soon
enjoy

Well,der are some phrases or words which are part of ur daily lives...daily conversation..i dont have many of my own(except few) and rest are all plagiarised by ppl around me i admire :-)
so here is a list of few of them...
1- Koi naa..(its my own,noticed by few dear colleagues of mine during office days)
2- kya fight hain,koi fight nahin hain yaar(i guess it spread thru an elder bro of mine,but its spreading like spine flu...a friend of mine has a set reply for this one,fight ki to maine baat hi nai ki yaar,tu dara mat mujhe:-) )
3- chill hain yaar,pain na le zyada(self made most probably)
4- zyada enthu ni hain yaar(i have serious doubts on its origination :)
5- oh plzzz....give me a break(this is a latest one,copied by a dear frend of mine,on recent trip to delhi)
6- dont embaaraassss me yaar...
7- kya pathetic item hain yaar/it was pathetic...(thanks to another frend of mine,recent addition to my arsenal)
8- arey bhai scene hain aaj to ghar pe/kya scene hain bhai aaj(thanks to bakul bhai)
the list is endless,but others are more specific to my ex-office colleagues and most of dem wd be like breaching the norms of a decent blogger...so i shd take a break...
enjoy

hey guys,its been long since i posted something..havent really had much to post...routine has been lil dull...except visit to NCR last week..yesterday was bit eventful,if compared to my daily routine..
6:00 pm- Cappuccino at ccd-50 bucks
8:00 pm- Spinach corn sandwich at ccd-60 bucks
8:30 pm- Wake up sid at pvr-150 bucks
11:15pm- Vegetable maggi with butter sctoch shake at home- PRICELESS :-)

Irrational Exuberance..

Markets in past few weeks are in a confused state...they over recovered since lows made in march..as an economist was mentioning...people suffer from "Traumatic stress syndrome" and its effects are people forget how bad things were.seems perfect,evryone really forgot that this recession was compared to The Great Depression,the firms which stood tall for over a century,the firms which could make profits at time of world wars,even they failed..and it was supposed to bring the financial system to a halt.And now,just 8-10 months down the line,those memories are fading away.Its commonly said,stock markets are leading indicators,i.e they recover 6 months in advance than economy recovering but even if everything goes on well,economy doesnt seem to be growing atleast for an year to come.
In past few days,i realised these economists and analysts are as confused as a common man is....Most of them speak bullshit just coz they are asked to..its just that they have better way or technical jargon for explaining whatever is happening in market.
What i believe is,let this be an opportunity to cleanse the system,or what Alan greenspan calls "CREATIVE DESTRUCTION".What stimulus packages can do is prevent firms to file bankruptcy but hardly helps in cleansing the system.Let the credit card bubble burst now,rather than an year or two later...
Now chinese markets giving first clue of weakness and fake bull rally.The bull rally was supported by recovery in china and a report reveals that the kind of money which china pumped into its banking system in past 6-8 months,its almost twice of the money pumped by all indian banks since their existence.In other words,the money pumped by china into its system was enough to create two indian banking system..such reckless money comes to stock markets and gives a false image of everything is fine.Though the worst mite be already behind us,even if credit card bubble bursts soon,but a big correction is due,technically and fundamentally both..
M hell bearish about the markets..but as always,commenting is free of cost,investing is not...:-)

WalMart's Hegemony

I read about this big retail giant for first time while reading The world is flat.Thomas friedman went all ga ga over how walmart has revolutionised retailing,how it manages to sell stuff at prices which no other retailer can even come closer to.The major reason as he pointed out was its excellent supply chain management and i was left wondering,how can solely a good supply chain management makes one a leader in retailing.Its beyond doubt that Wal-mart has one of the most sophisticated and well managed supply chain but thats just one side of the story.
When looking at an organisation for what it does for society,there are two things to be considered.They are what the organisation gives to the society,and whats the cost(for society) involved.There was lot of hype at time when concept of Retail chain came to india, with endless debates about how it will improve living standards and fate of mom & pop stores.Till now,the model has been quite successful and even mom & pop stores survived,infact,they became more efficient.But,Retail stores in india were no Wal-marts.
The retail giant is good for customers,but not for its employees.It serves products to customers at cheapest prices,but at the cost of meagre salaries which arent even enough for a decent living.
Lets see what impact Walmart stores had on society and individuals.
The good part,all i can see is one,goods at cheaper prices,many of which are made by workers working in china and bangladesh at wages as low as 17 cents an hour,14 hrs a day,7 days a week.
Now about the bad effects..thats where the meat lies..
When walmart came to U.S,many of the stores,which were serving consumers for over 4 decades,were forced to shut down.It seems its not just the walmart's agressive business strategy but support by various state goverments which made it happen.Millions of dollars were given in subsidies for walmart stores,along with land at subsidised prices.Competition brings the best in both parties till the time its fair but these subsidies gave walmart an unfair advantage and left other stores no option than to shut down.If we get into mathematics,even if wal mart works like a normal retail chain and pays back to society,or at worst,just manages to run its business at no gain,those cash and land subsidies are not a bad business proposal.So,U.S govt had a role to play.
Secondly,walmart has over 1.8 million employees in U.S...its almost half of New zealand's population.The employees are paid minimal wages,they arent provided any medical insurance/aid(Goverment is supposed to take care of them from taxpayer's money) and dey are not paid for overtime as Walmart flaunts abt its no overtime policy.The store managers are given special training to how to make employees work for more than 40hrs a week and all such tactics are put to use regularly.
The Walmart has been involved in litigations regarding causing damage to enviroment and Walmart's parking lot are famous crime destinations.
The five members of walton family,walmart's owners,make it to the top wealthiest ppl in united states,with total wealth over 110 billion $ which is equivalent to whole Dubai's GDP...so a walton family is a dubai in itself :) .And the walmart family donated 1% of it for social cause.Ironically,the richest man in world,Bill gates donated over 50% of his wealth.
To me,it seems a case of making whole america poorer at the name of cheaper prices to make one family rich.
Walmart's Hegemony in U.S is just the same as U.S hegemony in the world.May be,in time to come,both will end :)

Just see how bored one can get!!!

1.If the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans at 13 degrees to the vertical, why is Zee Cafe not included in the Big TV Southern Delight package?

2.If Samsung, then why was he not heard?

3.Explain in 37 words what you would get on Fourier transforming a cat.

4.Why didn't the chicken cross the road?

5.Its not you, its me. Explain

6.Determine the frictional force needed to overcome the anger you have for yourself?

7.Why are you angry with yourself?

8.In what ways does a remote control?

9.War, what is it good for?

10.Do Australians call rest of the world UP OVER?

11.Do you love me?

12.If your neighbour tells you that your door transmorgifies at night into a balloon, does that mean the apple yard now needs more alcohol?

13.5 Point Someone....How?

14.Using Schroedinger's theory, prove that you are reading this and also not reading this at the same time.

15.Why do you have to seal a leakage...... Why not crab it?

16.Why are you?

17. Seriously, why are you?

18.A man ran around a tree 43 times and then took a bath. Why?

19.Using a shrapnel and a t-shirt, how long will it take to restore peace in Malaysia?

20.What is the adivantic equivalent of a semi-nivadic glanmesting schiropatic?

21.Scooby Doo, where are you?

22.Write the 6th state of matter after Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma, Anti-Matter and Matter of Fact.

23.Without the use of scale, measure Schawazwarchild radius of Schawazwarchild.

24. Find out who Eric Cantona is. Is he not?

25.Ten leaves crashed a wedding. Why?

Delhi..

I believe for outsiders,der is some kind of entry fee(variable though) when they come to place like delhi/NCR on whole,as if to introduce us to a new way of life.As i myself and some of my friends moved to this place last year,many of us have already paid for it,many havent as of yet and they mite be paying along wid interest in time to come.It seems like a GOD's way of making us do forceful donation to the needy people ,especially those who come with talents like(taking wallet out from other's pocket widout letting dem know or to take stuff from a car by breaking the glass).I mean dey r daring people and almighty makes us pay for those needy ppl.So,thats how youth like us end up doing social service(though unwillingly).It seems i have done more than my share for an year..its almost like social service quota for a decade in terms of losing my wallet once and then my bike.In that way,i have done enough to uplift living standards of two of needy families with ppl having special talent.AND i dont intend to do more of it in time to come...so i have paid enough fees..its time for others to pay..so spare meee...

Movie as a revenge

Every now and then,der comes a movie which gives everyone a chance to take revenge from ppl one doesnt like.There are two ways to take revenge,make them suffer by troubling them straightway or take them for such a movie.To add to the category,was released LUCK last week.I am not sure if seeing this movie wd bring doom to ur luck for years to come(it really can,as a punishment for wasting 2.5 hrs of life on dis movie) but it sucks,it really does.Sometimes,i wonder how the director/producer,i mean do they really expect der movies like this ones to be hit or is it just they r making it to tell industry that dey r alive.I was in pune and had to enter a mall to kill time as my friend whom i was supposed to meet,had to be in office for another 3 hrs.The movie's mafia actors aka danny,sanju baba made hell lot of dialogues on "LUCK" and frustrated whole junta.The word LUCK must have been used atleast 150 times in dis movie.If der wd be an award for worst dialogue,no body can beat this movie for centuries to come(i dont deny mithun's GUNDA can tie).The only bearable part i can say was the babe introduced and a song here or der.Hats off to people who came even closer to feeling its a good movie.And for all revenge takers,take tat person for tat movie and carry earbuds for urself..

Movie earnings as measure of Recession Easing..

I just read somewhere that Transformer and Ice Age 3 tied for earnings of 42.5 million $ over weekend..well,is it a sign of recession easing or the other way around..it was supposed to be an extended weekend in driving season in U.S...its the time when ppl go for drives,not get into watch movies..i think it must have been a cost cutting measure and is reducing consumer spending...so dont go on nos.Recession isnt going anywer soon....Finally,someone gained from recession,these movie producers:)

Fedex is the champ..

Last one week has been pretty happening with Wimbledon going on.India-WI series was full of lacklustre all the time for two reasons-Indian team is not in best of form and Ten sports just cant broadcast it the way Espn/star sports does.Anyways,50 overs looks too long nowadays.So all focus was on tennis.Except two of the matches in final rounds,nothing was something really exceptional.Firstly,the one women's semifinal Dementieva and Serena and the other one,ofcourse men's final.Well,tennis is one of the sports which is highly followed around the world along with cricket and soccer.Other two being team games,makes it much different.I wonder what kind of concentration levels and mental toll it would take on des players,mostly just few years elder to me(and some younger).Its just amazing.Its one of those games where even before the tournament starts,there would be 1 or max 2 clear frontrunners for the championship and then there would be a whole bunch of guys who carry "can do it" tag.And every year,there comes a rising star,someone never heard of till last year, rising to glory and ends up being a tough opponent.The women's title was once again {unfortunately) dominated by william sis.They made around 2 million pounds in just prize money in this tournament.I wonder kam se kam 30-40 million pounds banaya hoga in sisters ne...Safina's match against Venus was a sheer disappointment..but Dementieva's loss was quite unfortunate,she succeeded in dominating thruout the match but just losing it at the last moment.Well,it happens so often in tennis,"so close yet so far".So was Roddick today..i dont mean to take away any credit from Fed(And i mean Federrer,not Bernanke's Fed,they dont have much credit to their side looking at this recession).Beyond any doubt,He is the Champ of all times,it takes real talent to outperform evryone 15 times but yaar,Nadal wasnt playing,so finally des "can do it" guys got a chance to prove their mettle and this guy Roddick did everything right and still ended up being on the runner's up end.I am touch disappointed probably for the first time for Fed winning the title.Lets hope this "can do it" gang gets another chance in time to come and rattle away the domination by fed-nadal and william sisters.May be next time,Roddick's aces will do it..For the time being,Congo for Fed's success..

Some amazing lines...

"No matter how corrupt your moral sense, how contorted your view of the world, how vapid and inarticulate your ideas, how talentless you are and how exaggerated your grievance, an obsessive audience will watch your every move and turn you into what you most want to be, just before your death."
Source:some article on BBC website after mumbai terror attacks...
Bond banda hain jisne bhi likha hain....

mumbai...

Past few days have been quite eventful.i just returned from Mumbai last night.I must say,the perception abt mumbai holded for so long as a sulky place with below normal standard of living for common man has vanished.Its a wonderful city to live in.Except with few problems here or der,like transportation and humid weather,everything else seems to be any day better than NCR.Unlike NCR,people der are less irritated and much more content with their lives.Many times read,that mumbaikars unite at time of human crisis as nowhere else in world,now i guess that can really happen in a place like mumbai.But one thing is der,no place can beat NCR/CHD in context of babes..northern babes rock..
If one is ready to shell out few extra bucks,a decent living nearby office place is feasible..so transportation isnt a big issue.I tried almost all modes of transport over der except B.E.S.T .Went to see Marine drive,the 26/11 location Taj,leopold cafe etc etc. I was stuck amazed for some time looking at Taj.Checked out prices of their rooms..it starts with 13000(i wonder,what they wil give in 13k,a store room??) and goes upto 2.8 lacs(aah..this sounds hell expensive,i scrolled their website that somewhere in small fonts,der would be words saying-this 2.8 lacs per nite package involves a free rendezvous with Katrina Kaif but in vain,only that could justify this prices:-) ).Monday afternoon,i had a lot of free time,so happened to go to a small mall over there.Saw a 103 inch sony plasma on display.Priced at 28 lacs.Well,i feel either i misread the price tag or that well deserving dot (.) which should have been placed between 2 and 8 was mistakenly missing.But,i must say,that thing was amazing.
I shall upload some pics of my trip in time to come..and ya,i forgot to say,i went for an exam der,only those few hrs were lil boring..rest was pretty gud.

Well Friends,its one of those times when all u got to do is to study and put in all hard work for a week or so which could make a difference in ur life and its ironic that these r the times when u wish to do things which u usually dont.right now,i wish to play lawn tennis,to learn playing guitar,watch rest of the seasons of how i met your mother and read some stuff on growth and insights into govt rule in china.Well,i cant do most of them as i have this cfa exam coming up next sunday.Lets hope this Urge to learn all this stuff doesnt end by next sunday... :-)