2008 was cool B)

Disclaimer - However boring the reasons may be, be prepared to put up with them. Else, write up much interesting happenings in your own blog. Period.

Ahem "Top 10 reasons" that made me say 2008 was cool >>>

#1 I'm done with my Masters. No more studying.
(well not "no more". I mean at least not now)

#2 I loved my Spanish classes, I loved the language even more.
Simply music!

#3 My DOJ was delayed. Who cares? I watched a 100+ movies
(cheap-me huh?? LOL!)

#4 "We" have become more matured in our fights. (voila!)

#5 The world hit recession, yet I made profits
(evil-grin heeehaaahawww)

#6 Obama is the President-elect. Whoa! I love it!
(Forrest Gump told me how long the US has walked)

#7 Suddenly mj took a liking to German, I did the same :D (MMB was awesome, so was Deutsch)

#8 J will have a little-cute-J soon! Will it be Dorothy or Denzel?? The world will have to wait ;)

#9 G is getting married. Ok. Nothing that impressive, tho' out of some goodwill I write :P

#10 Weißmond's wedding is fixed *yay!* Pats to Prakash & you gal!!


Two languages, Two weddings and A people's President.
It can't get any better ;))
It was all was definitely awesome, cos I expect 2009 to be the worst.
(war over the M word will start!)
All wrote and read. Happy New Year ;)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

24.11.2008
The Good
A teenie-weenie cyclone that popped out of nowhere was determined to cause more destruction that it actually could. This morning, electricity was suspended. I appreciated my inverter like never before. We decided to stay at low consumption mode (cos of cats' exam), turned off the TV and turned to the books.
Books(!) the best thing after a LONG time. Amma, Appa and I were poring over books like never before. It was bliss. My bro busied himself with books too - well, thanks to the Survey exams. Suddenly he was in high spirits, by high I mean real HIGH. Seems the exams were postponded. Later, we spoke through the night... Cyclone?? The day was simply great.

25.11.2008
The Bad.
The morning was calm as well. More books, more chat. Reality struck me later, out on the roads the water levels were ankle-high and since the rains never stopped, they were obviously expected to rise. The rains were SO heavy and SO continuous . "Chembarambakam" dam reached its' full capacity and its' gates were opened. This plainly meant a mini-flashflood was on its way!
I was getting slightly worried about the floods (and that I had to bunk German class) when I promptly got a call from Max Muller Bhavan saying classes were suspended! Great!
By the evening the inverter quit working. No complaints, it did a great job of sustaining a day and three-fourths. Lanterns, mosquito repellent sprays and slight annoyance in the air.

26.11.2008
The Ugly.
No electricity yet. Worse, my cell had "almost" no charge. As if switching off TV, PC wasn't bad enough, I even had to switch off my mobile. Judicious usage :|
It was then we got to know about the attack in Mumbai. Noone can a thing, but pray. We prayed, hoped. Hoped that the attacks ceased. Hoped for the savior "electricity" to be back. Most of all hoped to catch a glimpse of what happened.
Finally by the night, say 10pm, electricity supply was regained. Horror was splashed on the Television. I just fail to understand, how can so much of brutality be present in a human brain. Plain barbarism, plain stupidity.
The following day, the dead heroes were saluted.
I salute these men who gave their lives for us.
I'd now salute the living heroes, those men whose names I not know of, the men whose names will be splashed by the media someday.


P/s My connector was short-circuited. Thanks to the rain.
My eyes are much better today due to the "Lack of internet" so long.

Reality shows - Dreams, Drama & English.

With a large number of reality shows up on list, one gets to hear a few words often. Every channel you change to shows someone (of course talented one) who is "mind-blowing".
Mind-blowing, mind-blowing and more mind-blowing. (!)

Secondly, though the comments given can by stereotyped. I found "this" amusing or should I say appalling?
Some xyz judging a dance would invariably say -
"Nice song selection. Energy levels were good initially.. but towards the end sudden drop in energy levels. Why? (camera zooms the paavam faces of contestants) . Anywayss on the whole your performance was flawless."

Flawless. gasps. Flawless? I mean, wasn't a drop in the energy level a flaw? Or may be the meaning of flawless is having "less flaws"?
I don't know that. Same applies to words like impeccable, improvisation(Alas! improvisation has nothing to do with improvement) and so forth.

Stance #3. Tears are a way of communication, considering them a language, I write : The person who hasn't fared well would (should!) cry. No matter what. After all if they fail to cry, they are provoked until they do.

I'd follow their way and say: "Too much of Drama, senti-bunti sobbers, attitude. On the whole fantastic!"

Being true on the inside I shouldn't forget to mention, cut all the crap and you really find some superbly talented people and most definitely a good platform(like never before) to showcase talent.
So why not "Fantastic"? ;)

Me and Diwali

Me and Diwali, the mastercard way! :D

Clothes : 3,300 INR
Crackers : 4,200 INR
Irritating the A-cube neighbor with "nonstop" fireworks : Priceless.

There are some things that money can't buy.
For everything else there's ATM.

ATM = A Talented Magnate.
Of course, my dad!

Occupation - Pre-Employment?

THEN.
June 2008

I made the most of my holidays after degree, thinking...
a) I won't have spare time when I start working
b) I have had 20 years of education. I deserve a break.

Mom agreed to it (surprisingly!). It was okay to wake up late (by late I mean 11 AM) and it was okay to surf the net for hours at length, it was okay to meet friends whenever you want!
Life was bliss.

I deserved it. Didn't I slog through my Engineering(I indeed had my share of fun as well)? Didn't I work hard during Post-Grad?
Life was bliss.

Until...
NOW.
Oct 2008

Of recent, every other form I have to fill up has a column saying "Occupation". What do I fill in there?
Student (I'm no more one!) or a short explanation of Lehman brother's Bankruptcy and the downward-spiraling economy of the US affecting my date of joining? Well, I don't have enough space in the latter case. After all is "unemployed" an Occupation?

If application-forms give me nightmares, you should know what the highly specialized species "Homo sapiens" do. Every other curious Aunty asks me -
X : "How is work ma?"
me(feeble voiced) : Aunty, I haven't got my DOJ yet.
X : You aren't trying anywhere else?
me : No Aunty, I thought I'll wait. I've to wait only for a couple of months.

Is it going to be just another couple of months???
To wait or not to wait. That is the question.

He wanted to say..

.. these verses by RF.

"My words are nearly always an offense.
I don't know how to speak of anything
So as to please you. But I might be taught
I should suppose. I can't say I see how.
A man must partly give up being a man
With women-folk."
- Robert Frost

But being a man of words he did not want to waste words and left in silence. A love-smitten-young-man with mesmerizing eyes. Who knows that words can hurt more than the gnawing of a love bug.

I seek forgiveness my Lord. Thou art my firth.

Quotes I can relate to.. Sir W-S

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
Merchant of Venice

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Romeo and Juliet

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
Twelfth Night

Yes, they are written by Sir William Shakespeare.
There are a few quotes you can relate to, aren't they?

My wrath did grow..

A Poison Tree
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree
- William Blake

P.S. The Poison Tree not only grew in the Seventeen Hundreds,
you find her till date.

William Blake, an English poet and painter (found his exposure to classical forms thro' the works of Renaissance masters)

2008

Hope this year grows out to be a great one for all of us! :)
TGC,
me

Hallo to blogging!

Why is it so hard to get a blog address of your choice? Why am I told "Sorry, this blog address is not available" in the most non-sorriest way? How many in the world called Kappu? How many Kappu's are blogging? If they aren't blogging, will they let me swap URL's? ;)
Hmfph. Too many questions.





Except the above Graffito, this blog has nothing to do with Grafitti or walls. Yet expression is the way of life and Grafitti has been doing it all the while. So, all thoughts harsh, lovable, irky will be screamed unto this virtual-web-wall.
Okay. So, I have a personal page on this immeasurably huge server. Great. What next? :|