ooh i want you, i dont know if i need you, but id die to find out.
yeh na ho toh, ya phir..bolo toh kya zindagi hai
i so miss my undergrad days after hearing this song. this song reminds me of my people watching weekends, sitting in bookstores/coffee shops/library spent talking with friends and majorly gossiping about our crushes. one of the best things in life, is having good friends. friendships where pple know everything about you and despite all your bad qualities still love you. and despite your ups and downs in your friendships, you still stick to each other. despite your living miles away or even a few kilometers away, despite your life's changing routes and your finding your own way and making new friends, your bond will never break. and your conversations will always be filled with your old memories, as if it happened yesterday. on how life was so much simpler then, simple things like seeing "the one" in class for ten minutes, used to make my day. and if by any chance, they actually spoke to you for just 10 minutes, and that too to explain if only about a particular homework problem, that would be your whole energy boost for the whole week.
:)
Read more...waqt ki qaid mein, zindagi hai magar..chand ghadiyan yehi hain, jo aazad hain
Started reading Dante Alighieri again. one of my biggest regrets is selling my norton anthology of literature. but it was a time when i was a student and after having blown up my budget in the beginning of the month i was left with zilch for the last 10 days. hard lesson to learn. and a new copy is just not the same as my scribbled on, highlighted, note written on the side, tageared comfortable version. nevertheless, the matter doesnt change and here is some excellent wisdom from "Divine Comedy".
There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.
Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength.
Your earthly fame is but a gust of wind that blows about, shifting this way and that, and as it changes quarter, changes name.
kuch khas hai hum sabhi mein..[there's something special in all of us]
there are some ads that immediately make you look for your remote control and there are some ads that make you flip through the tv channels looking for that ad. =)
the below are mostly cadbury ads. old ads. the cricket pitch ad, football ad, the mehendi wala ad. out of the newer ones, my current favourite is the nike cricket ad, which is the inspiration of this post. but my all time favourite is like most people the one on the cricket pitch. there were other cadbury ads with cyrus broacha which were good too, but i cant seem to find any on youtube. i used to like the first ad of siyarams suitings in rajasthani palaces. heres a dekko: all courtesy of youtubers.
the ads that are more popular are the ones that strike a chord with the audience. theres nothing like going to school and finding that school is closed, for watever reason. i think thats one of the happiest moments of any kids life. obviously it changes in university, where you dont really care whether uni is shut or not. coz cutting class is upto you. but then when u start working and you unexpectedly have a day off, you are back to square 1. =)
theres also nothing like the feeling
that when you are playing rummy,[ disclaimer : only for fun ] and you need one more card to make your hand (is that the word?) and the person before you throws that card.
or when you know you have no clue on how to solve the question, and then they cancel that question completely.
or when you find old photographs and written notes in your notebooks.
or when you wake up in the middle of the night and see that you still have another 5 hours left rather than 5 minutes.
or when you find this shirt ,buried in your drawer, that didnt fit you two years ago, but now fits well.
the list is endless.
many of the ads you see on tv perhaps take the easier(!) route and perhaps the more expensive one too by roping in a famous actor/actress to promote their product. this maybe a good idea for an okay ad. but the real test is when an ad full of unknown faces stands out. thats when you know that the ad is awesome.
purani jeans aur guitar.
as everyone says you have the best time of your life in college. i did too. those days of sitting with friends and doing nothing. often we used to write notes to each other in the library. one of my best friends N forwarded me these conversations, she had saved the pieces of papers we used to write on. some of these still hold true. and some are supremely cheesy. but all still make me smile.
***Practical Life Theorems (by N)***----
Theorem #1
----Formula: looks (proportional to) 1 / IQ
statement: a guy's looks are inversely propertional to his IQ-----
Theorem #2
-----formula: good-looking guy => (has GF) V (is gay)
statement: gook-looking guy at *insert universtiy name* implies either he has a girlfriend or he is gay
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*** conversation about F and stinky desi (between N and H) ***
N: i think that F is trying to hit on this stinky desi
H: even i think so...good she's gonna buy him deodrant but also i think stink-bomb desi likes NA...she even shifted position but that stink desi is hitting on F...it's an isosceles triangle.
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and then those conversations when everyone is talking.
*** totally random coversation: multiple characters ****
P: i think many pple moved out of *some apartment complex*?
N: (don't know which N) loves --- (name is scribbled out)
N: this guy sitting behind u - desi - looks decent
Ni: yeh bahut baat karta hai - mr. hero
N: he became very interested in listening to your dilemma
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*** everybody's favorite song (on a tissue) *** [since we dont waste paper.lol]
HD: time after time
DM: total eclipse of the heart
NS: everybody wants to rule the world
PP: my heart will go on...
NiM: breaking my heart again
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My first soap opera episode based on my best friend N and her aashiq awaras, AM, Pr, S and Nz. In reality none of them are awaras, just plain ashiqs. things have changed majorly now. now two are married and AM and N are together. This sad scene (haha) was penned a long time ago. and its just funny how life turns out. one thing didnt change though: my ability to waste time.
*** Kahin Deep jale, kahin dil - ek anokhi kahani ****(first play attempt by HD)
AM: Pr, mein N kei prem mein pagal ho gaya hoon...kaisei bataoon...kaisei...
Pr: tu fikar mat kar yaar, koi na koi haal nikal hee ayega (thinks) i hope not, main bhi hoon pagal N kei prem mein
S: main bhi
Nz: aur main bhi
N: don't worry boys, we shall have a swayamwar as according to tradition. first of all, all of you have to describe the ideal date
AM: you are my ideal...anywhere and everywhere we go will be ideal
N thinks: what a bore!
AM: but my ideal date would be dinner date in some desi restaurant (as i know now) that the way to N's heart is through her stomach and that too via indian food. and before that, i will play racketball with her and lose since she will think that i'm the perfect gentleman letting her win, which in truth i can't play myself.
Pr: loser, i will take her in my car for a spin. mere paas Ph.D. hai, gaadi hai, good looks hai, bad jokes and PJs bhi hain...tumhare paas kya hai?
S: mere paas dil hai, dil (dream sequence song: is deewani ladki ko koi samjhaye) my ideal date would be like the first time we met. after coding/programming for about 23 hrs straight, my eyes tired and wandered across the room and there in the midst i saw my apsara N sitting and coding like me...kindred spirits...this would be ideal date, me and her debugging forever and ever and ever...together.
Nz: watever you loser...pyar aisei nahin kiya jaata...pyar ho jata hai...i have thebiggest advantage since i'm as you all know paki (eat my dust)
Unknown person: KHAMOSH! N sirf meri hai...mein hi hoon lambi race ka ghoda....
The others: kaun ho tum?
Unknown: Main hoon.....(to be continued)
and when tomm comes we'll just do it all again.
'So Young' from the album Talk on Corners, by the Corrs. Another one of my all time favourites.
and of course the below
and yup the "blueeee" part was for my chorus/back up singers
how bizarre, how bizarre
at the gym this song by OMC released in 1996 came on, on one of the televisions. This was one of my favourite songs growing up and i havent heard it in eons and when it came on i couldnt help but laughing even though some pple stared at me weirdly. i remember i used to sing this song and make my younger sister and our bai (the housemaid) sing the chorus/backup part. "everytime i look around" and the "how bizarre". and most of the time the bai was the most sportif of the two. she would happily and enthusiastically sing although she couldnt understand a word. hahaahh.
i love youtube for allowing someone to post it. enjoy!
P.S the guy at the back of the car makes me laugh. he just sits there and just nods his head throughout the song
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