Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Bastante
Cannot stress this enough to anyone and everyone who ends up reading this space -
Don't mourn death, celebrate life.
Spanish mid-terms were good.
Did well in the writing, the listening needs a hell of a lot of improvement.
I've been consuming myself at work.
Time I looked elsewhere?
I don't know.
Where's test cricket gone?
I LOVE watching the '92 world cup reruns - more cricket, less jhatang.
Have returned to weightlifting with ALL that I have.
Feels good to lift. It's almost ethereal...surreal...cathartic.
Read this sometime ago -
Experience is a tough teacher. It tests first and teaches later.
Don't mourn death, celebrate life.
Spanish mid-terms were good.
Did well in the writing, the listening needs a hell of a lot of improvement.
I've been consuming myself at work.
Time I looked elsewhere?
I don't know.
Where's test cricket gone?
I LOVE watching the '92 world cup reruns - more cricket, less jhatang.
Have returned to weightlifting with ALL that I have.
Feels good to lift. It's almost ethereal...surreal...cathartic.
Read this sometime ago -
Experience is a tough teacher. It tests first and teaches later.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The Weekend
Spanish mid-terms were good.
Fue mejor que habia esperado. Ahora pienso sin duda que mejorare tarde o temprano :)
Krazzy 4 was a huge disappointment. Spoilt an otherwise good weekend.
I have about a week to decide whether I'm gonna munch on the carrot or not.
Will I?
I have no idea.
Had a haircut.
Finally :)
Will be in Delhi on 23rd May to take the DELE
Remembering mummy. A lot.
Fue mejor que habia esperado. Ahora pienso sin duda que mejorare tarde o temprano :)
Krazzy 4 was a huge disappointment. Spoilt an otherwise good weekend.
I have about a week to decide whether I'm gonna munch on the carrot or not.
Will I?
I have no idea.
Had a haircut.
Finally :)
Will be in Delhi on 23rd May to take the DELE
Remembering mummy. A lot.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Another day another post
Been wondering a lot over the past few days.
Maybe it's only a coincidence, but a lot of people have been dying recently.
A friends grandfather.
An aunt I never saw.
A colleagues father.
My own mummy died 4 and something years ago.
(It was tough, the doctor gave her 6 months. She left us in less than 4).
But all that is besides the point.
I've always considered death as just another part of life.
Maybe it's the way I was brought up - in Islam death is an essential part of life.
("Kullu nafsin zaikatul maut" - Every living being will taste death)
-The Quran, sura Al Imran
Looking at people feeling helpless over a near ones death.
Sobbing uncontrollably.
Getting depressed.
Hitherto I considered all this really abnormal.
But I've seen this happen so many times, I'm beginning to think that I am far away from normal.
That I'm a little too controlled. I little too secure.
But not a cold man you know, I cry too.
Looking back, I've always been this way.
Maybe that's why I've never had a relationship, nor a passionate hatred of anything or anyone.
I love everyone. Equally. Hard as that may be to imagine.
I expect very less, from very few.
This is what I am.
For those I care about
Don't expect me to mourn your death when you die. I'd rather celebrate your life.
But you will be missed. All. Sorely.
Maybe it's only a coincidence, but a lot of people have been dying recently.
A friends grandfather.
An aunt I never saw.
A colleagues father.
My own mummy died 4 and something years ago.
(It was tough, the doctor gave her 6 months. She left us in less than 4).
But all that is besides the point.
I've always considered death as just another part of life.
Maybe it's the way I was brought up - in Islam death is an essential part of life.
("Kullu nafsin zaikatul maut" - Every living being will taste death)
-The Quran, sura Al Imran
Looking at people feeling helpless over a near ones death.
Sobbing uncontrollably.
Getting depressed.
Hitherto I considered all this really abnormal.
But I've seen this happen so many times, I'm beginning to think that I am far away from normal.
That I'm a little too controlled. I little too secure.
But not a cold man you know, I cry too.
Looking back, I've always been this way.
Maybe that's why I've never had a relationship, nor a passionate hatred of anything or anyone.
I love everyone. Equally. Hard as that may be to imagine.
I expect very less, from very few.
This is what I am.
For those I care about
Don't expect me to mourn your death when you die. I'd rather celebrate your life.
But you will be missed. All. Sorely.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Internet Security
What would Quentin Tarantino call himself if he were an Internet Security guy?
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Quentin Quarantino!
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Quentin Quarantino!
Lesson
Something I've realised bigtime in the past few days at work - If you gotta lead a happy life, have success, contentment, basically the works,
I remember reading something on those lines in Vernon God Little, a book that The Neverknown strongly and rightly recommended.
P.S. - Congratulations Neverknown, on anniversary# 2.
you need to let people have what they want
I remember reading something on those lines in Vernon God Little, a book that The Neverknown strongly and rightly recommended.
P.S. - Congratulations Neverknown, on anniversary# 2.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Good News Bad News
The Good news
The MRI says my spine's fine
The doc even said my spine is 'unusually' healthy (Can I put that on my resume?)
The Bad news
Can't jog, do weighted squats - weighted lunges - calve raises - weighted lower back excercises for SIX WHOLE MONTHS
It's a cruel cruel world
I was just thinking in the afternoon about the time when there was a day and night cricket match going on and the lights in the stadium went off.
Wondered when such a thing would happen next.
It happened about 6 hours later at the Gaddafi stadium - Pak v Bangladesh
The carrot may not be a carrot after all.
There's a very good chance of it coming to life and me munching on it.
But that would mean atleast 16 more months in the same project.
That would roughly add up to 4.5 years.
Whoever said variety is the spice of life!
Basically, my heart isn't in it anymore.
But I'd be a fool, an utter imbecile, to let this go.
And, did I mention that the carrot would last 12 months? Atleast.
Mortals with slow net connections in Mumbai would do good to try out 'You Connect'.
For those who don't want to, go download DAP.
You can predict what's going on in a Hindi news channel any time of the day -
1 - A special on their latest obsession: The Great Khali
2 - Bashing Indian batsmen for meekly surrendering (The probablity of this happening every 1 test match out of 5 is very high)
I remember watching this - 'Chennai ke sher huay Motera mein dher'
3 - Pensively covering Amitabh Bachchans fever, backache, bad motions - you name it!
Got a new cell phone (Yes, Again).
This time it's the Nokia 6233.
We all have fetishes, am I not allowed one too?
The MRI says my spine's fine
The doc even said my spine is 'unusually' healthy (Can I put that on my resume?)
The Bad news
Can't jog, do weighted squats - weighted lunges - calve raises - weighted lower back excercises for SIX WHOLE MONTHS
It's a cruel cruel world
I was just thinking in the afternoon about the time when there was a day and night cricket match going on and the lights in the stadium went off.
Wondered when such a thing would happen next.
It happened about 6 hours later at the Gaddafi stadium - Pak v Bangladesh
The carrot may not be a carrot after all.
There's a very good chance of it coming to life and me munching on it.
But that would mean atleast 16 more months in the same project.
That would roughly add up to 4.5 years.
Whoever said variety is the spice of life!
Basically, my heart isn't in it anymore.
But I'd be a fool, an utter imbecile, to let this go.
And, did I mention that the carrot would last 12 months? Atleast.
Mortals with slow net connections in Mumbai would do good to try out 'You Connect'.
For those who don't want to, go download DAP.
You can predict what's going on in a Hindi news channel any time of the day -
1 - A special on their latest obsession: The Great Khali
2 - Bashing Indian batsmen for meekly surrendering (The probablity of this happening every 1 test match out of 5 is very high)
I remember watching this - 'Chennai ke sher huay Motera mein dher'
3 - Pensively covering Amitabh Bachchans fever, backache, bad motions - you name it!
Got a new cell phone (Yes, Again).
This time it's the Nokia 6233.
We all have fetishes, am I not allowed one too?
Sunday, April 06, 2008
The Holy Qur'an (Surah 2 - Al Baqarah THE HEIFER)
002.043 And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship).
So I finally have the time to blog
It's not like the world is flocking to see this space, and that weeks without an update is an internationl catastrophe, but hey - I'm Back!
Where do I start?
Yep, I think unconnected sentences with neither wisdom nor reason is the way to go. As always...
ICL is rather fun - much better than I expected. Lance Klusener's playing - I'd kill my boss to watch him play.
Ok, I admit it - I'd kill my boss for free any day of the week.
Work is getting stressful by the day. Need a BREAK. Need to stop putting in extra hours. Need to get a life.
Don't you hate it when the carrot is dangled?
Spanish is nowhere near as intense as it should be.
Majorly coz of work squeezing the juice out of me.
Hurt by lower back a few months ago in the gym.
What do you expect when you do a 40kg ssquat?
(Ok, I am bragging about my squat. But my back is majorly screwed.)
A little bit of vanity is allowed. Right?
Had an MRI done yesterday.
Couldn't go in head first. Damn claustrophobia!
So they put me in leg first and had me stick my had out of the machine, which the nurse held.
That was probably the first real human contact I've had in weeks.
Have my spanish mid-terms next week.
Thought about deleting this blog. I'm not gonna.
Will probably start bloggin in spanish.
Once a smoker, always a smoker?
I think so.
"The greatest trick the devil ever played, was convincing the world he didn't exist".
-Verbal Kint
Where do I start?
Yep, I think unconnected sentences with neither wisdom nor reason is the way to go. As always...
ICL is rather fun - much better than I expected. Lance Klusener's playing - I'd kill my boss to watch him play.
Ok, I admit it - I'd kill my boss for free any day of the week.
Work is getting stressful by the day. Need a BREAK. Need to stop putting in extra hours. Need to get a life.
Don't you hate it when the carrot is dangled?
Spanish is nowhere near as intense as it should be.
Majorly coz of work squeezing the juice out of me.
Hurt by lower back a few months ago in the gym.
What do you expect when you do a 40kg ssquat?
(Ok, I am bragging about my squat. But my back is majorly screwed.)
A little bit of vanity is allowed. Right?
Had an MRI done yesterday.
Couldn't go in head first. Damn claustrophobia!
So they put me in leg first and had me stick my had out of the machine, which the nurse held.
That was probably the first real human contact I've had in weeks.
Have my spanish mid-terms next week.
Thought about deleting this blog. I'm not gonna.
Will probably start bloggin in spanish.
Once a smoker, always a smoker?
I think so.
"The greatest trick the devil ever played, was convincing the world he didn't exist".
-Verbal Kint
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