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अतिथि डाक

Here is a guest post in the form of a poem by our super talented Tinni. Iss blog ki shobha ab aur bhi badh gayi. Thenkoo so much babes ;)

wings of poesy
soar into the sky
colours of the rainbow
enlighten even the night

blessed indeed are poets;
artists, lovers and friends
they may die, shrivel and wither
n still live through the gems they penned

oh how i wish to immortalize this life and times in rhyme
the verse is weak; the poet unknown
and yet i hope to raise the rhythm divine.

~ Tinni

After reading her poem, I got inspired and penned down one myself. Ekdum spontaneous on-the-spot types. So you guys have to now pick a winner out of the 2 poems. Here goes mine:

Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

So go ahead and pick a winner. You can use parameters like originality, literary depth, blah blah, bleh bleh ;) And remember while choosing the poem, mine is the latter one. The 2nd poem. Nichu waala. The one 3 lines above ;)

A new year resolution

Do not take credit/debit cards when going for Window shopping!

I had earlier mentioned my love for shopping. Its gotten a lil out of hand now. Owing to my heroics, species of the fairer sex are finding it difficult to keep pace. Malls and shopping complexes are running out of new stocks. And John Abraham is going to stop acting :P

I nevva make resolutions. None this year as well. Shall try to keep things simple. Do less of planning. (Most things don't go according to plan) Be wild n crazy. Act zany n wacky. coz after all, its better to surprise Life rather than letting Life surprise you. Whassay :)

Happy new year! aur Happy ko bhi Happy new year :D

The chosen one

In response to Stupidosaur's comment on the previous post:

Yes, the header pic was taken after I joined the IT industry :)

And lately I have been inspired by the Bolly guys getting various sized packs. Aamir survived on some 16-18 odd egg whites per day. I too am following suit when it comes to the diet. Me n my roomie hogged 18 eggs - whites, yolks, everything - in the form of omlets and egg bhurji for lunch!!

However when it comes to Aamir n me, there is one small difference. Aamir went for the eight packs. I am concentrating on just one pack ;)

PS: I think I will have to start doing some serious workout (read light jogging in the beautiful Bangalore weather) before people start rolling me over for games of football :(

Silver

All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.

- John Berger

Today, I raise a toast. To the journey that was started 25 years ago. To 25 years of ups and downs, of blending and bonding, of agreeing and arguing. To 25 years of togetherness. Cheers.

In the years to come, if I can raise a child half as well as you Pa, and if I can love my child half as much as you Ma, I would be very very proud of myself.

No matter how much I grow up, I shall always be your lil boy. Wishing you both a glittering happy anniversary. Love you both.

SOS

Build a Titanic.

Make sure there are no lifeboats on board.

Lock Mr. X* in one of the rooms. Preferably in a room that is farthest from the deck.

Send the key of that room in an unmanned spacecraft to the moon. Mars would be even better.

Set the ship on sail.

Have an automated steering system which can maneuver the ship towards the biggest iceberg in the ocean.

This ultra modern hi-fi steering system should also avoid the ship from being in the vicinity of any other ships which can come to the rescue.

If everything goes according to plan, mission accomplished. The world shall live in peace.

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* X = John Abraham.

You will be able to empathize with me if you happen to watch a movie called No smoking.


Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction and no implications are to be taken seriously.

eltit

"He who thought money was everything certainly never had any friends..."

Two wonderful bloggers Sarath and HP were brave enough to publicly admit that I am a friend of theirs. Thank u guys. Muaahhhh :)

The tag rules include nominating 5 other blogs with the award. But that's just not possible. I mean just 5! Come on!! Instead I want to share this award with all my dear readers. May we indeed remain friends forever. And may the madness never stop :)

This tag also has a Quotations Tag where one has to write one's favorite quotes. Before writing that, let me tell you something about HP:

She is a F.R.I.E.N.D.S fanatic. She loves Calvin and Hobbes. She is very good at multitasking. She is a very good photographer. She is a Cancerian.

Bottom line: She is a she. :)

Now as for the quotes, I could not recollect many. Below are some of the few that came to my mind:

"John, on your death bed, you will not wish you had spent more time in office."

- The Monk who sold his Ferrari.

"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

- Albus Dumbledore

"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

- The Godfather

"I'm going for second," he said. "Today we went to the moon and saw the astronaut"

- The cyclist Beloki on Lance Armstrong in Every Second Counts

"When we talk about the poor, so often it is talk about getting them off the streets or getting them a job, so they don't starve. But we never talk about getting excellence for the poor."

- The World is Flat

I tag the following people with the Quotations Tag:

Sayesha - who better than to tag an editor ;)
Abhinav - dude, get the comp working fast. Or I'll send Arnie to get you back :D
Bhai with chai - please do not include any parser/lex related quotes :P
Homer - you need to post something on the blog alright Ms India ;)
Think tank - this tag might help with the writer's block

WTF

All right! So my hide and seek in Blogville has hurt the sentiments of Blogger. All of a sudden, it has stopped sending comments made on my blog and other follow up comments from other's blogs to my email id. Pretty cool eh..

So lemme ask. Have any of you guys faced this before or is it just lucky me who is The Chosen One?

PS: Most of you must be aware that Ganguly will retire at the end of the on going test match. I do have my farewell post ready for him. But don't worry. All you non-cricket-crazy people will be spared the doze of another cricket post. Only momentarily though :P :P :P

The high flyer

I think I have primarily two split personalities. One, the average human being who behaves normally and follows blog etiquettes. And the other, the sports freak who at times gets too nostalgic and romantic about his favorite game. Today, the latter has taken over.

"..although I am still trying to find out how I can bowl legspin"

- Anil Kumble

They criticized him coz he could not turn the ball. He ended up taking 619 test wickets!

Yes, for the record, Kumble did not spin the ball. But with his high arm action, he extracted bounce which made batsmen dance to his tune on dusty Indian tracks. Also, Kumble had pace. (I mean his quicker delivery was faster than Prasad's slower delivery; or at times even faster than Prasad's normal delivery ;) ) Pace, which batsmen were not accusotmed to from a spinner. And most importantly, Kumble thrived on the age old philosophy of line n length. Mc'grath mastered it in pace. Kumble perfected it in spin.

When it came to Kumble, perseverance was the word. He was always probing on and around that off stump. And every now and then he used to slip in that fast straighter one. Invariably the batsman was trapped in front. The trademark Kumble dismissal. No wonder he holds the record for the most lbw dismissals. 156 to be precise!

Facts and figures apart, Kumble always gave his cent percent. He was alwasys the fighter. One relates to the word fighter and the mind immediately rushes back to Antigua 2002. A dead track. A broken jaw. A bandaged face. He walked onto the field like a gladiator marching onto a battlefield. Bowling with unbearable pain, he dismissed the Prince of Barbados.. Lara became part of a legend that will be passed on to generation after generation. If my grandchildren ever ask me to pick one cricketing instance that made me proud, it will easily be that moment.

Kumble has given so many such memories to cricket lovers like me. He has easily been India's biggest matchwinner at home. True, tracks were suited for spin bowling. But one still needed someone to go out there and do the job. Kumble did that with ease, more so of as a daily duty affair.

It has been an honour watching him play all these years. A champion cricketer. A champion person.

Adios Jumbo. A salute is all a mere mortal like me can offer.

1.. 2.. 3.. Cha-cha-cha

One living legend

surpasses another.

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..and then goes on to score 50 fifties.

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..and then goes on to become the first batsman ever to score 12,000 runs in Tests.

Dear Sachin,

Thank you for all the years of blissful batsmanship. Thank you for all the sublime square cuts and the cover drives. Thank you for all the blazing back-foot cover drives. Thank you for all the upper cuts and the late cuts. Thank you for all the audacious pulls and hooks. Thank you for all the sweeps and slog sweeps. Thank you for all the innovative reverse sweeps and paddle sweeps. Thank you for all the deft flicks and nudges. And ofcourse, thank you for all the signature straight drives.

It has always been a pleasure watching you bat. And it always will be.


Yours truly,

The Cricket Lover

Kabhi aisa lagta hai

I was tagged by Express and may I say that I have moved at a very slow pace to do the tag. I wonder why she asked in her post if I do tags. Yepp I do. The proof is here, here and here. In fact I love to do tag posts :)

The rules:

1. Put your music player on Shuffle mode
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer
3. Write the song name no matter what (even if the world comes to know that I keep Himesh Reshamiya songs on my PC ? :D)
4. After you've answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and let them know they've been tagged.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Tu mere saamne, main tere saamne, tujhko dekhu ke pyaar karu.. (Yeah right!! Like I have no other job. Haan agar yeh niche waali kudi saamne ho to bindaas bolega. Baar baar bolega)

Yes. She is damn cute. Period.

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Sacrifice - Elton John

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams (..those really were the days)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Ik din ayega - Jal (pata nahi kab aayega woh din)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Kabhi aana tu meri gali - Euphoria (hoodi baba. Don't get me wrong. I have no malicious intentions)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Lamhay - Jal (I wonder what I would do without Jal, Strings, Junoon, Parikrama..)


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Yaaron - K.K (..dosti badi hi haseen hai, yeh na ho to kya phir bolo yeh zindagi hai.. Its almost like the hindi parallel of Remembrants I'll be there for you..)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Boulevard of broken dreams - Greenday (The guitar. Ossum)

WHAT IS 2+2?
Talli ho gayi (kisi ne talli ho ke hi yeh question daala hoga)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Woh chali woh chali mere pyaar ki kali (Haha. Don't run away dude. I love you, but only as a friend, in appropriate amounts, as permitted by the law)


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Rock on (..dil kya kehta hai mera kya main bataun, tum yeh samjhoge shayad main pagal hun)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Bhool bhoolaiya :)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
XL ki kudiyan - bodhiTree (What the heck!! Reminds me of Chandler's "If I were a guy..")

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Pappu can't dance saala (Yes I can beat Chandler when it comes to the dance floor)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Tokyo Drift (?!!?)


WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Maa tujhe salaam - A R Rahman (aur Rahman ko mera salaam)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Jame raho - Taare Zameen par (Hahahaha)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Zara zara behekta hain - RHTDM (Another one of my favorites. Such simple yet beautiful lyrics.
..yun hi baras baras kaali ghata barse,
hum yaar bheeng jaaye is chahat ki baarish mein,
meri khuli khuli lato ko suljhaye tu apni ungliyon se,
main to hun issi khwaish mein..)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Pehli nazar mein - Race

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Roobaroo - Rang de Basanti (Rahman magic again)


WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Kabhi aisa lagta hai - Lucky Ali (..dil mein ek raaz hai jisse kehna chahun par main keh paun na.. I love Lucky's voice.. )

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS TAG?
Jaane tu meri kya hain - Jaane tu ya jaane na

Wohkay. Now the rules ask me to tag other fellas. But I am in a fix coz this tag has been around Blogville for quite some time. So in all probability I might end up tagging someone who has already done the tag. (A thought did strike me to visit all my feed reader blogs and go through the older posts but then why enlighten the world about my joblessness ;) So if you have not done this tag, please lemme know* in the comments section.)

* If you read this post, and if you have not done the tag, and if you run away without commenting, I will come to know. I have my contacts. Muhahahah :D

Update: I have found my bakras :P :P I tag the following people:

Sarath

Mayuri

Sanchit

Pizzadude

Nidhi

Of likes and dislikes

I do not like the taste of toothpaste.

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Especially when its green in color and says Palmolive on the cover.

..Hangovers indeed can do weird things to people