bRakes n bites..

reading 3 mistakes of my life, watching AAMIR and KHUDA KE LIYE... and then these bomb blasts in bangalore and Ahmedabad... made me realise how unpredictable life is.

I cant help but remember these lines from the beautiful song "mehfuz" from Aamir..

kya majaal teri marzi ke aage
bando ki chal jayegi
thaame jab tu ungli, katputli ki
chaal badal jayegi

So, its better not to get perplexed by the mysteries of life and death.. and keep flowing with the tide for the moment. We can just pray to God for mercy...



meanwhile.. 1st week in kgp was very eventful.
RK hall, my abode for the coming 3 yrs.. aah! i consider myself lucky to be an RKite!
It took 2-3 days to settle down...got our room cleaned and painted...ekdum chamka diya !

1st week was eventful even more for Harsh, my dear frnd.. who's havin KISMAT DISCONNECTION.. :P

I particularly remember a fateful day whenn......

harsh is takin bath.. manyu passes him shampoo and soap..only for them to land straight into the drain ! damn !

he's checkin his grades after takin bath.

CREDITS CLEARED: 23/24

hold on !! 23 ??? was it right??
1 credit... NCC???? cant bee...

shit! failed in NCC. he phones kapoor. " kapoor yeh bata.. NCC mein F ka matlab kya hota hai?" his name was in backlog students.

he asked a senior wat to do? his reply was "u've created a history of sort"

and then, after making rounds to NCC office, he came to Tikka only to have 2 glasses of mango shake emptied on his brand new shirt !

In the evening, we r havin gulab jamuns in our room. oops! the jar tilts on to the bed... and all the juice (chhaashni) in flowing on harsh's bedsheet ! yucckkk....
he lifts his bedsheet only to drip the juice onto his mattress!!! and then, for half an hour, he's searching for the lid of the jar... when finally it turns out from the bedsheet kept outside. frustration at its peak...

As Harsh's Kismat Disconnection enters into its 2nd week... lets wait n watch whats in store for him!

one evening harsh enters the room beaming !!

"abbey itna khush kyu hai?"
" arre aaj pata hai , hamne lab mein bhindi ugayi"

me n manyu exchange glances.. giving each other a dont-laugh-loud look !
is this what ppl r made to do in agri labs? plant grains n vegetables?

Meanwhile, i got a pleasant surprise! even after including breadth subjects, 4 afternoons off! jannat yahaaan !!!!!

On sunday, we had our 1st OP session. I personally enjoyed it a lot.. it seriously teaches self control.. and m lukin forward to leading a disciplined life in the coming months! Harsh ke tempo shout ne toh seriously hall-tempo ke 2 extra doses inject kar diye !

And yes! Finally the HTDS clan met after 3 long months... twas ossome to see evry1 in the same spirits.. felt like a closely-knit family. Chaity da's CHILE experiences were quite interesting :P

1 more unforgettable event was the dinner at Bakes n Bites. Harsh made me,swaty n anubha laugh our guts out! And the family dosa! OMG...it was a sight to watch ! i've neva seen such a long dosaa!! it spread across the table side-to-side! oopar photo bhi dala hai !


hah! chalo kafi ho gaya.. log bolte hain ki tu itna lamba likha mat kar. Par kya karoon yaar.. haath chalne band hi nahi hote !~!

@kushank,diggi: sorry fir khapane ke liye!

Anyway, i just hope evrything goes well this week...no bomb-blast type incidents plzz... and yes..

miss u mom...miss u dad.. miss u di... love u all a lottt!!

JAANE TU...ya jaane naa...

July 8

10:15 am: I call up Shailendra. "Hey buddy, lets go 2day. 12 00 noon show."
"yeah..sure." We decide to leave at 11 am. Sensation Insomnia is kewl. It opens it bookings only 1 hr b4 the show. So no advance booking, no HOUSEFULL board !! We reach the theatre at 11:20 am, only to find a serpentile line of youngsters, mostly college bunkers.Hope we are not late! After waiting impatiently for half an hour, we are at the counter, with 2 guys ahead of us. "BOOKING CLOSED" comes the call. DAMN


We come out swearing at our luck n the counter guy, who had sold 8 tickets to the last guy, when the max. allowed is 2 per head! We buy a newspaper to check the theatre listings. "lets try IMAX 1:30 show. " "fine,dude". All of a sudden, the clouds roar n then it starts rainin lyk mad! FCUK


12:00 pm: Here we are , at the IMAX booking counter.

LOVE STORY 2050: 1:30 available
4:30 available
10:30 available

DASAVATHARAN: 2:30 available
5:30 available
8:30 available

JANE TU YA JANE NA 1:30 housefull
4:30 housefull
7:30 housefull
10:30 housefull



SHIT. . We use all the swear words n enter the mall as its raining cats n dogs. We decide to go back for the 3:00 show at Sensation Insomnia. But b4 that, 3 hrs to kill !!!!!!


Browsing books in a book shop took lesser time than we expected .. so we finally entered McD and enjoyed salad sandwiches, french fries, potato wedges n soft drinks.
yummy We were slightly more cheerful when we left McD.


"Dude, its only 1 pm and we'll probably reach Sensation in 10 mins. How do we kill time?"
"Hey.. stopped raining! Lets go on a walk by Hussain Sagar lake."
" gud idea"


Shaily is such a fun guy to chat with. A very good orator he is, he narrated some hilarious incidents of his 1st yr BITS life! I thought only IITs were happening! Rain had stopped n the weather was amazin.

" Abbey, the theatre is about 2 km from here. Lets walk down"
"sure"


We reached Sensation Insomnia for the 2nd time in the day, and just when we were nearing the gate, it began shooting bullets from the sky !! We took 10 seconds to enter a roadside cafe, but that was enuf to get us drenched. So we were wet again, for the 2nd time in the day, at the same place !!


" Yaar Shaily, if now we dont get to see the muvi, we'll take a gun and shoot each other"
" No !! that wont help mate! Our luck is so bad that the bullets will collide"
I have a hearty lauf.
We have a cup of tea with samosas in the cafe. IT WAS TRULY TERRIBLE, to say the least. No wonder, the cafe's name was CAFE YAADGAR !!!


Finally, the gates open at 2:00 pm.. and by the time we reach the counter, some despo's have already sprinted away to glory..and we r again in a serpentile line.
Shaily says, "HOPE OUR LUCK IS BETTER THAN NADAL.. HE WAS ONLY THIRD TIME LUCKY"


so near..yet so far!
Alas! We reach the counter. But wait !! Whats goin on? He stops us and starts the female queue. We stand like mute spectators while he is giving away tickets to some giggly females! GENDER BIAS AT ITS PEAK !!!


Finally..we r there..only to know that the balcony tickets are over. Considering how our day had gone, we were all but verry happy to get to watch the muvi. We finally setle in our seats. We have to lift up pur heads at almost 45 degrees, a nend by the time the trailers give way to the muvi, my neck is already straining !


AFTER WATCHING LOVE STORY 2050, THE BIGGEST DISASTER, ANY MOVIE WUD BE A RELIEF TO MY EYES !!


Aaaah.. now comes the pleasant part. The very beginning of the muvi brings a smile on my face. Amazing music and very cool camera work during the credits captures the attention of every viewer. Imran is cute, his frnds are ossome..and Genelia is outstanding !!

The chorus in the jeep.." TERA MUJHSE HAI PEHLE KA NATA KOI.. JAANE TUU... YAA JAANE NAAAAAAA" luks very familiar and reminds me of all my college frnds.


I can go on describing the muvi.. but its more fun watching than reading i guess [:P]. The moments i enjoyed the most were ..

> The song.. Kabhi kabhi Aditi .
Every1 is bound to love this song, with its cute but natural picturisation

> Naseeruddin Shah, playing the speaking portrait of Imran's dead father.
Hilarious !

> The friendship of RATS n MEOW ( the nicks of imran n genelia.)

> Rathore khandaan ki teen shartein.. and Sohail Khan n Arbaaz Khan. Nice comedy!


Its a very pleasant movie, bound to keep u smiling or laughing all the time! A must-watch!!


YAYYYY.... WE FINALLY SAW THE MOVIEE !!!

Now, its 6 in the evening and the weather is osm! We hav to travel around 6-7 kms to reach home !

"LETS WALK !!"

Being at IIT n BITS have made us very much habituated to long walks.. but this was something new !! We were walking past the city's busiest roads, crossing signals and flyovers... an exciting experience!! We discuss our amazing 1st yr college lives.. carelessly yapping away thru heavy traffic.. in our own world !
We remembered our NARAYANA DAYS.. the drop yr .. (described in a prev post)..and had many laufs over them.

Finally, physically tired and mentally fresh, we reached home.
A very forgettable day had turned into an unforgettable one... thnx to the muvi, cafe YADGAAR, and of course. our long walk back home !!

funny moments..

Every one experiences moments in life, which, when later recollected, can't help bringing a smile on one's face. In this article I am sharing some of these moments which are funny and sometimes embarassing.. but I often laugh when I remember them.

> On the way to kharagpur, the train passes by the shore of Chilka lake. I was standing at the door, soaking in the beauty of the scene... the vast lake seeming like an ocean...the setting sun... the cool breeze blowing over my face... aaah.. seemed like heaven ! And then suddenly I feel a hand over my shoulder !! I am completely taken aback ,and to my horror I turn back only to find a eunuch, smiling wide, with a hand over my shoulder. Aaaaargh !! It sends a shiver down my spine. Before I can say or do anything, the eunuch, in a super-flirtatious tone, which wud put diehard romantics shame, says... "Aye handsome ! Hum dono saath mein kitne sexy dikh re naa" !

>Thai people are gifted with sense of humour.. or maybe it was humour only to me !!

On Bangkok streets.. I come across a shop with some excellent hats n umbrellas. My eyes are on a superb cowboy hat...I ask him the price..he say's 100 baht. Someone had said that in Bangkok you can bargain a lot..maybe to 1/4 th of the price.. 'Chalo try karke dekhte hain !!' ... "Uncle I have only 30 baht with me"....to which that guy, with the most unpolite tone i've heard.. points to the nearby shop n says.." 30 baht? go there and buy water ! ".... I am in for a rude shock...but at the same time it was funny !!

Now luk at what the tuk-tuk waala has got to say. (tuk-tuks are a local means of transprt there)..
"Whats the fare to Wat Po?"
"120 baht"
"Thats too much . I'll give you 70 baht"
"70 baht? GO WALKING "
and he zooms off, giving a most unkind look.

I am street shopping with my sis. She really liked this pink top at a store.
sis says.. "Can I get this for 60 baht?"
" Yaa.. come ...come...!! take this...."
All she hands out is a plastic cover...! How mean......
Then I ask her the price of a nice looking leather wallet at her store...
n she goes... " Shuuutaaaaaaap "
Thats it! I am not taking in any more insult ! I swear at her and storm off.

> In Kgp, wen this hall-allotment rumors were in the air, there was a debate going on whether , if given a choice, we should go to a senior hall and adopt to its culture... or stay back in MMM and start our own culture. The argument started peacefully but slowly gathered momentum and got heated up... with loudest sneers and jeers coming from Kushank , Harsh and Kakrania...
and then, out of the blue... Praveen, in funda mode, bursts out in full volume...
" HUMKO APNE SAR KE UPAR CHHAT CHAHIYE"
"HAMEIN EK BAAP KA SUPPORT CHAHIYE"
"EK ANAATH KO BHI BAAP CHAHIYE"
We all stare at him for a few seconds... n then burst out into a biggg laughter... omg !! twas so funny...cant be described :P



Well there r many more moments worth describing, including some top-class PJs by kushank, which still give me laughter doses on recollection.. but i wont make this long!