Seems like I m wakin up from a deep slumber!!!! Mebbe I shud atleast set myself a target of 1 post every quarter just so that I don’t forget I had created a blog once upon a time….
Anyways haven’t had much to write about…Life is still the same – plain n borin….after 2.5 weeks of struggle with my CFA books, level 2 exam was a disappointment....well but as it is said u shud never lose ur hopes…so fingers crossed ..waiting for the results…….
After watching the utterly disastrous Kites (but I guess I can watch any movie if I get free tickets), hopin to catch up with Rajneeti the comin weekend (atleast the trailers looked impressive and majority of reviews sounded positive)….And of course all my HR (read himesh Reshammiyya’) movieclub fan members hav a reason to rejoice…Kajrare trailers r out…hope this tym I can get a bigger group to see the movie…I guess ther wer around 8-9 ppl for aap ka suroor n 11 for karzzz….need to beat that….
And now I ll continue wid da snippets…Again stickin to the movie theme, thought of writin down my version of LSD (read Love, Sex aur Dhoka)…so decided to break this down into 3 stories starting with:
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LOVE:
Chapter 1- The Beginning
It was already 9.15 and I had to be in office by 9.30 to make a presentation. After fighting my way through the crowded railway station with a bag in one hand and umbrella in the other, I ran to the taxi which had just dropped a passenger.
In no time, I opened the door sat inside, when I realized another passenger hopped inside the cab from the other door.
“Excuse me”, I shouted, “I caught the cab first”
“I don’t think so” she replied. That was the first tym I got a glimpse of her. Dressed in a blue salwaar and half drenched in rain with water dripping out from her hair, she looked cute. Any other day, I guess I would have probably offered to drop her and then continue with the same cab to the office, but that day I was in too much of a hurry.
“Listen, I am already late to my office and have a presentation to make. So can I just request if I can take this cab” I don’t kno why but my tone automatically changed to that of a humble request.
“Sorry, I am also running late and today is my first day”
Realising that neither of us would give up, we decided to leave it to the taxi driver as both of us shouted out “Worli Naka”….we then looked at each other and smiled. Quick glance at my watch told me I could still make it on time and a tax ride with a beautiful girl meant today might just be a lucky day for me. But unfortunately, the cab driver had other ideas when he screamed out “nahi jayega”. While she got down immediately, I decided to fight with the cabbie. “Kyon nahi jayega,,Nahi jaana tha t
oh rukaya kyon..Tum na nahi bol sakte”..Before the cabbie could reply, I heard a voice shouting “hey do you wanna join?”
I saw her in a cab. I quickly rushed out not bothering to hear what the cab driver had to say, though i was sure it wasn’t sumthin pleasant, and got into the other cab. “Thanks” I said “It is difficult to get a cab to worli naka from here”. “Yea, I found that out today” she replied.
Sitting next to a beautiful stranger, concentrating on the presentation papers wasn’t such a good idea, I thought, but then I had no choice. And as soon as I was done with the last page, the cab came to a halt and in matter of seconds, I handed over the money and ran across to the opposite side of the road where my office was located. I could faintly hear a voice behind my saying “hey take my share” but I dint have the time to even glance back once. Luckily I reached on time and the presentation, which took almost an hour, went off well. Once out of the conference room, my thoughts ran back to the morning journey when I saw her sitting outside at the reception.
I went across , “ hey so you followed me to give me your share, is it”
She replied, “Well not exactly, this is now going to be my new work place and I am waiting here for my new boss to call me and show me my desk. But anyways, heres my share”
“Oh cool..congratulations, And you can keep your share and pay the next tym we share ……”., my voice trailed off as the receptionist asked her to step inside. Waving a goodbye, she went inside as I realized I did not ask her name. Anyways, next time, I thought…………….
(To be continued)
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Quote (ctrl c + ctrl v; source : Google :-)):
"To him she seemed so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell". Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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05/07/10
As sum ppl would have realised, I had written the above almost a month back and since then, I have seen Rajneeti..(first half I thot was fantastic but 2nd half a bit melodramatic – but definitely worth watchin)..when I started the above love story I had two endings in mind and thinking that I will decide about it later, I decided to postpone posting this on the blog. But between then and 2day, nothing has changed as I an realizing its becoming more and more difficult for me to finish off posts in 1 go…and coming to think of it, I guess this would be only my 2nd post in the year 2010 and post deletion of the 25 chapter long story (Apeksha – in case ppl hav forgotten…lol), the number of posts luk so small :-( but I do hope to finish this trilogy (LSD) sometime soon :-)………
Anyways, before I end this post, there was something that caught my attention today…the quality of reporting on the News Channels…ofcourse India TV is by far the leader in this category, but other news channels aint behind as I caught a quick glimpse while surfing the channels ….the storyline read “Raina aur Bhajji khup nache Dhoni ki shaadi mein” WTF!!!!!!!!! Incidentally, today, I also overheard couple of guys talking at saloon abt a news which featured Sallu…Apparently, the storyline read, “ Kaun hai jisne salman ko jhapad mara jisse salman rone lag gaya and sum crazy shit like that. After half an hour of this torture, it turned out that it was Salman’s mom!!!! No points for guessing which channel it was (India TV!!!!)…Not that I am an avid News watcher, but seriously, What have we come to!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, New bollywood songs recommended for listening:
Pee Loon (Once upon a time in Mumbai – Mohit Chauhan)
I am in Love (Once upon a time in Mumbai – as usual KK and Emran Hashmi duo rock)
Sadka Kiya (I hate luv storys)
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Final Goodbye
Gosh….It seems like I am writing sumthin after ages…(well it actually has been over 4 months I guess)….Probably cos I m either running short of ideas (neither any stories nor anything interesting happenin in lyf – as usual) or mebbe cos hav become so addicted to watchin Friends (now reached season 5) / movies on the PC (saw raat gayi baat gayi sum tym bak) that I don’t get much of a free time to sit and write…..And its after a long long tym that I am awake at 3.00 a.m so finally decided to giv it a try….
On the personal front, the only update has been in terms of my driving and purchasing a car…decided to buy a second hand Zen after a lot of deliberations and well the start to it wasn’t all that grt bumping the car against the neighbours wall (fortunately or unfortunately…only the car got a lil damaged)….anyways got a driving instructor to teach me and after 15 days of drivin lessons and 1 drive alone to my worli office on a holiday I was beginning to think that there wouldn’t be any further crashes….oops but that was not to be….now for the incident in detail:
28/01/10 10.30 p.m- Decided to go for a drive and things were going smooth till I reached a check point manned by the traffice police….i was trying to work my way behind an Innova (I think) which swiftly made its way between the road block on the right and the vehicles on the left…but I guess I wasn’t too lucky with a truck coming from the left which got behind the Innova and to be fair to the truck driver, he showed me his hand asking me to stop…and I had no clue wat I was thinking when I was trying to make my way into a non existent gap between the truck and the block…Bang.,,,the car crashed into the truck…luckily I was driving close to 0 and being a check point so was the truck…anyways the truck driver stopped…gave me a stare….got down…started complainin sayin I was askin u to stop…I just decided to keep my mouth shut (golden tip – in such situations when u kno its ur mistake – keep mum and have a sorry+guilty look on ur face – don’t worry that luk comes automatically – generally have observed that in such cases the other person mutters sumthing n then goes ahead – cant guarantee this thou)…anyways the traffic police had to move the road block for me to give side to the truck to move ahead (aah too embarrassing – and well this was not over yet)…the truck moved ahead and the traffic policeman asked me to halt the car onto a side…After asking for my license..he asked me to step down….there were few more policemen standing next to a jeep on the left….the guy who took my license said “check karma padega”
I asked “kya checking?” when he said “ drink and drive ke liye….alcohol test lena padega” Since I don’t drink, I thought I could manage an escape here without any fine or sumthing…thankfully the traffic guy was quite friendly asking questions about my background etc and was quick to spot that I had just learnt driving….i was asked to blow air into a handheld device which I did…but 1 of the traffic guy dint seem happy with the result…he said “aapne barabar nahi kiya…jaise balloon mein hawa bharte waise bharo…saans jaldi nahi chhodne ka” for a moment I got a bit scared thinking if that was an effort to extract money out of me…anyways I did as instructed and thankfully this tym he din complain….the friendly cop then returned my license and after some words of encouragement and drive slowly/safely tips, he finally let me go…after dat reached bak safely but that was sum experience….anyways just thought it was a better idea to give my parents a shorter version of just the brush against truck avoiding the mention of traffic police and alcoholic test………..whoa I finished writing 1 full page and now for the snippet (decided to continue with a conversational one as I guess its easier to write and also the feedback that it is interesting to read)…..
The Final Goodbye:
Neha: Hi…wassup?
Aniket: hey wat took u so long? I have been waiting for the last half an hour…
Neha: well take a guess
Aniket: Meeting prospective bridegrooms?
Neha: no points for guessing that…
Aniket: hmmm …so now whens your meeting with next guy in line?
Neha: well I guess no more meetings now….
Aniket: what? U givin up so soon? Come on some one or the other will surely like u
Neha: very funny….
Aniket: u mean u found someone?
Neha: well I guess so
Aniket (looking disapopointed): oh who? The same software guy from US?
Neha: Yup…met him yesterday again…seems to be a nice guy….his parents had come today and they are quite interested in taking this forward….and so are my parents,,,,,,
Aniket: and what about u? u liked the guy?
Neha: yea as I said…nice guy…decent salary…well settled…seems to be the best pick among the guys I have met so far,,,,
Aniket: yea but u can wait for some more tym…u mite get a better guy….
Neha: no don’t think so and don’t see any point in waiting further…
Aniket: why such a hurry all of a sudden
Neha: well I ll have to decide some day or the other…and this one seems to be a good relationship…but y r u getting so upset?
Aniket: what do u mean y? u know wat this means to our relationship rgt – a goodbye forever.
Neha: yea but we always knew that rgt…before even beginning to date, we had mutually decided that rgt…the relationship will be only till 1 of us meets his/her life partner…this was always going to be a short term one…
Aniket: yea I kno but,,,
Neha: and I had already told u my parents were looking out for a match for me…
Aniket: Yes but I dint expect this to happen so soon….i jus din expect dat u wud be dumping me so soon
Neha: hey don’t say like that,,,,we will always be friends…by the way u only keep saying that love marriages between 2 ppl from diff regional background don’t really work…and u wud prefer marrying someone who belonged to ur caste
Aniket: yea but I said that long back when we had just started dating…things have changed a bit from then….
Neha: and how?
Aniket: ever since u tol me abt meeting future prospects I have realized that my feelings for you were much stronger than I thought….
Neha: hmmm…but then theres no future here rgt….forget my case, u urself have told me that u will never go against ur parents wishes and ur parents would never want a North Indian Non vegetarian girl to be their daughter-in-law…
Aniket: I agree I have..but cant we just give it a thought…I m sure we can work things out…I really love u and I thought u did too…
Neha: well I do….but
Aniket: No buts just tell me if you are with me on this….
Neha: ok but when can u speak to ur parents….
Aniket: They will be back in the next 2days,,,I will speak to them and try convincing them…I really don’t wanna lose you….when do u have to reply to that US guy…
Neha: which US guy?
Aniket: What????? Don’t temme…O gosh u scared me…
Neha (smilingly): well I just wanted u to realize this before its too late….
Aniket: hmm…so we have time now…
Neha: hey don’t forget….my parents are still looking out……
Aniket: ofcourse I ll speak to my parents as soon as they are back…..
Neha: ok then …bye m getting late..
Aniket: thank God…it isn’t the final goodbye….luv u….
Neha: luv u too……
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I love you. It's not a weight you must carry around. I love you. It's not a box that holds you in. I love you. It's not a standard you have to bear. I love you. It's not a sacrifice I make. I love you. It's not a pedestal you are frozen upon. I love you. It's not an expectation of perfection. I love you. It's not my life's whole purpose (or your's). I love you. It's not to make you change. I love you. It's not even to make you love me. I love you. It's as pure and simple as that. -Anonymous
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On the personal front, the only update has been in terms of my driving and purchasing a car…decided to buy a second hand Zen after a lot of deliberations and well the start to it wasn’t all that grt bumping the car against the neighbours wall (fortunately or unfortunately…only the car got a lil damaged)….anyways got a driving instructor to teach me and after 15 days of drivin lessons and 1 drive alone to my worli office on a holiday I was beginning to think that there wouldn’t be any further crashes….oops but that was not to be….now for the incident in detail:
28/01/10 10.30 p.m- Decided to go for a drive and things were going smooth till I reached a check point manned by the traffice police….i was trying to work my way behind an Innova (I think) which swiftly made its way between the road block on the right and the vehicles on the left…but I guess I wasn’t too lucky with a truck coming from the left which got behind the Innova and to be fair to the truck driver, he showed me his hand asking me to stop…and I had no clue wat I was thinking when I was trying to make my way into a non existent gap between the truck and the block…Bang.,,,the car crashed into the truck…luckily I was driving close to 0 and being a check point so was the truck…anyways the truck driver stopped…gave me a stare….got down…started complainin sayin I was askin u to stop…I just decided to keep my mouth shut (golden tip – in such situations when u kno its ur mistake – keep mum and have a sorry+guilty look on ur face – don’t worry that luk comes automatically – generally have observed that in such cases the other person mutters sumthing n then goes ahead – cant guarantee this thou)…anyways the traffic police had to move the road block for me to give side to the truck to move ahead (aah too embarrassing – and well this was not over yet)…the truck moved ahead and the traffic policeman asked me to halt the car onto a side…After asking for my license..he asked me to step down….there were few more policemen standing next to a jeep on the left….the guy who took my license said “check karma padega”
I asked “kya checking?” when he said “ drink and drive ke liye….alcohol test lena padega” Since I don’t drink, I thought I could manage an escape here without any fine or sumthing…thankfully the traffic guy was quite friendly asking questions about my background etc and was quick to spot that I had just learnt driving….i was asked to blow air into a handheld device which I did…but 1 of the traffic guy dint seem happy with the result…he said “aapne barabar nahi kiya…jaise balloon mein hawa bharte waise bharo…saans jaldi nahi chhodne ka” for a moment I got a bit scared thinking if that was an effort to extract money out of me…anyways I did as instructed and thankfully this tym he din complain….the friendly cop then returned my license and after some words of encouragement and drive slowly/safely tips, he finally let me go…after dat reached bak safely but that was sum experience….anyways just thought it was a better idea to give my parents a shorter version of just the brush against truck avoiding the mention of traffic police and alcoholic test………..whoa I finished writing 1 full page and now for the snippet (decided to continue with a conversational one as I guess its easier to write and also the feedback that it is interesting to read)…..
The Final Goodbye:
Neha: Hi…wassup?
Aniket: hey wat took u so long? I have been waiting for the last half an hour…
Neha: well take a guess
Aniket: Meeting prospective bridegrooms?
Neha: no points for guessing that…
Aniket: hmmm …so now whens your meeting with next guy in line?
Neha: well I guess no more meetings now….
Aniket: what? U givin up so soon? Come on some one or the other will surely like u
Neha: very funny….
Aniket: u mean u found someone?
Neha: well I guess so
Aniket (looking disapopointed): oh who? The same software guy from US?
Neha: Yup…met him yesterday again…seems to be a nice guy….his parents had come today and they are quite interested in taking this forward….and so are my parents,,,,,,
Aniket: and what about u? u liked the guy?
Neha: yea as I said…nice guy…decent salary…well settled…seems to be the best pick among the guys I have met so far,,,,
Aniket: yea but u can wait for some more tym…u mite get a better guy….
Neha: no don’t think so and don’t see any point in waiting further…
Aniket: why such a hurry all of a sudden
Neha: well I ll have to decide some day or the other…and this one seems to be a good relationship…but y r u getting so upset?
Aniket: what do u mean y? u know wat this means to our relationship rgt – a goodbye forever.
Neha: yea but we always knew that rgt…before even beginning to date, we had mutually decided that rgt…the relationship will be only till 1 of us meets his/her life partner…this was always going to be a short term one…
Aniket: yea I kno but,,,
Neha: and I had already told u my parents were looking out for a match for me…
Aniket: Yes but I dint expect this to happen so soon….i jus din expect dat u wud be dumping me so soon
Neha: hey don’t say like that,,,,we will always be friends…by the way u only keep saying that love marriages between 2 ppl from diff regional background don’t really work…and u wud prefer marrying someone who belonged to ur caste
Aniket: yea but I said that long back when we had just started dating…things have changed a bit from then….
Neha: and how?
Aniket: ever since u tol me abt meeting future prospects I have realized that my feelings for you were much stronger than I thought….
Neha: hmmm…but then theres no future here rgt….forget my case, u urself have told me that u will never go against ur parents wishes and ur parents would never want a North Indian Non vegetarian girl to be their daughter-in-law…
Aniket: I agree I have..but cant we just give it a thought…I m sure we can work things out…I really love u and I thought u did too…
Neha: well I do….but
Aniket: No buts just tell me if you are with me on this….
Neha: ok but when can u speak to ur parents….
Aniket: They will be back in the next 2days,,,I will speak to them and try convincing them…I really don’t wanna lose you….when do u have to reply to that US guy…
Neha: which US guy?
Aniket: What????? Don’t temme…O gosh u scared me…
Neha (smilingly): well I just wanted u to realize this before its too late….
Aniket: hmm…so we have time now…
Neha: hey don’t forget….my parents are still looking out……
Aniket: ofcourse I ll speak to my parents as soon as they are back…..
Neha: ok then …bye m getting late..
Aniket: thank God…it isn’t the final goodbye….luv u….
Neha: luv u too……
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I love you. It's not a weight you must carry around. I love you. It's not a box that holds you in. I love you. It's not a standard you have to bear. I love you. It's not a sacrifice I make. I love you. It's not a pedestal you are frozen upon. I love you. It's not an expectation of perfection. I love you. It's not my life's whole purpose (or your's). I love you. It's not to make you change. I love you. It's not even to make you love me. I love you. It's as pure and simple as that. -Anonymous
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