This really funny incident happened yesterday. cudnt keep myself from blogging it..So its evening.. We are at home.. me on comp trying hard to understand an alg. and my roomie browsing the net.
Our Devil (the crazy gal) comes home. She is vacating the house today btw..
apparently, some of the vessels were missing so roomie asks her abt their whereabouts.. she says she will search for them later in the night and shuts herself in the room..she has some high priority work she says.. turns out to be packing..
My roomie after quite a bit of time tells me that lot of hunting wud have to be done for things now..and the devil barges out of the room and starts shouting!!My roomie is surprised that her seemingly innocuous remark enraged this devil so much!! She tries to defend but it is like she is talking to a wall.. Devil goes on lamenting about how she is constantly being beleaguered by such bad remarks from my roomie!! And that it hurts her ego.. This goes on and on.. and then i figure she is actually on a call with her boy friend .. poor guy is waiting patiently at the other end while mam is having a go at my roomie!! The guy must have attended yoga, such patience... after she rambles on for an hour, by this time am almost asleep and my roomie's eyes droopy, she realises that noone seems to be bothering and walks out of the house,finally giving her boy friend some cosideration!!Poor fella!! wish him all the patience and luck in the world!!

Life goes on :)

mY CraZy FigHt

The characters that appear in this blog are real and not fictious..

Too many funny incidents in these 2 months here .. I live with 3 galz.. 2 of them married with families in india and the 3rd one doing an internship just like me here.. So basically, first dew days were fun pulling each others leg and wat not.One fine day this 3rd gal whom i will be referring to as the DEVIL(name coined by herself) starts cooking.. Now thats totally unnecessary as the married women are wonderful cooks and they preferred that this work be left to them so that we dont end up messing up the kitchen.. One of the duo is very particular about having the kitchen spic and span.. Fair enough,i leave it to the chefs and enjoy the sumptuous dinners.so this act on part by the DEVIL was not really appreciated as after that we ended up cleaning the kitchen for fucking 3 hours.. I stress the number 3 (me + my 2 roomies,Devil just proud of her cooking flutters off with boxes to distribute to the unfortunate indian families living nearby who am sure had medical conditions after having that sambar)

The DEVIL also is despised for wasting food,something that gets on my nerves!! Combing her hair leaving lumps of hair on the carpet everywhere.. Personally , these things are far from putting me off coz i clean wen i find it dirty and thats it.. not the least bothered about who caused the dirt ot watsoever..But the other 2 roomies got pretty pissed with the DEVIL..Thats natural right coz they are so used to having responsible people around that such spoilt brats drive them mad!! So gradually, she becomes a pain in the ass.. All this time, i keep cool coz i always have my novels to keep me occupied..And i tend to look at the funny side of everything, a hearty laugh gets me thro these daily incidents..

So asusual nonchalent as ever, one dark evening i sit in our room (shared by me and DEVIL) browsing the net , as bored as hell when things perk up.. Our DEVIL barges into the room and tells me to get out of the room..Things turn out to be a little rummy as Berty Wooster would say.. am baffled and start to protest when she fires off saying she needs privacy, not comfortable with me around, no peace while talking phones and what not. Now let me quote that i hardly am ever around her..its not like am a moth and she is fire that am constantly attracted to !! I sit at this corner in the room as if i have been chained to the windows immersed in my own world with music blaring on my head phones..So even if i wanted to, i cud never overhear her top secret phone conversations with whosoever..So this gets me thinking .. I defend by saying that we had mutually agreed to share the room and so by protocol , i have the rights to remain seated firmly to this tiny bit of space and that if she has a problem being comfortable, she needs to sort it out for herself.. the DEVIL apparently had given quite a lot of thought to this situation at home of us ignoring her and had had deep feelings rooted so deep that even the king of the ocean would have thought twice before venturing out!!

So anyways, so hysteric was she that all those deep deep feelings surfaced.. She starts accusing me of not cooking (something i dont think she need to have bothered worrying about coz neither was she cooking for us ) and that i am not clean (now where the hell did that come from?? i dont do anything first to clean it up later?? :O , he he a gud old strategy of mine ) .. The most funny of them all was her reasoning for the way we were acting towards her.. i presumably manipulated my 2 roomies to hate her by talking ill of her and slowly they hypnotised by my talks started hating her.. So she ended up being the devil of the house (the nickname coined after this statement) .. he he he, that cracks me up .. i respond saying like i have no other job in this whole wide world but to induce animosity between the two troups causing world war 3!! he he he...continuing, she claims that i am not the adjustable type (now look who is talking) and that i am not acting according to my age (now no gal wud like her age being brought up ) and no doubts,being a gal (though popularly not accepted in my friends circle) i react.. shout back at her saying she fucking mind her own buisness and stop acting like a baby cribing about petty issues!! Now mind you, i am screaming.. my voice was so squeeky that probably she didnt understand half what i said.. now this is a problem i cant seem to find a solution to.. how the hell would my squeeky voice more like noise ever get through to her?? Irritated by the cacophony that i manage to create, she walks out of the house..

all this time my other 2 roomies being spectators are dumb founded.. All this rage inside me shows pretty well on my face and so no wonder they offer to calm me down.. The ego inside me prevents me from accepting their nice offer and i continue reading a P.G.Woodehouse novel ending up laughing till my stomach hurt!! Surprisingly all that laughter kindles the deep sadness inside me (yea ryt, i have deep sadness inside :P )and i start crying.. more like weeping.. I call my one stop solution center (thats a frnd of mine by the way) and blast out at him.. poor soul, cant say anything coz am mad, mad like crazy!! After a while, the rage appeases and then he gives me some gud advice very much needed for everybody in the world.. i nod my head and fall back into a deep sleep.. Morning and am off to work !!

Sometimes Giving up is better !!

You were alone, minding ur own buisness. Nothing to expect,noone who cared.Confined to ur small room immersed in ur work.. Cut from the outer world..Ur friends said that u were a robot .. no emotions, no feelings. u never gave second thoughts to it.. this alien world had nothing to offer u..
one day ur solitude is broken. He smiles at you, talks to you and helps u out..A new ray of hope.. mixed feelings.. u start enjoying his company. Somebody who cares to ask if u ate .. someone who cries for u and laughs with u... Days go by and he becomes a part of ur life .. everything around u points to him.. its like u never lived before he came into ur life.... expectations,fights,tears,hurt!! U were in a relationship and u strive to make things better!!
The inevitable day dawns when u have to take different paths.. New place, same solitude... it haunts u.. u talk to him on phone..tell him every minute detail in ur life..u keep wondering about him when u do anything.. but as it is said - familiarity breads contempt!! He starts advicing u to think independent, be more confident about urself and less emotional and dependent.. U try hard to explain that u want to just share ur happiness and sorrows with him but in vain.. u start falling apart. he starts ignoring u.. the past flashes across ur mind..
U struggle to move on. U could live without anyone before, why not now?? things havent changed , have they.. questions that have no answers.. u drown urself in books,drinks,music.. ur attitude towards life changes!! U try hard to forget the memories of u and him together.. And all this time , u keep wondering how he is taking it..
Talks reveal that he is happy with his life.. enjoying every bit of it and his voice seems so excited.. he has moved on, new friends, a whole new life!! U feel happy for him .. He is happier without u.. Its better u give up someone than hang on to him and cause misery!!
Life goes on!!
p.s bear with me.. reading to many pschycology related articles lately!!

The funny road trip

The road trip
As i said before, i am doing my internship at this place called Cranberry thats like 30 miles from the main city Pittsburg.How i ended up coming here is all together a funny story but for now i am writing about the road trip from state college to this place that kept me laughing for more than a week after!!
So me, my friend and his temporary room mate(whose car we came in btw) decided that we would go around Pittsburg, coz its supposed to be the city of bridges and has a baeuty of its own .. While at it, noone would miss visiting lord venky at the famous Pitt kovil. So my brilliant as ever friend finds the route map to the temple from the website.So we are all set and leave at 9 in the morning... I dressed in Salwar owing to the temple visit , all jubilient as ever to venture out!!My friend and his room mate confidently drive in the direction right opposite to the one i took for my previous visits... this intrigued me but since they were going by his map, i never thought of mentioning.. after 4 hours drive, we end up at a place called Lancastar which is where the temple is claimed to be according to the website.. Enquires around didnt seem to reveal even signs of a temple nearby.. That freaked us out and my friend calls up the temple people.. Apparently, the address was wrong and we had ended up in a place diagnally opposite to the temple in the map of the city.Another 10 hours drive along hills and barren fields got us to my place.. We counted the number of hills that we climbed during this lengthy journey right across Pitt and guess wat, we had climbed 7 hills.. 7 hills to Tirupathy!! We were following the protocol to visit this venky too :P
I was dead tired that i hit the sack as soon as i set foot into the house.. surprisingly my friend and his room mate didnt seem that tired at all.. and they continued after a sumptuous dinner back to state college, yet another 3 hour drive..
All in all, a road trip that ended up taking 13 hours when it could have been covered in 3 hours..
Lancaster by the way has some scenary spot, we just missed that ;)

Live life - thats how its done

I live now in this township that houses loads of indian families..am staying here for 3 moths One of them was throwing party for their daughter's third birthday for which we were invited ..So following the protocol, we dress up in salwars and attend it.. One of the families in the party amused me and had me thinking about life!!The couple come with their 7 year old daughter and then the room just brightens up.. faces that exuded energy ... Music played and the father was the first one to sprung up and dance.. and seeing him dance, u knew he really enjoyed it.. The mother was clapping so ethusiastically and making her daughter rock with her for the song!! Watching them closely, i could make out that the girl wasnt quite like others!! She was calm , quite and clinged on to her mother like a baby monkey wud to its mom. Enquiries here and there added together revealed that the girl suffered from autism.For folks who havent heard of this word before, its a state where a child grows physically but not mentally. This gal cudnt talk and occasionally experienced fits of anger. The news surprised me and saddened me!! Surprise because her parents never exhibited this sorrow in their actions at all and they seem to be the liveliest couple in the room, sadenned because the gal looked like an angel, smart and so pretty.. I admired that family so much !! A family that taught me a few lessons in life and gave me a perfect example of taking life as it comes and making the best out of it!!

I sincerely hope the gals get better ..

what goes around comes around

LIFE IS AN IRONY

Have u ever rewinded back in time and wondered how some relationships have been strange?
I dont have to rewind .. Live show ON here!!
What i mean is that life aint that easy. Its a roller coaster ride that never ceases to fascinate!!

And relationships are one of the weirdos that u can never get a hang of.

U consider a few ur closest friends.. U wanna share ur happiness,sorrows and ur darkest fears with them,confide in them and trust them...

Some of them shower their love on you and do everything u want them to without any hesitation..
they flock around u , pamper u and wat not..
In my case, i have always been lucky to have such great frnds ryt from childhood.
Friends who would force me to eat when i was feeling down, travel with me home so that i am not scared..
Take care of me when i am sick.. listen to all the crap i load them with everyday.. Cope up with my mood swings!!
But u hardly ever try to return the love back to them. U dont realise their value.. Like the saying goes "U never miss the water till its gone"..
its like they are a part of u and u take them for granted. U hardly ever realise they expect u to reciprocate !!

And then there are these mysterious friends.. they add all the spices in life ..
They give u a helping hand even when u dont expect them to... one day they are all ears and the next day they hardly even call. As time flies by, u start to expect so much from them and the more u expect, the more it pains..
Deep down u now they care about u but they never ever seem to show it out..and then u keep wondering why they are acting strange.U put in all ur efforts to make them realise how much they mean to u, but in vain; all u get is "hmmmmmmmm"..
But u never give up.. in hopes that someday they will realise ...

And then u think back and it hits on u ... "What goes around comes back around!!"

IRONY OF LIFE - Isnt it?

Emotions versus practicality

How many of u have heard this dialogue being said at u “Be practical, quit living in your fantasy land”. If u are one of them, well what did u do??

I have had many giving me this piece of advice for long now. I always fought back saying am happy as I am. What’s wrong in attaching value to things I like? I attach sentiments to my things and to my friends! Things that might sound silly to others matter to me .So what? It ain’t hurting me, I like doing what I do.

Dancing in the rain, enjoying a quite little walk back home from the university, taking off time to appreciate the trees, birds, flowers and the mountains, things that cheer me up, I would never ever give up for anyone..Neither wud i give up my family and friends and the emotions i attach to them!!

Feeling sad when your dear one fought with you, didn’t eat what you had cooked, didn’t satisfy one of your zillion expectations… these are emotions everyone have and should have. Fighting over silly things on phone, possessiveness, expecting to be called everyday, wanting to spend time together are a part of the package of life!

What would life be if u didn’t care about your friends & family nor did anyone care about u..

Have u ever imagined such a life? A mechanical life where u live like a robot????

These where my thoughts until i came across different people here and things changed.. I realized, the more u expect from others, the more u bond with them, the more u are hurt!! Sometimes it makes u think if its worth it at all…. all the hurt, the tears, the insecurity, the anger!! Y not just hang around have fun and leave it at that?? Why complicate things between people when life can be so simple? After all, we shud make the best of what we have got!!

Why should u feel sad if your friend is low, get upset if she/he does not eat, does not do as u expected them to. Y the hell expect at all in the first place?? And what’s this possessiveness after all, u don’t own anyone except yourself..

As such questions cross my mind, I wonder “Life ain’t that easy, managing life is an art of its own “ . Think about it…

Inspired by “The Equilibrium” and snippets of incidents in life around me

Luv ur life

My way of life - live life, enjoy every sec of it!! Learning to love anything that u do makes life a lot more fun.. Some of the things that spruce up my life are as follows:
Music - cant live without it. My ipod is on my ears most of the times, i keep humming to myself.The best companion when going on long walks , or when studying hard!! A soother when i am not feeling up to it!

Nature - Green leaves waving, colorful flowers blooming, Rain drizzles, Snow fall, birds chirping, gush of wind, mountains standing tall, river gushing along, majestic waterfalls .. They lighten my spirits.. cheer me up and bring a budle of enthu into me :).. Try admiring them for a few minuted everyday, the peace they bring to ur minds will recharge u...Some of the places that still remain fresh in my mind are 1. Kalpakkam beach |m| 2. Papanasam falls 3. Munar 4. Kodaikaanal silent valley 5.Hogenakkal falls - Karnataka

Dance - my passion.. my life is nothing without it.. Right from Bharathanatiyam, to folk, to western , i just cant live without it!! The one thing i always want to be a perfectionist in!! A little head weight in this regard that i dance the best of all :P.. i have this little ego that noone can find faults with my moves!! I bring out my emotions in my dance :) :) I LUV DANCING !!

Good fooooood - Nothing like it.. considering the fact that am away from home :( Pulav and Pongal are my all time favorites!! Followed closely by dosa and vada!! Strawberry ice creams for desserts :D .. Ahhhhh my mouth is watering :P .... i like my fud HOT and SPICY !! Talking abt spice reminds me of my mom's yummy side dishes for chapathis.. Shez an awesome cook.. Unfortunate that i havent got those traits from her :P

I hardly get time to enjoy all of this!! Wish days were longer :) See around u and enjoy every moment of life.. chao

My home!!

If any of u didnt know, i have lived in Kalpakkam - which is Heaven on earth!! Right on the sea shore, the joy it brings when walking along the roads with the chilly breeze and the green trees dancing is a delight!! I luv taking a novel and sitting on the beach.. me words and waves!! A quiescent mind, silence broken only by the waves hitting the shores!! Times that i treasure!! The sunsets and sun rises just dazzle me .. Our cute little park which is filled with children fluttering
around playing pranks!! Our open air theater rocks, sathyam,mayajal shud bow in shame :D
Our cute small temples that are meeting places for aunts!! The bridge and the jelly fishes in the nites!! Amazing and so soothing!!!
When back in India, that would be my very first hop!! Relive those blissful days , becoming one with nature!1 I miss my place. I realise the true meaning of the quote - U never miss the water till its gone!!

My softies!!

Every gal has her own fantasies as most smart boys wud know ;)
Mine are soft toys.. especially tweety,monkeys,winnie the pooh and everyone;s fav teddies!!

i can never sleep in a bed void of softies!! i have a real cute pink heart shaped pillow, a cute monkey, a big tweety and a beautiful Candy gal!!

Wen i had gone with my parents to Germany, i fell in love with this big cute monkey. My mom objected to my dad buying it as it was expensive.. I was not a fussy gal so i just dismissed him out my mind. We returned 6 months before my dad did!! So we had gone to pick up my dad wen he returned.. As he walked out of the airport, there it was .. my cute monkey tugged in my dad's hands.. i ran to him and hugged the monkey instead of my dad .. ha ha ha

So well after that, i have never lost this crave for softies!!! For every birthday till now, i have always ended up getting atleast 2 softies :) My bed back home is over crowded!! :D

They are like my friends forever!! I hug them wen i feel lonely. They comfort me wen i am upset!! They cheer me up wen i feel down.. And wen i am happy, they pep me up even more !!

I am never old for them :) Cant get enough of them :)
Luv u my softies !!

ROBIN COOK - THE MAN

Am not sure how many of u have read Robin Cook's novels!! If u havent, go grab one right now!! Esp . if u are someone who likes medical fiction, U R IN FOR A TREAT!! I started reading his books when i was 15. My first novel COMA was a real thriller.. i was so excited and captivated; i worshiped him!! Ever since, i have read all his books right wen they were out in Landmark. There are so many exciting things in medicine that i wud have never learnt abt if not for him ..
The way the books are written - u cant put them away until u r done !!
With his expertise and extensive knowledge, he preys on our deepest fears..

He is my all time favourite!!!

Luv versus arranged marraige

The most debated topic among college frndz. I cant count the number of times i have had an argument about this during my college days.

Marraige arranged by parents.. Sounds weird to foreigners but is the protocol followed in Indian families. I keep wondering how parents are sure the boy/girl is what his family claims he is. Background search, asking around would help a little but just not enough to know about his/her habits. Even then, they take this risk for their children. Have u ever wondered how much pressure they must be in when they search a partner for u? I don't have the least faintest idea but i have seen some of my friend's parents being stressed out.. I feel sorry for them.. Dash oit[phrase courtesy Woodehouse :)], if thats how they want ,so shall it be.. From our perspective, the whole episode is funny to some and frustrating to others. Funny in the sense that u talk to someone u don't know and try to judge him/her, exclusive interviews when they come to visit u for the first time, a mystery as to how they would be after marriage.. sounds exciting isn't it.. Not that pretty as it sounds really. The gal who has been visited my many families with no further communication. wat would be going on in her mind..How low she must be feeling. Her self esteem takes a deep dive into the seas. Ain't that pretty now, right galz?
Love marriage on the other hand is all heavenly to the couple but as soon as the parents hear of it, commencement of world war 3. Parents can't believe that their child could find a partner for him/herself. It hurts their ego. To hide that, they protest in the name of cast,religion and status. I must say at this point that modern parents have changed and seem to start taking such news pretty well..back to the point.. Both families unhappy.. an occasion that is supposed to be the happiest day to all ends up being a great disaster..
And the catch here is , u cant opt for one or the other, it just happens. Lucky enough(maybe unlucky.. i don't know) to fall in love or wait for the mystery man..either ways, many disappointments as well as surprises.. Finally, how i see it is marriage is a package that has all kinds of people with all kinds of opinions + happiness and sorrows .. this is wat makes it the most memorable day of every person's life..
What is urs?? Luv or arranged???????????????????? Lets gossip :D

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Yes!! Am a victim of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S Mania!! I still cant figure out what is in it that makes me go crazy over the series!! I just adore all 6 of them. Well, when i started out initially, phoebe and Joey were my favourites but as the serial progressed, i found each one of them interesting in a different way. I ended up loving all of them..

I bet every one of u who saw it would have associated each character with someone u know in life. That makes it much more fun !!
For me, my mom is Monica..She being a cleanliness freak,not to mention her delicious food
I associate myself with Phoebe coz in a way am weird just like her!! :D.. and ofcourse she is THE BEST!!
My bro has to be Joey coz all he cares abt is food and fun !! I have no comments with the gals stuff..
Poor Ross - so sensitive .. and his marraiges ending up in divorces!! Not to forget our dear Rachael who is sexy and gets all the HOT Guys!! Chandler is the funniest with all his sarcastic mockery and immatureness with regards to relationships!! ha ha ha

The most touching episode was Phoebe's marraige!! A perfect wedding and very romantic.
The episode where everyone go to beach is hilarious. Phoebe discovers her mom while Monica is bit by a crab and chandler ends up peeing on her wound!! Amazingly funny!!

A right mix of humor, emotions and facts of life!! I can see them over and over a million times and will never grow tired of them!! A must watch - all 10 episodes!

Calvin n Hobbes

A comic strip that will set u into laughing out ur stomach. One of my all time favourites.. I got the entire collection when it was released in Landmark... Calvin is creative, imaginative and innocent & ..... The questions that he asks his dad are so intriguing.. His dad's replies are very funny!!
Ofcourse everyone's pet Hobbes ... The way he tackles Calvin.. everything is just too hilarious.
I have it set on my desktop sidebar.. i just go through one wen i feel like doing nothing!!

Makes me wanna relive my childhood :)

Here are some of the real awesum thingies Calvin imagines. First is of course spaceman Spiff and his adventures on a unknown planet with scary aliens :D.. And Calvin's attempt at studying where he turns into an elephant and so has long term memory power. Not to mention his encounters with Susie ( a potential enemy) and his secret club G.R.O.S.S that is short for Get Rid Of Slimy girlS. Calvin admits "slimy girls" is a bit redundant, as (to him) all girls are slimy, but otherwise it doesn't spell anything.
I especially like their game Calvinball - a rebellion against organized team sports. :D
The only rule of the game is that Calvinball never be played with same rules twice :D

The strip where he invents the transmogrifier made me laugh so hard that i ended up with tears!!

The best bet when you are feeling low!!