Tuesday 30 September 2008

Think about it

This is a poem that I heard sometime back and it just struck a chord in me. It's not cheerful like Sakshi wanted nor is it dreary. I just couldn't bear any Santa-Banta jokes. Hope you'll enjoy it.



If

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Monday 29 September 2008

The Dark side of Shadow......


I guess in last few posts we are encountering a shift of content.Shayon coming up with a really kool piece of poetry and Sakshi too scribbled some wonderful lines.Her post was like sunshine emanating through small chasm the dark clouds of melancholy that has been hovering quite a while.
Thus came Karma..always eager to grab eyeballs ,to join the party.He started off thinking he could write lyrics whom his fellowmortal The Sexy Sam is bugging for quite some time.So in order to prove his mettel he started scribbling in between his work.Who knew writing a poem cud be so intricate as compared to writing COBOL codes!!! All he knew about poetry is that it shud end in rhyming words!Hence , he decided the old method...inspiration from some unknown source.He went through covers of Metallica whom he likes to imitate under showeres and thus came a really Murky lyrics which drove Sexy Sam in a state of frenzy.He refused to string tune in the lyrics as he considered his Acoustic cudnot do justice to this Murky lyrics.Hence,dejected by by the utter refusal Karma dug this piece under his neverending pile of Word DOcs and ended all hopes of composing a kickass Rock number.
Here is a snapshot of the thingy he wrote...I won't blame u for thinking this as a prose with lots of weird word and the lines cleverly formatted in a manner to appear as poem.

I wonder what lies beneath
Spread below like a ghost
A silhoutte of my being
A part of me that never sees light

Strangely familier yet so bizzare
Melts in sunlight ,repels the fire
A serpent that creeps and slithers
When light fades out it grows longer

A void that breeds darkness
An phantasm of nothingness
A part of me yet so forsaken
Like a nightmare long forgotten


Sunday 28 September 2008

ANYWAY...

Today was Daughter's Day, so to spend some time with my Dad, we went to watch a play... more interesting than the play was the cafeteria from where the following lines of poetry come.
The moment I read these lines on an obscure board... I knew that I wanted to share them with all of you.

People are Unreasonable, illogical and self
centered,
Love them Anyway....
If you do good, people will accuse you of self
centered and ulterior motives,
be good to
people Anyway...
If you are successful, you will win false friends
and true enemies,
Succeed Anyway....
The good you do today will be forgotten
tomorrow,
Do good Anyway...
Honesty and Frankness makes you
vulnerable,
Be frank and Honest Anyway....
What you spend years in building may get destroyed
overnight,
Build Anyway....
People really need help but will attcak you if you
help them,
Help people Anyway...
Give the world the best you have and you'll get
kicked to the teeth...
Give the world the best you have...
Anyway....!!!

And Sinbad, the Sailor, Sails Away...

... i just feeling like looking ur snap again n again...... u r da best....
we all love u a lot atul.... miss u atul.... mis u

i still remember d last time i met u before comin to delhi may ur soul rest in peace

missin u loads "blue boy"......still cnt believe it.......luv u loads....

Its beyond my comprehension...I cannot digest such a fucking thought...It has ripped the ground from under my feet...why the fucking bike man...why the fucking bike?

tough to believe ..its really tough to believe for me bro ... u will always be remembered ...u are simply the youth of the nation ...u r one among the best individual of the college ... oh lord almighty i pray u whole heartedly for the soul ... miss u a lot bro

So? What do you think of the above few quotes? The comments section of an obituary? Nope, they are actually snippets off the scrapbook of a pretty close friend of mine. No, he wasn't just a friend, he was my brother... the only younger brother I ever had!

I was in an important meeting, yesterday afternoon, when I suddenly get a sms from a common friend, "Did you hear about Atul? It was really sad!" and then Saxi's message asking me to call up Manas, in quick succession. Normally I give my work a higher priority, but yesterday, my heart skipped a beat. I excused myself out of the air conditioned conference room and called up Manas.

I guess, the rest of the story is pretty much conceivable, isn't it? Yes, another bike accident on the roads of Pune! Another Symbiosis student spot dead! That was what the news was broadcast!

Yes, I lost my brother yesterday.

This is not an obituary that I am working on. Frankly, I do not know what it is that I am writing. I just know that it's an avenue to vent out my emotions, my frustrations. I was surprised to find that I didn't shed a single tear drop, after I heard about the incident. My first reaction was to rush off to Pune but somehow, my vanity and sanity prevailed.

I was thinking of talking about a few things that we had done together, of sharing a few good times that we shared together. Somehow, while I ponder on them, I realize I have so many memories buried within myself that I'll have to break open a huge dam to recount them all. I suddenly realized, despite us not being in regular touch in the last 1 year, I still love him as much as I always did!

Sometimes, I feel guilty to keep the moods so sombre around The Wall Mag, in the past week or so. I know, after a day's hard work, it is the Wall Mag that brings a cheer to your face. Yet, in a city with no friends and family, this was the only place I could speak out.

Just a few words for Atul,

You Rock, man!!

The Pheonix is Doomed to ReBorn!

Just putting up a little poetry to portray the current state of my mind...

I weave a cocoon to keep me safe,
to keep the child in me alive.
I peek about with my cynical eye
to view the big bad world.
I arm myself with wisdom from years of experience.
I brace myself to wage the war
with the world and the demons in my heart.
I pour my heart and my soul
to build a new life a new world again
from broken dreams and wounded heart
and friendships gone awry...
may you be with me,
hold and guide me when i falter,
rebuke me when i go wrong
and nurture me
when the world around me falls apart...
be the fire always burning,
giving me strength to rise each time,
like the phoenix from the ashes
to brave the world with forces anew.

(Thank You, Raka)

Thursday 25 September 2008

Once Fucked, Always Fucked!

I have no clue, with what face, shall I write about it. Well, all I'll say is, after all the hullabaloo and excitement, I just might fail to make the trip to Goa, with all you guys. Yes, at the end of the day, me, of all people. On hindsight, I realize, probably I was never dependable, probably I was never dependable because I always carried a fucked up fate up my sleeve. Probably I justify too much. Probably I don't! But yes, one thing I can swear my heart on, I love you guys!

Anyway, getting back to the topic. I ain't making the trip. Explanations? What the fuck are those? I just ain't gonna, the picture is as simple as that! As far as Saxi is concerned, I know she would refuse too. But I shall trust you guys, my comrades, my brethren, to coax her, cajole her and manaofy her for the trip. I know she was looking for the trip. Even if it's gonna be minus me, shouldn't dampen the spirits much. Hic! Sorry for getting a little sentimental. i had just called up Raj and told him that I'm busy in a meeting. The truth is, I'm currently all alone in office, savoring bourbon and hoping to hit "the pinnacle", if you know what I mean. Man! I was never like this. Or was I? Maybe my comrades would know me better.

No, I ain't going to self destruct. I know I have the guts to fight back. But not right now. Not right now when all I wanna do is disintegrate into the oblivion and flutter off into the wonderland. The space where you shall never have to blame on your fate, the place where you shall never have to depend on your fate. They say, man makes his own fate. Does he? Did I make my own fate? What is my fate? Was this originally what I was fated to be, to do? Or is it something I embraced to be my fate? Why is everyone cursing fate around, these days, anyway?

Why the hell have I gone insane? Where the hell have I thrown away my sanity? Is it this bourbon? Or is it that I derive a masochistic pleasure in self-pity and self-inflicted agony? Nah! How could someone bump oneself up just like that? I ain't crazy! Or am I? What scares me is that I do not who am I? Am I the little chubby kid who were born to 2 very proud parents, a few years ago? Or am I the bloated patch of orange that's getting drunk to death because he thinks he got cheated by his fate, ALL HIS LIFE? Or probably it is because every time he wants to stand back and fight, every time he feels he has enough courage and have gathered enough good will to move on, there always has to be a raised log or an upturned stone to stumble upon?

Frankly, I have no clue what I am writing. All I'm doing is typing away. I'm doing it, because I like writing! There I go... there I go lying again...to my very own comrades! Who the hell am I kidding? I like writing? Since when? Last creative I ever wrote was probably a few pages of poems for some bitch who had....uhh, what the hell? How could I forget what my mother had always taught me, "Never Kiss and Tell". Well, have I, anyway, ever given a damn about what my parents taught me? Do I even have the right to call them my parents? Do I even deserve parents? Could I ever be a son to them... the ones who I wish to call my parents?

I do not know. Really, I am absolutely clueless. All I know is...

Wednesday 24 September 2008

& Mannubhai returns...

Puys, thought the website needed a new post .So here I go with a potpourri of pics & songs.
This Sunday we had a project outing to a place by the name Western Country club near Manesar. Here are some pics from the place.
THE PLACE

"While my Guitar gently weeps"

Himesh Reshamiyya pose??Uhhh..

The high-point of the trip was that I performed there & I got really great appreciation for one of my compositions “Beet gaye din ” .I’ll upload the composition someday.

In the meantime ,check out this new song I’ve composed .I hope you'll like it though can't say about Dion as I doubt he would understand it!! Anyway,gimme your feedback & I'll tell u a surprising thing about this composition.
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"Madness is like gravity .All you need is a little push " -Joker in The Dark Knight

Tuesday 16 September 2008

TWM :: Online is now a full fledged Web Portal with TopFloorers' Lounge!

Man! It's been a really long but very satisfying day!!

A lot more features are in place, for TWMOnline.net.


HOME : This is the very first icon that you can find at the Lounge section in the sidebar. It actually points to home.twmonline.net and is basically a homepage that contains Google's search box and a few more gadgets that will help you to retrieve a lot of information right at one place!



EMAIL : Here's what Mann has been asking about, all this while. This is where you can access your personalized @twmonline.net email address. The email service is basically Gmail so you should not face any problems in finding your way around. All you need to do is click on this cute little button and log into the account. However, the direct link to the email sign in page is mail.twmonline.net.




CALENDAR : This one is the TopFloorers' very own Calendar application. If you had ever used Google Calendar, this should not prove any tough job for you. If it's your first time, I'll suggest you take a look around, first. The calendars created are viewed by every TopFloorer (who have their ID registered) and can be used to schedule events (think, Goa Trip). Saxi has already decided to create a calendar comprising everyone's birthdays so that we miss none, henceforth. I'll say, good idea! The direct link to the calendar is calendar.twmonline.net.




DOCUMENTS : No more shall you ever need to worry whether someone has Office 2007 or not. Our very own docs solves that problem for you. Online applications Word, Spreadsheets and Presentations (parts of 'Docs') can easily be shared and collaborated with every Wall Mag member with ease. The direct link is docs.twmonline.net.




GOA TRIP '08 : This little palm tree should have been anybody's guess. I have created our very own wiki at goa-trip.twmonline.net. This web site is editable by all of us. It has been created to document our days and emotions till the D-Day and is also supposed to contain memoirs of Raj, Rathz and company's last trip in 2007. Everyone who had been a part of last time's trip, you are requested to share your experiences in that site. As for the next one, let us see how things work out. One thing is for certain, if we sincerely keep populating content in that site, some day, we shall definitely treasure these memories. What more, we can even share it with the rest of the world to be jealous of!


Yes! All this, at just $16.19, till now. That is all I have spent on The Wall Mag, till date! :-P

I know, it is a little complicated for the more technologically challenged lot of us. But c'mon, you always have me to consult with and I shall not be able to maintain everything on my own! All I ask of you all is to play around a bit and you shall surely figure things on your own. It ain't rocket science, you know!

By the way, Raj, me, Saxi and Mann already have themselves registered. I am still waiting for response from the rest of you. Mind you, you shall not be able to access the above web applications without your @twmonline.net ID. I shall also maintain a .doc file at TWMOnline Docs so that everyone knows everybody else's ID.

Finally, here's a little video featuring Chaturvedi, Premaland, Lala, Mehul and, our very own, Meerut, shot by Sreeshastha. It's basically about everyone asking Meerut to pay for the petrol 'coz all of them had come out just because Meerut wanted to buy an iPod! After watching this video, you just might feel like giving Mann's post a revisit. ;-)


Ciao then... Cheers!!

Goa Trip - episode 2 (for me)

before going into the detail of the trip i would like 2 show u all a few pics of our last trip ...
had a football match with firangees

resting in dion's home


having breakfast -- v four finished whole bottle of hommade jam in 5 dez

the beach where samik saw something for the 1st time in his life


in deep thought ...joking ... jus giving a pose


dil chahta hai


see what dion did with raths


i was the 1st one 2 start n last one 2 finish

waiting for geetanjali exp ata tatanagar exp -- v had great a great train journey



dont worry i didnt eat the fish

relaxing on the sands of palolem beach


i am looking like a negro

finally the best pic

Hello frnds …. i hope u all have liked the pics...

The goa trip - part 2 , has got its shape ….

24/12/08 - reach mumbai by 6 am morning … v wil go by road to madgaon…
25/12/08 – visit adjoining areas of madgaon & celebrate Christmas
26/12/08 – palolem beach
27/12/08 - panjim
28/12/08 – church, fort, karting, calungute beach, vagha beach
29/12/08
30/12/08 – leave for Mumbai by konkan kanya exp. The food is very good in this train …
31/12/08 – leave for their respective places..

I have decided abt the train for the guys posted in kolkata n jamshedpur …il talk 2 raths abt this..

I have searched through the hotels on internet …but ,I need dion’s help in this … if possible can the tourist hostel (of goa government) near your home be booked for us …

Please confirm who all r going… if I need 2 change anything please put ur views … I request everyone 2 be fast to take decisions else we wont get trains n accomodation...


I would request everyone to be a part of this trip… some two years bak on 23rd sept we had left for goa (this 23rd sept has a special importance in my life for some other reason too)... newez the trip was awsome ...it was one of my best trip ever.

Sunday 14 September 2008

Long Road out of Eden


Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life



Look who's here???
Yeah,yeah I can already sense the bewildered expression on your face from the other end of this monitor.I guess I deserve a lot of flak for my self-impressed exile from the 'LOOP'.Apologies to those who thot that I cud done my bit more sincerely for this forum..cud have become a li'l more proactive in scribbling my thots.
First thing first, cannot thank Shayon enuff for putting our beloved wall-mag in the place it shud have been a long ago.....a fully owned and managed web-portal.He really deserves laodsa pat on the back( but on the other hand I think a tap on his butt in our NIT ishtyle wud be kool !!) and all my fellow-mortals who despite their busy schedule ahas managed to keep this blogroll alive and kicking.I guess all good things in life....persists if u really want to keep it that way.And now thata Shakshi's also joined the mayhem we are so adept in stirring..things are looking better than ever !!! Look at the motley crews we have here...Shayon..th torch-bearer of this forum,the keeper of this menagerie and above all el-gran- escritor per excellence;Maninem a.k.a Mannu the show-stealer;Raj the AMWAY-man;Firangee a.k.a Dion, a sheer Géniewhen it comes to giving u a piece of his mind ;Shakshi a avant garde blogger,a wannbe keeper-of-law (its always good to have the blind-lady on ur side in case our blog runs into legal trouble) and who has a big hand in preventing the m/f ratio of our blogosphere escalating to infinity and ofcourse Gandhi the sole Gujju in our Arsenal...I am really looking forward to have more of him...he is just irresistible !!
Well, I my long sabbatical from our forum stems from the fact I have gradually lost interest in the finer things in life.Getting busy with life wud be such a lame excuse!!The college-hangover still persists....fervently resisting the shift in life that has set in.The perfect setting of the office, the claustrophobic cubicles and the dementors whom i call colleagues( dementors are supposed to suck all the happiness around you isn't it!!)and the black screen of death that stares at me in non-chalance(my system i.e mainfrmaes is all black and white just like gud ol DOS) and the several thousand lines of code that I have written till date.....has gradually eroded my "creative streak"..... blogging has ceased to give me the high that I used to love so much....Still looking for the "Shangi-la" ...still undecided whether to walk on the road less travelled or tread the path already explored....flow with the stream or look for the meadows which always look Greener in short...MAN I AM PISSED-OFF !!!!
So in an attempt to break free of the cocoon that I have spun around me...I have finally decided to let go the spent steam in form of loosely put idiosyncrasies and usual breed of craps in our beloved scrap-book.Hope to kick-up loadsa of dust!!!
Until then...Adios

Joyguru Njoyguru

Does This How "The Wall Mag" Look For You?


Thanks to incessant connection problems of Airtel's GPRS service, I was once forced to access the internet from a cyber cafe, after months, a few days back. After checking up on a few of my important emails, I fired up The Wall Mag and I was horrified at the way TWM :: Online's homepage stared blatantly back at my face! The colours were all mis-matched and even the banner had a very ugly feel to it. I was even more pissed when Raj later confirmed that that's exactly how the page gets rendered in his office too!

Although I think the reason behind it might be the age old Windows 98 and older versions of Internet Explorer, I thought I should better confirm the same with the rest of you guys. The picture above is how TWM :: Online is originally supposed to be rendered. (You can click on the picture for the larger version.) If it is any different for you, kindly shoot me a comment informing the operating system and the version and name of the browser that you use. I shall try my best to improve the looks for each and every one of them.

My Specifics :
Operating System - Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 2)
Browser - Google Chrome (version 0.2)

By the way, I heard there was a very nasty bomb blast in Delhi, yesterday. I hope none of our friends and relatives got hurt.

I've got my mid semesters this week and then I shall be off to Mumbai for about 3 weeks. Anyone in Mumbai who can meet up, do let me know. People from Jamshedpur and Kolkata, anything you would like me to get from Mumbai, do shoot me a comment.

That is all from me, now. Keep Rocking, guys!

Monday 8 September 2008

Rock On...!!!

To follow your dreams is the moral of the story....

The direction is great, the songs are awesome... ( I am not a fan of Rock music... but I have become a fan of the music of Rock On...!!!)





Its a beautiful movie which reflects, how the choices in our life make or mar our lives. and how at times circumstances force us to choose the life that we actually want and the life that we ought to have coz... that is right.


I should mention here that there were a few posts in the past... in which there was a lot of discussion about the career choices that all of you have made... and consequently losing out on everything. You know what I think?? I feel that for us at this age, (we are still young dude..) we have gotten a movie that reminds us the value of what dreams mean to us. Its like Shayon said in his return post, about the satisfaction and the gratification. I feel totally restricted at times, familial obligation etc etc.. and most importantly, the familial expectations.... imagine, as soon as you get in a school, and people around you get to know that you are aske only one question, 'Beta, aap bade hoke kya bananna chahte ho?' and we are so sure that we want to be a doc or an engineer or lawyer....


I am always hearing this, 'oh you guys have many choices... at our time...' but what is surprising is that often the career path that we like is so unconventional that .....





But really, does that mean... we get stuck in a life where all we do is get up... go to work and get back... have a social life that is restricted to people whom we work with... that friendship is no actual friendship, it simply is because you have selfish motives for being friends with the other person... Someone truely said that you only make true friends when your are in school/college.




Sometimes we just stop vereything in our lives and all that is left is compromise because we have responsilibities and compromises become a part of life...

I hope and pray that all of us, live our dream... if not now... then tomorrow... The reason that we have dreams is so that they may be made into realities...


I still dunno, what my real dream is- A great job...?? or what? I am still at figuring it out... planning to learn guitar... (Any teachers avalaible??) though on the personal front I do know what I want...!!! But what is that ultimate thing that I want from life... that satisfaction... from where it will come I dunno...


Lets hope you guys know what you want from life... maybe that will help me figure things out a lil...!!!


PS: The passion for music that you guys have was constantly in my mind when I was watching the movie...!!! When are you guys making a band???

Thodi senti ho gayi hai... but chalta hai I suppose...!!!

Sunday 7 September 2008

Where Are The Drum Rolls? TWM :: Online is here!!

Ta Da! In the past 10 days, TWM :: Online has undergone a lot many changes, eh? First, the blog header gets a make over, followed by a complete overhaul to the whole site's design. Then came a few changes in the sidebar, a better looking Adsense implementation, a brand new tag line to the blog and now, finally, a brand new URL for us all! Yes, if you haven't noticed it yet, check out the address bar of your browser and you'll notice it says "http://www.the-wall-mag.blogspot.com/" no more!

Yes, the online edition of The Wall Mag has a new address now, http://www.twmonline.net. Do not worry, the previous URL will still be functional but all who visits that one shall be redirected to the new URL (it must have been the same with you too).

Well, along with the URL, I have also added a little graphic to identify the page among the rest. Such an icon is called Favicon and you can view it on your address bar and also at the left most part of the tab (unless you use IE6). Here's a figure to demonstrate what I am talking about.



I have also uploaded a slideshow of the authors' pics for the blog, titled "Author-o-Scope" and implemented the latest comments feature too. Just 2 issues, I didn't have a good enough pic of our very own Phat Man for the slide show and the latest comments' section seems to update itself a little late.

@ Dino: Do send me a pic of yours to put up on the blog.

@ Rest: If I have left anyone from the slideshow, do let me know with an attached picture of yours in an email. I shall put it up ASAP.

Oh yes, I had almost forgotten to mention about the new rating system that I have installed in the blog. Now, we have a chance to vote for a certain article that we really like. For example, the last article from Mann really deserved a couple of 5 stars, what say?

Well, there you go. I am almost done with the customization, for now. I have been spending a bit too much of time with this blog, lately. I hadn't touched the Blogger platform for quite a while now and it took me a while to get back my magic :-)

Rathz had called me up yesterday and was asking me to snazz up the theme a bit. But when he learnt that I couldn't edit the template in itself, he advised we should revamp the blog to another template, then. What do you all think about that? As for me, I told him I was trying to arrange for private domain hosting and we can think about a redesign only after that, if it at all happens!

It's past midnight right now and the Airtel's GPRS connection also sucks today. Had spent almost the whole of tonight, buying the domain and setting it up with the blog. The best part was, Atri Bokachoda visited the blog last night and even commented about the changes, but couldn't figure out that the domain too had already been changed! :-)

Kinda feeling a little alone now. All night, I had a purpose, a "mission" at hand. Now that it's almost done, I'm suddenly very sleepy and I think it's high time I hit the sack.

Oh, before I forget, every TopFloorer is set to get a custom @twmonline.net email id for himself :-) Yes, that's also in the pipeline. But I couldn't set it up tonight 'coz of the finicky internet connection. Will get that done tomorrow and the email adderesses should be ready by the day after, max!

So, if you want an email id for yourself, all you need to do is drop a comment and mention the id with which I should get your registered! :-)

Sheesh! This post almost sounds like a diary entry, or probably a letter :-P

Anyway, it's adieu from me now!

A very happy belated birthday to TWM :: Online and 3 cheers to ourselves!

Peace!!

Saturday 6 September 2008

Art Attack!

Does the title of this post strike a chord in your gray cells? Nope? Well, that's borrowed from a nice little program on Nickelodeon where this guy comes up with really nifty way of converting the very scraps off your household into real works of art! Yes, I, too, am planning to showcase this little art-work of mine on The Wall Mag, where else?

Remember me commenting on the last post that I couldn't call up Saxi on time because I was too busy creating an ashtray out of a few empty cigarette boxes? I finally completed it today morning and now posting a few pics of the same. Unfortunately the pics were taken in the night and my ROKR doesn't have any flash, so they are a little grainy :-(







So, what do you think? I had filled up the box at the beneath with some mud so that it stays a little heavy and gets a sturdy base. 'Have plastered the whole thing with cello tape. However, it does feel pretty strong.

I seem to be on my creative high, these days! Today afternoon, I had even created a nice little collage with pics of my buddies in the past 23 years of my life. 'Have transformed it into my comp's wallpaper, now. Raj was so impressed with it that now I have a job of creating a poster for him. Why? Ssshhh! It's a secret that can be revealed not before the end of this month! :-)

Have a good day, folks! Feels good to be writing here, again!!

Friday 5 September 2008

A Very Happy Birthday to Sakshi





Good Morning everybody ....

Today is the b'de of an "aspiring lawyer" ... the only lady in this club ... on behalf of everyone I wish her happy b'de ... may the coming years bring a lot more happiness n color in her life ..

now as per rule her bf , Mr. Shayon , should wish her exactly at 12 but this was not the case here ... sakshi called him to wish her becoz he forgot i suppose ... i also talked 2 her ... but i was in deep sleep so couldnt remember wht i said ...


Shāyon's little note :


Believing hear, what you deserve to hear:
Your birthday as my own to me is dear...
But yours gives most; for mine did only lend
Me to the world; yours gave to me my love!

They say, "You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience." Yes, it's never the age that matters. Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. So, here's wishing Saxi a very Happy Birthday! Love you!!

P.S. - In my defense, I did not forget Saxi's birthday! I was just a little too busy building an ashtray out of empty cigarette boxes to be aware of the time! :-P

Thursday 4 September 2008

Meerut,Yakoo,John & Dawg

The curtain rises!! LadieSSSSSSSSS & gentleman!! let me present before you some hell-raisers from Noida .Once in 2K3 batch of NIT,Jamshedpur these people are redefining the very words “Idioticity" & "Stupidity”.Every day they are unknowingly surpassing greater heights of moronity.This circus has four characters with a certain “Dawg” being their ringleader who inspires them(read provokes them) to achieve those lofty heights of stupidity .Although each one of these person deserves an introduction which would run for tens of minutes but let me do away with it in a a few sentences each
Meerut -A budding rockstar who’s just mad about music.For him music is js about rock & nothing else.He Shares the podium with Gandhi for being the most famous guy in 2k3.

Yakoo –Amit Srivastav-My recluse neighour in NIT, Jamshedpur whose always @ 90 degrees hair earned him the sobriquet of Yakoo from the Krur Singh of Chandrakanta.Has become my comedy partner here.

Dawg :That’s none other than ur dawg too ie “Me”.

John :Behera- "Bas Naam hi kaafi hai"

Let’s start with the ringleader ie the great dawg himself!!
Dawg was once sleeping soundly in his room. At 2 pm in the night, he suddenly felt suffocated in his room,was unable to breathe ,opened his eyes to find the entire room in flames .Wat the hell man!!It was filled with smoke & the belongings were up in fire & the fire had even caught his bedsheet .AND here comes the Reason of fire -A mosquito coil-yes a freakin' mosquito coil which dawg had lit on top a newspaper & the chain reaction led to the hysteria which later burnt a hole in his pocket.Dawg sleeps in a mosquitonet after that! No coils around dawg please.

Once,Dawg was halfway to his office on his bike when he realized that he doesn’t have his mobilephone in his pocket. He checked his pockets thoroughly & it was not there. He rechecked his trouser’s pockets just to confirm that that it wasn’t there.Then he returned to his flat in a hurry .After sometime just when he was about to open his apartment's door he realized something was there in his trouser’s pocket.That something turned out to be his mobile phone. Dawg felt like biting himself for his stupidity.

Scene :Dawg frantically searching for his glasses as he was getting late for his mock-CATs
Searched the bedroom, dining room even the kitchen but in vain! Woke up his flatmate in the other room to search for his specs .The "flatmate" rubbing sleep off his eyes pointed towards dawg's nose & dawg realised where the glasses ARE!!!

Let Dawg not hog the limelight,let others be given a chance to prove their greatness in stupidity .So here comes Meerut-famous for his great statements & even greater deeds .
Ignoring all warnings from his family to not purchase a costly drumset ,dude purchased a new drumset for 21 grands as he is very eager about forming a band. I asked that what would be the name of your band .In a contemplative mood he said ”See I want to form a band on the lines of S.O.A.D .I want to speak about the filthy Indian politics , casteism etc through my songs So I asked him what would be the name of your band.
After thinking for 5 mins the golden words were uttered “After thinking deeply I have come to the conclusion that the band's name would be Bhartiya Raajniti” .I said "what's that ?"
He said "it’s name of our to-be Rockband.acha hai naa ?"

The question below was asked to Meerut in college days but I again asked him to check if he has changed a bit & well u can decide after reading this IF he really has ??
Dawg : Why are there so many gays in western countries ?
Meerut in his usual style: ”Arrey western guys are so tall,goras, chikna .Sab bodybuilders hote hain toh aadmi ka aadmi so toh attraction NATURAL hi hai bhai“ >Oh my God!somethings dont change as do some people.
Here comes the greatest!!

Meerut wants to be a drummer & idiolises Las Ullrich( Metallica’s drummer).So here goes the provoker dawg
Dawg : If you were given an opportunity to meet Las Ullrich in exchange for a favor like +$%^ing HIS *&^% would you do that favor?
With his chin up & in a thoughtful voice “ I don’t want to do that but yes when it comes to Ullrich I WILL DEFINTELY give it a thought.After all I just have to do it once “ ;PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Meerut scrapped dawg “Bhai ek testimonial likh de meri”
Dawg scrapped back “Sure ,when are your testicals free ? ;--PPPPPP "
Meerut scrapped back “ Yeh ;--PPPPPPP kya hai bhai..eska kya matlab hota hai?”
Phewwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!

Yakoo- Dawg’s great friend & an amazing comedian.One year into the IT industry & he is still struggling to operate a computer properly .
Once his manager came & said “Amit. Hurry up!! Gotta go for team lunch!! Lock your computer fast! “
Yakoo retorted :”Sure !! But where ?& I don’t have that place’s key “

Now comes the last character .This character is a real character in himself & incidentally he is also a 'Topfloorer" since he used to be Atri's neighbor.He spends around 60-70% of his money on ciggis & booze .Cant sleep without getting hungover.
John aka Prasant Kumar “Deaf”Behera.. Dude is working in Samsung & is in S. Korea for 6 months .Yes u heard it right in S. Korea!! I was once talking to him on fone i said "Korea to mast hoga bey " .
Behera said “tujhe kya pata yahaan kay baare main.. here the system is so hi-fi. even the trains fly in the air.” I laughed & laughed & laughed

So this was it for today’s laughing session!!I hope u would have liked these four characters & also I’d like to tell u that there’s much more to these characters(in terms of stupidity) but we have to finish the show here but don’t worry we are gonna come back with an entire show on an even greater personality who happens to be the one amongst the wall mag bloggers.I hope u would have got the hint.If no, then watch out for the next show.Take care
&&&&&& The curtain comes down!!

-Mann

With Love, From Jamshedpur!

It's been almost a week now that I'm staying over at Raj's place and still quite a couple more to go. After all the discussion about his place of abode and house keeping issues, I thought I should share a few pictures showcasing the place we call house :-P And of course, I had also promised to share Raj's latest bald look with you all. So, here they are -

Had to start the album with His Highness, Mr. Bald!! :-)

Baldness can work wonders on Raj's skin texture, what say? ;-) Looks like Amway has come up with fairness creams too!


That's our bedroom :-P Raj's office and that's where he sleeps!

That's where I sleep, the other side of the bedroom.

A little closer look, showcasing Amway products ;-)

And that's my office!!

This one is a no-brainer, ain't it? Well, planning to make an ash tray out of those boxes.

That's the other room, the one we call "Store room"

That's the broken door of the bathroom. Yes, we can't close the door while bathing :-D

Not even the bathroom is devoid of Amway products!

That's the kitchen... yes, I get to cook here!

The other side of the kitchen, especially showcasing the sink!

That's what powers the kitchen.Yup, a local made one!

And, that's our favorite punching bag...oops! Ball. :-P

And...that's the look I'm sporting, these days. Yup, I got a prominent mustache now that's even trim-able :-P
Well, that is all, for now. Shall come up with more picture as and when I can. By the way, did Raj ever mention that, these days, Atri, Raj and I visit the regent once a month to binge on the alcohol and food, while having really awesome time together! I remember, last time, me and Atri had lined up 10 vodka shots each within 2 hours! I guess, money does manage to get you happiness, at times.

Before I conclude, allow me to remind you all that the voting for the new domain is going to be over in 4 more days. the current status shows that http://www.twmonline.net/ is leading with 9 votes while http://www.thewallmag.net/ is a close second, with 5 votes. All who still haven't voted, please do so at the earliest.

Would like to share one trivia, here. It seems everyone has liked the Wowzio widget that I have put up (the one that tells you who visits the blog). I had once met the guy behind the Wowzio, Mr Manish Baldua. He had come to me with a prototype of his widget, some 2 months ago. We had discussed, at length, on how to make these widgets more user friendly and useful and, hence, had come up with this beautiful idea. I was pleasantly surprised to see his email a few days back, informing that he had worked on my suggestions and wanted me to test ride the improvised widget. The best place I could think of was The Wall Mag, with so many of you to come up with feedbacks. It seems, Mr Baldua is going to be pretty happy, what say? ;-)

Ciao then, it's 9 o'clock in the morning and duty beckons!! :-)