Saturday, December 31, 2005

** HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006 **


How beautiful the turning of the year!
A moment artificial yet profound:
Point upon an arbitrary chart
Passing like a breath upon the heart,
Yearning with anticipation wound,
New hope new harbored in old-fashioned cheer.
Even when the boundary line is clear,
We recognize the oneness of the ground.
Years, like circles, do not end or start
Except we lay across their truth our art,
Adjusting dates as they go round and round
Revolving to a tune long sung and dear.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

My brain pattern.....

Your Brain's Pattern

Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama.
Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time...
But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you.
You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading.

Saturday, December 17, 2005

College....

The first week at college was great. Almost daily birthdays of my friends...so lots of parties. Life's good.
It has been 4 years since I've done any painting..... I just realised that my fingers haven't lost their flair. A painting competition was conducted in the college reg 'The Energy Conservation Week' and I was surprised to see myself doing some good work. An essay writing competition was conducted too...but thats boring stuff.

Top 21 things an Indian does after returning from The US of A...

1. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.
2. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious.
3. Sprays deo such so that he doesn't need to take bath.
4. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.
5. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".
says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds".
Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".
Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".
Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".
Says "Free Way " instead of "Highway".
Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go".
Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four, Instead of Seven Zero Four)

6. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out.
7. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)
8. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 43 times).
9. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket.
10.When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y Zee (but never says Zed)
11.Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"
12.Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and Indian Road Conditions.
13.Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".
14.Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff.
15.Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.
16.Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he is experiencing it for the first time.
17.Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "Mojule".
18.Looks speciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food.

Few more important
19.From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to India, even after 4 months of arrival.
20.Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India , tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.

Ultimate one
21.Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."

Sunday, December 11, 2005

End of hols...

Well everything that has a beginning has an end, so does our holidays. College reopens tommorrow and I'll be leaving for Nlr tonight. I'm definitely gonna miss home, waking up at 9 o' clock, long hours online, lazy afternoons before the idiot box, friends in the evening, late night TV and Grandma's chicken curry (summing up 'LIFE').

Ok, I'm not complaining.... I'm also enthused to see my college and all my friends again. Besides I'll be coming back home in about a month for Pongal hols. 3/8 parts of my engg. course is over and very quick indeed. Thats the advantage of Semester system in colleges, you never feel bored, lot of hols in between, and fresh subjects every four months.

Friday, December 02, 2005

Some pics




Thats me, meddling with my aunt's computer. Curse the light, u ppl can't see me properly here.




There, that one's better..... At the garden restaurent.