kids of today........

Came a li'l late to work today. Reason with visuals below.

Almost four in the evening. Me in the night shifts for this week. I could get shut eye only from 7 am to 11 am. It's almost 2 am now. Eyes gettin heavy already.....neways..
So my mom comes up to me and says vaishnavi n ramya are gettin the make up done. They want to dance to the song before their summer vacations are over. I said : okay, lemme charge the batteries of my camera. After the make up, the two gals who are in the fifth std came back with full enthu to dance to a song from the kannada movie aapthamithra. Song is called raa raa.......as in come come......no pun intended. :D

Here is how they looked.




The first time I saw vaishnavi's performance at the end of their summer camp.......I was almost dumbfounded! I asked her 'When did you learn to do all THIS now?' lol! She said, 'Of course I know how to dance. This isn't my first performance'. Topic closed. I had nothing more to say! She dances really really well, and when I use really really , albeit it doesn't appeal to the english grammar, I mean REALLY REALLY WELL! ROFL! I suggested to her grandmom to send her to bharatnatyam classes. Vaishnavi isn't too keen as she's more of the 'western' dance oriented. On the other hand ( or leg, whichever makes ya happy ) ramya knows a li'l bit of bharatnatyam. But she can't dance the 'western' style to save her life. I then started to realize why one person can't be perfect at anything. It makes sense after all.....

I suggested that we go up to the terrace of the next building and they can dance there. Daylight with ample space to prance around. The minute I suggested, bam! power cut in our lane. So no other alternative. Went n bought batteries for the tape recorder, borrowed an emergency lamp from my local nicotime adda shop.Came back to the terrace. audience from just four or five was around a dozen. Found out that the emergency lamp wasn't bright enough. Flop show! There was a store room on the terrace. Got it opened. Saw a 60 watt bulb there. Tried to unhook it, dragged the electricity line till the door. power was back on now. Not enough light to make them dance on the terrace as it was around 8 pm already. flop show number two! lol!

Decided that only option was to make them do their bit in our hall. Place packed with all families. So I started recording their performances. So after the first song and two dozen images, I had to recharge the battery and even transfer all the vids n images to the comp. The two gals had a younger bro each. Here they are. One of THE cutest pics I've even captured!



They danced to four songs and each time I had to say 'ten minutes break. Battery to be charged again'. Nobody groaned. :)

Phew, that took me out. All the running around , getting things done quickly , assist them to dance a li'l back as there was less space in the hall. Someone from the gang said at the end of it all.....Raghu is the director, producer, cameraman and the audience too. lol! That made me laugh. Finally transferred all to the comp n burnt a dvd. Dvd had both mpg n jpgs. So mpgs didn't play on my dvd player. Got the laptop, showed the vids there. Time was already around half past nine. Got ready in a jiffy. I always think of the line 'Somebody STOPPPPPPP ME!' from The Mask when I have to get ready in a hurry. hehehe

after a long time............a very short post. lol!

It's been a while since I posted something that's not more than two or three lines. Damn! Lost one line already! ROFL! Just watched the lightning and drizzle outside, took a short walk and ate my favorite, corn with some salt n chilli powder combo.......mouth watering...drooooooooooooooooooooooool! There. Three lines over. "The End" / "Shubham" / "It's just the beginning".

coorg trip anecdote

How did I miss this one?!?!? Neways, gang of four went to coorg to a place called Honey Valley. As I had very very rarely 'ventured' outta blr, it was something I looked forward to. Stayed for three nights. First night, after the regular 'rituals' we were just lying down. Two guys were listening to their kinda metal music on their mp3 players. I was too sleepy so dozed off. At around half past one, the guy (who's studying herpetology) actually saw something in the dark. Me n the fourth were asleep. So the one who saw something slitering told the other guy to check what it was. It was a snake, albeit a small one.....

The one (who saw) woke me up from my deep slumber and told me 'snake! snake!' . As they were fans of AIC(Alice In Chains) I thought must be some stupid song that he's raving about in the middle of the night as we were all tripping. I told him 'yea, yea. okay' and closed my eyes again. 'Snake snake! Get up man, look at this snake!'. BAM! Me 'what the!!??!, where!?!?'. Lights on, action time!. The one identifies the "model" ...err..the species and says 'I think this is blah blah blah!(don't remember. At 2 in the morning, who would?!? lol! ) so then I take out my cam. One more digital SLR also out. The fourth guy asked him 'Sure right? It's blah blah so it's not poisonous?'.The one 'Yea yea'. So the fourth catches it by the tail. It was hardly two feet, but he actually had to drag it as it was really powerful for it's size!. Then after the capture it! session was over, it bit the guy as it was really irritated with all the lights. Ironically, it is supposed to be one of the most docile ones! Then the fourth guy is a wee bit scared.....asked the one again 'Maccha, it bit me ra!'. The one replies 'Yea, now we can be sure that if you don't die, it's the same one that I identified' . LMBO! The fourth one replies 'My pop will sue you till you are bankrupt if that's the case'. ROFL! Actually, the one was sure. But heck, it was a night to remember alright!

Lyrics of a song I like listening to when I'm a little out of sorts. Gets me back to reality. The Matrix!

Cut my life into pieces
I've reached my last resort, suffocation, no breathing
Don't give a fuck if I cut my arms bleeding
Would it be wrong, would it be right
If I took my life tonight, chance are that I might
Mutilation out of sight and I'm contemplating suicide
Cause I'm losing my sight, losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Nothing's alright, nothing is fine
I'm running and I'm crying
I never realized I was spread too thin
Till it was too late and I was empty within
Hungry, feeding on chaos and living in sin
Downward spiral, where do I begin
It all started when I lost my mother
No love for myself and no love for another
Searching to find a love upon a higher level
Finding nothing but questions and devils
Cause I'm losing my sight, losing my mind
Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
Nothing's alright, nothing is fine
I'm running and I'm crying
I can't go on living this way

Although one line is not true / liked by me.

One of the most awesome songs ever!

All the teachin' in da world today
All the little girls fillin' up da world today
When the good comes to bad, the bad comes to good
But I'm a live my life like i should
Now da critics wanna hit it
This hit? How we did it, just because they don't get it
But I'll stay fitted, new era commited
Now this red cap gets a rap from these critics

But do we always gotta cry
Do we always gotta live inside a lie
Life's just a blast cuz its movin' really fast
So ya better stay on top or life'll kick you in the ass
Follow me into a solo
Remember that, kid, so whatcha wanna do
And where ya gonna run when your stari'n down the cable of my mic
Pointed at yo grill like a gun
Limp Bizkit is rockin' the set
It's like russian roulette when you're placin' your bet
So don't be upset when you're broke and you're done
Cuz I'm a be the one till I jet

I know why you wanna hate me
Cuz hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cuz hate is all the world has even seen lately

Does anybody really know the secret
Or the combination for this life and where they keep it
It's kinda sad when you don't know the meaning
But everything happens for a reason
I don't even know what i should say
Cuz I'm an idiot, a loser
A microphone abuser
I analyze every second I exist
Beatin' up my mind every second with my fist

And everybody wanna run
Everybody wanna hide from da gun
You can dig a rat through this life if you want
But you can't dig the edge off a knife (no sir)
And now you want your money back
But you're denied, cuz your brain's fried from the sack

And there aint nothin' i could do
Cuz life is a lesson, you'll learn it when you're through

I know why you wanna hate me
Cuz hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cuz hate is all the world has even seen lately

Now... I... know... why (now I know why you wanna hate me)

I know why you wanna hate me
Cuz hate is all the world has even seen lately
And now you wanna hate me
Cuz hate is all the world has even seen lately.

Life is a full circle.......

As I can't think of anything, here's my life history of diseases. For those who wanna comment, plzzzzzzzzzz don't pity and give advice.This is purely for my own sadistic / weird satisfaction that I'm posting for.

During my childhood days, I recollect going to a Mr.Benakappa who was a child specialist. I was adviced to take a tablet at a particular time everyday for five years. Remotely remember taking it at six in the evening. Reason : Convulsion. Convulsion is the infancy of 'fits' so it's referred to as convulsion for kids(as far as my logic goes obv :D).

High school time. Jaundice. Pretty chilled out disease actually. Drink loadsa sugarcane juice n chill out at home. hehe. One more in high school. Apendictis time. This was really insulting to say the least. Why? Read on.....

Me on one of the beds in the hospital. A team of students just finishing their medical came to check the records of all patients. A few real pretty chicks in the gang of a dozen. Then the head of the gang comes to my bed, reads my history...explains to the team. Takes out a reynolds 045, pulls down my underwear (NOT fully, just a wee bit mind you!) and then actually draws a circle where the apendictis is supposed to have overgrown ( so it pains like hell if u just use ur finger to touch it!) and to top it all off, puts a X in the circle! D-UH! That was really embarassing. The pain of the pain, the pain of the pretty chicks lookin at the circle.......:(( bastards!

The year 2003. Sunday , Jan 3rd. Morning 7 am. Cricket time. Opened the batting for our local team. As I used to smoke easily a pack and a half per day in those days, wasn't the best runner in the team, but not a bad runner too. First six balls, all faced by me, all two runs. Panting for breath. End of over. Second over starts. The other guy on strike now. We take a single. Me badly tryin to breathe. Squat and tryin to breathe in. Finding it difficult......need a runner for sure. My best friend and one more friend at the leg umpire's position. Me gesturing towards them.......asking for a runner. BAM! Everything is fuzzy. The whole friggin ground starts spinning right in front of me. I feel weak in my legs.....can't stand............need to rest.........can't hold the bat any longer.......thwump!face first into the ground, bat still in hand. Lights out! After a few mins, can't open my eyes, but can hear loads of ppl talking around me.One is saying 'open your eyes', one 'take some water n drink it', one 'have tender coconut' etc...Then slowly regained consciousness. All guys around me shit scared. No idea what happened. Least of all I had no idea what had happened! Literally struggle to carry me to the auto. Nearest nursing home. Sister pokes an injection into the bone of my right hand. My wrist isn't exactly 'big' ya see. I scream. "OWW! Sister, please be careful with that! You are hurting my bone!". Sister "Please sir, just keep quiet will you? I know what I'm doing". Me thinkin, "bi***!". Next to mallya hospital.After the initial xrays, scans...the head surgeon comes in .....has a look. First words to me 'Do you smoke?' . I have no idea how I answered this till date. My exact words were 'I love to smoke'. Doc jokingly slaps me n tells ppl around me 'Kids of today. Look at his audacity. He is telling me that he loves to smoke in the ICU!'. Then the regular stuff happened. Not too keen to type all of it. Something about a filter inserted into the chest.

Now for the better part of this sad friggin post.................hehehe...hilarious!

Click!

Bap Kennedy - Moonlight Kiss

I can feel my heart
And it's fit to burst
I try to clean it up
But I just get worse

Wish I could fall
On a night like this
Into your lovin' arms
For a moonlight kiss

I thought I saw your face
In the evenin' sky
On a lonesome cloud
That was driftin' by

I wish I could fall
On a night like this
Into your lovin' arms
For a moonlight kiss

You got someone else
Maybe it's for the best
Since I took the cure
For happiness

And I'd trade it all
On a night like this
For your lovin' arms
And a moonlight kiss

For your lovin' arms
And a moonlight kiss

Lovin' arms
And a moonlight kiss
Ooh, yeah

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Bob Seger - We've got tonight

I know it’s late, I know you’re weary
I know your plans don’t include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Longing for shelter from all that we see
Why should we worry, no one will care girl
Look at the stars so far away
We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We’ve got tonight babe
Why don’ t we stay?

Deep in my soul, I’ve been so lonely
All of my hopes, fading away
I’ve longed for love, like everyone else does
I know I’ll keep searching, after today
So there it is girl, I’ve got it all now
And here we are babe, what do you say?
We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We’ve got tonight babe
Why don’t we stay?

I know it’s late, I know you’re weary
I know your plans don’t include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Both of us lonely

We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
Let’s make it last, let’s find a way
Turn off the light, come take my hand now
We’ve got tonight babe
Why don’t we stay?
We’ve got tonight babe
Why don’t we stay?


Just a couple of the awesome songs which was used in 'The Wonder Years' ......nostalgia time. All guys in love with 'Wini Cooper'......those were the days!

FRIENDS!

Easily one of the best all time shows to have run SUCH a long time successfully! HILARIOUS! Just got this link from a forum. Heard joey say 'I'm pretty wisdomous'.........laughed out loud at work! lol!

For me, chandler muriel bing anyday! Just my kinda humor!!!!!!!!!

Well, the rest were too much to sit n type. IF anybody can somehow save ALL The sounds on the link, I would be indebted forever!

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Link!