No temples, no mosques, no gurudwaras et al - sounds good?

should we be allowed to celebrate and practice our religion outside the boundaries of our private living areas?  should it not be banned like smoking in public because this too kills and that too to in numbers that are easily beyond that burning stick.

  

winking wines

how do you get people to start a discussion?  bring up something controversial or something that's got some amount of voyeurism in it or just open a bottle of wine?  i want myself to think and believe otherwise, but i have noticed off late that the 'wine bottle' solution seems to have a very high success rate.  be it the subtlety and ting in its taste or the fact that its classy and french (!), but it does get people talking and mocking!

although they have complex names that are bloody damn difficult to pronounce correctly and more often that not sound very hilarious - this form of the liquid is quite handful to the tongue!  it is suppose to be had by rolling over the tongue, but whoever i have asked how one does that, has simply shrugged off saying that "i don't do that, i just drink...".  nevertheless, i feel that the tongue is given a lot of exercise by the wines of the world - its got this tingy and tickling touch to it that makes the taste buds dance!

sleep has taken me over now, and the tongue refuses to type anymore (now u know how sleepy i am)!  anyway, have a lovely night!  :)

the dhobi who shrunk my clothes... (and more....)

dravid rocking and sachin playing shockingly well - what more to expect from the opening day!  never mind that the matches were boring, they promise to be different this time - its unlikely to be a cameo's game this time around.  this is just my gut talking.... and dont underestimate it!!  ;)

its always about peaks and troughs - highs and lows - ups and downs - like the waves in the oceans.  i had a terrible day yesterday in terms of studying and its been fantastic today - guess its important to just keep going no matter what... like they say - u lose some, u win some - just ensure u win MORE and lose less!

music, any kind really, is one of the most beautiful man-made inventions.  it has umpteen forms, it can be passively active and actively passive, and its ur best friend - it ll never leave u hanging and deserted.  and i guess staying alone just makes you realise that even more - thus the vociferous proclamation...!  and this is for suuei - thanks for the beatles  :)

shrunk clothes are the order of the day for me lately.  with three of my t-shirts compressed by the laundry man here, i have no option but to get squeezed myself to be able to fit them.  thus until next time and after the JOGGING - babye!

some of this long weekend....

i have been watching these movies based on the times of Hitler lately.  different depictions really - guess there was so much happening during that time in the land of the Aryans that you could come out with a bundle of different narrations, each as intriguing as the other.  anyway, my point about these movies was that they are so bloody inspirational!  anything done against that man - Hitler, needed to be so resolutely defiant that the entire act is a perfect epitome of 'standing for your beliefs'.  i watch these movies in the night before going to bed and still have a hangover in the morning - not that its very strange to have one after watching a reasonably nice movie, but there is that touch of 'strength' that i tend to draw from the acts that people did during that time in Germany to defend their rights to live like free human beings.  its a good thing, i agree, but its still a damn hangover that makes me go back and think about it first thing in the morning!

on another note, i think one should be very wary of forming first impressions about people.  drawing conclusions about anything without proper evaluation and check more often that not is incorrect, and is more so with people owing to the fact that human beings are 'dynamic social creatures'.  i am saying this out of personal experience - so now that i have made the mistake, it might be smart for you not to make it.  like they say - you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time you think of making a car!

it was my brother's birthday a couple of days back and the little one seemed so nonchalant about it.  i mean he did celebrate and all but i guess this runs in my immediate family - we don't tend to make a very big deal out of them like some others!  i feel this is one of the many things that both my brother and myself have gotten from our dad - the attitude of not making occasions a very big deal.  its sometimes good, but i think there are times one should let it zip and celebrate like this is THE day!

staying alone gives one a lot of time to just think - and i love doing that at times.  its like some people say they think about things when crapping because they are alone in there, living alone is like being able to crap all day!  this trip to hk has given me a lot of space and time to just think.  not that i have been thinking like those who called themselves 'intellectuals' in the bygone eras, but yes i have given myself some time to dwell over things in peace and space.  some things that strike you are just so ridiculous, but i guess to find gold you have to go through some (maybe a lot!) limestones!  and now that i have sat down to pen what i have been thinking about - guess what, nothing would strike me!  so basically i have only found 'limestones' till now in my quest for gold  ;)

this one i think has been long and i am not saying that i don't have much more to write, but if  go on i would die of guilt as this happens to be my time to study!  ;) 

:)

i have been confined to this tiny but brilliant room for almost one day now. have eaten, slept, crapped, bathed, studied, read and fooled around (!) here. long time since i have written and so have decided to keep writing whatever strikes me - so excuse me for the lack or (or absolute absence) of 'continuity' in what i write.

actually i am very inclined to just shut this little laptop of mine and sleep, but slept i have for more than 10 hours last night! to be fair i guess i am a lill confused as to what to do. i am dwindling between going out to see the already seen hongkong, sleeping, watching a movie or just reading. guess eventually i will get out, but am just pushing the eventuality right now!

so these days i lead a very healthy lifestyle. i have like this fantastic fruit platter in the morning before walking to work. work all day, come back to the gym in the evening and then catch up with some studying. and not to forget i also read before turning the lights off! i really enjoy turning the lights off in the night - my room has this fancy 'master light' button. you switch that off and its perfect for a good nights sleep, and beat this - its right next to my head, so i dont even have to get up! i know its not as fancy a thing as i made it sound like, but the light switch in my room at home needs to be put off by getting up and so this little feature just enamours me that much more. guess 'value' is after all to some extent relative.

insouciant - anyone heard that word? well i just read it in suuei's blog today and so wanted to call her and make fun of her right then. its like she purposely used that word so that people look up and take notice! ;) (suuei is going to kill me for this! but am sure she knows i am joking!!)

corporate life i have realised really spoils u. it in a lot of ways encourages you to lead an absolutely unhealthy lifestyle. u are given browny points to work long hours, encouraged to have lunch at your desk - leading to people just eating fast food, looting the client for your out-of-pocket expenses whenever possible et al. i try and stay away from most of these - except maybe the bit about looting ur client! i would prefer a more chilled life with maybe lesser pay/perks, but i still have a lot of time to really take a 'decisive' decision about that. as of now its 'all good'.

its been a while that i spoke to mummy and i guess i am going to call her after writing this. she wanted me to do something and i just could not get the time to, but will talk to her and confirm if still needs it to be done. i really like mummy(s) - i mean most moms including some of my friend's moms. and i have a feeling they also end up liking me a little more than others! guess its quid pro quo ;) for instance suuei's mom is fantastic - i really like aunty!

time to switch off now - not sleeep its 6 here, but get going somewhere. catch ya guys later (hopefully earlier than later).