I feel it in my fingers

I've realized, across the years, that the best way to get through the day is to find something to look forward to each day. Everything goes much quicker and happier from there. And if you look close enough, you'll see you'll find that thing very fast. Each and every day. I did that all through college and college turned out awesome. Last semester, each day I counted the days left to go back home to India. This semester, for the last two weeks, it's been the Pro.



WHICH IS HERE!!

Look at me, I'm smiling! :)

Free fallin'

Please note - Any comments dissing anyone mentioned in this post WILL NOT be published.

So if you read this blog, or actually, just a post or two here and there, you'd know that I'm completely and hopelessly in love with John Mayer. The reason being, he's totally AWESOME! Like, totally. The dude created a word, for heaven's sake! And his rendition of Free Fallin' is just wowwie wow! Check that out here.


So, I'd like to tell you about my day.

By the way, my exams are over! They went decently, so I'm fairly happy! So right now I'm in the chilling mode.
Anyway, so me and my roommates, V and A decided to go out today. First we decided to go shopping, but then we decided to go to Hollywood instead. (Yeah I can say that all matter-of-factly, now!) So we did. We went to school, caught a tram to Union Station and caught a train to Hollywood. (Yes, this post will have a LOT of details. It just adds to the awesomeness!) We went to the Kodak theatre and the Chinese theatre, and fell in love with the place all over again! Then we decided to go souvenir shopping. Unfortunately we didn't find any cheap stores so we decided to look for some other stores.

So we were walking and looking around and suddenly we saw this line. And looked around; it was a line for the Jimmy Kimmel Show! And A looked at the board and she saw that the guest was Zach Braff. Now, I LOVE Zach Braff! I do. He's been awesome in the first seven seasons of Scrubs! And noone else can do JD as well as he can. So I went and asked the guy incharge what we could do to get in if we didn't have tickets. He said we could form a second line and after they let the people with the tickets in, if there were more seats, they'd think about letting us in.

Then A called me and asked me if I hadn't seen the board carefully, and for this, I love her! The last two line on the board read, 'music by - John Mayer'! No, really!!! John Mayer was going to be on the show. There was no way I could miss the show! So we went and stood in line! For thirty minutes we stood in anticipation. Would we, wouldn't we, would we, wouldn't we? And guess what!?

We did!!!! We made it!! We were in! We were going to see Jimmy Kimmel, Zach Braff and JOHN MAYER! I died and went to heaven right there! I did. We went for the show. My throat is now sore after screaming! We saw Zach Braff on the show! He is really really cute! And totally funny! And awesome. Then there was this other dude from So you think you can dance. And of course, Jimmy Kimmel himself. And after a a LOT of screaming and clapping and waiting, they led us out of the studio through the exit. I nearly died. I mean, they couldn't send us out without giving us what they promised!

Then we had our own private John Mayer concert!!!!!!!!!!




I have NEVER EVER been this happy in my whole entire life! I've seen John Mayer. I've heard him play live. My life is complete now. If someone murdered me today, I would so die in peace. The show went of for just twenty minutes, but I saw John Mayer today, and it was TOTALLY unexpected. He played Heartbreak Warfare, Half of My Heart and Who Says from Battle Studies, and Vultures and Waiting on the World To Change from Continuum. Oh my God, I've never been happier! December 15th, 2009 is a date I will remember for the rest of my life!

I officially LOVE LA!

Plus its December; see I told you December was going to be awesome!

Also, the power of belief. To all those who don't believe, optimism, REALLY DOES WORK! It does. So, all you people out there, believe! And it shall happen!




I saw John Mayer today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New shoes, people, places, everything!

OK, OK, its now my turn.

The last seven days have been awesome. Very VERY eventful and very very different.

The first three days were spent in Gokarna. Which is the most awesome place EVER. I completely recommend. Its a very cheap place, money wise and completely chilled out. All you need to do is adjust to the idea of slightly uncomfortable accommodation. But that too has a charm of its own. Its got the most beautiful and fun beaches with just the right number of people. And the food! Oh, the food is just amazing! The food is where you'll actually do all the spending!

I will now stop talking about the place or I'll never stop.

Thursday and Friday went in project work which was also awesome because we actually managed to do something, and not look like total idiots! Well it did start off like that, but at the end of the day, we realized we aren't AS stupid as we thought we were.

Saturday was awesome! We have this thing in college called a Distinction award ceremony. Where FCD students are given book coupons to redeem. We wore sari and all that jazz. And looked very very pretty *blushes modestly* And then we went to M's place. She was treating us to home made desserts. I swear to God, you all have to make friends with M just for her desserts, because they are literally out of this world!! There was Apple Crumble, Choco-brick, chocolate brownies, Black-currant souffle, Strawberry cheesecake and strawberries with ice cream. I gorged up on so much of it that I couldn't have dinner afterwards! Thank you, M! You are AWESOME!

Then comes Sunday. By now, my mom is really pissed that I'm never at home, so I have to lie to her that I'm going out to get project work done. Because if I tell her that I'm going to meet someone I actually met over the internet, she'd flip! Like actually flip. Also, this person I met wasn't someone out of any online dating service or anything! It's wait-for-it Perplexed! This was something I'd NEVER do. I have this one friend who actually went and met this dude she'd met on Hi5 (Remember Hi5?! Seems so ancient!). And I remember having given her numerous lectures about doing the same. And here I was, deciding to meet up with a complete stranger. But then again, I had R with me, just incase anything went wrong! (Just kidding, Perplexed!)

It was fun!! Perplexed turned out to be completely different from what I expected her to be, and me being brutally honest, told her that too! And then, TheB actually turned out to be someone we knew!! Talk about coincidences!!! The rest of the evening has been extensively covered here and here, so I will move on. Also, TwinBitch, I think you should start blogging!

The coolest part of it all was the rain after I went home! I went and bheego-fied in it! And then I realized it was 15th March, my bloggiversary! (Yes, I remember stuff like this!) And my first post was about getting wet in the first rain of the season! So yaayyy!! Hurray for the rains!!!!!!!

There is no proper ending to this post, so this is going to be it.

A big shout-out going out to...

Sarcastica - Wow! I just came across her blog, and I loved it! She's just 19, and of late, very very pregnant! I loved the way she writes, very neat. Go check it out!

Marley and Me - I *heart* the movie!!! The doggie is just soooo cute!! And contrary to the initial hype, the movie is less about Jennifer Aniston and more about Owen Wilson. And the doggie! Plus it has Eric Dane a.k.a McSteamy in it!

Coin runner in Funky stadium - is the best passtime ever! The burrow rocks! Closely followed by Guitar Hero! Which is super-awesome!

S - for buying what she did! I'm too proud of you for having done it!

Ben Lee - Catch my disease is the most feel-good song of the season. And it was featured on Scrubs, the latest season. Which made me feel-even-more-good!

Scrubs -The latest season is definitely better than season 7, which was bull crap! Plus it has Courtney Cox in it! Woohoo! Three cheers to Bill Lawrence!

Pregnancy - My CN tacher is pregnant, and she hates me, so I won't have to look at her face in the final semester *fingers crossed* God is awesome!!

Ed Westwick - *all hail*

and finally,
A R Rahman - for winning the Golden Globe. I still have to watch Slumdog Millionaire, though. Can't wait!!

Ghajini

It was a happy day for me, I caught Ghajini. First day some second or third show.

Three words. GO WATCH IT.

Before I begin, I'd like to tell you that most of this review will be very biased towards Aamir Khan, because I have been in love with him since I was five years old.

The movie is brilliantly made. Sure, the story is rather unbelievable, but then again, its a Bollywood movie. It keeps you on the edge of your chair, chewing your nails for the complete duration of three and a half hours. Aamir Khan has done an extremely commendable job, portraying Sanjay Singhania, who is, as the villain calls him, a sh-oort term memory loss patient, and an extremely violent one at that. This is one of the few action films Aamir has done, and after Ghajini, he's a certified badass! But what puzzled me was how he became a left hander all of a sudden. Kalpana, the love of Sanjay's life, was played by Asin, a newcomer, whose role is very comparable to Kareena in Jab We Met, and most Priety Zinta roles; a happy, slightly mad, overly talkative blissfully-unaware-about-everything kind of girl. It was nicely done, though her Tamil accent was obvious in a few scenes. But she totally played her role to the part. Jiah Khan was so-so. The only proper dialogue she had throughout the movie was, 'Hi I'm Sunita. I'm a medical student.' Pradeep Rawat is the villain here, as in the Tamil version(you may remember him as the Surd in Lagaan), and yes, he's a super cunning and vile one at that. The film is very graphic (my mom had her eyes shut for very many scenes) and there certainly is a lot of violence in it, though its nothing if you've gotten used to Body of Lies and the likes.

The music, by A R Rahman, speaks for itself. Most of the songs were dream sequences, but songs kind of make or break the Bollywood movie. My favourite was Aye Bachchu and Behka. Guzaarish, I thought was very Suraj Hua Madham. But A R Rahman, as usual has done a superb job. Three cheers!

I give the movie a 4.5/5. Its a must watch. Definitely worth watching in an in-between exams study break, and a very well spent break, at that. Completely worth getting sandwiched for an hour in an attempt to buy tickets. Oh, and the eight pack was highlighted too much, I tell you. Methinks a six pack might've looked much better! But, Ab jaao jaake dekho!

Recent findings!

Probably the most thought provoking license plate during this time of the year for my MBA crazed friends! All the best y'all!!!


The super funky canvases I found(but couldn't buy). It doesn't look so great with the paper stuffed into it, but its quite awesome looking!


Esprit waistcoat. On display at Shoppers Stop. Oooooh lalaa!


Penn Badgley. Back off women. I've stuck by him ever since he was Scott Tucker. All mine!

Dear Diary...

So, really.. What do people normally use a diary for?

To record events, to remember events and related stuff, right?

Not this one. Thanks to Benrik, we now have access to the world's funkiest diary!! Plus access to books like 'Lose Weight, get Laid, Find God'!

Our diary here, hardly has any place for normal diary stuff. Instead it focusses on things that make our seemingly boring lives super exciting! It begins, like all other diaries, with a personal details page. But which other diary have you seen, which has a claim to fame field? Awesome, eh?

Then come two pages containing the whackiest resolutions ever. Stuff like make a baby(OK that doesn's seem so whack, but the illustrations, no they aren't perverted, make them really entertaining!), have an uglify yourself week, be a genie etc. Then it is followed by pages further contributing to its awesomeness!

Buy the diary! You'll know what I'm talking about. Also visit the aforementioned site. It contains some of the most random blogs ever! The age of the revolutionary diary has arrived!

So Open Office is quite awesome! I've always used Microsoft Word, and don't quite like the 2007 version. I mean, its quite cool, but its very cluttered. I like simple. Where I don't have to change my spacing with every paragraph and go to a different menu altogether for a slide show(referring to power-point here). I did try installing the 2003 version, but that didn't work either. Plus I kind of installed Windows over Linus(yes, Linus. I call him Linus, and Linus rocks!) on my system, and now I'm stuck with Vista. But Open Office is quite cool:)

Why I'm using Open Office when I can use Blogger? Because in my house we have a system. I get the broadband connection Mondays through Thursdays, and my brother gets it over the weekend. And today is Friday. This came to being after much hassle, and torment. I keep telling my mom, you should've stuck to having just one kid, but no-one listens to me. Oh no no no. Anyway, I'm not complaining, just that my downloads are always rudely interrupted, and that, is not cool.

Highlights of the week. Or rather, the much needed extra long weekend. I went to Kerela. It wasn't the usual hill-station, coffee estate trip. Rather, it was a temple trip. Guruvayur. I don't know what it is with my parents, but they have this temple thing going on. I suggested a family vacation in the hols. Mom was thrilled at the idea. She asked me if I had a place in mind. I promptly said, Bangkok! She seemed happy. I'll ask dad and tell you. Result: Guruvayur now, and next week, Tirupathi. Normally, I'm not a very temple person, but this place has something about it. Guruvayur, that is. I love the place. I don't mind standing in those long, crazy queues. I really don't. Plus I love elephants. They're the cute-st things ever. And there are loads of them in Kerela.

Anyway, I'm back. I'm dying of this nasty cold, and totally sleep deprived, but I'm home, nursing myself back to my super-awesome self. And like I said, today is Friday. 10^th October. Much awaited by me, and my friend, for one main reason. The book launch! eM's book launch! No cold was going to stop me from going. I love eM. I have spent many nights reading her blog, when in fact I should've been studying. So, yeah, I went. And got a signed copy of her book(yippieeee!:))! I wanted her to sign it as, 'I hope this book is as awesome as you are,' but then I thought, too much. Lol. So, I now have a signed copy of 'You Are Here', signed, 'I hope this lives upto the blog'. Yes, I met eM!!! I now also have two seasons of Grey's anatomy, and two seasons of Desperate Housewives!

Such a girl!

I know!!

Since I can't use the internet to 'publish' this(publish is such a weird term to use, here), I'm going to wait till the rest of my weekend to see how it goes. I'm supposed to be going on this trip tomorrow with some friends, but the decision will be taken tomorrow by my mom, depending on 'The Common Cold' crisis. Hope something works out! *Fingers crossed*

Saturday. I didn't go.:( Woke up with a horrible head pain. Bright side. My brother isn't home. So I can use the internet before he gets home!

So, voila!

P.S - Listen to 'Look at her Face' - The Coral Sea. Awesome song!

Supernatural!

I wanted to blog about this earlier but for some reason, kept putting it off. 

Actually, the reason is that its frickin freaky!!!

So, its common knowledge(for anyone knows who me, that is), that I don't pay attention in class. Occasionally there's the doubt-asking, so that the prof believes that I was listening in class so I get my attendance for the hour I wasted. But otherwise, when I'm not discussing current events of importance(gossipping!), I like to draw. OK, enough about that..

Something crazy happened in class a couple of days back!

So, the other day, I was sitting two benches ahead of where I normally sit. And was in the midst of drawing this abstract pattern. Making the long story short, the bell rang and I couldn't complete it. Here's what I drew.

                                                  

So, the next day, in the midst of my other favourite passtime in class i.e talking, I happened to glance through another friend's notebook. AND HERE'S WHAT SHE'D DRAWN!!!   

                                                        

I'm serious. I almost had a heart attack when I saw what she'd drawn! It was the same thing!!! The only difference was that she'd drawn more than me. The pictures aren't clear, because the camera on my phone sucks. The day I began to draw this, I wasn't sitting anywhere near her. And after that, I met her only the next day! And there's no way she could've seen my book, because it was safe in my bag!

This was so freaky, I refused to talk to anyone after this happened. Initially, everyone thought this was a gag we were pulling on them, but after they found out that we weren't lying and the freak incident had actually happened out of coincidence, they were convinced that this was the coolest thing they'd ever seen!

I for one, do not think its cool. From any angle.

Its bloody freaky!

Does anyone have any logical explanation for this, because I'm all out of answers?!

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting....

At the end, all I could say was 'WOW'! An completely original storyline, (which did I mention, is amazing!) seasoned with the perfect music, and background scores (go Kimya Dawson and the Mouldy Peaches!) and spectacular performances by the actors, especially Ellen Page. I totally recommend. A must-watch!

Juno.