Best thing to come out of Sarkar raj

Good thing that Katrina dumped AB Jr. in last part, otherwise she would have been dead by now.

Anyways I still have a suspicion Ash was the real brain behind all the drama, not the old timer Rao. But only next sequel will tell.

Here I go again

Well here I go again,
been silent for long,
it has been goin' on and on,
someone needs to stand up
and fight the pain.
well here I go again.

Yeah, here I go again,
standing in the pouring rain,
why is it so dark here,
where is the sun gone,
why i am feeling so alone,
its coming down so hard,
rain drops feel like metal shards,
who has mixed the blood in water,
where has the peace gone?

Closing on to middle ground

He jumped up wide awake as if someone had thrown a bucket of ice cold water on him. Feeling queasy, he opened to window to let some fresh air come in. But in quite a departure from the normally windy month, the air was still, just like his life has come to a stand still, from that fast and furious pace to a screeching halt.

"How did it happen, why did it happen, whom to blame for it?"

"Should I also blame god for everything that happened, after all I credited him for everything that was happening before? A'int that what we invented God for, we the smartest beings on face of this mud-ball."

"Should I blame myself for letting life do this to me, am I too weak to fight the things life is throwing at me"

Now I will leave this in middle and run away, some way to pull some bull crap.

Rant...

There was wind in my hair, I used to move with gay abandon, careless about the world. Where have those days gone?
I wanna feel the same energy in my feet, same enthusiasm in my spirit, same crazy idea about the world, spewing random lines without any care in world.
C'mon get up on yer feet, the energy is still bublin', a lil' under the surface though, c'mon tap it, don't waste it, let the turbine of your life harness it.
Don't waste no time, no more, this is the tipping point. See the happiness in their faces, the joie de vivre.
Every second counts from now onwards...........

PS: Nostalgia hit :-)

Whirlpool

Walking 24 miles in a night, over those rocky mountains, sharps rocky edges, snow filled crevices, dragging sheru all the way. I still can't fathom was it the fear of death that carried me through or was it my all-encompassing hatred for her. I still wonder was the fear stronger or the hatred more vicious? Was it the fear that emanated from love of life or the hatred that sprung from love of my life?

Can I say something....

oR ShOulD I saY SomEtHinG . I aM FeeLIn' a ToucH CRazY Or HaZY OR iS iT JuST a HAngOvEr, bUT i NevER DraNK.

One more day to go

One more day is left .....

and I still dont know where I will be after that day ...God I used to love this unpredictable nature of live.. but guess what !!! I think I am tiring out ..living out of suitcase for past so many months or if I think a lil seriously all of past three years..

Anyways what the heck, I will get to write another travel post, the silver line,, yeah

Good & bad ... another rant

Okk, the bad thing first , I forgot to turn off my roomie car's lights yesterday, so the battery is all gone and it needs a jump start now. I had to pick up the guy at airport, so poor guy needs to hire a cab ,, too bad ...

Anyways the good news is that i found some videos of old univ. days, those youth fests. and dances , Nice nostalgic memories, and it was good to see myself lean and young, those were the days when kids used to call me 'Bhaiya' or 'veere' (thats the same in panjabi), not 'Uncle'. All the guys can vouch for the fact that transition from that 'Bhaiya' to 'Uncle' comes without a warning and you are just left to ponder whoa what happened. And if you are still single by the time, all the members of the auntie team will start bugging you , beta when you gonna get married, you know ***** daughther(After living in south india for so many years, i have started to put h wherever i see a t) has just completed her MSc, she z a very nice gal . What can I say, I find all the gals to be very nice , and as its universally known gals can of only of two varities, either good or very good. Indian parents are very good at playing that emotional cold war to nudge you towards an arranged marriage. Here are some of the weapons of war:
* All the gals are getting married. Keeping in mind the skewed sex ratio in panjab, this seems to be a valid reason.
* I want to see you married before my retirement, like panjab govt will refuse to give pension benefits if any of the kids is unmarried.
* We need someone to take care of you,, Valid argument, i also need some one to take car of me ..
* Silent with hard probing looks, we get so lonely here , means we want grand-kids,

but the best one is from my cousins ,,,
* There are so many good bhangra songs at the moment ,, why are you not getting married ,, Haha like Jazzy B gonna stop singing if I dont get married this summer..

Any of you guys got some excuses to buy some time, holler back ..

Sound Waves - Rising and Fallin'

The history of hunt will always glorify the hunters, until tigers have their own historians.

1. Joban||Yudhvir Manak||Dil Dharkey: A refreshing song, not anything new, but the same manak style, a good hear. And I think the only decent one on this album.

2. President||Wyclef Jean||Welcome to Haiti: Got amazing lyrics.Just Check em out

3. A Ballad for the fallen soldier||Jay Z||The Blueprint: Jay Z compares the life on a soldier and a hustler on the street. An interesting take.

4. Happy B'Day||Flipsyde: In this one the MC from Flipsyde raps about the his 'never to be born child'. Again one with some great and touching lyrics

Cheers

Now this is real flattering ...

My Inner Hero - Warrior!





I'm courageous, straightforward, and charismatic. I'm a born leader, but I'm also not afraid to face danger on my own. Nothing stands between me and victory... nothing that lives to tell the tale, anyway. If you need someone to charge into battle for you, call on me.



How about you? Click here to find your own inner hero.

Sound waves, risin' & fallin'

Ain't our lives like that, I know you won't agree, but when have we agreed before,,,

Looks like start of another abstract post, but it ain't one. I am just gonna list down few of the songs that I have been playin around these days. It is quite a mixed bag, so here they go.

1. Your Bangles||Dr. Zeus feat. Master Rakesh||Streets: This is another mix of the classic "Kangna tera ne", by Zeus himself. The original is so good, so whichever way you twist or turn it, its always gonna be sweet for the ears. Also I have a lil' sweet spot for the girl in 'Gangster' named Kangna, so I think I am somewhat biased towards this song.

2. Tings||Dr. Zeus feat. Lehmber||Streets: Another great mix from Zeus. I dunno how this keeps on improving such classics. For the uninitiated this is the mix of '3 cheeja'n' (three things) from Unda da Influence album. The female hook in this song just takes it up another level.
Sach de manzil aukhi hai, jehre mil de hai mar mar ke,
Jaa thal vich sarh jayeye, ja phir kache ghare te tar ke,

3.Separation||Dr. Zeus||Streets: This one reminds of the old skool Ranjit Mani tracks. All those college love tracks of 90's,like 'Kathe college padhde sa','Mere ranjhe da Principal je' etc. Getting nostalgic...I will leave this track at this,,

4. Fanaa for you||DJ Aqueel feat Shaan & Kailash Kher||OST Fanaa: DJ Aqueel rocks it again. The guitar riffs do the trick in this track for me, and Kailash Kher rocks as usual. More on him later, I have been listening to his album quite a bit, but it deserves a separate posting for itself. And I think this is last movie for which Jatin-lalit are giving music as a pair.

5. Tu hi Meri Shab hai||Pritam feat KK||OST Gangster: I have been fan of gangster movies for a long time, but this one got great soundtrack. Wanna hear a soothing song at the end of day, this is da one. KK's got it nailed to the perfection. And bollywood's famous Kiss machine Emraan always get the best songs. This song is one the evergreen variety, you can compare it with tracks from flicks like 'Phir teri kahani yaad aaye'( I know all ya Anu malik fans will be grinning)

6. Mujhe Mat roko||Pritam feat. Kavya seth||OST Gangster: Dont stop me, jus' let me go ... This subtle dedication to love, is just amazing. I haven't heard such a brilliant song for a long time, its got a sufi tilt to it,it brings out the pain of a soul longing for its body, a creature longing for its creator, the dedication to pursue HIM to the end.

Part 2 coming as soon as I get some time ....

Chn-->Bangkok-->Tokyo-->Seattle

The Thai airways flight from Chennai to Bangkok was fully jam packed and as usual the flight comfort was not even comparable to the Indian railways sleeper class. Anyways the highlight of the journey was big tour group on their way to Bangkok (conducted by JTB). For the first time in so many years I saw people pateling inside the plane. It looked a bit weird, but it was fun to see the faces of some of the foreigners. After that I dozed off, only to be woken up by strains of apdi podu from few rows behind me. And lo behold, some kind of antashkari was going on in there. About the flight service, it was mediocre, I was expecting a little bit better from Thai airways. Following points summarize my virgin flight experience with Thai airways:
• Seats were too cramped
• Food was ok, nothing much to mention about.
• Air hostesses were wearing a pretty traditional dress. (Hopefully airlines will go into cost cutting sometime soon )

If not for some eye candy provided by sexy gal in a skimpy adidas top, it would have been one of my worst flights ever.

So finally the flight landed and I woke up fully cramped up (I should have done all the exercises they were showing on the monitor) and we entered the SwarnaBhumi airport at Bangkok. Bangkok. I could not see much of the airport as there wasn’t much time between the flights and also it was deserted at the wee hours of the morning. Got my boarding pass, went through security, and answered few questions of the suspicious airport officials. If you will see my passport, you will get suspicious too, though I feel Europeans/Americans in general are a more trusting race as compared to us, Asians. (I am good at making sweeping generalizations.)

And the misfortunes of my journey continued, I got a seat in the middle this time. And surprise was that there was another desi sitting besides me, I think that was the only other desi in the flight, do these airlines guys have some algorithm to make the guys from same country sit together. The scenery around was somewhat pleasant this time and journey passed peacefully.

Now I am sitting in the Narita airport, Tokyo and trying to type this, surrounded by lots of Japanese chicks.

This one seems to be pretty good airport, even the Bangkok airport had a pretty big shopping section. But still the shopping area of Heathrow seems to out shadow ‘em all. Or might be I am biased towards Heathrow as you hear some Punjabi or Hindi talk in every third shop. And if you go to Heathrow, make sure you go to the Nike shop there and spend some time. The reason for this recommendation, ah, it should not be too difficult to guess, there is an awesome looking desi gal that works there. The big difference between the European route and eastern route is that there are few desi’s on the eastern route. So all the veg people think atleast two times before traveling this side, you might not get all that aloo gobhi here

Man, I think I need to learn Japanese or whatever language these gals sitting besides me are talking in and laughing aloud. Thankfully I don’t suffer from the same phobia as one of our managers suffers from, otherwise I would have gone into depression thinking that these gals are talking about me and laughing.

I think I will sign off now, wrote everything that I saw in the few hours I was awake during this journey.

Enjoy maadi

Start of another journey

Right now i am sitting in cyber cafe inside Chennai airport, start of another journey. This time the destination is Seattle. I think i am gonna write a series about Life's experiments with me :-) . and my time is running out now ..

signing off

`navee

Chill Pill

Some people try to be cool,
Other's are born punjabi

tagline of someone's profile ............................

25 years on this planet boil down to this !!!!!

This Is My Life, Rated(by some so called AI tool)
What has it come to, some monkey is rating my life
Life:	6.9
Mind(Still there):	7.5
Body(Runnin'):	6.5
Spirit(Lots of it):	6.7
Friends/Family(Thank God!):	4.7
Love(Poor Me):	0.8
Finance(Looks good):	8.4
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

some really old stuff

i am drifting away...........

i am drifting away.........
into land of dreams,
where the only dream is
,to have no dreams
,when the reality swoops
,no'one screammmmmmmmmmmms

i am drifting away...........
into land of desires,
where the only desire is,
to have no desire,
there s everlasting peace
,no war, no fire.

i am drifting away...........
into land of lights,
where the only light is,
ur inner light,
u dont doubt urself,
u r always right.

i am drifting away...........
U cant stop me.....
into my own paradise,
U cant stop me....
havin the ultimate rise,
U cant stop me.....
it s gettin so nice,
U cant stop me.....
U cant stop me.....

Back to blog and Usa..

Ah, everytime the title of any thing i write starts with back to something ,,,,, why i keep on going back to whatever ?? Anyways that can be discussed later.

I am back in USA ( don't ask for how many days) after about month and half in India... Visited my family for about 10 days ,,, met all my folks ,, had a ripper of a time except for the overwhelming 'Shaadi' talk,,,, somehow i managed to run off ,, all of you who dont know about the concept of arranged marriages in india, I can explain it later using the (in)famous 'Slot machine' theory.

Was in chennai for about a month and ahhh what a month it was ,,, slogging in office for hours and hours and still the project was scrapped ,,,, all that 24/7 work and working Xmass and New year eve went waste ,,,

So again back in USA doing " who knows what " ,,,, let me find out and i will get back to blogging then ,,,,

After few busy weeks

Back to my blog after few hectic weeks ,,,, All the work and no play is makin' me a dull boy ,,,

So finally got time to call my folks back home,,, people were jus' slamming me for being too elusive these days ..

Now our 'family' here has finally begin to scatter,, it had reached the threshold level of 8-9 months and as the migration season sets in, ppl have started to move back to india ,,, Deep went to India last week ,,,, Had a formal dinner as he was going back ,,, I wore a jacket after few years i think :-) last wore it at some marraige party :-). Went to a revolving resturant in Radisson ,,, it was a good view overlooking Ohio river ,,, Near out favorite haunt , New port in 'Sin'Sinnatti .. The food was pathetic tho ... but clicked few pictures ,,, including the one for kandi ,,, shaadi.com profile .. I will post some pics sometime ...

/caio

And the niagara falls .. RIP

First a short story about how Niagara Falls got its current name. As recored in history the Niagara falls were known as nonamme falls till 1979. It seems to be a very uninspired name, but that was how it was .. Then on 23rd June 1979 two persons came to see the falls from country side of India, the wheat bowl of india, punjab. One of them was Dr. Manjit Singh Nagra, a professor in Guru Nanak Dev Univesity, a majestic looking sardar. The second one was his friend, in need in deed, Mr. Payara Singh Bhogal. Both of them enjoyed the maid of mist trip ,, looking around and finally came to the edge of falls. Dr. Nagra was amazed to see the flow of water,, he started jumping around in joy at the marvel of nature(For all the non beleivers he was just jumping, not doin' any hip hop moves as Dr. Zeus had not started mixing his music at that time). But see the twist of nature here, the same all powerful nature, his foot slipped while jumping (Ok i agree he was doing the 1 step 2 step move that Ciara copied in her video later) and phew ... he fell headlong in the water .. and just then his friend Mr. Bhogal started shouting Nagra Falls .... Nagra Falls ... Nagra Falls .. and Eureka the marketing smart promotors of the falls found the hip new name ...Niagara Falls .. Never mind the additional few characters as americans never do the same thing as rest of the world.

Dr. Manjit Singh Nagra gave a huge sacrifice but his name will live in this world forever . Lets salute this brave son of Punjab.

Back..

Returning to my blog after a long time. The trip to Florida did not materialize, vijaysree is cribbing till now .... Anyways spend one day in Kings Island , it was good timepass with some scary rides,, enjoyed like hell. The drop zone was amazing, the free drop from 450 feet was kool, just left me wondering how much fun it will be to do a jump from a plane,, man gotta go for it. The second day just went around roaming in newport, cincinatti,, ate a crappy place called Cafe Istanbul , some pathetic kebabs, even the ones you get in streets of NY are better.... Missing those Haryali and reshmi Kebabs from the mysore days .... Nostalgia ...