Justice will prevail...

The first thing my eyes fall on as I open the newspaper today morning is that Pandher and his servant Koli (from the Nithari case) have been declared guilty of rape and murder...Believe me, there couldn't have been a better way to start my day :)

For 2 whole years, the CBI kept saying that Pandher was not guilty, but today the special judge pronounced both master and servant guilty. I just hope that both these guys are given the death sentence! I know that a lot of people are against capital punishment- but given the kind of crime they have been charged for (I mean they actually hacked the bodies and did stuff which I don't think I wanna write about here... ) I am totally in favour of giving them the death sentence...! I know the dead children will not come back- nor will the pain of their parents get reduced in any manner... but the only good that will come out of it would be that there will be Justice and the families will finally get closure.

Gucci, Prada and the whole jingbang...!

I have a problem. I don't understand fashion. There I admit it..!

I have never really been "fashionable" by general standards and frankly, I don't give a damn. :D Hmmm... now the point of this post is that I believe that if I can carry the right attitude and have enough confidence and pride- then I can go anywhere and not feel like all eyes are focused on me. I once went to a TOI party in Mumbai- one of those page 3 types... with ladies in slinky dresses and gentlemen in proper formal attire... and you know what I was wearing? I went in jeans and a tee-shirt with a broad blue headband on my head... I remember being in sneakers and wearing one of those Lance Armstrong bands around my wrist...! :P

No, this is not my way of rebelling to society's norms or of making any kind of statement... But, I reiterate- I cannot be bothered about wearing kajal or gooey lipstick every time I step out of the house... I don't care how many men turn and give me a second glance or how many women feel threatened by my presence :D Frankly, I feel that mainly bimbos need to go out of their way to doll up- coz we geeks are happy with our curly hair and freckled faces :D

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I am currently looking for old/ second hand books for some reason... now the thing is that I have realised that I HATE taking obligations from people. I somehow find it very very difficult to ask people to please give away their books for free...I find it difficult to say, "look, this is what I need- do you think you could help?"

So all I'm gonna do is put it up on my blog (this request) and if people read it and feel that they can hand over some books to me (maybe for a small price if they want) ... or get their friends to give away some- well then I'd be obliged. Other than that- I don't think I'll be able to actually go up to someone and ask for help :(

My best score at basketball- 110 in 150 secs! Awesome! :D
My worst score in Bowling ever- less than 30! :(

Life has its best and worst moments... and all can happen within an hour!! So if you're happy- don't be too happy and complacent coz you don't know what's aroun' the corner... and if you're sad and depressed, don't be too worried, coz things will get better soon :D

p.s. Note how philosophical I have become these days! :D

Pissed off..!!!

Okay... I am ssooooo PISSED OFF right now... i can't believe it... just.. no one come near me for the next few hours...!! I know I keep saying that I will not fly off the handle easily (it was one of my new year resolutions also!)... but I just can't help it... Sometimes you just get so damn frustrated with people and life... and you just wanna take out ALL your anger out on something... right now if I had a punching bag- that would be great!!! I mean how... how can people be like this? how can they just say anything and get away with it... I am sorry.. i do not have the patience or inclination to take crap from anyone!! Don't care who they are or how old they may be!

You Know You're a Bookaholic When...

-You've figured out a way to read books in the shower without getting your book wet.
-You pack all your books for a trip but forget your underwear.
-You're packing for a romantic weekend away with significant other and you give more thought to which books to take than to which nightgown is your sexiest.
-You become murderous when you discover a friend lost a book you loaned her.
-Your twin sons' names are Rhett and Ashley. (I'd never name my kid after Ashley!)
-You call in sick so you can finish reading a book.
-It's 2am and you think "just another chapter" and do the same thing at 3am when you know you have to get up in 4 hours and work.

All those who read this and felt they could relate to it... and can feel a small smile coming up as you admit to being a bookaholic- ping me! I have a venture in mind and I'd like tips from people who are as big geeks as me :D

Random musings

Resentment and bitterness over past wrongs are like rocks that drag your spirits down. Only when we let go of the rocks can we regain the freedom of spirit we once knew.

Spent a large part of the day working on my latest B-Plan...what I realised was that when you're working on something that excites you- you don't give a damn about what time it is or whether you're tired or not.. somehow you keep working, keep coming up with new things and your fingers just fly on the keyboard. Lunch time is not important, even having to pee is not important coz you don't wanna be pulled away from the screen... :)

Breathtaking!

Class of '99

This one's inspired from Sheeba's blog. She wonders about how much we've changed in just the last 2 years... I went back and looked at the testimonials I received on Orkut and wondered if those  adjectives still hold true for me.. will they hold true for long? 

It's been 10 years since I passed out of school... and I'm organising an alumni meet... planning to get back in touch with my classmates from school...all those people who we were so close to... who we shared our childhood with... who we grew up with... I wonder how much they would have changed in the last 10 years... how much change they will see in me... 

It's a great feeling to get back to your roots... sigh... 

p.s. I wonder how many people can place me in the picture below :))

When God has some plans for you- who can reverse it?

An undated pic of Obama- somewhere in Africa...!

To-do List (In no particular order) ;)

Quote of the day

If you don't expect anything from life, you'll be happy...

~ NK Agarwal (My dad).

 

Mr. Python and Moi

A perfect end to a lousy year :P

As you can understand from the title of this post (and my train of thought in the past few months), 2008 sucked BIG time for me... though actually maybe not... but in the last few months I experienced the lowest of lows possible... I didn't even know I had it in me to be sooo low :)

But thankfully (and very surprisingly) I was able to end my lousy year on a pretty high note! I am glad to announce that I had the chance to hold (and caress) a live Python in my hands... and in case you're wondering- Yes, I'm bragging! :D It was such a high that it was unbelievable... I hate snakes and I have never ever even wanted to touch one in my life... but as usual, I have no clue what got into me... :P and before I knew it, I had jumped the barricade and volunteered to hold the snake in my arms.... and it was sooo nice to feel that adrenalin again... sigh... I felt just sooo satisfied... like somehow I had managed to salvage something out of the past year... like it had not gone a waste :)

p.s. And if I was not scared of a python, then WTF am I doing, getting scared of small decisions of life... if I can hold a bloody lethal snake in my arms, I can do anything in this world... I don't have to worry about not being brave enough... I'm doing pretty all right :))