Shoe Shot

As a part of our college curriculum, we have to join a company for a summer training program after the fourth semester....and i have joined this awesome office of Coal India Limited. Its campus is considered one of the best in Eastern India. Inside, everything is spic and span...and there is pin drop silence ... well most of the time... except when i walk! Yes yes, that's exactly what u read "when i walk". But don't get wrong impression! I might be "plump" but i don't go THUMP-THUMP when walking. i go Squeak-Squeak....damn shoes on marble floors! I tried walking slowly, tried walking on my heels - all it did was give me a funny walk and strained muscles. Tried walking on my toes next - that did reduce the noise - now its was squaek - squeak.. but how long could my poor toes take my wieght? i came home frustrated...put those unfaithful shoes in a box and vowed never to put them on again. The next day i wore a different pair and walked in to the office very confidently... and guess who walked in with me ?? SQUEEEK !! SQUEEEK!!!

damnit!

Do YOU read the BIG Blog ??

When Amitabh Bachchan started a blog about 2 months back, the whole blogosphere came alive with this news. That big a person using this medium to voice his thoughts was certainly a big deal for all his blogospheric fans. I, for one, immediately subscribed to his feeds – BIG MISTAKE !!

The first post titled “My First Day on the Blog” was quickly followed by another one called “Day 2 on the blog” the very next day . . .and I wondered how he takes out time to write such long post from his “busy” schedule.

The next day, to my utter bewilderment, came another post, titled, yet again, “Day 3” ! ( He’s new, I thought. Will learn to put suitable titles on the posts. ) But on the same day, there were innumerable posts containing interviews to various newspapers, magazines, etc. ( Who reads those many posts on one day ?? . . . let alone write them ?? . . and I accept I didn’t read them . . but what was the point??)

And then came

Day 4

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Day 5

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Day 6

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.. you get the point

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..Day 28

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..(Man, this guy doesn’t need a break! . . . why?!!?)

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..a new article every day – each one sending “much love” to the readers.

..and as if one post a day wasn’t enough, there were days with posts like Day 31, Day 31(i), Day 31(ii) !!

This again continued for a while until tragedy struck – the real pain in the you-know-where – mobile blogging !! (AAARRGHH !!) Random updates of what he was doing, profuse apologies for not posting, and of course, “MUCH LOVE” and its wagging tail, were posted every 2 hours.

“Rushing to airport. Apologies blog partially written. Dozed off. Will complete on set in Mumbai. Love and more.”

“Finally in Mehboob. ! Rushing with wig and make up . . . And then convert to the Genie for Aladin. . Love”

“ In the loo for morning potty . . . constipated.”

(Ok..ok..i made up that last one . . .)

Then again, there was a recent post that contained the names of everyone who had commented – in alphabetical order!! You won’t believe me but my computer actually hung while attempting to open that page. Even machines are protesting now. . . humans lost their patience long back . . .

If I remember correctly, Mr.Bachchan once claimed to be a great fan of Aamir Khan. Well Mr.B, you certainly haven’t noticed how often he blogs. His readers actually WAIT for his next post. In your case, sir, we are waiting for a teeny weeny little pause in your never ending blogging spree. We all love you Bachchan ji, but we don’t . . . I repeat, DON’T want minute by minute updates!

As soon as I post this, I’m going to head to my Google Reader to unsubscribe from his blog. I’d rather be content with news articles like these:

(PS: Apologies to anyone out there reading, for the delay in posting. And yes, much love.)

A hilarious trip (if u understand what i mean)

My recently concluded road trip across Gujarat and Rajasthan taught me a lot - how different their language is from ours, their special embroidery, some bits about their culture, what (yummy) food they have, how they live in the scorching heat...how to differentiate between a Gujarati and a Rajasthani, etc. etc. I sure would have loved to write all about it but a certain friend of mine writes so awesomely well that i have an inferiority complex now. So instead, i'm leaving you photos of all the funny things i saw...






writing on the wall :P







not cloak mind you




this sign reads "Cheak Post"




AC non AC Rooms & Holl !!




ZEROX !




yes, they do have Child Beer




this museum certainly had the "other many attrections"!





did you get it NOW ??




( if you want to be able to take photos from your phone, make sure you don't have a Nokia 5700 )

On Father's Day

I took a sip from Dad's drink and said : I'm going to become a drunkard when i grow up.
Dad smirked and said : At least you will become something!

He got a Father's day present today...not from me tho. His paintings somehow got printed in today's newspaper.


In case you don't know him yet, here are the links to his sites:

1. http://rajivpathak.googlepages.com

2. http://rajulog.deviantart.com