This was overheard after a robbery went wrong and the one thief was caught with the safe in his hand running with his partner and the guard was behind him with his pants at his ankles.
"No, you idiot. You got it all mixed up. I said tie up the GUARD and blow the SAFE!"
[I wasn't present but I heard this one]
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Casabianca
I read an evaluation of Casabianca written by one of my closest friends and she has taken a very philosophical view to the whole poem and has dissected it and related it to life. Her view as someone slightly younger to me appealed nonetheless, and she is a very talented writer. So I am not too sure if I should credit her for her views or for her writing. I credit her for the effort though, because this girl is going places.
THE POEM
Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son of the admiral of the Orient, remained at his post (in the Battle of the Nile), after the ship had taken fire, and all the guns had been abandoned; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder.
TRIVIA
I recited this poem while I was grade 3 at the inter house recitation competition.
VIEW
The same poem made sense to me then in such a different way as it does now. But the one things that remains the same is that I always looked as myself as the boy in the poem. I considered myself fairly obedient and very loyal to my causes be it football or green house [that’s the name of the house, not the green house effect thingy]. Now I find myself fiercely loyal to family and yet at the same time living life on my own terms and condition however anti society or anti establishment that may seem.
The feeling of destruction is one that grips me when I do read this parody. Burning, wreck, dead, flame, booming, despair, wreathing, fragments – they all convey the carnage that took place and yet it does not seem to refer to the environment but more to what happened to that young lad and all that went through his mind as he stood atop the deck.
Depending on what you are going through in life, this poem will make sense to you within that context. If you do get the time, please do read the poem.
THE POEM
Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son of the admiral of the Orient, remained at his post (in the Battle of the Nile), after the ship had taken fire, and all the guns had been abandoned; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder.
TRIVIA
I recited this poem while I was grade 3 at the inter house recitation competition.
VIEW
The same poem made sense to me then in such a different way as it does now. But the one things that remains the same is that I always looked as myself as the boy in the poem. I considered myself fairly obedient and very loyal to my causes be it football or green house [that’s the name of the house, not the green house effect thingy]. Now I find myself fiercely loyal to family and yet at the same time living life on my own terms and condition however anti society or anti establishment that may seem.
The feeling of destruction is one that grips me when I do read this parody. Burning, wreck, dead, flame, booming, despair, wreathing, fragments – they all convey the carnage that took place and yet it does not seem to refer to the environment but more to what happened to that young lad and all that went through his mind as he stood atop the deck.
Depending on what you are going through in life, this poem will make sense to you within that context. If you do get the time, please do read the poem.
Susheel Returns
Sush is in town and am looking forward to a good weekend with him and the other chaps. Jokes, pulling each others legs, office humor, bitching [yes we do that too], taking a dig at wives and the works make up for a day to look forward to. Add to that, the fact that I shall probably have two gorgeous women as my dates for the day ist likely to be a day to remember.
I better remember to take my cam along.[Its for the women not for myself.]
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
RELATIONSHIPS
You can’t do without them, that is for sure. It exists. If you do want to maintain it then that also is your relationship. They never remain constant. They constantly evolve. But there is one factor that affects all relationships and that is attitude. It is your attitude that will help make or break your relationship. Good times happen because of the stance you take to a particular situation. And during the bad times, your approach decides on whether you drift apart or some closer.
Death for example can take people apart or get them closer. I remember the death of my grandma brought the whole family closer with my sister donning the mantle that ma granny once held. It could have gone wither way. She could have fallen apart and all of us would have also, but the attitude she took saved us all. There is no better feeling that sitting next to the one you love especially in times when you have lost another loved one.
TRUST
Trust is another key ingredient. It’s like a pair of socks. Its gotta be two and it’s got to match. It’s the foundation of any relationship. When you feel betrayed by a particular situation you have to take a look at it objectively and look at the intent behind the actions. Many a time we feel betrayed, and we probably are by our own perspective and expectations but it need not be that someone else betrayed us. That is nothing but your attitude.
UNDERSTANDING
Understanding. Its difficult understanding the word understanding. Very often it’s misunderstood. Your understanding is also based on your attitude. If you take responsibility to ensure that others understand perfectly what you are communicating and you understand perfectly what others are communicating the relationship work pretty smooth.
Many a time we feel incomplete. No man can live as an island they say [though we can definitely live on one]. We feel we are imperfect, and so we're always searching for somebody to perfect us. We get into a relationship. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still incomplete, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising or sometimes with something more promising. It need not be a person. We do share relationships with inanimate objects as well though we may not realize it. Food, TV, Sports, etc. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
YOU AND I
I have a few relationships that I consider real important to me. Some of them have existed from the time I was born, some from my childhood, one from my stay here and one in the very recent past. I cannot define them though. I am limited by vocabulary. They are not water tight compartments and often spill in over to another compartment. So I shall not try to define them or set parameters but instead when I refer to them for other people I shall use generic terms like friend, sibling, and colleague so that someone may have a term to put to it. I do not need one.
You know how important you are to me and the very fact that you are reading this means you are already an integral part of my life for life.
Death for example can take people apart or get them closer. I remember the death of my grandma brought the whole family closer with my sister donning the mantle that ma granny once held. It could have gone wither way. She could have fallen apart and all of us would have also, but the attitude she took saved us all. There is no better feeling that sitting next to the one you love especially in times when you have lost another loved one.
TRUST
Trust is another key ingredient. It’s like a pair of socks. Its gotta be two and it’s got to match. It’s the foundation of any relationship. When you feel betrayed by a particular situation you have to take a look at it objectively and look at the intent behind the actions. Many a time we feel betrayed, and we probably are by our own perspective and expectations but it need not be that someone else betrayed us. That is nothing but your attitude.
UNDERSTANDING
Understanding. Its difficult understanding the word understanding. Very often it’s misunderstood. Your understanding is also based on your attitude. If you take responsibility to ensure that others understand perfectly what you are communicating and you understand perfectly what others are communicating the relationship work pretty smooth.
Many a time we feel incomplete. No man can live as an island they say [though we can definitely live on one]. We feel we are imperfect, and so we're always searching for somebody to perfect us. We get into a relationship. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still incomplete, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising or sometimes with something more promising. It need not be a person. We do share relationships with inanimate objects as well though we may not realize it. Food, TV, Sports, etc. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
YOU AND I
I have a few relationships that I consider real important to me. Some of them have existed from the time I was born, some from my childhood, one from my stay here and one in the very recent past. I cannot define them though. I am limited by vocabulary. They are not water tight compartments and often spill in over to another compartment. So I shall not try to define them or set parameters but instead when I refer to them for other people I shall use generic terms like friend, sibling, and colleague so that someone may have a term to put to it. I do not need one.
You know how important you are to me and the very fact that you are reading this means you are already an integral part of my life for life.
Monday, June 22, 2009
First Gift
My uncle and aunt were in the hospital because my cousin had just entered this world, and a colleague from office visited him and enquired about my little cousin. He then gifted them a bar of chocolate that he bought 'specially' for the baby.
Friend: She likes chocolates doesn't she? [he was talking about the baby]
Uncle: Yeah she does. In fact Dairy Milk is her favorite brand.
My aunt did not stop laughing.
Friend: She likes chocolates doesn't she? [he was talking about the baby]
Uncle: Yeah she does. In fact Dairy Milk is her favorite brand.
My aunt did not stop laughing.
UnDO - Ctrl Z
So we were at Willy's place over the weekend and we were talking about how couples used to be before marriage. So Petr was telling us about how he used to sit at home on Thursday evenings and play PS3 and so would not meet us at Bostons for drinks and dance.
Petr: I used to not do anything on Thursday evening but sit with Roger and Eddy and play PS3.
Lynn decided to support him as a wife and said, "Ya he really didn't do anything on Thursdays. Including me."
Lynn wishes she could undo that moment.
Petr: I used to not do anything on Thursday evening but sit with Roger and Eddy and play PS3.
Lynn decided to support him as a wife and said, "Ya he really didn't do anything on Thursdays. Including me."
Lynn wishes she could undo that moment.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Comrades
Am listening to Dish ramble on for the last 20 minutes and this girl goes on and on and she is just so animated with her voice when she talks about her friend, you cant help but not listen or interrupt her. You just the most excited girl I have ever know in Dubai.
Shamona leaves today for a holiday and Dubai is a lot quieter and slower without her. Taboo is never fun without her especially if she is in the other team. Headbandz is something we have not seen her in full glory as yet. Will miss you kuttyno.
Petr came up with an absolute beauty yesterday at soccer. Why did SRK drink himself to death in Devdaas? Because both the women in his life were singing Dil dola [Dildo La]
Shamona leaves today for a holiday and Dubai is a lot quieter and slower without her. Taboo is never fun without her especially if she is in the other team. Headbandz is something we have not seen her in full glory as yet. Will miss you kuttyno.
Petr came up with an absolute beauty yesterday at soccer. Why did SRK drink himself to death in Devdaas? Because both the women in his life were singing Dil dola [Dildo La]
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