Cure ???

Cure for a Headache : A Can of Super Strong Warm Beer and a plate of Omllete made in Butter :)

I am thinking about the bottle of White and Red wine from Napa Valley which are there at home now :)

Lyrics from a beautiful track ...........

If I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Johnny Cash "Hurt"

Breaking the Shackles

Ok, let me admit one thing. There is a part of Chennai, I am missing right now. Before anyone of you raise your eyebrows, let me also state that I am missing my library out there. One of the few things, which I really appreciated in Chennai, was well stocked libraries in most of the colonies. Delhites, as we know have never been known for their love of books, therefore if you want to read, you need to buy the books at costly prices directly from stores. This has directly affected my reading habits after coming back to Delhi. I have not done any justice to my first love (Reading) after coming back here. Out there, I used to finish one new book per week but here, I think I have read only 5-6 of them after coming back. No more neglect of this precious habit of mine. As of now:-

Currently Reading: Maximum City by Suketu Mehta. A wonderful book about Bombay.

Next Read: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. This year Booker prize winner. I hope it doesnt turn out to be another "God of Small things"

Another thing that I have totally left behind is watching movies every weekend. Next 3 Movie on the list that i am surely gonna see :-

1) The Departed

2) Casino Royale

3) Dhoom-II

Current Mood:-

Feeling sleepy. Slept at 4 and got up at 7 for office:( though feeling liberated!!!

A Rollercoaster Ride

Life has been on Rollercoaster for past couple of months. Not that I don’t love it but the Rollercoaster has its own troughs and peaks in the process. Of course these troughs and peaks are originated by my thought process most of the times. One of the biggest problems of mine is I try to think and read too much into other people actions and they lead to some of the troughs in my life :( I know the fault is mine, but it just happens with me, especially with people I am kind of attached and expect few things. Talking about expectations, one of the lessons that I learnt long time back in my life is to minimize your expectations from people and you will have fewer reasons to be sore with someone. This has certainly helped me a lot in past. I do expect, but only from very few people in my life and they have never let me down and I believe I can confidently say that I have never let them down too.

Ok enough of my stupid ramblings……the last two weekends have been total raw fun. Prashie wrote an excellent post on our day out in a local fair on his blog. One of the best evenings of life till now. This weekend, we were out to Rishikesh for Rafting. This was my third rafting trip and prior to it I have done rafting in Kullu (Beas) and Rishikesh (Ganges). Highlights of the trip:-

1) The best Rapids till now, maximum risk-maximum fun till now. Risks in life always give me high and it was no different this time.

2) Pure, clean water of Ganges, Best till now.

3) Finding two branches of an Italian Restaurant in a small town like Rishikesh.

4) Finding a pool of water with waterfall next to it in a jungle after a strenuous trek. You are all alone out there to have fun like kids, which we did. (some thing like The Archies)

5) Guys can gossip and do lots of talking, even after deciding that we would be on bed by 10 (that’s why we didn’t go for The Departed), me and Prashie ended up doing all sorts of bakar till 12:30 in night on all kind of topics including gals :D (ofcourse, it has to be there)

6) Anjie (Anjali) trying her best to wake us 3 tired souls at 5 in the morning. So much so, that she even gave two blank call to me and made Tushar listen to her talks at 6 in the morning, while I pretended to be asleep all the time :D

7) Some excellent street food in Roorkee and Rishikesh.

8) Above all, it was good to be out with people with whom you are totally comfortable and you love them for what they are. And yeah, it was good to be out with Radha after a long time :)

I believe the best way I can put it up about both the weekends being so much fun that I don’t regret missing Man Utd matches on telly (Those who know me well, know what I mean here). Some memories, i hope i dont forget ever in my life :)

Tagged Again

This should complete all the tags that are due on me (Kanu's Tag). In any case, right now i am not at all in the mood to write. Last two days have been restless, pathetic and i think i have lost control over myself in certain aspects of life (very much unlike me) .

Here we go..........

1. When I look at the stars............I want to be the brightest among all of them !

2. Rains..........a good book, Tea and pakode :D

3. Happiness is.............satisfaction of doing what you want to do !!!

4. Books...........are my first love !!!

5. Men/Women(Whichever applicable)............both are important !!!

6. Love is...........magical

7. God........faith

8. Summer of 69?..................my introduction to rock

9. Pride...........is a trouble for any kind of relationship

10. Life.........is always beautiful :)

The Hidden Me !!!

Time for me to do some tags....Richa has tagged me to write 10 secrets about myself. Writing 10 would be little tough for me. But let me try :)

1) I have always wanted to go into any of the creative fields, preferably something related to design. Its one thing that i knew i would have excelled because i just used to get lost while drawing, sketching etc etc and now days working with my photos on computer.

2) I have always been a favorite of all my teachers; in fact I used to make it sure that first student they should think of should be "Deepak Kumar"

3) I have only been slapped/punished in school once because i was caught that time and that too none other than principal of the school: D

4) I was a very naughty kid, almost lost my life two times and my head has seen lots of stitches. All the relatives still talk about the kind of nuisance i used to create for everyone. My sis always tease me for Gungun going after me being so naughty :D

I am still a prankster but only when i am in a mood to be so.

5) Till college second yr (graduation) I used to have crushes easily, it was like, i see someone in U-Spl and I used to have a crush and within a week it used to go. Those were some days :)

6) My name has been in a CID list for around a week when we were protesting about our course troubles (BIT) in DU. They were maintaining a list of few students, so that they can hold them incase there is some trouble.

7) My mom has already accepted that i am not going to have arranged marriage. She suspects me of having a GF :)

8) In spite of what most of the people see and believe, I am quite a private person. I don’t share any problems of mine with anyone and i can hide them easily (few yrs of dramatics have helped :D)

Its tough for me to express what i think of my friends to others or sometimes to even them. Not that, I don’t let them know but i cant tell them just like that.

But, when i compliment of say something to someone, I mean it.

9) I have been in relationship only once. It was good till it lasted and it was a mutual decision to stop it also. The only thing that I have learnt from it was in spite of how much you plan, its god who is going to decide, whether that thing will take place or not. Took me sometime to get over it, but its over now :)

10) Now, since it has to be a secrets list, there has to be gals :D

The first thing i notice in any gal is her eyes and then her dressing sense. I like gals who can carry kohl in her eyes, who can carry sarees (its one amazing dress) very well, wear sleeveless tops or suits.

Also, I don’t like typical Delhi gals, who depend on the guys to take every damn decision or end up putting so much makeup on themselves.

Well i just like that independent streak in the gals and those who can take care of herself confidently.