where you live should not decide...
whether you live or whether you die...

thats the lyrics of the song "Yahweh"..from U2's new album...and somehow it makes good sense to me...sometimes their lyrics are absolutely weird..i can't make much sense of it...but thats the beauty of it I guess..the lyrics are open to interpretations...customize themselves to your feelings/emotions/situations and feel comfort in them...thats what I do..and i know a lot of others who do the same....to use an analogous technical term..and to prove that i can atleast say a few geeky terms, it can be labelled Platform Independent.. :-)

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I was listening to random songs on www.musicindiaoline.com , and stumbled upon the songs from the movie "Phool aur Kaante" ( Ajay Devgan's debut movie). The music is given by Nadeem-Shravan. Their music is the most typical bollywood kinda music. Typical music. Very typical. Listen to songs from any of their films and you can easily recall the early 90's era and those famous tunes (Aashiqui, Saajan, Sadak, Dewaana etc etc). Anyway, the song was "Dheere Dheere Pyaar ko Badhana Hain.." and I could immediately recall my friend from my old office, Padmaja, who is a big lover of Nadeem-Shravan. I remember her listening to the most mushy/weird Nadeem-Shravan kinda songs and enjoying them whole heartedly. And the bad part was that she used to make me listen to such songs..I mean I like some of their songs..but then some others are totally trash...we had very different music tastes and always used to fight over which song is good and what song is bad... and the fight will always go on...

I miss my old office often. I really got along pretty well with Lennart, Shankar, Nilofar, Sheryl and Padmaja...and four of them are still in the same company. Although the time was very short, only 6 months, those 6 months were pretty good. I will always miss them. Sometimes I wish I was still there, but then I think about the American babes...they needed me too... :-)

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I was working in the dorms as a Front Desk Assistant last saturday.. and it was Illinois Special Olympics weekend last Saturday..Almost 2200 disabled people from the whole of Illinois take part in various athletic events..I had never seen so many disabled people together in my life..


The first thing I said was "Thank GOD". I really felt lucky that I can atleast stand up straight. It's strange how I often keeping cribbing about the smallest of things...something as puny and insignificant as not doing my homework or not being able to hear a song...imagining how these fellas cope up even with their daily routine is inspiring to say the least..I had a couple of guys coming to my desk and showing their medals (which they won in the various events) to me..and taking pride in their acheivement..their liking for life was really amazing...as if everything was perfectly fine...and I felt so stupid about myself and about my attitude about certain things...I know so many ppl who would do nothing but curse their entire life about what happened to them...

It was it was really an uplifting experience...and very very very humbling at the same time. May GOD bless all of them the most.....Yahweh....

Of frying chicken and eating pepperoni

I have been working in the Campus Dining Services for two weeks now... and the two weeks have been eventful to say the least ( when goris work with you, events are bound to happen..hmmm...). I fried chicken, made ham sandwiches and pepperoni (beef) pizzas. It was the first time that I took raw chicked pieces in my hand and put them in the pan..or picked up pepperoni pieces to sprinkle them over pizza's...never in my life had I imagined that I would be doing this stuff... It's not that they forced me to do it. I was asked whether I had any problems working with raw meat and I ( dont know why) said NO. And I was suprised that I didnt really feel much of the "what in the world am I doing" feeling. Well maybe the fact that I have started eating/tasted...chicken and ham and beef and turkey and fish... came to my rescue...

What I am surprised about is my attitude towards meat. I used to frown and swear at all my friends who ate meat, but now ( within 9 months), I have eaten more variety of meat than most of them ever have/will. And I don't have any more qualms about eating meat. Not even religious reservations. Talk about change!! However, a good thing about this whole meat story is, my mom doesn't know about it..hehe.. :-)

Coincidentally, and Ironically, I am currently listening to "Losing my Religion" by R.E.M...

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Some pics from my bday party...