Its been two and a half years that I've blogged here..and its been fun..but I guess its time to move now...i have decided to stop blogging at blogger and start blogging at Wordpress. And I am happy that I got an ID close to what I really wanted when I started blogging here. (life always like that, isnt it?? Its always close...but never really what you exactly want...).
So Adios Amigos...you can find me from now on Dilsere.
Current Mood: Nostalgic and Happy Current Song: Dil se Bandhan hai rishto ke..kaato ki taare hai.. pathhar ke darwaze deewarein....
I guess after about 10-15 years, I watched an episode of Malgudi Days today... the one with Swami...and I enjoyed it thoroughly.... in the first 5 minutes I could understand why my uncle used to call me Swami (he still does sometimes ).... it really felt amazing..i could just recount my childhood days...cricket with friends, ghost stories, the wish to become a hero to prove to the grown ups that you are good and still fear sleeping alone in a separate room with the lights turned off!!
Aah..the childhood days.... :)
Current Mood: Happy and nostalgic.. Current Song: 'Sapnay' by 'Silk Route'...
इतना बोर तो में : इंजीनियरिंग मैकैनिक्स के लेक्चर... करन जोहर कि पिक्चर.. कान्शी राम और मायावती के जगडे.. एकता कपूर कि सेरिअलो के लफ़डे... हिमेश के गानों... मल्लिका शेरावत के कारनामों... बुश कि स्पीचेस के पौसेस... सोफ्टवेयर के EULA क्लौसेस धर्मेश दर्शन कि धड़कन... और मक्दोनाल्ड्सकेमेक्चीकन...
Power of S had in the recent past written a post about Nelson, the supposedly unlucky score of 111 or its multiples on which cricket umpire David Shepherd raises his one leg. And then he told me that I too will get the Nelson curse....I am not sure about the unlucky part but freaky it sure has been since I got the curse because I have been seeing the Nelson number somewhere or the other almost everyday since then..and its almost two weeks now..
1) The clock on my office computer seems to be perpetually at 1:11 pm. Its freaking me out because I am seeing that time of the day almost everyday for the past two weeks...and no, I do not check the time deliberately or subconsciously or whatever...
2) I opened the book I was reading and the page number that showed up was 111
3) The presentation day before yesterday got over exactly at 1:11 pm
4) I was about to sleep and opened my phone to set the alarm..the time was 1:11 am
5) I checked my time while going for lunch - 3:33 pm
6) The day after his curse when I flipped open my phone to call him, it was exactly 1:11 pm.
7) And the nail on the coffin, the event which prompted me to write this post..the number of message in my gmail account at this moment.. 1111 :)
****** Current Mood: Spooky Current Song: 'Mathey' from the movie 'Morning Raaga'. Excellent Fusion.
The Police. Wrigley Field. 43000 people. Experience of a Lifetime.
***** Current Mood: Content Current Song: 'Every little thing she does is Magic' by 'The Police'...
I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way But my silent fears have gripped me Long before I reach the phone Long before my tongue has tripped me Must I always be alone?
Every little thing she does is magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on...
This sound of raindrops that I can now hear.. takes me back to the first days of school of the excitement of the new raincoat mummy would buy.. about ba's 'do not let your hair get wet' rule...
the sound of thunder.. makes me think of the occasions.. when I proudly explained to my younger brother.. that Lord Krishna had just hit a six high up there.. and his century was close by..
this intense lightning takes me back to the moments.. when i would look up in the sky and flash my teeth.. for I was told it was lords way of taking a picture to remember me..
the puddle of water outside.. reminds me of the times of football.. of the warnings of 'no white shirts', of the soiled clothes and the frown on my bai's face.. and of blowing in the water to win the paper boat race..
The dripping water from the roof tops.. takes me back to places..where there were gum boots, dirty buses and earthworms.. old wooden drawers that had buscuit boxes with tightly closed lids.. and sights of one umbrella holding two naughty kids..
as the rain washes the ground right now.. I cannot help but wonder that years have been washed away..so fast.. and how time has taken away the with it my good memories, only to flash glimpses..to make me sad.. for surely, once upon a time..rainy season was a beautiful thing..
Whoever drew angels in white centuries ago must have had the premonition of Rahman's concert in Chicago last Saturday..the Man was wearing white...but the concert had all the colors that music can conceive...great evening...good crowd, great atmosphere, very good singers and the man himself....though I know how difficult it is to sing live the songs that he has sung himself..I wanted him to sing a couple more of his own songs...especially lukka chuppi, yeh to des hai tera, fanaa, thee thee from thiruda thiruda or even piya haji ali....but oh well...I was more than happy just thinking that I was seeing AR live..I knew I wouldn't mind if he would keep singing for the rest of my life...
This was the second time I saw him live...and I am sure there will be many many many more occasions where I will see him perform...rock on AR!!
******* Current Mood: Happy and Satisfied Current Song: 'Dil se re' from my all time favorite movie soundtrack 'Dil se'.
