Just One of Those Days

It's just one of those days when you:-

1. Suddenly realise you haven't blogged for a long while, because you are topic less, and an idea hits you.

2. That the name of your blog is, unintentionally, the name of Lily's TV show, and you think about changing it. (Read: The Princess Diaries- movie)

3. You are sitting around watching a movie. The movie has a nice action genre, but the saddest ending. (Read: The Taking of Pelham 123) The movie was plotted well, but in the end the villian just wants to die. What sense could that make?

4. When you have just watched a Friends programme (where Pheobe gets all senti because she has never been in a serious relationship), and then your best friend starts talking about true love, just out of the blue. How do 2 unknown events connect with each other, I can never know!

5. When a guy (read: cute) tries to start a conversation with you, out of the blue, but you go offline then only, and then never does it again. Hello!! How long can you make a girl wait?

6. The days when you have to go away from home, starts coming closer, and then your parents start looking sad, and start talking all sorts of senti stuff, and you almost don't want to go. :(

7. The days when your exams are just around the corner, and you realise how poorly prepared you are, but are in still no mood to study.

8. Those days when you were busy doing something(dance classes in my case), and then they finish, and there is a void in your life.

9. Those days when you start realising that Harry Potter is finally coming to an end, and you get all attached to your HP e-books, and start reading the series all over again. July 15- it all ends! :(

My oath- I will try and become a more regular blogger, if people do come to read my blog! ;)

Jog. Lose. Thin.

I came back home, looking thinner than before. But just 2 days at home, and you start gaining weight. You start looking huger in your clothes. That's when you decide- Stop!! I need to take charge of my body. It is III who will control it, not food.

I don't eat too much. But I do tend to over-eat when i am somewhere out. It's like this greed to eat, takes over me. Anyways, I DON'T even eat chocolates. Plus, I eat vegetables and fruits. I do have a good safe diet, but some people gain weight faster than others, Hi I'm one of them.



                                  
That is definitely not me. It's just as an example. Reversed, but you get what I mean.
                                                                                                 After         Before     So this is when I decided that I will start going for morning walks. Sleeping before 12 is blissful, and waking up early morning is even more awesome. So I did go at 7 every morning, with my father. But little did I know, actually I knew exactly that, but still, Dad jogs. He's a 49 year old man, and he JOGS 4 km every morning. I was like okay, if dad can do it, then so can I. When you start afresh, you are like this new born vampire, with a lot of stamina and power in you. You not only jog, but you run, and then after 2 kms, you deflate. You go whooosh, tired! But still dad doesn't stop. He keeps jogging, and forces me to do the same. He won't listen to me if I want to just walk a little, stretch out your legs, or relax. He says, ''Don't make me stop, beta''. But I say loudly, ''But I want to, please?'' And the fellow walkers look, and give a weird expression. I know you don't speak my language, but it's not alien. It's the country's language!!

So this happened the whole week. I came home with sharp pains- stomach, back, thighs, etc. But but but I was starting to reduce. I was happy, and I vowed to do this everyday, except Sundays. Sunday is a holiday, even for dad. Next week (read: this week), i am back to square 1. I haven't gone for a walk for the past 3 days. It's bad!! IT IS KILLING MEEEE!! It's so not, but I'd rather go.

Moral of the story: Walks (JOGS) are painful, but they do seriously and truly help in losing weight. You can come down from 60 to 54kgs in just 6 days. Yes, I do weigh a lot, but my physique is fine...DO NOT JUDGE ME!

So walk. Walk as fast as you can. Jog= much more preferable. Sprint= If you can.
PS- Being able to sprint, makes you feel awesome!

Road Rules!!

e life1. If you are a walker(pedestrian) walking on the road, keep a look out of the vehicle. Don't ever trust anyone driving a car. It's dangerous. The driver could be a beginner(trying to get on of a big car), an Alzheimer's patient(who can't remember how to break), a drunk/rash driver, or just a normal good driver(but maybe deep in thought). You want to protect yourself, keep a watchout for yourself.

2. If you are just chatting around with your friends, while sitting on the road side(people do that, I fail to understand why). Sit! It belongs to you. No one can stop you. But be cautious. You are the only one who is responsible for your life (not everyone else cares).

3. Please don't stand on a busy road to get a photograph clicked of yourself. There are many more beautiful sceneries other than the traffic.

4. If you are driving a car, please don't show-off. We can see you have a car, but so do we.  You have certainly no right to cross another car's path. Nothing can be more important than your life. Even if you are rushing to the hospital, I am sorry to say, you have to give others a chance too.

5. If you are on a bike, and you are guy, and you have your girl-friend sitting behind you, please don't display hanky-panky stuff. This can be done later as well. At a stand still, and at more comfortable place.

6. If you are driving, then please keep a clear mind. Please don't have other concerns clouding your head. You need to concentrate on the road. You have to show concern for the other people also. You don't have all the problems in the world.

7. When in a traffic jam, please don't honk. It will not solve any purpose. If the vehicle ahead of you can't move, then it means it can't move. Your honking is not going to make it fly or vanish (maybe your's can if you are a wizard of some sort).

8. If you are guy, then please don't stare inside a car, where a girl is sitting. It's irritating, and the girl will want to slap you.

9. If a person is not driving well, and you can't tell the person's gender, please let me tell you all women are not bad drivers. There may be some, but not all. Neither are all men excellent drivers. Everyone has a bad day.

10. Stop making stupid hand signs, when you are annoyed at an another vehicle, because you are inside a car, firstly no one can see you (so NO POINT!), but even if he/she can, no one will care, and they'd rather make fun of you.

11. Just because you see a girl driving a scooty, don't even dare to take your car brushing past her. It's dangerous and annoying. (The car wheel almost stomped my foot the other day).

12. Don't shout at other vehicles. You sound like a complete fool.

13. Bikers, please don't ride on the pavements. If you have to wait in the traffic, then so be it. Please wait! There is a reason why the pavement was made. Even if you are riding on the pavement, please don't honk at the pedestrians, or get annoyed when the don't get out of your way. Seriously, people are bloody annoying.

14. If you are walking on the road, with your earphones plugged in, then please don't so it. It's kind of dangerous. Because if you can't hear the vehicles honking, then you could create a bloody mess.

15. Pedestrians, if you are walking on the road, while royally ignoring the pavements, then firstly- DON'T. Secondly, even of you are walking, please move out of the way when a vehicle honks at you. No they are not whistle-honking (people do that too), but get-out-of-the-way honking.

16. Families of 4 riding on a bike, please take care of your little children. The other day a sleeping child fell off the bike, even though the poor guy was squashed between his mother and father. Act responsible, that is your own kid!

PS- These are just some observations made from real life...my own.
PSS- Try following them. Save yourself. Save other lives.

Are we really independent? Or just shown to be?

When the World Cup got over, there came in a void in the daily life. We were back to our normal routines.

Then came the India Against Corruption campaign. Another thing to look forward too. Students protested in their own way. It was like everyone was involved. Some through reality (read: Anna Hazare), while others virtually (us). Everyone wanted to be a part of it, show their support. When the bill was passed everyone congratulated each other, as if India has been freed again.

1947- India got her independence from the British rule. 60 years later, we are still fighting. I don't think a Bhook Hartal could have a serious change in the government's corrupted thinking. It just doesn't make any sense. The bill was passed, right now, just so that the government can dismiss our plea. The fight's not over yet. It wouldn't be in a long time, either. I still suspect some foul play from the government's side.

What I don't understand about politics and politicians is that, what will they get by obtaining so much power. They will be as powerless as an ant(no offense) when they are dead. Not like you can take your so-not-hard-earned power with you to hell.

Scams taking place in India, since God knows when 

1. The Satyam co. scam (was that crazy or what?)
2. The CWG foul play.

3. The 2G scam. (Have you seen A. Raja's house? I still wonder where did all this money came from).

That's his house. Pretty no? --->

4. Bofor's scam ($16 million!! Now that sucks, and Rajiv Gandhi!!)
5. The Fodder scam (Rs. 900 crores. My God!)
6. Ketan Parekh and Harshad Mehta scam (Shit!!)

Where was govt. when all this was happening? Corruption, scam and loot of public money have become the order of the day. Not a single day passes when a brand new scam is not exposed.

Corruption is like a disease. Like aids. Just that it is not sexually transmitted (well that is actually another form of bribery), but it still doesn't have a cure. It'll keeps on spreading with no one there capable enough to end it. Corruption is the same. A hunger strike will not solve everything.

At the end, the culprits polluting the Indian economic system will be so neck deep in hate, that they will find death as the only way of escape.

SUMMERS!! UGH!

Delhi is filthy hot. I don't know how we are expected to write our exams at 3 in the afternoon. DU acts so nutty sometimes. So it's hot, that you could burn up. That may a bit of exaggeration, but still. The minute a warm breeze hits me, I feel like running off to an ACed up room.

Seriously, summer gives me depression. But right now I'm just plain sleepy. For a friend of mine, summers make him feel alive. For me, it's the total opposite. (Rain gives depression to some people. Oh my!) I love the winters, instead. It's nice and cold, keeps the skin also nice, fresh and smooth. Yeah you just look fat that time, because you have to wear so many clothes. But that's okay. Not much of a pain.

See it's so hot, but still I have a cold. A stupid drooling cold. (I just read that sneezing takes away some calories. If that is true, wow I feel light.) I am even sitting without the fan. Not cold. I am so not feeling cold, it's just the laziness.

Just a few more months of this hot summer. I am so glad my hair feel so good nowadays, even without artificially straightening them. Hair straighteners don't work in Indian summers. 
Logic- Water spoils hair straightening. You sweat in summers. Sweat= Water. Hence, your hair is spoiled.
So basically, straightening your hair in summers is a waste of time and energy. A wrongful sin. I tried to do it. But when the sweat pricks out your curls, they start looking embarrassing. And people will go, ''Oh she has artificial hair.'' The worst thing I've heard is ''that must be a wig''. Seriously, a wig?

''Summer is when the sun comes out
 Summer iswhen the dogs pout
Summer iswhen crickets on
Summer iswhen you go to the salon
Summer is  when kids are out to play
Summer iswhen adults are in the office earning their pay
Summer is  when sweat drips down your face
Summer is when you're in a hot place
Summer is for everyone.''- Freddy Roach

Hahahaha. These are the kind of poems people come up with, with ''Summers'' as their topic, and then  daringly put it up on the Internet.


PS- I just saw the Twilight movies, again. Bella is one depressed desparate soul!

Cricket- Our Religion!

The airport is like this 2 hours away from home. Do you know how painful it was for me to travel on the 30th of March at 3.30 in the afternoon? Well, very painful!
It was like missing a big event of my life. That's what people said, ''If we win this match against Pakistan, it will be like winning the world cup itself.'' This is how important this match was. The driver left me at the Delhi airport 2 hours prior to my flight time. Why? Because he wanted to be home before the match started.

So I was sitting alone at the airport, with everything checked in, and 1 hour still left for my flight. I couldn't find the TV, plus I had luggage. When it struck 2.33, I heard a roar, and loud claps. The first 4 had been made. This time I got up, and asked for the TV, and sat at the cafe. They don't let you sit there unless you want to eat something. But this was cricket time, exceptions are supposed to be made. Then another 4- another roar. Then another, and another. People were screaming now. Finally, it was time for me to board the aircraft. So I went down, half-heartedly, wishing for a TV in the aircraft. But there wasn't any. So to compensate for that, the pilot kept us updated on the scores. While the game progressed, the game became bad. We weren't doing so well. The people in the aircraft started discussing it. This is what is religion. Cricket brings people together, gives unknown people a topic to talk about. ''Who said India is a secular country, Cricket is our religion.''

The minute I landed, we rushed. Mom- dad came to pick me up, and then we rushed home, another 1 hour journey. I was coming home after 3 months, after all. The unfortunate part was that, India played first. But it was a pleasure watching India ousting Pakistan. Whenever a wicket was taken, Yuvraj's mouth opens so wide like he could gobble a rhino, Kohli would run and hug the nearest team mate so bad, that his bones might crush.
That's the winning spirit. You want to enjoy your victory, might be short lived, with loads of enthusiasm. Because you never know when you might get to taste it again. 


The best thing about all these Cricket matches is Facebook. The minute you put it on, there are these loads of statues. All expressing their desires, and the profile pictures. The best one was, ''History shall repeat itself once again. The new generation will get to see Ramayan, in a new way. And in this case, Sita will be the trophy. Who will bring it home? India, because it is already home.'' How do they manage to think up all this stuff. They are smart, I tell you, very smart.


Today is April 1st. Another day to glory. Tomorrow we will welcome our pride and ''Sita'' home! India India!!

Changing Life Phases. Why??

It's like whenever you are just sitting around, with nothing really concrete to do. No deadlines to meet, or have exams or assignments around the corner, you are nothing. You are like this pulp, or a couch potato, sitting your life through. You won't study because you have no exam coming up. You want to go out and roam around in the city, but you have no friends by your side to do so with. Basically your life is an unhappening bore.


And then there is a time, when you have an important exam coming up, and you have to give it alone, and you have so many plans that have come up. You want to go out and celebrate your friend's birthday. And then you have your own important work to look through. And then you have another set of friends who you had made plans with, but now you have to cancel out on them. The worst is the guilt feeling. And then there is the ''have to study and score'' element. But you also don't want to study because the subject is not one of the very awesomely excitingly interesting subjects.

Everything has to go wrong. It's like you are feeling guilty, because you ditched your old friends, to be with your new friends. But hey, I am leaving this city forever, I want to be everywhere. I want to have a good time without having the guilt feeling. I am allowed to have that, right? And seriously, who doesn't want to go out and do some shooting? It's not a tomboy sport!!

I should really really be studying right now. And I will. I am going right away.