Whenever I empty my bag I find bus tickets…not 1or 2 rather 10-15 of them, then there are chocolate and biscuit wrappers, crushed pieces of paper, used tissues etc. I feel proud to see those things because it means that they’ll find their right place…the dustbin! I feel happy that I don’t throw these things on the road…a bit of civic sense is all that is needed. All of us so promptly agree that our roads are dirty, there’s garbage everywhere but let me remind you garbage does not grow on the road, it’s thrown on the road by people like you and me….Me not anymore!! This is what makes me proud. :-)
It’s such a simple thing to do. If each one of us stops throwing things on the road it will remain clean forever. It’s our responsibility to keep the city clean; stop blaming the government. We should be ashamed that the government has so much of garbage to take care of. Though I agree that the government is not very serious about all these, they have other things to take care of like the nuclear waste, budget, and recession for instance. So let’s take care of the garbage department at least. It’s very easy. Home is where you live. So, your city is your home! Don’t do things that you normally don’t do at home. Do you spit in your drawing room? Do you throw orange peels near the kitchen? Do you throw a chocolate wrapper anywhere in the house? Do u leave your cigarette butts on the table? The answer in all probability would be ‘No’!! Treat your city like your home!!
Once we become conscious that we have keep it clean, we’ll certainly find our own ways and not complain about lack of dustbins etc. We do have dustbins if you care to look for one. Let’s accept that we can’t have dustbins wherever we want it. Can’t we keep that wrapper in our hands or put it in our bags or pockets for a little while? Isn’t it worth the effort?
And, Guys you all have walls at home, right??? Do you at home ever stand and do what you are seen doing on the walls along the road?? I can understand the urgency but by turning your back you may not be able to see people but people around you certainly can, they just walk away and pretend having not seen you!!! It smells really bad…trust me. And the funny part is one after the other, guys use the place right next to the already wet area…which makes it smellier!! Please avoid doing it. I hope I embarrassed you enough!!
I’ll be glad if people start treating their cities like their homes; after all we live here. Those of us who are planning to just laugh it off have no right to say that our cities are stinky and dirty. Lets be responsible citizens!!
December 2, 2009
December 1, 2009
Oh so strange!!
Even if you like watching cricket would you go to the Ferozshah Kotla to watch…hmm…say for example a test match between Namibia and Holland!! 9 out of 10 people wont!! Why? Because they may not be able to sit through an hour forget 6 hrs. It’s so obvious isn’t it? If you don’t like something that passionately you can’t tolerate it for long. You may still go and watch a 20-20 between the two teams.
Similarly, I can’t sit through a movie for 3 hrs at a stretch. Which is why I don’t like to go to movie halls. And I am fed up of people giving me that are-you-crazy look. Its not that I hate watching movies but it is certainly not my hobby or my source of entertainment. I’d rather watch cartoon or a cricket match (could be highlights of a match played 3 yrs ago! I still watch the repeat telecast of the India-Pakistan 20-20 final with the same tension… as if India will lose! ) or simply sit at home and do nothing at all. Movies might be a nice way to unwind during the weekend, a source of entertainment for many people, but not for me. Then why give me that look and make me feel guilty for being a spoilsport whenever there is a plan to go for a movie? Friends have tried their best time and again to convince me for a trip to the hall...but in vain!!! If am being rude, so be it...but spare me the torture!!
Not that I don’t watch movies at all!! I watch them in installments. I’ll watch half the the movie today and the rest may be tomorrow or a few months later… makes no difference to me!! There are just a handful of movies which I have seen in one go; like Amar Akhbar Anthony, chak de, Titanic, goodbye Lenin, Lagaan, Tare Zameen par, Das Leben der Anderen, Slumdog Millionaire, Oye Lucky, Dev D, Ghajni and a few more. My problem is that I can’t watch crap, silly love stories and the same old Bollywood themes. If there is something different, something new or something out of the box I can watch it for sure…But not necessarily in a movie hall.
I am so impatient that I can’t sit at one place for more that 15 -20 mins. This is why I prefer watching a movie on my computer or on Television. I can pause the movie on my PC and move around and on Television they show enough ads for me to take a walk (a 20 min long ad is not welcome though; I might find better things to do!)
But there is one thing I really find strange. If I like a movie I can actually watch it again n again n again!!! I’ve seen Border and Titanic more than ten times, Qayamat se Qayamat tak abt 8 times and Das Leben der Anderen and Goodbye Lenin thrice I guess!!! There are a few more such movies.
I hope I’m making sense… Is it fair to force someone to adopt your hobby? Think about it before giving that oh- so- strange look again! And one more thing, there are things that we do for our loved ones even if we don’t like it ...all for that elusive precious smile, for some beautiful moments…that’s where the charm lies!!
So, next time someone refuses to do to something that you like, don’t make them feel as if they are strange…they are just different! You never know they may one day agree to share your hobby or your likings just to see that smile on your face, no matter how much they hate doing what they are… the inner satisfaction of having made somebody’s day is beyond expression. It’s all about how you make them feel!!
Similarly, I can’t sit through a movie for 3 hrs at a stretch. Which is why I don’t like to go to movie halls. And I am fed up of people giving me that are-you-crazy look. Its not that I hate watching movies but it is certainly not my hobby or my source of entertainment. I’d rather watch cartoon or a cricket match (could be highlights of a match played 3 yrs ago! I still watch the repeat telecast of the India-Pakistan 20-20 final with the same tension… as if India will lose! ) or simply sit at home and do nothing at all. Movies might be a nice way to unwind during the weekend, a source of entertainment for many people, but not for me. Then why give me that look and make me feel guilty for being a spoilsport whenever there is a plan to go for a movie? Friends have tried their best time and again to convince me for a trip to the hall...but in vain!!! If am being rude, so be it...but spare me the torture!!
Not that I don’t watch movies at all!! I watch them in installments. I’ll watch half the the movie today and the rest may be tomorrow or a few months later… makes no difference to me!! There are just a handful of movies which I have seen in one go; like Amar Akhbar Anthony, chak de, Titanic, goodbye Lenin, Lagaan, Tare Zameen par, Das Leben der Anderen, Slumdog Millionaire, Oye Lucky, Dev D, Ghajni and a few more. My problem is that I can’t watch crap, silly love stories and the same old Bollywood themes. If there is something different, something new or something out of the box I can watch it for sure…But not necessarily in a movie hall.
I am so impatient that I can’t sit at one place for more that 15 -20 mins. This is why I prefer watching a movie on my computer or on Television. I can pause the movie on my PC and move around and on Television they show enough ads for me to take a walk (a 20 min long ad is not welcome though; I might find better things to do!)
But there is one thing I really find strange. If I like a movie I can actually watch it again n again n again!!! I’ve seen Border and Titanic more than ten times, Qayamat se Qayamat tak abt 8 times and Das Leben der Anderen and Goodbye Lenin thrice I guess!!! There are a few more such movies.
I hope I’m making sense… Is it fair to force someone to adopt your hobby? Think about it before giving that oh- so- strange look again! And one more thing, there are things that we do for our loved ones even if we don’t like it ...all for that elusive precious smile, for some beautiful moments…that’s where the charm lies!!
So, next time someone refuses to do to something that you like, don’t make them feel as if they are strange…they are just different! You never know they may one day agree to share your hobby or your likings just to see that smile on your face, no matter how much they hate doing what they are… the inner satisfaction of having made somebody’s day is beyond expression. It’s all about how you make them feel!!
November 29, 2009
Occasions!!
Today is not an ordinary day…its one of those days when I woke up in the morning feeling gloomy and sad. I tried to cheer myself up thinking of all the beautiful moments of my life. It actually didn’t help because it brought tears in my eyes. Isn’t it really silly that all those wonderful moments of your life bring tears to eyes? Occasions where you laughed like crazy now make you cry. But what exactly are occasions?
Occasions are not the earth shattering events that we encounter during the course of our lives, be it happy or sad. Occasions are those small moments in life that make you realize how important it is to live life. Moments that let you know that there is a difference in merely existing, and living; Moments in which you feel extremely sad or extremely happy; Moments when you stood up for yourself or for somebody else; Moments when you broke down but still refused to give up; Moments when you looked for a shoulder to cry or a hand to hold only to realize that you are all alone; Moments when someone you least expected became your motivator; Moments when you cried all night but still woke up with a smile only to cheer someone else up; Moments when someone became so dear that time spent with them felt like celebration; Moments when you almost wanted to die; Moments when you felt choked; Moments that became inspirations…
Occasions are not the earth shattering events that we encounter during the course of our lives, be it happy or sad. Occasions are those small moments in life that make you realize how important it is to live life. Moments that let you know that there is a difference in merely existing, and living; Moments in which you feel extremely sad or extremely happy; Moments when you stood up for yourself or for somebody else; Moments when you broke down but still refused to give up; Moments when you looked for a shoulder to cry or a hand to hold only to realize that you are all alone; Moments when someone you least expected became your motivator; Moments when you cried all night but still woke up with a smile only to cheer someone else up; Moments when someone became so dear that time spent with them felt like celebration; Moments when you almost wanted to die; Moments when you felt choked; Moments that became inspirations…
November 28, 2009
27th Nov: A crazy exam!
Yesterday I had my ‘Introduction to Linguistics’ exam. I had not studied anything at all…like all my other classmates (I kind of believed them…it feels nice!) It is that kind of a subject where you understand everything in class because Agnihotri Sir is a genius. He just makes it so simple but then you go home and don’t know where to start, what to study. So I decided not to study at all during the entire semester (I don’t recommend this!). Though this is one course I loved and looked forward to.
But exams are exams!! You are not evaluated for how much you love the subject (had that been the case I would have got 0’s in all my maths exams all my life…its not that I don’t like maths…I actually hate it!!) 5 questions 14 marks each…and no clue where to start! The only reassurance was that all my classmates were in the same dilemma. And yes…just one day to prepare!! I did whatever I could till 2.45 am…then woke up at 5.30 am to go through my notes and finally reached metro station expecting catastrophe (Katastrophe is one of my favourite German words coz it really sounds like disaster). Metro station is where the fairy tale began…yes u heard me right! Fairytale!!
I met Prity at the station. I normally don’t coz she always reaches half an early! Yesterday she was late and I was early...Hahaha!! Both of us were very scared. We had not read Sapir, Chomsky, Bloomfield, and Pinker…well actually everything that was important. In those 20 minutes in the metro we discussed 3 questions chosen randomly…Hockett’s design features, India as a linguistic area and constituency test. We just memorized every important point and we explained each point to each other…I knew things that she didn’t and she knew things that I didn’t…finally we understood all these topics!!
AND...(You might have already guessed!!) When I got the question paper all those 3 questions were there!! For a second I thought this could not be true! What’s even more interesting is that every question had an option but that turned out to be no option because I knew none of them. Had I not done those questions in the morning I could not have attempted 3 questions at all. The other 2 questions went pretty well too! This turned out to the best exam out of all the 4 courses that we were offered! What a last exam!! The day could not have been better! Now I can have a relaxed vacation.
After the exam Prity and I were literally thanking our stars! A shudder goes down my spine when I think had I not met her it could have turned out to be a nightmare…minus approx 40 marks out of 70 in a subject I like the most…sigh!!
Prity was so happy, she narrated this metro story to almost everyone…except the gatekeeper, the sweeper, the security guys at the metro and a few more people… ;)
I am looking forward to a comment on this post from Prity someday!!
But exams are exams!! You are not evaluated for how much you love the subject (had that been the case I would have got 0’s in all my maths exams all my life…its not that I don’t like maths…I actually hate it!!) 5 questions 14 marks each…and no clue where to start! The only reassurance was that all my classmates were in the same dilemma. And yes…just one day to prepare!! I did whatever I could till 2.45 am…then woke up at 5.30 am to go through my notes and finally reached metro station expecting catastrophe (Katastrophe is one of my favourite German words coz it really sounds like disaster). Metro station is where the fairy tale began…yes u heard me right! Fairytale!!
I met Prity at the station. I normally don’t coz she always reaches half an early! Yesterday she was late and I was early...Hahaha!! Both of us were very scared. We had not read Sapir, Chomsky, Bloomfield, and Pinker…well actually everything that was important. In those 20 minutes in the metro we discussed 3 questions chosen randomly…Hockett’s design features, India as a linguistic area and constituency test. We just memorized every important point and we explained each point to each other…I knew things that she didn’t and she knew things that I didn’t…finally we understood all these topics!!
AND...(You might have already guessed!!) When I got the question paper all those 3 questions were there!! For a second I thought this could not be true! What’s even more interesting is that every question had an option but that turned out to be no option because I knew none of them. Had I not done those questions in the morning I could not have attempted 3 questions at all. The other 2 questions went pretty well too! This turned out to the best exam out of all the 4 courses that we were offered! What a last exam!! The day could not have been better! Now I can have a relaxed vacation.
After the exam Prity and I were literally thanking our stars! A shudder goes down my spine when I think had I not met her it could have turned out to be a nightmare…minus approx 40 marks out of 70 in a subject I like the most…sigh!!
Prity was so happy, she narrated this metro story to almost everyone…except the gatekeeper, the sweeper, the security guys at the metro and a few more people… ;)
I am looking forward to a comment on this post from Prity someday!!
my first post!!!
Finally I am blogging too!!
I have no clue why I am doing this but I’m determined to do this coz over the years I have become lazy when it comes to writing. I wonder how someone like me now prefers presentations over written assignments and homeworks! Though I’m still the quiet student that I was. Presentations are not easier than assignments rather the amount of work is almost double but still I’m not afraid of them. May be that’s why I decided to blog. I seriously want to start writing the way I used too.
Well, First things first...why have I named it 'Logic Upside Down’? Hmm...Coz sometimes I can be immaculately illogical...yet correct! I have every 'reason' (how I hate this word!!) to believe that I do use logic but it's upside down...so what!! I am true to my heart and extremely impulsive and intuitive...and I think I am extremely lucky to have that ability. I have taken all the important decisions of my life in seconds... (Not even in minutes!). When I say 'all' it means 'all'. Over the years all those decisions, decisions that are and were risky to say the least, have paid off. And I’m really lucky to have parents who have stood by me and my decisions! They have utmost faith in my abilities. It sometimes scares me no end because at the end of the day I am accountable for the decisions that I take. Their faith in my abilities and their unconditional support has been my driving force; the wind beneath my wings!
Logic and reason is the last thing that comes to my mind :)…just like I speak straight from the heart…I think straight from the heart!! And of course I use my brain too…all of us have learnt enough biology to know that. And straight talking is what my blog is all about…hopefully! I don’t know whether I will be regular here… but I’ll try my best.
I’ll share my views, my blunders, my anger, my happiness, my feelings…and the list goes on :). Sometimes I think people do find it hard to digest my views, for reasons unknown to me. I am actually looking forward to do all this!
I have no clue why I am doing this but I’m determined to do this coz over the years I have become lazy when it comes to writing. I wonder how someone like me now prefers presentations over written assignments and homeworks! Though I’m still the quiet student that I was. Presentations are not easier than assignments rather the amount of work is almost double but still I’m not afraid of them. May be that’s why I decided to blog. I seriously want to start writing the way I used too.
Well, First things first...why have I named it 'Logic Upside Down’? Hmm...Coz sometimes I can be immaculately illogical...yet correct! I have every 'reason' (how I hate this word!!) to believe that I do use logic but it's upside down...so what!! I am true to my heart and extremely impulsive and intuitive...and I think I am extremely lucky to have that ability. I have taken all the important decisions of my life in seconds... (Not even in minutes!). When I say 'all' it means 'all'. Over the years all those decisions, decisions that are and were risky to say the least, have paid off. And I’m really lucky to have parents who have stood by me and my decisions! They have utmost faith in my abilities. It sometimes scares me no end because at the end of the day I am accountable for the decisions that I take. Their faith in my abilities and their unconditional support has been my driving force; the wind beneath my wings!
Logic and reason is the last thing that comes to my mind :)…just like I speak straight from the heart…I think straight from the heart!! And of course I use my brain too…all of us have learnt enough biology to know that. And straight talking is what my blog is all about…hopefully! I don’t know whether I will be regular here… but I’ll try my best.
I’ll share my views, my blunders, my anger, my happiness, my feelings…and the list goes on :). Sometimes I think people do find it hard to digest my views, for reasons unknown to me. I am actually looking forward to do all this!
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