I just can't understand why celebrities crib that they want privacy the most .I mean fame has it's price tag too.It's like wanting to have the cake and eat it too.
-Rush.
P.S: I am unable to upload videos to LJ .Any suggestions to do that will be appreciated.
- Mood:
amused
WTH?They expect they can waltz back anytime into my life and expect me to listen ?!!!
-Rush
P.S:I request everyone who reads this not to comment to this post :(. I was venting out.
- Mood:
infuriated
My neice :):)
-Rush
OMG! I still can't believe it . MJ is dead :(:(:S. I grew up listening to his songs ! I don't give a damn about his personal life and controversy , his voice was magical.
I have lost the count of times i have heard his 'Heal the world' .
"Heal the world" .
These words in the song move me to no end.
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
:(:(:S
The entire lyrics for the song
- Mood:
sad
Cornell offers zilch assistance to it's Masters students :( .Also the main financial recruiting firms don't recruit there anymore thanks to TARP and recession.
-Rush!
I brought Carl Sagan's "The Dragon's of Eden " today .Mighty excited about reading it. I totally recommend his "Contact " book [ It was made into a film also].He taught in Cornell .I'll never get to meet him.I'll never have a chance to talk about Astronomy with him.I am half a century late in being born :( .
Another book by a female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom called "In the land of Invisible Women" .I am reading a lot of books by Islamic women these days. Feel really sad for them. The rest of us are unable to do anything that can make a difference to their continued oppression.
Another Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates J2EE and Servlets book.They are so much fun !!
-Rush
P.S:My visa is issued and i haven't got my passport yet.I have developed a few gray hairs waiting for it :(
- Mood:
geeky
But for the greater good of the country , it is necessary that we have two power blocks - Congress and BJP [ignoring the smaller regional factions] .No single party should have unrivalled power.Even Mr Brajesh Mishra has rightly pointed this out in his interview.
The problem with BJP currently is two-fold. One, no one is willing to take responsibilty for the defeat [I know it is really idealistic of me to suggest accepting responsibility ] and steer the party towards a better outcome in the next elections. Second, the negative campaigning and hindutva being rammed down people's throats haven't gone down well.
I urge Mr.Advani to show the strength he is often praised to have. I expected him to become the party president instead of acepting the leader of pposition in LS. I totally agree that he is a strong man , but why isn't he a strategist?He should be taking a leaf out of Rahul's book - Build the party first , power will follow .
As i remember -"Defeat is a defeat as long as you allow it to be".If i were in Mr Advani's shoes i would have thought of ways to turn this defeat around .I would have ensured publicity for all the right reasons.Spoken more to fellow party men , motivated them ,consoled them ,held rallies where BJP suffered dismal defeat, been a part of positive developmental process .I age is a factor , they should make the younger leaders do this .Why isn't BJP doing this agressively ?I am mystified...
-Rush
P.S: Another attack in Australia!! :X
- Mood:
thoughtful
[Lamborghini Gallardo]
Drool ,More Drool , Big time Drool ...
-Rush!
- Mood: enthralled
Oz should not be forgetting that education is it's 3 largest exporter ,a 15.5 Billion AUD industry and alienating Indian students who form a major chunk , is detrimental to it's own growth. I doubt if parents or students want to send their children there anymore. I know several juniors and friends who have dropped their plans of going to Australia after these racist attacks.Australia may be congratulating itself on avoiding recession but the current incidents are not going to help it any further .
Stabbing a student with a screwdriver of all things ,how much more mean can you get?! India needs to be more firm on this.We do not tolerate any harm to our citizens , anywhere in the world!I appreciate Mr.Bachan's gesture and many more such incidents will follow , if appropriate steps aren't taken.
I have never been to Australia and now i don't think i'll ever want to go there.
Does it even matter what the color of your skin is? Isn't racism a substandard impulse and mocks at everything human ?
- Mood:
angry
1...2... 3... 4.. black wagonar's on the way home .Yay , an even number indicates a lucky day.
You wake up with a beatific-madonna-like smile on you face and wish everyone "Good morning " just to get a stern look saying "Good afternoon".
You come up with a recipe that's a cross between dosa-idli-vang(he)ebhath just to see your mom's petrified stare and your dad desperately trying to wriggle out of eating it.
You start cooing gaa-gee-goo baby talk to your neice and she speaks back in perfect tamil indicating it's not funny anymore.
You ping/call an unsuspecting friend and talk about the theory of relativity or social ethos or why-your-cat-cant-stop-whining at night or how the neighbour's red-roses-droop-despite-watering.
You have finished watching all the Mr Bean series with your nephew and are still in front of the TV for a re-run.
You know the exact number of grills on your window and by how many centimetres your hair has grown the past month.
You observe that people laugh's can be categorized into :
"ah ha ha ha ah ha ha " [the hiccuping laugh]
"ack"
" oh ho ho ho oh ho ho ho" [I - am -santa-claus]
"ack ke ke ke ack ke ke ke ke" [my uncle's trademark laugh]
"heh hey ho heh " [My neice's cajoling laugh]
"muha ha ha ha " [My nephew's i-am-gabbar-singh laugh]
"ah weee ah hooo ah wee " [What-was-that laugh]
And some random noises that pass for a laugh .You start debating for its name and decide to call it the "Laughter bible" making you family frown as to why it couldn't be "laughter -mahabharata" or the "laughter -ramayana" in the true iyengaaari ishtyle.
You actually post something as purposeless as this and expect people to comment !
-Rush
Everyone was cynical about her , mocking her and against her .But she taught the world not to judge by appearances.Her bases , altos , sopranos are simply perfect.No false voice when she sings at such a high pitch.You go , lady!
She makes me want to go out here and just achieve. Here's her video:
SUSAN BOYLE AND HER SINGING
-Rush
- Mood: cheerful
"UpmaDosa" - a delicacy that i had never eaten before and sampled it for the first time there. Instead of the potato-onion filling , upma is used.Tasted good .
I can't stop marvelling at the devotional fervour i see there.Handicapped , young ,old,diseased ,healthy - everyone's there .Just love shouting "Govinda Govinda" with the ecstatic crowd and love the yummy prasadam.They have decreased the size of the famed tirupathi ladu ; something that's not ok with my palate.
Also i heard that TTD's chairman has the status and ranking similar to that of a chief secretary .TTD renovates and adopts several other temples as a part of it's charity program. The temple and surroundings are very well maintained.
-Rush
- Mood:
good
After two years of a heartbreaking bear market , i am happy our election verdict has resulted in a probable start of the recovery process.
- Mood: happy
Sometimes everything's going the way you want it to go and yet there's a part of you that keeps questioning whether it's the 'right' thing to do!
I have come to the conclusion that no matter how the circumstances are, you just can't escape from your thoughts being influenced by your up-bringing.
P.S: Unitech's stocks doing bad the past week.Vijaya bank stocks are a good buy.
Congress in the lead with >205 seats. I am a bit surprised as most of the newspapers had projected lower margin.
- Mood: contemplative
The "walking bug" has bit me too.I go to the saraswathipuram park with dad ,every evening.I meet so many senior citizens and find it a pleasurable exercise to chat with them.
There's one grandpa who is so proud of his brother's son going to US for his masters.There's another one who always sits at the same bench and stares into nothingness ; he's never reciprocated even one smile till now.Then there is ammas lecturer who keeps marvelling at how much i look and behave like she used to.Then there are a couple of sarada vilas GC members who talk about politics and rue everything that's corrupt and political :P.
Most of their conversations start with their recent health trouble , how aggravated their BP or sugar is ! Then one member of the group comes up with a miraculous cure that is some ayurvedic root or plant .Then the entire team fervently vow to implement it .
There is this granny with i-hate-my-daughter in law complex , who makes her daughter-in-law sound like a monster incarnate. There's one more grandpa-granny couple who walk around with an air of accomplishment - (reason being ) all son's , daughter's married and settled.Another senior citizen eagerly looking forward to the return of his son from the states.
Amidst all this ,there is giggles, ha-ha , he-he's , ho-ho's and howls from the laughter club members. Although i walk back home , "They are younger than me in spirit though not in flesh" remains with me.
-Rush!
P.S: IIITB's given me an admit and industrial scholarship to be considered.
- Mood:
calm
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