Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Bheege Bheege Mausam in Namma Chennai!!

Yes, folks!!! It's actually raining buckets...scratch tat....barrels in chennai!!! Not that anyone's complaining. The swell weather we're having the last couple o' days is a welcome relief frm the frizzling heat!! Only thing is, it should last. Varied speculation claims it will as the "monsoon" season in chennai has arrived....for the time being!! Say so coz weather here has bin so erratic, its advisable to expect the unexpected. Like downpour during agninakshatram....:).

My friend n i thought we'd exploit the super weather and went to the beach. All was well, until a cloud decided to burst right above us!! Well, obviously we were soaked and then it was Planet Yumm to the rescue!! We weren't in any hurry tho....jus put those vulnerable cellphones in and strolled in there(yea rite!!).....completely wet!!! Ouch.....i'll admit tat was majorly stymying!! We sat right under a fan so we (so to say i) could dry off, the effect being me shivering sans chattering teeth. While in the process, our tummies began craving attention(more my frend's!!). So a panipuri, pav bhaji and garlic bread were in order, dontcha think?? we did at least!! :P Me, being as drenched as i was, didn't have much of an appetite. And tat's saying something for me!! Tat didn't stop me frm eating tho. No way!

Finally, when we chance to look outdoors, we find the whole rain rigmarole has cleared up. Talk about things happening only to us!! Infuriating! And to top it all, jus when we stepped out, it began drizzling again!!!!! Hmpf!! If you got the impression tat i hate getting wet, chuck tat outta your head!!! I revel in water!! it's jus tat it's not very pretty to get wet when you're wearing this thin cotton kurta....if you get my drift!! Kurta aside, it was a smashing evening!!!

Jus for the record, my friend n i firmly decided against coming to the beach in our "super-sexy" weather. Nope!

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Tag Me!!

Looooooooong overdue Tag-Board is finally here!!! :D Spent some time personalising it. Goes with the template don't it?? Fiddled around some more till it reached almost-perfection.

Well....no more blabbing.....basically all i'm saying is TAG ME BABY!!!!!!!!! Cheers!!

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

The Half-Blood Prince - Wat Else??!!


Well, well, well......two days since the much-awaited release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and i can still see my sis jumping on the couch going, "ooh!! itz here suru!! itz here!! so awesome!!!". Hehehe!!! I can see all those temme-about-it looks!!!

Spoiler: The following write up may contain information that if revealed (to fans who haven't read the book yet) will cause unfathomable consequences. So all of u yet to read...STAY OUT!! Tats if u don't wanna know wat happens! :D

Anyway, i finished the book sunday morning and i must confess, Rowling has excelled herself(in most parts anyway!!). The thing that sets this book apart is that there is a lot more explanation for things in the previous books than action and more action. You know, the things which made us go, "Hey!! how can tat happen??!!" or "Hmmmm......"!! In this book, we actually get to understand the working behind the evil, obnoxious, repugnant......sorry, gotta little carried away!! Oh yes...the working behind the malicious mind of Voldy. Also, why he didn't get killed when he cursed Harry, how he's been surviving for so long and how his followers and him hav plotted all this while!!! That's a LOT!!!

Now to scrutinise the not-s0-good parts. I really think that Rowling could have underplayed the Lavender-Ron snoggin-all-over-the-place thing. Lolz!!! Now that was beyond hilarious!!!!!! When i say Ron, read Won-Won!! ROTFL!!! That part of the book was grossly exaggerated. I mean, you turn 4 pages and there they are again!!!!!!! :) Best part is, they split even before the action began!!!!
Another aspect is Dumbledore. The man whom we've bin seeing as the quiet, laid back, contemplative head-master is suddenly pushed into spotlight. I don't mean his death. Its just tat i've grown used to him being so inconspicuous throughout the book and in the end he just comes and gives you this big-time funda and goes. Out of the blue here, he has this i'm-the-cleverest-wizard aura which doesn't become him too much. Admitted he is but....!!! Phrases like "me, being the clever wizard i am" or "since i'm cleverer than most men" pervade his usually unassuming style of speech. Now tat wasn't so good!!!
Well, the climax.....it's indescribable!!! It was just Brilliant!!! I actually cried when i read The Phoenix Lament and The White Tomb. And i don't cry that easily!!! :P We can actually feel that huge impact this character has made on every Potter fan. Each page of these chapters exudes the emotion and sentiment that people attach to Dumbledore. Kudos to Rowling here!!!
Me jus wanna say....all of you BETTER read the book!!! The bottom line is - its awesome!!! You'll enjoy every page of it!!!! Cheers!!!!!

Thursday, July 14, 2005

HIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well.......all of you jolted back by my hyper HIE!!! come back here!!! :D

Today's bin a GREAT day!!! No reason.....jus really really nice!!!! n i'm very happy, very hyper and grinning all day!!! :D Jus a teeny-weeny falling out and i'm NOT gonna let that spoil my hyper-excited mood!!

well.....i'd asked my frend to mail me some photos so i could show my other friends. He mails it and then forbids me frm sending to them!!! Arrey!!!!!!! howzzat fair???!! i'd asked for them precisely so that i could mail n show them!! Chuck it!! I don't even mind dat.....but then he gets all hyper and talks as if i'd jus do wat i want even if he doesn't like it!!! Wat a doofus!!!!!!! :O :O

on a nicer note, we had an essay competition today. me had to write on "I, Me, Myself" which i think i wrote kind of decently.....well...ok....it was royal crap!!!!! hehehe!!!!!! also came up with one of those crazy, inane, juvenile poems of mine!!! lolz.....my frend went, "you're crazy di....absolutely!! how do you come up with stuff like tat??!!!". I must confess, it was pretty amusing.....read ROTFL!!! :D

Cheers!!!!
S

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Sip the Vodka!!! Woo !!

Check out!!! This one is sooooooo hilarious, i still can't stop laughing!!! :D

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak.


After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done.


The monsignor replied, “ When I am worried about getting nervous On the
pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get
nervous, I take a sip.”

So next Sunday he took the monsignor’s advice.
At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink.
He proceeded to talk up a storm.

Upon his return to his office after the mass, he found the following note on
the door:

Sip the vodka, don’t gulp.
There are 10 commandments, not 12.
There are 12 disciples, not 10.
Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.
Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.
We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the
spook.
David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him.
When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don’t say he
was stoned off his ass.
We do not refer to the cross as the “Big T.”
When Jesus broke the bread at the last supper he said, “take this and eat it
for it is my body.” He did not say “ Eat me” .
The Virgin Mary is not called “ Mary with the Cherry."
The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the
grub, Yeah God.
Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at ST.Peter’s not a peter
pulling contest at St. Taffy’s.

For Cryin' Out Loud!!!!!!!!

oh my gooooooodddddd!!!!!!!! Can you believe our vice-principal (tatz who LS is)???!!!! Noooooo!!! you absolutely cannot!!!!
I'm one of the people responsible for culturals at our school. Went to ask her about when we can start off and she's goes, "well....see ma, we have the annual day and sports day n all coming up. We can't afford to distract the students right now....so may be you can start by mid-august??". And i'm like "Whaaaaaaa....????". Slight a we got quarterly exams on sept. 12 and she wants us to start mid-august!!! when the heck does she think we gonna finish it!!!!!!! watever!!!

I'm glaring daggers at her and she gives me this benign smile and walks away!! She's being infuriatingly sweet knowing damn well we're going thru hell !!!! Phhheeewww!!!!!! Ok Ok!! No tension.....me jus gonna go n hav a granita, talk to someone on fone and chill!!! That's that....!! adios....
-S

Presenting.....Yours Truly!!!

Presenting Yours Truly......your average 12th standard padipz personified!!! Hehehe!!!

The particularly satisfied smile of my face is in consequence of my solving a maddeningly tough integration problem, the eluding solution of which turned out to be even more maddeningly simple!!! BAH !!!!






clockwise frm left - aishwarya, ramya, madhu, soumya, narayani wid the glasses, yours truly n varalaxmi at the bak n namrita n kanchana upfront!!

Taken 4/7/05 - At school, before we left for our one-day excursion to a resort!!! :D

Monday, July 11, 2005

THE 99 Questions!!!

Abhi.....you're toast!!! This whole thing is only only coz of you!!!!!!!

1. What is your full name? Suraksha R
2. When is your birthday? Dec 15, 1988
3. What is your sex? Female
4. Do you have siblings? Unfortunately!! Pesky kid sister!!
5. Who do you live with? Parents, GParents and aforementioned pain-in-the-neck!!
6. Are you single? Oh yea!!! As of 11/7/05...19.26 hrs
7. Do you have pets? Would luv to but....NO!!!
8. What is your hometown? Apna Chennai!!! where elz!!!
9. Where do you live now? Chennai

Part 2 - What is your favourite...
10. Colour? shades of blue, burgundy
11. Day? Friday....End of week and no IIT class!!! Double Bonus!!! :D
12. Month? Sept - Dec (rain!!!!) n May (Holz!!!) :D
13. Season? Monsoon......Bheege bheege mausam!!
14. Animal? Doggies!!!!
15. Flower? White roses or a mix of white n red roses
16. TV Show? reality or sport!!
17. Movie? Oh boy!! No fair!! Too many!!! The GodFather is all time tho!!! :D
18. Commercial on TV? Moods......hey!! no getting any ideas!!! itz jus really cute!!!
19. Song? Too many too!! but rite now bheege hont tere n woh lamhe!!
20. Food? Italian, Mexican.....Indian goes widout sayin!!
21. Disney Character? Donald Duck
22. Cartoon Character? T n J and Bugs Bunny (read "Heeyyy!!! wassup doc!!")
23. Non-alcoholic drink? Any fruit juice
24. Alcoholic drink? Don't drink. But frm wat i've tasted tequila wins hands down!! or should i say bottoms up!!!
25. Kind of dessert? Ice cream anytime!!!! Also creme brulee
26. Restaurant? Don Pepe, Kebab Factory, Wang's
27. Store? Odyssey, Landmark, Textile India

Part 3 - If you could...
28. Go anywhere in the world where would you go? All over Italy
29. Talk to anybody dead or alive who would you choose? Tom Cruise??!!!!
30. Do anything you wanted to what would you do? Keep travelling!!!! Non-Stop!!
31. Change one thing about the world what would you change? CAS!!!(God!! tatz bad!!)
32. Have one superpower, what would it be? Invisibilty ;)
33. Change one thing about your past what would u change? Nay!! won't change!! love me life!! :D

Part 4 - What is your least favourite...
34. Colour? Pink
35. Day? Tuesday...no particular reason...
36. Month? March-April!!!
37. Season? Summer
38. Animal? not animals.........insects tho!!!!! roachy thingies!!!!!!
39. Flower? you can't acutally hate flowers!!!
40. TV Show? ALL soaps!!!!
41. Movie? Chalte Chalte
42. Commercial on TV? The gaudy, jaal, jewellery ads!!!
43. Song? the useless gaanas !!!
44. Food? Hate for food not in my dictionary!!!
45. Disney Character? None. i guess they are all ok..
46. Cartoon Character? Mojo Jojo
47. Non-alcoholic drink? cucumber juice
48. Alcoholic drink? beer.....tastes bitter...yew!!!
49. dessert? souffles!
50. Restaurant? Jus Parathas
51. Store? Globus!!

Part 5 - If you\'re a girl fill this part in (guys skip to part 6)
52. What do you look for in a guy? looks, brains, sensitivity, gift of the gab, love for fun!!
53. Long or short hair? longish
54. Book smart or jock smart? lil' of both!! ;)
55. Tall or short? Taaallll!!! duh!!
56. Big or little muscles? moderate....don't like 'em too big!!!
57. Sweet/sensitive or Sweet/tough? sweet/tough/sensitive hehehe!!!

Part 6 - If you\'re a guy fill this part in (girls skip to part 7)
58. Tall or short?
59. Beauty or brains?
60. What do you look for in a girl?
61. Long or short hair?
62. Curly or straight?
63. Sweet or butch?


Part 7 - The first thing that comes to your mind when you hear....
64. Farm - crowd!!
65. Zoo - chimpanzees!!!
66. Red - chillis!!!
67. Bug - roaches!!!
68. Punk - piercings!!
69. Ralph - Lauren
70. Glue - Fevi Stik
71. Mouse - Mickey
72. Fire - Me!!
73. Life - Fun
74. Phone - Abhi!!!

Part 8 - In the next 10 years do you see yourself...
75. With a job? Yes!
76. Married? yup. My dad'll make sure of tat one!!!
77. With kids? hmmm...may be!!
78. In a different town from the one you're in now? Dunno!!
79. With a pet? No.. Don't think so..!!!
80. With a lot, or a little money? Lot of money.. Surely..
81. In your own house? Yea..surely..
82. Happy? Yes!!!!!! me always happy!!!!
83. Still friends with the friends you have now? Definitely!!!!!1 may be more!!!!

Part 9 - What is your favourite memory of...
84. Elementary school? school garden!!! and park and field trips!!
85. Highschool? Still there!!! ask me in a year!!
86. College? Ahem....
87. University?Again. Not yet....
88. Prom? We have proms in India?? Really?? since when??!!!!
89. New Years? Every single one's bin great!!! i get to do different things every time!!!! :D
90. St. Patricks day? N/A
91. Christmas? Holzz
92. Halloween? Not applicable
93. Summer? Hot, Holz!!!

Part 10 - Would you rather be...
94. Hot or cold? HOT
95. Tired or wired? Wired
96. Hungry or full? Full
97. Tall or small? Tall!
98. A lion or a tiger? Lion(ess)!
99. Canadian or American? Indian! Mera Bharat Mahan!!! (ahem ok!!)

Once more..........abhi....you dead!!!!!!!!! took me a good part of 20 min to do this!!!!! :P

Of Obsessions.....

Main Entry: ob·ses·sion
Pronunciation: äb-'se-sh&n, &b-
Function:
noun1 : a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly : compelling motivation
2 : something that causes an obsession- ob·ses·sion·al /-'sesh-n&l, -'se-sh&-n&l/
adjective- ob·ses·sion·al·ly adverb

Hmmm....make what you will of that. That, dear friend, is what an obsession is according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Anyway, the reason why i feel the need to blog about an abstract thought such as this is pretty complicated and i'm not so sure i know it myself. So let's jus spare it!!

Right now there is no short of obsessions in my life.....nor are my kith, kin and friends in any particular deficit of it. See, basically i'm obsessed with everything that's worth obsessing on. hehehe!!! ok ok....i know you think i've basically lost it and are gonna shut this window!!! Well...it's a democratic country. Suit yourselves!!!

Still reading i see.....well, where were we? Oh yes....Obsessions. Let me see, i talked to my friend about this and she was of the opinion that at any point of time in life, everybody has to have an obsession. Period!! Like take her case.
When she was 3 - teething toys. 8 - Lego Blocks. 13 - SV books (yuck!). 15 - the PHONE!!!. 17 - some smart-ass guy. And now......the same smart-ass guy!!! hehehe!!!

Ooookay!!! I can see those eyes narrowing and those fists clenching!!! Hold it mate!!!

Basically, i'm obsessed about something!!! About what....slight a let's jus chuck that!! It's just that it's been a passion ever since i can remember and now i'm being asked to hurl all of that outta the window!!!!! waaah!!! I did tell my mom. And my mom went "Hmmmm..." for such long time!! And protracted hmmms are NOT a good sign!! Well...anyway....she jus thought she'd better leave me to my antics lest i get it into my head to start bugging her for everything i can't find from pins to papers and umbrellas to underwear!!! She can't endure q's which start with, "amma...where is...."!!! hehehe!!!!!!!

Anyway, i guess as long as my obsessions, eccentricities and idiosyncrasies don't encroach in on the padipz territory of my brain......i will continue to have them and make the most of their vetti contribution!!!!! So there!!!!!!

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Oye!!

ahem.....taking into account my previous post, jus in case some of you think i've gone on a major i'm-the-biggest-sadist spree......DON'T!!! i'm still the perfectly sane, normal, cheerful person!!! :D
itz jus tat....last night i was in a weird mood (no...i'm not entertaining any "aren't you alwayz"s!!) and decided to put up one of my best "rock" type compositions!!! hehehe!!! ;) Anywayz....i want the general op. so plz do comment!!!! cheers!!!!! (see!! i'm happy!!)

Saturday, July 09, 2005

Prison Of Thought.....

Stuck where no one else can enter
Caged in my own misery
Left to fight with my own temper
Chained to the madness inside me

Sealed in a prison with no exit
Locked away in my regret
Trying to fend off my emotions
But they're too strong in my own head

I screamed out
With mute shout
But no one came to save me
I grabbed me
And stabbed me
In vain I tried to break free

Arrested
M olested
In blind rage madly I fought
But locked up
Now I'm stuck
In my own Prison of Thought

Wandering through the darkest shadows
Trying to escape this hell
Breaking down the walls to move on
Right into another cell

Tortured by sadistic pleasure
Bearing self inflicted pain
Trying to control the Anger
Building up inside my brain