Up and down goes the swing of life.

It is, for me, an un-explainable phenomenon. Its strange and amazing...
the human moods and emotions. I have gone through a gamut of
human moods in the past few weeks. Some of these mood swings
have been so without a reason and that is what has surprised me.
(Its not the first time I am experiencing this, but now that I have a blog
to vent it out... why not!) Right.. so what caught my attention was today
morning. For no rhyme or reason I was so cheerful and jolly and couldn't
trace a frown on my forehead. Whereas just yesterday I was an irritated
b*t*h.! Some of you might vouch for it.. :)

Anyway, so today morning when I was howling loud in my car trying to
match Bryan Adams it struck me. The contrast. Nothing much had changed
from yesterday and still here I was ... all happy and eager... in stark
contrast to my prevalent mood of yesterday.

Not thinking too much about it... just being... :)


So long.

Sing-a-long........

There's this program on VH1 called..."You are the song!" or something.
(Btw, if you don't watch VH1 from 11pm - 12pm.. you are missing on some real
classics being played every night.)
Right.. So this set me thinking and I was thinking as to which song I would be..
if I were a song! As usual.. I would a medley of many songs :D
So then I thought I will make a compilation of my favourite songs and then
categorise them.. So here you go..

Most inspirational song - "When the going gets tough" - Boyzone
Most romantic song - "When you say nothing at all" -Boyzone
"I love the way you love me"- Boyzone
"Have I told you lately" - Rod Stewart
"Truly Madly Deepti ..er Deeply" - Savage Garden

Best regret song - "25 Minutes" - MLTR
Most sensuous song - "Lets make a night" - Bryan Adams
"Making love out of nothing at all" - Air Supply

Best Introspective/Meditative song - "Coming back to Life" - Pink Flyod
Best Moving-On song - "Romeo and Juliet" - Dire Straits
Most tacky song - "I wanna be" - Bryan Adams
Most desperate song - "Do I have to say the words" - Bryan Adams
"I want you to need me" - Celine Dion
Most dedicated song - "Everything I do" - Bryan Adams
Most uplifting/fun song - "Volare" Gypsy Kings
Song of our lives - "With or without you" - U2
Best sad goodbye song - "Hardest thing" - 98 Degrees
Most upfront song - "Buffalo Soldier" - Bob Marley
Most rebellious song - "Its my life" - Bon Jovi
Most confident song - "Cant escape my love" -
Most optimistic song - "November Rain" - GNR
Best missing-you song - "Like the deserts miss the rain" - Everything but the girl
Best remorseful song - "Careless whisper" - George Michael
Most In-your-face song - "You're still the one" - Shania Twain
Most reassuring song - "Right here waiting" - Richard Marx
"Patience" - GNR
Most assuaging song - "Everybody hurts" - REM
Best dance song - "Hips dont lie" - Shakira
"Gasolina"
Most adorable song - "Can't help falling in love" - UB40
"Simarik" - Tarkan

Best instrumental - "The rain must fall" - Yanni
"Children" - Robert Miles

Special mention - "I believe I can fly" - R Kelly

Hmm.. quite a list. I think now I should get to the worst songs as well.
Soon. :)
So long........

Kabhi khushi kabhi gum..

Par gum ka sathi rum... :) So always stock up rum at your place.. never know what life shoots your way!

Will you be my Valentine?

Almost everyone seems to be in the mood for love today!
Are you too? Join the club !! :o)

So let us look at what various people think, say and do on this day.

There is huge bunch of them doing things that they otherwise
wouldn't. Buying mushy stuff, going fine dining, going out on luxurious
excursions... you name it. People seemingly going out of their way
to prove their love to their beloved. People spending enormous
amount of money to impress their date. (A lot of people also get
beaten up.. hehe :)) This day is planned months is advance, gifts
bought, tables booked, cruises readied and what not. Hmmm... Wow !

Then there's the other big bunch - who hate this day. Not because
they are single or something, but because they dislike the concept
of having one day set aside to wear their heart on their sleeve. They
go to lengths trying to express their angst against this supposedly
"western culture" corrupting young, impressionable minds of the
imported jeans flaunting, tatoo-ed indian youngsters!
I would like to familiarize them with the Indian culture which too
has days set aside for special people. For eg, 'guru purnima' is to
honor the guru and show gratitude.Similarly
'raksha bandhan/bhai dooj' is to show your affection and respect for
your sibling. One of the four days that Diwali is celebrated in
Maharashtra is "bali pratipada". This day is for the couple to show
their love, respect and commitment to each other. So I do not think
celebrating Feb 14 is a crime. But some people do.

As such, I kinda agree to the concept and disagree as well. Not being
a diplomat, mind you. I agree to having a day set aside to openly
display your affection, respect, gratitude, thankful-nesss (?), to
people who by even just being in your life make it so meaningful.
What I do not agree to is the idea that people have in their minds..
That 1 day will make it up for all the things I promised but couldn't
deliver the remaining 364 days of the year! Know what I mean... ?
How can you being nice and mushy and emotional one day of the year
help wipe away your not-so-appreciated behaviour ? I would then
rather have 364 good days than 1 all-out day. :o)

Another word for/about singles. I love people who are single and
love it! I until lately was one of them (and who knows I might rejoin
my clan soon!) :D Well, this day is particularly harsh on them.
I mean whats wrong in being single on this day ?! As long as you
love it that is!! But the world around always expect you to hitch
with somebody and make your life worthwhile!
Why? Can't person's passion be his art, his work or just 'being' ?!!
Well this is a tough pill to make society, especially Indian society,
to swallow. Don't get me wrong. I am not denying that 'love makes
the world go round'... All I am saying is "love also makes the world
go round" :) Sneaky huh... ?

My idea of celebrating this day.. well, guess a single stem of a rose
would do (but would love a room full of them)... a single chocolate
shared (but a handful of liqueur chocolates will go well)... a coffee
is good (but the most aged wine will be more romantic)... a decent
dinner is all I need (but eating at my fav fancy restaurant will
earn you brownie points)... and lastly a hug is the best gift (can
vouch for this any day.. but on this day the beautiful diamond
set would make me feel special for the rest of the year and ofcourse
will make me ignore all your wrong-doings till the next Feb 14th)
:o)

Well enough gyan I guess. You guys go get some red roses for
your 'respective' Valentine's and enjoy the chocolate and the wine !
Tata...

Trying to be regular

Second day of the week. Feels good to be have one less work day :) Ofcourse I did work from home yesterday, so my
ecstasy is pretty fake ! Whatever.
hmm.. I have relatively less work today. Will endeavour to use this time
constructively ( you'll get to know tomorrow how constructive it was).
BTW, do you also find it difficult to say "No, thank you" or "Thanks but I
will pass" ? Well I declined one job offer today and ping'ed the manager
to convey my decision. It was so awkward telling him that I didn't want
to join his project. You know what... I think you feel awkward only when
you are not convinced yourself about that "NO".
Agree? Well yes, we are all conditioned to be liked by other humans.
So most times we don't know why we feel guilty when we say NO, but in
most important matters I believe one should know their mind. What say?
Think I am out of mind doncha? ;)
While that settles... let me come back to this later.

Whoa!! What a ride.

:) Hi... I am back. I guess with my course over now, I have no valid excuses...er..reasons to not blog anymore.
So lets see how long I stay up this time. Wish me luck.