Sleep

wish i didn't have to sleep...

easiest thing to blog abt,

1)LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER: Chronicles of Narnia Price Caspian, pretty engrossing, forgettable, movie made for the popcorn generation. Since i havnt read the book, the movie was quite impressive.with all the magic n animals n the usual narnic stuff..
2)WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?: For whom the bell tolls by Hemingway. My second Hemingway after Old Man and the Sea. looking forward to a depressing and sad time.
3)FAVORITE BOARD GAME? : As a kid, i never used to play board games. Now I play Monopoly.
4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? : Nothing really, Depending on my mood I read everything I can put my hands on, or i won't read at all. Have been reading Maxim on and off cuz my friend buys it.. Never really picked up the habit of reading magazines. I think I hate most of the news-magazines thats around.
5. FAVORITE SMELLS? : I like the smell of wheat mixed with Jaggery, the smell of soil when the first rain falls, I can't think of anythin else.
6. FAVORITE SOUND? : Pitter patter of rain, wind chimes far off, wide variety of Music from Bob Marley to Pink Floyd to coldplay to Ben Kweller..
7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? : when i do something stupid, which causes a lot of harm.
8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE?: I don't think. I generally look at the clock/mobile and hope i still have a cigarette around.
9. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE? : Nothing. The only fast food i indulge is in Cheese Burst pizza from dominos. Other than that its the cafeteria in my office and the umpteen mallu bakeries around my house for Puffs n tea n fag.
10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? : I don't think I'l have one. actually i don't want one.
11. FINISH THIS STATEMENT. "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I’D...? : buy a resort on a Hill-station with a huge plantation.
12. DO YOU DRIVE FAST? : Fast? No. Careless? yes!
13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? : are u kiddin me?
14. STORMS-COOL OR SCARY? – Totally awesome!!!
15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? – Hopefully I'll have one in the future.
16. FAVORITE DRINK? : Cold beer. Abscinth (even though i'd it only once).
17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD..” – study :P... probably read more, do everything i do perfectly.
18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI? : Except for some variety of grass, i shun all other green leafy vegetables..
19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE? : Blue. Azra i believe its called in Arabic. Its been a whim of mine for a long time..
20. NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS YOU HAVE LIVED IN : Thrissur, Bombay, Palakkad, Calicut, Trivandrum, Cochin, Kollam, Kasargod, Chennai, Delhi, Bhopal, Panaji, etc??? It includes overnight stays too!!!
21. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? : f1, f1, f1 and wait more f1? Hate cricket, soccer is watchable, tennis occasionally.
22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU : even though i've studied with her for 4 years, I don really know her. shes good at whatever she does(), Practical, pragmatic, she reads a lot, and is sensible?.. im not sure if its a gr8 thing though..
23. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? : the floor? My bed is on the floor...
24. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN? : totally... but this time hopefully i'l do things differently!!!
25. MORNING PERSON, OR NIGHT OWL? : neither... i mean i can be either.. as the need occurs.
26. OVER EASY, OR SUNNY SIDE UP? :neither if i can help it. Not a big fan of eggs...
27. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX? : Anyplace as long as Im not in my senses..
28. FAVORITE PIE?: Apple Pie... I don have any other if i can help it.
29. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? : hate ice-creams. I mean i'd prefer anythin else to ice-creams..
30. OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU TAGGED THIS TO, WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST? : not gonna tag anybody....:D

Capitalist economy n autodrivers

I seriously don't know whats the big deal about the auto drivers cheating everybody. Profit is the primary motive of any business venture. So if any sundry businessman can exploit you for his/her profit, why not an auto guy. You need a service. And the auto-guy is providing the service. You have a choice - take the rick or take any other mode of transportation. If you are taking the rick then you'll have to pay what the auto-driver asks for. Cuz the auto is his property. He has a virtual monopoly over the rick.. So he can ask for whatever he wants. And you can accept it or try maybe a bus or something. Of course there are govt regulations, but when half the ppl are breaking the laws one way or another, when the big corporations are using every loophole to maximise their profit, why blame just the auto-driver?
And more than that, you have an option to complain against the auto-driver. How many of us actually do that?
Most of us don't have any moral rights to whine n crib against the auto-drivers.
Its not like I havnt had my share of tiffs with the auto-drivers, but then if i need the auto that badly i don't mind paying whatever he asks for.

Scientist Part 1

The scientist considered his research to be of paramount importance.His daily schedule went something like research, research, research,study, understand, and finally eat and sleep if he finds time.He was working day in and day out. His life revolved around his lab.Nobody ever knew of the Scientist outside the lab. He was what he was.His research defined him. Outside of his work he was nothing. But there was no reason why he should be associated with anything other than his experiments and labs.

As time went by the scientist forgot about himself. He lost touch with others and generally avoided everybody. He had minimal contact with the outside world.

And then came the huge breakthrough. He published his findings.Awards and accolades came searching for him. Money and fame had found their new abode.

And then he finally took a break. He left the lab and he reached a hill station. Watching the serene calm snow capped mountains he thought about himself. He realized he had no clue who he was. A sudden bout of hopelessness hit him. He wondered if he did right by doing what he did.

He didn’t have any answers. He asked himself if it was really worth it. He wondered what made the life worth living. He started walking. No one ever heard of him again. Search parties found a well preserved albeit frozen human body after some days.

trilogy based on nietzche:Part 3: Death of Self

Death of Self
He was the dude everyone wanted to be.
He was cool, handsome, witty and smart.
He had enough intelligence to pass the exams.
Enough money to do whatever he wanted to.
But he was never like that. He had started play acting when he was small. Whatever that others saw and admired in him was just a facade. Till the time he realized that he didn't know the empty shell that he had become. He didn't recognize the himself. His likes and dislikes were totally alien to him.
He realized the truth at last.
The truth that being yourself was never going to take him anywhere in his quest for the self.
He had two options. He could still be himself and make himself believe that he is having a great time in his life and that he doesn't care about the ultimate truth. Or he could go back and be who he was and try understand life, his dreams and the Truth.
He decided to play act.
His conscious mind mourned its untimely death.
Another plastic figure was at display.

trilogy based on nietzche:Part 2: Yet Another Unexplained Suicide

Yet Another Unexplained Suicide
When he was a kid he always wanted to be a pilot. His parents were totally supportive.
He studied hard. Maintained his body well. It was like his sole purpose in his life was to be a pilot.
He finished his final school year with good marks. His parents were rich enough to send him to a flying school.
Finally his dream was going to be fulfilled. He was a natural at the flying school. His flying instructors were amazed at his dedication and skills.
He soon graduated the flying school with flying colors, literally.
He was recruited by one of the biggest Airlines in the world with a fat paycheck.
The day he was supposed to join and start flying for a career, he realized the truth.
The truth that nothing is permanent. What he is striving for doesn't really matter.
He is just another insignificant being in yet another insignificant world.
He realized whatever he was trying to prove was proved and that its not much, that its not a big deal.
He quit the job and commited suicide.
The newspapers hailed it as yet another unexplained suicide.

trilogy based on nietzche:Part 1: Death of Hope

Death of Hope
He had wanted to do a lot of great things in his life.
He always used to think he was alive and kicking for a reason. He knew that the mundane and everyday things were not for him. He was doing it till he does his GREAT thing. He always fantasized the time when he would be famous and everyone will look upto him.
He finally he realized the truth.
The truth that whatever he had always believed in was pure fantasy. Theres nothing important about his life. The people he thought were his ideals had grave faults that they used to hide or which he was too unwilling to believe existed when he was a believer.
Anyways he continued living. Without hope, without anything to look forward to, without a will to commit suicide.
There was nobody to mourn him except his self adorned self pity at the death of his Hope.