Trainspotting

It’s a movie where you feel that you have been drugged. At least, I felt that! Danny Boyle’s 1996 blockbuster follows a group of heroin addicts & their course through life. The concept of the movie is fantastic. It’s not easy to make a movie based on drug addiction. Taking drugs, having sex, rehab, drug dealing, stealing, prison life and what not! The actors have done an excellent job. It’s probably the best movie I have watched in recent time. Here’s a small snippet of the movie…

Choose Life
Choose a job
Choose a career
Choose a family
Choose a fucking big television; choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers
Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments
Choose a starter home
Choose your friends
Choose leisurewear and matching luggage.
Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics.
Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves.
Choose your future.
Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?

I chose not to choose life.
I chose somethin' else. And the reasons?? There are no reasons.

Who needs reasons when you got heroin?

Railways.. A fascination!

Traveling in the railways has forever been my enthusiasm since my childhood. I remember my 1st train journey from Belgaum to Hyderabad. It was so fascinating. I was in 6th grade by then. I loved the journey ‘coz I was feeling as if I was exposed to the outer world which I never knew when I was staying in Belgaum. So, it was kinda learning experience for me & to this day, I’ll never forget it.
But the journey which was most unforgettable was the North India tour which I had undertaken a few months back. I was in the 2nd year of my engineering & by then I knew what India was like, how the people are. But I had never interacted with the North Indian natives. In India, the south Indian community is completely different from the North Indian community. We, as south Indians, differ a lot. Be it the language we speak, be it the dressing sense, be it the attitude towards the general public… It’s completely poles apart. And I realized it during my trip. I was heading to Delhi from Mumbai with 2 other friends. We were not in the same bogie due to some delay in the booking. I was alone at the other end & it kinda was “blessing in disguise” like. I met so many passionate personalities in my compartment. One personality was from Bihar & as like Biharis, he was praising his state, about Lalu Prasad. You see, Lalu is like an ICON in their state. Yu will never get a Bihari who doesn’t speak about either Lalu or his state itself. It’s like a pride for them if they speak about Lalu. And I quickly grasped that Bihar is seriously improving but under Nitish Kumar. And that unique personality never mentioned Nitish Kumar’s name. It was bizarre. I kept mum coz you never wanna get in any arguments with the Biharis. There was another distinctive person in the compartment. And he was heading to Kota. He was rather youthful. He sported a huge black moustache & the only thing he did in the train was eating. He jus ate & ate & ate. It was unreal! He never spoke a word & he dint have any opinion about the Bihar situation!
I met another guy & he was heading to Nainital (That was the place where I was heading too). He told me about the place, the chill factor at Delhi & much more informative stuff. He was a jovial person. He loved his state (Uttarakand) & he loved his place, Nainital. When I mentioned everyone that I was from Hubli, no one knew about the place. I told them that the place in Karnataka. Someone from the other compt asked is it near Belgaum. Thank God there was someone who knew about my state. I said YES! It’s a 2 hour drive from Belgaum. Then the conversation died as it was late in the night. I had to go the other bogie to have dinner with my friends. And there we met a Sardarji family who were traveling to Delhi. As everyone might be aware, a Sardarji brings color in your life. He was cheerful, happy-go-lucky kinda person. I loved his personality. He slept with his cute 3 year old daughter. I rushed back to my compt to hit the bed.
It was 8.30 when I woke up. We were nearer to Mathura & I saw that there was a college student in my bogie. He might have boarded the train from Kota. Kota is an educational hub of India. His name was Ansh. He was from Deharadun. We spoke about education, IIT, Uttarakand, Delhi. It was nice to speak with a student. I got down in every station the train stopped. Tea vendors, mithaiwalas, samosawala… Yu name it. It was a sea of people at every station. I had never ever seen such crazy people in my life. It was extraordinary. This is what I like about Indian railways. It unites people from every community. It’s a wonderful feeling when we meet citizens of different states, different background. Every other person in my compt was helpful. They took care of my luggage when I was not around. They shared their food with us, shared their thoughts. As they say, it happens only in INDIA! And I was feeling it this time.
I met some wonderful people on my way back & they were gr8 too. It was simply amazing to meet so many beautiful people. I think I was lucky to have these personalities amongst me. I loved North India a lot. They love to speak, speak about anything. And that’s what makes India a fabulous nation! And the one which connects the people is the railways.

Stuff I found out recently

1. The nail on my left little finger has grown too long & I don’t have the urge to cut it!
2. My lab partner scratches his ass way too often & it irks me a lot!
3. My college has a room called “Board room” & I was not aware of it!
4. I’ve friend called ‘Angel’ in my orkut friend’s list.
5. My Adam’s apple is not as prominent as it should have been. So, I may still grow!
6. That my friend dopes & he loves it.
7. That the movie ‘Trainspotting’ is about drugs. I thought it was a movie about train robbery! :p
8. I’ve too many pens in my bag & none of them are mine!

'Ass'ignments!!

Assignments, assignments and more assignments! Whao… I just can’t believe these professors can be so harsh (well, they are harsh always - but just to say). “Complete this today,” “submit that tomorrow itself” - and what not was the prime sentence of every professor today… Man, they should actually remember how they felt when they were studying… I guess they dint have any assignments to write in 80s. But why the hell do they eat our heads! It’s a freaking job to complete one assignment. The whole idea of an assignment is to COPY from a guy who is the class topper! The professors know this, but too they give these huge assignments. Our college is an autonomous one. They can make their own rules. They can even scrap the assignments. But it will never happen! They want to torture the students & make them impotent by the time they complete their engineering course. Pity on us :(

Quote

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”

-John Lennon

My LOVE poem!!

"Try some new stuff"! My friend told to me the other day when I told him that I only visit orkut, Yahoo, facebbok & all these crapy sites!
I searched for some new 'stuff' on google the other day and I found this "Your love poem". It was kinda strange. We have to write our favorites & some other things that the website asks you. And finally it gives a poem based on your words.. Here was my "LOVE POEM"! Bear IT!


Your skin glows like the Grapes, blossoms Radiant as the Black rose in the purest hope of spring.
My heart follows your Keyboards voice and leaps like a Cheetah at the whisper of your name.
The evening floats in on a great Kingfisher wing.
I am comforted by your Casuals that I carry into the twilight of Koala bearbeams and hold next to my Adam's apple.
I am filled with hope that I may dry your tears of Breezer.
As my Forehead falls from my Bikini, it reminds me of your Mobile.
In the quiet, I listen for the last Quiet of the day.
My heated Middle finger leaps to my Speedo. I wait in the moonlight for your secret Tin so that we may Love as one, Middle finger to Middle finger, in search of the magnificient Blue and mystical Magician of love.


Its funny! Try this at your own RISK! :p
Here's the link..
http://www.links2love.com/poem_generator.htm

100 things about me.. lolz!

Today I read the blog "Mindspace" and decided to write 100 things about me. Here goes the tag stuff "100 things about me"

ABOUT U:
1. What's your name→ Adarsh
2. Nicknames→ Adya, Addy, Pedi etc etc
3. Homeland→ Hubli
4. Zodiac sign→ gemini
5. Male or female or transgendered → Male
6. Elementary→ I can't remember....
7. Schools → 3 schools
8. Colleges → Chetan Science college and SDM Engineering college, Dharwad
10. Hair color → Black
11. Long or short → Short
12. Do you have a crush on someone? → Yes..
13: Ever been in love? Nope!
14. Piercings → never tried
15. Tattoos → Wanna try once
16. Righty or lefty → Righty

FIRSTS :

17. First English movie → Jurassic Park
18. First best friends → Vishwanath and some others..
19. First sport you joined→ Athletics
20. First pet → never had one!
21. First vacation → My granny’s place.. Hubli!
22. First concert → Hubli’s own band.. Mesmerize!
23. First crush → Sindhu.. Her smile. AH!!
24. Eating → ??
25. Drinking → Purple Haze, Bangalore
26. I'm about to → drink some water
27. Listening to → Yellow (Coldplay)

LASTS:
28. Last beverage → Coffee
29. Last phone call → Abhimanyu..
30. Last text message → to abhimanyu again
31. Last song you listened to → Lost (Coldplay)
32. Last time you cried → Lolz! I don’t remember

HAVE YOU EVER:
33. Dated someone twice → never dated anyone once....lol
34. Been cheated on? → Hmm… Ya!
35. Kissed someone & regretted it? → never kissed someone yet!
36. Lost someone special? → Nope!
37. Been depressed? → Yeah! Last week..
38. Been drunk and threw up? → Never!

HAVE YOU:
39. Made new friends → in last two months...no new friends...
40. Fallen out of love → Naa
41. Laughed until you cried → Many times..
42. Met someone who changed you → Hmmm. Nope!
43. Found out who your true friends were → Yeah! Recently..
44. Found out someone was talking about you → Nahi!
45. Kissed anyone on your friend's list → Naa
46. Made the first Move → Never.....I am not brave enough to approach someone...
47. Do you have any pets → Nope!

YOUR FAVOURITES:
48. Fav Novel → Anything for you, ma’m.
49. Fav EPL team → Manchester United!
50. Fav Actor → Morgan Freeman
51. Fav Actress → Kate Winslet
52. Fav color → Black
53. Fav Band → Pink Floyd
54. Fav Movie → The Shawshank Redemption
55. Fav destination → Coorg
56. Fav sport → Football
57. Fav stand up comedian → Russell Peters

YOUR FUTURE :
58. Want kids? → depends upon her
59. Want to get married ? → depends upon me
60. Careers in mind? → IPL CEO!!
61. Settling in a Big Villa? → Depends on her
62. Day or night? → night
63. What day is tomorrow? → Tuesday
64. Challenges? → To clear 4th sem
65. Drive with windows up or down? → I don't know how to drive...
66. Scared of Death? → Yes!
67. Cook or Clean? → Cook
68. Lips or eyes → Lips
69. Hugs or kisses → hugs
70. Shorter or taller → taller
71. Older or Younger → younger
72. Romantic or spontaneous → Spontaneous
73. Nice stomach or nice arms → nice arms...
74. Sensitive or loud → sensitive.
75. Hook-up or relationship → Hmmm… Unsure!
76. White light or Yellow light. → White lights
77. Trouble maker or hesitant → Trouble Maker.

HAVE YOU EVER :
78. Kissed a stranger → never
79. Lost glasses/contacts → Nope! Don’t use them.
80. Found money on the road → yes
81. Sex on first date → Let me have a date first
82. Broken someone's heart → No! I’m a nice guy!
83. Had your own heart broken → Yup!
84. Held a snake? → Nope! It freaks me out!
85. Been arrested → Nope!
86. Turned someone down → !!
87. Cried when someone died → Ya!
88. Liked a friend that is a girl/boy? → Nope!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
89. Yourself → I do.
90. Miracles → Yeah!
91. Love at first sight → Nope!
92. Heaven → Yup! Hoe it’s a nice place!
93. Santa Clause → Nope!
94. Peace in this lifetime → Hope to get it!.
95. Kissing on the first date? → Kidding me?!
96. Angels → Na!
97. Is there one person you want to be with right now? → Yup! Shailesh.. Wanna hear his love story!
98. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time in the past? → Rubbish!
99. You will die Young → Hopefully NO!
100. Quote: Love all… SERVE all!

There she goes!

Venue: BVBCET
Date: 17th April
Occasion: Annual Gathering “Sparsh 09”

It was an evening that I will never forget. I & my friends gathered at the quadrangle of the college to watch the dance shows & the music shows. Two of my friends went to the other side of the quadrangle to meet their class friends. After 5 minutes, my cell beeped.

AB (My friend at the other end): Dude.. S is here!!(I wont take the name of the persons involved here)

A (Myself): Wat! Where?!

AB: She’s rite infront of me. She’s looking stunning!

A: Where are you?

AB: Opposite the right speakers. Come quick

A: M is with me. Can’t leave him alone

AB: It’s okay. Come here man.

A: Okay. I’ll be der in a second.

I told M that I’ve to meet this friend of mine and I’ll be back in few minutes.
I ran across the green grass to get a glimpse of my crush of 4 years. She had been my college mate in 11th & 12th. I had never spoken to her till now. I just used to admire her beauty (Weird). I moved towards AB.
A: where is she?

AB: There she is (Pointing to a girl right opposite to us)

There she was. Looking stunning as ever. Clad in her orange salwar kameez, she was standing with her friends, watching the dance show. She was looking beautiful. Her shining ear-rings, her beautiful smile… Ah! It drove me crazy! I told AB that I wanna meet her. But I have this phobia of not speaking with gals. And it was haunting me again. I have hardly spoken to girls in my whole life. And here again, I was hesitant to speak to her. She knew my name & who was I but she never spoke to me and I don’t complain about it ‘coz boys should take the initiative first.
I messaged V, a classmate of S and my best friend among girls.
A: Where are you?

V: Opp left speakers.

A: Okay. Can you come near EEE dept?

V: Ok. Give me a second.

V appeared near the dept & I told the reason why I had called her.

V: Ok. Wat should I do?

A: Do something. But I wanna speak to her.

I was still apprehensive to meet her. I was kinda scared! V and I spoke & spoke but I dint agree on anything! Finally I made up my mind and said “Leave it”. AB came up & said “I knew you would do this”! He had been my best friend since 11th and he is still now. By this time, she had left the college and I was still wondering how to meet her!
I have been doing this from past 4 years! And I still don’t have the solution to talk to girls. I again missed the opportunity to speak to her and this time I felt like crying!
Help me God! Help me! :’(

Dumb, Dumbest!

Rakhi ka swayamvar!!
Have you heard about this show?
It’s the same old not-so-hot, funny, pathetic looking Rakhi Sawant’s new show where she’s finding a husband for her! Yay! You heard it right! It’s a reality show if I’m correct! What is wrong with the people!? Rakhi is dumb but wat has happened to the channel producers? Get a life guys! And ponder over this… Headlines today having a half an hour discussion about the show! I mean this is just an icing on the cake! When will Headlines Today stop acting as a bunch of nerds?

Its SHOE time

It all started with an Iraqi journo hurling his ‘polished’ shoes on “the most hated person in the world” George Bush & now it’s the turn of our very own Home minister, Mr. Chidambaram. Jarnail Singh did what no other journo had done in this country. Throw a shoe at the nation’s top minister. The shoe narrowly missed PC (As he’s fondly called). This was embarrassing for the minister and the media community also. The media as always hyped this news the same day. Jarnail Singh was the hero of the moment. One channel even asked “which brand of shoes were they?” I mean, Indian media sucks! So many repeated questions, so many senseless questions... Headlines Today is probably run by the DUMBEST people on this earth. They should be banned! Or else ban those journos atleast!
This week it was the turn of Congress MP Naveen Jindal to get a shoe bite! The show thrower this time was a drunken school teacher! That is hilarious! I don’t know whether the MP deserved this or not, but he certainly was pissed off. This elections is gonna be huge. But all it seems the attention is going to the shoes, hate speeches and money! Hope to see some more shoes fly from the protestors… Cheers!

Shoulder came out!

I got this piece of gem from a website. There was press release by the BCCI regarding the injury about Manoj Tiwary. Here it goes..
Mr. Niranjan Shah, Hon Secretary, BCCI announcing the following update on injury of Manoj Tiwary.
"Manoj Tiwary sustained an injury to the right shoulder while fielding at Dhaka. His shoulder came out and this was then relocated by Indian team physio Mr. John Gloster.
Today Dr Anant Joshi examines Manoj at Mumbai and his MRI revealed a tear of antero inferior labrum. Considering Manoj's age and demands of his dominant arm, arthroscopic shoulder surgery will be done by Dr Joshi on Monday. Post surgery, he is likely to be in a sling for three to four weeks and will then require rehab before full function can be achieved."
Kudos to the BCCI for keeping such dumb fellows as their spokesperson!
Just picture this. Picture Manoj Tiwary's shoulder coming out while fielding (has anybody in the BCCI heard of a book called the dictionary?). After an obviously painful injury, imagine him (all of him, at least that's what is implied by the release) being cooped up in a sling. Manoj Tiwary would be laughing in the hospital reading this press release. Wake up BCCI! Get some new spokesperson.
Are we to assume this is what will happen when Sharad Pawar takes over as President of the ICC?
Think!