a dose of ramble

i don't chat often... i don't like the idea of words appearing on screen...talking to an inanimate monitor....
if my great great grandmom wud have seen me laughing at a monitor... she'd straight away head me to the mentals.... if they had n e in those days...
n e ways, Radhakrishnan starts his bk - Religion and Culture with ...The world has been shrinking at an increasing pace with the advance of communications and technology... and i talked with my fren half way across the globe as if she were beside me through this inanimate screen... and i was thrilled by the presence of her.. and it brought back good memories and we chuckled with the he he and ha ha typed all over...
and people fall in love with their web cams on .... and the voice chat thing....all these make face to face an old fashioned community... but i am one of the old fashioned ones... nothing beats the f2f thing....
one of my frens... actually two of my frens whose b'days just went by this jan... got a little cross... no cards.. u didn't wish me she said....
i don't like e-cards, i said... especially finding the right one... sending n e of them at random is irrelevant.... the process of choosing a good one is irritating.... you need to be lucky... n for me who is totally unfatalistic or is it infatalistic?...i don't have the patience...
and with all the customizing we talk in marketing... i jus wonder how much of it i get as a customer...
so there is this trend i find pretty interesting ... customizing reminds me of this....
the kathmandu market is all for one piece thing for a change... i got a gift for my friend... i wanted a ditto a few days later for another of my friends... and the lady at the counter says... no, we only make one piece.. that makes them special...wow!
and i bought a kurta piece... found it damaged... i want the ditto piece ... just exchanged for a good one.... no, says the bald man among the colorful dozen kurta pieces... they just come in one pieces, they are special.... in a rage, i felt like 'to hell with special... could some one pls bring the mass production back...'
but as soon as i thought of it ... i took back my thoughts... suddenly i remembered the chinese goods' inundation... how can n e one forget that... we are still trying to gasp for some air under it.

which one

You are...
the place you work in...
the bike you ride...
the brand of jeans you wear...
the place you live in...
the music you listen to...
the book you read...
the cell you use...
the contacts you got...
the friends you keep...
the places you go...
the words you speak...
minus these... and what you got? clones?
who was it that ever mentioned branding's on the wane?

Lost under Ground

The generator and the water pump make the background music of hummmmmmmmmmmmm........... all the while......
Two souls pore over the black computer, the white phone and the Naipaul. On regular intervals the three activities are interchanged to make it the least boring. On a sunny day, of the 20 tubelights in the hall, 6 are put on... this is the irony. It is cold.. thus, hot air blows in from an electric machine. The honks and ponks of the vehicles plying on the road, are heard overhead.. very different from a normal experience of down below on the streets... it is up on the streets. 15 empty seats face different directions as they are left as-it-is after the last meeting... on two cushioned chairs, the blank faces try to do something... they just don't know what... one of them check the corner of the computer screen to read 4:30 aloud... the other check her wrist watch to say 'one more hour', as if to confirm. At the end of the day, they are as blank as they started off with. Thank god mobile phones work.

check out

Seems like everything is down....
Shristy's mood is off....
the workload is off....
The room lights are off...
will catch you later...
'coz don't think this will be posted...
the blogger thing seems off too in the office too...

knock knock

Click. Dial..Dial..Dial..(Punch some numbers)
Milan is on the fone (all suited booted.. with a tie)
"Film herira??"
"..........." (i don't kno the other side ...may b der was nobody... may b he was acting ... may b it was his brother... may b it was his dog... or may b it was his gf)
"disturb bhayo ho?"
"............."
"la ta ma rakchu.."
Click.

+gOOd+ definitely

+Coffee is good+Good movies are good+A nice warm evening by the fireside is good+A call from a faraway fren is good+Tomorrow's plan for a foursome game is good+Dream of a nice future is good+Planning with a new found fren is good+Seeing someone close, happily married off is good+Hot hot bread butter and honey is good+Finding constellations on the upturned bowl above is good+Good laugh on a stupid joke is good+Enjoying a wholesome party is good+Shopping for the right things in the right places is definetly good+Having lots a cash in hand more often than not is always good, though rarely blessed with+A 360 degree view from nagarkot top or swayambhu top or dharahara top is good+reading a thriller by the lampshade in the middle of the night is good, especially when the xams near+getting good grades without studying is good+checking a word in the dictionary and finding it as you guessed is good+reading chekhov, gorky, dosteyvsky(hope i got the spellling right) is good+ discovering a good book without a reco is good+walking under the warm sun without a worry in the world is good (very rare again)+freak out parties are good+a long nice speedy bike ride all uphill is good+comfortable shoes that are also nice looking is good+an all purpose hairstyle is good+long lasting mushy soft chocoalates are good (wonder who makes these)+getting a good and honest feedback is good+frens who can digest ur nonsensical jokes are good+frens who can get irritated with you is good+all the conflict you get everyday bickering with your siblings is good+The all commanding dad to keep u in track is good+Philosophizing irritatingly on every thing to bore you to eternity is good... everything is good... and the best thing is 'this' positive and optimistic attitude which makes every small thing in life and matter seem good, wish i had it more often... have a very good day i!i! Bestest of all.

happy

She went to the last aisle in the store.. and took the smaller bottle from the row. It said - "Happynez-UnlimiteD... take two teaspoonful twice a day"
Sita had been totally frustrated with everything around her - her marriage had been a total disgust.. she had flunked her MS and lost all hopes of getting a DV.
So she had come to the store for the all-purpose, full of controversy - Happiness Potion. She wanted to smile :) and make merry like all others. And she least cared about the side effects at this moment.
She paid at the counter and smiled as she slipped the little bottle into her purse... she could already feel the effect.. she wanted to dance.

Follow me

You don't know how you met me
You don't know why,
You can't turn around and say good-bye
All you know is when I'm with you I make you free
And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
I'm singing

Follow me,
and Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
- Follow Me (Uncle Kracker)


:-)