over enthusiastic about nothing

well,
diwali just got over, i always get excited that yes!! now we celebrate!! but.... there is this thing, the fireworks are pretty short-lived, and diwali has lost its charm for me, every time i blast a bomb, i think "why do i do this?" coz the aftermath is just discomfort, ringing ears, and loads of choking smoke.. btw i drove the car in traffic today :-) yay!! and after we reached the destination, the driver called up my dad and told him im not ready for it so i have to go to those empty lots at the trade fair grounds again :-(

some related pics:-










ok, actually unrelated, but this is a pic of snowy, our close friend's dog (actually he is the son of my bitch, we gave him/it to them). in this i was tempting him with a piece of gujia (diwali sweet, so you see, it is kinda related)



pretty obvious what the things above are....


from left:- me, surangana, priyank, my bro...



also, our school (little angels) had an alumni dinner, and i kinda shifted my pune return dates for that, and although i don't totally regret going to it, it wasnt all that great, i mean, i would love to spend time with my friends, mainly nishant and neda etc in a private get-together or something, im not really into big parties i guess, fun and really really close friends are what matter in the end man, they are the ones you hang out with and shit.... and that is cool and perfect, no need to make elaborate plans, organize something big, just call up and say "meet me here at this time" and reach there without questions, something like that....

pics related to that:-


now i know this looks confusing and stupid but some of the guys happened to land up on each other like this and i somehow landed up with this photo, pretty funny.

and besides this i don't really have too many interesting photos to put up here.......


now, about my current musical foray, im drowning in songs by 'the fray', 'nine inch nails','the afters','snow patrol',' and have kinda re-discovered lifehouse, earlier i was under the impression that theyre just another bubblegum pop band and used to listen to a couple of their songs e.g:- 'somewhere in between', 'hanging by a moment' and the hugely popular 'you and me', but now im excessively listening to them, they've got awesome awesome (and some of my favourite) lyrics and jason wade's singing voice and talent is unnnnmatched, really love em right now, especially the songs 'come back down', 'days go by', 'everything' , 'spin' , 'sick cycle carousel', 'everybody is someone', 'you belong to me' and "Blind" (i think i owe the 're-discovery' to yasmeen's mad raving about them,Hmmm.....)


and yeah, my school (LAHS) is losing class, man, i wonder why it is considered the best in the city!!!! everything is to do with competition and winning, everything is kiddish, while other schools make an adult out of you, these people kinda make u a mess, i don't know how to explain it, but, it isnt really as good as it seems, there is so much of a facade to the school it's as if its whole picture to the world is the 'awards' the children have been over stressed and over pampered to achieve....the achievers are over-pampered, the under-achievers are given the cold shoulder, its an all-singing, all-dancing freakshow!! the favouritism is soooooo bad, the behaviour of everyone soooooo cheesy, its as if it's not about student development, but development of the image of the school so that more students are caught in the deathtrap that the fake smiles in the advertisements made look like such an 'awesome place to send your child'....the posters of some of the competitions and plays etc arent even put up on the bulletin board because the school knows which the 'best' students for the competition are, and it sends the kids to the competitions, wins the competition, and the students are awarded during the assembly as ppl wonder "when did this happen???"


there, ive said enough, and please don't argue with me on this, you probably were one of the 'achievers' if you think the school 'absolutely rocks!!', sheesh, i used to be an 'achiever', but i never let it get to my head, ok so im overconfident sometimes, im sure that's coz of this school, obviously the ppl who run the school care about the students at some level, but taking pride in the number of awards isn't the way of showing it, because not everyone wins awards, but everyone is affected by the lack of attention..... ever seen a principal calling an underachieving student their 'favourite' here??? its always the award winners, the liked ones...


looks like i hadn't said enough ;-)


now i have.....


ok i end with two pictures, the front....


and the rear view....



from my new house!!!! (under construction)



cya later children.

Those Lonavala trip pictures i promised.....

everyone grinning away for some reason :-)

awesome view of tiger valley.....

sepehr (from iran) with a camel out of all animals....

Me and sepehr...

all of us (the bikers) before we sped off back to pune...

all of us waiting at the train crossing...

Saumitra and an ecstatic karan...

organized crime

hi there, im in gwalior right now, and just as i was getting on the train i witnessed such an awesomely huge act of corruption it makes me cringe, my Bro's friend had come to drop us both to the station, and as he was leaving, two men just caught hold of him and asked him to show his mobile phone to them, they showed their ID as government people....now, he showed them the phone, and they looked thru everything, and they found a pornographic clip in it (no surprise, who doesnt have them nowadays???) and they said - "this is a cybercrime, you will have to pay us about 10,000 fine, or atleast 5,000", they also checked my bro's phone but didnt get anything, now, we discussed it with him (our friend, inside the train, with the men waiting outside) and told him to not give them a penny (we know the law has nothing against accessing and creation of pornography where the participant is above 18 years of age:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pornography_laws_by_region), and say that you want to talk to your dad and/or lawyer, so he went out, first tried to coax them into letting him go with simple pleas, and then, he told them - "ok, gimme my phone ill call my dad", so they said "won't your dad scold you???" so he said "yeah, maybe slap me a bit, but i have to give the money to the government don't i??" and so they reluctantly gave him the phone, and as he started dialing the number - "ok ok we'll let you go" they said, and then, sure as hell they did!!!

now, this shows clearly that these people were under the impression that our friend is a "delinquent-dad-fearing-rich-spoilt-kid" and that to keep this 'matter' away from his dad he will just give them the cash, this is high level corruption people, just demand to see your lawyer and these bastards piss their pants, they just play on emotions and the fear of ppl's 'reputation' being tossed, and cmon, our friend here is a bloody 26 year old bloke, not a kid.....

ok, besides that, this 'train' took me and my bro to gwalior, our home town, pretty uneventful train journey (how boring!!) now im home, the weather here is raw heat most of the time, some new shops have opened up in gwalior, and now my favourite fruit is available here, the majestic kiwi!!!! i just fixed up my year old guitar, and have been trying to 'online-teach' myself some basic chords etc. ill join proper classes in pune when i go back, one day i wanna play "you belong to me" by jason wade (of lifehouse) perfectly, one of my fav acoustic guitar songs, by now, ive achieved just the first few notes, self-learning guitar is hell!!! my nani (my mom's mom) is here too, and man, im so happy to see so much bloody food in the house!! in my pune apartment i had just tomatoes and those soup powders, but this place is stocked like anything, and as i entered my home, i fell in love with my plasma tv all over again (sigh) i was tellin my bro "just look at it, just look at that damn thing!!!" like a crazy person, its like a wierd fetish you know, you can never be truly happy without a plasma TV (My philosophy) first thing im buying when i start earning is one, hehe. i couldnt be more of a movie/TV buff, wish my dad would filthily spoil me and my bro, heehee, then we wud have a plasma in the apartment, ok, enough with the TV.

again, i have run out of things to say, as i said, uneventful = boring......

and yeah, apparently sepehr an mani are 'divorced' (had to enter a random stupid thing, gotta keep my blog interesting)

and yeah, not all my posts have to do with corruption, its just that corruption has to do with everything, so its kinda unavoidable sometimes.....

leave comments people.......

I Am Corrupt

it has happened with me three times now, first two times, i entered a two-wheeler no entry area by mistake (yes, the same one, twice) and today, i entered a one-way road from the wrong side.now, the policemen, are supposed to fine me for Rs. 200 and give me a receipt, this way, the money goes to the state, and is used for whatever. but, these policemen are shrewd businessmen, they say "instead of paying 200 and going to the booth for a receipt, just give us 100 and leave"

now, anyone would choose the latter and give a 100 rupee note and rush off, that is what i did, and man, usually i forget things like this, but it still bites me, i saved 50% of my cash, but lost all peace of mind and dignity (yeah, i can't find a better word, and this pretty much sums it up)

its like, i had a choice, whether to honestly give 200 bucks to the government, or give 100 cash to the fat corrupt policeman (even the most respectable looking policemen do this shit), and i did the cowardly thing, the thing that every criminal does, easy way of making money, its like stealing from your country (this sounds lame too, but our country pretty much sucks because of the same reason), its like using money you weren't supposed to have...... it sucks!!! I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone who would want to just 'get out of there' coz that is exactly what i did, its just that (although I'm gonna try to see those little boards saying 'one way' or 'no-entry') if this happens to me again, I'm gonna slog their asses, tell them i wanna pay 200 bucks and get a fucking receipt, whatever my wallet sez, and whatever my 'criminal instinct' inclines me to do.... and by the way, the phrase "as if i will make a difference" does not make any sense, think about it.

ok, in other news, i haven't posted since a loooooong time, so, to sum up the events:-

• went to the resurrection concert on 2nd oct
• awesome concert, got interrupted by the cops though due to 'elevated noise levels on gandhi jayanti', demonic resurrection rock!!!
• gave my IT Practicals, pulled all-nighters to complete the bloody assignments, got 94/100
• went to the 'Rock syndrome' rock competition, my college (SICSR) won two out of 5 awards, best bassist and best drummer
• Saw 'Rang de basanti' again at this film festival for free using prarthana's pass, that movie moves me every time, after seeing it, even the sleep at night seems different
• felt sorry for yasmeen coz she hasn't seen the movie :-D (this is dumb, but is related ot the last item in the list and comes under 'current events' so..)
• kinda realised that my bike has the worst mileage ever
• wallowed in self pity (i don't remember why, but its like routine nowadays)
• finally got a protective screen and removed the iPod's factory plastic thing.
• started eating tomatoes out of the fridge coz we're out of fruits
• lost like 10 kg's (thanks to yasmeen's weighing machine, i didn't have to go to the gym just for my weight) now im approximately 88
• kinda worried about the ever there swelling and occasional pain in my foot (some ligament thing)
• Gave my n-gage QD for repairs at the nokia service centre situated in the worst part of pune (think, pune's armpit) Swargate!!!
• ...................................er......yeah thats about it for now,ciao.