“WE HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS,

BUT SHORTER TEMPERS

WIDER FREEWAYS, BUT NARROWER VIEW POINT

WE HAVE MORE DEGREES,

BUT LESS COMMON SENSE

MORE KNOWLEDGE, BUT LESS JUDGEMENTS

MORE EXPERTS, BUT MORE PROBLEMS

WE SPEND TOO RECKLESSLY,

LAUGH TOO LITTLE, READ TOO SELDOM,

WATCH TV TOO MUCH AND PRAY TOO SELDOM,

WE HAVE MULTIPLIED OUR POSSESSIONS

BUT REDUCED OUR VALUES

WE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE LIVING BETTER

BUT NOT A LIFE

WE HAVE RAISED OUR BANK BALANCE

BUT LOST PEACE OF MIND

WE HAVE TROUBLE CROSSING THE STREET

TO MEET THE NEW NEIGHBOURS

WE HAVE CONQUERED OUTER SPACE

BUT NOT INNER SPACE

WE’VE DONE LARGER THINGS BUT NOT BETTER THINGS

WE WRITE MORE, BUT LEARN LESS

THERE ARE TIMES OF WORLD PEACE,

BUT DOMESTIC WARFARE…..”

UNIVERSAL LAWS

(These are the laws which i came across on the internet and found them really interesting!)

Rudin's Law:
In a crisis that forces a choice to be made among alternative courses of action, most people will choose the worst possible one.

Chisholm's Law:
Anytime things appear to be going better, you have obviously overlooked something.

Livingston's rule of accuracy:
When working toward the solution of a problem, it helps if you know the answer. Corollary: Provided, of course, you know there is a problem.

Weller's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

Hmmm.....I have finally found something interesting to write again!! This is about me and my crushes, 1579 in all! (Of course that’s a lie yaar!) Before starting I just want to make few things really clear...after reading this may be you feel I am a really big flirt who just keeps surfing between chicks you playboy kinda guy BUT THATS NOT ME! I just don’t hide my feelings and want to enjoy my life to the fullest! Of course I flirt but I have full respect for the more powerful half of this world! (With all dat reservation u babes have got, females definitely are more powerful.........again wid all due respect!)



And I know this has become a bit long but I never cut down on my words because then I feel I am restricting my emotions! It'll interesting nevertheless so go on! Let’s start.



I had two crushes till I reached class XI. First one was in class second. Then in class fourth on a girl who used to go with me to school!! Anyways it all started in class XI. The first serious crush was on a girl who was new to my school. Lets call her A (I would not use any names cos I don’t want them to hate me!!) I wasn’t really that confident by then when it came to proposing a girl!! But I did it nevertheless. It took her a days time to decide.......her answer was a YES and it only lasted for two days....the only benefit I got from this relationship was that she completed my whole days notes (instead of her own)in school when I was absent!!! Somehow it didn't work out after two days so I don’t really count this one as an affair... But she's still a good friend. In the mean while another girl proposed my best friend, Alok, but he was not interested. Even he doesn’t know but once she told me that it'd be great if WE (I and she) could be together!! Then, after three months, came the real serious one...I have heard a lot about holiday romances (all of us have) but never really expected it to happen to me. We had our school trip to Shimla and there I got close to a "friend". Let’s call her B.



You girls will never understand how difficult it’s for a guy to propose a friend!!!! You chicks have a common answer 99/100 times which makes our life really difficult "Oh! We're just friends!!" Anyways I still managed to ask her and she kept me waiting for a month!!! I was screwed all the time but I didn’t know the tricks then so I waited...finally she said YES. I wont go into the relationship cos I am telling you only about the proposes! All I can say is that I LEARNT A LOT from this one and finally when it ended after six months I knew all the rules of the game, mistakes which i wont commit again. I had good times and i had bad times. But the latter was more frequent so i ended it. But I must admit I was bloody upset when we had a break up!! And those who have gone thru this would understand how it feels, terrible to be precise. However I did pretty good things in school, led the school parade on republic day and won second prize, secured 92% marks in XII so things went off pretty well. Now comes the most interesting one. I finally decided that now I am going to play it safe. There’s a girl whom I consider my best friend. She really understands me well, we never have fights are very open and close to each other. I didn’t want to go thru all the breakup shit and it’s after effects again so I finally zeroed in on her cos I felt that it just can’t get any better! We would never have fights…………..blah blah blah and built my Cinderella story (I mean the male version of it!)



We had to go to see a movie (Taxi No. 9211) and I decided that I would pop up the question just 15 minutes before the movie starts so that if any thing goes wrong she’d be alright after watching the movie! (Look at my crisis management!! It didn’t work though!) The most funny thing was that I thought this time I wont have any problem in saying those words and proposing her cos I have said it twice before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(WARNING: Over confidence is injurious.) I choked…my heart was in my mouth ...and I was really nervous because I just didn’t want any thing to go wrong with our beautiful friendship (This always is the case with all the boys!!) Finally this is what I could manage:
Me: “hey! Can’t we be more than just friends???”
She: [after 3 minutes and 17 seconds] “No, I think we are good the way we are!”



Man, I wish I could dig and bury myself!! That’s was the first time I slept watching a movie. (I finally realized how good movie it was when I watched it again two months later.) And for the first time I found out how long our movies really are!!! She seemed to be unaffected though, enjoying the music, movie, John Abraham everything!!!



That day was one of the most depressing days I have lived! First I was shattered because I never really expected this. She was my best friend and knew me very well. I thought if the person who knows me really well rejects my proposal, there’s something wrong me. Secondly, I had met a girl on the internet and we had become good friends. She had asked for my pic and I had emailed it to her. I came back home dejected only to find her mail that I wasn’t good looking enough to match up her high standards. (She’s a great friend now!)



Sone par suhaga!!!!



Anyways the best thing I like about me is that after every bad phase in my life, I get up and become the same happy and optimistic person again. So I am back to my best living and enjoying life. Now coming to why I wrote this blog. Actually I read a quote somewhere recently which said "The greatest comedian is the one who can laugh on himself." That’s what inspired me. But this is not my shot at being the greatest comedian.....actually I wanted to test my courage and see whether I can be true to everyone or not!!



Each and every comment is welcomed.
Take care. (And wait for my next!)
ACP.

Hi folks.
well life is tough out here. when my friends of other streams are enjoying their holidays we "the future engineers "(ofcourse if we become one) are sweating the hell out of our minds.

I mean its such a wonderful looking absurdity that all parents expect their "poor bachchas" to clear IIT's and NIT's in the first attempt.

I hope there is no need to mention the beautiful side-effects of being an engineer. Or even preparing to be one.
I have more or less lost touch with most of my friends.
When i sleep i dream myself to be in the examination hall in a situation where i have to do 100 questions in 15 min. then when i wake i remember i have an assingnment to complete and a test to cope up in coaching!

Man its not IIT. Its Institute of Intimate Tension!

DISCLAIMER:

This is merely a product of my weird imagination. I neither intend to hurt anyone's sentiments nor do I want to contradict the age-old morals. I have done it just for fun and because I love writing and then publishing whatever rubbish I scribble on the Internet. Strictly stating, follow these advises at your own risk only, as they might prove injurious to your health/social life, etc. I would not be responsible for any of those consequences. Lastly, enjoy this blog and please sent me your reviews.

[Don't write anything other than the review and please don't expect a reply, as I don't like breaking people's heart! Its not that I'll ignore you but lately I have realized the joy of being a pessimist and recommend you to be one. Either you are constantly proved right or you are pleasantly surprised. So never expect things. Got it? ]

Often in our lives we come across circumstances in which we are confused whether to do a thing that is morally right or the thing which will surely benefit us more but is not ethically correct. Mind you these are not the easiest decision to make!! I often encountered such tribulations and faced a lot of trouble just because I went by the conventional moral ways that our teachers have tried to inscribe in us from our very childhood. (But, on a whole, have failed miserably!).

I recently read a novel by John Grisham whose author's note impressed me a lot. The story had something to do with laws and in the end the author stated that,” Very few laws remain the same. I have moulded and changed few of the existing laws just to move my story along. If you find any such errors please do not write to me, as they were intentional. I do it always and never feel guilty as long as I can disclaim things on this page.” I really appreciated it. Actually, it wasn’t the right thing to do but nevertheless it was successful. People like him and his novels alike. At times following the path, which may not be perfectly ethical, is more successful than the former.

Folks, welcome to the real world. This is not the same world that existed few years back. Its rules are different, its driven by altogether altered philosophies and not all of them are perfectly good so as to say. You cannot change the world. Leave that for Rang De Basanti. But what you can do is change your methods to treat the world. Check out the rules!

1)"Those who say money cant buy happiness haven’t had any."

Yeah, that’s right! Money rules. A great person, I mean other than me, very aptly quoted "Paisa agar Khuda nahi to Khuda ki kasam Khuda se kam bhi nahi." There are people who say money cant give you mental fulfilment and satisfaction and blah blah blah but my perception is different. Happiness and satisfaction are like seawater. The more you drink the thirstier you become. Money is the fuel that you essentially require to even survive on any front of life, leave aside being happy.

2)"Blow your own Trumpet."

Modesty and humility are assets of monks and nuns. Leave it for them. The bottom line is its useless wasting your time, energy and resources in something that may not give you any gain. After strolling past various incidences in my life I have found out that this is indeed the best policy for one's own self (not so much for others though!) A quote from a famous Hindi movie Taal said,"Pehle dukandari phir imandari." Self-explanatory. According to me the biggest cause of remaining unhappy is trying to make everyone else happy. So stop doing that. Its time to think and do something for yourself now. And don't be guilty of being selfish. Everyone is, believe it or not (Of course I am talking about the multitude. For the exceptions I can say that "Voh purush nahi hai. Mahapurush hain". No pun intended!). Announce your contribution yourself, because no one else will.

3) "All that glitters is Cool"

Lets forget about the gold stuff right now. People say different things. "Oh! I am not like that. I judge a person by his inner qualities and not external appearance and blah blah" but this is only good to HEAR. The truth is somewhat different. Today, packaging of a product has become more important than its qualities. A mobile has more probability of rocking the market just because it was promoted be Abhishek rather than a mobile that has better features and is half the price. Same applies with humans. A girl will rather be with a sexy dumb-ass guy than a good guy who doesn’t own a karizma and doesn’t gel his hair. Vice Versa. (Of course again I am not talking about exceptions)

Well, I have lots more to say but I don’t want to make this too long and bore you people. So I'll post that on Part 2 (Sequels are hot these days!) if at all you all want to read it. So, like it or hate it. DO tell me. Cya!

Folks, I believe in the philosophy "When something good is said and done, have no guilty take it, copy it, use it!" So despite my ingenious try to hide them if you spot someone else's words please don't mind, it’s intentional.

Also, I am very poor writer. If at all you find a laughable line please don't mind. It would probably be a mistake of mine.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  There is a very famous movie theatre in Lucknow. It's named Capitol. It’s uniqueness lies in the fact that it showcases only educational movies (Full pun intended). Indicating the fact, I'd often use the term "capitol-sonic" in my blog.

Now coming to the topic. Lucknowites have had the luxury of watching movies in multiplexes only for the past two years. Before that of course the passion for movies was no less. And single screen theatres were not that bad either. But there was a problem for Hollywood movie geeks like me! Only dubbed versions were released. And yeah, with shamefully changed names.

My first Hollywood movie, to my memory, was Jurassic Park. I was a tiny tot then and don’t remember much of it but thankfully they couldn't find other names for it. Same was for Titanic and Godzilla. They were what they were. But then came the twist. I am a hardcore fan of Angelina Jolie. I think she is the hottest thing out there. Tomb Raider was about to be released and I was very very excited. But other things painfully came into consideration when I saw its ad in the newspaper. "SHERNI NO. 1". Yeah this was what it was named in Hindi. And the problem was it sounded less of rani laxmi bai and more capitolsonic! I have had the luxury of being an adult only for a year and you may be a Jim-dandy at 12 but I could not gather the courage to ask my mother whether I could go and see sherni no. 1. I just imagined the beautifully oriented anger and disgust ex-pressions on my mother face. Anyways life goes on , old movies go, new movies are relesed and it goes on. Mission Impossible, Matrix, James Bond were showcased with respectful names and thus I could manage to see them.

Some great soul (other than me of course!) once said nothing is permanent in this world. Certainly not names! Next in line was Van Helsing. It was named some sort of "shikari" and its name had twins-lost-at-kumbh resemblance with a porn movie released in Capitol just few days back! In short, capitolsonic. I had grown up but still my fiend gave me a vision of humiliation I’d face if I ask my parents for this movie.

And now I heard that a really cool new secret agent movie was ready. I felt the same tremor in my mind and started wondering what would its name be? "sabse bada khiladi " or "Mahashaktimaan- ek mein teen ti takat (which is also ad line of a pill for men)" But few times in life are things more spectacular than you expect.
It was named XXX (which was more than indicative of capitol). Though my school is certified by Guinness as the world's largest school in a city we never had the luxury of big class rooms. I was a regular frontbencher and it was our Hindi class. My friend, Alok, was sitting in the third row. Now our Hindi adhyapika was quite an old lady (with all due respect because no female ever wants to be called old!!) I just asked one thing,"Alok, XXX dekhni hai? ". May be by now you'd have judged what had happened. My teacher looked at me in disgust. I have still not forgotten the embarrassment I faced with all my classmates, especially girls around (cos guys are used to this stuff!).

Oh! I just forgot to mention about two more movies. Lets accept it, Hollywood babes are hot and when three of them are together doing action sequences, wow! I am talking about Charlie’s Angels. I don't remember what the first one was named but am sure it was capitol sonic. Yeah but its sequel was named, "Katil Hasinayen" (or some other combination but with same words) God save me!

But things have surely changed for better and India is definitely shining (at least for those who can afford a piece of the cake!). We got our first multiplex two years back and since then I no longer have to cope up with such problems (I am an adult by the constitution of India, so my mom had no problems with my watching XXX-2). Single screen theatres continue to showcase dubbed versions that sometimes give me a chance to laugh for free. Don’t believe me? Check out "Da Vinci Ka Rahasya" and "Slither (named Badalta Jism)"

Now guys I have written a blog after two odd years so I know its not that good. But love it, hate it do write a comment or mail me the feedback. However, if you don’t, I wont give it a damn. Till then it’s ACP signing off.