Bullets, Bullying And Bullshit

I don't think there's anyone who hasn't heard about the "crazy kid" who shot a guy dead in school. If you haven't, firstly, you're a big geek, and secondly, here's what happened -

All these people studied in Euro International School. Abhishek, the guy who died, was a big bully who often bullied the guy owning the gun, Akash and his friend, Vilas. Abhishek had bullied them for 3 months till getting shot. On December 10, the two, Akash and Abhishek fought again, and then, Akash decided to fix him. He got the gun to school and hid it in the restroom, challenged the guy during Break, got the gun and shot him. Akash and his pal fired 5 shots between them. They both were 14.
OK, That's Very Freaky. I was 14 until 3 weeks ago and really can't imagine myself being so irritated by anyone as to shoot him(or her). I mean, what the hell? The school didn't notice the bullying, the parents didn't notice anything wrong (which I find strange), and they actually kept a fully loaded gun on their TV trolley! What the hell?
I really can't believe that Akash had been bullied for 3 months to such an extent and his behaviour did not change. Everyone gets bullied, verbally, or physically. The poor guy being pushed to such an extent is weird.

Well, ok, even I didn't know how to handle being "bullied" until last year, when I got some sense. Whenever someone said something mean to me, I got very angry and started hitting, or cried. Both the reactions are very dumb, I know, but I felt bad about even the tiniest of jokes and took everything to the heart, something that no one should ever do. Now, if anyone cracks a joke on me, I laugh along and take it easy, but if it gets too vulgar or abusing, I ignore the person for days on or stare at him as if he's shit, if it can be handled that way.

I searched, and came up with this list of cases of weird violence in schools -

# In West Bengal, a teen stabbed a girl for refusing to marry him.

# I don't get what this means,but I'm quoting it for the benefit of those who do - "... then, there's the case of a Mumbai schoolboy who strangled himself in an apparent asphyxiation fix gone sour." Well, I know what asphyxiation is, but I don't get the line.

# A guy killed his classmate 2 years ago and has recently got a life sentence. (No more information was provided)

# Quoting - "a student of a prominent south Delhi school (who was being constantly bullied) hurled a stone at his tormentor, injuring him seriously." No, I understood what this means well and guessed that they were referring to our dear school. I couldn't remember such an incident, but then vaguely recalled what I'd heard from a senior. This took place after school during some band competition. The guy apparently threw a brick at another fellow, and thanks to this incident, our schools band, which was last, wasn't allowed to perform its last 2 songs. I heard about the incident only cause it stopped our band from playing and winning, and that's what everyone had been actually been worried about. This happened sometime this year only.

# Everyone must have heard about the weirdo who jumped off the A block, cause he was challenged to, and broke a bone or two. (Wah! Poetry without even trying! Wah!). Thankfully, even though we were in the block right opposite (C), i didn't see the guy cause we'd gone for a picnic. The guy had apparently twisted his leg in a weird manner. Ewwww!!!!!
The funny thing is, the bullies, who try to act really coo and behave like bonds, are supposed to do so cause they're insecure. I find that weird, because they seem/ show themselves to be so popular, powerful and great. Also, if you want to know, the Faridabad Juvenile Home,which houses k(ids)riminals, has 55 kids! Ooh, krime is on the high.

Fish Water Of Queen Is

People really teach their kids a lot of shit. I mean, seriously.

Take as an example, the nursery rhyme that all of us learnt at one time or another - " machhli jal ki rani hai" (fish water of queen is- translating seedhe). This poem is full of falsities and dumbness that we shouldn't at all teach, not even to innocent kids, for that matter. I seriously disagree with each and every line. Here is the reason -

Machhli jal ki rani hai (fish water of queen is) - how can fish be the queen or king for that matter of water/water bodies? Almost all water bodies are owned by the government and those not belonging to any country, the oceanic resources beyond 200 km of exclusive economic zone do not belong to anyone. I also do not know of any monarchy by fish.
Jeevan uska pani hai (life its water is) - hey, we should be promoting democracy. Each and every fish should have a right to decide what its life should be about.
Haath lagao to dar jaegi (hand putting so frightened becoming) - you know, some pet fish like dolphins, etc do like to be touched and petted. This line is not at all applicable to them,and thus is false. It is also not applicable to sharks and other fish,who,far from being frightened,want to rip your arm off.
Bahar nikalo to mar jaegi (out taking so dead becoming) - since the time period is not given, I do not agree with the statement. Also,flying fish fly out of the water regularly and don't just drop dead when they do.

By the way, no arguments allowed.

Baap Re! Pre-boards aa rahe hain!

20 signs that show that the pre-boards are coming-
1) Nerds start taking leaves.
2) The number of people present are less than half the class's strength.
3) You see people studying during free-periods.
4) Everyone starts worrying the teacher about finishing the syllabus.
5) Everyone has a look in their eye like a sheep has before a butcher.
6) 'Kitna syllabus ho gaya', becomes a FAQ.
7) When refering to the pre-boards,the tense changes from future to immediate future.
8) Syllabuses seem so long,they could fill a telephone directory.
9) Heartless teachers take your P.E./ library/ free periods.
10) You start researching about the current bribe rates.
11) Your parents glare at you whenever you leave your study-table.
12) Your parents suddenly agree that taking off is better than going to school.
13) Every senior becomes a wise-guy imparting knowledge on facing the pre-boards.
14) The pre pre-board horror stories become strangely frightening.
15) Whenever you tell some one you're in tenth they give you the pitiful look that is usually reserved for beggars.
16) 'Just hanging around' becomes one of the most rare things to do.
17) You suddenly envy your juniors.
18) You see a beggar with a placard saying 'the world is going to end soon', and you agree.
19) Completing the syllabus becomes an act as amazing and impossible as living after jumping from a 100 story.
20) You wonder about how pointless school is and why you shouldn't just be an illiterate cabbage farmer in UP - And then you actually find the answer in your eco text-book.

Saat disambar-mera jamndin

The day started with me accidentally squirting my eye with perfume like an idiot and howling in pain. But it wasn't so bad. I didn't spend as much money as i expected as payal (whose birthday is one day after mine,on 8th dec) and i clubbed treats. I paid for the food and she paid for the drinks. Everyone got more than usual and we paid less than usual. And suprisingly,more people,even from other sections remembered my birthday. Not that i mind. The people in my bus sang the birthday song rather drunkedly both times,when going to school and when coming home. On the way back it hurt more as someone remembered about birthdaybumps. Everyone slapped of a dozen times more than sixteen while counting to sixteen. Though noone knew the point of it or how the bumpy tradition of kicking/punching/bumping/slapping started, everyone agreed it was fun.
So much for treating them.

i hate dripping taps. Presently, the flush tank above the toilet is dripping away. It started dripping in fat drops last night, by itself. Since the plumber couldn't come at nine in the night, and we were afraid the dripping would empty out the water tank, my mom tried to do something about it. Now, its water is falling in sheets! The eat slumber came (why are they fat?), stared and stared, and said some new parts had to be bought and left to buy them. The tank is still dripping away. And the worst part is, i hate the sound of dripping water. Its very irritating.
another thing i hate is the sound of people chewing. That loud, chewy noise is terrible. I've threatened many a times to leave the room/put the phone down he the person doesn't stop chewing loudly or eating. Call it dictatorship or anything, but its terribly irritating.

I'm Too Good.

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah!
*Does a little jig*
I won! I won! I won the poetry writing competiton! I came second. I'd have posted the poem but I actually threw the rough sheet in the dustbin after the competition cause I thought it was horrible and that I wouldn't win, so what's the point.
But I did!
Hahahaha.
Sam had gone for the Geography quiz the same day, but they came last. And I, on the other hand, won. Hahahaha.
I'm tooooooo good. I'll put the poem up when I get it back. I've asked my English teacher for it.


P.S. It was on-the-spot. I'm too good. :)

Unfair, unfair

'Lutyens' Delhi', the term, is used indiscriminately to include the work of all other amazing architects who worked to build Delhi. Only 4 bungalows were build originally by him in the security zone of the President's estate. Robert Tussel built CP, Teen Murti House, the airport in Safdarjung and over 4000 houses, but he's the one forgotten. Funny, eh?
Lutyens actually loathed Indians. He apparently disliked all things Indian. He called Indians niggers and said that they were dark and ill-smelling and that their food was very strange and frightening.
Why then, did this asshole live down in history and have his name attached to a part of Delhi, which mostly others built? Tell me if you know.
I found this out while researching for my history project. So it DID teach me something. Pity that after all the hard work we do, the teacher barely glances at it. Unfair, n'est-ce pas?

Gory Story(/ies)

Gory stories are on an all time high thanks to SOMEONE.
Ever since Someone tried to cut her wrist, everyone has been going around telling stories of blood, gore and love. And those stories aren't very nice cause they're about some people I know and some people from school. It's not nice knowing that they're true.
I myself saw this really horrible thing. There is a guy from the EOK sections in my sculpture class. He's one of those bigda hua kids who never attend classes/pass by the look of it. I don't know his section or name and had never even noticed him, but that day I did. He was fiddling around with the pottery wheel and had his sleeves pulled up so that they didn't get dirty.
That's when I noticed a roundish scab on his lower arm. It was around a centimetre in diameter.
Then I saw more.
Like, literally dozens.
Some were just un-healed sound pale marks, some were proper black-ish scabs. They were present all the way upto where his cuffs were. I wonder if there were more under the shirt.
It was freaky, very freaky. At first, I thought it might be an illness, but I had this gut feeling that it wasn't. I wasn't the only one who noticed.

Kunal went upto the guy and asked, "Kya hua?" I pretended to look away. The guy replied, "Cigarette se kiya."
Eeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!
I felt like puking, so I walked away. Later Heena came and asked if I had seen the guy. She told me what he said after that. He said that "Woh nashe mein tha" when he did it. He used the burning cigarettes to do that.
Eww. Eww. Eww.
Nashe mein? I don't want to know how or why.
And then, Jonaki ma'am told me how another guy, Paras had cut himself with a blade. Ew.
Then Jangu knew about this guy who cut a girl's name into his arm. Like, for real. Too filmy, I thought, to be true. But ma'am supported him and said that it was true.
And then, there's our very own Someone, now officially MWW, or the Mad Wicked Woman. She cuts away for the fun of it (apparently).
Talk about stupidity.

Weird, With a Capital W

Very weird things are happening. I mean, VERY weird things, more weird than the normal weird.
Here's a list-

1) The Earthquake.
I mean, can't it have struck at a better time? I was sleeping so soundly, kya yaar ... It was freaky, we went downstairs from our third floor house. I mean, I was standing BAREFOOT on the road, cause we went down in a hurry. Then I went up to get my slippers and we went for a walk around Munirka. We met a guy taking his dog for a walk (at 4:50!), he said that the dog had woken up a while before the quake and started to bark. The poor dog was still freaked out. A lot of people were on the street. Then we went home and I listened to music until it was time to go to school.

2) The Cooker.
I don't know how, I don't know why, a cooker in our house just fell off the gas. Like, just tilted off. It had been on a low flame for ten minutes or so, when it fell onto the marble floor with a thud. No one was in the kitchen. I have no idea how it happened. I'm just happy it didn't burst on falling.

3) My friend has gone craaaaaazy.
My friend is (apparently) trying to suicide. For some reason. Some hell of a reason it must be.

4) Strange people.
I don't know why a lot of people are getting intimidated by me. They just come up to me and take panga. Here are 3 incidents from today only-

A) A guy just goes up to his friend, points in the direction of Sam and mine, and says some thing to him. He clearly points at me, stares, and keeps on talking. I walk up to him.
Me - What? Are you doing some research or something?
He mumbles something to his friend, who is pointedly looking away.
Me - Didn't your mom teach you it's rude to point at people?
He - What rude? Kya rude? Kahan ka rude? Ye kya rude-rude kar rahi hai?
He looks hopefully at his friend, expecting him to laugh at what he said. Friend pointedly looks away.
Me - You know, tumhari besti ho rahi hai.
I walk away. Loser. Later, he comes up to me, points in my face and goes "Haha", rude". Sam and I lol into his face.
Big time loser.

B) we were standing outside on the stairs leading to the AVH, when a group of guys (who I'd never seen in my life) standing on the skywalk in front of CB yell to me - "Blue Coat!"
I know it was me, cause there was no other blue coat in that area, Sam was missing and there were a lot of green coats around me. They went again, "blue coat! Kitna padte ho!" Then they started yelling "Blue Coat! Blue Coat! Blue Coat! Blue Coat!" in a chorus as if they were cheering. Suddenly a teacher appeared behind them and they shut up.

C) I'd gone to the blossoms seminar room for the poetry competition, but there was no one around except for a couple of sixthies. I don't say anything to them when they just start off. To me, that is.
Kid 1 - Oi!
Kid 2 - Hamare pas permission hai.
Kid 3 - Head mistress ko complain karegi? Ja kar. (???!!!)
Kid 4 - Han han, kar ke dikha.
Kid 2 - Yeh to pagal hai.
They all were saying something as I scanned the room. When I stopped looking and heard exactly what they were saying, I was irritated. How the hell can these sixthies talk to me like this? I leaned forward and slapped the nearest kid neatly on the head. The rest of them shut up by themselves.

5) One of my dreams came true. I had once dreamed of this circular corridor type place with vendors selling pots and things. I seriously saw the same thing in the trade fair, in the UP pavilion! I'm serious!
Well, life is weird.

Dost Dost Na Raha, Mutilated Ho Gaya

Hey, have you ever had a friend who you never thought was freaky, start chopping her hand off?
I do!
Guess ...
All of you know déjà, I know, so I don't have to give her name.
I actually find the whole matter hilarious. I would have been worried too if I was an idiot and I didn't know her well. I trust her enough to know she won't kill herself.
Ok, you think I'm crazy cause I think like this, hein na?
Why do I find it hilarious? Simply because of the way people react to the incident. Even when they really aren't worried they rush up her, make the "haww" face and ask as an obligation what is wrong. As if she'll tell. And that too, to the uncaring people.
Hahahahaha!!!
Then, they begin suggesting strange reasons for her doing it. Here's a list:

1) depression due to Boards/pre-Boards etc. etc.
2) parents scolding her. (OMG, what a reason to die. Come on guys, it's their job and we all not know it. It's not enough to depress her into dying!)
3) ______ not e-mailing her.
4) Anuj/Aditya/AC/DC/some unknown guy leaving her.
5) want of attention
6) lack of a love life

So, what do YOU think the reason is? Take your pick people, the winner will get a blue, sequinned, knee-length skirt!(même for guys).
It was nice irritating her. When people came and asked what was up, I just hinted at some un-probable reason and sat back and laughed my heart out as they irritated her and she desperately tried to convince them that that was not the case.
Hmmm....
I like being mean.

Photos

Some pics by me

Irritayting- all thanks to Rakhi (Sawant)

Declarartion: Adi is obsessed with me.
Ignore the long list of comments by him. I know its difficult to do that since you have to scroll all the way down, but still.
He apparently did that because I called Anuj "rakhi part 2". I meant Rakhi Sawant, but Adi, wanting to assosciate anything I say with himself, thinks I was referring to his mom.(oohhhhhhhhhh.....)

Going by the Law

Okay, here's a list of weird laws which I got from a site. I think a lot of them are made up, but it's nice to think that people can be so idiotic and to disprove that "There's A Reason For Everything" theory. Here it goes (the law is in caps and the one in small letters are my comments) -

Thailand
IT'S ILLEGAL TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR. Wonder who checks that...
YOU MUST WEAR A SHIRT WHILE DRIVING A CAR. Why? Because it might distract girls in the other car and cause an accident?

Switzerland
CLOTHES MAY NOT BE HUNG UP TO DRY ON SUNDAY. Because the sight of your undies up on a line may just destroy someone's holiday ...
IT'S ILLEGAL TO FLUSH THE TOILET AFTER 10 p.m. They're planning to suffocate people.
A MAN MAY NOT RELIEVE HIMSELF STANDING UP AFTER 10 pm. Too distracting, eh?

Italy
A MAN MAY BE ARRESTED FOR WEARING A SKIRT. Wonder what the Scots have to say about that ...

United Kingdom
NO COWS MAY BE DRIVEN DOWN THE ROADWAY BETWEEN 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. UNLESS THERE IS PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. Awww... My cow likes to take long walks in the morning!!
SINCE 1313, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR MPs TO DON ARMOR IN PARLIAMENT. Hey, it's a battlefield out there!
ANY BOY BELOW THE AGE OF 10 MAY NOT SEE A NAKED MANNEQUIN. "Ma'am, your boy's a criminal. You probably cannot imagine what a heinous thing he did today."
A BED MAY NOT BE HUNG OUT A WINDOW. Hey ... that's where everyone normally sleeps!

Alabama
IT'S ILLEGAL TO WEAR A FAKE MOUSTACHE TO CHURCH. Why? Kyuuuun??

Florida
A MAN CAN NOT COMMIT "UNNATURAL ACTS" WITH ANOTHER MAN. Hmmm ... I wonder what they mean ...
IF AN ELEPHANT IS LEFT TIED TO A PARKING METER, THE PARKING HAS TO BE PAID JUST LIKE FOR A VEHICLE. Damn, and I thought getting an elephant would help reduce travel costs. It's even eco-friendly.
IT'S ILLEGAL TO SING IN PUBLIC WHILE HAVING A SWIMSUIT ON. It's a deadly combo. Makes women more enticing and increases the chances of their being raped, don't you know?
MEN MAY NOT BE SEEN IN PUBLIC IN ANY SORT OF STRAP-LESS GOWN. Wonder how they can wear one?

Ohio
MORE THAN 5 WOMEN CAN NOT LIVE TOGETHER IN A HOUSE. Maybe 4 is better than 5...
YOU CAN NOT ARREST ANY ONE ON A SUNDAY OR THE FOURTH OF JULY. How dare you interrupt the hard earned free day of the cold blooded murderer?

California
ANIMALS ARE BANNED FROM MATING WITHIN 1500 ft OF A SCHOOL, A TAVERN OR A PLACE OF WORSHIP. Can you explain that to the animal, please?
NO VEHICLE WITHOUT A DRIVER MAY EXCEED THE SPEED OF 60 m/hr. Okay, if you say so.

Texas
IT'S ILLEGAL TO SELL ONE'S EYE. Awww... But that's how I earn my daily bread!!

New York
CITIZENS CAN NOT GREET EACH OTHER BY "PUTTING ONE'S THUMB TO THE NOSE AND WIGGLING THE FINGERS". My child hood friend will kill me if I don't greet her like that anymore, and just because it's against the law. Sheesh!!
*shake head*

Lovely TV

Since yesterday, I have declared my TV as the most irritating one on earth. It lacks tata sky (Isko laga dala to life jhingalala) or a set top box, thanks to my parents who think since 10th is a board class, i need to study hard and that TV will distract me. I turned on the TV yesterday, with my mind made up to bear it for atleast an hour and found nothing to watch except sodden channels like DD national, zoom (isko dekho), a couple of music channels, news channels of all sorts and the south indian channels in languages i don't understand. I tried to entertain myself by watching TV-5 for a while but too much french gets to my head, so i changed the channel even though i was watching a cartoon, Papyrus. Lok sabha was no better, political talk does not entertain me at all. In desperation i flipped channels, hoping to find something watchable, even though our french book advises us not to (Ne pas Zapper). The music channels were airing skimpily clad girls who were updating you with the filmy news, how shahid and kareena broke up, etc. etc. DD channel was showing a black and white movie, and F-tv was not to my choice, so i tried to find some news on the pakistan issue, but unfortunately, all the news channels were showing the shittiest news ever known. The breaking news was that shahrukh came to Nach Baliye, some channels were comparing Saawariya and OSO and others were occupied with selling sauna belts, and showing sweaty stomachs along side. I tried watching the interview of some (apparent) celebrity, but they kept taking "short" breaks. Since i had nothing else to watch, i kept watching the ads, and surprisingly,were more entertaining than anything i had encountered on TV for a while. My personal favourites are the humorous ads, like the happy dent white ads involving the guy with sucky english and the cows and the people with such shiny teeth that they give off light like a bulb. I like the bingo chips ads, chloro mint ads and the one ad about the stupid boss called Hari sadu. Its nice to see how even small things like ads are getting creative and catchy. They know what people want to see, and will bear watching. Known celebrities just saying the name of your brand is out. A tang of good humour and a catchy tag line is enough to ensure people will watch it once and remember. Except sometimes, these people get too...Umm... Bold. I remember, on the way to school, the bus stopped on a red light, and suddenly all the kiddos in front got excited and started peeking out. I wondered what is up, and looked out myself. What i saw was a large hoarding of a woman in a bra, endorsing , you guessed it,...bras. Below, was written:
"size does matter".

Updates

Here's an update on "wassup" nowadays...
1) I just might be going for GYLC (YEAH!!!... Sorry for the caps)
2) I went to help out in the maths crusade, 2nd day. It wasn't much of a crusade, and was actually a bit boring. But i liked my job of sitting on the stage and ringing the bell to signal that time's up for the presentation. People who had been speaking with confidence jump at its sound and stammer. I like being mean.
3) i added "the black magician" to my list of best books. Its Amazing!! The first two books of the trilogy are ok, but the third is Awesome!
I love it. I love it. I love it.
4) Went for the suckiest play i've ever seen- sadak ke us paar. Its Pathetic. I warn all to stay away.
5) Saawariya and OSO were released and critics declared the latter better (as i had predicted). The news channels are going bonkers over them, and have declared that OSO won, as if they were participating in a boxing match.
6) I added anuj to my list of "weirdest people of all times". Anuj, don't take it personally, and don't mind... Adi, Rakhi Sawant and Karan Johar are there too.
7) discovered Mohit has super-human strength (so to say) and a pea-sized brain, when he threw a chair across the class.
8) The school finally asked us to wear the winter uniform, just before a couple of thin sixthies would have passed out because of cold in their shorts and supplied us with entertainment. (tch tch *shake head*)
9) I've finally understood that the school eats up our holidays for the fun of it and not because some anti-kids organisation pays them to do so.
10) Discovered that ties look better open and draped across the shoulders like a scarf or knotted like a scare than the normal, un-creative way.
11) Realised people think you crazy, and even as a kalank on society he you decide not to burst crackers this diwali.
12) Pakistan is in big, big trouble, and you're a buffoon if you don't know why.

Oh yeah, by the way,
Heppi Diwali!!!!!!!

Clearing

Firstly, if anyone was wondering, the sign-in thing was put on the blog for a short period of time because of adi. Well, by not me actually, but by sam, who wanted to take adi's challenge (see: the list of comments on the post, "perception changes everything").I frankly don't care about adi a lot to try to stop him. If i wanted, i could have deleted all his comments, but i didn't. Wondering what the point is? I just wanted ppl to know that its sam who bothered so much about adi, not me. I don't give a damn about him. Everyone, get that into your head.

Spirit Of Cricket, huh?

For Indians, cricket is a passion.Its strange that people get so carried away by just a game, in which they might not even be playing,that they begin to do weird things. Things which they might not even mean. The past few matches against Australia have been an example of this. The racial taunting of Andrew symonds has left me quite disappointed. People were actually been photographed making monkey-like gestures,they abused him and made animal noises.
What is this? Is this the India that preaches secularism? Why are these people so set on destroying the spirit of game?
The game is seen as a symbol of tolerance, team spirit and diversity.
I mean,Symonds (fantastic player) was booed at when he went to receive the Man Of The Series award. The poor guy didn't even come to the media conference later. I'm happily surprised at how he handled himself. Any other person would have been quite furious and have done some thing to get back. These people were all adults, yet they could not behave sensibly.They were guests in our country, and how amazingly we treated them...(wow. ME, 15-year-old ME, preaching).
The racial aspect of this taunting was being denied earlier by the Indian authorities. But in the last match, they could not ignore it. Thankfully, they evicted some of the trouble makers. Indians have anyway never been known as polite, and now, this is further demolishing India's image internationally. What is symonds fault? That he plays well? Or that the Indian team can't beat them? That he's better than some of our players?
Apparently, some Aussi youths are planning to get back at the Indians (read: the Indian team) in the same way when they come to tour Australia. I don't think they'd succeed as the Australians don't hesitate to enforce their laws unlike the Indians who prefer to turn the blind eye until forced to do something.
I actually won't mind a lot he they do that. Some of the players themselves behave quite childishly. Take Sreesanth for eg. He taunts, screams and makes some rather unappealing gestures while in the field. He's aggressive and stupid. When asked (after the 20-20 world cup was over) about how being aggressive had become his identity and if he'd continue yelling his guts out (this is not in direct speech) I was irritated by is reply. He said that there was more good coming out of it than bad (don't ask me how) and that he'd continue doing it. He didn't regret being fined. He said that the loss was only of money and that the gain was more (of what?).
What the hell, man... Its just a game...

Perception changes everything

Perception: 1 a:result of perceiving: observation b:a mental image: concept 2:a capacity for comprehension
(courtesy webster)
Perception is a very amazing thing. Its basically how you see things. Everyone sees the same thing but their mind perceives it differently. I dont only mean the glass-half-full-half-empty thing, it also plays an important part in more complex things. You must have noticed it yourself, how people can see one piece of art as different things etc. etc.
Perception is damn important in things like classification of things (no,this is NOT chem). For eg, my french paper had an article that talked about how scientists are not counting pluto as a planet anymore. This got of thinking, who said what a planet should be like? We didn't get stones from god with rules for calling something a planet, did we? Its all how we think a planet should be, how we observed all the planets an supposed all of them should be.
In the same way, scientists suppose that a planet should be like earth to have life. Thats what they perceive after seeing earth, their only example. But, i dont agree. Maybe there are other conditions for life to exist. Maybe organisms on other planets live on a different gas, have different type of sense organs and can live only in high temperatures.
Ok. I am getting carried away.
But perception does change everything, even personalities. Inferiority complex is when a person perceives himself inferior, thinks lowly of himself (a person can have one even he doesn't know/accept it). Some people think of themselves as being fat, no matter what you say(yes, sam, refering to you). The psychological ink-blot test is based on perception and reveals a lot about how a person thinks.

Its basically about how the same thing looks different to different people. Not how our eyes view it, but how our mind does. This is all shaped by how we are brought up, how we are made to think and what things influence us. Like, a person brought up in a conservative family will be all giggly when talking about sex as compared to a person who is used to talking about it freely.
Its also depends on how receptive we are, how open we are to new things. The more we see, the more ideas we have, the more angles we can see something from. But, it doesn't help he you look at something with a fixed mindset.
All this is what I think and That's perception for you.

Amazing consequences of being sick before french exam

Wow. I've got a cold. Cool, huh? And that also just before the french exam, which i anyway dont study for, and now i've got a fair reason to snore than to study. The worst part is, its not like in english, that i dont study, but still end up getting in 80's. I study for french to get 70!
I dont know why i took french, maybe i had lost my mind. You get nice marks in hindi easily, but it isnt about marks always, is it? I never was good in french. Actually, i never tried to be. I still have a vague memory of how in 5th, we were to write about our family. Not being too fond of my brother then, i wanted to write some thing like,"he's dumb". Not being good at using the dictionary, i actually wrote, "Il est une âne". The french teacher had her own little laugh at this,me calling my brother a female donkey.
I also remember a french test in fifth. There was a question in which the only word i recognised was "nurse". I started to write a dialogue from me to the nurse telling her that i was going to the hospital and asking if she would like to come with me (god knows why and how i was writing that. I couldnt even conjugate etre properly). Later, when revising, i squinted at the question and it slowly began to make sense. It was actually asking what a nurse does or some thing like that. So you get the idea how brain-less i can be in terms of français. I actually bothered to learn the conjugation of etre in 7th!
I think i should go sleep.... Fever and all, you know....Sure, I'll study french. Maybe...
Oh yeah, and the stupid doctor thinks i look anemic!! Well, more of a reason to sleep....

Ramzan

All those with even a little brains will know that ramzan is the month when all good muslims fast from before sunrise to sunset. You cant eat or drink anything, inspite of that, i love the month. It has nostalgia attached to it the same way id or diwali does. The same conditions and seeing the same things bring memories back.
I love iftar time, when you break the fast. All sorts of delicacies are prepared, a new one each day. Being the youngest one in the family, there were a few years when everyone in the house except me was fasting. Then, i used to taste all of them, checking the salt and sugar. I also used to be pathetically mean, sitting and eating in front of others jaan bujh ke.
You feel the same feelings day by day, year by year as you sit at the table with your family. Slightly warm because of the dupatta wrapped around you. Feet, hands and face still moist after the wazu. The smell of chaat, pakodas and jalebis. The chilly wind outside.
I have encountered ramzan only in winters. It must be bad in summers, parched throats and all(no water). Ramzan is slowly shifting towards summer. *sob* Well, its a time i love a lot because of the family thing and its the one of the times in a year when i pray atleast once everyday.
I know, un-religious me.
I dont even fast everyday. Fasting is weird. When i fasted for the first time, i expected to feel very hungry. Actually, i didnt feel hungry at all. I did feel thirsty, but not hungry. Sometimes, i looked at the time and thought, lets in eat, and then remembered hybr fasting. I realised that most of the time, i ate not because i was hungry, but just out of habit. I actually find all this useful for the soul, you know....

Perverts

Some day, we were going through the teachers table and discovered a lot of junk in there. It mainly comprised of story books and comics for kids. We were going through some of the books, when the Pervert, i wont say who, started pointing it the pictures in the kids story books and declaring in a horrified way, "Porn!!!". Of course, it wasnt porn. He was pointing at pics of dalmations and saying they were indecent as they weren't wearing clothes. Aaargghhh!! Pervert!!! Here are the 'porn' pics....

Monkeying around

Anyone can enter our school, and no one cares. This monday, a monkey paid a visit to our honorable school. Though i came to know about it during the stay back, it had apparently been around since the 2nd last period. No one drove it away!!
During the stay back, it entered the other 10th ka NTSE class. Everyone came out and locked it in. It escaped to the corridor through the partially open window attached to it. It them escaped to the floor above. It came down the stairs an kids soon crowded around, going ."monkey, monkey". The monkey felt threatened, bared his teeth and attacked. Everyone fled. He slipped away. THAT was freaky. Never been attacked by a monkey before.

My phone

I got a new phone!!! Yaeee!!! Its a N 72. I love it. Its more than i expected. Its got mp 3, camera, net, bluetooth, movie maker,word, excel, e mail, messenger etc. Best of all, it has net! I'm writing this post ou the bell. It may be out dated, but its good enough for me. :-)

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is an awesome movie, I must admit. The idea is new, and Remy is very cute. The basic story is that Remy can smell the ingredients out of food and wants to cook, inspired by Gustaeau a fat and very famous cook, who has a five starred restaurant. He can even smell poison in food, so, his father (the leader of the rat pack) gives him the job of smelling poison in food (what did you expect?). Remy is very pissed with life, but everyone is forbidden from entering the kitchen. One day, Remy goes into the kitchen and is seen by the old lady in whose house the rats live. The lady shooting like crazy around the house, the roof falls in, and all the rats are discovered .They escape into a sewer using small boats. Remy gets late as he tries to drag along Gustaeu’s cooking book and gets lost in the sewer. He comes up to the ground to see that he’s in Paris and in Gusteau’s restaurant.

Only a few days earlier, a food critic, something Ego(forgot the name) had given a bad review for Gusteau’s restaurant, making it losing a star. Gusteau dies of shock, causing the restaurant to lose another star, making it only 3 starred now. Since he was in the sewer, Remy starts seeing Gusteau’s ghost. The ghost tells him to go into the restaurant. Here, Remy sees a boy, Linguini, whose mother had died being given a job as a garbage boy. Linguini accidently messes up the soup. Remy can’t bear to see it and fixes the soup. The Chef had seen Linguini fiddling with the soup and thinks he made it. Linguini gets a job as a cook, though he can’t cook. He had seen Remy fixing the soup and they decide to work together, as Remy wants to cook and Linguini wants a job. Somehow, Remy can operate Linguini like robot just by pulling his hair. So, Linguini keeps Remy hidden under his hat.

A letter from Linguini’s mother shows that Linguini is actually Gusteau’s son and he inherits the restaurant. Ego declares he will come to see how Linguini cooks and the whole restaurant is worried. Just a few days before, Remy has a fight with Linguini as he doesn’t get any credit. Later, they both realize they need each other and Remy comes back. On the evening when Ego comes, Linguini tells the whole staff about how Remy is the real cook and everyone leaves (don’t ask why). Linguini goes into his office, sad. Remy calls upon his whole rat family (hundreds) who help him cook. Linguini gets out his rollerblades and serves the food. Remy serves Ego, Ratatouille, a dish which seriously is NOT made of rats. I had become afraid that maybe Remy would sacrifice himself to serve Ego Ratatouille. Ego melts on eating the dish and gives a good review, even after being told who actually cooks the dish and how. A health inspector had also popped up in the restaurant kitchen just when it was swarming with rats. The rats kept him tied up till Ego left. As they had to let him go later, the restaurant was shut down because it was declared infested with rats.

In the end, Linguini opens his own restaurant, where Remy cooks with the help of his rat family and the restaurant is named, “Ratatouille”.

LE FIN

M(M)y Impact

Well, I meant to put it like the HT ppl do, with the title, “HT impact” and how their articles and news has changed situations:

I am proud to announce that my article Madame Misery(MM), which was recently published in the annual Dips Diary, has caused the school to look into the problems faced by children because of Man At Door. It was decided that Man At Door is more a nuisance to both students and teachers than a help, so Man At Door has been officially removed from the Door of the staff room.

Isn’t that great?? Now we can actually follow teachers to their desks, begging for ½ a mark more. Earlier, they could escape into the safety of the staff room. Now, the teacher’s pets can carry those high piles of copies for the teachers to the staff room again. Now, we can enter the staffroom without being labeled as criminals and without the need of bribing the Man At Door.

All thanks to M(M)e!!!!!

The Mountain Cleaver

He belonged to the musahar caste, who have a weird occupation of digging through rat holes after harvest and foraging grains stored by bandicoots. His name was Dasrath Manjhi and he spent his life cutting through a mountain. It was sort of in memory of his wife who died on the way on the hospital. They would have made it in time if the hill hadn’t been blocking the way. For 22 years, he cut through the hill, chip by chip. Now, there lies a path which has shortened the trip from 19 kms to 6 kms. But, it was no easy task. He did it himself, singlehandedly, using just a hammer and a chisel for a rock 360 ft long, 25 ft high and 30 ft wide. He died a week ago and is still remembered as “the man who moved a mountain”.

Calvin

I don't know why i find this terribly funny....

Check out the pic of LPHAC on the entry, The PHAC too....

Stupidest jokes in the universe

Today, in class X-f of D.P.S. R. K. Puram, the dumbest jokes were going around. Horrible, irritating PJ’s were being told and heard. They’re so horrible, you feel like laughing at their stupidity and crying at their irritatingness at the same time. I found all of the jokes terribly funny and I think that the PJ telling was started by Amit, who later started making up dumb jokes himself. Soon, the whole class was telling the jokes to each other and laughing or well, being irritated.

Here are some of those “awesome” jokes

· Q: What did Tarun say to Vani?? (yes, the same girl as in the entry, “Banta bottles”)

A: “Aa takli, teri maang bharoon”

· Q: Once there was a man who had a son. On the first birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. Then on the second birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. Then on the seventh birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. Then on the thirteenth birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. Then on the eighteenth birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. Then on the fiftieth birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. Then the son had a son of his own and on the first birthday, he asked his son, “son, what do you want for your birthday?” the son replied, “ping pong balls”. So the father gave him ping pong balls. And so on… Why does each generation of this family want ping pong balls on their birthday?

A: Because they like ping pong balls

· A father asks a man, “meri beti jawan ho gayi, mein kya karun?”

A: Fauj mein bharti kar do

· Q: Two kids, Pintu and Bunty are participating in a race. Pintu runs at 10 km/h and Bunty runs at 20 km/h. Who will win the race??

A: Pintu, because Bunty was running in the opposite direction

· Q: What are you if you punch your forehead?

A: Sarpanch

· Q: A man had 6 hands. Everyone called him Hanuman. Why?

A: Because his name was Hanuman

· Q: What does a sardar say to a bald man?
A: E takle, sar dhakle

· Q: Which movie will a beggar go to watch?
A: Cash

· Q: Once a man had a son. On the day before the son’s 20^th birthday, he asked the son what he wanted for his birthday. The son said “a yellow Ferrari”. The father searched all over and couldn’t find a yellow Ferrari, so he bought him a yellow Audi instead. When the boy woke up in the morning, the father showed him the car from the window. The son was very angry that his father didn’t buy a yellow Ferrari so he committed suicide. The father had another son a few years later. On the day before the son’s 20^th birthday, he asked the son what he wanted for his birthday. The son said “a yellow Ferrari”. The father searched all over and couldn’t find a yellow Ferrari, so he bought him a white Ferrari and painted it yellow. When the boy woke up in the morning, the father showed him the car from the window. The boy ran downstairs, ran across the road and when he touched the car, the paint which was still wet, came off. The son was very angry that his father didn’t buy a yellow Ferrari so he committed suicide. The father had another son, and on the day before the son’s 20^th birthday, he asked the son what he wanted for his birthday. The son said “a yellow Ferrari”. The father searched all over and couldn’t find a yellow Ferrari, so he specially got a yellow Ferrari manufactured. When the boy woke up in the morning, the father showed him the car from the window. The boy ran downstairs, and was running across the road when a lorry ran over him and he died. What is the moral of the story?
A: Look both ways before crossing the road

· Q: Three cockroaches were sitting around. One of them began singing, “aashiq banaya, aahiq banaaya, aashiq banaaya aapne...” the other two cockroaches died. Why?
A: Because he sang a “hit” song

· Q: three lizards were sitting on a wall. One of them began singing, “aashiq banaya, aahiq banaaya, aashiq banaaya aapne...” the other two fell off the wall. Why?
A: Because they began to clap

· Q: If Anshul (a guy in our class) sings a song, which song will he sing?
A: How would I know? Go ask him….

· Q: Three kids are boasting about their dads
Kid 1: my dad is superman
Kid 2: my dad is he-man
What does kid 3 say?
A: my dad is Pokeman

· Q: a baby says “ff,ff,ff,ff”. Why?
A: f=ma

Career Counseling

Career planning hasn’t helped me at all. I’m serious. It’s an important decision, and I have to make up my mind before January.

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I seriously cannot make up my mind. I wish we didn’t have so many options, at least I wouldn’t be soooo confused.

Here’s my list of what I could or want to do:

Aviation: I would have made up my mind about civil aviation if my eyesight wasn’t weak. Its been my dream to fly and this is the closest I can get.

Medicine: I really don’t know if I want to be doctor, my dad wants me to. So, I’ve put it as an option, if I don’t make up my mind, I suppose that’s what I’ll do, though it isn’t exactly what I want.

Journalism: I’m good at writing and hat what compels e to put this in the list. Its interesting, but still not exactly what I want. Its like working behind the scenes, just your name in the paper… Being a correspondent does get you on TV, but not I want.

Psychology: I’m interested in it, but it doesn’t exactly have a bright future, not too much pay, not exactly what I want.

Photographer: I like it, but I can’t do it for too long, not too many opportunities.

I really wish my eyesight wasn’t weak. I would have done something I really want. Nice pay, I could have been the youngest woman pilot in India for a year at least…. *sniff*, my dreams are shattered….. Being a doctor isn’t what I want, I don’t think I could live through a surgery .I would have done psychology, but I want to do something better, there isn’t exactly a great demand for psychologists or high posts for them. Being a photographer is ok, but I like it more as a hobby.

Oh by the way… by the career planning thing, I’m assertive and in arena, which is quite unlike me, I am quite quiet.

In the learning style inventory, I got 43 points in column A, as an accommodator. It suggests a career in: management, business, govt. services, defence ,banking, public admin., politics etc… I don’t want to anything in any of these fields. I wonder if these group counseling sessions ever helped anyone……

I want to do something which has good pay and something I truly like. It shouldn’t be too demanding of me and if possible, allow me to travel a lot. Something which has a lot of opportunities and allows promotion, allows you to go to the highest level

"Baharon phool barsao, mera mehboob aaya hai"- The Taslima Story

The line basically means, “Trees, rain flowers, my darling has arrived”, and nicely tells Taslima’s story. She is an average writer and wanted quick fame. She attacked Islam her book, Lajja or shame. She said that many practices were evil and Islam was wrong. Allegedly flower pots were thrown on her or something. It’s funny things like this should happen in a secular country like India, which has survived only because of bonds holding people of all religion together.

What the hell have people got against Islam and Muslims???

They expect us to be weird and different. Many say when they come to know I’m a Muslim, “you don’t look like one”, as if they expect me to have horns.

We harbor terrorism and train terrorists. Muslim nations are apparently full of shit. All Muslims are backward. Beware of the Muslim with a beard, he may just kill you.

People have crappy images of Muslims in their minds and immediately think of Taliban and Osama when given the equation “Beard+Muslim”. I do agree that some practices are stupid, like the purdah, but let people wear it if they want to! Girls start wearing it at a small age and don’t mind it. If anyone is forced to wear it, I understand, but if someone wants to wear the burkha, let it be, OK? If they don’t want to wear it, they’ll stop.

Each religion has some good things and some bad things, but it doesn’t make a religion wholly bad. Religion has domesticated humans and given them an aim. It has shown them a path, told them the difference between good and bad and told them to do good things, be it through the fear of god. Come on, what sort of “evil” religion would tell you to give alms to the poor, not to kill, to hurt someone, be it physically or emotionally, and to be punctual? The Koran says that no one can get away with any wrong doing and that sinners will be punished on judgement day. What sort of “evil” religion stops people from sinning?? This “evil” religion has given faith, hope, perseverance, strength, order, an aim and a LIFE to many.

Taslima, go dunk your head and ideas in shit.

Philip Pullman Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Philip Pullman’s book, The Northern Lights has won the Carnegie of Carnegies. Yeah!!!! I love that guy, but I think that The Amber Spyglass is better …. This has helped Philip Pullman be more famous, as the apparently, even the losers who didn’t know about him do know now. We’re having a book fair by Scholastic in the school and mainly Philip Pullman books are up for sale. They are even having a completion about him. It has 5 questions:

1) Name the 3 books of His Dark Materials trilogy

2) Who was the king of the bears?

3) What is the name of the movie coming out in December?

4) For which book has Philip won the Carnegie of Carnegies?

5) What are the northern lights and where are they likely to occur?

My library teacher asked me to give it so I did. All answers were right!!! But I don’t think I have a chance of winning as even those people who hadn’t read the books went over to the shelves where they were selling and quietly looked up the answers.

Why didn’t I think of that???

There’s going to be a lucky draw or something to select the winner out of the correct entries. The winner will get a mini digicam. Even though it sounds nice, the picture of the digicam showed something like an irritating keychain.

Philip Pullman is an amazing writer and his books are amazingly addictive. But I don’t like the Sally Lockhart series as much as His Dark Materials. The idea is awesome and I love the characters. They surprisingly have the most unusual qualities. Lyra is big liar and tomboyish. Will loves to be inconspicuous and is subtle. Still, everyone loves the characters. I love the ending of the trilogy, even though it gets too passionate than you’d imagine it would be for 14 yr olds. I like HDM best after LOTR (lord of the rings, for the idiots who don’t know, even after the movies). And the best thing of all, the movie on the first book, The Golden Compass is releasing on my birthday, The 7^th of December!!! I already know what I’ll be doing on my birthday…

Smile

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


A smile confuses an approaching frown. ~Author Unknown


People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. ~Lee Mildon


A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ~Phyllis Diller


Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997


The world always looks brighter from behind a smile. ~Author Unknown


Start every day with a smile and get it over with. ~W.C. Fields


Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available. ~Jim Beggs


A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ~Charles Gordy


Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~Mark Twain, Following the Equator


The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. ~William Shakespeare, Othello


A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home. ~Author Unknown


If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. ~Andy Rooney


If you smile at someone, they might smile back. ~Author Unknown


Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile. ~Author Unknown


Everyone smiles in the same language. ~Author Unknown


If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine. ~Author Unknown


I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. ~Author Unknown


Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. ~George Eliot


She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. ~Raymond Chandler

I can’t smile when I don’t want to, I simply can’t. Not even for photos. I can’t sport fake smiles myself and hate those who wear them all the time. Yeah, I know it’s good to be happy and all, but I just don’t like fake smiles. Smiling to spread cheer is ok; you do that a bit from the heart, but when you smile to get something from others, its plain mean. I’ve seen people who support fake smiles not to show people they’re sad. That’s ok I suppose, but I hate it when they’re used. I know a girl who smiles back at everyone as if she’s happy to see them; but goes and bitches about them later. I can’t smile when I don’t want to, but I can’t until I’m really happy ,or I end up twisting my mouth in a funny way; so I usually resort to keeping my face normal. But when a smile comes from my heart, it forms nicely on my face and doesn’t look awkward at all… I just look…happy.

I can’t fake smiles, but when I’m happy inside, the smile sneaks out itself so the whole world can see it. I smile at the dumbest things in the universe and laugh when they get dumber. Insane jokes make me roar with laughter, and then, I can’t stop it. Something blooms up inside me and I can’t contain it, I feel as if I’ve achieved everything I wanted and there’s nothing to do and nowhere to go. I get this weird feeling, I feel I’m floating. This happened to me on Sunday, when I spent the whole day watching “avatar”, a show I love and I just warmed up. Then I read my favorite book, HIS DARK MATERIALS and I was so happy I was flying. Ok, these aren’t really big things to be happy at, but it’s the way I am. Lots of dumb and normal things make me smile from inside, like rain, a rainbow, a strong breeze that chills me to the bones, a sunset, the beach at night, a full moon, seeing someone I love happy ,a cute baby, lots of things. I can’t understand why I can’t smile when I want to, like when I see a person after a long time, I want to smile at him as he smiles at me, but I can’t. I look mean.

Actually, I can’t do anything when I’m not in the mood to. I can’t study, or play, or do anything. Its irritating when I need to study but I can’t put my mind to it. I’m plain impulsive, I can’t do anything until I feel for it. Some people say its good, because when I put my mind to something, I don’t stop until I finish it. I don’t know; I sometimes end up not finishing projects and homeworks on time because of this.

She

She’s dead.

You must be wondering who is dead and why. It’s my aunt, my dad’s younger sister. She’s dead.

It’s pathetic, very pathetic, to see your family suffer like this. My dad has 5 brothers and sisters. She was younger than him, her name is Farzana. All the 3 sisters names rhymed, Shahana,Farzana and Rukhsana. She was the middle one and was living in Lukhnow. She was sick. I don’t know when she found out, but I found out this summer holidays. I had only been 5 days since I had come back from France when we received a call early in the morning, around 7. Usually we don’t get calls at this time and it was a bit strange. My grandmother had called. She talked to dad and mom and when they kept the phone, they looked worried. They told me my aunt was sick and in the hospital. She had been visiting Grandma in Delhi when something happened to her. I don’t know what exactly but I came to all this only by overhearing people on the phone. No one told me anything. We left that evening, I a bit reluctantly as I was sleepy and also as I didn’t know how serious the matter was. We went to the hospital where aunt was admitted. She was in the ICU. That meant things were bad. Another of my aunts (the youngest one) came to fetch us from the hospital gate and guided us to the ICU.

I remember my youngest aunt as being the liveliest, always happy and cheerful. That day, she was grim. She looked tired and bent and worried. She had rings under her eyes as if she hadn’t slept. I still hadn’t realized how serious the matter was. I wondered what was happening. When we went up, I saw almost all my aunts and uncles around. I started getting worried then. Some of them had red eyes as if they had been crying. My grandpa looked grimmer than usual. I sat down on a seat and wondered what was up. It was visiting time, so one by one my relatives trailed in to meet aunt. My mom came out in tears. My dad asked me to go too, but I refused. I feel horrible still for refusing; I didn’t know what was up and was afraid of what I’d see. I stood by as people talked and that’s when I realized that she was in the last stage of cancer. CANCER.

Shit.

I sympathized with her, but more with my relatives. Well, she is my relative but I hadn’t seen her for 6 years and didn’t even remember her face. I was afraid of what would or could happen how it would cause grief to my parents, my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. Sometimes, you can force yourself to sympathize a lot with a person because you don’t know him. I felt guilty that I didn’t. I was afraid I’d appear unemotional and strange.

We went back to grandma’s house and stayed for the night. The next day I was informed that my aunt had asked especially to meet me. Me. I went again to the hospital that evening during the visiting hours to meet her. She was pale. Very pale. Something told me that wasn’t her natural complexion. She opened her eyes a little and said my name and said salaam. She recognized me. She asked how my trip to France was if my mom was there. I replied and then didn’t know what to say. I just stood there holding her cold, shrunken and pale hand. She had a few tubes attached to her. Her hair was open and strewn across her pillow. She looked ill and undernourished. I can still remember her face.

We stayed at grandma’s for a week or so. All my relatives were there and we shared beds and slept. It would have been joyful if aunt wasn’t sick. It had been a long time since we had been like this, together. Pain bonds. I can’t deny it. I met some of my cousins after a long time. There are 9 of us, 8 were present there. We had fun, pillow fights, food sharing, playing on the comp or the xbox, dancing around, playing hide and seek in the middle of the night that all the adults snapped at us……..It was fun. We had never been like this, together, and I’m afraid we’ll never get a chance again.

My aunt died on the 6^th of august. On the 5^th night, my dad had called and asked mom to pack his bags as aunt was sick and he was going to Lucknow. He left that night and returned on the 9^th. He didn’t seem different, except that he was a bit weary. I didn’t see him the whole day. I was sitting and doing my homework when my mom, I don’t know how it started, informed me aunt had died. I was shocked. I asked her again and again to confirm she wasn’t joking and that it was the same aunt. My aunt had left for Lucknow from Delhi in June on a stretcher. She couldn’t move. She couldn’t eat. She was on glucose and food was being transferred straight to her bloodstream. Before leaving, she signaled to me to come near and said that once she was well, she’d come to fetch me and then she’d take me to Lukhnow to show her house. She believed she was going to get well. That’s what she was told. We all made plans that we’d go to nainital together, all my dads siblings and their families. She never got well.

I am terribly upset none of this happened. My dad went around saying under his breath, my sister, my poor sister till a few days ago. But I thank her for the one week she gave me to spend with my family and for bringing them together. I know she’s in heaven.

The PHAC

You must be wondering who PHAC is, isn't it??
Sorry, but I can't tell you or PHAC will come and murder me. PHAC is a guy, a horrible looking, hairy guy. I and my friend hate him a lot. We were sitting together when she started drawing a picture of PHAC on the table and the picture(I have no idea why0 reminded me of bio lab specimens. So, I wrote down an experiment on PHAC on the table.
Later, I made my friend draw the picture on a piece of paper and I am also going to publish the activity. Why??? to iritate PHAC

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here it goes:

Aim: to study the germination of hair nodules on PHAC

Requirements: 1 healthy, live PHAC, oil, manure as fertilizer

Method: Place PHAC on a rotating table, apply fertlizer and oil on PHAC and leave in sun for a few days

Observation: hair grows at the rate of 17 hairs/s

Inference: PHAC is very hairy

Precautions: 1) wear gloves while handling PHAC or your hands can become hairy
2) do not apply too much oil or fertilizer or PHAC will turn into a werewolf

So.......... i finally got the picture that sampoorna drew.
Isb't he *shiver* *shiver* horrible???

Is the verdict right??????

"I made a mistake, sir, 15 years ago!!!"

Its a pity Sanjay Dutt has been convicted for 6 YEARS!!!! I was looking forward to Munnabhai 3 and he is one of my favorite actors. I'm not saying that he is innocent but perhaps the sentence is too harsh. Sanjay Dutt is paying now for the mistakes he made in the drug-addict days of his youth and for the bad company that he kept.
What did he do? many ask. He illegally possessed weapons,stored and destroyed them. He purchased a .9 mm pistol,accepted an AK-56 rifle and ammunition from the underworld, ate with them and entertained their calls. But, we all know that Sanjay was able to kick his drug habit and concentrate on his life. He has improved as a person and an actor. The underworld maintained connection and paid attention to him because he was the son of a big star, rich and had all it takes to become a star. Maybe if Sanjay had done something else rather than acting,his underworld friends might have shown little or no interest in him.
It appears that the Bombay Riots were a causative factor for the Bombay Blasts. The resentment against the government and police by a body of muslim youth was exploited. They were brainwashed into taking revenge

People are arguing that what has been done with Sanjay is right and it shows that the law is same for all. But is it really???
The Srikrisna report found R.D. Tyagi, the joint commissioner,"guilty of excessive and unnecessary firing" that killed 9 muslims in the suleiman bakery incident. Tyagi was not punished, but he actually became the police commissioner of Mumbai; his case was discharged in April '03.
In the Wadala masjid sub-inspector Nikhil Kapse was found "guilty of unjustified firing" that killed 7 muslims. A departmental probe exonerated him.
Also, in the case of BJP leader Gopinath Munde, in "the vehicle in which his personal assistant Vivek Maitra was traveling, was found a revolver in Munde's name and one empty case". Both Mnde and Maitra were booked under TADA and the Arms Act. Soon, all the cases were dropped.


I think that the verdict against Sanjay Dutt was too harsh as he is now a better man. These people were also guilty, but never convicted.

Nicknames

Its been 6 yrs that our class has been together. Each class has its own stories and nicknames. I won't write the stories as many will be bound to object, but here is the list of class nicknames that I and my friend made a long time ago:

(In alphabetical order)

A: APPLE(bamon) ; ALLE/HALLE(anshul) ; ADIPOSE(aditya)

B: BLACK(sambhav) ; BHUJIYA(pujya) ; BALU(pragun) ;BATLI(bamon)

C: CHUNMUN(medha) ; CHANA(anshul) ; CHU-CHU(vinayak)

D: DIPSY(payal) ; DOSA/DAUD(kavir) ;DHARMENDRA(sambhav) ; DEVI(punya) ; DEFORESTATION(manvi)

E: EKCHULLY(shreeda) ; ENIMAL(harleen)

F: FRANKENSTEIN(bamon)

G: GOSSEEP(sanya) ; GHODI[CHUNMUN DI](medha) ; GUJJU(pujya)

H: HALF(half)

I: ILA(tarun)

J: JAPO(archit) ; JYUSS(abhishekh) ; JUNIPER(siddhant) ; JULIE(bamon) ; JHAD SINGH(vani)

K: KHARBUJA(bamon) ; KKRISH(krishen) ; KAALA(sambhav)

L : LES-LES(harleen)

M: MONTE-CARLO(manvi) ; MADU(sambhav) ; MONKEY-MAN(mohit)

N: NAUSENA/NAUJAWAN(vinayak) ; NOSEHAIR(payal) ; NANI HOUSE(shivam)

P: PANTHER(sambhav) ; PRINCASS(me)

R: RAVAN(lipika) ; ROSOGULLA(sampoorna) ; RAKHI(aditya)

S: SANJU-MANJU(bamon) ; SHOAIB(me) ; SUBHAN-ALLAH/SUMO(archit) ;SHIBU(me)

T: The PHAC (you don't want to know)

V: VEERU(veerangana) ; VINAYAKS(vinayak)

X: XXY(half)

Z: ZUBEDAAR JHAD SINGH(vani)

Banta Bottles

Imagine a banta bottle(lemon soda). Stretch it to 5 ft size and attach arms and legs to it and make it wear the school uniform.
What do you get????????
VANI SOOD

The class has officially nicknamed her as Chill Banta or Kancha. The reason is that once, Vani had come panting into the class and was breathing in a weird way while making weird sounds (apparently) and people began to wonder why she was doing that. Since she does not have breathing problems, it was concluded that the cause of her breathing like this is because a Kancha(marble) is stuck in her throat like it is in a banta bottle
The result is that everyone in our class breathes heavily before asking her to do anything and she is apparently pissed with them and so she comes and tells me all about it. I seriously find it very funny...The way these people imitate her is hilarious and it is funny to think of a 5 ft girl as a banta bottle. But some people do sympathise with her..... they tell her ways to get rid of the kancha!! Some people suggested using phenyl to flush it down, some suggested tezaab(acid) as it is also used to clean blocked sinks and toilets. Some people also suggested using a plunger to pull it out. Amit does a classic acting of her. Sometimes I do try to stop others from making fun of her but it all seems to be used against her. Someone said that she was useless so I replied that she was actually a valuable asset(don't ask me why I said that). In return, they said that she will be if we install a windmill in her throat.............

Why I hate the world

"He knew the Kuran very well.
He could recite many verses from the Kuran"
These were 2 points against Kafeel Ahmed as shown by some TV channel. I don't know which, I came to know about this through the paper and I have never felt more irritated by how brainless and ignorant people can be.
After christianity,Islam has the largest number of followers. Millions of people in the world are muslims. All of them know verses off the Kuran by heart. Only a really ignorant person hold it as a point for a person to be a terrorist. Does that mean millions of people in the world, including me are criminals?
For some reason, muslims are looked upon suspiciously in the west. Anything happens, the first muslim around is caught.If he is innocent,the nearest south asian is caught. If he is also proved innocent, any black is the suspect.
Who says discrimination based on religion and race has died out? Maybe they have forgotten the difference between whites and blacks,but now,some others are being labelled as criminals. The Muslims.
Is Osama actually a terrorist?He may have bombed a few places, but on that context, Bush is a larger terrorist. Till now more ppl have died in Iraq than the WTC. 2 out of 3 were civilians. America is acting like a big brother, making everyone dance to its tune. Whatever it declares, the world accepts without second thought. It plays around with the law, kills who ever it wishes and gets away by saying that the person was a terrorist.It is resposible for making ppl be afraid of men with beards and turbans. It started the prejudice. It destroyed a country for its oil. It said it was on the good side, but WAS Iraq on the wrong?
The Pentagon eats up 51% of the country's budget. I suppose it spendit all in bombing Iraq. I suppose, America may,one by one, attack all the countries who can't stand up to it and destroy them, declaring _______ (fill in the blank) was training terrorists and the whole world won't be able to do anything about it.
Some ppl actually believe that osama is on the right side and is rightly punishing America for attacking Iraq.
All this shit will surely lead to destruction and though ppl hope WW3 never happens,God knows, maybe it has already begun.
And that is why I hate the world which hates many innocent people without knowing them.

The mysterious 7 ................

Tomorrow is 07/07/07. The date that the astrologers claim will change our lives.... Well, they claim many stupid things and I don't believe this crap. This was actually 'breaking news' on a news channel!!! They had some 'jyotishi ji' who said that 7 and 3 numbers are considered lucky in atrology and was going gaga how the date will have 3 7's and how at 07/07/07 at 7:07:07 our lives will change drastically. Yeah right, my drastic change will be that I will be studying for my science exam!!!
Crap is shown as news nowadays....If a dog dies, it is news. If an elephant dies, its breaking news. There are far too many 24/7 channels competing to be the best nowadays. There isn't as much news as there are channels. Some show small things as big news, some actually make news. For eg. IBN7 has been showing a daily program where every day they somehow get new stories of 'andhvishvas' and 'chamatkars'. They show how some sage sucks his finger and milk comes out from it, how a garland on the picture of sai baba has been growing. And other news channels waste their time trying to disprove all this. Some other channels showed how the thread gradually loosens from around the flowers,so it seems to grow longer and how the sage actually drank milk every half an hour and actually spewed it from his mouth while his finger was just in his mouth.Some things are disgusting, like a baba who actually cuts people with scissors and knives in the name of healing of some diseases. They showed how a lady was whining with pain as he cut her and her son held her hand. The worst part is, they do not try to prove the things done by the babas as wrong, they just show it. If they had been saying how it was wrong, it might have actually make many believers go back and not get themselves exploited.

But media has been helping people also, there are many people who have been wronged and not given justice. The media actually helps in such matters as people are afraid of it and sometimes it is more right than law. For eg. there was a story of a policeman who used to boss people in the area and even beat them ruthlessly. The police did not take any action against him, but as soon as two reporters arrived with cameras, he was fired.The media also reveals some appalling realities and brings the attention of the government to many things and shows the real faces of people and politicians.

it is as bad as it is good, but we all love it don't we??? Maybe they will become better on 07/07/07!!!

Letters.

Here's a series of my correspondences with Espera while I was in France. The bits in italics are written by her. I would write to her, she'd reply along the mail that I'd written. So, there you go:

From :	Sampoorna Biswas
To :	tolkienbrag_subohi@hotmail.com
Subject :	RE: me,duh

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! You're having SUCH a great time and I have to sit with Vani!!!! Jus' kidding. I did most of the file. I added white shadows and white-painted the keys. except you seem to have given some extra ones. read alongside your mail :

From: "subohi khan"
To: rosesnlilies@hotmail.com
Subject: me,duh
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 13:26:38 +0530

hey!!!!!!! - hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You mailed!!!!!!!!!!
wassup?
did u do nething abt the file??????? - yeah i did!!!!!!!!!
call my mom n tell her im ok and my host is nice and im happy

for mom - i'll tell her.
im ok and my host is nice and im happy
her house is big, she has internet
cant call her, i'll have to waste money
just tell her im fine
my hosts name is claire

for u
this french keyboard is azerty instead of qwerty and has keys in wierd places
the numbers need the shift insted of ",',#,é,&, etc.
some keys even have 3 things on it n u have to press alt to use it
she has a bf
she has a hyperactive dog who jumps at me happily - lucky you!!!!!
its crazy........... - lucky you!!!!!
the food in the hostel suks - lucky you!!!!!
the food in her house is ok - lucky you!!!!!
she s taking me to the beach and for shopping tomorrow - lucky you!!!!!
shes also giving a party at her best frnds house next week - lucky you!!!!!
well also have a picnic - lucky you!!!!!
our show is on next monday - lucky you!!!!!
this place is really cool - lucky you!!!!!
dont miss ya - but i'm missing you. although vani said that as long as someone is sitting next to her, she doesn't really miss you. when laxmi ma'am asked her who her best friend is, she named you.
oh yes, i got to see more of france than other ppl as my H loves in cognac (yeah,the winey place!!!!!!!!). its one hour away from angouleme (if theres no traffic) and quite near the coast - lucky you!!!!!
she knos a bit of english - lucky you!!!!!
her house is cool - lucky you!!!!! i'm soooo jealous of you!!!
say hi to ppl frm me - will do that. try to mail me as often as you can. did you take that half finished roll of film that you took pics with at your house that day?? Vani might mail you today. she was telling me that she wanted to.

luv,
sub(ill write later) - pakka do!!
more on class - i broke a tile today. it was loose and i was tryin to pry it away from the wall to see if it might come off. it was heavy and it just fell. aditya took it and told the teacher. it's like punya said, "he has something against me" and "he's juvenile". becuse he was jumping up and down trying to get it from mohit. btw, vaishali n mohit are the new SOTMs.
Ma'am found out about 'porn' in the song and cancelled it. the dance is cancelled. the song is yet undecided. only janhagir's prepared his speech. nothing else is on. your file actaully looks good. how were the cookies??????
you are soo lucky. i'm soo jealous of you.
prachi misses you too.
write in your blog if you have the time. and read mine. and leave me comments.
18th is soooooo far away. how's it with the rest of the dipsites??
even the fashion show for the assembly is cancelled. bascially, we have nothing so far.
write more later
luv you tons
sam

From :	Sampoorna Biswas
To :	tolkienbrag_subohi@hotmail.com
Subject :	RE: me,duh

there you go .... read :

From: "subohi khan"
To: rosesnlilies@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: me,duh
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 22:45:36 +0530

hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
called my mom???? - yeah i called her just a few minutes ago, actually!!
the dog is behind me on my bed and is getting frustrated chewing a plastic toy and is even whining. that toy makes a lot of noise....
yes I took the reel and I cant find apostrophe on the keyboard
everythings fine but my h has turned weird..... shes awesome at home but ignores us (me and sukriti) like hell when shes with her best friend (suku ki h)
shit....;the dogs eating the blanket..my blanket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - oh Lol!!! How huge is the dog? What is it called?


ok
hes gone
yeah......... now.......... everything is pretty much ok
we went for a picnic today and my hosts best friend is hosting a party at her house which is co hosted by my host (get it??????)
we'll camp at her house as she owns a wine yard(her dad makes wine!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - cooooooooooool man!!!!! I'm soooo jealous of you!!!!
a few of us are coming............... me and my h and her bf, suk and her h and her bf, tarini and her h, amrita and her h and i think there are more ppl but ill check it out - how come you get to go to camps while i'm stuck watching nukkad nataks?? we had a nukkad natak competititon today. E n F section had done one play (by the hindi stuents obv.) and they came third. the plays were really good!!! but strangely enough, i didn't like ours... i think we don't deserve the 3rd position.
the weather is really unpredictable. it rained today - french rain!!!! how's it????
and yeah.......... i hate aditya - i'll tell him :D
do you have the tile?????????, ill hit him with it when i get back
and yes.... i was joking... i miss everyone i miss u... i miss the food.... the spice.... my parents... and india. when u r away u do realise the value of stuff
save these letters. i want to put them on my blog
yes..;i loved the cookies.. did u make them??????????? - yeah, i totally made them. for you. they were even a bit warm if you'd noticed. it was NOT the bakery. i DID make them. glad to know you did like it!!! you know that day, outside at night, i had so many things to say to you, ask you, i just forgot. it was sucha hurried meeting. there were so many things to tell you and ask you, seriously. i couldn't tell you.... btw, your mom asked me to tell you that everything;'s fine here. and to take care of yourself.
they were too good to b made by u... so i guess it was the bakery..........

luv
sub
ps. vani didnt write (%@*$*+*;%???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) - she just called now. tells me that her internet has broken down.









From: "subohi khan"
To: rosesnlilies@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: me,duh
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 22:49:58 +0530

abt the keyss..............;no one will notice.i actually put a few less as i was following this pic of a laptop and my calculations went wrong - yeah they might have. the space was very limited. there were actually a few less here and there and extra in other places. but yeah, no one will notice it. i don't know whta's going ot happen to the assembly... they're planning to do 'time of your life' . (???)

luuuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvvvv ya
sub
(bises)
ps we were sitting on the table and eating(family) when i asked them if they had eaten pickle and they burst out laughing

later i found out pikel is slang for toilet paper - i'll never forget this now!!!!!! thanks for increasing my vocab. prachi, inspired by the nukkad nataks, wants to write a french play with me. hmmm.

oh yes..;;tell anshul that i saw a shop here called "la halle"
how was ur test???????????? - tests were good. i'd lost my maths book and had to borrow one from Ruby bhattacharya ma'am!!!
hit adi once for me............. - yeah, i will (*gleeful grin*)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






From: "subohi khan"
To: rosesnlilies@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: me,duh
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 00:52:24 +0530

no, it isnt huge its small and black and called blek;not meaning black but "small house" - imagine calling a dog a 'small house'. i assume blek is the name of the dog who was eating your blanket right??
y r u jealous of me????? its sukritis hosts father who makes wine;stupid - so???????????? never mind!!!!!!!! you still get to go camping and visit Paris and Disneyland while i'm stuck listening to Adtiya ask Vani to eat up the dustbin refuse. And er, practice fopr the assembly. we're singing time of your life. hopefully, tomorrow, rajesh sir will teach us how to do the guitar. i mean, he really will and wasn't just bluffing when he said "get ur guitar tomorrow". how was ur cultural show??
i went online from your account y'day. and your brother started chatting me up. don't worry, he knew it's me, sampoorna and not his sister little, subohi.

what was the natak abt????? - it was a nukkad natak competition. our class got the third prize. it was all aout social issues atually. E n F did it on corruption, glamour (abt how caught u we are on the everyday lives of famous people) and superstitions.
it isnt exactly a camp;well eat in the house but sleep in the wine yard if the weather is ok;which it usually isnt...........
french rain is normal
y do u have to tell adi i hate him????? he knos.............. - i didn't tell him.
ya, the meeting had to be hurried
even though i basically ran from ur house, i was late..........
firstly, we went to your house...late
2nd we went over the fly over than beside it..............late
3rd we couldnt find a cut.........late
4th when we found a cut we landed up on the road to dwarka.............late
5th no cut.....late
6th found cut..............had to go back a lot........late
7th total:9:30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ill give u flash back of what we did - sure!!

luv ya.................
sub