locked the keys to the lock

Yesterday was one of the rare days when I forgot my keys inside my room and locked it. The door has the facility of an auto lock which I generally don't use. But yesterday I didn't feel like taking my laptop to office so thought of leaving it in my room and locking the room. Just forgot the keys inside. When I came back home after office I realized what I had done :( But the best part was that I was supra cool all the time. Tried experimenting with the door knob but Saurabh had a better idea which at first seemed to me more destructive than what I was doing - trying to detach the knob of the door. Saurabh suggested that I break the back door which would require less effort and anyway its better to get the latch fixed rather than the lock on the front door. So we went to the back door and it just took 4 kicks to get the door open. Fortunately, there was no damage in the process. The latch had come out along with the screws from the wooden frame of the door so it can be fixed again with the help of a screw driver very easily. All's well that ends well :)

A quick update ..

Well the latest update is that I suddenly realised that next month would mark the end of first half of 2007 :O Isn't life running too fast ? I still dun believe that 5 months have gone by in this year.

Saw "Cheeni Kum" yesterday and I loved the movie. Its definitely one of the cutest movies of recent times. The chemistry between different characters has been shown very nicely and the dialogues are witty as well as humurous. A light hearted comedy movie, a MUST watch !!

Also saw Shootout at Lokhandwala and I cant believe I actually watched it even though I had no intentions to do so. I cant understand why this movie is getting good reviews. And this person named Tusshar (with a double S(ass)) Kapoor, why is he getting roles in the movies still ?. I am sure he pays the producers to bag roles in movies. He has no idea what torture he is making the public go through with his appearences. God save us !!!

Saturday night we had our HR party at RPM, Noida. Had a great time there with unlimited food, drinks and a dance floor. Danced a loooooooooootttttttt till midnight and the food was also good. Not to mention about the various cocktails and mocktails that we had and even invented some on our own :)

Got an inspiration to do glass painting last friday when I met one of my aunts who has done graduation in Fine Arts. She was doing a huge glass painting since past one week and got a chance to see a live demo when I visted her. Got all the necessary tips and motivation required for me to get going. It would be a nice experience for me too since I have never done a glass painting before. I also showed her my sketches and photographs and was glad when she said that I have that knack of an artist and its visible in my photographs. She liked the pencil sketches too. I was on seventh heaven :D To be appreciated by an artist is a different feeling.

Have been regularly practicing on the piano (synthesiser) since past few weeks and trying to record the instrumentals on my laptop now. The recorded midi files dont sound as great and stereoponic as they sound on the piano. Will have to do some more research/experiments on this recording thing :)

Thats it. Life is so busy and stressed up at times these days that have started taking life on an hourly basis :) Not joking, it feels great when you've just had a fruitful hour at work or a great time chatting with a friend and at the same time the "not-so-happening" hours are easily forgotten :D

Meeting an old friend ...

How about completing the title as follows- Meeting an old friend for the first time !! :) Ha ! Sounds strange isn't it, but its true. Met an old friend for the first time this Sunday. We are friends since past 3-4 years but we had never met in person till now. We became friends on the net (not through chatting). Earlier it was 1-2 mails every week but soon we became quite frank. Its nice to have a friend who knows no one amongst your other friends :) Don't get me wrong but there are a lot of things that you can share with this friend which you are afraid/hesitant to tell even the closest of your friends. hehe. Whatever, it was a nice experience.

My bad..

This part of my life is called "humiliation"

Past couple of weeks haven't gone well both personally and professionally. And yesterday was no exception. Slogged at the office and generally felt like shouting and freaking out at home to get the stress out of me. And did just that. But I failed to realize that I could be disturbing others by such an act. A person called me from the terrace of his house diagonally opposite to our house. When I reached outside to the balcony with Atul, he scolded me black and blue for behaving in such a rowdy manner in the colony and that I was disturbing everyone else. Now I wasn't sure about everybody but one thing was clear that the person was definitely so disturbed with the ho-halla at my house that he had to finally scold me so bad to bring me back to senses. And poor Atul had to go through all this bashing for no fault of his. I felt very bad. Felt bad for that person whom I had disturbed. Felt bad for Atul who did not deserve any of this treatment. And felt irritated and angry with myself for behaving in such an immature way. I apologized to the man and promised that such a thing wont happen in future and I also apologized to Atul.

Went to my room and thought a lot about the past events that have taken place. Things are not smooth in my project and there is a lot of pressure, had a small tension in the office a few days ago, my best friend is not talking to me and now yesterday had to be such a day. But you know whats the best part of going through a tough time, there is very little to feel more bad but there is a certain hope that things will only get better with time.

The lesson was learnt and I am a better person today than I was yesterday.

Rain drops falling on my head ....

Friday evening while returning home from office, it had started drizzling while I was still some distance from home. And with the wind so still, I was sure its going to rain pretty heavily. I started walking fast but not for the obvious reason that I did not want to get wet :) Rather I wanted to reach home as soon as possible so that I could part with my laptop and then enjoy in the rain. Did exactly that. By the time I entered home it was raining cats and dogs. Ran to my room, threw the laptop on my bed, took off my spectacles and came to the balcony to enjoy the rain, in the rain :) There was no electricity and it was already dark so I began shouting on top of my voice only to realize that I had company. Every time I shouted, shrill voices of kids would echo from all corners of the block as if answering me. It was fun and I was literally dancing with joy. The day had been a tiring one in the office and each drop of rain seemed to be draining a part of stress off my mind. For once I was not thinking of meeting my deadlines in office or being out of touch with so many of my friends or not attending CAT classes faithfully. With all this jumping, dancing and shouting I was feeling hungry now. Suddenly a thought flashed my mind which many might consider weird but I loved it. There was some watermelon left in the fridge and I suddenly felt like finishing it off while getting drenched in the rain. And that is what I did and watermelon had never tasted better before :D I could see the stars now and there was a slight disappointment about the stopping rain. But nothing to complain, it was one of the best times I had in recent past.

A party that wasnt to be :(

I find it funny as well as feel disappointed at the same time. All the enthusiasm that was there in the morning to make this unique party happen seems to have lost now. Its funny how could one day affect you in two contrasting ways. No point going into the details of why it happened or how it happened but now I really dont feel motivated anymore. And so the mail below with reference to the previous post:

Hi,
Due to some personal reasons the party stands canceled for now. Sorry for this sudden change in plan but it was as unexpected as was the invitation so i hope you wont mind :) As for the suspense, this invitation was sent to everyone from KritiKal (KSS and KSPL) whose first names contain an "sh"( Call it the SH Club). Just wanted to have a day which could be remembered as something unique for a long time to come and at the same time have something different from the usual office, movie, home routine that most of us have in recent times. Anyway ....

Keep Rocking !!
Cheers,
P!yush.


What has to be, will be !!

Something Different - 2

Just wanted to know how many days can I survive without a cellphone. And therefore I have abandoned my cellphone for sometime till the day I can stretch without it. The only exception being that I would have to call home once every night else I wouldnt have got the permission to switch off my cellphone at the first place :)

Something Different - 1

Off late have been thinking a lot about spicing up life by doing something different, something weird. Here is an attempt. I have sent a mail to some people today which looks like this:

Hi Junta,
"Howz life ?" A very common question with a different answer each day. Haven't our lives become too monotonous these days ? What was the weirdest thing that happened to you off late ? Or let me put it in a different way. When was the last time you felt you were special ? Today might be one such day :) Well....allow me to hold the suspense a little longer. Please take this mail as an invitation for a small yet unusual gathering/party on ***** evening at *********. The details are given below:

Venue: *****************
Date : *******************
Time : ********************

Hoping to c u all !!
P!yush.

PS: Keep it a secret ;)

The details have been purposefully hidden for now. Suspense unveils on Saturday :)

Spiderman - A love story

Yeah, thats what it is. A love story. The movie was not as promising as its promos. Infact I was disappointed with the movie altogether. Looked more like a typical bollywood flick with all the necessary ingredients. Romance, Suspense, Drama, Sacrifice, Action, Twists and Turns. The only consolation was a few action scenes which looked complicated but great. And also a few comic scenes involving the Chief of the bulletin - The Bugle.

If you cant stop yourself from watching it, at least go without any expectations or hopes and you might just like the movie !!

Suraj Ki Garmi Se .....

Prayer title: Suraj ki garmi se
Movie/Album: Parinay
Singer: Sharma Bandhu

Jaise
Suraj ki garmi se jalte huye tan ko
Mil jaaye taruvar ki chhaya
Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai
main jabse sharan teri aaya, mere raam

Suraj ki garmi se ......

Bhatka hua mera mann tha koi
Mil na raha tha sahara

Leharon se ladti huyi naav ko jaise
Mil na raha ho kinara

Us ladkhadati huyi naav ko jo
kisi ne kinara dikhaya
Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai
main jabse sharan teri aaya, mere raam

Suraj ki garmi se .......

Sheetal bane aag chandan ke jaisee
Raghav kripa ho jo teri
Ujiyaali poonam ki ho jaayein raatein
jo thi amawas andheri

Yug yug se pyasi madhu bhoomi ne jaise
sawan ka sandesh paaya
Aisa hi sukh mere mann ko mila hai
main jabse sharan teri aaya, mere raam

Suraj ki garmi se .......

Jis raah ki manzil tera milan ho
Us par kadam main badhaoon
Foolon mein kharon mein
patjhad baharon mein
main na kabhi dagmagaoon

Paani ke pyaase ko takdeer ne jaise
jee bhar ke amrit pilaaya
Aisa hji sukh mere mann ko mila hai
main jabse sharan teri aaya, mere raam

Suraj ki garmi se jalte huye tan ko
Mil jaaye taruvar ki chhaya
Aisa hji sukh mere mann ko mila hai
main jabse sharan teri aaya, mere raam

Suraj ki garmi se jalte huye tan ko
Mil jaaye taruvar ki chhaya

Rajjo's Birthday

Birthday Boy: Sourabh (Rajjo)
Place: Terrace, Garima Vihar, Noida
Time: 00:00 hrs, 2nd May

Feeling lazy :)

Feeling lazy though I want to write many things here. I will rather enumerate the latest for today.

1. Celebrated Rajjo's (Sourabh's) birthday at his residence at midnight yesterday with Bedi, Chandu and Jagan. Enjoyed a lot decorating the terrace with balloons tied on a broken ladder and a charpoy along with Jagan and Chandu. I loved the whole setup which looked like a funky cafeteria to me.
   
2. Started practicing on the synthesizer after a long time and its only now that I realise what I was missing since so many days. Feel more relaxed throughout the day and that sense of calmness is back again which had lost since past few weeks.
3. Planning to make another sketch this weekend.
4. This month there wont be any CAT classes (yippppppppeeeeeeeeee). Only revision classes which I am planning to attend to make up for the previous bunks :D

Thats it for now !!

The Murali act

We often play cricket in our house corridor in the morning and also after office. Yesterday I was trying to bowl like muralitharan and trying to emulate that same awkward action that he has. Practiced for everything, the leg spin, the off spin and the "doosra¨ too :) Most of them were wide but the ones which i got correct, Saurabh had a hard time facing them. Saurabh (my roomie) is a very good player so I assume I was bowling well :D. But in that excitement to become a Murali for the day, I got a sprain in my right arm :) and now it pains whenever I straighten my hand.

Started writing this post in the morning but was caught up in so many things that just couldn't complete it until now (6:50 pm). Still some work left but the good thing is that tonight many of us are meeting at a friends place for his birthday. Its strange that we all are batchmates from college working in the same city (different offices) and yet none of us is able to meet that often. Anyway, today is not that day :)