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Hey, you better be good..

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On the last day of 2007, a few desperate minutes before the day ends, I realize I don't want to leave the blog archives without the link 'December 2007', so here I go!2007 was good, to be fair. Internship was torturous, but the team was lovely; Ahmedabad was amazing, yet we left it and came back to good ol' Chennai; the final year's first sem troubled me to no end, yet there were so many fun moments; 2008 is, right now, the most important year in life! 2008, hey, you better be good.. FYP, the Honours ...

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In love, all over again.

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My hands shiver. My head pounds. I look around at the people around me, at the posters of the Tennis greats punching the air in victory. I’m here to watch a Tennis match played by my favourite sportsperson in the world. I pinch myself hard to see if I actually am here. I want to scream out loud, in joyous rapture, as the guy starts to talk. And I just did. Scream my heart out. I’m here, I’m going to watch them play, my first favourite with my second. God bless, one of my dreams is just coming trues.So ...

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Saawariya.. a review

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Saawariya? Nalla kaettan. Konnutan, SLB.I have to warn you there may be spoilers ahead, and.. oh, wait... there's hardly any story. Never mind, just read on if you will.Not so long ago, there was a director who made movies which were critically acclaimed, winning National Awards, and so on. And then he made Devdas, a glitzy, filled-with-grandeur-and-big-stars-and-similar-sounding-songs, nevertheless-wildly-successfuly movie, which (unfortunately) beat many other good movies to be India's selection ...

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People got to be clear with their questions...

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It was the last day of internship. Oh, those good old last days of internship in June. I'm delighted, everything looks rosy, I'm grinning from ear to ear. I walk to the bus stop at 7 40 am, for the last time in months to come, to be an organization's employee. An Indian guy comes to the bus stop, someone I don't know. Postgrad student, I tell myself. I'm smiling away to glory anyway. I sit in the bus stop, waiting for my friend to join me, munching on my toast. Some minutes later, the guy looks ...

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Sing and dance your life away!

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I can see what's happened. What?And they don't have a clue. Who?They'll fall in love, and here's the bottomline. Our trio's down to two. Oh.It doesn't take me much effort to try to remember the first time I heard these words as part of what I spelled then as 'Loin King' soundtrack. It was a dim white tubelight-lit room in my uncle's house in Bombay. I remember the tracks were recorded in a cassette that also held Aqua's tracks, with my own version of the actual Aqua cassette cover drawn on a white ...

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Hi-ho, away we go...

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.. marched 21 years!Can't believe it's time for the last birthday on college campus already! And such a weird one at that that I even forgot to put a post in the dear blog!The 21st year was simply a tossed-about mixture of every feeling possible! And as 22 dawns, life stresses, patience, patience, patience, it pays! Ah well, things finally have been good - even if they come after a good deal of trouble - and hope they stay that way!Was loads of fun at midnight, thanks, dears on campus. The cake ...

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When it all happens at once...

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Throat hurts, limbs ache, you can't find your voice.. INDIA HAS WON THE T20 WORLD CUP!!!Need I yell more with a voiceless voice? :DThank God I lived to see India win some world cup ...

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Did any of you watch Cricket Crazy on Star Cricket today?

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If you did, 'Fire Away, Dinesh Karthik' was me!!!I was on TV!!! Woohooo!!!!More, later, if I am in the mood. ...

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Is it going too far...

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... if I jump for joy when someone I nearly blush over really appreciates my work? :DI've got enough happiness-fuel to last me till the weekend. Long live kutti sandosham ...

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Void

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Do you know what it feels like, when you are neither happy, nor depressed, nor satisfied, nor angry, well, just feel nothing? Do you remember how it feels to be devoid of any emotion – feel the emptiness in you, hollow, and ringing? Telling you something that you just cannot understand or interpret in human terms? I feel void. I want to escape, not because I’m irritated, or angry, or bored. I want something new. Someplace new. Some people I don’t know. People who just know my existence and acknowledge ...

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My say in India – and its importance?

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I pride myself on the freedom of expression of opinion that India gives. If I am unhappy about something, I can freely write to a newspaper or magazine criticizing the people involved, blog about it, or go with a bunch of people and hold banners and march down the roads. I am happy that our newspapers brim with diversity of opinions and news. I am glad I can shoot a movie the way I want without pretty much getting a lot of it censored. I can shoot a movie about the political party I want to support ...

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Choice

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Choice. How one simple word has enough potential to make you stop and think hard about something. I stood there, torn between the two things drawing me to their sides. Is there really a choice? 'You always have a choice,' the words came to me. Said by some wise soul.Soul. I had some soul-searching to do. Which would suit me? Both beckoned earnestly. I was at the boundary, given the tough job of choosing. My insides groaned. So did I. My eyes wandered all over my immediate surroundings, looking ...

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Just a post

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Ever heard of an uneventful life going by at the speed of lightening? Heed mine. Doing hardly anything all day, but finding the days to head back to Singapore ticking off like that! (I clicked my finger to demonstrate - just so you know.)Two (and a 1/2) books, two unfinished-hanging-at-the-point-of-action long short stories, random online final year project meetings, and recently accompanying mom on her craft class trips and dirtying my hand with ceramic and fevicol, all just describe these two ...

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The first time

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Archana shivered with delight. There, in her hand, was a little, outrageously expensive glass of Tequila. Her very first. She grinned with uncontrolled excitement. ‘It doesn’t look much different from water,’ she thought, ‘or maybe lime juice?’ She seriously wondered why it was this expensive. But she pushed those thoughts away. It was her 19th birthday, and she would try this, no matter what. She stared at the glass. Visions of men blabbering away in drunken glory loomed into view. Of men ...

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And it's that time of the year again....

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.. when I have to write a goodbye post to the last year!! So, here comes to a close, all-important year 3, the year I began my 20 somethings, the year where I truly started earning and spent a whole semester paying for my expenses myself (and darn proud of it too!), when I realised I can be quite meticulous and detail-oriented too, and well, so on and so forth. This year's seen a fair mix of good and worst times, times when I went to the brink of losing my prized possession - my optimism, but still ...

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I will always laugh

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At a time when I’m already swamped with work, a colleague comes and says, ‘Can I ask you a favour?’ Not another of these, I groan. Within, of course. I pull my earphones off my ears and smile. ‘Sure, what can I do?’ I periodically nod, and diligently take notes to make sure I don’t forget anything. Why me, and why today, I wonder. I had been quite jobless the last 3 days at work. Today, I had planned to work on my university research project. And I’m piled with work. Why not the new intern, ...

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When everything else fails,

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words and music still keep you together! In a whirlwind of a month, which saw happy, delightful, depressing, painful times, some things - very few things - didn't change! An amazing trip to an island beach in Malaysia, the beach, the swing (oh, how much I miss the damn thing!!) hard and lovely moments at work, books, my dormant novel slowly coming to life in bits and pieces, surprises - great and nasty ones, bursts of enthusiasm, rage, brooding, angry resolutions, excessive need to be by myself, ...

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A freaking month later..

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... here I am, with a post. Warning: Moaning, bitching and possible worse stuff ahead. Really need to chill off!So in that one month, so much has happened! I've been evaluated by my supervisor at work, been evaluated to pitching stories to media and asking them to cover something, with 2 more people not in the working team anymore, more work on my plate, and FINALLY, a new phone!!! Say hi to my brand new flashy Nokia 6233 Music Edition!! It's white.. that's the only colour they have :( Anyway, ...

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Sneaking in a post in between work,

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just to wish all a Happy Women's Day!!Ladies, today's just for us to remember we're one of God's most precious creations.. and guys, don't stop with treating us nice for just today :D respect us everyday ...

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Why...

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Why is the human mind so complicated?Why do we care too much about something unnecessary?Why do we expect so much out of people?Why does it take a lot to keep some people happy?Why should we try to please people?Who are others to judge me?Don't the less complicated people make it great in life?Questions, questions. If only I knew the answers! If only things (and people) around were much simpler to crack and decode!But ah, what, then, would be the challenge in lif ...

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Hello?

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For someone who hates talking over the phone, I'm blessed enough to do a lot of it at work. Calling up people and inviting them for our events, updating the company's list of media contacts (and getting yelled at by people who hate being asked their contact details), and doing audits of media's impressions of our client, and blah, is a stated work scope for me.What at first seemed extremely irritating and mundane has now only become extremely irritating but slightly interesting. Calling up different ...

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Internship gyan.

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4 weeks into my internship and I’m ready to pass on my gyan to fellow mortals on the earth: Never say ‘I hate shopping’ when your supervisor takes you to DKNY to choose a dress for a wedding.Never show excitement on the ‘60% off – Levi’s sale’ when they’re excited about Nine West’s shoe sale (where, incidentally, $150 shoes after discount make them go ‘whoooo!’)Never give frank opinions – smile and go ‘Wow, you must get this!’ even when the shoes are hideously-golden and ...

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The miracle called habit

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Before I start, a 'Hail' to all people who work. To all those who leave for work in the morning, come back late in the evening and go to sleep, just to wake up and go to work again. And an even bigger salute to the mums who not only work all day, but come back and cook. Gosh!2 weeks old in my internship, and I'm already wondering how I'll tackle life when I graduate and have to work to live! More than the work itself, or the part of waking up early, or traveling, is the torture called monotony. ...

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Happy Birthday, bloggie!!!

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My blog turned 2 yesterday! It's a pity I realised that only when I was talking to a friend in passing about the blog! And suddenly, I realised I have been religiously (well, almost!) checking it regularly and so on. Of course, it's taken a beating now that I've started my internship and only have time to return, eat and get back to sleep after choosing what to wear the next day, sigh. Life's sooooo monotonous now, I wonder how it'll be when I start working full time!!So, two people have tagged ...

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