The few days have passed away like a dry desert storm....it just comes and takes everything away from you. Well, it does seem weird when half of your world is torn apart..in a matter of less than two days. Sadness covers you like a woollen blanket. Yes, it took me a day to actually realise the person who was half my world had left me forever...and she won't ever come back.. Well, I guess I 'd better get used to it.
Condescending talks...commiserating looks...sorrowfilled faces have all become a part of my life within less than a fortnight.
Death is peculiar....it has its own weird ways...its own characteristics, sometimes those which we can never really understand. It is ghastly , it has its own crazy smell, trust me , it does. I really think death leaves its smell, when it touches a person. Yes, now most of my readers will think Iam mad, but no , I am not...I seriously think I can associate death with a smell. Well, Death to me smells of burnt coal.....(maybe it's just my mother's death taking its toll on me).
Well, my life is slowly coming back to normal. Several of my 'freinds', have come to commiserate with me. Genuine or not, those 'talks' did help. Iam going back to College. It feels good to be back among my mates, who I care about...and who care about me.
My grandparents, aunts, uncles , cousins, and all my friends who've been with me...and will continue to remain on my side, THANK YOU.
DAD I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU...AND I WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO LOVE YOU!
MUM, I LOVE YOU TOO,
MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE.
P.S:Readers please pray for my mum..............

Looking back....looking ahead.........

Its been a while.....several things have happened in the interim.....things both pleasent and things gruesome. College opened with me firmly implanted in the 12th! I was not prepared for anything that happened that day...well, we got shuffled! May be this has come at a proper time! Maybe I needed a break from my 'FRIENDS'...
Well, I guess in a space of two months a lot can happen. I can happily announce that this summer vacation was the worst I ever had! I realised .......well, I was made to...again by a group of my 'friends'....that the world is not as rosy as it seems.People are not what they seem to be when you first meet them!
I kinda realised this...and moved on in life!
Well life is fine( for now!)..its just that right now I have a sprained ankle. Resting at home is nice! Saw Blood Diamond, Eragorn, Covanent, Pirates3( this one at the theater)...at home, on the compu. Nursing an ankle is one of the most boring things a person can do!
Brett is finally gonna come back in sept, and .........................the best part is he is gonna come to Hyderabad in October!( Well that is if he recovers..., for now let's hope for the best).
Well, I just hope I do well in studies this year!
For all you noe, next year I may write my blogs from inside a Law School!( now again we have to hope for the best!)
I guess that's it for now!

I finally watched 'The Devil Wears Prada'. My friends have been persuading me to watch it from ages ago. It was the usual chick-flick, but it had certainly made me think.I know you people must be thinking , 'how can a chick-flick make you ponder?' It surprises me too..
The movie deals with, the fortunes of a young graduate, Andy Sachs....who gets a job as Miranda Priestly(Runway magazine's editor)'s second assistant. Now, this coveted job happens to be the one,"which a million girls would kill for"...as Andy is continously reminded. Miranda takes her because she is 'fat', and among other things boasts of a 'work ethic'.
This movie shows us the million dollar fashion industry from the inside, away from all the glamour and glitz. Millions are spent in shooting and re-shooting phtographs, which show semi-clad women/men exhibhiting 'designer wear'! I mean who needs this stuff? We are fine wearing our every day clothes, aren't we? Well, atleast Iam.
And...coming to those models...those perfect examples of Anorexia, with severe eating and sleeping disorders...I always wonder how can they go on managing their sizes? You see , one fine day,4 becomes the new 6, and 6 becomes the new 40! How can you lose 2 inches in one Goddamn day??????? I guess going on new diets is a way of life.....hmmm...sad, coz they can never ever get the exquisite expierience of eating to their heart's content....
And , those ridiculous clothes! Who would be willing to shell out $1000, for let's say..a string bikini?Duh!!! (Ok, maybe one Ms.Paris wouldn't mind).
Then the models...amazing life.....you really think so? What is life , if you can't do justice to your boyfriend? No wonder most of them end up having close to 50 relationships in their disease stricken life...
Demanding schedules, even more demanding bosses, and....yes, when the money flows in all this lays forgotten. Most models say they are not in it for the money...they call themselves 'media of exhibiting creations'. Oh! come on...we 've had had enough of the bull shit!
So I wouldnt want to become a runway model....to save my life! Kudos to all the girls who have managed to be in the reckoning!

Oops! I did it again..

I know. I did it. I couldn't help it. I ditched Orkut, yet again. And this time people its not my fault. It just so happened ,that an ultra curious hacker found my yahoo id( which I conveniently displayed on Orkut), very fascinating and....there went my Yahoo account. My good friend Nihari complained about a bad email she had received...and, I decided to close my Orkut account.


Well, this was just a catalyst, I had been thinking about getting out of orkut , from a along time. I found it boring. Yes, at first you are all excited at how your mates can 'scrap' you. Then you suddenly realise that you have to keep refreshing the damn page to read every scrap or even to reply.
I did make a few good friends, love you Sanjana, Kavika, Lola, I promise to keep in touch. I got to read a few poems. I got good reviews for my not-so-deserving poems. I the worst part is....I had 112 friends and I was a part of 140-odd communities. I don't even know why I had joined them. I mean, why do people make random communities like hotdog, i-love-something communities?
And ,yes, maybe there should be a community for people who join Orkut to just read other people's profiles.
Anyway, what happened , just happened. If there comes a time when I want to go back to Orkut, I have a zillion friends, who can give me the 'precious Orkut invitation'.
And yes , non-Orkuters(well, I do not think there are any who have not got the taste of Orkut, if there are any, well, I guess monuments are to be erected in your honour ,guys!!!), there is nothing that you are missing by not being in Orkut. You are just not contributing to the save-my-girlfriend fund of Mr.Orkut.
This is another infuriating fact...he makes money every time you open an account, every time you visit someone's profile, everytime you add someone,or someone adds you, or even everytime you log out!
Ok, I have to leave now! bubye!!

The underdogs ruled, didn't they?

The Irish are my stars of the tournament.They have caught my imagination like no other team has. Be it their win against Pakistan on St.Patricks day, or Trent Johnston's chicken dance. I shall be closely monitering their progress, so I can analyse the amount of threat thay can pose to Team India in a year or so...Here are the Aussies with the Trophy which they have managed to pocket for the third time in a row! What the hell? Are the other teams ever going to win? Can they only keep saying The Aussies can be beaten. Or will someone get around to showing it in the finals of a World Cup?

(To the pro-Aussies who read my blog..This anti-Aussie vein will continue only till Brett Lee comes back to cricket. Actually, Iam quite tired of singing their praise too)

The ICC Cricket World Cup finally drew to a close on a bleak note, last Saturday. Phew! It was so long and boring...The Cup, keeping in line with all the dissapointments it had to endure along its way...finished amidst much confusion. The Aussies who looked famished and beaten before the start of the tournament, once again showed why they are the best. They won the Cup without much effort.The fact that Mike Hussey did not have to bat too many times, sort of sums up the whole story!

Kudos to the Lankans for putting up a brave show in the final.But, what really struck me this world cup was the emergence of the minnows. Yes...I know the whole of India woke upto unpleasent news on the 18th of March this year.Our grief was also shared by Pakistan, who had to digest the fact that their cricket had been eliminated from the mega event. Then they had to take notice of the fact that Bob Woolmer had left them forever.

Now this World Cup had very few positives coming out of it. Ireland's stunning performance was one. Their fielding particularly attracted me. The spirit they showed was mindblowing. Even their celebration was entertaining. I think they really deserve a place in the LG ODI standings. I was really happy when the ICC broke the news.

Though they lost to the biggies, the game they showed against Bangladesh in the Super stage was too good. It was hard believe that they were a team of amateur Cricketers.I was really happy with the victories of Bangladesh too. They beat South Africa., man! They were too good through out the tournament.

Now, all this worries me. India is going to tour Bangladesh without a coach, and hopefully they will not suffer the same fate the Aussies suffered in hte Kiwi hands, earlier this year.

So.. see ya later!

Its Bingo, these days not Binga!!!

Yeah! your eyes are perfect! It was was just me referring to my recent infactuation with Bingo!
I was just tired of waiting for Binga to resume doing what he is best at. I hope he gives up on those futile attempts to record an album in Hindi. I mean instead of wasting two weeks in India
, he could have worked on his rehabilitation , or spent some time with his young family. No, he decides to fly all way down to, or rather up to India, and try his luck at BOLLYWOOD.
I am not the only who's caught the Bingo! bug...most of my mates at Prime are suffering from the 'Bingo!-Syndrome'.So much so that when I gave my Rs.5 choclate treat for passing my exams, Ipsita was quick to point out that Bingo! would have been a better treat! There hardly passes a day without Vatsal imitating the 'Vango-Pongo-Bingo!' advertisements.
The advertisements are also quite pleasing, only to idiots like me...not to intellectuals like..let's say Varshita?*Chuckles* Anyway, my particular favorite is the Jango-Jango-Bingo!.
The others are pretty good too.
But, people do you know what the best part is?
None of my Bingo! crazy friends(including me)..have actually tasted Bingo! So, I am waiting for my mom's return from the Super market so I can ask her for Bingo!. But I have a feeling that I am going to dissapointed this time round too.....
Now I am very dissappointed to note that the Aussies have won their Third consecutive WC title! Binga, get well soon, otherwise there will be no vacancy in the team! And Iam not joking.
My mom's come....and you noe what? no Bingo!
My sad life is becoming sadder by the day.....
Neway I have to go pray that Sambhav Kundalia passes his Chemistry exam, so he won't write the Law school entrances with me next summer! Cause if he writes this year, he is sure to get through! So, Go! Sambhav!

YaY! I got through!!!!!!!!!!

People ,its party time at home! I not only passed, but also achieved an 'A' , in all my subjects! Now, the world is coming into place. I am going back to being 'normal'. Law classes are fun! My friends at Prime are becoming better by the day. Sometimes it makes me wonder, will I be able to go on, without them next year???
Well, I guess like most things, I will know it as time passes.
The World Cup, is turning out to be really boring. The Aussie jauggernaut is rolling steadily(not fair! Lee where the hell are you maan?). Not even New Zealand could stop them. Well , finals are next saturday, and we'll see what will happen. Farewell Brian, you have given us lots of entertainment for a very long time!
Alvida man! Kudos! I will surely miss you.
Man! Oh! Man! A suspect in the Woolmer murder case...I wonder who it is.
I wish that Mr.Charismatic(Mark Shields), could tell us faster. He is rumoured to be a very regular goer to the pub in Pegasus. Given his lifestyle, where bindaas seems to be the buzzword...., I wonder what will happen?
Anyway I have to go now, I have to listen to a session on torts.
So bubye!

It's almost been a month since my exams were done. Everyday of the first two weeks was good. I could live through those. The world Cup kept me occupied. So did a few other things...I could stop myself from thinking about the day my results would arrive. Those things , I kept pushing them to the lowly dark depths of my mind.
But sometimes in the middle of the night I would just wake up sweating....my nights were filled with dreams wherein , my marks memo contained,'The Big F'. I would wake up screaming. I don't know what really happened to me this year. I am still wondering if high school has the same insane effect on people...................
I mean, ofcourse there are people in class, whose 'rattofying power' remains the same , from class 10. There exist people who wake up at 4am , to 'practice' trigonometry!(90% actually end up learning it by heart. coz the same sums come in the board papers).
On June the 2nd 2006, when I first went onto LF.....I was brimming with confidence. Cause, my life till then was a dream. Maybe I needed this year to bring me back to the earth! The new friends were some of the best I ever had. Well, somewhere down the line ,my life went awry.
My results will be out tomorrow, if I somehow scrape through all my subjects.....My next blog will be my happiest eva!

P.S.-people keep signing the petition to save hockey!

Save our sport!

I know, you people must be wondering what the hell am I speaking about..I am talking about the ‘real’ national sport of India….yup! Hockey..and not the willow game.We have been lead most of the time to believe we cannot do without cricket! Hell we can!!.
The history of Indian hockey is fabulous. 7 Olympic golds! The greatest ever hockey player to walk the face of the earth was from India. Ask, let’s say, your grandad about one Mr.Dhyanchand, Iam sure the praising bandwagoon will be hard to stop!
Such was the great history of hockey in India. Please help in reviving our National Game….A truly noble history…Look at the condition of the game now!
What is happening? If the debacle at the 2004 Olympics is anything to go by..well, the Hockey in India is on a mighty downward slide.
So , my friend has come up with an amazing idea!We have made a petition to the President of India to look into the affairs of the game..Yes! a petition.Please sign it, if you want to make a difference!
You can sign it @:
http://www.petitiononline.com/12hockey/petition.html

Please do it! For our sport’s sake! It does not deserve the injustice which is being meted out to it!
Adieuss for now!
P.S.: Next blog may be written by my new cat, ‘Oz’. Iam not sure when he will time for this, but yes, negotiations are well and truly on. So:
Hold your breath,
I wont give up!

What happens if.............

Let us all gear up for a blog full of fantastic ideas , solutions , and of course What ifs....................................
1. What happens if Team India wins the Cricket World Cup?
I would never ever have believed , it actually happened. Maybe as the finishing runs are taken,or the last wicket tumbles a nation full of cricket crazy fans will, celebrate to their heart's content. The Govt. of India will give acres of plots to the cricketers..And last..but not the least my friend's business proposition of making effigees of the players , will itself be burnt to the ground. And most important of all, we will get to see a lot of Dravid-Ganeshas, Sourav-Ganeshas, and the like!!!!!!!!
2.How do you make sure Federer loses some finals?
As they say , behind everyman there is a woman. Fedex himself sayz he cannot play good if his 'gal' isn't watching! Idea! Ban his girlfriend to all his matches!(Especially Slam Finals).
Where is a man without his animal?
Idea.no.2: Ask Federer to play all his matches with his cow , Julie tethered to his ankle.Well, we need some equality in sport, don't we?(chuckles)
If these rules are implemented it's good news to one Mr.Roddick.
3.Forget, Brett Lee...let's say Shane Warne decides to star in a Hollywod flick......
Name of the movie will be........
700!
Rating-A(With a warning , for strong sexual content)
4.Lalu becomes PM of India:
The following amends will take place in the Indian Constitution:
1. A ban on all transport , exept trains.
2. He will grant maximum funds to IIMs.
3.All parents-in-Law of MPs, can travel tol free , reservation free in any class , in any train in any part of our country.
5.Ok, if George Bush was an Indian, his name would have been:
George Bushekar.(A Mumbaikar)
Sardar Georgesh Bushawar Singh.(Punjabi)
Vengala George Bushweshwara Rao(Typical Telugu...ain't it?)
And I always leave the best for the last:
Gogeshwar Rao Kapoor!
6. If my boyfriend hits me:
I would take out my pocket knife and ...........................
(Inspired by 'Provoked').
7. The bowler I am terrified of
James Franklin......LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ps.Non-LFJCians note
Brother James- exprinci of LFJC
Brother Franky-Current princi(cum caretaker ) of LFJC.
8.How do you get Hayden out for a duck?
Simple , ask the Wicket -Keeper of the fielding side to tie up Mr.Hayden's laces together, and wham ! There falls the mighty Hayden for a mighty 'Duck'. The Stumps would have been smashed to pieces!
Warning: The match might also be interrupted , due to a minor earthquake!
(Sorry Haydos! Love you man!)
9.Lastly , I have finally gotten what might be the answer to cricket's gr8test mystery. This solution might actually work! With due respects to the work of Mr.Shields and his officers, and also the Black suits of Scotland yard.....
Get a telepath, ask him\her to communicate with Mr.Woolmer's spirit..and bam! you have the answer to the most terrifying murder , or whatever it was, of the cricketing history!
Please pay the the telepath well!!
10. Winner of the India Vs Bangladesh series in May?
Well, I have no clue, man!
Bye for now , I have to go ,sit and think abt the Ind V Bang series!LOL! Adieuss!

Who am I?

I look in the mirror
and someone looks back,
into the depths of my eyes........
Is that me?
or am I that?
Who are we?
The more I think ,
the more forget to sleep,
to talk or to even wink!!
The more people I aks,
in deeper depths of confusion, I bask
Who Am I?
I ve always wondered,
but never really pondered,
Am I a Kryptonite,
born in the cold darkness of the night?
The stars keep shining......
and the sun continues to rise in the east.........
But I keep whining,
because I am puzzled,
about my dreary life,
which seems to be a long unending strife..............
by
SNEHA SINDHU G

I Wanna Scream!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!......You got that right mate!
I wanna scream!!!!!!!!!! I want to pull out my hair! I want to bang my head against the wall!I want to tear myself into a thousand pieces and scatter them eveywhere!And I want to make sure everyone hears this!!!
"No one is ever going to take me for granted!! Never again in my insignificant life!"
The person indicated, knows what Iam talking abt..No, I am not taking any names.
So, You! Whoever you are, you just listen...and damn ! you listen mighty well!

I am not your F######g prick!,
alright?

And let this stay in your rotten brain forever.
Then when I actually think about this.......it seems that it is common in our large country. Yes, I am talking about the the huge word that literally haunts the newspapers in the country. The media uses it to describe everything and anything.
CORRUPTION....Corrupt officials...corrupt teachers....corrupt policemen and ya... the most used, corrupt politicians! Coming to think of it this , behaviour is very common among the people in our great desh. The aam aadmi is said to be suffering because of this... This is the case , yes , but it arises only because the aam janta is allowing it to happen!
You stay in a rented house...you want your passport. You go to the required place, and they ask you for a proof of your address. Since you stay in a rented house.. you have to go to the MRO's office and get some document! Once in the MRO's office you ask for the document...and, there apart from paying the required fee, you have to pay the officer something under the desk , so your work can be done quickly. And if you say no , forget the document they say! In that circumstance everything is adverse to you! You have to give in!
This is a classic example of how things work! You try complaining to the officials ,and they turn out to be even more nefarious!
The only way this can be changed is by putting your foot down, and demanding the work has to be done. Yes, they will ignore you , but they cannot do that forever . This is how the situation is in government offices in our country.
This occcurs everywhere right from petrol pumps to the posh uptown offices.
And thinking about what the Constitution says..I mean what can it say?
How can it help us? I mean a Constitution, which till now does not give a woman the right of inheritence by birth, do about things like these?
Yes, the system in this country sucks , it's terrible. As Karan (Siddharth in Rang De Basanti), says you try to change the system and it will change you!
No. I don't agree with him, this system can be changed ! And it will be changed.. When everyone puts their foot down on unfair things! The change will not be instantaneous , but yes it will come !
So... let all of us strive to make our country free from this terrible germ. Let's all country men join hands to make not only our country , but also the World a better place to live in!
AdieuSSS!
*P.S. Xcuse me for all the expletives I have used!

Oo! aaH! InDiA! Ghar aaja India!

It's all over . Finished! Nothing's left.
I promised myself that I would'nt waste my time pondering over this! I thought no more wasting blogspace! But , hell no! I could not help myself. This blog came pouring out of me! This just reminds me the kind of person I am! I am hopelessly lost, and I support this team full of not-so-invincibles! This team just promises soo much and delivers so little! I mean what can I say? I am depressed! Why are they going from bad to worse?
This WC , for me started out disastrously....when one fine morning in Feb, I figured out Brett Lee would miss the Cup.The fact that the Indian team were doing good kept me going. The way they massacared the WINDIES , made me feel they would atleast go to the Super-8! Hell ,no they did not!
They blew up , or rather were blown away in the by the Banglas in the first match! Then came the 413 against a paltry Bermuda. Finally , the curtain closed on the great Indian WC dream when SriLanka beat them.No, I am not feeling sorry for them! No.
What don't they have? Millions of endorsements, fat bank accounts, and yes a billion fans! What more do they want? And oh! yes a coach gotten all the way from Down-Under! I have noticed these days employing Aussie coaches is becoming a fad , but not working like the Aussies!
I mean the resentment among the fans in India is palpable.They deserved a much better show! Yes, I don't care what others think we are a nation of crazy cricket lovers! Ravi Shastri always says public memory in India is very short, show me a place where people cheered their teams when they lost?
I have an idea where the problem lies...maybe thanks to all the big bucks and the show biz our cricketers are losing their motivation to play the game.And in sports moivation plays a very important role! It is what keeps the players going!
Actually thinking about the defeat, reminds me that this has been India's worst WC since 1979.In 2003 , Ganguly gave us a big treat by gallantly leading the side to the finals.
The fact that our gr8 batting order wid a combined run aggregate of over 50,000 runs fails to click in any match, sounds life threatning. But yes this is what has been happening from a long time! This has to change!
Our next series is against Bangladesh in Bangladesh! Yes, Bangladesh!
The team and the management has a little less than two months to come up with a cleaning up act! God knows what they will come up with! Whatever it is it will not suffice! Cause this has been happening from a long time , and will change only if strict measures are taken!
The next WC is in our backyard and we hav to put up a good show!
So, ALL THE BEST TEAM INDIA! for 2011!