Laugh at this...

This is a test whether you've been a fan of old english sitcoms such as Yes Minister, Are You being Served, Mind your language, etc... Enjoy the following video, and laugh your heart out... If you can..

Interestingly, all the sitcoms mentioned above have laugh tracks... The irritating background that goes 'hahahahaa' with the video piece... In spite of the fact the video is not at all funny, if you laugh along with the laugh-tracks, it shows, you have been well 'Pavlov-trained'... A process of conditioning.. Where you feel like laughing whenever you hear a laugh-track.
Well, did you laugh? Tell me ... I'd like to know

Racism

Lust for infidelity, lust for power, lust for money, and the best things on earth. These have been the characteristics we've been flaunting ever since we humans walked the earth. With so many classics written against these destructive tendencies, and all the crap that comes with it, (like racism,) I thought these things should have been done away with a long time ago!

America, the land of every Indian engineers, lawyers, doctors, and whoever else's dream: the place that preached evangelism, and legalism, I thought they would at least try and suppress these evils. I would at least try (I still don't, though) and understand the casteist garbage our own country might have, they've been brought up in it, but the 'educated, rich, centre of all power, etc,' white Americans!!! Racist crap of the world! Look at you! You revere the prophets of your country, who speak against racism, and for equality, and respect for differences! Damn it!

Just today, I decided to listen to Salt n Pepa, a really nice women's hip-hop band on youtube, They were really good, but the comments below were way off the topic... Take a look

CrazyWhacko88 (16 hours ago) Show Hide Marked as spam

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So you're saying that the protestors should be punished for standing up against a racist system? That's fuckin' stupid. On another note, what does Jena 6 have to do with this video? Oh yeah, and what the hell's the difference between hanging yourself with a rope and a noose? *Rolls eyes*

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Idiot...Pepa went and joined the other racist protesters. She condones attacking people based on race and making excuses for black criminals actions. Hang'em high!

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Whack fag...the "noose" is the problem to the racists.

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Fine, sorry, I made a mistake, but is the insult on my username necessary? If you're going to try bagging out my name, at least do so under a name that doesn't sound so immature (doctorspankluv...are you bloody kidding me? lol)

Well, doctorspankluv definitely needs a spanking!

As I write anti-racist crap, there'll definitely be three other white boys, or upper-casters making up even more stereotypes about the other. I am in a way glad, and humbled that I as a person, did not have to face such abuse, but right now, I'm with you brothers, if the racist whites and the casteist buggers bug you, call me :)

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The life of a blogger

Well, I at the moment cannot consider myself as a 'blogger' as of yet.. Sure, I blog, but when I look at the grates, like J. LeRoy, Man, am I impressed. This guy really knows what he's typing! Just take a look at the amount of tabs that's openedGeez, There'll be a time when a third worlder like me would get a chance to open so many tabs at the same time, with my browsing speed not creaking under the pressure...

Oh, btw, any tips on Content writing anyone?

How to become the most viewed on youtube # 2

ples red karfuli

I got this stuff on the mail, and I thought I should put this up... This is Hilarous!!! At least for me...

Commission has just announced that English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where! more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as
replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

For want of a name

Before I start ranting about life, I would like to thank my devoted readers (endangered/extinct a species as you are) for your patience, and would also offer my sincere apologies for not posting of late.
The main reason for this is that I haven't been getting time to breathe. Surprisingly, If you find things to do, you can get really really busy... Even in a place like JNU!! There is just no time to breathe now a days! And I was thinking I could go travelling and juggling and working on silly jobs!
Ah, but that dream is just blown into bits, and I'm at the moment using this two hour breather to blog and surf the net. Speaking of which, there is one pretty cool site of this street performer... Basketballman!!! This guy could teach me a bit about street performing, especially since I just can't wait to get my juggling skillz on the streets! (Damn it, I haven't yet got it out on the web!)
Ah, but who cares about juggling anyway? The last time I went for an art workshop, everybody found it extremely funny that i was a juggler! huh? Ok, isn't that an art? ah.. (Google Jason Garfield and he'll tell you that it ain't, but who's listening to him?) But hey, there are certain things people like to do, that other people don't want to do. So? Let that poor guy do what he's doing and give him some encouragement in the very least! Ah well, I just hope I soon find some cool juggler around here. (It'll be great if that juggler has a couple of unicycles.)
Oh, by the way, I am on linux now, and am rally enjoying myself. Here are photos of my desktop with and without pictures. (I hope to get cooler backgrounds asap, with better icons. Once that happens, I'll post again) This is just the beginning y'all!

Linux

Ahoy all you OSS users! Please welcome the newest newbie! (I guess you must be getting a lot of us lately, since Ubuntu) Really, I am very impressed with the result of a collective effort on the command-shell and on ubuntu as a GUI. Also, the help groups and the skin groups are very helpful and fun. Am really enjoying my first few days as an ubuntero!

Well, these things always come with a price. Sadly. If I have to get the internet connection in my room (which sadly is something Ubuntu cannot live without) then, I'll have drag my 3 kilo laptop for three kilometers to their dingy 'internet provider' dugout. (Strangely I had a feeling that any place with computers was supposed to be porche!)

Well, as a matter of confession, the main reason why I am using linux instead of windows is because my ageing P4 is behaving like a P2! So, I decided to load a lighter OS. There is a slight improvement now. And since the computers at the Sociology Centre have decent internet and don't block Ubuntu sites, I don't have much of a problem yet :)

I fill up space: Therefore, I am

Here is a write-up that tries to be self-reflective and inspiring. All readers are warned that the following lines are NOT self-reflective and inspiring. Well, in my eyes, it's plain bull-shit. Just a lot of huge words put together in a salad.

If JNU has done any good to me these last years, it has made me think. People around here love to talk about issues that make you realize how bad this world is, and how fortunate I should consider myself for being born in an upper-class family. It made me realize how fortunate I was to not worry about my next meal, or my safety. I realize now, how difficult it would have been for me to laugh at the silly jokes we still crack if I lived in a refugee camp or as a dalit woman in an Indian village.

Well, selfish that I am, I have thought much about how fortunate I am! I have occasionally felt extremely angry at myself, and extremely guilty for my being so careless with my stuff. It occasionally even hurts when I waste my food. What have I ever done for those who need my help? All I have done is help people of my own class. (Obviously with the hope that the person will return the favor) I occasionally even think about all the not-so-well-off friends in college I rarely talk to.

I'm again in one of those 'occasional' thinking moods. Just yesterday, I saw the movie 'Freedom Writers', and I was impressed, mainly because a movie with such a cliched name didn't really draw high expectations on my side. But I was really 'touched' by the movie. Mainly because of two things. The life 14, 15 and 16 year old kids in the streets are so tough, that if I was in their place, I really don't know what could have made me go to school! Also, the teacher in the movie had the will-power and the guts of someone larger than life. (I always wish I had that 'Never say Die' attitude in me, especially when I realize that I have not done most of what I wanted to do because I either 'just didn't have the mood', or because 'I had more important work to do'. (the catch was, I never find myself in the mood, and I rarely attempt the 'other important work' during that time!

Well, I think almost everybody is blessed with a vision, a purpose or a burden in life. It is up to us to do something about it. We will be faced with resistance from the very start. But by God's grace, it is up to us to push on.

Busy Busy busy...

There has been a lot happening now a days. Most of us here in JNU have been working our heads off for the past few days. The course work, the social life and work with the CF, don't seem to be letting down, and there won't be a lot of rest in the near future. A friend of mine (who I shall identify as the person with the fetish for green t-shirts) has been working so much he has given up on his blog. (Like so many other less persistent internet freaks) He has done well to do so, because I have to make a lot of compromises on my reading and my general academic development by coming online and spending my time posting blogs that talk on completely superficial issues.

Another friend (whom I shall identify as the 'Angry old man') said, that certain people may not be cut out for academic work like some others. Well, I am not the one to say if I am cut out for academic work. I haven't reached that stage of self-knowing yet, but whatever I am made for, I don't find so much interest in academics at the moment. I seem to like dealing with societies and people in a more practical way than reading about them from books at the moment.

I have been getting a lot of books to read, but I just haven't been finding the time or the motivation to read them. Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Freakonomics (yes, I haven't read that yet) Wretched of the Earth, and The Poet of the Underworld. Besides this, there are other uninteresting (let's remind ourselves that the adjective used is a purely subjective one) textbooks on Gramsci.

Hmm... Well, some of you might be wondering what interests I actually have. Well, let me warn you, that I am up to no good. Nothing financially suitable, nothing that will bring the world (or even other arm-chair thinkers) greater good (books). Well, I just stumbled upon a few sites today. So, here are the sites I usually frequent...

www.jugglingdb.com
www.superhandz.com
www.pentrix.com

Of course, I am not good at anything, nor am I a part of any occult... Yet... But at least you guys know where my interests are...

and I (try to) read more 'mature sites' like
www.overcomingbias.com
www.kottle.org (Yes, I do read Kottle)
www.wholenote.com (Whenever I want to read tips on dusting my guitar)
www.juggle.tv (When I need inspiration)

Quotes I liked... (A random post again)

One handful with tranquilty
Is better than two handfuls
With toiling and chasing after the wind - Ecclesiastes

It's only when you have lost everything that you are free to do anything - Fight Club

The floating leaf - revisited

Well, this is more of a continuation with my previous post, The Floating Leaf. I got a lot of positive comments on this particular post, but that didn't do much to my feelings, volatile as they are. God hasn't let me down yet, and I've had a great time learning how to let my life completely into God's hands. The more I put myself into Him, the better I feel about myself and the world around me. Even though the latter thinks I've lost it completely.

I was speaking with a friend who recently decided to do everything what God wanted him to do. There was so much happiness in that person's voice, though he was still recovering from the shock of letting go of something he had been holding to himself for so many years. That overwhelming rush of freedom went through him as it did me when I made that decision many years ago.

Well, to me, I find it better to plan one day at a time instead of directing your life toward a larger goal. You don't have to go through so much of planning, all you have to do is give your best at the task at hand. Everything will fall into place in it's own time. Of course, there is that motion sickness you need to deal with, because this kind of life usually has steep drops and climbs. But once you're able to stomach it, God at the engine doesn't seem such a bad idea at all!

Ranting at sociology!

To all my professors and research scholars, please don't take the following seriously. I'm merely an ignorant ranter! If you are not used to taking things lightly, I suggest you click the 'next blog' link on the top of the page.

Life is more complex that Pierre Bordeaux's writing...
Well, of course, you would respond with a cheery grin saying that if life was actually as easy to understand (and as boring) as J.K.Rowling, it wouldn't be worth living. Hmm... You've made your point there, my man. But I have a feeling that this not-so-simple life definitely doesn't need to be studied so much, at least the way we're doing at the School of Social Sciences, JNU! The amount of theories desperate bored thinkers have put into mere sociology is mindboggling! I thought these theories would relate more to practical life, where we would get to use these theories for the greater good of human-kind! But no! For the past two-hundred years, great thinkers have come and gone, giving their 'seminal contributions' to the world of philosophy, sociology, and what not, and what has that helped!

Wake up all you academicians! (I consider myself a 'wide-awake, half-baked' academician) Don't you realize that no one is investing in you! They know that you don't have anything practical to offer to the world, for the betterment of human-kind! Most of us merely want to have our head in the clouds, and take an arial view of society, history, and life itself! All you know to do is to criticize everything in society, and form utopias in your heads and in your fat books! But c'mon do you all actually think that the rest of the world is that stupid! Well, they also want utopia to exist, you know, but they have already figured out that if it hasn't happened for the past so many years, it never will. So why bother trying!

Do you also realize that you are mere parasites to the world! Tell me one great contribution to the world! (If you mumble about some great work by some great bearded moss-laden thinker, please stuff a dozen copies of that book down your throat before you do so) All you have fed the world is great thought! And you consider yourself great learned people! There are so many people working hard, scratching the surface, trying to make the world a better place, while you berate them about their ignorance! We don't need great thought. We need action. If you can shed some light and get you hands dirty, maybe, you'll begin to respect youself!

Well, all steam has been released, and now I'll have to get back to reading "The Habermas Reader" by William Outhwaite (1996) Thanks for reading!

The summer heat

This is just to inform all my faithful readers (and those of you who have wandered here by dire accident) that the weather in Delhi is as fickle as the heart of a bumble bee! There was a time not so long ago, when a human being could walk for a kilometer in the middle of the day without going insane, but today, it took a herculean effort to just get to the cyber-cafe just behind my hostel! I'm absolutely sure I've darkened three shades during this short walk.

This is also to inform you all that life is going to get extremely busy in the next few days. Classes have shifted into third gear, and one particular professor had used the strangest metaphor when he described his course. He compared our class with pregnancy! Where after we go through a painful struggle for over 4 months, we'll produce material that we will be proud of for a long time! As a half-baked academician, I'm not so sure if I want that for myself. But let's see how things move on!

I'd rather get a job for myself as soon as possible. In this modern version of Survival of the Fittest, I'll soon have to get into a state of economic stability, at least after I finish my Degree. Hope to find some new avenues to gain work experience, and new contacts, by the time a month is up. But for that I have to start looking! The smarter among my readers would have found out by now that I am not that kind of a person. But well, if I can walk for 3 kilometers in the hot Delhi sun without kissing the ground even once, I should be able to do this too!

.... And I'm back!!!

... continuing the trend of increasing incoherence in my writing! All of you looking for literary genius and great penmanship, please click on the 'Next blog' link. I have decided not to use the backspace button even once while typing this post, as I just don't have the time to proof-read and edit my work. Also, typing a post in a cybercafe could be harder than you imagine. When the peace and quiet you usually need to type decent posts are taken away from you, the words just don't flow so easily. Also, those who hate blogs that ramble on about their authors life, can click on the aforementioned link. There... All disclaimers have been made!

There's just so much to write about! (Oh, for those of you readers who don't know, but actually care, today is my birthday!) Celebrating your birthday in campus full of friends is something so uplifting, that grin on your face could last the entire year. Well, let me take you all to the garden outside the pink palace, on 26th July, 2007. Few of us were sitting on the grass in a circle, praying and sharing, not very differently from the four old women sitting a few meters away from us. The sky was brilliant! The light on the leaves and in the sky had such a magical flavour to it, that it looked like a huge, well-drawn watercolour painting. It was the buzzing mosquitoes on my head that reminded me that it was real.

At this time, when I am supposed to be listening to my friends speak, my mind wanders to same time last year. I was new to Delhi then, and didn't know a soul. There wasn't anybody around to wish me happy birthday. Most of the calls came from Bombay, which made me dream of going back there... As I looked at all these new friends I made in a year, I was so grateful to God for his grace, that he even provides us with good friends!

There was a cake cutting after that meeting, with a Happy Birthday song with mock choreography! I so wish I had a camera... (Yes, I am aware I am sounding more like a sentimental girl than anything else)

There was another cake cutting session on the 27th midnight, three of my classmates came to wish me happy birthday with an expensive cake... And also with Pooja! pooja was my classmate in Xavier's, now studying in North Delhi. She came all the way down just to wish me a happy birthday! How sweet is that! I couldn't stop being grateful for such thoughtful friends! What have I ever done to be so blessed?!

Well, Enough of sentimental mushiness... Hopefully there'll be a genuinely interesting scrap next time!

Did you know?

Here's a few snippets from a website that's stood beside me during my painful hours of boredom during holiday season. This is actually e-mail forward material, but what the heck...

Here are a few movie cliches

For the female teenagers there is only one way to go; they find a new friend (odd girl, dance teacher, old lady) who transform them into Cinderella. So she first gets attracted by the school´s Idiot (seen from the sight of an adult: football star, best looking bully, is barely able to read or write) but later chooses the friendly, shy guy that she got to know on her first day, all are happy, the end.

Whenever the main hero is about to confess something important to another character (usually a love interest) they both have something to say. The hero lets the other person go first, and whatever they say makes the hero not want to say what he was about to say. When asked what they were going to say, they say something unimportant like "Nice dress".

People never get hickups , sneeze, or cough during movies.

Everyone wears their shoes on inside the house.

Teens are always confronted by their lover/crush/friend the EXACT moment they open their locker.

The Eiffel tower is perfectly visible from any window in Paris.

Enemies are very inaccurate when it comes to firing a gun.

Throwing spitballs and passing notes are the ONLY two forms of amusement in a classroom when it comes to movies.

Clapping finales in the movies often follow the same rules. First, there will be complete silence after the hero accomplishes a task or gives an inspiring speech. Second, one solitary person (this is often someone who means a great deal to the hero. The hero might have even had relationship problems with this person) will begin to clap slowly and rhythmically. Third, the solitary clapper is slowly joined by another...and then another...and then another clapper until ultimately everyone is clapping for the hero. ex. Cool Runnings, Strictly Ballroom, Can't Buy Me Love, etc.

The president/leader of any organization will be in a swivel chair. You will start talking to them, and only when you enrage them will they turn around.

A secret about Sam

For those who actually read this blog now and then, here's a treat you've all been waiting for! Well, not a treat exactly, but a report of the results of my efforts to keep my self from dying of boredom. (Didn't understand? Read over)

I'm a bonafide juggler now. From the beginning of this year while you guys were wondering what I was doing with all my free time, I was working hard tossing balls into the air. Thanks to the Internet, I think I'm pretty good now! Not that anyone has seen me juggle, other than my poor roomie (My roomie lives in constant fear of flying balls crashing into his head, or worse, his expensive, very much breakable, stuff. Hence the qualification 'poor') and my family. I really wish I could show of my skills on youtube, but the only thing stopping me is the lack of a decent video camera.

Speaking of my juggling finesse, I'm working on juggling three balls in one hand, and on juggling 5 balls with two. Contact juggling has also taken a sudden interest. (Obviously this is due to the recent scarcity of things to do)
Well, I try not to blame myself for wasting my time on such 'useless' hobbies, but like a very good friend of mine said. "It's better to do something that will enrich your life instead of wasting it on merely acquiring money" (Of course, this guy is a proper junkie, so what else would he say?!)
Well, I thought it was time to proclaim this newly added skill of mine to the world, and thus this will result in more posts on juggling! Oh, for those who don't want to read those posts (that would most definitely be filled with technical mumbo jumbo) I'd have tagged them for you :)

Early Mornings

Most people consider us University students boring people with no night-life, and usually live with their heads buried in their books... Well, you guys are right.. Most of us are like that, but you do know that there are a few exceptions. Walk into my MA class, and you'll know what I'm talking about. (Because my class is the one with all the exceptions!!!) We've got inspired film-makers, artists, journalists, comedians, jugglers, singers, guitarists, mimics, and a lot more.

Well, I know that's not anything great, but finding people like this in a research institute is pretty cool! But, since we don't do as much work as the average city slicker, we obviously don't need much sleep. This has made a few people like me end up having the weirdest sleep cycles. I now don't sleep at 2.00am anymore.. I sleep at 7.30am or later!!! (When everybody gets ready for work) What do I do till then? Well, there are so many things a guy can do in the middle of the night in a hostel like mine. There is the internet, and all it's information, both relevant and unnecessary; there's my roomie, Digvijay, who's availability 24x7 for chatting and debating on any serious or frivolous issue. (Talking with ol' Digg can last for hours on end). And of course, there's the food-court, where the food and the fun happens!

Another great thing about sleeping so late is the fact you get to witness dawn. If there's something really really important, I can force myself to wake up before the sun, but that has happened less than ten times in my twenty years of existence. And once you witness dawn at JNU, you get addicted.
Early morning walks, runs, exercises are great for body mind and soul. I didn't believe in that until I tried it out here. (Obviously, I didn't get up to exercise. I just stayed up) If you've been reading my earlier posts (Crazy fog!) you'll know what I'm talking about. I thought only the JNU landscape with it's temperate springtime flowers and trees, peacocks, squirrels, and tweety birds would make great mornings, but I was once again proved wrong.

I wanted to check out how the morning looked like at Chennai, so when I went home for my vacations, I was amazed by the sunrise! From my terrace, I could see the Chennai harbour, with it's towering cranes and ships, and the rising sun throwing rays between these monsters of steel, with the reflecting glassy ocean as a background. It is definitely a great idea to wake up early in the morning

After a long while

I just realized the hopelessness of typing a blog like this, knowing that no one other than a few good friends I know would read it. Besides, what was

Crazy Fog!!!

I had the privelege of watching the glories of God's creation two early mornings in a row! Those who know me will be kinda surprised thinking "What's Sam doing so early in the morning?" Well, let me tell you..
Oh, don't worry.. I haven't even thought about the joys of being a morning person or anything yet. I still enjoy my late nights. As a matter of fact, I didn't sleep at all last night! (Ah, that explains it...) We Tamils of JNU had dance-practise yesterday, (The Tamil Cultural Association performing for the entire university tomorrow night... And the reason why all my friends have decided to turn up for it is (obviously) because I'm dancing!!!) and it lasted upto two in the morning. I decided that it wouldn't do any good if I attempt sleeping, because it would surely result in my not waking up on time for lectures. I did the same thing yesterday, which resulted in my not being able to control my sleep in Nilika's class, (but who cares). Later, I was able catch my sleep from two in the evening to eight at night. Of course, I didn't have anything close to what you would call productive days. (err.. nights).. Mostly reading my reference books and watching juggler videos:)
Ok.. About the morning.. I wore warm clothes and kegs, took out my camera and ran out into the morning! I've never seen so much fog! The visibility would have been around 10 meters! For a southie like me, fogs like me can easily drive me crazy! I took a few snaps and started on my run towards the playground. On the way, I found a peacock sitting majestically on a tree, (sadly, it was too dark and foggy for me to get a decent snap. went to the ground, enjoyed my run in the mist and the dew wetting my face as I ran! Sadly, I had gastro problems (obviously because of the overnight vigil) and couldn't run as much as i wanted to. After more admiring scenery, I took those stereotypical photos of flowers in full bloom, exercised and ran back to the room!
I have decided to do this more often.. Hopefully everyday.. *Deja vu.. I remember uttering the very same sentence the first day I came to JNU! *

Boredom Again!! Part 2

This is the second part of my 'Boredom Again' boasting about my boring life series. It would be a good idea if you read the previous post before you read this one.

Ok.. Are you done reading the previous post? Good.. Oh, so you guys must be wondering about my status of employment? Well, I bunked that idea. (Tell me something new). I actually got really into developing these 'skills for survival' namely juggling and plate manipulation! I've gone pretty far, and I know that I will not get time like this to fool around later, when I really have a job, so I decided I'll make the best of it!

And that (can't think of a politically correct adjective that speaks my mind) JNU course work has finally caught up with me, and I've recieved a barrage of term-paper deadlines, that I'm happily back to hard-work that doesn't require brains. (At least, there's some legit work to do) Come to think of it, i'm supposed to be working on my synopsis for my term-papers, but I just didn't feel like it tonight. I'll work on it tomorrow. Hey, synopses can wait, but not my blog posts!! Today is one of those lucky days i feel like blogging.

Was going through a few of the 'funniest blogs online'. These guys really have a sense of satire, wit and everything else a creative writer could dream off! Well, I would definitely want to be like them, but I just don't have the mood to practise!

Oh, and speaking of boredom, it's cleared out completely! (The crap you have just read doesn't contradict with that last sentence. I'm not bored. I'm too sleepy to think straight) Life is beautiful again!

Boredom again!

It's been a long time since i've posted anything. The last time I did so was on the 29th of Jan, but somehow I only managed to get the title through to my blogsite. Well, it isn't exactly the Monalisa that's missing. so here's more crap to fill up for it.

There are two reasons why there isn't any verifyable frequency of posts in this blog. One, my life has decided to slowdown, and as said by the great so and so, "Life isn't exactly one damn thing after another. It's just the same damn thing over and over again".

There isn't anything interesting that one could blog about. Life isn't hectic as it is supposed to be, and I'm not doing anything about it. Yesterday, I met like-minded people suffering from insomnia because of lack of work and we all decided to get ourselves jobs. There seemed to be no other alternative. At least upto now. I really hope this wish to get a job turns into a reality, and that I'll be smart enough to work and study at the same time.

I'm not sure that I know how to manage my time as well as the other people. But I sure am very bad at keeping myself occupied. I am getting restless, but not restless enough to do something worthwhile. The past two months I've been juggling (3 ball+tricks, plate manipulation, pen spinning) playing tennis and badminton to pass my time. Nothing else. Kinda frustrating, if you ask me, I hope I can do something useful today. (Half the day is over already. Hope to make use of the second half properly)

Tribute to my kid brother

I write this piece a few hours before my departure from Chennai, the place of my loved ones. I know well how much I am going to miss them all, but there is one person who I know will miss me the most.. After all I did to him.
I'm leaving home once again David, back to my boring studies and not-so-boring friends. I wonder what made me think that I did not have a good time here, when all I did was have fun! I'll really miss you buddy, though I'll be back in a few months from now.
Of course, though you're kinda sore about me going for a while, you'll soon be up to your neck in your tenth boards. You know you'll have to slog it out for a few months now, and I'll be safely out of the way. If i'm around, I know, that will hamper thoughts of constructive work for both of us.
It was great of you to download all those movies I asked for and write them down into CD's. I'll remember you everytime I use those CD's man :) Don't worry about being different. Believe me, the whole Joseph family is different from the rest. You have no idea, but you soon will. And it always is cool to be different, no matter what folks may say. Keep at it bro', you'll be a star.
Keep training at parkour too, It'll at least give me motivation to work out if it doesn't do much for you. Oh, and for heaven's sake, don't get them in the way of your books.
I'll miss you lil bro, ciao
Sam

What a way to start the new year!!

As I do every time, I dutifully celebrated New Year's by attending the midnight mass and spending the rest of the day with my family. I know that I will never be one of them who drink and go crazy to welcome the new year. Only this time, I was more thankful to be spending the beginning hours of the year in God's prescence considering the amount of tragedy that took place during the new year's season.

At 5.00pm Yesterday, I accidentally (cause I usually don't read the news) stumbled on this news-clip about the bombings in Bangkok, Thailand. The initial stories said that the people responsible were drunk revellers who wanted to have an extra kick. The nerd in me was so glad that that I did my parents proud by staying at home and being a good boy. Of course, later during the day stories came in sayign that it was a planned attack by supporters of the outsted president. (Ah, I knew Politics would enter the scene at some point)

Well, in order to get back into the news mood, it was around New Year's did a plane crash in Africa killing hundreds and a ferry sank in a storm killing many more. This is the most catastrophic new year's I've ever heard about. (I guess I haven't lived that long)

Saddam Hussein was executed around that same time too. Man, doesn't it get worse. ex-president Ford passed away. This definitely isn't the best start for year 2007.