Scripted in Sanity

I COULD SMELL IT....

I was back home, tired from a day of hard work. Damn STUPID clerical work, but hard work. The heat this summer has been unbearable, which is why I'm glad I haven't had to go on field visits (not in farming lingo) yet. I took off my shoes, pelted them at the shoe shelf, ditto with my socks, minus the thud, went to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, pulled out the coldest 2 litre bottle my hands could feel and began filling my tank.

Got the bottle out to the living room. Switched on the TV and watched the Knight Riders beat the Rajasthan Royals in between long swigs, and munched on some roasted Moong Dal.

And then I felt it. I could feel it rush through my nostrils. It touched every corner of my nostrils on its way down. It filled my lungs. The rusty smell made me nostalgic. I'd been waiting for this ever since summer began.

THE SMELL OF WET EARTH. THE FIRST DRIZZLE OF MONSOON.

HEAVEN!!!

HAPPY 2nd BDAY!!!

HAPPY 2nd BDAY BLOGGIE!!!

My Blog, once known as DREAM ARENA, and now SCRIPTED IN SANITY, is 2 years old now. Never knew that It'd grow to be 2 when I started out.

Hope to see many more birthdays :)

Keep the greetings coming :P

UNTITLED

This was something I, and a now out-of-touch netpal and blogger, Rohini had drawn together on one of our many Yahoo Messenger Doddle sessions, more than a year back. The red half is hers, and the white part is mine.

I don't quite remember what her part means, but lemme explain my part of the doodle. I've made a clock, with 4 quadrants. Each quadrant, as you can see, is showing a different emotion. Life is always like that, we have seasons of sorrow, of fear, of anger, of joy, etc. So lemme title my part as "Life-Time".

Dunno what to name Rohini's part. I leave it to the readers.

Cheers

IRONY!!!

Isn't it ironical...

...that we citizens whine so much about corruption in the system, and yet would not think twice before paying a bribe just to get our work done faster, or to get out of litigation, or to avoid getting booked for traffic rule violations, etc?

...that we all long for young and educated politicians, and yet none of us educated youth wanna ever be found even a mile away from a political office?

...that we elect representatives every 5 years, and most of em are seen only once in 5 years - asking for votes?

...that one man's Terrorist is another's Freedom Fighter?

Why the discrimination? The people who are waging Jihad in Kashmir, the LTTE, the Bodos, are all terrorists. And so were those who fought for India's freedom using arms and killing people.

Blunt, but true. We can't label similar people differently simply to appease our egos.

...that we condemn the Taliban and their jungle-raj so much, and condemn lawless-ness, and yet label it outrageous when Terrorists like Ajmal Qasab are given a fair trial?

We can't just go out and hang him in public...he has to be given an opportunity to defend himself, and then when he is found guilty (which he will, of course), can he be punished. When will the idiots understand this. We're a democracy damnit!!!! Everyone is equal in a democracy. Everyone deserves a trial.

...that everyone's keen that Afzal Guru be hanged ASAP for attacking the Parliament, when almost all of us would fantasise doing the same thing ourselves?

I mean, imagine that, we'd have gotten rid of all the scum of the earth :P

But seriously, why is the Judgment taking soo long?

...and finally...

...that International Labour Day is clebrated not by working, but by granting yet another holiday? :P.

Happy Workers' Day!!!!

When Is International Bloggers' Day??

TAGGED ONCE AGAIN - 25 THINGS ABOUT MYSELF

"Long time, no post", do I hear ya saying that? Ok, wishful thinking perhaps :P. Was down with exam fever and exams since the past week-and-a-half (felt like a lifetime, trust me), and now I'm free to blog. There is a saying in Blogosphere that "Tags are bloggers best friends", coz they give you excuses to post something in case you've lost your creative juices. Have a lot of tags still due, can't do the old ones coz I can't remember who tagged me with what. So I'm doing the recent ones. Appy, and Asha had a stroke of telepathy-feminisia :P and simultaneously decided to Tag me on the same topic. I remember someone else had tagged me on this almost a year back, but I can't remember who it was, so a brief mention of Mr/Ms. Forgotten as well. Im supposed to tell y'all 25 things about myself. So here goes.

25 things you didn't know/didn't wanna know/I didn't want you to know about me:

1. I absolutely cannot talk to strangers. I usually feel comfortable talking to people only if I've met them atleast twice. Makes me come across as arrogant or snobbish, but its just that I don't find my comfort zone too soon. Takes a lot of time to feel comfortable with people, whether male or female. But yeah, I'm probably a different person online. Probably coz I don't really need to feel uncomfy when its not face-to-face.

2. My best friends are people who I started speaking to only 1 year after knowing that they existed :P

3. Once you get to know me, I can talk a LOT!! And a lot of shit. No dirty stuff though :P

4. I'm a teetotaller. And I get laughed at for that. Which makes me hate them even more.

5. I have a lot of nicknames/petnames. My mom has a petname for me (I'm not gonna mention that one), friends at school and college called me Crato, Christo, Cristy, Chris, and what not. And here at XIMR (the MBA Institute) they call me Christoph, Toe-fur, Toff, Toef, and more. But hey, I think I like em petnames. Coz I hate the name Christopher [:P]

6. I used to be veryyyy quiet when I was a kid. So much so that teachers used to force me to talk, while whacking the others for talking :P I still am quiet and reserved, but its a far cry from the days when I had no friends at all, just sympathisers.

7. My parents dunno I have a funny and popular side outside of home. They, and all relatives still think I'm shy all the time.

8. I'm veryyy Image-Conscious. Probably this is the reason for point 7. I knew I had an image of a quiet guy since childhood, and so, when I did open out during college, I tried my best to stay quiet at home, coz I didn't wanna disturb my image in front of my folks. Not that they'd be upset or anything, I'm sure they'd be really happy. But I don't like springing surprises and fieldng questions like "Bhai, Tum To chupey rustom nikle".

9. I'm very possessive and protective of people I love and care about. But I dunno how to express love and caring, in action atleast [:P]

10.I can never be diplomatic. If I don't like someone, I cannot pretend to be cordial.

11.If I forgive someone, I forgive and forget.

12.I'm the only one at home who doesn't wear glasses. And I don't like it.

13.Murphy's law was probably inspired by me. Always applies to me. Especially when ever I'm doing something routine, and my pop appears on the scene. Which makes me wonder sometimes - is it really Murphy's law, or is it some bad omen? [:P]

14.I HATE parties. Coz I feel bored at parties. Coz there's nothing I can do at parties. Can't dance, can't play an instrument, can't sing in public, don't booze. I'd rather stay home or go on a walk alone.

15.I have real BIGGG feet. Which is why I NEVER get to choose my shoes, I have to take whatever's available. Also, it causes a lot of problems in buses and trains, whether crowded or not. Not even place to squeeze in my feet. Sigh

16.I love munching. Just to keep my jaws busy, or to beat boredom, or when I'm stressed, or just like that. Almost 24 hours a day [:P]

17.I drink a LOT of water. As soon as I'm back indoors after a walk outside, I HAVE TO drink atleast 1.5 litres of water at one go.

18.I sweat a lot. Probably the reason why I drink a lot of water.

19.I am quite accident-prone. Tumbled down a shop's staircase when I was 4 and got a gash on my brow, whose scar is still visible. Had a slit on the bridge between my nose and upper-lip when I was 2, and still have a very visible scar. Had a toenail removed since it peeled off while playing football. Had an injury to my left eye's retina in January when a ball hit me with full force, still haven't recovered fully. Get the picture? :P

20.I use my left hand better for some activities, and the right hand well for some others. So I'm

basically forced to use both hands. This is NOT COUNTING the daily morning routine :d

21.There was a time I ABSOLUTELY HATED Music. Today I'm a great music lover. And I listen to all kinds of music. Ghazals, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Filmi, Hindustani Classical, Carnatic, Sufi, Fusion, I love em all. But I hate hip-hop and Trance.