Better than Lotto !

Yippeee.. I won !! I 'actually' won... an award for all sporadic ceaseless ramblings on this blog... almost makes me want to blog everyday.. about the award of course :o)

Never won a raffle, never a lottery.. never a scratch card even ! Thanks for the honour, Richa..

Whoever said 'penny for your thoughts..' !!

I subscribe to Martin's expert tips in hope of saving a few quid. One of his nerdy notes jumped at me and cheered me up to realize we are all(well, almost ALL) millionaires !! Don't be surprised.. my discovery is for everyone to share..

Here is the nerdy note -
"Being a millionaire doesn’t mean you’re rich. The easy way is to convert £55 into 1,000,000 Iranian Rials or Indonesian Rupiah, or £31 for a million Vietnamese Dong. Sadly Zimbabwe's terrible turmoil has caused hyperinflation, meaning it’d cost only 0.012p for a million of its Dollars."

Yippeee, I could flip a few pennies rather than rack my brains to trick Chris Tarrant into signing the cheque for the magical number..

Glory be..

Sacrifice.. always thought this to be a powerfully sensitive word until I happened to read this article which proved me wrong and shattered my misconception. The author has made his point, loud and clear and Bips has done it again - hogged the limelight for her unselfish self !

AND to think there are soldiers in the army actually sacrificing their lives but do not get mentioned any place..what a bunch of losers!! Well, such is life I say !

How REALly reel !

What is it with stars and movie premiers ?? Do they think their movie might not get the thrust until they contribute star power to impress upon us ?? If that's a yes, is the movie about them or does it actually tell a story ?? I always believed story was the protagonist and Director, the Hero.

So, it was self shocking to find myself part of the overwhelmingly John Abrahamic crowd, cheering even at his poster. Sometimes it is surprising what friends can make you do; just sometimes it is surprising what you do for your friends :o) !

One could sense the crowd's feverish pitch when such statements are overheard -

'Wonder if he would walk in holding hands with Bipasha..' - I am sure this chap wanted to see Bipasha not John !!
'I hope he wears a tight T-Shirt..makes him look so macho !!' - The child looked about 10yrs old..
'Will I be allowed to touch him, else what am I waiting so long for??' - Her two daughters now giggle..

An agonizing(only for ME) 1.5hrs of wait enjoyed by the crowd as a privilege, a clean shaved, gel smoothed security personnel who was taking his duty to protect John from us a tad seriously, cleared his throat to announce - 'John says he is extremely sorry to have kept you all waiting and he promises to be here in two or three minutes..' Yeah, like John is his childhood friend !! The excitement now reaches electrifying levels, as every gadget capable of capturing any kind of image is fished out and strategically positioned to do their job !

Ear splitting screams from the upper deck confirmed what I had suspected - they had a better view than we on the ground floor did ! John arrived, clad in a fitting white Tee, much to the delight of the 'child' whose face now assumed the pallor of the fortune telling lady with her magic crystal ball. Countless(has nothing to do with my Maths allergy) hands reached out to grasp his extended ones as the screams now reached deafening levels. I took a step back to survey the crowd and for a silly moment contemplated asking - 'Any idea who the Chief Of the Army Staff of our country is ??'.. but do we care Deepak Kapoor !

Global Warming

100s of emotions
100s of arguments
100s of statements
100s of broken promises
100s of discussions
100s of occasions to reflect
100s of moments to ponder
100s of Politicians
100s of questions
100s of demonstrations
A picture's worth more than a 1000 words afterall...
Maybe I am happy for Global Warming ~ reassuring to know warmth is still around even if not in our hearts !!

What really sells !

Strange but true - being away from the country makes one positively patriotic. How many times have you gone visiting rest of the world to return(even if for a vacation) to your hometown towards the end only to turn euphoric at the very sight of the roads(you cursed for traffic), malls(you spent days together talking of noting but the visa), alleys(your gang had exclusive lease over).

So, revisiting the point of patriotism, it should also be mentioned how every desi news portal & blog is devoured in a desperate hope to keep abreast of current 'affairs'(pun seriously intended) back home.

On a nothing unusual therefore mundane morning, an article in the paper catches the eye - SECOND HONEYMOON - under the 'News from around the World' column. Funny as it may sound to an International audience the Government's move is welcomed as a measure of taking the right direction to provide basic amenities to more than a minimum number of people. Having interest thus spurned by Reuters every desi online news portal was scanned eagerly hoping for a bit of first hand news. However, it was a shocking disappointment to realize such news was a turnip in comparison to someones breakfast in Mumbai Jail !

A few days later one did find a mere mention of the article in discussion(NO! Not the b'fast) and sighed, turning back to the monitor to continue yet another day of living away from where one's heart belongs..