Strings Of Life

Happy Diwali to all my friends.

May this Diwali bring happiness infinite to you. And also:


» May your blog get huge popularity

» May your posts get 1000's of comments

» May your blog get loads of backlinks

» May your blog get listed on the first page of Google search

» May your blog get featured in the Time magazine

» May you get featured in the every "Top Bloggers" list

» May you start a blog - if you don't have one!

And above all
May you ever stay a happy & nice blogger, as you already are.

Happy Diwali!

The cop whistled at the black Alto and asked to stop.
Knock, knock. "Roll down the windows you freak."
The cop: License Please!
Sorry sir, I don't have one.

Cop: What?, Show the registration.
Sorry Sir, but this is not my car.

Cop: Fine!, Do you know what's the penalty for not carrying the papers?, 500 Bucks!.
Sorry Sir, I'm a government servant, and have not got salary this month.

Cop: OK then, pay me 200, without receipt.
Sorry Sir, forgot my wallet at home.

Cop: What the F***!, go off you bastard.
Thank You Sir. But Sir.
Cop: NOW WHAT?
Sir I need your help.
Cop: FOR WHAT?
Sir, the car is running out of gas, could you please lend me 500 bucks?

Thank You Aditi for the award. I'm honored.
And also Thank You for the interesting TAG.
Statutory Warning: This article is unnecessarily long and contains lots of personal uninteresting stuff, read at your own risk.

1. What is your current obsession?
My Chevrolet Spark, Nikon D40 & Apple MacBook.


2. What are you wearing today?
Blue Jeans & Light brown T-Shirt.


3. What's for Dinner?
No idea.


5. What are you listening to right now?
Fiqrana from the movie Blue, music by A.R.Rehman. Amazing song.


6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
There are rare people who follow their heart, those who chase their passions. Aditi is one of them. With such a great attitude, she's definitely going places.

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Sundernagar, as the name suggests is a beautiful place in Himachal, I always dreamed of building a house there someday. Now my dream house is already under construction and I'm too excited about it.

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Nothing!, Because if summers make my complexion dark, winters are gonna make it white. So whether it's summer or winter, I enjoy both. :P

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Sainik School Balachadi, where I've spent the most beautiful years of my childhood.

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Sanskrit

11. What's your favorite quote?
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

12. Who do you want to meet right now?
My younger brother.

13. What's your favorite colour?
Navy Blue.


14. What is your favorite piece of clothing in your closet?
Formal black pant & a sky blue shirt.


15. What is your dream job?
Own a bookstore so that I get to read a lot of stuff for Free.


16. What's your favorite magazine?
Reader's Digest.


17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Tripod & a 55-200mm lens for my Nikon D40. With the leftover I'll buy books.


18. What do you consider as fashion faux pas?
I think fashion itself is a faux pas.

19. Who according to you is the most over-rated style icon?
S.R.K, I don't understand why people adore him so much.


20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
Formal


21. What are you going to do after this?
Continue with "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga

22. What are your favorite movies?
Hindi:
Yeh Mera India, Anand, Ab tak chappan, Swadesh, Hungama, Hera Pheri.
English:
American Beauty, Crash, Adventureland, Braveheart, A beautiful mind, Toy Story 1 & 2, Shrek Series, Lion King, Finding Nemo.
Korean:
My Sassy Girl, Classic.


23. What are three cosmetic/ makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?
Water, Water, Water. Rest all is marketing gimmick.

24. What inspires you?
Honesty & Simplicity.


25. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:
Bath everyday, Avoid onions in the lunch, Smile as much as you can, coz it improves your health & also the frequent movement of lips keeps your teeth clean & shining :D.


27. Coffee or tea?
Coffee


28. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
Put on some music and play "Age of Umpire" (In the EASY mode).


29. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
Genuine blogs. Check out my favorite blogs in the blogroll.


30. Favorite Dessert/ Sweet?
Ice-cream.

31. Favorite Season?
Spring


32. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?
If it's your first time, I'll take you to the nearest decent hotel. If you are a frequent visitor, well i'll check the refrigerator (for the raw vegetable obviously) :D.

33. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
I'll give them more opportunities to hurt me, until they get bored with it.

34. What are you afraid of the most?
What if my wife doesn't like cooking?. :D

35. My question: Funniest one-liner you've ever heard?
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

Rules for those who are tagged: Respond and rework – answer these questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own, and add one more question to the list. Then tag as many people as you like.

I would love to pass on the tag and award:
Yogesh, Shas and Solilo.

As a little kid I longed to be a football hero. I wanted to kick the ball like the big guys. At the age of ten, when I was sent to the hostel, I volunteered to join the class football team. We were a bunch of kids just excited about the game. Every evening I would excitedly put on my sneakers and run to the playing ground.

For days I kept chasing the ball without getting a single chance to hit it. Every time the ball was passed on to me, my mind went blank and failed to make any decision. By the time my mind worked out something, some other guy would be handling the ball.
Due to my inability to take quick decisions my team members lost faith in my game. At times they would shout names and make faces at me. Dejection set in, and a feeling of failure captured my heart. And I decided not to play the game ever again. Whenever asked, I termed football as a mere time waste.

Now as a grown up I hardly find any leisure time but I still wish to kick the ball like those big guys someday. Encouragement is a big factor in a child's life, we all know this. But still, how many of us really encourage the kids around?.

I'm the Spider-man. I can fly past heavy buildings with the help of a rope. Whoa, I can climb huge buildings in a fraction of a second. But wait wait, Why have I turned so powerful?. Just because a spider bit me unknowingly?. This can't be true!.

With the vermilion mark on my forehead and a short pony tale, I'm the Desi version of the spider-man. I have a wife too, and two kids. But they are perfectly normal. Maybe they are not lucky enough to be bitten by a spider. Yes, this is the shortcut to success; go to the nearby jungle, get bitten by the deadliest spider and get the celebrity status overnight.
My eyes were close, and my back felt painful, maybe due to the war I just had with the goons. But wait, where is my wife? and the kids are missing too.

I opened my eyes and a spider was dancing on my bed. I stretched my eyes in order to let more light pass through them. And two more little monsters were mocking me from the ceiling. I grabbed my missiles (water bottle, mug, shoes) and bullets (pen, pencils and the other stuff kept on the table) and smacked down those monsters.
Yes!, I won the war, I'm the strongest. 

Oh, I should sleep again now. This time peacefully, with no such wacky dream.

Image Curtsey: Spyndle