It doesnt remind me of anything

The things that I've loved

1. Cars
2. Music
3. France

The things that I've lost

1. My yoyo
2. My mind

The things I've held sacred that I've dropped

1. France
2. Playing the Guitar
3. Someone

And it doesnt remind me of anything
signing off
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D-Day!

Hello friends
School resumed today. We all had to wear our winter uniform for the very simple reason that winters are approaching, and its going to be cold. Winter hasnt exactly set in, and its just a bit cold, but we still had people wearing undershirts, a sleeveless sweater, a blazer above that. And yes, these people were also seen to be wearing spectacles, the kinds that Jassi used to wear. But then there were people who simply didnt know about the winter uniform or just didnt bother enough to buy any.
Oh did I tell you, I bought Nike Jordan Team Handlez.

Anyways, today was the day we got our results, and most of pretty much.. ahem.. you get my point dont you?. I managed an 88%, and I am third in my class.

On a french note, France has officially been fed to the dogs, with 10 straight nights of riots, I cant see the land of love go down.. Somebody do something!!!!

Theres nothing much to say
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Have you noticed something?

Hello People
I cant seem to think of anything to write these days, heavy writers block.
Anyways,
Have you noticed something about some hollywood movies, the mushy romantic comedy type ones. It's always the guy running after the woman forever and then he says something and then the woman decides to go away and then she stops talking to him and then when shes leaving the guy does/ says something really sweet after running after her for miles and then hes on his knees. This just makes the woman go awwwww and then she starts crying(very woman-like) and then they both hug and then they live happily ever after.
I have a question to ask. If the guy can make the woman change her thoughts about moving, by saying/doing all that stuff, how come we men are called inexpressive?
Anyways, these movies are nice to watch. The tooth fairy is with me when i say that.
A few movies you could catch: Along came Polly, Cant hardly wait, how to lose a guy in 10 days, etc..
Thats me for now
Same place, sometime in the near future
Signing off
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Have a nice day

Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave

I never was an audioslave fan but I specially liked the video of this song

I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like studying faces in a parking lot
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like driving backwards in the fog
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything

Chorus
The things that I’ve loved the things that I’ve lost
The things I’ve held sacred that I’ve dropped
I won’t lie no more you can bet
I don’t want to learn what I’ll need to forget

I like gypsy moths and radio talk
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like gospel music and canned applause
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like colorful clothing in the sun
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I ilke hammering nails and speaking in tongues
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything

Chorus
The things that I’ve loved the things that I’ve lost
The things I’ve held sacred that I’ve dropped
I won’t lie no more you can bet
I don’t want to learn what I’ll need to forget

Bend and shape me
I love the way you are
Slow and sweetly
Like never before
Calm and sleeping
We won’t stir up the past
So descretely
We won’t look back

Chorus
The things that I’ve loved the things that I’ve lost
The things I’ve held sacred that I’ve dropped
I won’t lie no more you can bet
I don’t want to learn what I’ll need to forget

I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
Cause it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like playing in the sand what’s mine is ours
If it doesn’t remind me of anything


Try catching the video if u can
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Of Sardars

Hello people
Heres what I got in my inbox sent to me by Ridhi Kapur

---mail begins here---
I was standing at jalandhar station when my attention went towards
a Sikh youth standing near me wearing a Black turban having a long
beard and wearing a kirpan over his shirt looking similar to a
terrorist.
After a while, one local train arrived, which was totally packed.
The Sikh youth tried to alight the train but failed to do so. Just
then a voice was heard from the back coach 'Sardarji Barah Baj
gaye' (Sir it's 12 o'clock!)
The Sikh youth looked over at that voice maker who was a young
Mischievous type of person and instead of showing any anger made a
smile towards him.
The smile made was so enigmatic that it seemed as if some type of
truth lies behind it. Not able to resist my temptation, I walked
towards him and asked why did he smile at that person who teased
him.* **The Sikh youth replied,
'He was not teasing me but was asking for my Help'*. I was
surprised with these words and he told me that there was a big
history behind that which one should know. I was eager to know the
History and the Sikh youthnarrated:
During 17th Century, when Hindustan was ruled by Mughals, all the
Hindu people were humiliated and were treated like animals. Mughals
treated the Hindu women as there own property and were forcing all
Hindus to accept
Islam and even used to kill the people if they were refusing to
accept.Thattime, our ninth Guru, Sri Guru Teg Bahadarji came
forward,in response to a request of some Kashmir Pandits to fight
against all these cruel activities.
Guruji told the Mughal emperor that if he could succeed in
converting him to Islam, all the Hindus would accept the same.
But, if he failed, he should stop all those activities . The
Mughal emperor happily agreed to that but even after lots of
torture to Guruji and his fellow members he failed to convert him
to Islam and Guruji along with his other four fellow members, were
tortured and sacrificed their lives in Chandni Chowk. Since the
Mughals were unable to convert them to Islam they were
assassinated.

Thus Guruji sacrificed his life for the protection of Hindu
religion. Can anybody lay down his life and that too for the
protection of another religion? This is the reason he is still
remembered* **as "Hind Ki Chaddar"*, shield of India. For the
sake of whom he had sacrificed his life, none Of the them came
forward to lift his body, fearing that they would also be
assassinated
Seeing this incident our 10th Guruji, Sri Guru Gobind Singhji (Son
of Guru Teg Bahadarji) founder of khalsa made a resolution that he
would convert his followers to such human beings who would not be
able to hide themselves and could be easily located in thousands.
At the start, the Sikhs were very few in numbers as they were
fighting against the Mughal emperors. At that time,Nadir Shah
raided Delhi in the year 1739 and looted Hindustan and was carrying
lot of Hindustan treasures and nearly 2200 Hindu women along with
him. The news spread like a fire and was heard by Sardar Jassa
Singh who was the Commander of the Sikh army at that time. He
decided to attack Nadir Shah's Kafila on the same midnight. He did
so and rescued all the Hindu women and they were safely sent to
their homes.
It didn't happen only once but thereafter whenever any Abdaalis or
Iranis had attacked and looted Hindustan and were trying to carry
the treasures and Hindu women along with them for selling them in
Abdal markets, the Sikh army although fewer in numbers but were
brave hearted and attacked them at midnight,12 O'clock and rescued
women.
After that time when there occurred a similar incidence, people
started to contact the Sikh army for their help and Sikhs used to
attack the raider's at Midnight, 12 O'clock.* **Nowadays, these
"smart people" and some Sikh enemies who are afraid of Sikhs, have
spread these words that at 12 O'clock, the Sikhs **go out of their
senses*.
This historic fact was the reason which made me smile over that
person as I thought that his Mother or Sister would be in trouble
and wants my help and was reminding me by saying off 'Sardarji
Barah Baj Gaye'
Plz do forward this mail to all ur friends so they can know about
sikh history &* its a humble appeal PLEASE dont make fun of
RELIGIONS ! as every religion is as pure as urs.*
---mail end----

With the large number of religions in our country, respect all of them, I know my friends respect mine.

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Saddam Hussein

Hello people
I have a Computer Exam tomorrow and contrary to popular belief, I did study for it.
I was watching Saddam's Trial today. It was quite funny.

Heres the Link

What I like about him is that even after losing all that he had, he still has total control over himself and most of all, still has Self Respect, which, by the way, matters the most.

That's all I had to say

Signing off
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Who said its G for Google?

Google Search?
think again!

Gudi Search

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Amelie

Hello people
Hers something I could scoop up on Amelie

Quotes:
Amélie: It's better to help people than garden gnomes

Georgette: Vive la France.

Narrator: Amélie still seeks solitude. She amuses herself with silly questions about the world below, such as "How many people are having an orgasm right now?"

Raymond Dufayel aka Glass Man: So, my little Amélie, you don't have bones of glass. You can take life's knocks. If you let this chance pass, eventually, your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton. So, go get him, for Pete's sake!

Amélie Poulain: At least you'll never be a vegetable - even artichokes have hearts.

[Amélie hands a begger some money]
Beggar: Sorry madam, I don't work on Sundays.

Old Man at the Two Windmills: Still, true love does exist.
Suzanne, Owner Two Windmills bar: I know. After 30 years behind a bar, I'm an expert. I'll even give you the recipe. Take two regulars, mix them together and let them stew. It never fails.

Bretodeau, The Box Man: Time's funny. When you're a kid, it passes slowly, and next thing you're fifty and your childhood fits into a rusty little box.

Trivia:

The photo booth picture collection is based on a real collection created by a friend of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He is credited during the ending credits ("D'après la collection originale de Michel Folco"). A faux photo booth picture collection was created for the film, so that the rights to the real collection did not have to be purchased.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet originally started collecting the stories and memories that make up the story in 1974.

Yann Tiersen was not the original lineup for the soundtrack. Jean-Pierre Jeunet heard the song for the first time while he was being driven to the shooting location.

The one-legged man tap dancing on the TV clip is 'Sam 'Peg Leg' Jackson' , a blues singer

The traveling gnome was inspired a rash of similar pranks played out in England and France in the 1990s. In 1997, a French court convicted the leader of Front de Libération des Nains de Jardins (Garden Gnome Liberation Front) of stealing over 150 gnomes. The idea was later used in an advertising campaign for an Internet travel agency.

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Boulevard of Broken Dreams?

Not quite!!
hello friends
Heres my parody of Boulevard of Broken Dreams.. Although I must warn you.. Its really sad.

I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don't know were it goes But its home to me and I walk alone I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of broken dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk a... My shadows the only one that walks beside me My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I walk alone Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah I'm walking down the line That divides me somewhere in my mind On the border line of the edge And were I walk alone Read between the lines of what's Fucked up and every things all right Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive And I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk a... My shadows the only one that walks beside me My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I walk alone Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah I walk alone I walk a...

I had a shiny hose The only one that I have ever known I know where it blows But its lent to me and I wore cologne I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of stolen creams Where the kitty sleeps And I'm the only one and I wore cologne I wore cologne I wore cologne I wore cologne I wore c. My dog is the only one that walks beside me My smelly fart’s the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will smell it Till then I wore cologne Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah I'm walking down the line That hides me somewhere in my hind On the broader line of the wedge And where I wore cologne Read between the lines of what's Fucked up and every things all right Check my vital glands to know I'm still alive And I wore cologne I wore cologne I wore cologne I wore cologne I wore c. My dog is the only one that walks beside me My smelly fart’s the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will smell it Till then I wore cologne Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah I wore cologne I wore c.

Sorry for the torture but I am really bored and wanted to do something. Its not my fault, Its all because of IITJEE

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France is back!

Hello Friends.

Well, you guessed it. France is back.

I've been holding this entry back for quite a while for basically 2 reasons:
1) I never found the time to post
2) I know you guys are already fed up of france.
Well
Yes, the reason I am posting about France is that its just virtually impossible for me to forget about France. I mean everything I see around me just reminds me of France.eg-

1) Jerk it out- The song. Lola just loved this song. She kept humming it around and when we went to her place on the last day, this song was placed after every 2 songs.

2) Cigarettes- Yes, as much as I hate smoke, everytime I see the fore mentioned thing, France comes back.

3) Movies- These days, every movie seems to be picturized in France. I was seeing this movie today itself which had all the monuments of Paris that we had visited. I personally love Montmartre, I find it pretty romantic.

4) Songs- Yea well, I've been listening to a lot of French songs lately, which have been sent to me by none other than my french friends.

5) Amelie - The movie. I love it so much that I have even downloaded the movie. It is picturized in Paris and I love it.

6) People- When I see the people around me, I cant help but remember all my french friends. I dont like the environment I am living in, I dont like the people I have to put up with, Zat is why I remember all my french friends, who didn't give a blasted rockets used up fuel who I was.

7) I cant remember the rest of the things but I assure you, anything I see, my brain tries its best to associate it with france.

Well coming to the reason why I love France so much?

I have probably mentioned most of them above. Well, for one, I was totally carefree in France because I had just given my boards and was totally free. But here, dont ask me how much I hate my life. Also, I just love the way the french people are. I mean, not even in India would a stranger family treat you as your own kid. But Les BORYSKO were just Family in France.

For some particular reason that I dont know, I was not at all affected when we were leaving Angouleme but now when I look back, I miss the people so much.

Mainu lae chaleeee...

Gudi aakhda jogia jhoot bolen
Ve Kaun Vichhde Yaar Milavandaee

Goodbye! my friends Goodbye!

Thats Delphine for you again

Also, everyone seems to be going to France these days. There was Swati Maam who was in france for the past 3 months, she returned last week. People from my sis' College have gone to France to study. There was this woman from some DU college who got a one year scholarship in INSA(i think). Urmila Matondkar is in France. help me!!!!!!! or just take me!!!!!!

My life nowadays can be best described by the following lines from Ode to the West Wind

I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!

A heavy weight of hours has chain'd and bow'd

Yes so thats my state of mind for you.

KARAKAKOU!!!!!!!!
France FOREVER!!!!!!

signing off
Au revoir
G
Show me the light

The Language of Science

Hello People
You all know that I am a science student and well, it aint easy being one.
Theres this thing around that all that the science students should do is study, which I feel is completely Wrong. Also, some teachers go to such an extent that well, all you can do is just pity yourself
Here are a few examples of how the Language of Science is and how it makes me pity myself

Exhibit A
A chemistry teacher.
Scene: A student in her class is talking.
Teacher: Beta.. Aap itna excited kyon rehte. Excited State se Ground State par aa jayo. Aap Stable ho jaoge.

Exhibit B
Another Chemistry Teacher, this time at FIITJEE
Scene: They normally just remain the same. A student was again talking in his class
Teacher: Aap kya kabhi chup nahin reh sakte. Ek dam radioactive element ki tarah Alpha, Beta, Gamma emission karte rehte ho. Jab kuchh nahin maanga hai tab bhi kar rahe ho. Bahut radioactive ho aap. Aapka Half life, rate of disintegration bahut fast hai.

Exhibit C
Mr. Anil K. Verma
Scene: Explaining Rolling Friction

AKV: Lets take for example... If you have a baby at home*. Take it and measure its weight. Now put the baby over yourself, and Roll(Mind you**, the pronunciation of roll is not role but its the like o in doll) it over yourself. You will feel the baby to be lighter. Thus, Friction sometimes aids in motion

* As if babies are simple commodities to be found in everyones house
**"Mind you", said the way Anil K. Verma says it

Thats about it for now
Signing off

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SCHOOL SUCKS!!!

Hello people
School life is really bad..
This week has been specially very bad. I havent bunked(ahem.. legally) any period, which is obviously a big achievement.
Every teacher seems to be in a hurry to finish the course. Well, our chemistry teacher for one, went for a good all expense paid vacation to Russia. We never told her to.
Today she took 3 periods. Do you have any idea what studying Chemistry for three periods means?.. In akshay's words "Dimaag ka dahi ban jaata hai".
Also, Today. The day was breakless. One teacher hasnt even left that the other teacher is standing right outside and then the teachers also din leave unless the other teacher came in. So it was sort of a vicious circle.
And then there is maths. The most boring of all. She comes, keeps writing and talking in that monotonous tone of hers and leaves. God, its really hard to stay awake in her class.
Also, shes taking our Library period tomorrow, although with her speed we could finish the whole class 11 syllabus with the time we have left.
anyways
nothing more to say
Dimaag ka dahi bana pada hai
signing off
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Yes My Friends. Thats what I have recently purchased.
G

I am in love
G

Harley Owners Group- Case Study

Harley Davidson

Harley Davidson, one word, Legendary. A pride of thoroughbred horses running on two wheels. The rider, the one in control, the god. Such is the experience offered by the Harley Davidson Automobile. That’s why, on one hand we have the motorcycles and then we have the Harleys.

Neighbour’s Envy, Owner’s pride. The Harley owner just doesn’t own another motorcycle; he owns the most distinct breed of two wheeled horses. The Harley gives one a feeling of superiority. No wonder we have the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.).

The average Harley Davidson owner is mature and knows his machine and respects it as an individual. His average being around 45 years. I use his and not her because 91% of Harley owners are males. It’s the sense of pride that brings them all together.

Initally, the HOG was present mainly in mainland USA but later spread out throughout USA and when Harley started exporting its motorcycles offshore, the world obviously caught on. No one wanted to miss the Harley experience. The growth, however, was gradual. From USA, the craze spread out to Europe and then in the last decade of the 1900s to Asia.

From Motorcycles to Leather Jackets to Helmets to Gloves to Wallets to Belts et al. You name it they had it. The Enthusiasts spared no useful accessory. And it wasn’t only the owner, the craze was present throughout his family, specially the kids who wanted to dress like little baddies.

With the HOG having a global foothold, it was divided into various chapters for better management. Each chapter, thus, had its own meetings and events but in the true sense, they were one. They organized cross country rallies, races, etc. And that’s not all. Various HOG chapters also organized Charity Auctions, Fund Raising events to help the less fortunate people. Thus showing to the world that they are here to give back what the Harley has given to them. Therefore, proving that they are not a bunch of bad boys as they are thought to be.

The Asian Market was a tough one. Making a mark in the struggling developing nations was a tough task but then does the Harley care? And well you guessed it, they had the Asian market under them too.

Since no road is a rough one for the Harley, it will continue to cruise smoothly anywhere it goes. One never knows, a bunch of crazy HOG members might even ride to the moon (with a little extra help though!) The cult will continue to grow and so will the HOG.

In the words of Robert Frost,”.. I have miles to go before I sleep..” and in my words “.. I have a tankful of fuel to burn..”

I dont care if its not good. I dont even care if you dont like it.
Signing off
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I should be doing MBA

Hello Friends
I return, with another entry.
Yesterday, I was sitting my sister who was supposed to be doing a quiz herself and writing a 500 word write-up on the Harley Owners Group. But, I ended up doing her quiz and also writing the 500 word write up on Harley Owners Group. Now, the write up is quite justified as I just love automobiles.
Her Quiz though, was fairly easy though my sister didnt know anything and I answered 9 out of 10 questions through the visual clues provided there. It was fun doing it.
And thus I have arrived at the conclusion that I should be doing MBA along with my sister, to say the least.
Anyways I have a chemistry test tomorrow, 1 and a half chapters are coming and I studied for 4 hours, thats all the time I had by the way.
Signing off for now
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Arre Wah - Part II

Hello my friends

NEWS FLASH - IIT FORMAT HAS CHANGED

which in simpler words means

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

This is good news for the thousands of IIT aspirants throughout India.

Ok, moving right along..

Today, our school bagged the Overall Runners Up position in E-Spice at DPS NOIDA. We had a total of 198 points and lost it to DPS Vasant Kunj by just 5 points.. gahahhhhhh..
I was first with Abhisheyk in Quiz it Down n Across... woooohooo.. me got a pair of headphones and a nice cool trophy. Ill put up a pic of it later.

But the highlight of the event for DPS R.K.Puram was our Movie Making entry. You see, we didnt register for that event because in short we didnt have an entry. But, since we didnt have an entry, it meant that we couldnt be in the race for the overall trophy. So, at first we thought well give a blank cd and say we submitted the wrong cd. But then, Dhruv and I, went to my place, which is by the way walking distance from DPS NOIDA, and put up something together in 10 mins flat. Burnt it on a cd and submitted. Obviously, we didnt win, we didnt expect to. But it was fun.
heres the link to the video
right click on it and then click on save target/link as
video

But the Downside was that I didnt get any other position. Our web designing didnt go too well. So now, I'm in Web-Design thinking drive.

This was my first trophy of the year, because of my dratted FIITJEE classes on weekends which I cannot miss.

Did I tell you the IIT JEE format has changed?

As you have obviously not noticed, I have added a few more links for you to get reading pleasure out of.

We're supposed to go for a movie tomorrow, or so I believe.

Did I tell you that I have a really nice music collection?.. I should ask Vibhas to take it from me and be DJ for the Carnival and save the school a whole lot of money

Have you noticed the weather?. I'm saying this after a long time but I am actually enjoying the rains primarily because Im not getting wet.

You guys should listen to Cant Help Falling in Love by U2 and Freshman by Verve Pipe

signing off for now
G

Arre wah

Aaj mausam bada baiemaan hai,
bada baiemaan hai.. aaj mausam,
aane waala koi toofan hai
aaj mausammmm..............

Its Raining Drops.. Hallelujah

Yes so it finally rained.. and it rained well and wasnt telling us how it is when the rain gods are constipated(in case of delhi).. and in case of mumbai, how they always have loose motions

The test wasnt very good.. missed out a 3 mark question. Not exactly missed out, did not know how to do it.

Nothing else has been happening in my life

Abhisheyk Gaur and I, came first in Quiz-Crossword at DPS NOIDA.

Thats all for now

signing off
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He’s the one
who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he dont know what it means

-- Kurt Cobain(1967-1994)

2 things i have to say

There are 2 things I have to say for now:
1. Microsoft is pretty stupid- I dont know whats wrong with the people at Microsoft but they assume that lunch is the only meal there is in 24 hours. This is shown by the absence of Out to Breakfast or Out to Dinner status messages in MSN messenger. What does a person, who just went for dinner, put as his status message.

2. Women who look like witches should not advertise beauty products eg. Shahnaz Hussain

signing off
G

I'm not like them but I can pretend
The sun is gone but I have a light
The day is done but I'm having fun

I think I'm dumb Or maybe just happy
I think I'm Happy

--Kurt Cobain
1967-1994

Mediterranean Sundance

Hello Friends
This is for the music lovers.
Listen to Mediterranean Sundance performed by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meole, and Paco de Lucia. Its a Guitar Piece. You will surely die listening to it.
Download the Tabs for it. Id suggest only the actual guitar players download the tabs, not the
I-Just-Bought-A-Guitar-And-I-Can-Play-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit types.
signing off
G

Hello

All that glitters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Hello friends..
My life, I declare, isnt going anywhere. As a matter of fact, I dont even have a life.
I just want everyone to know that since I dont have a life anymore Id might as well stop blogging about not having a life.

I read in the paper today, in TOI(see, it beats HT again), something about people living dual lives and stuff and about having a different life online. It felt as if I was reading about myself. It is so true that the internet gives you a different life, the kind of life that you like, the kind you want. But then again, its not there forever and you do have to snap back to reality.

Anyways, since I am writing, Id wanna tell you guys why I love france. The food is great, the life is great. Then, the people. To say they are great is an understatement, but I cant seem to find the word so well we would have to settle with great for now. The people there, the ones I was around, they did not know me at all, yet they were nice to me(unlike the people here). They dont get anything out of it.
Another reason. After a hell lot of a long time, I was carefree, I had nothing to care about. I have a feeling that was the last I would ever see of carefreeness. And thus I am in love with france. Not obsessed, just in love.

And since I am writing. Theres this thing that comes up when I talk abt carefreeness. My Ultimate Definition of Carefreeness is falling from an airplane 30000 ft up without any parachutes and just having a free fall when you know you're gonna die and you were gonna die the next day anyway. And yes, With Arms Wide Open.

And since I am not stopping to write, one last thing. For those of you who think that they have got to know me better through my blog, then heres some more stuff for you people. The reason why I dont let people get near me is that I am hollow from inside.

My life i was saying, is boring because I have nothing in it. I do nothing but school home * 5 and then fiitjee home * 2, and that eats up my week and things are over.

signing off, maybe for the last time
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My FIITJEE teachers

Hello Friends
Surprise Surprise.. 2 posts for my lovely readers.. a gift from me to you for not posting for so long

I am now going to grab this opportunity by the neck by telling you about my FIITJEE teachers:

1) Physics- Name: Arinbam Biswas. Codename: PABB.
Qualifications: Graduate from IIT Kharagpur and then went on to do his masters in Astrophysics from Boston University. This one's a really smart dude, as in really smart, but sadly he isnt always able to express what he is trying to say. He is also very good at remembering names and has already memorised the names of most of the kids in our class. His Hindi is quite bad though. He takes up lot of time in doing some questions though. I like the Physics class best for now

2) Chemistry- Name: Inder S. Kumar, Codename: C-IK.
Qualifications: I dont know, he did not tell us.
He's smart, no doubt but hes also a lot experienced in the teaching profession and hence acts like teachers. He throws chalks if he finds anyone talking. His English is quite bad though. Some of his Phrases
"Can Came".. for can come... "Had Having".. for has.. "ij".. is
Also, either he uses "Ijnt it" or "Getting" at the end of all sentences. His facial expressions are a bit weird

3) Maths - Name: Vineet Gupta.. Codename: MVG
Qualification: Dont know
Hes been transferred from Hyderabad. He sweats too much. In his first class, his shirt was totally drenched in an A/C classroom. Thats all I have to say about him

signing off
G

Hello

Hello People
I are back. I finally realised that it has indeed been a long time since the last time I blogged and decided to do what I am doing right now.

Nothing much has been happening in my life these days.

FIITJEE classes are quite exciting actually. I like cracking my brain but sometimes it feels like running a Mac OS X on an intel machine with 256 MB RAM.

Friday was Rakhi and my cousin sisters who previously were in Chandigarh came over. They have moved to Delhi now as they are now married. One of them has a baby daughter. I think it was the first time they tied me a rakhi in person

Interesting Observation: Blue Kajal does not look good. That was for rhea by the way.

Another One: French songs are good.

I am writing a book which I plan to title "The 4th Minute". Over here I wanted you guys to make the observation that I was kidding.

The above little paragraph goes to show how sad my life is.

Another Observation: Loneliness aint that bad.

Signing off

G

Vulnerability

Hello Friends
I am very vulnerable these days
I would suggest you not to try any stupid jokes with me or anything of that sort
Signing off
G

Why the UN sucks

hello people
I shall now tell you why the UN sucks.

You see, the UN is an organisation of 191 member nations and was founded in the year 1945. But, having said that, the UN is majorly controlled by that Bush of a country USA and that Liar of a country UK.

And because of that, little nations like Vanuatu get left out. No matter what these little countries have in mind, the UN does whatever USA or UK says. For example, the unnecessary war on Iraq. The actual terrorist lies in that bush of a character BUSH. Hes just the worlds biggest terrorist with that monkey face of his.

What USA fails to realise is that there are actually smarter countries in the world, like Vanuatu, with zero reported cases of HIV/AIDS.

My point here is that
a) UN isnt a world organisation anymore

b) USA is a useless country

c) Bush should be hanged

signing off
G

Kingdom of Schitt

Hello People.. i are back
This just in. A new country has been discovered, which has been long isolated from the rest of the world, but not anymore. It is the KINGDOM OF SCHITT.
It was discovered by Mr. Gursartaj Singh Nijjar, the newly great explorer, while he was sitting in class and had nothing to do. He set sail in Maths Class when he was able to solve all questions coming his way and had lotsa time on his hand. He accomplished this task with his SideKick aka Lord Sid.

Anyways on to the Country Profile
Geography
Location- This Country lies just off the east coast of Africa on an utterly small island which isnt even visible and thats why it was previously undiscovered.

Geographic Coordinates- I dont know

Area- 1 sq. km

Climate- Humid

Elevation Extremes - lowest point - pit of schitt - -86 m
highest point- Mt. Schitt - 100m

Natural resources - silica, gold, Aluminium and LOADSA shit

People

Population - about 20 people, but they have lots of Animals around which account for the heavy amounts of shit present in this country. Another reason for loadsa shit is the fact that they dont have any waste management system.

Nationality - Schittians

Religion - Schittism

The Country was established by Mr. Awe Schitt, the fertiliser magnate who came in search of a place to set up his factory. He along with his wife, Oh Schitt, the owner of knee deep in shit inc.

The Schitts decided to stay as they could not return to their homeland, which nobody knows of now. They gave birth to a son, Jack Schitt, the current ruler of this Kingdom. Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, who was stranded on this island. They gave birth to six kids

1. Holie Schitt
2.Fulla Schitt
3. Giva Schitt
4. Bull Schitt
5. Deep Schitt
6. Dip Schitt

They divorced after 15 years of marriage but still live on the same island.

There has been no evidence of Holie Schitt's Marriage.

Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, who always stayed together as they were twins found a pair of twins for themselves, called the Happens sisters. Their Grand Wedding was witnessed by the Schitt Family and the other animals. It was the Grand Schitt-Happens Wedding. The Schitt Happens kids were Dawg, Byrd, and Hawrse.

Bull Schitt, made a boat and set sail on a tour du monde(world tour), and found Pisa from Italy to be his companion. Pisa Schitt.

Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt and Dip Schitt married Loda schitt and had a nervous little kid called Chicken Schitt.

Thats about the Schitt Dynasty. Lotsa Schitts..

Anyways, Awe Schitt was the ruler of the kingdom till 1989 until he died of some shitty disease.

Currency - the currency of this small country is mainly schitties but it varies between species. eg. Humans use human schitties, elephants use elephant schitties and so on.
1 H schittie = 0.2 USD
1 E schittie = 5 Human Schittie
Elephants are the richest of all species for obvious reasons.


Thats about it on the Kingdom of Schitt.

Will post more information as research progresses.

signing off
G

2 months

Today, 26th of July, marks 2 months of completion of my french trip
'Nuff said
signing off
G

I feel French

Hello friends
The title says it all though it really doesnt need to be there because I have been feeling french for the past 2 months now.
This morning I got up at 429, even before the alarm went off ( I normally get up at 430). But then I went back to sleep and got up 540. My bus comes at 545
What did I dream about during that 1 hour and 10 minutes you may not ask, but I'm still gonna tell you. I was dreaming that I was back in france, I was reliving everything by the seconds... and then I had to effing get up coz I was ultra late.
I dreamt about all the crazy stuff we did.. everything
Aww man... I cant stop thinking about it. I spoke to Nancy about an hour ago and I called up Lola but as usual she did not pick up her phone.
I have also acquired the VCDs of Madam Squirrel which makes me even more wanna-go-back-to-france.

Did I tell you that 2 months ago ( 22nd May), was the day we left Angouleme and went to Paris. I wasnt all that affected by that separation but now I cant stop thinking about everything.

signing off

Monsieur G

Delphin and lola made this for me 

Its Probably Me

Hello my friends we meet again..

Over the past few weeks ive started having fights with people and stuff like that, and in every case I dont hold myself responsible. But since the frequency of the quarrels has increased and so has the number of people, I have realised that I am the one with a problem here.

Hoping to find a solution to this problem once I find the problem

signing off
G
P.S.: i think i need a big hug

The surd with the French Connection

Hello People
Continuing previous tradition, here I am again with another post dedicated to France.
You see, it was exactly 2 months ago this very time that I was sitting at the airport with the rest of the YPO.
And then 9 hours later, we landed at Charles de Gaulle airport.
I still can't seem to get over it, especially coz Lola finally replied to my mail and I called Nancy a week ago.
I tell you Nancy is the funnest french female you'll ever meet.
I am still neck deep into France
Will post again when I try to get over it.
Oh by the way, Class 11 has started for me. What fun?!
signing off
G... the surd with the french connection

All that Blaming

Hello people
I read the newspaper yesterday, like I do everyday.
On the first page of the City supplement of a very useless newspaper was some very disturbing news. Oh by the way, before I move on, this very useless newspaper is Hindustan Times. Now this very useless was talking some bullcrap, like it always does. This time it was about us kids.

It was saying something we kids asking for too much things, and all that stuff. Now I particularly dont disagree with that, but I particularly disagree with the newspaper because I just dont like HT.

Now, the thing is, I agree that we, as kids, ask for too many things that we dont deserve. Parents, have all the rights to not provide them. Yes I know we should learn to earn things.

But, let us analyse the reason why parents meet to the demands. You see, in today's world, in most families both the parents are working. That leaves them with very little time to catch up with the kids. So to catch up with them, parents are spending large amounts of their hard-earned money to meet their demands and keep their kids happy in one way or the other. But the thing is, No amount of money can make up for the quality time a little kid would spend with his dad/ mom. No amount of money can make up for the family vacations they have together. Why? Because cant buy no love.

And I, I am pretty content with the fact that money cant buy no love. At least something defeats that dratted thing. I like money, no doubt about it but what I like more is the time I spend with my family. As some of you might know, I dont go to movies with my friends or parties. I'd rather spend that time to go some place with my family. Specially cause my dad is out for most of the week working hard(see?) but we still spend time together.

I like expensive gifts too, but I'd rather like a gift coming from the heart. I dont care if someone doesnt buy me a very expensive toy(boys' toys!!!!). I would like it more if the person knows what I like most, and buy me something like that. For example, Simon's family pretty much got to know by the end of the first day that I liked cars. At the end of my trip, they got me this little vintage car which has a nice little clock under the hood. I loved it. I dont know how much it cost and seriously, I dont care.(A hint of france everywhere)

I just carried away there.

Coming to the second thing. You cant blame the kids all that much because kids are going through an age where they are most impressionable. Whatever they see they believe. So if they see something that they like, they are obviously gonna want it... Who doesnt?... Thats not just the kids, by the way. The catch here is that the companies these days are making things just from the kids point of view. You tell me, how many big executive dudes would wanna buy Nokia N-gage Gaming phones?. So here comes in the question of Corporate Responsibility and I sincerely feel that the companies are failing miserably at that. In India at least.

Almost every month, Nokia brings out 2-3 new phones with features just a bit different from each other and people are buying them. Kids want them too.

A survey showed that 54% of mid size cars bought are based on decisions by kids of the family. So that shows why people are buying useless cars. Those silly kids influencing these decisions dont know a kidney about cars but they just want the most expensive car in the segment and then those silly kids boast.

So the thing is, I want Companies to take Responsibility and I dont want useless newspapers Blaming us for no good reason

signing off

G
p.s.: Next entry: Some sort of teen issues... something like that

Amelie

Hello people
I just finished watching Amelie. AH, what a film, truly great. Well, actually* i really havent ever seen the whole movie. Such is the misfortune that I never get to see the complete movie. The last time I was watching it, the electricity went. Today, I started from somewhere in the middle but saw it till the end.

First of all, I love the story. I havent really been able to gather the whole story for reasons mentioned above but whatever I have managed to gather is a great story. The way she keeps going out of the way to help other people. Bringing joy into other people's lives, Truly Amazing. Sort of like a guardian angel.

I also learnt that sometimes your whole life can fit into a small little rusty box, like that of Bretodeau.

Then there is the music by Monsieur Yann TIERSEN**. I just love the music playing the background. The official french accordion. Try Downloading La Valse D'Amelie.

I just love the movie. For reasons I dont know why.

Spread Love my friends!

Say no to war, Say no to BUSH!!!!

*Actually.. this bears no reference to Adarsh
** Thats how they write names in france with the surname in capitals.

signing off
G

Stand still

Hello people
This not a sad post, and this is not a happy post.
It is just a post.

Life is so fast paced, dont you think?. With 24 hours in a day, one wishes you had a few more(atleast sometimes, i do). And sometimes I wish that time would just stand still(very rarely).

I wished for time to stand still when i was in France, when I was in Angouleme not in Paris. That too, when I was at Lola's place Saturday Night, I didnt want that night to end. But such is life, 1 hour later, that night did come to an end. And the next morning, I had to let go of probably the best experience of my life.

Not now, but some years later, my life would be even more fast paced with work, and family. Someday, Id be sitting on some rocking chair* and think of all the things I have done in my life. The good things, the bad things, all the stuff and at the end of it have tears in my eyes.
How I wish there was some kind of in-built video recorder within us which would record everything, every moment that I spend in my life, and then I could play it back when I feel like.

Then there would be the people. The people I spend my time with now, the ones I am with now, would be gone by then except for my family. I just want some of them to stay along.

*Ive always believed that Rocking Chairs are for doing all this kind of thinking. I dont know what it is but Rocking Chairs always get you thinking. Whenever I sit on my chair, when I am along with nothing to do, I always get to thinking about stuff. About how life has been with me till now.

Hmm... I suppose this is all a part of growing up. I like growing up but then everything has its own pros and cons. Today, I am in school but less than 2 years later Id be out of school. I dont wanna get out of school, its just too much fun. After that, its all zipping. Truly Fast Paced.

Basically, I want time to stand still....

A Toast: to the mysterious thing called life!

Signing off

G

This just in

Hello Friends
"This just in
It has been reported a school of fish have mysteriously died near some temple in Himachal Pradesh."
Thats what the level of Journalism has fallen to.. Death of Fish???
They actually called the police and stuff because the holy fih had been murdered(yes, that is the word that they used)
And guess which channel showed this news... None other than the best news channel Aaj Tak.
I had been telling my dad about the falling level of journalism in India and particularly that of Aaj Tak
See, Aaj Tak, first of all shows far too many advertisements. Then, it shows too many crime shows. Lastly, it repeats its news bulletins far too many times. i wonder why they give them the best news channel award always

I had been waiting for a day to come when i would hear
" Dilli ke, _____ nagar ilake mein ek kaale rang ke kutte ki maut ho gayi hai. Maana jaata hai ki woh kutta dil ka bahut achha tha. Is kutte ka naam tha Tommy(thats original). Is ilake ke bachche bahut dukhi ho gaye hain is kutte ke jaane ke baad."
translated it means
"A black dog has died in ____ nagar area of Delhi. It is believed that the dog was very good at heart. The dog was named tommy. The children of the area are very sad after the dogs death"

It wasnt a dog in this bulletin... ahh, well they were close enough

signing off
G

G version 5 point 0

Hello friends
This day the 20th of June, 2005 I officially announce the Launch of Gudi Version Five Point O. I had plans to launch this on 1st July, 2005, in the second quarter of the Fiscal Year 2005-06 but then circumstances led me to put it out for launch on this day.

New Features of V5:

1. I shall not get angry on people for no good reason
2. I shall not indulge in personal matters of people. Its their wish if they wanna tell me something or not.
3. I shall not believe in the concept of best friends. This feature was added in V4
4. I shall not trust people. This was also added in V4.
5. I shall tolerate stupid babbling of people to any extent.
6. Basically, most features of V3, which ceased to exist as a part of V4 will be back.
7. I shall not give my advice to anyone.
8. I shall also not help people out for no good reason unless i feel the other person really needs help.

Thanks y'all

signing off

G

Hangover

Hello dear friends
So my life is not going anywhere these days, except for the usual visit to the toilette.
Coming to the Hangover... its the hangover of the french trip. The trip memories are slowly getting washed away from my brain as I set into the life of Delhi. I do not want them to go away and hence I have this funny feeling inside of me. (yes rashi and ridhi, i figured out what it is)
This funny feeling, as formerly believed is not in my belly and is actually somewhere around my heart, making it feel very heavy.
So since, i do not want to forget about anything let me tell you stuff about the people there

1. Simon: My host... He was a pretty cool guy, I had lotsa fun. Though, him and his family, they smoked too much and now have given me what a doctor calls Allergic Bronchitis. His dad is an extremely good cook(Pate).

2. Delphine: She was one of those people whom we call blondes. Shes an awesome artist, I must say. She also agreed to marry me, which is because she wanted to see my hair(Fair deal, i say.). Shes not a blonde anymore coz she got her hair coloured.

3. Lola: LOLLAAAAAAAA... Yes she was the redhead who never posed sanely for pictures. She was lotsa fun too. And she always come to us when we shouted LOLAAAAA...

4. Marion: Nangias host. She was fun too. We danced together, the two of us, on our last night in Angouleme chez lola(hint hint)

5. Nancy: Bumper Boats... Extremely cute. She has the ability to talk like us Indians, with rrrrs and ddss and all that. She could also pronounce my name. As swati maam said, " Nancy's trousers are just like Gudi's.. just about to fall down"

6: Laure: I did not interact much with Laure but she still was fun, especially during the dance session chez lola.

7. Thibault: Ahh Utsavs Host. He was a very fun guy too.. he taught us the Karakakou.. Acted as if he doesnt know a word of English(he knows about 15 words) and now he is going to USA..

8. Mathieu: Abhinaya will fill this space..

As you can see by the length of this post.. i din have the time.. and im starting to forget stuff.. plus, ive already said a lot in my previous posts

Basically all the people were fun... LOTS OF FUN and its hard to let go..

signing off
G
p.s.: i just feel lighter

we are the dancing kids (to the tune of the abba song) 

gouli.. when he was showing the presentation 

after the dance 

armando 

gare d'angouleme 

Thoughts

Hello Friends
This shall be a short post
I just wanted to share some thoughts with the lot of you
I have realised that its no use liking a girl. Its better to like something like a car, atleast it wont leave you ever.
I have also realised that when one is in a depressed mood, listening to some good music helps. It worked for me last night. There was nobody to talk to(i wanted to talk to someone), so I finally went back into my room and listened to some good songs by U2.
I have also realised that when one is in a depressed mood, writing about it helps
signing off
G

Degrees of Boredom

Hello my friends
Well, there is boredom and then there is boredom. Now, the level of boredom being experienced by me these days is too much as I have nothing to do. Secondly, sweet memories of the french trip keep playing back in my mind.
I do not feel like doing anything these days. I have become a lazyass of the first order. There are times when I open the refrigerator door and see loads of chocolate in it but then I don't eat it... Too much of an effort.
I did not blog because..again.. too much of an effort
I've been reading the magazines which come to my house from cover to cover though. In the past week, Ive read 2 issues of Time, 2 issues of India today, Business today, Indian Management, Readers Digest, 2 chips, Digit, Voice and data and1-2 more. I read 2 issues together because... you guessed it, too much of an effort.
I have also been listening to a lot of songs. I keep looking for some kind of good songs but dont find them. I downloaded Speed of Sound by Coldplay, good song.
Basically, I have nothing to do.
I keep waiting the whole day for someone to call me, but througout the day... my phone doesnt ring, there are times when a certain Ridhi Kapur calls but those are just the times. I havent been calling people or sending them messages because i am in super kanjoos mode due to almost 20 minutes of ISD call made by me to my french friends.
I have bought a new watch. Guess it yourself.. too much of an effort

signing off
G

Sad Jokes, Ducks, and Monkeys..

I have been bored lately and the fact that I am not able to share my sad jokes with anyone makes me even more bored. So my boredom drives me to write a sad post.

Anyways, getting to the point of Sad Jokes. I would describe a sad joke as a joke which doesn't make you laugh but the person who is telling the joke laughs. Now, the level of sadness is judged by the audience. Example, Adarsh(Sad Joke Tycoon) tells a joke in the Mayur Vihar audience and people laugh at that joke, but he tells the same joke in our audience and then we dont laugh. And then Adarsh says, " That was funny yaar... you have to laugh"...
There is another thing about sad jokes, you cant tell them voluntarily, they just come out involuntarily.
So coming to my point, the biggest coincidence of the trip was that whenever anyone else told a sad joke, Adarsh got blamed for it and the thing was that he was always around when a sad joke was told.
Now the news. Adarsh is opening his own academy, which he calls
The Adarsh Academy of Sad Jokes, which aims to take in only 100 students per year and train them in the act of sad joke telling.

The duck. Vibhu Tewary
There were thousands of names for him. Ostrich, Rat(Splinter), Flamingo, etc.. Anyways, we finally decided on Daffy Duck. And he did go, QUACK QUACK.
This person, made people laugh. When anybody who started crying, or was about to cry, we brought Vibhu in and then the person was laughing.
I remember this one incident when Vibhu actually threw Fatima out of his room.. i had to see that. Fatima and Vibhu, the perfect pair.

The monkey, Siddarth Nangia..
Always with his Digicam.. MANAGED TO SCREW MY CAMERA ONCE.. He looked like a monkey
Ridhi kept saying, "Nangia's such a monkey"
He is making a DVD for all of us.
Coincidence. He wore the same colour T-shirt as i did.. always
I cant write right now... Im talking to Smelly Crap aka Inde Pinde aka Abs

G

French Trip

To end the French month, here it is.

It had been a long wait for all of us, especially the ones who had been waiting since 15^th February, which would include me too. We had been practicing hard for our show everyday. And the day finally arrived. 12^th may, the day we were supposed to leave for the airport. Everybody met up outside the airport at around 9:00 PM. I was pretty OK with the whole leaving-my-family thing, taking into consideration the fact that this was the first time I was away from them. For some (read Ridhi Kapur), it was as if she was getting married and being sent away (she was hugging and hugging and hugging her mom), but I don’t blame her. Anyways, we boarded the plane and stuff. We took off at 0035 hrs on 13^th May.

After a 9 hour long flight, we finally reached Paris at about 6:30-7:00 in the morning. There we met the not so rose looking Ms. Rose. I have talked about her in a previous entry and I would not like to waste webspace on people like her. Anyways, then we boarded the TGV for Angoulême, which was a task. 8 boys had to put the entire luggage on the train in less than 3 minutes. Fatima, not a boy, helped us with it and Tanya was one of the few women who was carrying her own luggage and my jacket, Sank you.

Our day began after we reached Angoulême

Day 1 13/05/05 Friday

We reached Angouleme around Noon. Taking the luggage off was also a task because now we had to do it in less than 2 minutes. We were taking to Lycee Marguerite de Valois (the school) by cars, small cars. All of us assembled in a certain place in the school and then had Lunch. The food there, in the school, was beyond edible. I wonder how Adarsh could have it. So, most of us used to have Milk, Yogurt, Dessert and other stuff except for Nangia who practically ate all the Non-Veg. stuff there. After Lunch, we went to the Supermarket, E. Leclerc (which we later renamed Electric), to buy stuff to eat. After a good electric session, we met the Principal M. Andre LOT. He spoke in rapid fire French, which as a matter of fact I was able to understand for quite a long time till I lost track and then had no intentions to get back on track coz I was very sleepy. Madam Squirrel got computers arranged for us. I was sleeping before that and then Mme Marlene came in and told us that we have computers. I got up like a mouse that just smelt cheese or like an animated dog that just saw a fire hydrant.

At around 530 we met our hosts and had drinks and stuff to eat. Soon we went to our respective hosts’ places.

Observation: The sun refuses to go down in France. It set at about 930 everyday.

We had dinner. I loved the food at my hosts place. I had Pate, which was excellent. That’s the end of day 1.

Day 2 14/05/05 Saturday

I got up early around 8:00, that’s early because Simon used to get up at 11:00 11:30. Since, the dude was asleep I went with his dad to the open market to get stuff to eat. We came back and “a pretty girl from India” had called me, which turned out to be Ridhi. Simon got up, did not take a bath and started smoking straightaway

Observation 2: These people smoke too much.

Simon took me for an on-foot trip of Angoulême. I saw all the little places that there were to see and we returned home in about an hour or so. Then we had lunch.

Highlight of the lunch: Radish with butter with bread with special salt and of course Pate. Awesome.

Then we went Bowling, where we met Siddarth Nangia and Marion.

After the Bowling session, Simon, Marion, Nangia and I went to the Town Hall where we met other people as well and had drinks and food in nearby places.

At Quick Burger, French equivalent of McDo (they have it too but they hate anything american), there was this person who was handing some stuff to eat and so we asked him if it was vegetarian or not. The person says

“No-No, No-No… I am French, I am French” said that twice

then he says, “ I got married last week”.

By the way he was the one dressed up as Jesus.

Observation: All French people were amazed with my long hair and always asked me to show them my hair. Delphine was one of them.

We had a good time loitering away in Angouleme, especially because it’s a very small place. During this period, a time had come when I was about to kill Siddarth Nangia because he had done something to my camera which made it show the E61:00:00 error, which basically meant that something had gone wrong with my camera and it was irrepairable. But after an agonizing half an hour and almost shitting in my pants, my camera was ok again and so was everything else.

At night, we went for a concert of some band. I sat outside the place because there was too much smoke inside, so did everyone else except for Abhinaya (hereby referred to as Smelly Crap, the reason shall be explained later).

Everything was over by 12 at night and we went back home.

Day 3 15/05/05 Sunday

By day 3 I had something wrong with my throat because I had inhaled so much smoke.

For this day, Simon had plans for Football. The football place was about a half an hour drive from Angouleme. There we met Aayush Kumar and Utsav Sarkar aka Fatuti. We thought it was going to be some general football thing and nothing more, but as it turned out, those guys signed all of us up for a tournament and well we lost. It started raining and since I can’t play in the rain we moved out of the place.

After Football, we went Karting.

Highlight: They couldn’t find a helmet that would fit my head, but after searching for a long time they finally found one.

I drove well and in 10 minutes I had 9 laps with my fastest lap being 1’04”210. It was a very good Karting place, very professional and it was a very long track. That my friend was the best Karting I ever did and better than any place in India you will ever find.

While going back home, Simon’s mother took us for a ride along Angouleme and I took a few pictures before reaching home. At home, I saw 8 mile… again.

The day got over with nothing in particular happening

Day 4 16/05/05 Monday

It was the end of the weekend and so we were dropped off to school by our hosts. After having breakfast and stuff, we walked down to this place called Creche de Kirikou. Being a crèche one expected it to have little babies, but the babies weren’t there. They had toddlers but no babies. Maybe the babies were on strike because the schoolkids were on strike too. We didn’t do much in the crèche. We walked back to school and then we had lunch and attended a few classes.

At 6:45 PM we had dinner, which was too early by any standards. We loitered around school and we had our dance practice.

At about I don’t remember what time we entered the Internat (hostel). They had 2 rooms which were connected by one bathroom. 3 students were accommodated in one bathroom. That basically spells that 6 people had to use one bathroom.

At night, we used to play Bluff. We were too loud and the hostel people came 11 times to our room to tell us to be quiet. Their favourite word: “Doucement!”

Day 5 17/05/05 Tuesday

Akshay, Suri and I did not have breakfast for reasons very obvious. By now, I had a very bad throat and was having trouble sleeping.

The people took us out to the Open market for “shopping”. This Open Market highly resembles the market of Sarojini Nagar. When people were done shopping we moved to the Town Hall for a guided tour of the castle which was turned into this building now.

We walked around Angouleme and went back to school.

In school we followed the same routine of Dinner, some time in the foyer des eleves, practice and back to sleep.

The hostel dude came to our room and played bluff with us.

Day 6 18/05/05 Wednesday

On day 6, we again did not have breakfast and went to Futuroscope. Futuroscope, a few hours away from Angouleme, is sort of like an amusement park with simulators and similar things. In Futuroscope, I saved the lives of 2 people

1. Ridhi Kapur- who very conveniently left Tanya’s scarf at some place and forgot to pick it up. Had I not picked it up, she would’ve been killed by Tanya Puri

2. Radhika Malik- who very conveniently left her waist pouch containing her camera on the ground outside one of the simulator places. She remembered of it only after we entered the thing and then went wild searching while I had it safely placed in my bag. She came back almost in tears after she could not find it. I gave it to her after that.

That very day, Fatima Husain, for the person she is, screwed up my camera. That is all I will say about her.

There was this very awesome water show where they had water shooting up with fire in sync with music.

Our hosts had also gone with us and we had a nice time in the bus.

I learned this French phrase “kirakakou”… you say it in a very squeaky voice, I couldn’t say it coz I had throat troubles.

That was our day.

We followed the same routine after reaching the school

Day 7 19/05/05 Thursday

On day 7 we went to this place called Rochefort/ La Rochelle. It was a beach place but it was too cold out there on the beach too.

First of all, we split up into 2 groups and the first group went to La Cordarie Royale, the rope factory, whereas the second group went to Maison Pierre Loti, the house of Pierre Loti, some French writer in the 19^th and 20^th Century.

At the rope factory we were explained how they made ropes and stuff, and I also made a rope. After the guided tour of the rope factory we went walking to Maison Pierre Loti. One isn’t allowed to take photos in there so sadly enough no photos of the place. His house was good, very good. The dude traveled a lot in his times. The guide, who was showing us around, was totally gay. We know this by his actions. He described Pierre Loti as

“Naughty Loti”

“King of the nights”

This dude’s house was quite a distance from the rope factory. On our way back, Nangia and Akshay bought roasted chicken.

At the beach, we had lunch and that was about it. We did not have much time at the Beach.

After walking around the place we went to an Aquarium which was a good place.

And then we headed back to the Lycee for that evening we had our show.

The show was a great success, everything went of very well and the people clapped hard.

That night when we went to the hostel, we finally made friends with the other people. We had been fighting with them since the beginning and we had exchange of ideas and stuff. That was a good night.

Day 8 20/05/05 Friday

We had to “check-out” of the hostel.

On day 8 we went to this place called Dordogne, which had these caves. Lascaux, as the caves were called, are about 17000-20000 year old caves. Due to the large amount of people visiting the caves, they were deteriorating. So, the Frenchmen, smart as they are, decided to build an exact replica of those caves. They called it the Lascaux II. Lascaux II, only has the Bulls Chamber replicated but it was a great place.

For lunch, we went near the river Charente and listened to some sad jokes by our teachers. We sat around the place for about an hour and then headed out to this Prehistoric Museum which did not interest us, we were more interested in food. We went to this café nearby and had stuff to eat and drink.

After all that was over we headed back. We went to the Mayors place, where we did basically nothing because the Mayor wasn’t there.

Highlight of the event: Akshay got married to Ridhi Kapur… it was a total normal marriage with all the I dos and stuff. Sadly enough I forgot my camera in the bus.

After the marriage we met our hosts again. 6-7 of us kids met up again and went out for dinner. I blasted akshay and ridhi with my MJs(marriage jokes). After dinner, we went to this place to see Lola’s sister’s dance performance, which, by the way, was good.

Everybody went home and that was it for the day.

Day 9 21/05/05 Saturday

Simon’s family took me to this place called Ile d’Oleron, where Simon would be heading for his future studies. This place also has a beach. We did not do much at this place.

After coming back, we had pizza at home and then went to Lola’s place where we had lots of fun. It was like a nightclub. Our last night out in Angoulême. It was total fun. We danced and all that.

Day 10 22/05/05 Sunday

On Sunday, everybody met at the station. It was goodbyes filled with tears and happy memories. We said byebye to Angoulême and all the people. I shall never forget that place and visit it atleast once more. We all miss it.

We reached Paris by TGV and went to our hotel Campanile. It was an air- conditioned hotel.

Our tour guide was very boring; she refused to shut up and had to describe every little thing that was there. We went to Versailles in the afternoon and spent 2 hours there. We had dinner at this place called Chez Hunza. Then we went to the hotel and went off to sleep late at night.

Day 11 23/05/05 Monday

We went to visit the Eiffel tower. We went up to the 3^rd level by elevator and then descended by stairs. I won the stair race. We then went by boat to Notre Dame, I had totally forgotten what it looked like and I must say it is totally beautiful. We all wished for good marks at the Point Zero.

From Notre Dame, we walked down to the Quartier Latin where we had lunch at this Italian Restaurant. Then we walked through Luxembourg garden and then went to Louvre museum by bus. We saw "La Nouvelle Salle de La Jaconde", the new room of Mona Lisa. It was a very short visit to the Louvre.

Had dinner at night.
After dinner, utsav comes and asks us what would be the best direction to pass gas in since it was very windy that day. Funny guy.

Now comes the part of Abhinaya being named Smelly Crap.

You see, Abhinaya is this very thin vegetarian. She was feeling Shitty inside so Siddarth Nangia decided to let her in into our bathroom. That was it. She relieved herself and our whole room was stinking for a whole 3 hours till someone else went into to undo what she had done. PHEW!

A song for abhinaya

Smelly crap smelly crap

What have they been feeding you

Smelly crap Smelly Crap

What did you eat

Day 12 24/05/05 Tuesday

On Tuesday we went to Disneyland. That was a totally awesomically fun day.

The biggest attraction of the place was space mountain. We guys went on it thrice, and it was awesome fun all three times. It began with the train thing moving with quite good speed to a place a few metres away and then it stopped at an angle of 60 degrees with the ground. It stopped there for a few seconds and there was a countdown.

Trois, deux, Un… LAUNCH..

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH……..EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…MMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY..

That’s what came throughout the ride. It was awesome. Going through one loop and one barrel roll at speeds twice that of the shatabdi. Weeeheee... was fun.. And the disco music in the background was good.

We found a good way to survive in Disneyland

Life in the Fast Pass. Fast pass was a very good idea.

We went to other rides such as big thunder mountain and Indiana jones but Space Mountain Mission 2 stole the show.

The Disney Parade was also a good thing.

Basically, Disneyland is a great place. Id never grow old for Disneyland.

At dinner time.. Utsav said the English Alphabet twice in burpy mode.. which was just too hilarious. There was this one time when he was about to burp but it didnt come out and then he said, "That went out normally". We all know what that means.

Day 13 25/05/05 Wednesday

This was our last day in Paris.

First of all we went to this parfum factory called Fragonard. My parents had already visited the Nice factory so I knew what to buy from there. There was this asian-french lady over there and she had these high pitched YAs at the end of her sentences.

We then went to Montmartre where people got their portraits made. I shudve gone to Dali Museum with Nangia but he disappeared.

We had lunch in Quartier Latin again at the same Italian restaurant. The dude over there was very happy to see us.

Then everybody went shopping. I did not buy anything that day.

When everybody had finished shopping we went for the Bateau Mouches. It was a fun ride.

We had dinner and that was it. That was the end of our trip

I forgot to mention we had a very good bus driver named Armando.

Day 14 26/05/05 Thursday

On Thursday we all came back home. Now, there was this very smart woman who decided to take home 6 bottles of wine and 2 big bottles of cheap French shampoo home. We were getting delayed because of her coz I had to shop at the airport. I did my total shopping in about 45 mins and then we boarded the plane. I bought parfums and chocolates. All 10thies who had given their boards were very freaked out on the plane because our results were going to come at 6 that evening.

That’s it my friends. That was our trip. We had fun.

Im gonna miss all the people. Im gonna miss Angoulême. Im gonna miss the bus rides. Im gonna miss blaming Adarsh for all sad jokes. Im gonna miss Ridhis slaps. Im gonna miss everything.

fatima just loves to be in pics with me 

statue of liberty 

me and adarsh "sad joke" ramakrishnan in front of eiffel tower 

sacred heart cathedral 

moulin rouge 

moulin rouge 

harley davidson 

space mountain 

bhoot bangla 

out to kill.. gursartaj singh nijjar 

disney parade 

disney parade 

DISNEYLAND 

hey look at the squirrel 

winged victory