Today, 26th of July, marks 2 months of completion of my french trip
'Nuff said
signing off
G
mardi, juillet 26, 2005
jeudi, juillet 21, 2005
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
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
dimanche, juillet 17, 2005
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
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
mardi, juillet 12, 2005
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
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
dimanche, juillet 03, 2005
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
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
samedi, juillet 02, 2005
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
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
mardi, juin 28, 2005
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 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
jeudi, juin 23, 2005
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
"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
lundi, juin 20, 2005
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
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
jeudi, juin 16, 2005
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
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
mercredi, juin 15, 2005
lundi, juin 13, 2005
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
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
dimanche, juin 12, 2005
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
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
mercredi, juin 08, 2005
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
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
dimanche, mai 29, 2005
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 15th February, which would include me too. We had been practicing hard for our show everyday. And the day finally arrived. 12th may, the day we were supposed to leave for the airport. Everybody met up outside the airport at around
After a 9 hour long flight, we finally reached
Our day began after we reached Angoulême
Day 1 13/05/05 Friday
We reached
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
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
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
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
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
While going back home, Simon’s mother took us for a ride along
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
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
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
- 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
- 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/
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 19th and 20th 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
For lunch, we went near the river
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
Our tour guide was very boring; she refused to shut up and had to describe every little thing that was there. We went to
Day 11 23/05/05 Monday
We went to visit the Eiffel tower. We went up to the 3rd 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
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
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
Life in the
We went to other rides such as big thunder mountain and
The Disney Parade was also a good thing.
Basically,
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
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
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.
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