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April 05 Does your name begin with: S?For you, it is pleasure before business. You can be romantically idealistic to a fault and is capable of much sensuality. But you never loose control of your emotions. Once you make the commitment you stick like glue. You could get jealous and possessive. You tend to be very selfish often regarding yourself as the only human being on the planet. You like being the center of attention. You are very caring, sensitive, private & sometimes very passive. Turned on by soft lights, romantic thoughts. When it gets down to the nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You know all the little tricks of the trade, can play any role, or any game, and take your love life very seriously. You don't fool around. You have the patience to wait for the right person to come along. You are very generous & giving, often selfless. You are kind nature & sweet, which is found to be attractive by many. You are a good friend. SEPTEMBER *Suave and compromising *Careful, cautious and organized *Likes to point out people's mistakes *Likes to criticize *Quiet but able to talk well *Calm and cool *Kind and sympathetic *Concerned and detailed *Trustworthy, loyal and honest *Does work well *Sensitive *Thinking *Good memory *Clever and knowledgeable *Loves to look for information *Must control oneself when criticizing *Able to motivate oneself *Understanding *Secretive *Loves sports, leisure and traveling *Hardly shows emotions *Tends to bottle up feelings *Choosy especially in relationships *Loves wide things *Systematic.
AQUA Your feelings change suddenly and easily. You are always lonely, and like travelling. You are truthful, but listen and believe other people too easily. It's hard to find love for you, and you get lost in love easily. Sometimes you get hurt by love. >> all this is true (except for da organized part)!! unbelievable.... April 03 The Amulet of Samarkand - A ReviewPost Harry Potter there have been many books released with the theme of a young witch/wizard fighting against bad monsters. Some were forgettable, most OK and some quite excellent. This book and the rest of the trilogy are the third kind and I daresay even better than Harry Potter.
The book is set in a modern day alternate history setting in which Britain is the supreme empire in the world. The parliament and hence the Empire are controlled by magicians who summon demons to do their bidding. The magicians aren’t particularly special like the ones in HP and don’t cast spells but read incantations in pentacles to summon the demons (traces of black magic here). As there was segregation of blacks and browns and whites during colonial times here too there is segregation between the magicians and Commoners (muggles to HP fanatics). The commoners live in a state of suppression and resort to selling their kids to magicians who train them as their apprentices and future magicians. The demons come in many shapes and sizes types ranging from the scary and powerful afrits and marids to the charming djinns (according to Bartimaeus, more on him later) down to the lesser foliots imps and mites.
The real story is about a boy, Nathaniel, sold to the government by his parents at 5, who is trained by a lower level minister-magician. He is extremely sharp and his memory is exceptional. Simon Lovelace, a young (20-odd years old) and ambitious magician publicly humiliates Nathaniel who vows revenge on him. To do this he devours the magic books in his master’s home and quickly hones his skills as a magician. To carry out his plan, he summons Bartimaeus, a 5000 year old irascible and sarcastic djinn who is the life of the whole book and trilogy. His plan is to steal The Amulet of Samarkand, a prized possession of Lovelace, who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Doing so, Nathaniel quickly puts his own and his adopted family’s lives on high risk and tumbles into a political web so sticky he must use his own and Bartimaeus’ immense skills to foil a plot of magical espionage, murder, blackmail, and revolt.
Besides the refreshingly new plot and excellent characterization, the main innovative feature of this book is the use of alternating first-person (I said this, I thought etc.) and normal third-person point-of-views which really adds immense sheen to the package. He expresses himself though footnotes at the end of the page which contain tidbits of information and his opinions on various subjects and on the scene which is currently being enacted in the book. Bartimaeus, in his sarcastic and downright funny thoughts and actions really make the book a must-read for all Harry Potter fans especially and is also awesome for non-fans like me. You’d be doing a great disservice to yourself if you don’t give this a try. September 26 siddharth, your flavor is Mellow
Like vanilla ice cream or fresh bread, you're an easygoing and friendly person who's a staple to have around — always enjoyable at any time. With your relaxed attitude, you're both reasurring and refreshing, and this makes people around you feel at ease. While others may be fiery and hot-tempered, you always find a way to keep calm, cool, and collected. Your laidback and low-key attitude is what flavors everything you do — from spending a day at the beach to hosting a backyard BBQ to watching movies at home. No matter what you're up to, it's sure to be fun and have a feel-good vibe. Cool! August 21 Who is the boss?
July 02 MY Chappals.My Slippers. Those pair of ragged, dirty and purply stained chappals are no more. They broke today at the black time of 1:11 pm. Why am I writin about my slippers? Well, they are'nt any ordiniary slips, these are MY FAVOURITE SLIPPERS!!! This pair of rubber has stood beside me for 4 years!! or better still, 4 HOLIS!!
These are quite a globetrottin' pair of rubber: they've been evrywhere from Egypt to Dubai to Singapore to KL n domestically from Mumbai to Pune to Goa to Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary to Agra,Jaipur,Chandigarh, Salem,Bangalore,Chennai - everywhere.
OK folks I'm off now to get myself a new pair of slippers which I hope will probably last as long as the last pair did!
May 30 Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of The SithSTAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH - REVIEW You knew. From the first scene you knew. You knew that your manical reading of 116 reviews at Rottentomatoes had paid off. The opening space battle and subsequent light saber duel were enough for the price of the ticket. What follows is a whirlwind rollercoaster ride of a movie chock full of CGI special effects , exciting lightsaber duels (easily the best in the series) and more emotion and drama than previously seen in a movie with 'star wars' as the title. The flip side however are the immensely cheesy, unimaginative and very un-funny dialogues and Hayden Christensen's cardboard acting of Anakin Skywalker. He acts better as Darth Vader than Anakin. The political message is weak and Darth Sidious a.k.a. Senator Palpatine's acting is very good as too is Obi-Wan Kenobi's. But the dialogues. His dialogues are so cliched and cheesy you'd almost puke if you're not a big Star Wars fan like me who would'nt care less. I almost felt like the Dark Side is stronger than the Good. All in all, its the ONLY movie I'd watch at 3 am and thats saying alot. But the underlying message which, to my suprise, evades everybody stares right in the face throughout the movie!! No, its not that the dark side is stronger.... > > > > WOMEN ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF EVIL!!! May 22 ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in software Engineer and joined a company based in USA the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true. Here atlast I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about Five years in which time. I would have earned enough money to settle down in India. My father was a government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat. I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling home sick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at Mac Donald’s and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down. Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight. Was jubilant and was actually enjoying shopping for gifts for all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter I was forced to select one candidate. In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After the marriage,it was time to return to USA, after giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbours to look after them, we returned to USA. My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl,were gifted to us by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children. Every year I decide to go to India. But part work part monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but couldn’t get any holidays and thus could not go to India. The next message I got was my parents were passed away and as there was no one to do the last rights the society members had done whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents were passed away without seeing their grand children. After couple more years passed away, much to my children’s dislike and my wife’s joy we returned to India to settle down. I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA. My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India. My 2 children and myself returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years. Time passed by, My daughter decided to get married to a American and my son was happy living in USA. I decided that I had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India. I had just enough money to buy a decent two bed room flat in a well developed locality. Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the holy abode. Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India, had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more. I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM. Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing. This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these children are losing their values and culture, dressing sense because of it. I get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well at least they remember me. Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbours again who will be performing my last rights. God bless them. But the question still remains, ’Was all this worth it?’ I am still searching for an answer. ALWAYS LUV HOMELAND!! Unseen FriendsWe sit and we type, and we stare at our screens. We all have to wonder, what this possibly means. With our mouse we roam, through the rooms in a maze, Looking for something or someone, as we with in a daze. We chat with each other, we type all our woes Small groups we do form, and gang up on our foes. We wait for somebody, to type out our name. We want recognition, but it is always the same. We give kisses and hugs, and sometimes flirt. In PM's we chat deeply, and reveal why we hurt. We do form friendships - but - how, we don't know But some of these friendships, will flourish and grow. Why is it on screen that we can be so bold Telling our secrets, that have never been told. Why is it we share the thought in our mind With those we can't see, as though we were blind. The answer is simple, it is as clear as a bell. We all have our problems, and need someone to tell. We can't tell real people, but tell someone we must, So we turn to the 'puter, and to those we can trust. Even though it is crazy, the truth still remains They are Friends Without Faces, and odd little names. The difficult QuestionYoung King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by a monarch of a neighboring Kingdom. The question was....What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the priests, the princess, the wise men, even the court jesters. He spoke to everyone, but no one had a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would know the answer. But the price was high; the old witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first. The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot..the most noble Knight of the round table and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises.. he had never encountered such a repugnant creature in his life. He REFUSED to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden. But Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He said nothing was too big a sacrifice to save his friend's life. Hence a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: "What a woman really wants, she answered.................... Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was..the neighboring monarch granted Arthur His freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding. The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling Himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay across the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked, How can this be?? The beauty replied that since he had been kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time, and the beautiful maiden the other half. Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day, or during the night? Lancelot pondered the predicament. What would YOU do??? What Lancelot chose, is below..BUT..make your choice and read on.. OKAY??? Noble Lancelot..knowing the witches's answer to Arthur's question, said he would allow HER to make the choice!! NOW...The MORAL of this story is???? The moral is..if you don't let a woman have her own way..things are going to get ugly!! May 21 "REAL TO ME" by Brian McFaddenShowbiz dinners and the free champagne, "Going Away To College" by BLINK 182Please take me by the hand May 18 America vs RussiaThe Americans and Russians, at the height of the arms race, realized that if they continued in the usual manner they were going to blow up the whole world. One day they sat down and decided to settle the whole dispute with one dog fight. They'd have five years to breed the best fighting dog in the world and whichever side's dog won would be entitled to dominate the world. The losing side would have to lay down its arms. The Russians found the biggest, meanest Doberman and Rottweiler ------- in the world and bred them with the biggest meanest Siberian wolves. They selected only the biggest and strongest puppy from each litter, killed his siblings, and gave him all the milk. They used steroids and trainers and after five years came up with the biggest meanest dog the world had ever seen. Its cage needed steel bars that were three inches thick and nobody could get near it. When the day came for the fight, the Americans showed up with a strange animal. It was a nine-foot long Dachshund. Everyone felt sorry for the Americans because they knew there was no way that this dog could possibly last ten seconds with the Russian dog. When the cages were opened up, the Dachshund came out and wrapped itself around the outside of the ring. It had the Russian dog almost completely surrounded. When the Russian dog leaned over to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund reached out and consumed the Russian dog in one bite. There was nothing left at all of the Russian dog. The Russians came up to the Americans, shaking their heads in disbelief. `We don't understand how this could have happened. We had our best people working for five years with the meanest Doberman and Rottweiler in the world and the biggest, meanest Siberian wolves." "That's nothing," an American replied. "We had our best plastic surgeons working for five years to make an alligator look like a Dachshund." May 14 My Play...A ReviewWelll its kinda lame writin a review of my own play but i'll go ahead what da heck nobody reads it neway *sob sob*
Da play was fantastic. We did 'Wizard of Oz'. I was da Wizard. Y am i using such short sentences.
newayz accordin to public opinion da Scarecrow was a real hit , Dorothy cried too much, tin man was expressionless da lion was cute glinda was gud , da evil witch was fantastic n da less sed bout da wizards scene da better.
I'll just cut it n come straight to my scene.For those of u who hav no idea wot i hav to do i hav to giv da scarecrow a brain da tin man a heart n da lion courage( ie a medal). U see there were 2 worryin factorsfor my scene, 1 i wasnt loud enuff n 2 there were a few expressions which i wernt getting in da practices. Dis time tho i was loud enufff n i got tha expressions but as soon as i bend down to pick up my black bag on stage to giv da scarecrow da diploma i realise i forgot da bag backstage! no medal no heart no brains!but instead of panickin i just gave da 3 ppl imaginary stuff...
But in da end it was still very gud n considerin it was directen n choreographed by kids only it was VERY VERY gud. May 13 In Chandigarh!ok..hey guys im in Chandi rite now....
Ya know now i've decided to make a schedule on my blog...
here it is:
Evry Weekends: 2 jokes will appear evry weekends
Monday: A poll will appear evry monday
Tuesday: Cricket View - my comments on all da happenings in Cricket
Wednesday: Political Satire - my humorous take on da political going-ons
Evry Day: Funny Thot of da Day
I'll decide on da rest later May 12 Finally!!!YESS!!! today is da day!! by the time da days ovr i'll be FREEEE!!! Today's my play!! rest later i gottago May 11 First in 3 Days!!hey guys... its been a LONG time since i updated only cuz i come home at 8 frm my pracs hav dinner n go to sleep da time i sit on da comp den i dun fell like updatin it so hols started n my plays on thurs so hopefully afta dat i'll update it frequently May 08 A Gud Day's Work(and Play*pun intended*)woah I had a very helter-skelter day today....(read my previous blog to understand) I juggled today pretty well actually...i was there for all matches n evrytime my scene came. In the matches we played 2 cricket n 1 football cuz we were runnin outta time. We were playin with leather balls nd 10 ovrs each. My team was kanav,me,karan,jaiveer,shrey(in descending order of ability)(yes im very good at both sports). My whole team is actually, Kanav me n Karan r gud strikers while Karan's fast enough to defend too while attacking, Jaiveer's a gud defender n Shrey's well a lucky keeper, hes not much of a keeper but still manages to stop da ball or da striker hits it wide. So newayz in da first cricket match we rattled up 80 in 10 ovrs with jaiveer,me n kanav making gud contributions. They got close but we still won by 14 runs. next we played da footbal match in which we played with 4 quarters instead of da usual 2 halves. We got tired after thha first 2 quarters by which time the score was 2-0 in our favour. So we called da match quits then by which time i had to go for my practice which i ahd forgotten abt until this point of time so i did my play thing when da guys were restin n by the time i was back they wer jus startin da match n so this time we got to 82 in 10 ovrs n im not sure who hit da runs coz i went fo my practice after i got out(for around 10) n dint come back till da 8th ovr of their innings when i got my first bowl in da match. Well my ovr was mixxed first ball- 2 runs,next ball - 4,3rd-wicket,4th - wicket -end of match- so our team won all 3 outta 3 matches n yay im so happy wen i suddenly get my sis's call (whos also btw busy practicin for da play) "hey sid da directors r relli angry with me come fast!" So this bitchy director whos relli frustrated at me cuz i nevr am loud enough while delivering da dialogues. I lost it told her im relli tired n she too is as soft as da stuffed dog shes carryin! Then da nice director intervened n things got cooler. Im soo tired rite now!!! its 10:22 pm rite now n i got home only by 8:30. Im jus waitin for da ice cream to cum(YAY!) n bruno(my dog btw) to tell me wen he wants to go for a walk. *I think i hear him now...* so toodles folks n plz leave a comment jus sayin i red it will be enuff so i no sumbody reads da 500 word crap u write up! May 07 Exciting but Strange Day Ahead.....I hav a very action-packed day tomm but its very confusing how im gonna handle it... my frnd is celebratin his bday tomm. He's celebratin it in the skool, u see our skool is HUGE n has big grounds where we can play cricket freely which is wat we mainly do. Then theres BM (Bengali Market) a market place like a neighbor of our skool almost touchin our skool boundaries. Its where we go to hav food during play practices which is the crux of the conundrum. i hav my play practices tomm too!! his bday is frm 11 to 5 n my play practice starts frm 12 to 6:30. So i begged my nicest play director (who ironically is the Wicked Witch) to allow me to come for practice at 1:30 so i got 2 1/2 for playing.
You Call that Long?ooo today was anotha day at play practice n im sooo tired!! A funny thing happened today which is the reason of the title.... We were practicin for our play "Wizard of Oz" (hmm sounds kinda familiar, no?) n we were doin the scene in which dorothy and the scarecrow find the tinman n when the tinman asked Dorothy if the Wizard (who btw happens to be me) would give him a heart (rem?) then Dorothy says "oo he must we've come sucha long way" n then suddenly the witch comes out n she says (pointing at the tinman's crotch " You call that long??" It was so funny we all started laughin.... I dunno if you wudda found it funny but try visualising it n then u'll see! |
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