The Tippling Effect

sounds like some major scientific theory, but in reality it is "my lack off " resistance to resist a crystal glass with three cubes of ice and a few ounce of some good bourbon or scotch.

Every night for the last one week i have been fighting this loosing battle to stop lifting lovely looking pieces of crystal. Help Help Help need some suggestion of how to say NO.

Smoke of life

A hilarious letter my friend wrote

My Cigarette story.

My first fascination for anything related to that 84 mm white stick was born, as a child when I gathered from the litters on the muddy roads near my home, the magical silver and golden leaves that would iron so perfectly with an adolescent’s finger tips and nails. These would then be safely placed on a treasure container, a broken new plate collected from the garbage where my mother had disposed the same immediately on its unshapely arrival, which itself was a treasure in those May rain days, among other treasures like chocolate wrappers, a handle less mug, stones collected from various beaches, and beads from broken necklaces which were never worn…

The same fascination thrives in me when I hold that packet promising ‘Guarantee of the gold standard in smoking pleasure’ with words in juxtaposition saying, ‘tobacco seriously damages health’. Seriously damages health! How different it sounds from the usual “smoking is injurious to health”!

This treasure I hold in my bag or jacket pocket with immense pleasure and care from the beginning of its arrival; protecting it from rains and winds, and the eyes of my well wishers; wrapping it up in envelopes or clothes or even inside biscuit and noodles packets. The packet and its desirable contents go through various phases of hiding except when the desire and the surrounding permit it to take a peep at the loud, vibrant, put on world, before it dies its own death. Throughout its dying, or rather living to death, the white stick gives its killer the exquisite pleasure, the quick short kick, the nostalgia and nausea and the life time companionship that only they with the “impeccable blend of exclusive tobaccos” (as advertised by Wills’) can provide.

I watch the flame giving life to mine. The way that life eats through every cell and brown leaf of that cylindrical body. I watch the way I feed on it like a hungry dog feeding on a melting flesh, trying to grab as much before it melts completely. I watch, with immense satisfaction of a killer, the dying cigarette, dying into smoke and ashes in no time and on its journey to death, leading me to mine.

- Faraz Khan

Hilarious milestone

cudos to Pranab Mooken for sending this hilarious milestone

Jack and Jill

well last night we tried to set up the Ashu boy - with "Jill", no idea what happened / transcribed coz Ashu boy started talking crap as ususal. As for jill she went home with a smile on her face,

Love is indeed a strange feeling that really cant be just taught

in the words of mary oliver
‘To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.’


I find this line just amazing

Did you know how to tough it is to buy a bed

Went bed shopping yesterday,it was really tough, the reason being i didnt follow the following "Process"

Step One
Measure your bedroom and doorway before you decide on the size of bed to purchase. You will need at least 15 to 18 inches of space on either side of the bed to move around comfortably.

Step Two
Think about whether you will be sharing the bed and how much you or your partner moves around at night before you come up with the size. Beds come in six different sizes: king (sometimes called eastern king), California king, queen, full (or double), twin and twin extra-long.

Step Three
Purchase a king, California king or queen for one or two people. A king works well for those who frequently change positions during the night.

Step Four
Try a full if the bed is for one person. A full is probably too small for two adults, especially if one or both frequently move about.

Step Five
Buy a twin-sized bed for one child or one adult. Two twins are great for children who have sleepovers. Allow for 24 to 30 inches of space between beds.

Step Six
Add four inches to the length of your bed for the headboard and four for the footboard. Once you've added these to the measurements of the bed frame, you have the total width and length of your bed.

A train to town

Well after a few years my wife and I decided to take the train to kerala, we were accompanied by Ashu, Mir, Dada and Small

it was really fun coz we sat doing nothing yet tried to entertain ourselves continously.

"Diluted" orange juice and made the sleeping process easier

Wedding Boxing day

Well today was fun coz we unpacked all the gifts that we got but what made it interesting was the bottle of nice jose cuervo courtsey Ashu boy

I am tired of smiling but extremely happy

Boy Oh Boy 8OO odd guest, two functions, 1000 odd snaps. Smiling can get tiring, but at the end of the day the both us might be tired but we are very happy

Couple at the registrars with extended family

Navaz weds JJ

I am Finally married, i sweated so much at the registrar's. Navaz's Ma and Pa came, so that was so very good, Was fun for both families to meet each other at the registrar's office

1 more day

Parents are in town, picking people, am not allowed to meet the bride this is not nice

2 more daysssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

mutliple venues mutliple dress codes multiple languagages multiple customs

every thing seems to be raised to the power of 5

and again the only constant is CHANGE

3 MORE DAYS

My oh my oh my ,

3 days more, the question running through my mind are dime a dozen and the worst part is i dont have any more dime

?????????????

arbid rambling of words again.

As always me to you

Aerosmith - living on the edge

Check these guys out man pure energy on the stage,

thanks to Bhagya Prakash K for the photo

8 days more Part II

SK is good friend. she is supposed to support

SK posting snide comments me not liking

SK help only

8 days more

Train tickets and booking the are not a pleasent experience

got the passes for the Aerosmith show

Jitters getting worse

Help - me not loose my sanity

Jitters again

nine more days to go

Was thinking of the song of a 100 green bottles hanging on the wall

think hard as much as i can still cant get the message of the song unmixed from the countdown in my life

Count Down Has BEGUN

My oh My me getting married in exactly ten days

Jitters more Jitters feels like all the critters are crawling up pants,

Snapping at everyone

is this write, I raise my eyes to the heavens and beg god for help,

Confused

life as such is full of twist and turns

Conflicting Opinions

"As long as the reason of man continues fallible,
and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions
will be formed"

James Madison

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hiatus

Well its been some time since i have written, the hiatus could be attributed fair and square to the fact of 4 letter word, Lazy

how does one define the word lazy: - Conducive to idleness or indolence.

the next issue is what does Conducive mean

Well that to put in "perspective" one can just say i cant give a rat's ass