B'day girl

Two cutest things in this world:
- A baby's yawn
- A baby's sneeze


Happy b'day Baby Navya :)

Shahrukh Rocked on

I am home. My weekend won't get over until 6th of december. Yeyy yeyy
I saw Kal ho na ho and Rock on back to back, sipping hot chocolate in my comforter.


And I started thinking what if Karan Johar had made Rock On! It would've been a hilarious tragedy.

• For starters, Shahrukh will be in Farhan's place (but natural).
• There will be more focus on the ego clash between him and Arjun Rampal. A mutual love interest will be the focal point of the drama.
• Shahrukh will get the girl. Arjun Rampal will remain heartbroken and single and will take refuge in his music and alcohol.
• When he refuses to listen to Prachi Desai's idea of getting back together with the band, Shahrukh's Maa (Jaya Bachhan!?!) will be roped in to persuade him. That always works like a charm.
• Before they go on stage for the final concert, Maa will feed him Mandir ka prashad and say 'ja beta jaa, Bharat ka naam roshan karo' (don't ask). Okay, this isn't just a K-Jo special, applies to all old Hindi movies in general.
• The 'Tum ho to' song will be dedicated to (no points for guessing) Shahrukhs Maa. Who will promptly proceed to (again no points for guessing) bawl her eyes out.

Climax: At the concert on-stage the last song is on. Mid-way through it, Shahrukh has a coughing fit. There will be blood. From the nose possibly. (That imagery GROSSED me out. Naturally.) Yet, as Maa and wife and the rest of them watch on with their hearts in their mouths, he proceeds to finish the song. Clearly struggling though. Everyone is on their feet screaming his name (Rahul, ofcourse!) at the end of the show. He collapses, screaming, 'Maa...!'

*SILENCE* (heartbeat music)


Maa rushes to stage screaming, 'Betaa...!' Followed by slower wife (naturally). Hugs. Tears. Shahrukh wheezing and gasping. Grabs mike. Some more tears. Apologises to Rampal for the past and asks him to *gasp* marry Prachi Desai after his death. 'I love you all! The music *gasp! wheeze!* must go on. WE MUST....WE MUST ROCK ON!' Proceeds to die on stage. V.v.sad chorus version of 'Tum ho to...' plays in the background, fade out.

Titles read: And then Joe (Arjun Rampal) married Sakshi (Prachi Desai) and had a baby later and they named him Rahul (naturally!).

The End.

Home

Awesome chill in the air- one thing that you absolutely can't get in Bombay. With half the town already asleep at 9pm, not much traffic or noise around it's heavenly walking around.

I feel like one of those animals in hibernation.

Of course, the winter setting in and the weather is to die for. I woke up from a catnap, feeling very cold, but relishing every bit of the chill. I've missed this. So much.

Speed x time

I have been thinking about distance. Not in the Bollywood style- yeh doooooriyaaaan…. kind of way, but in a totally different light. Not the emotional distance. Physics vala distance. Speed x time. Distance.


The one that we measure in centimeters, metres, kilometers and light years. Being away from our loved ones may suck, but distance does have its merits in certain other situations.

Distance allows us to appreciate the beauty of sky full of stars in the night

Distance helps us plan great holidays

Distance makes meeting a happier event

Distance makes us realize what we miss

Distance helps us forget

Distance helps us figure ourselves out

Distance keeps us away from people who interfere in the process of us figuring ourselves out

Distance allows us to wear whatever we want, away from those who don't want us to wear what-we-want

Distance helps us enjoy the movie better in a theatre

Distance (of a few centimeters) makes a kiss scene sensual

Distance lets you enjoy the view of the beach from kayak

Distance keeps the transport and telecom industries alive

Distance allows us to drive fast without being screamed at (well, actually only when time is a constraint)

Distance from something takes you closer to something else

Distance tells you how far you'd go for certain people, and how far others will come for you

Distance can give rise to beautiful letters and emails smss or bbms

Distance decreases the probability of us bumping into people we have shift+deleted from our lives

Distance heals what time can't

Distance allows us to clearly see whom it should be maintained with

Pointedly avoiding the cliche ... makes the heart grow fonder coz I believe in the concept of out-of-sight-out-of-mind!

Order order!

Yesterday I was at Subway when two dudes walked-in, talking.

This guy tells the server- One football please.
Server - huh??
Guy- I am sorry. I want foot-long meat-ball. :))

It's not always waiters and waitresses who mess up our orders. Sometimes, we do it ourselves. The reason can be anything, but it makes the server go "huh?"

Overheard in my college canteen few years ago: Can I have chocolate-flavoured vanilla ice-cream?
Mirchi bhajji, teekha kam.
So what flavoured vanilla rolls do I get? Strawberry?

At Subway-
My friend used to make fun of chicken teriyaki all the times. This one time he slipped it out to the server.
Can I have a chicken terimaki? :))))
Server- huh??!!??!

I did this myself at McDonalds-
Chicken McGrill without the chicken, please! (I wanted to say without mayonnaise)
Server- huh??


At Subway-
Lady: I want 6 inches paneer tikka sandwich. No bread please.
Server- huh??
Lady- Sorry, no onions.

:))

Esses

Suddenly Goa happened- out of nowhere.

While talking to a friend, I told him that staying in Bombay is best because we can go to Goa anytime!

Goa's always good. There are so many beautiful memories associated with it.
Palolem was beautiful just like last time.
This Goa visit was a mix bag.

Sun, sand, sea, sound of waves, serenity-- s's make me happy.
It was short- well too short I think. I was in Goa for only 36 hours and it was the first time in Goa without Anish.

I realised I am allergic to sea water, wth :-/
I ate uncle chips at Palolem! 
I rode the bike- don't know what speed I touched but it was said that I am a fast learner :)
I did a wheelie too- not intentional ofcourse :D

I always wanted to do an early morning walk along the beach. It never happened for only one reason that we always slept late and got up late. This time we stayed on the beach and luckily I got up early, everyone else was fast asleep.

I stepped out and walked. There were hardly 5-10 people. I picked up sea shells. I played touch and run with this very adorable little firang baby girl but she fell down and started crying. She and I then started making sand castle (high hopes!) and ended up making a sand hut.

Dwarka was a good find. Wouldn't really want to stay there though but yes a couple of hours at really really quiet beach is not a bad idea afterall.

And then the train ride back home!

Back to life, back to city, back to work. Wake up :-/