The year that was- beginning

all good things come to an end (apologies for this cliched beginning, but i must..)
its hard to believe that a year- a bloody full year in symbi- has come to an end, finally. it has been some year. let me go back a bit in time..

21st June- Induction. We're all awed by it all... the magnificient dome at SIMS Khadkee, Speakers, Yudi :P.. the whole bloody thing!I'm all jumpy excited- gung ho man!! In all that excitement i'm talking to this bubbly girl and asking her which room she's in only to get the reply "your room".. if i thought i was excited i didnt know Aakriti my roommate-hyperactiveness, bubbliness in the most exlplosive form, in a good way(at times) though :) I'd never seen anyone so excited at the prospect of being ragged!!. Contrast to my other roommate lovingly caled Princess who im sure did the whole world a great favour by coming to Symbi and a honor to be our roommate( i hope u get d sarcasm). The whole four days of induction- friends made, promises made to be friends through the whole 3 years, calling ourselves The OG(again the masterwork of my Aakriti), short for Owl Group-owning to our tendency of staying up all night and babbling away to glory. Ah! it fel so nice- like being home :)

26th June- College starts.Introductions Introductions and some more introductions. some coincidence that college ended on 26th MArch 2007- jus 2 months short of being called a year... its strange how once college starts and you are put into separate classes all that hostel bonhomie frendship evaporates.. it may have just happened to us.. but still.. the friendships didnt last even 3 months, wonder if we wud hav really made it through 3 years.. by my birthday only it was so apparent that we were drifting apart..

29th july- since almost anyone who knows me or knows my frends : knows about this. Freshers Party- god it was crazy. i was high n high. thanks to tosham(also calld possum by me for reasons i dont knw),zubs,simmi n some others too for being there wid me. if it hadnt been for zubs i dunno wat crazy stuff i'd have done. i hav never said it but i wish to now- thank you jui for being there wid me- thru out. :) the hangover and subsequent embarassing accounts by others was a lot to dissaude me from going to symbii parties.indeed it has been till now my first and last party- a symbii party as such.

2nd august- my birthday :D i'll always remember this one- i turned 18 and had gotten my best bday party yet.. aakriti n gang got me a cake n we had this public cake cutting thing.. then came the real thing. Jui(Zubs), Sanchari(Sancho Panza,Fresher Queen :P) Gauri(Biker) Anuja(Anna- suffice wid that) had planned up this elaborate birthday treat.with the standard gifts n cake- there was d packet of condom(its some tradition anna put us on to- wen anyone turns 18, u gift him/her a condom!!) i recall the way they managed to get it as pretty amusing (though very embarassing for gauri,poor, who had to do the job) well she got to keep it while i kept only d packet cover :P!! they had also managed to sneak in cigs n vodka!! god it was some party!! just the five of us.. man it has been the best bday surprise i've ever had.
speaking of surprises i wudnt forget anirudh's bday gift and niether the fact that he'd invited himself for a treat and gone on pulling my leg throughout d evening :X.. well d evening seemed a bit of downer seeing that all those invited were seen in groups, distant and as if they wud b anywhere but here.. only the 5 of us, possum n anirudh of course wer having a good time....

hell. for now- ths is it.. later wen i can think n stand 2 put it all out...

Nine Things in the Newspapers that are driving ME up the wall :

1. Island City to get less power, but to pay more- Oh Wow! What Good NEWS!! they are announcing it as if India has put a man on the moon. how fair and just is it to suffer power cuts during this bloody swelteringly hot summer and to add insult to injury pay more for that!! Agreed there's massive shortage of power in the state but who asked the state to make up plans to distribute free power else where. keep the streetlamps on in broad daylight and turn them off when its dark- thats state's electricty saving policies for you.
under this the Mumbai Mirror asks "should south mumbai have power cuts?"
and why shouldnt it???? some dork says " I dont think its fair for south mumbai to face power cuts as the economic growth of the entire mumbai city will come to a halt. If the hospitals there do not get electricty, the patients will have to suffer. it will also hamper industrial growth." tell me dude wat abt hospitals in other parts of mumbai??? nowadays anyways nariman point and other south mumbai hubs are being taken over in terms of business volume by hubs in BKC,Mulund and other suburbs.

2. EMI rates for home loans increased- yes! very good! make the private banks richer while making sure you leave the middle class without any aid to make investments in the lucrative real estate or even letting them buy homes for their old age.. someday when i'll b looking to buy my own flat i'll b paying more than half of my salary in paying EMIs. :X

3. The Pramod Mahajan Trial- Pravin Mahajan murdered his brother. He has himself admitted so, confessed to the crime. There were eye witnesses who have established the same. yet the "defence" grills Mrs.Mahajan and it seems that it asked her questions about the colour of her fridge, the bottles kept inside and other such trivia. Imagine wasting time on such open shut cases where there are hundreds and thousands of cases piling dust on their covers. Just because they are concerned with famous personalities and attract more attention from the media, these cases are being used as examples of 'swift justice'. Thank the lawyers who have complained about the swift trials of just the "powerful" leaving the poor to languish in labyrinths of postponed court hearings, transferred judges and a seemingly indifferent judiciary system to the CJ.

4. Hype and Hoopla over introduction of Sex Education in Schools- Most people interviewed have given a postive response to the whole idea it seems. Yet the state legislature thinks otherwise. The same bloody tendency to play moral police forever.You ban FTV, AXN, Orkut, detain couples frm bandstand, set up an enquiry committee to probe Carol Gracias and a host of other models' "wardrobe malfunction" while leaving hundreds of complaints and FIRs related to much more important issues unattended. As it is any child just needs to log on to the internet or open the Mirror itself to get an adequate dose of daily titillation. What else is the State gonna BAN???

5. Malakar outlasts another detractor- Its not so much the news but the people involved in it that infuriates me. Some NRI singing his way to glory with only modest talent as they say, some blogger goes on a hunger strike to protest against his selection and then chickens out knowing the futility of the purpose citing "doctors orders" as if the doctor waited to see the american idol results(a whole bloody 16 days!) before giving his "orders". Its not indian idol- its just that there some PIO involved!!

6. Tussauds comes to MUMBAI- you'd think the wax museum is opening up in Kalaghoda this spring! but no they r coming in the year 2009,2010... so its just that we've been given 2 years to get ready for the frenzied excitement of having wax statues of celebs from all over the world. next they will b giving us the list of bollywood nymphets and bloated-up 'heroes' whose statues will feature in the musuem. bet mallika sherawat and rakhi sawant would fight for the most vulgar bust(literally)! mayb we would have abhi-ash posing wid mummy papa- amitabh and jaya- epoch making news!!

7. Mumbai Mirror's Health Tips-
I. To reduce varicose veins, it is important to do regular exercise, walk, run, cycle and swim to keep blood vessels healthy- they forgot mentioning yoga, reiki, atkins diet, et al.
II. If you get wounded and blood is running out, use blend tea on the injured area to stop bleeding immediately - am i supposed to carry a pouch containing Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Oolong, Green, Ceylon tea( blend tea, anyone?) all the time around my neck like a first aid kit????

8. Jlo ditches bling to go on Jury Duty- i can hardly believe that you'd think that anyone, even someone as stupid as Jlo would think of going in a diamond studded bikini for jury duty! its actually the paparazzi that regrets Jlo keeping her ass-ets under wraps and hence the news.

9. Desi Tycoon plans parallel Cricket league- India cant manage the heroic eleven, imagine having a dozen clubs containing more of such heroes. imagine the number of endorsements of shampoos, colas, Tvs, Shoes, apparel, Accessories, soaps, hair oils, tyres, insurance schemes, fans, bulbs, tubelights, toilet paper and a host of other such products that these players would feature in. Greg's already blabberring about d "mafioso" in d indian cricket team hurting the sentiments of many senior players in the process. so who'll be the godfather when cricekt leagues come up??Subhash Chandra(ZEE head honcho) plans to invest 100 crores in his scheme.i'm sure our eleven heroes cumulatively make more than that in a year with their endorsements alone.

i'm too tired and irked to go on about the top ten stories that drew my horns out, so i hav left it at just 9. :O :(