I am quite challenged in artisitic capabilities like writing, singing, dancing and painting etc. etc. but i am admirer of good work and i do understand quite a bit of it(even if it is with my perspective).
I have been noticing that most of the people who blog think they are good writers(or just writers). They write poetry, fiction, dramas etc . and often they are praised as well by fellow bloggers, this ofcourse encourages them to write more stories/poetry and inspires other bloggers to give it a shot.
After carefully going through many blogs i have deduced that they are all "Anu Maliks of Writing world".
They are all bad and the work is subconsciously inspired from the greats. On second thoughts i am no one to judge anyone but its just my perspective.
Agree with me or be wrong.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
No Regrets
Three months ago for the sake of saving money( which i badly needed to) I got a housemate to share the rent and other expenses.
So the new roomie turns up, he is a nice, softspoken, non smoker, teetotaller and very shy.
He made tea for me in the mornings, Didn't talk much, did the dishes and ate whatever i suggested we cook for the day.
Three weeks pass like this and then things begin to change slowly; he becomes a bit too much friendly, starts to talk too much, stops making tea in the morning, stopped cleaning the dishes, started to crib about what needed to be cooked. That was all fine with me until he became inquisitive and wanted to know how much did i earn in a month, how many girlfriends i had(i have a clean record in this it has been zero for ages now), who was my first love, who are my closest friends and thr personal lives, my family details etc. etc. This was fine with me too as i didn't have to answer and always snubbed him whenever he asked such questions.
Then after few more weeks he started preaching me things like; smoking is bad for me and i should stop smoking and if i have to smoke i should not smoke when he is around because he gets a head ache, i should not drink alcohol or eat non vegetarian food on tuesdays and thursdays, he would turn up with incense sticks in his hand in my room at 6:30 in the morning, he would crib about each and every grocery item bought and would try to convince me that what flavours are right and what we should eat and buy.
By this time i was loosing my patience but kept quite as i did not want to loose $500 he was paying every month and i must tell you this was a very testing time for me.
A few more things i would like to tell about him; besides the preacher attitude he had he used to go to whore house every month( ofcourse not on tuesdays and thursdays), he watched porn movies and surfed porn websites 6-7 hours a day, he was a pervert, he could not stand ciggaratte smoke in the house but could sit in a strip joint full of smoke for the whole night, he drank 1.5 lit of pepsi everyday(strange), cursed Australia and its culture everyday( I love the place and people here), cursed Indians even more, he does not like sholay, shawshank redemption, clapton, dil chahta hai, has no idea who Sean Connery is but can crib a lot about james bond movies and so eventually sometime around last week the situation became so bad that every time he opened his mouth i wanted to hit him.
But somehow i managed to keep my cool mostly by avaoiding to see his face.
Then last week Apu, who did not know 1/4th of what i have written above asked me why am i tolerating him and i should have kicked him out by now. I suddenly realised that why the hell am i compromising so much for the sake of money, why am doing something i regret every day.
Yesterday i asked him to leave, he was shocked and wanted to know why and all i could say was " If you dont leave immediately i might hit you real soon as i find you quite repulsive, it was a mistake to share house with you" He looked heart broken as he called working men's hostel and luckily they had a room available.He will be moving on Sunday.
I might have to leave the house and move into smaller accomodation or i might keep spending extra $500 a month but i will have NO REGRETS for sure.
So the new roomie turns up, he is a nice, softspoken, non smoker, teetotaller and very shy.
He made tea for me in the mornings, Didn't talk much, did the dishes and ate whatever i suggested we cook for the day.
Three weeks pass like this and then things begin to change slowly; he becomes a bit too much friendly, starts to talk too much, stops making tea in the morning, stopped cleaning the dishes, started to crib about what needed to be cooked. That was all fine with me until he became inquisitive and wanted to know how much did i earn in a month, how many girlfriends i had(i have a clean record in this it has been zero for ages now), who was my first love, who are my closest friends and thr personal lives, my family details etc. etc. This was fine with me too as i didn't have to answer and always snubbed him whenever he asked such questions.
Then after few more weeks he started preaching me things like; smoking is bad for me and i should stop smoking and if i have to smoke i should not smoke when he is around because he gets a head ache, i should not drink alcohol or eat non vegetarian food on tuesdays and thursdays, he would turn up with incense sticks in his hand in my room at 6:30 in the morning, he would crib about each and every grocery item bought and would try to convince me that what flavours are right and what we should eat and buy.
By this time i was loosing my patience but kept quite as i did not want to loose $500 he was paying every month and i must tell you this was a very testing time for me.
A few more things i would like to tell about him; besides the preacher attitude he had he used to go to whore house every month( ofcourse not on tuesdays and thursdays), he watched porn movies and surfed porn websites 6-7 hours a day, he was a pervert, he could not stand ciggaratte smoke in the house but could sit in a strip joint full of smoke for the whole night, he drank 1.5 lit of pepsi everyday(strange), cursed Australia and its culture everyday( I love the place and people here), cursed Indians even more, he does not like sholay, shawshank redemption, clapton, dil chahta hai, has no idea who Sean Connery is but can crib a lot about james bond movies and so eventually sometime around last week the situation became so bad that every time he opened his mouth i wanted to hit him.
But somehow i managed to keep my cool mostly by avaoiding to see his face.
Then last week Apu, who did not know 1/4th of what i have written above asked me why am i tolerating him and i should have kicked him out by now. I suddenly realised that why the hell am i compromising so much for the sake of money, why am doing something i regret every day.
Yesterday i asked him to leave, he was shocked and wanted to know why and all i could say was " If you dont leave immediately i might hit you real soon as i find you quite repulsive, it was a mistake to share house with you" He looked heart broken as he called working men's hostel and luckily they had a room available.He will be moving on Sunday.
I might have to leave the house and move into smaller accomodation or i might keep spending extra $500 a month but i will have NO REGRETS for sure.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Do you think Lords matters ????
The Modern day greats at Lords
Brian Lara West Indies
Tests 131 Test runs 11,953
Test average 52.88
Lords's average 21.00
Allan Border Australia
Tests 156 Test runs 11,174
Test average 50.56 Lords's average 100.60
Steve Waugh Australia Tests 168 Test runs 10,927
Test average 51.06
Lords's average 115.50
Sachin Tendulkar India Tests 137 Test runs 10,922
Test average 55.44
Lords's average 19.20
Brian Lara West Indies
Tests 131 Test runs 11,953
Test average 52.88
Lords's average 21.00
Allan Border Australia
Tests 156 Test runs 11,174
Test average 50.56 Lords's average 100.60
Steve Waugh Australia Tests 168 Test runs 10,927
Test average 51.06
Lords's average 115.50
Sachin Tendulkar India Tests 137 Test runs 10,922
Test average 55.44
Lords's average 19.20
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Mission Impossible
Out of boredom something good(i hope) is going to happen. I have joined a Gym last week and i have quit smoking(again) from today.
This is mission impossible for me and those who know me would agree. I have joined Gym and quit smoking so many times in last 10 years that even i can not remember.
BUT this time it is different, i have a personal trainer now and her name is Rebecca. Rebecca is as perfect as one can dream of (physically) and she is quite talented too, she has taken me into her kick boxing classes too( which were fully booked).
She has vowed that she will make me loose weight and get back to fitness( after i told some lies about myself and my being supremely fit sportsman in the past).
I hope she succeeds.
Will I succeed in my TRIPLE mission impossible of:
1. Getting fit
2. Quitting Smoking
3. Rebeccaaaaaaaahhhhhh
This is mission impossible for me and those who know me would agree. I have joined Gym and quit smoking so many times in last 10 years that even i can not remember.
BUT this time it is different, i have a personal trainer now and her name is Rebecca. Rebecca is as perfect as one can dream of (physically) and she is quite talented too, she has taken me into her kick boxing classes too( which were fully booked).
She has vowed that she will make me loose weight and get back to fitness( after i told some lies about myself and my being supremely fit sportsman in the past).
I hope she succeeds.
Will I succeed in my TRIPLE mission impossible of:
1. Getting fit
2. Quitting Smoking
3. Rebeccaaaaaaaahhhhhh
Monday, July 16, 2007
Typical Weekend
5 movies
1 book
3/4 bottle of scotch
6 pints of beer.
Put all of the above together and we have a typical friday 6 pm to Sunday 11:30 pm activity chart for me.
1 book
3/4 bottle of scotch
6 pints of beer.
Put all of the above together and we have a typical friday 6 pm to Sunday 11:30 pm activity chart for me.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Dogra Junior
This is my daughter wearing school dress for the first time, she started going to school 2 months ago but refused to wear school dress. No amount of sweet talks or scolding could do the trick and yesterday after everyone had given up she decided to wear it. Like father,like daughter......
In memory of Badi Maa
I do not have words to describe you badi maa, I have never seen a lady who can give so much love and care.
I will always regret for not being there in your last moments. Wish i could have apologized for few things and expressed few things as well.
Now i realise that the "bers" , the "kharbujas", the "gajar ka halwa" and a simple plain "roti" will never be same.
You will be missed badly badi maa and may god bless your soul.
I will always regret for not being there in your last moments. Wish i could have apologized for few things and expressed few things as well.
Now i realise that the "bers" , the "kharbujas", the "gajar ka halwa" and a simple plain "roti" will never be same.
You will be missed badly badi maa and may god bless your soul.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
working hours
I am having a great difficulty in spending 8 hours in the office, for the last 10 years i was the first one to arrive and last one to leave types but in last 4 months i have changed into last one to arrive and first one to leave. Some of my Symptoms are:
1. I find my boss Incompetent.
2. I find my subordinates are good for nothing.
3. I feel the systems and procedures we follow in the company are highly non professional.
4. I feel my career has come to a dead end.
5. This job is not what i was promised.
6. The other department heads have negative responsibility and workload compared to me within our company.
Can anyone do a diognosis based on above symptoms?
P.S: Cannot afford to quit this job unless i find a better one.
1. I find my boss Incompetent.
2. I find my subordinates are good for nothing.
3. I feel the systems and procedures we follow in the company are highly non professional.
4. I feel my career has come to a dead end.
5. This job is not what i was promised.
6. The other department heads have negative responsibility and workload compared to me within our company.
Can anyone do a diognosis based on above symptoms?
P.S: Cannot afford to quit this job unless i find a better one.
Friday, July 06, 2007
wrong number
Something really funny happened today and i must put it down here, i am sure i will be laughing at this in the years to come and this is a true incident .
I called my wife who is at didi's house in jullandhar, a maid picks up the phone and she doesnt doesnt understand much of hindi so hands over the phone to a lady:
me: hello
lady: hello, who is on the line?
me: is it deepa dogra's residence?
lady: yes, whom do you wish to speak to?
me: i am looking to speak to meetu dogra.
lady: wrong number.
me: you just said this was deepa dogra's residence?
lady: sorry wrong number . click.
After putting the phone down I think" who ever that wrong number girl was she had a gooooood voice"
My wife calls in 4 hours later and while talking i ask her if didi'd number has changed and she says no it hasn't then she asks if i called i tell her that yes i called 4 hours ago and i was told that this number is not correct. She bursts out laughing and says sorry i didn't recognize your voice and i said niether did i but i asked your name you should have recognized yours and didi's names atleast. She told me that she thought it is a recovery agent from idea who has been calling regarding some 2 years old billing dispute of mine.
1.After 15 years of knowing each other we did not recognize each others voices.
2. I really liked the voice of the girl on the other side of phone, it was not the voice only but the way she spoke ofcourse i did not know it was my wife.
I am scared and not laughing anymore.
I called my wife who is at didi's house in jullandhar, a maid picks up the phone and she doesnt doesnt understand much of hindi so hands over the phone to a lady:
me: hello
lady: hello, who is on the line?
me: is it deepa dogra's residence?
lady: yes, whom do you wish to speak to?
me: i am looking to speak to meetu dogra.
lady: wrong number.
me: you just said this was deepa dogra's residence?
lady: sorry wrong number . click.
After putting the phone down I think" who ever that wrong number girl was she had a gooooood voice"
My wife calls in 4 hours later and while talking i ask her if didi'd number has changed and she says no it hasn't then she asks if i called i tell her that yes i called 4 hours ago and i was told that this number is not correct. She bursts out laughing and says sorry i didn't recognize your voice and i said niether did i but i asked your name you should have recognized yours and didi's names atleast. She told me that she thought it is a recovery agent from idea who has been calling regarding some 2 years old billing dispute of mine.
1.After 15 years of knowing each other we did not recognize each others voices.
2. I really liked the voice of the girl on the other side of phone, it was not the voice only but the way she spoke ofcourse i did not know it was my wife.
I am scared and not laughing anymore.
What moves you
Has any thing ever moved you to the point of anger, anger that can made you do things you would never do?
What was the happiest moment in your life?
Are you what you want to be as a human being or are you compromised?
what is that you wish for?
What is that you are scared of?
who is one person you hate the most?
Have you done something thinking of which makes your chest swell with pride?
What was the happiest moment in your life?
Are you what you want to be as a human being or are you compromised?
what is that you wish for?
What is that you are scared of?
who is one person you hate the most?
Have you done something thinking of which makes your chest swell with pride?
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