Sunday, June 11, 2006

Top 10 ways to ignore n enrage friends

This is by personal experience,and trust me,these are real effective,unless you are dealing with real stupid stubborn emptyheads like me.
1. Never EVER call,no matter how much the other person calls.
2. If this doesn't work,stop receiving the other person's calls too.
3. Dont reply to any of the friend's messages.
4. Now if your friend either really likes you,or if he is simply an idiot,the top three might not work.Then you use a new weapon-when he/she asks why you arent replying,just say "aise hi!".
5. Under normal circumstances the top 4 will work,but if someone is really crazy,then you might want to try something different.Now,what you do is you talk to all your other friends,SMS them,write mails to them,hang out with them,and you dont even talk to the one you want to enrage unless he/she calls 2-3 times.Make sure that he/she knows about this and then when you are asked why,simply reply"theek hai,big deal!i'll do all this with you too,kya farak padta hai!".
6. After saying so,repeat step 5 again.
7. Keep repeating step 5 again and again.
8. Even the stupidest of your friends should be angry by now,but the biggest idiots would cool down soon,don't let that happen,just tell your friend that its nothing like he/she thinks,and that he/she is important for you,that you care for him/her,and now repeat steps 5,6 and 7.(I am too good na,i know :D)
9. Once in a while you are bound to meet those morons who are not even offended by these steps,what you do is you hit them where it hurts them,maybe some some past experience,or any thing which they don't like,like talking about things they would never do,or simply talking about ending your friendship,n then later saying that it was all a joke,"mazaak hi tha".

10. Now if you are stuck with someone who keeps bugging you despite all this,then you really got no choice,the man is crazy,stay away from him for god's sake!

Friday, June 02, 2006

Beyond logic

Though logic works fine in most cases,many things have happened which force me to look beyond logic for an explanation,can everything have a reason,is everything accounted for by science,or is there a fundamental flaw in our reason itself,is what we call science just not scientific enough to explain everything?
My dog used to sense my dad's homecoming 5 minutes before he used to come,no matter at what what time papa used to come,he would sit beside the door and start hitting the door with his paws,how is that explained?
I usually get the minimum marks in the exams for which i study the most(i am serious),how is this explained?
Can anyone explain a mother's love to me?
Some people i like so much for no particular reason,and others i dislike equally for no reason at all,how is that explained?
Is sixth sense accounted for by science?
i wont write more,but your comments are most needed and welcomed!

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Hail Achilles!

I recently saw the movie Troy,and while watching i couldn't help being impressed by the main character Achilles,potrayed masterfully by Brad Pitt.Let me make myself clear here,i am not talking about his might or glory here,but his spirit,his thought.He,though a subject of the kingdom,was never truly ruled by the king,but at the same time it was clear that he had no desire to rule himself,he was happy to be a subject,one amongst the people.Most people of his might would have been lured very easily towards power and wealth,but he fought for very different reasons,he fought for glory,not power,he fought to win,but not to conquer.
The most moving part of the epic shows him pay his respects to Hector, the warrior who killed his dear friend Patroclus,the warrior he killed in total rage, but still he agreed to bid him a deserving goodbye when the Trojan king Priam comes to him to ask for his son's body.The extent of his free spirit and respect towards a worthy opponent was shown when he even declared the war to be paused for 12 days to pay homage to hector,and such was his might and need to the greeks,that even though the emperor was enraged,he had no choice but to agree.

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Serendipity?

The other day me and one of my friends were having this discussion on who will win the champions league this year.While i strongly supported Barca,he was very quick to point out that the Gunners are destined to win.On asking further,he explained to me that everything is simply the same as it was with Liverpool and Chelsea last season,Liverpool were 5th in the table and Chelsea were 1st,just as it is with Arsenal and Barcalona.Chelsea were by far the best team atleast in the competition,just as Barcelona have proven to be this year.Last year Owen was mulling over his transfer,this year it is Vierra.He pointed out some other not so obvious details too,but the point was,he believes that Arsenal will win come what may.

I often meet such people who keep telling me that destiny cant be beaten,it cant be changed,everything is decided etcetra etcetra.This concept has always fascinated yet baffled me.I mean,if destiny is fixed...why bother to do anything at all?Pat comes the reply,i am destined to do what i do,and will be forced to do it by the circumstances.For instance,if i decide not to eat,i will be forced to eat by my hunger,eating is my destiny.Plausible i'd say,but still somehow i am not able to buy it.

Assuming that the theory is true,and we all have our lives fully sketched out and kept in some file stored in a great great drawer somewhere,shouldn't everything be perfect?If someone does write our destinies,why does he not write it perfectly so that everyone is happy.But i find a very nice answer to this question,there is an underlying perfectness is the seemingly random imperfectness around us,and it makes sense when one considers that the world is doing great since such a long time despite the imperfectness and flaws inherent in all beings and things in it.Afterall,you can't be happy unless you know what unhappiness is,isnt it?

But if my destiny is predetermined,then i fail to see the whole point in bringing me to life at all.This theory reduces life,with all its pleasures and hassles,to a mere game some guy named god is playing sitting on a giant table.How does it matter if i do anything,good or bad,great or small,it is not me who is actually doing it,its him.Now if we assume the theory of theisism to be true,then god should have all the sense of the universe,and i cant see why he would run a world just for the heck of it!

But still,i have never come across any strong evidence or even a totally convincing theory in support of or against the theory,the puzzle still remains as it,unsolved,baffling,confusing.....basically it remains the way it was since the world itself was made.While serendepitists(as i like to call them) may say that the puzzle is destined to be unsolved,others simply interpret the absence of a solution as the absence of the puzzle itself.
But heck,I still support Barca,go Ronaldihno!

jack of all trades,master of none

hi...this is my first blog,hope you like it

Well...there is this thought which keeps coming to my mind....is hardwork the most important key to success?I personally have never believed in working hard especially if i am not enjoying the work at hand,i try to do what i like the most,ie,i go by the want and not by the need as much as possible,and it even works for me.For instance,i am not saying that i dont study for exams at all and stuff like that,but i do feel i get away by studying much less than most others do.
Now,what puzzles me is that can i do better if i work really hard?Though my parents may feel otherwise,but i have tried this many times and in the end i find the result to be no better than what i would have achieved otherwise.Its like a certain level of work is set as my optimum level,if i try harder its no use at all.
So another theory which i once believed in is that of smart work.I believed i work in a much more efficient way than the normal ghodagiri way.But now i realise the fallacy of the theory,i do not do anything special,i just go through stuff without paying much attention and time to the small details,infact some of my friends have even tried my weird ways of studying,and have only managed to fail badly.
But lets take another example,i love playing sports.I started playing basketball when i was little less than 16,initially i learned really fast and found myself to be much above my friends,but as time passed on,no matter how hard i tried,i just couldn't raise my game at that rate.I loved playing,i worked hard on my game,but i felt that i was at the same level at which i would be even if i didn't try that hard.Ultimately,i shifted to football,and now i find myself going through the same story here also,i love playing,but i think i am not improving.
But saying all this,i think it would be wrong to say i put in my best,i may say i try hard at sports,but in my heart,i know i just dont try hard enough.Many a times,i think of trying new things,say a new dribbling move i saw onTV,but i simply forget about it whenever i play.There is a small flaw in my kicking with my boots on,i always think about correcting it,but whenever i go out to play,i simply forget about it.Is there a lack of seriousness in me?
Whatever it is,here i stay,without exception,in each and everything i try,as only amongst the good,never the best.Be it sports,JEE,singing,school exams,college quizzes......i always perform well,much above average,but i am never quite the best,there is always a level above me.....and i cannot get on to it,for what reasons this happens,i still dont know.