teachers rule!!

betcha DDs missed me yesterday.

met Sister Carmen Mary yesterday. i was kinda nervous. 25 years have passed since she taught me, fourth grader. sheeesshh. she looked so different, i mean i guess i never really expected her to grow old, everyone does. and she looked so frail. and she was the one who kept pullin me ears!!!

when we (my relatives n me) got there, she was attending to someone, and i was thinking "maybe it wasnt a good idea, maybe i shud leave, maybe this, maybe that...". like i mentioned a few posts back, im not the kind to get nervous, but this.....

the evening was very pleasant.

later on we went to hardees, i been hankerin for a tex-mex meal for a while now and i finally got it. burp!!

bye bye mrs scholes

tried to post this on the 25th, but the blog gremlins made sure it wasnt to be.

i am very slightly anti-social. ok, maybe a bit more than that. so when invite came in, i was apprehensive.

did think about it for a while. she is a good friend and heck!! and there i was. pool party. food(which i didnt have much of). then there was the vodka/malibu punch. now that rocked. not forgetting the south african n uk wine collaboration.

when we got there, we were greeted by the aroma of bbq. mmmmmmmm. parked ourselves on the edge of the roof. the pool is on top of the building. the breeze picked up and began blowing the smoke in our direction. tad bit uncomfortable. we looked at the pool. which was filled with a menagerie of inflatables. there

was jaws, nessie, something from 20000 leagues under the sea, a floating castle and some other creatures. u kno, there were more creatures than pool.

been a while since i got buzzed(just the once after i got to india) like that. and becoz i wasnt swimmin(for those not in the kno, im a pretty good drowner) i was duly elected camera guy. i warned them but nobody listened. got people doing their goodbye bit for G. also almost got hit by a man-made tusnami(thats exactly how i pronounce it) this becoz the whole bunch of nutters decided to jump in to pool all at once. i got it all on camera. the pool games, some butt and, as i was told the next day, a whole lot of cleavage. hmmm, honestly i dont remember doin anything of the sort. hey in my defence it was a pool party and they were in bikinis, so i guess, er, um, there had to be a little bit of cleavage right? hopefully i will get to see all my handiwork in a few days time when i get a me a copy. over and above, i was told that the vid was hilarious. so there! one of my fav bits was when G n me were singing, ok screaming, out an oasis tune. we were right in front of the speakers tryin to drown them out with our melodic vocal strains.

soem time into the evening, felt like i cud put out a fire on the first floor. so dear EM gives me the keys to his place. unfortunately for me, i went to the wrong place. i wonder if i scared the people livin there by tryin to force their door down. look people a full bladder will make u do thing, it gives u superhuman strength. hey it had the same #. then i go back up and take the other elevator to finally make to EMs place. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! look ma i can jump.


well G left. we got her something really nice from tiffanys. a jewelled pendant thingy and a beer mug(yes from tiffanys). it was awfully quite after she left. guess we all miss her zany presence.


the week at work was killer. every shipment in the last two weeks have had documentation issues. each and every one. why does this always happen only to us?


heres some thought for food courtesy krashers:

why God created women
actually in the beginning
He created a vagina
the He wanted the vagina to move around
so God created woman


oh and btw the post is censored, for an unabridged version please get in touch wit me directly.

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"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche"

was gonna blog of the heat and the psycho dude run-in at the signal. but ive just got an old friend on orkut(still cant believe i started, was always against it). anyways reminded me of the time when we were hungry and it was "let them eat cake!"

{trippin on audioslave - ur time has come, geez morello u rock!!!}

it was the early 90s, when i was still kinda young. every sat after classes we wud go straight to church (i was kinda good then, the horns still quite make their appearance). one saturday, we decided not to attend service. tired n hungry, we made our way to the Don Bosco kitchen. mmm chai!! hot even!!(sounds goldilocksy here) the chai was amazing. slightly refreshed we sat and chatted. waited for mass to finish and made our way home.

the following saturday, we decided to cut service again and made our way up to the fathers' refectory. now these guys kno how to eat. so the bananas, biscuits, bread and a whole jar of jam disappeared. we snuck out.

the weekend after the biscuit caper, we got hungrier. whats that? "GULA" you say, perhaps.

we got bolder. this time after sneaking into the fathers refectory we found cake. it was a thank you cake. oooooooo!! hunger can do such things to ones mind. we looked at the cake, we looked in the refrigerator. we looked back at the cake. we looked on the counter. we looked back at the cake. the cake beckoned so. we were young and impressionable and hungry. so we did what any self respecting hungry person would do, we took the cake.

as we were lifting the box, the gurkha(his name:ganesh) found us. he wanted to shine in the eyes of father(crap i forget his name). we walked with ganubhai and i still had the box in hand. he didnt notice it. my mad friend aka madman3 tried talkin to ganubhai. i attempted to blend with the shadows(successful attempt at that). and made my way to a low point in the barrier wall. i jumped, cake n all. madman3 found me later, he was laffin. he made his great escape by talkin his way out. we go back to my building to find only two of the fellas there. so one cake into 4 huge pieces.

good God our stomachs hurt like heck the next day.

tagged and now in a museum for the spartans

10 weird things
8 facts

what do you guys not kno already?

FACTS

1) cant use chopsticks (tried n tested)

2) can smoke 3 packs a day (its gone up further and im tryin to quit)

3) can outstare most people (heck ive outstared everybody whos tried)

4) the whole donut thing - jelly filled even. one bite

5) can live on only pepsi, ciggies, coffee and water for days on end

6) can walk around 45kms in 11 hrs or so

7) can lower heart rate to around 40 bpm from 90 bpm in a minute

8) i am insane (so ive been told)


WEIRD THINGS(im not weird, the world is, im just outnumbered)

1) can actually fall asleep with eyes open (done that a few times)

2) have trouble sayin ralph lauren (gotta say it real slow to get it right)

3) will have chocolate cake with almost anything ( rice n choco cake, fries n choco cake, burgers n choco cake, pasta n choco cake....)

4) will get nervous just before leaving for anywhere, but not in meetings, on planes

5) will wear a suit to a pub becoz i feel like it

6) calling up cousin to find out if i have any weird points

7) that i have so many black shirts (which btw i think is normal, it helps. no time wasted on deciding what to wear, again im told this is strange)

8) can sleep almost right away even after a cup of strong coffee

9) can fall asleep with loud music playing, but will wake up if my fone buzzes thru the loud music

10) im not insane (so i keep telling myself)


for those who havent seen them yet here they are -




ive been tagged. in more than one way, lol.

mindspace....the final frontier??

day 2.

is there a way to magically pay your rent, buy lunch, buy clothes....all this without goin to work?

maybe there is, maybe there isnt.

saw a movie last night. being at crossroads so often in life, i can fully understand the lead charactersalmost dual nature. it was a world of fantasy, but then there is truth to imagination. it does spring from some influence, an experience and the minds ability to explore and at times distort.

mindfields are so rich in what they have to offer, what they have lurking in the shadows, what they are capable of.

looking forward to dinner.

the things i do...

and now theres a chat box!!!!!! ----->>>>
hehehehe!!!
i dont have a life, lol!

48 degrees and counting

back in kuwait.

ho hum. im so excited. ho hum.

met my realtives, met a good friend, then went to another friends place late in the night so we could ring in his birthday.

went to a party this afternoon. hmm, i need to learn to socialise some more.

somebody actually asked me if the tattoo was painted on. all he got was a stare. and for the record i tried to smile.

back in DDs, did i miss the donuts or what???

since im orkuting, see how it turns out and if i locate long lost people.

return to monotony

flyin back in a few hours. trip was good. met a lot of people, didnt meet 'em all. was a long n hot n humid day. exhausted.

betcha theres gonna be some character with a lot of stupid questions sittin just beside me. usually get those. lol. character magnet, sheeeesh!

see u whenever, india.

signin out

"home"

well the timers out, cuz d-day arrived and thats that.


250507 11.59pm

jazeera has been impressive so far. after all the horror stories i had heard....it was one of the air stewards' bday - damn no cake!! sittin right up front. got my leg room space. wished them plane fliers didnt shut the door. cud have had their view.

since i have the leg room, i also have super ample lappie room which means i am punchin this out as we fly in total black.

navigation in the dark, who da thunk it when the wright bros got the first man made wings off the ground albeit twas a fluke(sorry icarus, urs melted and that was that). it shoudnt have taken off, the construction was all wrong - history 101. if that day wasnt windy, would they have continued? their dream was almost at its end at the time.


280507 6.30pm

"do u want an anesthetic?"
"yeah, maybe, yeah just to be safe"
"i'll do just a bit and if it hurts, i'll give u a local"

it didnt hurt as much as i anticipated. people say it hurts like heck. it was actually a "stinging buzz". the outlining stung at some points. the inking process felt like it was pulling at nerve endings at times.

it is whole and incomplete. perhaps before i leave i will finish it. yup, thats what i'll do. anyways after it was done the whole area was a stinging itch.

do i have a high threshold for pain?(id like to think so) still it actually felt good. hmmm, im thinking i need more. lol.

my first tattoo.

now, there is no turning back!!

got some more to do before i post pix.



020607

it is hot and humid.

the rains finally made their way to bombay. the temperature has eased off somewhat. i met my cousin a couple days back. after 7.5 years. made me think of when we were kids and whenever i was on vacation in india, we would play "mechanic". that meant we were armed with hammers and screwdrivers. then we would pull out all his toy cars and beat it all into blocks of tiny steel. now, we just spoke and had a few frosty ones. worked on his lappie. exchanged software and then parted ways.
"see you whenever dude, keep in touch for real this time"

got on the train around 12.30. two stops later this guy walks in. and believe u me when i say this was one of the scariest people ive ever seen. i wanted to take a pic, but what if he caught me and used his claws(i bet they were there, hiding under his over sized shirt sleeves). u kno when u see something gruesome u dont want to look but u cant turn away either...anyways it would be impolite to stare, i couldnt tell which way he was looking. those eyes were pointing in all directions, talk about dahisar-poisar. and then i was kinda saved. my friend called. sometimes cell fones are the best things around. she helped thru the monster-in-my-face ordeal, talking me all the way thru till i got home. u kno, it is quite possible, that cro-magnon survived and is living in india. hasnt evolved much from the looks of it.

it was also a full moon last night, my not shaving bit only added to my misery. my dreams of lycantropy remained unfulfilled again. i howled all the same, a soft mournful howl.

wowsers, the winds just picked up. and the sky has turned all dark. here comes the rain! yee-haw.



030607 9.30pm

moms bday today.

met with an old friend. this woman is like, umm, how do i put this? TOTALLY PSYCHO!!!! lol
her lil one is one crazy kid, unfortunately he was recovering from an illness, he kinda had this bob marley look about him thanks to all the medication. he showed me a lot of his book collection(btw, he's 2 years near abouts). son when u grow a lil older, tell ur mama u need inspiration, namely me. u got potential kid.
i feel so sorry for her husband, really N, my sympathy and condolences. hehehehe!! hey M, gotcha!!
u kno they cud actually open a bookshop. seriously. i have seen books and i have seen books, but these guys got something almost surreal goin here. hey, M, gimme a bit of time i'll help expand that wall, u guys will eventually need another place for ur books.
and thank you very much for the grub and other things, for a stupid kid(well she is a kid, cuz im like this really old man n stuff, [koff koff, haruummmppph!!])well spoken and u guys r right. thank u very much. keep on rockin. regards to K.

chetz, ur folks rock!! u r one blessed son. er, are they willin to adopt?

hey sam, i hope the best for you and i hope this works out for u. and i mean that from the bottom of my arse, whooopsie doo, meant heart there. hehehehe!!

krashers and capn jp, we spoke. u kno what was stated is fact. now as the new title says take the leap. nike. sorry bout the aerosmith thingy, really wanted to be there, there will always be a better next time. thanx for the crazy call, we were listening, lol. i kid u not.

RL, u deserve what u deserve n nothin can take that away from u. that dream will be urs......very soon. u will call and tell me that.

mrs. M, u kno how to fill an empty stomach!!!!!

8%v/v.


040607

finally get to post all of this. ooooooooooooooooooo!!!! next week same time will be at work. crapasaurus.