Monday, February 27, 2006

Tag Story

Here is the story I was supposed to post a while ago but never got down to it. I have obviously exceeded the word limit and I hope I have stuck to at least Rule No.2 and not repeated the words. And to boot it is quite a strange story. Hopefully it will make sense to at least a few people. Read at your own risk! :D

The rules were:

(1) Write a 100-to-200-word entry using the following words:

I, me, blowjob, grapes, random, power, loneliness, water, robot and blue;

(2) Use these words once and only once; and of course

(3) The entry should make sense.

She looked around at her surroundings, still unable to believe that she had made it to the city of Robot. Watching all the machines acting and doing things like normal flesh and blood human beings had caused her much alarm the first time she saw them. She never thought that it would be possible, at least not in her lifetime.

The way they looked was creepy enough, but they also seemed to possess human emotions. This was what had disturbed her the most. But now she was quite used to their presence. She had found out that the only thing that separated them from their human counterparts was their slightly high, metallic voices and the strange manner in which they spoke.

She walked along the city in a random, haphazard manner, lost in her thoughts when she suddenly found herself in a green gazebo across which was a pond, the surface of which was absolutely still and reflected the blue sky and fluffy clouds perfectly. She gazed at the beautiful scene in front of her totally awestruck, and wondered how come she had never been to this place before. A wave of loneliness suddenly washed over her, knocking out her breath with its intensity. She sighed, knowing that she could never go back to the place where her kind resided, Lande.

Suddenly she heard a rustling sound and looked up. On the opposite side of the pond stood a man, “or was he ‘one of those’”? she wondered. He walked slowly towards her and asked her, “Alright there?” His voice was deep and smooth. “A man!” she thought, and her heart leaped. “Oh! I’m OK. Was just thinking about my home and feeling a bit sad …” she trailed off. “But, tell me! How did you get here? The only other Humans that were here went in to battle a week ago. You did not wish to go?”

He looked at her with an amused smile. “Me not Human, miss.” She looked at him with surprise, “But your voice…”

“Aye. Latest technology, miss. Make sound more human-like.” He gave her a broad grin, as if he had accomplished it himself.

After a pause he asked, “Your home you miss. Why not you go then?” She sighed once more and murmured, “It’s a long story.”

“Eldor having lots time, miss.”

“Eldor?”

“That being my nomenclature, miss. You telling story now?”

“Well then, here’s the short version. Stole grapes from neighbour’s vineyard, got caught, was banished.”

“Crime suits the punishment not, Eldor thinks.”

“Grapes equal power in Lande. And that is the most important thing. Without it you are nothing. Wasn’t thinking right when stole the goddamn fruit!”

“Well, cheer up! Eldor know what help you be happy yet again. Do you know blowjob how to?” saying so he reached down into his pants.

She was stunned for a second then yelled, “WHAT???!! How dare you?? I cannot believe this! Get out of here before I ping for the guard. One must be around here somewhere”

Eldor looked at her in mild astonishment, reached into his pocket and removed a small pipe-like instrument. He held it out to her to see.

“What’s that?” she asked suspiciously.

“It a water bubbler be. You pour in,” saying so he scooped up some from the pond and poured it in, “blow from this end then…” He then blew softly into it and a melody poured out of it, like a gushing river. She just stared at it and at Eldor. He slowly began moving towards the pond and she followed him, mesmerized by the strange yet soothing sounds made by the bubbler. Soon he was ankle deep and she followed him in. After a while he stopped playing and she snapped out of the reverie she had fallen into and gasped when she realized that the cool liquid came up to almost her shoulders. She started panicking and clung onto him for support. Eldor smiled down at her then pushed her head underneath. She struggled to breathe but he was much stronger than her. Soon she struggled no more. Eldor let her go and walked back to the bank. He looked back one more time, smiled sadly and dialed a Lande number with his head. After it went through his said two words, “Job accomplished” and disconnected it.

Friday, February 24, 2006

I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You


I really love this song from "Neal 'n' Nikki". The lyrics aren't all that great, some are a bit cheesy, but it is the excellent music provided by Salim-Sulaiman and the super smooth voice of Clinton Cerejo that make this song great. Clinton Cerejo is accompanied by Dominique Cerejo.

Like a dream you can't explain
Love can chase the bidding of your heart
Like the sunshine in the rain

Love can make your whole world fall apart

But I want it now
I just wanna spend my life with you
Time will show me how

Suddenly everything has turned me inside out

Suddenly love's the thing that I can't live without

You're my dream, my love, my life

I just wanna spend my life with you

You're the one that makes me smile

I just wanna spend my life with you

Gotta love somehow
I just wanna spend my life with you

You can show me how


Suddenly everything has turned me inside out

Suddenly love's the thing that I can't live without

You're my dream, my love, my life

I just wanna spend my life with you

You're the one that makes me smile
I just wanna spend my life with you


What have you done to me?

Is this how it's meant to be?
Can't control this feeling in my heart
I can see paradise
Glowing inside your eyes

And I know you feel it in your heart

But I want it now

I just wanna spend my life with you
Time will show me how

Suddenly everything has turned me inside out

Suddenly love's the thing that I can't live without

You're my dream, my love, my life

I just wanna spend my life with you
You're the one that makes me smile

I just wanna spend my life with you

Love is a crazy thing

Something that you wanna see

And the world's like deep inside your soul

But somebody comes along
Together you sing this song
You just let the music take control


And I want it now

I just wanna spend my life with you
Time will show me how

Suddenly everything has turned me inside out
Suddenly love's the thing that I can't live without

You're my dream, my love, my life

I just wanna spend my life with you...

Here's the link to listen to the song.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Filler

This is just a stop gap post. Don't feel like typing out some lengthy stuff... I was in good ole Hyderabad over this last weekend and am still in a shaadi mood, 'cause I've just come back after attending the marriage of one of my closest school friends. She is the first from our batch to get married!! YIPEEE! Am so happy for her! May she find every joy possible on this earth!

Anyway, thanks to Niki I came across this blogthing:


The Movie Of Your Life Is A Black Comedy

In your life, things are so twisted that you just have to laugh.You may end up insane, but you'll have fun on the way to the asylum.
Your best movie matches: Being John Malkovich, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Psycho

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Angrezi Top Ten

Here is a list of angrezi songs that I had made last month itself, but kept on forgetting to post. I have heard all these songs thanks to GO 92.5 FM. This radio station sure keeps me connected to the world of music, both our Hindi phillum music and the English variety. So gentlemen and ladies now I present to you my Angrezi Top Ten:

10. Don’t Phunk With My Heart
Artist: Black Eyed Peas

Album: Monkey Business

9. Spun
Artist: Flipsyde

Album: We The People


8. Lonely No More
Artist: Rob Thomas

Album: Lonely No More


7. Lay Your Hands
Artist: Simon Webbe

Album: Sanctuary


6. Speed of Sound
Artist: Coldplay

Album: X & Y


5. City of Blinding Lights
Artist: U2

Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb


4. Reasons
Artist: UB40
Album: Who You Fighting For?


3. Breakaway
Artist: Kelly Clarkson

Album: Breakaway


2. She will be Loved
Artist: Maroon 5

Album: Songs About Jane


1. You’re Beautiful
Artist: James Blunt

Album: Back to Bedlam


Wednesday, February 08, 2006

One Night @ the Call Center


I had finished reading ‘One Night @ the Call Center’ a few weeks ago, and had wanted to blog about it as soon as I finished reading it, but I thought I should do Puneet’s tag first.

Anyway, Chetan Bhagat’s latest book is damn good! I liked it better than ‘Five-point Someone’. ‘Five-point Someone’ was also good, a fun read; but I couldn’t really relate to the protagonists. It was easier to relate to Shyam, Priyanka, Vroom, Esha, Radhika, and even ‘Military Uncle’, the protagonists of ‘One Night @ the Call Center’. Each is a stereotype, but yet the characters are so well etched.
Bhagat has used quite a bit of Black humour in the book to make you smirk now and then! The manner in which people working in call centers are taught to relate to Americans is just too funny! Now I don’t know if all this is true, or Bhagat has just exaggerated things a bit, but it’s hilarious nonetheless.

The book covers so many wide topics: love, heartbreak, jealousy, mystery, spirituality and the cynicism of the Indian youth. All these elements have been cohesively bound in a book that is hard to put down once you start reading. You just want to, have to know what’s gonna happen to the protagonists next.

The ending (of Shyam’s story) is quite filmy, very Hollywood­ish. But it made me laugh all the same, and not sarcastically at that!
And recently I heard on GO 92.5 FM that Rohan Sippy (director of Bluffmaster) has decided to adapt ‘One Night @ the Call Center’ for the big screen, and Chetan Bhagat is himself working on the screenplay right now. It’s not like Sippy’s gonna take my suggestions, but that’s not gonna stop me from suggesting the actors who I think would be perfect for each role! :D

I think Ritiesh Deshmukh would be perfect as Shyam and Zayed Khan would make a good Vroom. I guess Esha Deol could play her namesake’s role. I can’t think of anyone else but Kajol to play Priyanka’s role, but then she would look older than the character’s age. Maybe Preity Zinta could also suit the part. Hmmm… I can’t decide on Priyanka’s part. Amrish Puri would have been perfect for Military Uncle’s role, but unfortunately he is no more. But I guess Boman Irani could also do this role justice, even if it is quite small. Now who can play Radhika? Rani Mukherjee could I guess.
Now I hope I have inspired at least some of you to go out, grab this book and read it. And those of you who have already read, how about suggesting the names of actors you think would be perfect for each of the characters.