Twinkle Twinkle... 

Bangle Bangle!!

Alas, I'm no poet or I could have made a Haiku out of this.

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Scared of losin' all the time

He wrote it in a letter, he was a friend of mine

He heard you could see your future

Inside a glass of water with ripples and the lines

And he asked, "Will I see heaven in mine?"

That is just the way it was

Nothing could be better and nothing ever was

Oh, they say you can see your future

Inside a glass of water, the riddles and the rhymes

"Will I see heaven in mine?"

-Coldplay (Glass of Water)

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Behold!!! Various stages in life...

At first being full of yourself:

Kyun ki...

Meri Pant bhi sexy

Meri shirt bhi sexy

Mere baal bhi sexy

Meri chaal bhi sexy

Ye rumaal bhi sexy hai

Then being full of love:

Kyunki tum hi ho

Ab tum hi ho

Zindagi ab tum hi ho

Chain bhi

Mera dard bhi

Meri aashiqui

ab tum hi ho

And then being full of soap:

rishton ka rang badla 
naaton ka dhang badla 
aaina phir bhi wahi 
kyonki saans bhi kabhi bahu thi 
haa saans bhi kabhi bahu thi 
kyonki saans bhi kabhi bahu thi 
haa saans bhi kabhi bahu thi

Hence proved :

Welcome to RADIO SHITTYYYY

Mumbai's No. 2 SHIT MUSIC RADIO

IT'S ROTTT!!!

Welcommmmmmmeeeee to hul-CUT, the show for movie fanatics, where we rave about the latest movies. This is RJ Shrikant. And today we are going to target Bang Bang. What a title!!  Bang Bang!! Why so??  Lots of fireworks… Hero dancing with fireworks bursting from the backside…

Aisi kya, chali hawa, ki le gayi

Meri saanson ko mujhse door

Awwww Gross…

Kaise yeh huaa magar

Na hai mujhe, na tujhko koi khabar

Even Grosser…

Na jaanu main, na jaane tu

Huaa ye jaadu kaise

Jadu?? What Jadu?? Seems to be flatulence!!!

Oops did I say backside... I meant Background.

Or rather like the heroine Harleen said - Hero is like a Panda... Eats Shoots and leaves... Oh just the punctuation and pauses are different for the hero and for Panda.

Coming back to the story. It is claimed that the Kohinoor has been stolen by someone. Apparently this someone is allegedly Rajveer - the Protagonist/Antagonist/Antacid something of this story. And then the good guys and the bad guys and the good bad guys and the bad good guys are all after him. And what is he doing? He's running from all these guys and jumping off houses and running away limping only to gatecrash into a blind-date for Harleen - Bank Receptionist. Rajveer despite his limp manages to woo the lady with his awesome dancing skills that hardly seem to bother his limp. Probably his limp is only because of rheumatism and dancing is supposed to be good for rheumatism.

All seems to be going good for love sick Harleen when suddenly she has to visit the ladies room. On returning, she finds her date missing. Whoa!! But he's left her a present. A nice, longgggg bill of all that he ordered and all that he devoured including a lot of furniture. Damn!! Must have been hungry.  Harleen just hands over her card to pay for the bill. Oops it’s not her plastic card but her boss' visiting card. Bechara gets hauled up by the police

Meanwhile, while returning home, Harleen accidently rams her car into Rajveer. Nopes, she wasn't part of a drunken driver in hit and run case. At first she is sorry to have hit a person. Then she is happy that she hit Rajveer (for running out of the date as if she smelt of week old pav bhaji) then she is sad about feeling happy and then happy that she felt sad about feeling happy about hitting him. This continues for a while inside Harleen's brain till he brain short circuits and she passes out.

When she wakes up, same cliched scene. “Where am I??” Nah, no “Who am I??”... She does not have amnesia yet. She clearly remembers last night. Even after such a harrowing experience of her date almost devouring the entire restaurant, she still has place for him in her heart... Awww how romantic

Uff mere dil mein thodi khaali si jagah thi

Tune aake bin kiraaye ye jagah li

Yo people listen to the song

and feel the pain

Even in these times of recession

the heart's not given in vain

wherever you go

gotta pay EMI or rent

else without notice

Off you'll be sent

Kuch keh bhi na saki, ye kaisi bebasi

Yun chupke chupke aaya bin bulaya mehmaan

In the meanwhile all the good bad and other guys are after Rajveer and Harleen trying to capture them. Rajveer becomes java coder to save his new lady love and himself.

While (not safe)

do

Execute PandaSequence

{

EAT();

SHOOT();

LEAVE();

}

done

Problem is Harleen turns out to be hardware programmer and interrupts his piece of code with a hardware interrupt cause she was getting a sneeze. Did you know that you could not keep your eyes open while you sneezed? You can definitely try that… but don't try sneeze with your nose closed, you might hear your ears popping.

Ohhh!!!  I hear someone sneezing. Its Harleen. You can't proceed with the movie with common cold afflicted lead lady. You can have some really un-ladylike incidents. So we do penance to appease the might deity Snicks Naporub. Just rub it on your nape and all your common cold afflictions are gone. Ditto the case with Harleen. She is so relieved that she breaks into song and dance

Tune naak par laga jab

The all new Snicks Naporub

Bina maange hi mill gaya hai sab

Sneezes gayi aur

Khul gaya hai sab

Meherbaan hua hua

Meherbaan hua Rub

- Powered by Snick NapoRub.

Soon Harleen is captured by Villain Omar Zafar. And our hero Rajveer intervenes and saves her with moves that would give Kung-Fu Panda a run for his money along with some spare timed explosives that he plants on villains fortress with Ching-GUM. Nopes no ad for Ching's secret as we do not have tie up with Mr. Ranveer Ching nor do we have any specific affinity of Chinese Food. And then like in all pot boiler movies, a last minute chase and a one on one standoff between hero and villain. Villain dies, hero faints.

Rajveer wakes up. Same cliched scene again. “Where am I???” He is under unwanted police protection. Harleen whisks him away in Panda Style

Oops she is observing some vrat... so does not EAT

Oops she lost her smart phone and her not so smart gun... so does not shoot

But definitely leaves.. Leaves us bewildered. What hit us??

Bang Bang right till the end!!

Bang Bang... in the head!!

Bang Bang... Who am I??

Bang Bang... Why am I here??

Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Bang Bang

Jaane kyun...

Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Bang Bang

Jaane kyun... Bang Bang!

You were listening to hul-CUT with RJ Shrikant

Until next time keep listening to RADIO SHITTYYYY

Mumbai's No. 2 SHIT MUSIC RADIO

IT'S ROTTT!!!

Who wakes up early on a Saturday? Nah not me.. any other blogger... Don't think so.. But 20th September, there were atleast 50 early birds to get hold of the proverbial worm. In this case a Moto G. Nah, its not just the materialistic things that made these birds, rather bloggers get up and get going. It was the Wordup Meet hosted by BigRock and IndiBlogger.

A welcome song "Word... Upppp!!" follwed by "Games people play" by the IndiRock Band to shake off what was left of the sleepiness in all our minds and we were ready for some Mindblowing Gyaan by all the speakers right from Vinit Goenka to Snigdha Manchanda. If someone were to ask me to summarize the day in 10 bullet points, I'd shoot the bullets through that person's head and award myself points. So if you want to know what these guys shared, you missed it buddy - go burn, you should have been there. If you are lucky, someone might post about the sessions, but I doubt anyone would be able to do full justice to all those wonderful speakers.

Moving on, the day concluded with a small - should I say performance, by Bhavish Ailani which had all of us in splits. And then we had a formal training session by Prof. Nihal Lazarus in the ancient art or modern science of Head Banging.

Ohh ohh and finally there was this bag of goodies for all those who attended, a Big Rock Bag with a coupon for a FREE ".ME domain and wordpress hosting" for a year. And yeah there was also this strange looking gizmo which was supposed to amplify sounds using some advanced alien technology called NFA - Near Field Audio or something like that. Ummm and there were also lots of prizes up for grabs - from the Moto X right down to the potato and banana.. yesss potato and banana!!!

I met some wonderful people there. From the usual suspects - Vineet, Anoop, Renie to my good friends Prasanna the puzzler and Sherna the.. Meow to the new faces that I met for the first time - Darshan (he won the banana), Vallari, Prerna and a Shahen (he's just 13 :O)

The big B's - BigRock and BlueFrog along with IndiBlogger were all great hosts and it was an awesome experience for me. 

PS: Still fiddling with that weird gizmo. Have been able to use it as an ordinary speaker yes, but NFA - sorry still working on that. Me no techie. Somebody HELPPPPP!!!

Btw.. How can I not post photos :D

The IndiRock Band in Action

Some of the people I met

From the eyes of the speaker - Photo by Anshul Tewari.
I can see me :D

Guess who went and voted. Ain't it a bit too late to vote. Or are they having new elections upstairs??

Photo taken from a popular television show :P

My name,
My name written by me,
My name written - photographed by me,
My name written photograph - posted, again by ME!!!

Yeah that's me...

Typical Me!!!

Question: Why are you looking to change your job?
My Answer:

So you wanna know

Why I choose to break the flow

And look for a new job

Naww its not a regular "hob" (hobby)

I'm just looking for something new to learn

Or some extra money to burn!!

Two really fast cars

Stuck in traffic

and then

Stuck in my lens :D

The Mini Cooper

And a poor Ferrari stuck between dilapidated cabs on Mumbai roads :D

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is Z (for Zoom)

Yummy chocolate

and some more Yummy Gooey chocolate

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is Y (for Yummy)

Xeee Xiii Xooo Xum
I'm here to feed on you, scum

I am the Xeno
The sight of me - so revolting
So nauseating - so frightening
I am the Xeno

Xeee Xiii Xooo Xum
I'm here to feed on you, scum

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is X (for Xeno)

What comes to your mind first..

When someone mentions..

A beautiful White flower??

A white rose?

A white lily?

Does this come to your mind?

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is W (for White). The flower is a white Frangipani.

Such a wonderful view

So very lush, so very green

But...

Marred by human presence

VILE human presence

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is V (for Vile).

Imagine

All those emotions

All those thoughts

All those words

That you had drowned

Inside yourself

Imagine if they let 

Themselves out

As if they

Had a mind

Of their own

A style

Of their own

A channel

Of their own

Those UNHEARD words!!

Those UNHEARD thoughts!!

Those UNHEARD emotions!!

You might end up like this :D

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is U (for Unheard).

The Two Towers

Looming over the horizon

One - an epitome

of Knowledge

The other - an essence

of Prosperity

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is T (for Towers). In the photo, in the foreground stands the Rajabai Tower which is located inside the Mumbai University Campus. And in the background, is the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Behold the sky

And the sun

Strung together

by...

Comm. lines!!!

or 

May be a wonderful picture

Marred by the STRINGY

Comm. lines!!!

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is S.

In a race for advancing technology

How often have we thought

About what effect we're having

On Mother Nature

The Raging Red Rocket

Paid no attention to the poor white dove

Beware, Nature has its own way of getting back!!!

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is R. (for Rocket) The subject of the photograph is an installation art at the Kala Ghoda Art Fest, Mumbai.

I was passing under a tree and a sudden quirk had me photographing the tree. The Cannon Ball tree. At great "personal risk" The fruits are as large as cannon balls and allegedly allergic and to some extent poisonous as well. Means mechanical as well as chemical damage :O

It has kinda queer looking creeper like appendages from which the fruits and flowers hang. Oh I forgot, it has very very very beautiful flowers. And my camera (phone) had decided to focus at a very queer point. None of the beautiful details are emphasized :(

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is Q.

P for Pink

Pink as in the colour

The colour of this flower

P is for Passion

My Passion for 

P for Photography

and P for this Passion flower

And alas P is also for Pity

What a pity that 

I have taken all the photos 

With a P for Phone

And lastly P is for punctuation

If you have noticed

I have  not used any in this P for Post

Till now that is 

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is P.

We're going to drop objects in your city

from the air

Some will be useful

so don't despair

Use them for work

use them for repair

But there'll also be Oddities

like this one down there!!

Woah, it that a Bicycle

or is that a chair

Or is it just a summat

to look at and stare???

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is O (for Oddity).

All meet the Flora Fountain from Mumbai. Beautiful isn't it?? Especially at night!!!

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is N (for Night).

Beauty in the water,

Angel on the beach.

Ocean’s daughter.

I thought love was out of reach

'Til I got her.

- Mermaid by Train

On ma Camera :P

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is M (for Mermaid).

Layers upon layers upon layers 

of glass bottles

So solid, yet so fragile

One small push

And then all we'd have 

would be 

Layers upon layers upon layers

of cracked glass

Isn't it the same with Life??

This post has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is L (for Layers).

Keep on smilin' thru the rain

Laughin' at the pain

Just flowin' with the changes

Till the sun comes out again

Well, you say you've got the blues

You've got holes in both your shoes yeah

You're feeling alone and confused

You got to keep on smilin'

Just keep on smilin'

- Keep on Smilin' by Wet Willie

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is K (for Keep Smiling).

Some people drink champagne out under the stars

While others drink wine leaning over a bar

But all that I need dear to make me feel fine

Is to know that your love will forever be mine

I'd give an ocean of diamonds or a world filled with flowers

To hold you closely for just a few hours

Hear you whisper softly...

- Ocean of Diamonds by Jimmy Martin

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is J (for Jewels).

A Ganesha Idol and a Wordless Wednesday

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is I (for Idol).

No words.. Just behold...

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is H (for Heaven).

It's not that easy bein' green

Having to spend each day the color of the leaves

When I think you could be nicer being red or yellow or gold

Or something much more colorful like that

It's not that easy being green

It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things

And people tend to pass you over

Cause you're not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water

Or stars in the sky

But green's the color of spring

And green can be cool and friendly-like

And green can be big like a ocean

or important like a mountain

Or tall like a tree

When green is all that is to be

It could be you wonder

But, Why wonder, why wonder

I am green, and that'll do just fine

And it's beautiful, and i think it's what I wanna be

- Bein' Green by Glee

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is G (for Green).

Here I am flying

Looking down at mother earth below

Above me only blue skies

Below me is a cotton candy world

- Flying by Nazareth

A crow's flight brought him across my canvas... And my lens made the flight part of it!!!

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is F (for Flight).

Please Excuse my busy schedule for the day. I shall be reposting E-for-Elephant from an earlier post.

Looky at the nice little flowering cactus near the bottom of the Elephant :P I really love this pic cuz the header of lifeiszany is very much like this. A mooning Elephant :D

Ohh.. and here's a nice little limerick  verse written by J.R.R.Tolkein

Grey as a mouse,

Big as a house,

Nose like a snake,

I make the earth shake,

As I tramp through the grass;

Trees crack as I pass.

With horns in my mouth

I walk in the South,

Flapping big ears.

Beyond count of years

I stump round and round,

Never lie on the ground,

Not even to die.

Oliphaunt am I,

Biggest of all,

Huge, old, and tall.

If ever you'd met me

You wouldn't forget me.

If you never do,

You won't think I'm true;

But old Oliphaunt am I,

And I never lie.

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is E (for Elephant).

Imagine

You are on a Safari

Enjoying a picturesque nature reserve

And

You see a rhino charging

Would you feel in Danger?

Would you Run?

Would you Scream?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO??

THIS??

Rather just pull out the charger plug

Now not charging :P

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is D (for Danger).

When clouds come meeting!!!

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is C (for Clouds). Am at a loss of words for this one. So just enjoy the vista!!!

Warrior filled with metal gears

Walking the size of a metal gear

Refer to me as The Bull

Feel the wrath of my blade

And view my metal gear

- Lyrics from Metal Gear by Dan Bull

This photo has been posted for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is B (for Bull). 

An old adage says "Take the Bull by the horns".. But has anyone wondered - no one's said anything about what to do after you've done that. And has anyone thought from the Bull's point of view. It would be like "Damn, leave my horns alone!!!"

Adrian woke up still feeling very drowsy

He looked around, he seemed to be in a garden

He was surrounded by flowers. They were

Paper flowers. Bright paper flowers

"Is this a dream?" he thought...

The wind was softly whispering in his ears

As if singing a lullaby

Lulling him back to sleep

Unable to control himself, he lay back...

Through the trees he could see

A colourful sky -

A wonderful abstract of hues 

of reds, greens and blues...

And then it began to rain

the raindrops were calling out to him

"Adrian... Adrian...

You do not belong. Leave before you're taken!!"

Adrian got up, slowly walking

He didn't want to leave this place

He'd never been so peaceful in his life...

And then there was this noise

A disembodied voice

like metal grating over metal

Speaking to him,

"Adrian, You're mine to claim"

Adrian began to run

as fast as he could

but a shadow was creeping up to him

a black shadow with a human head...

But...

This post has been written for the A to Z Challenge. Today's alphabet is A (for abstract)

Time for another challenge. This time I think I shall participate in the A to Z Challenge. Not sure whether I shall be able to keep up with 26 days of non-stop blogging but sure worth a try.

What to expect from me?? Nawww.. nothing.. or rather anything. Cuz Life is Zany, you can expect the least expected from Life, ditto here!!!

So Stay Tuned for more!!! See ya'll in April!!!

You and I, and a little toy shop

Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got

Set them free at the break of dawn

'Til one by one, they were gone

Floating in the summer sky

Ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine red balloons

Floating in the summer sky

Ninety-nine dreams I have had

Every one a red balloon

Now it's all over and I'm standin' pretty

In this dust that was a city

If I could find a souvenir

Just to prove the world was here

And here is a red balloon

I think of you and let it go

Woopsie... I have only 3 balloons and only one red :P And each one has a persona of its own :P :P

Lyrics from 99 Red Balloons by Nena. I have skipped the rest of the song as it is kinda toooo violent for a mild mannered person like me :P

Mirror Mirror...

On the Wall...

Who's the prettiest...

Of them all???

Mirror says: 

"If you're expectingme to sing -

Tum hi ho..

Haan tum hi ho..

Beauty hi..

Haan tum hi ho -

then guess again..

My Answer is...

I AM!!!!"

Turn up the radio

I need the music, gimme some more

It was a catchy number by Autograph. Sakshi kinda liked it but her mind was elsewhere. She kept glancing at her phone. And then there was a slight beep. A notification. An incoming chat message. She quickly accessed it and read with a slight smile.

"Hey Sweety VGM"

She smiled,"Hi Dheeraj, Happy Monday!!!"

"Groan!!! What's so happy about Mondays? I hate Mondays!!"

"I love Mondays. Get to meet all my friends after 2 whole days."

"Poor dear!! You dont seem to enjoy weekends. No friends to hang out with on weekends?"

"No na, you always seem to have plans. You never hang out with me. :("

"Oooooo!! Girl is trying to flirt with me!!"

":D :D :D"

"Anyways. Whatcha doin?"

"Me on the way to office. Listening to radio in the cab."

"Okies catch ya in office."

"Wokay. Ciao"

Now listen

I wanna shake, I wanna dance

So count it of one, two, three

I hear the beat, I'm in a trance

No better place to be

Daytime, nighttime, anytime

Things go better with rock

I'm goin' twenty four hours a day

I can't seem to stop

Turn up the radio

I need the music, gimme some more

Turn up the tape machine

I wanna feel it and you know what I mean

Now that she'd spoken to Dheeraj, she felt quite peppy and energetic. She was even jiggling in her seat to the beat of the song. The song had just finished when she reached her regular breakfast joint. She walked it. It sure was crowded. Once more. Like always. She liked the place. But she liked it to be a little less noisier. But there was nothing as good as this place so she thought that she'd have to bear with it. Bear with it and hope that it will become less crowded in the days to come atleast when she wanted to visit it.

Looking for a table to sit at, she noticed that there was no empty table. A bit disappointed, she was about to leave when she noticed someone waving to her. It was Vivek. He beckoned her to sit at his table. She smiled gladly.

This guy - Vivek was a dreamy person. A nice person, from what little Sakshi had interacted with him but dreamy. He was always in a world of his own. And always had got startled whenever she'd spoken to him.

"Hi Vivek!"

"Hi Sakshi... Happy Monday!"

She looked a bit surprised. Pleasantly surprised. How did he know she liked Mondays? Her turn to stutter. "Uh.. huh.. Hmmm.. Happy Monday Vivek!" A smooth recovery with a dazzling smile. 

"So what makes you like Mondays, Vivek? Most of us hate coming to office on Mondays.. excluding me of-course. I hate weekends. Tooo boring. You can call be a workaholic if you prefer, but I love coming to office."

Vivek took time to take all of this in. It was the first time that Sakshi had uttered more than a single sentence directed towards him. Slowly he replied, "Yeah me too. I hate sitting at home. It's more fun being outside."

She'd just given her order when her phone jingled again. It was Dheeraj once more. Her face lit up once more. As usual!!!

"Yo, Sweety!!"

I hung up the phone tonight

Something happened for the first time

Deep inside

It was a rush

What a rush

'Cause the possibility

That you would ever feel the same way

About me

It's just too much

Just too much

Why do I keep running from the truth?

All I ever think about is you

You got me hypnotized

So mesmerized

And I've just got to know

A second beep from the phone brought Sakshi to her senses. She'd been staring at her phone lost in David Archuleta's song.

"Dreaming dearie?? or writing a story for me?"

"No no.. was just lost in thought. You say"

"Dearie, could you step in for me for just a little while. I know its Monday and all and you'll be having a lot on your plate. But I need to be somewhere right now. Will be in office by noon. "

"Oh sure Dheeraj, don't worry. I'll try my best so that no work remains stuck just cuz ure absent. You want me to give the boss some excuse for you?"

"Naww.. just tell the old man that his best employee is gonna be slightly late :P I don't think he'd be mad. Not more than he already is :P"

"LOL Ok. I'll let him know and I'll get all your calls diverted to my desk till you return. You get your work done. Will meet you at noon."

"Awwwww... you're such a darling <3"

":) Take care."

Smiling crazily, she gulped her coffee and sandwiches and hurried out of the Cafe. It was only then that she realised, that she hadn't said a word to Vivek when she left. And she'd even forgotten to pay her bill. But it was too late to go back now. All damage control would have to wait till tomorrow.

Read all the parts of Life is a Song

Nah!! I ain't gonna review any phone here. Just this :P

ISSHHMAART!!!

Look what I reeled in :D

Yeah yeah.. the shark is fake and the pic itself has an HDR tone added via Photoshop.. but the ROPE is real and so is the scene :P