The drudgeries of life
Monday, January 31, 2011
After a long time, a weekend in the true sense of the term!
Lots of fun, ample amount of relaxation, loads of happiness etc. despite the office visit...
And lots to look forward to too :)
When a day ends with a meal wherein a huge chocolate pyramid makes up the starters, and a brownie topped with a double scoop of vanilla (plus loads of chocolate sauce) as the main course, there's so much to be happy about :p
That was that!
Now back to the routine life. Nothing like a Monday to puncture cloud number 9 and to ensure a crash landing onto reality...
Will be missing 2 marriages of 2 good friends the coming weekend! Unless of course a miracle happens...
Other than that, the To Do list is overflowing! Need to start ticking items off it. Before that, need to finish watching the Millennium Trilogy... heard that the movies are as good as Stieg Larsson's books.
Good luck with the Monday blues!
And good night...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
My bad!
Partying on weekdays takes it toll! Phew!
Add to that the bitterness that keeps surfacing when I'm high... damn the irony!
Those at the receiving end of what I churn out at such instances: it probably meant a lot to me, hence the outbursts.
I desperately wanted to leave 2010 behind, but guess somethings just spill over.
There I go again...
Love the current weather. The cold seems to have subsided all of a sudden!
Time to get back to work...
Happy Lohri, people :)
Labels: Feelings, Mood swings, Party
Monday, November 15, 2010
Pat on the back :)
Since the eve of Diwali, I've been engulfed in a tsunami of work! So much so that the whole of last Sunday and Monday were spent at office, 33 hours straight!!
And the rest of the week was as crazy as it could get... late nights at office, work, meetings, revisions, rework, meetings again, screwed up routine!
Thank goodness that I managed to scoot off to Mussoorie for Diwali... :)
Anyway, the week started off pretty bad, but we kinda got used to it! And it became fun working late hours, then driving back in the dead of the night (brrr Delhi winters have set in!), sleeping till late, and the cycle.
The party on Saturday night (the first one in this company) was such a stress buster! Let my hair loose (literally :p) and danced like crazy!
The late night appreciation from the MD and the VP for the hard work we put in were extra special :))
No wonder I put in all behind me and slept for 14 hours straight on Sunday...
Phew! That was the week that was...
New week, new story, new developments.
Time to get back to work. Adios.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Now what?!
When each single day of this week resembled a weekend to the D, then what the hell am I supposed to expect of the weekend?! :)
Joy oh joy!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Sheer awesomeness!!!
Wish #1: All work days should be carbon copies of yesterday!
Wish #2: All Sundays should be exactly like today!!!
It wasn't about partying a bit. Not till now. Off now for the party of the year, till something bigger happens later of course :p
Friends, rest, stupidities, pool, sleep sleep sleep, plethora of rest, mild work, rides, sexy food, telephonic conversations, surprises, working out...
Sighhhhssss!
Dreading the hangover, courtesy this awesome weekend, that I'll be down with tomorrow!
Damn you, Monday :P
Labels: Awesomeness, Friends, Good mood, Happiness, Party, World Cup
Monday, July 05, 2010
In a jiffy!
Ok, I'm running short of time!
Why're awesome days shorter while bad days seem to last forever?!
Why have I been feeling like I'm back in college since the end of June?! At times, I'm back to being 200201053 of DA-IICT 2k6, and on other occasions, I'm 08FT-051 of IMT 2008-10! Rest of the time, I'm toggling somewhere in between these two states :D
July seems to have rejuvenated me, contrary to some misconceptions that I've been burning the candle from both ends... I can't seem to feel tired for a moment! *touchwood*
The weather in Gurgaon couldn't be more perfect... the rain-drenched city basking in the mild sunlight resembles a beautiful woman drying her long wet hair after a Sunday bath!! :)
Nothing like braving the rains at dawn to make it to the gym... No pain!!
Someone's absence might've created a lacuna, but someone else's presence immediately filled it up! God tussi great ho! :)
By the way, don't you just love company-sponsored guest houses?! TV, a/c, fridge, comfy beds, bath tub, posh locality, complimentary snacks et al, and all food bills to be taken care of by the company!!!! I knew that I'd be spending my evenings with my best friend, but I didn't expect such perks for the same :P
The joy of expecting a holiday courtesy the nationwide bandh was short-lived! These politicians are useless... they can't even pull-off a bandh properly! :P
There's so much happening, so much to do, such a lot to get done!
MBA could've never prepared me to face such challenges... so learning the art of managing it all on the fly.
Prayer: Make each day last a bit longer, O Lord. Amen.
P.S.: I can't believe today was a Monday!! Are the Monday blues history?! Is the Garfield effect gone for good?! :D
Labels: Awesome, Friends, Gurgaon, Happiness, Monday, Nostalgia, Party, Sexy weather
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Crazyyy Weekend!!
Saturday:
- Field work - All aboard the JCB Backhoe Loader!! :D
- Stupid comparisons and elements of distrust - I'm so glad you'll be away from this all soon :)
- Vapour - Sexy ambience, good friends, monster-sized barrels, huge beer mugs (and their contents :p), tasty chow, total mastiii and futbolllll!!!!
- Late night revelry!
- Mocha - yummy food at ungodly hours, and futbollll reloaded!!
- Beautiful Gurgaon ♥
- Lost in thought
Sunday:
- Waking up at dawn, courtesy my favorite alarm clock :)
- Rain-drenched Gurgaon - simply beautiful!
- Baby when you're gone...
- Sleepy bakar :P
- Lazyyy day!
- Guitar
- Flooded city-side!
- Raindrops ♥
- Rendezvous with best friend! :))
- Sexy evening!
- Wish you were here...
- The hangover it all...
Labels: Friends, Gurgaon, Party, reunion, Sexy weather, Weekends
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Ahoy, weekend!
Some days shouldn't end... this Saturday, for instance...
But they always do... yesterday just ended now... and I miss it already!
One thing is for sure... Gurgaon at night offers a sexy contrast to those who're on the lookout for it!
First there are the malls, and the groovy night life that they harbor... woohoo! I once checked my watch to confirm that this much action could be happening at 2 in the night :P
Then comes the silent streets with not a single living soul in sight... the only signs of any movement were courtesy the beautiful lights from the never-ending concrete jungle that seemed like a galaxy of twinkling stars!!
Gurgaon does sleep... but with its eyes wide open!
Time for me to sleep too, albeit with my eyes wide shut!
Bonnuit.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Rejuvenated!
There's something about the rooms at IMT (be it the hostel rooms or the class rooms :p) that lulls me to sleep...
Had an awesome time with the guys... 2 nights of pure fun!
TGIP and the DND Flyway rock, especially at night! Woohooo!
Now back to square one... and all that it entails!
I so wish I could run away from some things, brush them off as a series of sexy dreams... too damn tough!
Maybe it'll be easier if I just not think about it... exercise starts tomorrow!
Life in some form or the other is a bitch. Period.
Time for Monday blues! Cheers!
TGIP and the DND Flyway rock, especially at night! Woohooo!
Now back to square one... and all that it entails!
I so wish I could run away from some things, brush them off as a series of sexy dreams... too damn tough!
Maybe it'll be easier if I just not think about it... exercise starts tomorrow!
Life in some form or the other is a bitch. Period.
Time for Monday blues! Cheers!
Labels: Blues, DND, Dream, Life, Noida, Party, Sigh, Sunday, TGIP
Friday, March 26, 2010
Not my day!
Way back in trimester 1, when she was a candidate for the post of class representative of B1, I hadn't voted for her... I didn't know her at all back then.
Then came the crazy BC project... oh! How we survived that :D
Dunno when we became friends. Soon she gave me the name Stevu (in sync with Apu, Sudu, Chandu, Kau et al :D)
Hahaha one common thing that we shared at that point in time was a dislike for Sulabh's constant leg-shaking!!!
I'll never forget those crazy Edumentor days... those early morning bike rides to Preet Vihar;her non-stop chitter-chatter on the way about so many things; the cribbing in between sales (?!) calls; the several meals at V3S mall...
Then came the late night chat sessions... those promises of having breakfast together, and my falling asleep 15 minutes before breakfast time :P
I seriously don't know when we became really good friends... our separate gang also comprised of Chandu, Apu, Sippu and Sud! Will always miss those loooong walks around the campus, the coffee at Muskan, the ice tea and hot chocolate at Nescafe, the endless bakar...
How or why I was renamed Stevzi still beats me :)
The last couple of months were so much fun... as usual, I realized that I make some of my best friends of college in the last semester/ trimester :)
The back-to-back parties on the last couple of days, that sentiyapa, the singing like crazy along with the guitar, definitely ensured that we ended things on a high!
Many people have told me that she is the female version of Steve Nipps... yep we're like twins!
Bidding farewell to this sweetheart of a person today totally sucked... but I can bank on her words when she said that we'll definitely stay in touch and meet up soon...
You'll be missed a lot, 08FT-053 :)
Spent the entire day down with a hangover...
Bid farewell to 5 people today! Talk about people leaving in bulk :O
Thank God for the little errands that I had to run... keeping a bit busy at such times helps :)
Plus some special addictions make life seem so easy to survive! ♥
Maybe it was the KF, but I was literally scared during the horror movie Shaapit :P
Someone's message made the movie seem like a dud... And my hatred for entrance exams intensified further :x
It's strange when a well-blended mixture of giving something your best, praying and, crossing toes and fingers doesn't work!
It sucks when people don't get what's so meant for them...
The mini-subdued party in my room offered a stark contrast to the parties we had had in the last 3 days :(
But I loved what followed: Chandu and I carried a bed sheet to the dew'd up football field, and simply sprawled down on the sheet!
Ahhhh! This is the life... no tension (at least not at that moment! :P), no bother in the world! I so love staring up at the dark night sky... there's such a lot up there yet there is nothing!
We discussed so many things about the Indian mindset, competitive exams, comparisons, jobs, the rat race, personal vs. professional lives, the coming generations, marriage et al...
2 years ago, a similar setting would've invoked topics related to gaming, chicks, flicks, bikes, cars, music, etc.
Damn how sad and old we've become :P
Only good thing about today was my receiving my brand new harddisk! Yippeee!!
Off to copy loads of stuff onto it! :)
Time to say TGIF!!!!
Good night!
Labels: 08FT-053, Bad day, Bad news, Discussions, Horror, Last minute, Party, Shaapit
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Us @ Guitar point!!
Tonight I lived a dream. A long cherished one.
Sitting at the guitar point with a bunch of close friends and singing, strumming away to glory! :)
Add to that the masti at A-top and sleeping on the roof under the clear blue sky, and that completed an awesome evening!
Sunita, Sud, Shail, Kumar, Rahul all are leaving tomorrow.
Anchit leaves the day after.
Then comes Chandu's turn!
The countdown to my becoming the last man standing has begun :D
I'll have just one pillar of strength remaining after that...
Oh well! Every night till the 28th is going to be a party night... anything to dull the pain!
What after that?! I seriously don't know.
Cheers!
Labels: A-lobby, A-top, Farewells, Guitar, Guitar point, IMT Ghaziabad, Party
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Yaaron :)
Today I realized what all was missing from life of late!
First of all, those long talks... today's conversation was like a flashback!
The list that follows is long! I so hate exams and what not for playing spoilsport :x
Previously we used to continuously discover how sme sme we are... but today crossed all limits!
How can someone dream the same dream that you dreamt, and, in it, feel the same emotions that you felt?!
I'm truly amazed :)
Couldn't see of my parents today :(
But I saw off a couple of good friends in the afternoon.
Every time I walk past their empty rooms with shut doors now, I can't help but wonder whether they're in there or whether they've gone for a wash!
Once I hit the door, and it sways away to reveal an empty room, devoid of all traces of occupation, I realize that they've really left for good...
Loved the visit to Delhi... standing at the 10th floor window of a building which was facing away from CP, I felt so nice!
The view was breathtaking, and I felt so in command for a few minutes :D
In the past 2 years, I had always awaited such a party!
I always had this dream of playing the guitar in one of our gang parties... today I did it!
And how awesome it was! Everyone was singing, I strummed like crazy (woohoo!), people got senti, and we had the time of our lives!
3 more days of this, and then it's all over....
Oh well! In the meantime, planning to party next at the Guitar Point @ A-lobby :)
Very sleepy, but very very happy too!
Hope this ephemeral happiness lasts...
Bye bye!
Labels: Conversations, Dreams, Farewells, Guitar, Happiness, Happy Endings, Party, People
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Some Dayzzz
Sleepy day!
Slept for over 10 hours... and for once, I managed to remember a dream... if only! :)
The discussion with Khemka over lunch about "hanging in there for a while" (especially crucial considering the fact that we've waited it out this long) and not losing confidence was something... matters much more now that our lobbies are empty, and just a few folks can be seen around campus :(
Must remember: No pain, no gain!!
Also a realization dawned that due to my frustration, I was making my parents suffer... totally unwittingly, but I knew that my sourpuss-ness might be rubbing off on them :(
So called them up when I was as I normally am... cheerful! :)
Partied with Punti, Rishabh and Jaggi... totally awesome time!
We guys had lotsa fun... I'm totally stuffed with imarti, samosas, garlic bread and pizza!
Was expecting a call the entire day today, and was so worried that it didn't come...
But thank God it came when I least expected it... avei happy happy :)
Time to clean out my closet... no wonder I'm feeling so tired :P
Plus the relaxed feeling after the cold water shower... time for some procrastination!
Off to bed in a while... jamming on the guitar like a maniac till then!!
And off to Delhi tomorrow... as usual, it has got me excited ;)
Waiting to meet my parents soon... will miss Sweety at the convo though :(
Good night!
Labels: Bakar, Days, Expectations, Party, Sleepy
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Deja woohoo!!
There's something about Saturday the 13th and Puraani Dilli...
I was back at Nayii Sarak where I was roaming exactly one month ago! :)
There's something about Old Delhi that is so mesmerizing... despite it being dirty, crowded and flooded with tangled up wires all over the show, this place has a charm! ♥
That, and there are so many memories linked to this place!
How can I ever forget this place :)
After partying like crazy last night, a friend asked me whether I believed in destiny!
When I replied in the affirmative, the friend said "I dunno about the future but in 5 hours, you're destined to be accompany me to Nayii Sarak!"
When I said "Nooo wayyyy", the friend simply smiled...
And we partied till 6 AM!
But at 9 AM, I was seated in a Tavera with 2 friends enroute to Puraani Delhi... with over 330 books making up a total weight of over 100 kgs!!!
My stack of books versus Pritam's... damn did we study during MBA or what?! :P
One half of the books that we towed!!! Quite a handful :D
Had a wonderful time with all the bakar, the bargaining (as usual!), getting nostalgic, and sitting at the shop for over 4 hours and leaving empty-handed (in terms of books :p) but cash rich $$
Loved clicking pics at Nayii Sarak, Chawri Bazar, Chandni Chowk...
One of the numerous galis of Purani Dilli where I'd love getting lost...
Rickshaw after rickshaw ferrying foreigners in front of Jama Masjid...
And the smiles that the happy old ladies flashed me were extra nice :)
We were so tired by evening time that we headed for Addictive at CP... my favorite joint! Nothing like relaxing on those sexy couches, sipping on KF and watching an awesome IPL match! Damn, Rajasthan deserved to win today... hats off to Yusuf Pathan B)
The long long auto ride back to Ghaziabad, the talks about anything and everything, and the beauty of Delhi at night ensured a perfect ending to the day :)
Not to mention hearing about Sweety's clearing the first round of a tough competition... totally proud of her, I am :)
I usually don't like malls, but Pacific Mall @ Anand Vihar is special :)
Got lost while watching the passing streets and the headlights of oncoming traffic...
There was this particular junction where more than 5 roads were converging, and there were some four-wheelers that seemed to be stranded while contemplating which road to take...
And I felt like one of those cars, stuck at a junction in life with no friggin' idea as to which road to take...
Oh well! I'll reserve this crazy idea for a future post which I had typed out 2 years ago :D
In the city of blinding lights... Delhi! :)
Be it the "Jeevan ke safar me raahi..." track playing at Puraani Dilli, or the Hoobastank number, "The reason..." blaring at CP, Delhi has truckloads of such contrasts to offer...
I'm going to miss it all :(
Just got an invite from Chheda for a B2 party... LoL! How much can I party?!
Have a great Sunday, folks!
Labels: 13, addictive, Books, CP, Deja Vu, Delhi, IPL, Nayii sarak, Party, Puraani Dilli, Saturday, Saturday the 13th
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Around the campus in one day!
How come exam times tend to be the free-est days?!
This time round I'm appearing for the final exams for the final time in my life... hopefully :P
Roamed around the campus today afternoon with a camera in my hand, and clicked pics at every nook and corner of IMT!
I've seen the campus so many times, but today was the first time in 22 months that I had a good look at it :)
It's like this: If you travel around a city on a bike or a car, chances are that you fail to take in the little details of the place... hop aboard a cycle rickshaw and you observe each and everything properly!
So for once, I was in no rush... I took my own time to observe and capture the beauty of the place ♥
Have kept some spots on hold for night photography!
What astounded me was the degree of parallelism on campus... almost as if Stanley Kubrick designed the layout of the campus, just like his parallel universe, and he decided to place sets of things in parallel! B)
A few glimpses:
That beautiful tree outside A-lobby!
One of my favorite spots on campus... The stretch from the amphi to the library
These leaves were once nice and green...
The criss-cross effect!
Standing in sequence :)
Lazing around on the lush green lawns of IMT is such a pleasure!
The collage for the Farewell... good job, juniors :)
Each bike has got to have a number... Mine is kaidi err bike number 122 :P
IMT - The view from the outside ♥
The room where B1 came into existence... :)
Parallel windows of the library... as seen from the Acad block!
Everything is in parallel... outside Nescafe!
Stepping stones to the classrooms :P
You can never get bored walking down this path ♥
Faces galore! :)
Striking a unique, and crazy pose at the Amphi!
Oh well! There are many more pics... these were just a few samples ;)
Will upload them somewhere else, sometime later...
Had a lovely evening too... prepared for the first of the final exams with an awesome party :P
Damn I never want MBA to end!!!! :)
Anyway hoping that a dear friend rocks in the MICAT exam tomorrow! *fingers and toes crossed*
I'm going to rock in my Retail Marketing exam for sure.. especially with it being an open-book exam and 2 cases studies being expected ;)
Have a great Sabbath day, folks! Bonne nuit!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Frenzy!!!
After a long, long time, we, the original gang partied together... thanks to Anchit for making it happen :)
Maybe some of us just had 1 odd KF strong (others didn't have anything), but the atmosphere was enough to give one a high!
Great run-up to tomorrow's "Be One" night... a great way to close the Marketing group "B1" chapter of our lives :)
If the 60 people in B1 were special for different reasons, there's a subgroup (a prof. told us recently that subgroups should be avoided, but what the heck!) that'll always be extra special!
That subgroup is MY GANG: Anchit, Biren Chandu, Manish, Rusti, Sid (and I of course) being the core members B)
After eons, we guys partied like we always do! Same old bakar, same photography sessions (Manish and I were the best dressed and well groomed, as usual :P), same sentiyaps and chutiyaps :)
Despite all the hurdles and stuff, planning something special, very special, for March end... hope it works out! *fingers and toes crossed*
As I've already mentioned, Friday night is B1 Night!
Gotta admit I'm shit scared of the "Be One" Awards... considering my public displays of stupidity on more than one occasion, I might be the favorite bakra of the night :P
Thank God it's Friday tomorrow! Whole day free!
Wishing for a couple of things to fall into place, and to start making some sense, then life would be so much simple! But then what fun is life minus these twists and turns :)
Hope I'm able to complete the jigsaw puzzle that my life is, before the pieces get lost...
Anyone keen on watching Karthik Calling Karthik?
