A car ride and what it can do to you

Today I dropped off my brother to his workplace and was returning back home. The nightmarish traffic in Bangalore means that every car ride will have an adventure of its own and by no means would be a small affair. Stuck in traffic, listening to the hymn of "Hossana from Vinayethandi Varuvayya by A.R.Rahman", eyes gazing at the sights afar, one hand resting on the gearbox and another on the side pane, I suddenly found another member for my list.

The list - Yes! That is a long story. The story starts with my best friend who introduced me to the concept of bucket list. I still don't know much about her list or how much she had completed it. But for a person who was having difficulty in even forming the list, completing it was totally out of question.There are very few - that which can be counted in my hands- things in my list. The only one which could be mentioned over here must be to have a personal library of my own. Quite an exotic image appears in my mind when I think about MY library - But I guess it will still have to wait. For now I am happy hunting for the books which will finally make it to my library.

But today I could come up with another one. A car ride through a desolate (occasional traffic is fine ;) and bullocks are also permitted) road. 60 Kmph seems a nice pace. I am obviously driving. It would be wonderful to have someone(?) sit besides me. For now I would be listening to "Hossana" but I am pretty sure that would change by that time. No A.C.! Windows rolled down and I like the air warm. Not much work for the gear shaft which means something to drink by my side. The occasional fields, forests, beaches and the ROAD. The setting is pretty exotic but if not why put it in the bucket.

I am confused beyond wits. An "Emotional Atyachar" in a sense. I feel peaceful, taken away into this distant dream. But somehow an invisible voice is ringing in my ears making it turbulent. Last 8 months were wonderful. New! Exciting! But... I wanted it to be something more. Greedy thoughts. I did nothing towards my bucket list. Whatever was left in the pipeline is still there. Not rotting down. But definitely subdued by the lack of pressure in the pipe. It is as if it has a mind of its own and is suddenly asking me : Dude Are you serious about all these things?

My answer: Read my blog :)

Milkshake

Courtesy: Before Sunrise

Daydream delusion, Limousine Eyelash
Oh, baby with your pretty face
Drop a tear in my wineglass
Look at those big eyes
See what you mean to me
Sweet cakes and MILKSHAKES
I am a delusion angel
I am a fantasy parade
I want you to know what I think
Don't want you to guess anymore
You have no idea where I came from
We have no idea where we're going
Launched in life
Like branches in the river
Flowing downstream
Caught in the current
I'll carry you. You'll carry me
That's how it could be
Don't you know me... Don't you know me by now

Weird thing about life is the uncertainty that it throws in your way every now and then. I think my last post covered this particular dilemma, and in quite detail. These are the times when my level of desperation tips over the red zone. But despite the cynicism, I always find myself, what's the term - 'back to the drawing board' after these occasional bouts. This is a period of calm or if described a little more adjectivally - like the lull after a storm. When the out-pour of emotions, be it happiness, grief or anxiety simply cease to exist because the body has somehow adjusted to the chemicals.

Right now I have re-discovered life.
Will it be any different?
Past experience doesn't support my cause. Maybe just another 'thing' which will go back along with the thousand other times when such discoveries were made.
Someone says 'Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions" - I take hope from these words.

Even though every part of your bundled network of neurons says it is not true, "sometimes all that is required for a paradigm change is a birthday, a speech or an inspiring talk, a new experience, meeting a person, a kiss, one fine bath or even a few words in your blog saying "I am different now"

[Titles are overrated]... for now

Aah! The frog just jumped from the pan... u cannot complain since heavy chance that it has heard about its proverbial cousin... But the frog needs to be killed coz if not the whole world is in danger - come to think abt it when has the world never been in danger - hm-mm! ny ways back to the frog which is trotting arnd the garden apparently not realizing the fact that it has broke the most sacred of rules...I am still staring at the frog trotting in the garden...

What is this thing with life? Just when you thought you go the hang of it - KABOOM! I like it when I don't know what to do...

Yep I am thinking about the invisible army that needs to be conjured to kill this blasphemous-no respect for rules-trotting arnd the garden unnecessarily frog. Plato would probably help. Aristotle - I am not sure.

I dont see why I would need any of them to kill this 'stupid' (the word means awfully lot of different things) frog. But when u dont know what to do, its always good to have someone along with u...and what...If u are a good a**, then get the other person to do it.

At this point of story, I think (really?), I should say what I have got against this FROG. Dont u c..if the forg had just stayed then everything taht was ever written would have been enough. Not anymore.

Wherz the frog?

I like the movies. I like it when the on-screen gaints put life before you in such simple terms...Like they chew entire books of philosophy and spit out a word or two and that is all tat means to life. the question is - Is life taht simple. Can it be summed up in two words or a thousand or even voulmes of books. Or is it the inevitable thirst of man to comprehend the nature that is at work. To simpify things.. To make out a pattern. To put ut in in simple terms bcoz complex isnt his cup of tea... Maybe life is complex... too complex. One that changes too much for any sort of absolute. Not even an absolute of change. Not even an absolute of unpredictability. To complex to be put in words. Something that should not be solved.

Well the frog escaped. Why the hell am I still here...


p.s. This blog is a reminder to all my friends who continually ask me to put my uncensored and uncompleted blogs. This is my way of saying ...'You had it coming".....I wouldnt be putting ny more....I love u guys too much....This all doesnt mean I cannot say the same to you.

p.p.s. No frogs were hurt in the making of this story... :D sorry but could not help it

p.p.s I still like movie quotes...the one that i could think of now...
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
p.p.p.s I like post scripts and post post..... scripts.

A tryst with chicken

Learning life skills is the new item on menu and I am all raring to go. Forget the noodles, roast and the occasional helping out in kitchen; I am really pathetic when it comes to cooking. If I myself didn’t know that till now, well yesterday was a day of reckoning.

I finally got the go ahead to do a fish fry. Confidence was brimming since I got loads of experience in the frying part from previous helping. But this time around it was different. The finer points of cooking skills, like cleaning, cutting and masala mixing was also tested. The one word that could describe the whole process is ' Frightening'. The fish looked like it came straight from a post-mortem after the cleaning. Well that is how my brother described it anyway. After the marinating part, one could attribute it to a “cover up job of a murder victim gone astray”. I hoped the looks wouldn’t hamper the taste as much as the appetite. But that was not to be so. The masala didn’t set properly in the meat and finally we had to eat some raw pieces of garbled fish that would have put even prehistoric man to shame.

Never to give up that easily, today was the turn of chicken. The pieces were already cut properly by the butcher. So one job less to mess up. My mom having finally learned a painful lesson not to pin too much hope on me gave a hands on teaching of how to do 'broasted chicken'. The marinating, the mixing and the frying went pretty well. I even got ingredients right. I may have over fried a couple of pieces but guess what - not only was the whole stuff tasty, but it was also my first successful endeavour in the kitchen. One more thing to brag about in the blog. Chao :)

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