Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Buying Your Vote

I know i'm not into politics .. With the results of the Karnataka general elections have come out, and some Yaedurappa guy being sworn in as the new CM, ppl in white are all red and purple ;)

Its actually fun time for ppl like me to watch, in my native hospet ..
ok now what / where is hospet ?? .. Right, so its a small city in north Karnataka, some of whose people are growing rich at a rate that the city itself is not able to keep up with these "big shots" .. Meaning, people are rich, the city is damn poor (like india) ..
And with these general elections, watching how these so called "political workers" gather supporters is a very interesting process .. That is what happened when one day, before the elections, i heard my grandma's maid tell that she was given cold hard 8K so she could vote for this particular candidate ..
LOL .. normally i dont talk to strangers (other people's maids etc ) .. but i couldnt stop myself .. When i asked her the what-when-how, she said, "Since there are eight voters in my home, each of us is getting one thousand rupees. All thanks to Anand saheb" .. .. .. And i was like "what the .. .. .. ?!!! " .. For once i regretted not being 18 yet .. lol or i could also have voted for Anand saheb and gotten a cool-something for 1k ..

Imagine, this Mr.Anand is a major iron mine owner and is rich enough to give each of his voters a thousand bucks (btw he won in the district) .. then why did he want to contest the elections? what would politics give him that mining had already not ? Why this unquenchable thirst for power ?

Also, i was thinking what would happen if india had a bi-party system as the Americans do, Would it help the political system? .. lol it would be easier on us .. you know how difficult it is to remember the various parties in India ..
I really feel like laughing at this comedy but stop myself cos there's NOTHING funny about this .. They keep buying your vote, not earning it .. They keep fucking you and you let them ... Shit !! ..
The thing is, who wins /does not win hardly makes a difference .. its as good as thinking whether to buy a blue trash can or a red one .. Because both are gonna hold trash in the end .. Makes no difference .. It just doesnt ..

Friday, May 23, 2008

Kudos to TVS 50

Seriously, i loathe the vehicle.
I went out to school for one last time (phew) to collect my marks sheet etc .. on our way back dad, leaving me in the car, went to get some drugs from the pharmacy .. So, i see this six foot-plus guy getting off a TVS 50 vehicle (if you can call it that) .. and wait, he mus have weighed some 150kg ..
He goes into some shop, out come two more lanky tall men, they jabber away for some time and then .. the fat, huge guy takes the driver's, and .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. Abracadabra !! the TVS 50 expands .. the three actually fit in .. and they move on ..
What exactly were they thinking to make a vehicle like that? A micro-mini poclain ??
Man, cant we have a break here??

Saturday, May 17, 2008

TRANCE

I was never much more happy listening to music, if not for trance music i'd long be dead :P
Trance is one genre not many people i know like / know of .. as one friend said "some arbit words strung together in tune to the music ..."
which is what trance is after all .. For me, life makes little to no sense most of the time .. (the how, what, why thingy ).. for one simple reason: i dont want it to. i'm fine with all of life's intricacies and to be happy, i dont need to unwrap or rather dis-entangle all the complexities.
Have you seen how small kids babble? making no sense whatsoever .. or do they? may be they do .. or they dont .. but they're enjoying it. And the what still makes it sane is the fact that it hurts no one at all.
Life may not be only about Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Sash!, Moby, Robert Miles. Still ..


Time and again

Yeah, it keeps happening time and again .. first of all i might be dwelling on some "old" news in this post cos i was on a 'holiday' until now ..

So, its just one of those times when someone you really hate wins, i'm not talking of my board exam, but rather of the epl championship. For all the hatred many people feel and share for Ferguson and his boys, they always seem to do right things at the right time and not only get away with it, but come up on top .. so much for all of sir alex's non-fans.

And as for my board exams, yeah there are people i hate, who did better than me .. but the hate i feel for them is not intense. In fact, i feel no hate, cos may be deep down i KNOW what i want to do with my head and my life ..
Btw, i was at a farm-house in the middle of a coffee estate in Sakleshpur (karnataka) and baby, baby, baby, .. i get bitten by some snake .. lol so much for a holiday .. (i'm alive) ..
We (couple cousin bro's and cousin sis) were driving unto the night when an interesting "me first !! , no Me first !!" was going on the road, the road was hell narrow in the ghat section when both a SUV and a truck (huge huge load at the rear end) tried to make a pass at the same time, with the truck ascending, the suv going down .. There was no way the truck could go off the road lest it should tumble down, but so much for the suv guy's ego, he didnt go off the road to let the truck pass .. then some words ran outta my mouth " one's got a fat head, and the other a fat ass"

Now now now .. i know i'm one, am i the other as well ??

Friday, May 2, 2008

Tagged #2

Right, so i get tagged again and again ..

GOOD NEWS :
not one .. but two people took the trouble to tag me :D ..
Thanks, Karthik .. Thanks, Viswa ..


1)LAST MOVIE U SAW IN A THEATRE?
Welcome .. (i hate going to the theatre)

2)WHAT BOOK ARE U READING?
'Pilgrimage' by Paulo Coelho

3)FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
Havent played enough to like any.

4)FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
Reader's Digest

5)FAVOURITE SMELLS?
Citrus (from green lemons)

6)FAVOURITE SOUNDS?
An engine churning out all the horse power it's got .. gaaa.. awesome

7)WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
Guilt

8)WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN U WAKE?
what's the godamn time ??

9)FAVOURITE FASTFOOD PLACE?
does it matter? .. its fastfood anyways ..

10)FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?
abbacad, alasdas, balderdash, Cadswallop

11)FINISH THIS STATEMENT—’IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I’D’
Richie Rich

12)DO U DRIVE FAST?
Yeah, whenever a road lets me

13)DO U SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
No

14)STORMS–COOL OR SCARY?
Depends on my location as when compared to the storm's

15)WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
i don't remember .. do you?

16)FAVOURITE DRINK?
So far, Lemon-lime crush .. or anything thin and not very sweet

17)FINISH THIS STATEMENT-IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD…
enjoy wasting it.

18)DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?
yeah, as long as its fully cooked.

19)IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY OTHER COLOUR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?
Flaming red

20)NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS U HAVE LIVED IN?
Hospet,
Neyveli.
(other places i've only "stayed" .. )

21)FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Formula 1

22)ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
er .. you mean persons? ..
well .. er .. karthik .. er you know how it is :D ..
and viswa? .. i know so so much about him, i dont even know where to begin :D

23)WHATS UNDER YOUR BED?
crap

24)WOULD U LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN?
Hmmm .. i wont mind, provided i'm all 36-26-36 ..

25)MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
neither .. i thrive in the twilight :P

26)OVER EASY OR SUNNY SIDE UP?
well .. looking at the up-side of down .. does it count?
(you re trying to play with words to mean something that you dont understand?
why, i can do that too :D )

27)FAVOURITE PLACE TO RELAX?
Lying under the starry skies.

28)FAVOURITE PIE?
I Hate pies !! .. hmmm .. may be resin pie ..

29)FAVOURITE ICECREAM FLAVOUR?
C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E = Chocolate

30)OF ALL THE PEOPLE U HAVE TAGGED, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
Nobody

I tag :
Nobody
Baargav
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Anways thanks guys, karthik and viswa, at least my pathetic blog got a new post :)