Psyk Out

... Meh...

2009-12-06T20:55:00.000+05:30

I should be studying. Or should I?

I find myself daydreaming.. of things that might or might not come..

Ehn.

Question? Swim!

2009-11-28T01:12:00.004+05:30

Sup?

It's that time of the year again.. No I'm not talking about Christmas.. No, not even New Years. They're secondary. I'm talking 'bout every student's nightmare (and when you're an engineering student, living hell).. That's right.. EXAMS!

And boy oh boy, this time's lot is way worse. I mean yeah, they're exams. They suck. Period. But this time, what with all the chaos and confusion at home.. coupled with the fact that I have been questioning few things.. well it just adds a lot more to the equation. And completely unbalances it.

Ok by few things, I mean a lot of things. And the questions still remain unanswered. The mother of all questioning is a question I've had to answer a lot.. why engineering? And off we go on a roller coaster ride questioning life, money, values, education, time...

I've got to give 7 papers in 10 days. I can't blame anyone for it. But I find myself wondering if all the work that's going into this degree of mine is really gonna bear fruit. What is the power of education? I mean.. what at least 30% of the world's multi-millionaires/billionaires are uneducated? More? Bill Gates. Sir Richard Branson. Steve Jobs. Windows, Virgin and Apple to those who aren't sure. They're f**king rich man! And they didn't study to get there. Sure, they worked their asses of. And sure today the world is full of competition with the best educated getting the best jobs and all but who says you can't do what guys like these did. Old School. Marketing. PR. Wit. OOTB thinking. Education's a lot of hard work and time and it really does narrow your thought process to one stream. I'm not saying drop education. I'm just saying.. Is it the only way to success?

And then I question what I'm doing in life. I'm doing engineering now. I'm not doing the best at it. I honestly do think it would have been better if I had chose something else. But I didn't. I know I want to do an MBA. I know I want to open up my own restaurant. I know I want to be my own boss. That's it. Where? When? How? What ifs? They're all unanswered. Hell I've got exams knocking on the door and I'm questioning them instead of studying. Well was.

And then there's so much more I want to do! But just can't seem to find the time to. I managed to incorporate gymming into my day but then that also got kinda fucked. And that was one thing. How am I gonna handle the rest? Djing, French, a job maybe, forex? I don't know.

Now, it's like the storm's passed and it's calm again. I've made peace (as far as I can) with the fact that I chose engineering. That's the main concern. I guess. Funny thing 'bout the rest of those unanswered questions is that I've always been the go-with-the-flow guy. I don't plan way in advance. I ended up doing computer engineering by accident. Only because I heard electronics and telecomm (my original choice) was tougher. (Not that computer isnt tough.. oh it's a bitch.. of the worst kind!) And that hasn't changed. The answers will come when the questions are in the moment. I'm still going with the flow.

Oh! And I'm studying. That counts for something. Doesn't it?

'When life gets you down, do you know what you've gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim.... are you my conscience?' ~ Dory. Finding Nemo.

It's unbwoken!

2009-11-10T23:52:00.001+05:30

Sup?

So for those of you who take the time out to read my blog, I felt I should let you'll know my phone is fine again. It quite literally fixed itself. I still haven't figured out what went wrong. The current hypothesis is a virus hit it.
Anyhow, it's alright again.

Now get on with your lives. :)

Death And All His Friends

2009-11-05T13:09:00.002+05:30

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So on Saturday, my aunt passed away very unexpectedly and tragically. It took the whole family by storm to say the least.

However this post is not to ponder over death and questions unanswered. This post rather is me questioning the various customs and traditions religion imposes on us. And being a Hindu, trust me, there are more than a few. And again, I'm merely questioning their origins and the truth in them.

I've heard some really strange things over the last few days. There's a belief that food cooked in the house must be the deceased favourite and it will reach their soul. There's another one that the immediate family cannot eat non-veg for 12 days after the death. There's one that the soul, until it finally rests, will be around and about and hence the people of the household present at the time must carry a knife on them at all times for protection. (People, I warn you I'm armed.) And then there's the pujas and various religious formalities.

As if legal issues and the like were not enough to handle after someone's death, now there's worrying about what to cook, how it's being cooked, how much to cook, when to go out, when not, which puja to do when and where. And then there's all the different people with their different suggestions and advices. It becomes quite the elaborate drawn out affair.

I wonder who set all of these in the first place. And why in such a modern fast paced world people still hold on to all these old traditions and customs and refuse to let go.

Whatever happened to celebrating life??

A Variable Constant?

2009-10-30T14:55:00.000+05:30

Sup?

According to me, the greatest that ever happened to mankind is music. Music makes my world a better place.

To me, music is a variable constant. Oxymoron you might say? Leme explain. Music is one thing that remains constant in my life yet it's always changing, evolving. There are new songs everyday and old faves that remain faves.

They say music activates your brain. That's why different people respond to different genres in different ways. Some prefer hip hop, some hard rock, some trance, some country.. Me, I love it all. My brain gets triggered by beats. Of course, sometimes I get in the mood for one genre and that's what I stick to. But I love music. Period.

It's like Michelle keeps saying (quoting Panic at the Disco!), 'Music is a fever you can't sweat out'. I agree. And the best definition of music I've come across is 'sound through time'. Makes perfect sense to me.

What do you think?

So, anyway, our (ie. Michelle's and my) love for music prompted us to create this blog. Check it out. Follow us. Satisfaction guaranteed. :P

P.S. I realise I've stated my views a lot, to the point of sounding like a self centered opinionated wazzock, but then again, what's a blog for. :)

It's bwoken!

2009-10-21T23:22:00.000+05:30

Sup?

So today was one of those days.. You know, the kind when you wish didn't happen. Ok well maybe I'm exaggerating. Or maybe I'm not. Your call.

It all begun at 3 am last night. I was headed to bed when the lights went out. Thinking they'd be back quick, I left my lappy running. Come 7 am, my friend calls me to wake me up and I pick up her call. (Can't complain here, I asked her to.)

Being the sloth I am, I rolled over and fell asleep again. Got up an hour later.. to discover my laptop completely drained of power. Now being someone who spends at least 6 hrs on the laptop and who starts his day with it, this just irritated me. Then I look for my phone. It's lying somewhere on my bed switched off. So naturally, I switch it on. 10 minutes later, it's off again. Several minutes later, I figure that my phone has just gone kaput! Within an hour! Now irritation becomes pain. WHY! WHAT HAPPENED! (As you might have figured, I'm hooked on my gadgets.)

Well, I had to get to college. So I just find some random old handset and swap sims and get going.. (still hurting). As if things couldn't get worse, I spend the next 5 hrs sitting and writing assignments cuz of my low attendance. And I missed out on pictionary cuz of that!! Oh and I find out I have to do the same for at least the next two days. @#$^&! And I still don't know what went wrong with my phone. And now, 12 hrs later, I still haven't figured it out.

On a happier note, nothing.

I still continue to question the blogging craze. I have one follower (YAY!). Well, better than none I guess. *Sigh*

Why blogs?

2009-10-19T00:35:00.000+05:30

Sup?

So I made a blog! Yay and all that!

So the whole reason I'm blogging in the first place is cuz I wanted to see what the whole craze is about. I was just chatting with Michelle and I asked her, 'Why blogs?'. She replied saying it's nice if you like to write and you get honest opinions. Mainly though, freedom of expression.

I like that, freedom of expression. I'm someone who stifles a lot. Plus I like to write though I don't. Now a blog seems like the best answer init!

So yeh, welcome me to the blogging world.

P.S. Tell me your view, why blogs?