delhi belly

Leave a KFC-hungry and a beer-thirsty predator free in the capital city and this is what you get, a Delhi Belly!!! The repercussions of living in a dry state embedded with extreme vegetarian-ism are bad.

Delhi is like food and beer heaven!!! Hogging on numerous KFC burgers and emptying more lager and draught bottles in the last 4 days than I ever have before this trip, has had a very undesirable effect on the tummy. The continuous non-vegetarian food and the more than often pints have been complimented aptly by late nights, even later mornings and extended siestas. All these luxuries have not even tried to make a competent defense council to the case of the bulging delhi belly. Though its not as bad as not being able to look at my feet, but still, jeans are tighter, sleeping is longer and laziness has gone to a higher level. All of this is not implying that the 12 packs I had before were anywhere near desirable, but after the past 4 days, when I eventually gathered the courage too, I had to stop counting the packs once the figure reached 18.

With a few days still left on the holiday and no sort of physical activity on the horizon, I fail to see any respite for the delhi belly. Thinking about the amount of work that will be required to drawback the effects of Delhi's tempting eating joints and pubs, does manage to give me a few sweats, but apparently not enough to change my vacation habits. Till I reach Ahmedabad and begin the 'getting back into shape' ordeal, people back there are definitely in for a visual surprise, a pretty big one!!!

lakshya... still searching

There are good films... there are excellent films and there are the pathetic ones. Along with these, there are those which leave you in awe of them. These are the ones that wont get boring even after seeing them over and over again, those on whose DvD you wont think twice before spending the mandatory 500-600 bucks and those that don't fail to leave you with goosebumps even if you see them twice in a row. In my list of 'super movies', among numerous firangi flicks, one of them is Lakshya. 15 and watching a movie alone, for the first time, 19th June 2004 has became concrete memory strand.

I always get influenced by movies. The influence can vary from various levels of good to downright useless. With Lakshya, it was a completely different feeling. I was amazed (mouth-open amazed) through out the movie. The amazement wasn't only because of the acting, story, script etc... but also because of the theme and everything about it. I loved the movie and since the first time I saw it, it has left an undying impression. The movie was 'super' on a number of aspects... beginning from the acting to the direction, the story, the script etc and not ending... I have to mention here that I'm hardly a critic when it comes to movies 'cause I end up liking every movie that I see. But here I'm assured because with Lakshya, it was and still seems to be a general consensus. I'm yet to come across someone who didn't like the movie. Along with the various aspects that I loved the movie for, the most important one why I've started liking it even more now, is because I completely relate to what Karan (Hrithik Roshan) faced. The recurrences of the word 'lakshya' through out the first half and Karan's failure to find one, keeps reminding me where I'm right now. I find myself in Karan's place in all the situations, obviously sans the car he drives, the super-cute girl-friend that he has and obviously the part where he is a richy-rich kid. I'm sure, I am just one of the millions who saw himself in the movie in Karan's shoes, but then, its my blog and I'm writing about it, so I won't refrain from being self-centric.

If you're in your last year of graduation and if you don't have an answer to the question "So, whats the plan now?" or "What are you going to do after TY?", either isolate yourself from all sorts of socialites or find an answer quickly. Its the only question I get from everyone I meet and the answer "I've kept my options open" loses its charm beyond a point. I don't know how important is lakshya in one's life, but I do know that it has its implications. Being focused per say, is extremely necessary I assume, but what if you're not? I'm yet to feel the heat and excitement lakshya carries 'cause I'm still searching for mine. Nobody likes a question mark looming over them, but then the question mark shouldn't be answered just because you want it to go away. I believe people work the best when they're under pressure, at least I know I do and thats where I am right now. Under pressure from my family, from friends and from every other person who looks at me and tries to imagine me 5 years beyond today. Call it an excuse, call it running away, I don't want to settle on a lakshya just because I need one to answer people.

The quest for my lakshya is going on, without a doubt. Wherever I go, whomever I meet, the question mark doesn't take a break, its there and I'll keep it there till I find the most apt answer to it. TY will end in another 8 months and as one of my professor describes it "its a big bad world out there, people are waiting to kick you on your butts". The movie's punch lines says "It took him 25 years and 18000 feet to find himself". Knowing that a future in the Army is not really in bounds and that waiting till 25 years is not feasible and also that 18000 feet wont make any difference to my plans, I really hope to settle on my lakshya soon enough.

who, where and why?

I went through a lot blogs to see how others managed to kick off their blog and how I could do something different. The reason, obviously to make my blog look cooler right from the beginning. But after seriously delaying starting my blog for weeks on the plea of ‘not finding a cool enough first post’, last night I realized “whats the fuss about the first post anyways!” and decided to follow the rest of the flock by going along with who am I and why this blog?
(I added the ‘where’ in the title because just 'who and why' sounds lame!! 'who, where AND why?' sounds way cooler )

Who am I?

A combination of Clark Kent, Chandler Bing and Homer Simpson, says my Facebook about me section and I’m using it here too. Clark Kent because I’m a big superman fan and so I obviously relate to him, Chandler Bing because thats the FRIENDS character I most relate too and Homer Simpson cause I love to eat. For those who aren’t fans of Superman (understandable), FRIENDS (thats just weird, who doesn’t watch FRIENDS?) and The Simpsons (you have to watch Simpsons, its like the best cartoon ever!), I’m really sorry I can’t put ‘who am i?’ any better. For the others, I’m sure I couldn’t have made it any more simpler.

Why arbitrary articulations?

I’m a pretty expressive and can’t be without showing what I feel. Lately, relying on certain people as an outlet has bought immense frustration and so I decided to shift to another medium, a more receptive and more responsive one (I hope). Again, I could have used something like ‘my thoughts’ or ‘my expressions’ or an array of other names utilizing ‘thoughts’, ‘feelings’, ‘expressions’ and various other forms of ‘my, myself and I’, but I wanted to make it jazzier. Arbitratry Articulations sounds much cooler and eventually, its all about being cool, isn't it!