Expressions Unlimited....

“U smoked???” asked Ankita

“Smoke!!?? Nooo…u know that I quit smoking long back”, said Sam.

“Don’t lie I can smell it all around. Swear, you didn’t do it?”

“Hmmmm…errrr…just one for the day”

“One for the day?? And how proudly u say that”

“Don’t you talk to me again.”

“Sweetheart! I am trying to quit and I will eventually….”

“Okay tell me why do u smoke? What do you get out of smoking?”

“I smoke…umm…I smoke bcoz I smoke”, chuckled Sam.

“Its no joke Sam, I am serious” said Ankita, “Do u think it’s a fashion statement?”

Now who the hell smokes for fashion! , thought Sam….

“I smoke because I am habituated to it, it’s no fashion business dear”, “And it’s not easy to quit smoking….you wont get it coz you don’t smoke….”

“Okay so I’ll start smoking just to teach you how to quit smoking”, said Ankita

“I didn’t say that Anks, you know I am trying and I am trying hard…”

“Coming to the next question, what do you get out of smoking?”

WTF!!! She has started taking an interview, thought Sam.

“Sweetheart I really don’t know, just that when I don’t smoke there is an inner urge…something that keeps telling me and keeps pushing me…and then I end up smoking.”

“Okay forget it…you tell me how was your day in the office…?”, continued Sam.

“Sam don’t try to change the topic…the discussion is not about me ,but about u…about u quiting smoking…”

Hell yaar…as if I have commited some crime thought Sam…

“Okay u want to talk about me…I am all yours, shoot!”, said Sam…

“Why don’t you understand, I lost my uncle because of this noxious habit of his…

I lost him and now I don’t want to lose you….”, said Ankita.

“But then I am not a chain smoker, its very much in control…and then dear, they are people who don’t smoke and still infect their lungs and lose their life….

“Now don’t give any of your stupid crap, Sam”, said ankita.

Stupid?? WTF…who is being Stupid…thought Sam to himself…

“Okay, forget it Anks! The other day you were saying you wanted to go for shopping…How about freakin’ out today? Huh?”

“Yeh I wanted to! wait a min, don’t try to change the topic Sam….”

“Ankii…so tell me what’s the deal?”

“Sam I know its not easy to quit smoking and I know you are trying but I want you to say NO to smoking…I’ll give you a month’s time and you have to quit smoking completely”, said ankita, “if not ill stop talking to you….Its my Way or HighWay….”

Finally the discussion is over, thought Sam….

“Thank you sweetheart for being so considerate…one month is a good time. I’ll quit it in 15 days”, said Sam in dubious voice….

But he was happy at least they ended the discussion and he thought finally he’ll get to go home….

“So where are you taking me for shopping honey???” Was the next voice he heard…

Posted by varu..... at 1:57 AM | 3 comments  

There was a Short Fiction writing contest "Ascension" @ www.clarityofnight.blogspot.com. They had given a picture on which the participants had to write a story…

Though I was late to send my post, but nevertheless even I made an attempt to write a story..its my first attempt to story writing so would appreciate all ur valuable feedbacks...

My writeup :

Serendipity Again!!!

It was a stormy night. The wind roared, the sky turned black in fury and the nature sobbed vehemently.The night was furious; people did not dare to come out of their refuges.

The panic was clearly visible on people’s faces…It seemed as if the fear had made Sandra immune to all that was going around …

While everyone was running helter-skelter, she took the escalator to reach the first floor of the mall…As she moved up, she recollected the tempestuous night…That night she could never forget …

Four years ago, when the nature played mischief and it rained heavily, just like this night, she met Sam who, like others, was waiting for the clouds to clear. Together they managed to get into a partially done mall.

She did not refrain from getting into her business when Sam gave a peck on her cheek. That night she felt something that she had never felt before. She loved the deception. Though this was her job, she couldn’t remain professional. Emotions flowed as he made love to her. For the first time in life she felt she was loved for who she was, not for what she did.

She came back to reality as she ascended and reached the floor. Blood rushed through her veins when she saw Sam looking at her intently giving one of those –serendipitous smile. Both stood there for a moment looking in each others eyes…reliving the night…reliving the love that had no name…

It was evident that even Sam was equally glad and indeed this accident was beautiful.

In Sandra’s word it was Serendipity again!!!

Editing Credits: Yamini Murty

Posted by varu..... at 3:14 AM | 4 comments  

Life is how u treat it..

The way we react to situations is totally in our hands...

We can choose to be happy and stay happy!!!

Recently I read an article on "The 90/10 Principle" by Stephen Covey.

The principle says" 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react."

This principle hit the chord and made my grey cells work....

Somehow I thought of trying it out and it really worked. Being happy is a conscious choice, it’s not an automatic response.

And its we who are totally responsible for our happiness.

I am a learner by experience.

And one thing that I have learnt from life is, there is no use cribbing and crying about things that didn’t work.

If things didn’t work it was bcoz either they were not destined to happen or you didn’t deserve it.

Being an optimist, ill say it didn’t work bcoz probably something better is in store.

I agree, at times, it’s inevitable to get depressed with all the negativity around and with the tough and testing times life brings along with it.

But these are the 10% of life on which you have no control, where you are helpless. But then when u know you are helpless and you can’t do anything, why think more, be depressed and worsen the situation?

I know its easy saying but when it comes to reality all these fundas/philosophies are nothing but crap.

Sometime back I had one such eventful day(eventful bcoz the events brought some good lessons with it)..Everything around me seemed so negative..I was helpless...and situations were sucking...

I was getting frustrated, irritated...These are the times when you either analyze as to what went wrong or discuss with a good friend.

I got great friends and with them come great philosophies (which are nothing but crap at that point of time)

But if I ponder on those philosophies I realize how much sense they make.

I mean see, life always has ups and down. All bad days have good days to follow, so always face the bad day in a way u can be proud of.

why cry and waste those days and regret later on, when u know u cant do anything about it. You ought to be helpless at times, you are not God to be all powerful.

We all know all these philosophies and we don’t tend to give a ear to it bcoz we find it very heavy.

So even I wont give much of these but then....

Okay coming back to my agenda...i was talking about happiness being a choice...

All I know is - Smile and the world Smiles with you...Decide for a day that you wont crib, cry and won’t get depressed and see the difference..Be happy and make others happy and I bet u can make all the difference.

Now, what about problems, testing times, responsibilities, losing your love, good friends…… All these are tough times..who doesn’t have all these problems...?

I know at times Life is a bitch, but we should learn how to treat it.

Love it and it will love u back, Hate it and it will make your life hell.

And then we all are just travelers, out on a journey. You meet some, and you lose some in this span.

Problems - they'll come and go. People will come and go… You’ll never have good times all the time..

But all we can do is Be cool and enjoy the journey..

So, GunnGunna le, muskura le...Zindagi mein kush reh le:)

Sing, dance, and laugh...Keep the child in u alive...Be happy and be wild:)

And yes Love yourself!!!

I feel very positive about everything, as I end this post…

hum hain rahi pyaar ke, phir milenge chalte chalte.... :)

Posted by varu..... at 1:58 AM | 6 comments  

As I walk through the days of ma life,

As I look into the future ahead,

The path looks blurred,

The future looks uncertain,

For what’s next is an enigma,

And what’s present is all I can trust.

With days so bleak,

With future so gloomy,

Ma heart goes downbeat,

And ma mind goes unconstructive.

For what’s next is an enigma,

And what’s present is all I can trust.

With heavy cross to carry,

With many a promises to keep,

Ma corpse seems tired,

And ma soul quits to respond,

For what’s next is an enigma,

And what’s present is all I can trust.

With opportunities turning upside down,

With every promise being dejected,

I’m left alone with many in the field,

To fight ma battle for existence.

For what’s next is an enigma,

And what’s present is all I can trust.

But I’m a warrior,

Who knows not to quit,

Will tussle through ma battle,

And emerge a victor.

For what’s next may be an enigma,

But in me and my abilities is all I trust!!!

Posted by varu..... at 8:15 PM | 9 comments  

It all started as usual morning..opened my eyes to see the time…
fish($#&@) it’s 8am and I have to catch the bus at 8:30am…late as usual…
the last one to get up in the morning…feels like kicking my roomie’s ass…y the hell can’t he wake me up in the morning??…
Without saying a word to anyone I brushed my teeth and did a quick polishing only to remember I have to iron the clothes…rushed the iron through my clothes and I see my roomies leaving for the bus…bang varu, u are late again…
Ran to the bus stand to catch the bus and I see everybody waiting…and I was relieved to see that I didn’t miss my bus…It wasn’t a bad start afterall..

So starts my day:

8:40am: my bus arrives, I take the last seat and again time for some nap..
Pune traffic!!!-- cannot reach before 9:20am to office…and when it comes to sleeping I don’t miss a chance…how much I love doing it…u bet I am best in this job…
9:20am: I reached office as usual. Or was it only 9:10?? Unusually usual!!!
Booted my computer, Tried to open my igoogle home page to read my horoscope, (that’s the first thing I do)…but the server was down. Damn..
Okay forget it…
Next thing… I thought of checking my mails…. but fish (#$%^)!!!??!!
my account just wouldn’t open…
so here, I was helpless, sitting in front of the computer unable to do anything…
Was it for this that I got up early today (8 am is early by Indian standard times!!) and rushed to office…???

Raised some requisitions (zzzz yawn zz) and went up to cafeteria for breakfast…
came back to see no progress in the situation…
made a few calls to the help desk and finally my account was unlocked and then the flow of mails started… (peace…!!)
but darling!! The server which could help me serve my clients was still on hibernation. I was still not able to do anywork….

Some said time to celebrate…
and I nodded…
but soon I realized I had work to complete…. (duh –uh)
and without the server I was helpless…
work will be pending… but dekh lenge yaar…
so I joined in the bakar sessions…
read some e-paper...
Took extra breaks than usual… (just 5 more than the usual 5)
mailed and e-mailed and sent mails…(luckily this worked!!!)
and then what??…
I was getting bored doing nothing…and what struck me was my desktop background
It said, “Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you are finished”
I thought- how true!!…
(Ting tong) -Time to write some crap…
so came into life this post about ‘doing nothing’…
So the big question is ‘for how long can one sit and do nothing….?’
I know the answer!! (:D)
I wonder how do people, who sit on bench for months doing nothing, survive…
I mean, I would have gone crazy!!!….
But I guess it’s all about increasing productivity even when you have nothing to do…
Look!! 1 and ½ years in IT and I speak IT…
What next????
Ummm….timelog!!!
TIMELOG: Date: 15 sept’08
Total hours: 8 Hours
Description: ???????
(shhhhhhhh… can’t mention it!!.. You know what I did today, guys!!:P)

PS: The server should take rest sometime too. My blog was idle for almost two months!!

Editing Credits: Yamini Murty

Posted by varu..... at 9:41 PM | 3 comments  

Gone are the days of campus masti…gone are the days of fun,excitement and adventure…gone are the days when one use to bunk classes to sleep…to sit in the canteen for hours and chat with frenz…gone are the days of long hours on phone calls…gone are the days of sitting in the green lawns of college in the evening…gone are the days of flirting(I mean it still goes on but the element of college days is missing)…gone are the days when we had crushes…gone are the days of promises and vows…but what remains is memories …memories of moments spent together…moments of friendship…moments of craziness…moments of doing things to what your heart said YES and mind a big NO…memories and moments that will never die…

here is one such crazy moment that I captured and want to bring life to it by putting up on my blog…it’s a poem that “ We” wrote together sitting in the canteen of our college…. Table no:2 Staff section…date:17 april ‘07

It was funny and completely crazy…I don’t know what went on with us when we thought of writing a poem and we actually wrote one… its really funny..but it brings smilesssssssss on my face whenever I read it…it takes me back to the days of our friendship…we took a xerox of it to maintain a copy … I hope now u can read it and have a good laugh ma “mysterious beautiful gal”.

Mysterious beautiful gal…hmmm yes she is mysterious…hmm u can say she is beautiful:)…atleast that’s what she wants to be called “mysterious beautiful gal”…so here it is a dedication to u ma “mysterious beautiful gal “and to all other beautiful crushes of mine:)

Here it goes:

Once I went to the canteen….

Shampooed my hair with pantene…(I neva used pantene in my life though it just to bring the rhyme u see canteen…pantene)

I brought slice and mountain dew…

To impress a girl who was very cute…

But all she said was you…you ..you…

I took her cell phone number..

And she told me her boyfriend was a plumber…

And that he was a big time bummer…

I promised her to to be her knight in shinning armour…

She promised to be my valentine…

And that made me feel divine…

I brought her a coat of fur …

And we lived happily ever after….

Credits: Mysterious beautiful gal

& Varghese Kutty(that’s me)

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Disclaimer: The readers are not supposed to disturb the author asking who the mysterious beautiful gal is?

The author is a busy person and will not answer such silly questions:)

But yes the author is generous enough to take time to read and appreciate your valuable comments!!!

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Posted by varu..... at 9:20 PM | 3 comments  

This Saturday night 3 of us decided to go to Apache …the fluid lounge at bavdhan…

Little did we know that we were going to spend one of the best nights in our life…

We entered the lounge and we were mesmerized with the ambience…the instant reaction was - Wow!!!

We started with a mug of beer…then came the next and it went on and on…

To compliment the perfectly chilled beer we had some pahadi kebabs…

It was just 2 mugs of beer in and we could experience our heads banging to the awesome music being played…

Soon we realized it was not only us but the entire crowd at apache who was grooving with music, banging their heads to the beats of the rock…Meantime we finished more mugs of beer and some Bacardi with coke…

And here we were in full euphoria…enjoying the moment…enjoying our state of trance…laughing…talking loud and still not clear:)

I felt as if it was heaven…it seemed the best place on earth…I was in a state of elated bliss…drinks…great friends around…and great music….what more one could ask for….And huh….how can I forget the girl in green sitting opposite to me…what a babe she was...I was in love - It was love at first sight….she still lingers in my mind…uffhh yeh dil….

We were in a state of wild exaltation…enjoying everybit….banging our heads…looking at the mirror above….soon the paparazzi in us came alive…and the flashes and clicks of our camera came into action….

Before Mads realized that I am gonna spend my entire night here…he said “Varu we’ll finish it for today with a tequila shot…”and I with all my innocence nodded my head…for my dil wanted more!!!

After that amazing tequila shot we left the place…though none of us actually wanted to…

Physically we were out of apache but our souls were still there…

We didn’t wanted to end that night so soon by going back home…so we went to CCD…for A lot can happen over a coffee… Robo joined us there only to be bugged by our talks…he ordered some bread with paneer and a café mocha…and he was happy with it….until the philosophers in us came out…that night we had answers to all the questions…all the voids…all the worries life brings with it…one among us would ask a question and bang came the answers from others to justify…

3 best philosophers the universe would have ever produced, were in action…

But we were loving it…we were talking foolishly…but we loved the foolishness…for there was no one to judge us except Robo…

It was some time and now we had to leave that place too…what next was the question…Home…Naaaaaaaaahhh…we cannot waste this night buddy…

So we went to our favourite adda… Reliance…We sat there for hours…

We talked…laughed….even danced….we had fun….we enjoyed..enjoyed to the fullest…

We gazed at the moon….and instantly all three had one song to sing… “aye chand teri chandni ki kasam….mere pass b ek chand hain…”but the irony was that, presently all four of us were lukhe’s…chronic bachelors…single so much ready to mingle…he he he

And then I felt as if the moon is silently laughing at us…and the tequila in me looking at moon said… “aye chand ek din mere pass be chand hoga and that day u gonna envy me”

And everyone was like varu ko chad gayi…

And continued our talks …laughter...fun…as if the night is never gonna end…

Soon the one among us who was in full senses said its high time we should go home now…

And all three of us innocently nodded yes…though we didn’t feel like going home even now…But then we had spend one of the best night in our life…

We talked and we laughed…

We questioned and we answered…

We ate and we drank…

We sang and we danced…

We loved and we missed…

We enjoyed and we had fun…!!!

That night was simply amazing…that night we had answers to all the challenges…that night we learnt a lesson…life is all about enjoying and appreciating…

So here we were brave people challenging the voids life brings with it…for life is all about celebrating…so let’s Rock On!!!

Cheers:)

Posted by varu..... at 5:34 AM | 11 comments