Friday, July 28, 2006

shocked

16th Jul 06 - Sunday
 
i went to my cbm dhabba on saturday..
i was SHOCKED..
our dhabba wala sold out to some biryani making chap whos tiled the entire dhabba and made it look like a bathroom..
our wonderful unda tamatar making dhabba wala decided to retire and go into the tea making business.. and now he only serves tea to that entire market place.. why .. why ... WHYYYYYYYY..

i will never be able to taste the tastes of my youth... i am soo depressed .. its not even funny.. i still remember the garam garam unda tamatar with green chilies with a hot hot paratha and a doodh patti.. aye haye haye.. ufff.. sawad aa gaya badshahoun..
 
i have searched high and low for the same concoction but once i went to the dhabba near julie khussa ghar (schon circle ) and they told me that we dont make unda tamatar.. we only make omellettes.. salay angraiz pata nahin kahan sey paida ho gaiy..
sorry.. i didnt mean to get all down and dirty but dammit.. my patriotic paindoism has been ignited to red hot fury.. and sadness...
 
sigh... i miss the days of yore.. the things of yore and the people of yore...
 
my day to day existance is exactly that.. day to day.. dammit.. day to day to day till its 20 yrs later and im dead and its all over and no one will know who i was cause all i did was work and sleep.. and work and sleep.. and work and sleep..
 
ive been filling out excel sheets and making powerpoints in my dreams.. i wake up at 4am in the morning cause i suddenly remember deadlines.. my mind is redoing VOs and editing video footage while i'm talking to vendors and negotiating prices..
 
i think this is called burnout.. wheres that stress relief program that sends employees on fully paid forced leave to Rome for a month so they can recoup and add better value to their organizations..
 
Doesnt exist? dammit!... WHYYYYYYYYYY..
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26th Jul 06 - Wednesday
 
If you tell me i'm a lazy bum, i'll believe you. Its been more than a week since i started writing this blog. the invention of the laptop has made it impossible for me to write anything down on paper when i get hit with inspiration due to which many moments of instrospection pass away with no evidence.. and hence while on the plane recently i decided to write in the back of my notes notebook with a vengeance.
 
******* ive started watching all my movies in planes. It started with the NY Emirates flight early june when i saw 8 movies in a row. I didnt sleep. We'd taken off 8am from dubai and it was a morning flight for me. i saw Aeon Flux(Charlize Theron), The Best Man(Stuart Townsend who happens to be Charlize's boyfriend and Amy something), Cheaper by the dozen(Steve Martin, Bonnie miller & the cute guy from Smallville), Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst & Orlando Bloom), Casanova (Heath Ledger and apparently Sienna Miller.. I couldnt recognize her.. the mum however was from Alias).. and some Bridal magazine saving movie with heather graham and some random cute guy. there were a few more but i'll have to nab  the emirates entertainment guide on my next trip to keep track. :)
 
Then i saw Little Manhattan on PIA on the KHI-LHR sector, started seeing Bee Season, but didnt get to the end and the plane landed. Bloody confusing movie waisey.. i didnt get half of it.. Saw Matchpoint (scarlett johansen and the guy from Bend it like beckam .. saw An Unfinished Life with Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman & JLo.. and very very recently saw Yours Mine and Ours with Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid...:) a totally cute Disney romance.. they dont get better than that...
 
Otherwise my staple TV diet these days is Mountain Dew Survivor... I love watching every single transmission of every single episode... it rocks.
 
I remember the joy of discovering movies without really expecting to.. like when i suddenly flicked a channel and came across Butterflies are Free... that was one of Goldie Hawns very first movies.. and i LOVED it.. it was beautiful.. and i also loved Barefoot in the Park.. it was beautiful..
 
Abu loved it too.. he used to rent every single movie under the sun and enjoy every last one..
i love him and miss him sooo much...
he brought me Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Jason and the Argonauts.. and he brought me Awara, chori chori, mughal-e-azam, aan... he taped Tanhaiyaans last episode for me.. he watched Thundercats, Thundersub, Voltran and Transformers with me...
i love him... i miss him...
i go now...
 
Princess of the GemWorld


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