Random II

This is a complete random piece of work with just one outlying message. It will be conveyed while you read

Thousands of thought are generated by the normal human mind in a single day(About 60,000 of which about 56,400 are about our own needs, wants ans concerns). Out of these thoughts, some are related to an individual or a group of individuals. These individuals are in someway influencing your lives. Some due to recent interactions and some due to your constant exposure to them(it sounds like some reaction) 

Now what i want you to do is just start your day with the following thought in mind - Keep a count of how many times a person(S)(lets call him/her a person , individual sounds too formal) comes to your mind and try to relate the recent events in your life with that person. This way you can figure out why you are having thoughts about that person. It may be because of separation , infatuation , admiration or just pure friendship. Whatever be the reason these individuals are there in your mind,fiddling with it, your dreams so why not figure out why they are there( i am pretty sure many of you have it all figured out , but just try doing this...you will get some certainty in this otherwise uncertain life)

Coming to why i wrote this post
The following lucid dream made me think and whatever you see is the result of the following 

Scene I 

It was a rainy day and she was all drenched. Her wet long locks were brushing her back and the almost white color of her skin contrasted with the navy blue colored top of hers. I could see her trying to dry herself and she saw me peeping through. As she caught a glimpse of me trying to catch a glimpse of her she jumped to reach me and then she would kiss my face over and over again, with her silky wet hair, moistening it with the perfume of an inexplicable fragrance.( line courtesy- Abhinav Mathur). 

This is the small dream i had and it explains multiple things

First of all the female character , newly found friend , 

Rain - All because of the rains in Mumbai 

Perfume- the lady is fond of perfumes

All i want to say is that there is some hidden meaning in our thoughts , try to observe them , try to correlate and fit them into the bigger picture.

Poke

Note to the reader: I am not a Facebook promoter so after reading this don't change your mind.

From the very beginning of our life , we have been doing IT and will continue to do it in the future as well. As kids we did it physically maybe in the classroom , while playing or even while bullying another kid(poke in the eyes ; if u were a bully). It might hurt people(eg. Raina Kaur; yea u can now kill me :P)
That was physical poking , coming to the other kind (the more severe kind) the non-physical.Poking your nose(whatsoever size and shape) in others business. Yes reader you have been doing it whether you admit it or not.Some people find it irritating.This was all about the classic poke thing. Now coming to what this post is about.

Zuckerberg in 2004 started something which is now a part of every modern human being's life, Facebook and with it the Poke. Its the most subtle form of virtual contact known to mankind(i just made that up). For me its the one thing that keeps me from not leaving Facebook(just exaggerating :P).
Poke does all the things which a Classic Poke does(except the physical thing).
Its a subtle way of reaching out a person(if u are afraid to send a friend request; though i don't believe in this)
For new friendships it is a conversation starter.
You can't always keep in touch with everyone , not even your closest one's but you will log on to FB for sure , and with that single poke it's like a modern way of showing that you are there. A poke from someone is a sign of the above and the best part of it is , it's just a click away(for you lazy ass's out there)


Poke from someone is something which reminds you that yea that person is as Vella as you are,you haven't been forgotten and you will never be(if in a poke war). Sometimes pokes are lost , like friendships in real life are but this is where you re-poke and forget the past and move on. Yes all this with a single poke.

At one point of time poke will be the only point of 'contact' between you and your friend.
Its a pressure reliever and its engaging ,trust me it kills boredom ,it makes your boring meetings(when in office ,in a conference call) interesting and it is simple(a click away).
I am not sales pitching here , just sharing what i feel about Poke and Poke Wars. If you could relate to anything , you are probably ready to poke someone.
Go for it and with time you will realize i was right.
Let the War begin......

True That

Well we often learn most of the things the hard way , this is the way life is and it might seem unfair but i am pretty sure what goes comes around. The world after all is a small place.

This post might offend people i know and it's a short one

Friend is like a brother from another mother with whom u share almost every aspect of life but lately the concept has changed , this concept holds true only till the friend whom u call a friend doesn't have a love interest. When she/he comes into the picture the whole scenario changes (EXCEPT for a few in my case).
You become the second priority and you are being referred to only when you are needed much like Amitabh's character in the movie Baghbhan , a heart touching story but it holds true here

You are like the cast of a fractured bone , if the friend is hurt or needs you , you support him/her but once the job is complete the cast is thrown away so are you . This cycle is endless, one friend to other and to other. Coming to the good part of it , it acts as a filter to distinguish good friend from a friend.

This song might help set the mood

Don’t let it be

It has been so long, long enough for one to live all he can. What did i ever do to deserve this, everyone says just let it be, just let it be but i say why?. Why have u changed so much , why have u become so numb so cold(colder than you were when i knew you ) .You are  not the one i knew, i HAD a crush on and i was friends with ,why have u changed. Why have you cocooned yourself, have circumstances been so bad??.

Why can’t we just talk it over and start afresh. In you i saw the spark of that promising friendship, a friendship that we could have cherished for a lifetime. Why did it happen? They say that things happen for good but i see no good in this. They say one should not think about past and what’s done is done, but can’t it be undone. I know we never talked about it but i think i deserved an explanation .It’s unfair. I know it hard to find good people (really hard) but it’s worth the try. Leave all this for a second, are you the same person you were 3 years back , are you ?.

Just think about it and don’t let it be!
  

Things to Do

It has been 1218 days (excluding the counselling days and including today ) since i first entered this college and oh boy i have changed a lot , only a couple of weeks left and then we all will be on our separate ways . Its like you have some terminal disease and only a few days left to live and once you are dead its all gone except that in this case u can use the Social Network to be in touch but who are u kidding these things last for only a couple of years .

Call me cynical but it is a fact , i have been off the radar for just 15 days and its like i am completely unaware of what’s happening around me , friends have been busy in their own lives and this is just college we are talking about(how busy can an engineer be ) . The very idea of what lies ahead when we start working is disheartening. Enough of this cynicism , coming on to what i wanted to write “THINGS TO DO”

Well as i said its almost the end and there are so many things to do like

Go propose the girl (not random in my case) you have been fantasizing about from the past year(at max she 

will slap you ) , go resolve some issues that haven’t been resolved, go Hug someone u feel u haven’t hugged be it a girl or a boy, go tell your friends that you love them and it would be impossible to survive without you guys (ironical),for a change go attend a few lectures,listen to Strobe-Deadmau5 and Hurt-Johnny Cash once more  ,go talk to your former crush and resolve everything ,call someone you have been wanting to call for the past month, break off all the relationships that you don’t want in your life (its about time that you move on), go to the teacher you like and tell him/her that sir/ma’am you are the best teacher in the campus, go have that coffee with the friend you have been wanting to have a coffee with , go out on a date , go be someone’s wingman(its a great feeling) , dance /sing your way to the campus (it’s a great feeling you must do it definitely) although people will think you are mad but you shouldn’t be caring what people think about you because they are just people ,who are they to judge you(BNM). Drive /Co-Drive listening to loud music dancing all the way , run in the campus as if the devil has come from hell to take you , call DIBS on a girl you see, call on the closest rule(courtesy Sujay Nautiyal), if possible just go and sing on a stage (for example while you are in a quiz and you have the mike with you ) ,go meet all the persons you met once in your college life ,go eat whatever you want to for the one last time, don’t waste your time thinking about what has been done think about what you can do it’s not too late for anything and stop spending time with your laptop/desktop it is going nowhere . Spend more time outside doing things physically(in a clean way) rather than doing it virtually(totally ironic to what i am actually doing right now :D :D :D),go do what you feel like.(not something stupid that you end up getting hurt )

Go make that one last time the special time so that you remember it. 

I can’t think of anything more to do right now

(I know using so many commas in a sentence is incorrect , please ignore them )

Just be yourself .  

Da Subway!!! (نعم مترو الانفاق)

Da is a Russian word which means 'yes'. In my entire life i have said 'no' to Subway only a few times that is why the post is titled as 'yes subway'. The bracketed term is also yes Subway in Arabic.You might be wondering why Arabic the reason for this is excess of 'Call of Duty', the op-for clan speaks Arabic and it sounds real good for example when you plant a clay-more the player shouts out

"Zaaallllllllaaaaaaaaal(actually zaaraaard Claaaay-moore"

(زراعة كلايمور) (planting claymore)
(Google Translate http://bit.ly/nIHpQR)
Try this link and type "planting claymore" and click on the sound button on the Arabic side.

 Note: Subway is the food chain owned by Doctor's Associates

 Subway was first introduced to me in the freshman year of my college and ever since i haven't denied going to the heavenly place. The Patiala subway is located somewhere in 'Leela Bhawan' and if you are a student at Thapar University and you don't know where it is then you should go and frag yourself.
 As u enter Subway you cross an invisible curtain of air and you enter this celestial place , the first thing that you sense is the aroma of fresh vegetables and for a moment you are carried away. The shop is a standard Subway setup nothing special about the preparing area.

 Now i will tell you how you get your sub prepared , there is a standard procedure that one should follow

1. Quickly decide what do you want to have (although its real difficult)

2. Get the sub toasted and if you are planning to put Barbecue sauce , tell the person who is making your sub to put some sauce before the salad.The sauce is absorbed by the bread and adds to the flavour(This thing was discovered by Alamjot Singh, so all thanks to him).

3. Decide what all veggies do you want.

4. The most difficult part is choosing the sauces, if you have a particular taste go for it but if you can't decide then go for the following combination Mayo+Southwest+black pepper(all time favorite)

5. Pay the man

 Now for all those who want to relish the sub to the most read this part carefully

 The shop in Patiala has a basement for sitting, there are 4 double seat and 4 single seat couches which are brownish in color. Make sure you get one of them otherwise its your loss. The black couches are useless and you should sit there only if you have no other option. The brown couches also known as "bhand "(भंड)sofas .
'Bhand' is the hindi equivalent of stoned. These couches are one of the best you will ever come across in any food joint you visit. Man you have to trust me on this one. Eat your Subway at your usual speed and then when you are done you should not leave immediately but should sit for a while(the while depends on your state of mind-sober,drunk etc). For extreme comfort you should lie on your couch as low as possible , if possible try to keep your abdomen horizontal and your lower back as horizontal as possible and then you must let the sub you just ate to sink in.


Before every sub i pray "Long Live the Sub"

The Patrol

Patrolling the barren mainland of the academic block (battlefield area) in my usual gear that includes a pair of earphones, a single strap bag and a communicating device that also serves as the music player and looking for high priority targets i came up with this post. Patrolling is an essential duty of all the members of the Legion i am a part of. This special task requires high presence of mind, stealth, and specialization in sign and code language and ninja techniques. The targets must never know that they are under the radar. This Legion is yet to be named. Patrolling is one of the several tasks that this spec-ops team is capable of doing.

Coming back to the Patrolling, the path includes the following locations of the battlefield.
1.Jaggi (the heart)- The heart of all activities and a nice location to camp with the UAV recon .This place serves as a hangout spot for most of the civilians. The density of population varies according to time with the least in morning and maximum in evening.5pm to 7pm is the prime time in this area. This Vantage point is of prime importance and the most important location in the path. At this point many people “see” (yes this is the same see you are thinking of) many people and hence starts the journey, the journey which will make you do things you have never done, may bring the best out of you :D. Jaggi is the place where many comrades lose their mind and what not in pursuit of “happiness”(apparently what some people call it).Moving on to the next location in the path

2.Directorate(the fortress)- The high-command office / working area where executive decisions are made. It has got cells which serves as working area for most of our mentors/oppressors. This VVIP location is where all our money goes (the money which we pay to stay in the battlefield) . The executives here make battle plans(the exams) , some changes in the functioning of the field and related stuff. The whole area is the only area in the college which is air conditioned( quiet ironical even after spending so much ). The mentors here prepare ground for the battles which we fight in the following sections of the patrol path.

3.The E/F block(active war zone). The area where we spend most of our time and is an active warzone. It holds the 2/3 hours battles named MST/EST respectively which we fight during specific months of the year. These battles lead to win or defeat and thus plays an important role in deciding our fates. Some might argue that these battles are useless but what i feel is that winning here is pretty much important (may be not by a big margin but yes one should ultimately succeed) . The battle count in the four years of warfare is approximately 88 and one should try and not die (gaining a F) in any of the battle, severe injuries might get healed with time but death is not a very good sign though you can reverse it but i say it’s not a wise decision to die. One can control the result of these battles. During cold war (normal working days) these areas are full of activity and the person who started his/her journey at Jaggi can continue it here. :p

4 The D block- A place that bring back fond memories , I remember how i met the members of the Legion in the freshmen year . There is nothing much to see here and is just a connecting link in the patrol .The D block is also the gateway to the official hideout The Library for many couples :p.

5.The Corridor- the corridor which acts as the connecting path from D block back to Jaggi is of less importance but what comes after the corridor is of utmost importance ; The placement cell(freedom cell)- which i feel is the most important battle place and if u win there you gain freedom , you are free to do whatever you have ever thought of. From here sky is the limit for you

From this corridor it’s back to Jaggi . This is the PATROL PATH

The playlist

Well whenever we listen to a song something comes to our mind be it a friend, a person more than a friend (in your viewpoint) , someone you like or anything that your mind conjures up
following are some songs from the playlist i am currently listening to(yeah that means while writing ). These songs are followed by where i heard them first and what comes up to my mind when i listen to them

NOTE: these are instantaneous reactions

1.The Call- Regina Spektor


First heard-The Chronicles of Narnia
well i just heard this song once, before she(the one) shared it with me.Whenever I listen to this song i imagine her singing the song coz her voice is pretty much like the singer of this song
Apart from that this song has amazing lyrics.

(Note: If you(the her mentioned in the above post) is reading this post , i just wanna say that you have an amazing voice.

2.Mad World-Gary Jules



First heard-Gears of War(for those who don't know what Gears of war is gfgi!!!)
this is a song i can relate to , while listening to this i think of the people around me, you should listen to the lyrics carefully because they are amazing.
I imagine myself sitting somewhere in a crowded area motionless while others are running here and there(as if i am in a slow-motion state and they are in fast-motion state).Do listen to this song.

3.Hurt-Johnny Cash



First heard-Angad's home
This song orginally written and performed by NIN is one of the best songs i have ever come across. The low pitch husky voice of Cash has magic in it. While listening i think about the life of Johnny Cash which is depicted in the movie Walk The Line. This song is the only song that has ever made me cry, it's full of pain and i bet if you listen to it you will also feel something similar


4.Moonshield - In Flames



First heard-some time in 2010
Melodeath, some of you readers might not like it so you can skip it
i often wonder how do these guys come up with such a thing, its really amazing
the vocals , the rifts etc. while listening to metal i don't think much and just enjoy the thing.

5.Dil Chahta Hai-Dil Chahta Hai



First heard-quiet a long time back
Ah! the playlist is magical or what, this is one good song and has memories attached with it. I even sang this song in front of my class in 5th grade.(imagine me singing :D) . This song has that touch of happiness and lightens the mood immediately. I remember how i learnt the lyrics of this song, i played it line by line and wrote it in my notebook. The best stretch of the song is from 2:30 to 3:00
the video is also cool.If i get an opportunity to drive a Mercedes on the Bombay-Goa highway i'll be delighted


Well i think i should stop now
the above post was just a glimpse of the playlist
and also ages have passed before i last wrote

a sudden urge to write

There was this moment when everything seemed to be Yellow. People seemed to be progressing at the rate of Speed of sound and i was somewhere Lost in my own world( i am pretty sure that everyone have had a moment like this in their lives else u are not human). While my world was yellow others were living Life in Technicolor.The Clock needles appeared to be stationary as if someone had switch it(clock) off.In such moment the only thing that can Fix You is the thing you like doing the most or the person you love the most.One needs a thing that creates a Rush of Blood to the head and he/she Swings back to Square One.

ok by now you must have realized where all this is going if not just see what stands out in the post

:D



PS-This is not a real life incident , just a sudden urge to write

The Drive

Location: Sector 8,Chandigarh
I could see the red needle of the speedometer glued to the 30kmph mark of the orange LED dial meticulously crafted in graphite like console of the Honda City, the engine barely made sound (as if someone muted it ) and it felt as if i were gliding.I was sitting on the passenger seat and Angadvir Singh Bhatti was effortlessly driving the car.It was like there was no friction(technically not possible) and the car was drifting on its own. The wet earth smell, the music and the chilled air were a treat to my sensory receptors.
My head which is generally clouded with different thought strings was at peace.(may be i am exaggerating but if you have felt something like this you would agree with me) All i was doing was appreciating and enjoying the drive.
Call it Angad's brilliant driving ,Honda's perfection and natures beauty this drive was one of the most peaceful drive i have ever had.