On Stranger Tides...

If only I could tell you why I feel this nervous,
As on stranger tides we sail;
Against the rough waves I will have to steer us,
Because maybe, you'll fail...

If only I could see you when I closed my eye,
And know all that I don't;
That you'd love me as much isn't living a lie,
Because maybe, you won't...

If only I could know who and where you really are,
So that I don't trespass too soon;
In the quest of reaching the farthest star,
Because maybe, you are on the dark side of the moon...

If only He could assure me I haven't sinned,
In still feeling that you and I share a bond;
As if you were my candle in the wind,
And, maybe, my only lotus in the pond...

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But then the morning comes, and we turn back into pumpkins, right? (-Celine, Before Sunrise)

Interview Season 2

In all fairness, the best bit about being a journalist, besides the 'coolness' quotient attached to it, is the fact that Young Turks allows me to meet these 'young' and 'cool-for-real' people and get to know them up-close-and-personal :P

So everytime I check in a new hotel or drive down to a new place, I make mental notes about what feedback I must ping Abbas Slatewala on my BBMessenger.

And everytime I see Harsh Snehanshu's book at the book-store opposite my classes, I smile to myself with pride in acknowledgement of all our conversations.

Its nice to know people like these, who in their own little way, inspire you to be on the other side of the line. To transcend from the interviewer to the interviewee.

God willing- that shall happen someday too :)

37 Minutes...

12.02: Chembur Station. Platform No.2. Local Train boarded.

Window seat (check). One sip of Tang (check). Mp3 player on. ~Metallica~The Unnamed Feeling~...... Emails on BlackBerry 'checked'. Replied. BBM status update (check). Random good morning ping to Juwe (check). Facebooking-NOT (check) :)
~Rammstein~P*ssy!~..... Zu groß. Zu klein. Könnte etwas größer sein :p ↓Volume reduced↓ Mumbai Mirror last page opened. Alpha Triangle (check). Bulls Eye (check). Mensa Puzzle answer 'checked'. Sudoku ignored. Crossword time. ~Scorpions~No one like you~..... ↑Volume increased↑ Station : Vadala Rd.
16 Down: Patrick____ </Vieira! Nopes. Not every Patrick is a Vieira>It says- Australian Tennis Star(6). RAFTER. Patrick Rafter.
24 Across: Indian Mountain Range(8). ARRAVALI

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Station: Cotton Green. Inside joke with Akanksha and Kajal remembered. Nostalgia (check). ~Guns and Roses~Don’t Cry~..... Arbeitsbuch opened. Hausaufgabe- „Bilden Sie die folgenden Sätze im Partizip-II." Beispiel understood. Zweite Frage attempted. *Stop*. #Random-day-dreaming.

~Give me a whisper… and give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you… tell me goodbye....~

#Random-minute-of-staring-out-of-the-window. #Into-nothingness. #Random-thoughts. Mp3 Player – paused.
#Rewind.
#Replay.


~Give me a whisper… and give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you… tell me goodbye...~

#Random-smile. *Okay*. *Back*. Dritte Frage. Boredom (check). Arbeitsbuch closed. 4553 ‘checked’. Posts ‘liked’. Facebooking- NOT (uncheck) :P Station: Masjid. Books put in. Arsenal muffler tied to bag straightened. Pony-tail redone. One sip of tang (check). Get up. Stand near the pole. ~Pearl Jam~ Black~.... One long glance at the station (check). Announcements (check). Armed guards (check). Many trains (check). Many people (check). Kasab (uncheck). :Thankgoodness:

Station: Chatrapatti Shivaji Terminus. One Look at the big circular clock.

12: 39

One-way </insert: mon/tue/wed/thurs/fri> day journey(check).
Oh monotony, thou art a heartless bitch.
:facepalm:

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Where my shoes, just to see, what its like, to be me, I'll be you, lets trade shoes, just to see what it'd be like to... (-Eminem, Beautiful)

In conversation with Entertainment Engineers!

Wow. This was absolutely thrilling! Ooooh to be a journalist :P

PS: These people really are something :-S Its great that the youth of this country has the vision to step beyond the safe-zone of college placements and doesn't fear taking the risk of breaking the code :)

Kuddos to smartness and innovation!

PPS: I'm on a journalistic high! But I need to get back to German books again. So need a sabbatical from awesomeness in general. But I really want to get done with classes already so that I can do all the other exciting assignments I have! Anyway. Back to German now. Laters people!

Gchat:

me: back

Hitler: Hmmm

me: Sorry. So you were saying...