#WinSkullcandy Entry :D

Ok folks, this is for a competition that Skullcandy India is running and giving out loads of goodies! The freeloader and music buff that I am, just couldn't resist winning some uber-cool stuff from Skullcandy. You just have to drool over their products if you call yourself a music buff (http://www.skullcandy.com/shop/all-products.html?limit=all
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So what you essentially have to do is to thank 5 people who've meant most to u & 5 things u want in the new year!

So here's my list (Thought i'll do it a bit differently. Hope it still counts) :D

5 People who have meant most/least (not necessarily to me) this year:-

#5. Mr. Barack Obama:- "Yes, We Can!", said the first "Black" man to enter the "White" House. Almost a year into his Presidency, the only thing that he has shown he "Can" do is send more troops to Afghanistan! So much for "Change"! D'oh!!

#4. N.D Tiwari:- "Pfizer signs up ND Tiwari for promoting Viagra":- This might well be the headline you come across in the next few days :D Mr. NDT, all of 85 years, has proved that age is definitely no bar for some spice in life! The octogenarian makes it to the list just in time before this year ends!

#3. Rakhi Sawant:- Surf through any TV channel, and chances are that you will end up seeing Ms. Rakhi Sawant on one "Reality" show or the other! The undoubted queen of the small screen for the year, she even had a "swayamvar" and got married to some nut on TV!! Respectful "News" channels like Aaj Tak have dedicated daily Hour Long pieces tracking Ms. Sawant's latest!

#2. Tiger Woods:- "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright" wrote William Blake. Of course he meant the feline variety and not the golfing variety! Oh how the mighty are fallen :- from one of the biggest earners in world sports and an inspiration to many to a position where you become the butt of countless internet jokes doing the rounds, your sponsors shunning you like a hot potato, and the media frenzy following romps with as many as 10 women!

And the #1 on our list *Drumrolls*.....

#1. Mr. Shashi Tharoor:- "To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question". If twitter ever decides to hire a brand ambassador, Mr. Tharoor would be the obvious choice! He has singlehandedly educated millions of Indians, who would have never heard of the microblogging site otherwise, about how to stir up the hornet's nest in 140 characters. Also a model case study for all PR Professionals : "How to constantly stay in the media's eyes with 140 characters"

Now coming to the 5 things that I want in the New Year:-

#5. No more Reality Shows/ Talent Hunts on TV:- I remember cribbing about Ekta Kapoor and her stupid Saas-Bahu soaps on TV but looking at the so called Reality TV and Talent Hunts on every damned TV channel nowadays, even Ekta Kapoor looks Steven Speilbergish!! Also someone please shut down "news" channels like Aaj Tak and India TV for chrissakes!!!

#4. Real action on Climate Change:- Copenhagen was doomed from the very beginning, but hope to see a real, effective and just climate control regime being put in place to save the planet.

#3. Pearl Jam touring India:- Eddie Vedder(God) and Pearl Jam, plz plz plz tour India this year!

#2. The Amazon Kindle:- The Kindle along with a few thousand or so books preloaded :D

#1. A pair of Skullcrushers:- Don't wanna sound patronizing but I really really want one of these babies! P.S: Won't hurt one bit if the generous Skull gifts me one :D

So that was that Skullcandy India! *Fingers Crossed*
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Monday morning blues..

Monday morning.. Oh no, not again!

First thing that hits you as you hear the alarm ringing is how conveniently the cell phone has replaced the good old alarm clock as the preferred device for snapping you out of your sleep and announcing the dread of a new day. Strange thought to start your day with, but heck, better than trying to recall what exactly was it that you dreamt about last night.

Well, time for your ablutions followed by an almost mechanical chomping of your breakfast while glancing at the days headlines in the newspapers.. The commute to your office in the overcrowded public transport and you realize that there's this massive wave of humanity being loaded and unloaded onto places where they are supposed to spend the next 8 hours of the day and do their bit to make the world a better place to live.. Or wait, you are not that sure about the last bit about making the world a better place, are you?

You are now at the lobby waiting for the elevator to take you to your assigned floor. It seems the elevator also hates these Monday mornings as it takes its own sweet time to reach the lobby and the lights to turn yellow and those metallic doors, so remniscent of the cage your life seems to be caught in, open with an almost absurd slowness. You punch the button for your floor and realize that all buttons for floors below yours have been already pressed.. Great, you think to yourself with a hint of annoyance. Not that you had anything significant waiting for you at your desk, but you still would not prefer spending time in the crowded and claustrophobia-inducing elevator than your desk.

At your desk and you boot up your Laptop, watching the screen spurt out messages that Mr. Bill G thinks you must read while the damned thing takes an eternity to load. Aah finally it prompts you for your username and password, protecting random stuff within as if it beholds the answers to the greatest mysteries facing the world when you know that the contents can easily be classified as worthy of the trash can.

You sign into your mailbox and nonchalantly look at the assorted mails that have accumulated there over the weekend waiting for you to send them to the place they rightly belong, the Trash, after just one cursory glance.

Sign into the official chat client now, shall we? It dawns upon you how easily a little green dot announcing "I am available" has come to signify you and your whole being to so many people spread across the globe. Every morning you become this green dot on the screen for so many people to see. Its almost like you have assumed another identity. Batman, anyone? Only, you are this green dot through the morning whereas the Caped crusader prowls the night!

You wade through the day thanks to the free shots of coffee that your employer has so generously afforded you the luxury of and wait for the clock to tick over..

Tick tock tick..

My Pathetique PJs (P.S - Read at your own risk)

Q. What is the Population control program of the Chinese government called?

A. Chini kam :P

Random Thoughts :-

With the Inflation reaching sky high levels, you sometimes wonder if it's the UPA government at the center or the yoU PAy govt? :P

Nuclear deal or No-Clear deal?

Sepia tinted memories,

of days long gone,

Innocence lost in a sea of strange faces,

Echoes of that careless laughter,

wafting through corridors of mind,

Smell of first rainfall on dry, parched earth,

Lungs full of cool air and a heart full of life.

Pale and jaundiced stood the man before his own shadow,

Hands reduced to raven-like claws,

Dry, parched lips, lusting for a few drops of water,

He watched while his kingdom burnt,

to cinders, reduced the glory of man,

Ash to ash and dust to dust!

"Hey, how was the day?"
"Just like yesterday."
"What was special yesterday?"
"Nothing."
"Oh."

Dreams..

We all have the same dreams,
Dreams that have been doctored,
We have been brought up on standard doses of mediocrity,
The definitions of “Success” and “Failure” ingrained in our brains,
Artificial barriers enforced on all our senses,
Turning our race to a huge blob of arms and legs,
Pulling the rest along by a force not merely gravitational.

Moonlight

Legend goes that the moon shows you for what you are, no pretense..
When the moonlight falls at certain angles on the face, you can see a glimpse of what a man could have been and not what he is..
The dew drops on the green grass catch the cool light of the moon and turn to little diamonds, brilliantly sparkling..
The clouds, jealous, try to cover the beautiful face of the moon but every now and then you can catch a fleeting glimpse of that brilliant white orb hanging in the nether..
The distant howl of the wolves in search of prey echoes through the dead silence..
With a million stars for company, the moon still sails through the sky alone..