Hello Ween!

Ok Day at work on Friday

Bad Evening with a repeat muscle pull... and temporary reduction of movement around the house for a few hours with much uncomfortable pain!!!

Worse Evening with a totally ridiculous movie called "Management"... what a piece of crap!!!

Better ending to the day... sleeping while some movie is on... not even realizing when you slide into a deep sleep is one of the nicer ways to fall asleep!

Not so good start to the day... waking up because of a strange dream at 4 in the morning...

And making it better by spending the day at The Office (watching all 28 episodes of season 5 back to back, with a Japanese movie for a break), getting a 1965 edition of a photography magazine, and buying a Tie for myself.


So all in all, this Halloween turned out to be full of Tricks and Treats for me!!!! purrfect!!!

Happy Halloween Everyone, from the Chaiwala, and the Chai Ki Dukaan!

The Pumpkin I carved for the Halloween!

some this some that!

some learn it

some know it

some learn it and then know it

some know it but never learn

Patekar Barishkar!

ध्रिष्ट्ध्युमं पद्मनाभ प्रजापति नीलकंठ धूमकेतु बारिशकर (Dhristdhyumna Padmanaabh Prajapati Neelkanth Dhoomketu Barishkar)is one of my favorite names and characters in Hindi Cinema!!! I remember trying to recall his complete name in the movie so many times in college....

For the ones who do not know or do not remember, this was the on-screen name of Nana Patekar's character in "थोड़ा सा रूमानी हो जाएँ" (Thoda sa Romani ho Jayen). The movie was directed by Amol Palekar and released in 1990.

Enjoy Nana's entry in the movie about 2 minutes into the clip below... If possible, do try to get hold of the movie and watch it too (its on youtube too).. will take some mood to enjoy the movie, but its fantastic!

Closure!

She kept asking herself what went wrong!

She did everything it takes to keep a relationship, or so she thought!

She never felt away from him, even though they were miles apart... though he never felt close to her or so he thought!

She always made time, and he never bothered

She wanted, and he did not need it

She spoke, he never heard

She wanted to hear, he never spoke

An year after they spoke last, she finally gathered enough courage to call him and ask!

the phone rang, and her heart was pounding on every bell, so loud! that she could hear it clearly

Same irritating caller tune, she thought!

He picked up

She said,"Hi"

He asked, "Who's that?"

She said, "Guess!" no wait... she wanted to say "guess who" but said," Neeelima!"

He said," Hi Neelima. How are you? Been a while!"

She said," Why do I feel that you never bothered how I was, what I was, and did not value me in the relationship we shared? Just want to know why?"

He said," wake up idiot... you have been speaking in your sleep for the last 30 minutes." Put some nice hot tea next to her side of the bed, kissed her on the forehead, and walked out to the porch of their honeymoon cottage!

अंग्रेजी की माभेन

1.
I onderw hatw si os reatg bouta nglishe ro orf hatt atterm nya anguagel... tsi os asye ot akem a ewn ets fo ordsw... lla ouy eedn ot od si, aket het irstf lphabeta nda utp ti ta het nde!!!

hatw ays!!!

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2.
Oh John, please don't do it
Oh John, please don't do
Oh John, please don't
Oh John, PLEASE
Oh JOHN,
OHHHHH...

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3.
Hi,
I am looking for sharing accommodation with female roommate preferably, in
2bhk.Pls let me know if anyone is offering.

Thanks,
Nancy

Jim Halpert vs. Dwight Shrute

"The Office" happens to be my favorite television series of all times! I adore the characters in the series, and have a certain amount of dislike for a few in a certain sense!!!

Jim and Pam, also are my favorite on-screen couple of all times!!! And Jim, the guy who knows how to sort things out! and make life a bit tougher on others too in a funny way! :)

See here in the video are some moments between him and Dwight, who is another salesman and peer competitor! If you have not seen the series, please do try to watch! It can take a while to develop a liking for it though, so take your time!



On an unrelated thought, how different is reflected sunlight from direct sunlight?

Its not just Maple that makes Fall pretty!

The weekend was forecasted to be cloudy with rain throughout, however in the last one year, I have learnt to not really trust the weather forecast here and it seems to work almost every single time... including today!!!

The morning started cloudy outside, and very sleepy inside!!! Waking up around 8 and still being in bed when its almost 12 is an amazing experience! To be specific, I have not been sleeping on the bed at all... Have been camping on the floor after the terrible muscle pull last Friday, and now I do not feel like going back to sleeping on the bed!!!

Anyway, had seen a few leaves yesterday while walking back from the office and was determined to go back and take pictures of them irrespective of how the weather was going to behave! but to my luck, it behaved very very well! and what you see below is the result of a short walk around the neighborhood!

Its not just the maple leaves, but almost every single tree starts turning into beautiful bold pastel red, yellow and browns... A sight to see and remember! the Camera, if catches half of it, is doing just the introduction!!!

Enjoy the photographs below and do not forget to click the link at the end for a small slideshow of the Fall-Winter Collection from flickr!

And like I said before... here is the link. I would recommend press F11(Full Screen) as soon as you click the link for a better view.

हिंदी की कक्षा

नीचे लिखी कुछ पंक्तियों का विशलेषण और व्याख्या करें

मेरी भैंस को डंडा क्यों मारा
मेरी भैंस को डंडा क्यों मारा

वो खेत में चारा चरती थी
तेरे बाप का वो क्या करती थी

तेरी भैंस ने इतना दूध दिया
मेरा लोटा उसमे डूब गया!

तेरी भैंस को डंडा यूं मारा !!!
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इस पोस्ट पर मिली प्रतिक्रिया मुझे ऐसा प्रतीत करा रही हैं, जैसे कुछ व्यक्ति विशेष इस गाने के बारे में नहीं जानते!

ये गीत है, १९७० (1970) में बनी फिल्म "पगला कहीं का" से! संगीत दिया है शंकर जयकिशन ने और आवाज़ है मेरे प्रीय मन्ना डे की! लोटे वाली लाइन इस गाने में नहीं हैं... वो मेरे मामाजी की हैं !!!

The world is flat

Laughter, farts, and Idiots sound exactly the same, no matter where you are in the world!

Prashant Bhardwaj

Oct'09

is equal to...

Reliability

leads to

Trust

Trust

leads to

Faith

Went to be a newton, came back with apples!

So I went to an Apple farm to wait below a tree and see if an apple falls on my head and I can figure something better than Gravity!!! but the trees were so small... I wonder how Newton was sitting under an apple tree... there was no place to sit below any of those trees for sure!!! :)

So I did the next best thing, picked apples!

It was fun to walk around trees trying to find apples... there were 1000s of them lying all around the farm as well...

The apples varieties that we finally managed in our bag were
1. Golden Delicious
2. Red Delicious
3. Cortland, and
4. Ida Red

Did I mention
we went around the farm looking for a pumpkin too?

Rachel, the most experienced of us three! She has done it once before! and managed to see the best apples!

Stephenie, my next door neighbor! She was very excited to be there in the farm! and so were me and Rachel!

I did not do anything to the color or sky in this photograph! It just came out so amazing!! And these are the Golden Delicious

I say these were apples too! but Stephenie and Rachel won't agree!

Stephenie trying to reach out to an apple she noticed!

Rachel was more than happy to climb up a ladder to get us the best of the lot from that tree!

And trying to reach out to some more apples!

Don't remember which one these were! Ida Red or Red Delicious!

Stephenie again, trying to figure her way out of the trees!

Red Apples, Green leaves, Blue Sky! perfect day to be out!

This is us trying to pick a pumpkin for Stephenie! According to her, since the time she was a kid, Pumpkins talk to her and she knows which one to pick! and guess what! her pumpkin did find her this afternoon!

Me being clicked when I was shooting!

More pumpkins and more apples...

Once we had a bagfull of apples, we went to the sales shop inside the barn!

Apple sorting in progress!

Fall colors against an old barn wall! always looks good!

Fresh nice juicy red apples from the farm!!!

Stephenie again!!!

There were these huge pumpkins for sale as well!!!

The visit to the farm ended with some delicious apple caramels!!! First timer to these, I never knew that within the caramel wrap, there is an apple! Caramel and apple taste very nice together!

And this is the guard Golden Retriever, enjoying a pat and affection by Rachel!!!

What surprised me today was that these apples were so amazingly shiny... I used to think that the reason why the apples shine so much on the shelves in superstores is that they are polished and all, but I saw that all you need to do it clean off the apple, and it shines like a beauty!!! no need to add wax at all! In the photograph above, there is a small portion that is cleaned up and see how it shines!

And I got a pumpkin for myself too! I am going to carve it for Halloween!!! Told Rachel and Stephenie the story of how Ganesha got his elephant head and what Diwali is all about!!!

All in all a excellent Diwali weekend!!! Thank you Uncle God!!!

At home this Diwali!!!

I was just not excited about Diwali, for ONE simple reason! I am not home!

However, one evening when I reached home from work, I found this packet lying outside the door... now the only thing that I am ordering these days are DVDs of some movies, and this packed could not have a DVD... I picked it up! shook it a bit and realised that there are a few things inside... Wondering what it could be and who would send it, I opened the door, kept my bag aside and opened the box!!!

And I find

Diyas
Roli
Chawal
a Greeting Card
and umm.. Motichoor ke Laddoo in the box!!!


And suddenly Diwali made more sense than it was making so far!!!

Thank you Joy for this lovely gesture! Cannot thank you enough for this! Keeping the card for you to sign, when I see you next!!!!

This Diwali ended up being a nice one in its own taste, with the laddoos, Gaurav bringing in some sweets for me and a shirt for me thinking that I would not have gone anywhere to shop for myself, all my Mamas calling me and getting all excited about talking to me, and then the finale at a colleague's place with a Diwali party... ended up enjoying till 3 am in the morning!

शुभ दीपावली

Hope this Diwali


You feel rested and relaxed...

You find peace, outside and within...


And you make memories that you can save for life in a glass bottle :)!!!


Happy Diwali folks !!!!

Happy Diwali!

I saw people getting invites to write at the Chai ki Dukaan and secretly hoped for a day when I'd get the invite too. My 'corny and cliched' initiative displayed below worked, and here I am. :D


Here's wishing all the visitors of Chai ki Dukaan a safe and joyous Diwali. Hope you don't burst crackers. And make up for it all by eating lots of mithai. :D