AMALL… THE MOVIE – Part – 2 –

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Loud cheers started from the crowd (Well… WE WERE THE CROWD)… So finally the movie AMALL began… First 5mins it was all going fine. Movie looked good, they were still showing the names of all people in the movie. Then it happened. Nobody had thought about such a thing would hit them. From the first frame of the movie, people started to point out mistakes. So most people started making fun of the characters in movie including the super duper hero. Well, it was a hindi movie afterall and the hero in question was not among the popular in our class. This was bound to happen and it happened. This continued till the interval and since there were seldom any people watching movie in the theatre, it really did not matter how much noise we were making. The hall looked like anything but a cinema hall. The first relief finally came when we saw some scribbling on the giant screen which kind of read as “Interval”. The whole of first half of movie had one song repeating again and again. Everyone of the 25 people ran out to get some fresh air. Half of them were already thinking of just leaving the theatre right there. Finally after a 5mins gap, everyone decided to just go in once again and have some more fun by making funny comments on the movie. So the second half was about to start.

Suddenly we realized that one person from our gang was missing. It was funny, we had seen him enter the hall after interval, but now he was not in our group. We looked around in the hall, but we could not see him because of the darkness. Anyway after 5mins of vain searching, we continued with our normal chitchat stuff. The movie was just going on and on and it everyone was now starting to get desperate to get out. The movie was going to the limits of torture. Around 10 people started walking out of the hall, since they could not tolerate anymore. So here we were sitting and waiting for the end of the movie to come. Finally there it was, the movie finally ended. Ofcourse it was a happy ending since we were all getting out from the torture hall. At this point of time, we realized that the trailers were just the amazing part of the whole 3 hours. And once we came out, we found that missing guy out there. We asked him where he had disappeared suddenly, and immediate reply was “Oh…I was actually sitting in the last row and meditating!!!”. Aaah… there… meditation in the torture hall. Nice idea to try to relax, we thought and then the person who had suggested this movie was surrounded by the whole of 25 people. Now she really had to come up with some nice reason for suggesting this movie without which she would not be spared by the tortured group. The reason came out as “Dint you people really enjoy the movie? It was so nice. I liked it so much. You should appreciate the hard work that goes in for making a movie…. Blah blah blah”. She went on and on giving out reasons and one by one everyone started to get out of this another torture session. This was the first instance of watching such a underrated movie. Ofcourse even after such a movie, we again fell for the same girl’s suggestion on 3 more occasions. But none of them were as horrible as this one. Hence this movie stands out as the best of the worst movies our class group has ever watched.
Oh btw, the movie was AMALL – Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage.

AMALL… THE MOVIE – Part – 1 –

You people must be wondering what AMALL stands for… Keep waiting for a little bit longer, you will know the expansion. So now let me give you a hint of what you will be reading in coming paragraphs. This blog is about people from college bunking the class to see a junkie movie. Yes after a week long discussion on which movie to watch, it was finally decided that around 25 people from our class would be going to this so called movie AMALL. Everyone were wondering would we get tickets for this movie.. etc etc ( The usual worries ) and finally decided that all people would be going to theatre a clear one hour prior to the start of the movie and take chance of buying the tickets. Oh btw, we had all decided to go to a morning show. So a clear one hour prior to movie start means we had to be at theatre by 10.

So finally I arrived at the theatre at 10 past 10 to see only 3 of my classmates on time. The ticket counters were empty and there was no hurry to buy the tickets. It was really shocking to see such an empty theatre especially when the movie got released just a week ago. This was probably a hint on what followed next, but unfortunately nobody seemed to get that hint. So we decided to buy tickets once everyone arrives. So now here was a tricky situation, I was alone, and the 3 classmates who had arrived were girls. And by the past history our class girls do not come close to having any girly characteristics. They were commonly termed as “Unruly girls”. Hence the constant fear was always there before talking to them. Being a daring guy, I had to talk to them somehow. So I slowly approached them, they were having some private giggling conversation. Ignoring their giggles, I went and said “Hi, so how long have u all been here?”. One of them replied “15mins. So u came now?”. (What a dumb question. Should I say “No I am still on my way”) instead replied “Eh… Yeaaaah!!!”… At this time, one of my close friend arrived. First time I was very pleased to see him at right time. Then he just said his formal “namaskara” and then we both proceeded to talk on our games stuff. Soon one by one, all 24 people had arrived and we were waiting for one guy (Who was known for his untimely appearance…). One of us called him and as usual we got a reply saying he will be reaching in 5more mins. So we asked him to buy his won ticket and enter cinema hall. We 24 bought the tickets and went into theatre. We saw few people here and there but by large ours was the biggest group in whole theatre. This was a good license for us to scream and shout whatever we want since it would not disturb anyone ignoring the empty chairs.

The big screen lit up with a few ads followed by 3 trailers. The trailers were probably the best part for next 3 hrs, only we dint realize it at this point of time. Loud cheers started from the crowd (Well… WE WERE THE CROWD)… So finally the movie AMALL began…

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Weight Challenge

On one fine day, people in my office came up with a challenge. The challenge conditions were something as described below –

THE CHALLENGE – I Sachin, should reduce my weight by 2.5Kgs in 2 weeks failing which I would be treating 5people from Appoint for a big budget 1k treat. If I succeed in reducing my weight as challenged, then those 5people would treat me everyday for a whole week estimating budget of Rs200 per head. A weighing machine near our office was chosen to check the weight after 2 weeks to maintain the consistency.

I was confident of myself winning because of two reasons. First, out of the 2 weeks, 2nd week I was supposed to be traveling to my native place by driving in my own car. Driving usually reduces weight (I know… debatable). Then secondly, in native place, usually we can’t have lots of food because of high humidity. The humidity helps in sweating and thus reducing the weight. So considering these two strong points, I accepted the challenge. And then out of curiosity I just asked my fellow mate about the possibility of me winning this challenge and the reply was immediate… “NO CHANCE”. On asking the reason, he said, for reducing 2.5 kgs even by going to Gym and having normal diet will take a month easily. In 2 weeks, it can be possible only if I starve for 2-3 days and then have normal diet. This was a killer blow to my hopes of winning. Now I dint have a choice but to consider losing or starve (Which was never going to happen). Then I tried for different plans, like setting the initial weight on weighing machine show reduced weight by taking help of shop keeper. Since it was an electronic weighing machine, people would not know.

Then the time came when I was traveling to native place. The things got worse when people started giving more food and we had no choice but to have it. My confidence was slowly reducing… Now I was looking at the prospect of losing the bet…I had to do something… quickly… This was just a thought and I couldn’t do anything so quickly anyway. So the day came when I was back in Bangalore and the winner would be decided by lunch break. I knew I had lost the bet, so I waited for the inevitable.

Interestingly there was a twist in the tale. All people involved in the bet were supposed to be present when I would check my weight, but ultimately due to various reasons, only me and one of my colleague ended up for checking the weight. I saw mine first, and as expected, I had reduced by only 1kg. Then my colleague saw his weight, and would u believe it, he was actually around 2.3 kgs less than me. Well I made a pact with him and got a snap of his weight from the weighing machine. So here was my plan, I would show that I have reduced 3.3 kgs in 2 weeks and ofcourse for supporting my lie, I would treat my colleague twice for 100 bucks each. That deal worked out awesomely well. Everyone in Office could not believe about my weight loss and I had to cook up a story saying I had only one time food for last 3 days… etc etc. Finally at the end, I was treated by all people for the whole of one week. The next week, I and my colleague were sitting in some restaurant pondering over how we had managed to win the challenge out of the blue and grab a treat from others. This remains a secret until now, hope noone from our office reads this blog… ;)

The Walk - 2

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It was decided that we would be going for a walk. Lot of things were racing in my mind on what to ask. Somehow my confidence was falling apart now. The questions I had thought of seemed to have jumbled in my mind and I was trying to sort them out to make some meaningful questions. At any moment we would be out of the house walking with each other to know each other. Time was running out, I had to do something very quickly to think about how I would go about asking her and my mind refused to sort them for me. Then we were out and the sorting was still going on.

Randomly some question shot up and the next ones followed -
Me-"Hmmm...So what are you doing?" (Thank god! nice start)
Her-"I have finished my BA and am doing computer course currently".
Me-"Ok... So do u have anything in particular to ask me?" (Damn!!, How did this come out. This is too early. Oh no... what do I do now)
Her-"Hmmm.... err... Nothing in particular".
Me-(Phew!! that was close. Get some decent question now) "Ok, good..." (Come on maan, ask something... something... next question....) "Hmmm.. So nice area. Have u been to Bangalore before?" (Good. This question came out without being thought before. Good work.)
Her-"No. I have never been to Bangalore before. How about you? Have u ever gone out of Bangalore?"
Me-(Some time for next question) "No. Never. I have lived whole of my life in Bangalore." (Oh god!!... Why is this next question taking so long...come out maan) "So u interested in sports?" (what the hell is this? Sports? Couldn't u think of anything else?)
She was caught off-guard. She would've never anticipated this question. She took a couple of seconds, stared me and then,
Her-"Sports!!... I watch cricket sometimes and I like to play badminton. What about u?"
Me-"Cricket... only cricket." (Now don’t start explaining the rules of cricket. Change the topic...) "So where are these computer classes? How do u travel?"(Good. decent enough question to make amends)
Her-"The classes starts at 10 and end at 4. I go by bus. Its around an hour of travel from my house"


We had already completed a circle and got back to her uncle's block. We looked at each other and decided probably we had enough of talk and moved towards the house. Thank god the walk finally ended. I decided first thing is to make a list of sensible questions to ask her the next time we meet. Lots of talk was going on in house. Then I took my seat and waited for our exit. During this wait, I had a talk with her granpa about their family tree. Lots of names were taken which I had never heard in my life. Just nodded head to what he was saying. The wait finally ended after half an hour. All the people came to drop us till our car. Everyone exchanged their bye byes. Finally, I had a last look at her with smile on her face before putting my foot on the accelerator...

The Walk - 1

"Hello, yes... tell me". It was 8:30 on Sunday morning (26th August 2007) and I was getting out of my deep sleep when I heard my mom talking on the phone. "Yes, 4-30 is it? ... Ok... We will be there at 3... Bye". I knew immediately that we were going out somewhere on this Sunday too. I did not know where and why. At least I was happy to the fact that there was no program planned for the whole of Sunday morning. Finally I woke up thinking of what I would do till 3.

I overheard the following conversation between my mom and grandma.
Mom-"They arrived today morning and we have to be there by 3. What do we take for them?"
Gramma-"We will take some sweets and fruits that should be fine."
Mom-"I haven't seen them in last 25yrs. I wonder if I will recognize them".

Who are they talking about? What are they upto? Where should v be at 3? What was that 4-30? All these questions were racing in my mind while having my breakfast. Still I had the patience to wait till my mom would break the mystery to me. Finally the moment came when my mom came to me and said "Go shave ur beard. We have to go to my uncle's house after our lunch". I nodded eventough I had no idea who this uncle was. At least now I knew where v r going. Next came the answer to my other question.
Mom-"Be really nice. you will get your time to talk. Think of what u r gonna ask ok".
Me(With a confused expression)-"What? Whom will I ask what? Who are these people?”
Mom-"Oh god, u really dunno? We r going to see a girl for u? They arrived this morning and are at my uncle's place."
Me(Choked cough)-"Eh..What?!!! Girl for me? Hmmm...Then what’s that 4-30 about?".
Mom-"Oh they said, rahu kaalam starts at 4-30, so v have to meet the girl before 4-30. So we have to be there at 3".
Me-"Alrite. fine". (Thinking- What am I gonna ask. Favorite movie?, favorite food? Career choice?. Well forget it, I won’t be able to list it. I will be dynamic out there. Let’s see what happens!) And with a confident smile on my face, I waited for 2 when we were supposed to leave.

At 3- We arrived at their place. Two people welcomed us at the door. I guessed them to be the girl's parents and indeed I was right. They looked at me as if I was a divine soul from heaven. I couldn't give them any expression and gave a nervous smile at them. Finally there were talks all around telling how they had lost contact for last 25yrs, how my mom n family used to play in their backyard etc etc. None of them made any sense to me and my eyes were searching for only one person whom I had come to meet. Finally after lot of chit-chat, the time came when the girl came out from the room holding a tray with snacks and tea towards us. Then my mom talked to her. My gramma talked to her. I couldn't muster the courage to ask her anything, at least not at the time when everyone was around us. I was wondering when would I get time to talk to her in private. It was 4-15 already. I kept waiting for my time and finally when everyone were done with their part of questions, my turn came. I was given a choice to talk to her in their room or maybe have a walk outside in their quarters. I had made my choice instantly "I would prefer WALK" I said thinking about all the things I was gonna ask her. The same confident smile came on my face...

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Expressions

For IT people, the first thing which strikes their mind after listening to the word expression is “Regular expressions”. Straight away their mind starts losing track of the present blog and wander around thinking hard about various characters used in regular expressions like *,%,~,^ etc etc. But since you are reading this article now, let me tell u, this blog is not about the regular “Regular expressions” which we come across in daily lives. This blog will consider the most natural gift that every person has in him/her, called the expression.

Knowingly or unknowingly the first thing we notice in everybody is their expression. We always get the hint of what other person is thinking based on his expression (Not true always, but true in most cases). There are so many different kinds of expressions and most of them are same on everyone’s face. What I mean by this is, you can always recognize the default expressions like “angry”,”happy”,”sad” on anyone without mistake. For instance I met some friends from my previous company last week. We were meeting after a year and a half. As soon as we saw each other, we all had a hearty laugh. Without any words spoken, we all understood that we were very happy for meeting.

Another such kind of expression which everyone recognizes is “THE LOOK” (Commonly used term to describe expressions like “Surprise”, “anger”, “Shock” depending on the situation). “Hidden Expressions”, one of the most dangerous kinds of expression is used by most of the people. I can give you couple of instances of such expressions below –

Instance-1- College days, teacher catches you for talking in the class.
Teacher – Hey you... Why are you laughing in my class?
You – (Slowly standing up) Sorry sir. (The expression on your face is kind of guilty, sorry, but then under your breath you would be swearing at your teacher for catching you laugh in his class.)
Teacher – What Sorry? Get out of my class right now.
You – (Bending the head down, and giving a very sorry expression) I wont repeat this again, sir. (But within you, get lost man, attendance already over. Should I go out and relax for a while)
Teacher – Next time I see you laughing, I will send you directly to the principal. Sit down.
You – (With a sigh of relief) Thank you, sir. (The expression on your face is “Thank god, I escaped”, but within yourself; you would still be thinking of that previous joke and laughing silently… ;).

Instance-2- You are on your way to market and there you meet your old college mate whom you hated during the college days and the mate is unaware of this hatred. You would try to escape and hope he would not notice you, but unfortunately for you he calls you name and comes towards you. You have no choice but to wait till he arrives near you.
Mate – Hi maan, seeing you after such a long time. How are you maan?
You – (With a fake smile, clutching teeth, greet him back) Hi maan, I am fine… How are you? (Within you - this bugger looks happy. Must be living nicely with his family. Why god, why? Why did I come to market at this time!!!).
Mate – I am fine too man, heard you got married and all. When was it? You never invited me… huh!!!
You – (You wish!!!) Actually my marriage was arranged so quickly man. I had no time to call all my friends. Besides I did call you on your cell, but it always gave me this number is not valid message. Has your number changed or what. (Oh god, why the hell am I reasoning this guy so much. Who the hell cares if he did not attend my marriage!!!)
Mate – Yeah for sometime I had problem with my connection, but the number is still the same maan. Here is my email ID man (He mutters something which you type in your cell and save it as a message). Anyways, I gottu go now maan, see you sometime later. Do mail me ok?
You – (With a happy expression on face) Sure maan. Definitely. Chalo bye. See you soon. (As soon as the mate leaves in other direction, you turn around and walk as far as possible from him and on the way delete the message you just stored).

In both of the above situations, you could easily hide your actual thinking by giving a false expression to the other person who would not even get a clue of what you are thinking of him. Some people are born with this dangerous talent of “Hidden Expressions”, infact I would say most people are rather “gurus” in this field. After using this talent, the person would enjoy the satisfaction of fooling the other person.

That’s it from me in this blog. Hope to have got some expression on your face after reading this blog. I really hope it wont be one of those dangerous talents when people would say “nice blog”… (Bull!!... Doesn’t even know what he is talking and this fellow write blog itseems… Total crap!!!)

Broken Hearts

Topic sounds like a real boring, sad story is gonna be revealed below, but then, I would like to take this as an interesting topic and try to make it interesting.

So here we go in the search of a real broken heart -

I was wondering that there might be so many people who fall in so called "Love" and after sometime, they come out of it saying their heart is broken. Now what actually this broken heart means to some people is what I am going to find out and come to a conclusion -

First I met this guy (Mr.A), who was looking kind of sad and he was staring at blue sky.
"Hi dude, what’s up? Howz life", I asked him. He was kind of surprised and gave a "Do I know u" kind of look. "Hi, who r u?” he said in return. "I am kind of doing a survey on broken hearts, so is ur heart broken?” He stared me for a couple of minutes and then spoke "Yes, my love left me last month. She got engaged and hasn't invited me for her marriage". "Yeah, man, very sad indeed. I know how it feels!!" I said though I dint know how it feels really. So this guy had a broken heart just coz his love dint invite him for her marriage and this bloke spent his time staring at the blue sky. I dunno what he is thinking. So I moved on to this next person.

"Hello... Hello... I can’t hear u properly... can u call me later?" this second guy (Mr.N) was talking in his cell. I went near him and as usual started with "Hi". This guy took it very nicely and returned with enthusiasm saying "hello". I started off with usual talk abt knowing him and finally asked him "Is ur heart broken?” Suddenly his face went pale, he let out a big sigh and then started "Maan, dont ask me, u dunno how it feels when heart breaks man". I thought, this guy looks cool but is so much depressed and intended to listen to him. He continued - "I dun have any girlfrens, nobody understands me maan. Sometimeback I liked this girl (miss.X) who rejected my proposal. Then I liked this other girl (miss.Y) who dint even try to understand me and left with her BF. Then.... ". He goes on and on and I am wondering if this guy's heart has been broken more than million times and still this guy continues his search for the "true love" which seems non-existent in this whole world. his cell phone rings, "Hello... Heeeeey hi... what’s up?" he goes on.. I thank god for breaking this conversation (one way) and start wondering whom is he talking to so nicely even after so many heart breaks. Finally his conversation ends and I ask him who was it. He says, some nice girl in his office whom he likes very much. That was enough for me.

I went on to meet many people with their own stories of broken hearts and finally realized that some people keep living in past after their heart is broken and some others keep searching for the person whom he believes will not break his heart. There are some more people who spend their time writing such blogs to repair their broken heart