A birthday crepe/cake with an umbrella

and custom hand made - raspberries, chocolate, vanilla ice cream , chocolate chips, whipped cream and the umbrella .. hehehe .. awesome! Thanks K

Songs from Wala

I think its an apt name for this post. Currently stuck in HK coz my Chicago connection is delayed by 3 hours. But I am psyched to find free wifi and power sockets!

It was nice to go to Wala and watch the UnXpected one last time before I left. Am going to miss some people and some places back in Sg.. but will be back once in a while so no worries. There's quite a few things which will bring me back but none of them will keep me there for long.

So anyway.. maybe I will blog again like I did in California, since there will be a lot more happening (I hope).

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PS. I am writing this so that I remember. I usually messaged Gabs when I was at Wala and sent her songs later. She has a playlist called "From Manas" .. Yeah.. might not make much sense.. but Thurs nights had become such a daily fixture.. I have a deal with Shirlyn to send her pics of all the gigs I go to in Coldland :)

¿uɐld ɹɐǝʎ 5 ɐ ǝʌɐɥ plnoɥs ı ǝqʎɐɯ

˙ǝɯ punoɹɐ ǝldoǝd oʇ uoıʇɐlǝɹ uı ʎlʇsoɯ uǝǝq sʇı ˙pɐq puɐ pooƃ ɥʇoq ˙ʇol ɐ ǝʇınb pǝƃuɐɥɔ ǝʌɐɥ sƃuıɥʇ puɐ ˙ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ʎɹǝʌ sɐʍ (ǝuo ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ dsǝ) sɥʇuoɯ ʍǝɟ ʇsɐd ǝɥʇ 'ʍouʞ ʇ,uop ı ˙ǝqʎɐɯ ¿ʎʇıɹnʇɐɯ ɟo uƃıs ɐ ʇɐɥʇ sı

˙pɐǝɥɐ ʞuıɥʇ oʇ noʎ sǝɔɹoɟ ɥɔıɥʍ 'suoısıɔǝp pɹɐɥ puɐ ƃıq ɹoɟ ǝɯıʇ ɐ sʇı ˙ɯooq puɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ puɐ ǝɹǝɥ snɟɐus ǝɯos ʇnq ˙(ǝɹǝʍ ʎǝɥʇ ʇɥƃnoɥʇ ı ʇsɐǝlʇɐ ɹo) uǝɥʇ loɹʇuoɔ ǝsınɹɔ uo ǝɹǝʍ sƃuıɥʇ ƃuıɹǝpısuoɔ ˙ǝuo pǝǝu plnoʍ ı ʞuıɥʇ ʇ,upıp ı ʎllɐıʇıuı ˙uɐld ʎɯ oʇ ʞɔɐq ƃuıɯoɔ ɥɐǝʎ os

˙ʇɐɥʇ ʇnoqɐ ʞuıɥʇ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ˙ǝʞıl ı sƃuıɥʇ punoɹɐ ʞɹoʍ ʎɹɐʇunloʌ ɟo puıʞ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ɐ ǝqʎɐɯ ˙ʇı ɹoɟ dn ɯɐ ı ʞuıɥʇ ʇ,uop ı ʇnq 'looɔ ʎllɐǝɹ spunos ʞɹoʍ ʎɹɐʇunloʌ ˙ǝslǝ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos op ɐuuɐʍ ı ¿uǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ˙ʍou ɯoɹɟ sɹɐǝʎ 5-4 uı suoıʇɐƃılqo lɐıɔuɐuıɟ ʎɯ ɟo ǝǝɹɟ ǝq uɐɔ ı ˙uɐld ǝɥʇ s,ʇɐɥʍ os

˙ǝɯ punoɹɐ sʞloɟ pooƃ ǝɯos sɐʍ unɟ ʇı ǝpɐɯ ɥɔıɥʍ ƃuıɥʇ ǝɥʇ ˙ǝɹoɟǝq ǝɟıl ʎɯ uı ʎʇuıɐʇɹǝɔun ɥɔnɯ os pɐɥ ɹǝʌǝu ǝʌɐɥ ı ˙punoɹɐ ƃuıɯɯnq ʇsnɾ unɟ uǝǝq sʇı

Karma is the way to go. More on that later.

¿uıɐƃɐ ƃolq plnoɥs

I look back at the past 6-7 months and I have had so much fun.. so many things happened.. so many revelations. It would be a nice to have a record of all the factors which lead to the present. When I read my entries from 2005/06, it brings back good memories.. and most of the times.. a very clear visual with it.. this time around.. its more a like a "good", "happy" feeling, without many specifics.

Actually life's slowed down so much suddenly, that I am back on this blog.. hahaha... hopefully it will pick up again in the next week or so.

sǝʎqpooƃ ƃuıʞɔnɟ (ʇsod ʇsǝnƃ ɹǝɥʇouɐ)

I am sure I have mentioned goodbyes somewhere in my blog before. Its deja vu over and over again. Hell man.. it sucks.. some would think I am used to it by now. But nopes.. each time it sucks and more and more. Even if a great band dedicates a whole set to the person who is leaving... its sad.

I clearly remember how it went down after the Happy Feet screening in California with E. I acted like an asshole the week before, but realised my mistake very soon and have rectified stuff since then. That was 2006 and since then its not been easy. Sometimes I just detach myself on the day to avoid embarrassment, but come to think of it, maybe its not the best way to do it.

Ah Fuck it.. I am just too angry right now about this whole goodbye thing.. so am not going to even try to be philosophical and shit. Goodbyes suck but don't shy away from them.

PS. Thanks to this site for the flip title

PSS. Just got back from the airport. Not happy :(

A random thought came into my head that I shouldn't interact with people who are around for short term because it sucks when they leave. But then I realized the pain of saying goodbyes lasts for a few days and then it gets better. When you compare it with the quality time you spent with the other person (its priceless), the pain of goodbyes is worth it.

Sally can wait :) Thanks for the memories !

No title can describe the feelings I have right now. I finished college today. Had my last exam a few hours ago. Called my dad and mom right after and then went to Double O for a good night out. It's like Nirvana or Moksha. Back in India kids are told all their life to study hard for the High School exams coz that "apparently" is the most important thing ever. And it determines which college you go to. Next comes four years of college where you work your ass off for a great job! It's like it never stops. Fortunately for me I had the job thing figured out half way so I pretty much spent my last 1.5 years caring a lot less and having lotsa fun. It got over today. The cycle ended. I will be making tonnes of more cash than my batchmates who worked their ass off. Yeah.. I am bragging. But oh well, I got lucky on the way, found some great some people who helped me so much.

So yeah... life's like that.. now on to the next big thing. The other thing I want to talk about is saying goodbye. Never thought I would feel sad seeing someone say goodbye. It happened today. Gabs and Rahel said their goodbyes at Double O and man it was hard for me to hold my emotions. I am back for the few "last" posts on this blog. I wrote more than a year ago that you never need to say goodbye to your friends. If you know them really well, then you had your chats all the way, and the last day should be a simple - "Yo! Love you! See you soon!"

Back to the "feelings". Andy told me he still remembers how he felt after his last undergrad exam. For me, I will always remember the urge to go and pee! I had an option to sit in and look at my answers one more time, but what the hell, lets go and pee! I remember walking out with the biggest grin on my face (and the look on the invigilator's face) and then calling home and listening to Sugarcult walking back to PGP. God its over just like that. 5 years (plus one year at St. Stephen's)... 6 years since I finished high school.... Wow...!

PS. I will be posting a few more last posts as the monstrosity of this moment hits me again and again over the next few days.

The last post.

Wow.. I just realized that it's been 3 years since Nov 6, 2004. Here its is.... the last post.

Thanks for reading... I am out.