Matter much? To you. Of course!

So what exactly do you do when you see a kid by the traffic lights come and ask you for money?
My intelligent guess is that most of us don't even bother rolling the window down.
Nothing you can do about it.
I mean what could the poor you possibly do, anyway?

What do you do when you see  a "stop animal abuse" sign somewhere with a photo of an abused animal?
I think you say,"Ah nie man! Poor animal! Shame!"

Yeah, that's pretty much where it all starts and ends.

Its sad though. Not so? I mean, we can all go on discussing it, sharing it on FB, even feeling genuinely sorry for the wrongs that keep happening. BUT. Do we do something about it? Nah. Unless talking is doing.

But we must.

Take the case of Poaching Rhinos in South Africa.
Might not mean much to you. You might not even give a damn about it. But for the rhinos its pretty much a matter of life or death!
But oh wait. They cant speak so what the hell. Why should you care? Its not like the world is going to come to an end!
If only you knew that with an attitude like this, that day wont be far. We pretty much blame the government for things like these but uh- excuse me! The Government comes from where? We, the people.So I guess, we are just passing on the problem to somebody else so we can lay back and relax and go right back to thinking as if we are not a part of the bigger picture? Right. Got it.

Nobody is telling you to leave everything and submerge yourself in a cause. To whom it matters so much, they  are already pursuing it with all their might. All  that is expected of you is to support people like these. Turn up for their events. See what they have to say. Show your support if you see some soul in it; if you think its worth it.  A few hours away from what you normally do won't turn your life upside down. What it might just do is save an innocent life!

Come away with me.

So I am sitting in the lab and there is nothing to do. Nothing new about that. Most of our labs happen to this way. They always have been.

I am bored and I feel like yapping so voila! Here I am.

I just happened to read an article on shopaholic tendencies. I wonder if I have them. I think I do but not the cliched ones. Not the Gucci ones. But I feel a little too much love for Staedtler. I dont know what is it with me and stationary. I have always had a thing for it.When I was a kid I went crazy in the stationary section of the supermarket. It was like my very own Disneyland. There is always space for that one more color pen or that highlighter or even that oddly(but cutely) shaped eraser. There are times when I just walk into a shop and feel like buying something. I don't need it but I come out of the shop having spent the bills.

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The weather sucks real bad. I mean seriously! It keeps raining so abruptly. And so heavily.. Yes, I know its the monsoon but still. This morning it felt as if Irene was coming to this side of the world. Scary stuff.
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I wanna go travelling around the world. I just want to go. Like right now.
My Destinations?
Jodhpur. I want to walk in the big castles all by myself and just absorb all the history and the stories that it has to offer. Maybe, for a little while I'd like to believe in the myths too and act a little more fascinated than I actually would be. 
Paris. I wanna stand at the highest point of the Eiffel Tower and look down at the world. Feel the wind. Feel the rush. Take in all the beauty. Have french cuisine at Le Jules Vernes as I stare out into the fascinating capital of France.
New York. Walk through Times Square with a Starbucks in my hands and pretend as if that is my daily routine; as if I am on my way to work.
Santorini. Stay in the pretty white houses with the exotic flowers on the window side overlooking the beautiful Mediterranean sea. The ones with the vibrant blue roof tops.
Rome. I want to sit by a road side restaurant. The one with the pretty lights and the good food and good wine, although I am still to develop my liking for the latter
All this and soo much more.My imagination takes me places. I like how I can pretty much travel around the world in a few seconds.

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I strongly feel that our hostel should have a vending machine! The night canteen is just pathetic to say the least. Not to mention how easily one can get food poisoning after having something from that place. In fact, I don't even think it exists anymore. The little billboard is still there so maybe it does. The vending machine is brilliant, don't you think?!  I remember one management student coming and asking me about what could be done to improve the hostel experience about 2 years ago; you know what I asked for.

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Lately, I have been thinking about getting a pet! I want one. Again. This time I want a pug. I shall name it Romeo. Yes, go right ahead and call me cliched. Dont care. But then I am not sure if I will be there all the time to take care of it. Its a huge responsibility. People who don't treats animals right piss me off. Big time!


I am off now. Will come back with something more in the next post.

Till then, be good! (:

Mornin' sunshine!

Good morning!
Getting up early in the morning has never felt so good. Ever. What happens usually and mostly is that I wake up just minutes before and then run around my room. Today, however, was different. It was smooth (If the things in my room could talk, trust me(!) they would scream at me every morning and say something like, "watch where ye going woman!") There was no banging or running into things today. I was gliding. John Mayer playing in the background did make make my morning a lot lot happier for the weather was definitely not gonna make it any better with the gloominess that lurks outside my window every morning these days; it's monsoon so it's a given. Coming back to Mayer, yes he is my current obsession. I love that guy. He has a way with music like no other. However I do think that he ain't so easy on my eyes when I watch his videos. He is cute no doubt but  his expressions are not all that natural, almost forced.But then again nobody is perfect, right?! Its fine by me to just watch him sit on a chair and sing as he sways his life audience. In fact I think he is one of the few performers who sounds so much better during a live performance..

Coming back to my morning, no matter how early I get up it so happens that I can never manage to have breakfast. If I get up early then I do things at my own easy, slow pace and if I get up late well you know how that ends.Something got me thinking today though. Wouldn't it be so awesome and delightful if we had a Starbucks on campus? I swear to God, I would get up early just so that I could have coffee on the go. That would just set things right. But then again I think I am expecting a little too much, like always. But hey! who says you cant dream big. Who knows, one day that might not be a dream! Mentioning Starbucks wasn't such a good idea after all. I am hungry now. I also have this slight buzz at the back of my head which means I want coffee.Not very nice. I am also craving for a blueberry cinnamon muffin. I'd love to be one of the characters from the movies who walks a few blocks to work and gets a coffee to go on the way. I d love to walk to work and watch the city wake up; trucks picking up and dropping stuff, cleaners sweeping the streets, bumping into kids on their way to school, flower shops getting new fresh supplies of gorgeous flowers(I love the yellow ones), shop shutters opening, chilly breeze coming right at my face..Gaaah.Got me thinking now. I wanna walk by a bakery and smell the fresh aroma that comes through the exhaust fans and if I may, I might just peak inside through the windows to see whats on display. No no wont go in. Getting late to work, you see!. .
Baahh. I really could stay in my virtual reality all day long!


Gotsa come back to reality..
Later!

It is what you want it to be

I know. I haven't been writing as much as I think I ought to. I don't know what it is. I just don't have anything to say. Every time I have thought of writing something and when I do it just sounds stupid and well(!) not worth writing. So I stop. But.Today I just had something to say and here I am, saying the things I want to. :)

I wonder what would happen if I was a writer. Well, I still consider myself one but lets put the word professional writer out there. I mean how horrible would it be if I had to earn for a living and then these pangs came. What on earth would I do! Not having something worthwhile to write while my paycheck depends on it?! :s I am sure there is a phase that hits in a journalists or a writer's life when they don't have something to write.How do they deal with it? I mean unless the piece of writing doesn't feel brilliant to you how could you possibly think that it would seem something remarkable to the world?

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Coming back to the thing that made me really, not sleep and, wanna write so badly is something small, something very stupid (or so I think that others would think that).Tom Hanks triggered it. Now, just a little history about me and Tom before I really tell you what I have to say. Here is how the story goes. I first saw Tom Hanks in The Terminal. I really really liked the movie. I thought it was very realistic and the way he potrayed that character is where the problem started. After that movie the next one I watched was Da Vinci Code and boy(!) did I like the movie or what(!) and as much as I like the movie I hated him just as much. Somehow I just couldnt see him playing the articulate Robert Langdon. That pretty much spoiled the entire movie for me since he was one of the leads. Since then I haven't been able to thoroughly enjoy his movies. Coming back to this present day, I am glad to announce that the curse has been lifted! I dont hate him anymore and I can finally watch his movies without being reminded of his role in The Terminal. The movie that did the magic was You've got Mail. I know. I know. Its taken me quite a while to watch that movie. I had it on my list but I just somehow never got around watching it! Moving on from Tom and onto the movie. I thought the character of Meg Ryan in the movie was soo cute and so chirpy and so funny! We should all have a little bit of her in us.
Anyhow, thats it for now. Will be back with more!

Ta!