Ad Last

Yesterday I saw an ad that made me cry. It had an elderly gent whose doorbell rang. He answered it and saw a box of laddus outside with a lit candle. Then he saw his even older sisters singing "Happy Birthday Chotu". Man, it still moves me. I guess when I'm old and grey and my mother calls me baby, I'll be as moved. Currently though the epithet is embarrassing.

Another ad I've been wanting to blog about is the new Moods condom ad. Moods have always had agressive ads, with men who are not embarrassed to be buying condoms. The new ad is definitely sexually aggressive. Women who are openly touchy feely? What's happening to this country? ;)

Time to go

The weekend is merely hours away and I'm unable to finish the two tasks that I absolutely have to before I can go. I'm trying to work myself into finishing the stuff but absolutely don't feel like. The compromise is, if I finish, I don't take work home. If I don't, I get to lug the monster.

And India's playing as usual...

Someone Like You

I've often said that relationships aren't easy. The fraudoo couples who act like everything is always hunky-dory ought to be shot. That said, relationships can be absolutely amazing when both people are on the same page.

There is absolutely nothing like the closeness I feel with SO (when we're on talking terms). I think he's finally got the plot :) For years I went around with the bemused, in-love feeling and wondered if I was nuts because he's so awesomely special to me. He's slow off the blocks but he's finally there. :D

What can I say dearest?
yours.
me.

Days of Thunder

Last week was quite exciting. Had an official training/bonding session which ended in some unofficial fun. After the session some of us hung on and saw Mysore and had some fun. I got to go-kart! The last time I went was Valentine's Day, 2003. It was great fun and I knew I'd be good at it but didn't get too much time in. This time was a super blast!! I got the fastest time of the week and would quite like to go back to Mysore to take a picture of my name up. Then we saw some other sights and sounds and had an overall good time.

In other interesting news, the story of the male student allegedly molested by the head of orthopedics in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, caught my eye. At first I didn't know whether the student was male or female and was surprised that such a hue and cry was being made over the molestation of a female student. When I discovered that the student was male, I figured it made sense.

Long ago once someone asked (regarding some nonsensical incident in college) whether I didn't feel angry that women were treated a certain way. I remember lashing out at that poor chap (who was trying to be sensitive) because I had already lived about 6-7 years with random people looking you up and down, mutterring things as they passed you on the street and being roadside romeos. Where was this dude's righteous indignation then? Where is it when a girl walks along the road looking down lest some goon decide that she's interested in him just cause she happened to look at his face?

And where is all the anger when girl's are molested by superiors?

French Gboy?

You Should Learn French

C'est super! You appreciate the finer things in life... wine, art, cheese, love affairs. You are definitely a Parisian at heart. You just need your tongue to catch up...

What Language Should You Learn?

You Are 50% Boyish and 50% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them. You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

These tests are almost too easy to cheat on!

Your Summer Ride is a Beetle Convertible

Fun, funky, and a little bit euro. You love your summers to be full of style and sun!

What's Your Summer Ride?

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

Very popular, one of you is not enough.

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Your Power Color Is Lime Green

At Your Highest: You are adventurous, witty, and a visionary. At Your Lowest: You feel misunderstood, like you don't fit in. In Love: You have a tough exterior, but can be very dedicated. How You're Attractive: Your self-awareness and confidence lights up a room. Your Eternal Question: "What else do I need in my life?"

What's Your Power Color?

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I Love Ya Tomorrow!

My mother has a nasty habit. She wanders around the house singing random snippets of songs... sometimes off-key as well. As a result I've learnt two-three lines of hundreds of songs. When I first heard Tomorrow, I only heard "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow". No clue about the rest of the song. I genuinely believed that the singer was informing her/his beloved that s/he would love him/her tomorrow.

Then eventually I heard the full song and now I know. Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow, you're only a day away. Tomorrow I'll be with SO again for just over 2 days. :)