The Open Window

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Live Forever

Maybe, I don't really want to know
How your garden grows
'Coz I just want to fly

Lately, did you ever feel the pain
In the morning rain
As it soaks you to the bone

Maybe I just want to fly
I want to live I don't want to die
Maybe I just want to breath
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

Maybe, I don't really want to know
How your garden grows
'Coz I just want to fly

Lately, did you ever feel the pain
In the morning rain
As it soaks you to the bone

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I want to be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever
We're gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Live forever
Forever

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

People Management, Kiran Desai & John Petrucci???

Hey, next time you want someone to do something for you, show 'em whats in it for them. 'Coz, quite frankly, if they don't stand to gain something from it, its highly unlikely that they'll bother, unless of course, they're fucking stupid!!!!! Use this wherever you can, it'll make life and people a lot easier for you. And go read The Inheritance Of Loss. Kiran Desai is a terrific, terrific writer. The characters in that book are some of the best that i've ever come across.
This blog shall be deleted soon, 'coz guitaring is all i care about right now.
And if you are into guitaring, watch this video of Mr.John Petrucci playing Glasgow kiss, this guy's technique is the best man, the best.

Labels: Inheritance of loss, john petrucci, kiran desai, people skills

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Friday, June 15, 2007

The Silver Lining

My guitar. Ibanez RG 270DX. I've been playing it all week for like 8 hrs daily. In addition, its also the only thing that i am actually a little good at. So ya, it does deserve a mention taking into account the aforementioned line & the fact that i keep playing it like, all the time. Besides, guitar's what folks in college always associate me with.
Really cant figure out why i love playing it so much though. But once i do start playing, just cant stop. Guess its something which comes naturally. Strange thing, this music is. But beautiful too.

Every dark cloud has a silver lining they say, looks like i've found mine.

Labels: guitar, ibanez

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

My First Fortune Cookie

Got my first fortune cookie today. Here's what it says ::

For Better Luck, wait until winter.

Better luck eh?? Well, for starters, I'm not much of a believer in luck anyways. 'Coz for the major part of my life, luck really hasn't played a pivotal role in it as such. The leitmotif of my 19 years of existence has generally been :: As you sow, so you reap. Been getting what I've deserved on almost all occasions. There is the occasional godsend when I'd least be expecting it but, as always, nullified courtesy some misfortune at the most inopportune moment. Both, "good luck" & "bad luck" are perpetually in sync with each other, consistently crossing each other out.
The Chinese are smart people yes, but paying heed to those 6 words wont assist me much with whats to come till winter, be it good, bad or ugly. And, in truth, my "luck" graph has shown quite an ascension in the past 2 weeks. If its to get better with the arrival of winter, life, is good. :D

But wait a minute!!! Mumbai doesn't have much of a winter!!!(2 weeks at most).....Now how encouraging is that??!!....damned cookie.... :(

Anyone of you guys got one of these???...what did it say???

Labels: fortune cookies, luck

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

How To Save A Life.....

When the heart is full and things seem a little too much, try these, they might help.

1) Talk.
2) Love.
3) Laugh.
4) Cry.
5) Sing.
6) Play your favorite instrument.
7) Music.
8) Read.
9) Write.
10) Forgive.
11) Forgive & forget.
12) Let go.
13) Say goodbye.
14) Pray.
15) Stop criticizing.
16) Take a walk.
17) Listen.
18) Have Faith in yourself.
19) Admit the truth.
20) Smile.
21) Scream.
22) Find some meaning.
23) Open Up.
24) A long drive.
25) A vacation.
26) Stop thinking so much.
27) Remember the good times.
28) Go home.
29) Simplify.
30) Get back to the people & things which really mattered.
31) Give.

Any more???

Inspiration - The Fray's How To Save A life, not me feeling sorry for myself, as a certain Ms.msr is likely to point out.

Labels: life support, swati, the fray

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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Insomnia

Sleepless i lie

As the energy it courses, through my every vein

Bloodshot are my eyes

As i sleepwalk all day

aaaa

The Sandman he comes

But never to my room

Content instead, to let me rot

In the dark night's gloom

ssss

Tossing and turning

The numbers i count

Only but to loose

As i find there's no way out

Labels: insomnia, Poetry

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Friday, June 01, 2007

Wanna Catch Man-eater??? Use Cellphone

Read about this in The Times Of India a couple o days back. Couldn't help but smile. It Happens only in India they say, so true.........

A ringtone to catch a man-eater ::
Forest officials in Samba village in the Mahuva taluka of Surat district, who were trying to catch a leopard that had killed a boy from the village on Friday, used a mobile phone with a ringtone that sounded like a rooster to lure the beast into a trap.
The ringtone was a backup just in case the petrified live rooster in the trap decided to clamp up.
The technique was simple. When the officials in pursuit of their elusive killer were sure that the leopard was in the vicinity of the trap, they dialled the 'bait' phone and kept their fingers crossed, hoping that the sound of the rooster would persuade the leopard to head towards the cage.
If this sounds like a hare-brained scheme, it's time for a rethink - officials were successful not so long ago in trapping a man-eating leopard by using this technique in a nearby village.
Three months ago when farmers sighted a leopard in the sugarcane fields in Kathia village, forest officials decided to capture and release the animal somewhere near Ukai. But it turned to be a Herculean task as the chicken refused to squawk for hours and the leopard stayed away.
"It was then that a funny idea struck me. I have a mobile ring tone that sounds like a rooster's cry. I placed my cell inside the cage along with the live rooster and between midnight to 4am when the chances of a leopard coming out for its kill are high, we started calling my cell from another cellphone. To our surprise the trick worked and the leopard fell into the trap," said forest officer Satish Purohit.

Moral Of The Story ::
Don't hesitate to try out ideas that seem stupid at first. 'Coz sometimes, they just might work!!!!..... :D

Labels: cellphones, funny, india, man-eater

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