The other day I had gone to college to get sum pending work done and as usual was loafing till late without realizing that I am no longer a student and do not hold a valid 1st class train pass anymore.
Around sevenish hired an auto to Andheri station and that’s when there was a revelation that I wud have to
1. Stand in the never-ending ticket queue at the station, then
2. Climb up the station bridge,
3. Climb down to the platform,
4. Board a train.
5. Climb up again the Lower Parel Bridge,
6. Hail a cab, and
7. Walk up home. …
So to save myself all the hassle I just thought of using the best (Supposedly the best….as the name suggests) bus service, knowing tat it would certainly take me eons more to reach home but I gave way to convenience, not that I don’t value time… But after graduating there is actually nothing better to do. Lol. But how was I to predict the tyranny that was to follow??
I was waiting for the bus route 84 or A1 whichever wud cum 1st but secretly praying that I wud get the AC bus considering the Mumbai heat and humidity is at its peek… eeeeks!.. all sweaty n stinky.. im sure everyone can associate wid it, thanks to global warming it wud get worse day by day. The busses were coming one after the other but none of them were ‘mine’…. The wait continued form 15 min to 30 min to 45 min…. vehicles were farting out all the carbon mono-oxide on us... YUCK!!! And wait was getting as agonizing as the time passed.
Looked at mah watch and it was 8:00pm….. Holly Shit!!... I was waiting for bloody ONE HOUR without any sign of either of the busses… forget the special AC bus, couldn’t even spot the non-ac bus….
Now, after more then an hout on the bus-stop, I had really lost my patience and marched right inside the BEST depot….. and wat do I see??.... any guesses??… the bus no. 84 was out there with the conductor napping on the long stretch of the back seat….. Are we morons to be standing on the fuckin bus-stop for more then an hour?
I yelled out to him and started asking for explanation for the delay in the bus service… I was trying to have a conversation keeping my cool but without realizing I was quite high on my pitch. I realized that as I was surrounded by ppl around gawking at the scene.
I was asked to return to the bus stop and was quite dejected and embarrassed too to some extent.
Dejected….. Coz it did not help…
Embarrassed... coz it did not help ATALL!!!
The bus did cum in five odd minutes after my conversation but the conductor seemed ignorant and disinterested. The issue had to be taken up so I came up wid the plan. (Sounds like some detective series..haha)
By the time the bus did come, most of the crowd had dispersed. The office goin younger lot had opted for the train instead but the senior citizens ofc did not have much of a choice but to wait. While the cundocter came 2 ask for the tickets I purposely bought up the topic again.
“Aaj bus kyon itna late hua. Hum sab ek ghanta khade thae…”
Now the conductor was baffelled as he clearly wasn’t expecting me to confront me in the bus in front of the croud…. “Huh??”… guess he did not have any logical replies…. YEAH BABY!!...
Every1 started gaping while I was desperately waiting for sum backup. The people in the bus surely did not disappoint me…
Instantly an old man replied …. “Ye toh roz ka hain …..lekain aaj toh bahut der kaise laga”..
Another lady who must be a frequent traveler was completely charged up and started blaberring some abuses at the conductor which non of us cud make out but… WAT DA HELL!!.. I did not care as long as she was hurdling it at the conductor.…. took his case royally.
Te conductor said that he wud look into the matter and make sure this wont happen again.
Someone remarked me that’s its not the conductors fault for me to barge out on him. But we always voice our grievances to the person who is the most accessible and is a part of the system, counting on the fact that it wud reach the required ears. In this case it surely was the -smartass conductor. AND MIND U!!- best services do not have CALL CENTRES !!.. Ha-ha, so no scope there but to say it all to whoever is accessible…. So was the case here... Hopefully looking out for some positive outcome.
The best bus is a government service for the people and no doubt there can be mis-managements and delays at times. But they are answerable to the citizens. Besides most of the times we just take things for granted and have a ‘chalta hain attitude’… nor do we bother to know wat is the reason behind it. We do not exercise our rights which we should and that’s the reason the system too lapses. We have no one to blame but us. Let’s keep the public service providers alert and on track…. : ).. sorry for all the global gyan!!!...
I was quite impresses by the sheer force of the support that I got. I wasn’t expecting the reaction to be so vivid and wild. Its nothing but frustration piled up in an average mumbaikar which wud evntly is out in some form or the other…. THANKS EVERYONE!!... I thought I wud end up makin a fool of myself but ended up being quite a hero...Lolzzzzzz!!!!!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
A clash of titans (wud luv to call it that)
An interesting tidbit discourse….….
Viewpoints or dialogue between an architect and an s/w engineer, read along…
N: du need 2 do self-analysis to kno ur self?... ive known ma self 4 22 yrs now!!...
R: u knw da the most difficult thing to do is to know urself....u have to find urself....u have to find ur consciousness from the deep chaos which goes on within u every second.
N: well i strtd readin derrida, fockult.. etc..psychoanalysis, semiotics.. btw takes time to understand ya!!..
R: ohh........derrida is god in philosophy...specially evolution of language...im much into scientific stuff...bt i dnt knw whts semiotics
N: semiotics is science of signs n symbols.. ... deconstruction of codes to understand the inherent meanings.. etc...
R: hmmm.....semiotics mean the job of Robert Langdon in DA VINCI CODE?
N: hehehehe.. noooooooo.... well not exactly no.. btw cnt explain u….
R: bt philosophy has deep relations with physics n mathematics i guess...so tht's y im much into scientific reading.
N: well philosophy actually can be related to many things....
R: u'll be confused.....according to ur profile description...all chaos...lol!
N: v.true.... chaos seriously rules me..... to no extents..see its not dat diff to kno urself!!..
R: u can predict tht… u r unpredictable........haha
N: hey gud1.... btw whre in da para is it mentnd dat im unpredictable??>....or iz it ur conclusion??>.
R: it is da conclusion.....chaos is always random and randomness is unpredictable.....formidable logic huh?
N: well i dont agree wid u...chaos seems ramdom btw ther is an inherent ordering to it... formidable logic huh... so predictable..
R: same thing u r repeatin....tht u cn predict randomness.....its like u r sayin tht u predict tht u'll be unpredictable in next two minutess....thr's no specific logical value to ur satement.
N: no i am not.. because i m not saying chaos is randomness.. u said that!!!.. my defination of chaos is diff... its okay if u dont find any logical value to my statements..
R: let me put it this way....find out whether a person is saying the truth or not when he says"I ALWAYS LIE"no specific logical value to the statement.
N: evrything need be logical... certain intangible things cant be explained!!.. n i m not a mathematician to prove my theories!!...heheheheee
R: hey...u goin into derrida nw...while expressing any idea in a language thr's a central idea to which tht writing is connected.if u gt the central idea wrong thn the complete meaning changes....thn whts ur idea of chaos?
N: well... cant my interpretation of chaos be different??.. i thnk i just explnd u my ideas of chaos...
R: haha....btw if u love maths thn u wud know tht thr's actually a function to represent randomness called gaussian function.tht adheres to ur definition of randomness.so u r true in ur own way.
N: hate maths!!...well btw my theories are proved.. thnx to u!!!..
Viewpoints or dialogue between an architect and an s/w engineer, read along…
N: du need 2 do self-analysis to kno ur self?... ive known ma self 4 22 yrs now!!...
R: u knw da the most difficult thing to do is to know urself....u have to find urself....u have to find ur consciousness from the deep chaos which goes on within u every second.
N: well i strtd readin derrida, fockult.. etc..psychoanalysis, semiotics.. btw takes time to understand ya!!..
R: ohh........derrida is god in philosophy...specially evolution of language...im much into scientific stuff...bt i dnt knw whts semiotics
N: semiotics is science of signs n symbols.. ... deconstruction of codes to understand the inherent meanings.. etc...
R: hmmm.....semiotics mean the job of Robert Langdon in DA VINCI CODE?
N: hehehehe.. noooooooo.... well not exactly no.. btw cnt explain u….
R: bt philosophy has deep relations with physics n mathematics i guess...so tht's y im much into scientific reading.
N: well philosophy actually can be related to many things....
R: u'll be confused.....according to ur profile description...all chaos...lol!
N: v.true.... chaos seriously rules me..... to no extents..see its not dat diff to kno urself!!..
R: u can predict tht… u r unpredictable........haha
N: hey gud1.... btw whre in da para is it mentnd dat im unpredictable??>....or iz it ur conclusion??>.
R: it is da conclusion.....chaos is always random and randomness is unpredictable.....formidable logic huh?
N: well i dont agree wid u...chaos seems ramdom btw ther is an inherent ordering to it... formidable logic huh... so predictable..
R: same thing u r repeatin....tht u cn predict randomness.....its like u r sayin tht u predict tht u'll be unpredictable in next two minutess....thr's no specific logical value to ur satement.
N: no i am not.. because i m not saying chaos is randomness.. u said that!!!.. my defination of chaos is diff... its okay if u dont find any logical value to my statements..
R: let me put it this way....find out whether a person is saying the truth or not when he says"I ALWAYS LIE"no specific logical value to the statement.
N: evrything need be logical... certain intangible things cant be explained!!.. n i m not a mathematician to prove my theories!!...heheheheee
R: hey...u goin into derrida nw...while expressing any idea in a language thr's a central idea to which tht writing is connected.if u gt the central idea wrong thn the complete meaning changes....thn whts ur idea of chaos?
N: well... cant my interpretation of chaos be different??.. i thnk i just explnd u my ideas of chaos...
R: haha....btw if u love maths thn u wud know tht thr's actually a function to represent randomness called gaussian function.tht adheres to ur definition of randomness.so u r true in ur own way.
N: hate maths!!...well btw my theories are proved.. thnx to u!!!..
Sunday, May 27, 2007
simply luvd it!!.... thnk god we didnot get such crits durin our jury!!!!!!
1. "Why are you here? Don't come back next semester."
2. "Here's a quarter. go call your mom and tell her you're not going to be an architect."
3. Your design is like masturbation, you want to know why? That is because only you yourself enjoyed and like it.
4. What is that boxy thing (model)? A coffin?
Your design sucks!
5. Your design is very tasteful… … for the tasteless.
6. "Is this a … structural… glob of glue?"
7. "When I went to school, at a different school than this one, there were students who would present projects like this one.And they would fail."
8. "Your project looks like something that's been through a trash compactor"
9. "This space that you've designed is the type place where beggars and dogs go to die"
10. "Are you in interior design?"
11. "Why are you studying architecture if you're producing things like that?"
12. "Hey, everyone, gather round this project, come in close…because this is a great example for everyone of exactly what NOT to do.."
13. "This drawing isn't worth the paper it is printed on."
14. "This (model) is great…..just don't let your dog play with it next time."
15. "The program you invented was meant solely for your architectural masturbation……"
16. If you build this and after 10000 years the aliens see it, they would understand why humans extinguish
17. "Have you ever considered a career in accounting?"
18. "oh, so it's like some kind of orgy pit!"
19. "So your parents are pay $20000 a year for this."
20. "Your theory is bullshit. You don't need that"
21. Prof pointing to part of a model, "Did you chew this?"
2. "Here's a quarter. go call your mom and tell her you're not going to be an architect."
3. Your design is like masturbation, you want to know why? That is because only you yourself enjoyed and like it.
4. What is that boxy thing (model)? A coffin?
Your design sucks!
5. Your design is very tasteful… … for the tasteless.
6. "Is this a … structural… glob of glue?"
7. "When I went to school, at a different school than this one, there were students who would present projects like this one.And they would fail."
8. "Your project looks like something that's been through a trash compactor"
9. "This space that you've designed is the type place where beggars and dogs go to die"
10. "Are you in interior design?"
11. "Why are you studying architecture if you're producing things like that?"
12. "Hey, everyone, gather round this project, come in close…because this is a great example for everyone of exactly what NOT to do.."
13. "This drawing isn't worth the paper it is printed on."
14. "This (model) is great…..just don't let your dog play with it next time."
15. "The program you invented was meant solely for your architectural masturbation……"
16. If you build this and after 10000 years the aliens see it, they would understand why humans extinguish
17. "Have you ever considered a career in accounting?"
18. "oh, so it's like some kind of orgy pit!"
19. "So your parents are pay $20000 a year for this."
20. "Your theory is bullshit. You don't need that"
21. Prof pointing to part of a model, "Did you chew this?"
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Beach saunter
Harihareshwar, Dive-agar, Raigad, Harne- murud……
A well deserved break to the serene beaches of Konkan was surely not on the list of agenda after the examinations. But it just propped up suddenly out of nowhere and was received with great enthusiasm and gusto. The extended trip to Konkan beaches was a pleasant surprise for me coz I wasn’t aware of the plan till the last day of my vivas (dats y propped up frm nowhere)…..
Besides, the trip was a celebration of my exit from Alcatraz and my cousins entry in (he wud be giving his boards next year and his coaching classes were supposed to start on the very day we were returning).
We ended up going to Raigad fort (completely unplanned), and it sort of was my hat trick to Raigad. Have been there earlier wid ma school frnds - both the times and had climbed all the way up till we dropped.
That was quite an experience to savor and looking forward to it yet again. Going to Raigad and back was a minimum two day affair then, but this time we used the ropeway so ended up seein the entire fort in flat three hours and were back on grounds and on our way to Dive-agar (a small coastal village in Konkan famous for its Ganapati temple) the very day…..
The following days were sight seeing the village. Followed by a stay at Harihareshwar and visiting the Harihareshwar temple and roaming the streets and exploring the small coastal town and loafing around on the virgin beaches.
Subsequent day was taking car ferry from a jetty….from Raigad to Ratnigari. It saved all the time traveling from one town to another and visited the villages of Ratnagiri – Harne (famous for its fort) and Anjurle (famous for its Ganapati temple) – again coastal villages.
A well deserved break to the serene beaches of Konkan was surely not on the list of agenda after the examinations. But it just propped up suddenly out of nowhere and was received with great enthusiasm and gusto. The extended trip to Konkan beaches was a pleasant surprise for me coz I wasn’t aware of the plan till the last day of my vivas (dats y propped up frm nowhere)…..
Besides, the trip was a celebration of my exit from Alcatraz and my cousins entry in (he wud be giving his boards next year and his coaching classes were supposed to start on the very day we were returning).
We ended up going to Raigad fort (completely unplanned), and it sort of was my hat trick to Raigad. Have been there earlier wid ma school frnds - both the times and had climbed all the way up till we dropped.
That was quite an experience to savor and looking forward to it yet again. Going to Raigad and back was a minimum two day affair then, but this time we used the ropeway so ended up seein the entire fort in flat three hours and were back on grounds and on our way to Dive-agar (a small coastal village in Konkan famous for its Ganapati temple) the very day…..
The following days were sight seeing the village. Followed by a stay at Harihareshwar and visiting the Harihareshwar temple and roaming the streets and exploring the small coastal town and loafing around on the virgin beaches.
Subsequent day was taking car ferry from a jetty….from Raigad to Ratnigari. It saved all the time traveling from one town to another and visited the villages of Ratnagiri – Harne (famous for its fort) and Anjurle (famous for its Ganapati temple) – again coastal villages.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
hey
Im glad I started bogin n m sure…. so wud a lot of ppl b.... who wanted me to enter the blgosphere…
Well… duno y now, and how.. etc.. but wanted to vent out the frustration piled up in the last few days and what better way then to blog??!!!
Well… duno y now, and how.. etc.. but wanted to vent out the frustration piled up in the last few days and what better way then to blog??!!!
just chillllllllll.................
Thesis is over!!.. yuhoooooo!!!!
Procrastinated thesis just keeps on goin worse n worse!...
So many emotion were surging together - dejection, depression, distress, despair, panic, disapproval, sadness, pressure, anxiousness….. blah blah…
Even if the things were goin fine and falling in place; there was a constant.. Irrational. Illogical fear….. n then I wud end up wid qstions like… ‘wat if’…
What if………. the file is corrupted….
Wat if…………. the comp conks….
Wat if………… the backup fails..or worse thre isn’t ne…
Wat if………..the jury won’t accept my design
Wat if…
Wat if….
U keep on finding these answers wherever possible and often u mite end up gtin answers like… just chill,.. relax, …. Chilax.. take a chill pill..
Btw seriously more often thn not it dsnt wrk!!... u kno dat deep within u
Still u call… message every1… letting selected ppl know about ur fears…
If nothing... at least it makes u feel better talking to them…
Just a recent incident…
I was on my way to take plots and was on call wid a frnd.. and as usual I was.. gtin answers like..’ just chill neha.. it wud wrk out’…
AND at that very instant the radio starts playin… ‘just chil…. chill jst chil!!>..
and I was like…..NOOO!!!!... that was lik the last thng I wanted…. The timing cudnt have been ne worse…
Hmm… btw alls well that ends well
Feels gr8 that the trauma is over … hopefully!!...
Recently a frnd had clld me up and the conv was like…..…
frnd :“Im so tnsd ive got my entrance exams cmmin up’….
No rewards 4 guessin my response!...
Me : ‘.JUST CHILLLLLLLLLLLL!!!’.....
Procrastinated thesis just keeps on goin worse n worse!...
So many emotion were surging together - dejection, depression, distress, despair, panic, disapproval, sadness, pressure, anxiousness….. blah blah…
Even if the things were goin fine and falling in place; there was a constant.. Irrational. Illogical fear….. n then I wud end up wid qstions like… ‘wat if’…
What if………. the file is corrupted….
Wat if…………. the comp conks….
Wat if………… the backup fails..or worse thre isn’t ne…
Wat if………..the jury won’t accept my design
Wat if…
Wat if….
U keep on finding these answers wherever possible and often u mite end up gtin answers like… just chill,.. relax, …. Chilax.. take a chill pill..
Btw seriously more often thn not it dsnt wrk!!... u kno dat deep within u
Still u call… message every1… letting selected ppl know about ur fears…
If nothing... at least it makes u feel better talking to them…
Just a recent incident…
I was on my way to take plots and was on call wid a frnd.. and as usual I was.. gtin answers like..’ just chill neha.. it wud wrk out’…
AND at that very instant the radio starts playin… ‘just chil…. chill jst chil!!>..
and I was like…..NOOO!!!!... that was lik the last thng I wanted…. The timing cudnt have been ne worse…
Hmm… btw alls well that ends well
Feels gr8 that the trauma is over … hopefully!!...
Recently a frnd had clld me up and the conv was like…..…
frnd :“Im so tnsd ive got my entrance exams cmmin up’….
No rewards 4 guessin my response!...
Me : ‘.JUST CHILLLLLLLLLLLL!!!’.....
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