So a person who was born to a female sibling of my father's is now a few months away from bringing a new little one to this planet. In short, my cousin is expecting a baby! And while I am sure all 3 of my readers will join me in congratulating her and wishing her all the best, we have a more important task at hand...naming the new little chap/female chap.
I already came up with Shohit and Rolpa for a boy or a girl respectively. How did I come up with these you say? Well my creativity is well known and since Shilpa and Rohit are the names of my cousin and her husband I was able to cleverly come up with those names. While those are in the running, here is a list of some more for them to choose from. I have included in parentheses the profound reasoning that I employed to come up with this list.
As always, feel free to comment below and add to this list.
1. Ivan Dmitrich (not a very typical Indian name)
2. Monkeyna (has a typical Indian female name ending and an English beginning...I like hybrids)
3. Tuts (not an abbreviation for an Egyptian king but rather an abbreviation for the Indian word for poop...Tatti)
4. Hero (pretty self explanatory)
5. Fajiti (not a female fajita but rather the Marathi word for a quandry)
6. Modem (I'm just having problems with mine)
7. Joe (I ate at his restaurant this afternoon)
8. Chakri (the name of my first hard drive...I've always been selfless and I will allow this name to be taken from me)
9. Sindri (this is what Bjork named her son...who can argue with that? Plus it's a good way to support the Icelandic economy)
10. Abisko (where I'll be 31/1/2009-1/1/2010)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
>, <, = (read greater than, less than, equal to...this is not an ode to Asian Smileys)
So in my continuing series of lists comes this one...Being the judgmental chap that I am, I have seen myself comparing characters, places, people and what have you against other characters, places, people and what have you. Think of it as my own mental version of Celebrity Deathmatch but not necessarily with celebrities and not involving death. Here is my list of comparisons:
1. Fred Flintstone>Tom from Tom and Jerry
There's a difference between being dumb and cool, and just being plain dumb. This is where Fred Flintstone beats out Tom. Tom just gets the shit kicked out of him by a stupid little mouse whereas Fred can do cool stuff like bowl well and stuff. Also, Tom is always kinda lonely. Fred has friends. And family. And dinosaurs. And he eats Bronto-burgers while Tom gets excited when he smells food that Jerry gets to before Tom can. Yeah, Tom is lame.
2. Paul Krugman>Thomas Friedman
I like credible sources for news articles and although both these chaps are very knowledgeable about what they write about, there's a difference. While Friedman does often bring up interesting observations, his tone is too patronizing and often doesn't give you arguments that would counter his conclusions. On the other hand, Krugman has a refreshing and admirable ability to explain how complex economic theories are applicable to events we witness every day, without sounding arrogant at all. I still read both their editorials in the New York Times, but I find myself a little more excited to look at the Times on Mondays and Fridays rather than Wednesdays and Sundays.
3. Bally Sagoo>DJ Aqeel
So a little background here...Bally Sagoo was one of the pioneers of remixing old Hindi/Bollywood songs (early 1990s) but hasn't done much in the better part of the last decade and DJ Aqeel is somehow related to some actors in Bollywood and is now one of the highest paid DJs in India. I have and always will believe that Bally Sagoo was wayyy ahead of his time. For some reason his music didn't receive the appreciation it deserved and is now mostly forgotten. DJ Aqeel on the other hand lacks talent in my opinion and lost every last drop of respect I had for him when I asked him to play 'Zocalo' by Armin van Buuren at an "Ibiza Night" at Poison in Bombay (where he used to be the resident DJ) and he said he didn't have anything by him. Err...yeah. Also, when I randomly play songs from my ipod, nobody ever gets too excited about a DJ Aqeel song but I've yet to find someone who doesn't think about happy times when I play a Bally Sagoo song.
4. Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture>Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist
I know I'm going to offend a few people with this, but I'm not a big fan of Paulo Coelho. Spinning stories that are big metaphors for life are cool and everything, but while reading 'The Alchemist' I just wanted the book to end because it's pretty obvious what the underlying message is right from the beginning. I didn't really feel like I was gaining anything by reading page after page. The opposite is what I got out of Randy Pausch's 'The Last Lecture' which has easily been the best book I've read in a while. I'll also openly admit that I choked up a few times during the book, but more importantly, the real examples that he gives followed by brilliant, timeless advice makes it easy to understand why he was such a great human being. Both the books are about finding and chasing your dreams, but only one really moved me.
5. Rajnikant>Any actor, living/dead/past/present...
...and I'm also going to be bold enough to add 'future' to that. I'm sorry but if an actor has the power to sell out theatres nationwide for THREE WEEKS on opening day, he's truly unbeatable. Now my non-brownies might say "Who is this demi-god that you speak of?" and probably haven't heard of him at all before but know this...he lights his cigarettes with guns, can start twisters with his feet and when he had to kill three guys with one bullet he shot it and then spliced it in half with a knife thereby killing the two on the side with half bullets and the guy in the middle with the knife. Chuck Norris wishes he had half the strength of Rajnikant.
6. Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing>>>>>red velvet cake with butter cream (or any other) type of icing
This really doesn't need an explanation. If you're wondering why, it's probably because you haven't tasted the former. Sucks to be you.
1. Fred Flintstone>Tom from Tom and Jerry
There's a difference between being dumb and cool, and just being plain dumb. This is where Fred Flintstone beats out Tom. Tom just gets the shit kicked out of him by a stupid little mouse whereas Fred can do cool stuff like bowl well and stuff. Also, Tom is always kinda lonely. Fred has friends. And family. And dinosaurs. And he eats Bronto-burgers while Tom gets excited when he smells food that Jerry gets to before Tom can. Yeah, Tom is lame.
2. Paul Krugman>Thomas Friedman
I like credible sources for news articles and although both these chaps are very knowledgeable about what they write about, there's a difference. While Friedman does often bring up interesting observations, his tone is too patronizing and often doesn't give you arguments that would counter his conclusions. On the other hand, Krugman has a refreshing and admirable ability to explain how complex economic theories are applicable to events we witness every day, without sounding arrogant at all. I still read both their editorials in the New York Times, but I find myself a little more excited to look at the Times on Mondays and Fridays rather than Wednesdays and Sundays.
3. Bally Sagoo>DJ Aqeel
So a little background here...Bally Sagoo was one of the pioneers of remixing old Hindi/Bollywood songs (early 1990s) but hasn't done much in the better part of the last decade and DJ Aqeel is somehow related to some actors in Bollywood and is now one of the highest paid DJs in India. I have and always will believe that Bally Sagoo was wayyy ahead of his time. For some reason his music didn't receive the appreciation it deserved and is now mostly forgotten. DJ Aqeel on the other hand lacks talent in my opinion and lost every last drop of respect I had for him when I asked him to play 'Zocalo' by Armin van Buuren at an "Ibiza Night" at Poison in Bombay (where he used to be the resident DJ) and he said he didn't have anything by him. Err...yeah. Also, when I randomly play songs from my ipod, nobody ever gets too excited about a DJ Aqeel song but I've yet to find someone who doesn't think about happy times when I play a Bally Sagoo song.
4. Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture>Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist
I know I'm going to offend a few people with this, but I'm not a big fan of Paulo Coelho. Spinning stories that are big metaphors for life are cool and everything, but while reading 'The Alchemist' I just wanted the book to end because it's pretty obvious what the underlying message is right from the beginning. I didn't really feel like I was gaining anything by reading page after page. The opposite is what I got out of Randy Pausch's 'The Last Lecture' which has easily been the best book I've read in a while. I'll also openly admit that I choked up a few times during the book, but more importantly, the real examples that he gives followed by brilliant, timeless advice makes it easy to understand why he was such a great human being. Both the books are about finding and chasing your dreams, but only one really moved me.
5. Rajnikant>Any actor, living/dead/past/present...
...and I'm also going to be bold enough to add 'future' to that. I'm sorry but if an actor has the power to sell out theatres nationwide for THREE WEEKS on opening day, he's truly unbeatable. Now my non-brownies might say "Who is this demi-god that you speak of?" and probably haven't heard of him at all before but know this...he lights his cigarettes with guns, can start twisters with his feet and when he had to kill three guys with one bullet he shot it and then spliced it in half with a knife thereby killing the two on the side with half bullets and the guy in the middle with the knife. Chuck Norris wishes he had half the strength of Rajnikant.
6. Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing>>>>>red velvet cake with butter cream (or any other) type of icing
This really doesn't need an explanation. If you're wondering why, it's probably because you haven't tasted the former. Sucks to be you.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Unorthodox Smells that I Like
So today as I was sitting at my computer listening to the soundtrack from Baazigar, an old Hindi movie (Yes I really was...still am actually), I realised that the milk I wanted to heat on my stove was burning and also realised, more importantly, that I liked the smell of it. So here's another list...
1. Burning/burnt milk
2. Petroleum
3. Matches
4. Mud after it has been rained on
5. Steel/Metal
6. Burning coals (before I start coughing, that is)
7. Pepper (it doesn't make me cough)
8. Wood
More additions from Facebook (prob for the last time since i now have this crazy little thing called blog)
9. A Bata shoe store in India
10. Luggage packed abroad but unpacked in India (i don't know how it works, but it does)
I know some of these are harmful to inhale, but why you gotta judge me like that? Hate the player not the game. I mean...the game, not the player. Yes.
Good Food Pairs (from my Facebook note)
In no particular order...
1. chips with salsa
2. doritos with bean dip
3. fried prawns with lime juice
4. dal and rice
5. fries with ketchup
6. banana and nutella
7. sharp cheese with grapes
8. fresh bread with honey
9. vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate sauce
10. spicy indian food with maaza (duke's mangola if you're lucky to find any)
11. kheema samosa with maggi hot and sweet
Additions from comments (yes i have a few friends...at least facebook says so)
12. booze and kathi rolls
13. papaya with lime juice
14. masala peanuts and beer
15. paratha with yogurt
16. prawn balchao with Goan bread
1. chips with salsa
2. doritos with bean dip
3. fried prawns with lime juice
4. dal and rice
5. fries with ketchup
6. banana and nutella
7. sharp cheese with grapes
8. fresh bread with honey
9. vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate sauce
10. spicy indian food with maaza (duke's mangola if you're lucky to find any)
11. kheema samosa with maggi hot and sweet
Additions from comments (yes i have a few friends...at least facebook says so)
12. booze and kathi rolls
13. papaya with lime juice
14. masala peanuts and beer
15. paratha with yogurt
16. prawn balchao with Goan bread
In Blogging First Time Mine
So i bit the bullet and decided to put up a bloggy blog after years of emails from fans and well-wishers who wanted to know what i was thinking about when i was making paper planes with restaurant menus or how many times i folded a length of toilet paper before i used it. OK maybe there weren't any emails and maybe nobody really wanted to know any of the above but i decided to put it down anyway. Kinda.
This is going to be a collection of lists that i draw up, along with a sprinkling of random thoughts and whatnot. The key here is for you readers (all 3 of you) to add to the lists with additions of your own, even if it's redundant (notice how i used "add" and "additions" in the same sentence to show a clever little play to highlight redundancy). So, without further ado, here is Susu Samba.
Read it. Share it. Like it. Love it. Hate it. Spit on it. But most importantly, add to it.
This is going to be a collection of lists that i draw up, along with a sprinkling of random thoughts and whatnot. The key here is for you readers (all 3 of you) to add to the lists with additions of your own, even if it's redundant (notice how i used "add" and "additions" in the same sentence to show a clever little play to highlight redundancy). So, without further ado, here is Susu Samba.
Read it. Share it. Like it. Love it. Hate it. Spit on it. But most importantly, add to it.
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