Monday, October 27, 2008

Lost in translation

What songs are these?

In front of eyesight, near liver, someone stays. That is youuuuuuuuu


Little waiting's fun you take, love and (..umm) love's fun you take, Little waiting's fun you take


You are standing foreigner, will you give company? You are standing foreigner, by morning first vehicle you will return home.

more later.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

How to get cheap entertainment in mexican restaurants

A:Do you have inch lauda?

Waiter:Si. We have Enchiladas, tacos, Burritos.

A: You really have an inch lauda?

W: Si. Yes yes.

giggle giggle.

A: No I guess I'll have some Nachos.

W: Ok .

A: Hum nachos. Tum gaos?

W: Losing patience . what what.

A: (who is not partial to having his food spat in) oh nothing sorry...(points to blue tooth headset.)on the phone. That will be all. Thanks




Idea for a new band. Like 9 inch nails. 9 enchiladas .

Friday, October 10, 2008


The quote

“Mann ka ho to acchha. Mann ka na ho to zyada acchha !”

was about Punjabi pop music.


This was a complex joke.Where the joke part is imaginary



Thursday, October 09, 2008

If Morrie Schwartz had Lou Gehrig's disease. Whose disease did Lou Gehrig have?

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

I miss! would you believe.



Sunday, October 05, 2008

I have been tagged. In order to avoid reading a paper I shall comply. So here it goes.

My oldest memory :


I think it would be a small room in a town in the hills of north bengal. My mother was making tea on a stove and trunks were lying all around. My father was standing in his uniform just outside the door talking to someone.

10 years ago :
I was funnier, ruder, less tolerant, less cynical, less easily depressed,had more hair,had no beard, didn't know what i wanted in life, was a thousand times fitter, didn't smoke as much(couldn't afford to), 25 kilos lighter, the same height and was good looking.

My first thought today morning :
I need to go pee

You built a time capsule today what would it contain?
Non-GM grains especially jowar , bajra and all. Photographs, an i-pod with a sheet of paper explaining what it is(or was) and what it does (or did). A photo of Pamela Anderson, showcasing her once very large "assets"

This year:
has been one crazy ride.Many ups and downs.

14 years from now - I may still be alive.

So I need to tag some people
I tag
Cynic in wonderland
The sisters Vyas
Non-Sensei
The not so talkative man.
Sita

and anyone else who wants to attempt

"Senior" :Welcome to Grad School Australopithecus. What are you in for?(like they do in prisons...makes one think.)

Me: A PhD. Hopefully will be done in 5 years.

"Senior" : looks at me strangely and gives what has often been described as a "hollow mirthless laugh" and goes away muttering "5 years, 5 years, 5 years"

Someone later tells me, he has been around the department for 8 years. And hasn't finished writing his thesis yet. Damn! That's scary.
***

I've got my own laptop now. for the first time ever I won't be sharing a computer with a family member. It is great news. I don't have to hide porn anymore. I can have it close by for ...err... easy reference.

I am also told that this means I no longer need to camp out in the lab/library to study.
This is where realization strikes ( like a trade union) "Oh! one can study in the library as well"
I've been abusing the library facilities. As a grad student, I can borrow 240 books at a time.
I've go a few...Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers, Agatha Christie, Leslie Charteris and the complete Peanuts from 1950 to 1952. Amazing. Some of the Wodehouses are first editions. I realized this slightly late , right after I've left my books lying near an open window when a hurricane struck.


I need to work on getting an internet connection.
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Saturday, October 04, 2008

Why smoking is bad for you.



location: "the village" NYC

Australopithecus says out loud.: I really need a fag right now.


friend: Shhhhhhhhhhh.

Public: looks interestedly in Australopithecus

Australopithecus: Oh! Shit! Run!