Spotting

Below are a few pictures of my friend Rajeev...i've put in one picture of a "primitive" simian... Just for comparison... If you can spot the simian, Rajeev's evolved sufficiently... :-)

Reflections...Not in a mirror.... On life....

Two things happened recently that have somewhat forced me to change my outlook on life a bit... for the time-being anyway.

First... i visited someplace... an orphanage, if you must know. Needless to say... it was a very moving experience. It's funny how people keep saying "needless to say" and then say it anyway...

However, literary and conversational nuances are not the subject of this post. As i was saying, the experience moved me not a little bit... it moved me a great bit... not physically moved me, you understand, but moved me in the metaphorical sense. It made me think of how frivolously i spend my money, my time, my energy, and anything else that is in my power to spend. People who know me would, at this juncture, wonder what i'm talking about because i'm not known to spend much of anything... let alone money and energy... Even so... when confronted with the fate of those less fortunate than me... ANY spending seems rather frivolous to me... So, that being as it is, i've decided to cut down on my expenses, such as they are, by at least 20%... So far i've succeeded...

The second thing that happened recently happened when i was returning home from the abovementioned orphanage (which had moved me so)... I was in a local train compartment... I was sitting there, reflecting on life's tragedies, minding my own business... when suddenly i heard music... Well, it could be called a good approximation of what we generally refer to as music. It was a guy playing the harmonica (which, as i've pointed out to many, is different from a harmonium)... The Harmonica happens to be one of my favourite instruments... And this man happened to play some of my favourite (old hindi) tunes on it... Needless to say, in a movable state as i already was, i was moved yet again. I gave the chap 10 rupees... i thought it wasn't enough....but, forced by a long standing habit of not giving, i didn't give him anymore. I'm not quite sure, why this particular incident had an impact on me... I'm not even sure WHAT impact it had on me... But i've been thinking about it ever since... none of my thoughts make sense or are in the least bit coherent ofcourse... but the fact remains that i'm thinking about it... and i can feel some madness coming on...

Life... as i've oft stated... is not funny... But i've realised that, however un-funny life may seem, we must never take it seriously... That's just suicide... or atleast a giant key to crazy-town...

I'm Bored....

Friend to me: Dude, you look bored...
Me to Friend: You have NO idea...

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

- Voltaire

So there you have it... Voltaire agrees with me... But there's another voltaire quote which goes "A witty saying proves nothing"... But, then again, a witty saying DOES add spice to conversation :D

Anyway, like i keep stating... Life is much like a stand-up comedian's act except that in this case, it isn't funny. It's not funny that i can talk quite to my satisfaction when i'm talking to someone i DON'T have a romantic interest in... But the minute life puts in front of me a girl i like... and that's it... i babble on and on and on and on and on and... you get the picture.... It is also not funny that i can think of no more examples of what is not funny... except maybe the red+yellow+white t-shirt that i recently purchased... it's quite chic and NOT funny(OR weird OR stupid) in the least!!

Moving on... i find that i have nothing to move on to... and that isn't funny either...

Some more exam time doodling

As is apparent... I'm not too finicky about where i doodle...

Exam time Creativity

It was that part of the year again. The part when exams arrive and force me to open my books. But i'll be damned if i can be forced to study :P
This is just a small sampling of all the doodling (and allied tp) that i did throughout the duration of my exams...

This is what i drew (or rather, doodled)

Black and White

Sepia

Negative

HEHEHEHEHE

I was in Wilson College to give my M.Sc. final year exam... As would be expected of me, i wasn't prepared...I could only described as a bundle of nerves... And STILL... i found it in me to be amused by the writing on the old regulator...

Errr.... Can i have the time please??

Came across this panel full of LED time pieces.... Found it funny at the time...

This particular peak is known as "Babita's Boob"... For a very special reason... Anyone who's been a cadet at the Naval Engineering College, Lonavala would know the reason... The rest may ask me... I'm not a cadet, present or former, of the said institute but i have friends who are...

The Sunset as seen from Tiger's leap (or was it lion point??), Lonavala...