A Thought Experiment

Jusht only the bestest book I've read of late:

God's Debris by Scott Adams.

Gives some really different perspectives into religion, science, God and the like. I'm not much of a Dilbert fan but I loved this book. It's basically a conversation between a delivery guy and an old wise man who explains his thought-provoking various fundas. The different concepts are explained beautifully,in a crisp and simple style of writing. Not for people who cant accept/appreciate radical new ideas, but if you're interested in philosophy then go,buy,read. Now.

Impressed

Some people leave me spellbound.

Song of the Past

Its such an inexplicably warm wonderful feeling to listen to an old song you've dug up from that carton of dusty combwebby tapes. Idiotic half-smile on my face,dreamy.

"Carolina Moon....keep shiiiiiiningg......."

Nos to Pix

Came across this awesome site while browsing the other day...
I always found it dry to read statistics and big figures so I think its a pretty good way to make one visualize the quantity.
Check it out here.

They spoil everything

I did not know till recently about the controversy regarding one of my all time fav songs...Puff the magic dragon.
Its a song about the end of childhood innocence, or so I thought.

""Puff" was an obvious name for a song about smoking pot; little Jackie Paper's surname referred to rolling papers; "autumn mist" was either clouds of marijuana smoke or a drug-induced state; the land of "Hanah Lee" was really the Hawaiian village of Hanalei, known for its particularly potent marijuana plants; and so on."
(http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/puff.htm)

Hmmm! 

Istanbul:Memories of a City

A hauntingly beautiful childhood memoir. Pamuk shares with us his own personal journey of life in Istanbul-it is not only the description and the history of the city,its landscape and people-but the relationship between Istanbul and Pamuk that is poignant. There is a certain oneness between the two;the fall of the Ottoman Empire is his personal loss, the ruins of the city his cause for lament. The B&W pictures complement his state of mind. Yes there is a strange somewhat unfinished shadow of beauty that hangs in the air, in spite of the sorrowful and wistful writing (like the old Ottoman villas still have ivy creeping over the crumbling walls).

I probably liked the book a lot because I am tired of Naipaul miserably bumbling about trying to find his roots.

Drawback: You might never want to hear the word 'melancholy' again after seeing it appear about a hundred times in the book.

Still I'd say its a must-read, at least once.

Happy New Year

May you all have grand new beginnings and happy endings!!

Raindrops aint fallin on my head:(

Sanity has faded into oblivion.
What kind of time is 2 pm-5 pm to hold an exam ?*fume*

I was stuck in the exam hall while it rained...showered outside,and it was so beeyootiful,the smell of earth,the kids playing near the railway track(i sat near the window),a typical stroll-along-humming-a-song kind of day,which is rather rare in Vellore. On the other side of the window,I was drawing a somewhat deformed nephron,while a grumpy voice announced, " 1 hour to go".

I yawned. I smelt guavas. I dont know why it was smelling guavas,but it was.I dreamt of hot cups of chai,bhutta,samosas...the next question on nutrition didnt help.I hurriedly finished my paper and ran out of the building...

To be greeted by wet streets and an emerging sun mocking me. Gah,where are the clouds when you want em?

Hpmh. I will go home and yenjay in hyderabadi rain.

Latest

Reads:
Margaret Atwood-Oryx and Crake: a thoroughly disturbing book. Do NOT read.
Mulk Raj Anand-Pilpali Sahab: Bore.

Currently reading Guns Germs and Steel:A short history of everybody for the past 13000 years by Jared Diamond and Staring at the Sun by Julian Barnes.

Music:
Thermal and A Quarter and Dave Matthews Band.
Also been listening to Maiden again trying to memorize lyrics to go to the showww in B'lore(March 17th)!!! Damn excited bout it,hope they turn up coz its not up on the official site yet.

Thats about it. Lazing away the days now that exams are over, got some ideas that will hopefully materialize soon.

Blink....beep beep...buzzzz....crash.