Alright...i read the book! i didn't buy it...but i did go and beg my librarian to give me the book first and i went at 9 in the morning to collect the copy! After all the waiting...after all the speculations...after all the expectations...i have to say i feel let down. I fell cheated. cheated of the right to a good book with a decent ending. after all the hype this book created...i find it less than ordinary.. the worst part..characters were killed with no proper reason. i know it was the "war" but some of the deaths were totally unnecessary. totally unnecessary. and dear god i did not get the epilogue! i mean what the hell was that?! Albus Severus!??! seriously?? what was she thinking?!?! and not one mention of George...poor poor George! and will someone please tell what that baby like thing was at Kings Cross that Harry felt repulsed by?! but the book wasn't all bad...some parts were really good! i totally 'dug' the holey joke! and Ron...There cannot be another fictional character in a million years that i would love more. i'm so grateful that jk didn't kill him off! so so grateful!!

Oh well...College's started. Third semester SUCKS!!! period.

I have got to say Khaled Hosseini is a genius. I got to read his second book - A Thousand Splendid Suns. The book is brilliant! I did like The Kite Runner better but this book is no less. It's a really nice read and i hope i get to read more books of his. Oh yeah I even started Stephen King. The first one - Misery. This book is so twisted that i love it! Like it says in the book...the whole story is so vivid!! i can literally picture everything that's happening in there like as if it were real and live! it's scary in that sense. Can't wait to read more of his books! thanks to this sucky semester i'm getting to read more books. there is a good for every bad in this world!lol
Oh a Happy Friendship Day to everyone. Personally i don't think too much of the day. For one thing people you've almost forgotten or are sure don't exist anymore come to wish you. It just feels like such a lie. Sure i think it's nice to get such messages or calls but it all seems so shallow. Just to go with the flow - Happy Friendship Day! Hope everyone has had a blast!

Okay...the potter craze has caught up a little with me too...i wanna be able to read the book tomorrow and i want to finish it tomorrow!! I WANT TO KNOW THE END!!! lol it scares me...all this hyperness!:P but i need to know what jk has come up with...if she kills Ron i will never ever read that book again...okay i can'ts tick to that but yeah something close to that! She just cannot cannot cannot kill Ron! guess i'll know tomorrow...!!! lol
hmmmm....apart from that...work is pretty good...got to write about some really neat stuff.
recently Radio Indigo...FYI it is the only all english radio station in India...they conducted an acoustic contest for college goers and recent alumnis. The contest was AMAZING. there are some really really really amazing artists in Bangalore. AH! just watching them sing and play their instruments gave me goosebumps! and left me wishing for the gazillionth time that i could play the guitar. It's been rotting at home for more than 3 years now and i don't seem to find the inspiration to learn to play. The guitar is dying- in ross' words...i will try and learn sometime...sigh...one of the many promises i make to myself...others include sky diving and bungee jumping btw...!
So yeah..the event...man it was brilliant! there were A cappella versions of la bamba and even summer of '69! A cappella rules! should listen to more of it. glad i got to cover the event. Was loads of fun. wish there was more stuff like this happening around town. would be good fun!
i don't have time to write more right now...will write later..!
chao!

We've all heard the sayin 'an empty mind is a devils workshop!' While this may be true to some sense it isn't always! I find that clearing my mind gives an amazing feeling! The number of times i've stayed awake at night thinking nothing yet everything! I find that really relaxing actually! It's a lot of fun!to be thinking about nothing in particular..to day dream even in the night...just before falling asleep! To let your flow of thoughts take over and have absolutely no control over them! :)

I read this book called Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks. It has left me feeling all depressed! lol I don't know why! It left me wanting to do something! Something i haven't done ever before! something really fun for a change!:) Like Sky diving!!!! That's one thing i definitely wanna do before i get too old!:D It should be loads of fun!!! The story is nice and all! I hate depressing endings or rather a story which has no happy ending. Hey life is tough so why be depressing or 'correct' in the books as well? This is one reason i don't want to read the last harry potter book! i couldn't care less if harry died but not the other characters. Not Ron or Fred or George or Luna or Neville or Lupin! I can't believe Sirius is dead! Ok moving off topic here! So yeah..The story of Message in a bottle is nice and i'm sure the ending is all 'correct' and stuff..but hey sometimes i'd like to read about all happy things! I also read The Kite Runner recently! It's an amazing book! it really is! This is the only book that almost made me cry! It's just so good!i recommend this book if anyone wants a nice read! :)

Go Green!!!!

Okay i'm hooked to Greenpeace! And i know it's not only a phase! I'm one of those people who's really really concerned about the environment!!I don't know how many others are...knowingly or unknowingly! I want my children and their children and their children to live and see the world as a nice place!hell ya i want that! what's so bad about that!? Doesn't everyone deserve a chance to live?! I do think on these terms! I'm sure everyone does atleast i hope so! because nobody i know shows the concern! Okay a little about Greenpeace. It's an organisation that started in the 1970s and their branches are spread around 42 countries. I don't represent them. I'm just a fan! The Ban the Bulb campaign in India is a start! Who uses bulbs now anyway!!!
I do believe it's better if we use the cycle and car pool and stuff but i haven't really got there yet! I'm not too into cycling!:)
This may sound like i'm preaching but please oh please don't throw stuff on the road! There are a few dustbins provided here...yes even in India! Just throw all your garbage there or carry it home and throw it in your own dustbin! and yes that's one thing i do and am proud of it! I don't really like the idea of the Metro here in Bangalore. There will be no trees along MG Road!! There are so many instances to this! why would anyone want to tear down trees and build more railway tracks!! yeah there's also the whole public transport thing into this. I just hope the government plants the trees as they've promised! :)
Log onto greenpeace! check out the website and be a part of saving the world ! :)

fashion-ed?

what exactly is FASHION? Seriously...what is it? I keep wondering about this. A lot! When u stay in Bangalore u can't help but wonder. Everyone seems to be all dressed up all the time! I'm like whatever happened to good ol jeans and tee?!? I feel so...out of place if u will lookin at all these people walk around. I love my old clothes and if given the choice i'd wear em all around town...lol..maybe not but u get the picture.
All these places...you're expected to be all proper and perfect! I just find it weird!!! I have nothing against people who dress up and stuff but i don't like it and hell don't bug me about it! and seriously... Is it necessary to wear those branded pairs of jeans or sneakers or tee's or whatever they sell nowadays....my fashion sense or whatever you call it is zero and i think it's a total waste of money to spend on such stuff! i really don't care if my shoes are from Bata or any of the local stores! Is it really worth it? Somehow it's become a matter of pride - to wear something that is branded!
i just don't see it! and i personally don't think it's important or necessary. I go to these boutiques...or rather asked to go from work and here are people who would spend freakishly large amounts of money on something as simple as a pair of ear rings! oh well...that's my take on this! maybe i'm jus one of those not fashion conscious people...lol...didn't find a word for it! :)

My first ever article!!! :D

lol yes i'm self obsessed! Hell i deserve to be!:)
my first ever article came out yesterday in Metro Life....!!!!

i'm at 'work' right now...lol...no work to be done as such...so enjoying the free internet service here...lol...sadly orkut is banned!!!:P

here is the online link to my article...it looks better on paper tho!!!:D :)

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun292007/metro200706289947.asp


it may not be too much and may be all straight forward and shit but who cares!!! my name's there !!! :D :D :D It's a totally different feeling when u see your name in print....in the newspaper...can officially call myself a journalist now! the work i'm doing here is pretty fun...i get to sit in an ac office...learn from the "seniors" , go on 'assignments' and 'file my report' ...lol...all seems unreal! But i'm having a blast!!! and as usual..when i have to file a report english fails me!!! everytime i sit to write something i dont get the right words...! and at other times it's not that bad..lol..
anyway i think i should go before im caught and they decide to throw me out of this place...!!
adios!

4 days as an intern and counting!!

hmmmmmmmm.....finally i'm an intern!!:) it's all so exciting!i'm interning for MetroLife that's a supplement of Deccan Herald true i haven't got too much work to do as such...havent realy been on an 'assignment' everyday but it's still fun...first day i learnt how to use a software used to write stories and stuff and also had to go through old Metrolife supplements to get to know the style of writing and stuff...! second day was fun! my friend and i were asked to go cover a presentation by the final year fashion designing students of a college here....my first assignment!! woo hoo!! lol...was so exciting! dunno if it'll come in da paper though...!keeping my fingers crossed!:)day three was BORING!! jus had to sit in the office...!! the whole day...!!! today was nice....i was watching them do the layout...it was fun...learnt quite a lot...and today had to go for a fitness equipment launch...! :) had to "cover" it...lol...feels good to be a temp!! or an intern if u will...! looking forward to another 26 days here!! oh and the treatment u get when u say ure a member of the press...hehehe...awesome! everyone's all nice to ya!:) i could totally get used to it... :D :D :D all the same...workin has been fun...killing time and im not so bored with life anymore...! it should be a good fun!

AND PLEASE VOTE FOR TAJ!!! it's our duty to do it!!! india is the 4th in terms of number of people voting!! i'm sure we can do better....it's kinda sad that noone really bothers about it....
the details...
SMS TAJ to 4567 or log onto http://taj.indiainfo.com

Sivaji - The Movie

Just back from watching the movie Sivaji...!! went with the whole family...!! around 14 of us!! was lots of fun actually....!! i wasn't really looking forward to it...one cos i dont understand tamil very well and two cos i dont really like rajinikant movies...no offense meant to anyone! this is my view...!!!
so, the movie...it was...hmm...let's see....it was funny, yes...cos i always find his movies funny...the dialogues are totally kickass!! i love the dialogues of his movies...they're so funny....and they rhyme!..lol...i cannot get enough of them!!! and yes only if u know tamil u'll get the point of the dialogues...they lose their charm if translated...!
the action scenes are totally matrix-ised! too much of special effects....they're beyond unreal! even for his movies...the action scenes are too much to take....there's one scene in the movie which looks totally like a take off from spiderman...one stance of his...so totally spiderman like...but i guess the whole point of a rajini movie is the overdramatised action sequences!
usually rajini movies have a theme behind all the exaggeration...this one is about corruption and bribes within the government...of course in the movie rajini is this super amazing hero who gets everything done by his fighting and style and stuff...obviously it's nothing like that in reality...the problem has been adressed...like many other movies...but the whole point of his movies are to entertain...and that it does...almost...the songs...none of them worth remembering...and some parts of the movie are seriously boring....!!!
some of the things to look out for in the movie...his way of eating centrefresh....the way he says cool......the way he plays with a one rupee coin...the way he taps his head...these are a few...lol...and of course his one liners...they're amazing...yup...truly amazing! oh even vivek must get a mention here...i totally love his comedy and he's great as usual! :)
on the whole i guess u can watch the movie once...totally not worth paying 1500/- for a ticket!!
i just had to watch it because it's a rajinikant movie and i have no serious complaints as such...!!:)

ps: i got an internship with Deccan Herald ...!!! an english daily...and im so excited!!!i officially start from tomorrow and i'll be glad to do ANY work they give me!! jus the whole idea of being an intern there is amazing!!! :) can't wait to start "working"!!!!! :D :D :D yay me!

i've been trying to think of a proper way to begin but am not able to come up with anything!!
anyway...bespectacled madness is what ive called this cos i cant think of anything else so i jus took the same title as my other blog...! laziness is my best friend! :D
i used to blog but stopped....givin it another try now...as for the content of this space...i dont think ill stick to one particular topic....but yeah...guess it'll be dominated by stories abt me....i tend to always talk about me and yes it'll be boring...but who cares!!!

my background...? im jus a student...done wid 2 sems of coll....!! i dont do much...jus the usual things anyone would do...!!

day dreaming is my hobby and passion...and im proud of it!! im also melodramatic! that's abt it...for now...

why i blog...? jus for the heck of it! blogging is fun and hopefully i get to improve my writing skills and stuff...!!and yes....id luv to get comments!:D

okay...now a request.... vote for taj mahal!! we've got another fourteen days left... so might as well use the internet for something worthwhile....
the website is http://indiainfo.com
please take some time to vote for taj!!!

moving on... i'm going to watch sivaji tomorrow! lol...im looking forward to it...i find the movies quite funny...the review will be comin up soon!!
that's about it for now....
adios!