Transparency

I like the word 'Transparency'. Again, ask me not the reason.

Transparency.
Transparency.
Transparency.

New layout. I like the transparent effect this layout gives, and also the music sheet in the background, and also the black & white color scheme. Only, it makes my GTA4 trailer in the last post look ugly. I can put up with that though.

Brrrain Freeze

Brrr. Brrr. Brrr.


I know thats a stupid way to start a post, but thats how I feel right now. Mumbai is freezing. Its never been so cold in all the years that I've lived here. And I've lived here all my life. At night all the fans are off, and I wear a sweater and socks when I go to sleep. Not only that I put one of those really thick blankets. So I'm pretty much covered with thick stuff from head to toe. But its still so cold. Even during the day, I wear a T-Shirt inside another shirt. Now if only I had gloves and one of those cool woolly hats..
I prefer the cold to the heat anyday. I'd rather freeze to death than burn to death. Its not everyday Mumbai gets so cold.. but its almost everyday Mumbai gets really really hot.. so I'm trying to "enjoy" the cold to the fullest. Don't ask how.

The 4th trailer for GTA4 is here!! Yay!!

I'm comin' home again..

Exams done over with. Hindi was the last one. I wrote my own the stories in the paper.. how much I get depends on how much I amuse the Examiner :P

My friend and I chipped in and bought Gears Of War. He's taken the DVD with him. We decided who would take the CD first by means of a coin toss. My favorite method :) What are the odds of picking heads and still losing.. damn!

Homecoming by Kanye West. Thats my latest addiction.

Buccha

Most of the people here in Mumbai are always in a hurry. And they need to get to their destination as quickly as possible. I'm usually one of them.

And then there are these really huge people on the road/footpath sometimes. And they're like.. just walking so slowly, you get REALLY irritated at them..

I mean don't they know there are people who have a LIFE? They block the whole path!!

Then there are some friends, or families that are so many and they walk in a group. Not even a group. More like a horizontal line. Like a wall. They don't want anyone to pass them.

Eyes Of Zeus

My right eye had a sty. And it hurt. Bad. Like.. real bad. Its this boil that somehow finds the eye, one of the worst places a boil can place itself. The weird thing is that it I got another one about a week ago. Fortunately that burst, after hours of excruciating pain. But that burst in two days and that was all good. No more pain.

A week later its back, on the same eye! But now its more persistent. It probably went to bring back up or something. Probably upgraded its skills after training some place, or maybe learnt some *cough* Hitten Mitsouruki 9 Headed Dragon Technique *cough* or something.

The last time it burst while I was having a bath. This time, it didn't. I was hoping it did. But it didn't.
This one hurt a lot more. My eye shrunk for the initial part of the day. After noon it was a little better. Then at night it shrunk again. Odd.

Now its gone. Almost. Went to the doctor. No Hitten Mitsouruki can oppose the might of the doctor. Had to put some medicine on it.

For The Sake Of It

I'm Bang! in the middle of the exams. We have three holidays though. And then three continuous papers without a single holiday - Chemistry (the big daddy of all our exams, the one that everyones been dreading), E.V.S. (why do we even have this stupid subject? >_<) and Hindi (just mugging up loads and loads of huge answers)
We're getting grilled here. Unlike some other people who seem to be getting up at 4 in the morning and wandering aimlessly about.

I hate the Mumbai traffic. I was late for my 12th Std Physics lecture yesterday because it took me an exasperating 45 minutes to reach a destination at peak hour. It takes me only 9 minutes to reach that place in the morning, with no traffic (I mean really early, like 6.30am). Heh.. I know its exactly 9 minutes because sometimes I put on "Jesus of Suburbia" by Greenday right went I get on to the bus and the songs ends EXACTLY when I get off. Cool ne?

In case you're wondering (which you probably aren't), I have headphones.. connected to my K750i cell phone. They're my third headsets, the other two -one original k750 headset and the other a W-Series Headset, both got spoilt >_<
Lucky for me my dad decided to but a SE phone for himself and I he gave me the headsets :D

We had to attend a talk on sex yesterday (I've lost count of all the 'talks' they make us attend). Of course we weren't told it was going to be about sex, we were just told "some guy is coming for a talk and its compulsory and they're gonna take attendance"
Thats all thats needed for students to make an effort to come. The word "compulsory" and "attendance" is all thats needed.
Oddly that sir was referring to sexual organs as "procreative faculty"
Lol. Thats the weirdest thing I've heard this week.

I'm typing stuff as its coming into my head.. this post has not been predetermined in any way.

Hollywood needs writers. They're facing all sorts of problems. The Oscars and Grammy's are in danger of getting canceled this year. Hope that doesn't happen. It did with the Golden Globes. I think production of HEROES 2 has halted as well.
American Idol Season 8 started some days ago. Pretty good until now I guess.
Fortunately Jay Leno is continuing his show despite the lack of writers. I like The Tonight Show :)

I'm reading Air Gear now. 6 Volumes done.

I got some games from my friend recently. Prince Of Persia Two Thrones, Prince Of Persia Warrior Within, FIFA 2007, and Tomb Raider Legends.
Sad to say only PoPT2T is working. Others aren't even installing. :(

India won the Perth Test. Now they'll lose the next one. Guarantee.

T_T

My life is boring right now.. theres absolutely nothing to post about. Exams going on. *sigh*


I had a "test" in my classes the other day. It couldn't even be called a test. The sir gave us all the questions before the test could start.. I mean when we were still revising.. and then he leaves for the entire time and there was absolutely nobody to supervise :|

I have exams going on in college in the meantime.. thats a bore too..

I don't know what to post.. I don't know what to post..

LAlalalalalalalalala...

My right eye had a sty. So my eye became all red and painful. I looked like Arnold Schwajkashdzker in Terminator.. ^_^

Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame
Puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can't run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won't last

I haven't gone to the movie theater for some time now.. theres a big list of movies I gotta watch. Oceans Thirteen.. Bourne Identity.. Blood Diamond.. Tara Zameen Par.. The Bee Movie..
There are more but I can't recollect..

I'm so bored. Sorry for wasting your time. Babye.

You like to think you're never wrong..

Whats My Name?

Ever since school, or rather Kindergarten (affectionately called Jr. KG and Sr. KG here) theres been mass (yes, mass) confusion over how my name is supposed to be pronounced.

My name is Dylan. Now, as far as I've seen, this name has been pronounced is so many different ways I couldn't keep track of them. My parents, and other relatives call me Di-lun ("Di" as in the one in "dignity")

Thats what my parents want the official version of my name to be. Thats also what the people in my building call me, due to which they often misspell the name.

Outside my building its a different story. My school calls my Die-lun.
When they first starting calling me this in my early school years, I really didn't give a damn. Didn't bother to correct them.

There was a certain special classes I used to attend some years ago. A guy there used to call me "Dinal" Don't ask why. He just did. >_<

There wasn't any real version that I preferred. Until one of my friends in the 8th Standard decided to call me "Dilin"
I really wasn't bothered what he called me then, but then a few months later, I decided I liked the name Dilin. So I kept it. So now if anyone asks me what my name is, "I'm Dilin" ^_^

Its just odd coincidence that one of my close net pals calls me Dilin too, even though I didn't tell her anything of the above.

My school still calls me Die-lun though. And its continued at the college level as well.
I now use the Dielun-Dilin name strategy to categorize my friends. :P

Now the question remains : What did you call me?

As a side note-
I saw this in the morning paper today. (Hindustan Times' Sunday magazine Brunch to be exact)
It made me smile. So I'm sharing it.

The Pen Evades Me

What is with a pen? Its so obscure, something so small.. so timid, so humble.. and yet so deceitful and Machiavellian. It evades us all. It doesn't care whether its cheap or expensive. It doesn't even care whether its urgently needed.

I hate you pen. I hate you.

Ever noticed how we can never find a pen when we need one? I take only pen to school. Why? I dunno. I'm just too lazy.

So this companionless pen decided to suddenly give in one day. Without any warning (I could still see the ink on the sides, but it decided to stay there). So I go around asking people for a pen.. hoping they have an extra one. LIKE HELL THEY DO!!

Turns out in the whole class of 60+ students, not one. NOT ONE of them had a pen!! An EXTRA pen. Either that or they all suddenly decided to hate me.

So I slug out the day with a pencil.

I come home, and voila, no pen at home either. How could we have no pen at home? Dunno..

I had then to go out and buy one. Something I should've done long ago.

I now guard that pen with my life. Its mightier than any sword I've seen. (... and I've not seen any swords, up-close, anyway)

Oddly another crazy thing would be that it strangely disappears. One minute its there, and the other other its not! Its got a mind of its own. It purposely rolls away from you.. drops to the ground and rolls again. Positive to finally sit in a place that is hard to reach.

If this is not possible, then the pen does something even more irritating. It apparently sends messages to all its other body-parts to detach from the main body. One of them always does. Sometimes the pen cap, sometimes the bottom, or sometimes that other shiny cap that goes over the nib.

In extreme cases you'll find the refill missing.

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Theres a really funny Jerry Seinfeld Stand-Up Video I wanted to post. But unfortunately, I can't seem to find it.