Looking Back

It's new years eve, Some people look view it as the time when people look back on the year that has passed and look forward to the coming year. Some people try to use this day as changing, making new year resolutions. While some people just use it as an excuse to party and get wasted. I at this moment am doing the first. I don't believe in the second. And the last, there's still a few hours to go before that :)

2008 was quite eventful. It was a year when I lost really good friends, made some even better ones; Lost track of who mattered, and found it again; Did not know what I was going to do with life post college, then realised and finally decided; Did not know where my priorities lied, but found out a way to find out where they did; when there was a someone, and suddenly there wasn't; and Went from a neither here nor there to finally knowing to choose somewhere.

Now that the year is coming to a close, looking back at whatever happened, it was a great year. It has changed me, definitely for the better. Now for 2009, a year of extreme importance. Happy new year!

Fw: They asked and now I answer

Rolu Polu Dolu aka Dholax aka Engi Publicity Co-ordinator had this on his blog and asked for me to answer them too. And hence.

Last movie seen in a theater:
The Dark Knight *bows*

What book are you reading?
For a while it has been Ptolemy's Gate, but I'm a noob, speed can be excused

Favorite board game:
Monopoly

Favorite magazine:
Autocar, Sportstar

Favorite smells:
Petrol and new shoes

Favorite sounds:
Piano

Worst feeling in the world:
People you trust, go against you

What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
Argh! Class!

Favorite fast food place:
KFC

Future child’s name:
Not given it a thought

Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…”
spend it like a man who has a lot of money

Do you drive fast?
Yeah, in a while.

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Yappa! No!

Storms - Cool or Scary?
Scary !

Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
Don't mind them.

If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
None, I like it Black (Call me racist! Heh)

Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:
Hyderabad ( 0-0.5 )
Palakkad ( 0.5-3 )
Bangalore ( 3-17 )
Surathkal ( 18- )

Favorite sports to watch:
Football, Basketball

What’s under your bed?
A couple of bags and lots of dirt

Would you like to be born as yourself again?
Of course

Morning person or night owl?
Night Owl.

Favorite place to relax:
I don't know really, depends on the situation, can vary from bed to B'ball court to beach and what not.

Favorite ice cream flavor:
Chocolate. Chocolate. More Chocolate!

Forwarding this to whoever is jobless and wants to answer this. :)

Colour v Color

I just logged in to my facebook account today, and there was this new translator tool that popped up to choose my language. Just like I always do, I chose English (UK), which led me its page where there were forum topics, one of which was Americans cannot speak English. That made for quite an interesting reading. I personally prefer the Brit version. It's what we grow up learning and it's what we should talk. American English has its own merits as well, considering they spell how they hear which makes things simple. But the reality is that basically an average American is not very smart and that's why they very conveniently made spellings simpler. Brit English on the other hand is complicated, yet a beautiful language. I may not exactly be the best person, or anywhere close to good in proper English, but I'd try to sound(not with the accent of course) and write as much British as possible. Frankly calling trousers pants, or boots trunks does not make a difference, or neither is the usage of color for colour and zee for zed too much of a crime, but it's just the portrayal of may be this new dialect 'American' as the correct form of English through different forms of media that tends to put people like me off. I once had a friend in school say, India should follow American English since it is a whole lot easier, easier it might be, but is it right? Perhaps eventually one day 'American' might take over English, but I hope that day is far away, for English English is how the language is supposed to be spoken, written and used. God save the queen, and her language.