Friday, December 26, 2008

267

259. All humans have super powers. The problem is, Earth is our Kryptonite.
260. Sucking the marrow out of life does not mean choking to death - "Dead Poets Society"
261. Hope the fat guy does not get stuck in the chimney. Someone gift him a treadmill instead of cookies and milk.
262. (Watching the sky) Sheesh Big Guy!! You ain't bored??? Gimme a break for your home sake (nodding in disbelief).
263. Laws of drying dogs: # 1 - A wet dog always shake. # 2 - A wet dog always shake near you. # 3 - A wet dog always shake near you to make you wet. # 4 The towel is used only to dry yourselves.
264. If being bad is the new good, then I'm very much in vogue.
265. The bait of gauche is the right pick on my life.
266. 2 Thumbs up to the heart - That's Dumb C for Love.
267. The most bizarre yet unbelievable and unacceptable truth to the cliched question 'why' is, "it just sometimes turns out that way"

Friday, December 12, 2008

258

251. A hungry kid crying for breakfast doesn't carry a snooze button around.
252. An asthma inhaler is not a deo for pete's sake.
253. Rainbows at times can be fuzzy too.
254. The reductive/simplifying power of the close-up is the greatest sin of photography. It diminishes great complex human life. Emotions of grave depth, ages of character build up, whole life, become reduced to a single snapshot.
255. A jokes failure is directly proportional to the difference of opinion between the listener and the teller.
256. Gift wrapping is not an art. It's a craft, which needs dedication and care beyond imagination.
257. The best photographs of unknown people are those that are taken when they are captured candid on camera. There's a direct relationship between how much they don't notice you.
258. The beauty of a known persons photograph is directly proportional to the sum of how much they don't know about your interest in them and their interest in you.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

250

243. An yell for the cartoon from the old man; and an equal uproar for the news from the young son. Sometimes I miss those wonderful fights for the idiot box.
244. A successful researcher should have the inherent quality of being a good salesman. If he doesn't, then he better become one.
245. He had campaigned in poetry. Now it's time to govern in prose.... The rest, just keep reading the story or become a character in it.
246. Motivation can take the form of a goal or girl, dream or team, destiny or history, but in most cases, for most men and women it takes the form of a simple 11th hour crisis.
247. The concept of ranting and ruing would never be easy, if one does not put blame on something or someone. At times, I chose 'time' and 'luck' as the 'something' part, though I never believe on their existense.
248. Whenever my dad said, "I know a short cut", I rued to myself, "Sigh... Yet another slow and bumpy roller coaster ride"... I always wondered, how he never missed even the teeniest pothole on the road. :o
249. Strange country. Braile dots in a "drive-in" ATM keypad?
250. Ideas welcome for throwing in the trash. Of course, it does come with idea theft at the later stage. Irony is, there is no fraudulent support to rescue you.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

242

234. Just coz you see a guy in scrubs walking with batman and flintstone, doesn't mean that he's in a Halloween costume.
235. Desi ishtyle Trick or Treat - Either trick your friend for sponsored food, or get a treat from him for some made-up-happy reason.
236. "The world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming." - From the Ode for nice guys
237. It would be ridiculous for a lab researcher NOT to wear his lab coat, and UV goggles on Halloween night. It's the subliminal social ethics for a researcher.
238. When ppl were busy knowing if Obama won over Mc Cain, I believed Ralph Nader - the independent third party candidate is going to win comfortably against other non sponsored candidates. And guess what. He did. Now that's standing tall at 74
239. I've got to sit down and walk out where I stand before I run out of any more sleep options.
240. One can't be old and wise if he can't be young and crazy.
241. I always believed that there were two kinds of winners in this world, winners who learn from their mistakes, and winners who teach their mistakes. Then I met a third kind.
242. There is no better way to start a day but to wake up from a beautiful dream. Of course, the clause of 'being single' keys the concept.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

233

227. Sometimes one does the wrong thing of doing the right thing. In such cases, there is no consolable conscience.
228. It either turns out to be the right advice at the wrong time or the wrong joke at the right time.
229. I am in an excellent analysis mood. Let me order a pizza and call 911 in my neighbors name. I need to know who is faster - the police man or the pizza guy.
230. Do do the voo doo that you do so well.
231. What has PhD got me into? Now a days I'm getting warnings for typing fast. What's next? Speeding tickets for short hand?
232. Hunger at times is a pain in the stomach.
233. At times, in need of the 25th hour, I just manage to take the mud off my skull cavity and fill the sand clock.

Friday, October 3, 2008

226

221. "Are you ready for Obama?" was all I asked (along with a 5 min discussion) and the unruly mob of Afro-American under grads turned into a bunch of mommy's boys waiting to be baby sat... (PS - am still unsure of whom to support. I'll decide once the election is over)
222. The worst sleep position is to have your feet on the office desk and the worst time to sleep like this is when your boss is around the office wanting to meet you. But the worst thing to say when he yells at you, "Sorry, Was carried away in dreaming about your wife"
223. Pyaar mein log khoon ke aasoon rote hai;
Dil ke zakham jism se gehre hote hai,
Aye bewafa..... Mujhe is bandagi se furkat de de,
Aye khuda...... Mujhe is zindagi se mahulat de de.
Ab uske bina jiya jaaye na, Har pal yun hi tadpa jaaye na.
224. I'm never ever gonna share my bed with my nephew again. At least during my power nap. The whole day has been a mess.
225. "It's government holiday for the Knowledge Goddess of Hinduism", that's what my mom says every year on Saraswathi Pooja. Now, I've got to finish all my work and be a dunce by morro.
226. When my advisor takes a month to correct any of my drafts, I'd presume that he just ran out of red ink, instead of being lazy or busy.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

220

215. Extrovert: Has an Extra Version of being an introvert at situations. Introvert: Had an Introductory Version of being an extrovert (remember the childhood fun days?).
216. While the eyes witnessed the glory of the soaring firefly; the heart made a wish, taking the light to be that of a shooting star.
217. If ice can numb physical pain, how come even cold water hurt the root canal?
218. This book chapter on nanoparticles is really testing my 'coalesced particulates of silicon dioxide, suspended in a colloidal medium' (MUD in simple terms) inside my skull... :D
219. Life comes at u not just fast but zipping fast. But all it takes is a strand of memory thread to hinder the zip from working smooth.
220. Thod sakta hai woh pyaar; Magar choota nahi woh sahara.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

214

208. Sometimes technology just messes with me big time. The problem with keycode door systems is "How many more numbers do I need to MUG?" I like plain old keys. Just twist twist.
209. "Sorry we canceled the CPR training today. You were the only one who registered for a Saturday morning training session" Was it sarcasm or appreciation?
210. Sometimes life isn't all about taking the right choice, it's about making your very own choices.
211. If routine means following a particular format of life, then "not being in routine" is my routine.
212. If fungus lies in the lower level of the animal kingdom, how come mushrooms which are entirely made up of fungi are classified in the vegetarian category???
213. "You're very lucky man. What kind of luck is that?", asked my rival on the finals of MCT 08. My response was a simple smile with "The same luck which brought your pathetic team into the finals"
214. "You stink and your shots stink!" said the opposing captain. A cover drive for a four close to his fielding position and my words were, "See, that was a four coz you're disgusted with the stench of the ball. Stop using your nose and start using your brain to win the game."

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

207

201. Never knew when it started, not sure if it would even stop. Guess I'll just continue doing it.
202. Girl! You better be good with directions, coz everytime I get lost in your eyes.
203. The first thing we associate with hearing a name is the religion of the person. That's exactly why I first communicate enough with a person to know his character rather than his religion.
204. While reality is fading into silhouettes, dreams are dawning into lively characters.
205. Parked in bait for recall, he waited for imagination take form a ghost. Many a strand of memories gave way to an angel instead, floating over the green hill.
206. Girl!!! You better be good with directions, coz everytime, I get lost in your eyes.
207. Yeah! You're beautiful as usual Ms Full Moon. But, as usual I give that comment coz 'she' took my compliment on her beauty being better than yours as a pathetic cliched non-romantic joke.

Friday, August 29, 2008

200

193. The problem in getting up early on a jobless day is that, you know right away that its going to be a long jobless day.
194. Deprived of the smile I expect and deserve the most.
195. Another parting feather makes the phoenix wingless. But this one’s not going to the ashes.
196. Slumber among the lane of firing shadows - flickering beauty.
197. Walking through freshmen and sophomere newbies is fun. It’s like playing Tetris, where you need to change your walking style and pace to squeeze through the hotties in line. I just love the start of fall every year.
198. Sometimes life has a lot to ask from you and you go into the bi(t)chy state.
199. There are moments in my life when I go pessimistic and say "Things can't get any worse than this". But being an optimistic guy I always bounce back and tell myself "Don't be negative. Of course it can"
200. If I'd been a vacuum cleaner, I'd be the best damn vacuum cleaner in the whole wide world. Coz, I suck awesome at everything I try.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

192

184. If failure is the stepping stone to success, then a modern day multi-talented multi-tasking loser gets a free escalator ride to victory.
185. Next to the wheel, I worship the invention of pockets and zippers in 'em... The world would not be a productive place if it hadn't been to either of 'em.
186. One good lesson I learnt over the past 2 months - Just follow the damn manual to make things work, and never question it "How the hell did it work now?" coz you'll never figure out the reason.
187. I theorize that out of 100 theories on a phenomenon only a handful of few fit the data - given its now turned into a single combined theory.
188.An early bird gets its worm. An early jog gives one a storm....
189. The Thumb is the root cause for all deaths... Long live Ekalavya.....
190. Pessimist - The bottle is half empty; Optimist - The bottle is half full; Chemist - Did the solvent just evaporate or did someone make a chemical spill and covered up the mess?
191. Say these words loud and clear "Silk, Silk, Silk". Now answer this - What do cows drink?....................... If you'd said milk, you're wrong. They drink water and produce milk...
192. All play and no work makes you an unemployed boy

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

183

176. Practice makes a man perfect. Either women are born perfect or nothing can ever make them perfect.
177. The complex the issue then, the simpler the life passed; the simpler the issue now, the more complex life seems.... 'Fe'y
178. "How does an induction motor start?" " It starts like du duh duhh duhh da da duh......."
179. She wanted me to take her to the most expensive place in the city on a date. Not a Big Deal! I just took her to the neighboring gas station.
180. Deadlines: Line up yourself towards hard work or your dead brother....
181. The glaciers of her sunny smile always melts my heart away.
182. When I google "psi to pounds per square inch conversion", it means I had 2 hours of sleep in 3 days.
183. Giving up is easy. So I decided to take the easy route of giving up on give ups.....

Friday, July 11, 2008

175

169. As long as the curry is tasty I don't care if the chicken is blind, dumb or deaf.
170. Greeted by the missed lights of freedom, the streets of chaos opened up for order.
171. Sometimes it's the few split seconds of life that make the bigger part of life.
172. Split second decisions make or mar the key instants of life.
173. Sometimes the fastest way to know the current weather is to watch outside the window and the fastest way to check it out is to stick your hand out.
174. Predetermination is the failure towards all thoughtful failures.
175. It has always been bros before hoes you feckless piece of ingrates.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

168

161. Perseverance, Persistence, Acceptance, Resistance - Just the right lance for the modern earthly gentle Knights
162. Searching Leprechauns in horoscopes isn't what luck is all about! Luck is something you never thought about as a parameter during a process
163. 'Rome was not built in a day!' What's Rome doing in a Chinese fortune cookie?
164. Every unfinished story has Hope as the only ending.
165. The rungs of the iron road, lead to the lungs of the lions roar
166. Life is short is all I registered in that 30 min long meeting. Will it change me or shall I remain unchanged?
167. Change doesn't happen as we think or as we force. It just happens unexpected and unnoticed just like love.
168. The impetus to excel has not been prosperous

Thursday, May 29, 2008

160

156. Though I'm into bio oriented research, I'm strictly against animal studies. Do you know why? Coz they get all nervous and give wrong answers.
157. If she wants to learn driving, why Stand in her way? Either way you are run over.
158. Even birth certificated expire.
159. Men need a lot of money in their banks to generate interests. But, he can get a loan only from the bank.
160. What did I learn from my second attempt over love? Women never give you a second chance.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

155

151. My biological clock is unique. It’s alertness level is ramped up for all kinds of sounds. But in the case of the real alarm clock, it follows a negative exponential profile
152. The true balance of a loser - Success is failing to achieve while failure is succeeding to pertain.
153. It's not about making too many train friends, it's about having a platform talker who can walk till the platform of your house.
154. Just this one moment, lemme see my reflection in your eyes; Let me not be thrown out as a tear, As I shall be flowing near your lips, And that my dear is another moment; Which I may never have in reality.
155. Define the much needed SPACE at the particular TIME of hardship for the person you care for and it will define the MOMENTUM of their blissful future – Who said Heisenberg’s principle can’t be disproved?

Thursday, May 1, 2008

150

145. Adrenaline: The scientific word used to beat the philosophical concept of will power....
146. And the mistaken day off ended with an Off'ul mistake
147. "She got away with me, I’m being serious; She wasn’t with me, I get delirious; And then I ask myself, if I know why; My heart skips a beat, when she goes by; And she sings so sweet, that lullaby; I lose myself, in the ocean of her eyes!" - Penn Masala
148. eEscorts for Woman - You've got Male
149. If Descrates was born in the modern internet era, his quote would be 'I Link, therefore I am'
150. Patience might be a virtue, but in the war for love, patience is virtual atrocity

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

144

139. 'Smart' is the new 'art'. There's a David in everyone and the rest of the troubles are all just Goliath.
140. Attitude is what you use to make every normal day into a very wonderful day.
141. Only being a family off the field, we end up as a team on the ground.
142. Bless the Sun God! The more hot he shows his anger, the hotter the girls dress out and the cooler our life turns to be.
143. Seriously, when would I really get serious?
144. Instincts are perspective of experience disguised as blessings of trust.

Friday, April 18, 2008

138

133. On my friend's graduation, he was introduced by his mom as "He's a doctor. But, not the kind who helps people"
134. A dimple so nice beats a temple full of life.
135. Experience: Something you get when you don't get what you want.
136. Grain of dirt so clear; Pain of dearth go disappear.
137. Psychology applies a patina of science over what is essentially a dark and complex set of roiling unknowables. - Wyatt from Bones
138. Friday buffet at an Indian restaurant is like taking Sodium thiopental and Pavulon with no potassium chloride.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

132

128. Lovers dance like two pieces of neodymium caught up in a magnetic field of emotional chemistry. The weaker the field, the farther the distance and eventually a break up....
129. Curls from the sea of amber; Sun-drenched oasis of shimmering firmament, Rhythmic trance of an infinite tide; Can I silk the lock of enamored pleasure? And thus feel the warmth of life and hope, from your cheek!
130. A man who kneels while proposing is considered gentle. But he who kneels in front of children to be their friend is a gentleman...
131. ‘Lunatic’ is an astronaut who lost his watch on the moon.
132. A morbidly fervent fluids loving human, who uses test tubes to measure the amount of liquid dihyrdoxyoxide, consumed over a period of time, is defined as a Dipsomaniacal chemist. I am better than the defined man, coz I use beakers to measure my water.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

127

123. Denizens of the data packet era, my propensity to spew schmaltzy lines have dwindled to a non spiel stage. Please surmise the inevitable.
124. Deleting the recycle bin, wheeling an unicycle, drowning a fish, strangling with a cordless phone, watching 60 minutes in 20 minutes – Things that won’t make my resume, but makes me special.
125. Savoring food while watching ‘Bones’ just adds up to the fact that am unfit being an engineer.
126. Saturday, Sunday and Someday - I need one more weekend to do what I want to do.
127. Dipsomaniac - A fervent rabid condition an insomniac person develops to drink water of test tubes just to make sure that he doesn't go into cramps in the future.... Am a dipsomaniac chemical engineer....

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

122

118. A kick-ass morning followed by a six-pack afternoon and a mind-blowing evening is all I got before the night full balderdashes (crazy enough to pull my receding hair line off).
119. A lonely sick man's got to do what a lonely sick man's got to do - Order chicken soup
120. The ungodly scientist works hours to get a data point. Those who don't succeed fall under the category 'Famished for Fame'
121. For a fellow biologist the rate of hogging is proportional to the amount of grossness being showcased in forensics related murder mysteries.
122. He who knows his surroundings, knows how to keep his head dry.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

117

111. His score was a triplet and he tried lifting his leg to save from being a Nelson. But he forgot that he was competing in a hopping competition. :D
112. Strangely I am considered a stranger in this strange world at strange times......
113. Gravity, though art a heartless bitch..... ;)
114. This is the most I've worked in a day and I'm not even married :(
115. There are heroes and there are also legends. Heroes are remembered. But Legends never die.
116. Every morning the first thing that hits my head is 'hope'. And the second thing 'Not her again'
117. Gone are the days I walked alone in search for an answer. Now the days are always lonely and I search for only questions....

Thursday, February 28, 2008

110

106. Belief in God means believing the very existence of hell. Too bad, turning agnostic, I live to pay my sins. But.... I 'might' believe, if I can live the rest of my life happy and spend the remainder of my punishment in the eternal inferno of hell
107. Never had I predicted that I wrote the words on running water. What I do now is to freeze it to concrete ice, so that I can mold it into truth
108. Remember me not as Perfect, but as a man; Fallible and Flawed....
109. When COexisting, COnveying INICIDENTS keeps you COnfused, just accept them as COINCIDENCE
110. 'Can't escape being evil. Every thought I evaporate of her is the share of love what Angel's fight for in heaven' - The Angel's Share

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

105

101. Sometimes I sit on a faster-than-light spaceship journeying several years to feel my nose. And this Pinocchio does lie.
102. I can help you out. Which way did you come 'in'?
103. You guys lack being whimsy. U are seriously handicapped or deranged.
104. I am not perfect. I can never fit into a perfect square.
105. I am consumed by the blankness of a saintly void. The flame of silence keeps it brightly filled.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

A slow century......

93. Who is Victoria and What is her Secret?

94. The highest respect given in any sport would be for sportsmanship rather than for winning.

95.While I play with words like “Which is harder? Denial towards accepting failure or accepting the denial towards failure?” the world thinks that I’m a philosopher

96. Unlike my past, it is the future I am changing with my present state

97. Scientifically saying, life doesn't begin when the sperm meets the egg, but 18 days later when the embryo infuses with blood.... Bloody lively

98. Either it's a free show or a free stare when you ask the question, 'Who is Victoria n What is her secret?' to a pretty lady in the mall

99. In years, I've casually grown into a casualty of accepting life as it comes

100.
From the needle who crept around the darkness of the haystack, I emerged as a gave-up needle, whose major victory was in the realization of knowing where it is and how different am I from the haystack, rather than cribbing about the oddity of the situation and the question of ‘when shall I be realized?’


Monday, January 21, 2008

92

86. At the epitome of perfection from simplicity
87. Being Pragmatic means Dreaming Reality inspired by Improvisations
88. It ain’t all about the brains on the top. Sometimes it’s about the balls to win down under
89. Standing tall and strong during a crisis is one issue and sitting like a duck during fortune is yet another issue. They are the same in terms of pain
90. Vendetta is a word which has the END written all over it.
91. When truth turns mute, tears become language.
92. Is it the color or the fragrance that represents the language of flowers?

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

85

76. In a world filled with intelligence and improvisation beyond imagination, there is always rules hindering the growth and simplicity of life
77. If by chance, the society decides to bury me, then bury me with my face down so that if you don’t like me or my actions, then you can kiss my ass
78. I was assuming that I was throwing stones in the pond. But now I realized that I've been throwing caskets of gold into it
79. No matter how precious you had won in your life, remember it always had its losses in the name of sacrifices
80. I can never be the winner what people see off, coz I lost the most precious thing in my life. That I save for my grave.
81. I dreamt winning and I woke up not to lose. I got tired and tried sleeping. But fear of losing reality kept me failing in dreaming
82. Even the Universe is filled with holes that sap ones energy into the dark dimension
83. Belief is that she was the enemy of my shadow too. But truly she was the brightest light that threw even my dark shadow of my foot
84. I am sadly happy. I have all the happiness in the world to share with none. I am left lonely at the happiest moment of my life.
85. Not all the people who help strangers, expect things in return. And they never lost anything except a few energy used in smiling from ear to ear.