Sunday, March 22, 2009
Simply Random.
Whenever I am looking to avoid somebody or get out of a tight situation, I always pretend to be having an incoming phone call.
I like to sit at the dining table with my legs folded… I mean in yoga posture…even when I am at the study table…
I like to dance naked before I take a bath.
As far as I can remember, my first aim in life was to become a faithful dog…
In class 5 I was hell bent on becoming a truck driver…more a “lorry” driver I should say.
I have been playing cricket since I don’t know when. Till date, in whatever tournament I have participated in( I can remember of atleast 8), I have never won a single MATCH…only recently, just a few days ago I won my first cricket tournament match...in college…2nd year.
I like to chew ice.
I like the moon better than the sun but I prefer sunlight to moonlight.
I chew my straw when I am having a soft drink.
I talk to dogs…I mean very VERY seriously…and I am very confident that I am able to communicate with them…atleast I can convey my message if I want them to do something for me.
I like to hold my breathe when I am at the shower.
If I am carrying something heavy on my left hand( or right), and my arm starts aching, I like the pain and I don’t shift the load to the other hand…I like the pain…it makes me feel good.
I like to make fish noises.
I prefer my maggie slimy.
When I am having chicken roll at home, I open it up and have the paratha and chicken kebabs separately.
I like to have honey.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Lochinvar
Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;
And save his good broadsword he weapons had none.
He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone.
So faithful in love and so dauntless in war,
There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
He stayed not for brake and he stopped not for stone,
He swam the Eske river where ford there was none,
But ere he alighted at Netherby gate
The bride had consented, the gallant came late:
For a laggard in love and a dastard in war
Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall,
Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all:
Then spoke the bride’s father, his hand on his sword,
For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word,
‘Oh! come ye in peace here, or come ye in war,
Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?’
‘I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied;
Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide
And now am I come, with this lost love of mine,
To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine.
There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,
That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.’
The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up,
He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup,
She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh,
With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye.
He took her soft hand ere her mother could bar,
‘Now tread we a measure!’ said young Lochinvar.
So stately his form, and so lovely her face,
That never a hall such a galliard did grace;
While her mother did fret, and her father did fume,
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume;
And the bride-maidens whispered ‘’Twere better by far
To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.’
One touch to her hand and one word in her ear,
When they reached the hall-door, and the charger stood near;
So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung,
So light to the saddle before her he sprung!
‘She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur;
They’ll have fleet steeds that follow,’ quoth young Lochinvar.
There was mounting ’mong Graemes of the Netherby clan;
Fosters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran:
There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee,
But the lost bride of Netherby ne’er did they see.
So daring in love and so dauntless in war,
Have ye e’er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
- Sir Walter Scott