Well I picked this up from Subid's Facebook profile...nice way to while away the time!

Last beverage → Orange Juice

Last phone call → Dad

Last text message →Sounak

Last song you listened to → The Banana Boat song

Last time you cried →LONG time back…cant even recall

HAVE YOU EVER:

Dated someone twice →Yes

Been cheated on →No

Kissed someone & regretted it →Yes

IN THE PAST MONTH HAVE YOU:

Fallen out of love →No

Laughed until you cried →No

Met someone who changed your life →No

How many people on your top friends do you know in real life? →I know them all (I think)

How many kids do you want to have → One( if I am capable that is!)
Do you have any pets →No

Do you want to change your name →No

What time did you wake up today → 8 15 a.m

What were you doing at midnight last night --> Was watching The Office Series

Last time you saw your father→ 15 mins ago

What's one thing you wish you could change →The world
Have you ever talked to a person named Tom →No.

What's getting on your nerves right now: The unreliable Broadband Connection

What's your real name :Nilayan

Elementary/Primary School --> Don Bosco

Middle/Secondary School → Don Bosco

Hair color →Black

Long or short : Short

Are you a health freak →No

Righty or lefty →Righty. But I dribble and shoot equally well with both feet while playing football.

FIRSTS :

First surgery → Head split open by a fall in the bathroom.

First piercing → Yet to come…never to come I should say…
First best friend → Abhirup

First sport you joined → Cricket
First pet → Dog
First vacation → No idea. Delhi maybe.

CURRENTLY :Eating → No( surprised?).

Drinking →NO.

Waiting → Absolutely!

YOUR FUTURE : (Don’t think about it much…)
Want to get married?→ No compulsion…only if I find somebody suitable to spending my life with.
Want kids? → Yes ( ready to adopt as well)

Careers in mind? → Engineering or starting my own business

HAVE YOU EVER :Kissed a stranger → No

Drank hard liquor → No

Lost glasses/contacts : No

Ran away from home → No.

Broken someone's heart →YES YES YES..

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

Yourself →To the core.

Miracles → If you want a miracle, be the miracle.

Love at first sight → No

Heaven : Not really.
Hell – No.

Santa Claus : Not now…but earlier yes.

Kiss on the first date→Yes if the time is right.

Angels → Only if they mean hot girls.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY :

Is there one person you want to be with right now? → No

Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? → NO NO NO. Never will.

Do you believe in God? →Yes but in VERY weird way…unique I would say.

Solitude is bliss. It’s a necessity. I love solitude. That’s because I am not scared of meeting myself. I like to look myself in the eye. Discuss my shortcomings with myself. Exult on my successes. Bitch about everybody and anybody. There was this time when I was afraid of myself. Afraid of facing myself. That was because I tried too hard to hide SO many things from myself. I was always petrified that I would challenge myself. I would fight with myself and all those unpleasant truths would surface and shove me into perpetual depression and gloom. But I stood up to my fears. I realized all these truths were unpleasant all right, but they weren’t bigger than me. It was all in my mind. They were big wannabes. They just knew how to intimidate. They never could actually do anything to me. I just had to stand up to them. Gather up my shattered courage and stand up to them. I had been stupidly holding on to the past, superstitiously believing that it was saving me from these truths. But it never did. Shutting these truths and fears behind doors didn’t lock them out. They kept banging on the doors and grabbed out with their bony hands through the cracks. They never let me be at peace. But I stood up. And faced them. Beat them. And now, atleast I am not afraid of myself. I like to be with me. In fact I am my best. I cant do without me.

Life is all about running. Keep running. Don’t stop. If you stop, everything simply runs past! Don’t stop. Run. Leave people and things behind. If you don’t, they are going to leave you behind. And I am young. So I can run faster. Make hay while the sun shines. Run along. Run as fast as you can. Which way? The direction in which you see the light. That’s the loneliest road. Rarely people take it. Traffic is scarce here. You hardly come across anybody. And its very rough here. Not like the other one everybody else took. But this is the right road. And when you are running on this road, everybody can see you. I am young. So I shouldn’t stop. There will come a day when I wont be able to run anymore. I don’t want to be regretting today then. But why are we running? I don’t know. I have no idea. Is all this running going to get us anywhere? I don’t know. Right now, it just feels great to run. And I want to run along.

Heat em up

Its been a hot H O T summer and the heat is still on! Exams over, industrial training looming in the horizon, its quite an exciting summer as well. Exams? Lets not get there. All I have to say is that I THINK its not going to be six points this time around! Well there is a LOT more that’s been happening. Take for example, the return of “little Jacky Paper”. Don’t worry! This is an interactive blog, you will soon figure out who THAT is. Then there have been early morning drives. And loads and loads of jogging around! But I must say, in the end, I am happy. Not entirely happy, but I have taken many positive steps forward in life.

Here is a song I heard recently. Its really old. And its funny. But its got inner meanings. And I could connect to it. It kinda tells my story. Well the story of my past. Its different now…

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee,
Little jackie paper loved that rascal puff,
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. oh

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee.

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on puffs gigantic tail,
Noble kings and princes would bow wheneer they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name. oh!

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee.

A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, jackie paper came no more
And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave,
So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. oh!

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee.


It really amazes me nowadays how immature I had been. I also feel great when I realize how lucky I have been. Not everybody gets to carry such great memories with them. And what I had thought earlier, is being disproved.

But truly, what made my summer this year is the limited edition SUMMER AXE DEODRANT!

Summer Wine

Strawberries cherries and an angel�s kiss in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things

I walked in town on silver spurs that jingled to
A song that I had only sang to just a few
She saw my silver spurs and said lets pass some time
And I will give to you summer wine
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine

Strawberries cherries and an angel�s kiss in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things
Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time
And I will give to you summer wine
Ohhh-oh summer wine

My eyes grew heavy and my lips they could not speak
I tried to get up but I couldn�t find my feet
She reassured me with an unfamiliar line
And then she gave to me more summer wine
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine

Strawberries cherries and an angel�s kiss in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things
Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time
And I will give to you summer wine
Mmm-mm summer wine

When I woke up the sun was shining in my eyes
My silver spurs were gone my head felt twice its size
She took my silver spurs a dollar and a dime
And left me cravin� for more summer wine
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine

Strawberries cherries and an angel�s kiss in spring
My summer wine is really made from all these things
Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time
And I will give to you summer wine
Mmm-mm summer wine


I simply love this song...check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6nhpC5Qbo&feature=related

Simply Random.

I cannot drive unless I am barefeet.

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.

When I was alone, you held out your hand,
And when I didn’t take it, you caressed my arm.
But I didn’t feel it.
But when you held my hand, I saw you,
And how stupid of me to haven’t seen u before!

Lochinvar

This is a poem I had in my school curriculum. I love it.



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