2010.

lataguri
lataguri
pune
bombay
pune
goa
thrissur
allepey
benaras
mussourie
sankarpur
gangtok
lachung
darjeeling

about 75 days in all.
about 29 long distance train/bus/car rides. ( 5 hours + )



this year will go down as the year i opened my eyes.

Hey Apple! ( try it with the exclamation mark! )

hi!

Yesterday, i carried out this experiment!
Of talking this way, you know! Like, everything you said! Would end with an exclamation mark!! (or two!! )

And i realised it was so cool! And so annoying!!

But mostly i figured that if everybody in the world spoke like this! This world would be so funny!!!!!
And SO annoying!!

So much, that there would be no wars! Because how could you take an order given like this seriously!
But you'd Definitely smash a few skulls! And while you were at it, you'd go, take this!

Haha!
Don't you think!

? ( !!! )

Cats are strange creatures, in a not so nice way. I like kittens, because they don't take themselves seriously. But cats usually have that air of bekaar ka bhao around them. It's happened Thrice now, a cat ( twice the same one, the third time was a different one ) has come and made my room its home, and given birth there. All of the three times, i have been immensely happy about it. The first time, it was till the li'l ones could start walking, the second was till they started eating on their own, and the third, i don't know, they hit fucking puberty or something, but Every time, once the cat thought that enough homely comfort had been gained, she's taken the li'l ones away into wilderness or wherever. When i went to sleep, there were kittens on my bed, hopping around and slapping each other.When i woke up, there was silence. And THEN she comes back again, purring and looking for food, acting like nothing just happened. And i feel like standing up and Applauding. However, somehow, they seem to gain my respect every now and then. I don't know why or how, but it is probably because they seem like they Really don't give a shit. My friend Sumeet had this theory that all dogs are male, and all cats are female. Give the dog some affection, some food, he's yours forever, but a cat, will eat all food, will pretend to ignore all affection, and will not let you even touch her.

Unconnected (or not), but I have been seeing this cat around my window for some time now. This picture is pretty old, but i've caught it in deep, whatseemslike really comfortable slumber in the Oddest of places. Like in the gap between grills of a window, or the corner of the electricity supply box amidst all the wires, or on the thin band of whatever coming out of the building you see above the pipe in the photograph.

i like this cat

( haha, the photo looks like it's out of the Daily Prophet or something, with the snow and all :D )