My sense of direction has always been bad. I am so pathetic that i can never retrace the path on which i had just walked upon. Countless of times I have lost my way and the faith of the people who were banking upon me. Sorry guys!!!
But the real fun comes when i give directions to those who really dont know their way. I am dedicating the next 9 advices for all those people who are "determined" to give correct directions at the cost of others.
9. Always listen to the hapless lost souls, not make up your mind and think that since they dont know anything so you can fool them easily.
8. Never ever give them complex routes as in the end they will forget what you have said.
7.Never ever look at the pretty girl while giving directions to her brother/boyfriend/dad.
6.Dont make any rude hand gestures at them.
5.Always make up your mind, whether the destination in the right/left turn.
4.When giving directions, your hand is facing towards the opposite direction you are telling them.
3. Always always give them landmarks like chachi da dabba, red light, panwadi ki dukkan, gaushala or bikanerwala.
2. Never shout the directions.
1.Try to look serious and concerned. Please dont give the "Harami" look. It never helps.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
GOOL!!!!
Has it ever happened to you that your fav team is loosing and looking at your team....you wish that you could have play with those bunch of dummies. You are so sure that you can score that magic goal and help your team win the game. Well this guy just did that.........
Monday, January 11, 2010
Movie - 12 Angry Men
My rating: 10/10Genre : Drama
One of the best things i did during my hols was to watch 12 angry men. A quick of the credentials proved it to me that i am downloading one of the best movies of all times. The only thing which bothered was that its a 1957 film plus a black and white one. Living through the current times, sometimes even the best of black n whites disappoints me and i really really was hoping that this doesn`t turn to be the in the above mentioned category. But, now watching it, all i can say is that i was wrong on the hoping part. This film not only impressed me but also me realize that if i ever make a top 10 film must to watch, its definitely going to be included in that list.
The film is a snapshot of the american judicial system.It all starts with a group of jury who have a witnessed a clear close shut trial, now have to decide the outcome of it and whether the culprit, a 18 year old teen has to go to jail for murdering his father or not. All the juror are locked in a hot room where an initial count reveals that only juror 8 has a reasonable doubt. He question is that all the evidence prsented are circumstantial and wants to discuss with the rest of the group. This changes the whole scenario, thus tempers are raised, firm opinions are given, cigarettes butts fly, temperature rises and one by one the slow pace film gains a quick pace and enthralls us till the end. Henry Fonda, incidentally also the producer gives a memorable performance. Actually not he, but the whole crew gives just the perfect performance which makes you realise that how pathetic these bollywood actors really are.
Don`t miss for anything because watching these movies is once in a lifetime opportunity.
PS : If you like this one, then you really go for Witness for the prosecution, another courtroom drama.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Mafia
I always have been fascinated by mafia. Now i cant even remember when was the first time when i first heard the name. I guess it was in the encyclopedia. I can say with guarantee that i have read that page atleast dozen time. So here are some of the mafia terms you ought to be familiar with.......
Babania: Heroin, as in dealing. Lucrative but risky for mob insiders because if they're busted, long prison terms might compel them to cut a deal and squeal.
Beef: a complaint or disagreement within the organization
Broken: demoted in rank
Borgata: a crime family
Button: a "made" member of the Mafia
Capo ( Capodecina ): ranking member of a Family who heads a crew (or group) of soldiers
Comare: a Mafia mistress
Commission: the Mafia "ruling body", typically a panel made up of the bosses of the five New York Families, Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Colombo, and Bonanno sometimes with representatives from other U.S. Families, such as Chicago.
Consigliere: the counselor in a crime Family, advises boss and handles disputes within the ranks.
Contract: a murder assignment
Cosa Nostra: A mob family
Enforcer: a person who threatens, maims, or kills someone who doesn't cooperate with Family rules or deals.
Get a place ready: To find a burial site.
Gift: A bribe
Ice: to murder
Loanshark: someone who lends mob money at an exorbitant interest rate; a shylock.
Made: to be sworn into La Cosa Nostra
Make a marriage: to bring two parties together for legitimate or illegitimate Family issues.
Hitting the Mattresses: going to war with a rival Family or gang.
Omertà: the code of silence and one of the premier vows taken when being sworn into the Family. Violation is punishable by death.
Off the record: an action taken without the knowledge or approval of the Family.
Skim: Tax-free gambling profits,
Stand-up guy: someone who refuses to rat out the Family no matter what the pressure, offer, or threat.
Swag: stolen goods.
Vig: the interest payment on a loan from a loanshark
Young Turks: Younger, less traditional generation of Mafiosi.
Zips: American Mafiosi's derogatory term for Sicilian Mafiosi.
La Mafia è Bianca: The mafia is invisible
Babania: Heroin, as in dealing. Lucrative but risky for mob insiders because if they're busted, long prison terms might compel them to cut a deal and squeal.
Beef: a complaint or disagreement within the organization
Broken: demoted in rank
Borgata: a crime family
Button: a "made" member of the Mafia
Capo ( Capodecina ): ranking member of a Family who heads a crew (or group) of soldiers
Comare: a Mafia mistress
Commission: the Mafia "ruling body", typically a panel made up of the bosses of the five New York Families, Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Colombo, and Bonanno sometimes with representatives from other U.S. Families, such as Chicago.
Consigliere: the counselor in a crime Family, advises boss and handles disputes within the ranks.
Contract: a murder assignment
Cosa Nostra: A mob family
Enforcer: a person who threatens, maims, or kills someone who doesn't cooperate with Family rules or deals.
Get a place ready: To find a burial site.
Gift: A bribe
Ice: to murder
Loanshark: someone who lends mob money at an exorbitant interest rate; a shylock.
Made: to be sworn into La Cosa Nostra
Make a marriage: to bring two parties together for legitimate or illegitimate Family issues.
Hitting the Mattresses: going to war with a rival Family or gang.
Omertà: the code of silence and one of the premier vows taken when being sworn into the Family. Violation is punishable by death.
Off the record: an action taken without the knowledge or approval of the Family.
Skim: Tax-free gambling profits,
Stand-up guy: someone who refuses to rat out the Family no matter what the pressure, offer, or threat.
Swag: stolen goods.
Vig: the interest payment on a loan from a loanshark
Young Turks: Younger, less traditional generation of Mafiosi.
Zips: American Mafiosi's derogatory term for Sicilian Mafiosi.
La Mafia è Bianca: The mafia is invisible
Lock Pick
It is rightly said that necessity is the mother of all inventions. As necessity arises, we adapt and learn new skills to combat the situation, something I experienced firsthand when my dad locked my laptop in the cupboard. Before I delve deeper into it, let me relate the background.
It all started when I got my first computer in the sixth grade. It was a 32 MB RAM, 20 GB Hard Disk with WIN 98 PC and then on , I did not need anything else to pass my time with. I was the king of my own world. In the 11th grade, my PC got upgraded to a laptop and to use an over-used phrase, “I was into it”. I loved playing all sorts of games on it, watched a lot of movies and re-runs of various T.V. shows and surfed the net. Nothing else mattered to me. I was very happy in my own world, me and my laptop.
My obsession made my parents all too jittery and they were convinced that nothing good could come out of it. After deep planning and conniving, they came up with the perfect solution, “Lock that damn thing away!” And so began those dreaded days when my dad would lock my sole companion in the cupboard and promptly take the keys away with him. Darn!
I needed my laptop to survive! In a feverish state, I searched everywhere, peeked into every nook and cranny I could access and still those elusive keys remained, well, elusive. With a zero success rate, I came up, in sheer desperation, with the perfect solution I had seen mastered on the endless Scooby doo reruns, pick the lock. And to add to the mix of my outlandish solution, I armed myself with my mom’s hairpin and promptly tried to pick the lock. I inserted the pin a hundred different ways and devised yet another hundred methods of turning and twisting it till after twenty minutes, the fruits of my labor gave way and the lock was now open.
I planned to research and improvise on my new found skill and this is what I found on the internet:
http://www.gregmiller.net/locks/mitguide/mit-guide.html
check out the blog
PS: I am back to where I started from, zilch, zero. Maybe in the future, something turns up and I am enthused with the necessity to brush the dust of the shelves and re-learn what I have forgotten.
It all started when I got my first computer in the sixth grade. It was a 32 MB RAM, 20 GB Hard Disk with WIN 98 PC and then on , I did not need anything else to pass my time with. I was the king of my own world. In the 11th grade, my PC got upgraded to a laptop and to use an over-used phrase, “I was into it”. I loved playing all sorts of games on it, watched a lot of movies and re-runs of various T.V. shows and surfed the net. Nothing else mattered to me. I was very happy in my own world, me and my laptop.
My obsession made my parents all too jittery and they were convinced that nothing good could come out of it. After deep planning and conniving, they came up with the perfect solution, “Lock that damn thing away!” And so began those dreaded days when my dad would lock my sole companion in the cupboard and promptly take the keys away with him. Darn!
I needed my laptop to survive! In a feverish state, I searched everywhere, peeked into every nook and cranny I could access and still those elusive keys remained, well, elusive. With a zero success rate, I came up, in sheer desperation, with the perfect solution I had seen mastered on the endless Scooby doo reruns, pick the lock. And to add to the mix of my outlandish solution, I armed myself with my mom’s hairpin and promptly tried to pick the lock. I inserted the pin a hundred different ways and devised yet another hundred methods of turning and twisting it till after twenty minutes, the fruits of my labor gave way and the lock was now open.
I planned to research and improvise on my new found skill and this is what I found on the internet:
http://www.gregmiller.net/locks/mitguide/mit-guide.html
check out the blog
PS: I am back to where I started from, zilch, zero. Maybe in the future, something turns up and I am enthused with the necessity to brush the dust of the shelves and re-learn what I have forgotten.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
GOOL!!!!!!
Has it ever happened to you that your fav team is loosing and looking at your team....you wish that you could have play with those bunch of dummies. You are so sure that you can score that magic goal and help your team win the game. Well this guy just did that.........
Friends
Guys never judge the book by its cover. The title of the post is of course friends so i m not gonna talk about friends and be make it emo but i am gonna blog about FRIENDS my fav show.
So if u haven`t seen friends, go watch it and then i am sure you will enjoy or lets even understand what i am writing about.
Friends last episode was aired 6 years ago but i started watching it a year ago only. And man can i get more hooked to something than this. I was so hooked that once i started watching it i didn't stop. Right from episode from 1 from season 1 till the last episode finale.........i watched it in one go. Nothing stopped me, not even my end sem exams. I still remember, from 9:30 is first exam economics, i have started the syllabus yesterday afternoon and at 2 in the morning i am watching friends season 8. I was hooked and i am still hooked to it. Now i can safely say that i have watched every episode at least thrice. If you can digest this fact then please do remember that friends consist of 10 seasons with each season having 24 episodes and each episode is 22 minutes long. Not wasting of any ones time anymore, my all time best scenes/dialogues in friends.
Here are some of them
1) We were on a break!!! - Ross whenever hes fighting with Rachel
2)Could we be any more white trash - Chandler to Joey after sitting on a boat in their apartment with a duck and a hamster.
3) How you doing??? - Joey whenever hes hitting on any woman
4) AMANDA - A man duh......... Rachel says to a woman in Chandler and Monica `s wedding.
5) Whats doofus spelled backwards - Monica after seeing PLEH, spelt backwards by Joey.
6) Ahh hanging cards - Phoebe during the apartment switch.
7) Ohk give me your underwear - Chandler when hes fighting with a man over a seat with a professor in Dr. Gellar`s Party.
8) I said I love you and she said thank you. Ross to Monica.
9) Your Fly is open Gellar - Rachel to Ross during a poker match in which Phoebe observed that poker is joker. Just replace P with J and hearing this Joey gives a bad expression.
10) I gave her the key to my apartment and then i changed my lock - Ross
11)"Didn't you studied Lord of Rings in school" says Ross
" No I had sex" replies Joey.
I can go on and on about this post and never stop. Friends is like an addiction which will never stop. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as i have. Ciao
So if u haven`t seen friends, go watch it and then i am sure you will enjoy or lets even understand what i am writing about.
Friends last episode was aired 6 years ago but i started watching it a year ago only. And man can i get more hooked to something than this. I was so hooked that once i started watching it i didn't stop. Right from episode from 1 from season 1 till the last episode finale.........i watched it in one go. Nothing stopped me, not even my end sem exams. I still remember, from 9:30 is first exam economics, i have started the syllabus yesterday afternoon and at 2 in the morning i am watching friends season 8. I was hooked and i am still hooked to it. Now i can safely say that i have watched every episode at least thrice. If you can digest this fact then please do remember that friends consist of 10 seasons with each season having 24 episodes and each episode is 22 minutes long. Not wasting of any ones time anymore, my all time best scenes/dialogues in friends.
Here are some of them
1) We were on a break!!! - Ross whenever hes fighting with Rachel
2)Could we be any more white trash - Chandler to Joey after sitting on a boat in their apartment with a duck and a hamster.
3) How you doing??? - Joey whenever hes hitting on any woman
4) AMANDA - A man duh......... Rachel says to a woman in Chandler and Monica `s wedding.
5) Whats doofus spelled backwards - Monica after seeing PLEH, spelt backwards by Joey.
6) Ahh hanging cards - Phoebe during the apartment switch.
7) Ohk give me your underwear - Chandler when hes fighting with a man over a seat with a professor in Dr. Gellar`s Party.
8) I said I love you and she said thank you. Ross to Monica.
9) Your Fly is open Gellar - Rachel to Ross during a poker match in which Phoebe observed that poker is joker. Just replace P with J and hearing this Joey gives a bad expression.
10) I gave her the key to my apartment and then i changed my lock - Ross
11)"Didn't you studied Lord of Rings in school" says Ross
" No I had sex" replies Joey.
I can go on and on about this post and never stop. Friends is like an addiction which will never stop. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as i have. Ciao
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Whats with the name??
When i was first creating this blog, i was stuck on one question
The name of the BLOG
I have been weird, different from the company i keep, people i gel with. There is a reason for it. I always have the desire to be different, to have a separate identity of my own, to be seen in a different light compared to the people in general. This also has its own repercussions. For starters i have got as many aliases than any normal sane guy has, in fact i have 8 nicknames. Some of the names are very obscene and others are funny. This is all attributed to my nature of being different as well as having hot ants down my pants. I have a habit of saying yes to everything and trying out new stuffs. This habit had grown to such amounts that in school when everyone was given class titles......for me no one could think of any. They were confused to what name should they give me. So i suggested my own title "MYTHICAL MIKADO". Go look up in the dictionary, i am not gonna tell you whats that supposed to mean. Thus the name of the blog posed a big dilemma for me. After careful striking out all the stupid names finally ERSTH was finalized. So what does ERSTH mean..................
The Answer my dear Watson is that nothing. ERSTH means nothing.
When I was thinking of a name i was making a lot of errrrrrr sound and finally when i realized this came the dramatic sound of sth.
Hence ERSTH was finally conjured from nothing and after careful searching over google, there`s nothing such as ersth, so i have finally discovered a new word. All now there to is to think of a meaning for it.....
The name of the BLOG
I have been weird, different from the company i keep, people i gel with. There is a reason for it. I always have the desire to be different, to have a separate identity of my own, to be seen in a different light compared to the people in general. This also has its own repercussions. For starters i have got as many aliases than any normal sane guy has, in fact i have 8 nicknames. Some of the names are very obscene and others are funny. This is all attributed to my nature of being different as well as having hot ants down my pants. I have a habit of saying yes to everything and trying out new stuffs. This habit had grown to such amounts that in school when everyone was given class titles......for me no one could think of any. They were confused to what name should they give me. So i suggested my own title "MYTHICAL MIKADO". Go look up in the dictionary, i am not gonna tell you whats that supposed to mean. Thus the name of the blog posed a big dilemma for me. After careful striking out all the stupid names finally ERSTH was finalized. So what does ERSTH mean..................
The Answer my dear Watson is that nothing. ERSTH means nothing.
When I was thinking of a name i was making a lot of errrrrrr sound and finally when i realized this came the dramatic sound of sth.
Hence ERSTH was finally conjured from nothing and after careful searching over google, there`s nothing such as ersth, so i have finally discovered a new word. All now there to is to think of a meaning for it.....
Superstition
I donno how many times it has happened to me that now it has become a habit..........
If I ever plan an outing with my friends or a date with a girl or lets say in short I have a prior engagement with anyone these things have have to happen to make me realize that its going good and i am behaving as i am.......
1) The first and the most important thing is that when I wake up in the afternoon (yes my friends you reading it correct) the first thought has to come in to my mind that I wish that/this engagement have scheduled it an hour late so that I can my proper sleep/reach the venue on time and not rush through everything meaning that I have a proper bath and not a quick shower, eat something at home on the dinning table and not while I am zipping through, wear clean clothes and yes most importantly not forget my watch and other belongings. It has happened to me quite a lot of times that in the middle way that I realize that I have forgotten this or that. Its a nuisance to remember these things and then I always have to sheepishly accept the fact to my friends that I forgot whatever i have forgotten.
2) I have always the habit of buying either a 10 bucks cadbury or a perk while I am trying to reach my destination on time. While during the journey, I always have to think of excuses to why I am late while it should be clear to everyone that I can never be on time.
3)I always reach the venue 15-20 minutes late which always consist of path I have to walk through a maze to reach my destination for example when I went for 3 idiots with a girl, I was clearly 15 minutes late at the hall and just at that moment I joined the line to buy the tickets or when I was late by again the magic number 15 minutes for an appointment with the dentist for which I had to walk for 15 minutes to find the clinic.
4)Halfway through the engagement I realize that I am feeling very hungry and I have to eat something for which I have to dish out cash from my pocket. Right at this moment I always wish that why GOD why .......... I didn't have my meal at home before I start my never ending fight to reach on time.
5)Oh yes during this engagement I always crack crappy jokes which sound funny in my head and not when i tell them. But again I save my face by giving I guess good advices.
6)After everything when I am nearly broke and I have just enough to go home, I always have an urge to eat MOMOs from nearby vendor.
7)The last and not the least I always have to do something stupid which sets me apart from the crowd and everyone stares at me at least once.
To sum it up.........unless and until this things happen I wont feel comfortable or be myself. I feel always have an urge to do the things from the above said points or I will have a feeling that gosh it could have gone better.
PS : I got the tickets and I was late for the movie for 20 ( 15+(15*1/3) ) minutes. I again lost my way in the rush and reached the audi in all the sweat. But hey i didn't miss any part of the movie. Some people have all the luck. YAY!!
If I ever plan an outing with my friends or a date with a girl or lets say in short I have a prior engagement with anyone these things have have to happen to make me realize that its going good and i am behaving as i am.......
1) The first and the most important thing is that when I wake up in the afternoon (yes my friends you reading it correct) the first thought has to come in to my mind that I wish that/this engagement have scheduled it an hour late so that I can my proper sleep/reach the venue on time and not rush through everything meaning that I have a proper bath and not a quick shower, eat something at home on the dinning table and not while I am zipping through, wear clean clothes and yes most importantly not forget my watch and other belongings. It has happened to me quite a lot of times that in the middle way that I realize that I have forgotten this or that. Its a nuisance to remember these things and then I always have to sheepishly accept the fact to my friends that I forgot whatever i have forgotten.
2) I have always the habit of buying either a 10 bucks cadbury or a perk while I am trying to reach my destination on time. While during the journey, I always have to think of excuses to why I am late while it should be clear to everyone that I can never be on time.
3)I always reach the venue 15-20 minutes late which always consist of path I have to walk through a maze to reach my destination for example when I went for 3 idiots with a girl, I was clearly 15 minutes late at the hall and just at that moment I joined the line to buy the tickets or when I was late by again the magic number 15 minutes for an appointment with the dentist for which I had to walk for 15 minutes to find the clinic.
4)Halfway through the engagement I realize that I am feeling very hungry and I have to eat something for which I have to dish out cash from my pocket. Right at this moment I always wish that why GOD why .......... I didn't have my meal at home before I start my never ending fight to reach on time.
5)Oh yes during this engagement I always crack crappy jokes which sound funny in my head and not when i tell them. But again I save my face by giving I guess good advices.
6)After everything when I am nearly broke and I have just enough to go home, I always have an urge to eat MOMOs from nearby vendor.
7)The last and not the least I always have to do something stupid which sets me apart from the crowd and everyone stares at me at least once.
To sum it up.........unless and until this things happen I wont feel comfortable or be myself. I feel always have an urge to do the things from the above said points or I will have a feeling that gosh it could have gone better.
PS : I got the tickets and I was late for the movie for 20 ( 15+(15*1/3) ) minutes. I again lost my way in the rush and reached the audi in all the sweat. But hey i didn't miss any part of the movie. Some people have all the luck. YAY!!
First Post
The basic idea to create this blog is to create an outlet for all the stuffs happen around, what i think of them and what i feel about them. It will consist of many stories, stuffs i happen to stumble upon and some perennial questions which I always think about but never could stumble to any answer........
Here i begin my journey on a new path.........
Here i begin my journey on a new path.........
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