Alice

Today I was driving home from work and playing a CD Herbert burnt. The hip-hop has kept me company on many a long rides now. I usually go to the next track when I hear the begining of a song I may not like (very important - "may").

The music kept playing and suddenly came up something that sounded very familiar but not something I remember listening to on this CD - ALICE!! The song by the way is not "Who the Fuck is Alice", no matter what you think or claim to know! And it's been sung a few times, even once by a guy called Roy "Chubby" Brown!!! Before you start to investigate - I "googled" it up too.. so don't bother - I'm right!

So.... This song brought back many memories - not of Alice, but of the days when we'd listen to this song and think we were so bad! He He He.. Don't deny it! I even remember a whole load of my friends having this song on tape (ya, the good ol' tape) and they'd write the name on the cover as "Who the F*** is Alice", "Who the HECK is Alice", Who the BEEP is Alice", "Who is Alice" and then some of the greater beings amongst us knew it was just "Alice". And I swear I remember people writing "HECK" and "BEEP" - Losers!! Right?? Yes they were losers even back then! I think even I wrote it as one of them - People change alright!!

I was introduced to the song in 1995 at our class 8 christmas party. Right - Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas Party - Loads of chips (wafers to some), loads of areated drinks, samosas, cake, dhokla and everything good under the sun. My contribution? 20 rupees and sometimes my music player - I did have a "cool" one (music player)! The day would be crazy and to think it was immediately after our half-yearly exams, made it all the better! We'd dance like we had ants up our arses, with other men (perverts, back then they were boys - which I realise makes it sound even worse!) and sing along - way before paying 500 rupees for Karaoke caught up! Incidentally, Karoke was invented by a Japanese Guy!! I wonder why we have no world renowned rock/pop/anything bands from Japan? The day would end just like that - us sweating like pigs, hair messed like we came out of a storm, tired as dogs and yet no one cared! Every one, I believe atleast, went home happy!

We all have moved on since - I meet some of the guys from school now, hair well done, cloths crisp as those chips, singing along softly (if at all) to the music playing in the club. I cannot complain, I'm the same. Only same till I meet some of the guys I knew in school and I can sing along and sweat and dance. It was a good time!!

Funny, it took "Alice" to bring this back to me.

P.S. Who the fuck IS Alice?

Friends..

Here’s a story about me - a boy who was neither too good at sport nor noticeable for his literary abilities, he considers himself a bad singer and an even worse musician...
He’s played basketball for his college and football for a club, he boxed in school (and kicked some ass) and even once ran the 100 meters final in school (at the behest of his best friend, who was too scared of not being “Rex Lodurum”)! He sang in the school choir and learnt to play the drums, he won debates (when his girlfriend was like Shakespeare’s daughter) and wrote poetry (some still find them moving – he doesn’t remember any) and then he left it all behind and took up a job!
Dreams were killed and he doesn’t know why.
His friends haven’t changed from those days; it’s still them – Vikram, Gona and Lynell!
Vikram – The man without a boundary. You can’t put this man on leash! He’s too wild for anyone in this world! He’s never played a sport – but he still thinks he’s the best at one of them – SEX!! He’s so proud of his achievements that I’m worried about writing this. But his greatest quality (sorry women who’ve been with him) is his bad assed humour! Honest, that’s probably how they all fell for him! He’s dirty, he’s vocal about being dirty (Tarun knows Vik), and all the women love him for being dirty! As for me, HATS OFF! I’ve not been able to say a thing to my girlfriend that you’ve said to my girlfriend! I still wonder how he does it?????
But before you judge him – my friend is a lover! He’s loved every girl in his life as if they were his last. He doesn’t say badly about them after either. He’s single – but he’s still the funniest. I always say – he can make a table laugh! More to come...
Gona – The guy every girl would live her life with!!! REALLY!! He’s got a girl – Sonali. She’s almost like him. Good looking, carefree, in love, honest, mature, lovable, perfect, dependable and if I say anymore I’ll sound bi-sexual. I love him because of the way he is with her and I love her because of the way she’s with him... I wish I could be that way!
Gona and I have been best friend for 16 years now – and he never lets me down. I tell the world he’s clumsy, he takes it to another level! I’ve known people that never met Gona and yet fell in love with him because of I spoke about him to them. I feel like his pimp – but I never did it consciously! More to come...
Lynell – THE MAN!!! He looks like Luis Figo. He’s been the wildest among us! He’s not just a mad man – he’s insane. I hear he’s got himself a Moroccan girl named Lou – and he’s planning to get engaged! My mom loves Lynell like a son – and this is bad news for me!!!! Though Lou is very pretty – it’s gonna cause me sooo much grief!
Congrats my friend.. if you’ve picked her – she’s very lucky! I can’t say anymore! More to come...
As for me... I’m okay! More to come...

P.S. Why doesn't the term "Female bonding" exist??

Networking..

I met an old acquaintance the other day – and by the end of this you’ll know why I called this person an acquaintance;
He walked into me like I was his great pal from some age and then he left pointing in a very “50 Cent way” and said, “I’ll catch you on facebook bro”!! He didn’t ask for a contact number, an email ID, where I stay, no sir – nothing! FACEBOOK!!! I have nothing against the “information age” but then again where are the old simple things? So let’s cut the long story short – he didn’t catch me. Infact he missed by a mile.
I’m not “on” facebook and yes I know how it works! I don’t need to be in touch with anyone apart from the ones I’m already in touch with. I may sound like an ass hole but if you’re reading this I’ve proved my point already. If you’re sneaking into this you’ll have a very good idea about where to find me and if you don’t have an idea then I’m proving my point all over again!
Think about this – how many of the facebook friends that you have, spoke to you in the last one month or even better – a year! I agree the concept is brilliant, but then again so was the concept of the atom bomb! Okay maybe the analogy is a little extreme but what is this whole thing? It’s like a competition to be cool? And they even call your list of people “friends”!
I say again, I have nothing against this – just don’t ask me to join or try to “catch me bro” on facebook, orkut, WAYN, Hi-5, etc. I’m not a social networking person and I probably will never be. Here’s one for all my friends – the ones who’ve been around even when I got left behind, the ones who still believe in talking than writing on my wall or scrapping!
Here’s my side of the story and I’m sure more will disagree than agree. I don’t care and I’m sure you already know that!


P.S. Is there a difference between I don’t give a shit and I give a shit (for some of you shit can be replaced with fuck)