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Author: Amit Goyal

  • Feeling Lonely

    No idea why, but I somehow feel very lonely today.

    Anyways, watched The Pursuit of Happyness today. Must say that it is a pretty good movie, totally worth a watch. Totally loved it, and especially the love of Will Smith for his kid (also his son in real life) and the trust of the kid in his father. Should give it 4/5.

  • Friday Morning WTF

    From Youth Curry:

    Lastly, Forsche recruited drivers from an ad it placed in Mid-day a couple of months ago. Apparently a range of women applied. Says Ms Roy:

    “While Prabhjyot Kaur (57), a grandmother and graduate in economics and sociology will be our oldest driver, the youngest in my fleet of taxis is Rajashree H (32), an electronics engineer from BITS Pilani.”

    I too, as Rashmi, would “love to meet this engineer and ask… why?” Now please do not get me wrong. Driving a taxi is very honorable and all, but it seems to me like Matt Damon saying he wants to tend to sheep in “Good Will Hunting“.

  • I hate Tagged!!

    I have been getting these spam mails on behalf of some of my friends from Tagged Mail saying he/she has Tagged me! I have already unsubscribed from their service a few times but continue recieving such mails.

    I really hate these services and am annoyed with friends who use the mail id so irresponsibly!!

  • World Cup Memories – ‘92

    Aparajith writes here about his memories of the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cricket World Cup. Here is what I remember most about that tournament.

    1. Miandad jumping up and down – mimicking Kiran More’s appeal.
    2. Crowe and Greatbatch batting for NZ.
    3. Dipak Patel opening the bowling for NZ.
    4. The ridiculous 21 off 1 ball for SA – it broke so many hearts.
    5. Jonty’s dive to run out Inzamam.
    6. Last, but not the least, an emotional Imran’s (not so great) speech at the presentation where he forgot all his teammates.

    What do you remember?

  • Subtle lyrics be damned

    Sample these from “Leaving Beirut” – Roger Waters. By the way it is an awesome song!!

    Oh George! Oh George!
    That Texas education must have fucked you up when you were very small

    But now an Englishman abroad is just a US stooge
    The bulldog is a poodle snapping round the scoundrel’s last refuge

    Is gentleness too much for us
    Should gentleness be filed along with empathy
    We feel for someone else’s child
    Every time a smart bomb does its sums and gets it wrong
    Someone else’s child dies and equities in defence rise
    America, America, please hear us when we call
    You got hip-hop, be-bop, hustle and bustle
    You got Atticus Finch
    You got Jane Russell
    You got freedom of speech
    You got great beaches, wildernesses and malls
    Don’t let the might, the Christian right, fuck it all up
    For you and the rest of the world