Random Check

I had my first random police check today. It happened in Al Quoz when my sister and me were driving to Dubai Driving Center. It felt quite unusual to get stopped by a cop. They don't usually stop girls.

Anyway, he asked for my license and car registration. I had both that too absolutely valid. However, I had this uneasy feeling for a second. Also, I couldn't help thinking about all the times when I drove without a license and expired car registration. Phew!

Moral of the story: Always carry valid car proofs while driving. Especially in Al Quoz :P

Petty Joys of Life

After two whole days of sitting at home and hoping to work out a fun plan with friends, I went out alone today.

The deal was to go catch the sunset at the private beach in Jumeirah 2. At 5:17 p.m. I started my car to go to the beach. It almost felt like a race because Dubai traffic picks up after 5 p.m. and since, winter is soon approaching, the sun sets around 5:30 p.m. With each meter that my car covered, the sun moved an inch downwards. There were quite a few hard brakes. I felt restless and my hand smelt of onion which I had chopped for dinner last night. I couldn't help looking through the gaps of the various buildings to ensure that the sun is still there. It almost felt like a game of hide and seek (I miss playing it).


At 5:42 p.m. I stopped my car at the spot where I usually park. Old days with friends drowned me. Technically, I was dry but I felt drenched. As I switched off the engine and opened the door, this amazingly nice-feeling wind welcomed me. There was nothing exceptional about this gust of wind except its timing to thwack me. It felt like a close friend's hug. Legs out, I looked longingly at the sky but alas! the big ball of orange had gone to sleep (quite a few have or I have put them to). A freaky pathan driving a Mitsubishi pick-up waved at me as he left (Chotu Tsunami memories, peace disruption). Anyway, what was left was faded light orange sitting on top of a grey sheet. Although, the ambiance was still bright.


I locked the car and started walking away from the direction of the already set sun. I felt like this cool kid - no balance on mobile, massive DJ headphones, basketball jersey, comfortable 3/4ths, oshos and a lot of dreams yet to be fulfilled while I walked away to nowhere. Suddenly, everything had just slowed down contrary to the school and college life that whooshed away so quickly. The orange kept fading and black started taking over the gray.


As I retreated my path to the car, I stood before the latter for a bit, admiring. This subtle smile came to my lips. I unlocked the car and dusted my oshos outside.


It was 6:22 p.m. when I started my car and left.

Conversation

mella says:
meeenaaallll

Meenal says:
what u doin

mella says:
nothing
getting bored

Meenal says:
dont all u a e ppl do that
my brother dear is going today
so i gotta take him shopping
brb

mella says:
kk

Meenal says:
back

mella says:
;D

Meenal says:
empty became

mella says:
empty? pooop ?

Meenal says:
yeah

mella says:
niceee
im bored bored boredddd

Meenal says:
so am i
im kinda sick with myself

mella says:
whyy

Meenal says:
because everywhere i go or see i find something or someone right in my face pointing out my worthlessness

mella says:
dont think like that.......

Meenal says:
mel its annoying man
i have thought of so many things for myself and i m doing nothing to getstarted
besides wasting time of course

mella says:
me too man...we are all in the same boat....

Meenal says:
and the brownie of this bitch is that i constantly brood over it and fuck my happiness
its traumatizing man

mella says:
i know....

Meenal says:
iwant it all to stop like go away

mella says:
so dont brood over it...
just think of it as a bad dream that will just go
if u feel like shit...u shud just write it out...and then ul feel lighter

Meenal says:
yeah except i just cant write
like my creative instincts along with all my uselessness have gone down the drain
i m sitting on my blog only
i dont know what to write
maybe i will just copy paste this conversation
easy way out
briliant

mella says:
yeah thats how it is...you're doing great
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Pathetic? Tell me about it.

You Can Smile Now

The vines left their support,
The silhouette was ignored.

They crept their way towards her,
The loner beam was a different story.

The black coils engulfed her,
The support watched in awe.

They hissed calmly, “We know you love it,”
Pause. Again, “You can smile now.”

So she did. Just for an eternity.
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P.S. Adnan's room wall. My new friend whom I met through Melissa.

Coldplay - Talk

Oh brother I can't, I can't get through
I've been trying hard to reach you, cause I don't know what to do
Oh brother I can't believe it's true
I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you
Oh I wanna talk to you

You can take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody has sung
Or do something that's never been done

Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
Well I feel like they're talking in a language I don't speak
And they're talking it to me

So you take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or a write a song nobody has sung
Or do something that's never been done
Do something that's never been done

So you don't know were you're going, and you wanna talk
And you feel like you're going where you've been before
You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all
Let's talk, let's ta-a-alk
Let's talk, let's ta-a-alk

(Suggested by Sana Shamim)

Pool of Thoughts

...and I don't know how to swim! (even otherwise).

Last night, I went clubbing to Keva. Just like the previous Thursday, I was super bored and on my last nerve. The issue isn't the club itself but the company. This of course, made me recall how randomly my friend and I started clubbing in Bangalore. Yes, one of the best company that I have found for clubbing so far. Miss you woman! Again, yes, a woman! :)

Anyway, due to my boredom, I ended up sitting in the lobby of Keva. Here, I mainly noticed two things:

1. People who were dancing inside sounded like beggars when their voices were heard in chorus while singing ( thats when the DJ mutes the audio so that people can scream out the song). The worse part is that I am one of them when I am not pissed and dancing. :P

2. People who enter and exit the club dancing or rather moving in the most peculiar manner. Some of them are drunk and can't help it and the others are too cool to avoid doing it. Again, I am sometimes one of them (reason being the former).

Maybe, I should restrain my mind to concentrate only on the music next time. Also, last night seemed like the 'fight night.' Quite a few of the rowdy crowd got in to arguements and got kicked out of the club. I got elbowed by one of them who was being pushed by the bouncer and being asked to leave.
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"I think you are a psycho to base your decisions on your fear" she said.

I have heard this before, I even know it myself and as it crosses my thoughts again with time, my anger sees no limit. Period.

And that's the bitch.
(Never thought I would ever end up hating Dubai).

Top Ten Venomous Creatures

1. Box Jellyfish

The top prize for “The World's Most Venomous Creature,” would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least five thousand five hundred and sixty seven recorded deaths since 1954. Its venom is among the most deadly in the world. Its toxins attack the heart, nervous system, and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in to shock, drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies.

One has virtually no chance to survive the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. When stung, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds. Vinegar has acetic acid, which disables the box jelly’s nematocysts that have not yet been discharged into the bloodstream (though it will not alleviate the pain). Wearing panty hose while swimming is also a good prevention measure since it can prevent jellies from being able to harm one's leg. Box Hellyfish can be found in the waters around Asia and Australia.


2. King Cobra

King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah) is the world’s longest venomous snake - growing up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft) in length. Ophiophagus, literally means “snake-eater” as it eats other snakes. One single bite of this deadly snake can easily kill a human. It is even capable of killing a full-grown Asian Elephant within 3 hours, if the larger animal is bitten in a vulnerable area such as the trunk.

Its venom is not as toxic as other venomous snakes, but King Cobra is capable of injecting 5 times more venom than Black Mamba and can result in mortality up to 5 times faster than that of the Black Mamba. It is quite widespread, ranging across South and South-east Asia, living in dense highland forests.


3. Marbled Cone Snail

This little beautiful looking Snail can be as deadly as any other animal on this list. One drop of its venom is so powerful that it can kill more than 20 humans. If one ever happens to be in a warm salt water environment (where these snails are often found), they should avoid picking it up if they spot one.

Symptoms of a Marbled Cone Snail sting can start immediately or can be delayed in onset for days. It results in intense pain, swelling, numbness and tingling. Severe cases involve muscle paralysis, vision changes and breathing failure. There is no anti venom. However, only about 30 human deaths have been recorded from Cone Snail envenoming.


4. Blue-Ringed Octopus

The Blue-Ringed Octopus is very small, only the size of a golf ball, but its venom is very powerful. It carries enough poison to kill 26 adult humans within minutes, and there is no antidote. It is currently recognized as one of the world’s most venomous animals.

Its painless bite may seem harmless, but the deadly neurotoxins begin working immediately resulting in muscular weakness, numbness, followed by a cessation in breathing and ultimately death. It can be found in tide pools of the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Australia.


5. Death Stalker Scorpion

Death Starker Scorpion contradicts the popular belief that 'most scorpions are relatively harmless to humans since their stings produce local effects only (pain, numbness or swelling).' However, the Death Starker Scorpion is highly dangerous species because its venom is a powerful cocktail of neurotoxins which cause an intense and unbearable pain, resulting in fever, followed by coma, convulsions, paralysis and death. Fortunately, while a sting from this scorpion is extremely painful, it would be unlikely to kill a healthy, adult human. Young children, the old, or infirm (with a heart condition) are at the biggest risk. Death stalker scorpions are found in North Africa and Middle East.


6. Stonefish

Not the best looking fish but again, the venom does the trick. It causes such a severe pain that the stung victims would want the affected limb to be amputated. It is described as the worst pain known to man. It is accompanied by possible shock, paralysis, and tissue death. If not given medical attention within a couple of hours.

Stonefish stores its toxins in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators. It mostly lives above the tropic of Capricorn, often found in the shallow tropical marine waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans, ranging from the Red Sea to the Queensland Great Barrier Reef.


7. The Brazilian Wandering Spider

The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria) or Banana Spider appears in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous spider and is responsible for most human deaths.

It is believed to have the most potent neurotoxic venom of any living spider. Only 0.006mg (0.00000021oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse. It is also very dangerous because of its wandering nature. It often hides during daytime in highly populated areas like houses, clothes, boots, and cars.

Its venomous bite not only causes intense pain, the venom of the spider can also cause priapism - uncomfortable erections lasting for many hours that lead to impotence.


8. Inland Taipan

The Inland Taipan comes from Australia. Just a single bite from this snake contains enough venom to kill 100 human adults or an army of 250,000 mice. Its venom is at least 200 - 400 times more toxic than a common cobra. Its extremely neurotoxic venom can kill an adult human in as little as 45 minutes. Fortunately, this snake is very shy and there have been no documented human fatalities (all known bites were treated with antivenin).


9. Poison Dart Frog

If one ever happens to be running through the rain forests somewhere in Central or South America, they should never ever pick up beautiful and colorful frogs - it can be the Poison Dart Frog. The 2 inch long (5cm) golden Poison Dart Frog has enough venom to kill 10 adult humans or 20,000 mice. Only 2 micrograms of this lethal toxin (the amount that fits on the head of a pin) is capable of killing a human or other large mammal. It is called “Dart Frog” because of the indigenous use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of their blow-darts. Poison dart frogs keep their poison in their skins and sicken or kill anybody who touches or eats them.


10. Puffer Fish

Puffer Fishes are the second most poisonous vertebrates on the earth (the first one is Golden Dart Frog). The meat of some species is a delicacy in both Japan (as fugu) and Korea (as bok-uh) but the problem is that, the skin and certain organs of many puffer fishes are very poisonous to humans.

This fish produces rapid and violent death. Puffer fish's poisoning causes deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, rapid heart rate, difficulty in breathing, and muscle paralysis. Victims die from suffocation as diaphragm muscles are paralyzed. Most of the victims die after four to twenty four hours. There is no known antidote. Most deaths from fugu happen when untrained people catch and prepare the fish. Statistics show that there were twenty to forty four incidents of fugu poisoning per year between 1996 and 2006 in all of Japan and up to six incidents per year led to death. Since Fugu’s poison can cause near instantaneous death, only licensed chefs are allowed to prepare it.

Toyota "Corona" - Vintage Ride

Yes it's not "Corolla" but "Corona!" I say this because I just recalled that one of my friends actually thought that I didn't know my own car name and I was saying Corona for Corolla.

The car has been in the family since 1990. So, currently, it is the 19th year that we use this car. I am talking about it because off late, I am the one who drives it the most and hence, I feel for my car. I think I realized its importance only after the miserable sufferings I faced (Car got impounded for 15 days and I live a little away from civilization).

Today, I noticed that I feel quite bad when people say stuff about my car. Yeah, so I know it is very old and quite ruined but it still runs decently enough and all the important parts of the car work just fine. Most of all, it's anyday better than walking on the road under the Hot Dubai Sun, paying insane amounts of cash to various cab drivers (even better if they are hitting on you!) and wasting generous amount of time by travelling in public buses. I would also like to mention pathan cabs and sharing cabs which have their own issues. But it's so convinient to make fun of my vehicle while it's giving you the ride.

I think I have given this 'exclusive right' to only a few important friends. However, the rest also seem to be my guests.

Well, I know that they are joking at the end of the day but I am still not okay with 'the guests.'

No Parking Zone!

Today, was the second day when I wasted more than an hour's time of my already wasted life (well, currently) in Bur Dubai looking for parking. Ok, so the last time it was some 45 minutes. There is absolutely no bloody parking!!

Hence, I am more than happy to conclude that Bur Dubai is the "Bhed Bakri Land."

On other news, I am wishing my frd a Happy Birthday.

*goes to look for some inspiration for the next post*

Atrocious

www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com

Check out the link.. Copy paste if it doesn't show as a link..

Vibe Came

I had three more steps to take when I heard sounds behind me. I looked back and saw my ordeal lying flat on its face. It was disunified for it was in fragments. It lay there mutilated, and I, as the mutilator, smiled in peace.

There were a couple of good limbs that smiled with me and I nodded to them in approval, turning around to take the last three steps. I wiped off the tiny little fluid as I resumed my walk.

No Title

I happened to realize...
There are people who have blog for a specific purpose, there are those who write randomly but things that are nice to read, some of them completely bullshit or have entirely personal stuff scribbled over.

I do not wish to think which category I belong to because it's clearly not the first two categories :(

Whatever! I did not particularly come to write about that. I am facing this indirect fifth rejection of my life. Yes, I do not believe in 'flings' but still..

This semester in college has been the pits.. I was hoping just like my child, Sapphire who mentioned it today, to have like a break before we had to study for exams.. But not only do we not get that break, we barely have any time to prepare for the exams. There is a submission on Monday which is worth twenty five marks and clearly, i haven't done any considerable amount of work despite the fact that it was given long long time ago. Hey, which student has ever been so diligent now?!! Ok surely there are geeks and freaks but I still haven't reached that level!

Anddd the exams start on the 25th. I have been studying a little with Sitara (a classmate) but that is like one subject. Sheesh! There have been a lot of peripheral activities - clubbing and procrastination. Maybe, all those extra assignments caused it. They dropped me at a level where I feel like puking every time I hear 'work.' :(

But I am already a graduate, at least as per the ceremony is concerned..

I graduated!
Haw.. When?
Last Friday, 13th of March, 2009
Are you serious?
Yeah
Shit! didn't you just take a transfer to mounts recently?
Yeah I still remember the first bus trip I ever took, to Bangalore.
So now what?
I have no idea!
You must have thought of something?
I want to study but I have to work. I don't even know what's going on in the world!
Come on... Have you heard of research?
Yeah
So...?
So... I have to work!
So what now?
I don't know
Do you have anything else to say?
Lots
Go ahead... Puke away to glory.
I don't feel like writng.
Then?
I don't know! I have to run...

I Was Doing Work OK!

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Reconsidering

Like really, I don't know if I should put such inspirational posts. They seem nice and sensible when you read them and when you actually get to put them to practice, BANG! you have like a million petty things whizzing around your head forcing you to hold the goddamn glass in your hand and when things are not okay at the end of the day, how the hell does one put down the glass...

Today has been, by far, one of the worst days of my life...
Say Academics, Love, Friends, I seem to have random issues in all categories.

Random + Random + Random + Other Random = Lot of random, confusion and frustration.

And I think I have to admit it, I AM JUST PLAIN DUMB!! I have been constantly doing things without any intentions of doing it for the past one hour and it is for the bad!

End

So Random, So Simple!

A Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see & asked the students

"How much do you think this glass weighs?"

"50gms!" "100gms!" "125gms!" the students answered.

"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

"Nothing." the students said.

"Ok, what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?" the professor asked.

"Your arm would begin to ache." said one of the student.

"You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?"

"Your arm could go numb; you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & have to go to hospital for sure!" ventured another student & all the students laughed.

"Very good."

"But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" Asked the professor.

"No" was the answer.

"Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?"

The students were puzzled.

"What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked professor again.

"Put the glass down!" said one of the students.

"Exactly!" said the professor.

Life's problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK. Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything. It's important to think of the challenges or problems in your life, But EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to 'PUT THEM DOWN' at the end of every day before you go to sleep.

That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh &strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way! So, when you retire for the day,

Remember friend to
'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!'