BBlessed!

As I have cribbed about it in a million other rants,you,my beloved reader are surely familiar with the submissions situation in my life!Its basically 24*7 writing(not MY kind of writing,but the boring,slogging type!),and then mugging up the stuff you have written for the next horrendous stage,that is,Vivas!
So,this is last sunday's episode,I was getting ready for the slaughter,and was horribly late,as I always am,ofcourse,(Yes,I can feel those brows raising,and YES,we have vivas on sundays too:(I dont make rules,but I so wish I did)Needless to say,I had absolutely no time for the hassles of putting on makeup,and am not much of a dolling-up kinda person,but when you don't know your stuff properly,looking better than you normally do and acting cute never hurts!Yes,that's a girl thing and am not ashamed!We get our privileges,boo yaah guys!(wink wink).So when I am in this moral dilemma:whether to spend some more time infront of the mirror and risk getting screwed for being late,OR just rush on ahead and,you know,get screwed anyways,a little early this time>_<,almost as if by divine intervention,my eyes chance upon this carton of Garnier BB cream!
It was part of InDispatch,and I'd barely had time to explore,but at that moment,it might have as well been my only beacon of salvation!Hassle free and easy to use,applying it barely took seconds!And the effects,well,I scored a 24/25 in that particular exam,so I explain no more,I need not,rather!
I usually love my skin(and well,all of me,actually;self-obsessed much?,hell yeahh!),but itmade it look all the more perfect!And it fits into our daily routine ohh-so-perfectly!This little carton might as well be your carry-around skin specialist for that matter!Fits into the smallest of purses,and does the job of a skin-brightener,moisturizer and protector all rolled into one!Speak of multitasking eh!Whats more surprising is that it has UV protection against this ugly october heat and our ever present metropolitan pollution!It sounds like I'm selling it or something,but never you worry,for this just me:the same old crazy teenage girl going gaga over something amazing she discovered!I know we can be exasperating at times,but come on,all the cuteness in the world(You could read it as awesomeness too),comes at a price,right!:p
Theres a time crunch,what with busy days and busier nights,with exams,submissions and the festive seasons,I feel like I am rushing from one deadline to another,in this eternal deadline maze or something!Speaking of,I need to submit this entry today before the clock strikes 12 for an indiblogger initiative,so godspeed!
This is an indiblogger initiative with http://www.garnier.in/face-care/beauty/garnier/bb-cream/bb-cream Use it,its amazing,says yours truly!Plus,I get a chance to meet deepika Padukone if the stars allign themselves properly,so just hoping for the best,because,Deepika:OMG deepika,she is so gorgeous she's reason enough for another bout of "gaga",but that's for later!
Thanks for reading.
Love and blessings and diwali wishes and what-nots!(I should probably just,stop!)
OkBye!

My Crisis Angel.

 When floods wrecked havoc in J&K in early September 2014, hundreds of people came forward to help. Among these selfless volunteers was the team from V.O.I.C.E (Volunteers Online for Impact in Crisis and Emergencies) working via their twitter handle @InCrisisRelief. A small group of individuals from across the world coordinated the largest citizen-led relief effort ever, with the help of several other Crisis Angels. This group is now doing the same for the flood-ravaged North-Eastern states.
I saw this post on the IndiChange page,and their name,the crisis angels,got me thinking.A lot of us face crisis in our daily lives,when we think its impossible to carry on!(Unavailability of my morning coffee or slow internet connectivity,for example,are crisis situation001 in my life!)Jokes apart,when all hope is lost,this one person comes along,this one person comes along,holds our hand and guides us towards the light!This one person,our beacon of salvation,our crisis angel,will always be there,no matter how high the odds are stacked up against you,no matter how far behind you are lagging,no matter how deep you seem to sink!
 There are loads of people who have helped me get through loads of "situations"(I wont call it crises because,1.I have had a comfortable,safe ,protected life,all thanks to momma and daddy dearest,who are my guardian angels,and who'll never let me get into a crisis in the first place. and,2.Looking at the various disasters that other people face,my disasters just dont seem "disastrous" enough!),so,coming back to the point,there are loads of people who have helped me overcome situations I couldn't have escaped otherwise,but,I wouldn't name any one of em as my crisis angel.This might sound strangely narcissistic,or vaguely depressing,but bear with me and read along:
My crisis angel,I feel,is an alter-ego.For even though the world is full of people who care for you,and who mean the world to you,it is impossible to keep all your secrets in one basket!All crises simply cannot be shared with or limited to,one single alpha-human with all the solutions in a quickfix flask!At that rate,I would be needing an army of crisis angels at best!When I say I myself am my own crisis angel,it really does feel stupid,putting it out in front of ya'll like this,and a bit crazy,but I kid you not,no one can have an awesome-er,more dependable crisis angel than oneself!
 I can solve all my problems,(or sleep through most of em,that works,every.damn.time!),If that doesnt work,I go straight to my best friends,wallowing about the unfairness of it all,and how uncool it is that I dont get to be my own crisis angel.I could go all aristotle on ya'll right now,proclaiming how the universe actually helps my alter-ego be my crisis angel,and how I am the best candidate for the job since,a.I know myself the best,right from the mood swings to the crazy adrenaline rushes and,b.The only person who'll actually be able to handle all the little things I worry about,without freaking out or coming at me with an axe and a frustrated head,is,ultimately,me.Or,I could do a houdini,and just well,dissappear,before comments about how bad this article was(and rotten tomatoes) projectile towards me at the speed of NoOneCares-kmph!So,as I ninja around my place(I am afraid of the dark.Doesn't make me less awesome.),I'm typing this out real fast,because I think InCrisisRelief are doing a wonderful job,and that Kindness is true magic,and that my mind speeds up at night and how weird is that?and I should stop thinking out loud(or in print)..!I am drifting here,sleep beckons,so good night,Night Owls,sweet sweet dreams.If you have any stories about your crisis angels,I would be glad to hear from ya'll.Thanks for reading.
P.S:Heard One Direction's new single,"Steal My Girl",and oh I love it already!*pre-orders FOUR*I had thought that the magic is fading away,when here they are,with this new album,and they are hear to stay,alright?:"D (Don't judge me.Boy bands are cute.Somewhere deep down everyone loves 'em!)
This post is a part of the initiative by indiblogger for http://incrisisrelief.org/ 

Bang Bang

I don't usually do movie reviews,not even if I fall in love with said subjects of scrutiny,so this is an exception.One would ask the quintessential question of my purpose behind writing this one,other than throwing around big words,that is,and for them,I think this would suffice:I have been looking for something productive to do all day,being stuck on the internet watching out for online deals and offers on our "offers:yes,but they are all SOLD OUT ma'm"-shopping portals,(needless to say I din't get what I was looking for,and a lot of other stuff  I WASN'T looking for,but would've bought anyway,just for the heck of it!Yes.I din't even get that!So,boo,Mission Waste-A-Day:Accomplished:(..)
  I haven't lost hope yet,like a million other peers,still trying to find that perfect steal(One of my friends actually got two USB sticks,a headphone-set,a car charger,and TWo-mind you,TWo phones worth over 10 k each!Where oh where dyou get all that luck from,oh you?Or maybe it's just his sheer dedication of checkin websites 24x7.Paid off.All I could get everywhere were those ugly "SOLD OUT" statements),and meanwhile,what better way to pass time than to comment-slash-criticize this expensively ridiculous,ridiculously expensive movie I saw yesterday??!
  So,the tickets were already booked by a friend of mine,and as I had no other Sunday-plans,I decided to give "Bang Bang" a go!(That wasn't the only reason,I saw hrithik in the promos,End of Story.I mean,look at that greek-god-bod...oops I'm fangirling,sorry sorry).In a very offhand,"no-offence-meant" way,I have always been blissfully ignorant of bollywood and all that transpires in its shining folds.So,the opening credits of the movie took me by surprise,when they announced(with reallllly crappy background music in the,well,background),that it was "based" on Knight And Day!If you have watched it,you know what I'm talking about,when I say that that movie,is actually,in the true sense of the word,AWESOME!Ofcourse I was on the point-of-no-return,so I had to watch "Bang Bang" out!The next 3 hours(which seemed like 4,or more) that transpired were a heady mix of the following:Veet and Macroman advertisement-lookalikes;actual macroman and Pizza Hut advertisements;Hrithik looking like Adonis,Katrina not moving a muscle on her perfectly sculpted,heavily made-up face;Bollywood masala,a good-looking javed jaffrey;same old villians;one good song or two,and a crappy background score!Having said this,I wouldn't say that it was torture,for the cinematography is beautifully done,and Siddharth Anand has shot on some really beautiful locations,so atleast you can enjoy the view,always,all through the movie,and then there's Hrithik,so,the view....(Okay,No.more.drooling.SORRY)
It was a fun experience though:Comparing it to Knight And Day,picking out similar scenes,cracking crappy jokes,and wishing it would end,and the company,the company was gold,so even the crappiest of movies would have been fun,with them!We also got a dose of a Desi Aunty Acid,who wore sunglasses through the entire movie(it was an evening show),and cribbed about us,demanding us to "lower our voices" all the time!That was fun.Also,there are like four or five times in the movie,towards the end,where you almost get up,thinking its over,but then it actually turns out to be another plot twist!That is exhausting!I mean,for the love of God,End It Already!!!!!
All in all,picteresque locations,(and actors,read actor.),some good songs,amazing dance moves,a good story made overly dramatic,and a jarring background score is what makes Bang Bang a good,though a bit expensive,way to pass your lazy sundays!The experience taught me a lot,as well;It taught me that sometimes,it is okay to watch ridiculous  desi remakes of your favourite movies at ridiculous times,just for the heck of it!I mean,YOLO mahn,YOLO,>_<!
P.s:The way the government agency had CCTV cameras everywhere,and I kid you not,EVERYWHERE(always hovering on the protagonists head,yet fixed,or maybe hanging in limbo,even when there isn't a single tree or pole to hang em on!),really impressed me.India would seriously benefit a lot from that kind of technology,do us all a favor and share it with  our ModiJi please!
On that note,have fun,stay blessed,watch "bang Bang",(or don't)!Thanks for reading,comments,criticisms and anti-shopping portal rants are welcome!

In Retrospect

It's been a busy week,with piles of termwork to do,and even more last minute submissions and assignments!Top that with a sprinkle of the dreaded "exams",and you get the perfect recipe for the Great Indian Academic Horror Story!I kid you not,when I say we engineers reach that point in a semester where,if a car hit us,we would probably be thankful to the driver;in these months!
 So,here I am,at some ridiculously absurd time in the morning(2.00,to be precise),lost in quiet contemplation!(I literally changed my twitter username to q8 contemplation>_<.Does that confirm me going nuts?!)Speaking of,it is so damn frustrating to get a proper Twitter Handle these days!If you think of something wonderfully unique,twitter tells you it's already taken!If you manage to avoid the already-takens,you run out of space for your awesomesauce username!hufff so much work:/(I tried UncivilizedSophistication,CrazyConsciousness and what-not!)Sorrry,straying off-topic here.
 Getting back to said topic,there I am,sitting up late,papers strewn around me,assignments half completed,on my umpteenth coffee break of the day,and all I can think about is this:Life is an evolutionary process!Evolution,in turn is a daily process!
 Sounds stupid,I know,but give it a thought!Today,I am this crazy kid with larger-than-life ideas;I am this ancient soul,with kiddish notions about the world;I am the oldest I have ever been,and the youngest I'll ever be,I am the sum total of all I have ever been,all my life!And yet,I am but a thought,an energy?,a soul,some consciousness in the vast expanse of this universe!Tomorrow,I evolve into something more-an infinitesimal change,a little maturity earned,a little experience turning out to be an eye opener,a little sorrow forgotten,a little more love,an expanse of infinite possibilities!
Truly enough,some infinities ARE bigger than other infinities(Thanks John Green),and when I actually give it all a thought,the universe spins in and out of focus,in a beautiful mess of chaotic understanding!A year seems like a huge period of time,but also a tiny dot in this timeless expanse of the universe,at the very same time!
Looking back,I remember loads of people who were an integral part of life,then;people without whom I couldn't imagine a Life!Some of them left,some have stuck around,and it seems like only yesterday,when I look at the pictures,lost in happy memories and quiet contemplation.Many others have now come to mean so much to me,and they might not stick around forever,but life has this inexplicably awesome quality of "going-on",and if you are open to it,love and happiness always find a way in!This is personal experience talking,and not just some crazy teen high on coffee(Or maybe,i dunno:p)!
Okay,so before you actually begin to worry bout me being eaten up by a philosophical guru or something,let me specify:NO,I have not gone bonkers(On the verge of it?maybe.Wait,NO,nay,nada).This is just the ancient soul talking,and now that I scroll up and actually READ what I've churned out,it does make sense,although the overall tone seems quite depressing(Read psychotic;or whatever)!I intended it to be otherwise,though.I love the daily pandemonium of evolving craziness that is Life!And everyone should,too,for we will never actually be the exact same again.Ever.
So why not try being the BEST possible version of oneself,because we only get to be that version just once?All of this may sound too "goody-two-shoes" for one's own good,but why lose a shot at The Good Life,when YOLO!>_<
No pictures in this post because come on,dyou expect this tired li'l bugger to search for pictures at this ungodly hour?Kidding,but I really don't find any,right now!
P.S:Thanks for reading.Yes.ThankYou for reading my nightly rants,my psychedelic ravings!You are awesome,like,seriously awesome!(wink wink)Comments and criticisms always welcome,but for this one post,don't tell me I've strayed off topic,because I know I have,and ya'll are lovely sugarbuns for still reading it all.
I am tempted to put in a Disclaimer here that if it all sounds too BS,its the caffiene talking,so blame it on the hours of scribbling that I was compelled to complete!
Stay Awesome,Stay Happy,Evolve.