Megs, Mog... both of u... ummmazin articles! Shit... u go on like this n SAT is a piece of cake!

Sometimes, i wonder... why the hell my views are always different from others... some people say im addicted to standing out amongst a crowd :D ... don't ask me why, maybe that's just the way i am... n i really don't mind being that way.

People say u change, it's inevitable... and its whether you change for the better or for the worse that determines your future... it's a risk, and few reach where they aim. Then why change at all, if you're content with what you are?

Reminds me of japo sometimes :D, true she might be all snobby and all... and that's definitlely not the way a teacher should behave... but she accepts that not being able to be friendly with her students is one of her drawbacks... she tries as much as she can to improve.. but there are limits. And i surely think she's hell content with who she is. What do you think Sid?

As Mog was sayin, our sleepless sleepover on the night after Maiden was as usual as a sleepover could get with sid, anand, me, ash, nd mog. We've had around 4 major ones be4... n i dunno y, but to my utter utter disbelief, all of them are filled with us talkin about philosophies! :D First four hours or so were spent getting beaten up by the others for bani talk :D n the rest... u dun wanna kno! No wonder i slept thru ACE the next day!

I dun think anyone except anand understood me... n what he did understand, i don't think he liked. And why he understood? I really really dunno y... but me and anand have this weird power of understandin each other totally :D!! Ask him if u want!

I really don't like preaching... im not too good at it either, ull c :D! Im pretty sure mog was unsatisfied with my explanations that day, same with sid.... hope ull realize some day.

The Maiden Mania

30,000 metal-heads gathering in a city like Bangalore.... it was an event not to be missed by maiden fans and metal maniacs alike. As the pioneers of the heavy metal genre descended upon the city with Eddy leading the way, the crowd soon realized that every rupee they paid for coming here was worth it.

Days before the event, the Maiden mania had already been settling upon the population. Gossip topics were ditched, Iron Maiden was the talk of the town. Banners all over the streets and ads in newspapers proclaimed their arrival. Bunk classes, bunk exams, BUT BE THERE FOR MAIDEN!

The crowd had begun gathering since 10 in the morning, although the gates were not to be opened till 3 pm. It was hard to recognize people amongst the sea of black Iron Maiden t-shirts. I preferred to stand out in white... the blazing noon sun was too hot for my liking. Personally, i don't know how those people survived.

By 3, the line had finally started moving. Once inside, people flooded to the refreshment stalls. For the forthcoming 3 hour wait, people had little better to do than load themselves up with fluids in retaliation to the uncaring sun. The chat centers too must have made one helluva profit that day. By 5, the chants of “Maiden” could be heard all over the grounds.

The first show was a let-down. As the Campus Rock Idols winners, FTN took the stage the crowd was so non-responsive, that i feared i was in for a boring night. The vocals too, failed to rouse the crowd. I mean, what the hell would shouting “BANGALORE!” in some guttural tone prove???

By the time Parikrama arrived, the crowd was so bored that the Maiden chants had started all over again, although they knew that that wouldn't happen before 8 in the night. They underestimated Parikrama though. With their amazing mix of fusion and funk rock, they stole the show.

There is nothing much to be said about Lauren Harris. I mean, i dunno who the heck she was or what a pop-singer was doing in an Iron Maiden concert. The crowd had had enough. The braves attempted jumping the barriers dividing the 900's and 1500's while others just resigned and lay flop on the ground.

At 8 sharp, the lights on stage went out. This was the signal Bangalore had been waiting for a week. The chants took a new meaning all together... yet Maiden did not show for another 15 minutes. Once they did come, the whole stadium went pitch black. The crowd went wild. Eddie's figure could easily be made out now, atop the huge Russian tank on stage. A rolling start was followed by one of their most popular songs from their new album, Different Worlds. The crowd did not hesitate to sing along. In some like The Trooper and The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, the crowd could be heard more than Bruce, irrespective of the huge two-story speakers.

The show was marked by some senseless show of greed, as some broke down the barrier. The police watched on helplessly as the 900 crowd flowed to mingle amongst the 1500's, trying to get as close to the stage as possible.

The most memorable part would have been Fear of the Dark. The whole stadium was singing along as one. Near the end, Maiden took a short break. Some people exited believing that the show was over. But loyal fans stayed. And they weren't let down either. 10 minutes later, they started again with Hallowed Be Thy Name. Head bangers had a party, returning with a sore throat and an aching neck, but more than satisfied.

In all, the Iron Maiden concert was one helluva success, pulling fans from all over the country. Not only did Maiden recognize this, but also promised that within a year, they would be back, and India had better watch out!

Roadies 4 Review

Got this review from another blog.... This is definitely not written by me.... but had to pos it..... loved his description!

Group of mean youngsters. All of them
out on a paid holiday. Armed with a license to bit*h, shower
profanities, ride the Karizma bikes across the country, and compete
with each other to be declared the hottest sucker. MTV Roadies Season
4 was a total disappointment. It was a show where the competitors
were not good enough and end of the day the whole thing was a
’no-show’.

Loaded with undignified catharsis,
roadies pulled youngsters to view the show (including me. I
watched every episode of Season 4). Howling girls was nothing unusual

in this show. Butit was sad to see men become
bit*hes. All of them
wanted money. None of them was displaying the character of roady!
(except of course Rupaali. She is so sweet).

Believe it or not. It was a pogrom. A
bloody pogrom. Nothing else. Bani and Anthony, together they
organized it. All through the show they were together. With luck on
Bani’s side the two contestants for Roadies 4 soon became winners.
Anthony was the chosen one. Bani was the un-official winner. The two
love birds played the most fantastic game one has ever seen. Anthony
like butter continued to titilate everyone’s taste-bud till the
cholesterol in their veins choked them all to an attack.

13 Roadies. All armed with a gregarious
facade played the game of eliminating each other. They were never
together. Except of course the love-birds. The show (when it started
as Season 1) was quite cool. It was a new concept. Though with season
4 of Roadies the show reached a cul-de-sac of its original sense. In
my opinion the recently culminated season was devoid of any gumption.
But even then it was fun.

Despite sonorous claims that the
episodes of season 4 were less less interesting, caused dolorous
viewing, I admit being an addict. Every Saturday, at 7 pm, like a a
honest and a dedicated viewer I would humbly switch on my television
and press the MTV button.

The roadies, since its inception in
2003 was meant to pick from a chosen lot a guy or a gal who rocks.
The winner should have an undying love for adventure, should be a
fun-freak, team person, loaded with attitude, individuals and tough.
The judges went around the country picking suitable contestants.
Every direction they went hoards of losers clangered around in
masses. Some were so desperate that they traveled across cities to be
on the show. Other simply wanted to try out their luck or have fun.
No wonder, most of them were clueless.

The jury was the worse. Just to check
if a person was tough they would throw weird tantrums. And they were
really soft on girls. Grow up guys. Be real. They picked up many
losers. For instance Raj. During the interview he claimed he was not
a virgin. But when he gets married he would make sure that his wife
is a virgin!! Double standards or what?

The contestants were required to
perform various tasks while they traversed the various corners of the
country on Karizma. The tasks were not difficult but at times
required the display of team spirit, strength of an individuals and
blah blah.

At the end of every episode a
contestant was eliminated. Not surprisingly just before the
elimination the entire team would break into closed groups, making
strategies to eliminate the sharpest contender. There was total lack
of trust. Nothing new, sh*t happens and it happens in everyday life
too.

Bani and Anthony. Both an aitam. I
would not be surprised if soon he proposes Bani. A complete witch,
Bani professed being a psycho. She would scheme to eliminate all the
female contenders, act weird and scream profanities. Probably she was
an insider. MTV it seems planted her.

But if she was not an insider then she
schemed really well. Always vocal, masqueraded beneath her outbursts
was the love for Anthony.

The real winner was Anthony. No other
guy was as different as this young man was. Anthony, the cool dude
even cried just before being pronounced as the hero. Thats a real
roadie! He cried not for himself but for Bani.

Someone from MTV claimed that the
contenders for the season 4 are tougher than their earlier
counterparts. I guess thats a farce. If men becoming b*tch*s and
girls screaming profanities is a sign of toughness...then I humbly
disagree.

I am waiting for the next season to
begin. Absolutely love this show. But I guess MTV needs to do better.
Good contestants, with fighting spirit, need to be on the show. Not
losers, grumblers or schemers