Aug 30, 2006

All ni(gh)ters


The very thought of sleeping late at nights makes some people uncomfortable. But we, some of the distinguished citizens of this strange world somehow used to sleep very late in the night. But this seems to be a distant past, when we were in college and where life used to be be very simple. Returning from the class, then some BC(Codeword, though not very hard to crack), after that some sport (again the type was not fixed, as it was wont to include the game of cricket, both on the field and off the field, i.e EA sport on my 2.6 GHz personal computer and then 6 over matches in the physical world in front of the hostels.) and there are so many things...I don't remember them all.

After all this, spending some time(15 minutes to one full hour, depending upon any plan of watching some late night cinema) in the mess hall and then some limited shows of english, hindi or hinglish ...... on our own personal computer and then some personalized BC with some friends was the usual way to push the coveted

Aug 28, 2006

Mom, I'll wear miniskirt today.

I read this joke on some website, which I thought to share with you people. It's a simple two line conversation between mother and daughter, but in different times. It goes like..

1980's
Daughter: Mom, can I wear jeans today?
Mother: No darling, what will people think.

2006
Daughter: Mom, I'll wear miniskirt today.
Mother: Pahan le beti, kuch to pahan le.


This is a perfect example of changing values in the society. I am not saying that it's bad, but it really amazes me how quick these changes are.

Times are changing, people are changing, their values are changing..