Bus conversation with the friendly girl in the seat next to me

• Me: Tons of people meeting online and getting married these days.
• Girl: I know. I could never do that. I don't even have a Facebook account.
• Me: That's cool, though. Not having a Facebook account is the new not having a television.
• Girl: I don't have a television.
• Me: Well, there you go.

IN REVIEW: COLDPLAY “MYLO XYLOTO”

Okay, so the title of Coldplay’s fifth studio album has been a bit of a tongue twister, but I assure you that everything you find behind that pretty album cover is a lot less complicated (and does not make you feel like you need to go back to kindergarten due to lack of pronunciation skills). In fact, it’s big, colourful and quite the spectacle….and, in many ways. 


As I'm a huge Coldplay fan, I felt nervous going into the first listen of this album, because this album is too electronic, but then I came back for a second, a third, a fourth listen – and with every listen, there is that much more to fall in love with than you previously thought. The heart and soul of what makes Coldplay the brilliant foursome they are is still there, but now it’s wrapped in electro-synth pop music, occasionally splashed with some R&B (See: Upcoming single, Princess of China, feat Rihanna).


Mylo Xyloto is a concept album telling the story of a boy and a girl who fall in love under tumultuous circumstances. Coldplay tosses in a steady stream of drum kicks and synth riffs to keep the momentum going.. Songs like Paradise, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall and Hurts Like Heaven are joyous and fun, and they’re made for those runs across campus or a even a road trip. 

At its core, you still get everything you would want from a Coldplay album – the melodic hooks, the semi incomprehensible lyrics, and a brilliant melding of each member’s talents. They remind you that things can still be pretty swell, even if the world isn’t as agreeable.

Childhood Memories

If you could rewind your time, would you change your life?

I always lived my life by this quote "Live life with no regrets". So yes, if I could rewind my time right now, I don't think I'd want to change anything about it. Even if there were a lot of mistakes done along the way, I've learnt from them and it has in fact, made me stronger. A better person inside if you might say. 



I miss being a kid. I miss smiling and laughing for no reason. I miss running around endlessly in circles. I miss the slides, the seasaws. I miss playing in the mud on a rainy afternoon, or playing in the sand by the beach. I miss waking up early in the morning on a Sunday just to watch my favourite TV show. I miss riding my bicycle with the other kids in the neighbourhood. I miss all the little adventures I had with my brother and my next door neighbour. I miss everything.

Sharp Temptation

If you don't own an iPhone, please click here
Or, you could just stay here. The talk of the town has finally hit the Indian stores. Yes, the iPhone 4S. I'm beginning to feel like if you don't have an iPhone, you're life isn't complete.

While everybody's getting iPads and iPhones, all I got was a Nokia X3. I have to admit, I'm not at the top of my game anymore. But on the other hand when X3 did go down I so badly craved the iPhone. I always think I'd look so stylish walking down the road with my iPhone in one hand, Louis Vuitton bag resting on my shoulder with my coffee cup in the other hand, looking like a celebrity (Yeah, I know I live in dream world). So, few months back I bought myself an iPhone. It was one of the most amazing days of my life. By far, it was the most incredible piece of technology that I ever had. I went from an old Nokia X3 to an iPhone. What a giant leap!


Steve Jobs made for certain that Apple developed technology that was available to the common person. I will always be grateful to him, and the Apple engineers and employees who worked on the iPhone. From the day I opened the box and held my iPhone so gently in my hand, I was in love. Sometimes I would tear up as I swiped to unlock the screen, and watch it come to life. I would stare at the apps with their bright colors, just waiting to be touched. I was so happy. 


But unfortunately some low life stole my 'Love' from me. I wish him a life filled with dropped calls, bad service, overage charges, and cracked screens! 




Since then every month I'm putting some money into a pot and saving it for the new iPhone. I deserve it. And this time I'm definitely going put a Micromax sticker over the Apple logo on my iPhone, so that I'll never have to worry about it getting stolen again.

Resurrection

Finally after much contemplation and procrastination, I am back on Blogger. This blog is probably the hundredth blog I opened. All this while was so lazy to create a blog but today I just have the MOOD to do one. I never thought that writing my first post after a long time would be this scary, knowing that potentially people will be reading it (If I'm Lucky). Well if you are reading this, I'd like to say a 'Hello and Thank You'. Like so many others I've been reading such amazing blogs almost daily and thought that I might like to give it a go. Considering that this is a new blog, I will start it off by writing a little bit about myself.  

I don't talk a lot, too often. My crass words usually find approval in the absence of wit or originality that surrounds me. It's an abyss, not one which I choose to fill, but rather one which extracts my mind and places it in plain view for the enjoyment of others.

I enjoy it though, and that's quite obvious. However, sometimes I feel limited. Status updates and 140 characters are far too little for the potential outpouring of words I have to offer. It walls me up. I need a space. Well, needed. I have one now.  

I have no idea how long this will last. My blog might just become another soulless splinter on the edge of faux reality. It might not even last a month. Or it might last long enough for me to actually start something productive.  

For now, I'm clueless. I don't think that will change anytime soon. I'm not really sure how to end this post so I'll let you imagine what I would say.