- I wasn't in town for about eight days. Had gone to ooty. Absolutely lovely place, had a nice lazy family vacation. Nearly wept when the pilot told us it's 47 degrees in Delhi.
- My net was on the blink till today. Almost went nuts, honestly.
Well that's that, and well, i'm back. About a month of hols left. Looking forward to college, but sure as hell not looking forward to the results. Unfortuntely the two seem to go hand in hand. Stupid technicalities.
Started reading this brilliant book yesterday, Kiterunner, and haven't been able to put it down. It's absolutely amazing. And now that i mention it, it's lying in front of me and practically calling out to me.
So what i'm gonna do is, i'm gonna cut this post short, and i'm gonna go read Kiterunner, and i'm gonna write a proper post next time round. What you can do is, you can take a look here. SO WHAT if you couldn't go to Bangalore???? All hail youtube! Who needs a live concert when you've got Aerosmith singing for you right on your computer screens.
*tries to believe what she's just written is in fact completely true but fails miserably. regrets being a delhiite for the very first time in her life (no wait, what about the roger waters gig? and the rolling stones? and iron maide......oh what the helllllllllll) and bangs her head against the screen*
Goodbye all, i have a rendezvous with the Kiterunner.
17 comments:
such an interesting book?? wats it abt?? ;)
I've heard that book's really good. Haven't read it though.
Show us the Ooty pictures!!!
And result? I don't even think about it. Damn! You should not have written about it. But your exams went well, why should you worry?
perfect time to come back...
MY EXAMS ARE DONE!
ooty is a lovely place.. should have gone a little later...when the rains reach there..ah..what a wonderful sight it would have been then...
books..yes..have to read my novels now...
kiterunner eh? never heard of it..whats it about?
I havent heard of that book but,I suppose its good to read new books.
We are happy you are back:-)
I haven't posted new in a minute too... But I got a new post up:]
@ diya - it's about two afghani boys, and about betrayal, and redemtion. finished reading a couple of days ago. it was terrific.
@ aarbee - hmm i'm not gonna show u the ooty photos coz i look fat! :-p
and cmon, irrespective of whether your papers went well or not, you DO tend to worry.
hershey - it DID rain in ooty!!! it was beautiful. and yeah, kiterunner, told diya about it.
@ kaylee - thank you. :-)
and i wonder why people haven't heard of the book. it got a hell lot of publicity. it's by a guy called khaled hussaini.
@ nefty - oh good, will check it out.
hi! yeah, i planned to buy that book yesterday..alongwith isaac asimov's foundation, amithabh bagchi's above average and joseph heller's catch-22. but i also wanted to very desperately buy a lonely planet guide to europe (MRP Rs. 1200) My dad said something along the lines of "I'm still sane". Meaning I only got the lonely planet. Man, I hate not buying books! Anyways, come on, DELHI IS THE BEST! Don't judge a city by the concerts it hosts... hahaha.. Thats no consolation, but....ummm,,, yeah thats no consolation. And if only I could go on like this on my blog rather than in the comments section of somebody else's.. but thats called wishful thinking. just to end, I'm a book-crazy person and so are you so you wont think I'm off my rockers when I say this.. It's "The Kite Runner". ;)
nice to see u back..
enjoy with kiterunner.. its a great book....
and yes.. utube has been a blessing to many a people who r bounded by petty things like finances to be at various places at once...
well more than your blog what interested me this time was your reply to aarbee..
see you just HAVE TO show those ooty pics..(i wonder how fat you have grown.....maybe i will try stretching your "old" pics a bit to get an idea)
;)
Tell me about not having an internet connection. As far as concerts go- Iron Maiden, Shakira, Aerosmith, the whole of Desert Rock, Russel Peters-- they all came to Dubai and how many did I go to? NIL
Kite Runner- Nice Book
Oh, nice to see you back
1) you pretty much made a good blog entry (th frst one) out of no topic at all... and made it sound good
2) what is the book about???
3) i would like to see an example before i believe that you have a ghastly taste in men.
4) and why 8 thing man??????? that such an odd number...
lucky gal...i have no time for novels....oh how i miss reading!!!
ooo! My ooty trip 7 months back was fantabulous!
P.S. I changed my URL from garden of whispers to this new one :)
So you can remove the old one's link...
@ you-know-who aka siddharth (lol) - okay, so now i know you've already bought that godawful book 'above average' so no point asking you not to. and i know exactly what you're talking about when you exclaim "man, i hate not buying books". and yeah, delhi is brilliant. momentary lapse of reason. and hahaha you're the kiterunner eh??? :-p
@ count sahaj - not so much finances as unaccomodating parnts. :-p
@ bored blogger - anisha you KNOW i've become a little chubby.
@ aditya - why not?????? talk about wasted opportunities.
@ everything burns -
1)thank you. :-)
2)about the book, read my reply to diya.
3)and haha you don't wanna know.
4) i have no idea. that's what the tag said.
@ neo - how come??? i always MAKE time for reading.
@ sumedh - aaah i'd been wondering whre you'd dissapeared all of a sudden.
I'm so glad to have been away from Delhi during the crazy 48 degree Celsius days. Was in Mumbai the past one month, probably the best time to have fled Delhi. Ooty, nice! A friend went there recently and shared some magnificent pics, I was sooo floored by the place. Pics please.
And The Kite Runner is BRILLIANT. I cried at so many points in the book! (yeah, I'm that sort) And I recently gifted Hosseini's new book to someone. Now I'm just waiting for them to finish reading it so that I can borrow it, that being the whole point of gifting books :D
Uhhh and don't even get me started on Delhi and the pathetic absence of all the best live acts in the city... ughh!!
Happy reading. Do cry at least once, somewhere! :)
@ amiya - man, lucky you. it's been absolutely awful in delhi.
and yes, i *whispers* cried too. Isn't it absolutely brillaint??
Btw, your blog is dyinggggggg
Now, I really have to read this book...
Ooty definitely is an amazing place... Haven't been there in years though... How I love travelling!!! I wish I could just keep travelling with no constraints on time and money, money, money!!!
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