Dud Sea Scrawls The Writing, clearly, is not on the wall!

Nobody read Mid-Day for news-stories. For most people (like me) Mid-Day was a paper which served your daily dose of soft porn. Just turn to page 3, and you were greeted by a fresh & sultry “Mid-Day Mate” - a hot young female in various stages of undress. There was once a phase when the mates got even hotter & went topless for couple of months. Before you wonder what the big fuss is about, let me remind you, we are talking about the 1980s & early 90s here. Topless was huge thing back then, plus I was about 15/16 years old.

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Baalti nahi store karti hein photo (sic), But thankfully blogger does.

Check ‘em out @ http://parikrama.blogspot.com/2008/02/sun-n-sand-sibu-island-malaysia.ht…

“Every child is special” exhorts the tagline of TZP. When I sat down to watch TZP along with screaming and whimpering bunch of fledglings, I felt the tag line should read - “Every child is a rascal” ( “Can somebody please take them out ? I got a movie to watch & review” ) Alas! my silent pleas were met with more high pitched screeching & crying. I grudgingly shut them out of my mind & shifted my attention to the story unfolding on the screen.

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Posted few pics from my recent trip to India.

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“Bang-Bang-Bang. Twenty-20 cricket is like sex, without any foreplay”.
- (musings at 4 O’clock in the morning. Insomnia rules)

There’z a new Ganpat in town.

Click hither to meet him - http://parikrama.blogspot.com/2007/07/aye-ganpat-chal-daaru-laa.html

In their eyes, I am an insensitive sonofabitch. An impromptu tribunal is set. I feel like I am standing in a witness box and am being cross-examined by 2 pretty Ally-Mcbealish-lawyers-cum-co-passengers. My offence ?

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No bak-bak.. just a silent solitary pic @

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Except for the tropical wet weather, it was a perfectly ordinary featureless morning. It continued being mundane, until I stepped in the lift lobby of my office building. As I waited for the lift to descend to ground level, my eyes settled on the back of this girl who was waiting in front of me.

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Yes, pimping myself again & shamelessly at that. Click below & be prepared to be blown away by the finest piece of writing to hit the shores of Dud Sea, circa 2 0 0 7. Don’t look at me like that, didn’t i say I was being bit shameless ??

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Check out few pics from my recent visit (new years eve) to, Pulau Sapi , one of the 5 islands which are part of Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park in the state of Sabah, East Malaysia.

I remember somebody saying, when you loan money to a friend - be prepared to lose either your money or your friendship. I paid too high a price, to find the truth behind this age old wisdom. Besides losing money & friendship, i have also lost a great amount of mental peace & many a nights of peaceful sleep.

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To Whomsoever It May Concern :-

"This is to certify that Messrs India Whining & friends are certified bachelors of Indian origins. They are highly domesticated & well behaved. They possess good moral character & impeccable house-keeping skills. They do not engage in any illegal nocturnal activities & are prone to return to their (own) beds before 11pm, that too, with only their fluffy pillows for company. Please feel free to entrust your property in their clean, caring & responsible hands."

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The last time i posted some pics here, I got quite an earfull from Pradz. He perhaps thought some honest criticism would egg me in upping the ante. How wrong he was . I refuse to improve. Without further ado, please to check out the same old mediocrity in couple of new pics.

Here we go Streetscapes

Popular Belief               : "Brush teeth 2 times a day"
My personal take          :  Twice ?? Gimme a break doc. Please.

Recently I picked up the screenplay of "True Romance" written by Quentin Tarantino. I must confess, I am not a movie freak. In this day & age, I don’t own a VCD / DVD player. For that matter, I don’t even own a PC of my own.

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I tend to become invisible when I am in a restaurant or on a flight. One of my recent brush with this phenomenon occurred on a Jet Airways flight from Singapore to Mumbai.

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As I wait for my food to arrive, the crowd starts building up. Four young girls walk in and look around for seats. They deliberate over the prospects of sitting in direct line of vision of a hungry & suspiciously pervy sort of guy (that would be me). I try my best to give an impression of “I am so blind… I hardly notice you” mixed with my “I wouldn’t be aroused.. even if you were to sit on my lap” kind of blank look. I basically act as if I am more interested in the menu card & the wall hangings. This act seems to work just fine coz they indeed sit right across me. Yesss!!! I utter a low cry of conquest. (mind you, this is strictly a moral victory) . Local Indian, Indian Indian, Malay, Chinese, i am quick to classify the girls on racial lines.

Outside the salon, a board announces invitingly “Light Massage Included”. Am about to be treated to one. Her hands now move down towards the base of my neck & shoulder blades. She comments about how hard my muscles are underneath & asks me if I am feeling stressed lately.

Location : Kitchen
Day : Weekday
Time : Around 8:30pm

I am amidst throes of cooking. Dinner is usually a simple 3 course affair of Daal,Rice & Sabzi. Its hot & humid outside, add to this the heat emanating from gas stove & U have perfect recipe to transform a modest kitchen into a walk-in steam/sauna room.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace–but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! - Patric Henry

Few months back I visited a Second World War Memorial, I’ve posted few pics from that vist along with couple of other photographs taken round & about Singaland..