I Don't know.. at Friday, April 24, 2009

I don’t know… that seems to be my answer for everything these days. I really don’t know. I wish I did. I think everyone of us here has heard that line “most men didn’t know what they wanted to do in their life till they were 40”. I don’t want to be 40 when I figure out what I want to do.

Not getting into the IIM’s is probably a good thing… I’m being forced to re-evaluate my life and for once actually make an informed decision. I’ve gone thru life taking things as they come, never making my own decisions. After SSC, I had good marks in math and science... Next ‘logical’ step was Science stream in college. For 2 years, I was making friends and giving exams for the sole purpose of passing them and not actually seeing them as more than just obstacles (I think majority of our population sees exams as obstacles to be surpassed, not as tools to help you get further, which is the sad state of the education system). After HSC, I KNEW I didn’t want to become a doctor, I KNEW I didn’t want to become an engineer, I KNEW what I DIDN’T WANT to be. I just didn’t know what I WANTED to be. So then again, B.Sc. was the next ‘logical’ step.

In the beginning, wanting to do my MBA was also was a part of my ‘take the next logical step’ plan. I knew I could crack the CAT or at least get a decent enough score to get into a reputed college. Imagine, wanting to do something not because I wanted to do it but purely because I knew I could crack the entrance exam. I didn’t even have clue what doing an MBA course even meant. Of course, after I started working and I had responsibilities of a Jr. manager, I realized what being a manager was about, but of course I still didn’t know if it was for me. I could do the job, no doubt about that, but was it something I saw myself doing 5 years down the line… 10 years down the line… 20 years down the line??

I don’t know

I don’t know

I DON’T KNOW….

The GTC Awards at Monday, March 16, 2009

The moment that all of you have been waiting for but none of you are willing to show up for is finally here. This is the online Award Function of the First and only GTC Awards. Without further ado...here are your hosts, Joel Coelho and Paras Sharma...

Joel: Well good afternoon...evening..whatever...let's get this over with.

Paras: Couldn't have said it better myself! Let's get this rolling!

Joel: Haan so, here's how we're going to do this, click on the pictures and open them in a new tab and see the winner's voting details .Capiche?

Paras: And to collect your award , click the link at the end of the page....

Shopaholic of the year 08-09: Sherin Jose

Best Actor (Drama) Award: Violet Pereira

Best Actor (Romance) Award: Sam Emmanuel

Aapan Yaana Paahilat Kaa? Award: Adley Lopes

Best Comeback Award: Christine Johny

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna Award: Christine Johny

Hair today, Gone Tomorrow Award: Adley, Oscar and Virginia (Special Mention)

Aaja Meri Gaadi Mein Bait Ja Award for Worst Driving: Mercy Abraham

Shers of Shayari Award for Excellence in Poetry (Take some time to read their rhyme): Paras Sharma

Social Not-Working Award (Orkut/Facebook/others): Binoy Jacob

Please Don’t Stop the Music Award for Slack-off Musicians: Violet Pereira

The Oscar Varghese Award for ‘Special’ Children: Jane Philip

Worst Fictitious Couple Award: Amit and Christine

Photogenetic Award: Paras and Sacheeta

Oscarisms we wish we’d never heard: If You Touch Yourself...

Paras: Haan so as I promised, CLICK HERE TO COLLECT THE AWARDS OR TO VIEW THEM

Joel: Once again, Good Afternoon, Evening or Whatever...Chalo Seeya!

Paras: Yeah... what he said.

What comes out of a mans mouth! at Sunday, June 17, 2007

we have struck again. The Bible says that your Tongue is the most powerful weapon a man has.

Behold! GTC's very own Oscar(sirzombie) and joel(virtualchameleon) presents What comes out of a mans mouth!

Test or quizz?? at Monday, June 04, 2007

How well do you know GTC?

Wasted as we are, we have absolutely nothing else to do and nothing to write about… AND Oscar keeps complaining how this blog has become almost defunct, so we have decided to write a quiz on how well you know the GTC. As the French would say ,”Ce n’est pas un test, s’il vous plait. C’est un quiz sur la GTC” (Eat your heart out, Alliance Francaise, Bon Appetite!!). You will write down your answers on a word document which can be sent to any of the following e-mail addresses: parryshams@yahoo.com; virtualchameleon23@yahoo.com;or ebenzz@gmail.com; (P.S. don’t send it to Oscar). We will tabulate your scores and post them as comments here. Detailed reports will be available at a nominal fee of 5/- Rs, payable to anyone of the above people (not Oscar, Again). Please don’t be a cheat-ter. (if you got this joke, you will stand a good chance of doing well)

AND SO IT BEGINS (please use HB pencils)

PART I: ANSWER IN BRIEF

Q.1 What does GTC stand for? (3 marks)

Q.2 Who are the founding members of GTC? (5 marks) (Automatic fail if you cant answer this)

Q.3 Who are the honorary members of GTC? (5 marks)

Q.4 Who is the GTC mascot? (2 mark) *Where did we find the mascot? (bonus 2 marks)

Q.5 Who are the oldest and youngest members of GTC? (2 marks)
Q.6 Who is the only female member for GTC? (5 marks)

Q.7 When was GTC formed? (2 marks) *Where? (bonus 2 marks)

Q.8 Name GTC’s retail outlet? (5 marks)

Q.9 Find the invisible question and answer it. (10 marks)

Q.10 Who is the butt of all jokes in GTC? (1 mark…… you know who…… and no its not voldermort)

PART II: ODD MAN OUT

Proceed only if you managed to answer Q.2

1 mark per correct answer

The only member who:

· Hasn’t been in a relationship

· Went to a different school (bonus 5 marks for naming both the schools)

· Hasn’t flown in a plane

· Is the oldest sibling

· Doesn’t have an MTNL triband connection

· Doesn’t have a set of wheels

· Does not have a guitar

· Has had stitches (bonus 5 marks for guessing where)

· Has never represented their school in sports

· Has maximum nicknames (bonus 2 marks knowing how many, and ¼ mark for each name)

· Plays more than one instrument

· Has had the most run-ins with college professors (bonus 2 marks for guessing how many and 5 marks for naming them)

· Doesn’t have a cell phone

· Has gone for the same movie 2 days in a row

· Has had a job (wasting time doesn’t not count)

· Hasn’t dated someone from college

· Is vegetarian (by choice)

· Doesn’t live in IC

· Has been inside a submarine

· Has been in a car-roll….. do you even know what a car-roll is?

· Has alcohol in his cupboard (You know it’s the goan)

· Had a pigtail

· Is not on Orkut (-2 if you get this wrong)

· Is not on Facebook

· Hasn’t had music lessons

· Doesn’t understand technical jargon

PART III: OPINION POLL

This part has no marks, but is a performance survey on the GTC members:

Q.1 Most likely to be in a bar brawl

Q.2 Most likely to get married first

Q.3 Most likely to be a victim of road rage

Q.4 Least likely to get married

Q.5 Member you like the most (why don’t you like the rest… huh? huh?)

Q.6 Least Approachable

Q.7 Most Approachable

Q.8 Most likely to do an item number

Q.9 Most Eligible guy

Q.10 Worst dressed

Q.11 Most likely to be hen-pecked

Q.12 Most stubborn

Q.13 Hardest to find

Q.14 Most likely to say “HUH?” after a joke

Q.15 Last to know anything

Q.16 Worst singer

Q.17 Most likely to be famous

Q.18 Most likely to run the Mumbai Marathon

Q.19 Least likely to run the Mumbai Marathon

Q.20 Most likely to look good in pink…… this is NOT a joke

Q.21 Earliest to start losing hair

Q.22 Most likely to get a tan done

Q.23 Most likely to get a tattoo

Q.24 Most secretive person

Q.25 Most likely to end up in jail

We hereby declare this blog defunct….. NOT ce n’est pas possible…… something like that only.

Rules and Regulations: Members of GTC and their family members(upto 3^rd generation) are not allowed to participate competitively in this ……umm... test?!

Chopsuey! at Saturday, March 24, 2007

Before I begin, this has nothing to do with the System of a Down hit of the same name, nor does it have anything to do with what Josh, Oscar and Adley ate today at Ingredients.Well it actually does but what the heck! The name comes from what I was telling Joel when I read Chopsuey on the menu. I told him that SOAD named their song "Chopsuey" because it was 3-4 different lyrics put together into one song like a chopsuey. I must admit that the title struck me after I was done writing the whole post. I mean since the post is made of random quotes and excerpts I picked up from TV, music and the internet....the title is so...Now read on...

Here are some evergreen words...

Staind - Schizophrenic Conversations

"...Are you afraid,

Afraid of the truth,

The mirror's staring back at you,

The image is cracked,

But so is the view..."

Jerry Seinfeld on his show 'Seinfeld'

" You know when you're moving, you have only one thing on your mind....BOXES. You can be at the best restaurant enjoying a meal but all you can think of is boxes. You'll be like, I know you've got boxes in there, dont tell me you dont! I can smell them dammit! You can be at a funeral and you'll be like...hmm neat box, good wood panelling, nice handles....I can put all my stuff in there.

Come to think of it, dying is the last big move you make. Think about it, the pall-bearers are like the friends you can ask for help to carry your stuff, and the coffin is like that one perfect box you've looked for all the time...except for the fact that when you find it...YOURE IN IT!!"

Daron Malakian - Lead Guitars and Backing Vox - System of a Down

Gist of what he said on SOAD winning a grammy

"Grammys dont matter to us...I mean, you get an idea, you work on it, you make a song, you get it on an album and on radio for people, you play it live for them and if they love it, thats all that matters. Grammys are just a by product. Theyre a by-product and not an end in themselves. We didnt even go to recieve our grammys. They sent it to my house in a box, its still lying there. I havent even opened it yet."

Lyrics from Train's Album 'For Me, Its You'

All I Ever Wanted
"You were my ticket outta here
And I was your dream come true
You gave me everything I ever wanted
Except for you"

"Explanation"

"What's your favorite color, your sign
Your basic sense of style and date of birth

Who's gonna win your heart and when your heart's been won
And when your hearts been won is it still your daddy first"

Dr.Cox from 'Scrubs' talking about relationships.

'All couples face the same problems. The real ones don't let them bring them down and wade through all of that crap.'

Excerpts from 'Cheers'

Scene : Bar-owner Rebecca Howe's boyfriend, multi-millionaire Robin Colcord is cheating on her with 2 other women. Sam, the previous owner of the bar and a good friend of Rebecca convinces her to break up with him. Robin tries to compensate for cheating on Rebecca by gifting her a diamond bracelet.

Rebecca (after looking at the bracelet) to Sam - (mouths) Its gorgeous.

Sam frantically waves his arms telling her not to fall for it...

Robin to Rebecca : 'I like your principles. The other girl from the French embassy would have lapped it up in a second. I really like it that you stood by your morals. I have to say, out of the two of you, I think youre definitely ahead. Now I must leave....care to join me. (walks out).

Rebecca to Sam: (confused for a second, then jumps up and down) Sam cant you see Im winning....Robin, Im coming...(runs after Robin)

Sam: 'Wait a second Rebecca, your giving up something here thats you're gonna regret for the rest of your life.

Rebecca: (thinks for a second) Youre right....Robin I'll take the bracelet!!'

From Frank Millers Graphic Novel '300'

Scene: Xerxes is trying to convince King Leonidas to surrender to him after the latters army successfully fought off the first battalion of Xerxes' finest guards The Immortals.

Xerxes: Your kingdom and mine could share our cultures with each other.

Leonidas: Well, we've been sharing our culture with your men all day!

And finally excerpts from a chat between Joel and me...

Me: Joshua's coming for the movie tomorrow too. I think he's gonna meet some girl at the theater!

Joel : *Rolls eyes*

Me: Hey we'll show him.....I'll just call....umm, uhh....Ill call....umm....joe you got anyone?

Joel: I could call her but....oh then theres that girl who, no but.....and then theres the other one too...umm...

Me: Hmm I guess we could call that one....but.....naah!

Joel : LOL, looks like we have no options.

Me: No no, we're single out of choice...

Joel: Yeah!

Me: Yeah, we're single, because we are out of choices...

Mixed Thoughts at Wednesday, March 14, 2007

If its one thing that I strongly believe, it is that human beings are not meant to be single. Go ahead refute me if you want to, I still stand by my belief. And I see myself under the same category. Over the years Ive gone from single to committed, to single to committed, to hating being single and finally experimenting and having fun with being single. Ill admit Im having fun now, but thats going to die out in a while, sooner or later everyone needs someone to love and I feel no different.

I have no idea what relation the above paragraph has to the rest of the post but I felt like writing that anyway...

Another year of college passed us by today. I kept telling everyone how I got that distinct 'season-finale of a sitcom' feeling all day. The last two years have always ended on a happy note, actually a high note. This year I was happy, but except for a few things here and there, it was pretty much an ordinary day.(Note quite the most memorable season finale Id say!). I realised the following things today (damn this is starting to sound like an answer paper!).

Firstly, it started to hit me that my TY friends wont be there anymore and today was probably one of the last days (or perhaps the last time) I see them in college. Secondly, the person that I was when I entered FY in June last year and the person that I am right now are different no doubt, but over time Ive seen that the core remains the same which is quite a reassuring factor. I thought that the equations I shared with all my friends were changed for the worse this year, but towards the end, it fell back into place. Also one of the most striking things is the new group of friends that I made this year. I kept looking at all of us today, as individuals and as a group and I realized that we were a varied bunch of individuals, who get along like a house on fire inspite of the differences in personality. Also hanging out with each other has not made us similar people, in fact we have become more distinct as individuals. But the important factor is that we accept each others differences.

Well, okay, coming back to the being single part.Over the past few months, Ive learnt to value committment (in my case that would mean not being too comfortable with it). My bro getting married has had a lot to do with this. Apart from the fact that I AM NOT looking forward to sitting on a horse in the middle of the road with a 5 kg helmet on my head while a bunch of bad dancers jump around me for atleast a decade, I also came to realise the fact that none of my relationships ever reached the level my brother's relationship has. Believe me its nothing to do with age here, its about finding that one person for you and being that one person for someone. Much as I would like to believe I havent found someone who did that for me at that level and neither did I. So I know I still have a long way to go when it comes to finding the right person.

Waiting for that person gets really unnerving at times. Actually most of the times to be honest. Eye-candy, crushes, casual dates, flings and the likes can only amuse you till a point, but when you realise that nothings going anywhere with any of the girls you like, it can be pretty bugging. Oscar and the others at 'the family' think I'll be the first one from the group to be married. They always thought of me as the committed type, and until recently I thought so too. Of course, now I want to experiment and have fun being single (all in a good way though). So well, Ive got 3 months of vacation ahead of me, lets see who I find and what I do.....cant wait, hope something happens soon. Till the, I guess Ill just have fun!

Maybe this waiting thing isnt so bad after all, takes some getting used to, but as long you have fun along the way and not get too pulled down by loneliness its fine....

Anyhoo, Ill scoot for now, bring on the comments please!

New Blog... at Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Well, Ive made myself a wordpress blog, its basically gonna be parallel to the GTC blog ( you will find all the posts Ive made here and your comments on them over there), but the only difference is that its just my blog, whereas GTC is a team blog (although u see me posting here most of the time). Im gonna post everything that I post there over here as well, Ive made a category here called Introspective Paz which will feature, as the name suggests my introspective stuff. All I need is for Oscar to update our theme so theres a sidebar which displays that category. Heres the link to my other blog...
Just Pazz...
See Ya here and there too!