The Single-Bullet Theory

Read about this in a novel recently ( Michael Connelly - The Scarecrow. A wonderful murder mystery. A must read!! ). It goes as follows:

"Everybody's got one person out there. One bullet. And if you're lucky in life, you get to meet that person. And once you do, once you're shot through the heart, then there's nobody else. No matter what happens - death, divorce, infidelity, whatever - nobody else can ever come close. That's the single-bullet theory"

An odd name to put to a theory if u ask me. You would normally associate bullets with death. But this talks about life (a birth of sorts), with you finding your soul-mate and all. But then there would be no "Creativity" if you were to name it the "Soul-mate" theory now, would there? It would give away the details immediately. Contrast theory in use. Oh, I'm reminded of those Behavioural Finanace and Business Valuation classes. Those that I understood and stayed awake, of course. Which was this one class. (HAHAHA Of course not! I was more attentive than THAT!! I was awake for two classes!!)

Anyhowwww..... That particular paragraph in the book got me thinking. How is it that you manage to find the "one" to pierce that bullet into? What are the indications that make you think that he/she is the "one" for you?

Is it when you see her the first time? (What they call "Love at first sight"... is such a thing even possible?) Is it when you can't stop thinking about the person? Or is it when you wait for the constant messages/ calls/ pokes on Facebook/ weird Tweets meant only for the "one" to understand? Or is it when the lion comes into your house to eat you up? (HA! That was put just to check if you are ACTUALLY reading this!! If you are.... please... by all means... continue!!)

I personally think that it takes a lot of time to actually "love" a person. And, there is no such thing as the "one" for you. It just makes logical sense. If each person had the "one" for him/ her, then it would mean that there are equal number of men and women in this world. (Unless you count the gays and the lesbians, which would then mean that it is legal to be gay or lesbian!! That would make the permutations and combinations VERY complicated!! Just a thought...)

On a serious note though, I think that it just doesn't add up. You might like a person at first, but then you might find out later on that it was better NOT to be with him/ her. A lot depends on what people call "the gut feeling". Hence, I give a thumbs down to "The Single-Bullet Theory".

What do you think?

Busy days ahead.

After a thoroughly exhilarating and refreshing trip to Pune and Goa, I've been relaxing (Read SLEEPING THE WHOLE DAY!) at MDI for the past 3 days. But now, it's time to start traveling again!

Consider this:

CONFIRMED TRIPS

1) Trip to Akshardham temple.

2) Trip in and around Delhi.

3) 2 (or is it 3) day trip to Agra and Jaipur.

4) Week long trip to Bangalore and Hyderabad. Probably less. But DEFINITELY going.

THOSE IN THE PLANNING STAGE

5) Trip to Rishikesh and Haridwar. I REALLY need to try out the white water rafting over there!

6) Trip to Udupi and Humpy. This was just said in the spur of the moment. But definitely worth going to!!

All these need to be finished within the next 2 months. Or my joining date. Whichever comes earlier. The days ahead are going to be REALLY busy indeed!! But, I love this kind of "busy"ness.

BRING IT ON!!

What if??

Something good happens initially. You feel that the times are good. You start thinking in the future. You see a lot of good things happening. Some very amazing moments. You cherish them. You start yearning for them.

And then it all goes awry. BOOM. In one moment, everything is lost. What you had envisioned, all gone... POOF!

Has this ever happened to you? It has to me. One too many times.

Case in point: I am in Delhi International Airport, waiting to board a flight to Pune. After 4 hours of pure time wasting (I shared a cab with a friend to save on some moolah, and hence reached the airport at 10.30 AM for a 2.30 PM flight. YES, I do do such stuff!!), I finally board the flight. I get to my seat and sit there, thinking of what to do next. Five minutes after I sit, I see this good looking woman, about 20-22 years of age, come and sit right next to my seat.

A GOD SEND!!!!!

Now come those visions. I start a random conversation with her. I find out she likes the author of the novel I am reading at that time. We talk all through the flight. I catch up with her in Pune. Keep in touch with her even after that. I'd poke her on Facebook till she bled online. Probably ask her to be my neighbour in Farmville, or a partner in crime in Mafia Wars....... yeah, when you have an idle mind, it sure does come up with the weirdest scenarios, na?

OK, so I am about to turn to my left and start talking. (You have no idea how much effort it took to do that. If only I had put in so much effort during my 2 years in MBA, I would have been a topper at MDI!) So, I am on the verge of saying hello, but before I could even utter the H in "hello", an old man from the other side of the plane asks her to shift places so that he could sit with his wife!!! Couldn't he have asked someone to trade places with his wife? Couldn't he have just sat in his place for one and a half hours without being with his wife? NOOOOOOO. He has to do this only!!!

The POOF moment.

It's in times like this, that you can only look up, shrug, laugh, and ask yourself "What if??". And this is one question whose answer you can only wonder about, because if you knew the answer, the world would probably have been a better (or worse, as the case may be) place.

Typical day, THESE DAYS.

OK. So I'm sitting here looking for something to do. Then it just strikes me. Why not write something about what I do everyday these days. That shouldn't be tough, no?

It just got that much tougher now.

The thing is, there ISN'T much to do these days over here. Other than the occasional movie and the TV series. You know, with the classes over and me being an MBA and all.

So let's see. Where do I start from? Oh yeah! Morning....

10 AM : Wake up. Yep, you saw the time right. All you working people out there, be jealous! *Evil Laugh*. And, for those MBA students who are with me, don't go "WTF SO EARLY" on me. My eyes just open up!!

10.15 AM : Go and see what's there for breakfast. Sees that it's the usual. NOT good news. Goes for the corn flakes. DIET DIET, you see *Wink*!!

10.45 AM : Switches on laptop. Follows daily ritual:

1) Login to Gtalk.

2) Check Gmail.

3) Check my second Gmail Account. The official one.

4) Check Orkut. (Yeah yeah, Google products have taken over my life. But it has yours too. ADMIT IT!!)

5) Check Facebook. Stare at the various posts made by my other "friends" for over an hour. One does not get enough of it. That "one" being me, of course. HA! I jest.

6) Check BBC Sport. Football news time.

11.30 AM : Realize, while on Facebook, that it is all quiet over here. Something's missing. OH YEAH!! SONGS!! Puts on iTunes and listens to music through someone's super awesome headphones. (Which I am going to give back to that person. HA HA!! I jest again.)

1.30 PM : Suddenly wake up, with those super awesome headphones (Do I need to repeat the same thing again?) on me, and Facebook on the laptop. Realizes that IT IS LUNCH TIME!!! Rushes to the mess only to find out that it's the usual "super awesome" (Please note the sarcasm here.... Someone's got to tell me how to show sarcasm in writing!!) mess food. Decides to have what I always have: CURD. I tell you na, if not for the curd over here, I would have died of starvation!

2.30 PM : Go to 10.45 AM. And 11.30 AM.

5 PM : 1.30 PM happens again.... till only the Facebook part, of course. Now there's the urge NOT to sleep for the rest of the day (or night, as the time would tell). But how to solve that?? COFFFEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Nescafe it is!! A croissant (or 2 or 3...) added to it. ADIPOLI (Read AWESOME)!! There you go. THAT should keep me awake now!

6 PM : Hey Bhagwaaaannnn !!! (Did I just call myself?? Kartik calling Kartik = God calling Kartik... Get it? No? Chuck it..) I have not done anything till now. Need to start moving that VERY VERY slim body of mine (OK. I know all of you will laugh at that last sentence).

Solution to the problem??

BADMINTON!!

Take my rackets and rush to the courts. Find out that its super full. Lesser people would have attended a Metallica concert. Yes, THAT full.

9.15 PM : After 3 hours of mind-boggling, knee-jerking (literally, I keep sliding and falling.) game of Badminton, I realize that the mess is going to close in 15 minutes.

Panic attack time (Only if it is the non- veg days: Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. Especially every other Friday : Roasted Chicken day! Because of the "Paneer" that they serve the veggies, of course!! *Wink*).

RUSH TO MESS! And eat curd rice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and the weekend. The rest of the days, I think you would have already guessed.

9.45 PM : In room. Need I say what comes next? Yes, you guessed right. Go to 10.45 AM. And 11.30 AM.

(High Fives for those who actually guessed. For the rest... ummm... errr.... Low fives!! HA!)

Sometime after 9.45 PM and when I sleep : Random chat on GTalk with a Junior.

Me : Hey! Sup?

Junior : Sup? nm.. you tell.

Me : Do you have class tomorrow?

Junior : yeah... why?

Me : HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHA!!

Junior : :| (Might even be swearing at me at that time)

(I actually make sure I do that everyday. What a sadist I am, no?)

11 PM (It can be anytime between 9.45 PM and when I sleep.) : MOVVIIIEEEEE!! (or TV SEEERRRIIEEEESSSS!!)

1 AM : Go To 11 PM.

1.30 AM : Somethings rumbling. MY STOMACH!! Time for that POST mid-night snack. Arcus it is!!

3 AM : Go To 11 PM. ( I hope you get the drift by now.)

4 AM : In a daze. Too much movie and TV series watching. Must stop this. Go to sleep!.....

So there you go. As you might have noticed, there is no mention of the booze and the parties, as you would expect once you get into a B-school. Did you not?!! Well, start expecting!! But then, this is a TYPICAL day. An ATYPICAL day might have just had those (And probably a bit more, if you get what I mean. *Wink* *Wink*. Sho, I jest so much, it's not even funny. HA!)

All Hail: SACHIN THE GOD!!

Some people say it's a feat in itself to reach 100 runs in ODI cricket. There was a time when no one would even believe you when you said that there would be someone who would score 200 runs in a One Day International. Then..... there's Sachin Tendulkar. Period.

The world came to a stand still today. Everyone was busy watching Sachin the GOD play. What an innings it was! This coming at a time that everyone though was his twilight. It just goes to show that though form is temporary, class is permanent. They say that somethings differentiate the MEN from the BOYS. Well, Sachin just differentiated GOD from the MEN.

Once more, ALL HAIL: SACHIN THE GOD!! I bow to thee!!

And the quest has started.. Got any good names for this Blog?

.... I've gotten myself a follower!!! It's a start. Atleast, SOMEONE will read this blog!!! Now, all that's left to get this blog really started is a good name. Any suggestions, people (or person) ?

Memories..."Long Time..."

Something that I had written quite sometime back, but never posted it!!! Wonder why... Anyways.. I am Posting it now... hope you guys enjoy reading this!!

Yo ladies and gentlemen reading this (I'm sure it's not many because I haven't given this link to many people yet!! ). Have not written in quite sometime..... there is a reason for the delay though. I have been upto my head with college work and club selection work and what not. Have not gotten the time to even look at the comics that I have subscribed for over here!! :)

The weekend was pretty awesome!! Had loads of fun at college with the cultural activities and the after party. Ah, yes... there was an after party. And it was aaaaawwwwwwwweeeeeeeee.......wait for it........sssssoooommmmeeee!!!! Had a rocking time over there. That is one hell of a crowd puller. I could not even THINK of missing such an oppportunity!!!

I somehow ( I still don't believe how I managed to do it ) woke up in time for the first lecture over here. And surprisingly, I was not feeling sleepy when I came into class! Well, that was only until I came into class. It's like my eyes have been pre-programmed to close whenever there is a lecture. I just got in and the lecture just started when my eyes start closing. And, the amazing thing is that as soon as the lecture is over, the eyes just open up. I just lose my sleep as soon as my classes are over! I guess this is just another reason for me to attend classes. ;)

Well, that's it for now. All my posts are not re-checked, so chances are that you may not understand what I have written over here. Chances are that even I may not understand what I have written over here. But then, that's how I am!! :)

TIll later...Ciao!

P.S: Again, as this post was actually written after a long time in my previous post, I have given the title as it was over there. Now let me go and figure out how to use this one!! :)