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Is *Reality* an *Illusion*..? Is *Illusion* a *Reality*..? I dare say - *Contorted Reality*. And *Twisted Illusions*.
Literature-style narration, emotive poetry, pragmatic opinions and philosophy for them philistines!Kartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299013774325722797noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197012134875784675.post-88243088123899605082010-11-29T23:59:00.001+03:002010-12-06T15:14:28.619+03:00The Champion, the Hunted. Food for thought.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">They jeered, “</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">He can never do it. Ever!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">”</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Each time his doubters had something to throw at him, he remained unfazed and inimitably so. He wasn’t playing for them. Why would he? It wasn’t the prospect of gaining a permanent residence‐ship at the Valhalla of Immortals, either. There was only one person he was responsible to – his own self. He may not have been considered as the present day number one, yet he was hunted. All because he seemed to fail in front our eyes. Damn the surreal expectations of us mere mortals! Statistics have a story to say, too. And so it was to be – the die had been cast; the bar, raised.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">In sport, there is a “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><i>number one</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">” and then there is everyone else. Any individual who has occupied the numero uno slot for a long time running will find it rather unfamiliar when he is deposed and relegated to being part of “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"><i>the rest</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">”. To scale a peak is one thing, but to scale, reside and rule for years together is quite another.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Agreed ‐ by law ‐ that the hunter is often better positioned than the hunted. </span><a href="http://kartzonline.blogspot.com/2008/10/dazzling-panoply-of-rivalry_13.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">But sport is a different habitat altogether.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"> Being hunted year‐in, year‐out and yet never stepping off the pedestal creates a divine aura. One that shields you from the brouhaha of vagrant onlookers. It </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">is when you are back as the hunter that you try and grope for all the faculty that had propelled you to become the hunted in the first place! Weird. Period.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Weathering a storm is quite an arduous task but repeatedly thwarting tireless attacks from the nether hordes? All that, evidently so, differentiates a contender from a pretender. The certified master and a redoubtable, but greenhorn apprentice.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Coming back to the man of our moment – he reminds us how a true champion should be. The quintessential embodiment of talent sublime, grace non‐pareil, humility profound and probably a faint streak of arrogance – to put the opposition in their place. He may be Master to many an aspiring apprentice, but he is forever an ardent student of the game who cherishes every moment of battle. One who understands that possessing a supposedly complete repertoire is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">equivalent to owning a drop that makes the mighty ocean. After all, it was </span><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Sir Isaac Newton</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"> himself who spake thus – “</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;">I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">”</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">No one would sound even remotely unctuous when either of the names “</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Roger Federer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">” or “</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">” pop‐up to fit, nay, complete that earlier statement.</span></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Oh the joys of sharing life together..!</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">As the Heavens rain blessings from above.</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Priceless are those years of love... </span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Love - that cannot be measured in depth.</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Love - that grows stronger with each passing day,</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">As dear as memories sweetly kept.</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Together in life through many a struggle, </span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">And together through strife,</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Two hearts journey forth as one,</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Staring down vicissitudes as husband and wife...</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">Dedicated to the best brother and sister-in-law. Ever.</span></span></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How cherished is the moment when marriage first starts...</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An exchange of vows and a giving of hearts.</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As each passing day brings a promise of more.</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How treasured are the years when a marriage grows strong,</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Love and faith and commitment guide it along.</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The warmth of a home - with sharing and laughter and fun,</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gently, tenderly, two lives become one.</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How euphoric it is! When your dream love-life come true,</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a wonderful couple as special as you!</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scripting new chapters in life, are the two of ye,</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dedicated to two very special people; my brother and sister-in-law... :)</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First up, I ditched the prospective offer I had upon graduating. And now I can proudly say I am NOT with </span></span></span><a href="http://www.hcltech.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Messrs. HCL Technologies</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. If at all it matters, I was with them for ten frustrating months. Of course, one can put the blame on the forbidden *R* word, but I chose to look elsewhere, juxtaposing my search for other opportunities with their darned training programme. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Otherwise, I have been getting to terms with this place. All I can say is - so far, so good. One thing though - it does feel rather odd carrying a small leather case as opposed to a fat study material!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So what have you folks been up to? Trust things have been going smooth at your end. I will catch up with your recent blog posts in the coming days.</span></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #fce5cd;">To make my life,</span></strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #fce5cd;">As whispers of change are upon me,</span></strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #fce5cd;">The time is nigh, </span></strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #fce5cd;">And fly in the face of destiny!</span></strong></span></em></div>
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<em><strong><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please excuse my absence for a few weeks. Destiny (<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">read - employment</span>) beckon</span></span><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">s.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #f4cccc;">:)</span></span></span></span></strong></em></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To have me, she willed to bleed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I ne'er pay her words much heed,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet, she is *the One* I shall always need!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first face to grace my eyes,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She answered all my infant cries,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She has filled my life with many a sweet surprise.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She taught me how to stand and walk,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She helped turn my incomprehensible babble to talk,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She made me listen to the tick-tock clock.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She placed my wobbly feet firmly on the ground,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And I feel so safe when she is around.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She taught me what was wrong and right,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She would supervise my lessons with all her might,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She sought to prevent me from many a fight.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So how can I ever cease to be</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Affectionate and kind to Thee,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">O Thou, who art *a Mother* to me!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite our imbecile, insolent greed,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She continues to nurture us and feed.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Ad majorem Mater gloriam.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">*a deafening BOOM!*</span><br style="color: #b4a7d6;" /><br style="color: #b4a7d6;" /><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">*dust settling*</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ea9999;">Throat parched, eyes blinded, ears shrill, his life flashed past... </span><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">"Bang! Die, bad men! </span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Bang!</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">"</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;">"Amrit, now will you please put away your gun and have your lunch!"</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">"Mumma, I want to become an army-man when I grow up! No enemies! Only friends!" </span></i><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*beams the endearingly darnest of smiles that only kids can flash*</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Listen up lilly-livered layabout green-horns! This is a rifle! </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*holds it up* </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not one of those musical guns you held as a brat!"</i><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">There was a flower, the wind once knew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">That spread the fragrance of love.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">With her around, time - but rapidly - flew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">For she was a gift, from above.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">There was a flower, the wind once knew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Vibrantly bright, yet plain.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Dissipating freshness and happiness anew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">She smelled of the Earth-drenching rain.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">There was a flower, the wind once knew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Distinctly apart from the rest!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">His liking for her but immensely grew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Ah! How cruel Fate doth jest!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">She left without notice; no trace or clue,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">The time he wish'd for, ne'er came.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">There was a flower, the wind once knew,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Alas, he would ne'er know her name.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Periods of no touch, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">With a chain of thoughts about your closeness and dearness, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Pining for your warmth and tenderness, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Yearning for those calling arms and luscious lips. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">The quintessential, whole life;</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Soul and body fuse in unison, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">With no alpha or omega, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Where everything is unfathomable and clear. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">My half thirsts for your half, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Yang awaits Yin,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Bald headed and round bellied,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Momentary bliss with you 'round,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Nature - you are beauty profound!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Soulful colours, your own splendour,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Sights to behold - "How!?", I wonder...</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Nature - you are beauty profound!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">With curves, certified to astound;</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">A grand feast for those truly bless't,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">How enchantingly art thou drest!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Soulful colours, your own splendour,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Blinding rage, tears you asunder!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">The rising tide, the spewing flame,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Sights to behold - "How!?", I wonder...</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Beseech thee - pardon our blunder.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">One Earth, we inhabit and share,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">That was my first attempt at a style known as the </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">retourne</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">. Like so many other French forms, the retourne (from the French word, </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-size: small;">retourner</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> - to return) is all about <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">repetition</span>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">A retourne is comprised of <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">four quatrains</span> (four-line stanzas), and each line has <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">eight syllables</span>. The <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">pattern</span> goes like this - the second line of the first stanza must be the first line of the second stanza. The third line of the first stanza should be the first line of the third stanza. Likewise, the fourth line of the first stanza must be the first line of the fourth stanza.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">Retournes need not rhyme. But considering my penchant for rhymes, I ensured this one did. :)</span></span></span></span></div>
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</div>Kartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299013774325722797noreply@blogger.com122tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197012134875784675.post-89948951507133611492009-03-26T21:29:00.002+03:002009-04-03T14:01:30.492+03:00Of Shadows and Light...<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">I see a spectre, my own shadow - </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">My darkness, lying beside something bright,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Like a gloomy, veiled widow.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">I turn to the light, my shadow takes flight,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">I face the source of my eternal glow.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The shadow exists, but is out of sight,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">And stretched ahead of me is a divine meadow.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">I turn my sight away from that source,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Shadowy spectres still outline my course,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">But when I fix my gaze upon what is right,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Undeterred by shadows, I see light.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Mr. Anil Sawan links his composition -</span> </span></span></span><a href="http://ruffledsoul.blogspot.com/2009/03/dark-could-signify-life.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Dark Could Signify Life</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Gratias, <a href="http://lifeofthepinkorchid.blogspot.com/2009/03/head-over-heels-i-do.html">Kajal</a>. All right populi, up for grabs! Display this token on your blog - proudly so! :)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Segoe UI';"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">And blog updated - </span></span></span><a href="http://kartzonline.blogspot.com/2009/04/food-for-thought.html"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">11th April (title - Food for Thought)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"> </span><span style="color: #ffe599;">.</span></span></span></span><br /></span></div>
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</div>Kartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299013774325722797noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197012134875784675.post-32111157419166328532009-03-18T12:01:00.002+03:002009-03-26T12:23:05.371+03:00Sea Fever<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I needed this break! Here is a poem that sums up the past week. Read this way back in '94 - '95.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover<br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;">And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.</span></span></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gaia's breasts, but with life, teems...</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Freedom that never covered me.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is my humble, dying plea...</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Life is long... It’s all our own; but when we are with friends, ‘estranged’ will be a word never to be heard. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Time</span></span> is the number of moments we find, and it fills our lives with joy and happiness. But when we part from friends, time will no longer seem what it used to be. We never know what the future has in store, yet the thoughts of friendship and the bonds we share will bring us much needed solace. They say time heals; nevertheless the moment of estrangement will be hard to heal.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Negotiate Free'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">UPDATE (</span><a href="http://kartzonline.blogspot.com/2009/03/beauty-that-is-friendship.html"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">04 March 2009</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 13px;">)- </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">If your blogroll/dashboard directed you to this post, please go </span><a href="http://kartzonline.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">here</span></span></a> <span style="font-size: 13px;">for the latest post</span></span></span></span></span><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">On the 22nd of February, Sunday, Hollywood's elite gathered to see what film and whose dexterity made the most impact on the globe and won them the famous golden trophy of them all - the Oscar. On Monday Night, I sit in my cozy little room, with my mushy feelings ready to be poured on the skill and wit of those who have an attitude which has left me awestruck. I have been completely swept off and yearning for more in 2009. The show must go on!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">This Event like the original is not based on a "dare to be grand". There are no eyes awaiting the end of the red carpet but there is always an aspiration for who walks in and creates magic of more than a few words on the drama already created. The appeal is based on originality. You can either die trying to replicate or you can excel with what you own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">What *can* I say..? Humbled, and overwhelmed. Without the appreciation/critique/encouragement of my esteemed readers (read: patrons), this wouldn't have been quite possible! Gratias...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">A placard, Down Under, read - </span><span style="color: #ea9999;">Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed for even the Lord is busy watching.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Another placard, ordained in Swiss colours, popular at every Grand Slam, read - </span><span style="color: #ea9999;">Shh..! QUIET! Genius at work.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Let us do away with placards now. Words, however apt and riveting, will now have to give way to this modern-day alchemist. His bottomless, sonorous cauldron effervesces chaste melody. One who makes words swing to his seemingly ever-pervasive tunes. Annals of history await to embrace and immortalize him. Enter the tunesmith and his resonating columns. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Friedrich Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano. Our tunesmith is par excellence at the keyboard. And we dub him - The Chopin of Chennai...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">But the great Wolfgang Amadius Mozart composed melodies in every conceivable form - concertos, operas, symphonies, requiems... It goes without saying that Chopin held Mozart in great esteem. And our tunesmith is promptly dubbed again - The Mozart of Madras.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Let us do away with dubbing, too. For, it is a rather arduous and pointless task to liken pure genius across different eras. However much the Bradmans and Lavers behold our Tendulkars and Federers in awe, we know it is but mutual admiration and respect. Each generation springs a surprise package. We ought to consider ourselves lucky to witness feats of talent sublime and orchestrated brilliance wherever the said package sets foot. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Our beloved tunesmith belongs to a different echelon - well beyond the archetypal melody tappers of today. Much like <a href="http://kartzonline.blogspot.com/2008/10/dazzling-panoply-of-rivalry_13.html"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">the artist and the warrior of sport lore</span></a>, he is an elite excellence of symphonic execution. Needless to say, he is a composer with a staggering range - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">from raga to reggae to hip hop to Indian rustbelt folk to jungle rhythms to faux baroque, brewed with an unerring feel for melody, swing and soul.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Music, it is said, is food for the soul. An Earthly ambrosia for us mortals... We revel in reverie. When has his refulgent genius left us disappointed? Awarded or not, when have his compositions even seemed like an "also-ran" in front of a myriad others..?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">That intrepid tunesmith, my brethren, is a beacon. A calibre of precious rarity, per se. It is rather unsurprising that we allow ourselves to remain entranced by this Pied Piper incarnate who, it has to be agreed, has been composing melodies of the future. To imagine that we are listening to it today, gives us much relief. A silent satisfaction. For, we have had the blessed fortune of tasting <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something</span></span></span> that is futuristic. Moreover, we live to tell the tale and sing praises to his name. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">After all, we were not made to wait for another Wellsian classic (<span style="font-style: italic;">a la</span> The Time Machine) to ruefully read, imagining when-oh-when shall we see all this live... Soothsayers! No longer, are you required to read entrails to look at the future. Augurs! No longer do you need to observe the flight and appetite of birds to aid your prediction. Oracles! No longer shall incense-fantasized, beautiful lasses serve as mediums of your foretelling. Away with such charlatans who thrive on credulity, and their Sibylline books!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">The enchanting alchemist is here, equipped with clandestine concoctions and potions that breathe futuristic vibes to those alluring compositions. Search his soulful notes for a taste of the future. Embrace. You may be lucky to spot a hint in those well-knit chords...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not too long ago, Ms. Khan of </span></span></span><a href="http://www.pakspectator.com/"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pakistani Spectator</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> had requested yours truly for an interview. I obliged. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That a stranger has made me feel this way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For you, my bonny sweetheart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your essence teases me deep.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For you, my bonny sweetheart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whence I shall come</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your love; my refuge that is never frail...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For you, my bonny sweetheart.</span></span></div>
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1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Hindu Mythology is not for the faint of heart. Scoot! :P</span>
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2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Last-est... A baby cries while taking it's first breath. 4th Feb '86 après 9:31 IST.</span>
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3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">I take bloody pride in it. And I'm sure it's better than yours. :P And guess what? I was placed first at a handwriting competition! When? 8th Standard. Ha!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;">On a more serious note, my class notes had the blessed fortune of spending more time in the ladies' hostel. #RatherThanTheOneWhoTookThemDown! :( </span>
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4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Am vegan. :P But yeah... Lena, your *ever-confused* head tastes good too. *smirk*</span>
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5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">2 *ahem* lovely ladies (one single, and the other 'single' at this moment :D ) are asking this single fellow a very thought provoking question.</span><br />
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6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">That is a pretty big *if*...</span>
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7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">U tell me. :P</span>
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8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Know what? I have 'em stored in the deep-freeze. Wanna see? ;)</span>
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9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? -<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"> Is there a BREAD-EFF jump, tell me that first! :P</span><br />
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10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">No 'favorite'... I hate Americanized English. :P</span>
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11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">I untie the laces. :P</span>
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12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Physical? Emotional? Art of love making? Hell yeah! ;)</span>
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13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Butterscotch! I demand one now for doing your tag. Goodie goodie! :) </span>
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14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Whether they deserve my time.</span>
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15. RED OR PINK? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Black. ha.</span>
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16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Nothing. I am what I am. :)</span>
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17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">No one... The close ones are always there. </span>
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18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Free will. :P</span>
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19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">'pant', to the Queen, is bad English. Food for thought. Am barefoot now. :P</span>
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21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">A mosquito farting...</span>
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22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Again... A pretty *big* if. :P</span>
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23. FAVORITE SMELL? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Ummm... Yes! Me, myself! :) And. Smell of rain drenched Earth.</span>
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24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">It was a ghost. Last night. We played *Boo! Scared u!* Guess what, he should be visiting those *ahem* lovely ladies anytime now. How nice... </span>
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25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Not one person. Two people. And they know the answer.</span>
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26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Swatting a mosquito, not killing it though. Pluck out it's leg one at a time. Enfin, magnify the sun's rays at it... Ha! Ok ok...
Tennis. F1. Cricket. In that order.</span>
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27. HAIR COLOR? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Black.</span>
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28. EYE COLOR? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Black.</span>
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29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">No. I store them in the address book. :P</span>
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30. FAVORITE FOOD? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Vegan. Spicy Indian. Mommy dearests' any day... :)</span>
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31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Neither. But how about blood and gore? Hell yeah! 300! *This is SPARTA!*</span>
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32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">I'll rephrase it... Last movie (that I saw) *worth* watching - The Illusionist.</span>
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33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Black tee. With the words - Hell was full; so, I'm back! *har har har*</span>
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34. SUMMER OR WINTER? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Depends on where I am. :P</span>
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35. HUGS OR KISSES? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Both are level 1. 1 or 1 is 1. So, both. :P Digital Electronics rocks. :)</span>
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36. FAVORITE DESSERT? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Butterscotch milk shake. :) I want one! Now! :)</span>
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37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">I will soon find out.</span>
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38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">refer answer to Q 37</span>
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39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">The Satanic Bible. Anton Szandor Lavey. :D</span>
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40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Dust particles. Molecules, atoms, quarks...</span>
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41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Not into the idiot box... ;) But yeah, did *watch* a mosquito getting fried by the static. It had ventured a bit too close to the screen. *mutters a word of Prayer* </span>
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42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">refer answer to Q 26, first part. ;)</span>
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43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Rolling stones gather no moss. No beetles either. They get crushed. Duh! :P</span>
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44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Kolkata, We</span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">st Bengal. Aamar Shonar Bangla...</span>
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45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Greek or Roman? Click <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=talent">here</a></span>
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46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Planet Earth.</span>
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47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">refer answer to Q 38</span>
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48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">I don't have a time machine to go back to the future, ya know... You have one? </span>
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49. IS THE CUP HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Optimist : Half full, Pessimist : Half empty, Realist : Drain that bloody cup dry. :P</span>
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50. IF YOU COULD SIT DOWN TO DINNER WITH FIVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE? - <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Couldn't you think of anything else to conclude a 50-Q questionnaire? Lame! :P</span>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Ok ok... You two are invited. :) We can decide on the others later.</span>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><b>Happy now? ;)<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><b><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now who else should suffer this tag..? Ummm... Naah, am too kind. If anyone wishes to take it up, you are most welcome to. </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I know. There are a lot other tags (seven, perhaps) in the pipeline. One tag per block. Anyway, I had to paste this here. I figured you folks could have a laugh too. :)</span></span></span><br />
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