Stoned!!!

Above: Stone figurine, Montreal


The CEO of Cyberdene Corporation, an avid storyteller and chief movie critic at HBO (or is it Star movies, I ain't sure yet), in his capacity as former Earth's representative at Starfleet HQ and The Emperor's Court in Coruscant has officially stoned my peaceful island. He has given me an ultimatum to complete a tag in return for my island. I guess peace is made in such ways..

Here goes..


5 people who top your shit list..... and why:

Since I really cannot think of any individuals, here are a few categories of real shitty people in my opinion:

1. People who throw around their weight without reason
2. People who get angry easily, the impatient and haughty ones
3. People who thrive on gossips and manipulating others feelings
4. People who don't show respect for others and think they are superior
5. People who are narrow minded and hypocritic


Close brushes with death/danger:

I once had a brush with mortality.The brush died.

That's the joke that came into my mind first. But close brushes are plenty. Like when I tried jumping of a running bus for the first time and nearly got ran over by a bus behind. Or when I fell of my bicycle when I was small on the middle of the road and escaped because the car had good brakes despite being an old ambassador. There was also another time when a jeep darted across the runway when the flight I was travelling on was landing and barely seconds away from touch-down; the hard brake resulted in minor injuries to most of the passengers and made headlines the next day.

There have been other instances where friends, family and even strangers have wanted to kill me and I barely got away with my dear life.


5 Preferable modes of suicide, in descending order:

Well some of these are from personal experience, while others are not. Basically you get to choose what works for you.

1. Potassium cyanide - I am yet to lay my hands on this miracle item
2. Sleeping pills - please take atleast 40-50 pills in under 2 minutes. Anything less is pointless and you are going to spend a lot of time in hospital in pain and then life long in misery.
3. Spontaneous human combustion: burning of a person's body without an identifiable external source of ignition. I am researching this art currently.
4. Medical school - slowly but surely
5. Marriage - surely and slowly
(Statutory warning: 4 and 5 work only if you have the stuff to hang in there long enough)


5 Guilty pleasures:

if its pleasurable, it cannot be guilty, said some famous dude.

1. Coffee.. with adequate doses of friends, books or sights
2. Lounging..
3. Speed..
4. Travel
5. Chocolate..


5 things you never want to forget:

1. Medical school years
2. People I love..too many to list
3. My first bungee jump
4. My first on-stage song - I sang Puff Daddy with 4 other friends
5. My first Jackpot in a Casino


5 things you wish to forget:

What was that? Mmm...??

1. My scissors!
2. Waking up
3. Bills
4. Getting robbed
5. Friends who became traitors


5 really exotic dishes you have tried:

1. Bulgogi- marinated, charcoal-broiled beef (South Korean)
2. Sambal Udang- Spicy Prawns (Malaysian - one of my favs)
3. Teriyaki and Kakiagi - I have tried Japanese food only once! If you are the adventurous types, you can try the seafood buffet at Citrus, Leela Palace, Bangalore, India!
4. Lebanese stuff - Tried it at a place on Richmond Street, Bangalore. Once, again
5. Love most dishes Thai and Italian, but too common now to call it exotic!


5 crushes/loves in your life... in chronological order (even initials or nicknames wud do. Oh, no ID attempts or requests pleez):

1. Forgot her name (1982)
2. She didn't tell me her name (1990)
3. I forgot to ask her name (1994)
4. She told a false name! (2000)
5. I can't tell you her name (2002)


Strangest dream you ever had:

This one happens every time I recover from a fever that has lasted more than 3 days. There is this undescribable thing..as though it is a ball of black cotton, onto which drips more and more cotton, like the drops of water that fall from a leaking tap. These drops create a resonating sound and grows into a bigger black ball each time, eating into me. I try to wake up, but I cannot. I try to scream, but I cannot. I try to raise my hand, but they are tied. When I was small and I slept with my folks, I could see them, but could not wake them up. This dream has not happened in the last 5-7 years I guess, touchwood.



5 most valued personal possessions:

1. Trophy for leading a team to victory
2. People who love me as much as I do them
3. My Casio watch that I bought in 1990 with my own savings - my first such purchase
4. A few of my photographs
5. My firm


5 favorite superheroes..... and why:

1. The Bride - Beatrix Kiddo aka Black Mamba - She's the best!
2. Indiana Jones - Adventurous, real-life and exciting!
3. Superman - because he removes his clothes to become powerful, unlike others who have to wear clothes to become powerful - the usual I guess!
4. DJ - coz of his promises!
5. God - what would I have done without Him..


Now the best part of any tag..
Maya, Kesi, Arjun and Michelle, I invite you to rewind and refresh..