Plan is for planner (Day 31)

When we say party you will imagine 50 people + cases of beer + loud music + girls, well don't !! cuz here, our party equation is (6 friends + 2/3 kgs of meat + FIFA07 on PC). So, today me and 5 of my friends plan to have lunch party and to visit Asian Cine Week. Well, you all know by now that i'm trying to watch a movie there and today is the last day of it and my last chance to watch a movie at the festival. The day start on wrong foot. My friend and my cousin bro have already ate their lunch, they thought we won't organise our little lunch party. We contribute the money and went to buy all the things that required for the party and while returning home my Activa (two wheeler) ran out of fuel and as petrol pump are closed so we look everywhere to buy a litre of petrol from a black petrol seller at steep price. That delayed our schedule by 1hr so, when we finished cooking and eating, the time was already 4pm. Well, let just say i'll have to wait for another "Cine week" to get organised before i can watch a Japanese movie at the festival. Day 31.

Yeah, right !!! (Day 30)

I saw an announcement some days back that they are organising a Asian Cine week and will show some of the award winning Japanese documentary film. So as i'm very interested in foreign movies i planned to watch it with some friends but something always come up at last minute and we always cancel the visit. Today was no different either, heard it will be over by tomorrow. Hope i could go, will wait and see. Day 30.

Winter+dust season (Day 29)

Well, it is just me or everything in around Imphal city looks dull and dusty ?? And itz one of the top 100 cleaniest city of India. I wonder how clean that top city is. If our dirty city is in 100 top city then that top city must not be like a heaven in cleaning department (just saying). Our city are in ruin cuz of all repairing things so, itz kinda a bit messy and as winter comes its even messier. Its dry in winter here so dust flying everywhere and making the road all fog up in evening. Well, if i got out for a drive outside then i should definitely wash my hair. :P having a great time here :) Day 29.

Are Korean movies a bad influence to our youth ?? (Day 28)

I came across a topic called "is (south) korean film good for youth (of Manipur) ?" on Kangla Online (Manipur leading online news portal), the author's view is that since Korean film were introduced in Manipur, today's youth are abandoning their identity imitating the Korean style and learning to speak in Korean instead. The author think its not good to watch Korean movie. Well, my view is that since Korean movies were introduce to Manipur's youth, we are getting more independent and a lot better on fashion sense. Now when we go out of the state we doesn't look like a people from far away rural places. We get respect that we deserve from our country man frm other state. So, my view is it doesn't harm our youth but makes a better person. We dress like them but we never lose our identity or our culture by it. All i wanted to say is that its not wise to blame other's culture just because some of our youth turn into badass kid. FYI Korea are one of the leading producer of world changing technology and preserve their culture. Thats all. . . . Day 28.

Some problem (Day 27)

When i started this '1 post a day' thing, i know i'd face lots of deadline problem (i'm not comfortable with deadline) but have never thought my pc would break down, not just that i'm facing another problem cuz of frequent power cut. Well you all know i'm posting my blog from my cellphone and cuz of power cut i'm having 'battery low' crisis now, and at certain time of day mobile signal gets all time low, this kinda incident proves that nothing really works in Manipur, hope i get to see the change soon. P.S. I'm writing 1 post a day but i'm having problem in posting the blog and posting 2 post at same day doesn't look good so, even if i post the blog a day late i'd tweak a bit to show the actual date of writing. Thank You. :) Day 27.

The wait (Day 26)

Last night i went to bed to sleep at 3am but wake up at 4am and found out that the sun still haven't rise yet. So, with my gear(camera) i went upstairs and wait for the sun to rise fighting against the cold wind. After waiting for 1hour the sun never came out, there was too many dark clouds over the sky. Well, the wait wasn't wasted as the moon were bright and worth looking at it (yeah, somehow the moon's path weren't so cloudy). I will someday capture the sunrise, till then i'm enjoying the rain. Happy capturing. Day 26.

Sweet revenge (Day 25)

There was a time when my friends were telling me i'm addicted to internet and giving me names like online man, netman, etc etc. . . But today it has change ;) thanks to GPRS i turn all my friends to net man themselves. After showing them the magic of internet world they are all hook to it now. They thought they could stop my 10yrs of addiction to internet easily *evil laugh*. so people BEWARE !! don't try to change me, i'm good with the way i'm ;) if you try i'd turn you into me :P ciao :) Day 25

Far cry (Day 24)

Why North East state of India and Jammu & Kashmir are the only places with "Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958" ?? Why not in places where Naxalite-Maoist are on full swing ?? I don't want the other states to have this outdated and colonial era law which gives an army officer to shoot and killed a person by mere suspicious but if our own Goverment sees fit to still impose this act to our state then other disturbed area should also be under this law. Why only us ?? Is it because we are a bit different from others ?? Or our government which run the largest democracy country in the world is racist ?? There's so many question we want to ask but as they have no ears we can't do anything besides writing here and there about it. 100 of people makes more sound than 1 person. #justsaying Day 24.

Black Day. (Day 23)

Today is a sad day for me. Its official now, i haven't got any computer in working condition. Both my desktop PC and Laptop, which is more than 3yrs old both died of old age. Well if i tweak a bit it might work again but thats another thing. And i can't believe that both combine price is rs.1lakh when i bought it, i think i can get "new" of my Desktop PC and Laptop configuration for rs 30thousand only. Computer price really fall down very fast. My target now is a new netbook :P wish me luck :) oi, i'm blogging from my mobile so, no worry ;) (thats why my post format looks shit) Day 23.

CAPS LOCK DAY. (DAY 22)

DID YOU KNOW 22ND OCTOBER IS "INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY" ?? IT IS :) WELL I DIDN'T KNOW IT EARLIER BUT I STUMBLED ON TWITTER EARLIER TODAY, AND SEARCH IT ON GOOGLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS ABOUT. IT SEEMS CAPS LOCK DAY IS A PARODIC HOLIDAY THAT WAS FIRST STARTED BY DEREK ARNOLD (NO IDEA WHO HE IS) IN 2000. HE THINKS ON THIS DAY EVERYONE SHOULD TYPE ONLY IN CAPS LOCK. IT LOOK STUPID BUT ITS PRETTY COOL ;) WELL, HAVE FUN WRITING LIKE THIS EVERY YEAR ON THIS DAY. DAY 22. P.S. DO NOT SHOUT WHEN YOU READ THIS POST. JUST READ NORMAL. ;)

Committed. (Day 21)

Who said being in relationship (being committed to someone) is easy?? Its not. I have seen a lot of people fall under the immense pressure of being committing to someone. But like everything else in Life if you are willing to fight for it, you would never fall. If you want a relationship to work on, be sport in compromising. Thats all from my side. Day 21.

Free advice. (Day 20)

Alright kid gather around, your brother Sid would like to give you some advice. I know nobody like free advice but just hear me out okarey. So, tell me what you feel when your dad or your mum scold you ?? Angry, right? Well my advice is don't be. Be glad instead that you have someone who wants you to be good. Be angry only when you came home late or do something stupid and your mum and dad didn't say a word to you, that is the time when you should start thinking more before you do things. Do have fun with your life but you also should know when to stop things when it pass its limit. So long children. . . . take care. Day 20.

Scam awareness (Day 19)

Are we that dumb ?? Rs. 30crore duped by pyramid scheme fraud in Manipur. If this is the first time, i won't use the word 'dumb' but this must be 5/6 time people were duped by this - looks legit - business know as Pyramid Scheme. As the name suggest its a pyramid based business, you have to recruit 2/3 people under you and they will recruit some under them so on making a pyramid. Its a fact that 99% of the people who join this scam will loss their money and that 1% will make money out of that 99% people who lost. That 1% are people who were on top of pyramid and they are just a fancy ad that the business work (it isn't, don't be dumb) and those 1% of people doesn't gain anything. Latest scam in Manipur duped Rs30crore from 2000 people, on average 1 person lost about rs 4lakh thats a lifetime saving for some. Just think what will you do if someone duped all of your saving ?? Yes, thats exactly what those 2000 people try to do at that 1%. Just days after that situation another "that kinda business" organised a seminar saying nothing like that would ever happen to their company (looks legit right ?? I also think the same), we will see. All i can say to people of Manipur is that, don't be dumb and be aware about this kinda scam and watch out >>>you don't want to lose your hard earn saving and most importantly your family and friends<<< BEWARE ;) Day 19.

Trance like situation. (Day 18)

Okay, i just found out something. It seems my poetic mind turn on only during night time, when i was suppose to sleep. Well i wrote 1 or 2 during day time but abt 90% were wrote after midnight. It is when my mind get tired and started wondering around my head, its like i write only when i'm in trance -like dancing trace- or something like that. psst. . . don't tell anyone. ;) Day 18.

Headacheeee !!! (Day 17)

16 days in a row and a headache almost make me skip my 17 day post but it will definitely shorten my post for today. Cuz writing with a headache head is like hammering myself a nail in my head. I can't think of anything beyond my headache. Ah, what the hell !! I'm off to rest. Day 17

Career no. 2 ?? (Day 16)

I'm a lousy lensman, who doesn't have any professional camera but deep in Love with photography. I don't know how, when or where but i've always got an interest in photography from early days. I remember buying my 1st camera (Chinese made) for 1k when i was like 13yrs old and since film roll wasn't cheap, i didn't take much. Then the whole camera in mobile phones things happen and makes my interest rise, took thousands of photos. But like my writing skills i'm still in learning phase for photography too. Hope someday i could be someone who's pretty good with camera. Day 16.

Death?? (Day 15)

When life was like hell for the past yrs to a point of self killing and finally like a sun smilling at you or like your teachers praising for you, my life been much better. So good that it scares me to death. I'm afraid that someday without warning all this happiness that i'm feeling will take away again. You know when jail give a convicted fellow (who's gonna hang) his choice of food for his last meal, i don't know why but i feel the same. And i shouldn't be afraid to face death but i'm kinda little afraid of it. For real i don't want to die, not now. I just hope "The One" is not planning to take me in so soon. Taking care of myself. Day 15

We did it. (Day 14)

WE DID IT !! We successfully host the 19th Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi being the host city. The best thing about this year games is out athletes were at their best winning 38 Gold medal, 101 medals in total and finishing at 2nd behind Australia making a Games history for us. Our player performed well in every event that they participates in. I wasn't expecting much from closing ceremony but it was pretty amazing. Fireworks and the lights was just too terrific and the Games itself were finished without a major incident (except India going down 8 nil in Hockey final). Next host city is Glasgow in 2014, Scotland. Hope India perform well there in 4yrs :) Day 14

Career no. 1 ?? (Day 13)

I start writing because i was depressed at that time and now i want to be a full time writer because i'm very happy with my life. I know i'm not a good writer but i'm trying really hard to improve it. For example, i'm doing this 1 post a day thingy just to improve my writing and prepare myself in handling deadline and all. I'm only on my 13th post now and its already getting on my nerve, for real with frequent power cut and our shit internet, it just get harder day by day. I'm hoping it will become easier to write after a month or so. Life is short but my blog is even shorter ;) Day 13.

Little reward (Day 12)

We set out with a camera in our hand to capture the flooded area in Manipur. Lots of houses, paddy fields are destroyed cuz of that flood. In a way driving in the water was kinda fun but that fun thing for me doesn't last. I hurt myself on my left foot and had to take a Tetanus shot. I had it on my arms and its killing me, can't move at all. Well thats my reward for trying to ve fun while others are suffering. Day 12.

Candle (Day 11)

Its that time of year again. We cleaned up the work place, oiled the machines and bought plates of wax. Yes, Deepawali (festival of light) is nearing so we are making some colourful candles !! Making candles used to be year long business for many but with market of local made candle dying it became once a year business. The thing is the cost of production rise and getting a wax became really difficult so we stop making candles for a while and people needed the candle, thats when people of Manipur were introduced to Burma candle. It was cheap and doesn't leave any wax when burned means not messy, in short better quality than local made one. And since they doesn't make coloured candle we got Deepawali market. The beauty of making candle is that the factory is operate by all of the family member. One do the making, another packing and selling. They all chip in helping each other making it to run the factory for just 2 weeks time and all will be normal again waiting for next year season when we all start the same process again. . . Making, Packing and Selling. Day 11.

Developed country?? (Day 10)

24hrs of rain and most of the places, in and around Imphal are flooded. For a year the Manipur Government closed down the most of the road in Imphal City for building a new drainage system. The drainage system which will fix all of the water clogging problem we suffered during monsoon. With this heavy rainfall we finally tested our newly build drainage system but it seems to me the water are still clogging somewhere. We suffered for a year for nothing, and we thought it will be all worth it. Actually I'm not suprised with all of this, what can we expect from the government who spend crores of rupees to build National Institute of Technology (NIT) which lacks a state of art lab and faculty. Our's is the state which is the driving force for India's vision of being a developed country by 2020. Day 10

Imagine (Day 9)

John Lennon, you were already gone when i was born, for that i'm little disappointed but still you manage to inspire me and millions of others to #Imagine. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN LENNON. John Lennon, the man who keeps telling people to "give peace a chance" and to "Imagine" a better world turns 70 today, if only he were alive today. He's been gone for 30yrs already but still he give us the inspiration to bring a completely Peace in this peace-less world. He was a dreamer and we all wanted to tell him he weren't the only one, we all are with him. I regret not being born during his era. "You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die." - John Lennon Day 9.

Problem Solved (Day 8)

Thank God !! I'm just a Bookaholic :) "A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed." - APJ Abdul Kalam. Everyone knows that without electric power there won't be any developed country. Abdul Kalam's Vision 2020 includes getting electric power to every nook and cranny of our country but here in Manipur, the way i see it, we are going back in time. 20hrs of power cut daily doesn't do any good to our former President's Abdul Kalam vision of Developed India by 2020. To think of it, every problem that arises in Manipur are the cause of poor Electric Power distribution in our State. UNEMPLOYMENT: Most small business are run with the help of electric power. so, if we get adequate power then about 30% of those without job can start a small business. CORRUPTION: with unemployment rate rising and with little job available, people are desperate to get a job, here the one who can give out a job take advantage of the situation and start selling job for money. Thats the start of corruption. So, when people aren't desperate to get a job with the unemployment rate dropping (most of them start small business), selling a job won't work. thus corruption level drop. SHORTAGE OF POWER: well, lets just say with most of the people having a job, paying an electric bill won't be a problem. INSURGENSY: When people are living a comfortable life, why start a revolution ?? Day 8.

Shopaholic ?? Me?? (Day 7)

"Why??" they asked, when i bought another book. "I love reading" was my answer but deep inside i know its not the only reason. I mean if thats the only reason then i could read it off internet, there's plenty of places that i can a book from. I don't know its good thing or not but i'm obsessed with books. Its like i'm addicted to it, when i see a book store i got this urge to abandon whatever i'm doing just to go inside it and look the beauty of the book myself n the smell of the paper its just so nice. Maybe if you ask some shopaholic, they will tell you the same. What the Fuck ?? am i becoming a shopaholic ?? no no no way. this is a very big realization, i'm off to think. damn you blog for making me realize. Day 7.

"Longest Journey" (Day 6)

". . . coming out of the arrival terminal he start looking around for a familiar face, his heart racing and soon enough he saw her, standing there alone with the look of happiness on her face staring at him. He's been waiting for this moment for a long time that it hurts if he tried to remember it. He went near her not saying a word, she didn't say anything too. They keep staring to each other eyes, then he lean on and kiss her on lips. Thats when he finally spoke, 'I Love You' shyly she replied that she Love him too. They walk out of the airport holding hands and took a taxi ride to his hotel, inside the taxi they are still holding hands." to be continue on my book ;P Its just something i'm working on it ;P tell me if you like it but don't judge the grammatical error, its editor's job. take care ya'll ;) Day 6.

Music is part of my life !! (Day 5)

Music !! Its always been part of my life. I tried to remember the first song i really like and could only remember one song, its "Jumma chumma de de" from a movie called "Hum" back in 1991. The funny part is i really don't speak hindi or know any word of it then, but that doesn't stop me from singing or humming that song everywhere. Well, i finally stop singing that song when i found out the meaning of that line "Jumma chumma de de" (Jumma kiss me) :D lets just say i got embarrassed. With music, all i did was listen. I didn't try to create it or try to learn how to play wit any musical instrument. I regret not learning to play any instrument but there's still a lifetime to learn, right? after 20yrs of listening to music i have been trying to give something back to music, i'm trying to write song lyrics so that someday who knows how to sing can send out the song to the world. My dad writes lyrics so that kinda influenced me to write and i know i can, maybe someday you'd be humming one of my songs. . . someday someday. Day 5.

I want a JOB !! (Day 4)

Elders normally asked me what class i'm in before but these days they are asking about my job. The only problem is, i don't have one. Searching for a part time job here is quite difficult as i'm fat (they think fat people are lazy, which is part correct :P) and most of the part time job are given by referral. There is no one on my side which can recommend me to some small firm, so that i can have a job. I can only pray to God for a job (btw God's kinda listenin to me much these days), maybe God will find one for me. There's nothing i could write today so i'll just wrap it up for today. Day 4.

BAM !! At your FACE !! (Day 3)

For months, most of our politician, news channels, citizen of India and rain were targeting India's preparation for "Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010", some even telling in Live television that they will pray so that India fail in hosting this sporting event. We all know that hosting this big event will cost a hell lot of money but still its wrong to sell our own country in front of other nation just months away from grand opening. For sports having to host an international event and participating as host player is a great pleasure to them, and because of this event all of Delhi's stadia are inovated and is now a world class venue. Practicing in a world class equipment will only make our players well prepared for coming International event, and them performing well will make us proud. Besides that Delhi, will have better infrastucture too. So, hosting Commonwealth doesn't waste all of ours money.

To all the haters India declared the games open with a BANG !! The opening ceremony that was held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was one of the most Lively and Colourful event ever. Kudos to Delhi/Commonwealth Games committee for making us all proud to be an INDIAN. The event was full of colourful Indian culture and finish it off with A.R. Rahman's Jai Ho.

WELCOME TO INDIA

Day 3

Gandhigiri (Day 2)

Today is the day we all celebrate "non-violence" day, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.

To me, if there's Love, there's Peace and for Love to work out you need to learn how to compromise. If Hindu & Muslim were to compromise, there must be Peace in Indian Sub-continent. Gandhi sacrifice so much, even his life for this country well being and now we people aren't even stay alcohol free for a day (today is dry day in respect for him). Time has changed, people are changing. Someday there will be a time when Mahatma Gandhi, Our Father of Nation will be just an old man on our 100 rupees notes. To not let this happen, we as a responsible Indian should spread his words to our youngster, gift a book abt him to a kid, tweet his wisdom, put out his wikipedia link, do whatever you need to do and lets not make this great man lost in our history.

"If we are to teach Peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." - Mahatma Gandhi.

Day 2.

Getting Started (Day 1)

I always wanted to try my hand on writing an article a day for a year when i first saw a movie called "Julie & Julia" but that was a long time ago, maybe a year back (i think). Well, actually she (Julia) challenge herself to cook some 524 recipes in a year setting herself a goal and for me writing an article a day for a year is equally challenging so i thought i'd try my hand on it but too bad i never had the courage to start it.

Now, i got two reason for starting it. 1. I just saw Gretchen completed her 'an article a day for a year' blog some days back (she's still continuing) & 2. I was so near of being dead. 

So, here i am, writing my 1st of many for my 'an article a day for a year' blog challenge. I just hoped i get inspired everyday to write little something :) Wish me Luck !!

DAY 1.