Site Network: Personal | E-lusion.net | Soon! | Soon!

 

Laugh.Live.Love. I'm back! This blog will see a lot of visual improvements along the way while chronicling my time at NYU and travels around the world.



Past few months

NYU has been fun! NYC rocks! Staying in Jersey City until I can afford the rent in the city doesn't. Roomies are awesome! So I consider the rent saved to let me live and enjoy a better time in NYC. Soooo many people from my past here, its fun meeting them and going out and I yet have soooo many people I yet haven't met! Crazy city! I LOVE my Stern classes! Data mining and Trading Systems. Just had breakfast on Friday with my Trading prof at Starbucks. He's sooo cool and approachable. I wanna do a PhD under him. But don't think I can afford it currently. Maybe after a couple of years. Hate my maths finance class. Big mistake. Know what to stay away from in the future.

Gadget crazy me now uses a Macbook 13" Core 2 duo with 2 GB RAM and super drive, awesome deal at NYU. NYU Rocks! But I haven't had the time or inclination to get back to designing. Mac's are known for good design machines, but sometime soon..I got back to blogging, one step at a time dear. Oncampus work requires web development, graphic design, pdf creation..that's enough for me to last for a couple of months! Been blessed with good employers, touch wood.

Miss the good times in Hyderabad. Before all the shit between roomie and I happened. But some people don't change or realise is the news I get from there now. Things seem to be going downhill only. I guess the move happened at the best possible time. And I got an awesome friend in Satya who is the craziest most fun person ever! I wanna go on her bike for a mela and eat papad and see her freak out on the rides!! Crazy female!! The Phase 2 of the project I was on hasn't yet started. Kunal and I would do timepass only. Really looking forward to visiting Hyd and meeting the people there and the places I'd love. And forgetting about all the incidents with friends and random Hyderabadis.

Mom was here during Spring break. We went for a Caribbean cruise, on an Italian liner, awesome fun! On the way back due to a bad flight situation due to the snow storms we took a 34 hour Greyhound bus ride back. Passed thorugh a lot fo states but were atleast back home before the earliest flight out could ahve got us. Baggage came on flight! Stupid Continental! American's are dumb, it's so hard to get things done properly here.

Random contemplation! hmm..like the old times! I guess it's more to update people. When I'm done updating will start with randomistic entries.

Ciao!!

posted by elusion @ 4/15/2007 12:05:00 AM, No comment,




Yo! I'm back! This blog has been officially reopened! woohoo!

From being one of the first few Indian bloggers to becoming non-existent on the scene, the time has come to get back, mainly to keep friends and family updated about my current happenings as well as to chronicle the events in my life in the event that I'd like to reflect back on them someday. Let me take advantage of the rare Saturday night that I'm actually home(2nd or 3rd in 4 months?!) to get back to this wonderful medium!

Let's begin with my blogging/web designing history:
1.) amrita.blogspot.com along with the 2 freewebs.com sites: Seadreamer and Margaritas in the Sky
2.) MysticGal.com
3.) e-lusion.net


Starting in July 2002 ending in 2004 or so. Used blogger and Movable Type. Hoping to get back to my own blogging tool like MT because of the flexibility offered.

A lot has changed since the good ol days. Toooo many people into blogging. Feel like it's lost it's charm. It was unique before, not any more. Don't feel like blogging at times now, but you gotta do what you gotta do!

More about the personal changes in the past few years for all the old time bloggers I'll be sending this crappy link to.

Graduated with a First Class(hahah finally made it to First Class with all the years of not being bothered!) in Information Technology Engineering, worked with General Electric in Hyderabad for 6 months, yes, the land of Nawabs and yummy kababs, and am now at New York University doing my Masters in Information Systems. It's a really cool course, half Computer Science and half Finance. The only course I applied for and the only course I wanted. Am now taking the maximum advantage of my summer holiday and headed for a 45 day Europe solo backpacking trip. This blog is going to be my travel blog throughout the time period and also about all my expensive pre-trip purchases.

More about the past and future coming up!!

posted by elusion @ 4/14/2007 11:46:00 PM, No comment,


This blog is officially Closed.
I had a great time blogging here for the short time span of just over a month but it was here that I started blogging. I will now be blogging at my new blog site @ Http://blog.mysticgal.com.
Ta da Margarita's in the Sky... Hello MysticGal [dot] com !

posted by elusion @ 9/03/2002 05:55:00 AM, No comment,


Hello! This might be my last blog at "Margarita's in the Sky..." :-( Yeah ..I'm going to officially close it whenever my new layout comes up and am going to be blogging there henceforth. I've been working on the layout since last week..it's almost done..just got the comments bit left..trying to put up my own PHP comments so that I won't have enetation's "server down" problems henceforth. I got my own PHP tagboard from EnglishSun.org. The new blog is going to be hosted at Blog.MysticGal.com.

Went with Kim to make our college ID's but as lazy Indians normally work we were asked to come tommorrow morning as the person who makes it had gone off on a super long lunch break. Then roamed around Linking Road ate at McDonalds....their new capuccino is worth trying out...I bet you can't get a better one for Rs.17 !!!! Kim bought a watch and then we went to check out the Shoppers Stop sale as the guys had given her a gift voucher for Shoppers for her bday..why couldn't the guys have given me a Shoppers Stop voucher too instead of expensive and useless Globus? It's OK now...I'll buy my bro something from it...although he's got too much of everything!!!
Bye for now!

posted by elusion @ 9/02/2002 11:48:00 AM, No comment,


My BLOGCHALK

Amrita/Female/16-20. Lives in India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/Bandra, speaks English and Hindi. Spends 80% of daytime online. Uses a Fast (128k-512k) connection. And likes web designing/swimming.
This is my blogchalk:
India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Bandra, English, Hindi, Amrita, Female, 16-20, web designing, swimming.

posted by elusion @ 8/29/2002 05:43:00 AM, No comment,


Ok..this blog is dedicated to Sameer who reminded me that I hadn't blogged in a while. Just keep forgetting..have so many things to do!

Firstly
I just registered my own domain name!!!!!!!!!!!! its MysticGal.com Well i was confused initially between mysticgal.com and mysticgal.net so just went in for a vote and .com got more votes so I registered .com. I wanted my first domain name to have a .com as the Internet is all about a big dot com craze but .net sounded much better. I'm currently working on a new layout for MysticGal and it should be up by next week whereas I'll get my domain in a few days.
The Proud 2B Indian Clique is going to have a new URL which is http://india.mysticgal.com. Oooh...I'm soooooo excited about the new domain...wow!!!!! But engineering college is going to start on Monday so I won't be able to give much time to the sites but it's Ok..as I've already finished the main pic for the new layout and since membership has gone dead at the Indian clique I don't have much work these days. Hey, all you Indians and even firangis(Foreigners) reading this PLZ let your Indian mates know about the clique....It's my darling and I don't like to see it lying low.

Secondly
I have my driving test tommorrow. That is on Wednesday. I ain't scared as it's really easy to get a license in India. Last time(when I was 16 and got a fake age certificate saying that I was 18) the test was only 15 secs long. Just got into 3rd gear and the test guy said "haan, License Mil gaya"(Yeah, You got the license). Well now I'm not scared of the traffic anymore and hopefully I should get to driving myself soon. I wish Sindhu and Jaina who have to give theory tests and practical tests etc good luck for their driving tests..I wonder how I'd manage if I had to give them..bet I would have just got freaked out and flunked. I took a double turn on Monday and drove for an hour on Mumbai's crowded main roads (specifically Linking Road and SV road) and I managed allright. The driver just helped me out once when I thought the signal was yet on otherwise it was good!

Thirdly
I hate Enetaion(the comments service) and Tag-Board.com. Both of them S*** big time!!!!! Tag-Board hasn't given me trouble since the last incident sometime back where the clique tag-board wasn't even recognised so I had to re-install it and the Margarita one lost a lot of nice tags. But Enetation has been down for the past few days and it's sooooo frustrating. It shouldn't be considering that hardly anyone visits my site and even less visit the boring blog. But now I'm going to buy my own webspace and learn PHP and use the tutorials available on the web to make my own tag-board and comments service. till then I'll just have to bear with them...

I watched this movie Zoolander starring Ben Stiller at a friends place on Saturday after a birthday lunch at Ramada Inn Palm Grove Hotel. Hey Kimmy HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONCE AGAIN. and same goes for Sindhu!!!!!! It was really really dumb with slapstick comedy but nonetheless hilarious! Other than that my lifes been pretty mundane..I've had SIX MONTHS of holidays so far!!!!!! ad I sure am bored by now though all the site and graphic work sorta keeps me busy(a bit atleast..lol)

Thats it for now,
Amrita signing off...ciao!

posted by elusion @ 8/27/2002 01:27:00 PM, No comment,


I Know I haven't blogged in a long time. But of the little computer time I get I always always forget to blog. Lots has been happening in my life recently. My house had become into a sort of cow shelter last week. On Wednesday a cow came onto my verandah to protect itself from the rain and we had a hard time shooing it of. On Thursday a cow gave birth to a calf in my garden. No, we don't keep cows..it's just that our gate is usually open and I have a pretty large garden for Mumbai standards that the cow just came in to give birth to her calf. I missed the calf birth but I saw the proceedings from the time the calf was yet covered with blood. The tiny calf started walking within half an hour of birth..I saw the blood and I don't know what else filled bag burst and the calf having it's mother's milk. it was so frail and weak before having the milk but after having it the calf was full of energy and was running all around. Luckily some servants in the neighbouring building owned cows in their villages so they told us what to do and what to feed. Finally after taking care of the cow and it's child for a couple of hours the owner came and took them away. it was sad to let them go but then it was a different experience. it's supposed to be very auspicious if a cow gives birth to a calf in your premises according to hindu Mythology and tradition. Then on Friday two cows came onto our verandah to protect themselves from the rain. And all these have been different cows. Luckily there weren't anymore after that!
I've put up my own clique known as the "Proud 2B Indian" clique viewable at http://www.freewebs.com/proudindian. It's a nice idea I feel but I don't know if I'll be able to manage it once college starts. Atleast lets see for the time being how it goes. it's just been 3 days since the clique's up and I've already got 22 members from all over the world! Check it out yourself and join it if you're Indian!
Ciao for now..I might get back to writing about the Canadian bit of my holiday but I don't know when !
Love and Luck

posted by elusion @ 8/14/2002 01:13:00 PM, No comment,


Day 10 - 24th June, 2002

Last day in London. Left by ten and reached Heathrow in sometime. Met my mom who was coming from Mumbai in Terminal 3 and went to Terminal 4. Checked into our British Airways flight to Toronto and browsed through the duty free. Flight was good..ddn't sleep much because the entertainment offered was too good to miss...saw Bend it like Beckham, Ocean's Eleven, I am Sam and some other stuff. Time flew away so quickly and we landed soon in Toronto. Jayshree aunty and her brother came to pick us up and we went to her house. Her house is really really pretty...they've got about 14 acres of land on which shes built this lovely house and you have a pond nearby to go swimming and boating. Had a simple dinner and went off to sleep.

posted by elusion @ 8/08/2002 11:43:00 PM, No comment,


Day 9 - 23rd June, 2002

Went again to the Ilford mall and there was this bloke out there who didn't know how to fill out the VAT Refund form which made me lose quite a bit of money later. We had this massive barbecue and went swimming.

posted by elusion @ 8/08/2002 11:42:00 PM, No comment,


Day 8 - 22nd June, 2002

Went shopping at the Ilford mall and bought some stuff. Some people came over so we just ended up swimming and going out for dinner.

posted by elusion @ 8/08/2002 11:41:00 PM, No comment,


Day 7 - 21st June, 2002

Today England lost to Brazil in the FIFA World Cup. Took a bus again into the city. Got off at the Last stop which was London Bridge and took a tube from London Bridge Station to Picadilly. I intended to go for changing of the guards ceremony but I thought I had to get off at Picadilly station for it but ahd to actually get off at Charing Cross Station. So instead of going back I roamed around Regent Street which is another shopping area and went into the great Hamley's which is the best toystore in the world! Went into some other shops as well...ended up at Oxford Street and took a bus to Trafalgar Square. There was a major ruckus out there due to patriotic Britishers who were upset by Englands defeat in the World Cup. People were inside the fountains, there were broken bottles all over etc. I knew the way from there to the changing of the Guards grounds as I've always happended to miss it. The ceremony was over but there were a few guards on horses. They have this special feature to look straight and whatever you do they have to be serious. I walked on ahead and reached some park and some royal looking buildings. Then there was this tower or something and I walked on ahead and reached Picadilly Street which is adjoining Regent Street. Took a tube from there to Leicester Square which is the centre of night life in London. I've seen it before in the night and it is so vibrant then. But now during the day as well it was pretty crowded with tourists. Roamed around and came across a street filled with Chinese Restaurants..kinda like a miniature Chinatown. Lunched there and went to Trocodero which has a variety of games and stuff...tried out the Ride out there..which was OK. Went on to Camden Town which is a hippie area. You can see people only with piercings and punk hairstyles and hair colours. Had to buy some barbells for my brothers eyebrow piercing and bought six of them which costed me a bomb! Went to High Street Kensington then and met Rish who had to buy some gifts for his friends 21st Birthday. I'm never going shopping with him ever! Although it wasn't all that bad...we finally ended up buying a scented and designer candle, a teddy bear, card and wrapping paper after which I went back to Redbridge.

posted by elusion @ 8/07/2002 11:52:00 PM, No comment,


Day 6 - 20th June, 2002

Woke up Rish by my phonecall(I'm yet sorry about that Rish..Sorry!) and decided to meet up. Met at Huxley Building and went for coffee to Starbucks. After that I lunched with Saurabh in Canary Wharf and then went back to Redbridge to see a cricket match in which Krishan was participating followed by swimming.

posted by elusion @ 8/07/2002 11:51:00 PM, No comment,


Day 5 - 19th June, 2002

Went for a courtesy visit to the factory. After which Sunny dropped me off at a newsagents opposite his workplace. I bought a daypass from the newsagents and took a bus into the city. That was a really lovely experience and would recommend it to anyone visiting London. While travelling by the tube you miss out on the quaint sights of the city but you can see it all in the bus ride. Got stuck in a traffic jam at the over crowded Oxford Street so I got off there(instead of going to the last stop) and took a tube to Bayswater. Lunched at this cafe on the sidewalk and then kept on walking. Reached Queensway and roamed around a bit..took a bus to Notting Hill(Yes, it's the same Notting Hill of the movie of the same name) didn't know where the blue travel book shop was which Hugh Grant owned in the movie so just roamed about on the main street a bit and then walked up to god knows where and took a tube to Knightsbridge which houses the famous Harrods. The moment you enter Harrods you are overawed by the grandeur, opulence and the poshness of the place. You'll find everything you need but at a very high price. I spent more than a hour admiring all the designer labels and classy stuff it housed. I got out and started walking...I passed Hyde Park and the South Kensington area in search of a tube station. I finally decided to take a bus as it would pass a tube station at some point of time. After a while on the bus it yet hadn't passed a station so I decided to get off. When I asked a lady which bus to take for the closest tube station she told me it was the same bus I had just got off from!!!!!! I waited for another one to come and went back home. I didn't plan to visit Madame Tussads, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square and the other common touristy places as I've already seen them in my previous visits. It's better going to the common places as that's what any city actually is. And walking about is the best way...you get to see the lovely buildings and houses, the parks, restaurants, the Londoners(i don't know whether to call them friendly or not).

posted by elusion @ 8/06/2002 05:25:00 AM, No comment,


Day 4 - 18th June, 2002

Today was my big day. I had an appointment today with the Computing Admissions Tutor at Imperial College. I didn't want to go out anywhere before that so that I could keep my calm and not become nervous. Although Meenaben was reluctant to leave me in the house alone I finally convinced her. I left by half past two and reached South Ken by half three. I yet had an hour to kill. I called up Saurabh to find out if he had been able to get in touch with someone I had needed info from but he hadn't. I killed some time somehow with buterflies beginning to fly in my stomach and then started walking in some random direction and ended up at Green Park which happended to be just two blocks away from Huxley Building(that's where I had my appointment). The blocks between them had these pretty buildings which were either art galleries, residence apartments or hotels. After a while in Green park I went back to Huxley building.
The appointment went well...atleast that's what I think. But Mr.Jacobson couldn't do much as he had to follow the strict policies set down by the University of London although he seemed impressed with my marks and keeness to study at Imperial. The only way out would be to do my A-Levels and join next year. I don't think I would have been able to study for three A-Level subjects in a year(when you normally take two years) and manage to get three A Grades. Maybe I would have been able to do it if I had started the moment my board exams got over in March..I might have been able to do it when I came home in July as well but I didn't have the confidence that I would have been able to do it. I wasn't upset with what the admissions tutor had told me as I had expected that and hadn't expected any miracle to happen. But I realised that I did feel bad as I felt it in my voice while speaking to some people on the phone about it in the next few days. But that's what life is...you can't get everything that you want. Like a very learned person from Lucknow once asked me "How do you define the word Struggle?" I gave many lengthy explanations but he gave a very simple answer which I feel is very true -" God Proposes, Man Opposes." So I hope all my friends now understand why I didn't got to the UK to study...I got into all the Uni's I applied to except one and I wanted only that uni. There are more reasons as well but those are too complicated to be put in writing and personal.
And I'd like to tell a special Thanks to Saurabh,Mangal,Rish and Sunil Rao for helping me out along the way.

posted by elusion @ 8/05/2002 12:25:00 AM, No comment,


Day 3 - 17th June, 2002

Was out by half nine after dropping the kids to their schools. Walked upto the Redbridge tube and travelled all the way till South Kensington. Wanted to check out the way to the great Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. It's nothing like a uni..just a set of many buildings. I would have assumed it to be some office or residence buildings if it weren't for the signs. But in a crowded and expensive city like London you can't expect much. In the end it's a great uni with an even greater reputation and academic excellance. Said Hi! to the Computing Admissions tutor with whom I had an appointment the next day. Roamed around the South Ken area for a bit and i have to say it's really posh with a number of museums and art galleries.
Went back to the tube station and took a train (actually had to change once in between so i'll make it trains) to Canary Wharf. It's a lovely business area with a lovely station. Lunched with Saurabh who is the first Internet friend I've ever met. And that too we became friends because he's from Imperial and I needed some information. Otherwise I don't entertain random people on the internet too much as they mostly end up asking "Do yo want to cyber?" until recently when my new site came up. Saurabh's been very helpful with a lot of things in the past and I'd like to say "Saurabh, Thanks for everything!"
After lunch I made my way back to the city to the famous Oxford Circus/Street. It's every shoppers haven with numerous shops lined on each side. Bought two jeans from Madhouse and a very pretty denim wallet from the roadside. Must have spent almost two hours window shopping and then finally made my way back to Redbridge.

posted by elusion @ 8/04/2002 07:47:00 AM, No comment,


Day 2 - 16th June, 2002

Woke up at 12 pm. It was Father's Day as well as Sunny's birthday who had gone off to learn how to drive 4WD's on rocky roads. Pari came over with Jaysha and Ani came over with Sunita. We all went swimming in the pool and had a nice time followed by some Biking(cycling) with lil Laxmi and playing on the PS2 with Krishan.

posted by elusion @ 8/03/2002 07:02:00 AM, No comment,


Day 1 - 15th June, 2002

Got a window seat on the flight. Comfy journey. Slept most of it and watched some obscure stuff they were showing + A Beautiful Mind...seen it before but it's a lovely movie. On landing in London's Heathrow Airport I expected the people who I was going to be staying with to pick me up but since they weren't there and since I had told them that I would come by myself on the Tube(I yet expected them to come fetch me..how lazy of me!) Hehe! Anyway, I followed the signs to the underground staion and ended up buying a £12.00 ticket on the Heathrow Expres ticket to Picadilly. This was extravagant as I realised later that it would have costed me only £3.40 totally to reach Ilford but I didn't know my way around and ended up buying the Express ticket. At Picadilly I had to buy another ticket for my onward journey to Redbridge from Picadilly and ended up going to the outstation trains Advance and current ticket booking counters and in doing so I ended up getting quite a bruise on my hand lugging my heavy suitcase around. After finally finding the Underground ticket machines I took one train to Bakerloo and then changed there for the Central line to take me to Redbridge. I had to go down escalators to the other platform and my suitcase almost slipped and hit a small girl, I was so scared that I had hurt her or her mother would make a scene...but, luckily they were Asian(people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc... are collectively know as Asian in UK) and she just smiled at me and said it's OK. Thank God for small mercies. I finally reached Redbridge and Jyoti and Laxmi came to pick me up. The whole journey from the Airport had taken me almost two hours when it should have taken only an hour. It was nice seeing them after so long. We went ot visit Bapuji in some hospital in Harrow that day and then went out for Dinner. Drpped off to sleep the moment we reached home and slept till 12 pm the next day.

posted by elusion @ 8/03/2002 06:48:00 AM, No comment,


Blogging



I know I haven't had any interesting things to read in my blog but the fact is that I don't like writing about my personal stuff and current affairs is useless since all the papers are full of useless corrupt politics. What I'm doing these days isn't of much interest...So, I've decided to write about my whole one month long trip to London and Canada. That was really interesting although I've been to London a million times before(actually three times to be exact!) but this time going to London was different as I was all by myself!!!! So *hopefully* from now on you'll find something interesting to read in my blog!

posted by elusion @ 8/03/2002 04:43:00 AM, No comment,


New Address



Hi, I've got a new web address..it's www.amrita.tk. It's the same as http://amrita.ontheweb.com But the amrita.tk address sounds better and easier to remember. So now you can access my Margarita's in the Sky... site from amrita.tk as well as www.amrita.ontheweb.com.
Ciao for now.

posted by elusion @ 8/02/2002 02:50:00 AM, No comment,


Currently Reading - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
SOTD - Hero - Chad Kroeger

posted by elusion @ 7/31/2002 05:05:00 AM, No comment,


Bon Jovi



Heard a 1 min preview of Bon Jovi's latest song Everyday from their latest album Bounce on Capital FM Internet Radio on full blast on my head phones (so that I can hear it at full blast and not wake up the house..hehe!) and the song ROCKS! It's a total rock type song, loud and strong! It sounded great and Jon Bon Jovi's voice was as sexy as ever!

SOTD - Everyday - Bon Jovi

posted by elusion @ 7/27/2002 02:17:00 PM, No comment,


Amrita - The Book



While surfing the Internet today I came across a Book by the name "Amrita"(which happens to be my name) by a Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto. Well it was surprising...Japanese author...Indian name...maybe the name has some relevance in Japanese! I'm going to get my hands on a copy of the Book...I don't know how as I don't think it's available in India..maybe I'll just order it online.
For more information about the story of the book Click Here.

SOTD - My Sacrifice - Creed

posted by elusion @ 7/26/2002 01:22:00 PM, No comment,


Driving



I started Driving school today once again after 2 years. I learnt driving 2 years back and got a license made which said that I was 19 years old when I was actually just 16. Anything's possible in India if you're just willing to pay! That license now says that I'm 21 eventhough I've just turned 18. So I'm going to overcome my fear of driving on those terrible roads with the terribly horrible drivers, rickshaw drivers, cabbies, cyclists, motorcyclists, COWS, potholes, pedestrians etc. As well as getting a license with my proper age.

I recieved the animations below in my e-mail courtesy Saurabh. Thought I'd put it up..it's kinda cute...and I'll put it up on the site later....











Song of the Day - She's a Lady (BT Remix) - Tom Jones

posted by elusion @ 7/25/2002 02:27:00 PM, No comment,


Devdas



Went for the movie Devdas today. It's pretty good.... Well if Rs. 50 crores go into the making of a film it better be good! The "Dola re Dola" song sequence and the sets were absolutely SUPERB. AIshwarya Rai looked great!
While walking home from the theatre it started raining and insted of taking a rick home I decided to get wet. That was really really cool.... 20 mins in the rain..was thoroughly drenched but felt gr8.

Song of the day- Smells like teen Spirit - Nirvana

posted by elusion @ 7/24/2002 02:32:00 PM, No comment,


Which clothes should I be wearing test



I tried out the above test and the result was GAP. I'm happy with the result...just wished that GAP was a bit more reasonably priced ...even in sales it's so damn expensive.


What
kind of clothes should I be wearing?
by Evelyn


Song of the Day - Nice to Know you - Incubus

posted by elusion @ 7/22/2002 05:00:00 AM, No comment,


Guestmap



I just checked out my Guestmap on my Seadreamer... site and saw that all the previous guestmap entries had disappeared and Saurabh had *finally* signed his location! But Saurabh if ure reading this you'll have to change it since you've shifted from London to New York City. Glad I didn't put a Guestmap on Margarita's in the Sky... It's crap anyway. Nobody signs the Guestmap nor the Guestbook. Hey Guys atleast sign the Guestbook as a sign of appreciation! You ppl tell me online and offline that your site's really good n all but isn't it better to mention the stuff in the guestbook...afterall that's whats it there for!

Song of the Day - I say a little Prayer for you - My Best Friends Wedding Cast

posted by elusion @ 7/20/2002 03:30:00 PM, No comment,


Bend it Like Beckham




Bend it like Beckham! That's a wicked movie. No wonder I could bear watching it three times! Yup, you read right...3 times. Three times too many! First time being in London three weeks back and then twice this week in Mumbai. Yeah the movie is good but I just went for it again cause my friends were going for it too not because I was crazy about the movie. The movies great and the soundtrack is also decent...i remembered one of my old favourites....Inner Smile by Texas. Other recommended songs from the movie soundtrack are Hot Hot Hot - Bina Mistry, Darshan - B21, Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx, Independence Day - Melanie C, Baddest Ruffest - Backyard Dog. If you haven't seen the movie you're missing out on a lot. To know more about the movie check out the links below.



Official Site

MSN India Site



Songs of the Day - All those mentioned Above

posted by elusion @ 7/19/2002 08:40:00 AM, No comment,


Comments



Hi Folks....
I've added a commenting feature to my blog posts so that you people(i.e. if there are any people reading this blog) can comment on my writings.
I hope I do get atleast *some* comments from you all...
Thanks,
Amrita

Song of the Day - Here I am - Bryan Adams

posted by elusion @ 7/18/2002 09:13:00 PM, No comment,


18 til' I die




  • My Motto in Life

    Lyrics of the song 18 til' I die by the great Bryan Adams rightfully sums up my motto in life which is to be 18 til' I Die. I know it's not possible to be the *age* 18 all throughout your life...life can't become stationary at a particular age but atleast you can be 18 mentally if not physically.



    Wanna be young - the rest of my life

    Never say no - try anything twice

    Til the angels come - and ask me to fly

    Gonna be 18 til I die - 18 til I die

    Can't live forever - that's wishful thinkin'

    Who ever said that - must of bin' drinkin'

    Don't wanna grow up - I don't see why

    I couldn't care less if time flies by



    18 til I die - gonna be 18 til I die

    Ya it sure feels good to be alive

    Someday I'll be 18 goin' on 55! - 18 til I die



    Anyway - I just wanna say

    Why bother with what happened yesterday

    That's not my style - I live for the minute

    If ya wanna stay young - get both feet in it - 18 til I die

    A 'lil bit of this - a 'lil bit of that

    'Lil bit of everything - get ya right on track

    It's not how ya look, it's what ya feel inside

    Don't care how - don't need ta know why



    Don't worry 'bout the future

    Forget about the past

    Gonna have a ball - ya gonna have a blast

    Gonna make it last




    Artist of the Day - Bryan Adams

    Song of the Day - 18 til' I Die




    posted by elusion @ 7/17/2002 04:31:00 PM, No comment,


    I am NOT bored



    Someone just asked me today..Are you bored that your making your 2nd website in 4 months? I just want to clarify it out with him that No I am not bored. I just like making sites and that's it. I've just returned from a one month long holiday and the jet lag would keep me up all night. Having nothing to do I started making Mararita's in the Sky... and it was finished in 4 nights flat. It's not tough to make websites as the common misconception is...once you have the hang of it, it's like writing English. People have different interests. A friend of mine has done all the cooking classes possible + candle making + gift wrapping classes cause she's interested in it. Similarly, I'm interested in making sites and that's what I'm doing. I've taken up Information Technology engineering and the first thing people ask me is, "Aren't you scared of the condition of the Computer industry currently? You should have taken something safer like Electronics." But I feel that it doesn't matter what is a safe subject or not as long as you are interested in it and it appeals to you. And that's what it is.


    Song of the Day - Truth Hurts feat. Rakim - Addictive


    posted by elusion @ 7/17/2002 01:35:00 AM, No comment,


    My Birthday Celebrations are FINALLY over!!!!!!



    Yippee!!! My 18th birthday celebrations are finally over for once and for all. Wondering why I'm happy that the celebrations are over when people yearn for their b'day celebrations???
    Hehe..the reason behind that is because I had celebrated my birthday atleast 7 times from 30th June when my birthday actually fell on the 11th July. I was on holiday in Canada and the occasion of my 18th birthday was celebrated wherever we went and whichever restaurant we dined at whether it was in Toronto, Montreal or Ottawa. The Canadians are really really sweet...... on knowing that it was my birthday they would get me complimentary dessert or ice-cream with a candle or sparkler. At 12:00 am IST on 11th July I was aboard the plane and my birthday was celebrated out there as well in the First-Class Section. Now that I've treated my school and college friends for my 18th birthday the celebrations are finally over and I am happy as well as unhappy that they are. Afterall your birthday comes only once a year and especially your 18th birthday when you turn legal and are no longer called a kid but a grown up! All I can say is that it was a birthday that will never be forgotten...adios 18th birthday of mine! And hey all you friends and family thanks for making it so very special and thanks for all those gifts as well!






    Birthday Celebrations on a dinner cruise on Lake Ontario     I had 2 spin the wheel and I'm showing what I won - A free dessert     My complimentary dessert stands in front of me while dining at 360 - CN Tower's revolving restaurant    


    Song of the Day- Dola re Dola from the movie Devdas

    posted by elusion @ 7/15/2002 02:21:00 PM, No comment,


    Hello All! Here goes my first shot at blogging....I wonder how this will turn out to be....
    Most of you'll must be wondering what are blogs? Well in simple terms it's just a diary published on the WWW.
    The history behind my wish to blog goes somewhat like this...
    Well while researching for ideas and material while making my first site Seadreamer... I first came across Blogs. I found them to be very interesting being stuff out of daily life, fiction etc. Starting this blog was a random and last minute decision and hence I wonder what sort of writer am I. I might make a complete blog site like the ones I first came across.
    Well that's it for now...my jet-lag seems to get to me at all the weirdest times,
    ciao and love,

    posted by elusion @ 7/14/2002 03:46:00 AM, No comment,