Professions

Watching reality TV, a dance program to be more specific, I sat back in the couch looking at the performer and pondering...I will never marry a dancer and that’s how this post has originated. So, here is a list of professions and my reaction to them. So let's start with the obvious.



Dancer: No, as I am prejudiced.

Doctor: Yes, money.

Engineer: Yes, smarts.

Actor: No, too much trouble.

Johnny's boys: Yes, worth the trouble.

Author: Definitely yes, this is as romantic as it can get.

Poet: No, as most poems sound like riddles to me and I dont enjoy it. But most authors are also poets, so that’s a problem.

Accountant: Yes, a man who enjoys numbers is fun.

Businessman: No, you never know when he will lose it all. A man in a stable job is more attractive.

Biologist: No.

Physicist: Hard one. Smart yes...but he will be crazy too right?

Singer: Yes, also part of my romantic idea.

Teacher: No, somehow not attractive.

Sport’s star: Yes.

Comedian: Hmmm possibly a no. Every man needs to be humourous but not necessarily a comedian.

Politician: Definitely not.

Policemen: No

Fire-fighter: No

Pilot: Yes, though I did reject the above two professions with uniforms, but I had be a fool to reject this one.

Mangaka/Cartoonist: Yes, I can get him to draw me BL cartoons.

Journalist: Another hard one.

I know there are many other professions out there like zookeeper and so on but I think I have addressed enough of them for my overworked brain.

RWC

ok Pigs' this one is for you as you will not believe what I am going to write about or what awaits you as scroll further down. As you know, somehow, anything address to you loses meaning somewhere and always ends up as silly little notes and am afraid this one is also going to follow the same trend.

This year has been an interesting one. I had a lot of first experiences and if you have not guessed what the topic today is going to be by the cryptic title (an abbreviation rather), I will break my silence now. “My Rugby World Cup Experience”, which is on-going and addictive. New Zealand is hosting the RWC this year and the Friday of the opening ceremony (09/09/11) was a day of partying. I finished work around 2 O'clock that day and headed to Party Central (City Centre) to join in the celebration, I think (I had no expectations and just headed that way out of plain curiosity as to what the whole hype was about). A could sense a mad rush about 300m away from my intended destination. I have never in my life seen such a mad rush of people in NZ. Never knew so many people existed here in the first place. It was crazy, vibrant jammed and made me feel like home. Everywhere was packed with people screaming for NZ or TONGA, as that was the starting match of the series and the one happening that night. I stood around enjoying the thrill and excitement of the mood till late that night and later headed home after. And guess what, that night I saw my first rugby match ever NZ vs TONGA. The mood on screen was also electric. The games commenced after the initial shower of fireworks and some performances. And then it was business time with the TONGAN team performing their HAKA followed by the NZ's HAKA (my first ever time watching the most popular HAKA too). Then the players dispersed and took on their respective spots on the field. The game is played for 80 minutes and each half is forty minutes. The first half seemed like an easy victory for NZ, they were just cruising through the TONGAN's and of course it had a lot of scrumming, crounching, touching, horse engaging, tackling, shoving, blocking and pouncing, but the dislike I had to the game when I had initially moved the country was no more there. The second half, the TONGAN's seemed more in game and was absolute joy to watch (never in a million years thought I would utter such words, but there goes). And the highlight of the game in the eyes of any young female would have been the ripping off of the shirt of Sonny Bill William's as they all got a glimpse of his 6pack...but me as strange as I am didn’t know what to enjoy of the moment. (I think I prefer soccer players as they are more normally built unlike the huge built rugby player...but then again I am strange). My feeling at the end of the game was "I can get used to this”, and that exactly what I did...Saw NZ vs JAPAN last night for more obvious reasons...once again an easy win for NZ...Go ALL BLACKS or as mum would say Go AB! (lol) NZ, never having hosted any event so big, I did not know what to expect but I think they have coped with a few mishaps.
I will end this post with a video of the ALL BLACK performing the HAKA or WAR DANCE challenging or accepting a challenge...and err yes NZers dance before they play a match

Note:- the man in black at 1:11 minute is the captain of the NZ Rugby team Richie McCaw and the guy at 1:34 is Dan Carter...he is like David Beckham of NZ and advertises for Jockey ;)

Bucket List

21 things I want to do before I die.



1) Find satisfactory answers to the ultimate questions like "What is the purpose of life?", "Does God really exist?" and so many more.

2) Commercialize my research idea...*I can sense skeptical glances* But I do have one and for now it will be labelled with a 'top secret' stamp, as I cannot risk the idea being stolen.

3) Go on a one year cruise around the world and spend another year travelling around India, with family, of course.

4) Be able to read a book in Tamil, like Ponniyin Selvan...yes call me ambitious, as I struggle to pass the first few lessons in First standard Tamil book.

5) Own a minimum of ten houses in Chettinad. You will have to visit to know how gorgeous each house is.

6) Make at least an instant of An Ardent Admirer story true.

7) Win Lotto and become rich. I hate the idea of having to work hard to become rich.

8) Invest in the stock market. I am clueless on what the stock market is or how it works but it has always sounded cool.

9) Attend a KATTUN concert. Ok! This is not a priority for the current me but would have been if I was making this list when I was 15-16 years and so I feel responsible to satisfy her wishes as well.

10) If I do get married, play a prank on that day, something along the lines of the bride has runaway.

11) Drink to experience the euphoria and high described by every drunkard at least once in my lifetime. If I seemed innocent till now, I am sure I have succeed in breaking that image now.

12) Read the end of SB! and LC. I would expand on my abbreviations but no I will not.

13) Own an automated car, like the ones that drive themselves as "I am too evolved for driving" borrowed from Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory. I know these cars exist, so I not making anything up. They are currently being tested for safety and so it is not an impossible dream if they manage to compete the testing in my lifetime.

14) Attend every one of my besties weddings. That will be nine weddings in all.

15) Understand Physics. It is the master of all sciences and so if I were smarter, I will definitely not be a biologist but a physicist. I can write a whole new post about Physics but I know that you all are not interested, so I will let it rest here.

16) Win a cash prize for one of my short stories.

17) Be able to fit my current jeans when I am 30, 40, 50 and 60. I just might save some shopping money.

18) Read every last word R.K.Narayan has written. I might be quarter of the way through this task :)

19) Want to teleport and time travel. You know I am running out of things to write.

20) Develop a unique and special skill like being able to sing the ABCDs backwards as comfortably as singing it forwards.

21) Fund a research of my choice. Yes, I am not as selfish as I might seem.

This was much harder than I thought it would be but still enjoyed it :D