Belling B.E.L.

Once upon a time, in a far away land lived two beautiful and intelligent girls. One day(40 days ago) they decided that their life wasn't that tough, so off they went in search of a great adventure(forget what I said about them being intelligent, making an already tough life even more impossible isn't a sign of intelligence). They traveled to a far away place(well, not they, only one of them had to travel far), where they had heard lived a monster(The B.E.L Project) that drains the energy out of a person. It's powers included sapping a person of hope and pushing them into a bottomless pit of despair. But these two girls had made up their minds, CONQUER THE MONSTER OR DIE TRYING(alright, maybe it wasn't that dramatic). Each day they set out to conquer the monster, walking in the blazing heat, and each day they got closer towards their goal(even the Taj Mahal wasn't built in a day, all great things take time). They had got their wish, their lives was now downright miserable. But these girls still had a little hope in them(guess the monster wasn't that powerful). Finally, one bright day they got very close to conquering it, but alas, they failed. But as the saying goes 'the night is darkest before dawn', they tried again with new hope and they were finally able to conquer the monster(Hurray!!!). Now they will go back to their not-so-tough(yeah right!!) life and maybe they will live happily ever after(there is not end to their gullibility).

Moral of the story:No matter how much you try to dig a grave for yourself, there is always a way out.


P.S:The poor souls will get the certificate for their hard work only after two more days.

Chaos!!

That is how I would describe the newly opened mall in Malleshwaram(called Mantri Square Mall). Absolute chaos. This is the 1st mall to be opened there, so it's something of a novelty. It's no wonder then, that all of Malleshwaram had come to see what a mall is all about. We 3 musketeers(mythili, shruthi and yours truly) had been there last Sunday, and let me give you a low-down on the place. Getting into the mall was an experience in itself(did I mention about all of Malleshwaram being there??). The throng there could put Tirupati crowd to shame. After passing through the metal detectors(new mall, so they'll make sure no one blows it up at least for a year or so. Later the metal detectors will magically disappear!!) we entered the promised land. As the advertisements suggests the place is huge, but with the number of people there it seemed very small(word of advice: don't be braniacs like us and visit a newly opened mall on a weekend).

Before I forget, let me mention how great the customer service is. We go to a shop and start browsing around, and when it became clear that we weren't buying anything, this 'nice' saleswoman gave us a condescending look(and here i thought customer service meant being sweet and polite. How wrong was I).

After exploring the entire mall(there wasn't much to explore actually, 60% of mall still had the "coming soon" sign. Well, they better come soon, or else the customers wont be coming soon) we decided it was time for food, so we headed for Taco Bell. The moment I entered the place I knew I was in for another great adventure(why can't I just fight a dragon instead??!). The system for placing the order went right up my head(2 separate lines for placing the order and collecting, seriously!!??). The tag line for Taco bell is "successfully smuggled out of Mexico". Well obviously it was successful, who would want to stop the smuggling of something horrible. We ordered the burrito, snakito and a combo meal. Personally, the burrito should be buried deep underground, the snakito was bearable and the combo meal left a horrible after taste(they even destroyed the french fries). Advice 2:Don't enter Taco Bell if you want to preserve your palate and your pocket.

I suppose it's not that bad a place to hang out, it has 6 theaters and not to forget, SCARY HOUSE(I can already hear Krithika and Archana.S screaming their lungs out). If you do want to visit, I recommend that you wait for at least a month for the number of people to decrease and number of shops to increase. Maybe your experience will be better than mine(I'll pray for your safe return).

P.S: Keep watching this place to know what happens when MSM meets my mom.

What does your name mean???

This is what I have been asked about a million times[ fine, less than 50 times. Alright, alright, about 20 times]. Imagine someone asking you this when you are a 10 year old[Like you care what your name means. You have more important things to worry about.. like, will your mother buy you ice cream today]. Why do people give so much importance to the meaning of a name?? A name is a label for a noun, normally used to distinguish one from another[copied word to word from wikipedia]. That's its purpose, to distinguish one noun from another. A name doesn't make a person. No way. Take my friend shruthi for instance, the meaning of her name is 'the smallest interval of the tuning system in Indian classical music'[God bless wikipedia!!]. She is so much more than just 'the smallest interval of the tuning system in Indian classical music'. She is intelligent, hard working and one of the nicest people I know. So I agree with Shakespeare when he says "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." [in layman terms, a name is an artificial and meaningless convention]. A person is so much more than just devoted to God[trust me, arpitha knows how to party], or a wish-granting cow[can I make more than 3 wishes nandu?? or is that the limit??] or hearts desire[yes, that's what my name means... God knows what possessed my parents when they named me]. So it's nice when your friends ignore the name given by your parents and keep different names[which doesn't mean that you should start giving me more colorful names by the way], because it doesn't define you.

P.S:After all this ranting I'm eternally grateful that my parents didn't name me based on what I am[sarcasm or cynic doesn't seem nice on the CV].