Lacuna Coil Live- October Fest- B'lore

     

This was my first ever October Fest. I used to think it only happens in Germany!

Wordsworth!

The first thing that came to my mind when i woke up today was to "update" my status.
And the second was that i had nothing to update. I was blank!
So i was in a dilemma.
I was hurrying up to catch the 8:30 bus and that was when i had my Eureka moment.
And this was my update: "Back to old skool coiffure."


And friends this post is about the word 'coiffure'. Many of you might know the meaning of this word but me and our class teacher in TE did not know it until one day. You see in our 'good not so old' graduation days we would be dying to bunk a lecture and yes just a lecture because bunking a whole day was out of the question.

So one day my friend Swapnil, who was known for his "harmonious" relations with our staff, decided to bunk the rest of the day legally!
I was pretty sure his leave application would end up in the dustbin of our class teacher's cabin. Even then he wrote an application, very confidently and went to hand it over to her.

After a while he came back with a victorious smile on his face. I was puzzled. I asked "How on earth did you pull it off?". He smiled and showed his approved leave application.

It said,

Mam,

I need an emergency leave for the rest of the day the reason being that i have to get my coiffure done. It is absolutely necessary for me to get it done today itself. Any further delay may have some undesired effects on my health.
Please grant me a leave.
Thanking you.

The dictionary meaning of coiffure:

Noun

Coiffure(plural coiffures)

Hairstyle.

Mothers Day and Vandana auntys B'Day!

Happy B'Day Vandana aunty

& thanks for being the mom of my best buddy.

Your love for us is like the sky-

limitless & infinite

& which taught us 'kites' to fly!

You are selfless & honest

& thats why you are the best.

You give us hope & will

you are so busy, you have no time to kill.

You give us inspiration,

you give us courage

you are so active that you give competition

to the people of my age!

You are creative,

you are expressive,

your mood is always so festive!

You paint, you create,

you write things which are so true & bright!

You sleep only 5 hours a day

your will power is exemplary i must say!

Will never forget the love & care you showered on me,

treating me like your own son

& chatting with you is always so fun!

Today is your B'day

i'll wish you & pray

a long & happy journey called life

because making you smile

is the only gift we want to give you

throughout your life!

Some more Kerala

The Bookseller of Kabul

I was wondering why do we read a particular book-fiction, non-fiction doesn't matter. I was just wondering why do we read it?

So i thought we read some because someone suggests us that particular novel or we like its review or a movie based on the book makes us read it.

All the above reasons are all right in their place. But the interesting reads are the novels which we choose to read or buy just because we like its title!

I find this particular reason interesting because its like taking a gamble because if the author is new to you, you wouldn't know his style of writing and all. Most of the times i pick up books whose names interest me and then i read their summary.

'The Kite Runner' and 'Thousand Splendid Suns' by Khaled Hosseini were two such amazing books that i read just because i liked their titles. And then any book about Afghanistan's culture, its people, their life interests me.

Currently i am reading 'The Bookseller of Kabul' by Asne Seierstad. She is a Norwegian journalist.

The book is about a bookseller named Sultan and his family. How the Taliban era, the Soviet era and the Mujahideen era affect his business. The pains he takes and the pains he inflicts upon his family for the love of selling books.

The book also talks about the suffering of Afghan women. Their life actually their life in a burkaa. How families treat women as some exchange ornament whom they can exchange for few thousand Afganis to an old widow with 10 children.

The book talks about Sultans sons who have been forced to quit school and join the family business of book selling.

It is a compelling read and involves the reader into it which according to me is the sign of a good book.

So i recommend this book to you all. I rate it 6/10.

Colors of Kerala-By Ajit Gajre