Hitting on Uncle
Today, I was in a squishy line (what line actually?). Kids all over. A horde in front of the snack counter in a movie theatre. Only one man was taking orders for four or five auditoriums.
A greying man, short and soft, with jeans upto his chest was rotating on spot to pass popcorn to his troupe. Eye contact. I raised eyebrows reflexively; as if to say ”Yeah, yeah, I know; what can one do? It’s a messy crowd and bad management here”.
And he turned away looking like I was hitting on him! Like "Alarming girl. No, of course I am not going to respond to her indecent overtures." Yeeesh man. Yeeesssssssssssh!
Welcome aboard
Capn’ Charlton welcomed the native aboard one of the Halford Yacht Club. “Welcome m’dear” he announced throwing his arms wide open. The native wondered if a hug was expected but no, he was just showing off his huge yacht.
“So, now that you are here, let’s fit you into the crew. What can you be? Asst. Captain?”
I don’t know the stern from the.. Actually that is the only ship-word I know. Oh yeah, also anchor, rudder, abaft..
“Ok. Engineer?”
I have more artistic leanings.
“Baby-sitter?”
I can’t change diapers.
“It’s okay. The kid is 4 years old.”
Well, I am not ga-ga over little hands, baby tantrums and I WILL NOT wipe porridge dribbling on the chin.
“Umm..chef?”
Dekho bhaiya.. I am Jain, a vegetarian. Won’t touch lobsters, oysters, trout. No ham, no bacon, no tuna, no sardine.
“OK. Deckhand?”
Yeah I can scrub the deck, polish metal and rig up the sails. But do I get to smoke a fat cigar on job, hop over ropes from board to shore, whistle with my hands in my pocket, be a liar, wear a striped neck-kerchief and go taverning now and then?
“Do you want a tattoo too?”
No. I don’t want to be a stereotype you know.
"Do you want to be our resident brooder, sketching and writing 'she-was-a-tossed-upon-the-frothy-sea, she-was, like-a-moon-on-the-nimbus'?"
No. That’s like work. I could be at the ad agency itself y’know.
"Ok. Deckhand it is. Start by making me a stiff one."
People
Ankit said he met “nursery friends…return-gift types”.
Dopchees
Once this man did oxygen so much, that he got hooked to it. Totally dependent. Shamefully so. So much, that all generations after him were always on it, and believed they just couldn’t live without it.
NIFT Leather Design course details
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Here are details on LD by Ravneet Sachdeva, a graduate in Leather Design UG course at NIFT,
What you learn
We start with basic stuff, like pattern making(basic), design n fashion studies, leather science(how leather is made and differentiating between different leathers), a bit of accessories etc. Then we move on to more complex pattern making, surface techniques on leather,
TATA DOCOMO
TATA DOCOMO is on the loose. A GSM phone service that offers DOCOMO-Japan’s wow technology and TATA’s trustworthiness.
For now, TATA DOCOMO has been launched in Kerela, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Orissa. It's on hoardings, bus shelters, TV, newspaper, retail outlets, all over with the spirit of shaking off old ways and doing something fresh.
Been working on the launch with the team over innumerable late night dinners (always malai kofta..arghhhh), studio bustle, “Kindly press star for the operator” lines, radio, alignment debates, on-ground activation ideas.
Tell me what you think of TATA DOCOMO when you see it. Do.
Love-letter writing competition
Announcing a love-letter writing competition. Post entries as comments. Do 50 words, 200 words. 500 words, whatever. Let’s have it. Will give a prize. No anti-climax. Pwomise.
Exchange/ Twinning programme at NIFT
For complete NIFT details goto http://blog.malvikajain.com/nift-admission/
Aditi asked me if the exchange/ twinning programme at NIFT needs an entrance exam. Well, no it doesn’t.
Twinning programme means you pay tuition fees at NIFT and the other college. Exchange means you pay only NIFT’s tuition fee.
I did the 7th semester at Ryerson,
First, the college people send a notice for Exchange Programme to third year students, also fourth year sometimes. The notice is sent to all the students of all the UG and PG courses, at all centres. The notice has