Wish-lists

Getting bored doing nothing can do strange things to people... To me, it gives a free license to Orkut and catch up with and on my friends... Reading blogs is another fun thing that I indulge in. Recently came across a sinfully wishful one: well what else can one expect from something thats tagged as a wish-list; wild fantasies and crazy out-of the world dreams. I thought," WOW!!! this should be fun"... SO heres my list.... in no particular order of relevance or reality:

1. I wish I never heard of all the possible vices that surround us and grip our zest for life. i feel everyone should get a chance and opportunity to do what they wish in life and make this world a slightly better place to inhabitate.
2. I wish I can have every falvor of ice-creams and chocolates available all across the length and breadth of this planet.
3. I wish I could play all my favorite sports with my all time favorite players evry evening (Cricket with Sachin, Soccer with Ronaldinho, Tennis with Agassi, F1 with Schumi, Basketball with Jordan, Badminton with the Chinese champs, Baseball with PEdro Martinez, Running with Michael Johnson, Golf with Tiger.... oh boy !!!! this list can keep running for pages)
4. I wish I can taste every available form of booze and be a big-time connoisseur and be able to distinguish spirits just for the sight and smell of it. As an aside, probably try evry known cocktail to mankind.
5. Make enough money to own a fleet of Ferraris and drive around town in a different car every day.
6. Slim down to great shape; by basic simplicty of Math- lose 4 inches around the waist and get 1.5 times of that in length.
7. Never hurt anyone physically, mentally or verbally even by mistake.
8. Have all the coolest gadgets that are invented till date and for once, have them and know the use of each.
9. I wish I can fly once in a while if I am too tired to walk or drive around.
10. I would like to be a major team man in whatever projects my team has to deliver; I like being a team leader than a contributor.
11. I wanna be able to be the most flexible guy in the world and be able to dance any known dance form known to mankind.
12. I wish I marry the girl of my dreams and have the most cutest adorable kids on the face of the earth.
13. I really wish point #12 comes true.
14. I wish I give up my procrastinating habits and be more responsible.
15. I wish I can meet/see every species of animals/birds/insects and play with them if possible. (hope the tiger never catches me in pakda-pakdi)
    
16. I wish I could be Spiderman for a few days... he is way too cool.
17. I wish to write the worlds most famous book on sher-o-shayari and wax eloquence on all big forums on poetry.
18. I wish to possess the most sensous touch any man could ever have.
19. I wish I can finally whistle better than my mom; possibly as good as Saroj Khan.
20. I wish the battery of my cells gets charged just by mere touch..
21. I wish to be well known as an asset to society(in real terms) even after my prescence has left the scene.
22. I wish to die on my own free will (like my mistake, in my sleep) rather than as a mishap effected by someone's stupidity.
23. I wish...........

And in conclusion, I just realized... If wishes were horses, main to umar bhar udte hi rahunga...

9/11 to 11/9

Of course, forgot to mention that we have to count a few years in between and then thank someone (some one if you dont blieve in God) that these were only a few years in between. Well, for latecomers... 9/11 unravelled the ugly face of so-called Jihad and 11/9 marked the first public defeat for the subsequent policies pursued by Dubya ever since in over a decade).

Bush ran over the middle east like a raging bull out to trample world peace to tithers cos the best looking building in US of A was screwed up; supposedly by people from the Taliban. At the rate that he was going.... trouncing Iraq and pointing his nukes next on the Iran and what not; soon there would have been distinct possibilities of really remote american states cropping up. I mean how much trouble is it really to create a few more stars amidst the stripes.

Whether this irreverent war was for oil supremacy or spreading Chrsitianity or just the superflous fantasies of a few crazed minds would never be known, atleast not officially. But carnage; it has been. Iraq burns everyday and american troops and locals and rebels all keep the fire burning. The world is definitely not any more safer :U K bombings followed by Bombay blasts and ever present Gazza strips troubles effectively rule out those arguements.

The only thing that has increased is hate. We are mroe aware of it now and at some point or the other we indulge in it. We hate Pakistani terrorists and they hate RAW. There is no love lost between Tamils tigers and SL admin. Palestine and Israel really are nowhere close to amiable solution. Americans hate the whole world; atleast tthose parts which do no generate any profits for them.

Whats the solution if any? Honestly, I would love to make a commentary on this but myself highly dwarfed and inadequate to comment on such a complex query. The only thing I can preach is something I practise. I do not hold prejuidices, definitely try to avoid biases and treat each individual as a friend. Though adopting a similar stance for a population with diverse concerns and interests is impossible; a sincere attempt to this effect might help.

Till then, I only dread we are not done with our golbal share of 9/11's.