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This is in response to Rupal's FaceBook note that she had tagged me on, ages ago. I had made a mental note to make my own list of 25 random things but I was too lazy to sit down and think of what to write. Finally, I gave in to the temptation of making such a list. (Thanks Sandhya, for the inspiration!) Here I go..
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.
1. I love my parents for naming me "Harshavardhan". I believe I could never have had a better name. Harshavardhan means ‘One who brings joy’. Different people call me Harshavardhan/ Kunte/ Harsh/ Hurshey/ Kuntz and HK. I prefer being called HK or Harshavardhan.
2. I consider myself to be full of life and energy. I believe that I generally spread positive energy all around. However, when I am low, I am not the best person to have around. There can be no one worse than me, then.
3. I walk with a swagger which makes people think that I might be a brash ba$tard. I love doing so, and I have been consciously working to perfect the "walk". I also wear this “Keep out of my way!” look on my face. I do it purposely, especially when I am among a group of people who I don’t know very well.
4. Those who meet me for the first time think of me as someone who is not too friendly.
5. There is always a perpetual frown on my face. Some people think I am worried about something all the time. Others think my face is made that way. I used to think otherwise. I always thought I had a smiling demeanor, until (to my utter dismay) I realized one day that it's a frown and not a smile that I generally wear.
6. I am extremely open minded. To the extent that I live with the risk of letting my brain fall out someday.
7. My parents (and my brother) have always lived by example and have put before me a set of principles to live by. I would never once go against or beyond this set of values.
8. I regard cleanliness and personal hygiene very highly. I absolutely DETEST smelly feet. And I hate it when people give me the excuse that had I stayed in an all-boys setup like a hostel, I would also have got used to such things. That's the lamest excuse anyone could ever give.
9. I am not always very meticulous. But I can be very neat and organized in my work.
10. I love power. And I absolutely LOVE to play God. I do feel power-hungry though I think I understand the immense amount of responsibility that comes bundled with it. And surprisingly, I don’t crave for power.
11. School days weren’t particularly the best days of my life. For quite some reasons I didn't enjoy my school days. Neither do I have too many fond memories.
12. My 4 years in college were by far the best days of my life. I lived life to the fullest and enjoyed myself immensely. Although, I did not take academics very seriously, looking back, I can say I have absolutely NO regrets! I did what my heart told me, and I enjoyed every moment of it!
13. I am an Internet freak. I can spend long hours scouring the Internet for stuff to download. I don’t know why, but watching the progress of a huge file being downloaded gives me a high. I’ve wasted countlessdays nights staring at the PC screen watching files getting downloaded. During my college days, I downloaded close to 700 GB of movies, games, music files and software from the Internet. And I’ve never felt guilty of indulging in online piracy.
14. I think I am a very keen observer. I generally observe (and confine to memory) just about anything and everything that I see around me. Having said this, I keenly observe body language, non-verbal cues, mannerisms and behaviors. It does give me a huge insight into different personality traits. When I look at someone, I try and look through that person.
15. Now this one is interesting: My first impression about anyone is always wrong. (This is probably why I don’t believe in love at first sight!).
16. I might seem to be extremely social and one who has a lot of friends, but when it comes to sharing things about me, I am very reserved. I generally don't open up very easily in front of people. I also don't trust someone very easily. I might take my time, but once I do, I don't think twice.
17. I love and respect my parents for all that they have done. They have always lived their lives to the fullest, with joy and by example. And there were never any half-measures. Never. And like all Koknastha parents, they always taught by telling us what not to do, rather than what to do.
18. I am a human first, and an Indian next. This is where all possible classification of individuals ends for me. Whether someone is an Indian or not; is from Maharashtra or UP or Bihar or some other place; whether he belongs to the "upper class" or he doesn’t; makes very less sense to me. More often than not, I don’t even think about it.
19. My typing speed is much much faster than my writing speed. Made to write fast, my handwriting gets illegible even for me to understand what I wrote. And even otherwise, my handwriting is awful.
20. I have to be kick-started to get me going. I wonder why I am so lazy.
21. I generally have an opinion about everything around me. Note that I wrote everything and NOT everyone.
22. I cry quite easily while watching movies. The public washroom scene from the movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness' makes me cry every time I watch the movie.
23. I do not possess an eye for art. I can NOT draw. I just can not. Neither can I dance – I attempted dance just once in college. I performed miserably and ended up giving “clumsy” an altogether new meaning. Since I am hopeless when it comes to being artistic, I make it a point to sincerely admire whatever piece of art I come across.
24. The only art form that I remotely understand is music. I love listening to alternative, unconventional music. Jazz, Piano, Instrumental, Ambient, Electronic are my favorite genres. I don’t particularly enjoy Rock and Metal.
25. One of the most difficult tasks for me has been gaining weight. I have tried everything that can be done to put on weight. I have resigned to the fact that I won’t be anything but skinny. Because I am thin and scrawny (scrawny – that’s JS’ word), I never even dreamt of riding a huge motorcycle. I am sometimes surprised at the considerable ease with which I can maneuver a 140 kg Honda Unicorn on the crowded roads of Pune.
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Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.
1. I love my parents for naming me "Harshavardhan". I believe I could never have had a better name. Harshavardhan means ‘One who brings joy’. Different people call me Harshavardhan/ Kunte/ Harsh/ Hurshey/ Kuntz and HK. I prefer being called HK or Harshavardhan.
2. I consider myself to be full of life and energy. I believe that I generally spread positive energy all around. However, when I am low, I am not the best person to have around. There can be no one worse than me, then.
3. I walk with a swagger which makes people think that I might be a brash ba$tard. I love doing so, and I have been consciously working to perfect the "walk". I also wear this “Keep out of my way!” look on my face. I do it purposely, especially when I am among a group of people who I don’t know very well.
4. Those who meet me for the first time think of me as someone who is not too friendly.
5. There is always a perpetual frown on my face. Some people think I am worried about something all the time. Others think my face is made that way. I used to think otherwise. I always thought I had a smiling demeanor, until (to my utter dismay) I realized one day that it's a frown and not a smile that I generally wear.
6. I am extremely open minded. To the extent that I live with the risk of letting my brain fall out someday.
7. My parents (and my brother) have always lived by example and have put before me a set of principles to live by. I would never once go against or beyond this set of values.
8. I regard cleanliness and personal hygiene very highly. I absolutely DETEST smelly feet. And I hate it when people give me the excuse that had I stayed in an all-boys setup like a hostel, I would also have got used to such things. That's the lamest excuse anyone could ever give.
9. I am not always very meticulous. But I can be very neat and organized in my work.
10. I love power. And I absolutely LOVE to play God. I do feel power-hungry though I think I understand the immense amount of responsibility that comes bundled with it. And surprisingly, I don’t crave for power.
11. School days weren’t particularly the best days of my life. For quite some reasons I didn't enjoy my school days. Neither do I have too many fond memories.
12. My 4 years in college were by far the best days of my life. I lived life to the fullest and enjoyed myself immensely. Although, I did not take academics very seriously, looking back, I can say I have absolutely NO regrets! I did what my heart told me, and I enjoyed every moment of it!
13. I am an Internet freak. I can spend long hours scouring the Internet for stuff to download. I don’t know why, but watching the progress of a huge file being downloaded gives me a high. I’ve wasted countless
14. I think I am a very keen observer. I generally observe (and confine to memory) just about anything and everything that I see around me. Having said this, I keenly observe body language, non-verbal cues, mannerisms and behaviors. It does give me a huge insight into different personality traits. When I look at someone, I try and look through that person.
15. Now this one is interesting: My first impression about anyone is always wrong. (This is probably why I don’t believe in love at first sight!).
16. I might seem to be extremely social and one who has a lot of friends, but when it comes to sharing things about me, I am very reserved. I generally don't open up very easily in front of people. I also don't trust someone very easily. I might take my time, but once I do, I don't think twice.
17. I love and respect my parents for all that they have done. They have always lived their lives to the fullest, with joy and by example. And there were never any half-measures. Never. And like all Koknastha parents, they always taught by telling us what not to do, rather than what to do.
18. I am a human first, and an Indian next. This is where all possible classification of individuals ends for me. Whether someone is an Indian or not; is from Maharashtra or UP or Bihar or some other place; whether he belongs to the "upper class" or he doesn’t; makes very less sense to me. More often than not, I don’t even think about it.
19. My typing speed is much much faster than my writing speed. Made to write fast, my handwriting gets illegible even for me to understand what I wrote. And even otherwise, my handwriting is awful.
20. I have to be kick-started to get me going. I wonder why I am so lazy.
21. I generally have an opinion about everything around me. Note that I wrote everything and NOT everyone.
22. I cry quite easily while watching movies. The public washroom scene from the movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness' makes me cry every time I watch the movie.
23. I do not possess an eye for art. I can NOT draw. I just can not. Neither can I dance – I attempted dance just once in college. I performed miserably and ended up giving “clumsy” an altogether new meaning. Since I am hopeless when it comes to being artistic, I make it a point to sincerely admire whatever piece of art I come across.
24. The only art form that I remotely understand is music. I love listening to alternative, unconventional music. Jazz, Piano, Instrumental, Ambient, Electronic are my favorite genres. I don’t particularly enjoy Rock and Metal.
25. One of the most difficult tasks for me has been gaining weight. I have tried everything that can be done to put on weight. I have resigned to the fact that I won’t be anything but skinny. Because I am thin and scrawny (scrawny – that’s JS’ word), I never even dreamt of riding a huge motorcycle. I am sometimes surprised at the considerable ease with which I can maneuver a 140 kg Honda Unicorn on the crowded roads of Pune.
Whoa! This was fun. More so because I did most of it while sitting in office :P
-HK
9:55 pm; 5th May '09.
-HK
9:55 pm; 5th May '09.
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6 comments:
hmmm..nice one....and even i love college days more than school days !!! and thank god u did not hand write this blog i am sure u would have left half way !!;)
hey the first time i met you i thought you were a cool and friendly guy!
@ Prags.. The main reason for this post coming out so late is because I made many (futile) attempts to "write down" such a list!! :D
@ Sammy... Long time gal! Thanx for coming by.. :)
And as far as I remember, the first time we met was at a party where you played the host and I was an invitee... I had to be cool and friendly!! ;)
we are very similar..i had the same issue with smiling although i am always happy..the problem is i am also always observing and thinking
@ Dina.. If indeed we are similar, I must make efforts to know you more.. It could be interesting to share notes with you!
Thank you so much for dropping by... I'll also make it a point to follow your web log regularly... :)
ohhh my god! i'm reading ur blog after months! & this random thing is great naa! i've done that on facebook but now i'm thinking of writing fresh random things on my blog.. :)
& ya, i love ur name too..! :)
i hope u dont go on a blogging sabbatical once again. i dont want to miss reading some good stuff.. ;)
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