Tuesday, June 8, 2010

"I'll be Bach"

Back from a self-imposed sabbatical of almost half-a-year with a valid volley of excuses of having had my study holidays, final exams,coming home and seeing off my granpa (RIP), joining work and setting up (well at least trying to)a new department...whew!!, i'm really BACK.

What's up with me?
Well
1. I got myself a new (well January) Mountain bike which i lugged halfway across India from Bangalore-Vellore-Chennai-Kolkata-Aizawl
its a trek 3700 acid gold, yep its a beauty, but sadly, I havn't got the chance to use it as much as i wanted to here at home



2. Got myself another 2-wheeler - A scooty in fact. Why should girls have all the fun??
Its a sparkling white Mahindra Duro, quite a change from the big bad bullet i used to ride.

3. I'm still unfazed by the world cup fever

4. The gym is still my favorite refuge (and next the basketball court....i wonder how sandman is doing)

5. And lastly, I'm really sick of people smoking on the way to church or just after. One of these days, just to make my point, I'm gonna bring a bottle of booze and gulp down right after church in the sight of the elders, next to where they are smoking....lets see how they react to that..hehe

The heading ..well...
Steven Spielberg was discussing his new project -- an action docudrama
about famous composers starring top movie stars. Sylvester Stallone,
Steven Seagal, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger being courted
for the top roles.

Spielberg really hoped to have the box office "oomph" of these
superstars, so he was prepared to allow them to select the composers
they would portray, as long as they among the most famous.

"Well," started Stallone, "I've always admired Mozart. I would love to
play him."

"Chopin has always been my favorite, and my image would improve if people
saw me playing the piano," said Willis. "I'll play him."

"I've always been partial to Strauss and his waltzes," said Seagal. "I'd
like to play him."

Spielberg was very pleased with these choices. "Sounds splendid." Then,
looking at Schwarzenegger, he asked, "Who do you want to be, Arnold?"

Arnold replied, "I'll be Bach."

7 comments:

Mizohican said...

lolz... Arnie with his "I'll be bach". You came up with this? haha... corny yet funny :)

My gym routine isn't going too well... all my projects are running live this week so I'm the busiest fool in office currently (though I must admit, being in the limelight everyday because of my importance in these projects sure feels good). Hopefully in the next 2 weeks I can start my regular gym routine again. Till then, my paunch is getting bigger and bigger :(

Mos-a said...

I read this "Bach" joke bach in 1992 in Reader's Digest :D

Yes about that smoking thing. I quit smoking for a while earlier this year but I hate being a quitter so I started smoking again and I have a nasty habit of smoking outside the Mizo church (not inside the compound mahse on the road running past the church).Keimah ngei pawn a mawilo chu ka tia mahse meizuk hi mizo socialising tool chikhat a lo ni bawk nen pawn a mi in an lo zuk hem hem hi chuan han zuk ve mai hi awl.

Cycle chuan i haw chho lo nia!

OpaHmar said...

@illusionaire - Nope i first read it on RD (like Mos said)Like in many things, the first cut is the deepest, in gym-ing also
Come'on ex- and to-be-comeback jock!

@Mos - I didnt realise it was a 92 joke but I think I read it more recently and have googled it out again. So u quitted being a quitter?

Aduhi Chawngthu said...

Welcome back.
So you've gone from a big bad bullet to a pristine white scooty? Hmmm isn't that telling us something? I piangthar vel ni lo maw?
Totally agree with you re the smoking before / after church thing. Next time take a hip flask along and see the expressions on their faces. A true Kodak Moment,I bet.

OpaHmar said...

@aduhi - "So you've gone from a big bad bullet to a pristine white scooty? Hmmm isn't that telling us something? "
well one thing is sure that my orientation has not changed ;)

Mimihrahsel said...

nice ride :-) Mahse ka scooty a la tha zawk tho tho :D

Eveline said...

*snort* :D

*waves* HI!

Congrats on the new buy! Where in B'lore did you buy the mountain bike from? I'm planning on getting myself one. And yours looks pretty awesome.

Looking forward to reading more from your blog. :)