Sunday, August 30, 2009
Dipassointments
My love of spoonerisms manifests itself in the title. I admit it's not exactly a spoonerism, more of an internal version of one, but in the wise words of Phoebe "Princess Consuela Bananahammock" Buffay, potato potato. This post is about Dipassointments, or in Her Majesty's words, disappointments, that I've faced over the years. In case you're bracing yourself for a nice emotional outburst, undo last command. These are dipassointments, trivial ones. Ones that you mind, but not so much. The ones that come to my mind now are, (and as my favourite line after the elims of any quiz goes) and in no particular order:
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: After PoA and GoF, JKR comes up with that. And to top it all, she took almost 3 years to write it. 700+ pages where nothing happens. Sirius dies, Cho is made a crybaby from an awesome hot girl, Dumbledore cries and Harry pretty much shouts throughout. The big surprise in the end- we always knew it. In the wise words of someone, I don't remember who, "(S)he who has nothing to write, writes a lot." For a long time, and maybe to date, I believed that I could have written a better OoP. On a personal note, reading this book was what was my first night-out. I kept reading, and once I was done, I realized it was morning. That's the fondest memory I have of it.
2. CBSE's AISSE results 2003: Having sent most of the school, all of the teachers and Yours Truly into a frenzy by my legendary pre-boards performance, I have to concede that Expectations were Great indeed. CBSE thought otherwise, apparently. In a year when 42 (that's where the relationship began?) students got over 90% from the school, Lefty's name was the one conspicuous by its absence. An 80 in Angreji and a 78 in Hindi put paid to my dreams of getting the 8400 cheque, though the 6000 one was pretty cool too.
3. Nihilanth 2008: Before anyone starts getting wrong ideas, let me clarify that I am referring only, and I repeat only, to our and more specifically my lamentable quizzing performance during that time. I'd expected a couple of podiums and most of the finals, but that was sadly not to be. Dela, Sunky and Kaka did us proud in the General Quiz and SriP and I piggy-backed on Rapu to make the Lit finals, but that was all. Admittedly PTV, Rapu and I were really unlucky in the General Quiz while our teams also missed out by the narrowest of margins in the BizTech and Sports quizzes, but still...
4. Fanaa: Aamir Khan and Kajol playing the leads for the first time. Self doubled up with excitement. This should be a real treat. Turned out to be one of the greatest dipassointments. Hours and hours in the godforsaken house. Dragging and dragging on. And then some more dragging on. I couldn't listen to their brilliant track for days, for fear of being reminded of the movie.
5. UEFA Champions' League Final 2009: United vs Barca. Easily the best 2 teams in the world. I had seriously contemplated going all the way to Rome to watch this one. Luckily I didn't. Only one team played like Champions that day and dipassointingly, that team wasn't the one I love. Records would show that Barca won this one, but football was the loser that day, despite some classic Spanish free-flowing play by the Catalans. One almost cries when one thinks of what could've been.
6. ICC Cricket World Cup Final 2003: India's dream run to the final. Sachin in sublime form. And Ganguly said, "We'll bowl." And Zaheer opened with a wide, or was it 2? And the Aussies hit. And they hit. And they just kept on hitting. The PM down under was to remark later, "Only the fear of the Kangaroos could have made the famed Indian batting line-up choose to field first." The match apparently, had been lost even before it had begun.
7. Amartya Sen in PanIIT 2008: I was poised with my notebook open, pen quivering and ears cocked to take in some invaluable gyaan from the man himself. The Man showed himself to be all of his 75 years. He babbled. I'm sure he had some very enlightening things to say, but he babbled. I couldn't make anything out. It was only out of respect that we decided to sit out the entire speech.
8. The One where it could have been: The only F.R.I.E.N.D.S. episode which had the dubious distinction of making me bored. The only one which I didn't watch completely the first time. Out of great loyalty, I did watch it eventually, but it was dipassointing nevertheless. I wished it could have been something else.
9. Asparagus: From all I'd heard courtsey W. Somerset Maugham in the delighful short story, The Luncheon, I was expecting nothing less that Ambrosia. I got a vegetable. Better than most perhaps, but definitely a vegetable. I had Asparagus roll again recently. The only thing remarkable about it then was the dispropotionate price and quantity.
10. Emma Watson in HP#4,5,6: She was a cute little thing in 1, pretty in 2 and va-va-voom in 3. Why it had to stop there is what I ask myself almost everyday. I'm guessing it was God's way of punishing the unfair sex for claiming Raj Thackeray as one of it's own.
11. Bharatpur Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary: It's supposed to be the largest in the world. And the entire family jingbang had gone to see it. Our respective Ricksha-wallahs showed us one white bird after another, and I'm guessing they were all the same, and kept assigning different unpronouncable names to each of them. We were told that there was a tiger 'going round and round' to try and keep our enthusiasm levels up, but the stomach prevailed. Mami's "Why did we turn around?" went down in history as the Angry Young Lady's dialogue of the century. The lunch that followed thankfully, was awesome.
I think that's dipassointing enough for now. I might add a couple of ammendments later. Hate to leave you on a dipassointing note though, so good kind soul that I am, I'll just remind everyone that 3 weeks from now, HIMYM and BBT will resume with their new seasons. May the Force be with us till then.
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: After PoA and GoF, JKR comes up with that. And to top it all, she took almost 3 years to write it. 700+ pages where nothing happens. Sirius dies, Cho is made a crybaby from an awesome hot girl, Dumbledore cries and Harry pretty much shouts throughout. The big surprise in the end- we always knew it. In the wise words of someone, I don't remember who, "(S)he who has nothing to write, writes a lot." For a long time, and maybe to date, I believed that I could have written a better OoP. On a personal note, reading this book was what was my first night-out. I kept reading, and once I was done, I realized it was morning. That's the fondest memory I have of it.
2. CBSE's AISSE results 2003: Having sent most of the school, all of the teachers and Yours Truly into a frenzy by my legendary pre-boards performance, I have to concede that Expectations were Great indeed. CBSE thought otherwise, apparently. In a year when 42 (that's where the relationship began?) students got over 90% from the school, Lefty's name was the one conspicuous by its absence. An 80 in Angreji and a 78 in Hindi put paid to my dreams of getting the 8400 cheque, though the 6000 one was pretty cool too.
3. Nihilanth 2008: Before anyone starts getting wrong ideas, let me clarify that I am referring only, and I repeat only, to our and more specifically my lamentable quizzing performance during that time. I'd expected a couple of podiums and most of the finals, but that was sadly not to be. Dela, Sunky and Kaka did us proud in the General Quiz and SriP and I piggy-backed on Rapu to make the Lit finals, but that was all. Admittedly PTV, Rapu and I were really unlucky in the General Quiz while our teams also missed out by the narrowest of margins in the BizTech and Sports quizzes, but still...
4. Fanaa: Aamir Khan and Kajol playing the leads for the first time. Self doubled up with excitement. This should be a real treat. Turned out to be one of the greatest dipassointments. Hours and hours in the godforsaken house. Dragging and dragging on. And then some more dragging on. I couldn't listen to their brilliant track for days, for fear of being reminded of the movie.
5. UEFA Champions' League Final 2009: United vs Barca. Easily the best 2 teams in the world. I had seriously contemplated going all the way to Rome to watch this one. Luckily I didn't. Only one team played like Champions that day and dipassointingly, that team wasn't the one I love. Records would show that Barca won this one, but football was the loser that day, despite some classic Spanish free-flowing play by the Catalans. One almost cries when one thinks of what could've been.
6. ICC Cricket World Cup Final 2003: India's dream run to the final. Sachin in sublime form. And Ganguly said, "We'll bowl." And Zaheer opened with a wide, or was it 2? And the Aussies hit. And they hit. And they just kept on hitting. The PM down under was to remark later, "Only the fear of the Kangaroos could have made the famed Indian batting line-up choose to field first." The match apparently, had been lost even before it had begun.
7. Amartya Sen in PanIIT 2008: I was poised with my notebook open, pen quivering and ears cocked to take in some invaluable gyaan from the man himself. The Man showed himself to be all of his 75 years. He babbled. I'm sure he had some very enlightening things to say, but he babbled. I couldn't make anything out. It was only out of respect that we decided to sit out the entire speech.
8. The One where it could have been: The only F.R.I.E.N.D.S. episode which had the dubious distinction of making me bored. The only one which I didn't watch completely the first time. Out of great loyalty, I did watch it eventually, but it was dipassointing nevertheless. I wished it could have been something else.
9. Asparagus: From all I'd heard courtsey W. Somerset Maugham in the delighful short story, The Luncheon, I was expecting nothing less that Ambrosia. I got a vegetable. Better than most perhaps, but definitely a vegetable. I had Asparagus roll again recently. The only thing remarkable about it then was the dispropotionate price and quantity.
10. Emma Watson in HP#4,5,6: She was a cute little thing in 1, pretty in 2 and va-va-voom in 3. Why it had to stop there is what I ask myself almost everyday. I'm guessing it was God's way of punishing the unfair sex for claiming Raj Thackeray as one of it's own.
11. Bharatpur Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary: It's supposed to be the largest in the world. And the entire family jingbang had gone to see it. Our respective Ricksha-wallahs showed us one white bird after another, and I'm guessing they were all the same, and kept assigning different unpronouncable names to each of them. We were told that there was a tiger 'going round and round' to try and keep our enthusiasm levels up, but the stomach prevailed. Mami's "Why did we turn around?" went down in history as the Angry Young Lady's dialogue of the century. The lunch that followed thankfully, was awesome.
I think that's dipassointing enough for now. I might add a couple of ammendments later. Hate to leave you on a dipassointing note though, so good kind soul that I am, I'll just remind everyone that 3 weeks from now, HIMYM and BBT will resume with their new seasons. May the Force be with us till then.
# posted by Saagar @ 7:01 am 
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1. Oh come on! It had so much to tell about Sirius and his history (his being my favourite character, the tapestry chapter was bliss), set everything up for the last two books, and you could forgive the teen angst and vague killings part as this was JKR's first shot at a proper dark undertone. But, yes, Sirius' seath was arbit.
3. Don't even remind me of the Sports Quiz :(
4. Boy, was that tongue-twister song a drag!
5. For once I'm half-pleased I missed a United game, though I travelled 50 kms to try watching it in the first place!
6. Again, don't remind us. :(
3. Don't even remind me of the Sports Quiz :(
4. Boy, was that tongue-twister song a drag!
5. For once I'm half-pleased I missed a United game, though I travelled 50 kms to try watching it in the first place!
6. Again, don't remind us. :(
1) I'm afraid I don't share your (lack of) enthusiasm about the fifth book. The book was meant to be a filler. To provide us a transition from the GoF Harry to the HBP Harry. And it did its job, just fine.
2) An 80 in English! :O CBSE english is truly ousome.
5) I still console myself saying the better team won.
Nice post :)
2) An 80 in English! :O CBSE english is truly ousome.
5) I still console myself saying the better team won.
Nice post :)
1)I second Lefty as I was also a bit dipassionted by HP5 but JKR kinda made up for it in HP6 and DH.
2)Sorry, I don't believe you got an 80 in english.
3)can't say anything.but was the reason behind http://willheevershutup.blogspot.com/2008/08/disclaimer-content-that-follows-can.html
i guess??
4)never saw Fanna...but will not watch by the look of it
6)believe me, from that on I kind of started worshiping punter... saw half of the match in an AMPHITHEATER..
2)Sorry, I don't believe you got an 80 in english.
3)can't say anything.but was the reason behind http://willheevershutup.blogspot.com/2008/08/disclaimer-content-that-follows-can.html
i guess??
4)never saw Fanna...but will not watch by the look of it
6)believe me, from that on I kind of started worshiping punter... saw half of the match in an AMPHITHEATER..
# posted by 
: 11:48 am
: 11:48 am
1. As an unbiased JKR fan, I loved OoP as much as any other book. Harry's plight as shown in the book was a classy read. Sirius' frustration and Umbridge's pig-headedness added to the drama. As for the length, the longer an HP book is, the better!
2. Balls to CBSE.
5. Outplayed and annihilated. There is no shame in losing to a team so brilliant and seemingly invincible.
6. I refused my meals for a week after the greatest disappointment of the 20th century. For once, I had expected something spectacular from India. Sadly, that was not to be.
8. Once you are on a roll, the odd ordinary episode doesn't matter. You quickly forget about it and move on to the next.
10. Forgive me Master Lefty, but watching HP movies is an insult to Albus Dumbledore's memory. As for Emma Watson, she is certainly getting lovelier every year.
All in all, a very pleasant read. Keep 'em coming.
2. Balls to CBSE.
5. Outplayed and annihilated. There is no shame in losing to a team so brilliant and seemingly invincible.
6. I refused my meals for a week after the greatest disappointment of the 20th century. For once, I had expected something spectacular from India. Sadly, that was not to be.
8. Once you are on a roll, the odd ordinary episode doesn't matter. You quickly forget about it and move on to the next.
10. Forgive me Master Lefty, but watching HP movies is an insult to Albus Dumbledore's memory. As for Emma Watson, she is certainly getting lovelier every year.
All in all, a very pleasant read. Keep 'em coming.
Saagar, what a unique idea for a post! The word 'century' reverberates in the mind not so much with Amrita's famous query at Bharatpur, as with your CBSE Xth result. That was the disappointment of the century; but equally edifying, as it taught one how little these marks matter, how inconsequential they are, in the larger scheme of things. But at that time, yes, it was shattering.
Fanaa-I couldn't agree more!!
Fanaa-I couldn't agree more!!
Didn't Phoebe christen herself 'Princess Consuela Bananahammock'?
HP5......I'd say it had one of the better climaxes, and the aura portrayed in the Department of Mysteries was never matched by any other book. But on the whole, it was a draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.
And as for CBSE....67 in the Queen's language in the 12th. Need I say more?
HP5......I'd say it had one of the better climaxes, and the aura portrayed in the Department of Mysteries was never matched by any other book. But on the whole, it was a draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.
And as for CBSE....67 in the Queen's language in the 12th. Need I say more?
# posted by : 6:03 pm
: 6:03 pm
4.I had an exam next day but i still went to a theatre to watch this one.I recall the paper still went good.
:)
5.I lost 500 rupees.However,I had too admit the better performing team on the day won.
10.A case of peaking too soon.But I am not disappointed.
Ohh,as for the asparagus,next time try caviar.
:)
5.I lost 500 rupees.However,I had too admit the better performing team on the day won.
10.A case of peaking too soon.But I am not disappointed.
Ohh,as for the asparagus,next time try caviar.
From someone who has generally been Wooster-ishly happy about life, universe, et al., this list is both interesting and worrying. I hope the "happiness" isn't taking a beating.
And yes, Phoebe did name herself Bananahammock, which is a kind of speedo.
And yes, Phoebe did name herself Bananahammock, which is a kind of speedo.
1. By far the biggest. Can't believe I didn't sleep for this one.
2. Pre-boards was the real judge bro. You proved ur merit there and how. As far as angrezi goes... *sniff*... 77... *sob* *sob*. :(
6. I have never felt so depressed in my life, not even when Brazil won d football WC in 2002. The rains... and then no more, destroying our last shred of hope... was just plain cruel. And yes "We'll bowl" lost us the match even before we'd started. *Sigh*
10. What IS wrong with u?? And u accused ME of being the fussy one... good lord!!
11. Awww, wuv mami!! :)
2. Pre-boards was the real judge bro. You proved ur merit there and how. As far as angrezi goes... *sniff*... 77... *sob* *sob*. :(
6. I have never felt so depressed in my life, not even when Brazil won d football WC in 2002. The rains... and then no more, destroying our last shred of hope... was just plain cruel. And yes "We'll bowl" lost us the match even before we'd started. *Sigh*
10. What IS wrong with u?? And u accused ME of being the fussy one... good lord!!
11. Awww, wuv mami!! :)
Yours truly scored, wait-for-it, ninety, wait-for-it, seven in Angrezi in Class 10 and, wait-for-it, ninety, wait-for-it, five in Class 12. *Modest bow*
HP5 was a dipassointment all right, but I somehow found Deathly Hallows more dipassointing, particularly due to the hype that surrounded it. The Bollywood-style 'happily ever after' epilogue made me want to puke.
HP5 was a dipassointment all right, but I somehow found Deathly Hallows more dipassointing, particularly due to the hype that surrounded it. The Bollywood-style 'happily ever after' epilogue made me want to puke.
# posted by : 5:21 am
: 5:21 am
I am the last one here too...
I totally second you on HP5 (though I found the Goblet disappointing too, after Askaban (Many have rebuked me for the opinion though))and Emma!
And yes, yours truly got 82% in his twelfth boards! Every other sod beat me. I got it re-evaluated only to elicit a 'No changes' return-post. (I feel much better now, that it happened to Lefty too)
I totally second you on HP5 (though I found the Goblet disappointing too, after Askaban (Many have rebuked me for the opinion though))and Emma!
And yes, yours truly got 82% in his twelfth boards! Every other sod beat me. I got it re-evaluated only to elicit a 'No changes' return-post. (I feel much better now, that it happened to Lefty too)
Magnificent post Lefty. Keep 'em coming. My condolences on the dips.
And Dela, your year's boards were pretty lousy. Some chick in my complex scored a near 97 in 10th and then we never heard of her again. Congratulations though.
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And Dela, your year's boards were pretty lousy. Some chick in my complex scored a near 97 in 10th and then we never heard of her again. Congratulations though.
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