"To be effective designers for social impact, we have to be humble listeners and fearless leaders, all at the same time, which is no easy feat. But I think this next generation of designers has the potential to do both, and my sincere hope is that design education rises to meet their expectations" - excerpt from an interview on core77.
How true. It is even my sincere hope that design education rises to the task of not mass producing the next batch of tool operators, but strives to bring forth people who at least think before they ink.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
And he shall be my Squishy..
During the course of our lives here on this planet we come across many people from all types of cities, backgrounds, views and interests. And from among them, many move on from our lives and we may, in all probability, never see them again. But there are a few whom we will never forget for they have truly left their mark, either in our minds or in our hearts.
This post I write for one such friend. I have known him for a little over a year now and I am proud to say that he is one of my best friends. I have never met a person so blatantly honest about who he is. He loves without fear and that is a quality I deeply admire. He is the only person I know who is so dedicated to looking out for dog-kind that he jumped right into a garbage dump to help a creature in need, even though said creature really didn't appreciate his help. How often do you find people like that?
If there was ever a person who has helped me see the other side of any situation, it's him. He keeps telling me, "Why the hell do you care about what this 'society' would think?! Why are you afraid?" Truth is Kela, there are a lot of things that I have grown up to believe are the important ones and one of those things included what everyone else thought. I guess I never had the strength to believe that I could make it my own and that it was okay to think and act differently. I hope to gain that strength one day.
And true, there are other people who might have a better measure of the person you are, my baby Kela, but I like the person I have come to know. I am honestly glad you badoda shnaa-ed your way into my life.
Much love and noise :)
Jemma-Jay Leno-hammer
This post I write for one such friend. I have known him for a little over a year now and I am proud to say that he is one of my best friends. I have never met a person so blatantly honest about who he is. He loves without fear and that is a quality I deeply admire. He is the only person I know who is so dedicated to looking out for dog-kind that he jumped right into a garbage dump to help a creature in need, even though said creature really didn't appreciate his help. How often do you find people like that?
If there was ever a person who has helped me see the other side of any situation, it's him. He keeps telling me, "Why the hell do you care about what this 'society' would think?! Why are you afraid?" Truth is Kela, there are a lot of things that I have grown up to believe are the important ones and one of those things included what everyone else thought. I guess I never had the strength to believe that I could make it my own and that it was okay to think and act differently. I hope to gain that strength one day.
And true, there are other people who might have a better measure of the person you are, my baby Kela, but I like the person I have come to know. I am honestly glad you badoda shnaa-ed your way into my life.
Much love and noise :)
Jemma-Jay Leno-hammer
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
*GROWLS* part 1
Today, the 5th of December, 2009 was a day a lot happened. Pranav celebrated his birthday today and so did lil' Maria kutty. It was also the worst day of my life. I've not had a day like this in a long time.. so I guess I had this coming :|
So in an attempt to make myself feel better( and also to allow you, dear reader, to sympathize with me---sympathize.NOW!) I want to write down, in order, just how this day managed to go from passably ok to worse than that.
It started like all bad days do. I was supposed to go for a long walk(or wong lock, whichever you prefer) in the morning, in an attempt to rid myself of some of the guilt of not exercising lately. The plan was made, the alarm was set and I slept right through it. I woke up feeling even more guilty than before.
Then comes my work. I have crap loads of work to finish before my exams so I sit down and try to finish one of them...an illustration project with mucho! zeal and determination to get this done before the day is out! Turns out the one day I manage to get all my proportions wrong happened to be...TODAY! And then the electricity kept going and coming, and going. and coming...and going...and....coming. and then it goes for good! So I thought "aaah what the hoo!" I might as well go to sleep. I had put oil on my head and thought I'd wash it off before heading to my local guardian's place for her daughter's birthday party. The plan was made, the alarm was set.
ResQ gives me a call. There was trapped dog in Kalyani Nagar. (well, so much for the whole sleeping idea) Off I go, biscuits in hand, oil on my head, no money in my wallet and the drowsiest expression on my face! I pick up Sruti along the way and we reach the colony where the dog is 'trapped'. Here it turns out we didn't have to do anything. It was a dog that was randomly 'la-di-da'ing and walking around in that colony and ended up hiding underneath a car because it was too scared from all the attention it was getting from the anxious colony dwellers. Now, I know they mean well...but it's hard to justify their eagerness to bring goodness into world, by pulling out every cat in a tree or every dog they think is in need of help, right when I am in the middle of my bad day.
So in an attempt to make myself feel better( and also to allow you, dear reader, to sympathize with me---sympathize.NOW!) I want to write down, in order, just how this day managed to go from passably ok to worse than that.
It started like all bad days do. I was supposed to go for a long walk(or wong lock, whichever you prefer) in the morning, in an attempt to rid myself of some of the guilt of not exercising lately. The plan was made, the alarm was set and I slept right through it. I woke up feeling even more guilty than before.
Then comes my work. I have crap loads of work to finish before my exams so I sit down and try to finish one of them...an illustration project with mucho! zeal and determination to get this done before the day is out! Turns out the one day I manage to get all my proportions wrong happened to be...TODAY! And then the electricity kept going and coming, and going. and coming...and going...and....coming. and then it goes for good! So I thought "aaah what the hoo!" I might as well go to sleep. I had put oil on my head and thought I'd wash it off before heading to my local guardian's place for her daughter's birthday party. The plan was made, the alarm was set.
ResQ gives me a call. There was trapped dog in Kalyani Nagar. (well, so much for the whole sleeping idea) Off I go, biscuits in hand, oil on my head, no money in my wallet and the drowsiest expression on my face! I pick up Sruti along the way and we reach the colony where the dog is 'trapped'. Here it turns out we didn't have to do anything. It was a dog that was randomly 'la-di-da'ing and walking around in that colony and ended up hiding underneath a car because it was too scared from all the attention it was getting from the anxious colony dwellers. Now, I know they mean well...but it's hard to justify their eagerness to bring goodness into world, by pulling out every cat in a tree or every dog they think is in need of help, right when I am in the middle of my bad day.
*GROWLS* part 2
Sigh! we now head back and I have to get ready for the party. I put a good deal of effort into doing so and walk out all set with my best smile in place. Then, waiting there like a cloud of gloom ready to rain on my happy parade, is the formidable...AUTO RICKSHAW wala!!
Jemma : bhaiyya, Kalyani Nagar jaana hain.
Auto guy: madam 40 rupees.
Jemma (in head) : screw you!
I keep walking hoping to get an auto from ahead.Walking..and walking. Finally,
Jemma: bhaiyya, Kalyani Nagar jaana hain.
Auto guy : Madam 40 rupees.
Jemma: :| grrr.. accha theek hain.
* Sanju if you are reading this I ask you to skip this para*
I sit in the auto thinking abut how unfair all this is and while on Nagar road, dust and other particles zoom straight into my eye. Pretty normal but yeah, I was wearing contact lenses and for 5 mins was flailing about in the auto! Things finally settled down after a while...and we were nearing Adlabs.
Just outside Lifestyle, the auto guy stops.
Jemma: bhaiyya, aage jaake adlabs ke saamne rok dena.
auto guy: arey madam, itna door nahin hain adlabs, aap yahaan se chalke jaa sakte ho.
Jemma: WTF!
I get off anyway and head to Archies to get Maria a gift. I need it wrapped so I go the security guard/gift wrapper to do so. Now there was a price tag on the present, so I asked him to take it off. He tried but it wouldn't come off. I then asked him then to stick something else, like a card on top of it. He then proceeds to do the strangest thing. He takes some scotch tape, puts the sticky part on the tag and then tries to wax the thing off! I stood there and mentally went, "HUH?!" He finally wrapped the thing, did such a shabby job of it and when he was done asks, " yeh theek hain nah madam?"
Jemma: WTF! WTF! WTF!
I leave for my lg's place and reach there to find out that the cake has already been cut and everybody was almost done with dinner. Thus resigning myself to what is now clearly my ill-fate I just give Maria her present, chat with my lg and then go to get food.
The first thought in my head at the sight of it..." You have got to be effing kidding me!" See, everyone was observing the Advent fast and so the spread included Idli, chutney, puffs and small chicken sandwiches. But, I have to admit, the idli's were wonderfull! It's just that my spirit died a little when i saw it :( I was hoping for a more, fancy non-vegetarian dinner.
Well, the party got over soon enough. hee hee ! I even got a return present :) I also managed to get a lift back to the hostel...I am now reaching the end of my rant. I think I will go to sleep as all this bad day-ness has made me sufficiently tired.
Peace out!
Jemma : bhaiyya, Kalyani Nagar jaana hain.
Auto guy: madam 40 rupees.
Jemma (in head) : screw you!
I keep walking hoping to get an auto from ahead.Walking..and walking. Finally,
Jemma: bhaiyya, Kalyani Nagar jaana hain.
Auto guy : Madam 40 rupees.
Jemma: :| grrr.. accha theek hain.
* Sanju if you are reading this I ask you to skip this para*
I sit in the auto thinking abut how unfair all this is and while on Nagar road, dust and other particles zoom straight into my eye. Pretty normal but yeah, I was wearing contact lenses and for 5 mins was flailing about in the auto! Things finally settled down after a while...and we were nearing Adlabs.
Just outside Lifestyle, the auto guy stops.
Jemma: bhaiyya, aage jaake adlabs ke saamne rok dena.
auto guy: arey madam, itna door nahin hain adlabs, aap yahaan se chalke jaa sakte ho.
Jemma: WTF!
I get off anyway and head to Archies to get Maria a gift. I need it wrapped so I go the security guard/gift wrapper to do so. Now there was a price tag on the present, so I asked him to take it off. He tried but it wouldn't come off. I then asked him then to stick something else, like a card on top of it. He then proceeds to do the strangest thing. He takes some scotch tape, puts the sticky part on the tag and then tries to wax the thing off! I stood there and mentally went, "HUH?!" He finally wrapped the thing, did such a shabby job of it and when he was done asks, " yeh theek hain nah madam?"
Jemma: WTF! WTF! WTF!
I leave for my lg's place and reach there to find out that the cake has already been cut and everybody was almost done with dinner. Thus resigning myself to what is now clearly my ill-fate I just give Maria her present, chat with my lg and then go to get food.
The first thought in my head at the sight of it..." You have got to be effing kidding me!" See, everyone was observing the Advent fast and so the spread included Idli, chutney, puffs and small chicken sandwiches. But, I have to admit, the idli's were wonderfull! It's just that my spirit died a little when i saw it :( I was hoping for a more, fancy non-vegetarian dinner.
Well, the party got over soon enough. hee hee ! I even got a return present :) I also managed to get a lift back to the hostel...I am now reaching the end of my rant. I think I will go to sleep as all this bad day-ness has made me sufficiently tired.
Peace out!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
And the Cat designed the Rat :)
Notice the new header,colours and layout for my blog ? It's all done by my friend Maya Pillai (*note for future reference* she is a Graphic designer & Photographer)
It looks all cool!! Thank you Mayo!
<3
It looks all cool!! Thank you Mayo!
<3
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