Had the most amazing wipe out on his bike ride today.

So I was cruisin along listening to my ipod, when all of a sudden a whild corner appeared! I was gonna, you know, sipmly turn it like a boss, but my bike had different plans.

I don’t exactly know if it was because I took my hand of the bar, got my shoelace stuck in the spoke, disconnected the chain, ran over something, or what, but my bike just fell out from under me.

So I was all-of-a-sudden flying through the air, thinking OH SHIT IM NOT WEARING A HELMET

So i tucked my head, and landed on my shoulder, with a little support from my hand, then I rolled forward.

I did two or three dramatic flips.

Landed sitting upright. Sat there for a second. Then shouted from excitement.

So what do I do?

1) Continue biking

2) Return home an hour later

3) make the following descritptive gif

4) post this blog

5) finally take an advil/put on a bandaid.

So here’s visually what happened:

And, impressively, these are the ONLY battle scars:

And I can’t move my left pinky, but… ya.

Paula Abdul Might Be The Fourth Judge On The X Factor

There are some strong rumors going on around the industry that Simon Cowell might just bring a close associate on The X Factor. The name is not unknown to anyone...he is thinking of getting Paula Abdul on board.

Though it is not confirmed yet if she has signed up a contract or not but there is definitely an offer and negotiation taking place. Simon had already spoken very openly earlier as well that may be she won't be a judge but she still might be involved in the show.

Anyhow, it does feel that Paula Abdul who has done some eight seasons with Simon Cowell in The American Idol might be the fourth judge on The X Factor.

The finalized judges are Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and L.A. Reid. Paula's fans and those who loved her in the American Idol might be looking forward to the Simon-Paula TV reunion once again.

Cheryl Cole Will Be A Judge On American X Factor

It has been announced that Cheryl Cole will be a judge on the American X Factor along with Simon Cowell and former record boss LA Reid.

Cheryl is a 27 year old singer who has been a successful judge on the UK version of Saturday night series for three years.

Although, Cole is quite excited to start her new task as the judge but critics feel she is more or less unknown to the American audiences so it seems like a big gamble on Simon Cowell's part to place her for such a big position.

However, Simon is confident about giving her the important task because she is impressive, a brat and most importantly she can spot talent!

I guess Simon Cowell is one of the smartest people in show biz so I would say the guy must have strong reasoning and logic behind his decision of getting her on board.

Top American Idol Moments

American Idol Top Moments

The world's greatest reality TV singing competition is back to glue you to the idiot box.

Tune in to the premiere of American Idol Season 10 on Star World, Astro Channel 711 on Thursday, 20th January 2011 at 6pm, with a primetime repeat at 8pm.

Adam Lambert may be today's definition of glam, but who better to school the sex symbol but the grandmasters of glam themselves - KISS. We bet Gene Simmons will one day join the judging panel though.

Blake Lewis

This singer-songwriter cum beatboxer blazed new trails on Idol with his flash and extremely unique style. While his post-Idol career may not match up to luminaries like Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry, nonetheless he's had pretty good success on the dance charts, having released his second album, 'Heartbreak' on Vinyl in 2009.

Bo Bice

How could he not have won, with those shampoo-commercial locks and manly beard? One of the original rockers that joined American Idol, along with his polar opposite Chris Daughtry, Bo hasn't been heard much from lately... Perhaps a Loreal ad may revive his career.

David Archuleta and David Cook

The Two Davids, David Archuleta and David Cook, represented a clash between two generations - one a fresh-faced kid with stars in his eyes and the other a rocker with a steady grin. David Cook may have emerged victorious, but he's got a lot of catching up to do if he's gonna overtake the popular Archuleta.

Fantasia Barrino

Fantasia Barrino's voice is the stuff of legend. There's a reason why she won American Idol, and it's because beyond a shadow of a doubt she was the most electrifying singer that season. While she may not be as ubiquitous as Jennifer Hudson, she's a staple for listeners of great soul music and with a third studio album out now, she'll go far, if not further.

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson was eliminated from Idol way too early, but ever since, she's gone on to release critically acclaimed albums, win an Oscar for singing in a movie, and generally kick @ss all around. Living proof that not winning the competition may not always be the worst thing that can happen to you.

  Sanjaya

Ah Sanjaya. You will not be remembered for your singing skills, or lack of, but for that amazing hair that you one day insisted into turning into a ponytail-mohawk hybrid that possibly had come alive through the intervention of an evil force. 

William Hung

Bumbling, lovable, dripping sincerity from every pore, and, oh yeah, famous for singing Ricky Martin's 'She Bangs' in the most tuneless way possible. That and accompanied with strange hand and arm movements in an attempt that could be called 'Dancing'. And went on to international stardom.

Chris Daughtry’s shocking departure

American Idol's most famous rock star, Chris Daughtry, was one of the favourites to win Idol Season 5. In fact, his rendition of Fuel's 'Hemorrhage' was so friggin' awesome, the band offered him a spot as the leading front man - while he was still on Idol! But of course, drama knocked on Idols' door when Chris was, like Jen Hudson, controversially eliminated, finishing fourth in the competition. We swear we could hear hearts break from across the Pacific Ocean.

David Archuleta mesmerizes the world

with just one song

During the Top 20 stage of Idol Season 7, the then 16-year-old David Archuleta shyly walked onto the stage, looked nervously at the crowd, belted out his own version of John Lennon's classic 'Imagine' and shyly walked off the stage. That was when little Archie captured the hearts of gajillions worldwide.

J-Hud voted off

Jennifer Hudson, arguably one of the most talented contestants the show has ever seen, was controversially voted off Season 3 of the show, finishing in seventh place.
That week the show's 3 divas, Fantasia Barrino, LeToya London and Hudson placed in the bottom 3, to the dismay of the show's judges, who dubbed the ladies the three best singers of the season. Hudson's vote-off inspired a new Idol rule, producers now allow the judges to save one contestant from being voted off each season.
Jennifer didn't stay down for long though. Instead of retreating into a corner, Hudson scored the role of a lifetime in the movie adaptation of the Tony-Award winning Broadway show, Dreamgirls, beating Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, who also auditioned for the part.

Hudson ended up winning the Oscar and Golden Globe for her portrayal of Effie White.

Kelly Clarkson becomes first American Idol

In 2002, a small-town girl named Kelly Clarkson thrilled millions and became the first ever American Idol, beating runner-up Justin Guarini by a mile. Kelly went on to become the most successful Idol ever until another small-town girl named Carrie Underwood came along. It didn't matter though, 'cos by that time, Kelly is already a superstar in her own rights.

Robin Williams is Russian Idol

During an Idol special in Season 7, Idol Gives Back, funnyman Robin Williams played fake Russian Idol winner with a bad sense of humour, Ivan Poppinoff (but please, call him Bob). Bob did what no other Idols have done before: he made fun of Simon Cowell, made him smile for a bit and he even managed to grab a piece of his tush. Yowza! 

Sanjaya’s hair-raising pony-hawk

Move over David Beckham, your Mohawk has been out-hawked! In Season 6, Sanjaya Malakar sang No Doubt's 'Bathwater' sporting a 'hybrid' Mohawk which is made out of multiple ponytails. It was like nothing we have seen before, and Idol host Ryan Seacrest even christened it the Ponyhawk. Sadly, that was Sanjaya's fifteen minutes of fame.

Simon and Paula's French kiss 

During Season 2's finale, Fox showed a mini-clip of Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell's alleged 'affair', in which they shared a three-second Frencher (!!). We don't know what's worse: The goose bump-raising liplock, Simon's porn-ish acting skills, or the cheesy music playing in the background. It's just gross.

Simon, We're Brothers Forever!

Remember Renaldo Lapuz? The guy who sang a self-written tune titled 'We're Brothers Forever' during the audition rounds of Season 7 wearing a feather-covered white hat with the word "SIMON" printed on it and a metallic silver cape? The cool dude managed to touch everyone's heart with his theatrics on the show, albeit knowing he has no chance to make it to the Hollywood rounds. God bless his soul, this man.

William Hung (She) Bangs it!

Ricky Martin's 'She Bangs' was an alright song until a modest boy came and made it a complete laughing stock - literally! On Idol Season 3, University of California student William Hung gained fame with an off-key audition performance of that song, and there were no dry eyes left at the judges' table. Of course, those were tears of laughter.

Adam Lambert upstages KISS

KISS is a multi-award winning rock band that has sold 100 million albums worldwide. They were named by VH1 as 10th on their list of the '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock' and much respected until they performed at the finale of Season 8 with rising rock star Adam Lambert. The runner-up performed two songs with KISS and they were blown away. Critics raved that Glambert upstaged the rock gods with his never-ending soaring vocals that very night. And thus, a new rock god was born (according to Kara DioGuardi, at least).

Wesley Snipes awarded 3 year jail term

Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has been ordered a three year jail term for tax-related crimes. Florida Judge William Terrell Hodges rejected a request from Snipes' lawyers to review his sentence and grant a new trial.

In April 2008, Snipes, 48, was found guilty of deliberately failing to file tax returns for 1999, 2000 and 2001.

He then launched an appeal and has been on bail ever since.But finally the judgement has been passed and people feel that it was the right decision. His lawyer will appeal to Supreme court now. Wesley, however, remained calm and positive throughout. He showed no anger or bitterness. 

But I don't really get it...the man must be quite rich. He has a name in the industry and has done many cool movies. And tax related crimes is not good. This is bad.

You are not my judges

“I have only one judge – myself - & I acquit myself.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

We all have stories. We all have problems. We all have had bad experiences. However, not everyone wants people to sympathize with him/her. I believe we encounter tough times for a reason…so that we become better & strong individuals. I think we don’t need courage to die; we need courage to live.

Anyway, there is no such thing on this planet as an absolutely right view point. If a person analyses anything from all the possible angles with honesty, it is quite a task to arrive at a single conclusion. Moreover, our background & experiences are accountable to a greater extent in shaping & forming our opinions.

In Moll Flanders, the protagonist said:

“In the next place, when a woman is thus left desolate & void of counsel, she is just like a bag of money or a jewel dropped on the highway, which is a prey to the next comer; if a man of virtue & upright principles happens to find it, he will have it cried, & the owner may come to hear of it again; but how many times shall such a thing fall into hands that will make no scruple of seizing it for their own, to once that it shall come into good hands?”

Daniel Defoe

Actually this passage has nothing to do with what I have in my mind, but it triggered me to think. Owing to discrimination & how problems are being depicted, it’s difficult to say whose problem is the biggest. However, problems are problems…they could be insurmountable & may not have any solution. I think men, women, old people, children, eunuchs, sluts, animals – they all have genuine problems.

Work place harassment is nothing new. In fact, harassment of any kind is not new. And I don’t know if at this point, I should say that people ought to understand. They say education could make a difference. I don’t know. I have seen innumerable educated jahils (illiterates). They say education could bring about a revolution. My question is: how is it possible? Education in our part of the world does not guarantee change of mental outlook towards life.

When I was in the university, we used to hear about cases of harassment. Teachers blackmailing students, cause grades were in their hands. Almost every department had one such exotic (read corrupt) piece.

During the 2nd semester, one of our professors was being very, very, kind on me. Naturally you get to know when things aren’t right. Although he never hurt me in any way, besides showing interest, but he stopped teaching us in the classroom & started talking about irrelevant stuff. I told my friends & thanks to them, the entire class knew it. Students were pissed off as he was a good teacher & he wasn’t teaching but babbling shit.

As usual students were discussing & a day came when one of my seniors called me & said that the teacher has gone off his head…he can’t concentrate, & they all think the right step is that I must leave the university. And she even asked me if it was a case of sexual harassment. I was quite pissed off. The next day, I went to the Chairman & narrated the entire story. This was a story in which students played an active role by discussing & presuming & wondering if it was something sexual. Yeah I know it’s my hard luck. I always get attention from the wrong kind of people. And no I didn’t have any fun whatsoever. As if people enjoy getting unwanted attention!

Anyway, I said to the Chairman that if anybody ought to leave the university, it should be the teacher, not me. And I even suggested that there is no need to teach students Tess of the D’urbervilles, as it doesn’t make much of a difference on their brain cells. They are the ones who love to ask juicy questions; they are the ones who can’t help giving new dimension to a problem; they are the ones who said I was being favoured & I got good marks that I didn’t deserve. Although it didn’t occur to those nitwits that I used to get good marks in all the subjects. And other teachers were not crazy after me.

I was lucky in the sense that the Chairman & another female teacher supported me. That professor was warned. It wasn’t easy for me to face the problem at that time though. I wanted moral support & I didn’t get any from my friends & best people. However, I got that support & protection from 2 teachers. One of them is dead & it's a great loss. He said to me that it’s our duty to inform about such incidents & he was thankful for that as no one ever had the courage to report about that teacher’s colourful nature.

My story is nevertheless not that scary or creepy, but there was pressure on me all along & I haven’t forgotten that. The point I want to highlight is that people around you make sure you have no peace; people around you make sure that you know what others are talking about you; people around you invent baseless stories; people around you know what you should do with your life & if accidentally you ask them what do they plan to do themselves…they might not have any answer, cause they are busy thinking as to what steps others should take. No wonder we haven’t stepped in the 21st century. It’s another thing that people are shedding clothes in our country. It’s like they equate nudity with progress. But they don’t know what’s the progress of mind.

“People only do what they want to do - & what they are capable of doing. If they were capable of anything else, there would be something else.”

D. H. Lawrence

Anyhow, I’ve learnt one thing from my bad experiences. When you come across someone nice, make sure you tell that person. Since everyone is not stupid & limited, I really don’t see the point why one must try to outdo others. If you’re satisfied with yourself…That’s more than enough. Do you really need to make an impression? Anyway, when fumes come out of your ears, make sure you share that candy with the one who is responsible for those fumes.


Nadira Rahman

Profound Awakening

My dear imaginary friend,

It’s kind of complicated, but I have forgotten most of the things. I don’t remember what is a deep felt emotion anymore. Strange as it may sound, but I was capable of it when I was much younger. Now I don’t know…I don’t feel it anymore. I don’t even know if this is profound loss.

The feelings that were everything became the very cause of my ruin. Hopes were shattered, cause hopes were false. Leaves were fallen, as it was the season. Flowers faded away just like that, cause time was flowing like water. Time that knows the greatness of love has no time to wait for love. Not just slumber refused to touch my eyelids, but even tears refuse to visit me now.

Come to think of it, I wasn’t even mutilated in the real sense of the word. My heart was taken out a couple of times with the help of a sharp object & stabbed till it stopped beating. That heartbeat was a sin, according to man-made rules.

Once my heart was singed & it became a joke for a lifetime; everyone was jeering at it. Another time it was shredded to pieces & those pieces were thrown in different places. I couldn’t gather the pieces of my heart. It didn’t break my heart, cause I wasn’t left with one. You also need one to shed tears. Although I could see, but I was blind.

I don’t have that heart…that part of me was killed long before I woke up. It was killed so that it may never kindle again. That was my crime. My judges didn’t acquit my heart…they asked me to go without it. No, I don’t call it murder. I never died. I live, but I know how I live. I breathe, so to speak.

You can’t prove it as murder. We don’t have any evidence against the slayers. They were my judges. They thought they were right. After all, the world had sanctioned them.

I thought love was beautiful. I also thought it was sacred. In fact, I thought love was as beautiful as God. It wasn’t what I thought. Or do I even know it now? The memories are all tainted, my friend. Memories that ought to be better than hopes are now as cruel as hell.

You say you are in love. You have been in love before. You have touched it. Naturally you know what I’m talking about. These words aren’t meaningless. It’s another thing these words are put down on a piece of paper after their demise. I didn’t know the real meaning when these words were alive. How could I?

Slayers are never kind. They make sure that part of you dies. And if it doesn’t die the 1st time, it surely does sooner or later. All slayers form a unique brotherhood. A heart that truly loves is slain no matter what. There is no escape. It’s not a huge price or a deep loss. It’s not even profound grief. It’s life & life happened to me.I died a number of times before I woke up & now I can’t shut my eyes. And you don’t want to know what it’s like.



Eternally yours,
The Living Corpse

Nadira Rahman