Akhian udeek diyan, dil waajan marda...

...aaja pardesiya, wasta hi pyar da...aaja tenu akhian udeek diyan...

• ...and on the 7th day God created Tabu so that one day a punjabi Brampton boy named Ranbir could have a dream.
• Gurdas Mann has been around for years. He is hands down the voice of punjabi music for the last 25 years. He has changed along with the times, and at times has even set the trends of punjabi music. When I was 4 years old I attended a concert of his and got to dance with him on stage. I've only seen him live once since then. He's awesome live!
• And no Phil, Gurdas Mann is not Harbhajan Mann's son.
• And for all non-punjabi's...In punjabi 'bh' is pronounced as a 'p'...just a warning for when you hear me say 'pungra', 'Pagat', and 'Harpajan'.
• Pet peave #1: I hate it when people litter.
• Forgot 2 songs from my list earlier: Ek kadki hai (Hum Dono) and Mera rang de basanti chola (The Legend of 'Pagat' Singh).
• BTW, my favorite movies are listed in my profile (at the top right of this page).
• Here's a recipe I think I can lay claim to inventing...I hope. Pop open a can of Heinz breakfast beans and 'thurdka la' it. Yummy, and quick.
• I absolutely love the feeling of getting into a cool bed in a cool room and getting all wrapped up in a comforter. Waking up in the cold however, is not so pleasent.
• You'd think that with technology going the way it has the last 10-15 years that someone could invent a toilet seat heater. Damn!! Sometimes it can take you minutes just to convince yourself to sit on the damn thing this time of year. And I'm a guy....can't imagine the daily suffering of women.
• Pet peave #2: Don't you hate it when you're driving and then all of sudden you get this obnoxious itch on the bottom of your foot.
• Taken away waaay before his time: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Already had the western world awed by his talent and had just stepped into the Bollywood realm. He could have been the greatest musician we had ever seen. Can't believe it's already been 8 years since he died.
• Music lyricists never get their proper due.
• Heard this stat the other day and found it really, really surprising. Sikhs account for 2% of India's population, yet Sikhism is the 5th largest religion in the world. Think about it.
• Regarding my list of fun things i want to accomplish before the age of 30, birthday boy Emad commented, "Get married before 30." While I do intend on doing that before 30, it doesn't qualify as fun at all. All joking aside, the actual wedding itself never seems to be much fun for the couple and the immediate families involved. They all look like stressed out robotic zombies. Punjabi weddings, at least, are meant to be fun for friends and extended family, especially cousins. That doesn't bug me though...I got over 15 cousins :) So what if one day they'll all have a ball at my expense ;) Right Sunny and Monika? (Apparently Sunny and Monika actually have dreams about my wedding day).
• Now if just everyone could convince Tabu to give me a chance.
• "He looks like a man where everyone else is a boy. He looks like he could flatten people with one punch." - Ram Gopal Verma on Abhishek Bachchan.
• Pet Peave #3: I hate it when people start bitching that they have such a horrible life for the stupidest of reasons. Stop complaining. We have all the opportunites in the world where we live. If you're healthy and are just having a few bad days, please don't go on telling everyone how miserable your life is, because it's not. You're just a miserable person.
• Ok, had to get that one off my chest.
• I'm trying to find 2 'pungra' songs. Used to have the cassette but now can't find the songs anywhere: 'Raati Ishqe Di Hoi Barsaat, Sari Raat pijdey rahey' and 'Naachno tho pehla' both from a Hans Raj Hans album around 10 years old. If you have the MP3s, please send :)
• I'm watching Russell Peters live in Mississauga on October 22nd. Can't wait! "Sumbody gonna get huurt...real bad."