It is not easy to come back to this page after such a long gap. More so when there are so many new ways to communicate your thoughts. I do not even know if anyone even follows blogspot any more, leave alone following my blog.
This post is mainly directed towards accessing myself if I can ever again be the same avid blogger.
If only I will be able to post here atleast once every week, it will help me a lot in pushing myself to the goal which is currently wandering in my mind. Of course I will disclose details, but onlu after I had covered a portion on this little journey.
Till then ciao :-)
Friday, January 06, 2012
Friday, January 16, 2009
From me to you, a gift of life
Many times, I have thought of donating blood, but have always backed out or can say have been too lazy to go to bloodbank and donate. I can remember only once where I had contributed to this. But still the will has been there. Over past few days, I have been involved with the community relations club at Amdocs where we contribute something meaningful to the society. This week on 13th of January, we had a blood donation camp organized in the company premises. I thought that this is the chance and where i can leave my laziness behind as I had to only go one floor downstairs.
So as soon as camp started, I was standing there right in the front. Within few minutes, registration and initial medical chekc-up was done and I was there at the chair with a pouch in my hand, which was to collect the blood. As I have fainted earlier as well while donating blood and reason for this can be contributed to my genes, I was sure of the same again. RMP wasted some time in giving instructions to his assistant on how to extract blood from my body. A needle was pierced in my vein after much discussion on which is right one and it started sucking blood from my body. Expectedly, as I can remember, dizziness started to set in. darkness was spreading in front of my eyes, and I couldnt hear anything. My senses were numbed but brain was still working and thinking I will I come back to my senses. Somehow I asked for water. I can feel that I have been sweating.I think it lasted a minute or so. But then I was back again and back to ground zero.
Though what matters is that in the end, I succcessfully donated a unit of blood. Then I had a bottle of milk and some snacks, fruits etc. soveniours were also given for this cause. So not a bad bargain as well ;) Anyways, whatever be the effects, I am definately going to donate again as this helps me to contribute something for the society which I am part of. Cheers :)
So as soon as camp started, I was standing there right in the front. Within few minutes, registration and initial medical chekc-up was done and I was there at the chair with a pouch in my hand, which was to collect the blood. As I have fainted earlier as well while donating blood and reason for this can be contributed to my genes, I was sure of the same again. RMP wasted some time in giving instructions to his assistant on how to extract blood from my body. A needle was pierced in my vein after much discussion on which is right one and it started sucking blood from my body. Expectedly, as I can remember, dizziness started to set in. darkness was spreading in front of my eyes, and I couldnt hear anything. My senses were numbed but brain was still working and thinking I will I come back to my senses. Somehow I asked for water. I can feel that I have been sweating.I think it lasted a minute or so. But then I was back again and back to ground zero.
Though what matters is that in the end, I succcessfully donated a unit of blood. Then I had a bottle of milk and some snacks, fruits etc. soveniours were also given for this cause. So not a bad bargain as well ;) Anyways, whatever be the effects, I am definately going to donate again as this helps me to contribute something for the society which I am part of. Cheers :)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
A trip down the memory lane - Trek to Tadeyendamol
found this travellogue from my old collection... thot of putting it here... i went to this trek in 2nd week of Feb in 2005...
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I never thought that I will go for another trek so soon. But when I received the mail from 'Adventura' for a trek to Tadeyendamol, dont know what prompted me but I instaneously send my nomination. The Tadeyendamol peak, at the height of 1745m above the sea level, is the highest peak in the beautiful Coorg region and also the fourth highest peak in Western Ghats. Unlike last time I knew quite a few people & so the trek was fun right from the word go.
So on the night of 11th of February we 11 people left for the trek. We got the bus to Virajpet from Majestic(Bangalore). Early morning we reached Virajpet. There Prasanth joined us who came from Mysore. Then we had to catch a local bus to Armanev which was around 1 hour journey from there. So finally we reached Armanev at around 8 am. From this place we had to start trekking.
After having breakfast we started. But before that due to the courteous behavior of our infosions' girls, Arun had to miss papaya. Now we havn't moved a kilometre we lost Saumya. But thanks to the 'whereever you are' campaign by airtel & good cooperation by BSNL, we managed to find her. Then we moved on towards Nalakaad Palace. When we reached the PALACE, we got to know that it was moved to some other place few days ago ;-). It didnt looked like palace, what can I do. So we moved ahead disappointed.
After trekking for around 3 hours we came near the Boulders from where we had to choose one way. As it happens, we choose the wrong one which might have taken us to Kerala. But then thanks to the efforts of Arun, Prasanth & Dams we were able to get on path, not before spending more than an hour in this exercise. There was an interesting race going on between Dams, Anjali & Saumya. Everyone was striving to be the last to reach the top but in the end it was Dams who won :-). On our way up, Saumya didn't missed anything which was worth shooting, superb photographs. We reached to the top at around 3:30 pm. The view from the hill top was simply amazing. Cant be described in words, just go through the pics, please. After spending around an hour there, we started climbing down towards the place we had to put our tents for night.
Thanks to the efforts put in by KP & Vishal we were able to lit up sort of campfire this time. Had Neha not brought the kadai with her, we might have had to eat cold 'bisibelle bath' (brought by Akshata). Neha has also brought lots of snacks which we munched during whole of the trek. For this we all are highly obliged. We also had the all time trek favourite THEPLAS - Gujrati Roti. In between myself & Saumya were made outcaste by our vibrant leader Neha. Guys whatever we all say, these things are still prevalent, even amongst highly qualified so-called software techies ;-). Then we had antakshari in the night which my team lost (thanks to some highly advanced tactics employed by other team, especially Neha). Even Dinni wasnt able to anythi mng.
Next morning we started to climb down. On way back, Arun picked the gems which he has kept at a safe place while going up. Though it was not raining but still he picked that up. Anjali had stolen some coffee beans from a retired Captain's farmhouse, it was her goodluck that saved her as Captain didn't had his gun that time. She still owe us a treat at Coffee Day for this ;-). Arun made sure that he had papaya at Armanev. But for this the girl party had to miss the home made lunch. Anywayz we got the bus back to Virajpet. I still fell sorry for the guy from US whom we met in the bus. As Prasanth, Dams & Raju were sick of theplas , we had our lunch at Virajpet. They had stomach full of 'mallu' food. Even today Raju gets nightmares, his roomies are wondering who is this 'THEPLA'. Then from Virajpet we came to Mysore & then back to Bangalore.
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I never thought that I will go for another trek so soon. But when I received the mail from 'Adventura' for a trek to Tadeyendamol, dont know what prompted me but I instaneously send my nomination. The Tadeyendamol peak, at the height of 1745m above the sea level, is the highest peak in the beautiful Coorg region and also the fourth highest peak in Western Ghats. Unlike last time I knew quite a few people & so the trek was fun right from the word go.
So on the night of 11th of February we 11 people left for the trek. We got the bus to Virajpet from Majestic(Bangalore). Early morning we reached Virajpet. There Prasanth joined us who came from Mysore. Then we had to catch a local bus to Armanev which was around 1 hour journey from there. So finally we reached Armanev at around 8 am. From this place we had to start trekking.
After having breakfast we started. But before that due to the courteous behavior of our infosions' girls, Arun had to miss papaya. Now we havn't moved a kilometre we lost Saumya. But thanks to the 'whereever you are' campaign by airtel & good cooperation by BSNL, we managed to find her. Then we moved on towards Nalakaad Palace. When we reached the PALACE, we got to know that it was moved to some other place few days ago ;-). It didnt looked like palace, what can I do. So we moved ahead disappointed.
After trekking for around 3 hours we came near the Boulders from where we had to choose one way. As it happens, we choose the wrong one which might have taken us to Kerala. But then thanks to the efforts of Arun, Prasanth & Dams we were able to get on path, not before spending more than an hour in this exercise. There was an interesting race going on between Dams, Anjali & Saumya. Everyone was striving to be the last to reach the top but in the end it was Dams who won :-). On our way up, Saumya didn't missed anything which was worth shooting, superb photographs. We reached to the top at around 3:30 pm. The view from the hill top was simply amazing. Cant be described in words, just go through the pics, please. After spending around an hour there, we started climbing down towards the place we had to put our tents for night.
Thanks to the efforts put in by KP & Vishal we were able to lit up sort of campfire this time. Had Neha not brought the kadai with her, we might have had to eat cold 'bisibelle bath' (brought by Akshata). Neha has also brought lots of snacks which we munched during whole of the trek. For this we all are highly obliged. We also had the all time trek favourite THEPLAS - Gujrati Roti. In between myself & Saumya were made outcaste by our vibrant leader Neha. Guys whatever we all say, these things are still prevalent, even amongst highly qualified so-called software techies ;-). Then we had antakshari in the night which my team lost (thanks to some highly advanced tactics employed by other team, especially Neha). Even Dinni wasnt able to anythi mng.
Next morning we started to climb down. On way back, Arun picked the gems which he has kept at a safe place while going up. Though it was not raining but still he picked that up. Anjali had stolen some coffee beans from a retired Captain's farmhouse, it was her goodluck that saved her as Captain didn't had his gun that time. She still owe us a treat at Coffee Day for this ;-). Arun made sure that he had papaya at Armanev. But for this the girl party had to miss the home made lunch. Anywayz we got the bus back to Virajpet. I still fell sorry for the guy from US whom we met in the bus. As Prasanth, Dams & Raju were sick of theplas , we had our lunch at Virajpet. They had stomach full of 'mallu' food. Even today Raju gets nightmares, his roomies are wondering who is this 'THEPLA'. Then from Virajpet we came to Mysore & then back to Bangalore.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Year that was...
Long time no see... yeah i know, i have been missing from action for quite a time... and now i know how tough it is to start again once you disappear from stage... anyways, lets hope i will continue even after... looking back, its been a little more than a year when i left infosys... decision to quit infy was little tough though some excitement was for the reason that I was moving to Delhi... Shifting base back to where i belong... what else can I ask for...
So there I joined Sapient in Gurgaon... a new day and a new world... in some ways, it was like infy, but there was difference... Was liking there, though travelling to office was tedious as I had to wake up at 6 in morning, especially with winters setting in... seriosuly, it's a challenge to adjust to new life... all my weekend parties, night-outs, friday nights were curbed... at first, used to feel suffocated when I could not go out on friday night... it was more coz i did not knew anyone in Delhi who was having similar interests... slowly got hang of life here and adjusted to the way of life.... Then I bought a new car... mean machine, SX4... Boy, i luv to drive this around... it zips ahead of everything... The first scratch on it still hurts :(...
Midway I found a match for myself... and in a flash, i was married. chat mangni patt byah... no courtship period as there was no auspicious day later and blah blah... a new chapter in my story... a new partner to go around... a new beginning and end of my precious bachelorhood... though i was enjoiying every bit of it... then dinners at near and dear ones followed... and slowly my pot-belly started to grow in size.. it started to assume alarming proportions... Though the bad news was that the scarcity of project at Sapient started to hurt... no work... then gave a thought to try my hand at someother place... the job marked was showing signs of slowing down... anyways, after few interviews, got some offers and finally i joined Amdocs (again at gurgaon)...
Somehow at Amdocs, i am feeling more at home... there is a feeling that i will be having more challenges and better work environment than it was at Sapient... Anyways, its just a new beginning here and atleast I have not seen the future... I am sitting here as well without much work.. Sometimes i wonder if everywhere its like this or what... Who care!!! I am enjoying my free time playing TT, pool, chatting and now this blog... Hopefully here i will be having time to stay in touch... Till then, adios from me...
So there I joined Sapient in Gurgaon... a new day and a new world... in some ways, it was like infy, but there was difference... Was liking there, though travelling to office was tedious as I had to wake up at 6 in morning, especially with winters setting in... seriosuly, it's a challenge to adjust to new life... all my weekend parties, night-outs, friday nights were curbed... at first, used to feel suffocated when I could not go out on friday night... it was more coz i did not knew anyone in Delhi who was having similar interests... slowly got hang of life here and adjusted to the way of life.... Then I bought a new car... mean machine, SX4... Boy, i luv to drive this around... it zips ahead of everything... The first scratch on it still hurts :(...
Midway I found a match for myself... and in a flash, i was married. chat mangni patt byah... no courtship period as there was no auspicious day later and blah blah... a new chapter in my story... a new partner to go around... a new beginning and end of my precious bachelorhood... though i was enjoiying every bit of it... then dinners at near and dear ones followed... and slowly my pot-belly started to grow in size.. it started to assume alarming proportions... Though the bad news was that the scarcity of project at Sapient started to hurt... no work... then gave a thought to try my hand at someother place... the job marked was showing signs of slowing down... anyways, after few interviews, got some offers and finally i joined Amdocs (again at gurgaon)...
Somehow at Amdocs, i am feeling more at home... there is a feeling that i will be having more challenges and better work environment than it was at Sapient... Anyways, its just a new beginning here and atleast I have not seen the future... I am sitting here as well without much work.. Sometimes i wonder if everywhere its like this or what... Who care!!! I am enjoying my free time playing TT, pool, chatting and now this blog... Hopefully here i will be having time to stay in touch... Till then, adios from me...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
A passing thought
Have you ever found yourself in situation when you cant think of anything... You cant decide on what to do... You dont want to try out either.... In confusion that whether leave things to settle themselves or should I try to get out of this maze... Or whatever I am trying is indeed the right path... or I am taking decisions under pressure... It might work or it might not... I can only hope for best...
Saturday, July 07, 2007
SkyDiving... experiencia que emociona
A dream i started to cherish when Sam forwarded me the link some three years back... Skydiving in bangalore.. i just thought that i will definately go for this, though I was skeptical of doing it in bangalore... Then while going back from US on my first trip, I tried for it and when we finally went for it, i got nothing but a speeding ticket :... bad weather made sure i wont jump either... So on next trip, I had thought that whatever be the case, I will definately dive...
My roomies agreed to the idea but those ditchers... didnt had the courage to take the jump... Finally it materialized with my office colleagues and 2 were in the expedition last time too... We planned for the same location only... Me was the Driver again, and like once bitten twice shy, I was driving right at speed limit... Natraj jokingly that I wil get the ticket for parking in fast lane but I was adamant that I wil not go beyond this speed...
So we reached there by afternoon and again we had to sign those hundreds of thousands of papers... which was to ensure that we wont claim anything if untoward incident happens during jump :(... It was one of the most clear sky with nice breeze blowing... a perfect one for the jump... By the time we filled the forms and once we started dressing up for the dive, tension started to set in me... I got a little nervous.. Whole plan to jump was mine and I was like, whether I should really go or not... though there was no chance of me backing out.. may be its coz i have travelophobia which was the cause...
So we started on our turbine jet... My cameraman wanted to breathe some fresh air, so he kept the door open and and (un)luckily I was one sitting next to door... I was like.. what if plane wobbles and I am diving down without a parachute... so I was holding tight whatever came in my hand... though I must say view was fantastic like that... Then I was securely fastened to the guy who was to do all the work during my dive (thats what I paid for)... He told me to just leave everything to him... I looked down the ground beneath... 'Shut up and jump'.... and next moment there we were in the sky.. freefalling in the sky... Wind rushing through my veins... Experience of lifetime... The ground beneath looked so amazing from up there.... a feeling which one be only enjoyed but cant be described...
Ground was approaching fast and my Captain said, thats it.. We will now navigate through parachute... that fun lasted may be only 50 seconds.. but it was one of the best moments... to cherish.. to enjoy... to feel free... So there we were approaching towards ground Zero... and in between my Captain loosened up the bond between me and him, and I felt that he is gonna drop me on ground... :)... But definately he was not on any suicide mission, so I was feeling pretty safe... The only thing which was bad in this was that he tried some crazy stuff while landing and it made me feel little dizzy when I landed.. my ears were all choked... but all in all, it was a safe landing without any misadventures... The dare devil jumped and survived... Watch the Video
Once landed, I thought that may be I wont be doing this again.. But now as I go back to it, I wont hesitate in going for it again.. Its a crazy sport.. Need lot of heart to dive from 14000ft above the ground.... Should have the courage to jump from the plane... but once you jump, there are very few things in world which will give you that feeling.. Thrilling experience... Amazing Feeling... Sky is not the same now
My roomies agreed to the idea but those ditchers... didnt had the courage to take the jump... Finally it materialized with my office colleagues and 2 were in the expedition last time too... We planned for the same location only... Me was the Driver again, and like once bitten twice shy, I was driving right at speed limit... Natraj jokingly that I wil get the ticket for parking in fast lane but I was adamant that I wil not go beyond this speed...
So we reached there by afternoon and again we had to sign those hundreds of thousands of papers... which was to ensure that we wont claim anything if untoward incident happens during jump :(... It was one of the most clear sky with nice breeze blowing... a perfect one for the jump... By the time we filled the forms and once we started dressing up for the dive, tension started to set in me... I got a little nervous.. Whole plan to jump was mine and I was like, whether I should really go or not... though there was no chance of me backing out.. may be its coz i have travelophobia which was the cause...
So we started on our turbine jet... My cameraman wanted to breathe some fresh air, so he kept the door open and and (un)luckily I was one sitting next to door... I was like.. what if plane wobbles and I am diving down without a parachute... so I was holding tight whatever came in my hand... though I must say view was fantastic like that... Then I was securely fastened to the guy who was to do all the work during my dive (thats what I paid for)... He told me to just leave everything to him... I looked down the ground beneath... 'Shut up and jump'.... and next moment there we were in the sky.. freefalling in the sky... Wind rushing through my veins... Experience of lifetime... The ground beneath looked so amazing from up there.... a feeling which one be only enjoyed but cant be described...
Ground was approaching fast and my Captain said, thats it.. We will now navigate through parachute... that fun lasted may be only 50 seconds.. but it was one of the best moments... to cherish.. to enjoy... to feel free... So there we were approaching towards ground Zero... and in between my Captain loosened up the bond between me and him, and I felt that he is gonna drop me on ground... :)... But definately he was not on any suicide mission, so I was feeling pretty safe... The only thing which was bad in this was that he tried some crazy stuff while landing and it made me feel little dizzy when I landed.. my ears were all choked... but all in all, it was a safe landing without any misadventures... The dare devil jumped and survived... Watch the Video
Once landed, I thought that may be I wont be doing this again.. But now as I go back to it, I wont hesitate in going for it again.. Its a crazy sport.. Need lot of heart to dive from 14000ft above the ground.... Should have the courage to jump from the plane... but once you jump, there are very few things in world which will give you that feeling.. Thrilling experience... Amazing Feeling... Sky is not the same now
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Just another post
Somehow my life has been going hectic... Have been very busy last few days and did not have time for even myself... or do I want to keep myself busy so that I dont have to think... so that I can get a reason on why am not able to reach any decision.. why I am not able to put plans to action... There is something which I am trying to do for last 3 weeks... but pata nahin... y m not able to get rid of this habit of leaving things to tomorrow....
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Dil Chahta Hai
I expect to feel special on my birthday... I was expecting to get a promotion this year... I never expected him to do this to me... I expect him to do this for me... I wasnt expecting this... I expected him to be my side in this crisis situation... feelings about the things to happen... We expect so many things from people who are close to us... or with people with whom we interact daily...
Sometimes I wonder, what if there would have been no expectations... we would never frown if things dont turn up... if we dont find someone when we are n need... or we wont be waiting for events to happen... Life would have been so easy.. no complications... no worries... no clashes... we might not even cry even once...
but again, life would have been dull also... when there are no anticipations, there will be no excitement... its is this expectation which pushes us forward... to achive more... to reach greater heights... to compete... Look back, and find that wheneever things do go as expected or even better, how much joy it gives... We do cry but we do enjoy it... It adds spice to life.. a flavor which should be cherished... so lets enjoi... :)
Sometimes I wonder, what if there would have been no expectations... we would never frown if things dont turn up... if we dont find someone when we are n need... or we wont be waiting for events to happen... Life would have been so easy.. no complications... no worries... no clashes... we might not even cry even once...
but again, life would have been dull also... when there are no anticipations, there will be no excitement... its is this expectation which pushes us forward... to achive more... to reach greater heights... to compete... Look back, and find that wheneever things do go as expected or even better, how much joy it gives... We do cry but we do enjoy it... It adds spice to life.. a flavor which should be cherished... so lets enjoi... :)
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Great 'Shoe' Hunt
For quite some time, I was in need of buying some a new pair of sneakers.... But I loved my good old Nike so much that it was tough to find a suitable replacement for it... Then it so happenned that I was supposed to come to US... so I thought its better to buy it from NY as I have seen good collections here earlier.. plus you get what is latest in fashion and technology.... So before moving to onsite I gave my 'nike' a much deserved break and dumped them in bangalore office....
But never thought shoe searching will become such a big project in itself... I needed to buy then immediately as I could not go to gym till I have one... so I was looking for it almost everyday while coming back from office... But it is always tough to find one all alone by myself... So forced a colleague (Tabriz) to join me and help me out... so there we were in Footlocker...and Tabriz gave his choice... I said 'NO'... Then I pointed my finger to another pair... he said 'NO'... This went on for quite some time... and boy... we were not reaching anywhere... His and my choice dont even cross, leave matching... We moved from one store to another... But in vain... Finally we did agreed on 1 or 2 pairs from New Balance... but I thot I will come with my roomies to buy as I still was not satisfied...
But I wanted to buy a new pair ASAP as my fitness was going down... Tummy was knocking and peeping out.... So next day again we started from office... Went into different stores(Footlocker, Models, Shoemania ... what not) on way back... Found some but size was not there... Other, colors were not available... Then luckily we went to one fitness store near Empire State on 34th... I liked a pair by adi'das'... with some cushioning technology... tried it and checked with Tab... It looked pretty decent to him as well and there I go... Paid for it... Finally... phew
Though the pair I bought is suitable replacement to my old sneakers, and I dont regret buyin them but i wont forgive what Tab did to me... Later he told that thinking that we are not reaching on any conclusion, he just said like that on the pair which i was finding suitable... so that he can be freed from this 'Shoe' Hunting Operation... A real friend indeed.... Bugger :X...
But never thought shoe searching will become such a big project in itself... I needed to buy then immediately as I could not go to gym till I have one... so I was looking for it almost everyday while coming back from office... But it is always tough to find one all alone by myself... So forced a colleague (Tabriz) to join me and help me out... so there we were in Footlocker...and Tabriz gave his choice... I said 'NO'... Then I pointed my finger to another pair... he said 'NO'... This went on for quite some time... and boy... we were not reaching anywhere... His and my choice dont even cross, leave matching... We moved from one store to another... But in vain... Finally we did agreed on 1 or 2 pairs from New Balance... but I thot I will come with my roomies to buy as I still was not satisfied...
But I wanted to buy a new pair ASAP as my fitness was going down... Tummy was knocking and peeping out.... So next day again we started from office... Went into different stores(Footlocker, Models, Shoemania ... what not) on way back... Found some but size was not there... Other, colors were not available... Then luckily we went to one fitness store near Empire State on 34th... I liked a pair by adi'das'... with some cushioning technology... tried it and checked with Tab... It looked pretty decent to him as well and there I go... Paid for it... Finally... phew
Though the pair I bought is suitable replacement to my old sneakers, and I dont regret buyin them but i wont forgive what Tab did to me... Later he told that thinking that we are not reaching on any conclusion, he just said like that on the pair which i was finding suitable... so that he can be freed from this 'Shoe' Hunting Operation... A real friend indeed.... Bugger :X...
Saturday, April 21, 2007
jaat boyz
moi was sittin in the common room with my roomies.... i asked chiku what to search on chirkut (orkut)... 'man, look out for jaatzzz', was his reply... so there i go... operation jaatz started... I was not surpised when search for jaat returned results.... browsed different communities... found some interesting discussions... jaatz phrases like 'jaat re jaat, 16 duni 8'... 'ek jaat jaat, 2 jaat mauz, 3 jaat fauz'... 'jaat risky after whiskey'... reminiscent of my college days and people around me... qualities of jaatz discussed in some topics..... In one of conversation, one of the guy was reprimanded for saying something against them (this is reason i am not saying anything against them;))...
now as i can speak little of jaatu laanguage in jaatu tone ... so i was speaking everything and shantan (my bengali roomie) was simply laughing (like a dracula) listening to it... then i found really interesting topic which was tooooo funny... the topic was 'jaat log ladki kyun nahin pata paate'... or why jaat cant make girlfrnz.... replies and responses were too good... we just kept on laughing while reading all those responses... comic replies... their problems... ethics... naive nature... the way they speak... attitude.... all were there... some even said that jaat gals are reason for that... and the signature after the repsonses...
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=11605744&tid=2491203408219837536&start=1
Statuary Warning: Browse this topic/commnity at your own risk
sadly shantan was so impressed with jaatz that now he has started teasing me by calling me jaat... now anything i ask him, he says that its coz of jaatz... will sure take revenge... till then let him enjoy... :)
now as i can speak little of jaatu laanguage in jaatu tone ... so i was speaking everything and shantan (my bengali roomie) was simply laughing (like a dracula) listening to it... then i found really interesting topic which was tooooo funny... the topic was 'jaat log ladki kyun nahin pata paate'... or why jaat cant make girlfrnz.... replies and responses were too good... we just kept on laughing while reading all those responses... comic replies... their problems... ethics... naive nature... the way they speak... attitude.... all were there... some even said that jaat gals are reason for that... and the signature after the repsonses...
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=11605744&tid=2491203408219837536&start=1
Statuary Warning: Browse this topic/commnity at your own risk
sadly shantan was so impressed with jaatz that now he has started teasing me by calling me jaat... now anything i ask him, he says that its coz of jaatz... will sure take revenge... till then let him enjoy... :)
Monday, April 16, 2007
In NYC again....
... but this time there is not much excitement like my previous trip... This time it feels like just another day... yeah, for 1-2 days, coped with jetlag... but thats it.. other than that, there is not much difference... but wait... there will be difference... need to mend my habits... 5 months in India... you tend to get spoiled... back in Bangalore, maids do the clothes, clean rooms and kitchen.... Cook used to come and prepare food... whenever we used to party at home, we never were bothered about cleaning the room... just leave stuff anywhere and be sure that next morning it will be at its place... think of going for long drive after party, rev the engine and there you go... zoommmmm....
but now... need to do all these household chores myself... cleaning.... utensils... food... remember to keep used cups and glasses for cleaning... noone will come and pick them up... this Sunday... I had to go for laundary... though it oesnt take too much of effort, but still 3 trips to laundry room... i need to plan properly... then having to cook food... man... life in India was so easy...
Guess both the places have their positives... but surely... i feel like going back.. may be coz of friends... may be coz of the fun i used to have every other day... coz of the long drive on my bike... may be i feel life there is less of plastic... hopefully my hunger to earn more will soon be overcome by willingness to lead life my way.... hopefully soon I will be able take some risk and reach new horizons...
Till then, I will not wait, but wil prepare for my next move....
but now... need to do all these household chores myself... cleaning.... utensils... food... remember to keep used cups and glasses for cleaning... noone will come and pick them up... this Sunday... I had to go for laundary... though it oesnt take too much of effort, but still 3 trips to laundry room... i need to plan properly... then having to cook food... man... life in India was so easy...
Guess both the places have their positives... but surely... i feel like going back.. may be coz of friends... may be coz of the fun i used to have every other day... coz of the long drive on my bike... may be i feel life there is less of plastic... hopefully my hunger to earn more will soon be overcome by willingness to lead life my way.... hopefully soon I will be able take some risk and reach new horizons...
Till then, I will not wait, but wil prepare for my next move....
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Am left wondering :-/
As I am climbing the stairs and reaching out to greater heights, a thought or rather i hear a voice... the hushed voice which asks me if I have really enjoied the moment on this step... the effort... the sweat poured... should I relish this moment more or should I start preparing for the next step... which is even more steeper... more tough... Then I look up, towards pinnacle.. where the stairs end... And I see a pale shadow of mine... completely tired with no energy... just about to take one more step forward, beyond the stairs... which will plunge me into an unknown world... or even a realm which does not exist...
The stairs which i am talking about are the stages of life... we work towards making our future better.... a future to accomplish things which are dreams today... to fulfill those dreams... but do we really cherish that moment??? or we just take it as taken for granted thing and move to fulfil another dream... do we really enjoy that moment where our dream is fulfilled, however tiny it be??? Do we ever take a break and feel that moment??? Coz at the end of life.... (wont say more)...
Incomplete thoughts to make me think again...:)
The stairs which i am talking about are the stages of life... we work towards making our future better.... a future to accomplish things which are dreams today... to fulfill those dreams... but do we really cherish that moment??? or we just take it as taken for granted thing and move to fulfil another dream... do we really enjoy that moment where our dream is fulfilled, however tiny it be??? Do we ever take a break and feel that moment??? Coz at the end of life.... (wont say more)...
Incomplete thoughts to make me think again...:)
Monday, March 26, 2007
Dont Cry
Life can be so lonely at times. Could not understand why I go recluse when I am disturbed. Feels like I am getting down in a deep pit whilst thinking on lines which has no end. Trying to show my happy face to the people around me as I am afraid to discuss what is going in my mind. Keeping myself busy with work... or with meaningless PJs ... reach home late... On weekend, go for movies... party with friends.. dine out... Trying to not be alone at all times...
Add to it the confusion of what my next step should be. Am I afraid to take the plunge? Or I am not yet ready for it? Or is it that I am in search of something which even I dont know? Some limitations.. some restrictions... Some boundaries.... Sometimes i see myself tied up in the ropes... just want to break free of this strangulation... Want to breathe fresh air...
I know I myself have to do things... For quite some time, I have allowed my life to take its own course... Have taken things as they have come... for granted... But now I will have to take decisions... I will have to remove the layer of sand which has accumulated over my dreams... Time is running out fast for me... Act... Before it is too late...
Add to it the confusion of what my next step should be. Am I afraid to take the plunge? Or I am not yet ready for it? Or is it that I am in search of something which even I dont know? Some limitations.. some restrictions... Some boundaries.... Sometimes i see myself tied up in the ropes... just want to break free of this strangulation... Want to breathe fresh air...
I know I myself have to do things... For quite some time, I have allowed my life to take its own course... Have taken things as they have come... for granted... But now I will have to take decisions... I will have to remove the layer of sand which has accumulated over my dreams... Time is running out fast for me... Act... Before it is too late...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
How to buy your way to Heaven
Just follow these simple steps to buy your way to heaven and come in good books of GOD (?)
1. Follow every blind tradition and superstition, even if it means fasting for days or even months 2. God will give you bonus points if you go to temple bare footed... I guess this practice might have started just because Nike and Adidas were not in picture to make comfortable footwear to last distance...
3. Give donations so that gold work can be done in temples... It can be made more huge and grand so that its popularity rises... even if it means you are not able to get roof at your house repaired
4. Give hardships to yourself, though there is no need... Pain here Gain there... You will get mercy points if you do this
5. Abstain yourself from Sex... You will hit jackpot (angles ;)) once you are there
6.
1. Follow every blind tradition and superstition, even if it means fasting for days or even months 2. God will give you bonus points if you go to temple bare footed... I guess this practice might have started just because Nike and Adidas were not in picture to make comfortable footwear to last distance...
3. Give donations so that gold work can be done in temples... It can be made more huge and grand so that its popularity rises... even if it means you are not able to get roof at your house repaired
4. Give hardships to yourself, though there is no need... Pain here Gain there... You will get mercy points if you do this
5. Abstain yourself from Sex... You will hit jackpot (angles ;)) once you are there
6.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
'Racist' Big Brother
Past few days have spun a big deal of money for news channels in India and Channel 4's reality show Big Brother is now followed in millions of households... All Courtesy the 'Racist' comments of Jade Goody and fellow housemates on Miss Shetty... It is a well known fact that Whites still see dark skinned people as lesser mortals or even sons of lesser God... as people who should not even think of matchin shoulders with them... Color Discrimination is very much existant in Europe and US of A... Having spent more than a year in US, I have seen clashes between Whites and Blacks in subways... on the streets... How Whites snub and make faces when Blacks sit right next to them... Blacks still feel that they dont have equal opportunities...
But its also true that these societies are trying to ward off this evil from their society... Be it lot more visibility in society or the politics of vote or the economic status of dark skinned... Whatever be the reason of getting rid of this, but they are trying... But what are we doing over here in India... Few 'Racist' remarks in show and it became headline everywhere... Watch any news channel and you will think that there is no other news in World and no other issue... Reactions from every quarter of society... It looked that we Indians were highly offended by these remarks... But why so? We ignore the recent 'threat' by ULFA to Hindi speaking people in Assam... The recent riots in Bangalore... Why people in eastern states feels neglected... The north-south divide... Why words like bihari, tambi are accompanied with laughter on streets of Delhi... Still on December 6, there is heavy security all around... Hindus are living in fear for more than 15 years in Kashmir valley... Politicians still play cast card to win elections...
Just wondering why people are making such hue and cry over the evil there rather than concentrating on bigger problems in our society.. We dont have racial discrimination but catastrophic evils which we shud get rid of... We still play in hands of politicians who use 'Divide and Rule' every now and then... Makes me ponder when i watch these news items that are we interested in only masala news... We will watch and react to anything which is presented to us dipped in indian masala curry... Do these 'masala' news channel reflect the true opinion and face of Indian Society which was served to the public for a week...
Its time we shud realize that though we are progressing, we still are tied up at the hands of caste and regional discrimination... We should concentrate on warding off these evils rather than reacting needlesly to spicy dishes... Developed countries has all the means and capabilities and dont need our opinions... (might be touching red hot wire but thats the fact)... Rather than sending SMSs to Aaj Tak and likes(which just makes pockets of cell companies and media more heavier), we should try to make our society a better place to live... Only then 'India Poised' and 'India Shining' will look good...
But its also true that these societies are trying to ward off this evil from their society... Be it lot more visibility in society or the politics of vote or the economic status of dark skinned... Whatever be the reason of getting rid of this, but they are trying... But what are we doing over here in India... Few 'Racist' remarks in show and it became headline everywhere... Watch any news channel and you will think that there is no other news in World and no other issue... Reactions from every quarter of society... It looked that we Indians were highly offended by these remarks... But why so? We ignore the recent 'threat' by ULFA to Hindi speaking people in Assam... The recent riots in Bangalore... Why people in eastern states feels neglected... The north-south divide... Why words like bihari, tambi are accompanied with laughter on streets of Delhi... Still on December 6, there is heavy security all around... Hindus are living in fear for more than 15 years in Kashmir valley... Politicians still play cast card to win elections...
Just wondering why people are making such hue and cry over the evil there rather than concentrating on bigger problems in our society.. We dont have racial discrimination but catastrophic evils which we shud get rid of... We still play in hands of politicians who use 'Divide and Rule' every now and then... Makes me ponder when i watch these news items that are we interested in only masala news... We will watch and react to anything which is presented to us dipped in indian masala curry... Do these 'masala' news channel reflect the true opinion and face of Indian Society which was served to the public for a week...
Its time we shud realize that though we are progressing, we still are tied up at the hands of caste and regional discrimination... We should concentrate on warding off these evils rather than reacting needlesly to spicy dishes... Developed countries has all the means and capabilities and dont need our opinions... (might be touching red hot wire but thats the fact)... Rather than sending SMSs to Aaj Tak and likes(which just makes pockets of cell companies and media more heavier), we should try to make our society a better place to live... Only then 'India Poised' and 'India Shining' will look good...
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Bak 2 Hell...
A post after really long time... somehow not getting right ideas or me going very buzzy (or lazy)... neways this is little info on my life bak in Bangalore... oops... Bengalurru ... Yeah... MEZ BACK, though not with a bang... Blr folks, dont kill me for comparing your city with hell... but every friend of mine got to know that mez bak once they read this caption in my Orkut profile... Its been around 1 month I have been here... Me wont be wrong if I say i have been njoin my life here.... The weekends till now have been fantastic.... hangin out with frnds... partyin... hoppin pubs... boozin... driving around... This was what I was missing in NYC... though my stay has been wonderful in NYC n esp last few weekends were pretty exciting.... but loitering around at 2 in the night with friends.. on bike.... with a little on high... at times sipping tea on a roadside dhabha... cant even think of doin this in NYC...
Though I wont say it has been all pleasant till now.... Office is kind of frustrating.... The speed of the systems we work on cant even beat the speed of Love stories of 1942... which sometimes makes you think MAINFRAME IS BETTER... Cant even try out ideas... at times think throwin that f***** laptop... OOPS again... desktop out of the window... me wants the machines to respond atleast a fraction faster than I can think... To add to it... there is no coffee partner yet... still remember how we used to cherish the coffee breaks Onsite.... here noone is even interested for coffee.... either something is wrong with me.. or people are really busy.... Search is still ON though...
People keep on askin me is it tuff to get back adjusted.... for me I will say, it has been really smooth..... coz my mantra has always been... When in Rome, behave as you normally do...:D... Though there is one thing I am still not adjusted to and prettty irritated with.... its the noise n sounds.. in the morning, i wake up with the sounds of passing Autos n buses... honking.... in office, the ringin of phones... somehow even the whispers in office are audible... the traffic on roads of bangalore... the 2 hr journey to office ... will have to get adjusted to all this soon... have no other option...
On the whole it has been pretty interestin till now... New Year is round the corner... Lets c what plans get cooked... Goa is one option... Pondicherry is other... Kuch to final hoga.. kahin to jayenge... warna Blr itna bhi bura nahin hai.... :)
Though I wont say it has been all pleasant till now.... Office is kind of frustrating.... The speed of the systems we work on cant even beat the speed of Love stories of 1942... which sometimes makes you think MAINFRAME IS BETTER... Cant even try out ideas... at times think throwin that f***** laptop... OOPS again... desktop out of the window... me wants the machines to respond atleast a fraction faster than I can think... To add to it... there is no coffee partner yet... still remember how we used to cherish the coffee breaks Onsite.... here noone is even interested for coffee.... either something is wrong with me.. or people are really busy.... Search is still ON though...
People keep on askin me is it tuff to get back adjusted.... for me I will say, it has been really smooth..... coz my mantra has always been... When in Rome, behave as you normally do...:D... Though there is one thing I am still not adjusted to and prettty irritated with.... its the noise n sounds.. in the morning, i wake up with the sounds of passing Autos n buses... honking.... in office, the ringin of phones... somehow even the whispers in office are audible... the traffic on roads of bangalore... the 2 hr journey to office ... will have to get adjusted to all this soon... have no other option...
On the whole it has been pretty interestin till now... New Year is round the corner... Lets c what plans get cooked... Goa is one option... Pondicherry is other... Kuch to final hoga.. kahin to jayenge... warna Blr itna bhi bura nahin hai.... :)
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Many many happy returns of the day ;)
10th of Sep... here it was again... to remind me that I am gettin old... m I :-/... I will rephrase it... with evry passing year, I am getting more matured... Nonethless... this was not just any other day.... Have invited (or rather they invited themselves) some office frnds for dinner at my place evng before... One after other.. so it was like a large group was at my place... It was very thotfull of them to have stayed late so that they can wish me runtime in LIVE MODE... So as clock needle was nearin 12, all were gettin ready to celebrate... Forgot to mention.. Some wild beasts were also present.. Wont mention details abot bruises i got... Suddenly i found myself hanging in air... each one of my so-called frnds (Dushmano ki kise jarorat) gettin ready to kick me... And i was thinkin they wanted to wish me... Dont know this was their way of makin me feel special... So bumps started... was kicked like dogs... sorry.. dogs are treated much better in US.... it looked like they hvnt played football (british not american) in ages... so were practicing Goalie kicks... jiski jo bhi bhadaas thi, sab nikal li.. felt like m in a slaughter house... :((
Finally, taras aaya... n they left me down on floor... somehow got up and was ready for cake cuttin ceremony.... Cut the cake admist chants of 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU'... luckily had the first bite.. coz now i was ready for the world's best (worst) make-up... Whole face was smeared up.. then some gr8 mind came upo with a idea of shampooin my hair with cake.. n also some modern art on my T-shirt....so there I was... the test sample... Later, I went to clean it up .. and my f***** roomies.. came in the bathroom... smeared my fresh cleaned face again.. videotaped all the event...took censored fotos... :(... somehow managed to send them off, took bath :O (at 1 in night) and came out clean and fresh.. my face glowin after a wonderful facial treatment...
All went back home... And then there was a pleasant SURPRISE awaitin for me... Got a call from a frnd and she told me to come downstairs.. What.. At 1 Am in the mng.. what are you doin at my place... You shud have been sleepin in home.. Anyways went thr and there they were... to celebrate it at the riverside.. I cut the home-made chocolate cake and the cake was DAMN tasty... really dat was one special moment... with manhatten skyline in night on other side of river... we were njoin... in between lookin for some passer-by :O who can take snaps of 3 of us together... :D ...
All in all, it was a night which will be one of the memorable one.. Thanks a lot to each for making it so... Once again .. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME... AND I AM GETTIN WISE.. NOT OLD...;)
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Pluto stripped of its status :(
What we have learnt all through our lives... in school... something will be proved wrong.. we will have to study again so that we dont have to be ashamed in front of coming generations... Another example where due to modern developments we will be speechless in front of our children and grand children... I am just afraid it does not become instance where we will be mocked around with the term 'Generation Gap'....
Read this shocking news 2 days back... Pluto... Ninth and farthest planet of our solar system.. is stripped of its planet status... In other words.. now onwards we have only eight planets... Not performing as per the expectations of the senior and reputed scientists and astronomers... The reason given is that if Pluto has to remain planet, then we might need to employ more planetary bodies... and give them Planet Status... So thats why it has to be demoted... Just like what happens in corporate world...
Though this will confuse minds... 8 or 9.. the influence of mighty Sun might reduce till Neptune.. But lets look at other perspective of it... Lets see how Indian public takes this... I will not be surprised if nationwide agitations are not held... PILs will be filed... Elections are round the corner in Northern States.. BJP stronghold... Surely will be used as a trump card under Hindutva banner.. (graha is no more)... A shot in arm for them... Congress, the party in power at Centre will be under backdoor discussions with president Bush to have this decision reversed or put on hold till elections are over... With India's growing influence in World and America's eagerness to develop good relations with India, I will say lets keep our fingers crossed...
Additionally I will not be surprised if we get to know that ISI is behind all this to cause unrest in the country... More than anything else... it will also cause a drain to exchequer as all books will have to be rewritten... poor kids will have to buy new books... which they will not be able to and they might just drop out of school... Will put India one step back on path of development... So all I can say is lets keep our eye on latest developments.. lets remain hooked to news channels... (could this be ploy by news channels to increase TRPs).... Many more interesting events might fold up...
And once again lets all keep 'maun vrat' for a minute to salute dear PLANET PLUTO... OOps Dwarf Planet Pluto...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
A Passion... that was... that is...
guitar... this was my passion for long.. a dream which I wanted to fulfill from, I dont remember when... trid my luck in b'lore.. but sadly the guitar school near my place closed some time before I tried... tried to look for it at its new location but all in vain... so again the dream was buried... though I loved the songs like 'neele neele ambar par' or 'Welcome to Hotel California' and whenever I used to hear such songs, passion used to reignite... Whenever I hear Metallica, I used to thought that someday I will play something.. not like him.. but yeah I will atleast try some songs... I loved the way Metallica butchers Guitar... though mostly its electronic guitar...
Okie.. enuf of my passion... So sometime, while sitting at a friend's place and listenin him play guitar, we struck a deal that he will teach me guitar... I looked at sites.. and finally I bought a guitar... a good one... not just one for begineers.. so I started my lessons.. and was going very well... initial session.. and man. i was loving it... in between went to a show of Indian Ocean.. and the passion multiplied... but then the main training started... was told to play some G, C- chords... I tried it many times... but I couldnt figured where I went wrong...
my fingers were touchin the strings below... and above... or the sound was not coming proper... cut my nails to minimum.. still could not play that simple chord... shame on me... somehow I felt that my impatience will win here... after trying lots of times.. i just gave up... a passion... a dream... which has been for years.. and it took just 2 months to evaporate :(( ... it was just kept in a corner... in between I tried again.. but i guess what was it.. may be my fingers.. or my impatience... or may be am not that persistant... used to look at it daily and then thot ki forget it beta... but then a friend asked me for it.. he said he wants it andf will take it... and one day he indeed came and took my heart... my passion.. which was my soul till sometime back...:((.. But its still a passion.. but a failed passion... and one which i tried to fulfill.. so now no regrets that I cant play one...:)
Okie.. enuf of my passion... So sometime, while sitting at a friend's place and listenin him play guitar, we struck a deal that he will teach me guitar... I looked at sites.. and finally I bought a guitar... a good one... not just one for begineers.. so I started my lessons.. and was going very well... initial session.. and man. i was loving it... in between went to a show of Indian Ocean.. and the passion multiplied... but then the main training started... was told to play some G, C- chords... I tried it many times... but I couldnt figured where I went wrong...
my fingers were touchin the strings below... and above... or the sound was not coming proper... cut my nails to minimum.. still could not play that simple chord... shame on me... somehow I felt that my impatience will win here... after trying lots of times.. i just gave up... a passion... a dream... which has been for years.. and it took just 2 months to evaporate :(( ... it was just kept in a corner... in between I tried again.. but i guess what was it.. may be my fingers.. or my impatience... or may be am not that persistant... used to look at it daily and then thot ki forget it beta... but then a friend asked me for it.. he said he wants it andf will take it... and one day he indeed came and took my heart... my passion.. which was my soul till sometime back...:((.. But its still a passion.. but a failed passion... and one which i tried to fulfill.. so now no regrets that I cant play one...:)
Thursday, June 22, 2006
A Step Ahead OR a Step Back :-/
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1669466.cms
Just now read this news in Economic Times that Infosys will train 100 Software Engineers from SC/STs list of whose will be provided by the Ministry with an expenditure of 1.36 crores!!!
Not sure of what is the motive behind this step by the Software Giant but the action proves one unstated point... it proves that the engineers from SC/STs lack the basic engineering skills and need special training of six months... This despite the fact that the list of 100 such engineers cud b d top notch amongst SC/ST quota... Does this shows that an engineer frm SC/ST quota takes twice the amount to learn things which a normal engineer takes (3 months regular training)... If they are Comp Engg, it is even more shame... So shall we have double the period of education for Sc/ST...
But such move will force other private institutions to take similar step and pacify the protets... There is no doubt that you dont need much skills once you are selected into infosys... Ctrl+C Ctrl+V... So definately they are going to clear the training... But this move will affect areas where specialization is needed.. areas of research... areas of medical...
I am sad to say but such a move was not expected from a company which is a Brand name in itself... which is respected throughout the world... which has a name in every household... unless there is some other... Infosys should have taken a step and set up a primary school especially for SC/STs rather than spendin cool 1.36 crores on this... That would have helped better....
Just hope that there could be some hidden motive in this to make Central Ministry realize their mistake... Else we all will regret soon :(
Just now read this news in Economic Times that Infosys will train 100 Software Engineers from SC/STs list of whose will be provided by the Ministry with an expenditure of 1.36 crores!!!
Not sure of what is the motive behind this step by the Software Giant but the action proves one unstated point... it proves that the engineers from SC/STs lack the basic engineering skills and need special training of six months... This despite the fact that the list of 100 such engineers cud b d top notch amongst SC/ST quota... Does this shows that an engineer frm SC/ST quota takes twice the amount to learn things which a normal engineer takes (3 months regular training)... If they are Comp Engg, it is even more shame... So shall we have double the period of education for Sc/ST...
But such move will force other private institutions to take similar step and pacify the protets... There is no doubt that you dont need much skills once you are selected into infosys... Ctrl+C Ctrl+V... So definately they are going to clear the training... But this move will affect areas where specialization is needed.. areas of research... areas of medical...
I am sad to say but such a move was not expected from a company which is a Brand name in itself... which is respected throughout the world... which has a name in every household... unless there is some other... Infosys should have taken a step and set up a primary school especially for SC/STs rather than spendin cool 1.36 crores on this... That would have helped better....
Just hope that there could be some hidden motive in this to make Central Ministry realize their mistake... Else we all will regret soon :(
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