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Why should you watch 'Orgasm'?

2011-11-03T13:07:00.000+05:30

This is about the play 'ORGASM,' an original play staged by Cult Entertainment. And, my opinion on why should one watch it.

An Original Play by a Bangalore based group

Orgasm is be staged (again) 5th & 6th and 13th of November 2011. I could not watch their previous performance because I was not in town. I had heard good review about it but, as always, I like to keep my opinions/thoughts until I have watched it for myself. I got an opportunity to catch their rehearsal 2 days ago and I was bowled over. I suddenly realized Bangalore needs to watch this. It is a brilliant play and it deserves to be watched. More importantly, in the days of silly mind-less plays, Bangalore deserves a play like this.

What is the play about?

The play is all about a couple, starting from their teens till their old-age. In this time-span, how the couple discover themselves, discover love, discover responsibility, discover relationship, discover compromise, discover priorities in life. How the couple do the balancing act. How the couple endures the trouble-days. How the couple follow their heart but their loved ones close to their heart. Its journey that need to be watched and understood. 3 stages of the couple's life has been depicted in the 90 mins, viz.,

Youth days of pre-marital love.
Post-marriage midlife crisis struggles & rediscovery.
Old-age joy of living for each other and reminiscence of the past gone by.

Each of these stages are represented by 3 different pairs and they are shown simultaneously (almost). The ease and smoothness with which the play moves between these couples (obviously, representing each of the stages) is fascinating. The script is beautifully crafted to assist this transitions. No jerky transitions or unfinished parts.

Genre of the play

This play is not heavy on emotion it is a realistic comedy based on what happens between a couple (ideally) within the four walls. So the genre is realistic comical drama. ;-p

Reason to watch the play
A realistic play is always exciting because it provides something to take back after the 90mins. And, Orgasm also promises a sure take-away for any age-group. It is a play about relationships and one is most-likely to go back thinking about their own relationship(s) for sure.

Perfect Beginning, middle & end

All the best scripts follow the mandate strictly: "Every play should have a beginning, middle and an end". Well, so does this script. Makes you wonder, if the script-writer is an experienced old-timer bettered by his past! Sorry to disappoint you, No, the script writer is an amateur 23-yr old (or 24?) & technically this is his debut script. It is fascinating to even note that every scene had a beginning, a middle and an end. I haven't watched 1000s of plays but of the few I have watched I rarely found any following the mandate for each n every scene. What it does to the audience is immense, when the scene takes a logical closure it makes a lot of sense. You don't wonder what did that scene mean? In the same line, not a single scene seem to have been wasted. Since each scene has a logical begin & a logical end, it is far easier to understand the flow of the script. From an actors' perspective, it is easy to throw in your personal graphs in a complete scene. Its an actors' delight to work in a technically tight script.

Reason to watch the play
Watch a very technical play, which follows the mandate scrupulously. Bangalore theater scene does not, often, offer such a technical play. More so over, an original play by an amateur Bangalorean is such a rarity. Hats off to the debut script-writer & a long-time actor Avinash Daniel. If you are an upcoming aspiring actor or part of a upcoming theater group, you _MUST_ watch this to learn. Learn the art of script-writing.

Graphs in scenes, characters & play over all

What is the one thing that keeps the audience gripped on with the flow of any play or any movie? The drama. The graph the play/movie provides. The varied emotions the audience goes through. Having graphs in play/movie has its own advantages; every segment of the audience has something they connect to + they are not bored with only one emotion. Now, Orgasm provides a good range of emotions in the script. Each scene, apart from being complete, also makes sure the graph within is well defined. The highs & lows are clear yet the audience tagging along with the actors' emotions/sentiments/thoughts are not drained. To repeat, this play is not heavy on emotion it is a realistic comedy based on what happens between a couple (ideally) within the four walls. So, the emotions are not heavy but it is real. Anybody who had had a meaningful relationship will be able to relate to the emotions.
The graph is not only evident in each of the scenes but also the character that decorates the scenes. Firstly, for a debut writer, Avinash Daniel has ensured that the characters' basic trait has not been lost with the age yet the age/maturity ensures the basic traits do not take control. Very well drawn characters. As you watch the play, you will realize the couple are equals and this equality will definitely lead to power-control drama. Obviously, this drama ensures the characters has their own graph. I am struggling to put into words what I have in my mind. In short, the characters have got a great well-define graph.

Reason to watch the play
The graphs ensure that you are never bored. Also, the graphs are as close to being real as possible. In plain English, each characters are real and the emotions/drama that goes in their lives and into their head is (obviously) very realistic. You are sure to relate to, at least, one character (or one trait of one character) before the end of the play. And, the drama that the script promises you is straight out of your lives. The discussions between the husband & wife need not be as it is portrayed here and need not even be about what is being portrayed here but it could be anything generic and you will realize what is depicted there is what happens when 2 equals are tied together by matrimony.

To sum it up, my 3 reasons on why you should watch this play this weekend are:

Realistic comedy based on the drama of a couple over their entire duration of relationship starting from courtship to marriage to old-age
Technically good script written by a Bangalore based amateur 24-year old. Do I need to give you better reason? :-)
Each scene. Each character. Everything promises to entice you and you are bound to take back something when you return.

The tickets for the play can be bought from buzzintown.

"7-am arivu" - an worthless offering

2011-10-30T05:20:00.000+05:30

Saw 2 very different movies by very different directors who have attained great fame in very short time. One relatively old. One brand new. One @ cinema hall. One in the movie channel @ home. One costed me. One free. One having a silly actor in the lead. The other got a much superior talent in the lead. One super success. One is a sure flop!

7-am arivu

Wow! I went to watch this movie with shit loads of expectation and excitement. The name sounds fantastic. A possible good tamil movie in the offing. That apart, you can't blame me for all the enthusiasm, check out the combination:

The quartet that wasted my evening

Wonderfully talented, hard-working & super-handsome Suriya.
Extremely capable, critically acclaimed & innovative director AR Murugadoss.
Super gorgeous & yummy Shruti Hasan.
Well established, supremely melodies & recipient of many awards Harris Jayaraj.

Well, with this combo I dare anybody to question the outcome. This combo could be an atomic bomb waiting to burst out loud in the box-office. If you thought so too like I did then you are not very wrong. Just a slight difference would be: It was indeed an atom bomb waiting to burst but it did not blow away the other releases with its explosion but it imploded under its own expectation & weight. What a hotch-potch work from the team!!! Can't believe 3 out of this 4 were involved in one of the brilliant forward thinking movie like Ghajini! Law of averages, I suppose! :-(

The highlights first.

Bodhi Dharman

Nice educative start. Keeps the audience in rapt attention with the information about Bodhi Dharman.

Bodhi Dharman

I was fascinated by the information and Suriya has done a good job as the 5th Century monk. His eyes spoke. His presence was powerful. His appearance rustic. His face had the rugged but calm charm. The director handled these scenes with finesse and to the point. In fact, when the movie FINALLY ended we felt these parts should have been given more proportion in the movie time. These were nice patriotic scenes. Makes you feel proud to be an Indian & more so a Tamilian. Suddenly the name of the movie 7-am arivu (i.e., seventh sense) kinda made a lot of sense. It set the expectation quite high up and also gave an insight onto what is about to come. The Kalaripayattu stunt scenes are brilliantly taken. The raising dust & the body-language of Suriya is a treat to watch. Also these scenes gave a very ethereal feel to Suriya's role & what to expect from the modern-day Suriya's character. When this sequence ends, the movie stops to make sense. But the audience are unaware until a lot into the rest of the movie.

Lights & Camera

The very thin & heavy built
look not very different!

You gotta give it to Ravi K. Chandran for a very technical work. Nice work. The lights and the angle has been typical of his work. Very right. He has shown Shruti Hasan extremely beautiful. There are moments/scenes in the movie where you will blown over by the gorgeous beauty and the pretty face of Shruti Hasan. All thanks to Ravi Chandran to have captured it that way. She is a very very thin slim svelte gal and Suriya is hard & very masculine. Also Shruti Hasan is, at least, 2~3 inches taller than Suriya. But, on screen, when they are together you never find the difference in height & hardly figure out the difference in their size. The angles Ravi Chandran has chosen should go into the textbooks of cinematographers as reference on how to counter-act the physical difference between the lead with technology & acute sense and understanding of camera angles.

Visuals were at its best

Also his lights was on spot. I liked a few nice touches like when Suriya is on the bike he had lit his face and just about the right amount. Also the blue serial lights to light up the insides of the SUV driven by Jhonny Tri Nguyen, the villian, was fascinating and beautiful to watch. Well, after all he has been around for nearly 20 years and he has given the world of cinematography some fantabulous scintillating work in the recent past, so nothing unexpected from him. All said, this definitely deserves mention, there is a particular song (a slow sad song after the break-up) which is a visual treat. Watch out for that song. Brilliant settings. Great lights. Awesome costume (simple). That song's visuals were, for me, the best moments of the movie. Classy. Colorful. Soulful. Experimental. That song was a photographers' delight. One can learn still photography by just watching that song. :-)

Subtitles

The movie has subtitles all through the movie. It sounded a bit optimistic. Were AR & team thinking of releasing this movie to English speaking audience? Really? Has Indian films (esp Tamil movies) grown up to that? Hmm.. I wonder.

Shoes

I loved the different variants of shoes Suriya wore. Very colorful and vibrant. I wish I could own a few of those pairs. :-)

I guess that's it. I can't think of any more good points for the movie.

The pain points.

Suriya's performance

You should have got an idea when I listed subtitles & shoes in the highlight of the film! :-) The performance was not great. Suriya did NOT do a BAD job! But I have seen far better performances from him.

Forgettable performance from Shruti
Not his best by Surya

He is one actor who gives his best in ANY film but I wonder why he did not here. For one he did not receive much support (or any support, I should say) from his lead-lady (Shruti Hasan) but that has not stopped him from performing in the past. He is, typically, a one-man machine that churns out brilliant performance. But he failed me miserably; went with a lot of hope of watching this bugger spew out another classic performance. His role did not have the depth other than Bodhi Dharman part. A very shallow role & he could not add colors to it either. A guy who has been cheated by the gal he thought loved him too just 2 days ago would not go spending his entire day with her however serious the pretext be! But Suriya's character does! How?! Unbelievable! No wonder Suriya could not do justice to his role. Ever since that scene Suriya never looked his powerful self on screen. Probably he never believed in that part but did it anyways. He probably lost belief in character. Never the less, his performance was NOT forgetful but not worth mentioning either.

Shruti Hassan

Bloody hell! What is wrong with her? Has she ever seen her pa acting or her mother's work or even her pa's current muse's (Gouthami) performance?

Gorgeous but at unease

At least, her ex-live-in-boy-friend's acting prowess would have been enough for her to do a decent job in this movie. The theme of the movie was about tapping ancestral talents and benefiting from it. If only Shruti Hasan can tap her father's talent she would be burning the screen with her scorching presence and brilliant acting. This is my first film of hers and I was mightily disappointed. She looked so uneasy in the first half. She was slightly okay in the 2nd half but by which time we were bored of her. She can't act for nuts. And, her voice! Oh, please! You are in a movie that promotes being a Tamilian & in fact, proud of being one and her tamil is forgettable to say the least. She should have asked for a dubbing or at least the director should have enforced it. She is hot, I give that to her. She should try & get comfortable in her own skin and be confident of her presence on screen. In his hero-centric industry, unless the heroine has a strong screen presence she has no chance of a future. And, yeah, sit with your papa & learn some skills. If you have already then put it to some use. We love your papa and do justice to his fans like us.

Songs & love story

Boy! Boy! Another great let down. As I am typing this I am listening to Vaseegara song from Minnale movie. The killer song. In my opinion his best best so far. And, I can't believe it is the same music director who has composed songs for this movie too.

No songs stood in mind & timing was terrible
More over, non-existent love story

Harris Jayraj has not given any such numbers in this movie. I had not heard any song from this movie prior to watching the movie and I came out of the cinema hall without remembering even one song from the movie!

That apart, except for the introduction song of Suriya not a single song made any sense in its timing. The songs came in randomly. They are running away from a killer hot on their pursuit and they are having a romantic song!!! For christ sake, AR get your reins together and put a practical jigsaw puzzle together. Also the love story was very very very very shallow is what I would say if I am very generous & extremely nice to the director. If I have to put my actual thoughts my blogger id would be blocked for ever! Giving partial importance to the love story, the director lost the track of the original intention of the movie. The worst part is he hasn't done justice to the love story either. In essence, it is a mesh of mess created by a very unclear director. Why did he get confused by the non-existent love-story is unclear to me. When such talented directors go hay-wire & confused the state of the future tamil movies is not consistent! Unless consistent these talented young directors can never fill up the void left by the yesteryear's trio - Balachander, Bharatirajaa & Balu Mahendra. Waiting for such talents to revitalize tamil film industry. We need no flash in the pan. We need consistent folks.

Stunts

What a let down this was! What makes the stunts team to think a badly done graphic sequence would convince the audience or even have an impact on the audience? Esp when the cars were flying like pigeons one-after another for over 10 minutes? The stunts were lame! The flying cars. The hypnotized strangers having an expression like one of the zombies from Resident Evil series. When you got somebody like Johnny Tri Nguyen use him. Sweat him out. Don't just parade him. He is supremely talented and extremely flexible. The stunts could have been beyond belief of Indian cinema if only they has used him. What a waste of talent. Any unknown Chinese guy roaming on the Indian streets could have done what he did in this movie. Finally when he gets his due chance to fist-fight it out with Suriya the fight sequence was... to say the best... worthless of even Suriya's stature let alone a Hollywood stunt double's stature. All Johnny Tri Nguyen was doing was ramp-walking. Staring at people with a slight tilted head. Walk with an expression as if he is God. Man, he is a stunt double, if you ask him to jump of a cliff without a shute he would do and still be intact to do further stunts. Grr... Couldn't stand him staring people in the name of hypnotism. Can't believe this is the same stunt director who choreographed super awesome stunts in Ghajini not far in the past! Peter Hein dude, what's wrong with you??

In other words, folks please please please keep off this movie. Not worth the money. You can watch it once. Sitting at home. Definitely not worth going to the cinema hall.

If you are wondering what was the other movie I saw & mentioned in the header? It is 7/G Rainbow Colony. I loved it. It was perfect. Not much of mess by the director Selvaraghavan. He knew what he is doing. Not a single wasted song. Not a single useless scene. Perfect. Despite very bad acting by the leads (arguably, the lead actor did a great job bcoz the character was such) yet the director gave his best. Needless to say, Yuvan Shankar Raja gave his best in that movie. So, as compared to 7-am arivu, 7/G Rainbow Colony was a killer watch.

Shoulder my cry

2011-08-26T01:44:00.000+05:30

Contrary to popular belief, every man, however macho or otherwise, has every emotions that are considered feminine. We cry. We need support. We love. We miss. We are what we are. Here I am throwing in my growing frustration into words & hoping it would cure me and 'man' me up! :-)

This ain't a take on any one nor a sarcastic hit on my ex(s) but just words to my current flow of thoughts. Appreciate if you can but I ain't taking anything negative on this one! Not in a mood, you see!

Silent as tears rolls the inner abyss deepens

At times in life, we pause the run, look back and realize

its more chaotic & unpredictable than a pair of rolling dice;

Every aspect of my life has seen its share of low & high

But love is the pain that leaves me empty, parched & dry...

...can someone share a shoulder for me to cry?!!

I am creative, sensitive, funny n jolly to be around

well... but that's not good enough is what I just found

my care, understanding is needed when you down, out n sour

but when it comes to loving me I am just shown the door.

...is there anyone who can love me & shoulder my cry?

Need an understanding shoulder to feel human

"Thanks for being born" I was told after years together

"Naah! This is not working" I was slapped 3 days later;

without warning my best birthday turned into worst nightmare

a cold eerie darkness loomed over me as stood alone here...

...waiting for some generous one to lend & shoulder my cry.

For a real long time loneliness has been my only partner

so much so that when people come next to me I shudder.

Ain't easy to look normal when the abyss inside tears you

It doesn't help when people who like you are less than a few

...wondering if my destiny includes a gal who shoulder my cry?!

Lonely as I walk through the desert of my life.

In deep sleep, I suddenly heard GOD say: Sins of the past!

I woke up with tears mixing with sweat to say: End it fast.

He vanished with a smile that said: No end to your loneliness!

Suddenly some clarity about my destiny, more or less.

Realized there ain't none who can love & shoulder my cry!

This I am penning to tend my deepest heart-felt apologies

to all those "Sorry-can't-love-even-when-forced" lovely ladies.

I fought with you for not loving me bcoz I thought I had a chance

Stupid me! I just learned that I am legless moron wanting to dance!

Thanks for not agreeing to shoulder my cry!

Marriage - why do we fear it?

2011-05-25T00:59:00.000+05:30

A sudden uncontrolled feeling to pen my current state of mind. My current thoughts. My current perspective. My current opinion. About marriage and why we say 'no' to it.

Lets face the fact, marriage is one word which has an universal bag of mixed responses. Every one is entitled to an opinion. Sometimes it is their own. Most times it is a borrowed concept. But all the time (almost all the time) it is the in-style statement. A "No" to marriage is in vogue. Why? Typical responses are -

"C'mon man! One person for life? Kidding me?!"
"Dude, I am not cut-out to be a marriage material"
"I am yet to settle down, bro"
"Still so much to achieve, yo! Not yet"
"I am happy the way I am, buddy" (the best, in my list)

But the underlying truth, I think, is "FEAR." The fear of unknown. The fear of change. The fear of 'what if.' The fear of losing control over your life or rather sharing control with another.

Fear of "unknown"

Fear of 'unknown'

Needless to say, so was I. I was also scared of this ultimate 'sharing' of myself with another & more scared of sharing their life with mine. Actually, I am still scared.

What has the future in store for me? for us?
I will not change myself after marriage....... should I?
I will not be able to spend time with myself after marriage...
I do not know what is her true-self!
Okay, now you want me to forcefully start a relationship with someone? (if its an arranged marriage)

These are the manifestations of the 'fear of unknown.' It is something that plagues many minds. Quite a few can overcome these with an optimistic outlook but never the less they exists. And, when it comes to marriage (esp in India, where marrying more than once is still frowned upon) these questions can screw up a perfectly positive mind because everyone wants to take these decisions only once.

Fear of "what-if"
The other biggest fear. The other mighty beast to conquer before the final step. The other biggest set of questions that cloud our mind from thinking clearly. The question that begins with 'what-if'...

What if I am a mess and so is she, can you guess what would happen if we both get together?!!
What if it does not work out?
What if we were _NOT_ meant to be with each other?
What if I am not able to share my feelings with her?
What if....
What if....
What if....

Is it even possible to find answers for these questions? Is it even possible to stop these questions from cropping inside you? The fear of 'what if' is probably the most difficult one to over-come, I would concur.

Other fears

fear

I can go on & on about the various similar fears within us:

fear of change and the reluctance to break out of comfort zone.
fear of additional of responsibility. well, we don't fear responsibility but the sudden u-turn in our life esp from a responsibility perspective is not welcome.
fear of failure. the innumerable divorces around & (in many cases) the past relationships have introduced a fear of failure inside us. Why would we bang onto a wall head-first when we know its gonna pain? Though this time it might not be a hard-wall but a soft-cushion but we don't wanna take the risk.
fear of uncomfortable home. having seen/heard parents fight & argue so much sometimes being alone seem a better option.
finally, that-other-girl-is-hot-I-shall-wait option. This is just an add-on! More like a feature a few guys seem to come with. Actually, its a fictitious idea occupies a guy's head! :-) The girl in the office is hot & smiles at me, may be I might hit a relationship with her. I shall wait. Or that girl I saw at the shopping mall is nice, I shall... Or that girl I was introduced to... Or that girl... Or that girl... this need not necessarily be a reason to avoid marriage but, yeah, men are crazy! :-)
so on & so forth.

"I" in front eye clouds the "V"

Perspective of "I"

But, all of the above are from a very selfish perspective. From the perspective called 'I'. As long as we are looking through the "I" glass all of the above are well accepted and understood. As long as "I" stands in front of our eyes, the above manifestations are valid and need to be addressed at the very earliest.

This "perspective of I" would always plague us, wouldn't it? We cannot let go of it, for it is a born quality in men. But, unless we let go of this ego-centric view of life, we will never be able to share life with a girl. The unconditional love would remain fictitious as long as "I" plagues our thoughts. But then thats bachelorhood. The "I." The "me." The "self." But, the question is - is the 'perspective of I' the major factor or are we giving it more importance than it deserves? Is there more than just this that stops us from committing?

Yet marriage happens!

If this was to be the case...
   ...if everybody is looking through the 'perspective of I'...
       ...if everybody is bothered and concerned only about themselves...
       ...if everybody is self-centered....
       ...if everybody is not ready to sacrifice the freedom...
       ...if everybody is bound by the fear...

How are marriages happening? Shouldn't marriage be an extinct ritual of the cave-men? Logically & in theory, yes but reality shines light in different direction. In fact, totally in the opposite direction. Marriages do happen. In fact, successful marriages are still aplenty. Including, the so called, more-advanced western countries, marriages have not lost its sheen. How?

My mind wandered....

...for days

...for weeks

...for months

...for over an year.
And, still it is not home-bound with an answer.
The journey continues...

Miss myself! :-(

2009-08-18T18:54:00.005+05:30

After roaming all over the mind & realizing that nothing productive can come up by worrying. I just realized I am not being myself!!

And so I rolled back a few years & ran thro' my mental diary in search of the 'lost me'!!!
          ... I was very carefree! (What does that mean, I don't even rmmbr now!!)
          ... I was very cool & unperturbed! (Does such a state exists now?)
          ... I was irresponsible! (Such a lovely feeling to be so?)
          ... I was crazy yet creative! (Now I have to think so much even to type one sentence! :-( )
          ... I was productive!! (In more than one ways! ;-) )
          ... I was flirtatious!! (Gone are those days of fantasies!)
          ... I was intelligent!! (Now I pick the calculator for 51 * 49!)

And, finally the most important,
          ... I had a life!!! (My current state of affair: Where can I buy that? Do I get discount?)

I NEED MY LIFE BACK!!!!

Beauty of a stranger

2009-05-29T04:28:00.008+05:30

Ever traveled hoping to meet the same stranger again? Ever thanked your lucky stars for do so? Ever wondered how would you react when you meet the stranger you were only _hoping_ to meet?

Chennai-Bangalore, a route I am way too familiar
traveled a zillion times between, year after year;
Whoever sit next to me, be it a virgin or a nun
its always been a boring lonely journey with no fun!

But, I had no clue of the wonderful impending events
when I boarded the train, as usual, at Cantonment;
After a game, a bottle of water, 2 tea & lost sleep
We disembarked with loads of memories to keep.

When train stopped so did our friendship, or so I thought
ever heard - "Travel ends but the journey does not"?
God showed how mysterious HE can get, exactly a day later
when she walked right next to me looking beautiful & better.

Should I thank my lucky stars or just accept the unexpected?
I was so full of pleasant shock, I was truly dumb-founded;
The sheer joy of meeting the same beautiful stranger, again,
is like wetting your feet in puddle during pre-monsoon rain! ;-)

Second chance is the request from GOD: "Son, its time to act"
so didn't miss dropping her @ her place & picking her contact!
Exchanged views, numbers, sms-es, giggles, laughters & smiles
with memories of that day, to meet her I would walk miles.

Penning this down @ 4 in the morning, missing my sleep
for the impressions formed are way down deep
Stranger no more she is to me, but I will send this to her
just to tell her how wonderful was the "BEAUTY OF THIS STRANGER"

Where do I start? How do I start?

2009-04-30T02:05:00.004+05:30

The long hiatus from creativity & my poems
is like a leech crawling under the skin;
I am itching to restart my journey with words
but.. where do I start? how do I start?

Thought of penning about my perennial thought,
Olive & my life revolving around her;
The more I ponder over this I keep wondering
where do I start? how do I start?

Unless I start with something... anything
few rhymic words to read, to hum or to sing
I took up my pen & paper and then I wondered
where do I start? how do I start?

Its not easy to restart once stopped
Its not difficult to resign mid-way
"Inertia," they say but all I ask is
where do I start? how do I start?

Happy Bday Olive

2008-12-07T22:13:00.002+05:30

Today would have been one of my best days in life. But that not be the case decided destiny! Olive decided I am not important in her life & so be it said I. Tomorrow is her bday & I cannot call her! :-) If I could have then I would have given her a bunch of her fav flowers & read this poem as the clock strike 00:00hrs!! Probably on my knees! :-) The romantic in me does not have job now!!! :-D Anyways, if she ever reads this blog here is my chance to reach out to her.

Even in a lonely desert spanning miles & miles
a mere thought of you brings joy & smiles;
The beauty, the charm & the twinkling eyes
would melt hearts like a bucket of ice!

You sashay along with a smile on your face,
like a ballet dancer full of élan & grace;
Your beauty & force of love is so strong & pure
even Aphrodite would feel vulnerable & insecure!

Undying confidence & a strong sense of individuality
form the biggest forces behind your personality;
Knowing the strength & determination deep inside you
even GODs & world would conspire to help you!

Today on the occasion of your 21st birthday,
Allow me to say 'MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY'
With this 'I shall bid adieu to you'
by saying 'MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU'

move on....

2008-12-04T11:45:00.004+05:30

The world talks about moving on! "Move on, man, else you are wasting time!" For me it is easily said than done. But, if the whole world is in chaos & your chaos seem lesser importance than theirs. And, if the whole world can move on then better you do too!!

The trouble of moving on is to shatter the dreams that you have built. My Olive once spoke to me about dreams & how important to guard it against breakages. And, guess what, she was the one who shatter most of my dreams all the way! :-) I guess life works that way!

Unfortunately, I believe in 'ALL FOR GOOD' and I know what is happening is for my good. The only trouble with this philosophy is the state of mind to accept it. It is easy to believe in philosophy but acceptance is difficult.

But, yeah, I cannot stay on
for I need to move on;
life awaits with much surprises
new one after every time sun rises.

Wish I could have a friend along
to fend off troubles all along
but life, sometimes, throws you alone
to work on your sins & to atone!

God Bless!!

Is it worth it?

2008-11-09T18:31:00.006+05:30

Here I am crying out and waiting, lacking all the patience, for that call.

People ask why so emotional these days? Why so troubled? Why so struggled? I have only one thing to say - try. Try living with expectations and expectations not being met. Try living with expectations, which was met earlier but not met anymore. It is a great time of your life. The pain is unbearable. The pain.

And, is there any thing more worst? Yeah, I will say yes. I will have to say yes only bcoz of my belief. My belief in the history. The history of the current situation is great. If the same trend continues the worst is still not yet in the horizon. I am yet to face the gravest of the troubles and have to crosses the hardest of the hurdles. I am bloody freaking sure that the hardest part of this entire episode is probably just around the corner.

Can I come out of unscathed?! Great if I can. But, I am sure I can't bcoz I am already half bruised and half handicapped.

I heard a nice phrase from my friend - 'Let Go. Let God.' I just pray to God.... nah! not pray but command God to gimme the strengths to fight the fight. Run the Race. Finish the game, at least a matured bit.

fish Vs boat

2008-10-06T15:22:00.004+05:30

bored to hell I am, frustrated to the limits,
wondering where my life is planning 2 take me;
realization struck like bolt of lightening -
'does the fish know where the waves lead them?'
well, fishes don't but the boat does!

choices are with us - boat Vs fish;
fish lets the wave decide its course,
boat uses the wave for its course;
the choice is not a split-second decision
but a life-time commitment & a life-line too.

the choice decides our final destination
or is it our destination that maketh the choice?
wish for some clarity and some guidance
but, as always, clarity comes with the choice
and guidance comes with the destination!

'welcome to life, it sucks & you'll love it'
said, Monica Geller, of F.R.I.E.N.D.S fame;
then i laughed; now i cry & being laughed at;
i ask not for help to choose for i find it selfish
but still choices hangs over head - boat Vs fish.

unbearable pain crawls deep inside the heart
want the comfort and the medicine of my love
irony as it might sound, but truth it is
that my love caused this pain only it can heal!
'Love hurts,' said Victor M. Garcia Jr. I nodded.

The choices are to play the 'freedom' fish -
'go by the current & leave the past behind';
or to play the 'never-give-up' boat -
'understand the current & steer to victory';
Either case, it hurts & I could use some tears.

"Easy way out? Fish! fish! fish!" says devil;
"Best way out? Boat! Boat! Boat!" says angel;
Now, I should choose the boat & row my way out
but I don't have ability 2 understand the current
neither do i know anything about rowing!

sitting here, i choose to row & fight out
but fear creeps in; failure looms large;
are they real or imaginary fear & failure?
I know not! But, my sure-footed steps tumble!
I better pick up else i will go down rumbles!

I hope my efforts realize success
but right now, the current is incomprehensible
the oars are missing & I don't know swimming!
But I chose & will stick to it; I just pray
i am capable to participate in this game of life!

waiting for the call....

2008-10-05T00:29:00.006+05:30

Yeah, today is the cultural day and the organizer is my close friend. I wished. I wished for the success of the event, as always. All these years I have been wishing and my wishes were received with joy. I think it was received this year too with the same joy. I just hope and think but I don't know. How can I know?

Well, the answer lies on the call. If I get a call regarding how the event went then yeah, my wishes were worth it... no actually, i wished, any case! I mean, I genuinely, wished. I always wished success. In fact, I still wish only success. I am not evaluating my intention of wishes based on the responses. So, I should not check the worthiness of my wishes based on response. But, then all these years I received great response. I am waiting for the same this year.

Waiting...

Waiting...

Waiting...

No response till now! :-(

Is the trouble bcoz I am waiting or bcoz I am expecting? I love to hear what had happened today at the event. Every details of it. Everything... I mean, every little things. But, will I get the call?! Will my interests & joy-in-hearing-the-success-stories be will honored? Probably, I will get a call tomorrow. May be not! I know, I am supposed to keep a cool head & continue with my way of life but I am not able to...

Still, waiting...

Oh! damn this life...

still freaking waiting...

Update: still waiting... my life is turning to be interesting... I am not sure if I would get the call.. And, I am still not sure how to react though I don't want to react... oh! damn!

what do you do?

2008-09-29T12:45:00.003+05:30

The big question is "What do you do?"

What do you do when you miss somebody so much?
What do you do when suddenly the life line is removed?
What do you do when the reason for your happiness is no more with you?
What do you do when your happy factor gives so much pain?
What do you do when you are not able to bear the pain?
What do you do when you want to inflict physical pain just to remove the emotional pain?
What do you do when the one thing you want in this life is not interested in being a part of you?
Bloody fucking hell, what the heck would one do?!

The big question is "What can you do?"

will the world conspire for me?

2008-09-20T20:09:00.003+05:30

Have heard/read the most famous statement in one of the Paulo Coelho's book 'The Alchemist' and the statement goes thus - "When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true."

Well isn't this great? If this can happen always then it is great.

Now the question is can it happen to me?! Ever?! Well, a good question. Guess the answer is obvious. Yes, it will. Actually, it can! It will provided that I am as desperate as I can get. Am I as desperate? Well, yes and no! I am desperate to go back in time but I am also angry at the things are right now. So, right now, my head is filled with clashes between the past & the present.

With clash at its peak & worst, how can i think of a future? More over, how can I be desperate about my future?! Interesting, isn't it?

Well, if I can somehow settle my thoughts & focus on what I need, may be! Just may be, I can get this Coelho's thesis come true. I can somehow get the whole world to conspire to fulfill my wish! But for that I need make some changes... in me! I need to focus & get the best out of me! For which, I hope GOD has given me the strengths to tackle my inner fears & over come them. If HE has not then HE better give me! :-)

...it pains!

2008-09-15T10:59:00.002+05:30

When things don't go right,
when people you trust don't respond
the way we want;

When things don't go right,
when times seem as difficult
as it can get;

When things don't go right,
when past seem very painful
though it was pleasure then;

...is it bad to expect the end of world?!

....it hurts a lot more!!

2008-09-10T10:06:00.002+05:30

What is the most difficult thing in the whole life?!
The most simplest thing is the most difficult thing. Confusing right?! Thats life, I guess.

The most difficult stuff is to give/provide what the whole relationship is based on. For instance, friendship is based on trust & support, the most difficult thing is to give friend the unconditional support & trust. Similarly, Love is based on space & time given to each other and the most difficult thing is to give love that much need space.

In both case, it is very very painful to give without gaining much! I struggling and in near psychological-trauma trying to give. But, guess what, I have decided to give. Let us see if I can get back what I almost lost - Friendship & Love.

.... it hurts

2008-09-07T19:02:00.002+05:30

Some times... the life turns interesting.. it takes all that it gave and it gives back all that you don't want... it shows the path which you want to forget.. it opens the doors that you never knew existed.. Well thats life in short..

What you think cannot happen will happen.. what you think should not happen will definitely happen.. what you want to happen will evade you like none before..

I am thinking of doing something next weekend and I am sure the thing called life will definitely give an interesting twist the entire show.

Let us see how Swami handles this & me...

pride

2008-06-26T16:22:00.001+05:30

i was chatting with my friend and this suddenly came to my mind..

the most interesting portion of life is pride
it appears like a wonderful ride
it takes us up and up of the tide
until the time when we fall and have no place to hide

meet the spartans - a piece of sh*t!

2008-05-06T12:22:00.015+05:30

this saturday was my black-saturday. I happened to watch this sorry movie called 'MEET THE SPARTAN.' This is my back-lash @ the director. I am also joining the zillions across the globe who have questioned the existence of the film makers

To start with, I had loads of expectation as I was picking up the tickets for this movie. I expected it to be, to say the least, partially interesting. The movie started on a decent note. Spoofing the wild-wolf with 'happy feet' famed penguin. We kinda enjoyed these scenes esp the spoof of the depiction. (Remember, the shadow play of the young Leonidas piercing the spear into the throat of the wild-wolf) The shadow was very aptly spoofed here. The subsequent scenes of him picking the wife (Carmen Elektra) is also fine. In fact, King Leonidas(Sean Maguire) training his son is also a very hilarious compilation. Probably the only best sequence of the entire movie.

Then starts the trouble. They hit on Britney Spears! Why? Why? Poor Britney is, even when left to herself, in shambles! Hitting on her was not sending any laugh-vibes! In fact, a brief touch on Britney's subject might have been tolerable but giving her more than a minute of screen-space in an 80-mins movie is ridiculous. Then a hit of K-Fed. Boy! Boy! Why? It sounded like the film-makers lacked the subjects to hit upon. This scene was spoofing the famous-kick by King Leonida when the Persian messenger insults the queen. I could not understand what K-Fed, Britney Spears, Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell & Randy Jackson (of American Idol fame) are doing in that scene?! I was under the belief that even while spoofing you spend a considerable amount of time trying to stitch the scenes together!! Apparently the film maker did not have such thoughts!!
And, I have had enough of Britney and K-Fed. How many more years are these paparazzi gonna spend their time, energy & effort on this couple. Even his name has FED but our fellows are never FED-up of K-FED!! Phew! And Paris Hilton! My Good Lord. Another of those bakras this world is interested in! Always! Always! And, for the depiction of Paris Hilton in this movie, if I were her I would take Mafia's help to eliminate the film-makers. What crap shit they made out of her. I am no fan of her but then showing her (for that matter any body) in this fashion is, to say the least, damn demeaning!

Carmen Electra! The super-hot babe has been a waste of screen presence. Except for a couple of scenes where her assets are of some use, I could not find one good reason why she is even around?! I mean, there was no scope for acting and interestingly, she did not even try to act. No story. No Big banners. No big production house. At least, a couple of bedroom scenes would have added credit to her presence & her assets. NO! No nothing what so ever. Then WTF was she thinking when she signed this film?! All she is in this film is a slutty whore who does not expose too much either. All she does is try (mark the word - try) to walk in a sophisticated manner with some old & boring fashioned dress.
Sean Maguire! Ah! The other waste of time! I should say, he did attempt some decent acting. His presence was not totally useless as much as Carmen was. Even the painted abs looks quite natural on him. His expressions might require a bit more skills. Though this movie gave zero-scope for acting et al but still such plain acting is not going to scale up. At the very least, he was some treat for girl-viewers. But Carmen ditched they male viewers! :-(

The most horrible part of the entire movie was not even the lack of focus... it was the presence of body fluids!! I have got no clue why this western spoofs are always filled with -
          1. mucus
          2. farting
          3. gay-relationship
          4. vomit

Why? Why? Why do these guys have the fetish for such nauseating stuff? I almost threw up watching one such scene in this movie. And this fetish is not limited to this movie alone. I watched 'The Date Movie' and my good lord, I could not stand the movie after the 20th minute, when 2 guys are playing basketball and one guy gets to rub his face on the sweaty-hairy opponent and finally he vomits a bundle of hair!! Yeeeks!! I cannot stand such stupidities. Do westerners enjoy these?! And, worst, only these?!
On the most interesting aspect of the 2 movies - Date Movie & Meet the Spartans are both written & directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. And when I looked at the IMDB, I realized the ratings were 2.70 & 2.30 (out of 10), respectively! Ah! I should have had the sense to check this before watching the movie. Next time I shall.

Is Rahul Dravid unlucky or a bad captain?

2008-05-01T15:01:00.016+05:30

Chennai Super Kins - Played: 4 Won: 4 Lost: 0 Tied: 0
Bangalore Royal Challengers - Played: 5 Won: 1 Lost: 4 Tied: 0

The team record above speaks a million words about the gap between the league-topper and league-bottomer ;-)The worst irritation of the entire record is that BRC is led by the supremely-talented 'Rahul Dravid' and the CSK is led by the supremely-lucky Mahindra Singh Dhoni. BRC by former captain and CSK by his successor. Do you see what I see?! Dravid has been losing ground ever since he lost his captaincy to Dhoni!

RAHUL & His Captaincy

Some say, he volunteered to step down; Some others say, he was forced to volunteer; Well I say, he did a good job, whether forced or otherwise. Dravid was not being a good captain. I, a mere gully-cricket-cheer-leader (yes, cricket is not game), was able to find so many mistakes in his fielding positions and his bowling changes. I distinctly remember a game between Sri Lanka and India (of course). Vaas enters the arena for batting and Zaheer has just scalped Jayawardhane. Zaheer runs in. OMG!!! There is no slip! I was surprised. Zaheer is swinging the ball like a pendulum and Vaas is seeing the red-cherry for the 1st time today. The most most obvious of the steps to do is to put a slip! Elementary my dear Watson! And, guess what happened?! The ball takes the edge and runs past the slip cordon (which was empty) to boundary! Most obvious. And, I could not believe my when I saw Dravid placing himself in the slip position for the next ball!! I was in serious disbelief! Did he actually expect Vaas to repeat the mistake?! Holy Christ! Can somebody send in some cricketing sense to him? He is wonderful player but as a leader! Where is he? Where is the fighter Dravid we have enjoyed watching? Where is the tough guy whom the opposition feared? His temperament as a player is great but as a captain is bad. He emotes too often and too much. Watch his reaction when his team falters?! And, somebody said Ganguly emotes more? I say, Ganguly was better controlled and a better captain. He did not show is tension, unless required!!

Dravid has been making some horrendous mistakes while captaining. No doubt, he is the best player India has produced. Technically correct. Clinical Perfection. Stylish. Dependable. Reliable. Performer. THE WALL. But, he cannot captain for nuts.

DHONI, a surprise!!

Dhoni has been a surprise for me. Well when he took over as a captain, he was definitely not the best of the lot. In fact, he was not even in the thick of runs when he took over. But, look at him now, he suddenly appears like a saviour of the Indian Cricketing Fraternity from elimination. Oh, yeah, I mean it. The way we performed under Dravid's able-guidance, I was wondering if cricket in India is becoming like cricket in Zimbabwe. Recollect Zimbabwe in 1999 and Zimbabwe in 2008. In 1996, they gave Azhar's India a run for money by their fierce competition and unyielding attitude. But, right now, they are not even able to perform against Kenya, the next worst team. So, Dhoni's entry as a captain was a breath of fresh air to the Indian cricket. But, what surprised me was that 'he was successful!!' I mean, think about this. We were destined to win the T20-WC but did not deserve it! Misbah-ul-Haq (not Pakistan though) deserved the victory! We won by luck, I say. No way, Dhoni could have stopped Misbah-ul-Haq from winning the game. Only Lady Luck and Misbah could have and, its nobody's guess, whether they did or not. So, I say, Dhoni did not get T20-WC for us but Misbah did!! Dhoni did not get us the Tri-series cup from Aus but media-pressure on Ponting did!!

Apart from Ishant Sharma, there are no new players in Dhoni's team who were not playing while Dravid was captaining. But, suddenly this team has becoming a winning team! How? The big question is - What Dhoni has that Dravid does not have? I would say :
          - 'confidence' in his decisions
          - 'pro-active' and 'not reactive'
          - 'aggressive'
          - 'victory crowns'
Take each one of them, he does not mind dropping seniors of a match and does not fear coming out in open and declaring the same to the media. Also, He does not alter his decision to give the ball to Sreesanth because the batsmen is scoring easy runs and hence he does not have reaction-based-fielding-setup. He is aggressive in his approach, he always want to be on top of the opposition. Finally, he has victories to feel proud of.

Bangalore Royal Challengers

All said and done, what is happening to Dravid's BRC?! They are losing every game and they are losing it badly! No fight! No match, it is slop-sided. The team is the 2nd costliest team. The team boast of very very good class players - Kallis, Mark Boucher, Praveen Kumar, Nathan Bracken, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ross Taylor, Virat Kohli (of U-19 fame) and Rahul Dravid himself. To come to think of this is not a enviable T20 team but then, damn, each of them are legends in their own way. But they have been losing like a bunch of street-cricketers. They are not show-casing their international class. They are buckling under pressure. During the match against Dhoni's CSK, Boucher wanted to get out at any cost. When CSK was generous enough to miss a catch, Boucher was not happy and he gave another chance. And this time he chose a better fielder! Ah! I was pissed off the way Boucher played!! He played to lose. If BRC is gonna continue playing this way then I am sure this Rahul's team is gonna have the same outing as the Rahul's team did during World Cup. Such a formidable team and no performance is unaccepted. Boucher and Kallis's performance is dismal to say the least. Boucher, for starters, is capable of handling the opposition and pressure & high-run rate as if he is handling a small kitten. He is that capable but of all the players of BRC, he has been the worst. Unless he performs I do not see victory for BRC. Ever.

So, is RAHUL DRAVID UNLUCKY or A BAD CAPTAIN?

Indicators are indicators not licenses!!

2008-04-30T10:08:00.016+05:30

Traffic woes! Auto-rickshaw Mafia! Cops & Bribes! Ah! Every tale for every one.

A peaceful morning! A nice warm kiss from your wife and a bed-coffee! LA Lakers won says Times! Aloo Parata for b/f! Your old Royal Enfield starts in a single kick! The ever-busy street seem free! Your Royal Enfield responds to your commands! The signal at your right turn is green! No traffic! In a beautiful position to turn! A santro next to you taking a turn as well! It is close!! OMG!!! SCREEEEECH!! Without Indicator Santro decides to take a U-turn and you are on the wrong side!!!!

How many of you have faced this problem? I am sure many have. In fact, every driver/rider on streets of India have definitely faced this problem. And, many of us have been guilty of being such a problem to others too.

Most often than not, Lane-discipline is a word we have never heard of! Or worst, lane is associated only with by-lanes! Discipline is only for kinder garden kids! Together, lane-discipline is a disciplinary program designed exclusive for kinder garden kids living in by-lanes!! And, do not be surprised if people actually accept this definition. Without such discipline all we find is - Vehicles jump lanes as if it is their right to do so; Pedestrians cross the road as if it is their corridor; Cops take bribe as if it is their Salary. So much for morals!

Auto-rickshaws! Boy! Boy! It will be a great scientific research to login to auto-wallah's mind (i am not sure if they have brains, so mind is the right choice of word here) and understand their acts (again, thoughts means thinking, I am not sure if auto-drivers are permitted to think). Their traffic sense(??) is unique. They use the 'Orange-indicator' in the bright & sunny daytime and use their dark hand(yes, all the auto-drivers are damn dark ONLY) while making the turn. Probably they like to blend in with nature - Orange during bright sunny day and Black during dark night! You know he is a new driver if he indicates you when he is about to stop/turn! You can comfortably ignore him because he will not last long in this competitive field of auto-driving.

Indicators!! People think indicators are license to make a turn. They turn the left-indicator on and rush from the right-end of the road to the left in one single quick swirl. If you stare at them they glare at you back pointing at the indicator!! Also, many turn the indicators on always. This gives them chance to take a turn when ever they suddenly realize they have been driving straight for long. Bloody Indicators!

Probably next time I shall write about "Horns and Pedestrians." They make our lives!

Summer Vacation for Employees

2008-04-29T11:02:00.005+05:30

After really long...
Was recently wondering how it will be to have summer vacation for office goers too! In India, unlike West, there is no concept of long vacation for employees. No Christmas vacation. No Diwali vacation. NO VACATION. Thats work in India! :-)

But, imagine. Imagine vacation for employees. Just like students, a summer vacation. May be a concession in train-fare! :-) (for unknownst, in India, the students get a concession in Rail-ticket fare (and also air-fair) )

We could add more to it. Imagine a summer-vacation-pack (with concession) by leading travel agents, say, Thomus Cook. Say, a 50% off for all the IT-employees! (he he he) You get to go to your relatives house and eat, eat, and eat, till they kick you out! Then you travel (again in concession) to your other relatives house and do the same! Yeah, I almost forgot. We go to the relatives house and expect the uncles & aunts (in our case it will cousins & her husbands) to take us around to the town. May be, a visit to the town's circus, a zoo (mandatory, though the animals looks the same across the globe) and a compulsory, late night ice-creams!

Every body we should be woken up only with a 'Today, we are going to... ' or 'Today, the special menu is...' Also, the uncles & aunt's should have a beautiful neighbor! :-) And, late in the afternoon, when the aunts & uncles are asleep, the beautiful neighbor and we (nah! in this case, me) will sneak behind the mango tree in the farm house behind their house... (wow! this imagination game is really interesting! lol)

Yeah, during a visit to the town exhibition, we should be able to run around and falling on the dirt without anybody smirking on our face. We should be able to cry standing in front of the Giant wheel and plead to our mom to permit us to play in that. Yeah, do not forget to add a nude bath in the town lake/river! ;-)

Ah! A summer vacation (with concession) and a beautiful neighbor, who does not want it?

Munagaru Male-Anisuthide yako indu

2007-12-15T04:52:00.003+05:30

Wonderful Song.

love siege

2007-09-06T16:22:00.000+05:30

to...

chax: i had got my laptop & had connected thro' moi mobile! :)

recently i was viewing a film called "coyote ugly".. in that the protagonist lady walks into the pub, named same as the film, in a very timid & cautious manner... but soon she becomes the prime entertainment & the source of business for the pub.. to my mind, somehow this was very similar to how many love stories are...

the gal slowly & cautiously enters the guy's heart and soon she is in total command!!! also his heart's main source of entertainment is his love!!! nd this triggered the creative side of me and here is my grouping of words that i call poem on this very subject:

LOVE SIEGE

unexpected she came in,
not barging but, entering in slowly
clear cautious eyes scanning
taking in all
nd surprisingly not detesting!

there were others before
some came along nd others later
all pitchin in their luck
nd hoping a win
but surprisingly none won!

all of these she has heard
never seen but heard, you betcha;
smilingly she sat at nowhere
cautiously nd silently
knew not many of her whereabouts!

soon the owner noticed her
throw in a card for a team-game
without knowledge they were gaining,
slowly and gradually,
points were scored against their names!

the crowd around are unaware
of the potential team building along
they are blissfully ignorant,
including her gaurdian,
of the successful coupling in front!

eventually the crowd walk out
the game-room losing competitors
to this unbelievable partners in crime;
unware to hisself
the owner has shut doors on others!

one fine moment amidst joy
the void in the room hit, as a surprise,
as the owner searched all around;
with dawn of wisdom,
the reality stuck him, surprisingly, pleasant!

the facts of the life
coupled with philosophy ruling life
hits hard until ye wake up
just to inform,
"buddy, you hit a jackpot!"

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They Got Spliced....

2007-06-23T00:09:00.000+05:30

2 marriages + 10 different sets of friends + 2 different places + monsoon all through = HOLY FREAKING AWESOME

The black clouds above opened up
raining all its anger downpour
bringing along the grace of GOD
showering down unto his subjects.

The past few weeks had been days of rain. Rain came when ever it felt like. Never had a predictable rhythm. It welled up & eventually clogged up the roads making traveling a pain... esp for bikers like me. But, then yeah, it was blessings in disguise. The temperature simmered down so bloody much that now we have to search for a cover to avoid catching cold. :-) Am i not glad? The days of heat & sweat is long over. Now we are into rain & run for covers time! wish my gal-friend was beside me... would have a rocking time (literally) :-)

Like the monsoon moving North-west
and suddenly changing course to Bengal
blessing jungles, concrete & natural, along
the nomadic bachelor freedom caught onto me.

Yday in Hyderabad's one end in the evening and 40km to the other side by night and back to this end by mid-night and now 300+ Km from Hyderabad in Vijayawada. Wow! This is truly nomadic and joy of bachelorhood is fabulous and needs to be a part of every guy sometime in their life time. I can't imagine roaming so much with my wife tagging along. God forbid if I am a father!

A word, a hug, a slap on the back
the punch in the paunch and that kick
is the order the day, amidst friends;
thats whom i met in scores after years.

Yday met a dozen and tomorrow another dozen more. And no over-lapping b/w them. Such are the numbers of friends i am meeting in the past few days. And, of the 2 dozen, atleast a couple (nearly 10+) i am meeting after years. Wow!! The joy of reunion. The joy of watching our dear pals. The joy of reliving those days in just a few moments. The joy of being back to our student notorious self... Its fulfilling.

"The year of of maximum nuptials,"
so would my friend put it, obviously,
with friends finally falling in the trap
I am a mute witness for a couple of them.

I traveled 40+ KM braving a downpour, which would have halted even Sun God's rays to penetrate. I traveled without any know-how about the place, route, location. No nothing. But thats fun. esp when you are traveling to be a part of history in making of your friend. Esp when you are attending a wedding. Yeah, I am here Vijayawada @ 300+ km from my cozy home, braving all odds of rain + unfinished work @ ofc + a cold stare from manager to attend my friend's marriage.

So long live Mr & Mrs. Pappu & Mr. & Mrs. Dad.

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At last a first!!!

2007-06-17T12:03:00.000+05:30

to...

saka:yeah, i always know my moods were just like the rain clouds in Chennai. They never last more than a day or two... but, yeah, i had all the rights to be depressed bcoz the situation was like that. can't help it boss!!!

after a long of "i need it" and "i will by this month end"... i at last did it...

ah! the feeling is good and great.
i feel some amount of achievity
have i? a good que albeit bit late.
at last i got my connectivity. :-)

At last, after a real long wait (running into years), i recently picked up a laptop. a good enough fitting my budget and configuration. a HCL make. 1.73G + 1G RAM + Blue tooth + Web cam + DVD R/W. All of this for Rs. 46K + 3yrs warranty... Its apparently one of the best deals though the brand is not very well known in laptop circles.

after a few tussles with leading ISPs
i realized what a village i live in
it seems i live in a forest without trees
nobody would provide me a option to login.

I was quite irritated with the leading Broadband providers when they refused to provide me a broadband connection bcoz i apparently live really far from the city limits and it is not feasible for them spend time, money & effort in providing a cabled connection.

Then, I decided to try out wireless
but, yeah, i was surprised at their response
their interest could not have been any less
poor response means poor signals!

I tried the leading Wireless DataCard provided Mr. Reliance. I wanted to check the bandwidth and signal strength near my home. I was promised a demo at my home and i waited for over a week and realized they would not provide me even a decent demo. I was not in the least amused by their lack of service. There aft, I was not in the least in doubt about their after-sales service.

Then, a spark inside my huge head
I do already have a signal receiver, O' my Dumb
why cant i use it? Ah! Used my head
Thus my MOTO-V3 Razor with Airtel acts as modem

So, with a sudden dawn of brain-powerm, I realized why can't i use the features in my mobile. My mobile supports GPRS and my service provider does that too, so why not? :-)

So, fellas, here i am online from home using my Moto V3 Razor + Airtel combo. Hopefully this will help me streamline my online activity @ office to work-related only and thus improve my productivity. This means that i can leave ofc early & have a life other than work life too!!!

Yippee!!! I am happy! :-)
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hmmm... Crys from abysmal limits

2007-05-28T12:09:00.000+05:30

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pv: hope you watched it and you liked it too.
vinesh: Deepa Mehta + Lisa Ray and if a guy does not want a skin show then he must be Gay! :-) Thankfully, I am not and I am glad that you are not too. :-)

The depressed me trying to pen down the possible reasons for depression. Wanna read it? I would suggest not... Dont waste your time.

you clicked and wanna read?? God Save You!

Hi All

Its quite an interesting thing to note that some acts in life become a part of you and you miss them when you dont do them. For the past few weeks, I have been quite dis-satisfied with anything and everything... I wondered why? I thought of various stuffs but nothing much seemed a valid reason.

i weighed a lot on various acts/activites but none gave me a conclusive explanation to my mental state...

1. Basket Ball - i used to play a lots of them when i was a student.. spent at least 2-3hrs/day sweating out in the court.. right now I have no opportunity to play as I found no ground anywhere near for me to play. :-( I missed playing... esp BB.
2. Creative Tussles - back in college, i used to be a part of a gang, which used to be extremely innovative and creative. And, we used to have great arguments and i enjoyed the knowledge sharing that used to be a part of such arguments. I miss those and I miss my group.
3. Friends - back in college and even in my 1st job, i had loads of friends. i always cherished my moments with them but right now far away from them, in a different city, i feel lonely. and, i cannot blame them but its obvious, that i am slowly being left out of the group. once, i used to be an integral part of the group, now i am just an attachment running in the periphery. i miss friends and i miss their support. i lived my entire life with the support from them.
4. blogging - ok, i was never a regular blogger but yep, i was there. i used to blog often and used to reply on quite a few other blogs too. i used to enjoy, how-ever infrequent it was, the creative challenges blogging used to pose. I enjoyed reading others blog and trying to gauge them. It was fun. But of late, i am no where. i lost my identity in the blog-world too..

i miss the above a lot. i know its gonna be tough 2 get that creative tussle back but the other 3 are not difficult. Unfortunately, being an extremely negative-thinking optimist its tough for me to think that i can get back my friends. the way i am losing my friends, i would be surprised if any body would attend my marriage! Its a freaking sad thought but, yeah, i am getting depressed aloud, in a vociferous manner. at times like these i feel like kicking my own butt but then, thats life about me.... feeling depressed and moving out of it...

neways, coming to basket ball, I have no clue how and where I am gonna find a court & some fellas to play with... regarding bloggin, i am damn freaking busy but then i should try & make some time to blog.

If i cannot do what i love doing, then what is life all about??

Rp
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W.A.T.E.R - an beauty of its own.

2007-03-29T20:00:00.000+05:30

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~*. D E E P A .* ~ : tanq... so there is some one who still believes my lame excuses. :-) this gives me loads of confidence! ;-)

Me went to my friends' house and they had a small quarell. It concerned one guy ditching the other & goin for a night show. And my presence gave the victim an idea. "Even I will go out with my friend" and he looked at me! I was surprised. He decided for me??!! Meekly, I said, "Yeah, we too shall go!" So we went for this great movie!

This is one hell of a film. Believe me, this is fantastic. I went in with a bit of apprenhension and a bit curiosity. After all, isnt DM the director of the in-famous FIRE?? I was also half-expecting so see some skin-show and stuff. DM disappointed me. Disappointed me badly....

...by no nothing of adult content in the movie. Its a clean movie with strong strong (repeat over zillion times) subject. The movie is a eye-opener and makes you feel like kicking the butt of our ancestors if they were anywhere close to how its depicted in the movie.

I can with all joy reveal the story out here bcoz this movie rides on an directorial excellence with fabulous screen-play. So this will not be a spoiler of any form but for those who feel otherwise plz close the window right now!

This movie is placed @ 1938 timeline. Starts with a cute little girl being take to the ashrama for widows. And after over an hour of the movie, I realized that this ashram is only for those kid-widows. Apparently child-widows are considered cursed, I suppose. Else why a seperate ashram for them?? Anyways, this kid is a Srilankan, whose real-life name is Sarala. She portrays the innocent widow who does not even understand/realize that she is a widow. Her performance is remarkable! Sweeps you off your feet!! She over shadows other big-wigs in the movie and has outrun them by miles. Imagine performing better than Seema Biswas & John Abraham. Fantastic performance. We should watch this movie at least for this babe. Her expressions are so innocent yet filled with the emotion she is expressing. Hear say that she does not even know English. A transalator used to help her out in the movie sets! Boy, imagine hearing the scene transalated from English to Silangeese and then act in Hindi!! Boy! Its tough. Very tough.

Her in the Ashram, Chuyia (Sarala's reel name) meets Didi - Seema Biswas and Kalyani - Lisa Ray along with various other insignificant characters. Chuyia is all of her young age and bubbling with enthusiasm but none in the ashram, leaving apart Didi and Kalyani, give her the space that is essential for a kid. Then plot revolves around how Didi & Kalyani with patience and love truly welcome & enjoy the kid's company.

At this juncture you are thrown the most important question, subtly by the director! What life does a kid-widow have? We have heard zillion times about kid-widows & kid-marriages. As a matter of fact, both my grannys (mom's & dad's moms) have had child-marriage. Probably just after their puberty. So we have heard about kid-marriage from childhood and it does not strike us how terrible it is to be a widow & a kid too! This movie dwells with that sad portion of the life. In fact, at certain junctures, we get irritated and angry with our in-human ancestors! How in fuck did they justify their behaviour?? I mean, get a kid of 3-4yrs old to marry a stupid 60yrs old bas***d. And when that dumb-of-an-ass dies, which anyway he would even before the kid understands that she is married, throw the kid (if lucky, 8 or 9 else 4 or 5yrs old) into that ashram and tell her that she should never be normal!!!

Can ye blve that? Imagine yerself in the kids position. You grow up not knowing truly why you are not staying with your mom or dad but with some fat-lumps!! Also not knowing why you have to keep your head shaved and wear only white saari!! And, when you attain puberty and all those sensual feelings arise, you realize that you are never too enjoy those aspects of life!! And this is all bcoz yer father & mother wanted to get to married to some fucking fool for Rs 20/- This is fucking insane!!

And also these widows are used as prostitutes!! And the head of the ashram herself lends these kids/girls. I mean, thats very sad. The way its portrayed is that these widows are considered as low, cheap & dirty in the caste-dominant society. In fact, some fucking zamindar goes around screwing 9yr old kids!!!! I cant believe it. I mean, I was so agitated when I saw this little Chuiya being sent to a Zamindar as a prostitute. And the little kid did not even know that. When I see a little kid, I feel like hugging her & showering with kisses for all her innocence and not otherwise. I cannot think of sex with her. Bastards! The zamindars of yore are cheap sex maniac and would go around screwing even if you tie a saree around a tree. Cheapos!

I was so overwhelmed by this movie that If I had a time-machine @ my disposal, I would have gone back & time & killed all of them...

Its time India wakes up and allows screening of such wonderful eye-openers. These Politicians are indeed killing India & its future... Why this movie was not allowed to be shot in India? It has immense relevance and societal importance. Similar was the case for the other great moview Parzania. Read here and here for better reviews of Parzania.

anyways, getting back to the movie. This is a wonderful movie, which does not have any skin-show or no nothing that can be rated as A. But a clear good story line with great acting and fantastic direction. The movie moves mountains within you.... A great great watch!! Dont miss it even for zillion dollars!

For Other comments/reviews pls check into these:
1. blogcrics.org
2. stylusmagazine.com
3. boston.com
4. apunkachoice

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Laziness is an Art!

2007-03-16T13:20:00.000+05:30

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krishna: oye! thanks. welcome to my blog. :-)
chax: thanks dude. i take that as a compliment. :-D

This post is dedicated to my very friends. Some are opinionated. Some are shrewd. Some are against me. Some are for me. Some biased. Some other unbiased. But every body has categorically come to the same conclusion! This post is dedicated to those souls!!!

"lazy bugger. You'll never change." said my good friend.
I suppose, this is the repayment for calling him "a good pillion rider" :-) But, I actually take this as a compliment. I mean, its difficult to be lazy. Do you know why?? Read further....

Yep. Its difficult to be lazy. For laziness affects various aspects of ones life. and one should have the mental strength to cope up with those. Lemme try & list it out....

1. you gain pounds - This is the most important effect of being lazy. ye gain pounds faster than a 5yr old can grow! Extra pounds are not well appreciated by some biased & senseless community of skeletons. Well, I would say its gr8 to put on pounds it means a lot. It means you are Lazy!!! Isnt it great?

2. you lose prospective gal-friends - Another major impact bcoz of laziness. Say, you meet some gal @ some party/function. You take her number. You go home. She go home. (of course, i am refering to respective homes & not the same) You hit your sack & watch some crap on the TV. She hits her couch & wait staring at the mobile to ring with your name flashing. You dont and she doesn't. Next day @ mid-day, when you wake up with a hang-over due to laziness, you decide to call her and she bangs the phone so hard on your ring your ear drums would refuse to work for next few minutes. In short, you lazed around and she is gone for ever. But, this is great isn't it? you get to flirt around with one more the next day. :-) Else you are committed & hooked on to the same damn babe! How sinful!!!

3. your blog is rarely updated - Oh, yeah, this is one of the effects, which does not have a +ve perspective.

4. your vehicle & house are rarely tidy - oye, dont get me wrong. My house is clean but its not tidy. Thats it. But thats a great feeling. Untidy yet clean houses retain a perfect home atmosphere. Extremely tidy houses are but museums where only extinct animals are preserved. I am not yet extinct!
Also, when you clean your vehicle like once in a blue-moon thats when you realize that you actually have a very sexy vehicle and it gives a great pride & confidence. This will be of great help esp when you are gonna go on a date with a gal for the 1st time!! ;-)

5. you learn to skip meals - This is of great help. When you live alone and you have every necessary ingredients to cook but you are lazy. You are actually not skipping meals but learning to skip them. This will be of great help. Imagine, you join army and you are sent to plunder the enemies. At the ambush is fixed @ 7:30 in the morning. You are cannot protest and demand for food @ that time. But with these training you can successfully ambush the enemies and even get the "Medal of Honor." Then your Mom, who is shouting at you for skipping breakfast now, will be proud of you then. Always aim at the greater Goal!

Laziness is an art. One needs to master it. Else you will be infected by the most dangerous illness in this known-world - Guilt. You need to completely unaffected by the happenings around you only then you can be lazy without guilt. And its a great feeling to be lazy without Guilt. Try it & you will be addicted to it.

Laziness without Guilt is Character.

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Trip to ParkField Resort

2007-03-13T15:17:00.000+05:30

After I relocated to Hyd, I have been more find in B'lore than Hyd. I had various reasons. And this time it was bcoz of a get-to-gether we had planned.

"Its been really long since we had a outing," commented one.
"Oh! yeah, we plan but never put it into action," accused other.
"We plan and almost execute but for few spoilers," said another.

The atmosphere (which is in reality a virtual space) was becoming hot & sweaty to stay. A few more similar comments would call for fight & blood shed. Then some one jumped in, "yeah, He came back from US just a couple of days ago. Why not have a treat from him as a trip?" This saw many nods more than the traffic jams around the city. Few more of us ( to be precise, 2 of us) also joined the US-return in treating others.

We decided the day to be 23 & 24 Feb. After loads of "this-place" and "no, that place", we finally left the job to an able guy. And then on 17-Feb we visited "Park Field Resort". The following is gonna be just a photo blog of the events, for better read go thro -

1. Chax Blog here
2. PVs Blog here and here

Blood Diamond

2007-03-06T12:07:00.000+05:30

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chax: Dont ever think about reading a new movies story in moi blog. I will never spoil even with a spoiler warning. :)

In this stupid place where I live the number of English movies that run in theatres are, at its best, 2!!! So, when I heard this movie was current on screens, I rushed. Me and Moi cousin went for this movie and we were awestruck. This is a movie one should never miss.

I dont like to give away the story of any movie I watch. But this movie its gonna be difficult but I will try not to give away the main stuff; @least not the climax!! :-) So I have compensated with pix of the movie. I am so awe struck with this movie, I could not contain my excitement since last night. Also I have been ever since waiting to get hold of my comp to pen down on my blog.

The plot is set in 1990 under the cloud of chaos & rebel war @ Sierra Leone. Well, as the name of the title says, this movie is all about....

...the infamous conflit Diamonds. This movie touches you with a gripping screen play. The entire movie is about the struggle Africans face because of the craze for this stone - Diamond. Once we are through with the movie, you feel a tinge of pain when-ever you come across a Diamond. This movie has been taken so beautifully that you wonder what are getting ourselves into. Our craze for such exotic stone is causing zillions of lives.

The movie's protagonist is difficult to identify. Its not one but two. Both Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou. Each have out performed each other. Just like a race, where each performer tries more to compete & out-perform with each other than simply winning the race; here too, these two fellas have given such a magnificient performance. I wonder why they did not earn the oscar. These guys did a great great job. You get so involved with their natural acting.

Leonardo DiCaprio has so out-grown his boy-image, which he acquired during his early years esp in Titanic. Movie after movie & year after year, his performance shows the maturity & extreme character. When I look back at the movies I have enjoyed the most, quite a few of those flicks are Leonardo's!!! Is that suprising? I did for me. Think about it - Departed, Aviator, Titanic, Catch Me If You Can and now, Blood Diamond!!! Boy! Boy! What a performer he is?

But note that here is another actor, who does not get over-shadowed by his bigger co-stars. He steals his share with all aplomb and grace. He showed that he knows what he does and his eyes spoke more than any body. And full marks to his body language. He might be seen running behind Leonardo but if you notice, he is not far behind and he is catching up with him! Yep, I am talking about Djimon Hounsou.

Djimon Hounsou has rendered a sterling performance. Never heard this name till now. But when I searched his name, I realized that I have seen a few of his movies. I liked him in Gladiator. And he is there in Eragon, which is due to be released in India. Will catch up with this movie soon as it is realized @least to watch this fella's performance. Pretty impressive. In fact, there are other older movies I missed like Rising Sun, Constantine, Biker Boyz.

Ok, dont ask me why she is there; but she is & we have to accept. I am refering to Jennifer Connelly. She still looks pretty though her age is catching up with her looks. Her smile is still radiant. And her physiche is sooooooo picture perfect. Damn! How does she maintain such a hot hour-glass structure without looking tooo thin!! She comes for few more scenes and captivates us with her smile. May be, she is in the movie just to take the mind of all the killings. No doubt she gets in a fresh air to the other wise bloody scenes & quite literally too.

Finally, for the director - Edward Zwick. What a direction! You have to watch this movie to know the difference between a Hollywood flick against our own Bollywood flops! There is never one time in the movie when you think that this scene is unwanted. Or this scene is unnecessary. Or what is he trying to tell us? Every scene is gripping. Edge of the seat. He has maintained the thrill & kept the adrenal pumping till the last scene. Very precise & clear no-nonsense direction.

On a whole this a wonderful movie to watch, dont miss it.

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Eklavya - A Majestic Beautiful No-Nothing

2007-02-21T19:38:00.000+05:30

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pv: I know. I know. I am just playing it safe & praying. And thanks dude for the financial help offer. Can ye plz transfer $55,000 to my a/c! ;-)

The day was boring, as in nothing much was happening. Also I had not-a-so-good-time with the ICICI bank. As they money is still @ large. I was just riding by Hyd Central and I decided to watch a movie. I just went in and bought a ticket.

I went and saw this movie. I have my own opinions on it. Read further for my opine.

If you want a short one, just note that if you are not a creative-freak KEEP OFF FROM THE MOVIE SCREEN

The movie starts with a usual period film start. A commentary from the legendary voice in the industry - Big B's. Damn good voice. Then the screen is filled with a beautiful face of a dying Sharmila Tagore and a weird looking Boman Irani. They are accompained by a beautiful Raima Sen. Sharmila passes away then in next few scenes the sexy hulk Saif is flown in (literraly); followed by the super sexy Vidya Balan.

Until now every body in the audience is smiling for they saw somebody whom they wanted to see. The oldies saw AB & Sharmila, the middle aged saw Boman Irani and youth Vidya, Saif & Raima....

And thats the last time ye will see them smiling... For from now-onwards the audience (which includes ye) is taken an amazing ride filled with great sets + background scores. The directorial touch is seen in every scene. Every scene takes you by a awe. The background score is superb. There is only one song and its fabulous too. But, what strikes you the most is the confusion.

It looks like the director is confused in telling you what he wanted to. Frankly, when you step out of the hall, ye are left thinking what in heavens' did he try to convey? The acting is superb, so you cannot blame on the actors. So is the dialogues. The background score has done its job in giving you the feel of the emotion but then something is definitely missing. Slowly it dawns on you that there was simply no story what so ever.

PROs -
      Star Cast: Impressive
      Acting: Quite Good
      Cinematography: Excellent
      Background Scores: Simply Superb
      Sets: Mind Boggling
      Per Scene direction: Fabulous
      Directorial Touch: Scene-after-Scene

CONs -
      Cohesion b/w scenes: Not bad
      Story line: Hmmm... gotta look for one
      Screen Play: For this story line its great.

Is it a casual watch?
      Nope! If you want to watch movie only for fun, then plz keep off this movie. You will left with a sad feeling. As there is nothing commercial about this movie other than the cast.

Then who can watch this?
      Fellas who are interesting in creative cinema! This movie is full of creativity. Starting from the story till the climax, from the music to sets, also the cinematography is superb. Worth watching for a creativity freak. Its a must for a DFT students but not for story writers :-)

Will you go again?
      Yes. Provided I have a good company who can appreciate the hard-work and behind-the-scene works. I was once involved in a short movie-making for my class & I know the stuff that goes behind. So when you see this movie you can feel the work & concentration of the behind-sceners...

In Short, for commercial public its is a
Eklavya - A Majestic Beautiful No-Nothing
but for DFTs & creative-freaks its
Eklavya - A Majestic Beautiful Creative Bundle
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So inexperienced I am!!!

2007-02-19T12:47:00.000+05:30

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saka: Copy cat. :-) Anyways, i will be more than happy not to sue you for overriding my copyright.
pv: hope to be regular, in the future. lets see. :-)

This week had been a nice roller-coaster ride for me. I had few highs & one lonely but a big low

The week that went by was interesting. There were highs but I am not gonna tell about them. I am gonna tell about my one lonely but a hig low. I had lent few thousands to my friend and he has till date failed to return.... Now what should I do?

This guy concerned was a junior in my college. I lent him 30-grand as he desperately wanted that to finish some Tax related work. And he promised to return the amount by 8th of this month. Believing his words, literally, I lent him the entire amount, which literally cut my bank balance to near zero. I did not work on the unexpected. Now he has not returned to amount to me and I am broke, to say the least. I have loads of financial commitments and I am not sure how I am gonna manage it. And to top it all, today is my credit card's due date. :-(

Now what I am pissed off with this fella is his indifference towards returning. Should he not take responsibility in returning the amount to me? He did not return my call or return my sms for few days. And then after few days he started giving reasons like he is out of town & such stuff. And, now the latest development is that he has depositted the cash in one of the ICICI's branch on Friday. But till now it has not reached me. What in heaven's I am supposed to do???

When I contact him, he says that he cannot do anything bcoz he has depositted the amount and so his work is over. Now its bank's responsibility to credit the amount to me. Wow! I loved this commited statement from him. I wish to kick his butt but i cannot until the amount reaches my hand. Unfair world! You cannot do certain things bcoz other things are dependent are on this.

Anyways, I am keeping my fingers' crossed and wait for a miracle to happen. Nothing short of miracle, can save me from the clutches of the banks' who have graciously given me credit cards!!

So Inexperienced I am!!! :-( To handle such scenarios.
psst.... I wish to hell I knew what to do in such scenarios?

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Brief Update!!

2007-02-13T11:05:00.000+05:30

Planning to start a new idea of writing post. This is basically borrowed from kroopz but with a slight modification. I am planning to reply to the comments of the previous post before beginning the new post. Does that sound good? This way, I can definitely say to those who commented a more vociferous thanks. What ye say?

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chax: Soon dude. soon. :-)
saka: uh!! what? dude, can ye plz explain further?? :-)

This is a brief update from my side. I have been out of action from blog-world for over 3 months so thought would give a brief update from moi side.

The past 3 months to be precise from Nov 24th till date Feb 13th, had been a good roller coaster ride. Simply due to lack to time & balancing a huge pressure to make a +ve impact in office. So had to restrain from venturing into various of my online entertainments. So here is my brief update....

DEC 06-

Visited quite a few places on our way to a wedding. We went from B'lore to Belluru, Hallibidu, Kalasa, Hornadu. What a beauty these places are. Its a definite honeymoon spot esp Kalasa. Its the Karnataka equivalent of Munnar. Beauty par excellence. Also the architectural beauty of Belluru & Hallibidu is fabulous. I would request all those who can plz visit these places and believe me you will not regret it.
Attended one of my closest friends marriage. It was traditional Mangalorian Brahmin wedding. I enjoyed it. It was different but very refreshing.
Found a house @last. My college seniors house. Me & my other senior is sharing the house. A good house but very far from the actual happening Hyderabad.
Shifted my stuff from B'lore. Was a tough job. I had collected enough stuff thinking my life will be for-ever in B'lore. Way too many stuff for a bachelore, I should confess.
Went out with my b'lore friends to a resort and broke my ankle for the zillion-th time. Boy! My ankle's lady luck is working over-time. I am still able to run is a magic given the number of times I have twisted it.

Jan 07-

Spent my New Year eve fruitfully washing away my sins. Emptied my drum of mistakes & "never-do" things so that I can refill it this year again. I had been to Puttaparthy and spent a useful 3days. Prolly a very good way to start the year to come.
Went to B'lore the following the weekend to meet my class-mate who had come down to India. CK is doing his doctorate in US of A. Met him kinda after an year, at least. It was nice to catch up with him & the other gangsters. :-)
For Sankaranthi (or Pongal, for Tamilians) been to home for a lazy 3days. Spent the entire 3 days (i.e., 72hours) only on my bed and a couch near TV. In fact, one meal session I had in a spoon for not-wanting to get up to cleanse my hand. :-) Laziness is my birth right & I exercised it to the best during those days. Also this was my 1st visit after I took up this new job, so it means I am visiting after 3+ months, the longest after my college.
Attended one of my class-mate's wedding in Hyd, my friends had come down for it and it was fun unlimited. We enjoyed our best. Roaming in the streets of Hyd when the entire city was asleep and doing things which made the police wonder if we are terrorists! :-) For further details, log onto saka's page. click here A good update.
Spent one weekend purchasing stuff for my home. Bought a washing m/c and Diwan. It was my dream to set up a beautiful home, which you would love to return to from office. So in the process of setting it up. Hope I dont over do it.

Feb 07-

Spent another weekend cleaning my house and helped my room-mate purchasing for his trip to US of A. An official trip for 3 months.
LIVING A LOVELY LONELY LIFE @ MY HOUSE. FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS, I AM ALL ALONE. HYD GALS, ARE YOU LISTENING?!! :-)
Wanted to update my blog, and doing it so. :-)

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A Beautiful Proporsal

2007-02-02T21:15:00.000+05:30

There are loads to write after my previous post. Zillion things have happened after my Goa trip. I can fill up this post on that but I dont want to. This is come-back post is for a different reason.

I have an habit of opening my orkut account when I begin my day. I check my message & reply to my scraps. I also visit other profiles who had visited mine. Today I came across a profile that came with the name Sindu. I went through her profile and was surprised to find this beautiful poem in her profile. I took a sudden liking to this and thought I should share it with you all. Without much crap from me, here it comes....

       Feelings.....

When I saw your name next to mine,
In our wedding card,
I felt blessed.

When I saw you smile,
Seeing me in the traditional bride groom dress,
I felt teased.

When I held your hand,
During the marriage rituals,
I felt responsible.

When you entered my lonely bachelor life,
And changed it into a heavenly abode,
I felt lucky.

When you showed the same love as I did,
Towards my parents,
I felt proud.

When you scolded me,
For neglecting my heath amidst my hectic work,
I felt pampered.

When I saw you scream,
Crying out of labor pains,
I felt helpless.

When I saw tears of happiness in your eyes,
As you looked at our kid,
I felt blessed once again.

All these feeling have bloomed in my heart,
But are yet to blossom in reality.
As these are feelings I long to feel,
For these are still unfelt.

When will you marry me?

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GoGoGoa!!! on 26.11.2006 (Final Day)

2006-12-06T11:58:00.000+05:30

This is the continuation of the previous posts. This is day four in Goa.
Just a re-cap of day 1, 2 & 3 for those who have gold-fish memory or for those who haven't read the earlier parts & is lazy to do so. :-)

Day 1 - 23.11.2006 - Humble self fly into Bangalore from Hyderabad and 9 of us travel in 2 Santros to Goa thro' Tumkur-Arsikere-Badravathi-Jog Falls-Honava-Kumta-Karavar. We had a gruelling 18hours drive when we should have made it in about 12 to 14hours.

Day 2 - 24.11.2006 - Missed Croc Watch Cambarjua Canal but instead visited St. Francis Xavier Church then to Bogmalo Beach and finally to Majorda and back.

Day 3 - 25.11.2006 - Were mis-led to DCH fort (remember, Dil Chatha Hai??) but instead found ourselves in Fort Aguada. Then we jumped into waters of the flatest-shoreline in Arambol Beach. Wanted to end the day @ Club Cabana instead found ourselves discussing outside Vanilla lounge

Now for the final day in Goa.... :-) Here we go....

November 26, 2006
0000hrs: These guys returned from a discussion with the localites and the result was, to quote my friend "Dude, it seems this is where the Goa night-life begins and after some time the crowd moves to the other places. And so according to these guys we are at the right place." "Thats it!! You guys were discussing for like 20minutes & thats it? What a waste of 20minutes," I thought but said "That was quick." And we finally had to pay Rs. 1800/- (Rs. 300 per head) to enter. :-( **To many Rs. 300 is cheap but i am crying bcoz i am tee-totaler and also dont have a gal-friend by my side. So for me its a waste & not an investment.**

When we were about to enter, we were overtaken by a couple. And as always I noticed (only) the gal. And she looked familiar to me. Wow! What a beauty she was. She had a great great structure but a bit too thin for my style though. She was wearing a extreme-black Sun Dress and a small cute single pendant on gold-chain. I was not able to notice the shape of the pendant though. She was white. And the black dress accentuated your looks and structure. Boy! This one gal convinced me that the entry fee is worth it! ;-) She was extreme white. I am sure if white-color had some emotions & feelings then it would enroll itself with a psychiatrist for anti-depression. I have seen fair-skinned or even an white-skinned but her color was way beyond my imagination. So against the extreme-white skin the velvetty full-black was a desirable combination. Also her texture was great. Whew! Lemme stop her, else this post will not be about my Goa trip but about my 3secs standing next to her. Oh! Did I tell her name here? She is Preeti Jhangiani! :-)

Then we were stamped on our hand(!!!) and we were greeted by a small "no-crowd" on an empty dance floor. EMPTY!!! I looked at the guy who said "Dude, it seems this is where the Goa night-life begins...blah blah" **the hell it starts from here. It looks like a graveyard save few ghost-like drunkards trying not to fall hard on the floor.** Guess, I was too cynical. May be bcoz Rs. 300/- was still ringing in my head. Never the less, we ordered our drinks and then suddenly the music started to build up. Wow! Now thats something @least you can move your legs for. Though I would still prefer a geniune pop (or a hip-hop) against this crap. At that sudden point in time I realized the profoundity of the proverb Beggars are not choosers! I shut my trap & went onto the dance floor, which was still empty.

After few minutes of I dancing noticed a small group of babes dancing next to us. And in that one was awesome! A shoulder-less top & was oomph!!! I started eyeing her and was, after some time, receiving signals too. :-) We continued dancing and one point, I was considering approaching her but decided against it. **plz don't ask me why? till date i am not able understand why i missed this opportunity!!** Oh, yeah! I should not forget to add that while returning from the disc, Romy said "Rp, those gals, you remember. Those who were dancing next to us?"
I was like "uhh...uhmm.... yes" **Did ye notice me eyeing them and they eyeing me??**
He said "They were eyeing..." while I was thinking **I know! I know!**. He completed it with "...me and Shashank." I was like "WHAT!!! YOU & SHASHANK??!! No way. It was me." but, again, I said "I know! I know!" I was actually shocked! Those two & not me, yeah?? I tried to think logically to prove my might against their's and after a while I got a logical argument which they cannot refute - "But, what about those times when you & Shanshak were no where near the dance floor??" Now they dont know what happened that time, so this means I have the ball rolling. heee heee Though I never actually used this sentence.

After the dance & few morsels of something-like food we were tired and my mobile was glowing 0145. I wonder how brain works, the minute it saw the time sleep ambushed us. We packed our selves & left the lounge towards our hotel. Just a block before the hotel, we stopped & some of us suggested that we will take a looooooooong ride on the bikes. It was a two-motive stratergy. Primary being, lets burn the excessive petrol, the lender is not gonna bargain on it. Secondary being, this is our last night in Goa & the roads are very inviting. :-) So we hit on.

Sachin with Shruthi(wife) on Avenger. Pinky & me on my Enfield. Shashank & Romy ("But, what about those times when you & Shanshak were no where near the dance floor??") on the other Enfield. We ripped on the high-way kinda clean roads with no traffic. The bugger Sachin would overtake us & would slow down till we overtake him. Again he would lower his gears and rip us out of shape. Arsehole! Enfield is a great vehicle but does not have the pick of Avenger and Sachin knew this pretty well. I am sure, Shruthi must have been a proud wife that day; after all, her husband is giving us a run for our money (literally). Suddenly my vehicle went into the reserve mode & so we all returned to our hotel.

0400hrs: We started playing a card game brought by Shashank. I am sorry I forgot the name of the game. Will try to recollect & post it soon. The teams were Shashank, Sachin & me(SSRP) Vs Pinky, Romy & Shruthi(PRS). We won them by zillion points. :-) Anyways, the losing team, which was undoubtedly PRS, is not gonna agree. But for records, SSRP team won like a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge margin against PRS, whose poor performance out beat India's performance in the on-going SA tour. After the game, at about 0500hrs we hit the sack.

0800hrs: **snore snore**
0900hrs: **snore snore** Lazily we all woke up. And realized the folly of waking up late. We have to leave today & early morn drive was suggested & agreed upon too. :-( Anyways, without wasting much time we got ready. A small group went ahead to make some purchases and few of the more responsible guys stayed back to wind up the room-vacating activity. We cleared that & went for break-fast. Only Deb, Romy, Sachin, Shruthi & Me were present @ the same hotel for breakfast. Others had it at the place of their shopping. After the order, Shruthi went for a small quick jewelery shopping. And the remaining of us played few boards of pool and returned to our hotel. I was sweating like water falls and we finished the final formalities of room vacating.

The idea now was that Smriti & me were to board our respective flight and the rest would continue on their car. So, we split up. Shashank & Pinky would drop Smriti & me and join the rest on NH17. So when I was about to get into my car, I went greeting everybody a "ah! such a nice trip" and stuff. And, when I neared Romy, my thoughts were "But, what about those times when you & Shanshak were no where near the dance floor??" but I said "Nice catch up dude. Lets repeat it for Andaman"

Regarding Goa Airport, I have loads to say but already this post is way toooooo long Lemme say that some other time.

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GoGoGoa!!! on 25.11.2006

2006-12-01T21:07:00.000+05:30

This is the continuation of the previous posts. This is day three in Goa.
Just a re-cap of day 1 & 2 for those who have gold-fish memory or for those who haven't read the 1st part & is lazy to do so. :-)

Day 1 - 23.11.2006 - Humble self fly into Bangalore from Hyderabad and 9 of us travel in 2 Santros to Goa thro' Tumkur-Arsikere-Badravathi-Jog Falls-Honava-Kumta-Karavar. We had a gruelling 18hours drive when we should have made it in about 12 to 14hours.

Day 2 - 24.11.2006 - Missed Croc Watch Cambarjua Canal but instead visited St. Francis Xavier Church then to Bogmalo Beach and finally to Majorda and back.

Now for the 3rd day in Goa. Here we go...

November 25, 2006
0000hrs: **snore snore**
0400hrs: **snore snore**

0800hrs: BANG! BANG! Holy Christ! This guy never sleeps and never allows us to sleep too BANG! BANG! Dude! Stop disturbing yaar. I will give my Enfield go for a ride & leave me **snore snore** WHAT! ROYAL ENFIELD!!! No way!! I opened the door and let that idiot to disturb us again. Grrr.... Wish early morning I had the energy to strangle his neck violenty & go back to peaceful sleep. Again, we repeated the same chore and got ready in a jiffy of less of 2hours! :-) We landed in the same shack for breakfast. Literally had the same menu on the same table served by the same waiter but the bill was costlier. :-O God knows how and I left the job to God & did not bother to ask GOD later!!

1200hrs: Almost the same group re-grouped on the same vehicles and today's itinerary was targetting northern Goa. We left on our great vehicles towards Aguada Fort. One amazing character in our group, whom we call the organizer of this trip had mis-informed us in telling this is the famous GOA fort from the film DCH!! We were all geared up and ready to go & take similar stills. When we reached there, we realized this fort is not what we were told. Grrr... all of us were searching this fella who gave us wrong info. Comfortably till our anger simmered down he was lost. Fortunate for him, the anger simmered down very quickly. This fort is awesome. Very very beautiful. The sea on 3 sides & a nice but not-so-magnificient semi-forest on the other. Very pretty. This place is now a part of memory for here we had some of our best snaps. And the best best ever clicked by your humble self. :-) Unfortunately none of the snaps are with me right now, will post the snaps separately at a later date. This is the largest & the best-preserved fort in Goa, built between 1609 - 1612. This is the only fort that remained unconquered during the 450yr Portuguese rule. The fort has an impressive 13mt tall light-house, but tourists are not allowed to go up. This is the oldest structure of its kind in Asia. Among the various historical importances, this fort happens to be the largest prison in Goa. This is a beautiful fort and plz do not miss it.

1600hrs: Then we shot to the next destination. Arambol beach it was. The best ever ride we had. This ride saw us doing loads of stunts. To start with the road is awesome. It was like riding across a hill to reach the beach. Remember we were on 2 Enfields + 1 Avenger + 1 Santo. We did crazy stuffs like Escort the Santro for some distance and such silly other scenes. But the best was yet to come. One guy (Mr. Pinky) suggested that we do a synchronized over-take & escort. The idea is that the video-cam will be with the Avenger pillion, who will be sitting facing the traffic-behind(!). The Avenger will be goin in front followed by the Santro. The 2 Enfields will be following the Santro. At the signal, both Enfields were to overtake the Santro one on each side and come right in front of it & Escort it further. We did this once but we did not get the sync. Then again after few yards we tried again & to our surprise it came to an amazing level perfection. The 1st attempt saw everybody making mistake - the cam, the bikers, the car & everything. But the 2nd attempt was like a computer generated one. Perfect!!! When I get those video's I shall post them here. :-) This beach was awesome, to say the least. It was crowded but yet everybody had enough space to feel private. We immediately stripped ourselves; ofcourse, except the gals & definitely we were not naked ;-) and ran into the sea. The best part of this beach is that this is the flatest sea-shore line I have ever been to. I have no idea even about the spelling of swimming but I was able to walk upto 25 to 30 mts into the sea and still the water was way below my chin!! The feeling of so far into the sea is awesome. I am waiting to learn swimming and enter Arambol beach! And, yeah, I should not forget that some stupid sand particles enter my left eye & irritated me so much that I had to abandon playing and close my eyes to silenty suffer the pain. In fact, when i quickly wink even now, i feel some few particles somewhere inside the eye!!! :-( This beach even has some small 1-room buildings that are available for rent @ 350/day!!! These buildings are about 10-15mts from the sea (mark it, from sea & not from beach!!!). So the next I visit Goa, I am sure to stay @ this small 1-room apartments just to enjoy 'a day @ sea-side'. We had a semi-lunchish-semi-dinnerish-semi-snackish items @ 1900hrs here. Then we left.

2000hrs: We began our journey back hotel. We reached our hotel & refreshed ourselves and it was like 2300hrs before we were all fresh. I am purposefully not putting much details in this time-frame bcoz there are lots to write about 2300hrs+ :-)

2300hrs: We left our hotel; all dressed to kill. **always wanted use this sentence** :-) We were prepared to go to Club Cabana. But in the mean time, Shashank found out that there is a better place closer to our hotel called Vanilla Lounge. Apparently this place is far better and had no extra charges unlike Club Cabana! We zoomed to this place. The minute we neared the place we knew we are in game for a great night. Unfortunately, I am not getting any snaps of this light show. It was not great but was fitting the party atmosphere. It was like a huge bright lamp hitting its powerful light on a ball of mirror and the light gets reflected into the night sky!!! :-) I heard that one can spot this light work even as far as 5-6km. Wow! Then came the shock!! There is an entry fee for guys (only) **unfair world** in this club and the entry is not covered!! :-( And the entry charge was putting us back my Rs. 2000/- + we havent had our dinner. Unfortunately, they would not accept card both at entry & inside!!! :-( This means wipe out every penny in pocket inside & walk out penniless. :-((I was suggesting that we go to Club Cabana. But there was a small discussion on what to do next. The others guys in our group (i mean, other than me) found few localites and went to find out about the other options. We did not want to spend Rs. 2000 for a non-rock music! They were playing some sad pop music! I like pop but this was real sad selection.

I looked @ the watch & it showed.... 2358hrs!!!
I looked up to see these guys were returning with some very nice information from the localites. And, they said...

Time in my watch that exact moment was 2400hrs!!! :-)

REST IN NEXT!!!

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GoGoGoa!!! on 24.11.2006

2006-11-30T20:38:00.000+05:30

This is the continuation of the previous post. This is day two in Goa.
Just a re-cap of day 1 for those who have gold-fish memory or for those who haven't read the 1st part & is lazy to do so. :-)

Day 1 - 23.11.2006 - Humble self fly into Bangalore from Hyderabad and 9 of us travel in 2 Santros to Goa thro' Tumkur-Arsikere-Badravathi-Jog Falls-Honava-Kumta-Karavar. We had a gruelling 18hours drive when we should have made it in about 12 to 14hours.

The day two was a picture of few kms of ROYAL ENFIELD + ferry + 1 church + 1 beach. Here is day two for you fella.....

November 24, 2006
0000hrs: **snore snore**
0400hrs: **snore snore**

BANG! BANG! I thought somebody is running in the corridor and I was mildly irritated that my fitfull sleep is disturbed. BANG! BANG! Who the F is this? Cant (s)he run slowly or jog outside. BANG! BANG! For heaven's sake stop it. Its middle of the night. I opened my left eye. And, heard the jogger was even talking loudly over the phone. Loudly!!! Doesn't (s)he understand other humans live in the same building. "Wake up! Lazy bones! Wake up!" The jogger has a familiar voice as that of my friend! What is he doing in Hyderabad?!! I looked around and was shocked!! uh!...er...oh! I am in Goa! I saw the watch. and its not midnight

0800hrs: I opened the door and we (total 3 per room) were beaten up like slaves late for work. We were too tired to even protest. Within a flash (actually it was over 1hour) we got ready for the next day's journey. We went to another of those beach-shacks for break-fast & had breakfast for Rs.1200/- The waiters were afraid to even come near us. Guys were eating anything that was moving or for that matter, still too. Any thing and every thing was the mantra. Ofcourse, there were 3 strict eggitarians around like me. :-) In the mean time we had arranged for 2 Royal Enfields and 1 Avenger for our roaming within Goa. Each costed us a paltry sum of Rs. 350/day!! Because we had gone thro the guest-house where we were staying, we were not even asked for security deposit. We filled petrol and we were on the bikes going DHOOT... DHOOT... DHOOT. Awesome feel riding a Royal Enfield.

1200hrs: We slowly & reluctantly got up from our breakfast table, having cleared our bills. We were split like 6 on 3 bikes & 3 in car. I promptly picked a Enfield and refused to hand over the key even while having bath. :-) selfish!!! heee heee. The 1st place we embared on was Cambarjua Canal. This place is supposed to be famous for its Crocodile Watch. Apparently Crocs come out only in the morning for the birds to clean up its mouth & teeth. This place was like an hour ride from where we were staying, which is Calangute. We went driving & riding and were lost every 100mts. Finally when we reached a place, we were told tha croc watch is poss only in early morning hour! :-( So we dropped the plan but we ferried our bikes across the small stream. The ferrying is done for free!! :-) For Free!!!! amazing isn't it?? The croc watch images are awesome. I have put them here for benefit of understanding. Just imagine a croc right next to you when you are in a ferry!! must have been thrilling.

1500hrs: Having lost our 1st visit to our sleep. We substituted that with a unplanned church. St. Francis Xavier Church. This church is very good. When you enter in you are greeted by a relatively big altar, almost completely gold!! When asked somebody around me said it is Gold plated. Never the less, it was Gold and thats all mattered to me. It was very nice. In this church, they even had the body of St. Francis Xavier preserved and is displayed for all to see! The church was nice and has a huuuuuuuuge front garden. The church was originally built in the year 1545 but later renovated in year 1884. The body of the Saint has been around from 1622, the year he was canonized. Pretty interesting fact! The church is good visit. Its near Old Goa, Panjim. But beware of those road-side sellers, they like get onto your nerves. Yeah, if i dont say this it will not be good. When we were about to enter the Church compound, we were greet by another tourist walking ahead of us. Boy! She was wearing a short bright-red skirt & had such beautiful sexy legs.... man, God knows how to create! :-)

1700hrs: We went straight ahead to the next beach spot, where we were to finish our lunch. This beach is called Bogmalo Beach. Its just 4Km from the Dabolim Airport. While going to this place, I was frustrated by the slow moving fellas. I know that with Royal Enfield @ hand, if you go on 30Km/hr, its a crime. So, I decided to rip. I rode like I was possessed. Smrithi was behind me and she did not complain. The speedo-meter was not working and so I had no fears! I actually missed the left turn & went ahead & waiting for others to catch up. When they reached me, the guy in the car came & freaked me out with a revelation!!! "Dude, I was trying to chase you but you were unreachable. I was on 80+ and you were still pulling away from me! You must have been on 100Km/hr." Wow! Can you believe it? I was on 100 and I did not even feel it!!! Thats Royal Enfield for you guys! :-) Ok, we reached Bogmalo, not a very clean beach. We were hungry like hell, so we gobbled some grub. We played volley-ball for few minutes and played a rough rough mini-football. And my team lost the way India is cricket losing in SA, right now. We were tired almost instanteneously. We saw a guy doing wind-surfing. And it seem like fun. I wanted to do but unfortunately, I did not know swimming and I did not want to risk it. I decided someday I will learn swimming and will definitely do this wind-surfing. Its a target I have given myself. We also noticed that a group of tourist returning on a dingy from an island and we came to know that this service is only for the resident of the star-hotel situated @ the beach. Unfair world!!

2000hrs: We, with the help of the gals, requested one of the hotel fellas to rent a room for 1 hour for all of us to refresh. We refreshed in less about 1hr with just 1 bathroom. A record indeed. Imagine, 9 fellas (6 guys + 3 gals) within an hour sharing the same bathroom! Oh, yeah, this a record only bcoz none of us shared the bathroom together. :-) By the time we started it was close to 2130hrs. We went to the nearest casino, which was in Majorda. The casino is called Treasures. This is open 24hrs and is situated in like a 3-star hotel and is free entry only for the residents of the hotel. For others we need to shell out Rs. 200/- & its not covered either. The casino looked deserted and so was not very inviting. Though we heard that this casino is the one of the most wanted one but we could not find any signs of it. So we left the place immediately. The time was close to...

2000hrs: ...and now we thought this is the time to hit to Colva beach. It seems there is a very good disc out there. I guess we were talking about Avloc and we started our journey towards it. But, mid-way the gang decided that they were tired as hell and we would return to hotel. And we did exactly that! So no disc on day 1! :-(((((

This day was aimed @ south of Panjim. In fact, these area is called south circuit. The important beaches are Colva, Palolem, Majorda, Bogmalo, Benaulim. But Palolem was too far for us, so we decided on the other 3 & finished 2. But I have been to Colva and believe me, its far better than the other two we visited this time. Colva is famous for its Sun-set and also for Martin's Corner, a food joint that rocks. Almost every celebrity who had visited Goa had been to this place. A rocking place and not very expensive too. No one should miss Colva.

2359hrs: **snore snore**

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GoGoGoa!!! on 23.11.2006

2006-11-29T15:31:00.000+05:30

This is about my trip to Goa with my friends from Bangalore. This is not my first visit to Goa but was undoubtedly my best.

Some time ago, during mid-August, me and my weekend gang @ B'lore had done a crazy drive trip between 3 states (Karnataka, TN, AP) and 1 Union Territory(Pondicherry) in 3 days. It was a loooooong looooooong drive but we enjoyed it. During that trip, we had decided on our next trip which was to be Goa. So the Destination Goa project began. Slowly but steadily the preparation went on in the background and we started working out the details. The trip was to be made by a drive of over 680Km from B'lore to Goa in a very scenic route. And then hang around for few days and check on as many beaches **and ofcourse, the bikini babes ;-)** and return the same way. Boy! Boy! It was a trip that can happen only once. We were in total of 9 ppl (5 guys + 2 gals + 1 couple). We had 2 Santros and we ripped on.

The chronological story begins...

November 23, 2006
0000hrs - Your humble highness had, unfortunately, moved cities between the Destination Goa's plan & execution Phase. So this amazing self checks into Hyderabad Airport to fly down to Bangalore. The idea is that I will be picked up by my friends @ Airport by 0230hrs and immediately escape the out of city even before the Sun wakes. And thats exactly what happened, we zoomed out of the city by 0300hrs and waited for the other car to join us. We started our journey on the Tumkur highway. The highway was good and the air was filled with enthusiasm & excitement.

0400hrs - We took the left-turn towards ArsiKere. The route further was Kadur-Birur-Tarkere-Badravati and on. The frst leg of the trip did not have much to boast about, i mean, nothing was visible outside to even enjoy the scenic beauty (if any). And so the best part of this leg and also the entire trip were the songs. We were bundled like 5 + 4 in two cars. Each car was jarring with music. I insisted on sitting in the car where only Rock (or at the worst, Pop) is being played. I was a strict "no-no" for any other genre unless its gazals or carnatic, which was a taboo while driving to Goa. :-) Heard a lot of songs, which was much lighter than to my liking but had no choice. As guys around me were little aversive to the likes of Metallica and stuff and many have not even heard the God "Iron Maiden" or "MotoHead" or "Ozzy"!!! **I could'nt believe it** I heard a lot of "Bob M?lly" **not sure of his spelling** and I kinda liked it. Might try 2 listen to him more.

0800hrs - Stopped for breakfast. I guess this place is called Badravati but not sure. Me had nothing, as I have this travel sickness. So was on strict diet of only a cup of tea. By the time the break-fast session was over it was about 0900hrs. Then we switched some places, both the drivers and the passengers. I took the navigator seat and we zoomed further. The next stop was supposed to be only for lunch, but we had like a dozen piss-stops, as we used to call it. And, we reached Jog Falls sometime in the late morning; as per original plan, we were supposed to have a early morning breakfast. :-) The Jog Falls was like a thin strand of white-hair from top till bottom. It was in pathetic condition with no water. But, I have seen Job Falls @ its best and here is the sample snap of how it looks.

1200hrs - We continued our journey in the near fantastic road till now. Suddenly the road seem to attack us. @ 1 point, while driving, we suddenly saw the road ended!!! Then to our surprise, we found a mud road taking off from a near clear road!! Boy! Boy! It was fun driving (...er... navigating for me). We were supposed to reach by 1400hrs in Goa and we are still like 100s of KMs away from the border!! :-( But we did not mind as each of us had our own share of fun. The drivers & navigator enjoyed the hair-pin bends & the ghat-section driving. The other passengers had their share of fun by controlling their pukes. We took the route of Badravati-Sagar-Honava and further.

1500hrs - We hit Kumta, which is still like 100Kms from Goa-Karnataka Border!! We could not manage our hunger and entered a hotel. And I was hungry like no other day. The minute the waiter got me a Slice, I did a bottoms up and request for another. I almost finished the 2nd one too but fortunately, my friend stopped me saying food is yet to come. I dug into anything remotely veg placed in front of me. The plates once placed in front of me can be directly used for the next dish without bothering to clean!! I did a thorough-job. We left by 1600hrs. But by this time, the main two drivers were drunk. The other two substitutes were slightly not sure which direction is west or east. But, yes, this is when the navigator (thats me, ofcourse) had fun. :-)

1800hrs - We continued the journey with me in the navigation seat still and the route was Kumta-Gokarna-Karvar-Goa. Wow! GOA @last!!!! We saw the sight of Goa and stopped the cars just after border and got down to hug each-other. A crazy routine, i should say. I remember that even during our Pondy trip, the minute we spotted Pondy we shouted @ top of our voices. :-) So we did our crazy routine and continued further in our journey into GOA, the promised land.

2000hrs - We @last spotted our hotel. whew!!! boy, everybody was tired as hell. The route from Karvar was simple but had a lot of traffic. Heavy traffic as in city traffic. We hit to our place Calangutte thro' Karvar-Varca-Colva-Dabolim-Panajim-Calangutte. Our drive @last ended. We quickly checked into the hotel and hurried got ourselves freshened up and rushed to the nearest beach-side shack for a heavy dinner. But, unfortunately, we were soooooooo tired that we could not have even half our capacity. We somehow finished the food session and head to our hotels.

2359hrs - **snore!!! snore!!!**
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6 movies in 4 Days!!!

2006-11-22T10:22:00.000+05:30

I have lots to write but thought would pen them in one post. No point in splitting bcoz all of them are of similar type. All of them concerns the various movies I have seen. :-)

After a pathetic 3 weeks of house-hunt, I felt I needed a break. A serious break, I meant. But how will I if I have not yet completed what I had started? I mean, my house-hunt!! Fortunately, my college senior gave me the good news of his re-location to my current city - Hyd. Boy, what joy! I no more need stay all alone! :-) **i hate living alone** Since he is not sure of the exact locality where his office would be, we cannot search the house in advance until he arrives, which was @least an week away!! This mean, FREEDOM!!! Now I am free of house-hunting for few days until my friend lands here.

So, without wasting my time. I plunged upon this opportunity & watched like **wait lemme count** 6 movies :-) viz,
1. Apna Sapna Money Money (Hindi)
2. The Departed (English)
3. Snakes on a plane (English)
4. The Great Train Robbery (English)
5. Crash (English)
6. Being Cyrus (English/Hindi)

Wanna know my opinion on these? :-) Here we go...

1. APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY: Its hilarious movie but depends on how quickly does your humour-bone gets tickled (or not). The cast is an impressive list of upcoming-actors. Ritiesh Deshmukh, Celina Jaitley, Riya Sen, Shreyas Talpade, Koena Mitra and also some veterans like Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty. The story as such isnt that great. A normal story with a guy in love with another gal & his friend , a petty-thief, helps him out. A age-old story. But the only difference is that the entire set of protoganist(s) are behind money. Every body needs money. The acting of Ritiesh Deshmukh has been a revelation. He was pathetic in his early films & has not improved a lot. Pretty decent. His acting prowess is shown completely in this movie, esp his appearance as a lady. :-) Hilarious. He has acted very well. For a new comer, Koena Mitra has proved to be good. And, as always, Shreyas Talpade is awesome. A movie worth watching esp if you get quickly tickled on your humour-bone. Yeah, I should not miss it. The music is very good. Esp the title song. Pritam is giving lots of very good scores. And skin-show was @ its peak. Boy! Boy! Koena Mitra & Celina Jaitely will make any saint lose his saint-hood.

2. THE DEPARTED: An awesome movie. The Crux of the movie is how the police infiltrates the criminal gangs & the criminals infiltrate the cop ranks. And the life of these infiltrators! The movie is excellently directed by Martin Scorsese. The direction is such that you know and yet you don't know. He has nicely played with the screen-play to get a high thrill quotient. Guess will try & see his other movies. The star cast is very impressive. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen. What acting. Phew! Jack Nicholson is so sexy in this movie. He over powers the charm of both Leonardo & Matt, who themselves are very masculine & good-looking. Phew! I am going crazy on Jack! He has a smooth presence on screen. The way he walks in or render his lines with such ease, he makes you wonder if he is portraying his real-life character. A movie worth watching for both direction & Jack.

3. SNAKES ON A PLANE: Another fantastic movie. Though a freaking frightening movie yet its worth the penny. At the end of the movie, I am sure you will freak out every time you see a snake. What a direction by David R. Ellis. He freaks you out. WEAK-HEARTED PPL PLZ KEEP OFF THIS MOVIE. The entire movie is about how thousands of very poisonous snakes suddenly appears on-board a 747. Boy, it was very very frightening. The entire movie is how the crew & the passengers almost lose out to the snakes and finally somehow manage to reach alive albeit only a handful. The start cast is again an impressive one with Sameul L Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander. Sameul Jackson is awesome. What screen presence and the force with which his acts is awesome. He over-powers everyone. Julianna is hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot. :-) Definitely gonna watch her other (if any, interesting) movies. ;-) Check this site

4. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY: Do I need to even comment on this? What a classic it is. And to my surprise, it is directed by my fav author Michael Crichton. Never knew he was an director too. :-) What a revelation. I love this. And the cast again contains my fav actor Sean Connery among with others like Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down. This is a movie which should go into your collection. I am sure to buy this DVD once I buy myself a DVD-player :-) I dont even have the rights to comment on the acting prowess & capability of Sean Connery or Micheal Crichton. Just watch it & you will not regret it. And did i say its a collectors' item? Hope so. If you like own certain DVDs & Books then both the book & the movie is awesome. I have read the book too. Its worth the penny.

5. CRASH: This is an interesting movie with an interesting concept. The movie is directed by Paul Haggis. The story concept was a bit confusing to me until i realized that there is not much of story in it! The movie is all about how few disconnected people bump into each other & change the course of each-others lives. In short, how the lives of disconnected people "crash" into each other. **got the idea behind the name of the movie?? The movie has so many in their cast that I did not even recognize lot of them. I am listing only the few whom i could recognize. The cast is filled with Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser. A good movie. A great time-pass. But not my collectors' item.

6. BEING CYRUS: If you dont get confused @ the begining. And till the last few scenes plz call me. I will bow-down to your abstract thinking. This movie, directed by Homi Adajania. This is a dark (apparently) comedic venture by this debutant director. When the movie ended I enjoyed it. It was a good movie. But till the movie ends you will frustrated on whats happening. The best part of the movie is Saif Ali Khan. Boy! Boy! He fits into any role, I suppose. Imagine his previous movie to this was Salaam Namaste, which was full comedy-romantic role and the very next movie a dark-psychotic role. Mark of a great actor. This movie cast is also very impressive with Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Simone Singh, Manoj Pahwa. Its a nice movie. If you like seeing movie beyond whats screened then you will not regret watching this movie.

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(Attempting for a) Blog Template Update!!!

2006-11-21T16:09:00.000+05:30

This is inspired by PV & Others! :-)

Actually I wanted to update my template for a real long time. And have been actively updating my template. But I have been updated or modifying only the old version of the template. I mean not the beta blogger ones. So today I decided to jump into the well.
I am (like most of the users across the globe) unhappy with my template. The template provided by blogger is not very flexible from my perspective. And I realized, if I wanna get what I want then I need to work towards it. Obvious. So, now I am working towards it. In the mean time...

You will so many changes that might not be pleasant. Sorry for inconvienience.

btw, to whom I am apologizing? :-) I need not apologize 4 two reasons:
1. its my webpage, i can do what-ever i feel like. :-) thats the 1st reason why we have a blog. to do what-ever we feel like!!!
2. read the 1st again. :-D
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Hyd House Hunting Sucks!

2006-11-17T15:52:00.000+05:30

As a prelude to the not-yet-aware-of-this-development readers. I recently hopped my company and this forced me to change my town too. I was earlier in Bangalore, India and now I am in Hyd, India. And, this is about my house-hunt in Hyd. Read on....

"Hyd?!! Amazing dude. A very cheap place compared to Bangalore. You will get a 1BHK for a very reasonable rates.", commented 1 guy working for a very big MNC with a $ attached to its name.
"Fantastic! Its the right break through man. You can start saving a lot in Hyd. A very cheap cost of living. Savings start right from you house-rents.", convinced 1 more guy working for an very big Indian firm & placed in Bombay.
Can these two arsehole come in front me now?? I wanna give a square kick on their butts!!!

Yep. I am pissed off. Bordering around frustration. What crap are these prices? The rent-rates are mind-boggling. Freak!

Lemme give some examples...
Example 1: Imagine a small 1BHK in an stupid area with buffallos all around & no flooring. Cupboards? Sorry the owner is not aware of such architectural advancements; when he constructed the house way back in June 2006, such entities like cupboards, shower, geyser did not exists.
"Area is very good. You can get fresh milk near by" said the owner. **directly from the buffalloes udder, i suppose**
"You have parking facility for you bike", he goes. **do you think the buffalloes will accept an intruder - my bike - in their yard?**
"The rent is also @ a reasonable rate. Rs 6000/month only" he qouted. **What the F!!**
My face also said the same I suppose, for he tried to reason out saying "Saar, very close to Hitec City, Saar." **So? Do humans live here?** I walked out & realized I should'nt have walked in the first place.

For the benefit of the ppl, who are not aware of Indian scenario (are there any who will be reading my blog?), here is a gist:
1. 1BHK means 1-Bedroom-Hall-Kitchen. Yes it does not talk about restrooms but we expect the architects to be sensible.
2. Most of the houses are not-furnished. Actually some of them are under-furnished, as in there will not even be shelves. Only plain 4 walls make a room.
3. 1BHK + unfurnished + 350-400 sqft of carpet area is, under normal circumstances, should be about 2-3K/month only!

Example 2: The broker took me to another place, which in his words is "a very good peaceful place saar." **yeah, i chose that color specifically for his words bcoz all these idiots (read as brokers) spoke in flowery-flowery words** He sat behind on my bike & we started our journey. "just here saar" after few minutes of ride "just little ahead saar" and after few more minutes, the road ended and I obviously stopped. "y did you stop saar? just a little further, saar." **where the hell is the road?** And then I saw a faint mud-path which a few 1000s years ago neantherdal man treaded upon. I went ahead with his directions, which was nothing more than "just here saar" After few more minutes of bumpy ride on a road-less road, suddenly "saar, stop saar. this is the house saar." **...er....uh....where is it?** I should have backed out the minute he said peaceful. Dumb me! And the house, dont even wanna think about it. It stinks! Literally. A small rabbit-hole & guess what? "Rent is a reasonable 6K only!!" **is it rule to put reasonable before 6K always? and is that gonna convince me to take the fuck-all house??!**

I can continue with such examples for ever. But no point. The gist, is Hyd sucks!!. With my house-hunt this is the info I have gathered, if this is gonna be of some use to somebody I will be glad.

Avgerage Rent Rates:
       1. Central Hyd: **less than 10km from HiTec City**
                     1BHK - 6K - 10K; 2BHK - 8K - 12; 3BHK - 12K - 25K
       2. West Hyd: **less than 10km from HiTec City**
                     1BHK - 6K - 8K; 2BHK - 8K - 11; 3BHK - 10K - 20K
       3. East Hyd: **more than 15km from HiTec City**
                     1BHK - 3K - 5K; 2BHK - 5K - 8K; 3BHK - 7K - 15K
       4. Outside Hyd: **otherside of HiTec City**
                     1BHK - 6K - 10K; 2BHK - 8K - 12; 3BHK - 12K - 20K

This post is to warn other bakras like me to think twice before you come to hyd. The attitude of the owners here is very bad. This the statement, which shocked me & my aunt (who is helping me), "Saar for no reason the owners are chasing the old tenants and renting it out for new tenants for double the rent saar"

Can those two arsehole come in front me now??
I wanna give a square kick on their butts!!!
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Dinner Debacle!

2006-11-08T13:57:00.000+05:30

Me and my friends had gone to a hotel for a round of dinner. This is apparently a treat from my side for getting a job in their home-town. Normally, I would have expected them to gimme treat as I am the guest & they are the host in the town. But the world does not work that way! :-)

We entered this hotel, which was pretty busy. There was only 1 table left and we (3 of us) jumped on it lest somebody will occupy it! We gave a good list of order, starting from soup to appetizers/starters nd stuff. The description of the items' we ordered were yummy and we were waiting to gobble them. We were hungry like a starving lion.

The food was good but the service was pathetic... Lemme explain -

1. The starters came even before the soup! I was surprised. Normally the items come together or @least the soup is brought 1st. Or thats what I have learnt from the zillion times I have had outside!!

2. 10mins aft the starter, soup was got it. The soup tasted as though it has been kept burning for like hours. Yuuks! It tasted nasty. We returned the soup. The waiter questions our judgement!! He insisted the soup is good. He even said "Sir, I tasted it and it tastes good" Wow! He tasted the soup he got for me!!! And he wants to gimme the same soup!!!! Boy, from which village they got him??

3. After about 20mins, the waiter returns empty handed with a news that "Sir, your second starter is not available" What!!! Dude, its 40mins since we gave our orders. 30mins since you got our 1st starter. And, now ye say, the item order is out of stock!!!! Did it suddenly vanish?

4. With frustration, we give him our main course order. Surprisingly, with 20mins he returns with the order. He is about to serve us and suddenly we realized that this is not what we ordered!!! The order was sent to a wrong table! No wonder he got it within 20mins. And after another 20mins, he got the order.

5. But, again, a mistake! He reversed the order of serving. We had order roti-basket (roti is indian bread) and some rice item with a side-dish. The waiter serves us the side-dish and starts with the rice!!! Dude, in my country, which is exactly were we are right now, we serve roti before rice!!! "Oh! Sorry Sir. I shall get the roti now"

6. He gets the roti-basket & leaves the rice right next to us to get cold! It will take us @least 10-15min to finish roti's (which is anyway the stardard roti time). This means by the time we move to rice, the rice is as cold as anartica would be!!! Dude, cant you keep it inside & warm it again???

7. Finally, still hope in our hearts, we order dessert. 2 ice-creams + 1 fruit salad without icecream. This guy gets 3 ice-creams + fruit-salad!! 3 ice-creams?!! "Sir, thats for the fruit salad!" What!! No energy in us to fight. Though our order was without ice-cream, fruit-salad with ice-cream (@least in my country) is served in the same bowl. NOT SEPERATELY!!!!!! **God! Remind me about this incident next time i meet you**

We paid him without keeping tips. Why should I? For what service he did, he should be giving away somr money to get rid of me, if i create ruckus!
On a after-thought, we realized the food was tasty. Some items were very tasty. But the service was so pathetic, we left the place with a very bad feeling & a vow "NEVER AGAIN HERE!" The management should take a notice of such important aspect if they ever want to grow big.
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Company of Women

2006-11-03T15:14:00.000+05:30

This is my opinion of khush's book titled same as my heading. i wanna warn the readers of this blog that the following contains some (apparently) un-acceptable words (very few though) and might not be a very impressive article. I somehow felt that i should dispel the wrong notion/misconception about this book so this article.

I read this book this week. I was at Shopper Stop last weekend & picked this book out of impulse. ;-) Started the book almost immediately. Found the book little different. To start with this book has very little story. One can say the story in one sentence: story of a divorced man whose libido is high & dies out of AIDS, which he contacts having various fling-affairs! :-) And regarding the plot or characters, nothing to boast about. The very interesting part of the book is the 1st page! Here you see a very profound statement by the author - I quote: "as a man gets older, his sex instincts travel from his middle to his head." And, he goes upon stating that, i quote, "I started writting this when i was 83 and finished as i turned 85. This more a book of fantasies of an octogenarian" But i believe this book contains more than sexual fantasy. It is actually the struggle of a man to find woman's love.

Ok! Here are my impressions & personal opinions about the book. Read On...

I do not regret having taken this book. or read, for that matter. I found the unsaid portion of the book very interesting. The book never says the following explicitly but thats the crux - "The protagonist Mr. Mohan Kumar is depraved of love of a woman."
      1. He had lost his mother @ the time of birth. was raised by his father.(So no motherly love.)
      2. Never had a steady gal-friend @ his college; only erotic sexually-satisfying affairs.(So no love of a gf.)
      3. Had a pathetic marriage. Where his wife was too immatured @ the time of marriage & her pregnancy immediately after their honeymoon, did not make their relationship any stronger or better.(So no love of a wife.)

All he was lookin for was a good companion. Having started associating female gender with sex early on in his life, he was looking for a companion who can share bed with him. But, unlike how certain reviews have put it, this book is not a soft porn or a book of sex. Its a book about how a man gets frustrated in his life without love of a women.

A man needs it every time of his life:
      1. as a child, needs love his mother.
      2. as a teenager or youth, needs love of his gal-friend.
      3. as a husband, needs love of his wife.
      4. as a old-man, needs love of his wife, again.
But, none of these did Mohan Kumar get in his life. And, so he started getting confused between sex & love yet deep inside him he wants a companion who will like/love him for what he his.

The book is a not a very good book for anything.
      If you are looking for an interesting plot...
            ...no this is not the book.
      If you are looking for descriptive erotic sex stuff...
            ...no this is not the book.
      If you are looking for collectors item...
            ...no this is not the book.
But, if you are looking to fill ur time with something (anything) to read then may be this is not a bad choice. So, if you are okay with some mediocre book then this tops the list. :-)

Reviews about this book that are useful:
Mouthshut
More reviews....
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Ghost Busters (1984)

2006-11-01T12:55:00.000+05:30

I visited my friend last night & we both watched this movie on Sony-pix. Boy, we were not able to stop laughing. Every scene was interesting & comical. Every dialogue is so situational & the timing was awesome. So i decided to blog about it

3 scientist, Peter Venkman(Bill Murray), Ray Stantz(Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler(Harold Ramis),gets their grant @ Columbia University revoked (or expired, not sure). They suddenly find themselves job-less. They decide to fight against the world & set up their own business. The business of Ghostbusting - trapping pesky ghosts! They become extremly successful after a dull initial period. And, soon they are a celeb and are also joined by Winston Zeddmore(Ernie Hudson), who is looking for a job with good pay. The story develops further on how famous they become & towards the end of the movie, how they save the entire New York from ghosts. Thats it!! Thats all the story is!! :-)

But the movie has got more to it than this. :-) Read on...

If you read the story, you would wonder - STORY?? WHERE?? Might even come as a silly one. But, you gotta watch the movie. The screen play is good and the dialogues are fab. Esp the acting & dialogue delivery of Dr. Peter Venkman. Boy. Boy. Bill Murray has excelled. He has an amazing attitude & has a very cool demeanour. Fab. His acting prowess has overpowered almost every other actor on screen. His flirtatious moves toward his client Dana Barrett(Sigourney Weaver) is one to be admired. The movie overall is a very good experience. You would not regret watchin it. Every scene is well knitted with the dialogue as funny as it can be. A movie worth spending time on.

As always, I did not want to be a spoiler so not giving the full story. But, unable to resist my tempation, here are some of the qoutable qoutes (actually dialogues but i like to quote) from the 1984 classic.

Quotable Quotes
**For benefit of those who do understand subtle jokes, i shal highlight them. :-)**
1. Winston Zeddemore: Ray. If someone asks if you are a god, you say, "yes!"

2. Dr. Peter Venkman: [surrounded by excited reporters during the montate sequence, which shows the Ghostbusters as a sudden popular culture craze] Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, no job is too big, no fee is too big!

3. Dr. Peter Venkman: I don't have to take this abuse from you, I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me.

4. Dr Ray Stantz: Where do these stairs go?
Dr. Peter Venkman: They go up.

5. Dana Barrett: That's the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What a crime.

6. Dana Barrett: [possessed by Zuul] Do you want this body?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Is this a trick question?

7. [Dana is possessed]
Dr. Peter Venkman: I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people.
[Dana starts passionately making out with him]
Dr. Peter Venkman: Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule...

8. Dana Barrett: [as the gate keeper] I want you inside me.
Dr. Peter Venkman: [referring to the voice alternating between human and demon] It sounds like you've got at least two or three people in there already.

9. Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes sir, it's true. This man is some kind of rodent, I don't know which.

Interesting facts
1. Before the release of Home Alone (1990), this was the highest-grossing comedy of all time.
2. Voted number 28 in channel 4's (UK) "Greatest Family Films".
3. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations (imdb)
4. It was followed by a sequel, Ghostbusters II (1989), and two animated television series, The Real Ghostbusters (later Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters) and Extreme Ghostbusters.
5. Mozilla's user interface language, XUL, and its JavaScript debugger, Venkman, are named after Ghostbusters characters.

Courtesy: imdb

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Halloween - an interesting concept!

2006-10-31T12:40:00.000+05:30

i being an Indian, who has never stepped outside India, was never aware of halloween until recently. and this year, for whatever reason, i am repeatedly hearing a lot of talk about halloween. so i went about googling & this is what i got out of it. thought would post therm out here....

Halloween
Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets. Halloween originated as a Pagan festival. The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day" (also known as "All Saints' Day"). In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. Halloween is often associated with the occult. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the those times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent!!! :-)

Trick or Treat
The main event of modern US-style Halloween is trick-or-treating, in which children dress up in costume disguises and go door-to-door in their neighborhood, ringing each doorbell and yelling "trick or treat!" Though, Trick-or-treating resembles the late medieval practice of "souling," when poor folk would go door to door, receiving food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day.

Symbols
The imagery surrounding Hallowe'en is largely an amalgamation of the Halloween season itself, nearly a century of work from American filmmakers and graphic artists, and a rather commercialized take on the dark,diaria and mysterious. Black and orange are the traditional colors of Hallowe'en. In modern Hallowe'en images and products, purple, green, and red are also prominent.

Food **aah, my best part! :-)**
Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, Candy Apples (also known as toffee, taffy or caramel apples) are a common treat at Halloween. They are made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, and sometimes then rolling them in nuts. **oh, boy, can somebody sponsor me a two-way trip only 4 1 day every year??** A Halloween custom which has survived unchanged to this day in Ireland is the baking (or more often nowadays the purchase) of a barmbrack (Irish "báirín breac"). This is a light fruit cake into which a plain ring is placed before baking. It is said that whoever finds this ring will find his or her true love during the following year. **wow! i love the ring concept**

Interesting facts
1. Halloween is most popular in Ireland, where it is said to have originated, is celebrated Halloween as Samhain, "End of Summer", a pastoral and agricultural fire festival or feast, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would be lit to ward off evil spirits.
2. Today in England, unlike other parts of the world, adults often dress up and go to fancy dress parties or pubs and clubs on Hallowe'en night. **and, what do the kids do?? :-)**
3. In the United States, Halloween has become the sixth most profitable holiday (after Christmas, Mother's Day, Valentines Day, Easter, and Father's Day) for retailers **boy, opportunists, yeah?!!**
4. The National Confectioners Association reported, in 2005, that 80 percent of adults planned to give out candy to trick-or-treaters, and that 93 percent of children planned to go trick-or-treating. **well, who funds them??**

Courtesy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Now after reading about Halloween I wonder what it would have been called if this was in celebrated in India???

Rains. What a terror.

2006-10-30T15:50:00.000+05:30

i hear the Chennai is submerged in rains! poor Chennai! it has been raining continuously for over few days; literally non-stop. 24/7!! yet it seem to have the same energy & zeal to pelt down more. phew! its tough to live under such conditions of extreme rainfall. imagine a never ending rain-fall that does not allow you to move out of house. you are under house-arrest. :-(

i have read some time ago that "when it rains, it pours." and this time around the rains in chennai has been a classical example to prove this statement. and this has become a norm oflate. no rains for a real long time and suddenly all of the rain at the same time. its like retaining the water for over 2-3 months & pouring it all-at-once in a single week. now, how in heavens any city can handle this? now no blames on the city-architect for not having planned for heavy rains please! how in jupiter can he/she/they even work out a plan for such a unpredictable event?? whats happening now is more like suddenly THE Rain God woke up from a deep slumber & tipped the bucket & promplty went back to sleep!!! what the heck, I say.

But check the impossible determination of chennaites. check these snaps to know it. and, i am sure this was the case out there in mumbai too. or may be more. hats off to their commitment to attend offices, be present in colleges/schools & meet their lovers. :-)

Lemme quote the yahoo news! "The Met department Sunday said that since last night (oct 28, 2006) Chennai had received 188.8 mm of rain and its outskirts 94.5 mm." phew! thats way too much buddy. way too much for a 1 night. am sure even james-bond would not be belting out this much for an 1-night affair. ;-) **censoring other irrelevant nasty thoughts** ;-D

After seeing about rains i went about tryin to understand why rains & why only chennai, ap (esp vizak, vijayawada) & orissa. Because of my ability to fall asleep everytime my geo lecturer walked in, i did not, to say the least, understand the scientific reason behind rains, low-pressure & stuffs. all i was able to gather was there is low-pressure (tending towards serious depression) in bay-of-bengal, which is the main cause for this incessant rains. Also, i hear that this depression is moving towards AP! **gulp** Hope it does not affect hyd much.

Having said all these I would like to say that Rain introduces a tinge of romantism in air. Rainy season is the best time to catch up with things. Be it sleep. Be it GF (or BFs). Be it with a nice novel. Be it a nice hot spicy mirchi-bajji. :-)

But the best use of rain till date is when you get wet with it. Its really really fun 2 get wet in rain. and its more fun if you get to play a game of soccer. And it is ultimate if your mom back home goes red seeing your wet & dirty!!! Man its fun, unlimited. Mom, I wish I was home.

Phew! At last...

2006-10-26T15:02:00.000+05:30

...a post after months. I was busy. Busy in very many things and a lot of restrictions that held me from doing what i enjoyed - blogging. I could reel out what had taken so much of my valuable time that I was not even able to update my blog or even read others blogs.

To start with...
...they had blocked blogspot in my ofc. :-(
...my manager suddenly fell in love with me & never wanted me to even have a minute of free-time.
...a few minutes of spare time i got i tried my best to catch up with my friends. i did but did not do it well enuf.
...weddings, marriages, nuptials & what not. I was constantly out of town attending my friends' most important events
...and, to top it all, i was on a look out for a change of job!!! And, I successful did. :-)

Currently, i am no more associated with my previous company & moved to a smaller firm with, obviously, better pay. The overall experience of change of job was a little rigorous but a learning one. The only hitch was that I had to re-locate my base from the world-known Bangalore to a lesser-yet-known Hyderabad. The thought of moving out of a well-established surroundings to a unknown place was a bit unnerving. In fact, though it is the 4th day in my office, i am still uncomfy & nervous. :-(

Regardin my ofc, here is the mail i had sent 2 my frnds that kinda briefs about my experience in my new place. I shall past it here 4 my e-friends :-) -

Here i am @ Hyd happily yet-to-be settled. The office looks kewl. Crowded with 30 ppl!! Got introduced to the entire office in 5minutes (+/- few seconds). Has got a small cafe which can accomodate one team @ a time, provided team size is two. But, yeah, i am assigned a comp the very minute i walked in. :-) though i was seated @ a place where even a blind man "walking on the road" can see what I am up to; ofcourse, now i am in a bit more secure place (meaning, can do whatever i want) ;-) nd, i am yet to be assigned a email id, work, a buddy or responsibility. fun unlimited! :-D

i think i am wrongly-oriented. this place is not 4 me :-( this place has only 2 females & none in the flirt-category (1 awesomely sexy aunt who does'nt know to smile & another "no comments plz"). also, if nebody asks ye which medium yer company works tell English, bcoz i am in a telugu medium company!!

i am given a sharing-temp-accomodation with a guy who is wonderin why GOD gave him vocal chords & what the word "smile" that he read in the dictionary means!!! Nd, currently, other than VP, no one (including me) knows why i come to ofc everyday. hopefully soon i wil b given something 2 take back home either sal or work.

okie buddies. gotta stop here. do not want a new boss catching a new employee not working even though the new employee is jobless. :-) wil catch ye guys/gals later, sooner & often.

keep in touch.

A Promise. Hope to keep it.

2006-06-30T11:38:00.000+05:30

I am xtremely busy now-a-days and dont have time to blog or orkut either. in fact, i did not even go to home-town for more than 3months, which is very unusual. I wanted to keep in touch with my student-friends esp the e-friends for they come & go more quickly then others. I started writting a mail which took a form of a poem. And here i dedicate them to my blog-friends.

       this work life is so damn buggin and boring
       i wish i cud get back 2 my days of snoring;
       un4tunately, 4 another month or so, i cannot
       but work & work till i would 4get wut is a cot!!!

       i am jealous of ye people, the student life
       is like a freedom life without a nagging wife!
       wish i cud return to that life, with no worry.
       no tension. filled with fun, frolic and merry.

       miss do not the times with friends you are having
       aft now there will none who will be even caring;
       life bcomz so bleedin monotonous & xtrmly dull
       wondering when my lucky angel will gimme a pull.

       neways, thinkin its time 4 me to change the work
       else i wud soon bcum the most famous dork.
       as it is i am losin frnds & others 4 lack of contact
       its time i buck time & not sit around but act.

       so with the new found extreme enthu & zeal
       here comes my mail with president's seal,
       which is equivalent to promises by ton,
       that "I SHALL KEEP TOUCH; MORE OFTEN"

Awful Weekend!!!

2006-06-08T13:12:00.000+05:30

The just gone past weekend was possibly the most awful weekend I ever spent. How else can I classify a key bunch loss + soaking rain + late for Bde party + oversleeping + snooker series loss???

**Friday**
Friday eve, aft ofc hours, I was requested by my colleague/close friend to drop her on my way home. I, obviously, agreed and while driving down, GOD decided to bless us. He showered down his blessing! Literally!!! Mid-way thro' we got almost wet! I dont mind getting wet; on the contrary, I love to get wet. But this gal is a very sick-prone gal; esp flu seem to have taken a gr8 liking to this gal. When flu gets tired of attackin others, it takes rest in our gal! And, when GOD decides to open up, I was taking her for a ride back home!! Amazing timing! With this history behind her, I was extremely concerned about the effect rain would have on her. If she was ever affected I would not have forgiven my ownself. Fortunately, nothin happened. Thank God!!!
And after I dropped her, I decided to stay @ my friends place, which is about 7-8kms from my home. I chose to pedal down. So after drying myself up I took my bike & pedaled down. Fortunately, rain had stopped. Again, Thank God!!!

**Saturday**
I woke up late and missed my cricket nets practise. I was irritated on myself. I am not of the kind who like to miss playing esp if it means representing my corporate. But, I did miss my practise this time. I was not enjoying the way day began. Actually, the way the weekend began! Reluctantly, I decided to go ahead with rest of my plan for the day. I was getting ready and guess what? I was not able to trace my key-bunch. Entire key-bunch! Holy freaking Christ!!! I searched for hours but in vain.I, ruefully, recollected that this key-bunch is my access to every possesion of mine. This bunch contains key to my mobike, my bike, my house key! Damn God! I, without any other choice, decided to remake them. First & the foremost being my mobike key. I dont have the spare; bcoz the bank from where I took a loan to purchase would not give me the spare till I clear the loan. Interestingly, they were not even interested in giving the key even to make a duplicate! So much for the loan!!! Anyways, I went to a locksmith and made a key for myself. This damn key costed me no small amount. Damn it!
Then comes the best part! This key-making process including searching for it consumed the whole of the morning and half of the afternoon. Grrrr..... I had not touched even a piece of bread from the time I woke up! I had a very very late lunch by any standard. And realized that I had to be a event manager for my colleagues' daughter's bday party!!! I was supposed to be there by 4pm & time now is 4:30pm!!! Also I am still at my friends place! Wow! I was getting repeated calls from my colleague. I rushed up to my place. And, again, GOD wanted to bless me. Another shower! A mighty one! And the poor me was pedalling down on my bike!! Do I need to say more?? Well, I got obviously wet; actually, soaked! I reach home and find that inspite of a jerkin I am wet till the second layer of my skin. This also means that my mobile is wet! Holy Freak! I hurriedly get dressed & go to the party. Just to realize that party is over and I was supposed to be the emcee!! Wow! Just had a piece of cake! And almost ran out...

**Sunday**
Again, I overslept!!! Oh freak no!! Repeated the same mistake within 24hrs! Not that I dont repeat my mistakes but within 24hrs is a bit too much. So lazily I got up and went ahead with nothing to do. I went to the next and same result! Amazing. Then I suddenly realized I needed a hair conditioner and I went to the nearest super-market to purchase the specific brand. As my fate would have it, it was not available! Another day of ill-luck, i suppose! After this I suddenly get a call from my friend to meet her immediately. I rush just to find that it is nothing more than a chat. By the time the chat got over the time was 4pm and I, again, had not had anything more than a sip of coffee. Kewl! I was damn hungry. I went to my friends place and grabbed some junk food, generously provided by his sister. Then we both decided to go for a game of pool. I am not a pro but definitely not very bad either. Compared to him I am not all that bad either. But, nothing surprising, I lost 3 games straight in a "game-for-5".... So apparently my lady luck was following me keenly. Not planning to test "lady ill-lucks" capacity I went back home & straight hit the sack.

Did anybody experience such a lovely weekend ever??
If so please ping me, I need a shoulder to cry on! :-(

Happy BDe "MY LORD PV"

2006-06-02T11:06:00.000+05:30

yep this post is regardin my palz bde party. probably a real party aft my hostel dayz. lemme explain better...

        Date: 30.05.06
        Place: Halle Mane
        Occasion: Birthday

It all began as my classmate Chul, working for a leading MNC, had come down to India on a 2-week long vacation from US of A! On his way home he dropped in Bangalore, as all of us are out here. He and me were project partners during our techie days. A brillian traditional telugu villager!! :-D Nice chap, overall. Neways this article is not about him. He wanted to meet us all and we promptly agrred the moment the word treat came into the discussion! :-D

Some of us, who could make it to the destination, after the dinner party by Chul went to our P9-HQ - HalliMane. **For those who dont understand what is P9 read PV's blog or wait for my post!** The time was 11:30pm, so we watched 2nd episode of the "F.R.I.E.N.D.S"! Boy, what amazing s.e.x they talk without using the word!

When the clock struct 00:00, Saka struck too! He struck a match & lit a lone candle on the cake that was brought for this occasion. Well the candle was pretty new and so would not get lit. Poor PV had to blow the flame even before it hit the candle!! Then we sang the ceremonial "Happy Bde PV" song. Oh! yeah, i forgot. Just before PV could blow the candle out Prasad gave a call. He was kept on hold & he too joined us as the chorus ;-). After the cake cutting by PV, MC, whose bde was exactly 1 week earlier was also given a chance to cut the cake & we sang for him too.

Just then Chandu gave a call and wished PV. Well then the fun began. Cake smacking!! Boy! It was fun. PV, was forthcoming in this cake smacking exercise. But MC was so hesitant to lend his face as target that we had real fun in smacking MC!! :-D Then the other part of the party. Birthday Bums!!! We caught the birthday boy - PV and whacked him. These moments make me think like I am gladiator in a roman ring. :-D **Wild imagination, isnt it?** After we were done with PV, we moved onto MC, the birthweek boy. After killing MC, we moved towards the US-of-A return Chul. We whacked him too. Wow! This was almost like re-living hostel. Cake Smacking and Bum Whacking!!!

For other blogs on the same topic, check PV's blog.

Tried hard to post snaps but blogger is refusin 2 accept my snaps! :-( Will try again later.

Fillers #1 - Gangster

2006-05-29T21:33:00.000+05:30

hi all, not been bloggin 4 long bcoz of same silly reason - been busy. but actually i wnt 2 write a lot but no time. neways, this post is just 2 fill in de gap i created by nt bloggin. i shal blog a better article soon. this is kinda filler.... this is about the movies i have been watching offlate....

Gangster - A Love Story!!!
The name is very deceptive. This movie, in my opinion, has little to do with the impression that we get while hearing the title. This is a love story. More of a "cheat on love" story. I would love to reveal about the movie but for the benefit of the people who have not seen I am restraining. if ye wanna thank me you can. ;-D

The director Anurag Basu could have taken the movie a little better. Actually, I am not able to point the mistakes but I feel this movie could have been handled better. The movie's story is so-so but screen-play is kinda good, though predictable for movie buffs. Still you will come out of the theatre with a good feeling. The cast Emraan Hashmi, Shiny Ahuja, Kangna Ranaut are impressive. Kangna in some scenes is sizzling hot. Shiny is pretty good too. Emraan, surprisingly, has acted!! The scene in which Shiny for the 1st time meets Kangna, Kangna zimbly takes ye by a wave. She has a charm in scenes depicting her life in India but not the Seoul scenes. On a whole, I feel both the new-comers (Shiny & Kangna) have done a decent performance. The cinematography is zimbly tooo good.

The best part of the movie are the songs; actually, music in general. Be it background scores, song numbers, subtle fillers. Boy! Boy! Pritam Chakravarthy has been at his best. One needs to listen to the music to know the difference. The most outstanding composition of the album comes at the very beginning. Not only is Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai written beautifully by Sayeed Qadri, the song has a melody and rhythm that strikes an immediate chord in your head. KK shows verve and flexibility in his vocal rendition of the song. The song Bheegi Bheegi introduces Bangladeshi singer James, who impresses with his emotive voice modulation and highly expressive singing. For those who are not able to feel the feel i feel here ;-) check Sayesha post on Confession about obsession. Awesome post. Hats off to ye Sayesha. Lamha Lamha is a soft romantic song replete with lilting musical sounds that caress your ears and Abhijeet is very very impressive. Check the Ya Ali number itz the best. The song, basically a fast techno-fusion romantic track, introduces Assamese singer Zubeen, who makes a notable debut with his singing full of spirit and gusto. Even the situation of the song is pretty timely.

On a whole, Gangster has been a good experience. Though for the movie buffs with amazing interest in direction (like me) might be little uncomfy with the way movie has been ended; also the cinematography-interested guys (again like me) will zimbly enjoy the experience. Itz a good one time watch. But a many times watch for the sake of music & cinematography.

To Chennai!!!

2006-04-28T02:06:00.000+05:30

        Time: 6:55 am, 13-apr-2006
        Venue: Road-side hotel just outside KrishnaGiri, Tamil Nadu
        Who??: yer humble self
        Thought: Is this real???

It all began on 12-Apr-06 round about 4pm. After a strenous design meeting, I checked my mails for the first time that day in about 4hrs. **pop** An email. The content read:
"Further to the sad demise of Dr.Rajkumar today afternoon(12.4.06), there could be some unrest in the city. Therefore we are advancing the closure of office hours today by 1hour. **blah blah** Incase the State Government declares a Holiday tomorrow(13.4.2006) we would remain closed."

Oops!! Sad demise, indeed. But a good timing!!! 14.4.06 being Good Friday we have holiday and it was obvious even to a kinder garden kid that 13.4.06 will be a govt holiday. This when transalated into employees english it means 4 freaking days of holidays!! :-) The most obvious choice to occupy the next 4 free days was to GO HOME!!! :-D Obvious isn't?

Now comes the best part. The most non-obvious part. I wanted always to ride down to my home town. Yep ye read it correctly it is ride down on my most-trusted two-wheeler, Pulsar 150. I have done quite a few rides in the range of 150Km to 220Km away from Bangalore but this is gonna be my first 300+ travel. For unimaginable non-indians (if any reads my blog), in India given the road conditions & traffic even a 40Km ride is a torture. But I always enjoyed riding by mobike. So I took decision @ 9pm on 12.4.06. Called up by classmate to find the route-map and my colleague to find the right time to cross bangalore. And he confirmed my thoughts of leaving bangalore before sunrise. And one of his bro-in-law also wanted to join me as pillion. So now it was two of us.

So the next day (13.4.06) @ 5:05 we left home & Bangalore on my most trusted pulsar. We took the Hosur route to Chennai. For those who are not aware, there is one other route that connect Bangalore & Chennai, which is via Chittor, Andra Pradesh. It would mean touching 3 states & I am not sure of the roads either. Hosur is just 40Km from my home. And few km aft Hosur we witnessed a wonderful sunrise. Nice isn't it? Later we reached outskirts of Krishnagiri @ 6:45, which was 101km from home. And here we had to take the historic left turn towards my hometown. Almost immediately aft the turn we stopped for breakfast. And thats when I was thinking "Is this real??? Is this real that I am taking my dream travel? My dream travel to Chennai from Bangalore about 350km apart? Wow! Complely unbelievable."

We left by 7:22 our breakfast centre & proceed further. The first town we crossed aft breakfast was Tirapatur @ 7:47 - 130km from home. Then PuthuKoil @ 8:02 - 148km. Then we faced a road block near Vaniyampadi @ 8:10 - 154km. We did not have any choice but to enter the town. Pretty interesting town. The pseudo-highway cuts thro the town & the town is unaffected by the zooming traffic!!! When I entered Vaniyampadi is when I realized the highway we travelled is the best that is leading out of Bangalore. Entire stretch is a 6 lane & has the median filled with some nice flowersbed. Something till date I have not seen in all the other highways leading out of B'lore. More over, these roads were very well maintained. No potholes. No loose sand. No crushed animals. No nothing just plain sexy road. If you had travelled ever on a highway in India you would understand that this is a near impossible scenario!!!

The stretch also had some amazing scenaries but all I had was my mobile to click. May be before the next time I will purchase a good digi cam. I am planning for a digi SLR but it would take a lot of time. So might temporarily settle for a small, may be, 6 megapixel cam. Dont want to miss such nice opportunity to capture the lovely nature around me. There were so many nice scenic places like a nice temple on top of a small hillock, nice tank-bund with birds fishing, the road curving into the hills and so many more. But no cam to click! :-( **psst... if ye wanna gift me one 1 shal give out my contact info ;-)**

Our next phase of travel was:
         1. Ambur @ 8:25 - 170km
            Halt for 25 mins
         2. Poigai @ 9:36 - 215km
         3. Poondy @ 10:13 - 260km
         4. Ramapuram @ 10:16 - 264km
         5.Kancheepuram @ 10:46 - 296km
            Halt for 14 mins
         6. SriPerambathur @ 11:25 - 324km
         7.Poonamalle @ 11:50 - 344km
         8.Porur @ 12:04 - 352km
         9.Home @ 12:24 - 362km

Reached HOME, SWEET HOME!!!

My Parents were not expecting me. I gave them an amazing surprise. My Mom was completely dumbfounded that she did not even react. I knew she was extremely angry for taking the risk (??) of riding down the highway & such a long distance. But she did not react fearing some crazy remarks from me. My Dad was not in town, unfortunately. He would have loved me (more) for this travel alone. He has done this travel atleast 2 dozen times during a time when the fastest two-wheeler had only 3 gears & one may have to search for roads!!!

The return journey also was a lovely time. I started on 17.4.06 early morn & reached b'lore by aft. In fact, I went to ofc also!!! :-) I clicked some snaps with my VGA mobile cam. And here are they with my travel route:
         1. Home @ 5:13 - 0km
         2. Sriperambathur @ 6:17 - 48km
         3. Ranipettai @ 7:24 - 105km
         4.Vellore District @ 7:55 - 132km
            Halt & Breakfast for 26 mins
         5. Vaiyampadi @ 9:23 - 210km
         6. Jollerpettai @ 9:45 - 223km
            Halt for 37 mins
Forgot to record the remaining details.... :-(
         7.Home @ 13:40 - 362km

This travel was a good event for me. First, I learned that I enjoyed long hours of bike riding. Secondly, I realized the troubles in my bike & repaired them too. Now my mobike is all ready to rock the entire stage with more power & more pickup. :-)

I am working a trip to Pondy, Tamil Nadu or to Goa sometime next month. :-D If I make this travel will update the blog for sure. Nebody wanna join me??

This is Bangalore!!!

2006-04-26T13:17:00.000+05:30

I picked this from a fwd. I dont believe it yet I will not dismiss this possibility however remote. Bcoz this is bangalore :-D

Apparently, this is a snap taken in an SBI ATM centre in Bangalore. Crazy ain't it?

Great Bangalorean!!!

Where is the Society that cares & shares???

2006-04-18T18:46:00.000+05:30

I am not able to take this and wanted to share this to somebody and where else can I, better than this forum?

Yesterday I received a mail (which is actually a reply to mine) from my childhood friend, who is currently on a short-term official visit to London. One sentence in his mail shook my entire equilibirum; I quote, "but my state of mind was not that good u know my father expired 3 months b4." Unquote.

I did not know that his father passed away! He is my childhood best friend and we share all secrets(**I really mean all secrets**) and here I am not even aware of his father's demise. Damn it, itz been 3 freaking months & I am still unaware of this!!! I am completely depressed from yday.

What troubles me the most is that: my parents live just 3 houses away from their house!!! And even they are not aware of it!!! Freak! I still remember that during my school days, when my father raises his voice my friend would hear it in his house! And now, my parent's are not even aware of this tragedy! Can ye believe it?

What is happening to this world?? Why so much of lonliness? Why is that in search of individualism we are losing the fun of being part of a society? Why is that I am not aware of who is my neighbour and what is happening to him/her? Where the freak are we heading?

Buddy, I know you are not in a habit of blogging but if ye is reading this then just remember that I am always there for you.

Amen.

THUS SPAKE GOD on Women! :-) # 2

2006-04-10T14:29:00.000+05:30

In line with my previous post of same name. I did not plan to write a sequel but kya kare could not resist. The following is a fwd I received from my friend immediately after my earlier post. As you might have guess it is a gal, my office colleague. Hot Babe! ;-) My thoughts while reading thro' in a different color

GirlsPsychology !!!

Fraud with Innocent Boys...............oh! me
Fun with Handsome Boys...............me again ;-)
Friendship with Charming Boys...............wow!
Contact with Intelligent Boys...............may be me
Flirt with Freaky Boys...............definitely me
Love with Faithful Boys...............lovely, its me again :-D
& in the end
Marriage with the Rich Boy...............wut? Its not me :-(

Moral of the story:
Chandramukhi ho yaa Paaro,
Sab Ek jaisi hai Yaaro !!!!

And Galz complain that Guyz are not reliable!!! ;-)

Thalapathi - An amazing movie!

2006-04-08T18:42:00.000+05:30

Me a big fan of Mani Rathnam. I watched the Rajini-starred "Thalapathi" yesterday, again, & went **fida** for this movie. This is the blog-article I penned down yday immediately after I watched the movie @ 2:30am!!!

Just finished watchin this movie, again. An amazing movie. Wut a direction! Wut a story! Wut an acting! Marvellous. This movie, directed by Mani Rathnam has an impressive star cast. The story was more a modern adaptation (and ofcourse dilution) of story of Karna of Mahabaratha Fame.

With Rajini Kanth taking up the role of Karna, Arvind Swamy as Arjun, Sri Vidya as Kunti (mother of Karna) and Mamooty as (the good version of) Duriyodhana. The indicators of the Karna-adaption are:
1. Sri Vidya giving birth to a child when un-married and very young.
2. This child being found floating & drifting in a drainage.
3. The child when grown-up (Rajini) be-friending Mamooty and Rajini is ready to even lose his life for his friend's sake.
4. Rajini is addressed as a guy who always gives & never says NO.
5. Rajini's Mom (Sri Vidya) requesting him not to kill her other son & his half-brother Arvind Swamy.
6. Last but not least, even the names are suggestive: Rajini Kanth is Surya (obviously Karna wud have been too explicit & more over, Karna is son of Lord Sun) and Arvind Swamy, the half-brother of Rajini Kanth, is Arjun.

Apart from a sexy adaptation, Mani Rathnam has thrown weight into every character. There is no character in the movie that does not make sense or contribute towards story. Apart from the three major characters - Rajini Kanth(RK), Mamooty and Arvind Swamy(AS), every role provides enough dough for the script to survive. Starting from RK & AS's father (Shankar) to RK's love but AS's wife (Shobana) and from the police office (Kittu) to RK's wife's kid. Boy, no one appears on the screen without a role to play. Very very refreshing to watch given the current trend where the directors revolve an entire movie around a single damn hero!

Music. Need I say anything? Illayaraja as created some time-less classics. Think of the Eternals like "Yamunai Aatrile" & "Sundari Kannal" to rockers like "Kaatukuyilu manasukkule" & "Raakamma Kaiyathattu." Zimbly gr8.

Camera! Wow! Santhosh Sivan. He as played with the camera and lights. Actually, I love his usage of natural source of light & contrast available in the nature. The clarity in the shots are also gr8.

On a whole it was a package deal for any **true** movie lovers. It is a gr8 gr8 movie and any day my bet is on this trio - Mani Rathnam, Illayaraja and Santhosh Sivan.

THUS SPAKE GOD on Women! :-)

2006-04-06T16:43:00.000+05:30

This is a post inspired by a fwd and a lot of discussion within my google group. Each of us had a different but similar(!!) ideas on this topic. And, cud not resist remembering what GOD as to say about this topic ;-)

A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. Suddenly the sky clouded, and in a booming voice the Lord said,
"Because you have tried to be faithful to me, I will grant you one wish."

The man said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over anytime I want."

The Lord said, "Your request is very materialistic. Think of the enormity of the undertaking. The supports required to reach the bottom of the Pacific! The concrete and steel it will take! It will nearly exhaust all the natural resources. It is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me".

The man thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, "Lord, I wish that I could understand my wife. How she feels inside, what she's thinking when she's silent? Why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how to make her truly happy".

The Lord replied, "You want four lanes or six on that bridge?"

Must be true!! ;-)

Corporate Lessons - #1

2006-03-29T15:15:00.000+05:30

A young executive was leaving the office at 6 PM when he found the BOSS standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Listen," said the BOSS, "This is a very sensitive and important document and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly, Sir" said the young executive.

He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. "Excellent, excellent!" said the BOSS as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need two more copy."

MORAL OF THE STORY: Never, never assume that your BOSS knows everything.

How true!!! How true!!!
**I cannot explain further** ;-)

Rajni: Is this 2006 or 1986???

2006-03-24T17:58:00.001+05:30

To all those who admire Rajni. Esp the older version of the current version. ;-) To all those who have been a fan of his older movies. To all those who have loved his looks & locks during 80s. To all those who are a great fan of Billa, Thillu Mullu here it is. This post is dedicated to you all.

I have never been a big fan of him. My fav has always been Kamal. But I enjoyed most of Rajni's early movies(80s). This guy has proved time & again that he too knows acting. Oflate I was getting bugged up with his stereo typed roles and his looks. So when I saw these snaps was not able to resist posting them immediately for your view.

These are the pix of his latest flick: Shivaji.
Check his hair style. Reminds me of OLD RAJNI

Agreed He looks old but still this looks awesome.

And the best of the snaps I received is this:

I wish I could expand this snap.

I am waiting to watch this movie :-)

Indian Lower Order is of a High Order!!!

2006-03-21T12:15:00.000+05:30

This post is for cricket fans. Cricket fanatics, too. But impractical fans please keep off. And obvious as you might have guessed this post is on current India-England Series.

How many of you managed to watch India's dismal performance yesterday (20-March-2006), the Day 3 of the test match? Well, I did not but I saw the highlights. I was amazed at the range of shots played by Anil Kumble and SreeSanth. It was simply superb. If anybody gets an opportunity just watch their performance. Dhoni & Pathan played an important innings. For few overs, they looked threatening but Pathan feel for a loose delivery and Dhoni was unlucky. But in my perspective, the only true threatening pair was Anil Kumble and SreeSanth!!! Just watch how A & S plundered the blowing attack of the Hoggard and Flintoff. H & F were the prime assassins who wiped out our top-order in all the 3 tests. But these two assassins looked totally out of sorts in front of A & S. The Cover Drive. The pull. The Cut. Boy! Boy! A & S played like a true top order pair! One should watch the highlights to know and realize that Anil Kumble has truly improved his batting standards. Anil Kumble, like Rahul Dravid, possess a learning & performing curve that is on the rise ever since he adorned our Indian Cap. Is Sachin, Sehwag and Ganguly listening???

As I was enjoying their attack on the English bowlers I could not help wondering "What our top order batsmen are doing now?" And guess what they were doing? The same you & me were doing. Watching & Cheering!!! Is this why they are paid some million dollars per game?
Just look back at the current English team. After a series of injuries, currently it is filled with second string batsmen and third string bowlers. And these third string performers ripped through our famous INDIAN BATTING ATTACK for a merry-go-around. Wow! So nice to know!!!

Its time these these two stalwart - Sachin & Sehwag, do some thing. Damn them, they are good. But nope, actually, they were good. Off late they have not performed. Then why should they be in the team?? One might say that they have an amazing track record, then so does Ganguly! So, why a separate rule for him??
Just put yourselves in the shoes of Kaif & Gambhir. They have the energy, zeal & enthu to perform and they have performed whenever given chance. But they are not allowed to, regularly, and this is because of whom??? Need I say the answer?

In short, what is boiling in me is:
Why should performers like Kaif & Gambhir suffer because of non-performers like Sachin & Sehwag?? Greg & BCCI, use the same weapon used against Ganguly against Sachin & Sehwag!

The two BAKRAs* of Indian team:
KAIF & Gambhir

* - Scapegoats (for the benefit of those who don't understand Hindi lingoz)

A Real Story of a Surreal Guy!!!

2006-03-16T21:18:00.000+05:30

Hi All, this is a story of a guy. A guy, who does not actually exists but also exists. Confusing yeah? This guy is not real but he exists inside every of us..... In every IT employee, at least. In every employee without any gender discrimination. Without any color, caste, creed discrimination. Without level of experience discrimination. He lives in every one of us. He is us!!!

There is this guy who at the time of graduating with a good professional degree dreamed of a job that would make him rich from his current status - a middle class. He had all that took to make him professionally well-ranked and highly-paid. After all, he has a good tech degree + he is extremely confident + apparently handsome + good brains (at least others feel so) + the zeal to take up challenge. He starts applying and getting offers but none that appeals. Some good chances are lost and some gained without much of promise. But one fine day, without any hint an offer lands on his lap and the eagerness to start working overpowers the confidence for a better offer. Before he realizes he is there in front of a comp in a well-lit AC-ed cubicle and also in the payroll of a company. Oops!!!

Well, being a very committed person, He accepts the challenge and puts a good step forward. Not the best step though, bcoz in this industry nobody puts his/her best foot fwd but only a good foot. He slogs hard and is promised a confirmation & good hike at the end of an year. As the year comes to a close, the frevor to impress all increases and pushes the otherwise lethargic guy to work hard.......

The final day of his year has arrived. Wow! The day was filled with a lots of forms being filled for the most important and exciting word in the entire industry: appraisal. Having filled all the forms and submitted to the concern authorities. He awaits the next day. Prays to SunGod to set and rise immediately. Too excited to work, the days goes by without much of activity. He hits the bed with a gr8 hope in his head for the next day. In his dream, he sees his manager applauding his effort and gives a very impressive hike. The dream ends with a few drops of tears-of-joy from his Parents. The guy feels proud. The next day dawns.....

He arrives at office in complete formals. Well kempt hair-do. Complete a make-over shift. Enters the office with a huge smile and confidence and hope, ofcourse. He waits for his manager to call him for the appraisal interview. His manager passes by and his expectation rises just to fall. "Oh! Manager has just stepped in so after some time he will call" The some time turns into minutes. Into hours. And no sign of manager calling him. The smile on his face slowly fades. Then the extension rings.

Our Fellow: Hello
Caller: Hello is that you?
Our Fellow: **Manager!!** Yes, Sir.
Caller: Can you come over?
Our Fellow: **Wow!!!** Yes, ofcourse sir.

Our man reaches the manager cubicle......

Our Fellow: **Excellent smile** Excuse me Sir!
Our Fellow:Come in. What happened to the module that you were supposed to finish?
Our Fellow: **Smile fades** (oh! This is about work & not about appraisal) Sir, I am working..... **blah** **blah**

Our man returns with a lost expression. Wonders when is the appraisal gonna happen? The day ends and manager left. He hopes the next day would see his appraisal happen. The next day, the manager does not turn up to office. The third day, the manager is in a client meet, so no time. The fourth day, our man shrugs his shoulder and starts working. The next week, he forgot he was supposed to be assessed and appraised. The next month, the salary comes and goes leaving no doubt that his appraisal is not gonna happen. In the next quarter, the extension rings.

Our Fellow: Hello
Caller: Hello is that you?
Our Fellow: **Manager!!** Yes, Sir.
Caller: Can you come over?
Our Fellow: **Wow!!!** Yes, ofcourse sir.

Our man reaches the manager cubicle......

Our Fellow: Yes. You called me?
Manager: So you have rated yourself pretty high in your appraisal? How and why?
Our Fellow: **What is this appraisal interview????** Sir, actually.... **blah** **blah**

The next month the appraisal results are reflected in the salary slip. Our man interested in difference? Calculates but high-school maths tells him that the difference is ZERO! What??!!!! He realizes that the appraisal results will reflected in the next month results. That is 6 months after the appraisal was supposed to happen. Oh! Great!!! The next month, the difference is again a high-school maths with some few more numbers other than 0.

Few more months goes by without much of interest. Time for next appraisal. From experience, he knows no point in waiting. The things go well (read as nothing happened). A general hike happens. That is, every employees salary is increased. Oh! Is that gonna make a difference? Apparently not. When the hike letters reaches the hands of employees. Every one is busy calculating how much have they gained. Well the result is unanimous. Every body gets a hike enough to enjoy one more meal per month!!! Wow! So much for an IT Profession.

Our considers if he should change his profession. Thoughts of our man:
1. My papa has a nice farm @ village. Neways, no tax for these farmers.
2. Or my uncle has a nice stationary shop and he needs a nice pair of hands to take care of it.
3. Or should I marry a rich gal who is the only gal in the house & live as a live-in-son-in-law?
4. Or try lottery?
5. Or how about breaking into a bank?

I tried uploading an image but was not able to. :-(

My Looks!!!

2006-03-10T21:13:00.000+05:30

Statuary Warning: Readers/Viewers are hereby warned that this post contains some dangerous and most frightening photos ever captured in the entire history of man kind. Kids are advised to view with Parental Guidance. Weak-hearted please keep off the limits. The author is not responsible for any damage - physically, mentally or psychologically.

My First Change from my boy-next-door.... Kinda Kool (or so I thought!)

A very spiritualistic look.... A Kurta-Pyjama Saint

My First trial on craziness.... No Mush just a crazy Goatee!

A serious matured look.... A thick Frechie! ;-)

The latest in my list of Crazy Look.... A long beardish Mush!

These are my serious attempts to make myself what I am supposed to be - A GEEK!
The only status I achieved was that I have become talk of my division, where every week begins with a look, followed by a laugh, at my face. :-D Well I dont mind bcoz I am a GEEK!!!! ;-)

I am Back..... Hopefully!!!

2006-02-15T21:38:00.000+05:30

Hi Blog-world & friends

I am back and hopefully for long. The truth is very simple and is just the extension of previous blog-article. Busy! :-( I know... I know... Even I hate this word. But, kya kare? Life aisi ho gaye ki.... No did not even wanna talk about it. I have a lot to write in the blog but before that I just wanna reply to all my blog-friends. And thats what this blog is gonna be all about....

@sujit: nice.. poster depicting your life style. But some schedules are quite tight!!.. can;t help.. hope now you are enjoying..
Thanks dude. And, yes, some schedules are tight but dude the project has just began. I can not even imagine my condition towards the end.

@PV: Hey Jack , so still busy ....??? Digging deep ..... come back choon .....
Yep Jhonny. Digging Deep?? Whate-ever did that mean? :-D Ye r as usual busy bloggin. Will have to read them may not be all :-) but at all most of them.

@Div: hey still busy!!
Unfortunately yes. And I c that even ye were pretty busy. Busy blogging. Yet to read yer articles but I see a lot of interesting ones. Hopefully I get time to read all of them. Sure will do it one day.

@Saka: maaams .... Still busy .. looks like TE is 'exploiting' you :-0
btb waiting 4 ur post on TE Family day celebs nd ur hand on that ...
Machchi, semma busy da. Yep. My TE annual day was gr8. Will post about it soon. But I see that even ye have not updated yer blog for a loooooong time. Wuts up? Hitting on some SA* galz yeah? ;-)

@PV: @ jack :- still busy .............. !@#$%^
boo.... hoo.... boo... hoo... **crying**

@PV: Jack whats up ..working on week ends too .....
Waaaah.... Waaaaah... **wailing**

@Chax Dad: God save u Rp, at least this is not the case in my office.
Dude, saw yer blog & it hurt. Ye have updated & it hurt. Do rmmbr that 'Once I asked ye whn r u gonna update' & now ye r asking d same question. It hurts.
Pray Dad. Pray that atleast I can blog once a week. I am almost getting sick of work though it is very interesting.

@Nagu: Rp...y r u looking out of company, IN elxsi itself we have a group who almost every month we go for treks. Last one was during republic day time for wayanad. Coming saturday we r in veerappan's trail (MM Hills).
Dude, do I need to reply now!!! ;-)

Wanted to update soooooooo many things:
1. New Year - A spiritualistic begining
2. Annual Day - Anchoring Glory
3. Trekking - A meet with Mr. Veerapan
....and so many things more.
Well, letz wait & see how many/much of these I will/can update. Only time can tell. :-D

Busy! Busy! Busy!

2005-12-26T12:40:00.000+05:30

Busy! And thats what I have been all through the last fortnight. Yep, a full 14days of complete slog. Oh! Boy! How I missed this comfy life of bloggin, checking mails & playing free-cell. These 14days I led a complete 'anti-RP' life. Yep. Starting from getting up till sleeping in night.

1. Getting up @ 6:30am!!! - I had to do so bcoz I had to be in ofc before my PL. Lossing about 3-4 hours of sleep is no joke esp during winter in B'lore.
2. Reach ofc @ 8:30am!!! - :-( No choice. Bcoz my PL reaches ofc @ 8:30! Bcoz of her I had to pitch in atleast as late as her if not earlier. :-( Poor me! This was the first time my ofc saw me earlier than 10:30! Only on the joining day did I manage to reach ofc earlier than 10:30, it was atbout 9:45.
3. No Blogging & No Replying to mails!!! - Again, hopson's choice. Had loads of work and had to finish it atleast with some considerable delay. Having lost the touch of working & reading docs, I had a real tough time keeping my eyes open everytime a PDF file opened. To top it all, I was supposed to concentrate!
4. No Sleeping in ofc! - Oh! Boy! This was the toughest I had to endure. Immediately after lunch, as though programmed, my eyes goes shut. But, the last 14 days, no way! I might even get skinned before the whole world!! Sleeping? No way! Gr8 sin!
5. Leave ofc @ 10:30pm! - Sometimes I am used to this though. But these days were different and difficult. Many days, I extended my stay for another 10-15 minutes just to go through the blogs of others. But no time to comment. And no energy too. I was sapped by 7pm that the next 3 hours was more like a hang-over.
6. Struggle in bed till 1:30am!!! - The next biggest disaster. Earlier I used to sleep even before my head hits the pillow but these days, I was so damn engrossed in the prjct that I used to wonder how am I gonna manage my PL the next day for not having completed the work!! Boy! It was indeed a struggle trying hard to sleep but cannot. I wanted to sleep bcoz the next day I had to get up at 6:30 irrespectively of sun, shine or rain. But sleep would dfntly not come to me. Kya kare?
7. NO NOVELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Man! This was the biggest heart-break I had. I just was not able to read novels even in the night. Reason? Bcoz I was toooooooo tired to read but cannot sleep. Grrr..... I was completely pissed off. From the time I remember, I always snatched atleast a page of novel, be it exam, interview, or what-ever it may be. I feel incomplete without reading novel. And all of these 14 days I was without a novel! :-(

I just remembered a nice fwd I got some time ago. This fits the situation I was in, though not so completely. But could'nt resist putting this here... ;-)

Rasmus! Rasmus! Rasmus!

2005-12-13T21:31:00.000+05:30

Rasmus! The name spells music. The name sounds musical. The name generates musical vibes. Yep. I am refering to the Rock Band "Rasmus" and about their tour to Bangalore on Dec 4, 2005. I attended this concert and, believe me, they were rocking. The concert was scheduled by 6:30pm and as usual the main performance did not begin even by 8pm. We, which included my friends Jayadev, Sameer and Anoop were in Palace Grounds by 6:45pm.

This concert was organized by 'Campus Rocks.' The event began with a rock performance by 'Presorika,' a Delhi based Rock band. Boy! These guys were rocking. This band consisted of, like Rasmus, only 4 members - 2 guitarist, 1 drummer and 1 singer. The singer was awesome. Boy! They really sound more pro than most of the VH1, MTV or V-channel artists. What grace. What performance. Classic. I really enjoyed it. Sorry was not able to get any pix of 'Prestorika' to put up. In fact, I straight away went ahead and purchased their CD from the VH1 counter that was set up. Since I like metal and this being my first metal album purchase :-) I love the songs.

Then a little before 8pm, Rasmus group came up on stage. The band member are:
1. Singer - Lauri Ylönen aka Lintu
2. Guitarist - Pauli Rantasalmi aka Tonni
3. Bass - Eero Heinonen
4. Drummer - Aki Hakala aka Hattu

Their performance for very good. Truthfully, I have never heard them but I went ahead bcoz I just had some 'gut' faith that they might be good. And, no regrets. Their songs were by large a very good collection. Though the number of audience were far less than expected still the crowd was going 'ga-ga.' Somewhere mid-way all the performers took a acoustic and sang some pretty good soothing numbers. In fact, the drummer Hattu even imitated our Indian style of English speaking while introducing a song. Pretty hilarious. Then they sang their version of 'Raghu pathi raghava...'

It was by large a very good show. I dont remember all the songs but I tried to list as much as my memory goes. If possible & if you are a Eng song lover, pls try to listen to these, they are good. And I vouch for it. :-)
1. Shameless
2. Keep your heart broken
3. Guilty
4. Funeral song
5. First day of my life

For more history on this group, pls refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rasmus Did not know that this group has been around for over a decade! Pretty good, yeah!

Walk-a-thon.... An emotional participation

2005-12-12T21:03:00.000+05:30

Another perfect weekend! Yep, had a gr8 weekend. This post is regardin on how I spent my December 3, 2005 (Saturday). One can find another blog (Prasad's) speaking about the same event. A simple & an excellent straight forward narration, unlike mine.

Walk-a-thon was organized by Samarthanam trust. It is a trust for disabled. It was started by three visually impaired friends Mahantesh, Mudda and Nagesh. This trust is based in JP Nagar, Bangalore. This trust also has an USA website. These guys are doing some great work. This event was a walk for 7km for a cause. The cause was to create awareness around the International Day for Disabled Persons (3rd December, 2005)

Neways, this event walk-a-thon was co-sponsored by my company. And, so we happened to get some free participation passes. I was to co-ordinate from my company and did the best I could. Some 15 colleagues of mine participated in this event. Though as many as 35 employees voluteered only 15 were able to make it. For various other reasons they dropped out.

At 3pm we were to assemble in front Kanteerava Stadium. After the customary registration procedure, we proceed into the stadium for, again, customary speech & introduction for about 1/2 hour. After which we assembled for the walk-a-thon. And then a 5km race was organized inside the stadium. The participants? visually challeged ppl!!! Yep. Nearly blind and fully blind ppl participated in this race. For completely blind ppl, there was another guide who was running along with them. Can ye believe it? Blind people participating??? Boy, I was stunned.

Then the walk began, which was mostly event-less. But, once in a while, when we tend to crib about the distance to walk, we would overtake a blind, or a polio affected, or a 4yr child participants. It would be like a loud slap on our face. I almost found it like God telling me Open your eyes, Idiot! Understand how lucky you are? Remember how much have I given you? And, after all these, you still crib as though you dont have anything. Rascal. I just could'nt stand this.

After the walk-a-thon, we assembled for another roller-coaster ride for our egos. Sitting again in the Kanteerava Stadium, we witnessed some miracle. Yep. Thats how I call it as 'Miracles'. We witnessed some amazing performances from 'dis-abled' people. Lemme explain just two events that shook my complete poise.

The simplest of all was through a gal called Asha, a visually challenged artist from Samarthanam. She sang like as though she has been singing for over 100,000 years. What confidence? She performed side by side with regular cine-artists. Even the film-artists was amazed by singing. And, the best part of it was she cannot see, so she has to remember everything including the lyrics, when to stop/start, everything. This almost made feel very sad for not using my capabilities.

But the most shocking was coming next.....

This was a dance performance by visually challenged artists! Beleive me. I just could'nt handle it. There was these 2 gals dancing together. They were perfect in their synchronisation. Man, even rocket scientists will be ashamed of this synchronization This dance was called the 'Invocation dance.' During the performance, the artist danced toward a table where a statue was kept and offered flowers, bang on target!! Damn it! I would have been a little at peace if they had faltered. Too much of perfection made me go mad. I was ashamed of myself. (**Currently feeling low, again and high with goose pimples**) I feel too low in front of these people. Can ye believe it, bang on target??? Too much. Just imagine their situation.....
1. they cannot know what the other gal is doing?!!
2. they cannot know which is the front-part of the stage, length of the stage, any dimensional at all... Damn it, they dont understand what dimension mean???
3. they cannot visualize how a finger positioning will look?
4. they cannot understand that this finger position means 'peacock' and another means 'dove' bcoz they dont know what is a peacock, dove....

but damn it they performed!!! They performed as though they were normal. why? why cant they falter? why should they make me feel sooooooooooooo low & poor??? Why, damn it, why???? I feel cheap in front of them!

To make it worst, there was an awarding function for Para-olympics Gold medalist! How many of you are aware that India has atleast 3 Gold-medals in Para-Olympics??? I did not know till I went for this walk-a-thon. So much for our newspapers and sport-crazy country we live in. These are the real heros of our country and definitely not Sachin, Saurav or Dravid. These are the true heros in their lives. It is my pride and pleasure to list out their names in my blog:

1. Devendra Bevendra, Javelin Throw. Check this link:Devendra Bevendra improved his own world mark to bag the country's first gold medal in the Javelin Throw, category F44/46, at the Paralympic Games, Athens
2. Vikram Singh Adhikari, 56Kg PowerLifting. Was not able to get any article on this event. So much for sports-crazy nation.

Boy, that day was a real roller-coaster ride for my ego and threw me so off-balance that I am yet to recover. I might sound mean but I really want to out-wit them in some damn forum. Yes. I dont want to feel like sh*t. Such mentally-strong people always keep me grounded to reality & make me feel religious. And, worst, make me feel poor. I dont like it but thats the truth.....

A Tribute to Mothers

2005-12-07T10:25:00.000+05:30

Received this mail more than once yesterday and could'nt help but posting it on my blog. This mail definitely increased my want to get my mom down here. Those who are staying away from mom can understand. Esp ppl like me, who have been away 'a-shy-short-of-decade'

I take this opportunity to tell my mom something I have never done before. Though I want to but never got myself out of the 'dont-be-silly' image to do so. Mom here I go and hope you read this:

Mom, I love you.
Hope you remain with me always

Rock Climbing was rocking....

2005-11-29T22:02:00.000+05:30

I had a perfect weekend about 3 weeks ago. It was just the right mixture of fun and physical exhaustion.
3 weeks ago, to be precise, on 12 Nov, I had been to a rock climbing trip. Okay. Okay. Lemme go chronologically…

Few months ago, over a cup of coffee, I happened to ask my colleague what is she doing for the weekend and the reply caught my attention. Trekking. Rock Climbing. Mountaineering. I was curious. That’s how I was introduced to this group: BMC(Bangalore Mountaineering Club).

Now that I spoke of this group, lemme give a brief intro. This group is a, to quote the founder, “non-profit” organization for enthusiastic adventurers. This is more like a yahoo-group,where the guyz/galz go on an adventure trip once a fortnight. Awesome group. Filled with real enthusiasts. They falter in no step in planning. They take care of every logistics issue. To register, you gotta be refered by members, please feel free to use my info for registration. RP & http://meetrp.blogspot.com.

Okay, back to my experience. After registering, for various personal reasons I was unable to participate. I decided, come what may to participate for the next event, which was this rock-climbing event in Ramnagar, which is between Mysore & Bangalore.

On Saturday Nov 12, 2005, at 6am whom-so-ever had their means of transport (incidently I had) left towards RamNagar and for others van facility was arranged. With the new Mysore highway in progress, I enjoyed the experience & the joy of riding my Archie (that’s how I call my Pulsar 150 DTS-i). We reached the destination at about 8am and the intro session went on. There were, to be precise, about 44 ppl. I was the only one from my company and I distinctly remember a huge gang from Motorola and a considerable number from Infy. I was kinda apprehensive but these guyz are a pro in putting people at ease. I was bombared by smiling faces, greeting words & extended hands. Man! It is a different world of enthusiasts. You don’t have a choice but to like them.

We were initially given some basic exercises and were split into two groups. One for Rock Climbing & the other for Rappelling. Each of us were given some training in ‘Bouldering’, which is mini-rock climbing. Guess, I did it well. (Some self pumping is required, after all it is my blog) I belonged to the group for rock-climbing. Initially, we climbed about 50,000 steps to the top of the hill. (Some guyz, who did not know practical energy-mathematics, counted the number of steps to be 373. Crap. It was not a step less than 75,000) After which we found a flat, smooth 50 feet tall rock! And guess? We were supposed to climb this damn thing!!! I almost fainted with magnitude of impossibility. But this group (filled with professional organizers) had arranged for a group of pros to help us. These pros (damn them!!) climbed this flat plain surface of rock like a lizard and set the whole hooks & other necessary safety pins in the rock for the amateurs. Then we began; it was our chance to be lizards….

Each of us, in turn did our trial & error. It was mostly filled with errors. We were given our harness and were supposed to climb! Just a rope around the waist & climb. Each of us struggled. Stumbled. Fell and was held by the rope & harness (Thank heavens). We heard lot of screams. Pleads for help. Words of haplessness. Prayers for safe returns to ground. Shouts of ecstasy (almost rare). But nevertheless everybody gave it a shot. From my part, Damn it!, I couldn’t even climb 25 feet. I almost scrapped my knees more than once & my shoes are part of history now. All of us returned to the ground with the thought “May be I should have tried a little more”.

Anyways, after this we climbed down to the bottom of the hill by 2:30pm. (And, yeah, the return was indeed only 373 steps. What a construction! You climb up 90,000 steps and climb down only 373!!! Gr8!) Though our fingers were sour, had a sumptuous lunch. Shared our expert(!!!) advices with the other group, who had been on rappelling. We then rushed to our next event – Rappelling.

Rappelling was relatively easier. You gotta slid down the rope from top of the mountain to the bottom. Ofcourse, harness and rope are tied around your waist. The best part of this session is that, we walk on the walls of the rock. It feels great. Just imagine, walking parallel to the ground! Look at the sky and feel part of it. Feel almost like a bird. A featherless bird. I would give my dayz wager for a repeat. It was wonderful.

After this, we reached our base zero by 6pm. The best performers in both galz & boyz section were given a gift and we left to our places.

I would not do justice if I dont mention about the people I met. The best part I really enjoyed, apart from physical activity, was the guyz/galz I met. They were gr8. The following people would hopefully remember me! Lemme recollect… (Chronologically)

Ajay from Covansys,
Vijayesh not-sure-from-where,
Vinay from Infy,
Lakshmi not-sure-from-where (who was supposed to mail me & did not. Are you listening, Lakshmi???),
Madhavi, Saumya (am I still in your enemy list even after the safety ropes??? ;-), Shilpa, Kushal, Mohan-the-god and Prashanth from Motorola,
Anish guess is from Infy,
Prasad from Infy
and, yeah, from the great BMC team Roopa.

Man, these people rock. I really loved the time I spent with them. Hours rolled into seconds amidst them. Very fun loving & very very jolly-go-lucky with a lot of broad-mind. Would not hesitate to join these people anytime for any event. That day was tiring & physically exhausting but mentally and psychologically it was a gr8 boost.

This post is almost a dedication to BMC. Would love to repeat any event with this group. Hail BMC!!!

Phew! I am back....

2005-11-25T19:09:00.000+05:30

My dear bloggers. Many of my class mates & blog friends have been angered by my silence on blog. Have been irritated by my lack of postings. Have been patiently waiting for my next post. Guess it is time to break my silence.

Before that lemme explain my silence. There was a problem. My office had blocked 'blogger'! And, worst, only for my department. Yes, you heard it right, only for my department. Meaning the rest of my office colleagues can blog and only the "chosen" 34 cannot. Poor RP was suffering even to pass 15 minutes in office without blogger. :-( Believe me, it is really really tough.

Reason for blocking? Bcoz we 34 belong to an ODC (Offshore Development Centre) and ODCs have seperate rules. And similar corporate bull-shit. I was angered.

But, I cannot fight against the great corporate without some 'chanakya' politically correct arguments. So I researched thro' the blogs and found some really good technical blogs. By show casing these technical blogs to my boss, I was able to convince him the blogger is indeed the best forum for "technical" discussions. And guess, what? He believed. :-)

And, so Ladies and Gentlemen, I was able to get this site unblocked. And this is my first blog after the inhuman blocking.

Now for those in the similar situation like mine can make use of the following technical blogs to fight for your case:
Arvind The most widely used tech blog in my argument. Every hit on this blog page was an inch toward my success. Dude, I dont know who u r but thanks.
adstech
::krishna::
amol
remco's blog

The last nail in the coffin was the following blog, who is also working in the same company:
nagarajan gopalan Buddy, you made my day. Your post(click here) was the final inch of victory.

These above blogs are really good. They write a lot of technical stuff. I enjoyed reading them. Though I searched for them only for my selfish purpose but I found them pretty good. So sure would be visiting them more often.

Deepa, sure would be more regular in my posting.

Story Tree - Their Journey

2005-11-09T16:56:00.000+05:30

He thought it would be an ordinary journey. Standing behind the pillar he watched the train snort arrogantly into the station. With each snort he was reminded of his grandfather's words "You will fail in the city and return penniless"; with every heavenward whistle, he heard his cousin, "Don't worry. Come here and I will get you a job at the construction site." Now he had a 34-hour journey to prove one of them wrong, and he expected the excitement at the end of the journey. He looked at his ticket once again: compartment S9 berth 23.

Pushing his luggage under the seat, he sat close to the window. "Papa, when will you be back?" - his four year old daughter Munni asked innocently. He stared into those soft brown eyes of the motherless kid. He held her frail palms in his, through the window. "Munni, Papa will get you a nice gudiya from the city..Say tata," his sister spoke to the kid, to avoid an emotional outburst. In a minute, the train pulled forward, and Munni's little fingers parted from between his. "I need to go..", he thought, "I have to, at least for Munni's sake.."

The humid summer breeze and the rattling train coaxed him into an uncomfortable state of drowsy consciousness. He dreamt that Munni ran away, the closer he ran to her, the farther she was, like a mirage. He woke up with a start and squinted at his watch."What is the time please?"A smallish woman, a meek voice as if she was scared that her existence would annoy someone. Her only noticeable feature was her rather large, expressive eyes."4.30"Something made him look at the woman again. He had stopped noticing women long back. Ever since Meenakshi passed away...

But this woman was different. She reminded him of someone he knew. In an instant he realized who and the painful memories came flooding back. She looked exactly like his childhood sweetheart Madhu. As teenage lovers in a conservative society, they had often met secretly and had declared undying love for each other.
Then someone had found out and all hell had broken loose. The elders in the village Panchayat had ostracized Madhu's family as she was from a lower caste. Unable to bear the humiliation, she had committed suicide by drowning. That was twelve years back...

Could it be? Could it really be him? He seems different, weary and downcast. Oh no will he recognise me? No, I am dead to the world. Still she cautiously wrapped her saree end around her head and across her face. Behind the cotton screen, her mind drifted to happier times, languid strolls in the corn fields, games at the riverbed, his gentle caress, whispered sweet nothings, stolen glances at the temple fair.
Tempted to take one last look, she consoled herself that he wouldn't notice. Slowly
she lifted her eyes only to find Rupak staring back at her.

She quickly glanced the other way.

‘No, this girl looks too close to be any other person. She is infact Madhu!! “Hey, Madhu!” he called.

She struggled hard not to respond to that call. And successfully managed it too.

"Hey Madhu, you forgot me?” he inquired her and came closer.

The old lady sitting opposite to him was looking at this unapprovingly.

“No, you are mistaken, My name is not Madhu.. I am Supriya” she lied.

“Hey Ram!, a young girl cannot travel safely in this country without being stalked!” the old lady muttered angrily.

The girl walked briskly away from him, trying to escape his glances, as though she was hiding something, not wanting to be discovered. He stood confused, she had said her name wasn’t Madhu, and should he run after her? Or should he let it pass, after all he still had a train to catch.

His heart told him it was Madhu, followed her, all thoughts about going to the city vanished; he was on delighted to have met Madhu after such a long time. He was filled with memories of their time together. He finally caught up with her. Looking into her eyes he said ' Why Madhu? Why this to me?'

"Please dont lie to me anymore"; sounding more like the Mani he used to be ten years back when he had first met her at the Village temple, rather than the arrogant side that seemed to rule his life now. "I know it is you, nobody else but you Madhu". Tears roll down her cheecks as she tries to remember why they ended up this way. Was it destiny or fate that they had to meet now?

As she speaks up, the train which for a while had be at a halt, slowly starts to move.

She couldn’t speak out even a word. All that was seen , tears rolling down her cheeks out of happiness.

Now,he was not in a state to loose her again .Though they didn’t speak any word ,everything was clear .

Now also ,they were able to read what was running in each others mind.

He slowly held her palms into his. She couldn’t stop him though she wanted too.

For a moment ,they forgot everything.All that was felt,they want to live a new life together.

He later discovered that both were going to the same construction site for the job..

Same job at the same construction site?!! Same destination?!! He was too shocked to react.
"How could this be possible?" he wondered. His mind went reeling to the past. The hidden past. The past of which he wanted no more.
"Remember? Remember Mani??? 5 years ago…" his mind talking. He does not like to be called Mani but his mind was not listening. His mind, which always was within his control, was rolling back to the past.
"5 years ago in the train. Both you & Madhu to the same destination unknown to eachother just like today. That's when it happened…"

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Everything below the dashed line above should be copied and pasted with every accepted tag)

This is a Story Tree and is best nurtured as follows:
1. A blogger can add only 90-100 words (not more or less) at a time
2. All previous snippets of 90-100 words need to be copied before the new set of 90-100 words are appended.
3. Each entire snippet should be linked to the respective author (and not just the first sentence or so)
4. Characters, scenes, etc. can be introduced by an author5. Bizarre twists, sci-fi, fantasy sequences are best avoided.
6. A tag must be accepted within 7 days else the branch is a dead branch
7. After appending 90-100, the Story Tree can be passed on to at most 3 bloggers.
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I would like to tag:
PV
Praveen (Sorry Dude. Without permission hope you will be a sport!)
Prasad (Sorry Dude. Without permission hope you will be a sport!)

Birthday Update

2005-10-19T16:56:00.000+05:30

Writing to one & all. Blindly follow what-ever has been suggested...

CARE IS THE MOST SWEETEST FORM OF WORD;
BIRTHDAY IS THE BEST DAY IN THIS WORLD.
WISHES THAT FLY PAST OVER OUR HEAD
PUSHES US ON THE NOSTALGIC ROSE BED.

SO, WITH MIND FULLY COMPOSED AND CALM
PLEASE FILL UP THE BDAY REMINDER FORM
HELP ME TO MAKE YOU FEEL MORE & MORE HAPPY.
ALL SAID & DONE. SIGNING OFF WITH LOVE - rp.

pls dears follow the link below and help me fulfill my promise of "WISHING YOU ON EVERY OF YOUR B-DAY".

Click here to update your birthday Info
OR
Copy and paste this link (http://www.BirthdayAlarm.com/dob/9800086a986841b363) in your browser. :-)

Simple Isn't it?

AR Rehman Show...

2005-10-17T18:13:00.000+05:30

WARNING: This text contains some interesting news that might be found violating this groups norms & procedures. In that case, the reader is fore-warned not to proceed further in case:
1. He/she does not have enough free time.
2. He/she is impatient and can not understand "BUTLER" English.
3. He/she has actually returned home thinking ARR show was cancelled.

Dear All

ARR! The name gets beats to our feet. Rhythm to our hearts. Music to our mind. And smile to our souls. The name rejuvenates our passion to music. The name is music.

The whole of the world wants to listen to the creation of ARR. So did I. I convinced myself & my financier (again myself) that I need to attend this concert at any cost. (**Yep! It did cost me a fortune**). Well, since I was trying to convince myself it was easier. I finally managed to get hold of one ticket (**Don't ask the cost**) just dayz before the concert.

The day arrived. At last. My wait of over 48 hours has finally come to an end. Phew! I was eagerly waiting for this day just like a child waiting for a ice-cream. On that day, the sun was bright. The wind breezy. The climate awesome. The mood romantic. The right climate for the concert, I thought. The show was at 7pm and flood-gates opens at 5pm. Time in my watch says 4Pm. Time to get ready. After all, ARR in town.

Was ready in record time. With all smiles & songs on my lips I put my new woodland shoes & stepped outside..... Its raining!! :-( Raining cats & dogs! Raining as though God suddenly remembered & sent down the arrears on the same day! I cursed the rain. But, no I shall not return. Bcoz I decided I need to attend this concert at any cost. I put on my rain-jacket & drove to Palace Ground.

Entered in to the arena. It was near empty. Just a few souls scattered around. It was almost looking empty. EMPTY!!! :-O Where the hell is the stage? The place was looking more a normal ground; did not even give a hint of any concert. I immediately sprang into a huge search. After a while, some where at a distance I saw some structure which vaguely reminded me of a stage. Upon nearing found that it was indeed a stage bcoz I did see a single mike hanging!!! And the anchor (**complete waste**) was blabbering.

Wanting to investigate I took one more step. Whoosh!! Another bout of heavy rains. Looking around I was kinda happy see some people running for some cover in a distance corner. Any case I was completely drenched. But for nothing else to do, I did follow suit and took cover. Few minutes rolled by and the anchor was still on the mike... Wondering what to do... Shud I return home & waste the money spent? Shud I wait till the show starts & rain stop? Shud I just..

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Oops! Did I miss something? The stage suddenly seemed to be a bundle of activity. The crowd alive. Not minding the rain I ran towards to stage lest I miss something. It was some one else on the stage. A short funny guy with the mike & rattling something in Hindi. Suddenly, he started a song. "Allah ke Bande Hasde..." Oh! Kailash Kher! He was surprisingly tooo small. He was there only to cheer up the crowd & promised us that they would perform come what may.

Again, silence from stage in front & thunders from skies above. Rain incessant. But I was anyways drenched till the second layer of skin. So no point in taking cover. Moreover, there were some good looking chicks standing next to me. Totally wet. 3 of them in total. Good looking & more important, wet! ;-) So why miss this opportunity.... I stood grounded.

When I was about to initiate conversation... Clap! Clap! Clap! Who? Sivamani! I mean, 'Drums' Sivamani. Wow! He rolled his way to glory. He too was there only to cheer us up & make sure we stay.

Okay! Sivamani finished & stage is again silent. Time to initiate conversation with these gals. Okay! How shall I start? Mmm.... Okay. Lemme ask about the weather. Crap! How about their interest towards music? Another crap! Obviously they are interested else why are they here. Fine, may be how about... Clap! Clap! Clap! Who the hell is that again? ARR!!! Wow! He too was there only to cheer us up. But apart from that he gave an opportunity for me to start chatting with these chicks. :-) Believe me I chatted till my mouth was paining. ;-)

Few minutes rolled by.... Rain stopped... Show started with a bang. Literally! They started their show with a song from 'Yuva'. Then on the songs poured down as heavy as the rain did. You name the singers they were there. Hariharan. Chitra. Kailash Kher. Alka Yagnik. Shanker Mahadevan. Blaaze. SivaMani. Phew! It was mind-boggling. And yeah, how can I forget? Sukwinder Singh & Sadana Sargam. Man! It was a star-raining nite.

Songs were of all mixes. Fast rhythmic. Slow soothing. Punjabi Bhangara. Northy techno. Every song was better the previous. First Hari Haran sings followed by Sukwinder. Then Sadana Sargam pairs up with Hari again. Then the unmatched Chitra. If this was not getting your adrenalin pumped up enough then Kailesh Kher comes up. If this is not enough music to drown you, Shanker Mahadevan & ARR pair up. Holy Christ! This was all I could do not to go overboard with music.

When all of us kinda relaxing & trying to get back our enthusiasm & adrenalin back to normal, Sivamani does a 25minute solo. And guess what? We are on dance floor even before a blink of an eye. Jesus! This was a hell of a show to attend.

The program ended about 12:30 midnight. The rain suddenly began. It was as though Lord Varuna was also immersed in ARR music! And he released towards the end he had not done his duty!!! I drove back to my home. Actually, I shipped back home. After drying & changin to pyjamas, plunged on my bed.

Well, I was hell-worthy to attend this show. I was happy to myself. With smile fixed on my lipz, I slept.

"Oh! NO!" I woke up with a start. I had forgotten to note down the number of those chicks.... :-(

About our double date....

2005-09-17T04:40:00.000+05:30

This is after a double date with Kama & his gf with Sandy & me. It was a nice one. The recepients are Mahesh K, Chennai and Sandhya, Chennai

Thinking about Kama & Sri.....
He is dark, atheletic and handsome. (**sometimes I tell lies**)
She is fair, pretty, cute & wholesome.
His looks are deceptive & naughty.
She is a hallmark of high serenity.

With starkingly low similarity & high differences
yet together they are perfect beyond any guesses.
Thoughts ran in my mind when I saw together
was "This guy is a damn lucky bugger!"

They seemed more happy than anyone I've seen
Their joy seems similar to that of any teen.
When he was walking along holding hand of her
They just seemed to be 'MADE-FOR-EACHOTHER'

Thinking about Sri.....
Angelic beauty that she definitely is
wondering how in the world did I miss!!
Heard that she did study in my school.
Having missed such a beauty I am fool!!

Heard her to be gorgeous and simply cute
still when she smiled I went totally mute!
This stupid collection of words is a tribute
to my friends gf, who is lovely & very cute.

Random collection of words....

2005-09-13T06:42:00.000+05:30

This is to my first crush in my life. She is an angelic beauty. She has such a homely look. Equalled only by her behaviour. She has an enchantin smile. I can go on for a life time just describing her & that is not what this blog is all about. ;-) This was after I had a date with her in Vellore. Her name is Sai Sailaja, Vellore.

Angelic beauty that she definitely is
wondering how in the world did I miss.
Such Looks. Such Smiles. Such serenity.
But, I am not her boy-friend is such a pity.

Knew her to be gorgeous and simply cute
still when she smiled I went totally mute!
Few hours spent with her was simply great
Was praying to make it an endless date.

Never spent such a good lovely time ever.
She was a beauty. Witty & highly clever.
Now & then she was cracking a dirty joke.
Jealous guyz around called me "A lucky bloke"

She was in a sexy pink-black combo
with difficulty I withheld my virgin vow!
When every guy in town was openly gaping
I knew I am next to a 'fatty' Cinderella in making.

Wondering what did we do on that date.
Nothing but talked. Walked. And ate.
But still was worth every effort & dime.
I will remember this date for a life time.

Wish with her I could be on an eternal date
but her boy-friend would show me heaven's gate.
Lucky him who-ever she really loves
Bcoz he is taking a lucky angel to his house.

Any complaints of Vellore becoming hotter?
Close your eyes & simply blame it on her.
This stupid collection of words is a tribute
to this lovely reader who is very very cute.

Your contact number plz...

2005-08-24T11:59:00.000+05:30

This is to a dearest sweet lovely gal. She is a cute gal with a enchanting smile. I liked her. I wanted to be a good boy-friend of her. But realized it was impossible. I still like her. But she has always been snubbing all my attempts. I lost hopes. :-( This beauties name is Mohana Priya aka Reenu, Bangalore

O the most beautiful damsel ever to be born!
Here I am without your number in deep mourn!
If thy can grace me with just a few digits,
that will fill all of my hearts abyssical pits.

Hearing your voice is like water in a desert
but currently am dying out of extreme thirst.
Why, my dear, is this defeaning high silence
Plz give ur number, which is my life's essence.

I came to your place to show off my mobile anew
which I wanted only one to see first and thats you.
But as the fate would have it you were not there
Later I became unimaginably damn busy out here.

All digits of ur num in order I wish I could rmmbr
So sometime I can atleast dial those number
And talk to my gal when I am totally down & out
Tired of working too hard. (**Note the time this mail was sent out**)

Hope these few collection of words that I penned
for my most dearest & most beautiful girl friend,
is sufficient for you to reply with your number!!
This time I shall memorize & always remember.

Sorry....

2005-07-09T06:22:00.000+05:30

This was again a Sorry mail. This is for un-necessarily taking up name of a friend, who un-wittingly became a victim of chain mail. Her name is Shilpa Rajan, Pune

I am truly sorry for what I have done.
Feeling like shooting myself with a gun!
My intention was in no way to hurt you.
I am now drowned in the sea of high rue!

I did not think before I penned the reply.
May be, I should be thrown in hot oil to fry!
Realized only after I hit the send button.
Now filled with guilt weighing little over a ton.

Thought would immediately mail you seperately
but was hoping that you will overlook it simply!
Now having heard/seen the choas I created.
Feeling my soul very deflated & badly punctured!

To simply reverse the clock, if I had the power
will promise. Will not repeat the mistake. Never.
Will you forgive this stupid & silly crazy nut(read RP)?
And please give that smile of yours that is very chirpy.

Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

2005-02-14T11:44:00.000+05:30

Guess I am becoming a master in Sorry mails. This was penned down to patch up the biggest hole I made in our relationship. But as the fate would have it the relationship slipped furthur down the big abyss of no-comeback. Guess this angered her so much so that she mis-took my true call for friendship and broke away for ever. Kya kare? Life's like that.... This babes name Aishwarya B, Bangalore

Acquaintances are many, friends are few
But nobody is so special to me as you;
You are very important and the most dearest
Losing a friend like you? I would be stupidest!

If only I was given the most supreme power
will definitely reset the time on the clock tower;
Wil rewind to a day behind by week or two,
And never commit the biggest mistake - hurt you.

THe first time in the history of my whole life
'REGRETTING' I am about the unnecessary strife.
Though I have hurt you beyond words can measure
but 'you & your friendship' is what I treasure.

Its long since you gave me even a slight glance,
please dont torture me! Gimme one more chance.
Please do talk to me. Date me. Call me like before
without your sms-es my life have befome a total sore.

I know I am too selfish and a foolish bore
but please do call me and talk to me as before.
Days we may spend on this Earth are just a few
So plz return by closest ever girl friend - YOU!

.................................This hurt me!!!

2005-02-02T10:51:00.000+05:30

This is to my then-close friend. We were really really close. In fact, I never been more close to anybody else. But this mail, in which I really intended to help her, actually blew our relationship apart. Till date she never speaks to me. In fact, she loathes me soooooooo much that she would never even wish me a birthday wish. :-( Any ways, I guess, this is the way world goes. The recepient is Aishwarya B, Bangalore.

Aish,

It is very long since we even saw each other
Let alone speak, go on date or move further!
Are these sudden disappearances subtle avoidances?
Or, just heights of inevitable co-incidences??

...............................................Don't know!!!

I agree I am definitely not the kool & the best dude
but this is what surprises me in you & your attitude;
Day 1 - with you over the phone 5 hours just flew
Day 2 & Day 3 the same but Day 4 where are you??

Your mood extremities are too hot to handle
Trying to understand you I always stumble
Don't get me wrong, me not saying you bad
As a close friend, refining mistakes you had.

You wanted to know why I was angry toward you??
Delayed this long enuf to drive the nail inches a few!
I could have told you on that very day but restrained
Bcoz you would not have changed but only deeply pained.

Friendship means, to me, caring & sharing everything
Will tell you everything even if you are a queen or a king.
But you didn't tell me your pay hike, which was important
Or is it that you did not find ME that very important???

...............................................This hurt me!!!

Courtesies are not meant only for acquaintances,
but should be a part of each & every sentences!
But your NO has no courtesy in it what so ever
Remember, lack of it makes even marriages end sooner.

...............................................This hurt me!!!

I know very well that one cannot be best to all always
But at least be there. This might favor your case!
Your sudden sullen silence is very much deafening
I would consider this not as busy but same as avoiding.

...............................................This hurt me!!!

Do you know that you are so very impulsive mostly?
This seen in a leader like you will make people flee!!
You tell some things, which does not carry any value
They are just mere words from your mouth it flew.

...............................................This hurt me!!!

You are such a nice, good, sexy & talented intellect
But the above qualities of you have negative effect.
The above were not penned to hurt the good you
But to remove mistakes repeatedly made by you.

After you reading this am not expecting any response
These were just to make you "A Rose sans Thorns."
Anyways, if you still planning to continue your silence
It is fine by me. Guess, I can handle your absence.

GOOD LUCK!!! Good Bye.... :-(

This is RP!!!

2004-12-08T02:27:00.000+05:30

This is to my friends to gf. His name is Sandy. I helped them while I was in my college duing my Masters degree. Kinda good gal. But little of a cry baby. Neways, guess this was the last (mail) contact I had with her. Her name is Suju, Hyderabad.

Long Long ago, there lived a stupid man(read as Sandy)
Sometime later he came across this gal(read as Suju)
who was a beauty personified nice woman
Immediately he wanted to be her close pal.

Well, ofcourse, he indeed did befriend her.
Dayz turned to weeks, weeks to months
their bond grew stronger & much stronger.
Their bond was, so to say, goin great guns.

But obstacles are unavoidable life's partner
so as per law of nature they run into troubles
problems & hurdles that will never last forever
Most of them will burst like water bubbles.

Though they knew these still they were worried
b'coz they were'nt able, to eachother, communicate.
So both of them cried aloud with head buried
Hence without fight they resigned to their fate.

Then came this most humble yet smart fool (read as RP)
who was a good friend of this most stupid man.
Though fool yet he is very level-headed & cool
He instiled confidence to his friend & his woman.

This fool of the very highest & the first order
helps his friend & his closest better half
with a nice mobile to chitter and chatter
made sure that these love birds had a laugh.

Things were again back to square one with love,
Smile & Joy was again on their countenance.
But this friend is forgotten like a sacrified cow!!
Suddenly his presence is seen as a mere menance.

Well, all is fair in love & war, so goes the famous saying
Looks like this saying is followed scrupulously - verbatim
But so optimistic this smart fool is, that he is still praying
For the beautiful woman & man to catch up with him.

Wait & wait, I shall, for ever & ever, day & night
Things might change some day for better
suddenly I might see a light that is so very bright
which will be, from you, most awaited email or letter.

Note: Replace fool with RP.

Boo!! Boo!! Weekends?? Dates?? Never.

2004-11-04T00:38:00.000+05:30

This is to my senior. He had asked me how is my life at Bangalore. How are my dates & freaking. This receipent is Vineeth NB, Hyderabad

Boo!! Boo!! Weekends?? Dates?? Never.
I guess, am destined 2 b bachelor for ever!!!
Bangalore is doing very great & very fine
Its just that am not getting any one to line.

What many dreams I had before I moved here!!
No gorgeous neighbor or even amidst the peer.
Have moved from a Sai College to a Sai Company
Apart from no gals & all boys, there is no penny!!

Shit Man!! Guess Madras wud have been better
Atleast I wud've got somebody for chitter-chatter!
Ofcourse, come to chennai during Diwali Fest
Try to meet you & hope for the very very best.