Resolutions -- 2006

Finally writing this article after being tagged by Chells nearly a month ago..

1) I will be in search of my lost friends...there are few of them whom I last saw 10 years ago, and would love to meet them next year..

2) try to think less... for example if you feel like not working a day, then I should just apply for leave, instead of thinking of the pros and cons of taking leave and finally go to work..

3) join a sport club, and also search a bakra who would play squash with me everyday.

4) i will invite my chotta cousins to bangalore and take them around the city.

5) i should get back to my touring mania, this year i was out only for 10 days..

6) Last but not least, i need to work on removing the negative/impure stuffs from me..

Back Again.....Yahoooooooooooooo

I am back again.. I it is a nice feeling to do something different and interesting with the Idiot Box. (The Idiot Box is not TV, but a _ _ ).

I have been under tremendous work pressure for the past few weeks, and hence couldn't interact you guys much.. It is still there.. But what the hell, It is time to just chill and relax....

Dec 2-4th:
I went to Sathyamangalam(thanks to veerapan, this town was in limelight whenever he killed/kidnapped anybody) to attend my cousins wedding.. I did not book any bus tickets, and hence I had to take the buses at every possible junction..(Bangalore ---> Hosur ---> Salem ---> Erode ---> Sathyamangalam) Guess what these days, TNRTC has DVD players with two portable TV's on either sides in each and every bus.. Watched quite a lot of movies on the way... How much the public enjoyed vadivellu, kaundamani ( I hate his silly comedy though.) and senthil's comedy.. It was nice to be with unknown happy people. I was introduced to each and everyone by my aunt who made it a point to tell everyone that I was working in ORACLE.. One uncle came and asked me, how much I save from my salary of Rs 'X' (exaturated).. By the time I could answer the aunt sharply said enough savings to start a family... Bull Shit..As I was shocked with her reply, another intervened and said his aunt's, daugther's neighbour works in Bangalore too and he earns (X + 20,000) and they were on and on..I could only smile at them, and as and when they bombarded me with Questions on Software, my aunt was merrily answering all the questions for me... Man how eager people are, to know the little secrets of others..(that includes me too..)

But the best part was spending time with two little nephews.. I always felt silly when elders ask the children to keep quiet, but Boy, id you don't will have to keep running after them for ever.. They made me run to each and every corner of the mandap... I got so tired running after them that I placed 10 chairs one on the other, and seated those naughty ones on the top most chair.

The best time in one's life is when he/she is a kid.. Absolutely no worries, just doing what they want to do...

Dec 10th-11th:
What a day Dec 10th was.. I will easily call it the day of 2005. Firstly it is always great to earn a weekend after 5 hard working days, rather then Kaal (TIME) granting you them.. Finally I managed to earn a weekend at the end of year.. :)

I had earlier decided to scan old photographs, update the Blog and sleep otherwise in the weekend.... But it was not to be... Thanks to Cricket.. 3 Matches in a day.. just too good to keep me busy..

Firstly New Zealand chasing Australia's mamoth target of 331. Vettori and Mccullam added 73 runs of 30 odd deliveries for the 10th wicket to make it a very special match...

Then Sachin Tendulkar, what a Player he is... Scored his 35th Century and made millions of his fans be proud of him.. It is these little little things that make your day.. When I saw an emotional Scahin in the Screen, I just couldn't take it... I made calls to all Sachin's Fans and shared the good moment...(This boomed by mobile bill for the month)

England thrashed Pakistan, a good entertaining match with big shots.. Ended the day with a Pasta at the Friends..

Sunday, lazed around in the afternoon and did shopping in the evening, and end of a good earned weekend.


Dec 17-18th:
Attended my ECE class get-together and it was fun meeting many of my old classmates. People hadn't changed much.(No one changes until, there is a change in priorities in life which is directly linked to finding a BF/GF) It was funny for me, as people were talking about old crushes...And especially talking about Steve's curshes before his Fiance. Oh man.. he was pretty emabarassed... I watched "Thillana Moganmbal" on my journey from Hosur to Chennai.. Padmini was absolutely stunning...

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I guess it goes without saying that I was slogging each and every weekday of this month...
Waiting eagarly for the weekend..

Wishing you all "Merry Chirstmas" and have fun during this festive weekend!!!

Superstitions...

Super + Situation = Superstitions. :) (Thanks to Gandhe who made me realize this...)

Never have haircuts on thursday as it would be very inauspicious for your uncle(s).
Never cut your nails after 6 'o' clock..
oh no.. never get any registration form on a tuesday..
Never should a group of 4 leave the house..

The above are the stuffs which i used to religiously follow until I left chennai..

Below is the collection of the superstitions i have seen my friends follow..9especially during the exams)

1) My friend used to have only idly with tomato ketchup as breakfast on the day of every exam.
2) Some Avoid bathing during the Study leave between exams and be fresh(having a bath finally) on the day of the exam.
3) Some wear the same dress for all the exams.
4) Some sit in the same lucky seat(in the college bus) where he/she originally sat for some well written exam.
5) I used to receive a call at 7.30 am, from my friend during every exam.. I believe that this brought him luck once, and I had to speak to him everyday on the morning of the exam.
6) I used to grow my hair for 2 months before the semesters, and have a hair-cut on the eve of the first exam..
7) A few friends came to my house during evey semester and study atleast 1 unit of any paper to have a lucky start.
8) My brother's friends come home, and get wished by my mother before the exams..
9) My ex-housemate hated me, when I aksed him where he was leaving for?
10) one fellow used to steal my 2-mark Q&A on the eve of every exam. (Later I had to buy another one once i figured this out).
11) another friend would enter the toilet with another fellow just before the exam..This was hilarious...
12) I used to start writing the exam only after my friend, who sat before me started writing his exam.
13) Couple of other friends would come home and we would play Cricket for the whole day, and then later put up a schedule which we would never ever follow.. Later this became a superstition..

I wonder how many such idiotic crazy supertitions would be revolving in this world....

Quotes by Great Men...

Amazing Quotes...(Thanks Prof for the amazing site..)

Imagination is more important than knowledge..
Try not to become a man of success byt rather to become a man of value.

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Hmmm....
What a Bad week so far!!!!
India losing to South Africa, No work at Office, No TimePass at Home, Not a single Bakra I got this week...

Once Upon a Time I used to play the fool with all, irritate them to the extent I can, and embarass the innocent people before the world. But now I am in the receiving end. This is just too much. 2 shocks in 1 month. Maannnnnn I cannot take it anymore.

Time to write what I feel on the topics I think instantly now... ( I used to do this during my college days when the lecturers where dictating some mug-points..)
Relationships: These are very hard to understand, even if you understand you should never let the other person know about it...If not you will be doomed for ever.
Friends: Never teach them your tactics.. They will first try it on you given an oppurtunity. Cricket: I would have never ever blogged, if only I was involved actively in this amazing game/sport/life.
Music: Sometimes very soothing and sometimes very killing.. But what variety of songs we have..(Patriotic, Pop, Religious etc...)
Office: Give me some work please. I have decided to create work for me, if they do not give me tomorrow.
CAT: A 1 day affair that comes every year.
Dance: Something I love doing even if I am good at it. (As per the system standards)
Rajasthan: I am coming to explore you very soooooooooon.
Plan: "Please light after night" (Whatever it means...................... I am going crazy)
Dravid: Why didn't RP Singh bowl his final 3 overs??
Laptop: Less 1 % of the users keep this on their lap. It should be called a "Movable Desktop".
Train: Why aren't there any toilets at Metro Trains?
Autos: Derived from Automobile.
Hands Free Mobile: The other name for "Bicycle" as it is the only mobile that can driven handsfree.( Autos - Short fom of Automobile)
Tia(REMIX): My latest crush

I don't care anymore if guys call me the "Public Stunt Master", "Show off" Whatever. I will remain the same..

p.s: Ok hold on.. I am not in love or falling in love...Just that my mood is very erratic and pretty enthusiastic right now...

Chalo, see you all soon..

Me...

Ok here i am tagged by Gandhe.

This is me and only me...The only way to describe me is a "smiling chap" who wants to smile and make others smile...The reason I can smile often I guess is because I don't use my brain as much as others do...

I can be as nasty as nice I am.. People can never predict what I will do next.. (I myself don't know what I would do the next moment...)

Is there a better way to describe yourself than in the photo I have posted?

Now I tag Prof...

Moron....

A friend of mine was called by his friend(e) a "MORON".

Now what does this word mean? Where did it get its' origin from?

More + On = Moron.

If someone is very desperate and wants more on something, he/she calls the other person a moron
If someone is very desperate and wants less on something, he/she calls the other person a leson. (This word is not being used by many as by nature everyone are greedy and want only more.....)

My other definitions(this list will keep growing)
dame + on = damn (If you are after a dame for a while, you would be damned at the end).

Greedy Pig...

I was introduced to this game quite a few years back, and from then on, this has been an integral part of me.. It is a game that can be played with any age-group, and that too with just a pair of dice. Ideal game for having great fun.

The Game...

Pre-Requisites: one white Dice, one coloured dice, sheet of paper, pencil/pen.
No. of players: 3 or more. (Greater the number, greater the fun).

	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
......
Round 10

Rules:

1) There are totally 10 rounds in the Game.
2) The sequence in which the players will roll the dice should be fixed initially.
3) In every round the 1st player,

• Rolls the dice and the number that appears, gets added to the score for that particular round.
• If both the dice show up the same number then you are score is doubled (if 3 + 3 = 6 *2 ) and added to the total for that round.
• The player keeps rolling the dice and adds the numbers obtianed to his score.....
• But If a colored 1 shows up on the dice, then your score for that round becomes zero, you lose your chance, and the next player gets the turn to roll the dice.
  
• Alternatively the player can also quit the roundat any stage, and the score which was accumulated in that round is marked on the sheet. (But the other players should not allow the roller to quit the round, and hope that the roller get a colored 1)

4) The above step is done 10 times, and at the end of the 10th round, the score is totalled up and the player with the lowest score is the "Greedy Pig".

Result:

It is not only a fun game, but also will reveal the characteristics of various people.

	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Round 1	25	0	35
Round 2	34	0	0
Round 3	12	0	65
Round 4	0	78	20
Round 5	35	0	0
Round 6	20	65	50
Round 7	30	0	0
Round 8	40	52	15
Round 9	0	0	30
Round 10	35	0	17*
Total	231	195	232

From the above Table we can conclude that

• "Player 1" is not keen on taking risks, he/she is satisfied with smaller outings.
• "Player 2" is a big risk taking fellow, doesn't mind if he blown with zero-es in a few rounds but will keep going on till he his satisfied with his bigger achivement.
• "Player 3" is a mixed-bag. He is kind of a watch,wait and try your luck..

Note: Anyone could win the game, not that the mixed-bag is considered to be the safer option. But I bet that the person who rolls the dice with the confidence wins the game eventually. If you fear of a "colored 1" the probability of you getting it is pretty high. :)

During my initial period of the induction programme, everyone were supposed to present something or the other independently. I had presented this Game to the janta, though it was hilarious to the janta the trainer who happened to be a "phirangi" did not understand a single word what i presented. I used to speak fast, not complete the sentence, dance around etc... After I saw myself in the Video, I made an effort to reduce the dancing and to speak slowly... Also I got into my first Team by explaining this game to my boss and also most importantly mentioning the fact that I did not know "ABCD of Computers..."

The Master is Back with a Bang....

What an innings... He is back to his best... His timing was perfect today, and he played all the shots in the book.. It was a delightful experience watching him bat today.. He went into the ground with a younger mind, and hence could he charge down the track in the 25th over....

Today's innings was full of positives... Hey people, you better not criticize him that he plays only for his centruy. At 93, he went after the bowling and got out... but by then the damage was already done the platform was set for others to slog...

Thanks Sachin, you made my Day today...

yet another day... but with a difference...

Once a year, my company organizes an event for the under-privileged/physically/mentally challenged children. We volunteers spend a day with them by playing games and teach them a couple of things, basically to make them feel happy.

This year we went to Ananya Trust, where 40 children lived and studied in the campus itself. Well the hostel is a single big room, and tents acting as classrooms. These children were grouped based on their abilities to learn and not on their ages/standards. It is a pretty interesting concept which I doubt, whether it work out in the longer run.

We 25 volunteers went in the Van to Ananya. We were all silent for a few minutes, waiting for someone to open a public discussion (Starting trouble!!!)...Finally somebody broke the ice, and from that moment, it was never looking behind... We were one cohesive unit till the end of the day.

As soon as we landed there, well I could sense the freshness in the air. Curious and smiling little kids were watching us from a distance. Obviously as earlier, again we had the starting trouble. A few simple easy games acted as the ice-breaker(s), and they soon started mingling with us. I always fancied myself, when it comes to moving with children. The best way to speak/move to/with them is, when you become one among them...A bigger kid....And today it was no such exception...

We had a good 2 hr lecture on First Aid, which was pretty essential for everyone... This is the first time I had known about the various First-Aid methods in my 24 yr existence on this planet. As soon as that got over, we served them lunch. It was fun serving lunch to them. We came to know their names during this process, and we forced them to come out of their shyness, and the cost we paid for it, was to run up & down the hall as they asked for various food items to be served. A cost which we all wouldn't mind paying :).They were all very happy with the food. And I was laughing to myself about the fact that this is the food, that majority of my company colleagues crib about. "You always realize the importance of a thing only when it is not available to you...."

After lunch, we played "Seven Up" till all except 20 were eliminated. These 20 were involved in "Passing the Parcel" game, and every loser in that game, had to do perform the act mentioned in the chits. They had to recite nursery rhymes, tell A, B, C, D backwards, sing, dance etc... They all did their acts/dares sportingly.

We followed it up with the 'Musical Chair", "Lemon-Spoon" and the balloon stamping game. As these games were going on, we came to know more about each child, the way they studied, and their lifestyle. The kids too enquired about the job we do, and our whereabouts.

Soon, there were 65 kids instead of 40, and there was running, laughter all over the place. In the evening, we had the prize distribution for the winners, and also a gift (one moral story book) to each and every kid. They also surprised us by giving us a 'diwali' card made by them.

As and when we were leaving many kids took some snaps with us and asked, when we would return, and all of us said the same answer "Very Soon"... I do not know how many of them really meant it, but it atleast made the kids happy...

This was my 3rd year at the GVD programme, and nothing has changed all these years... The atmosphere is as always simply superb. Isn't it true that the happiest moments in our life was when we were kids not worrying at anything at all?

It was all fun and frolic for the whole day, but there was one question asked by a little boy which is nagging me. He asked me "What should I do to become like you all?”. Well I told him "You need to score 90 percentile in your Higher Secondary Exams, which will get you into a good Engineering College, and work hard there to get
into Campus Recruitment"..

The fact is that these kids do not have the infrastructure to compete with the metro/tuition based private school kids, and even if they come out successfully in that race of mad exams, who guarantees them of higher education @college and on and on and on...

Well, I do not have a solution for this, but I have been thinking about this for quite some time now... Atleast we (so called the educated brilliants) should not look down at people who are economically or socially behind us.

"Live and let live"...

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Seven things you plan (wish I could) to do before you die

• Travel every state in the Country and every country in this world.
• Watch a Cricket match at Lords and MCG.
• Follow the Indian Cricket Team during any overseas Trip(World Cup) and write articles on it.
• To become a Lecturer.
• Out of Space travel.
• Father of twin children.
• Gather a meet after 20 years with all my friends and family members.
  

Seven things you can do

• Do any adventure sports.
• Irritate people to that extent, that they wouldn't like to see my face again.
• Eat Groundnuts, peanuts, chat(s), puffed rice, corn available in the road side. (You name it, I eat it)
• Keep speaking and listening to people for hours together even if they were strangers.
  
• Board any Bus/Train and travel to that unknown destination.
• Keep Sleeping for long hours continuosly.
• Be Alone and not feel bored.
  

Seven things you say/write the most

• Actually
• Basically
• Shit
• Oh My God
• Proumbokku/Kamnati/nai/porrukki
• Vennai
• Salla
  

Seven things you can't do

• Eat Mushrooms. (Yuk I hate them....)
• Pretention..
• Cannot get into any Rides, that hangs you upsidedown for a few seconds.
• ride bikes on the streets (roadophobia)
• play any sport/game with my brother without a fight.
• cannot sit quietly for a while...
• Throw garbage on the city roads.
  

Seven things that attract you to the opposite sex

• hair -- Especially the curly ones.
• dressing Sense -- Traditional and semi-modern (Basically not too modern).
• lovely smile.
• pleasant looking face.
• less talkative.
• sharp eyes
• humble and not proud.
  

Seven celebrity crushes

• Kate Winslet
  
• Jennifer Aniston
• Kushboo
• Monica Seles
  
• Maria Sharapova
• Ash
• Gayatri Joshi / Gracy Singh

Tagging Prof

~!@#$%^&*

Well I am currently as puzzled as the title is.. For the past 6 weeks I didn't have a single free minute, and now I don't have a single busy minute. How life can change within a few hrs.. I wonder how life would be if this very minute the whole computer business vanishes and never returns. What would I be doing then? Perhaps a nomad?

"An Idle Mind is a Devil's Mind" --- Now how true is that? Let me analyze this statement.

Firstly who or what is a Devil? -- It is a person/thing, which does bad stuffs (or) does not follow the rules framed by the so-called good ones. Who decides what is good/bad, ethical/un-ethical in this world? And why do people think that rules framed earlier should always be followed and they are always good.Why don't anyone realize that there is nothing Good/Bad in this world. It is all about one's perception.

When a Mind is idle, what are the thoughts that conquer it?
The toughts that are present in your sub-conscious mind is what you experience first.

What kind of thoughts lie in your sub-conscious mind?
The toughts that you would like to put into action, but afraid of the society, as it might be termed as bad actions (or) refraining it from doing as it might hurt others feelings.

Why do we have to refrain from what we want to do? And why don't we realize what we have to do? Should we think and stick to what we have to do (or) should it naturally strike to us what we have to do?

Initially manhood strived for comforts, and basic upgradation of human life from caves to buildings. And now after everyone achieving it, everyone is driving towards Fame and Money. If you do not achieve any of the two then you might be termed as a loser. I really wonder what would be the driving force in this world, if everyone has sufficient money and all are famous.. Then what would people strive for? Conqering other planets?

If Dinasors existed a millian years ago, and we are existing now, who will exist another million years later? What was the driving force for the dinasors then? Or is it that they knew that some change is to happen on earth, and they all travelled in a space ship to someother planet. What if they return to end the human era.

"An Idle mind is one's true mind".

p.s: Can someone suggest me a good time-pass book to read?

Thank You.

An Article inspired by Gandhe. Please read his article here, before mine..

I was wondering what Gandhe would write in his next article..... This is the outcome.. read n enjoy...

It was a long journey from Chennai to US. I was afraid whether I would reach safely,but at the end thanks to the following people, I am able to write this Blog now.

Receptionist at the AirPort: What a smile she had on her face, and that too at the age of 50. I wish I could stay at the Airport, just admiring her, but I had to carry on if not I will miss other beautiful air-hostess.

Security Check Officer: She looked taller and well built than me, and obviously I was a bit scared. to my surprise, she put me inside the X-RAY cabin and they asked me to meet the Chief Security Officer as my body contained lots and lots of germs. I never knew I had germs, thanks to you who made me realize that I did have them.

AirHostess - 1 - When I boarded the flight, I remembered the Britney Spears song on the flight. But I found this AirHostess better than Britney. She looked like Ms. S. I enjoyed my flight journey mainly thanks to her..I kept eyeing her all the time, and took 4 glasses of red wine in the process.

Captian of the Flight - A Special thanks to him for driving me safely to US, especially with so many distaractions in the form of these Air-hostesses.

Co-Passesngers - A special thanks to them, to able to withstand my dirty smell, my body was producing now and then..


Flight -- Though non-living, a special thanks for it, for carrying me and my luggage safely.

And to All others --- The co-pilots, sweaper, the caterer who cooked the food, the mechanician, the other birds which gave way for this flight to move etc... I apologize for my bad memory.

It would not have been possible without the help from these people. This is a statement that I have read at many places. But, it is only now, that I know its meaning!

3500kms in 10 days by rail n road...

Check out the snaps here.

6 to 4 to 2 to where?

It was a Year ago, when Gandhe mentioned to me that we have to tour Rajasthan some time.. We were waiting for the right oppurtunity to visit the "Exotically Divine Palce on Earth"... One of our friend was getting married in Jaipur this June. Initially I rolled out a plan, based on this event, and to my surprise there there was 6 enthusiasts.. On the day of booking the Ticket, 2 backed out ( Aki n Mr. UK --what else do you expect lazy goozes) and the travellers number reduced to 4. Couple of days before the travel safer backed out due to work pressure.But One of the "Travel Lovers" Gandhe too backed out.. Was wondering why he did that, until I realized that he was eyeing an even bigger Travel in the near future.... So now it is reduced to 2. (Monu n Myself)....

I will reach Agra on Sunday Morning, and Monu will join me there(from Delhi).. Since none of us are planning to carry the Mobile, our communication will strictly be based on common sense, timing and punctuality.

We have an ideal start for this Tour, with Monu wanting to explore Rajasthan and I opting for Uttaranchal. Let's see where we reach at the end...

Pretty excited about the trip....A long waited trip is finally about to begun.....Now the burden of speaking to poeple regarding accomodation and other daily activities is on me, as only I can speak Hindi among the two. (Monu knows Bhojpuri, and people often don't realize the fact that he speaks Bhojpuri and not Hindi).

It's time for the Train....So catch you later....

Like Attracts & Unlike Repels.

It was in 9th Std, when I first heard the phrase "Like Repels, Unlike Attracts." That time I was busy memorizing facts, that I didn't have time to analyze it. Now 10 years later, I have found the time to analyze it.


Like Repels & Unlike Attracts.

• Gender (Male/Female).
  
• Magnets (North/South).

Like Attracts & Unlike Repels.

• Employer/Employee
• Studious Buddies sitting in the first row / Macho students seated in the last row.
• One chooses friends initially, only when they find any similar characters.
  
• Why would there be divorces for difference in opinions...If Unlike Repels, then why would anyone fight over anything.
  
• Groups. - Similar Groups attract, other repel. Be it anything religion,caste,nationality. For further details on Groupism click here.

Generally you feel attracted to thoughts,people etc which are similar to yours... Then this is what we should preach/teach

"Like Attracts and Unlike Repels"

Why Blog?

Wondering why people are very interested in Blogging these days....

Is it a new-found pasttime in order to keep you busy...
Is it to prove your literature skills to others...
Is it a gateway to make new friends beyond geopgraphical boundaries...
Is it a place to pour in your thoughts so that your friends & others, will know you better...
Is it to deviate yourself from the normal lifestyle of competing,proving,making yourself bettter etc...
Is it because one has lost the human touch (speaking,chatting,sharing thoughts with other homosapiens)..

Well Whatever it is, I too have started blogging..

Skely