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Bizzare Abberations...

2008-03-30T04:18:00.000-07:00

Been a long vacation from blogging... Almost a year I guess... There's been a mental block to write anything over here for this long and there just wasn't any time to get down n pen thoughts down... So here goes a shot at my current experiences in Hyderabad...

More to come in a short while... !!!

A la carte...

2007-05-13T04:15:00.000-07:00

À la carte (also à la carte) is a French expression meaning "from the menu", and it is used in restaurant terminology

Last friday night the menu read...Prehistoric sandwiches from CCD...Or 'Cockroach Fantasy' from Barista...I was depressed...I decided to refrain from excercising my palette on these remotely delectable items..

[A] Dude...I want home food..Now..Now..

[Me] Buzz off..Go catch a flight..Go home..Hog and come back tomorrow..

[A] No dude..I'll find a way out..Lemme rack the seething moonlit corridors of my mind..I'll surely come up with something...

[Me] Ya..Ok..As you wish..

[A] I already know what to do...

[Me] Wonderful..

[A] Lets hit Aks' home for food..

[Me] Buhahahaha.Ha Ha Ha..Why dude...Why the trauma n all.??..

[A] I'm gonna cook..So nothing can happen..

[Me] Ya right..I'll drop you there..Cook, eat and then call me..I'll pick you up..

[A] Utter waste you are dude..

[Me] I know..But I'm not taking any risks..

[A] Ok..

5 mins later...

[A] Dude you gotta be kidding me when you say you dont want to eat home food...and that too when I cook it!!!

[Me] Hehe..Dude...I know you're missing sam n all and want to cook badly..But remember the final chef's touch n all is only cos sam is present...

[A] DUDE..I cooked for 3 months when I was in Denver...

[Me] Did you eat it too??? :-O

[A] Ya dude..If you cant believe get lost... I'm going ok...

[Me] Hehe chill dude.. Lets go.. Even I don't mind eating some home food. But I so wanna finish this interface dude.. I've got some really bad deadlines, and the tunnel is not synchronizing properly..

[A] :-O .. Whats all that dude.. Teach me also..This weekend???...Anyways lets hit her house today by 9..What say?? V for Vendekka???

[Me] Done macha!..

8:00 pm... A becomes machan n all now... So beware!!...

Machan is busy with a call and wont budge...Me finished with all the stuff and rearing to hog on some good food.. Even though I put up a facade of disapproval and sarcasm its very often just a show.. ;-) ..Nothing more.. I evince this glee that I see when sarcasm hits intended target with supersonic velocity n all... So I know A cooks well.. But there's someone else too... Aprehensions creeping up now!!...

8:45 pm....

[Machan]: Don't worry V.. I'll handle all the pressures.. I'm the offshore lead na.. My resources will put in extra efforts through long hours and weekends at office.. 3 objects na.. Deadline when??? 15th ah! .. No way...I'll have to push my team little too far..I'm not upto that.. 14th is perfect... V is more than glad.. A's team glares at him in fury...

[Machan]: Don't worry team.. We can make it if we work as a united force.. This is a test of how dynamic we are as a team and how strong our basics are.. If we prove that we are a team that puts in the best and smartest efforts, we'll go real far and gain that irrestible thing called 'Consulting Acuman" ...

[Team member]: Sir "Acumen".. [Actually Insulting Acumen.. thooo..]...

[Machan]: Nice... You are right!.. You are so close to that my man!!...

[Team member]: But we'll need your experience and support with client interactions...

[Machan]: Totally boss.. The reason is because I need to foil plans of the client team to take all tasks off our plate (I'm so hungry!!...Bloody its 9...)and do it themselves... They tried it once too many times.. Now its time for V for Vendetta n all.. (actually V for Vendekka.. but you guys work... Mein to Chala.. )

[Me] Dude.. We got to push off.. Its pretty late...

[A] I was adressing team dude.. They need a role model n all...

[Me] I know!!... So you are not coming right? I can have home cooked food for myself.. Yippeee...

[A] What??.. You said you were not coming...

[Me] Dude you know me... I insult but I never mean it... I though you would take it personally and not come n all.. Then I could have had some peaceful time by myself...

[A] Ha ha ha ... I'm so not going to allow that!!!...

[Me] Hehe.. Ok ok.. So come along.. I'm packed... Lets get your fav vendekkas.. (and see what the hell comes out of them...)

[A] You rock dude!!... Lets go.. (in an alto!!)

[Me] (FISH !@#@#@#%.... Cant you keep your RBSPJs to yourself...)

[A] What did you say???

[Me] Nothing nothing.. I'm hungry... Lets go... Lets call her n ask what stuff we might need dude..

[A] Ya ya..

[Ak] Oi... Enna da.. Its 9 already...

[Me] Hey... Got a little late da... What are we cooking dude??...

[Ak] Something and all dude.. You are gonna work right??.Why should I tell you n all.. Give the phone to A...

Me] Okies...

[A] Ehhh.... Vendekka!!!... Pulllaaarrikithu paaa.... I wanna soo eat vendekka dude...

[Ak] Ya da... We'll make it.. Just watch... It will come out so well that bloodyyy fellow would have his mouth watering...Paaru..Paaru..

[A] Heaheahehaehae...I'm so game...

Zoom past some open municipality trucks carrying garbage and crows... Some trucks carrying buffalos... Some on the road itself...Race past paddy fields...Past a waterfall...Past a earthen road...Through gorges...and streams on the road...Quadrupeds howling in unison in groups...Some cave men strewn on the road.. Some wierd creatures... Some old brick houses...Then caves...Then some dodos...Then nests...That too many...Ohhh...

Got carried away... I was basically in Kondapur... Nearing Aks' place..

Sorry... Can see lotsa buildings around.. Got confused which is which... Finally got the correct one.. There's some inscription on the building in some native language.. Swahili I think...Never know..

[Me] Oi..Machan lemme just call and find which building dude...

Dialing...

[A] Its ringing?... HA HA HA ...

[Me] Ya ya ...

[Ak] Hoiii... Enna daaaaa...Bluddddeeee u r so late... :-X ...

[Me] Dude... Which one is your building da... All look the same.. I totally dont remember...

[Ak] Enna da loose... You cant even remember which one it was??? Its the one called shilpa dsfkjasdfkjasf dude...

[Me] :-O Once again please... What is dsfkjasdfkjasf???...

[Ak] Aaaarggg... Dude... A ta koodu.. Nee waste da...Who wants to talk to you da!!...Buzz off... Give it to A..Now...

[A] Enna maa!!.. Ennna panre... Sambhar lam ippove vasanai varthey!!!...

[Me] ....

[Ak] Aman da.. Onnakaka panni vechachu.. Inge vandu saapta porum.. Loose.. Avanku onnum saapda kudukkakoodathu..He wants to work from here a!!Bluddddddeeeee..!!!... Done?.. Game??

[A] Totally.maa.. Here we come.. Floor 20 na..!! 2nd flat to the right of the lift... Done.. Vandachu.. Appram pakkalaaam!!...

[Me] :-O

[Ak] Boiiii....

[A] Ok...

[Me] ...

[Ak] Hoiiiii....

Me n A step into this heaven like room... Man... Stuff in its place n all... We
were like amazed... This was what a house could look like???... Phew...

Cooking and eating disasters to come!!!.....First digest this much... :-P ...

[Me and A] Hii...

[Ak] Vaango..

[A] Pasikardhu...

[Ak] Ulla vaada.. Vella ninunde enna panre..

[Me] Heyy...Bean bags...Wow..Thats a big teddy dude...Reminds me of my dog... :(

[Ak] Ok you have fun with it.. I really dont like it... I shouldnt be saying it actually.. :-) Was like a gift daa..

[A] Hey kitchen enge da.. Ennaku romba pasikardhu... Rice dal lam panni mudichache???

[Ak] Aman da.. Elaam mudichachu... Ini sapta porum.. :-P

[Me] Hey ennakku comp connect pannanam.. Mgr ippo IM check panni if he doesnt find me I'm screwed..

[Ak] Lemme remove my comp.. Damn... New Dell a?? Evalavu memory da?? 2 GB ya!!.. Man.. Mine too.. :-P ...

[Me] Hmmm...

[A] Seri seri avan work pannatum.. Just stand back and watch the master chuff in action... ;-)

[Ak] Ya man.. Lets make some awesome sambhar.. He'll like totally forget the Sambhars that he has had...

[Me] Buhahahaha... I'll forget how Sambhar all together tastes like dudes... Spare me... :-P

[Ak] Hmpffff....

Both of em stomp into the kitchen.. I can hear some voices.. Something about onions already been cut and just waiting... I decide to just step in..

[A] Dei.. Enna panre.. Anda patram la eppidi sambhar pannuve da???

[Ak] Last 6 months aa ithula thaan sambhar panninen da..

[Me] Ha ha... Thats what you've been thinking you made last 6 months... :-P Aarku theriyum sambhar a vere ennamo pannineyaa...

[Ak] Ivan romba pesraan... Poi vela paaru da.. Loose..

[A] Ehh... Puli fulla podreyaa!!!... Athu tumbler la pottu smash pannavendama???

[Ak] Illa da... Naan ipidi thaan sambhar panuven... It comes out well only.. Dont worry...

[Me] heaheahae...that piece better not land on my plate... (Eventually it did.. :-( ) Its freaking hot here dude... How do you manage to cook here???

[Ak] Aman da.. onnakaga inge cooler fit panni tharen.. Po po.. Vela paaru..

[A] Hey close that door da.. Its open..

[Ak] Ennamo da.. Its not closing.. Keeps on opening.. :-(

[Me] Hehe.. Scary kitchen... All the plates are like trying to run out...

[Ak] Ennaa??

[Me] Onnu illai.. Me getting back to work...

I get back to my work...Can hear some calm, angry, scary, boiling noises... Wonder what food they are making that gets so noisy!...

[Ak] Ho maaan... Its so hot in there... Almost ayachu.. Vendekka la en da sambhar podi lam potte??? Nee fulla saptudu..

[A] He He... 3 months da.. In Denver (Me>>Here he goes again...)... Everthing I made, I put sambhar podi.. It so rocks... Yaarkite vennalum kelu... I cooked really well..

[Me] (Sniggering..I remember we used to make maggi, panneer, tomato, potato, any curry on earth with sambhar podi as the staple ingredient... One more hopelessly trapped unsuspecting victim...)

[Ak] :-( My pulpy orange is over.. :-(...I can soo see a full one...

[Me] Take it dude...:-)

[Ak] Waste da nee... Anyways I'm taking it...

[A] Oi.. Ennalamo kitchen la kodichindirruke..

[Ak] Ayachu da... Sambhar readddy...

[A] Paruppu paaru.. Nanna araichirukkanam.. Its there all throughout the Sambhar...

[Ak] Avlo porum da...Vendekka is freakin spicy hot dude... :-(

[A] Hehe.. It is... Magic of sambhar podi...

[Me] Aman aman.. 3 months of blah blah blah...

[A] Ask madhu da.. He knows how well I made stuff...

[Me] Ya ya .. Totally...

[Ak] Hmmm, plate a kaningo...

[A] :-O enna periya respect lam da!!!...

[Ak] Oh sorry da... My mistake da.. I shouldn't show respect n all to him...

[Me] Ya ya .. You guys cook n then experiment on me.. You ought to show some respect... :-P

[Ak] Avlo than da... Major rubbin on wrong side of me...

All of us eating quitely... And I never eat quitely unless the food is real good.. and it was damn good... Reminded me of mom n all.. No.. Not that major a scene... :-) ...But I can swear I'll eat again given a chance...

Rest of it later...

Note: Its a kind plea from me to the protagonists of these tales to keep being themselves..The way they are!!! This is just plain world as I see it everyday :-) ...

Foresight...

2007-04-29T11:18:00.000-07:00

Thoughts running through my mind,
Sights flashed across leaving me blind;
Along came a fork, and the signs whispered left or right...
And my prickled conscience said walk on straight...

She begged, beseeched…Its a quagmire that you'd find ahead,
But I trudged along paying no heed;
Racing down the trail came a white steed...
Beamed up and rose; With all its grandeur against the rising sun...

Mythical was its silhouette...
I knew the challenge that was up ahead of me..
Dreams…desire…Affections;Heaved out her amorous afflictions from my soul...
Her screams died and left my mind...

Flamboyant and radiant was the steed,
I was left gaping with awe...
Beckoning to follow, my diffident steps trailed on;
Between bushes..trees..dense forest..I treaded along...

Green surrounded me all around...
Birds chirped the sweet songs of sunrise...
Solace and calm filled my confused soul...
And pacified the deafening uproar that shrouded it for long...

Suddenly amidst the trees came a clearing...
And the cosmic horizon engulfed us in its serenity...
I could feel the clouds caress my outstretched hands..

And then I heard a familiar voice...

I turned around and found her...
The steed with its sinuous mane was gently prodding her comely face...
She whispered sweet nothings in its ear...
And them both plodded along towards the horizon..

Never to be seen again...

Homely Bound...

2007-03-31T13:22:00.000-07:00

Bhaiyya...Chetta...Ekkada pottunava...
Wind up the windows and sit tight...
Look at your phone...
Type furiously...
Make sure you dont make eye contact...

Rewind...
12 hours back...
[Ma] Da..When are you coming???
[Me] I told you na, I'll be home last week of Apr...
[Ma] That's too late...You should come here before that..How long has it been since I saw you...It's not fair...
[Me] I know...Client pressure na..I have to really justify with strong reasons if I'm taking a week off...
[Ma] I can't understand your blah talk da...If you say so then its ok...
Within 5 mins...
[Dad] Daayyyiii...Enna panre??You are in office even now???How come??? What are you doing anh??..I think I should come there and check how you are n all..
[Me] Noooooo...You'll never get to see me..I'm not a normal person I say, I sleep by the day and am superman ahem super coder in the night!
[Dad] Appidiya...I know you are working hard and all..Aana odamba pathukodaa(take care of health da)..
[Me] Ya..I just had an interview with ma 5 mins back...Why don't you guys sync up your calls and speak at the same time.
[Dad] Oh is that..Next time I'll do that.
[Me] Ok..Thats the 100th time you've said that.
[Dad] Da...We're concerned for your sake, thats why I call even if ma has spoken to you..
[Me] I give a damn...Please..I'm in office...I'll talk later...
[Dad] Bangs the phone down...

I'm totally pissed off...

I need to talk to someone...I feel like I can bang my head on the wall...whaaaaaaaaa.......Who can I speak to????

I start nibbling through my contact list...

Anand?? Naa he flings abuses like crazy when he's 1. Drunk, 2. Sleeping and 3. Drunk and sleeping. Its in ascending order, and happpens to be Friday night. So no points for the correct answer.

Home?? Ok let me call...

...
...
No one picks even after ringing 20 times...
Pissed off level 2..

Meet up some folks from the floor...Talk general rise and fall of tides in the market..ahem..Kidding...Talk about how depressing it is to code at 2 in the night...

10 mins...

I'm back alone again...
Nibbling through phone list...

Cousin...Ya she would have slept..But its ok to call...
So I call, and vent a lot of frustration...Poor girl listens to all the crap half asleep and dozes off..

By that time I'm in transport area and looking for my cab...
I get into a cab thats designated to go to my area...Its almost full..
Some lady comes by and asks..

[Ladie] Is your name on the list?
[Me] No its not.
[Ladie] You better check with transport.Because some of my guys [:O] will come in this cab...I can't drop all of you and then get dropped...I stay a little far you know..
[Me] Ohhhhhk...How many of them...
[Ladie] There are many...
[Me] I mean, How many of them, as in number of your friends, are coming...
[Ladie] Many..

I dont think she understood english. So I head out and meet Javed Bhai..

[Me] Sirji...Ameerpet ke liye cab chahiye...Woh ladki bol rahi hai ki cab full hai..Abhi sirf char log hai woh cab mein...
[Javed Bhai] Aap fikar nakko karo bhaiyya..Unich caban mein beitto saab ji..Jagah nahin hai tho aur bhi cabaan hai hamare paas...
[Me] Teek hai sirji..Thanks...

I head back and sit in the same cab..This time I go and settle in the back...There's a spare tire under my leg and just 1 more person can fit in the back...
Ladie not very happy...

I call up my roomie and swear in english like crazy about how employees are not co-operative with folks who work for the same firm and have just done 16 hrs of work...come and sit tired in the cab and are supposed to fight for the cab...

Ladie frantically calls up all her 'guys' who 1 by 1 drop out saying they are not coming...

Cab leaves and almost reaches exit, when ladie stops the driver and says one of her guys are finally coming...
We wait and wait and wait for 10 mins...No sign of her guy...

I loose all my patience...

[Me] How much more time will this guy take?
[Ladie] FROWNNNNNNNNN....
[Me] Ok, you know what, only 1 more person can fit here anyway, and that security has to come for your sake...So I'm going in another cab if that's what you want..Thank you..

I get off the cab..Bang the door shut...

[Javed Bhai] Kaa hua saheb???
[Me] Woh cab abhi nahin jayega...Wohi ladki cab ko pakad ke rakhi hai..Mujhe time nahin hai boss uska khel khelne ke liye, dusra cab de do..
[Javed Bhai] No problam dosth...

I get an Indica, and it goes past the cab with the ladie...
2 folks jump out of ladie's cab and flag my cab...
Cab stops and they get in too...
We all reach our destinations in 20 mins, thanks to some good driving skills of the driver...

Saturday 31-March..Morning 10 o clock...
Call from home...
[Ma] Hey I found many calls from you yesterday night..Was it anything important...
[Me] Forget it...I'll never make a call again... I was just wondering...If it was an emergency and you guys never pick up calls...What is this??...I'll never make a call again...Listen I'm not very happy..I'm going to call up at 630 in the evening...
[Ma] Ok..I'll be there...Won't go out anywhere...

Afternoon 3:45...
I board IC 618 to Mumbai...

Evening 6:00...

I'm in the cab and moving through the multitude of roads in Mumbai..
The cab stops at one of the traffic signals..Two people approach clapping their hands (with resonating effects, guaranteed no sleep for 2 days)...and then clasping their hands..

Bhaiyya...Chettaaaaa...Ekkada pottunavaaa(Telegu..Maybe by reading the tag on my luggage; Thats how smart he/she is)...
Wind up the windows and sit tight...
Look at your phone...
Type furiously...
Make sure you dont make eye contact...

I somehow reach my destination...

MY HOME!!!

I get a call from home...I'm right outside my house door...

[Ma] You said you'll call at 630..Its already 700...

[Me] Yeah..I said so...Right now I'm driving the car...I'll speak in 5 minutes...I can hear the doorbell ring, open the door...

[Ma] Ya, someone is here. Call back in 5 minutes...

Keeps the phone down..

Opens the door...

Hell breaks loose...

Pushi Tales 2

2007-02-08T18:14:00.000-08:00

"Dude the drive is not supposed to be like that..Its got 4 diodes in opposing circuit with the RLC load...and thats when you have to do the load analysis...cos the parallel capacitor adds the smoothing effect..."

Duhhhh...This sucks...

[Ab] Where's R man..His 10 mins is already crossing the 2 hr threshold...I've had enough of studying...Let do some counter tracking on the comp...
[A] Yea...Lets check it out...

We hear knocking sounds up the stairs...No two guesses why the knocking sounds are happening at regular intervals;i.e.,with every step...
R steps in looking all weird and confused singing songs in a basal nasal tone..."Yeh jo dessss haiii meraaaa.....burp...Swadessss hai mera...."...licks his finger and stops abrupt...Sees both the comp geeks closing windows pretty quick...
[R]..Bey...What are you guys upto...Why did you close those windows fast...Whats the pie graphs that I saw???....Tell me..tell me..
[Ab]...He he ...Nothing dude...Absolutely nothing...I was checking up on our project report page 6, where we are supposed to draw charts for the rate at which houses in town have been burgled in this year..
[R]Ha ha ...You expect me to believe that...No way...I know you people are nowhere in the project to come up with a report...ha ha ...buhahaha....
[A]..Dude lets just tell him about what our scheme has been for the last 1 year...Its time we let him on our clandestine project and made him a resource...
[Ab]Are you serious?...I mean there are serious implications...The art of procedural algorithms which I taught you was not meant to be divulged to any tom dick ahem...I guess the natural counting statistics and IP bludgeon logging is not a simple tool...It can be badly misused...
[R]You mean you don't believe me???...
[A]Ha ha...Full marks to you dude...You guessed right..Now !@#$ off...

R reclines, topples on the bed and knocks up a couple of pillows to sleep away...

[Ab]Today was a little tough dude...Less hits on the IP...But I did get an analysis...There was 12 % from California...I was thinking who it might be...I couldn't detox the cookie clean enough...
[A]Do you think it might be....!@#$....sssss....

Volume real low...We can all see one eyelid open up and give a quick glance at whatever the hell we were upto...R is not amused...
Suddenly gets up and shouts...

[R]This is not fair...now c'mon...You people should let me also in in this...I think I know what you guys are upto...I'm also going to start my own procedural IP BP whatever...Hmpfff...At least I'm done with my project...3 phase induction stage analysis...Take that...

[A]Yeaaaa right....We all know what you did on your project...How much time did it take???...and what did you do???...
[R]yaa...baaa...mmm...I made the report...It was tough...
[A]Ha...lets see the master exclusive report that you made...
[R]No...Thats a special report....I cannot show it to you...HA HA...
[A]Buhahaha...Yea yea...you made some NASA exclusive report that normal humans like us can't see right...Ha ha..
[R]Yea..Whatever...At least I'm not punching my phone whiling away time singing Har Ghadi Badal Gayii Hai...n brooding away about some distant romance...Buhahaha...
[A]Yaa...Jassi Jaisi koi nahinnnnn...Hahahahahaha....
[R]Aaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhh....Take that...
[A]Foooooooolll....How dare you pinch me...Take that...
[R]Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh....You hit my elbow....It pained like hell....Aaaaaaaaa
[A]Yea right...Now it will make some noises like your feet..Big deal....
Pillows fly about in the air...Couple of rough records get in between the rough n tough...R is totally angry...
Leaves the fight mid way and walks off home...
Peace reigns the den with some hard feelings flying about the Sony hill lane around the dead end...
Alls not that well...Ab decides he should get going...
[Ab]Dude...I'm packing off...Cya..
[A]Hey..What happened..Lets study something...
[Ab]Naa...Lets get together tomorrow and do something solid...I'm not in a mood...
[A]What happened I just saw you speak on your cell...Any problems...Don't tell me..
[Ab]Yea whatever dude..Chill we'll meet up tomorrow...
[A]Cool...Lets go to the temple tommorow evening...
[Ab]Yep..I was planning on that too...
Walk down to the car...In reverse...Morose R walks out...
[R] Hey dude..cya tomorrow man...Lets get something solid done tomorrow...
[Ab]Cool...Done...
Phew what a day!
Ab reaches home to be greeted by his ever cuddly wolf...
Day 1 winds up...

Next---Beauty and the champ...Epic drive to the beach...Featuring north eastern
stars vs the new dawn of hope...

Pushi tales...

2007-01-31T19:10:00.000-08:00

Time : Mid September...2004... Location : The den which had become my home away from home...(To the extent I dint know which was my own home.:-D)... Characters: A, Ab and R.
[Ab] Hey dude…Me coming over to the den…
[A] Cool…Lets crack the university together…I’ll call R over too…

Ab gets up and drives over to the den.
Den:
Both computers on and me and A get down to some serious browsing. Thick ‘Power Electronics’ books lying on the bed well used of course, by R who’s busy snoring away dreaming about red roses and his dream girl…Singing himself hoarse to a few lines from ‘Lakshya’.

“Kandhon se milte hain kandhein
Kadmon se kadam milte hain
Hum chalte hain
jab aise to
Dushman ke dil KHILTE hain”

Cough Cough…He is awake…He just overheard us talking about some software on the comp that I was ‘coaching’ A to use…

[A] Dude don’t you think the cookies ought to synchronize with your algorithm in place so that your accuracy is not affected by much. I mean the IPs will..
[Ab] Shhhhhhhhh…Dude R is awake…He might hear what you are saying…

R gives out a lazy yawn and looks outside through the window, dazed and wondering what is happening around.

[R] What?...Cookie?...I’m hungry…

Three of us lunge out to the kitchen where aunty lays out a feast. Time to indulge…
And uh oh!...
Time to watch Kal Ho Na Ho yet again…

Let me fast forward for 35 mins.

Shahrukh spreads out his arms…And in the background, music fills the room and the neighbours house as well…

[Jaya Bachan] Bhagwan ek farishta bhejtha hai…

More music..Lights in Shahrukhs balcony and Sharukh is basking in it like a farishta would have done when in heaven. Music reaches a crescendo and fades away into the busy LA street filled with ABCDs doing undesi stuff.

Turbo fast forward.

Sharukh shakes from head to foot and reads out loud from an empty sheet to Preity with Saif tongue tied and dazed. BTW..Our very own Saif will have an applause worthy entry in one other episode. And our Narayanamurthy friend will also join us in a later episode. Did I miss out Mr Dawn???...No way...He's kicking in some fun too...All in one episode next...(Beauty and the Beast - The eternal drive to the beach featuring stars from the north east...) Aaaarg back to this one...

“Mere naina sirf Naina ko dhoondtey hain. mein ankhein band karta hoon toh tumhe dekhta hoon.. Aur jab ankhein kholta hoon toh tumhe dekhna chahta hon!! I love u Naina i love u very much!!!”

Suddenly voices come from outside and we hear someone climbing the stairs. Movie is almost over and an episode of “Jassi jaisi koi nahin” starts on Sony.

Hero dude from the neighbouring house decides to call game and we assemble outside to hunt down the 3 crooked stooges and the bails.
More colony friends troop in and we all start playing.
Play starts off in vigorous mode and we are once more joined by another friend who troops in, in his sedan, elegance personified.

Play continues. Histrionics in the battle field. Only to be stopped at frequent intervals by a very senior IT lead in a very reputed firm who kept going in and out in his car.

R gets his leg pulled at regular intervals by a hulk of a guy in the gang. There are videos in http://www.youtube.com/ I believe testifying to this effect.

A’s mobile keeps beeping in the mean time, and we decide to call it a day.

Lord Victor in the sedan troops back home and hulk and bro get back to their mundane chores.

Senior IT lead is seen quiescent in his reclining chair probably thinking how to wield the axe on the unbecoming youngsters who just spoilt the serene noon nap he is so entitled to taking…Phew...

Dusk falls and R gets back home to have his early dinner.

Swears to join us in 10 mins (means 2 hours- get used to it buddy).

Ab and A go on for a walk and Ab starts shelling out unwarranted advice on a poor A who portrays a typical Hamlet. Only that the situation is related to replying to an sms…Duh!...’To reply or not to’…

Ok cut the crap…

[A]Dude don’t talk so loud about IP tracking and the algorithm and the advanced tracking, synchronizing and processing tool that we are configuring..
[Ab] Smirk…Ok…I’ll make sure R doesn’t get much of that info…We’ll consider this as a clandestine operation. Hehe..

To be continued…

Shek n friends..Tales of a bygone era...

2007-01-26T12:44:00.000-08:00

To come in couple o weeks...Thrilling episodes...Sarcastic retorts...Major events...Ideosyncracies...Guaranteed laughter...

Fascinating Times

2006-12-09T20:42:00.000-08:00

Things going great!!..Thats my current situation...
I'm working on something that really fascinates me..Finally my engineering skills kick in..Basically an Electrical Eng. by heart and soul...and working on SAP for a utility major at the client location!!!Phew...Man its the dream of my life coming true...

Finally stuff that I can relate to and cater a solution...And some previous project experience kicking in...Previous project went live with a bang, and some euphoria kicking in...A solution that I was deeply involved in and went live with least issues is helping me in my current assignment..There was a huge publication online that went on that implementation, and the familiarity of relating the same to my current development...Sensational...

Only that I'm in Michigan running a slight fever, and sneezing my guts out...Wish that too vanished...If it did then I'd be jumping and rearing to get to work from next week onwards on my favorite thing right now...SAP rocks!!!....

Time capsule...

2006-11-01T13:51:00.000-08:00

My Yahoo! time capsule quote...

They say this will be there on the web till 2020..When you can look back at what you were 14 years back..Looks like a good way to make your mark in history...

http://timecapsule.yahoo.com/capsule.php?i=61133&t=you&l=en

Travel Blues....

2006-10-21T04:36:00.000-07:00

May leave India for a short while...Hopefully...Not yet confirmed...Will be an awesome break...But at the same time I'll miss a lot of ppl out here...List is endless, but dignified...[:-D]...More later...

Punctuality Sucks….

2006-08-09T14:10:00.000-07:00

[Aug 3] 9:00 am:

[Me]: Dudes what the ****. Not finished packing yet? How are we going to catch the 6:00 pm train to Chennai?
[A]: Chill dude. We’ll easily make it on time.
[Me]: I like to be before time. I’m particular on that. Are K, SA and J packed already?
[A] Ya, they’re already done.
[S]: Let’s come back home after office and pick up our luggage. Otherwise its too much to carry.

All of us agree. It is not worth dragging all of it to office and then back along the same direction to the station.
4:00 pm: Still in office. I’m freaking pissed. We’re not going to be late for the train. ATM is not working. None of us have much cash.

[Me]: You know what time it is? We’ll never make it.
[A]: I’m done. Go call S. Tell K, J and SA to come straight to station. We’ll meet them there.

All done. Catch a rick outside office.

[S]: Bhaiyya, Ameerpet jaana hai. Uske baad railway station jaana hai.
[Auto]: Teek hai. Chalo.

Drives at a snails pace. S’ swearing “Gaadi hai ki bail gaadi? Uski *** mein ek ghuz*** tho !@#$”

4:50: Reach home. Run helter skelter to pick up required stuff. Tickets. Shoes. Suit for the marriage. Ticket check again. Lock the car. Check it again. All set to go, and better hurry. It is already 5:10 and bloody late.
Back to auto. Suddenly all roads clear up.

[A] Lets get hot-chips man. I’m hungry.
[Me] You are perennially hungry dude.
[A] We have loadsa time. Lets get it.
[Me] NO. We’ll be late. Train leaves at 6. We’ll get something from the station if we have time.

Super Auto reaches station at 5:25.
We get to the station to see one food-stall selling flavored milk on Platform 1.

[A] I want milk.
[S] Me too.
[Me] Me too.
All of us sipping on cold flavored milk. Notice Chennai train coming into station. Platform 2.
[A] Come. Lets go. Its on platform 2.
All of us cross the bridge to platform 2. We leisurely hunt for coach S9. Train starts moving.
[A] Lets get in quick. I think it is leaving early.
[Me] Is this our train?
[A] Ya.
[S] Sirji, yeh Charminar Express hai kya? Chennai jaata hai??
[Sirji] Haan..Get in fast…Quick..
[S] Call K and tell him to come quick. Train has already left. What will he do? J and SA will miss the train too. We have to do something.

All of us go through the bogies to S9. Train has already picked up speed.

S9 seats 59, 60, 61, 62 have some 20 people sitting on it.

[Me] Hello, is this Charminar Express?
[Hello] No its Chennai express. Charminar express leaves at 6:30 pm.
[Me] WHAT?

Houston, we have a situation at hand.

[S] Lets jump of the train. Its only a little off the station and probably 25 kmph.
[Me] Yeah children. Lets jump.
[A] NOOOOOO… Now way. Its too dangerous. Lets get down at the next station.

All of us agree. Lets go meet the TT and tell him our problem. We’re all great model citizens of India. He’ll be considerate.

[A] goes in search of TT.

[Co-Passenger] Son, this train is on a totally different route. You’ll never be able to catch the other train.

Me and S totally pissed off and wondering what the heck to do.

Short while. TT in plain clothes comes walking by triumphantly. Like a CBI guy who’s caught an international criminal.

[A] Walking. Show me your ID card sir.
Sir not bothered. Asks us to follow him.
[A] At least give our ticket back.
[Sir] Coming. You people coming this way. Coming. This way. Behind. Ekkada nichi. Next compartment lo theesko.

Compartment S7. Nice govt cabin. Lion’s Den. 3 TTs having a ball.

[Sir] Ekkada rapu moonu passenger kavali pampisthanu malli ticket nakko. (Forgive my telegu – I think he meant Ha Ha I caught them. Ticket less travel. Frauds)
[TT 1] Ippudu baito. (Sit here?).
[TT 2] Nenu rounds chestanu. (Me going for rounds. Have fun).

[Sir] Ippudu ticketsla print chestava? (Looks at the printed ticket. Shows it to other TT).

[A] Sirs. We have a legitimate ticket. But we’ve got into the wrong train. Please help us out. We din’t mean it.

[TT] Hmmm… Its ticketless travel. You have to either get down or pay fine.

[A] But we have the correct tickets for another train. Its not our fault.

S and me frantically try to reach out to someone in office to try and cancel the other trains ticket. But can’t do that, because K, SA and J are on it. Information comes that they’ve got a general ticket and converted to berth seats. Sigh of relief.

Drama lengthens. The grotesque Sir and the nonchalant TT nod at each other. Speak endlessly in telegu and show us the calculations.

[Sir] Next station is 4 hrs away. You can pay fine till there, get down and go home. Otherwise pay Rs 2000 and get seats for this train and go till Chennai.
[A] Sir that’s a lot of money. We don’t have that much.

They look at me. My visage is loaded with anguish, despair, sadness, despondency and just about every inch of my face is pleading with them to help us out. But I don’t open my mouth.

[Sir] Look, you are like my sons. You told me you are students going for interview to Chennai. I wish you luck. But we are also helpless. What if Flying Squad comes and catches us. Nothing will happen to you. WE’ll lose our jobs.

[A] Sir, we don’t have money.

[S] Sir we’ll go one round in the train..Ammma Thaaaye..and then come back.

[Sir] Do what you want. You’ll have to pay fine. So far you’ve been in 2nd class berth. That’s the max consideration I can give.

[A] Sir what can we do. We don’t have money.

[Co-Pass 1] Sir I know telegu. Rambles in telegu and tries to reason with the TTs asking them to let us go with a lesser fine.

All of them go talking really well..Nice bonding happening. But the TTs are obstinate in their verdict. Money or get out.

[Co-Pa 2] I’ll help them. How much money do you need?

S immediately jumps up and talks to a co-passenger 2 and takes him out.

[Sir] See..When he offers money he goes out. These guys are frauds. I’ve seen lots of them in my life.
[Co-Pa 1] Oh no. I don’t know anything about them. I thought they are actually in trouble. Sorry sir. I don’t know anything about them. Totally apologise. God alone knows. What kind off people are there ah!…Innocent people..Never thought. Siva Siva….

[A] Sir its not what you think….Please….

[Sir] Rs 2000. This is the break up. Pay or leave…

S and CoPa 2 return.

[S] to Me. How much money do you have?
[Me] In front of TT. I have 450 bucks. Look.

All of them see. (Thank Allah, Christ and Krishna that nobody knows how expensive the Hi-Design Wallet I’m displaying to them is, though having only some chillar at the moment)

[CoPa2] See I have 1000 Rs, which I’ll lend them. That’s all I have. I’m a poor man. These guys need help. As soon as you get down pay me. Arrange for the money somehow.

TT agrees. Some roundabaout figure of 1600 is reached. More digging of money and a little more from CoPa2 covers the ticket cost.

[Sir] Give them surrounding berths itself, so that they don’t run off. Ha Ha. (2 times with resplendent audio effects)

All’s well that ends well..We get tickets to Chennai and the journey goes on.. All of us feel elated as we’d done lot of hard work, and had lots of fun too…Food comes. Settle down to some impoverished biriyanis.

A little later.

[A] Chill dude. You look really annoyed.
[Me] I am. I have a migraine.
[S] Learnt a proper lesson in life.
[Me] Ya, never be punctual.. You end up losing.
[A] and never stop me from buying Hot-Chips Ramifications are huge..If only we had spent some time on that.
[S] Ya. If only we had stopped at some ATM on the way.
[Me] If only we had got another auto from home. If only there was more traffic on the way…If only we had jumped when it was 25 kmph..
Lets have a nice get-together after 7 years. S with his twin children, A with his one kid, and me newly married. We’ll be giving gyaan to the children…

All of us laught out loud and swear to have another life-chilling experience again.

Rewind.

[S] to CoPa2 .. Sir we have Rs 1200 with us. But we don’t want to show it to the TTs. Can you keep it with you and give it to us in dire straits.
[CoPa2] Sure !!… In filmy stlye..Just check my acting out.

Back in cabin….

[CoPa2] See I have 1000 Rs, which I’ll lend them. That’s all I have. I’m a poor man. These guys need help. As soon as you get down pay me. Arrange for the money somehow.

Winks at S A and me without the notice of the TT.

TT agrees. Some roundabaout figure of 1600 is reached.
Digs into his pocket for the Rs 200 more. S ‘s totally won over by CoPa 2’s acting.. Admires his histrionics silently without the TTs notice.
More digging of money and a little more from CoPa2 covers the ticket cost.

Chennai here we come!

ayi-mmah-seR hse-miH

2006-05-24T04:07:00.000-07:00

Good Old Days: Even if his name was the one above, it wouldn't be insult enough to sing praises about his god given divine intonation. I was reminded of good old days in primary school, when I was an ardent follower of Mowgli and his clique. Mowgli had long hair but no cap, and thought he was born a wolf. And every night his entire clan would visit the highest point of their kingdom, and howl in unison. The forbearing forest-folk wouldn’t protest against this minute of personal glory for the wolf-log. They of course weren’t aware of the ramifications that stood impending.

Present day world: We are the jungle folk. And we are troubled by hundreds of minutes of this divine intonation, that reverberates, echoes, distills through to the remotest of chords of our minds and stays there lingering like the stench that follows you, if you are in a cab trailing the municipal garbage van.
I could never imagine one letter of the alphabet could influence my life so much that I would start despising it. Wherever I go, the menace stands aide-memoire to this monstrous aberration. Cabs, Discos, Pubs, cubicles of fellow-colleagues, wherever you go, the voice loiters.

The letter ‘O’…
A monosyllable when properly used can be very sweet. Like ‘I Love You’.
But there’s someone is there in this world, who is so insane, that he twists and torts this syllable beyond the limits of human comprehension...
It’s quite heart breaking to know that this guy has so many followers! I really can’t find what’s so enchanting about his voice that many are so fond off.
All he does is chant the same letter in umpteen different ways.
The phenomenon that he is, I would interpret this happening as a difference that people grew fond off. Like the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’. The ‘OOOOOO’ drone drove into our minds so much that, we started having an affinity towards it. Even I find myself singing ‘Jhalak Diklaaja’, only to realize my folly immediately and scorn myself for indulging in such nonsense.
But then its quite comical to see a rocking super hot model shake a leg for his insanity. Each time the song airs on TV, my hand finds the remote ‘Mute’ button automatically, and I stare endlessly at the beautiful damsel bouncing about on my 14 “ screen.

Inference:
With so much good music all around, people want a change. They don’t even mind a slight aberration from normal music. Even if it is weird. A change is a change.

Title...

2006-04-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

Its 10 30 in the night..After a gruelling session of understanding the functionality of a Financial Accounting Object, I feel something is going terribly wrong with me!..
Its ironic listening to Yeh Hai Meri Kahani by Strings and reflecting on myself twisting and twirling at the relevence of each line of the lyrics .. Talks about old times, thoughts that haunt you only when you are all alone..I turn around and stare at the empty cubicles alongside me, speaking in a unified voice... Wish old times returned.. Last four years, all I had was fun..Loads of it.. I've done everything that was humanly possible..Been really irresponsible..But that feeling really drove me..Living life carefree.. But now with all the responsibilities and pressure, things are suddenly looking ominous...And to add to the fact is this profound solitude at 10:40 in the night on a friday.. Suddenly feel like breaking free, and just running away..All seems like a dream..A dream with mixed and vague feelings...
Whats worse I don't have that old dependable soul to turn to and speak to...
Man I miss my friends...
But thats a bygone era..
More brain storming later...

April - 'Be the Fool'...

2006-04-07T10:32:00.000-07:00

It was a nice sunny april morning...
Yuck...Bad beginning...
It was a rotten April morning...The Indian Airlines episode dint do any good to the day..
Just one thing that was good that day was the home food I ate at Venki's house and a nice long chat with him..
Back at home, seething unused dark corners of my mind started reeking out stupid ideas of fooling people...Me n ashok decided to go for Hostage...Supposedly nice movie..Anyways a couple of jobless bored guys din't mind a crappy movie...5 mins into the movie and I wasn't feeling too great sitting idle on an April 1st.. The first time I suppose when nothing untoward happened..

Ok quit idling guys..Time for some action...

I call up a friend of mine 'B', and start off...

[Me] " I don't know how to say this, but I think I need to tell you some____", pat comes the reply..
[B]"I know, I know, I know...., April fools day..."...

Chay...That was my dialogue...Caught and killed at the budding stages..Din't go down that easy with me..So lets fool someone else ('D')..She agrees...

[Me]"Why don't you call up the other friend and say, 'Ashok has been buggin me for ages..., He says he has feelings for you..I'm seriously bugged..Did he call you??'..

[B] makes the call..comes the reply.

[D]"I'm confused..Did he actually say that??..U said he's bugging [A] too??...
Cuts the phone and gives Ashok a missed call..
Me and Ashok seriously excited..But we plan to keep her waiting, so that she gets more anxious..And we call her back during the interval..

[Ashok] "Hello, I got a missed call from you..Whats up?.. "

[D] "Oh!!!, Sorry, it was meant for another Ashok...Not you..Very sorry.. "

Me n Ashok laughing our hearts out...Another Ashok...Ya right..I beleive her..

Sunday morning..Ashok calsl up [B] and asks her what the status is..

[Ashok] "Eppidi, hows the plan going..?? "

[B]" Its too good now..She sounded really confused..I called her sometime back..She asked me again and again if I was joking..I could hardly control myself..But I think now she's really confused...I dont want to miss it on Monday..I wont be in town.. "

[Ashok and Me] "Dont worry, we'll chalk out something.. "

Sunday night..
Again call [B]...and ask her whats up?...

[Ashok].".Can't wait to finish it off..Whats up with [D] now??.. "

[B].."She's totally confused now..Great going..."

[Me screaming in the background]..."Dude, I think [B] is double crossing..For sure..Ask her that.."<<I'm not that convinced>>...

[B to Ashok] "I heard that...Tell him I hate him...Only he would say such a thing..I would never do that.. "

Me and Ashok think she's trustworthy..Let's go along with the plan...

Monday..
I inform [B], major plans made...Just wait till Wednesday..
Lunch...

Ashok's mouth is watering, mainly due to the sumptuous feast laid out in [D's] lunch carrier, which he usually usurps a major part off....Today, major acting..Sacrifice..Anything for fooling...
Ashok curses me...Dude I dint have her lunch today man..Mere se nahin hota...I assure him..Dude chill...By wednesday its over..

Tuesday, Wednesday...Still cold war going on between Ashok and [D]...
Thursday [B] calls me up in the morning..And asks me n Ashok to come straight to Cafeteria, and finish it for god's sake..To get the timing right..Me a [B] exchange a flurry of smses...

Cafeteria..
All of us gather around the table..
Ashok facing [D].
Me across [B].

[Ashok] I don't know how to start it..I don't know if after this you'll still be my friend..

[D] Face becomes half a tomato..

[Ashok] Ahh..baahh...ehh...yebb....i've been bugging these two for many days now...
I should have told you about this that day itself..I made a mistake then..I think its late now..
But still..
Silence..
Silence..
Silence..

[B] Small smile flickers across face..

[Me] Control baby, control baby...muuaaah...

[D] Rotten tomato like face...Flabergasted...Totally preposterous stuff going on..

[Ashok] Guys I can't hold on any longer...

[D] Biting teeth..Clenching fist...

[Ashok] Elated...Excited..

April Fool....
April Fool...

All three of us rolling with laughter...

Suddenly out of the blue...

[D] Is this some joke for you??..How dare you...???..When [B] called me, I was totally tensed up..My mom also knows it..What'll I tell her now... <<Rotten tomatoes are pouring down her face>>....

[Me]"Dudes...Take it easy...It was my silly idea..Any fault is on me..."

[B] Face grim...Donno whats happening kinds...I kinda look at her, to guauge if anything actually wrong..hmmm..Face still grim...Defnitely something wrong...

[D] I'm calling my mom...You only pacify her...Hmmmpffff...
Hands phone over to Ashok..

[Ashok]" maamie....this is Ashok...Aaaanh..naan thaaaan...Ashok here..."

[Karthik]...Poda SAAvkreki! April fool!....

[Ashok]..Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssuuuuuuuuuuup Doc!!!!!.....
Shit...Totally fooled....

[B] and [D] laugh at the sad plight of two dudes in despair...
Me tho still wondering..Whats going on..??..What happened to the trust yen yall??.
Am I so naive..Shit...Some one pinch me...Tell me its a dream..All's not lost..
Is it a case of double crossing...Naaah...[B] said she wouldn't dream of doing that...

Truth beats down in a bitter fashion...

Rewind...

[B] Ashok called me now man..He's been buggin me about how he feels for you n all...And he kept telling me the whole_____...

[D] Ya right..today's what?April first..?? Lets fool those two instead....

[B] Can't wait to do that....Lets do it!!!!...
Let's double cross them big time!!!!..Yipeee...

Two of them start their executive plan...Involve Karthik...Tells Hebbu (Can't control laughter)..

Two donkeys fall for it...Unfortunately no double crossing over double crossing.

History is made...Rather, I've already written what happened afterwards...

Moral of the story???Anyone???.....

Post Mortem....

2006-04-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was a hectic one...Heavily eventful too..
Met a batch of really enthusiastic people and felt like I was back in college and doing my daily routine...
Time to elucidate on the facts that made me hate Indian Airlines..
I was in TVM last friday for meeting up with the new recruits who were to join us this year. We hosted a party at Muthoot later in the night, and I think everything went really well that day. I was scheduled to catch the IA flight next day at 3:40 pm to B'lore enroute to Hyderabad. My dad is an IA fan and when I called him he said it always arrived and took off on time.

Except on this blessed Saturday..

2:40 pm: I was at the airport one hour in advance, after confirming that the flight was on scehdule..The moment I got down from the rikshaw, an electryfying message greeted me...IA flight to B'lore delayed by 20 mins..
3:00pm to 3:35 pm: No problems..I could reach B'lore by 5 pm and take the next flight at 5:55, which happened to be one Air Deccan flight..I asked the people on the Air Deccan counter if that flight was delayed..They said till last week it was delayed, but today it would surely take off on time...Damn...Murphy's Laws were coming at me like a meteorite shower on Jupiter..
4:15 pm..: No sight of the aircraft..
4:20 pm..: The aircraft from B'lore and Cochin lands lazily..
4:30 pm..: I'd already bitten all my finger nails off by now..Impatiently jostled with the entire passenger queue and settled into my fav 8F seat (1st row in economy in an A320 carrier, i.e, first to board and first to get off)..
5:35 pm..: The darned flight took suprisingly less time to land, and by 5:35 pm I was in B'lore..
5:35 - 5:40 pm: Then I embarked on my mini marathon..Ran from arrivals..Totally dilaphidated airport..Couldn't figure out where departure was..Finally found it amongst some bricks and mortar.. Some weird construction was going on..
5:40 pm: I'm at the security check in frantically trying to wade into gate 2 like Moses amidst the Ocean..
5:45 pm: I'm the last guy to get into the Deccan flight with half the airport staff mouthing obscenities at me and a big migraine attack settling in..

Phew...What a day to forget..

Banungii mein......

2006-03-19T22:28:00.000-08:00

Ever since man set foot on earth there was this piece of distraction called woMAN that interfered with every footstep that he took. So much that the same woMAN came to be the epitome of grace, fashion and beauty in today’s world...
From epics to the modern day TV-soaps, the world = stage (where each person plays a part) always reveled in making sure they hogged the lime-lite for a considerable period of time...Soap-operas bear a stunning similarity to draupadi's vastaharan in terms of time and lack of clothes...Today’s BMMI is the culmination of the very same two elements that stands unfazed since time immemorial....
It doesn’t take much intellectual brilliance to put 2 and 2 together and realize how dumb a person can be who wants to win BMMI because it was her mom's dream, and wants the entire whorled to vote for this noble cause...

It takes more than long legs, skimpy clothes and a crown to 'eradicate' illiteracy in the country...

A person is actually on the zenith of being ludicrous if she wants us to vote for her so that she wins the crown and takes her family for a world tour...
If you want us to vote for you because you just realized something that goes like this... "If I become MI then I'll be happy and so will you", its totally preposterous…
Even the hostess admits its going to be a tough task for us to decide who is the dumbest of them all…
And then there's common trash about how you'll go about changing the world with your smile. Poverty, illiteracy, female infanticide, polio, rabies... Everything will vanish of the face of earth once I win the crown. So please, please vote for me...because a small wish of mine will be fulfilled by a large number of votes from you fools who watch me day and night..

After the great Indian laughter challenge I think this has been the most hilarious of tv-events to have ever touched the cellulite screen..

So if you liked this post, SMS AbhiIluvU [yourname] and send to 9866655808...Kyunki aapka ek keemti vote (If u on CUG then free) mera zindaaagi baaadal saaktha hai.

Play Time!!!

2006-03-16T05:15:00.000-08:00

Jhamooorey!!!
Ji Sarkaar!......

Pilayegaa??, Khilayega???,Dikhayegaa???...

How I hate these three dialogues that I'm supposed to burp...Totally detest them...

More later..

Time-pass.....

2006-03-15T22:59:00.000-08:00

Am back with a bang!!!!After brief hibernation...Back to the blog world...To ponder over the most inane of things...Comment on the most assiduous of adventures...With an all new perspective...Brief encounters with the 'GOD'....And the most fun filling current endeavor...

I AM AN ANALYST.... ASSoc. ANALYST....

Finally after a comprehensive training schedule, got launched on to projects...
Not allowed to disclose client details...
But here goes a gist of how life has been plus the responsibilities...

Life is sure hectic with strict timelines blowing down your neck all the time...
Get to know all kinds of people... Broadly classified into romantics, barons and others...
Romantics crib about how the old times were great before you guys came around. Now all you can think of is party, fun and firm activities!
Barons are stubborn, and demand little or no ‘extra-curricular activities’. They're pained to see the timelines torn apart by amateurs like us...
Others are the best... They let you be in your own world, complete your work when you get the time...
Identify where your fortes are and get rocketing in that direction...
Everyone around says your work is so simple, its not some rocket science...But the fact is rocket science is far simpler than debugging CASE, IF, LOOP, FUNCTION, and asinine code written by aliens...
You party when you've finished a level-7 (you're dead meat work) object, only to come the next day with the lead informing you about the sad demise of your code at the 11th statement...
Adhere to each letter in the project standards and process docs.. Meticulous in updating each and every action on an object only to find stuff half done with the time bomb clock 5 mins away...
Do everything perfectly and produce work on which you can swear your!@#$ s off that this is the best you have to offer... Only to stare at a change in functionality from step 1.1, clause 'a' on delivery day...
Shoulder all the responsibilities that are there, only to find peers stare at you saying... Bloody custard, wanna go onsite eh???...
Select all and delete mails from your inbox. All stupid forwards... A cancer patient getting one cent for each forwarded mail... A mail from yahoo, where you'll earn 1.4567 cents for each forward you do... Testimonials that I got 123456 $ from Google for forwarding this mail to assholes like you. You do the same too... Only to find that you've deleted valuable specification mails from the client... Bug the tech support team for a backup, and end up pleading to get the mail resent...
Keep bloggin away only to find your boss look from your side and say...Sonny you've no work? Come hitherto, I'll give you fresh responsibilities...
Got to go.....