Quirky Tag

Sid tagged me to blog on my six unspectacular quirks. 

The Rules:

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules on your blog.
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them. (Tagged 5)
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

1. I do watch movies regularly but I would fall short of being a movie buff. That said, I have not watched a few movies which almost everyone in my age group has seen atleast once, namely Matrix Trilogy, Godfather, Harry potter and LOTR.I am sure there are a few more movies that can be added to this list. I am not fascinated by animations either, hardly seen one or two. So no The incredibles, Monster Inc., Kung fu Panda,Wall E, Fighting Nemo, Toystory, Cars, Shrek and the likes.

2. I am Still adicted to “Friends”. Have watched all the 10 seasons atleast 8 times. I made a conscious effort to not copy any episode on my hard disk. To my surprise and pleasantly so, Friends is aired on a Dutch channel(in English though) every weekday at 19.00 hrs. I enjoy it over a cup of tea 🙂

3. I do not ride on Motor bikes. My Mom has made me promise that. Though I had to break her promise on a couple of occassions where I had absolutely no way out(There was a speed limit in that case, an insult to the driver). My mom has a phobia for bikes. She has seen way too many accidents, mostly fatal involving two wheelers.

4. Having stayed 4 years in an IIT hostel, I have watched movies, TV shows, documentaries, and listened to songs on my PC/laptop and continue to do so. However, I am a lazy downloader, infact I have never downloaded any such file myself.

5. I can either follow a meticulously drawn plan/be very neat and organized or be impulsive, nothing in balance.

6. I have got into this habit of reading and analyzing people. My love and understanding of human psychology and the fact that we are all pre-conditioned makes me look at things so very differently.

Remember Shakti: Giriraj Sudha

Soulful 🙂

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

Almost a year back I got a link instant messaged on yahoo! It was the text of the commencement address to the students of Stanford University by Steve Jobs. I have read it many times since. Two days back I searched for the video on youtube and have lost count on the number of times I have seen the video. Watch it people. Its so real.

50th

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From anecdotes to opinions, from ramblings of a confused mind to vellapa, this is a bag of mixed emotions. 

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Total Views: 3,335 
Best Day Ever: 75

Thought of the day: Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older & think back you”ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

90 minutes of madness

It was unparalleled madness. 90 minutes of absolute crazy behaviour. It all started at 3 AM. Deepankar and myself were returning after a long walk,we had set off from the hostel at half past midnight. It was getting cloudy with hints of a drizzle. We bump into 8 crazy second yrites (Ayya,Shady, Babaji and co.) and start to tread towards the hilltop. Within ten minutes we face torrential rain. In the strong winds and the heavy rainfall we start moving uphill. Insanity reaches its peak when after climbing over the gate we all start running. It was no small distance. We ran a little more than a kilometer in the downpour, howling and spalshing water all around. The only source of light was the lightning that kept striking  every 30 seconds.We were drenched and shivering when we reached the paradise. To add to it our ears got numb.

The lightning and the thunder that followed send shivers down our spine. It was scary, we actually screamed once. We couldn’t wait for long once it stopped raining coz it was getting cold.Missed the view of the sunrise from the hill top.

Have a lecture to attend at 9. Its the last one by ADS. I have to be present and there is no way Ill manage to get ready if I catch a nap…I hope Orkut and The Merry Muses keep me alive and awake.

This act will surely make its way to the top ten weird things I do in my life 🙂

Thin line of difference

The reason behind this post is a friend.His actions have made me attempt to define the thin line of difference between accepting defeat gracefully and never giving up. I have been wanting to put across my views very bluntly but have failed. Subtle messages have not worked either. Hence this post.

I feel this subject is contextual.

• The very fundamental question is who decides what is right and what is wrong?
• Success is always relative.
• Given the domain, sustained efforts will eventually help overcome every failure/obstacle.
• No matter how trying the circumstances are, never lose your self respect  or stoop below your dignity. If you don’t hold yourself in high esteem how do you expect others to respect you and stand by you.

I have been a sportsman all my life and one thing that I have learned is to accept defeat and take failures in my stride. And I have had my share of successes too. In fact it was the failure of not having succeeded the first time that led to something much better and different the next time. Its a simple concept of lateral thinking: You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper. This means that trying harder in the same direction may not be as useful as changing direction. Effort in the same direction (approach) will not necessarily succeed.

Unless you let go your past you shall fail to embrace the future. Its one thing to work your way in acads through sheer hardwork and perseverence but there are certain situations in life where this principle doesn’t hold true, especially when it involves many others in your life. I remember the quote in one of my previous blogs “At times winning is not the only thing, it is everything”. But it tastes good only if it is done in a fair manner and you in your right deserved it.

All I wish to say is that  I have lost respect for a friend who still doesn’t honour his actions and hence himself.

What men really want?

For a change, coz of inf vellapa, got to reading this forward. I really  liked it. Reason: I do not know. Thought of circulating it amongst my friends.But as I had already recieved the same from three different people,I end up putting it up here.

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down.  Finally, the guys’ side of the story. (I must admit, it’s pretty good.) We always hear “the rules”  from the female side.  Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules!
Please note:  These are all numbered “1”…  ON PURPOSE!

1.  Men ARE not mind readers.

1.  Learn to work the toilet seat.  You’re a big girl.  If it’s up, put it down.  We need it up, you need it down.  You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1.  Sunday sports.  It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides.  You can’t change it, let it be.

1.  Shopping is NOT a sport.  And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1.  Crying is blackmail.

1.  Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1.  Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1.  Come to us with a problem ONLY IF you want help solving it.  That’s what we do.  Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1.  A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem.  See a doctor.

1.  Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.  In fact, all comments become Null and Void after 7 Days.

1.  If you won’t dress like the Victoria’s Secret girls, DON’T expect us to act like Soap Opera guys.

1.  If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us.

1.  If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one .

1.  You can either ask us to do something  OR tell us how you want it done. Not both.  If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1.  Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1.  Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1.  ALL men see in ONLY 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, NOT a color.  Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what Mauve is.

1.  If it itches, it WILL be scratched.  We do that.

1.  If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing,” we will act like nothing’s wrong. We know that you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1.  If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, then Expect an answer you don’t
want to hear.

1.  When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine… Really.

1.  Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about, unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as football, the shotgun formation, cars or golf.

1  You have ENOUGH clothes.

1.  You have TOO MANY shoes.

1.  I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1.  Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; But did you know men really don’t mind that?  It’s like camping.

Winning

The Socceroos were left dejected and their fans shocked at their loss to Italy. The defeat was cruel. They dominated the game with 59% possession but only till the last 5 seconds. The decision to award the Italians a spot kick was not the best.Grosso made a good run down the left and in the end forced himself to trip over Lucas Neill. The Italians got desperate and Neill who defended well to deny the Azurris any opportunity was unlucky to have gifted them the penalty.

The Italians didn’t deserve to win,they were lucky. It was sad to see the Australians lose this way.They were good but  not good enough. They now need to learn to win.I guess this has been the difference between good teams and better teams.The not so popular teams have lost matches only because they failed to convert their dominance into goals and in the end that’s what made the difference.This transition or evolution of playing attractive football needs to be coupled with winning!!!

At times winning is not the only thing, its everything.

Simple se Dimple tak

Jai Bihar!

We (Sudhanshu and myself) have successfully completed one month of our industrial training at L&T(Note: Success is a relative term). It has been a learning experience so far.Having been working on two parallel projects and made significant progress I look forward to the days left (Observe the transition from we to I). Well Sudhanshu has also been devoting time to a third very important project, I call it "Simple se Dimple tak" (Dedicated and "focussed" guy that he is).

Since she returned from her short leave he has concentrated all his efforts to get to know her better. The atmosphere at times seems to be that of a cold war between we guys and her friends(not her though). Sudhanshu seems to get a bit flustered.According to him she seems too simple, naive, modest blah blah (he doesn't seem to fall short of adjectives as he gets to word his emotions ) making it more difficult for him to strike a conversation.

I am aware that the tone of this blog seems to be that of a journo from a masala channel…but thats precisely what Im supposed to be doing.

Jai Maharashtra!

Bihari babu meets Marathi Mulgi

After a long absence I return to my blog…Rukhavat ke liye khed hai(DD style):Searching for signal 981 Mhz(NDTV style).

Jai Bihar!!! Do not mistake this for me being a fan of Laloo for all his heroics in the railway turnaround nor do I look forward to how Nitish Kumar goes around convincing the corporate bigwigs to invest in Bihar…I just happen to recollect the ragging days and the football match we played in the seniors hostel.Prior to the kickoff, my team competed with Bhagwanji in who could  get everyone out of their rooms just by singing the praises of Bihar. Ofcourse we lost…

Wassup with my BTP partners…first it was X, now its Y…Ab Y hai Sudhanshu(I have not got a green signal from X to reveal his identity).It took him just three days in L&T (thats four days in Bbay) to fall for a gal…

Rabba mere rabba rabba …yeh kaise dost diye hain.

X used to dump me on the long walks with his unmistakable grin while Y simply puts it "Jassi tujhe fight toh nahi hai agar tujhe lunch akela karna pade…" Damn all four!

Pitashri ki baat na sunkar liya Bete ne pyaar ke disha mein ek kadam…24 ghante ki chunauti dene par apne bihari babu ne sirf 5 minute mein is Marathan ka naam pata pooch nikala. Hadh scene hua. I challenge him on the shop floor. He goes to the office and finds her there talking to her friend. He takes a seat(away from her), calms himself down, says to himself "Give me the power. Give me the power." and gets up ,approaches her and the work is done.All this happened while ten others including our guide were watching them. Next up at another opportunity he calls her and says "Suno…Main yahan akela hoon. Kya mere saath Mumbai ghoomne chalogi." (Ab tak kismat nahi chamki hai.)

Well his first words to her were few days before all this drama happened. I want to make a mention of that.They were waiting in some queue.This guy turns around and to his joy finds her talking to a friend in Marathi.He opens up "Kya aapko hindi aati hai…."

All this while tadpa kaun…Y couldn't concentrate on his work. Our mentor is talking to us and this guy is looking around searching for her. I fear doing all the BTP work myself just the way I am doing the work at L&T.

Dil tuta jab – it got to our notice that she is away on a 10 day leave..and even more when news trickled that she had rejected a fellow trainee at L&T citing the reason that she is committed.Well since the later ain't confirmed, we are still optimistic…(she is reciprocating too.Woh nazar katilana,I find a mention of this is Y's notepad).

Im concentrating all my efforts to get the maximum work done from him in these 10 days… all that was concluded in the second week of the training had to be redone, only coz Y didn't pay attention to it.

Ab Sudhanshu miyan hindi chhod Marathi mein vartalap karne ka prayas kar rahe hain… iske liye bhi tadap raha hai kaun…

I take an inspiration from Fanaa and Y himself;

Woh iske dil mein aisi samayi, woh iske dil mein aisi samayi, Jaise Bajre ke khet mein ek Bhains samayi!!!

Jai Maharashtra!!!