December 13, 2006

Here I am

Back in Wonderland..
Fotos shd be up pretty soon..:-)

Ah...Vi how could I forget to send u an invite...Too bad of me :-)

But whatz with flirting..Just looked up the dictionary..and it seems at first glance that it so isnt me..

How cud ya call me a flirt:-)....

Deepa..I knw long breeakk..hopefully shud be more regular from now on:-)

Priya and Aria...I knw me been very bad with not letting ppl know properly..

Trust me, you are just 2 of the so many that are ready to bash me up at the first instance for not letting them know of this..

Just got back today from India, and there are already quite a few messages, asking wher I dissappeared, and jokingly asking if I got married!

Lolz, guess I shd be ready for some Kick in the butt, when I get to see all of em..:-)

Btw, just heard Aish telling everyone, that she is enjoying her post marriage life, with dear hubby..well well..:-)

One thing that made me real happy on this Trip to India, is that I discovered, browsing is not an addiction.

I was scared to death thinking, I'd never get over this., but then I must have probably logged on for just 2 or 3 of the 30 odd days I was there..

so whats going on ppl...:-)

November 03, 2006

AB looks like AB as well...eh

Now tht shudnt be a surprise for those that have read this one

but whus that in that red lipstick that supposedly looks like me :-$

November 01, 2006

Captains'...movie Review - Hilarious

This is obviously a fwd..
There is no way, I'll watch any of captains' movies of late, even by d/ling.

For the uninitiated, Captain..is Vijaykanth...Poor mans' Rajnikanth,..in Tamil Cinema..
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If you are still in Diwali mood, please don't read the following review,
After the major downfall of Ajith's tirupathi by its director..per ..per ..perarasu�.he was thinking who could he terminate next and ..yes�.he got our captain and that's the evolution of a legendary universal(tamil) film "DHARMAPURI"�

Precautionary steps to watch this film:
1.Four pieces of cotton�(2 to keep in ears�and the rest 2 will be kept in our noses after we watch the film fully)
2. zandu balm,tiger balm..if possible original time bomb.
3. itch guard (b'cos paadhi padam paarthu namaku udambellam pull'arikum').

Actors:
Captain Vijaykanth(3/4 screen�),Heroine-achacho paavam(not even 4 scenes including songs),comedy..all scenes where captain comes becomes comedy to the core.
All other vetti actors(donno what they do � time).

Moments of the film:
1.Captain's intro:----- NO ever Indian..oops..hollywood film could ever try such imagination to project his hero to this level as perarasu does.(u deserve an applause..).while all his partymen,first bench fans,wait for his entry in screen..there comes captain to save a minister's girl from a rowdy in rameswaram..rowdy threatens everyone including policemen nearby with his gun and no one goes near him(obvious..)Captain looks at him,goes nearhim barehanded. The rowdy warns him 3 times(Indian cinema rule..not more than 3) and then shoots at him ..the bullet hits vijaykanth's chest�and reflects back and hits the rowdy's chest and kills him�Please wait�don't get astonished.then he takes out the "archani plate"he hids in his shirt(what a archanai thattu..if u can get for 10 rs.it acts as bullet proof and cd save ur life).
Advice to all military forces:please dismantle all ur bullet proof shields and get archanai thattu's for them. cost cutting one.

2.most of the film people are doing silly things and no body including captain doesn't understands why they r doing such thing.if time permits captain gets his costume change and start performing exercises..iam sorry..dances.. and 30 to 40 dancers surround him and shout"neenga thaan nallavar, neenga thaan vallavar, neenga naaliku CM, morningna AM,eveningna PM"�happa horrible torture and where on earth his costumes are picked up�fluorescent coloured shirt specially and he makes to a point that in all scenes including his duet or romantic scene his party's "flaming torch"symbol is projected well.And a grand make up like rajkiran with a big crown on his head and sandal on his body(weak hearted people pls omit the scene)

3. Half the film is like assembly meetings and virudhachalam campaign speeches.and everybody including the villain praises him .
"naan adangi poravan illai adakitu poravan"
"ivaru kootani vaika maatar,thani aala thaan irupaar"
"ennai nambuna nambikai..mathavangalukku etcharikai"
ivar naadodi illai�.naadodi mannan"..

When u atleast have the peace that the director Perarasu didn't act in this film as he did in tirupathi�.after interval even that dream goes crashed..oops.here we have his entry as "Speed"lawyer perarasu.he comes and says"naan porandha edam sivakasi, valarandha idam tirupachi, pona idam tirupathi,ipo nikaradhu dharmapuri"innum neraya idam poven�.(oh god we are done for�mokkanayakanur,paanaampati,paradesipalayam..lots to come ). Soon he will become best competitor of T rajendhar.

Note:- don't miss the scene where captain hits 50 men in a row with a single kick which even matrix Keanu reaves couldn't get it right. And also the scene where captain blasts 1000 figure bombs(kanni vedi.he..he) with his small remote control which we use for MP3 players in car's.(technology drives�)

Iam sorry guys(?????)I didn't see the climax, I came away � hr before climax as I was in a mood to hit my head somewhere and cry badly seeing this.

Last but not least "Dharma puri"---poisonous pani puri. Die another day.

October 25, 2006

Don - a reviewless review.....

If Farhan Akthar might ever want to do a Thesis, He might find the references list pretty stocked as below. He would actually do well to add this title towards the end of his movie

References

Quentin Tarantino,Director of' Movie 'Kill Bill:' (2003)
John Woo, Director of' Movie 'Face Off' (1997)
Simon West, Director of' Movie 'Con Air' (1997)
Ian Flemming, writer of 'Moon Raker' (1977)
Dominic Sena, Director of' 'Sword Fish' (2001)


A multi faceted, Martial arts specialist ( Priyanka chopra) ( lifted from Killbill)is out to take revenge on Don, who actually is a impostor, with his features made to resemble that of the original Don ( Lifted a bit from Face/off, just to make the movie a bit modern). She realises that the one she wanted to avenge is dead. Then finally when the impostor is caught by the police and flown back (a la Con Air style plane prison)she teams up as in several anonymous bollywood movies, and tries to help him ( u can say, the original Don, ;-). He finally escapes and establishes who he is...only for a little bit of Travolta starrer Sword fish thrown in towards the end..


Now...watch the movie..I really liked it..:-)

Itz atleast 80% as enjoyable as Farhat Akhtars earlier hit DCH.

For that matter, think of it this way..

If u havent seen any of those english movies above, which would mean renting each one for $3 and thus costing u more than $12 bucks...u could as well pay $8 and watch this movie in the theatre..with the added advantage of watching a collage of all these movies in our 'Rashtra Baasha'

Btw, did I mention, Shahrukh rocks :-)
Have fun people :-D

October 24, 2006

Flash news..Aish' getting married

on the 27th of Nov to AB

seems like the marriage is in Chennai.....

I know..almost everyone is wondering how come u havent read this news anywhere.

Trust me...news is pukka..just that no presswala knows it yet..

Oh btw, AB aint Abhishek bacchan, itz me myself.. Arun B(fill up 14 more letters)
and yeh, Aishwaria is my fiancee's name..he he..:-D

Shd have made the announcement on Diwali day..missed it:-)

October 17, 2006

300 M th citizen

Ah., there u go and when u thought this nation has gotten rid of meaningless stats..
Here is one to add to the collection
300 Millionth citizen with the disclaimer it could after all be a Illegal Immigrant

Pray..how does that work. If he is illegal he is not a citizen and shdnt be counted.
If he gets his stay in america legalized, which the 'honorable' president is intent on making it so., for millions of immigrants then it would be quite a while before he becomes a citizen and so he cannot be counted into the 300M cap.

Now for the predictions One census bureau staff predicted that it would be a Latino boy born in LA that would be the 300 M th citizen.

lolz..to top it all comes the clarification from the Census bureau..
On an average, every 11 sec an american citizen is born. So by that time and calculation today is when the kid is born..

Hooray...The most intelligent nation..rejoice in ur 300 Mth citizen joining the other intellectualls...:-)

Enda Deiiii............

September 29, 2006

Vetti Velai

Gosh New job New place New ppl to Jollufy. More terminiology, more blank expressions, more eating out alone...

hmm. Boy, not all things work out the same way, does it..:-)

The only good thing to have happened this week was the security Screen for finger printing and stuff at my work place..

Seems they have a policy where u have to screen capture all ur fingers individually and then again the whole hand.

Waah., wat an experience., The Afro American girl....boy she was as fair as any white I have seen...with no blemishes on the skin that u wud normally associate in such mix - match...races:-)

But yeh Im digressing..I was in some other world, when she took my hand (I mean no metaphorical content, thts metaphor is reserved only for the time of marriage...:-)) and diligently pressed my finger against the finger scanner

Wonder why I made so many mistakes., Did I hear that I did that wantedly., Oh come on..how could u say that to me ppl.:-)

Sigh, I then had to do my paper work, where u had to mention a Contact person in case of emergency, and I had to put my fiancee's contact info.
And then finally after everything was done, she said "Here is my no. Call me next week"

and I looked at her as if startled with a "What ........" and with some kinda Mission accomplished expression on my face..

Which is when she completed the rest of the sentence. Here if you dont attend the info security meeting, this week, u wont be allowed to work. Call me at this no, if you have to reschedule..

Sigh...and I trouped off...

PS: Btw, for the Non tamil initiated folks, the title means 'One who works with purpose' all day..:-)

September 19, 2006

Airport Fiascos

Oh boy, I know most of you forgot that this blog existed..

But well I am, alive and kicking :-D

Before I forget, next time when u guys have to fly..check and see if Jet Blue Airlines flies in that route that u plan to do...

Even if it is just one leg of the journey, go for it.

Not only are they competitively priced to any other airlines, but the comforts are
awesome..

The one who owns Jet Blue was the one that found Southwest and then sold it over..

The benefits..
(1) Too good to believe Leg room compared to any other airline in the economy class
(2) More choice of food and drinks...gosh those ****ed up pretzels that they give now in most airlines..
(3) Comfy Leather seats that for real have padded cushions in them
(4) Almost never full :-D...so therz a better probability that the seat next to u may not be taken.
(5) CHEAP PRICES and above all, the clincher..

(6) In seat TVS with upto 36 channels
Gosh I could watch all the football action when I was travelling..

Nice eh....

But here are the cons

(1) Not so good looking Air hostesses..
(2) Not that many convenient times..
(3) Doesnt fly to many destinations...

But I hope they are improving on those 3 points.

But for the first 6 reasons quoted above. DO FLY THEM WHEN U GET A CHANCE NEXT. And yet by the same token, avoid US Air/ America west at any cost. Can u believe that u know an airline that refuses to honor its own Travel vouchers Well that is US Airways. NEVER EVER FLY them. And the are very very rude with the way they handle ur luggage. Totally uncouth Airlines.

Itz been a hectic three weeks travelling.

And so when there are flights, here are rental cars.
The pick
(1) Enterprise...*****ker, *****les
Yup., dont rent from them

(2) Thrifty..
Good choice..Can you believe the guy at the counter told me not to take the liablity
because that particular state is a No fault state.
(No-fault" laws mean that you ar responsible for coverage for your car, in case
u hit someone or viceversa and also that your auto insurance must pay for bodily injury damages no matter who's at fault in an accident)

Also another trick that helped me get good deals with Auto rentals.
Always go for the Economy option when booking. By this logic, if the rental company doesnt have one, they provide u with a free upgrade, mostly 2-3 times above the Economy( This is true in fast moving and busy airports)

Even if that doesnt happen, u can still upgrade for the usual $2- $3 upgrade per car class. So u stand to lose nothing:-D

Now now keep it a secret., will ya.

(3) National and Avis..
I dont know why these guys have high rates, when nobody goes for them..
I see their counters almost always empty and they still dont reduce their prices..
Gosh will somebody tell em...what to do...

And yeh, while at the airport u have to mention about the security...

When u have been selected for special screening..and this almost always happens
when u are running late for your flight and u are awefully close to missing the flight. This is what u shd do..

I got selected (Yaaaaaaaaaaay) twice for special screeing in a span of a 2 weeks.
and one was with a clean pair of socks other with a dirty smelly one. And guess what, the second time., it took them half the regular time to send me thro'.

So people., Wake up and smell the socks..Yikes..I mean smell the cofee., and follow the trips and.., I mean Tips and tricks.,,:-D

and last the funniest incident with the Airport Security screeners..

My last name being 16 letters long, the last name box allowed only 15 letters to be typed.

My 'smart ass' security checker saw that, dutily compared it with my name in my Drivers License and said, "Sir. This is not u. I cant let you thro..'

Granted I looked a bit puffy when I had taken that pic a few years back...and maybe a lil bit more smarter. cause the lady who took that pic at the DMV then was 'Beautilacious..' ( Ah now...how many of u remember that old contest with Dollops/ cadbury schwepps Icecream back home in India, when they had this contest of combining 2 words to create a new one)... and I might have grinned more showing my wonderful 32 set of teeth in the process to that camera..that she clicked..

but ther was no way, that dumb ass could not have a positive identification with me and that pic of mine. Eventually, in all that melee, what with me being just 10 mins away from missing my flight. I figured out he was trying to 'help me' as in his own words, the ones down the line past the metal detector are not as smart and may not let me thro, as my name doesnt have the same as many letters in my boarding pass
as in my DL..yes yes..it was 1 or 2 letters short..in 16.

He eventually saw, the 'Are u kidding me' look in my face..and let me thro. :-D

Oh yeah, and by the way...........Bye Bye Boston............Hello Chicago......:-D
I was hoping Id get to ski in the much vaunted New England Slopes..maybe I might yet make a trip sometime in Nov..hmm........

August 11, 2006

Race matters

Had to endure this countrys' long and unwinding Airport queues this week, and boy was I glad that I escaped the National guards on duty at the Boston Airport because of the terror threat from flights originiating from Britain.

I travelled the day before all this happened, and thankfully was able to avoid it. you can only imagine how it would be to spend like hrs in front of the Security check point. As I discovered, the other day, it takes only a few words for everyone to reach flash point, it is funny how the security screeners, can just behave differenly with different people.

I was at the security check point, and there was this afro american lady in front of me, and the flight I was to catch, had already started boarding. So the security screener, actually it was kind enough on his part to do so,called up people who have a flight in the next half hr to form a separate queue and was sending them in first as a priority.

He was being more than helpful, something he need not be, and this Afro American
lady in front of me did not hear him properly when he asked her who was travelling. Apparently she pointed to the girl in front of her, who was actually travelling with her, and she had that persons boarding pass in hand. And then proceeded to go thro the security check herself. The screener got totally confused and started questioning her for not communicating properly.

At which point, she with her booming voice, just took him on..Poor guy, dint even have the guts to look at her. I swear, had it been a white or a Hispanic, he sure would have let something fly in return. Indians u know...will never even think of that:-)

I have had similar encounters myself, and at the end of it all had realised, its never worth insulting yourself, by trying to argue with these people.

Again, the ones that I have seen at grad school or the ones at work, they are all like too good, too classy..

Argh..the one at my prev work place comes to mind..too cute. I was so drooling at her, and trying to patofy her (Oopz , hope my GF doesnt see this one..) unfortunately, I had to run away from her, once I realised she is more of a relegious person with an active interest in church and that sort of stuff..:-)

There was actually a funny event the week before, with the same security check point. At that time it was a young Afro American kid..in his teens I guess. He checked my name in the boarding pass,and then checked my ID. It so happens that the boarding pass couldnt print more than 14 letters of my last name, which unfortunately has 15 letters. He looked at it, and said, " oh oh, thts not u. Go to the counter and get it changed". I told him thts fine. thts not a problem. He just wouldnt listen nor would he compare with the photo ID, and did not let me thro' and to compound it all I had like less that 20 mins before the flight took off.
I got so mad, at his stupidity and said, something like, this is all ur system can take they cannot type in more than 15 letters into any name column.
He gave me a quizzical look and said.." oh oh...I was just trying to help u. U might get detained at the entry point, so thought will help u. I just gave him a wry smile and said, thnks appreciate it and pushed off.

Ah...wat all do we have to endure...:-)

July 30, 2006

ESP Anyone..

Pretty interesting..wonder if any else has had something like this before..

Friday, I was looking to get hold of someone that was in another office location of ours, and was leaving a msg at his desk No.

Thankfully, the russian tht sits opp me, was off that day...and his cube was occupied by another guy

For some reason or the other, I was thinking tht he was one of these guys that I had been trying to reach that day..

And it turned out that way. Of the 5 ppl or so that I called, I was thinking he could be one particular guy that I had been trying to reach, and when another passerby called him by his name..I was like wooooooooo'...

ah yeah.Did I say that he 'looked' spooky too...:-)

July 20, 2006

More Cricket

Ishant sharma...the next of the Tall speed merchants that India seem to be getting..these days..

Munaf, VRV Singh...and now this guy..well ....good going..

He and the other guy Yo Mahesh, who has been knocking for a while now...seem to be the next of the lot..nad are making waves at the current series for India u19 against Eng u 19.

Seems like the time frame for Indian fast bowlers is really small..

Come in on the strength of domestic performances, catch some selector or some seniors eye, dazzle for a year or 2 and then fade away with Injury...

Zaheer, Nehra, RP singh and Balaji seem pretty close to the exit door, if they are not yet out already...

Pathan seems to be following them pretty close...

And yeh add to that mix...the bheeshma of our times..Ajit Agarkar...:-D

It will be fun to watch who among these will man the Indian bowling attack..for the world cup...

I see Balaji, Nehra, and Sreesanth plus Munaf and pathan to be there representing the team at the world cup...Just a hunch...but lets see....

While on it, the Indian board's decision to not have Tendulkar take the fitness test...smells of some dirty secret hidden somewhere...

I, for one, will be really surprised if Tendulkar plays thro the whole tour of SL without one flare up...or the other...

Seems like sweeping something under the carpet..Lets see...


And then Mongia...oh boy what a flawed selection this is gonna be....

Mongia has been in form, accepted..but only in the 4 day matches in the counties,in England..and his record in 50 overs and 20-20 cricket there
this season, has been pathetic...and in the last 5-6 matches he has been getting out in single digits in almost all forms of cricket...

Considering he is going to find it difficult to break in with Raina waiting in the wings, lets see whats gonna happen to him...


If recent form was a critieria, why would they leave out Zaheer..He has had some blow hot and blow cold but mostly on the hotter side..in his
performances since arriving in England..and would have been in the positive frame of mind, had he got a go..


While at it, for the last time...Goodbye Gangs..
As sehwag said, we will miss ya:-)


For more cricket, look at the links on the side...:-D

July 15, 2006

July 10, 2006

The Illiterate

Went to this mall today in Burlington that had an 'Apple Store' ......

Was looking at their collection of IPods and the line ups of MacBooks and Power Mac G5's.....

Have to pat myself for resisting the temptation for not buying the Video Ipods...what with my dad and GF having already made
their demands known....poor me...looks like that elusive 'my own' Ipod will remain a distant dream...

What was impressive was The iMac's getting streamlined into the regular Market by having them fitted with Intel's Core duo Processors..

I got carried away and asked him if they are gonna do likewise and have the Turion Processors...fitted in...

Yup...Yup thatz wher the title comes in....:-D

He gave me a look that I felt if I asked him..."Is Bill Gates the CEO of Apple"...yikes...


They had the LogicXpress preinstalled as well...wow...was I impressed with that..
to compose ur own jingles..Guess I'll fall for this temptation pretty soon.........
waah...think of it..Im gonna have my own remixes....:-D

All that reminded of my first attempt to get familiar with the Macs' in Grad School..

That was a time when I was desperate to get an assistanship...and when this particular job came up that needed experience in
administering a lab that had only Imacs and no PC's...with the dual boost for me in the sense that...the job was for the Women' welfare
club...(He he....) and that it also had a tuition waiver combined with a high $1200 pay check........I was doubly keen
to extend my knowledge of Apples to macs and Cubes...


Gosh....Still remember that first exp to this day...not that I've gotten any better....from caressing the mouse to see where I should press it..

It reminded me of the Egg curry that my roomie used to cook...with seemingly no dents on any side...and I dint know how to get the damn thing to do
something...

and for getting worried that the processor hung up on me...when I realised that the desktop was totally blank and there was no startup button
anywhere...either on the screen or on the keyboard...

hmmm.....those days...:-D............

June 29, 2006

Soccer World Cup QF

And so we are at the business end of the world cup.....

Who is gonna win......

Germany Vs Argentina
This is probably going to be the biggest match of the world cup so far..
My 2 fav teams of all time,with Argentina being one of 3 fav in this world cup,
and they lock horns to decide the Semifinalist amongst them...

Too bad..

But Germany has shown remarkable improvement going to each match, a sea change from the pre tournament 'NO hope' tag..

I want Argentina to go thro, but I have a sinking feeling that Germany might make it thro'.


Eng Vs Portugal
The other 2 that complete the 3 fav teams for me for this world cup.
Another heartbreaker, cause only one of them will go thro..
I cannot bear one of them losing..but I guess I will let Portugal go thro..:-D

Brazil Vs France
France is not in the best of form...SO its a no brainer...Brazil all the way....
It would take a brave(or maybe foolish) man to bet against a Brazil win..

Italy Vs Ukraine
Ah...the easiest of the lot..Italy is gonna sleep walk and win and this game comfortably...



So the Semis is gonna be
Germany (My heart wants Argentina though........)
Portugal
Brazil
Italy..


Anybody up for bets......:-D

Lets have a small game..whoever gets the winner right, will have 2 points for each correct prediction
and 1 negative point for each wrong prediction..

and if you can predict the score line as well..your points will get doubled accordingly..

and the winner gets.............your own all expense paid trip to boston..and then a free ride around the town with my
GPS installed car and a reality show watch of the middle finger strutting bostonians...;-)

June 28, 2006

Musings......

Whats worse than having nothing much to do @ work and when you are desperately waiting for the long weekend to kick in..

If you ask me, itz listening to a tech conversation @ work between a Russian/Polish and a Chinese..in...hold your breath English......

The russian Stresses on every damn 2nd alphabet that a word has, and the chinese, seems to think every second letter slips into the prev letter and forms a new alphabet and pronunciation that only he can understand..

Yikes...I am not even gonna attempt to try what they said to each other..

Funny part is...while I'm tearing my hair out those 2 seem to be at ease understanding the other..

Boy...I dread the day, when I have to be in a meeting with these 2.......:-)

A lil bit of dipping into my prev Cihnese encounters..revealed as much........:-)

Learn Chinese

I Sink..

PS: Does it sound like, I'm doing some self promotion here...naah..never mind;-)

June 24, 2006

When ther is no free lunch

Boohooo.........Somebody promised me free lunch and then said nooooo..........grrrr
So what do u do...eh...

Apparently sit and home and browse..

So here we go...:-)

Try not to freak out....:-)

Click1

and apparently...for the naughty boys...here is one more

Click 2

For some reason, cant get the video link working..so here is the regular link...

June 22, 2006

Mr.Chappell Call me

Mr.Chappell ur contact no.s please..

And so between Soccer, basketball and F1, not to mention the 'love' affair...I still managed to be in touch with the cricket action.


A few things worth noticing..well not for me...But for Dravid and Greg Chappell if they DO blog hopping..that is..

You might want to heed the advice, considering how my prev cricket posts were bang on...and eventually, u 2 did do something similar..(he he..)..here goes the next piece of vignette..

The ODI series has to be viewed as just one of those things..

the good thing was the closeness of the series, the emergence of the WI( atleast on home turf) and the need to get some really quick bowlers...and ofcourse for Pathan to bend his butt over..and get some speed in..

So back to our test match attack...Munaf seems to be the find...and I was thinking as much after his Ranji exploits in tandem with Zaheer..
Unfortunately..zaheer fizzled out after they brought him in, on the basis of his showing..

But I guess, Munaf is more of a partnership breaker rather than the main seamer...and so he would do well in the presence of an incisive left arm seamer..

Currently Pathan doesnt have the pace on these kind of wickets, to be incisive..

The next stop would be Zaheer and nehra, considering both are returning back to competitive cricket..

and ofcourse Balaji who has the knack of bowling the outswingers and leg cutters which should compliment the likes of Munaf and the left armers, pretty well...

Of course, if Zaheer still shows that he hasnt learned and doesnt produce pace, time to put more faith in RP singh and get him to partner Munaf...

Zaheer had all those wicket taking stuff, in Ranji trophy last year, courtesy munaf..and now in COunty cricket partnering Kabir Ali..and those two are similar bowlers that make batsmen play every delivery...

As for Sreesanth and VRV Singh..they will have to find partners they can bowl well in Tandem...Wouldnt hurt to go back to ranji and find one from their respective zones...I am not happy with both their actions..not that it is slimy, but just that they are not utilizing their height at the point of delivery both of them seem to be croching a bit at delivery stride, VRV with his legs, and Sreesanth with his shortish arm action..

So the thinktank...can you listen....

If you still aint convinced, please look at my earlier posts and decide...:-D

Pawar Play
Goodbye Gangs
BCCI-show some spine

June 20, 2006

Famous Geminis

Famous Geminis>

Good enough, but they still havent added the best of em all....and the greatest of em all..

Ginks.........:-)

well well..as they say, the best come at the very end...June 20th...

aint so ppl ...:-D

June 13, 2006

JJ Vs KK --Cartoon

Check this out.........
Itz soo much fun...:-)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ssTdyW6YuDk&search=tamil

June 09, 2006

Never lost Navgiation...yaa Rite....!!

Oh boy somebody got tired of the geese and the yada yada...and the same old post.:-)

so here goes...

Boston...one place Ive wanted to work ever since I started thinking of getting into the job market..
and so I finally drove into boston, towards the end of may...cursing the zillion toll booths on the way...

Can you believe it...a 16 hr drive from Chicago to Boston, and my co passenger on the drive swore that she will never ever cross thro Ohio or Virginia or NY by car...

lolz her very first long trip and so goes the feelings...

well I wud probably agree with her...esp with Ohio..

All they have is crap for roads...and they charge $4 for every toll crossings....

but then letz not go there..yet

I'll have to start with my title for that..

Yup..wat exactly is GPS...with that captive ad....Never LOST...

oh boy wat a misnomer..

what with you do with a GPS whose most preferred dialogue to me is

LOST SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

u r zipping at 80+ miles at the freeway and about to take an exit..when it goes..Lost satellite navigation..

or sample this..I miss an exit and then it recalculates..

Left drive another 2 miles, turn left....stay on the left...and then when u turn that final left.turn...

Recalculating..
and then u go follow the new route...by which time it gets tired of turning left and now wants u to turn right...

and then..when u finally think u r back on track...comes the ace that its been hiding its sleeve...
LOST SATELLITE COMMUNICATION..
well well, Ive to say, Ive been having fun with the GPS,,,,pissing off already agressive boston drivers..

maaan, never ever have I seen, ppl so fond of their middle fingers, that they show it proudly to the person in the next car...
u stand for an extra split second at the green light, and out comes the honking from the car behind u...
and with my propensity...to drive my car slowly wantedly, when somebody does that...Ive had my more than fair share of middle fingers...to the extent that Im now thinking of patenting a device that is prosthetic version of the the right
arm and the middle finger specifically that ppl can affix to their steering wheel..in such a way that the other car drivers can see...

yikes...more to follow on the GPS atrocities that drove me nuts and the other boston escapades..

:-)


PS..oh madsies..am I right about Boston;)

May 17, 2006

JJ and the stupid Goose..

Oooh...and so JJ lost..

Time for land prices in Velacheri to go up and have more 'development' in that area..

Time for Judges to handle more 'ADMK' related cases

Time for Police officers to be transferred

Time for Sarath kumar and Radhika to rewrite their scripts..

Amongst all, the worst sufferers would be those that changed their allegiance at the last moment to ADMK from DMK

In that category, Sarath, Vaiko are the biggest losers..

I expect KK to bid adieu to planet earth very soon..

I think, his very thinking of the way the police man handled him during JJ's regime is gonna set his pulse racing and when he thinks about revenge, things are gonna boil over and time for 1 week state mourning..

Oh yeah...I am 'eagerly' awaiting the promised Color TV and Gas stoves...rofl..if things burst up and houses go up in flames, will they have cases slapped against DMK for faulty TV and stoves..

oh yeah....If you are still wondering what the stupid Goose thingie is about..
itz just these flock of geese that are in the parking lot of my gf apt..

They somehow seem to like my Acura so much that they 'decorate' it unfailingly..

and when somebody scared me that their S**T is acidic and will scrape the paint of my car...boohooooooooooo:-(


PS: All those with political affliations and animal right activists , all the comments above are in Jest :-)
Pliss dont 'sue' me....... :-D

May 10, 2006

This day that Age.

Okee...So the title has been lifted from one of those articles that appear in 'the Hindu'...

Vi...Nooo..Its not plagiarism now :P

Somehow, for reasons unknown, when I got to hear the news that the founder of my High school, St.Johns senior sec school, Mandavelli, where I studied till Class 10, passed away last week..I was flooded with memories, not necessarily related to him..than it is to the school..

Guess it all started, with the phone call last week, back home, when my mom told me about his demise.

I have heard enough rumors during that time, as to how that guy was a local pauper in that area., who first managed to build a thatched hut for a school, that soon grew into one of the biggest and best in the area..only to fall down in standards, after the fiasco and rukus that JJ had created about CBSE and state board stream in early 90's.

Being a CBSE affliated school, they tried to stem the rot, by making some of the sections state board medium, but I guess it never worked.Anyways, back to the memories...
There are quite a few things that stand out. But then I wouldnt want to etch them all...just because it would show the 'bad me' outside., or as to how I was 'tortured' for my mischievious ways..

So outside of them, the one thing that I got reminded of yday was the NCC days we had in school..

And again that prolly was cause of the Camp thingie that Shilpa was talking about..

Guess it was a 1 day camp, that we had attended in Loyola college during my class 8 or 9, I fail to remember.

2 incidents stand out..
It so happened that we were assigned a weapons training day and after the initial brief session on how to use firearms, we were asked to fire at targets some 60 ft away.

The practice ground has a railway track going behind it..and we were all afraid that we would hit the ones that were hanging' from the train..(if you know how the crowds in India travel). We were assured that it wouldnt happen, one because they were Rubber pellets and two it wouldnt travel that far..

So there were 20 of us in all, and I was right at the center. We were given our dart boards as targets propped against sand bags.

We all fired some 10 rounds, and then it was time for the officer to check who was the best amongst all., and so off we went to the target boards.

I went near mine and realised, to my horror, that I had not even one shot on the board. Forget the Bulls eye' not even any where on the periphery.

Imagine my state of mind, when the guy next to me had around 7 shots out of 10 in the circle and 2 pretty close to the bulls eye.

I just couldnt agree that he was a better shooter.and that was when I decided to investigate..
I counted all the pellet shots in his target and realised that he had like 7 within the circle and another 10 elsewhere on the board outside the targeted area.

Yess...u guessed it right, We were targeting the same board, and I was shooting at his thinking it was mine..:-D

The officer was mightily pissed off, first for me not hitting even one..cause I had been such a big mouth during training and that I was also the Lance Corporal, as I should be leading them in drills., and when he got to know of the 'combined' target he got so mad...and made me..carry the rifle around the ground..
Guess it was like 3 rounds around a football ground...sheesh.................

There was an even more interesting incident though..This was with the guy on the other side of me. The way the gun used to work, was that after every shot, we have to unload the rifle and make it spit out the unused portion of the pellet from the barrel of the gun.
Apparently one of the shots in his gun had misfired, and he did not realised it. And so when he unlocked his barrel, out came the 'hot' peice flying out of the barrel and plush into the face of the guy next to him..

Yikes, the deep throated sound that came up immediately after the HOT pellet hit his cheek...gosh I still remember to this day...Im sure he still has a mark on his face, cause of that...:-))

Pity, I dont remember who that was....

There were quite a few other incidents...I'll blog them when I have the guts to make fun of myself..;-)

May 04, 2006

America's Possibility Coach

Had an opportunity to listen to this guy..during the opening session of a 2 day session on Testing improvements methodology @ my workplace.

Maybe, on hindsight, I think I would have been one among the very few, for whom, what he said would have really meant something..
Those were the last 2 days @ work for me, after a week of uncertainity regarding my position..

And listening to this guy...was like a whiff of fresh air..

Author of 'How high can u bounce'...this guy was positiveness personified..
and for someone like me, that has a 'dont care attitude' which I wrongly took as a sign of positiveness, whatever he said made pretty interesting listening.

What was interesting about what he said, was that he had a theme for the session.
Normally Opening sessions at any major company, would be a list of whos who and what one expects over the next few days...

Im glad I made it to this session.
Somehow over the last 2 weeks, even when my position@ the company was kinda unsure, I had made it a point that I shd attend the 2 day seminar at any cost, irrespective of what happens @ work.

and I should say, my thought process was right.

Before going any further, if you want to google up..;-) the guys name is Roger Crawford.
Btw, lemme see, how many of u notice this, Doesnt he look a bit like Tom Hanks..:-)

The theme for the session was 'Reaching New Heights'..

and he did touch upon it, every now and then...just like Indian movies do, when trying to fit in their title at some point in the movie or in a song..

But hey..he meshed it up pretty beautifully..

Guess it went on for a little more than an hr..which I thought could have been pruned down a bit...
but it was pretty funny and there were interesting quips every now and then..

He has a physical deformity as well to boot, but what was refreshing was that, having been used to ppl making fun of their disabilities so that others dont..
this guy was the opposite..

He has just a single finger on both his hands..(correct me if Im wrong...as I saw him from a distance) and at the end of it all, was showing a video of him playing tennis with another guy..
Boy..for someone like me, that has a one in 5 chance of serving properly( without, touching the net, that is) and for a fact, he played a longer rally than I manage to play on a regular basis..:-)

But what set the tone for the rest of the day were his poser to everyone..

(1) Where are you coming from
(2) How long have you been there
(3) Where do you intend to go from here..

It made a lot of sense to me, esp cause as I was thinking about quitting my job as the extension offered to me,was taking me nowhere close to where I wanted..and while I was debating, if I should continue to keep the job, while looking for another,,
whatever he said made me make up my mind..

Some of the other gems that he came up with., not necessarily his..which again is immaterial...

Challenges in life are inevitable..Defeat is optional..

Managing your way through failure is less difficult, than trying to maintain success.

In times like these, it is imp to remember that there have been times like these..


Pretty neat...I'm glad that I did hear him speak..
Though I pretty much wanted to go upto him @ the end of it all, and talk to him for a few minutes, I couldnt do so, as I had to rush for other seminars..

I wanted to walk up and tell him " I wanted to see how it is to shake hands with those lovely hands of yours"

Thats actually how he refered to it himself..:-)

If you get a chance to listen to him...please do so..

Motivational speaker..he sure is.....

Keep it up Roger...One day I'll get to shake hands with ya..
and yes play tennis with you as well:-)

pretty positive, aint it ;-)

April 25, 2006

The long lost Post...

An elderly couple made their way to the President's office @ Harvard university.

Ragged and dressed in tattered clothes the couple did not make pleasant viewing..

The President had no intention of talking them. Displeasure showing in his face, and every word, he wanted to get it done with..

So why are u here, what do u want...

Our son was a student here for a year, he recently died..in an accident, we want to...

Whaaaat.., build a statue for ur son!!. Sorry we cant do all that. you can go..

No...,the elderly couple hesitated..

We were actually thinking of constructing a building in his name..

yeh rite. Do u have any idea how much it would cost....The principal sneered..,atleast 1M $ ........he trailed off.

The couple had a hurried discussion amongst themselves..

Isnt that too much for u...the president sneered again..

well actually no...,If it costs just a million Dollars, in that case, we wud actually build our own school..

The president gasped...

The couple that were sitting in front of him, were Mr and Mrs Stanford..

And thus was born Stanford University.......

PS: Translated from an article found in Kumudam...

PS to PS: :-)...Not bad eh...My translation skills from tamil to english are pretty good..
High time I started working on translating thirukural and all other poetry stuff into english...;)

As they say, orru paanai sorruku orru sorru patham...(meaning..tasting one morcel of rice from the pot is enough, to say if itz cooked or not)


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So how u doin ppl :-)
Pliss...fill in the attendance roster in the comments section;-)

April 14, 2006

HNY

Happy new year folks...

btw, does anyone know what the tamil new year is called ;-)

April 03, 2006

Gmail is a Fraud

I know itz pretty ironic a title after my prev one..

But then,...IS gmail eroding ur privacy..

All Gmail users...Not sure if I have read anything on this before...
But guess, need to have this investigated...

Looks like Google has a software that scans thro the content of emails
and provides sponsored ads on the side accordingly.

I checked a few of my mails..

(1) A dell email with info computers- laptops and batteries
and the ads are similar to that/..
with discounts frm individual battery suppliers..
(2)Checked emails with the word fwd in the subject
Now they know most ppl just delete fwd mails...
and there are no ads for that...

(3) a email frm my friend..with no subject
he asked abt apt details and car details(specifically honda and toyota) in the mail
and lo wat do I get, ads about honda and apt rental agencies..

and this continues..

Man.,..if this is true, these guys are invading privacy..

Something needs to be done about it..

March 22, 2006

Google...I love ya

Well well..what more can I say,.

All I did was type my first name and click on Im feeling lucky and this is what I get..


I am Lucky..Aint' I

woooh am I soo popular to have a District in my Name...:-D

Now now ppl, I can See ya...Dont u go to Google and type ur name there to see what u get :P

In passing, saw this Interview on Rediff

India was the greatest wastage of manpower

Some of his comments that caught my eye..
Do you agree with the view that democracy in India makes reforms profound and brings in less disparity in society than it is in China?

I would not agree at all.

India was never unified under one ruler anytime in its history. With all the dialects and all the languages, democracy is the only thing that will work here.

For 2,500 years a ruler is ruling China. The Chinese will have to chalk out their own course. In China government-led reforms has reached the people. So let us not be childish and ask which is better. It is meaningless.

(American basketball star Yao Ming (who is Chinese) cannot do what I can do, I cannot do what Yao Ming does. Who is better -- that is ridiculous. Tell Yao Ming to do gymnastics, tell me to do basketball -- it's ridiculous. Let's be men, let's not be boys!

Besides the predictable answer of infrastructure, what are India's problem areas?

Ideology. Socialism is still ingrained in the minds of many in India. The fact that you have democracy means that the policy of one group can be voted out the next time. This also means that politicians will have to be hankering for votes. These are the realities of democracy.

And that does not say anything good or bad about another system.

So, while saying that you are good doesn't mean that I am bad. So if you are bad, doesn't mean I am good. You are you, I am me!
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Not that I agree with him...but yeah...he probably missed the most imp point..
Democracy gives u the option to do something
Communism rather, takes the option away from you..

Hmm...maybe that isnt too big a thing for him...having grown with that all his life..:-)

March 20, 2006

Taxi no.9211

And so Bollywood is churning out good movies with a lil more regularity..

Got to watch this one the other day, with my GF and though the basic premise for this story has been lifted from the hollywood 'original' Changing Lanes. The director is smart enough to make changes and have his own spin on it.

John abraham plays the part..and so does Nana Patekar which is expected of course..

What is interesting is the trend of star performers giving voice overs like telling the initial plot before the story unfolds..

Having gotten used, to some booming voice, that used to do that during the mahabharata story on DD,we now have Amitabh doing that quite regularly and in this movie it is Sanjay Dutt..in his now popular munnabhai isstyle..

There is also SOnali Kulkarni..who I have always liked, and she does a good job in this movie. The movie is basically about Ego clashes between 2 guys..and one of the songs that reflects the mood of the characters midway in the movie is pretty good..

So is the other one at the very end, more of an album song but pretty nicely done...The opening scene pretty much makes u ask..is this again another of those sleazy movies..the way nana gropes his 'wife' sonali Kulkarni..thankfully though itz just a one off' scene..

A worthy watch....Go for it..

Appealed to me..:-)

PS: Interesting portion abt the movie, I went with my GF( been goin around for a few weeks now, and that shd explain my absence here..,;-D ) and the moment we, entered the theatre complex, there were a couple of guys, that did a nudge nudge wink wink to their other buddies pointing to my GF and her roomie who was with us as well. She was the one that noticed it, suffice to say, was interestin to be on the other side of the fence for once, and get to hear the other side of the story as well..:-)

February 23, 2006

Goodbye Ganguly...

And so...'Ganguly has been read out his Final rites..or does it seem otherwise.?

His removal from the ODI team was warranted..and timely..

Not sure if that was the case with his Test team..

They did not give him an un interrupted run..first and he was included for the wrong reasons.

Again, on Form and for the controversy generated, he shd not have been there in the first place for the team to Pak..He was..

and popular thoughts would have been to continue with him now that Yuvi is Injured.

But then..the selectors decided to correct an earlier mistake..and removed him..

Well well...who suffered,..Nobody more than Kaif, and that batsman now has to proove
himself all over again...which is by no means easy, now that he has a mini form slump as well.

But coming back to Ganguly. It is always a good strategy to remove 'Top' echelons first whenever something wrong happens and changes need to be made.After all its the leaders that have been given all the powers to get things on track. It is there mistake if they to not use their power to set things right.

The ODI team was getting stale of ideas and strategies., and with nothing productive
in terms of result., something had to give in. With a New Coach, the only option had to be the decision maker on the field., which was Ganguly..

Fair to the team, they have implmented new ideas in the ODI format and have become more
successful..

and so that decision was prooved correct.

Back to the test match format., Ganguly did acquit himself well in the 2 inings against Pak. But then with his exp he should have thrown a better rear guard challenge than the one he came up with.

He has himself to blame, and I guess he knew that himself., when he said 'I could have done better' on return frm Pak.

The only pity being the way he was booted out.
For somebody who restored Indias pride with his no nonsense approach to captaincy, and the pleasure he gave to viewers, with his batting., this is the limpest way to get out of reckoning and from the public View.

Wish we could dedicate one of the ODI's in the current game against Eng to him..for all that he has done to Team India..

Ganguly...Keep your head High..
Most of the current performers in the Current team owe it to you., for what they are and where they are now., and that is more than half the teams list., plus the biggest asset "a Can Do Attitude'which I would say, even sachin Tendulkar came short with when compared with Ganguly.

You Should be proud of them... and we all are of you...

Now go..introduce some Nice dishes in your Bengali Restaurant..

I'll be there sometime, in the next few months, to sample some of them.:P
For an earlier cricketing post..
Here you go
waaah....and How right I've been prooved...
Some of the points I have there., Chappell and the selection team can think of only, now..
I should be made..a Resident Consultant with Team India...grrrrrrrrr

February 20, 2006

Yayyyy...Im a Multi millionaire:-D

Burkino Faso....Here I come......;-)

boy..for some reason, I am a personal fav of this gentleman and his ilk..They havent left a single email ID of mine untouched..:-)

And yeh before u start reading...Here is a little vignette into the minds of relegious Guys.
Why do boys go to temples....:-)

Answer at the end of the post..
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From the Desk of Mr Samuel Martins
Account and Audit Department
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.

Dear Friend,


I am Mr Samuel Martins,Manager Account and Audit Department Bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;As I resumed duty, I discovered an account with total sum of $10,000,000.00 million that has not been operated on.

From my investigation, I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife and only daughter.

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Morris Thompson did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$10,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has ever come forward to claim it.

According to Burkina Faso Law, at the expiration of 6(six) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Burkina Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Morris Thompson so that the fruits of this man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe can not stand as next of kin to him.l have agreed, that after the smooth conclusion of the transaction,that l will make it 60-40 for you considering you as a foreign partner,in respect to the provision of a foreign account,There after l will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage agreed.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you account as arranged,you will apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased,indicating your full name,your private telephone and fax numbers for easy and effective communication and the location where in the money will be remitted.Upon the receipt of your reply, l will send to you by EMAIL OR FAX the text of the application.

Be you informed that this transaction is hitch free both now and in the future you should not entertain any fear whatsoever,as all required arrangements have been perfected for the transfer.Call me for more details on my private number 00226.76.57.88.47 Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully
Mr Samuel Martins
Audit and Account, manager
(BOA).

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Becoz temple is the only place where u can find..

Pooja
Bhakti
Bhawna
Shraddha
Aarti
Archana
Aradhana
Shanti
Jyoti :-D


Pity......All I knw is one of em...:-)

February 14, 2006

My dear val day...

PS: Title inspired from: My dear marthandan..

The flowers were lined up at the office entrance.
Ours being a big one, every building had an alphabet attached to it., and
near my entrance, marked P..there were a bunch of flower baskets..with somebodys name on it.

First glance, I just brushed past it..after all I dint think I wud have impressed anyone within the first 2 weeks of my joining here..

But then seeing the oohs and aahs..I was tempted to go look.

And there...was one with my name on it..

I cudnt believe it..was like wow...and in spiderman style..some lucky girl fell into my trap..:-D(oh come on, I shd be given to hyperboles once in a while..aint it )

I took it to my desk..and everyone on the way were givin me jealous glances and I was feeling kinda dizzy..( I mean, on top of the world)....;-)

I just cudnt work for the next 2o mins or so..cause I was busy figuring out who sent it..

I was trying to recollect all the girls that Ive been trying to patofy for the past 2 weeks..,and I thought I had zeroed in on the name...,WHEN..

a heavy hand landed thud on my shoulders..
"Giiiii...day dreaming kya...what are you doing looking clutching at the box of wipes..
Is that what you got for Valentines' day"........

It was my team lead checking on me if I had started work for the day...

And then I woke up...:-D

waah...Jeenu, Priya and Vi and the rest....and u all thought only u can write stories eh... :P

Saranya K..now that shud satisfy your asking for a 'not so serious' post , aint it :)

February 09, 2006

The many faces of India

Rhythm In Her Veins, Step Lightly
'God is one. When I pay obeisance through mudras, I'm imploring not just the Hindu Bhagvan but the supreme creator. It just happens that we call him by different names.' So says a young Muslim girl who excels in Bharatanatyam. Only to face mahallu's wrath




Interesting(Maybe, that is not the right choice of word, possibly ' Disstressing is a better choice)...to see such mindless objections being raised...that too to a dance form cause tha its considered belonging to a diff relegion...

That raises another interesting question...How come there is no art form that is supposedly considered as representing Islam??

Or is there any? but then, I wouldnt knw...

January 31, 2006

And so...the 50th post...

Has to be materialistic......Nai:-)

So here goes....



My blog is worth $5,645.40.
How much is your blog worth?

January 26, 2006

Call Centers - An American perspective

This was something that happened last week @ my old job..
This American guy...he is a pretty nice guy, was telling me and another colleague abt one his exp with an Indian call center rep.
Apparently, he had a problem with one of his network router stuff and wanted help.
and so it went to someone in Bombay..apparently..not exactly sure where...

So..watever that female said, dint work out for him...and both of them were tired of it.

So it seems this guy told her, maybe there is something u r missing, why dont u get me to someone else or maybe to ur supervisor..

and so all of sudden, acc to him, that is, this lady goes berseck..and in an intimidating tone..
"oh now, u want to talk to my supervisor...eh and complain about me...Nope"


so this guy goes " So where are you from"

"India"

"oh Indian, ..."
at which point she just blew up on him and put the fone down...


Me and my colleague who was also Desi, couldnt control any much more, started laughing big time,
and told him, u probably deserve it man..
He was a very good friend, and ofcourse he knew we were just pulling his leg..

The point was, Wat kind of mentality has been created in India about Brash americans..

Good to see that girl giving it back to him...for watever he said...but the way he told me that, I thought it just slipped out and that he profusely apologised..

That reminds me of another guy, who was talking abt the call centers, and said there is a program that is going to be aired on prime time in the US, wherein participants are paid money to talk dirty to these call centers folks in India..

Apparently this is going to be a reality show..and they are going to have fun at the expense of these call center ppl..

Hmm...wonder what lawsuits NBC is going to face for this stupid show if it does go thro...

Way to go 'New India'.....Dont take it lying down...(any which way...for 'the twisted' minds...that is:P )

January 20, 2006

Dinner Time..

and soooo...back to the world of tags...

boy...and the lil birdie that tagged me says I shd invite jus 6 ppl for the dinner..Now now..thts unfair...and since therz nothing much I can do abt it..I'll just stick to the blog world..

I thought I cud call all the strip club dancers but then..on second thoughts I decided that shud be a private dinner with them..not public..:-D

So here goes my invite list..

(1) FFBW
(2) Vi
(3) Jeenu
(4) Bhole
(5) Snake man and
(6) EE

There are quite a few others in that list..Priya, Priyamvada, Archana, Shilpa, Mukund and sowmya.,to name a few, that missed out...and having them wud have been fun too, but I guess the 6 ppl limit quashes all that and I'd stick with ppl I ve knwn from the beginning here on blog world.

Well mainly...3 guys to 4 girls shd be good...:-D and ofcourse almost everyone knows the other...so the initial 'getting to knw' period is almost non existent..

(I knw, probably EE is kinda not known to the rest of the gp..but there has to be someone thts new and someone that everyone else can pick on....haaaa...EE my way of 'revenge')

Other than that, all are pretty nice ppl...and since all the femmes mentioned refuse to send me any pics..this is the best way to make them 'appear in person'...Im not sure abt Bhole and Snake man but I'd wanna assume they are in the same 'boat'..(Nice Analogy eh, If I go down, they go down too...:-D)

and since Vi ha sbeen anice girl to me, and I have already tagged Jeenu before, and that I remember that FFBW put me in trouble once, I'll pass on the tag to her...

and so the honorary membership of the tag club passes on to..

FFBW
Archana
Visithra and
Sowmya

Let good fortunes and tidings come ur way and let the cupid smile on u next month ..if you make it to the dinner and/or honor the tag...:-)

January 17, 2006

Drum up public support.....will ya..

Now now, this is a national issue...one that cuts across Citizens, Green card holders
naturalized citizens and other internationals whether legal or illegal..

After all, the perception that US is a free market is gonna change with this legislation. All the more reason...that people are worked up no less over this ruling..

"What is this fella talking about/....." I hear you people..

This is the issue...
and Im pretty much worked up over it..

There is a new rule...
A four-foot "no touch" zone shd be maintained as a buffer between strip club patrons and the exotic dancers who depend on their tips.

If enforced, the rule would preclude the ever-popular lap dances and the traditional manner of tipping dancers.


Boy...Shd I start a signature campaign now...:-D

Now are you thinking "It was far better when this guy dint post since new year..." arent you..;-)


and yeh...my stupid score...courtesy Saranya


The Stupid Quiz said I am "Pretty Smart!" How stupid are you? Click here to find out!


Since I scored pretty well, I am ready to display it here PROUDLY.. :-D