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 17, 2006
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..;-)
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 ;-)
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 ;-)
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