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Coming back to Blogging

2011-08-30T13:09:00.001+05:30

There was a time when i used to pray the below mentioned hymns, though not exactly in the same sequence. Blogging is a wonderful thing Blogging is a really cool thing....Incase some of you would have noted the Dewey Finn/Ned Schneebly (School of Rock) inspiration in the above prayer, I duly give due credit to the original. But my prayer is my prayer.But I should admit sadly bravely that the

Flickr updates

2011-08-24T18:03:00.002+05:30

Hey all When i started out with flickr, i never imagined that such a day would come. Now when such a day has come i think i should log it here. Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

The macro is here....

2011-08-23T12:46:00.001+05:30

It is a pleasure to announce that i have finally got the macro lens.I was duly expecting it to arrive much later, say some time during Feb 2012. But due to certain unexpected events i reached my hand much faster than i expected. A special thanks to Pramod (a good friend and great man) for getting it down.Please check the following link flickr for images clicked using the macro lens.

what to name it ?

2011-08-08T14:45:00.001+05:30

what to name it ?, originally uploaded by ohiorat.One of those shots taken with my newly acquired 70-300G. An attempt at macro photography. I believe everything came out well. Just got bemused at the juncture of naming it. Still undecided. The following are the tiny bit of Post Processing done1) Slight edition of the curves using Gimp. 2) A greenish borderThank you all for liking it.

Flickr

2010-11-18T11:53:00.001+05:30

I know, I might not be the first guy to sing hymns about Flickr. And i am sure i wont be the last either. The moment i got a camera, the first advice i got that i should create a flickr account. I did create one. But due to the upload limit i didnt feel so welcome here. To add to that my random uploading of all pics also counted as a reason for me not uploading in it for a long time. I tried

Candolim Beach

2010-11-18T11:35:00.001+05:30

Candolim Beach, originally uploaded by ohiorat.This was shot when we were on a short visit to Goa. And i realised that Goa requires atleast 3 to 4 days to be fully explored. Lots of scenic views. Lot of serene beaches. Candolim beach is one of them. Didnt get to see anything else. But then max one day in Goa is not done. Goa expect me to come again. EaswarP.S. The missus says she wont let me go

Update

2010-10-29T01:52:00.001+05:30

Hey allA frequent visitor to this space would know that i own a camera and i keep bragging about it by posting photos every now and then. You would think that i could very well do it on flickr. Yes, you think right. And i have just done that. Following is the flickr link. Please feel free to go there and check the pics i upload. Feel free to let me know what you think. Yea, this pic is

Pink Hibiscus

2010-10-27T10:32:00.002+05:30

This pic was taken while i was just taking a walk in the park. This is one of the pics which i took with my new 50mm/1.8f AF prime. Good thing about this pic is that i did not do any cropping with it. D90 and the 50mm lens together is a deadly combination. All i had to do was shoot in the program mode. I just added the fuzzy border plugin and the signature. As always i used gimp. Cheers

F.Y.I.

2010-10-26T12:46:00.000+05:30

Hey AllWordpress is cool. No questioning that. But due to certain problems i find it hard to update daily on wordpress. And so i had been contemplating a move back to blogger. A switch of loyalty! A betrayal!! And i was worried, very worried. That is when I decided that i will have both. It may be true that I can't have the cake and eat it. But I surely can maintain a wordpress account and a

wordpressing from now on

2009-01-28T22:54:00.003+05:30

Yes, I am leaving blogspot. I have been explaining a lot about why my url is ohioratsnep and not horatio pens. Let me admit that putting anagrams as an url was a mistake. But did i learn from it ? No, I didn't. Because my new blog at wordpress has this as the url http://rawseawasrare.wordpress.com/. Apart from this change you will see the same title 11111111111111111111111/10:26. So you get it

13 songs

2009-01-20T22:51:00.007+05:30

I have listed a set of songs, in no particular order of preference as all of them are pretty close to me. I wish i had enough knowledge to analyze the songs musically. All of them are lyrically awesome, at least to my mind. And they are pretty rich musically as well. 1) Ride my seesaw -- The moody blues2) Eh Ajnabi -- A.R. Rehmann3) I am a rock -- Simon and Garfunkel4) Aicha - Khaled5) Coming

my own super power

2009-01-19T13:21:00.005+05:30

Have been soaked up with Heroes. I finished all the episodes released till date. Quite interesting,I say. I could be mutated to acquire a power. Or i could genetically inherit it. Either ways i have a power. So, I started thinking of the power i could possibly or probably possess. And i noticed that people yawn when i am around, when talking to me. IT happened too often for me to ignore. And a

jefferson airplane

2009-01-13T11:59:00.005+05:30

Have been tripping on a lot of jefferson airplane. Psychedelic rock. Awesome music. "The ballad of you and me" just gets me to another plane. Not to mention "White Rabbit" , presumably Grace Slick's best song influenced by "Alice in Wonderland". Lot more songs worth a mention. Please start listening them to know what you have missed.By the way, AR Rehman wins a Global Globe. Awesome. ARR is a

The Great Indian Managers Dilemma - Part Three

2009-01-09T14:59:00.003+05:30

Hey Folks, Welcome to another post of The Great Indian Managers Dilemma. I must confess that my prototype of the Great Indian Manager is a Male. This is my tribute to the greatest manager, live or dead, and a great friend. At times he a greater friend and a great manager. Any guesses ? Chalo, I will make it easy for you. It is Silla. Some believe it is also because of Micheal Scott @ The office.

The old gives way for the new

2009-01-08T11:12:00.002+05:30

I,a linguistically confused Mal-Tam, believe in the simple things of life without which life is nowhere near to cosmic. I also sport a lot of beads which i think gives me somekinda Mojo. I am also planning to give CAT / grow hair which ever happens first. A majorly screwed up guy i am, i want life to take me to where it wants me to, till a point will come when i will decide the fate of the

resolutions @ 2009

2009-01-05T11:05:00.005+05:30

Was having a conversation with an old friend yesterday, and we got to resolutions for the current year. Then we reached a mutual consensus that resolutions are nothing but restraints. Having said all that, following are the constraints i impose on myself this year.1) Learn to play the guitar 2) Learn a language (Italian)3) Get rid of the tummy which has become quite apparent 4) Finish off all the

Happy new 2009

2009-01-02T10:56:00.002+05:30

Have you guys ever wondered what Christano Ronaldo's biography will be named. At this point of time i have the following titles which may sound apt. 1) How Manchester United made my life and then ruined it. 2) I wanted to break free3) just let me goFeel free to let me know your suggestions. happy new year, amigos.

so so long and why 10:26

2008-12-30T15:30:00.002+05:30

It comes as a surprise that i am writing this post now. Because when i started out writing at this address i never thought i will progress past a few posts. I also did think that this will be a place of self criticism and self scrutiny aimed at tearing apart myself. Happyly for me none of that happened and here i am typing a thank you of sorts and also appreciating the longevity of this address,

Man on breakups

2008-12-19T12:00:00.008+05:30

This post is a dedication to Agam Kumar Nigam whose songs of lamentation along with the respective music videos protraying man's dependency on his senses and his innate ability to be boorish. The songs of Agam Kumar Nigam along with the music videos has always been a source of inspiration,appreciation, instigation, introspection, interrogation , adulteration and constipation. And Mr Agam, after

Man on being nocturnal

2008-12-12T12:14:00.003+05:30

Man gets home after a tired day at work. He talks about women with his friends. He has a heavy lunch and goes to sleep. He slowly sinks himself into a deep slumber. Lucky, they are for they can sleep. Yes, there are many who have full control over their sleeping habits. They dont need an invitation to sleep. One finds them sleeping anywhere. And beleive me they can sleep in any position. Some

Songbird - impressive

2008-12-09T13:01:00.005+05:30

Couple of months ago ,there was this talk about a open source player called Songbird. I was quick to download it and check its features. It had a decent user interface which resembles that of iTunes and it uses mozilla engine. The intial builds were not impressive and there were a few bugs which bothered a lot. So i was quick to uninstall it. But recently happen to read a blog from digg.com

MTV -- lost charm

2008-12-08T12:36:00.007+05:30

Days ago, I happen to read a post by the name MTV and its lost focus on music authored by a close friend. And the recent days watching MTV voices his opinion all the more loudly. MTV has gone from a channel meant for music to a channel meant for everything other than music. Am i concerned ? Hell yeah !! Now it seriously needs to be asked, What does this M stand for anyway ? Experimenting is good,

man about women

2008-11-27T16:38:00.016+05:30

Women remember, Steve. It's like they've got minds of their own.--- Jeff Murdock (Coupling)Prologue: The previous title intended was "Man on Women" which was renamed to the above title taking into effect the illicit implications of the former. And it was also disturbing to keep Man in caps and Women in lower cases. So changed it to "man about Women". The title may come in all lower cases contrary

A few things about people

2008-11-24T19:54:00.007+05:30

As much as i try to write an intro for this, I feel miserably inept. I think i must just jot them down as they come to my mind. They may be wrong, but who cares ? I don't, for certain.1. They keep asking you to talk and the moment you say something, they get so offended with you that they stop talking to you for the rest of your life. 2. They always complain about you being late, but the day when

sob sob change is awesome sob sob

2008-11-19T00:36:00.004+05:30

This post is in fond memory of those who take a nap at the saloon only to find their mane scissored out. This is also in fond memory of those who sleep of at the lawn only to find their hair mowed out. This is in fond memory of those who place their trust on teams with a near to 100 winning percent only to find them mauled by an opposition. This is to all those years that was spend in

i love the smell of the air around me

2008-10-26T22:55:00.003+05:30

It has been a long time since i wrote something. It also did come to my notice that i have never wrote anything from my home. Well, This time is different! and this is my first blog which i write away from Bangalore. and gosh i am so happy. The travel home was never without any of those dramatic moments which keeps happening to me. I had a SETC bus to catch and when i left home by 11 on Saturday

Rock On!! -- A review

2008-09-21T18:39:00.000+05:30

Go see it. You are an idiot if u haven't seen it. Farhan guy is awesome. The songs are too good. Apart from the last observation, i think most of them are a bit exaggerated or must i say a lot exaggerated.The music by S.E.L. is simply awesome. Be it the soundtracks or the background score, S.E.L gets magic into the movie. That's something which made me sit through the whole movie. S.E.L. has

change is good

2008-09-18T23:59:00.000+05:30

Cheerio people. The blog has got a new look, thanks to hackosphere.blogspot.com and many of the other bloggers which Ramani, the owner of hackosphere, had shared. This would contain the change from a single sidebar to double sidebars, an ajax managed widget which appears at the left sidebar when we click on the labels displayed along with the posts. That is a killer actually, if u can appreciate

the fall

2008-09-09T01:56:00.000+05:30

Yes, The time is right. In fact, there is never a more appropriate time than this. I am in my living room waiting for the US Open final to commence. In case you all didn't know, I have a personal fact for you all. The living room is my bedroom. This statement validates the fact that there has never been a more lazier guy than me. But lets hush on those personal info for they mean nothing

Pride goes before .......

2008-07-31T02:26:00.000+05:30

Dude gets a bike!!!!! Old story that.The latest update on the story is that dude gets his cycle to drive into a virtual wall in the middle of the road at around 11 pm in the night.Incase dude didnt inform you, dude had got a 5k watch from a nearby titan showroom. The watch managed to amass a few cuts of its own which bothered the dude more than the cuts which the dude suffered. Tough guy eh ?

The answer

2008-07-22T12:17:00.000+05:30

[Camera Tech] Who the fuck are you?[Dignam] I'm the guy who does his job.You must be the other guy. --The DepartedCertain questions always zaps the hell out of ones brains. The blood flow to the brain will attain the crescendo. A bit more of blood would have blow off one's brain. Bad no ? Since majority of us are peace loving people and are aversive to the blowing off brains, the brains of

worth a thought

2008-07-19T14:29:00.000+05:30

Should the candle which extinguishes prematurely take all the blame for its poor show ?

The name

2008-07-14T17:42:00.000+05:30

We see them everyday, every time. The hectic traffic doesn’t stop them from showcasing their brilliant maneuvering skills. They should be thanked, for they help us in not forgetting the elementary physics which taught us all that substances consists of frequently moving particles which are in a constant state of unrest. It’s like haste of the worse order. It’s as if Armageddon is just three

imageries

2008-06-03T16:04:00.000+05:30

I wish i could start quoting Keats here. But i wont. A set of imageries is all that i have. It might not make much sense. Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian Have anyone of you seen the Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian ? Nice Movie that!! Very limited on animation and yet it gets the point across. The men who were exploited the forest are challenged by Aaslan and the inhabitants of the

The girl next door

2008-05-30T12:38:00.000+05:30

She got back after her summer vacations. These two months had made her a lot taller and she grew her hair back. She wasnt having the boycut anymore. And today she was riding her bicycle , which she was doing a lot better than the last time i saw her doing the same. I was happy to see her back. I went out to show her my merriement. But then she was least interested and drove past me without even

Carry on ...

2008-05-13T14:56:00.000+05:30

My roomie leaves in search of greener pastures. Just as it is said in The Pirates of the Carribean, Let me paraphrase "He was a good man and a pirate" with RBD it was more like "He was a good man and my friend". The my friend part is a graver sin than being a pirate, I believe.Dude, I will miss the bike rides, all the good/bad jokes u spoke, all the pun u managed to make, all the good/bad times

Chapter 2 - Mr Horatio or Why me ?

2008-05-05T13:48:00.000+05:30

It was torturous and tense to a lot. It was war to a few. And for some it was just a friendly show opener to some event that they say would change the face of the way the game would be perceived.And as always Mr Horatio had the best seat. That somehow would mislead us into believing that everything that destiny proposes, it always does so taking into consideration the affect it has on a

Chapter one - The serene life of Miss 'Look at me Look at me'

2008-04-20T12:44:00.000+05:30

You've been in love, of course! If not you've got it to come. Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it. Also like the measles, we take it only once-- Jerome K. JeromeIf anyone ever believed in the above dictum word for word then it has to be Miss 'Look at me Look at me'. But like every person her age, She didn't like the measles connection. "It could have been fever, or common cold

The interesting events that culminated in the amazing love story of Miss 'Look at me Look at me' and Mr 'I am God , Who are you' - The Preface

2008-04-15T15:11:00.000+05:30

The idea of writing a book of such triviality came to me at a very special moment. It was serendipitous. Let me explain the circumstances.I woke up late on a Monday morning, owing to the late night debate i had to witness about the way the US elections are held. (The crazy thing was that the speakers, if i may call them that, were more concerned about the effectiveness of the US elections and the

the boring incidents that lead to the discovery of Amor

2008-04-01T00:14:00.000+05:30

It was a Sunday afternoon. No it looked like a Sunday afternoon. It was in fact a Tuesday morning. It was very gloomy to begin with. And the lazy ass of mine is in the ever revolutionary mode and is showing his reluctance in getting itself up. And my resolve was slowly fading too. You know how fucked up a man will be when his modus operand is solely governed by what his ass decides rather than

The interesting events that culminated in the amazing love story of Miss 'Look at me Look at me' and Mr 'I am God , Who are you'

2008-03-10T12:02:00.000+05:30

There is an old joke which goes somewhat like this.Two friends of college meet after sometime and had this conversation.(This piece is edited to fit in the blogger space. I also took the pain of translating the tone conversation to something more friendly, which at times might feel odd to some. But people can have parley like this too. What do you say ? )Friend A: Hey macha, whats happening with

No more ....

2008-02-20T22:17:00.000+05:30

Hi bhailog and behenlogJust wanted to tell that there wont be any office/roomie/cricket stuff in this blog anymore. There wont be the occasional referrence to Silla or DP or VK anymore also. If an why is what is bothering you ? Think a bruised face and a broken tooth will explain. Caio, guys.

The Great Indian Managers Dilemma - Part 2

2008-02-11T15:30:00.000+05:30

There is this widespread (mis)conception about a programmers life being dull. Well this is an unfair assumption, i must say, as we manage to have enough fun to keep our life rolling. You don't buy it. Then let me explain.There is this funny habit which a few have of pouncing on those people who leave their desktops unguarded. And believe me every project will have a guy who will be ready to

What a month. Jan 2008

2008-02-06T17:52:00.000+05:30

Hey all amigos and bonitos. Hope u all had a great month.Well, a pretty okay kinda month is what i had. But it was marred by a few controversies off the field.First of all, When Tsonga made to the finals by beating Nadal, I was thinking 'Oh! No, not the same script'. Roger had played and won against underdogs of the australian open for the last two years. But a Serb known more as Nole rewrote

yet another CAT that went the wrong way

2008-01-28T23:27:00.000+05:30

There was this famous writer who goes to a great extend to describe the cat as an animal which can never be tamed. He says that when man tamed all the other animals which includes the horse, the dog , the sheep, the cow and many others. It was the cat who walked the wrong way. He choose to be indifferent to all the efforts by man. Yet the cat walks among man to remind him of the his

The Great Indian Managers Dilemma - Part 1

2008-01-21T20:04:00.000+05:30

I am forced to write this as the last post with the same heading did make no sense. It can be thought as an attempt gone totally wrong. No grievence.As said before the Great Indian Manager or in short G.I.M has real ambitions. These ambitions are mostly quixotic but are worth the pain. The ideologies of G.I.M. are perfect but hardly followed for the same reason. In their stead is followed the

The Great Indian Managers Dilemma

2008-01-03T17:00:00.000+05:30

Disclaimer : No managers have been interviewed or tortured for the purpose of writing this blog. And the characters mentioned above and below are a bit animated just because the author perception got a lot screwed up forcing him to think that by doing so he is projecting himself as a cool dude. But you know. He aint all those things. He aint nothing.Why this piece of #$%& ? Its is a not so well

So long... and Thanks.

2007-12-31T15:35:00.000+05:30

I still remember that last year this time i was traveling back from home on a SETC bus. But I was not supposed to be at home. I was supposed to be in Bangalore. It all happened like this.With the intention of attending the wedding of a friend, I set out from Bangalore. Little did i know that the whole universe didn't want me to attend the wedding. That was a lot cliched ain't it ? it wasn't the

Retrospection Part Two

2007-11-14T18:00:00.000+05:30

Caio hermanos I have been thinking a lot about writing more about my life as a software engineer. But like money retrospections never come that easy. Some may disagree on the money part. Well, I don't agree with you. For i am not the member of that echelon who gets money easily. Or i don't have it in me.The Vending MachineThe vending machine is often viewed as a insignificant machine. May

The Diwali Sweets and The premolar connection.

2007-11-13T11:32:00.000+05:30

hello friendsA happy diwali to all.I am cognizant of my delay in wishing you all. But i, as always, put the blame for that on others.To start witha) Dhoni and his men - A 3 - 0 by this time is something we deserved. Am i right?b) The Diwali Sweets - This is a good story. I think i have to detail it out. So here i go. But before that i start i have to say that this story is a bit disjoint and so

Retrospection

2007-09-23T01:54:00.000+05:30

It was a lot hectic , the whole of last month. And at the end of it i feel much older. A month older. Being for more than 2 years in the industry known for designing tomorrows websites today night, I still think of me as an amateur programmer. I am not being modest here. But i did learn a lot of things. Infact a few things only. Here is the list of things which i learned/experienced during the

Manic/Mundane Monday

2007-07-24T14:49:00.000+05:30

A week has to start on someday and it’s a series of inopportune events that showed the way for Monday to be preferred as the initial day of the week. At max it can be described as a something our Monday never desired for. For the simple reason that Monday wasn’t expecting it to come to him. So even if the odds were against him alphabetically, Monday was sanguine that he could somehow overcome all

To crack a Mocking CAT

2007-07-16T11:15:00.000+05:30

As was told its long time since i wrote any exam of competitive nature. I could say proudly two years before i have wrote CAT. I did decent for a guy who did not even think of preparing for any exams. But all didnt turn out well that November as your truly royally screwed a power systems exam where even after getting a score of 35/50 i could not amass a meager 40/100.I did write the exam again

Headlines today

2007-07-12T12:17:00.000+05:30

Hardly a year ago: The Great Osculation Show was successfully telecast in a news channel . It featured two of the next gen. singers. Their names are now used for displaying contempt, disgust, affection and even respect at times by people of all walks of life. The controversy that show created and the high ratings it received for that week last year had forced the rival news channel to keep their

a new name!!! So what?

2007-07-11T14:15:00.000+05:30

After a lot of stupid names like avant-garde, iblog, ohioratsnep and ohiorat-pens i finally decided to name my blog something not that stupid.Yes stupid as it may seem to human eyes, They are not. They have serious implications which pretty mortals can't comprehend.To explain that i have to tell a long story which spans some 26 mins of a Saturday. Its tragic. Its funny too. Its about a guy who

The girl next door or why i wake up early on saturdays

2007-07-05T11:41:00.000+05:30

Have any one of you seen that movie ? Awesome movie it is. I like the part where he says about the three legs of a tripod. I also have memoirs of my own version of the tripod. In my case the tripod had 4 legs. Yes for once the fourth leg is not broken.I am talking about my really close friends as well as classmates in college. Yes one cosmically gifted Bhada, the funny yet very thoughtful

Serious News

2007-07-03T11:21:00.000+05:30

I only mean to sound sarcastic when i say that the 15'' television is amazing. Yes it has channels such as History and Nat. Geo. which are highly informative. But the C.A.T. aspirant I am , I am not expected to know how fast a sloth moves or what prevented Jim Morrison from setting the Woodstocks on fire.But i am expected to know how the Sensex is doing this weekend. However interesting the name

Done that ?

2007-07-02T14:37:00.000+05:30

Thanks for sticking to the strict eating habits I prescribed. I had a complain from one old acquaintance Some Madavan Something who was blaming my lack of sense in missing out the chocolates and ice creams.See Maddy Boy, Its was only lunch time. I respect the syndicate. I really do.Now I am bound by the code to praise the syndicate for some ten seconds. Hail Synd.Now back to the business , i hope

Democracy has its faults too.....

2007-06-28T09:54:00.000+05:30

A lot happening these days. The political drama called Shall we select the new President has reached its climax now. But that too is taking a lot of lessons from the legendary movie K.A.N.K. directed by Dr. KJ. Meaning that you think that it got over but its just the beginning.I have been told that K.A.N.K is been shown to patients to make them feel good. K.A.N.K is the movie which EK is

Two Stories - Part 2

2007-06-25T11:04:00.000+05:30

After a eventful weekend which got over leaving a lot of fond memories such as my friends 23 hour long bus journey, he clearing the audition round of a competition, my girl friend getting married to a rich and a sensible guy and me slowly pushing myself to the state they call oblivion. I am back in office to practice the daily rights of a professional software guy.But i am equally aware that i

Two Stories - Part 1

2007-06-22T11:03:00.000+05:30

I am a great fan of Marquis de Sade. But I am not a pervert. Yet. I too, like some of you, have many long-back-when-i-was-a-kid stories. My upbringing was often disturbed because of reading a lot of mags like Champak, Twinkle, Debnair and many more. A few of those mags were gifted by my parents. See they were sick and tired of me asking too many questions.Fiction was so unknown to me till some

The monthly update - 2007

2007-06-21T11:59:00.000+05:30

Aloha people.Welcome to the yearly edition of the monthly update. A lot of thought and perusal of a multitude of astrological data which i collected for this purpose alone is behind the decision to write this post at this point. Even though i do not believe in doing both of them in my day today activities but when it comes to writing something i am ultra careful. If any of you think that this

blessing really helps...

2007-06-18T16:59:00.000+05:30

She was cleaning the room. Dusting the room infact. The word dust is enough for me to sneeze and the sneeze is enough for her to say bless you. Cleaning is a good habit. Its a strange thing that females are more observant of dirt and dust than men.One of the animals men never noticed which is particular about cleanliness is the cat. This cat is not C.A.T. . This cat is the simply the cat. The one

The unofficial guide .....

2007-06-17T16:21:00.000+05:30

<><><><>About Silla Silla is a good friend of mine, a close friend whose name was trimmed, appended with his favourite character and after a string of musical chairs with whats left i arrived at this. He would have wanted the name cyphered. He did shout out 'What the hell!!' when he heard the new moniker. A very polite guy is my friend, Silla.<><><><>All the new office goers, after the initial

For you People to Know

2007-06-08T15:01:00.000+05:30

May be ya all wont see me in office or in Bangalore for a week, It doesn't mean that i am like gone to my native or anything . Its just means that i have rented a cloak which will render me invisible. So those people who are like trying to insult me or try to be smart as i am absent, beware word is made just for you. I am still very much here. ciao

Macha, is the ache gone?

2007-06-08T12:16:00.001+05:30

Ever since the conspiracy created to murder some weirdo with a weird name which goes like Warase has been unfolded*, there is a increased interest in me to view all the natural phenomenon happening as a conspiracy of the worse kind. So I was not in doubt when one of my roommates got affected by the second most torture one can face. Thats is stomach ache. (Even though tooth ache also gave a very

The unofficial guide to find happiness during official hours.

2007-06-03T13:58:00.000+05:30

Happiness - whats it ? where do one find it ? what does one do with it once he finds it ? If these are the thoughts which comes to your brave mind. Then ponder no more, wander no further. You happen to be at the right place if you are somewhere near to where Mr./Dr. Silla sits. Else you can ask any one. Silla is quite famous in this part of the world.I can't tell you a lot about Silla as i know

About Me or Why i stopped complaining when i started earning....

2007-06-03T12:28:00.000+05:30

A week before i would have laughed at the option of writing something like this. But a New week and a new me. So this piece of art.(please don't say. I know).For all those people who would think on the following lines. See i can also think like you.Why i am writing this 'piece of art' ? The particular post has a lot of purposes. The first and the only purpose i must say is to let all the people

Oh these feline obsessions

2007-05-23T15:37:00.000+05:30

I am not talking about those beautiful females walking in a unique gait they call catwalk. I knew that those who read this are mostly filled with lot of morality. But that was a time wasn't it ? When we watched the channel without letting our parents know. The remote was always glued onto my hands with my thumbs on the swap button which will make the screen jump to the channel where a old man is

They did it...

2007-05-21T10:58:00.000+05:30

The weekend was fun. Had the whole house to myself and my fantasies. Lived every minute of it. Spend a lot of it sleeping rather. But last week + this Sunday belongs to two people. Two of them whom i adore, admire, respect and look up to. One of them is a friend of mine. The other is Federer.Federer beats Nadal on clay ending Nadal's unbeaten streak on clay. Finally the maestro did it and did it

one hell of a dude

2007-05-16T10:41:00.000+05:30

A week before, to be more specific on Friday (not the 13th) there was the birthday of one my friends @ great place. People say u turn wiser when u are 23. Didn't notice any change. May be people lied. Or i need a new pair of specs.About him : I think he is one hell of a guy.(That part is still under discussion and few thing it is only half true.) An brilliant engineer who brings in analogies

i work and leave by 6

2007-05-11T15:01:00.000+05:30

6:00 pm is when people become environmentally aware. They think that it the apt time to do a lot of things. Starting from the person down in the ladder to those who are like 'i seen everything' all are rushing around to finish the work they have. Somebody has a mail to send . Somebody has to reply to a mail he got. Some are like trying , trying hard i must say to decrease the no of

7 days is all that he had

2007-05-09T12:07:00.000+05:30

Last week was a eventful one. I was at home after around 4 months. The pressure of my environment forced me to take a quick and short vacation.Sunday morning 10:30 am: Myself in Trivandrum ,waiting for my turn to use the telephone. The lady who was using it was calling one of her relatives to see if some one could come and pick her up. She rushed all the way to attend a marriage. Expecting a 8

The Dumb Guy takes on Puzzles/PJs

2007-05-07T10:15:00.000+05:30

I have never tried to confuse people. The fact that people get confused when they listen to me(says the dumb guy) is infact their own doing. But i like asking puzzles, solving them, modifying them and making them my own. The modifying part is very easy. One just has to look for the right subjects to be replaced and use them. Some people think that i am stupid. They say all my puzzles are trivial.

Mary and the lamb story

2007-05-04T12:29:00.000+05:30

Mary had a little lamb. And they lived happily ever after much to the envy of the neighbors. But thats the Mary which we all know from the kindergarten. She is always young and so is the lamb. But the Mary in reference never had a lamb. In-fact she wanted one and always dreamed about it but never got one because the monetary measure of getting a lamb was a bit high, a lot high. She had saved a

to where i badly want to be

2007-04-27T16:47:00.000+05:30

A constant grief is in my mind. Its gonna get buried soon , not by time but my sudden decision to go back to Malluland. The lethargy i was displaying in getting the tickets was the main reason for me not being there much before. Four full months, Too long a time. This time around asked a good friend of mine to get the tickets booked for me. Hail webApps. Just a click and he sends me the ticket

Saturday, Seat and Spirit of 'Ocean'

2007-04-24T15:18:00.000+05:30

The move from Salarpuria to the Brigade court was good. I was liking the Salarpuria building a lot. This happens with me every time. But with new found optimism derived from the fact that i successfully woke up early after sleeping really late. I came to office at around 11:30. I was supposed to be there at 10 itself. But i woke up at 10. I didn't want my optimism to be waned because of the

don't swipe this anywhere

2007-04-07T12:39:00.000+05:30

Last time it was pitch black i had the rare opportunity to experience a series of unfortunate events which helped me to use the credit card which were lying lazy in my purse for a long long time. Just a swipe here and a swipe there is all thats required to bring life back to normal, leaving me alone with no option other than to plan out when i have to drop the checks. My planning can wait for

am growing it again

2007-04-01T12:43:00.000+05:30

The Renegade says "The life span of a resolution would generally be something from a day to 3 months. For a few they have resolutions which extends for a longer time like 4 months or more. Never had anyone taken these resolutions seriously as they know that the person who swears on a resolution had every intention of breaking it.There may be a few whose purpose of making a resolutions is to just

Why i had to buy a new pair of specs

2007-03-30T16:01:00.000+05:30

It was pitch black. I could hardly see anything. Normally it won't be this dark but for the fact that i haven't turned on the lights. I had to stand up and to go to the switch board in order to turn the damn light on. But i was too lazy to stand up. Thats not the sole reason. I had my specs on. And I didn't want to run the risk of walking right into the wall again with my specs on. So slowly i

Anagrams (i did make most of them)

2007-03-27T09:36:00.000+05:30

I am putting these up just for the sake of not losing them.I'm so cuter0! Form green-ManBad Sam RyanGermanyEggy Role on CEOTeam ThreaderDown Coast TolePre healerNoon Radiates BanA rich Romanov HamDeer Re-forgerhero dotesAdorn Sir HorfFarm lad prankdaze in a Nazi denCalm on strangerrock in Daddydour some timeToni fan ford flewSolomon ribRead! Shun IslamK Note FellA scary loomCheck mason jailDeep

The Dumb Guy Who (thought he) knew Math, revealed, prospered finally understands....

2007-03-20T16:49:00.000+05:30

Revealing and prospering were done much before. After passing through a stage of ill- luck(if i am successful it is because of my intellect. Else if its a devious plan by some sinister force which doesn't like me. I am assuming that java keywords are helping me express my thoughts more simply.) spanning a long long time, i realize i like the blaming job to a good extend.Statistics is an

The Dumb Guy Who (thought he) knew Math prospers...

2007-03-13T09:50:00.000+05:30

The greatest trick devil ever pulled on earth was that convince people that he didn't exist. the greatest trick(the only trick i should say) i ever pulled was to convince my friends that i am good in maths. Now it was not that difficult, not difficult at all for a guy who spend a major part of his school life behind Math books.Then i didn't know that i was memorizing. I never memorized the

The Dumb Guy Who (thought he) knew Math reveals...

2007-03-12T14:43:00.000+05:30

My apologies for going offtrack in the previous blog . I wanted to talk about Math but all i did was go around bulling about what all i expect and similar stuff. But i did put up something worth pointing out my ignorance. Leave that instance out and some other instances where i bragged about the stupid theory to other people with the conviction of a scholar(somehow i feel they were very reluctant

The Dumb Guy Who (thought he) knew Math

2007-03-07T17:06:00.000+05:30

This is a story of huge expectations, of success, of failure and finally enlightenment.(not in any particular order, but it did happen.). Its about me(i have to admit that the fact that i was dumb. Still am thick-witted but cleverly conceal it by speaking in an ambiguous manner. If some one tells me something of relevance, i speak in such a way so as to support his opinion but borrowing his own

Head butt

2007-03-06T13:36:00.000+05:30

I am not talking about Zidane, at least not now. Not about Materaazi either. Actually i could talk about Materaazi and his uncanny good nature of getting into trouble. Making people head butt him again and again means he possesses a rare capability to make people around him uneasy. Wish Zidane was a bit wiser an had kept his human instincts hidden.( I remember hearing about the great Javed

I may smile and smile....

2007-03-01T17:26:00.000+05:30

Doing exercise is a good thing. But some people are lazy by birth. They choose to smile rather than frowning. The reason behind that might be (I have heard this from a lot of people, a lot means a huge number.) that it requires fewer muscles to smile than to do anything else.I don’t know if I was born lazy. But I think I smile a lot. (I definitely think so). Off late I have become lazy also. Bay

The Great Valentines after 1983

2007-02-21T12:28:00.000+05:30

Love was in the air last week. Last week had Feb 14, the day when a Saint was hanged for not adhering to the King’s laws. Sad events of history are remembered (and celebrated too) with more enthusiasm. No complaints here. When the lovers in the world were making memories to cherish in the times to come, there was some one sitting in his office thinking about the futility of all these and many

The Fake Mallu

2007-02-05T14:33:00.000+05:30

It’s a rare predicament for anyone to be settled in parts where the situations are adverse to what they are used to experience. By situations I refer to1) Climate2) Food3) Language4) Any of these5) Or Sadly All of them.There could be a few brave who could surpass these situations but they are those who aren’t afraid to stare right into the faces of their adversaries. I am not one of them for

My Game Theory

2007-01-30T15:12:00.000+05:30

It is all about the probability of winning to that of losing provided there is no chance of a draw happening. I hate the idea of a draw. Exciting as it seems it to some it gives both sides mixed feelings. I don’t appreciate the game of chess because of the above stated dislike. (My lack of ability to play some games is the prime reason for me not appreciating it. All others are just secondary.)

JAVA and me…

2007-01-29T17:49:00.000+05:30

I am a software engineer working in a prestigious servicing Firm. I earn quite a lot which is sufficient (more than that) for my style of living. It would have been obvious to many that I will be working on the technology by name Java. Now I am not going to speak about the language. Nor am I going to speak about the exceptions I faced, the null pointers I came across, or the build failures I

Nativity, (I wish) I'm back

2007-01-24T20:08:00.000+05:30

Staying in office is so cool, especially when there are no seniors around. More so if your neighbor is very friendly. Add to that a team, an excellent one and a Lead, so generous. What else can one ask for? Yes there is something more cool which I was missing up there. That’s my workstation. The somewhat black box carrying an Intel PIV (2.66 GHz) spiced up with 2 sticks of Ram each weighing a gb

The Renegade Lives on...

2007-01-20T21:46:00.000+05:30

Being a renegade isn’t a bad thing unless you don’t have a substantial reason to regret being so later in your life. Being one also explains that you not having to explain to anyone why you were one at the first place. It’s very easy way out if u are a renegade. You never need to abide by rules some else puts; on the contrary you set your own rules. So being a renegade is actually cool. You have

Time to Rodeo

2007-01-12T18:26:00.000+05:30

The search for Rodeo in our very own wikipedia gave links to a cowboy sport.(Further query into wiki will give many other interesting results like Rodeo Drive, Renault Rodeo and many others.) Then it registered to me that I was partially correct about the meaning of Rodeo. I had thought that it was just another synonym for Cowboy. Somewhere I missed the sport part. I had also played Rodeo (of a

For the Love of Anagrams

2007-01-11T21:08:00.000+05:30

Never did it come to me, even once, that some thing like anagrams could arouse interest in me. If u had asked me what anagrams are some 7 years back you could always expect a smile from me. That smile wasn’t a friendly one. It is some thing I used to cover up my ignorance of things which I thought doesn’t impress me. I still have that smile with me and I still use it conveniently at many a