Midnight musings
First of all, i welcome myself back to the blogging world! I guess i had a long enough break and am ready to restart :)
Last night, after some amount of channel surfing, i ended up with Sun TV that was showing "Aalavandhan" (Kamal Hasan movie, 2001). Though i admire this movie a lot, the only thing which the director screwed up was the climax! You cannot have a 20 minute action sequence as a climax for this wonderful movie, it just spoils the entire movie and the audience would just start walking out of the theatres after a 5 minute chase! Except the last 30 minutes of the movie, the movie goes pretty well, tracing the lives of two brothers who take entirely different route after a terrible fate separates them (a good lesson here for impact of probability on lives, Nandhu quotes it well as he tells his brother Vijay "Had the coin fallen on the other side, you would be inside the jail and i would be with your girl").
The most interesting aspect of the movie is the way it uses cartoon sequences in places where the story becomes a bit violent and gory. This is perhaps the first movie in Indian cinema to use this technique of story telling. Quentin Tarantino, one of my favorite story tellers, uses this technique in Kill Bill-I (much later in 2003, where he uses Manga style animation to depict violent scenes). Do let me know if some other movie prior to this has used a similar technique to depict violence!
My favorite quote in this movie: "Nyabagam, that's the word"
Gethu's favorite quote: "Silanthigal Pengal...Aangal Poochigal"
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Reason
- Laziness
- Lack of Time
- Lack of Motivation
- Frequent interruptions
- Lack of Interest
- Boredom
- Too preoccupied with things around me.....
A Million reasons for not blogging in the last few months...Atleast, i know that i will resume blogging...Maybe in a week or a month or a year or a decade...
~Amen
- Laziness
- Lack of Time
- Lack of Motivation
- Frequent interruptions
- Lack of Interest
- Boredom
- Too preoccupied with things around me.....
A Million reasons for not blogging in the last few months...Atleast, i know that i will resume blogging...Maybe in a week or a month or a year or a decade...
~Amen
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
World Cup Fever
The following dialogue happened in cricket crazy India, just days prior to Cricket World Cup.
Me(watching TV): Wow, Ind vs Nederlands World Cup practice match!!
He(munching snacks): Does Nederlands have a cricket team?
Me(with a 'you-must-be-a-weirdo' look): Yes, it does have one
He(still munching snacks): Is it also a part of the cricket association IC..SE? IC..ICI??
Me(with a stern face): That's ICC
He(with a puzzled look): Oh yes, ICC.
Sigh!
The following dialogue happened in cricket crazy India, just days prior to Cricket World Cup.
Me(watching TV): Wow, Ind vs Nederlands World Cup practice match!!
He(munching snacks): Does Nederlands have a cricket team?
Me(with a 'you-must-be-a-weirdo' look): Yes, it does have one
He(still munching snacks): Is it also a part of the cricket association IC..SE? IC..ICI??
Me(with a stern face): That's ICC
He(with a puzzled look): Oh yes, ICC.
Sigh!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
A Short Story
Feb 14,2007 10.20 AM
Thangamma was on her way to "Arulmigu Sidhi Vinayagar" Temple after finishing her routine household chores. It was her routine every Wednesday, for the past 35 years. The orthodox city in which she lived had changed a lot over the last few years. Red balloons and flower bouquets decorated the sides of the street, which once used to be lined up with audio cassette shops playing T.M Soundarrajan's latest work on Lord Muruga, inundated with the smell of rose garlands and Vibudhi packets hitting the nostrils of pedestrians with ease.
"It’s all the effect of kali kalam amma", quipped Muthiah, the lone garland seller near the entrance of temple to Thangamma.
"Yes, the good times are over. Give me one archana thattu, of course with good coconut. I will pray to pillayar for the betterment of the minds of the youth"
Muthiah carefully picked up a coconut among the hundreds spread in the backyard, knocked it carefully with measured force, so as to evaluate the condition of the coconut. He then packed it along with a fresh rose garland, two bananas("Give me ripe ones, not the ones that look like dead rats"),few incense sticks("Don’t give the broken ones"), few strands of the holy "arugam pul" ("Its Pillayar's favourite") and a betel nut for courtesy sake.
Muthiah gave the archana plate to his customer for twenty years, with a respectful bow.
"I hope the coconut is good, I don’t want to see a decayed coconut inside the Sannidhi"
"It’s the best coconut available, 20 Rupees amma"
"What? It was only 18 Rupees last week, how did it increase by two rupees?"
"There were no flowers left amma, everything sold off to some big shop for valandan day"
"Every time you give me some reason or the other and extract extra money, Pillayar paathupar"
She snatched the plate from Muthiah and went inside the temple, after touching the holy steps with utmost devotion.
Subramania Sastrigal was waiting for Thangamma. He knew her routine pretty well, so he waited every Wednesday until 10.15 AM, so as to perform the special archanai for the welfare of her family.
"Ennamma, why are you late today?"
"There was no power in the house, so had to dry the clothes outside"
"Seri, I will start the archanai now"
Subramania Sastrigal started reciting the holy slokas with utmost care. He knew that if he made a mistake in the recitation, he would be caught red handed by a lady who knew all the slokas by heart. After reciting the usual Ashtotram and Vinayagar Agaval, he took the coconut out of the archanai thattu and hit it against the granite rock that lay next to Sannidhi door. As the coconut cracked into two hemispheres, Thangamma could spot something unusual in one of the pieces.
"Amma, Thenga azhugirukku"
"What, Muthiah told that it is the best coconut available and even I verified it, how can it be decayed?"
"Don’t worry Amma, it happens sometimes, nothing to worry. Please get me another coconut and I will continue the pooja"
Thangamma panicked, she knew it meant something wrong. Decayed Coconut definitely spelt bad omen.
"What wrong did I commit? I have prayed sincerely everyday, I never skipped Sankatahara Chathurthi Vratham or Vinayaga Chaturthi pooja, is Pillayar warning me about some impending danger?"
"Nothing bad would happen amma, it is just that he would be happy with a little more bhakthi from you
he will always protect those bhakthas who are sincere. You will do well, don’t worry"
Thangamma was not convinced by Sastrigal's reply. Two years ago, Mangalam had a similar experience at Sidhi Vinayagar temple and her house got robbed the very next day. Will my house also get robbed? Should I warn the Police and neighbourhood?
Feb 14,2007 6.30 PM
Sundaram started laughing loudly upon hearing the story from Thangamma that evening.
"Warn Police and neighborhood just because Thangamma tried to offer a decayed coconut? People will brand you a fool and send you to Kilpauk Mental hospital"
Thangamma was not amused with her husband's comment.
"How can you be so insensitive to my feelings? It definitely means some impending danger and Pillayar wants us to be careful"
"If something has to happen it will happen. Just try to forget the decayed coconut incident and face the reality. Dont keep narrating this to everyone around you, especially to Raghavan.He will definitely make some comments which you cannot bear. Can I get some good filter coffee now?"
Feb 18,2007 4.10 PM
"Ouch, it’s damn hot!" screamed Raghavan as Danny tossed a piece of Veg puff to Raghavan. Raghavan and Danny have been friends ever since they met in a Railway reservation counter, six years ago. They went to the same college and are now working for the same Multinational Company. With a six figure salary and no real commitments, life couldn't be much better for both these young Turks.
"How about watching Eklavya now?", Raghavan asked Danny, as he finished the last pack of potato chips.
"Yes machan, but the next show is at 4.30. If we miss that, we have to wait till 8.30!"
"We can reach the Multiplex by 4.30"
"Dei, Is it humanly possible?"
"Indha Raghavan solran, indha Raghavan mudikkaran, I will make it possible!"
"Ok, enough of Rajnikanth style, prove it dork"
Raghavan started his mighty Yamaha 250 cc bike and Danny jumped on to the pillion.
"5,4,3,2 .....And ONE!"
Raghavan's bike cruised past many other bikes and cars in the busy M.G.Road traffic with ease. The mighty Yamaha roared past the traffic signal in the nick of time. Danny heaved a sigh of relief.
"Had we got caught in the signal, you would have bitten the dust"
"Who? Me?? You still haven't seen my best"
Raghavan pushed the bike to its limits, for a moment Danny thought he was flying in the busy lanes of the crowded city.
"Shit! Why is this Innova guy not giving space for overtaking?"
"He doesn’t know that Raghavan is driving the monster behind, let me give him some driving lessons"
Raghavan moved to the right, close to the road divider and pushed the accelerator to zoom past the giant four wheeler. Had Raghavan known that the driver of Innova was just out from Styx pub, he wouldn't have made that manoeuvre.
Feb 18,2007 8.00 PM
The Doctors in the casualty ward were surprised, rather shocked to see an accident victim, come out of it without even a single fracture. Raghavan was tired of narrating the sequence of events for the nth time, but still he continued doing so. He was awaiting his friend Danny, who had gone for an Ultrasound test, just to make sure all his internals were fine.
Raghavan got a breather of space and he immediately called up his home. He got impatient by the second ring, after the third ring, he could hear the sweet voice of his mother Thangamma.
"Amma, I am alright now!"
"I know da, God is great, all my prayers these years has protected you from such a danger"
"I was wearing a helmet and Jacket, only those protected me"
"You still don’t believe the divine power, wont you? Listen, I want to tell you something that happened last Tuesday"
"Leave all that, I forgot to mention about something that happened today. As we crashed into the car, the very next moment, I realized that I was on the road and the bike was on top of me. I started screaming aloud for help. Suddenly, there was this guy waiting for his bus, he jumped amidst the traffic and pulled out the bike with a single hand! He guided me to safety and got me some water to drink. He then lifted Danny and helped him into an Auto rickshaw. I got into the same Auto rickshaw and reached the hospital. Only after we reached the hospital, I realized that I forgot to thank him. Without him, I am sure we would have been run over by some vehicle coming from behind, in that traffic"
"You didn’t tell me this today evening! Anyway, did you at least ask his name?"
"No I didn’t talk to him, but as he lifted Danny, I could see his Company Identity card that displayed his name- R.Ganapathy"
Tears started flowing down Thangamma's eyes, she knew that her prayers didn’t go in vain. She turned back and glanced at the Murugan Stores wall Calendar, she could see Vilayattu Vinayagar smiling at her with a reassuring look.
Feb 14,2007 10.20 AM
Thangamma was on her way to "Arulmigu Sidhi Vinayagar" Temple after finishing her routine household chores. It was her routine every Wednesday, for the past 35 years. The orthodox city in which she lived had changed a lot over the last few years. Red balloons and flower bouquets decorated the sides of the street, which once used to be lined up with audio cassette shops playing T.M Soundarrajan's latest work on Lord Muruga, inundated with the smell of rose garlands and Vibudhi packets hitting the nostrils of pedestrians with ease.
"It’s all the effect of kali kalam amma", quipped Muthiah, the lone garland seller near the entrance of temple to Thangamma.
"Yes, the good times are over. Give me one archana thattu, of course with good coconut. I will pray to pillayar for the betterment of the minds of the youth"
Muthiah carefully picked up a coconut among the hundreds spread in the backyard, knocked it carefully with measured force, so as to evaluate the condition of the coconut. He then packed it along with a fresh rose garland, two bananas("Give me ripe ones, not the ones that look like dead rats"),few incense sticks("Don’t give the broken ones"), few strands of the holy "arugam pul" ("Its Pillayar's favourite") and a betel nut for courtesy sake.
Muthiah gave the archana plate to his customer for twenty years, with a respectful bow.
"I hope the coconut is good, I don’t want to see a decayed coconut inside the Sannidhi"
"It’s the best coconut available, 20 Rupees amma"
"What? It was only 18 Rupees last week, how did it increase by two rupees?"
"There were no flowers left amma, everything sold off to some big shop for valandan day"
"Every time you give me some reason or the other and extract extra money, Pillayar paathupar"
She snatched the plate from Muthiah and went inside the temple, after touching the holy steps with utmost devotion.
Subramania Sastrigal was waiting for Thangamma. He knew her routine pretty well, so he waited every Wednesday until 10.15 AM, so as to perform the special archanai for the welfare of her family.
"Ennamma, why are you late today?"
"There was no power in the house, so had to dry the clothes outside"
"Seri, I will start the archanai now"
Subramania Sastrigal started reciting the holy slokas with utmost care. He knew that if he made a mistake in the recitation, he would be caught red handed by a lady who knew all the slokas by heart. After reciting the usual Ashtotram and Vinayagar Agaval, he took the coconut out of the archanai thattu and hit it against the granite rock that lay next to Sannidhi door. As the coconut cracked into two hemispheres, Thangamma could spot something unusual in one of the pieces.
"Amma, Thenga azhugirukku"
"What, Muthiah told that it is the best coconut available and even I verified it, how can it be decayed?"
"Don’t worry Amma, it happens sometimes, nothing to worry. Please get me another coconut and I will continue the pooja"
Thangamma panicked, she knew it meant something wrong. Decayed Coconut definitely spelt bad omen.
"What wrong did I commit? I have prayed sincerely everyday, I never skipped Sankatahara Chathurthi Vratham or Vinayaga Chaturthi pooja, is Pillayar warning me about some impending danger?"
"Nothing bad would happen amma, it is just that he would be happy with a little more bhakthi from you
he will always protect those bhakthas who are sincere. You will do well, don’t worry"
Thangamma was not convinced by Sastrigal's reply. Two years ago, Mangalam had a similar experience at Sidhi Vinayagar temple and her house got robbed the very next day. Will my house also get robbed? Should I warn the Police and neighbourhood?
Feb 14,2007 6.30 PM
Sundaram started laughing loudly upon hearing the story from Thangamma that evening.
"Warn Police and neighborhood just because Thangamma tried to offer a decayed coconut? People will brand you a fool and send you to Kilpauk Mental hospital"
Thangamma was not amused with her husband's comment.
"How can you be so insensitive to my feelings? It definitely means some impending danger and Pillayar wants us to be careful"
"If something has to happen it will happen. Just try to forget the decayed coconut incident and face the reality. Dont keep narrating this to everyone around you, especially to Raghavan.He will definitely make some comments which you cannot bear. Can I get some good filter coffee now?"
Feb 18,2007 4.10 PM
"Ouch, it’s damn hot!" screamed Raghavan as Danny tossed a piece of Veg puff to Raghavan. Raghavan and Danny have been friends ever since they met in a Railway reservation counter, six years ago. They went to the same college and are now working for the same Multinational Company. With a six figure salary and no real commitments, life couldn't be much better for both these young Turks.
"How about watching Eklavya now?", Raghavan asked Danny, as he finished the last pack of potato chips.
"Yes machan, but the next show is at 4.30. If we miss that, we have to wait till 8.30!"
"We can reach the Multiplex by 4.30"
"Dei, Is it humanly possible?"
"Indha Raghavan solran, indha Raghavan mudikkaran, I will make it possible!"
"Ok, enough of Rajnikanth style, prove it dork"
Raghavan started his mighty Yamaha 250 cc bike and Danny jumped on to the pillion.
"5,4,3,2 .....And ONE!"
Raghavan's bike cruised past many other bikes and cars in the busy M.G.Road traffic with ease. The mighty Yamaha roared past the traffic signal in the nick of time. Danny heaved a sigh of relief.
"Had we got caught in the signal, you would have bitten the dust"
"Who? Me?? You still haven't seen my best"
Raghavan pushed the bike to its limits, for a moment Danny thought he was flying in the busy lanes of the crowded city.
"Shit! Why is this Innova guy not giving space for overtaking?"
"He doesn’t know that Raghavan is driving the monster behind, let me give him some driving lessons"
Raghavan moved to the right, close to the road divider and pushed the accelerator to zoom past the giant four wheeler. Had Raghavan known that the driver of Innova was just out from Styx pub, he wouldn't have made that manoeuvre.
Feb 18,2007 8.00 PM
The Doctors in the casualty ward were surprised, rather shocked to see an accident victim, come out of it without even a single fracture. Raghavan was tired of narrating the sequence of events for the nth time, but still he continued doing so. He was awaiting his friend Danny, who had gone for an Ultrasound test, just to make sure all his internals were fine.
Raghavan got a breather of space and he immediately called up his home. He got impatient by the second ring, after the third ring, he could hear the sweet voice of his mother Thangamma.
"Amma, I am alright now!"
"I know da, God is great, all my prayers these years has protected you from such a danger"
"I was wearing a helmet and Jacket, only those protected me"
"You still don’t believe the divine power, wont you? Listen, I want to tell you something that happened last Tuesday"
"Leave all that, I forgot to mention about something that happened today. As we crashed into the car, the very next moment, I realized that I was on the road and the bike was on top of me. I started screaming aloud for help. Suddenly, there was this guy waiting for his bus, he jumped amidst the traffic and pulled out the bike with a single hand! He guided me to safety and got me some water to drink. He then lifted Danny and helped him into an Auto rickshaw. I got into the same Auto rickshaw and reached the hospital. Only after we reached the hospital, I realized that I forgot to thank him. Without him, I am sure we would have been run over by some vehicle coming from behind, in that traffic"
"You didn’t tell me this today evening! Anyway, did you at least ask his name?"
"No I didn’t talk to him, but as he lifted Danny, I could see his Company Identity card that displayed his name- R.Ganapathy"
Tears started flowing down Thangamma's eyes, she knew that her prayers didn’t go in vain. She turned back and glanced at the Murugan Stores wall Calendar, she could see Vilayattu Vinayagar smiling at her with a reassuring look.
Friday, February 16, 2007
And Justice for all..
Nearly four weeks after i blogged about the airing of 'racial' Ad in Neo sports, I&B Ministry has now issued a showcause notice to the private broadcaster Nimbus. This adds to the endless list of woes that Nimbus has been facing over the last 2 months. Almost every private broadcaster, especially the ones related to Cricket feeds, have faced very similar issues, be it revenue sharing model or feed sharing model. Are these the residual effects of License permit raj?
Nearly four weeks after i blogged about the airing of 'racial' Ad in Neo sports, I&B Ministry has now issued a showcause notice to the private broadcaster Nimbus. This adds to the endless list of woes that Nimbus has been facing over the last 2 months. Almost every private broadcaster, especially the ones related to Cricket feeds, have faced very similar issues, be it revenue sharing model or feed sharing model. Are these the residual effects of License permit raj?
Monday, January 22, 2007
Snippets
Thoughts for the week
- If for us, West means Americans and East means South East Asians, then what is it for Japanese? Do they call us Westerners?
- If Eye Testing is all about checking the ability of a person to read text in different font sizes, why dont we have an online Eye Testing center?[After a bit of googling, i found this]
(B)AD!
In a week that saw the tourism ministry garnering much attention for their invitation to Jade "tormentor" Goody, there was this ad that was beamed in some channels, promoting the Ind - West Indies ODI Series, in a negative way though.The Ad captions says "Its tough to be a West Indian in India". I guess, Americans/Europeans who are not aware about cricket, will definitely see this ad to be racist enough! Dont know which moron created this ad, what's shocking/surprising is the timing of this ad.
Movie of the week - Bluebird
I watched this Dutch movie on Zee Studio - World Cinema series. The story is about the life of a 12 year old girl, Merel, who climbs the adolescence ladder.Though i watched the movie with English sub titles, i bet one could understand this movie even without a subtitle! More here.
"Anu Malikism" of the week
Last Sunday, after having my dinner, i was looking around for a "Ganesha Juice Center"- a chain of Juice shops across Bangalore. I found one nearby and i ordered for an Orange juice. While i was waiting for the Fruit juice, i noticed that the shop name was infact "Vinayaka Juice center"! Just by having a name similar to the more popular "Ganesha" and having a shop layout very similar to Ganesha's, "Vinayaka" has attracted (or rather fooled) one consumer. Dont know whether this type of advertising has any specific name...
Some nice Quotes
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,"
- Anna Karenina
The Boss: They call him "the Fairy"...
Slevin: Why do they call him "the Fairy"?
The Boss: Because he's a fairy. Slevin:
What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?
The Boss: [cutting Slevin off] He's a homosexual.
- Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi: But killing you before you killed me would be...
Slevin: Kosher?
The Rabbi: Acceptable.
- Lucky Number Slevin
Thoughts for the week
- If for us, West means Americans and East means South East Asians, then what is it for Japanese? Do they call us Westerners?
- If Eye Testing is all about checking the ability of a person to read text in different font sizes, why dont we have an online Eye Testing center?[After a bit of googling, i found this]
(B)AD!
In a week that saw the tourism ministry garnering much attention for their invitation to Jade "tormentor" Goody, there was this ad that was beamed in some channels, promoting the Ind - West Indies ODI Series, in a negative way though.The Ad captions says "Its tough to be a West Indian in India". I guess, Americans/Europeans who are not aware about cricket, will definitely see this ad to be racist enough! Dont know which moron created this ad, what's shocking/surprising is the timing of this ad.
Movie of the week - Bluebird
I watched this Dutch movie on Zee Studio - World Cinema series. The story is about the life of a 12 year old girl, Merel, who climbs the adolescence ladder.Though i watched the movie with English sub titles, i bet one could understand this movie even without a subtitle! More here.
"Anu Malikism" of the week
Last Sunday, after having my dinner, i was looking around for a "Ganesha Juice Center"- a chain of Juice shops across Bangalore. I found one nearby and i ordered for an Orange juice. While i was waiting for the Fruit juice, i noticed that the shop name was infact "Vinayaka Juice center"! Just by having a name similar to the more popular "Ganesha" and having a shop layout very similar to Ganesha's, "Vinayaka" has attracted (or rather fooled) one consumer. Dont know whether this type of advertising has any specific name...
Some nice Quotes
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,"
- Anna Karenina
The Boss: They call him "the Fairy"...
Slevin: Why do they call him "the Fairy"?
The Boss: Because he's a fairy. Slevin:
What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?
The Boss: [cutting Slevin off] He's a homosexual.
- Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi: But killing you before you killed me would be...
Slevin: Kosher?
The Rabbi: Acceptable.
- Lucky Number Slevin
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !
Back to the time of the year when we reflect on what happened in the last 300 odd days and what to do next year. Am glad that its a different feeling every year!
This year was neither good nor bad for me, there were no significant achievements or pitfalls. I had to part with some of my good friends and colleagues, I also met some wonderful people with various talents. I happened to encounter some narrow-minded chauvinists as well...
This was also a year of learning, though it wasn't as exciting as 2003/04. I also discovered some of the things that excite me the most, things i hate the most and i also learnt to remain patient while facing such things(where an unnecessary conflict could be avoided).
This was also a year in which i wrote less in my blog but started reading more blogs ( i currently have close to 60+ feeds in my blog reader, some of which are technical blogs).
My reading habit went for a toss during the second half of this year, though i have recovered some lost ground right now, hope i dont face any Reader's block next year.
Movies! Well, this was a bad year for the city theatres as i couldn't watch many movies, mainly because of lack of company! Some of my friends don't like English movies(except of course Spiderman,Batman types), some of them are busy with their studies and some of them prefer staying indoors during weekends!
Life: Life is Beautiful, as always!
Work: It was a good year i guess, i took up a specific task in the beginning of this year and i am glad that i have accomplished more than what was expected out of me!
I am in the process of planning my next year, what i should be doing and what i shouldn't be doing, will be glad if some of my friends let me know what i should try and practice in 2007.
Hakuna matata!
Back to the time of the year when we reflect on what happened in the last 300 odd days and what to do next year. Am glad that its a different feeling every year!
This year was neither good nor bad for me, there were no significant achievements or pitfalls. I had to part with some of my good friends and colleagues, I also met some wonderful people with various talents. I happened to encounter some narrow-minded chauvinists as well...
This was also a year of learning, though it wasn't as exciting as 2003/04. I also discovered some of the things that excite me the most, things i hate the most and i also learnt to remain patient while facing such things(where an unnecessary conflict could be avoided).
This was also a year in which i wrote less in my blog but started reading more blogs ( i currently have close to 60+ feeds in my blog reader, some of which are technical blogs).
My reading habit went for a toss during the second half of this year, though i have recovered some lost ground right now, hope i dont face any Reader's block next year.
Movies! Well, this was a bad year for the city theatres as i couldn't watch many movies, mainly because of lack of company! Some of my friends don't like English movies(except of course Spiderman,Batman types), some of them are busy with their studies and some of them prefer staying indoors during weekends!
Life: Life is Beautiful, as always!
Work: It was a good year i guess, i took up a specific task in the beginning of this year and i am glad that i have accomplished more than what was expected out of me!
I am in the process of planning my next year, what i should be doing and what i shouldn't be doing, will be glad if some of my friends let me know what i should try and practice in 2007.
Hakuna matata!
Monday, December 18, 2006
Slide Share
Really cool site, might become something like Flickr or Youtube soon, Google, watch out for this one!!
http://www.slideshare.net/
Really cool site, might become something like Flickr or Youtube soon, Google, watch out for this one!!
http://www.slideshare.net/
Monday, December 11, 2006
Chaos speaks on Customer service
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, as i was doing my usual channel surfing, i stopped at VH1, where Eric "God" Clapton was giving an interview, promoting his new album with JJ Cale. I had never heard of that album or of JJ Cale, i was in no mood to get the finer details of the album until i heard Clapton saying some nice words about Cale:
...All through my life, i have produced various albums but none of them sounded like a 'JJ Cale' album and the best way to fulfill my desire is to co-produce an album with JJ cale, before i go under the ground. So i called up JJ Cale and asked him whether he is interested in producing an album
with me....
That evening, i decided to visit "Calypso", a Music store nearby my place to check it out. As i walked into the store, a guy wearing a bright "Calypso" t-shirt, walked up to me and greeted me(Lets call him DJ, the store sales man). I knew it was coming and promptly told DJ that i had nothing specific in my mind and i might not buy anything at all. He persisted and was showing me some good deals on some compilations. The moment i saw a Joe Satriani Definitive collection, the devil in me woke up and swallowed the part of my brain that said "Nay!". As i picked up that album and moved towards the billing section, DJ stopped me and said there are couple of other guitar artistes that i might like to try out. Then i remembered about this interview that i watched that afternoon and asked him for "that Cole album".
Then i had the shock of the day! DJ asked me whether i was talking about the "The Road to Escondido" by Eric Clapton and JJ Cale. I replied "Yes, but who is this Cale guy?". Then he gave me a 5 minute sermon on JJ Cale, his reclusive lifestyle and the kind of music that he plays. He even told me that Clapton's "Cocaine" is a cover of Cale! Well, never in my life had i received such useful information from a music store fella! I listened to all this with awe and promptly picked up the CD.He even suggested me a couple of other artistes which he thought i might like(like Neil Young, Knopfler etc, which might be partially true) but as my bank balance figure crossed my mind, i teleported myself to the billing counter.
This was a shoping experience i really cherished. Having a person in the store, who really knows what he is selling definetely helps. Now i know where to go for some good Music purchase!
Now playing: "War" by Joe Satriani
Monday, September 04, 2006
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fun !
What you wont get to see in Men's tennis from Sep 3,2006:
What you wont get to see in Men's tennis from Sep 3,2006:
- A tennis player asking the ball-girl to wipe the dirt off his back
- A tennis player appealing to the audience that his shot was indeed 'in'
- A flamboyant champ who lets off his emotions on and off the court
- In short, you wont get to see another Andre Agassi in your lifetime!
Well, the master tactician will no longer play in the center courts and perform his traditional "kiss-and-bow". Tennis will no longer provide "wholesome entertainment". You will of course get to see Federer's flair and Nadal's power, but when it comes to perseverence and drama, none of the contemporary stars match Agassi! On a tennis court,his stamina rises exponentially with time.
I belong to a generation that grew up watching Agassi in action, right from the day when the hippy,ear-ring sporting American bit the dust in French clay,aggressive but tactical service returns against the big serving Ivanisevic to lift the Wimbledon trophy, battled against a not so charged up Sampras to win Aussie Open, powered his way into US Open final at an age when most tennis players have established their careers as coaches or commentators.....Only Agassi can do it!!
We miss you!!
I belong to a generation that grew up watching Agassi in action, right from the day when the hippy,ear-ring sporting American bit the dust in French clay,aggressive but tactical service returns against the big serving Ivanisevic to lift the Wimbledon trophy, battled against a not so charged up Sampras to win Aussie Open, powered his way into US Open final at an age when most tennis players have established their careers as coaches or commentators.....Only Agassi can do it!!
We miss you!!
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