काय मस्त वातावरण होते... तुफान पाउस, जोरदार वारा, आभाळात काळवंडुन आले होते.... आणि मी होतो सीप्ज़ च्या गेट वर् !!
पाउस थाम्बायचे नाव घेत नाही... एका पाठोपाट ऐक लोक येत होति गेट वर...आणि पुढे होत
सगळे आप्-आपल्या कामाला सुरुवात करायला उताविळ होते (मी सुद्धा)
पण त्यान्चात आणि माझ्यात अंतर स्पष्ट होते... एक छत्री!!!
मी तिथेच उभा पाउस कमी व्हायचि वाट पहात होतो... बस स्टोप वरुन गेट कढे येताना आधिच थोडा भिजलो होतो
मनात विचार आला, कदाचित हा ह्या वर्षाचा शेवटचा पाउस असेल्.. आता नौ महिने परत आभाळ मोकळे असणार !!
माझ्या आजु बाजु चे लोक अस्ला कहि विचार करत अस्तिल असे मल वाट्ले नही..
काही जण घड्याळा कडे आणि आभाळा कडे बघत होते.. अग्दि जसे टेनिस मॅच मधे लोक कोर्ट च्या ह्या साइड पासुन त्या साइड ला बघतात तसे..
कही लोग कोणि ओळखी ची व्यक्ति (ज्याचा कडे छत्री असेल अशी) येत आहे का म्हणुन गेट कडे व आभाळा कडे बघत होते (हे सुद्धा टेनिस सारखेच्)
दुसरे लोक आप्सात बोलत होते, पाउस किती जोरात पडतोय्, स्टोक मर्केट किती जोरात वाड्तोय्, वगैरे.
मी अजुन वाट पहात होतो पाउस कमि व्हायची!!
अचानक्, काही विचार न करता, माझे पाउल बाहेर पड्ले.. पाउस अजुन जोरात चालु होताच, पण आम्ही मजेत चाललोय SDF VII कडे..
मला बघुन कही दुसरे लोक पन बाहेर पड्ले.. त्याना वाटले असेल्..हा बाबा निघालाय तर पाउस कमी झाला असेल्. आपल्या स्वताः च्या डोळ्यांवर किती कमी विश्वास अस्तो लोकांचा!!! :)
भिजलो तर होतो, पण खुप मजा पण येत होती... SDF V च्या जवळ्, दुसरे कही लोक समोरुन येत होते...
एक्-मेकांना क्रोस करताना आम्ही सगळे हसलोच्!! ओळख नही, पण पाउसाच्या आनंदात घड्लेले कोन्नेक्शन ते...(मी ह्या वेळेला देवाकडे काय प्रार्थनाकरत होतो हे मला ओळखणार्याणा महित असेलच ;)
शेवटी SDF VII आले, चौथ्या माळ्यावर माझ्या ओफिसात पोहोचल्यावर आधी एक गरमा गरम चाहा घेतला, आणि कामाला लगलो!!
ग़ेट पासुन इथे पोहोचयला मला फक्त ५ मिनिटे लगलि अस्तिल्, पण अजुन्, एक्-दिड तासा नन्तर पण तो आनंद कायम आहेच !!
मनात विचार आला कि कोणाला तरि हे सगळे सांगावे, कारण "आनंद वाटल्याने बडता है" असे म्हणतात... तर हा घ्या मझा आनंद!!! :)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Tulsi Virani meets Jack Sparrow!!!
Note:text in brackets are author comments!!
It willl only happen once so don’t miss it, some of you may have heard abt it, some of you may not, but even those who have heard about it will probably have no idea of what I’m talking about so I’ll just say it without futher delay!!! Tulsi is gonna die today…… its true.. According to a Balaji exec.. "in an attempt to escape from the asylum where she has been sent by her family, Tulsi boards a truck that is driven by a drunkard. The truck falls into a valley while negotiating a turn. Tulsi dies in the subsequent blast."
Wow!!! Of course later we will come to know that tulsi is alive, has lost her memory for sometime, regained her memory, gained a powerful/rich/influential/semi-evil ally (Captain Jack Sparrow!!!… don’t worry, its all explained below), and comes back to take revenge on all the bad guys for sending her to the asylum in the first place, not realizing that the bad guys merely manipulated the criminally stupid virani family members to send her to the madhouse so actually her own family members are to blame damn that is a big and confusing line!!!!
At least we know that tulsi:the sequel wont be smriti irani cos of her feud with ekta kapoor… Probably it will be the miss India 2007, who after failing to win whatever beauty pageant it is (cos the cosmetic companies now have enough miss worlds/universes/asias from india to last their promotion campaigns for the next 200 years!!!)….decides to try her hand at acting!!! How will they explain the new tulsi to be a 22 yr old hottie, you ask? Read on, I say!!!
Its very simple, tulsi falls into the valley, where there is a river…the river flows into the sea… while she is floating in the sea, having lost her memory, she meets captain Jack Sparrow, who is looking for the fountain of youth, they find it and voila!! (+chaila!!!!) (aila kavita jhaali!!) instant new look young, hot, tulsi, with her memory back, who is now free to wear miniskirts (I know its irrelevant, but hey, positive thinking goin on here!!!) , flirt with captain jack but eventually choose mihir over him, and wreak her vengeance on the enemies of virani’s!!!!
This story line is set to continue for the next 317 episodes, and features the fall from grace of BA, who gets jealous of hottie tulsi and teams up with captain Barbarossa to find the fountain of youth herself!!!
The story line ahead of these development is still in the works… will keep you updated as it goes on!!!
It willl only happen once so don’t miss it, some of you may have heard abt it, some of you may not, but even those who have heard about it will probably have no idea of what I’m talking about so I’ll just say it without futher delay!!! Tulsi is gonna die today…… its true.. According to a Balaji exec.. "in an attempt to escape from the asylum where she has been sent by her family, Tulsi boards a truck that is driven by a drunkard. The truck falls into a valley while negotiating a turn. Tulsi dies in the subsequent blast."
Wow!!! Of course later we will come to know that tulsi is alive, has lost her memory for sometime, regained her memory, gained a powerful/rich/influential/semi-evil ally (Captain Jack Sparrow!!!… don’t worry, its all explained below), and comes back to take revenge on all the bad guys for sending her to the asylum in the first place, not realizing that the bad guys merely manipulated the criminally stupid virani family members to send her to the madhouse so actually her own family members are to blame damn that is a big and confusing line!!!!
At least we know that tulsi:the sequel wont be smriti irani cos of her feud with ekta kapoor… Probably it will be the miss India 2007, who after failing to win whatever beauty pageant it is (cos the cosmetic companies now have enough miss worlds/universes/asias from india to last their promotion campaigns for the next 200 years!!!)….decides to try her hand at acting!!! How will they explain the new tulsi to be a 22 yr old hottie, you ask? Read on, I say!!!
Its very simple, tulsi falls into the valley, where there is a river…the river flows into the sea… while she is floating in the sea, having lost her memory, she meets captain Jack Sparrow, who is looking for the fountain of youth, they find it and voila!! (+chaila!!!!) (aila kavita jhaali!!) instant new look young, hot, tulsi, with her memory back, who is now free to wear miniskirts (I know its irrelevant, but hey, positive thinking goin on here!!!) , flirt with captain jack but eventually choose mihir over him, and wreak her vengeance on the enemies of virani’s!!!!
This story line is set to continue for the next 317 episodes, and features the fall from grace of BA, who gets jealous of hottie tulsi and teams up with captain Barbarossa to find the fountain of youth herself!!!
The story line ahead of these development is still in the works… will keep you updated as it goes on!!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
If I had my life to live over (not me re... Don Herold)
When someone seriously writes about being less serious in life, its time stand up and pay attention.
This is one amazing passage!!! I was just browsing around when I found this.. its written by a poet called Don Herold and appeared in the 1953 edition of readers digest.. (them old ppl sure were cool!!) The dude who wrote this was born in 1889 so he had one pair in the kabar and other on a kele ka chilka… and he was writing abt how he’d like to live his life if he got a second chance.. but we are still on our first attempt and lots of time left for us (hopefully). Maybe we can learn something here..
Of course, you can't unfry an egg, but there is no law against thinking about it.
If I had my life to live over, I would try to make more mistakes. I would relax. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I know of very few things that I would take seriously. I would be less hygienic. I would go more places. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less bran.
I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary troubles. You see, I have been one of those fellows who live prudently and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my moments. But if I had it to do over again, I would have more of them - a lot more. I never go anywhere without a thermometer, a gargle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had it to do over, I would travel lighter.
It may be too late to unteach an old dog old tricks, but perhaps a word from the unwise may be of benefit to a coming generation. It may help them to fall into some of the pitfalls I have avoided.
If I had my life to live over, I would pay less attention to people who teach tension. In a world of specialization we naturally have a superabundance of individuals who cry at us to be serious about their individual specialty. They tell us we must learn Latin or History; otherwise we will be disgraced and ruined and flunked and failed. After a dozen or so of these protagonists have worked on a young mind, they are apt to leave it in hard knots for life. I wish they had sold me Latin and History as a lark.
I would seek out more teachers who inspire relaxation and fun. I had a few of them, fortunately, and I figure it was they who kept me from going entirely to the dogs. From them I learned how to gather what few scraggly daisies I have gathered along life's cindery pathway.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefooted a little earlier in the spring and stay that way a little later in the fall. I would play hooky more. I would shoot more paper wads at my teachers. I would have more dogs. I would keep later hours. I'd have more sweethearts. I would fish more. I would go to more circuses. I would go to more dances. I would ride on more merry-go-rounds. I would be carefree as long as I could, or at least until I got some care- instead of having my cares in advance.
More errors are made solemnly than in fun. The rubs of family life come in moments of intense seriousness rather that in moments of light-heartedness. If nations - to magnify my point - declared international carnivals instead of international war, how much better that would be!
G.K. Chesterton once said, "A characteristic of the great saints is their power of levity. Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly. One 'settles down' into a sort of selfish seriousness; but one has to rise to a gay self-forgetfulness. A man falls into a 'brown study'; he reaches up at a blue sky."
In a world in which practically everybody else seems to be consecrated to the gravity of the situation, I would rise to glorify the levity of the situation. For I agree with Will Durant that "gaiety is wiser than wisdom."
I doubt, however, that I'll do much damage with my creed. The opposition is too strong. There are too many serious people trying to get everybody else to be too darned serious.
This is one amazing passage!!! I was just browsing around when I found this.. its written by a poet called Don Herold and appeared in the 1953 edition of readers digest.. (them old ppl sure were cool!!) The dude who wrote this was born in 1889 so he had one pair in the kabar and other on a kele ka chilka… and he was writing abt how he’d like to live his life if he got a second chance.. but we are still on our first attempt and lots of time left for us (hopefully). Maybe we can learn something here..
Of course, you can't unfry an egg, but there is no law against thinking about it.
If I had my life to live over, I would try to make more mistakes. I would relax. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I know of very few things that I would take seriously. I would be less hygienic. I would go more places. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less bran.
I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary troubles. You see, I have been one of those fellows who live prudently and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my moments. But if I had it to do over again, I would have more of them - a lot more. I never go anywhere without a thermometer, a gargle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had it to do over, I would travel lighter.
It may be too late to unteach an old dog old tricks, but perhaps a word from the unwise may be of benefit to a coming generation. It may help them to fall into some of the pitfalls I have avoided.
If I had my life to live over, I would pay less attention to people who teach tension. In a world of specialization we naturally have a superabundance of individuals who cry at us to be serious about their individual specialty. They tell us we must learn Latin or History; otherwise we will be disgraced and ruined and flunked and failed. After a dozen or so of these protagonists have worked on a young mind, they are apt to leave it in hard knots for life. I wish they had sold me Latin and History as a lark.
I would seek out more teachers who inspire relaxation and fun. I had a few of them, fortunately, and I figure it was they who kept me from going entirely to the dogs. From them I learned how to gather what few scraggly daisies I have gathered along life's cindery pathway.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefooted a little earlier in the spring and stay that way a little later in the fall. I would play hooky more. I would shoot more paper wads at my teachers. I would have more dogs. I would keep later hours. I'd have more sweethearts. I would fish more. I would go to more circuses. I would go to more dances. I would ride on more merry-go-rounds. I would be carefree as long as I could, or at least until I got some care- instead of having my cares in advance.
More errors are made solemnly than in fun. The rubs of family life come in moments of intense seriousness rather that in moments of light-heartedness. If nations - to magnify my point - declared international carnivals instead of international war, how much better that would be!
G.K. Chesterton once said, "A characteristic of the great saints is their power of levity. Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly. One 'settles down' into a sort of selfish seriousness; but one has to rise to a gay self-forgetfulness. A man falls into a 'brown study'; he reaches up at a blue sky."
In a world in which practically everybody else seems to be consecrated to the gravity of the situation, I would rise to glorify the levity of the situation. For I agree with Will Durant that "gaiety is wiser than wisdom."
I doubt, however, that I'll do much damage with my creed. The opposition is too strong. There are too many serious people trying to get everybody else to be too darned serious.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
MugS!!!
They're handy, they come in different shapes and sizes and have so many uses, but are so underappreciated.... most of us dont give them a second thought, but after reading this post, you might just start taking care of your mug just that little bit more!!!
So what is a mug?? Wikipedia sez: A mug is a sturdily built type of ceramic cup often used for hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.
So from that we have the first use of mugs.. to serve beverages....and what an important use it is.... i know u'll say, whats the big deal, we can use cups as well, even glasses!! But let me give u a scenario here... Ur just chilling out, relaxing at 5pm saturday evening, with a cup of coffee in ur hand.... 2 minutes, couple of sips and the cup is empty!!! WTF!!!! how am i supposed to relax when i've gtg and refill my cup every 2 minutes?? Now if u have a mug there... just keep sipping and you just wont realize how time flies by!! See the point here?
>>> 
Other advantages of mugs:
you are just sipping hot tea/coffee from your mug and someone attacks you, thow the tea/coffee in his face!!! but what if this doesnt stop the person? Simple, throw the big, heavy, mug at his head and just watch him go down... cups and glasses just dont compare to mugs when it comes to stopping power (vases, on the other hand, can work just as well)
Got 3 toothbrushes+2 toothpastes+no place to keep them... Get a mug!!!!
For those of you so inclined, you can have beer in a mug, or even something stronger... ever heard of drinking beer from a cup, anyone?? Not to mention, cups are for sissies, or for times when mugs arent available!!!
You can use them for holding pens, clips, staplers, etc. in your office.. try putting all this stuff in a cup and watch it topple over, plus it looks so silly compared to mug...(not to mention the added advantage of extra storage space!!!) and with all the cool varieties and designs out there, i'm sure you can find one that fits ur personality pefectly!!!
For those of you who still arent convinced, heres the ultimate argument in favor of mugs... the debate ender.... the winning run...
MUGS ARE JUST SO MUCH COOLER!!!!!
Now I’m off to get a mug of coffee. What abt you??
Cheers!!!
So what is a mug?? Wikipedia sez: A mug is a sturdily built type of ceramic cup often used for hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.
So from that we have the first use of mugs.. to serve beverages....and what an important use it is.... i know u'll say, whats the big deal, we can use cups as well, even glasses!! But let me give u a scenario here... Ur just chilling out, relaxing at 5pm saturday evening, with a cup of coffee in ur hand.... 2 minutes, couple of sips and the cup is empty!!! WTF!!!! how am i supposed to relax when i've gtg and refill my cup every 2 minutes?? Now if u have a mug there... just keep sipping and you just wont realize how time flies by!! See the point here?
>>> Other advantages of mugs:
you are just sipping hot tea/coffee from your mug and someone attacks you, thow the tea/coffee in his face!!! but what if this doesnt stop the person? Simple, throw the big, heavy, mug at his head and just watch him go down... cups and glasses just dont compare to mugs when it comes to stopping power (vases, on the other hand, can work just as well)
Got 3 toothbrushes+2 toothpastes+no place to keep them... Get a mug!!!!
For those of you so inclined, you can have beer in a mug, or even something stronger... ever heard of drinking beer from a cup, anyone?? Not to mention, cups are for sissies, or for times when mugs arent available!!!
You can use them for holding pens, clips, staplers, etc. in your office.. try putting all this stuff in a cup and watch it topple over, plus it looks so silly compared to mug...(not to mention the added advantage of extra storage space!!!) and with all the cool varieties and designs out there, i'm sure you can find one that fits ur personality pefectly!!!
For those of you who still arent convinced, heres the ultimate argument in favor of mugs... the debate ender.... the winning run...
MUGS ARE JUST SO MUCH COOLER!!!!!
Now I’m off to get a mug of coffee. What abt you??
Cheers!!!
Monday, April 30, 2007
Q1 Result 2007!!!
Foreword!!!
Well, its that time of the year when every1’s releasing their quarterly reports. So I think, why not I too??... Maybe I’ll start a trend that’ll catch on and be a start of a new revolution!!! God knows we could do with quarterly reports on the activities of politicians and cricket teams… Some accountability here could do wonders for performance, rite? So lets get on with the report…
Letter to stake holders:
Am in majet. Life is good. Forecast is positive… hope to be in majet next quarter and thereafter as well… Read further for specifics.
Index
To short for page numbers. The report is divided into three main sections… personal, professional, and social with various subsections. At the end of the report there’s the Happening in Q1 2007 and Not Happening in 2007 section, Don’t miss it!!!!
Personal:
Physical Health:
Good, no troubles in the last quarter. Need to improve physical fitness, will get down to it some day. Planning an IPO to raise funds for talwalkars.
Mental health:
No traumatic events in the past quarter. Was okay other than a few sad days, which I suppose is normal… If u aint ever sad, you wont realize the value of happiness (Wah!!!)
Love health (???, cant think of a better title)
Position vacant, still looking…
Intelligent (important), Funny (important), positive (important), super beautiful (not THAT important but would be given preference in case of tie in first three characteristics, in other words - tie breaker #1), rich (tie breaker #2) girls can apply… Hurry up, kahi ye mauka aapke haathon se nikal na jaaye!!!!
Major events:
Couple of Job changes.. (more details in professional section)… Got a new car… Dadi fell down, arm in plaster… She’s well now, although there’s still some time for the cast to come off
Professional:
Quit integrascreen following 2 mths of Notice period.. Still miss the ppl there, not so much the place, although I still have some very very good memories there!!!
Joined a new co. for a verry short time n left… Ppl were good, work was okay, pay was good…just got n offer I couldn’t pass up!!! Which brings me to.. Patni.. yes folks, am now with patni computers… business Research Analyst!! Work is damn cool, am workin on some great stuff… work pressure is okay… company is rocking too (not hard rock though…more U2/bryan Adams than Metallica/Iron maiden.. but hey, we still rock!!!)
Overall, this quarter was very good time for me professionally, I see myself staying here at patni for a long time.. :)
Social life:
Didn’t make many new friends this quarter, hard to meet existing standard you see… Been meeting Stairrorists/Integrites almost every week this quarter and almost every time is fun… There was a lull in stairrorist activities for some time but things have started happening again… High Points of the quarter would be Anand Resort/Elephanta Caves with Integra Folk n Bheja Fry/Np meets with the stairs….
Most of the folk I know seem to have had good quarters themselves (some literally have good quarters or even ‘khamba’s)… One or two ppl been sulkin around in depression… which I’ve been told is a ‘normal phase’ for almost every1 sometimes…maybe its true, but shutting ppl off for weeks, (almost 4-5 months in case of one moronic but other wise very smart person, who btw, is more kameena than me…..Sorry for drifting off here.. back to the point) doesn’t make sense, especially since me Being a person who sees even an empty glass as partially filled with water due to the water vapor content in air (slight exaggeration here)… In case you didn’t get the connection, I was saying how positive I am and others should be too….
Rest is cool…
Happening in Q1 2007…
Well, its that time of the year when every1’s releasing their quarterly reports. So I think, why not I too??... Maybe I’ll start a trend that’ll catch on and be a start of a new revolution!!! God knows we could do with quarterly reports on the activities of politicians and cricket teams… Some accountability here could do wonders for performance, rite? So lets get on with the report…
Letter to stake holders:
Am in majet. Life is good. Forecast is positive… hope to be in majet next quarter and thereafter as well… Read further for specifics.
Index
To short for page numbers. The report is divided into three main sections… personal, professional, and social with various subsections. At the end of the report there’s the Happening in Q1 2007 and Not Happening in 2007 section, Don’t miss it!!!!
Personal:
Physical Health:
Good, no troubles in the last quarter. Need to improve physical fitness, will get down to it some day. Planning an IPO to raise funds for talwalkars.
Mental health:
No traumatic events in the past quarter. Was okay other than a few sad days, which I suppose is normal… If u aint ever sad, you wont realize the value of happiness (Wah!!!)
Love health (???, cant think of a better title)
Position vacant, still looking…
Intelligent (important), Funny (important), positive (important), super beautiful (not THAT important but would be given preference in case of tie in first three characteristics, in other words - tie breaker #1), rich (tie breaker #2) girls can apply… Hurry up, kahi ye mauka aapke haathon se nikal na jaaye!!!!
Major events:
Couple of Job changes.. (more details in professional section)… Got a new car… Dadi fell down, arm in plaster… She’s well now, although there’s still some time for the cast to come off
Professional:
Quit integrascreen following 2 mths of Notice period.. Still miss the ppl there, not so much the place, although I still have some very very good memories there!!!
Joined a new co. for a verry short time n left… Ppl were good, work was okay, pay was good…just got n offer I couldn’t pass up!!! Which brings me to.. Patni.. yes folks, am now with patni computers… business Research Analyst!! Work is damn cool, am workin on some great stuff… work pressure is okay… company is rocking too (not hard rock though…more U2/bryan Adams than Metallica/Iron maiden.. but hey, we still rock!!!)
Overall, this quarter was very good time for me professionally, I see myself staying here at patni for a long time.. :)
Social life:
Didn’t make many new friends this quarter, hard to meet existing standard you see… Been meeting Stairrorists/Integrites almost every week this quarter and almost every time is fun… There was a lull in stairrorist activities for some time but things have started happening again… High Points of the quarter would be Anand Resort/Elephanta Caves with Integra Folk n Bheja Fry/Np meets with the stairs….
Most of the folk I know seem to have had good quarters themselves (some literally have good quarters or even ‘khamba’s)… One or two ppl been sulkin around in depression… which I’ve been told is a ‘normal phase’ for almost every1 sometimes…maybe its true, but shutting ppl off for weeks, (almost 4-5 months in case of one moronic but other wise very smart person, who btw, is more kameena than me…..Sorry for drifting off here.. back to the point) doesn’t make sense, especially since me Being a person who sees even an empty glass as partially filled with water due to the water vapor content in air (slight exaggeration here)… In case you didn’t get the connection, I was saying how positive I am and others should be too….
Rest is cool…
Happening in Q1 2007…
- Bheja fry (Esp Vinay pathak)
- Anand Resort
- World of Warcraft
- Parle Milano Cookies
- Australia (Don’t really like them but have to give credit where its due…)
NOT Happening in Q1 2007
- Indian cricket team.. + World cup 2007 (pakaau, one sided, too long)
- Global warming
- ‘Patni’ Jokes Really ppl, theyre not that funny!!
- Depression (will cover my thoughts on the subject in a later blog… watch out 4 it)
- Red, the Dark side (I know it was release a lot earler but I watched it only recently)
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