That was a foggy december morning in bangalore and I just returned from my usual weekend chennai trip. I always kind of feel I come to bangalore to significantly do something, all the way from chennai. So, such a Monday morning is always with all hopes ;-) Err, I missed the usual East Station and had to go until City Station in my Bangalore Mail. Its good in a way, I could stretch my sleep for 20 more minutes.
On my way home bangalore, I see a girl watching me throughout the station platform and I as usual felt uncomfortable. I with my hands checked my hair and checked my waist for my pant and finally the essential one..yea, all the guys would have got it now. My wallet, it is there ! So, I could reach home and don’t have to encourage the gal's courtship for a silly lift that she might give after use of my exemplary flirtious talk. (Probably, I see a reason my friends saying I am doing galish thing sometimes -- using gals for silly helps). I got back to my usual arrogant looks to continue on my walk to see for an auto if possible or a bus.
Jus like the movie, the gal who watched me got into the same bus. (Err, Editor in me messed up and this para is abrupt…I saw a long queue for auto and preferred to take bus has been ripped off). I don’t want to take ticket before she did..yea, I cant see another irony to see her get down in my stop - Domlur and thereby let this blog a more lengthier one… I always felt I foresee things for better ;-) …But, yea she did it exactly and I couldn’t even believe she walked down with me to my street. I was dumb-stuck to see her get into the house next to my house in Indira Nagar. She was in a nice churidhaar and certainly looked a Tamilian as my gaze on her bag read a shop in chennai. I remember I had been in that Indira Nagar house for about more than 10 months and with friends all in 24-25 age bracket.
What certainly is wrong with my harmones, to have not realised some girls living next door ????? Or, simply with the outlook on the life ??? Although, Bangalore is no alien place for Tamilians, we could have befriended some native people around and taken/offered some help. All that I am bothered of is I manage to go office in time, finish off to get back home to watch some crap on TV. When I come out of house, that means I either take a personal call on my mobile that my house-mates probably should not overhear or, to see for someone at doors looking to sell something. Younger generations (let me include me too into this for some more years) got to see for neighbours as well and need not be so selfish, never mingling with society.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Carisbrooke Castle , Isle of Wight , UK
That was a very romantic British Spring weekend. I was definitely happy to get off the Chennai Summer and be there for a month. Although my passport page read "Business Entry", I still count that as one of my exotic vacations in recent years.
There was certainly no home-sick when I landed in Heathrow, London because, I had my return tickets in my hand and my stay is just for one month. But, still there is couple of reasons I was sad about.
One is that was April 14 - Tamil New Year Day. My mom was feeling like I missed a great opportunity to eat her "sakkara pongal" with the family (it jus matters 4 of us) on that day.
Another is April 14 (again !) - Release of Ghilli Tamil movie. My sister was feeling like she missed a great opportunity of going for that movie on the first day. In fact, I was not keen about the movie then ;-)
Coming back to the topic, the spring has just been rolled out and schools/universities were on spring vacation so, we were happy to roam around in local busses. UK was treating us with really longer day as the Sun was for us until 9 PM. On the first weekend, we cruised to an Island - Isle of Wight just few Kms off the harbour city - Portsmouth where IBM had its UK headquarters. There we had been trekking a little to get to the "Carisbrooke Castle". There you see my friend Thilak posing with our Hero.
I really forgot my family, friends, girlfriend that I do not get to call them because, I was all in mood to roam around and I was happy for the information and infrastructure that the country had for its visitor. I felt so comfortable with the place unlike bangalore where on returning from chennai, I still wink on every Monday morning where I should go further to reach my home.
All I learnt in one month was - " Definitely, i witnessed the reason UK ruled us for 100 years and I now saw what all they did with the money the looted from our Rajas and the civilians ". Indians in UK - realise this and return to bring India to the glory it deserves having produced so many software professionals !!!!
Dates in my Life ;-)
Dates - This is probably the most heard/uttered word today... I dont really find a relation between Feb 14 and Dates... But, certainly there is no day for me without dates. As I sat little underutilized and unproductive to my boss, i am here blogging a few words on my opinions on dates.
This is different generation where even the married couples dont eat in home (with certainly both career oriented and have to get to their work and spare me, I am used to see slogging couples in my very little grown up years and most of them both in software industry) because of getting to sleep really late in the night (again here, i am not getting pervert trying to say what they do until the early morning ;-D) due to work pressures and highly impossible deadlines (hehehe, i certainly had stolen these much used words from recent Email forwards and the TOI daily in bangalore ;-) ). Here, the couple is happy that they get to date every dinner, either in some restaurants on the way home or in the office canteen itself (if both were employed for same firm). The quality of food and the necessary contents for the health gets defeated when they enjoy each other's presence and enjoy the dinner-date.
Here, I want to go back and think of my school days when I was not so used to Dates and not been in any liking for it. My dad has always been health conscious on his kids that he used to tell "atleast 1 illae 2 eduthukko..otherwise, you will feel tired and dont get the energy". At this time, if you guys guessed what he is meaning.. I would say you are "my kind". I am even not interested to eggs those days (this is not certainly due to my Iyerism on this taste) .
But, these days when I am living alone and my dad and family 400 kilometers away when they could hardly mind what my day is like, I run at 9 PM to Food World to get a packet of Lion Dates because, my stock of Dates is over by yesterday. Being a vegetarian and not getting used to suggested ergonomics for my body and health.. I am always used to go gym atleast 5 or 6 times a week. Egg, Dates and Banana are definite must for my diet. It is said, Dates give the necessary Iron content that my bones grow harder to carry the weights in the gym. If I get to bring my dad or mom to my place in bangalore, they would definitely be happy at my changed attitude on diet.
I am worried now if I become part of that busy working couple, would i be having time to jog, work-out, eat my banana & Dates that I need ????
I certainly believe i emphasized what I wanted to blog ;-)
This is different generation where even the married couples dont eat in home (with certainly both career oriented and have to get to their work and spare me, I am used to see slogging couples in my very little grown up years and most of them both in software industry) because of getting to sleep really late in the night (again here, i am not getting pervert trying to say what they do until the early morning ;-D) due to work pressures and highly impossible deadlines (hehehe, i certainly had stolen these much used words from recent Email forwards and the TOI daily in bangalore ;-) ). Here, the couple is happy that they get to date every dinner, either in some restaurants on the way home or in the office canteen itself (if both were employed for same firm). The quality of food and the necessary contents for the health gets defeated when they enjoy each other's presence and enjoy the dinner-date.
Here, I want to go back and think of my school days when I was not so used to Dates and not been in any liking for it. My dad has always been health conscious on his kids that he used to tell "atleast 1 illae 2 eduthukko..otherwise, you will feel tired and dont get the energy". At this time, if you guys guessed what he is meaning.. I would say you are "my kind". I am even not interested to eggs those days (this is not certainly due to my Iyerism on this taste) .
But, these days when I am living alone and my dad and family 400 kilometers away when they could hardly mind what my day is like, I run at 9 PM to Food World to get a packet of Lion Dates because, my stock of Dates is over by yesterday. Being a vegetarian and not getting used to suggested ergonomics for my body and health.. I am always used to go gym atleast 5 or 6 times a week. Egg, Dates and Banana are definite must for my diet. It is said, Dates give the necessary Iron content that my bones grow harder to carry the weights in the gym. If I get to bring my dad or mom to my place in bangalore, they would definitely be happy at my changed attitude on diet.
I am worried now if I become part of that busy working couple, would i be having time to jog, work-out, eat my banana & Dates that I need ????
I certainly believe i emphasized what I wanted to blog ;-)
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Why did I finally create a blog spot ????
I've been avoiding to blog online for long time....that kills the purpose of being interesting to people who move with us. There should be some pep and thrill in people who get into my life to know who n what I am and what was my past like. A blog spot just kills all it !!! Its like throwing a less personal diary online for anyone to go through it in detail and leisurely.
(Some reader : ok, asshole tell me the bullshit why you started blogging ? )
I have been noticing that my life is changing too fast and too unlikely I sometimes dont like to look back what it was like and what I liked to have my future as. I am in a lifestyle where I check system clock more than my wrist watch..read "The Hindu" online, plan my travels online, purchases/transacts too much online now, I am getting scared (may be unnecessarily) that I might forget/miss the smell of reality. I wanna put my mind then and there where i can do "autograph thing" after some years or months probably. My mind had been swinging too much these days that I feel myself like a "super mix of tastes" and dont seem to be a guy of "mix of super tastes". I stand to hate what I was like few hours/days/months back. I just want to pile up my personalities/emotions/thoughts somewhere and of course, some time that I got now to create a blog spot.
(Same reader : kill you mo'fo, this is why everybody creates !!! )
As Fred Durst wrote in his "Results may Vary.."
When i reminisce ignorance was bliss,
Back in the days where the magic exist
Never be the same as it was, 'cuz the way it was
Just another day in the maze of a myth
Had a lot of fun living life on the run,
Never had a chance to pause to get a better glance
Everything was free and everything was fast
Never even thought it wouldn't last
When you go the mind of a man in the middle
Life is just a big fat riddle, so figure it out
Always thinking that you kno
wEverything little thing there is to know
But you don't really know, ya know?
It's like love, some people get it
For some it's just a glove that just never fitted
For me it's just a pain in the ass
But i'm addicted to the taste of hopin' it could last
(Some reader : ok, asshole tell me the bullshit why you started blogging ? )
I have been noticing that my life is changing too fast and too unlikely I sometimes dont like to look back what it was like and what I liked to have my future as. I am in a lifestyle where I check system clock more than my wrist watch..read "The Hindu" online, plan my travels online, purchases/transacts too much online now, I am getting scared (may be unnecessarily) that I might forget/miss the smell of reality. I wanna put my mind then and there where i can do "autograph thing" after some years or months probably. My mind had been swinging too much these days that I feel myself like a "super mix of tastes" and dont seem to be a guy of "mix of super tastes". I stand to hate what I was like few hours/days/months back. I just want to pile up my personalities/emotions/thoughts somewhere and of course, some time that I got now to create a blog spot.
(Same reader : kill you mo'fo, this is why everybody creates !!! )
As Fred Durst wrote in his "Results may Vary.."
When i reminisce ignorance was bliss,
Back in the days where the magic exist
Never be the same as it was, 'cuz the way it was
Just another day in the maze of a myth
Had a lot of fun living life on the run,
Never had a chance to pause to get a better glance
Everything was free and everything was fast
Never even thought it wouldn't last
When you go the mind of a man in the middle
Life is just a big fat riddle, so figure it out
Always thinking that you kno
wEverything little thing there is to know
But you don't really know, ya know?
It's like love, some people get it
For some it's just a glove that just never fitted
For me it's just a pain in the ass
But i'm addicted to the taste of hopin' it could last
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