Well...I thought for quite a while about the title which goes with the passage I'm gonna write....but the intellectual part of my brain has gotten rusted...courtesy the job I do...so bear with the title for now.....
So...we started a blog...lots of enthu...lots of ideas...lots of expectations...and finally this happened...as is the case with every project we undertake....we just "lost interest".....nobody posts anything....much less...nithin...who left the software world for good is the only guy who has got the interest to blog....So, I thought I'd share the mantle...but...I really don't have any idea wat to blog about...."The latest financial crisis..."...nay...that's a cliche now...."The pros and cons of India's nuke deal"...I'm sure we'll be requested(that's a respectful way of sayin it) to close down our blog if I write something bout it....so...should I write about "Saifina....abhiash...etc" the so-called news channels have taken that job( for eg. our very own 'Headlines Today'....my gosh...It's a disgrace to call it a news channel..there must be a seperate genre for such kind....'Gossip channels' or if I don't wanna be naive...it must be called 'BullS**t channel'). So all this aside...I've decided to pen in watz happening in each of our lives lately.....
First and foremost...I'm gonna have to talk about our patrairch...Mr. veejar | rajeev (ya..that's his name).. so, finally he decided that he'd get married....gave up his eternal resistance...laid down his arms...and surrendered... We all initially felt bad for him...thought he'd be sad about losing his freedom....but he proved us all wrong....he came out of his closet...what we saw was a romantic new rajeev....then started the all-night long telephone calls (for which he passes the buck to his fiancee...hmm....mr.rajeev....we may be young but not stupid...eh..)...it did not end there....it went on to public display of love (through gifts that is)...one fine day....I go to office and I find a biiig chocolate cake(in the shape of heart..mind you....) sent from his fiancee....It did not even end there...another fine day...he asked us to return the squash racquet,which earlier he generously donated to our youth gang....and the reason...he wanted to start playing squash with his fiancee...once they get married.....whoa rajeev!!....you really changed a lot man!!! :) Just kidding...have a happy/unhappy(now i really don't know wat to say) married life.........
So that's watz happening in rajeev's life...so...now...my life...well...I've screwed up my GMAT once...in the moment of adrenaline...applied again...screwed up again...and finally the reality hit hard...and now I'm keeping quiet...and therez this wonderful project I'm put into and I all I gotta say about this project is 'I can't speak...I can't hear and I can't see'. Well...as they say life has its ups and downs....I think its all my 'downs' put together in one package... So, that's my project...that's my life as of now....and as Slash mentioned earlier...my four foot long hair..is mere 2 inch long now...and I'm not too happy about having to get it cut... And adding to my misery....I slipped my tongue before these guys about cheetahs being used in athlete training somewhere....which created a wave of pandemonium in the team and they finalized my name as 'cheetah'...all the desktop backgrounds have been changed to some cheetah picture or the other....just to remind me every moment of that faux pas....so the 'Phoenix' has not risen from its ashes....and infact it's half-burnt :)
Next comes 'Cosmos'....well he recently brought in a new attire to his wardrobe....it's what we call "The Ultimate Survival Wear". It comprises of a 4 inch thick jacket....which we all assume is...bullet-proof, missile-proof, weather-proof and will survive the eventuality of a nuclear war.... I think he is a little ahead of all of us to prepare himself for the apocalypse :) And adding to that are those long rain-proof trousers....which according to him..give him an overall protection from rain...but..as we all see..what they do better is they give him a near schwarzenegger look...
Apart from this, his sense of 'Street justice' still prevails...as he wants all those rash bus drivers, autorickshawwallas and lorry drivers to be burnt or something :) Apart from this....he is supposedly making a good headway in his new project and I guess...he is pretty happy....
Now about the 'Silver Surfer'.....the most recent big event which happened in his life is the 'Palpitations catastrophe'...one night..while he was working late in the night(as he does most often)....he felt his heartbeat (that's what I could gather from his anecdote...) and he thought he was in grave danger and he acquired the phone number of the Wockhardt Cardiac institute ambulance and pasted it on his desk....After that...he had many issues like...getting sleep in the afternoon hours...etc which all incidentally relate to the palpitations...as he says :) So, after escaping from the jaws of death...he is still living...and is still spending..the most recent of his acquisitions include a book worth 2000, a collection of genuine P.G.Woodhouse storybooks and a noise cancellation earphones set, which adds to his collection of some 100 earphone sets.. which we are happy to use as he never uses them himself :) So, Silver surfer....please keep the buying spree going and never give up....
And I gotta crash now...so the next part continues later...keep watching.....
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Who we are?
Beware!!.. This is not about me trying to find out the meaning of life or anything from universal point of view (I just thought u might be confused by the title).I am just gonna introduce my fellow bloggers contributing to this blog. So lets not waste anymore time frittering around.
Let me start with "veejar". He is the grand old bachelor of our group. Now, don't get the idea that he is septuagenerian or something. He is just about 30 and is still "happy", or atleast thats what he says. But somehow everyone keeps telling him to get married soon. I was also one of them, but then he found something to irritate me with.. And we came to a amicable truce!! He is a very interesting person and has peculiarities associated.
One of them is that he drinks only wine. Forget about me, even he doesn't know why?..
Another one I can think of is, wait for it... he can only swim underwater!! I mean, "What is that all about?". But all in all, a great guy and we are expecting some great blogs from you.
This is something that struck me now. As I have started with veejar's intro, now I am thinking y not go in the descending order of seniority in the company.If that is the order to be followed then I am gonna have to say something about "Silver Surfer" now. He is the trekker of the group. He has climbed every hill and mountains of all sizes and shapes in and around Karnataka. But u should also know that if u are travelling with him, and Mysore, his home town, is on the way to the destination in all probability he will get down on the way and go home. Therefore, whenever we plan for a trip we make sure that we don't go near Mysore.Another behavior which can be attributed to this guy is his forgetfulness. He has treated us with ice-cream many times, for safeguarding his iPod when he forgot abt it and left it in the office. But the best incident of his forgetfulness is the one which took place in Mysore. This guy goes to a shop to buy newspaper on his bike, and walks back home reading the newspaper!!.. He he.. I couldn't stop laughing when he told me abt that.
Next in line is Khartoum. A very composed and reserved guy. I have nothing about this guy which is funny. But the only time I have seen this guy lose his composure is when he saw the number of cosmetic containers in Phoenix's drawer!!. I am telling you... That was one priceless expression on his face.
Coming to Cosmos, he is one of the most brilliant guy technically. And he hails from a very culturally rich town of Madurai. And he returned from his trip to US of A just about a month ago.He is a very lean guy and has a waist size of 2 mm. The intriguing thing about him is the fact that though he is non-veggie, he does not eat chicken. That is, he does not mind eating meat as far as it is not chicken. And when I asked him the reason.. His answer was equally intriguing.. "I don't like birds man... Don't like them".
Phoenix.. I have to many things to say about him, which it self will take about two posts of normal size. But as an introduction I would say that he is the Don of our brotherhood. He is the guy whom u would like to talk to when u wanna arrange a party. Keeps eating raw vegetables and fruits in the office. Gets washington apples everyday to office and does not give me even a bite, though he knows that I like apples very much. Recently lost a bet with the rest of the team, where he was supposed to become size zero in a span of two months, but still claims that he is very fit and lean. His trick is that he pulls his stomach in whenever he is with us and breathes very slowly. So now we want to clear the fallacy and he is under 24-hour observation, wherein one of us will be watching him at all points of time till he breaks his act and the paunch is revealed. One more striking feature abt this guy is his hair. It is about 4 feet long, and it provides home to many endangered species of birds. A great guy to hangout with.
Nithin.. The Big guy. Can take upto 5 normal sized asians at once. Techincally the most amazing guy I have ever seens in my entire life. I mean.. I have never seen so much passion for technology in anybody till now. There is not a single subject related to computers that he does not have an idea about. Other than that, he hates people who don't pay tax.
Pramit..He hasn't yet chosen his pseudonym.Nonetheless, he is the guy with karizma.. The bike and character also. He is one of the juniors who joined the company about an year ago along with me. Has many "secret" girl friends all around the city. Plays squash with veejar and Phoenix. Was beaten black and blue by Phoenix on one ocassion. And he hasn't yet heard the end of it. In addition to performing his normal duties, he also is an informal dietician to Phoenix.
Finally coming to Slash. It's me. I didn't choose this psedonym because I like Guns N' Roses. Slash is the name of my favorite bionic bot in Quake 3 Arena. I am the guy who is genenrally the laughing stock of the group. Actually, just about half an hour ago, I got a message from one of the other teammate that he and his wife were blessed with a baby girl. And gladly I announced it to the team, and they started laughing at me as they had recieved the news before me. So, "veejar" the senior most blogger has proposed an algorithm that I need to follow if I don't want people to make fun of me. "First think, then talk?". Thats easy, but not working out very well for me. Other than that, I am a trader and I love beer. Coming to forgetfulness, I am at par with Silver Surfer. Recently locked the maid inside the house when coming to office. But I really didn't know she was there. Thats about me. Don't believe in blowing my own trumpet. (Reality is.. There is no trumpet.)
Thats all folks. We will be back with more serious stuff and issues that need to be addressed and are causing problems to our country and more.
Till then, take care.
Let me start with "veejar". He is the grand old bachelor of our group. Now, don't get the idea that he is septuagenerian or something. He is just about 30 and is still "happy", or atleast thats what he says. But somehow everyone keeps telling him to get married soon. I was also one of them, but then he found something to irritate me with.. And we came to a amicable truce!! He is a very interesting person and has peculiarities associated.
One of them is that he drinks only wine. Forget about me, even he doesn't know why?..
Another one I can think of is, wait for it... he can only swim underwater!! I mean, "What is that all about?". But all in all, a great guy and we are expecting some great blogs from you.
This is something that struck me now. As I have started with veejar's intro, now I am thinking y not go in the descending order of seniority in the company.If that is the order to be followed then I am gonna have to say something about "Silver Surfer" now. He is the trekker of the group. He has climbed every hill and mountains of all sizes and shapes in and around Karnataka. But u should also know that if u are travelling with him, and Mysore, his home town, is on the way to the destination in all probability he will get down on the way and go home. Therefore, whenever we plan for a trip we make sure that we don't go near Mysore.Another behavior which can be attributed to this guy is his forgetfulness. He has treated us with ice-cream many times, for safeguarding his iPod when he forgot abt it and left it in the office. But the best incident of his forgetfulness is the one which took place in Mysore. This guy goes to a shop to buy newspaper on his bike, and walks back home reading the newspaper!!.. He he.. I couldn't stop laughing when he told me abt that.
Next in line is Khartoum. A very composed and reserved guy. I have nothing about this guy which is funny. But the only time I have seen this guy lose his composure is when he saw the number of cosmetic containers in Phoenix's drawer!!. I am telling you... That was one priceless expression on his face.
Coming to Cosmos, he is one of the most brilliant guy technically. And he hails from a very culturally rich town of Madurai. And he returned from his trip to US of A just about a month ago.He is a very lean guy and has a waist size of 2 mm. The intriguing thing about him is the fact that though he is non-veggie, he does not eat chicken. That is, he does not mind eating meat as far as it is not chicken. And when I asked him the reason.. His answer was equally intriguing.. "I don't like birds man... Don't like them".
Phoenix.. I have to many things to say about him, which it self will take about two posts of normal size. But as an introduction I would say that he is the Don of our brotherhood. He is the guy whom u would like to talk to when u wanna arrange a party. Keeps eating raw vegetables and fruits in the office. Gets washington apples everyday to office and does not give me even a bite, though he knows that I like apples very much. Recently lost a bet with the rest of the team, where he was supposed to become size zero in a span of two months, but still claims that he is very fit and lean. His trick is that he pulls his stomach in whenever he is with us and breathes very slowly. So now we want to clear the fallacy and he is under 24-hour observation, wherein one of us will be watching him at all points of time till he breaks his act and the paunch is revealed. One more striking feature abt this guy is his hair. It is about 4 feet long, and it provides home to many endangered species of birds. A great guy to hangout with.
Nithin.. The Big guy. Can take upto 5 normal sized asians at once. Techincally the most amazing guy I have ever seens in my entire life. I mean.. I have never seen so much passion for technology in anybody till now. There is not a single subject related to computers that he does not have an idea about. Other than that, he hates people who don't pay tax.
Pramit..He hasn't yet chosen his pseudonym.Nonetheless, he is the guy with karizma.. The bike and character also. He is one of the juniors who joined the company about an year ago along with me. Has many "secret" girl friends all around the city. Plays squash with veejar and Phoenix. Was beaten black and blue by Phoenix on one ocassion. And he hasn't yet heard the end of it. In addition to performing his normal duties, he also is an informal dietician to Phoenix.
Finally coming to Slash. It's me. I didn't choose this psedonym because I like Guns N' Roses. Slash is the name of my favorite bionic bot in Quake 3 Arena. I am the guy who is genenrally the laughing stock of the group. Actually, just about half an hour ago, I got a message from one of the other teammate that he and his wife were blessed with a baby girl. And gladly I announced it to the team, and they started laughing at me as they had recieved the news before me. So, "veejar" the senior most blogger has proposed an algorithm that I need to follow if I don't want people to make fun of me. "First think, then talk?". Thats easy, but not working out very well for me. Other than that, I am a trader and I love beer. Coming to forgetfulness, I am at par with Silver Surfer. Recently locked the maid inside the house when coming to office. But I really didn't know she was there. Thats about me. Don't believe in blowing my own trumpet. (Reality is.. There is no trumpet.)
Thats all folks. We will be back with more serious stuff and issues that need to be addressed and are causing problems to our country and more.
Till then, take care.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
How it all started?
"Hello world"
Now dat perhaps wud be da first line any software professional wud have started programin with...eh? So ya must already know who we are ( yes, it's 'we').
It all started with a stupid idea in our ever-boring long after-lunch hours at office. We had too many thoughts..too many opinions and too less people who would listen. So, we thought its time we let the world hear us and here we are....
So, ladies and gentlemen,children of all ages.....introducing for the first time in the world of blogs: "TheCravinDiaries"...nd we reckon...this will be the most interesting blog u'l ever come across. Lots of exciting posts coming your way...so...watch out....coz i betcha u don't wanna miss a thing!!
Now dat perhaps wud be da first line any software professional wud have started programin with...eh? So ya must already know who we are ( yes, it's 'we').
It all started with a stupid idea in our ever-boring long after-lunch hours at office. We had too many thoughts..too many opinions and too less people who would listen. So, we thought its time we let the world hear us and here we are....
So, ladies and gentlemen,children of all ages.....introducing for the first time in the world of blogs: "TheCravinDiaries"...nd we reckon...this will be the most interesting blog u'l ever come across. Lots of exciting posts coming your way...so...watch out....coz i betcha u don't wanna miss a thing!!
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