... in my bed-room, by my bed-side !!!

For the past few days, the temperature of Pune has soared like anything. The mercury has touched 40 degrees and its still rising. And unfortunately, I don't have an air-conditioner in my room and sleeping in the night has become a nightmare for me. I remember, in the past I used to keep a mug of water by my bed-side and I will pour some water in my bed, so as to cool myself off. But these days I have found a better version of it. I have an old empty bottle of "colin" ... the good old glass-cleaner. I fill this up with water and this has proved to act as a panacea for me. A remedy for the heat of the night. I spray the water all over my body, towards the rotating fan (from which the water comes down to me like rain)... and the proven scientific theory "Evaporation Causes Cooling !!!" rescues me... Yahoooo.. I atleast found a solution for my sleepless nights.

Politics in the name of Morality !!!

some months ago it was AXN and now its FTV. FTV has gone off the air for telecasting some so called programmes "not suitable for Indian viewers". Some dhoti-kurta morons will decide what we should watch and what we shouldn't. And thats democracy.. 2nd largest democracy in the world !!! Looking at these I sometimes smell the rat. India going in the taliban way ... or in the misinterpreted Islamic way.. I dont know what these moral-cops think ? FTV or AXN are not XXX or porno channels. They telecast the genre of programmes they are meant for !!! Comeon, FTV can't telecast some bhajan-kirtan or some holy baba teaching yoga to people. AXN cant show the battle of Kurukshetra because its an action channel. Our fucking govenment or whatever name you give them just want to divert our mind from the real problems our country is facing today by doing these types of shitty works. And who suffers ?? People like us. I feel, Indian people are the most hypocrite people in this world.

If ASS could speak !!!

it has happened to me very frequently that people whom u approach for some services always turns u down. Let it be the Gas Agency people, plumbers, electricians... some times even the shopkeepers .... Take for an instance, I book a LPG cylinder with the local gas agency, they will assure me that it will get delivered at my doorstep. I wait for them, and when waiting becomes a pain, I call them up, they will tell me by EOD the cylinder will be delivered. When waiting turns into frustration, I take the empty cylinder with me and go to the agency to take the refill by myself, but... but ... I get turned down with a simple answer that "they dont have stocks with them ...." this is totally ridiculous.... I end up wasting my whole day of a weekend waiting for some morons... I feel these people dont have mouth but they have TWO ASSES... one for the real shitts and other one to speak shitts ... this is just an instance ... I have encountered many other situations where I had to face these types of oral shitts ... and this has become a habit to accept shitts !!!

one month of greenery

I was a born non-vegetarian ... and indeed I am a die hard non-veggiee.. but for the wierd and f**king skin problem which I am suffering from, I was advised by some of friends to avoid non-veg food quoting some real time examples ... I thought, why not give a try. So, I kept myself abstain from eating non-veg food for more than a month. I will always remember this one month of my green life !!! never in my life I was out of fish/meat for such a long time. But it was really difficult on my part to do so. But NO, it did not last long .... 5th Feb '07 to 11th Mar '07 was enuf. I am back to my original life .... but no red-meat & egg, only Chicken... yummy .......

comfortably irritated !!!

for me irritation knows no bound. I get irritated very easily, very frequently, with or without any reason. Sometimes, I get so much irritated that I end up behaving awkardly with my friends, colleagues and even with my family mumbers. But, at the end of the day, when I ask myself why was I so much irritated... I really dont have an answer. Probably, I feel unhappy at the pace or state of my life or somethings not going in my way ..... and I get irritated, I get depressed ... I look at the mirror and I feel like shouting at myself .... am I insane ?? am I paranoid ?? I dont know. some of my good friends try helping me getting rid of my irritation, but I shout at them tooo. Later when I am out of my state, I ask for excuse .... I feel I am leading an aimless life... I come to office ... I do my work... and when I ask myself.. WHY ?? I dont have an answer !!! am I sick ??? no, I am not ... its the way I am ... and hence I love being irritated... comfortably irritated.... !!! and I end up writing this type of harebrained blog... hehehe...

weekend in Goa !!!

we took a cottage near the beach in Calangute. The sun was very scorching and was very very hot. So, we ended in being inside the room for most of the time. By evening we went to Anjuna, Baga... the nearby beaches of Calangute... then went for a drive in Panjim. I was spell bound to see the quality of roads. Its a pleasure of driving and I ended up speeding my vehicle at 80 inside the city. We went to a beach called Miramer in the heart of Panjim and then had a delicious dinner nearby the beach. Next morning, we started off for Old Goa. It was a great feeling to go to the churches. Towards the evening, went to Vagador beach (the beach of Dil Chahta Hain fame). That beach was just too good. We had to climb a moderately high hill to reach the fort near the beach. The beach is less crowded and my God, it was very windy. Then did some shopping in the beachside shops in Calangute and had dinner in a Tibetian resturent. Next morning, we checked out from the cottage and our plan was to spend the day with the family members of one of our friend. We attended prayers in the church, had a delicious lunch and towards evening started for Pune. The journey back home was very cool. We never had any problems in finding out the correct route and by late midnight we reached Pune. As a whole, the trip to Goa was very refreshing.

the journey from Pune to Goa

the time was around 1:15AM... I along with my frends started off for Goa from Pune. It was my 1st long drive after I started driving, that too in the midnite. My only reason to come to Goa was the drive, pune to goa and then back home ... well the drive started off coolly. NH4 is too good... its a pleasure to drive in tar road rather than in concrete one. I maintained a constant speed of 80-100. By 4:00AM, we reached Kolhapur, from where we need to take diversion through Kolhapur town to catch NH17 for Panjim. None of us in car was sure of the route. We asked about the route whoever we met in the road. After around 30 minutes of hitch-hiking we took a route ...But... we ended up in catching the wrong route. It was tooo foggy at that time.. the visibility was almost zero... I was a bit scared as the road was very isloated with darkness prevailing all around. Never in my life, I saw such such fog, atleast when I am in a vehicle. I believe my frends were also fightened... But I congratulate myself that I did not do any mistakes as far as driving was concerned. After some distance, we saw a milestone which showed that the road will take us to Ratnagiri. So rather than enjoying in the beaches of Goa for the weekend, we would have ended in eating mangoes in Ratnagiri... So took a U, and returned to Kolhapur town.
by that time it was almost 5:00AM, and we could see people on the road. We did extensive queries, and finally we got the road which will take us to catch NH17. It was full Ghat road, but the drive was enjoyable. So finally we reached Goa by 10:30 in the morning .... This drive from Pune to Goa will always be a memorable one for me as it was my 1st drive of its kind .... I am writing this sitting in the hotel room in Goa... Lets see how the drive back home will be ...

idea of a perfect date !!!

sometimes I wonder about going on a date !!! well... I have not been luckier enuf till now to spend a nice evening in one of the most happening place with a member of the fairer sex... but it has not prevented me in fantasizing ... I think it should be nice lounge bar with beautiful crowds and soothing music ... I am very much particular about music though... Moderate rock should be good (with the impression that my most significant others also love rock). I can't expect heavy or death metal to be liked by a female. My date should be very beautiful, and should NOT be a borning one. She should acknowledge me even if I talk about SAN,NAS, Storage Arrays,Volume Manager !!! hehehe... I am sure a female will never feel bored with me (I am not very confident though). hmmmmm ..... enuf of day dreaming !!! back to work.... :-)

A Rocking 14th February !!!

well.. 14th February has always been a day of celebration for me... as its my brother's birthday. but I never had celebrated it as a Valentine's Day !!! it all began with a random plan and I along with my friends landed up in one of the most happening lounge in Pune. The ambience of the place was too good. The music, the crowd, the edibles.. everything were just great... I was at the height of good mood and enthu, and so enjoyed every bit of the time ... what should I say about the girls .. my God.. everyone at their best attire which made me mumble "WOW"... another cool incident was that we ended up meeting brother of James Blunt (of "You're Beautiful fame"). Its very common for me to enjoy to the wildest manner whenever I go to such places... and people passing cool comments on my wild cries and screams... and last nite it was the phirangs who were sitting by our side ... in small, we had a gala nite ... it was very much refreshing to have a bash after a lapse of much time !!!

Beauty and the Beast !!!

Recently, it happened to me that I saw a gang of fucking Dog Catchers of Pune Municipal Corporation .... I was shocked to see the cruelity and inhumanity of those guys while catching and dragging the poor dogs to the van ... I wish I had a good camera with me at that time ... I would surely catch those inhuman acts and publish it... As I was looking at those dogs who were confused and helpless ... one phrase came to my mind "Beauty and the Beast"... I could catch a glimpse of the dogs with my friend's mobile ..... Look at the cuties .... !!!

@ UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF AXOM

well... its been many days now that I have been hearing about the massacre going on in Assam. specially killing of all those innocent poor people... if people at this part of India ask me who these ULFA are and what they do.. I have only one answer ... "those are nothing but Unemployed Fucking Morons... who kills people just for some meagre salary ... and they have the license to kill in the name of liberating Assam from India .... " after staying away from Assam for 7 years now... when I hear these news... I just get ashamed of being an Axxomiya ....

Gaining Confidence ....

well... its been many months now, that I started to learn maunal transmission cars... a journey of utter failures to little joy ... At the outset, I thought I can't... initially I was tense about getting the learner's license... where one is tested on the traffic signals ... and I scored 10/10 in the online test. Then came the tension of getting the permanent license. Mann.. I was not at all sure what will I do in the driving test. The driving school which I joined initially screwed and cheated me badly... Finally the driving test was over ... and yeahhhh .. I passed. I got the license .... and I think I can drive well in flat road, I am a bit tense about driving in slope, when u hv to stop, your half cluth dont work and the engine stops. I hope I will do it finally.... let me seee... but finally I am gaining some confidence and the feeling that "I can Drive" is giving me some joy ... !!!

What I admire most !!!

Well, its been almost 2.5 years now in the world of bits & bytes from a professional view and alomost 7 years to step into this wonderful world, where imagination and thinking rules the supreme. Till now, I have worked in or touched almost all flavors of this world; and I admire each and everyone who have been involved to make this revolution a success and has simplified our lives to an extent, which is beyond explanation. If I am asked to make a list of the players in this world, I will put two companies at the 1st slot. And, thats Microsoft & SUN Microsystems. I feel, there is a little bit of Microsoft in every body's life. Microsoft has helped the IT revolution to touch the common lives. I really dont know why people gives sarcastic remarks on Microsoft, may be its their utter apathy to know about the stuffs Microsoft has given us or may be .. I dont know. On the other side, it will be SUN. Mann, such a vision. SUN is everywhere, when we talk about the higher end of the IT world. Although, less known to the common people until Java came in, but take the enterprise world, SUN is the leader. From, complex hardwares to robust Solaris... Hates Off to all the brains behind it.

Song, I love to sing along - II

Artist : Testament
Song : Return To Serenity


Im gonna take you
To a place far from here
No one will see us
Watch the pain as it disappears

No time for anger
No time for despair
Wont you come with me
Theres room for us there

This innocent beauty
My words cant describe
This rebirth to purity
Brings a sullen tear right to your eyes

No time for anger
No time for despair
Please let me take you
cause Im already there

Im so alone
My heads my home
Ill return to serenity

Rhyme without reason
Is why children cry
They see through the system
Thats breeding them just so they die

So please let me take you
And Ill show you the truth
Inside my reality
We shared in my youth

Im so alone
My heads my home
And I feel
So alone
You know
At last
I return to serenity

Now that Ive taken you
To a place far from here
I really must go back
Close your eyes and well disappear

Wont you come with me
Salvation well share
Inside of my head now
Theres room for us there

Chorus

Song, I love to sing along - I

Artist: Oasis
Song: Champagne Supernova

How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams, she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova
'Cuz we don't believe
That they're gonna get away from the summer
But you and I will never die
The world's still spinning around we don't know why
Why-why-why-why-i-i
(guitar solo)
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova
'Cuz we don't believe
That they're gonna get away from the summer
But you and I will never die
The world's still spinning around we don't know why
Why-why-why-why-i-i
(a really long guitar solo)
(background - sounds like a bunch of "No"'s)
(birds chirping)
(more guitar)
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
We were getting high <-- 9 times, background "Oooh-oooh"
(Fades out 7th-9th times to just one "Oooh-oooh")
(Song gets really quiet, fades to a peaceful guitar solo.)

Going Gets Tough ....

When going gets tough... tough gets going... May be 10yrs. ago, when I heard that song by BoyZone, I never knew the significance of this oneliner. But as I step into the real life, life far awy from mom's care and dad's shield... I realise how true the statment is. I dont dream of a very bombastic life... just a life of norma; person. I want to do what a normal person should be able to do... THAT'S IT... but when life dont fulfill your normal demands, life becomes real frustrating ... The frustration may range from not able to drive in a steep slope, in a very packed traffic or even to not be able to wear the type of clothes I like to wear. and then, i just have one word.. LIFE SUCKS!!

Chal Chale....

chal chale apane ghar ai mere hamsafar
band darwaze kar sabse ho bekhabar
pyar dono kare raat bhar tootkar
chal chale apane ghar hamsafar - 2

na jahaan bheed ho na jahaan bhar ke log
na shehar mein base laakhon logon ka shor
chand lamhen tu inse mujhe durr kar
chal chale apane ghar hamsafar - 2

duriyaan dene ka jo bhi hai darmiyaan
aaj kuchh aise mil ek ho jaaye jaan
bhar mujhe baahon mein le duba chaah mein
pyar kar tu bepanaha khatam raaton ke ho silsilay
yun laga le mujhe aaj apane gale
durr har bandishen aaj mujhmein utar
chal chale apane ghar hamsafar - 2


This is one song, which is very very favorite to me. I listen it again and again, yet dont get bored... The depth of the song can be felt from the voice of James... Simply love this song...

Doggy at the Chowpathy !!!

Well, chowpathy is a place which you can find only in Pune or Mumbai. While Juhu Beach Chowpathy is so famous for its junk fast food, there is another chowpathy near to my home in Pune. Its called Bavdhan Chowpath [A Romantic Spot] Yess.. this place is indeed romantic. you will see loads of couples in bikes or cars feeling at the third world. But, my writing about this chowpathy has nothing to do with that. Its about 2 puppies, which looks to be of good breed, should not be older than a few weeks. These 2 puppies are a indeed a great attarction for me to this place, apart from the place. What should I say about them ?? Such silken fars, smoooth paws .... aaahhhh I can't explain in words. I will say just one thing, hold the puppies in your arms and all your worries will go away.... Seriously ... I just love it.

Back to the world of blogging !!!

hmmm ... again I was off for around 6 months from the world of blogging.. but I am back with a bang... as of now .. I am just waiting for my Driving License, my Passport, learn to drive bro's car well and above all for 23rd November... thats the most awaited day .. yess.. my bro's wedding. In life I keep very short term goals and that make my life keep its pace.

Rongali Bihu @ Shillong after 6 years...

It was the Spring of 2000... I still remember Rongali Bihu being celebrated in my high school ground. I enjoyed all the 3 days of celebration in the Bihu Toli.. probably I new as I am moving to other parts of the country, may be in search of greener pastures and moving ahead with my career. Bihu was really great and I enjoyed with the feeling "Kal Ho Na Ho". Indeed I was correct, and I was devoid of the enjoyment for 6 long long years. But finally I broke the trend... Yesss... I was in Shillong again for the Bihu. I was lucky, as it was the Golden Jubilee celebration of Shillong Central Rongali Bihu Celebration and above all... I met my childhood friends. The guys with whom I studied from my lower primart stages. We recollected our days in Sankardev LP School... in Shillong Vidyalaya... And it filled our heart & mind with nostalagia. After that plate after plates Momo in Broadway, roaming around in the streets of Police Bazar and taking rounds of Bihu Toli in Mrinal's car. It was the most rocking vacation I had after so many years. All of us felt as though we are never separated but staying in Shillong together all these days. What should I say... but simply ... SHILLONG ROCKS !!!