1 day !

Back..and not liking it..but...a few things..kinda bugged me..so..
I wanted to check if i can handle letting go of my addictions...slowly..one after the other..
It's something i do from time to time..to see how i react..
*Khush,Pallubaby ?! Mein ekdum theek hoon ! :D*
Also..each of these are dependencies..unnecessary,actually...you have enuf in life,already...and there's no need to complicate matters..
and...What if one of them gives up on you ? unnecessary pain,rite ? toh..isliye..
In my efforts...some success..some failures..
I decided to quit the cigarette on new year's eve..proud of that ! and havent touched it ever since..
*well..once with J,here..didnt work..i almost gagged..and got the msg from body-darling..loud and clear..bye bye cigarette..sorry,body dont like you..anymore..*
I tried to quit the booze...sometime in the last 15 days..on and off..off and on..
and that's exactly what has happened..i have been drunk..off and on..on and off..
:-/
Next..quitting this place..hmmmpppphh...

3 reasons..why i'm back..
1.I am addicted to it..and like most of my addictions,i'll give them up sometime..have always done..will definitely do..sometime..itna confidence hai..
aur yeh bhi confidence hai..that i'll be giving it up for some other addiction :D my question..what's that gonna be ?
2.I had some time yesterday evening..and was checking up on other bloggers..3 of them ...are on a break/hiatus/shutdown-mode..
3.Bangalore...

Bloggers...
All 3..are..nice,down-to-earth,normal,easy-going junta..

Pittu...is a good friend,and all that happened is irrelevant...and is a nice girl...
and i wonder why she's shut down her blog..must be something serious...is all i can guess..
"yenna da aacchi,loosaaa ?! solli tholeyae,Naayeee !
yenna K balachander paDam nu nenappaa ?! somebody has to die,always ! is it ?!
:-/
I like my T Rajendran and Simbu flicks !!
Red pants,white shirt..lotsa facial and ..err...other..hair...and all disco lights glowing ! :D "
Come back da ! and start looking for that beautiful,dutiful,and more-than-a-handful tam-bram girl....for me !!
:D

ROS..Me-first-aunty-didi..the one that gives me those god-awful nicks..
forget the nicks,i dont mind them too much..but...she killed me..when she once called pink floyd..."pinky" !!
MYGAWD ! I dont think i have ever been so "grrr...",ever ! abt anything ! Floyd...and "pinky" !!!?? GRRRRRRR !!!
Consquently...I am giving supari to sayesha and surd...of dus khokha,no less..for her head ! when they meet up,in may...
"I want it ! In all it's marathi kobra beauty ! on my table !!! Bring it on your way back ! aarti utaarke,cannibal dance karoonga !! "
Blog dukaan open ho yaa na ho..tu toh gayi,aunty !
:D
*On second thots..those 2 morons..surd and sayesha..cant be trusted..senti souls dono..saaley...
Just after the "tera kya hoga,kaavya ? " dialogue..ROS will spill a lotta tears..and the 'el stupidos'..will join in the bawling !
Surd ko toh roney ka bahaana chahiye.."macha..I have to wear a tie to office,da..and sit in front of a PC..." boohooo...
And sayesha..never mind..this one is a natak company..thodi sankhi..theek hai,thodi sankhi nahi..bahut sankhi !!
and..baat baat pe
"hmmppph.." and "looks coyly at her nails.."
Show me those nails ! I'll trim them to the root for you...and you wont have to look at them,ever again ! uff !!
:-/
They will not get it rite..
Aajkal ke bacche..not to be trusted with a pro,hatchet job..
Which brings me to the 3rd one..I have 'high hopes' on this 'Brain damage'-d one...*

Vikki..bengalooru huduga..my comrade-and-maga-in-arms..
the idiot has a bot on his page..wishing he were in the freezing alps ! The heights !!
I am hoping that it's a short-while senti thing..cos of Annavru's death..
people do strange things..you are people,vikki..maNNina maga...and all that...
:D
he spent over a coupla years in sunny california..
and now hopes to enjoy the cold..jaa beta,ja..freeze your ass off ! it's good fun..i hear..
:D
Lo..baaro vaapassu !! jaasti gaanchili maaDdhiyo,ketta kopaa barutthe ! neksht...jaggesh movie dialogues will start...
and....and then...anirban naa bitt biDtheeeni !! haahahhaahahaa !
:D
Now that will definitely work ! your mail id..with me,remember..
"hi Anirban,this is vikki..hi vikki,this is Anirban...
both of you are..err...indians..now talk !
Am sure..you'll..errr....you know..err...you know...'like'...each other..."
:D
Jokes apart.. come back rite away ! Waiting for your review of the New gilmour album - 'On an island' !
*It's still not out in the desert..they say,it should be here..soon..they were talking abt "Division Bell"..heights !!!
"Can you please spell that out ? F-L-O-I-D ?" :-/ !*

I had my reasons to take a break..but you guys quit !!?break hai,toh theek hai..but..quit ??
Yaars,I have had this place..my blog..for 4 years almost,now..
*buDDha in age..and blog age,compared to you guys..*
May 19,2002..first entry..
read it...that was me..4 years back..introducing myself..and my life then..
:)
"baap re ! that was me ?! itna accha ladka tha yaar,mein..itna shaitaan kab se ban gaya ?! :D"
And that's why i have this place..to look back at my life...and wonder...
why ? cos,it's mine ! my life !!

It's my child..you just dont give up on your kid cos you feel she looks the beautiful same,everyday..
and so...are bored with it..do you ??

So..in other words...get your respective asses back in their respective places ! Rite now !!!
:)
And if this silent,leave-me-alone,selfish,self-involved-guy making a post abt it...doesnt convince you,i dont know what will !
:(

the last reason..and i hate it...
Bangalore..my city..is in flames..bcos of one death...a natural death..
Dr.Rajkumar..ANNavru..cine-star of yore..lead roles in many hits..
Also..starred in a lead role..in the veerappan kidnap drama..a few years back..
he was a nice man..no doubt,abt that..
But..His sons..are..bastards..bloody bastards...to put it very lightly..
*Shivrajkumar..you are the KarNa..and the only + in the sons..fair..not good,not bad,either..
Raghavendra rajkumar..sorry dude,no comments..i start to laff,when i see your face..it's that funny..and to think,even you got to be a hero !
Puneet Rajkumar..this one is the evil one..definitely..sandalwood smuggler..rapist..history-sheeter..where do i stop ?!*
I love my city..it defines my attitude..my actions..my reactions...me..
I will be a bangalorean..irrespective of how many years i stay out of the place..
Why ? You wont understand,unless you are one..and typically bangalorean- "I pity all you non-bangaloreans.." :D
And i hate it when Rajkumar's son's goon-gangs..go around burning people..and property..
7 people dead...a microsoft office gutted..bas,aise hi...timepass ke liye..
The Rajkumar Fans association..Sa ra govindu...Vatal nagraj..and all allied good-for-nothing people..
i am willing to murder you for free,but you are not worth my going to jail..
So...Nimmanella,devre kaapaaDbeku..*God save you all...*
The common man...will see through your designs..of trying to gain cheap political mileage..even out of a natural death..
The signs are there..look around you..Do you really think they care ? Money,for once..is playing the role of a good samaritan..
For them a bandh...is one less day of normal wage..no money,no food >> no food,no energy >> no energy,no jingoism..simple..
In this day of urbanization,do i really care if the guy next to me in a bus..is a non-kannadiga..can i afford to ?!
*Plagiarised from MJ Akbar's recent 'Byline' article in the asian age...on reservations..'49.5% of how much'..wow ! is he good !!*
The common man..he'll vote a party to power..that'll cut you down to size...and this time you dont have ANNavru's shadow to run under cover of..
The rage,i feel..is further fuelled when i get to hear from mom..of the cable guys and their 'patriotism'..
*they have switched off all non-kannada channels..as a 'mark of respect'...*
The cable guys,according to me..are the goondas of the locality,nowadays..
Low maintenance..low tech..minimum education needed...minimal work..assured monthly returns....bcos of monopolies..in carefully divided gang-land territories..
No wonder i argue with them everytime he turns up,when i'm home..chumma,just like that..
i feel he needs to be pained..he's not earning his bread,the hard way..thats why !
So..the unemployed youth..with an idle brain..cable-wallah ban jaata hai..almost a hafta-collection scam...

Rage..maha-rage..and..so this post..

1 day...a few urls..a newspaper review article..and a post...
mera kuch nahi hoga..will-power aur focus ka satyaanaas !
:-/

Break...

Thak gaya...bore ho gaya...need some rest..from blogging..
Work's kinda piling up too..
And this place has become too much of an addiction..

So..Break..

PS: The problem with saying "I am taking a break ! " is..you'll be back break-day + 1 !
:-/
Inshallah, is baar..will-power,focus..and all that I lack..kaam aayegaa..

Assorted stuff...

My HoD, LSG..sends some pearls,sometimes..on the mailgroup...
One, i distinctly remember..was a matrix to help somebody in a job-limbo decide..which offer he needed to look at,seriously..

*sorry,it's copyrighted by the department..so,cant link it here..The lord >> The department >> My Family & Friends..my priorities,remain...*

This mail was interesting too..
The British Council is doing something unique..
Under the 'Creative Future' Initiative,ideas are invited..which could,if selected..be turned into reality..more here..
I have one idea..very low up-front investment needed..very simple..and like i kid myself,everytime..a sure-fire success...100% !
:)

*no,not the porn movie idea..zero investment,yeah..but..that..is temporarily shelved.due to lack of adequately 'gifted' resources :D..
and there's nothing 'creative',in it,anymore..My experiences have suggested that all 'creative' avenues have been 'explored' ! Already !! :D*

wallah ! allahtala ke rehmokaram se..Inshallah..is baar...'Subanallah !' ho hi jaayega..fingers crossed..and fundas clear..
Just need to spend some time on it,thinking it through,to be serious...
Go ahead,guys...give it a shot...Maybe your idea..will sell..Who knows..Maybe you will not need to work after age 30..
Maybe you can die rich...without having to get married to a rich dad's girl..and suffer the torture thereafter...
Maybe..you are the king of bollywood..and..I,the queen ! could happen..never know :D
Always remember.."The Best ideas..are usually the ones...that appear painfully simple...emminently laughable..and..have no chance in hell !"

*Sabeer Bhatia said that..If not my word,i believe..we can take his word for it !
his hotmail idea,then..was just that ! 'no chance in hell !'...he never said anything abt the earth..:D
his arzoo idea,tho..wasnt quite..Well,as the adage goes...'you win some,you lose some..' err...million dollars ! :D*

At work..
Employee Payroll details..and i am explaining the components..to the business owners...
that the employee number,name,sex,passport number,etc would be the usually relevant fields..
The HR group head..a lady..and a "PaThaaaaakaaaa",if i may say so...to borrow P's words.. :D
Well..she says "But you have missed out on so many fields ! What about the other fields ??!!"

*Rule no.1 in a dicey situation...and when asked a question..do NOT answer the question..get back with another..question ! :D*

"Oh,yeah..I have a list..why dont you tell me what you have in mind..and i'll tick it right off.."
She..."ok for Ex...What about the employee's number of spouses ?? "
I was :O...while she...was being very matter-of-fact...
'Employee's number of spouses' aaa ?! *Vigorous shake of the head to pull myself awake !*

*Damn ! I need to lose the "aaa" habit,soon !:)*

I am still a little :O...no,seriously ! what do you say to that ?!!
After all the trainings i could have attended...and all my attempts to be suave at my job, I couldnt even HOPE to answer that one !
Hell..why me ! Which software product vendor would have looked at this kinda complication !!?? Name one !!
Ek...and...and..and..i'll marry you !! irrespective of your sex ! chal,sharth lagi ! now thats a honor-amongst-equals challenge,eh !? :D

*The locals are entitled to a special bonus..from the govt...if they have 1 spouse alone ! So..the need to record it in the payroll details..
Damn,yaar ! I was born in the wrong century,the wrong generation,the wrong job...and now..the wrong country,even ! no wonder,i am...a wrong me...
:D*

Weekend..
This weekend..marked a new low in my sad life..
I planned to attend a quiz,friday..by Giri 'Pickbrain' Balasubramaniam..at the City amphitheatre,in Qurum..
So..I did a milk-run to know where the venue was..cos this is my first time..and..
I got a free pass from one of the sponsors..via a baddie-mate..to an event happening the previous nite,same venue..
Lemme emphasize..Dont hate me guys...in,the my defence,i am in a foreign land..
and need to do something to keep life interesting and...not be drunk !
And..so..err...I went to...a Bombay Vikings show !

*Dont disown me,guys..kya karoon yaar ?!
i could get drunk..or i could go to the show,thursday nite..
i opted for the drier option..to avoid having a drinking problem,soon :(
I need to quit drinking...slowly..i still think,it was a wise decision :-/*

Quite frankly..i had an ok time of it..Neeraj was...adequate..
The 'item' dancer,Mousami whatever-whoever-who-cares-as-long-as-she-'item!'s-me das..was....more than adequate ! :D
And..I was reminded of "Kya Soorat hai",their first video..a Walls Feast ad,almost...
featuring Raju Sundaram(Prabhudeva's elder bro,if you'd know..)...which was shot very close to my college..

*SajjanRao circle..in chamrajpet,blore..actually..close to vidyarthi bhavan and VB bakery..blore foodie legends..
their masala dosas...and masala buns,respectively..are heavenly...sorry...were heavenly...sigh :(
The Dosas,you get here..at Muscat bakery..and..Saravana Bhavan..are like the stuff served in a hospital! :-/*

Some of the photos..here..
Some others..of the 'camp',i stay in..also in it..

*A camp..is like an apartment complex..self-contained..office,quarters,mess,playground..all in one...*

Well..the milk-run happened..but the actual thing didnt..
I was 'nanny'-ing my boss,friday...
:-/
Isliye...Agle hafte se yeh natak bandh ! no more.."we'll go to town,together.."
Our definition of entertainment,my boss and I..well,they..differ..to put it lightly
At nite..i drink...vodka.. he drinks..warm milk..
"Catch my point ? One NimiT..."
:D

*Thats a line from 'Michael Madana Kamarajan',An old Kamal Hasan movie..he plays 4 roles..a laugh-riot !!
And i pity you,all ye huns from the north..cos,you missed out on some fundoo comedies...and..for you,good comedy..will continue to mean johny lever, kader khan and shakti kapoor et al...pity :-/*