Wrong number saar...

Last night i was really tired and went to sleep early by usual standards... only to be woken up by a bizzarre sms just after midnight... here goes the sequence that followed: @12:58 AM - Hi is this ridhi? [yawn yawn.... %^$& man who the hell is Ridhi?! And even if i was her/him why would i want to be disturbed at this time in the night! Shut flip and back to zzzzz.... ] @1:04AM - Is ne one der? [%$#$^%$#$% &^&*% nim %%^%#&&$ Dumb Ass!!!! let me sleep for heavens sake! switch OFF phone and zzzz..... ] This morning still fuming coz the donkey woke me up last night (have better words but this is a family friendly site!) me decided to continue the game me: Who is this? @10:58AM - Hi its Ron here. just wanted 2 b ur fren. [yeah right... the >:) in me just decides to play it cool and play the waiting game... ] @12:33PM - So not replyin' ha? me: [feeling so sad for the poor guy] You have the wrong number @12:36PM - Hey girl its the correct no. nd its concernin' the right person @12:37PM - R u in bladwin girls. me: [Ha ha ha what do u know! If only you knew you were speaking to the devil!] U really have the wrong number. stop bothering me! [knowing very well this will actually make him continue! >:) at my sadistic best!] @12:40PM its ok. calm down wont b botherin' u nemore paapa full senti dilog and all ... finally me did spare him a complete heart break ... 2 hrs later the angel in me woke up and decided to send... Hey Ron. Good luck with Ridhi buddy. The next time you better get the number right though! Let's stop at that... Did the right thing didn't i? O:-). I SO LOVE HAPPY ENDINGS!!! :D

Reason for changing the LnF of the Blog

It just reflects my current mood! :D

Singlish Class???

I was walking around in the new School of Computing building at NUS, which used to be the Law School building... when i came across a door with this written on it! Wonder if the room was used to train the foreigners (to be lawyers) to speak in the way the Singaporean judge would understand! Imagine this conversation... Lawyer: Death sentence can?? okay??? Judge: OKay.. can can la!!! All rise la!!!! (Sorry if u don't understand Sing-lish)

mobi-loo (update)

The previous post draws its inspiration from this post by Amit Verma. Was hoping my entry would make it to the final 7 too...

mobi-loo....

Found the piece of art in the shopping center in the ground floor of my apartment.... was wondering if anybody would actually like to use this state-of-the-art creation! Just a passing thought ... with pics... all i had left was to come up with a product name!

Now this feels like home...

Been a guy who watches sport a lot on TV ever since i remember.... so depriving myself of it for almost 2 yrs during my masters was one hell of a sacrifice. When I was looking for a new accommodation towards the end of last month i was praying that somebody would just give me a place with a TV, cable and of course my fav sports channels and yeah God does exist! Not only did he hear my prayers but in grand style.... imagine, there's a 53" projection TV (if ur used to say a 25" one then this is 4 of them placed together!!)at home with ESPN, Star sports and the Cricket Channel!!!! The 2 other guys i moved in with are just as crazy abt sport as I am. Watched most of the Wimbledon matches after ages... unfortunately missed the final boo hoo, watched the replay thought. British F1 race couldn't get much of that too... but did get a glimpse of the imp moments. che... why did I have to be so busy over the weekend and yeah now I cant wait for EPL !!! Unfortunately the much awaited Ind-Pak ODI got washed out, was ready for it with chips and lying cozy on the sofa!!! Yeah, it just felt like home!!! Bring on the matches now....

Random Thoughts...

Took the bus to the university alone this morning... as usual some random thoughts just passed by... the girl next to me was so engrossed in reading her book... and the guy next to me suddenly screamed out 'YES!' after he finished a call... to say the joy was shown all over his face would be an understatement. ... What happened next can only in techie terms be described as 'uncorrelated' to what preceded... I happened to realise the no matter how anybody said the word 'yes' it was always written the same way... we never bother about the accent, expression, the length of utterance .... its just written as a plain 'yes'. Its just up to the reader to get a feel of what kind of 'yes' it was. Yeah a pictorial description like a single cartoon makes an amazing difference in the way we perceive the 'yes' the author is trying to describe exactly. This is why i think reading a book is really much different from watching the movie based on the book. I watched 'Sphere' before reading the book and all i could imagine the characters to be when i finally read it were the same actors... (it is always a pleasure to think of Sharon Stone!!!) What in the world had happened to my sense of imagination?! we never realise this but there could be two people sitting right next to each other reading the same book and either of them has a very individualistic impression of what's happening.... The chances of 100 ppl watching the same moive in 100 different ways is definately a nothing! seriously all u see isTHE director's point of view! So the next time you think about watching a movie based on a book and wanna read the book too, make sure u get the order right. Else its really not worth reading it at all... The answer to the previous post will be up soon... no correct answers yet! :'(

IX point something....

When i restarted this blog i sure realised it wouldn't be long before someone tagged me.... didn't even have to wait for a month before pizzadude did... so after a revamp of the blog .... (too many links i clicked on looked like mine)... here goes... 8 truth's abt me and ondu sullu (a lie) 1 . I wanted to be a pilot as a kid... that too wanted to fly a passenger plane only!!! Thank God for making me a myopic adolescent, ppl still have faith in airlines today! 2. I weighed 1.7 pounds when i was born. I always believe in alleviating pain :) 3. hated eating as a kid.... and would come up with funny reasons not to. I once told my mom that the banana was too hot and would eat it after it cooled down the next day! 4. My sex education didn't start until i was in the 3rd yr of my BE... when a few scandalized friends did take it upon themselves as a challenge to educate me with the 'truths of life'! (nope... haven't tried it yet!) 5. I suffer from vertigo! but i also consider rock climbing to be one of the best things i've ever done. I live on the 19th floor of my building too! 6. I had this huge crush on a girl back in high school .... who was a big fan of BR Ambedkar... that's why i picked up spectacles just like the ones seen on his picture. Yeah, she never fell for me.... neither did any other girl till i changed them to metal frames which didn't happen for the next 3 yrs! 7. Wasn't allowed to go Bungee jumping coz i was underweight as a 22 yr old... (the min lmt was 58 kgs!) 8. I am scared of lizards! 9. A classmate of mine carried me on his shoulders and ran a 100 mtr dash just to prove why i was called '2D lamina' in engg college... :D i did enjoy the free 'ride'! So are the lie detectors on work yet? OKie if it's time for me to pass on the tagging then it's Lakshman's and Pills turn! Tripti, i'm not sure u want to... but here's ur chance to get tagged!

Missing too much...

Cricket in Bangalore again.... I wanna watch a cricket match at Chinnaswamy Stadium!!! Need to check my bank balance n see if I can squeeze a quick trip back home... so what if jammy's not playing... PS: Donations to make poor home sick soul feel better are always welcome... a/c number will be provided to generous hearts.

How late is too late...?

There have been times where i've given up on tasks way before te actual deadline... for instance, last sem I had this project to submit the next morning at 10AM... there was absolutely nothing working and I had almost given up hope.... 17th April to be precise.. I just went to a friend in the next Lab, as my final hope to salvage some pride and guide me in that crucial step that was eluding me all month... after all it could cost me a subject and plunge my self conidence down to great depths... The guy worked on my project thru out the night.... finished it by 8AM while i lay staring at his lappie wondering how he had so much enthu to do somebody elses job .... not for 1 sec in those 11 hours did he give up!!! At the end of it all ... i left his house still awestruck.... wondering why God was so merciful. I couldn't get myself to present it ultimately, but got an extension and presented another piece of work and fortunately the prof was understanding enough. What ultimately came out of it .... i'll know in just over an hour from now!!! All I could say then is "Thank You Saurabh"! Yeah, I did give him a big bar of choc too.... but truly, i promised my self 2 things on that day.... Never to give up until its the end Help anyone if i could .... if i can make the difference then so be it! On the same lines of thinking..... watch this video another friend sent to me..... The moral ofcourse goes just the same way.... I wonder if the calf did survive for too long after.... but yes it sure will give u the a great feeling.... The joy of living a life... Have a good one :-)

When Life gets Metro-ed....

Life in a metro... the movie... I've been keeping myself highly busy just to divert my tottering mind... Life in a metro would hardly be a movie to watch in the current situation i am in.... but it really turned out to be worth every little bit... If ur a guy u have to watch it with a bunch of like minded junta, hooting all the way to the end... the movie begins in a complicated way, and get too intense mid-way... KK is the usual serious self... then steps in Irrfan Khan and man is it fun!!! i died laughing and if not for him the moovie was typical madhur bhandarkar Page 3 types... Konakan Sen facing a similar role here too... But Shilpa shetty does act a bit too for a change. Dharmandre still cant act and Nafisa Ali is still Graceful! I'm a phd student and went to watch it with 3 other guys (we shud be called geeks i guess :p) from the lab. Man what a surprize to find 3 of you profs sitting right behind u with families n all after all the hungama we had created!!! They didn't think we'ed be this type even in their dreams i guess... but surpirzingly they turned out to be so cool about it all....such fun was it.... i think i would not have had so much fun with any other bunch of ppl.... If ur a girl, i suggest u let ur guy go and enjoy this movie with a bunch of guy friends .... as for u, u can just get a disk and watch it ... coz the sentiments that are expected when ur arnd will totally ruin it for him. The songs are just too good, i've been listening to them since this morn... just the same band all thru and its almost like they arrive from nowhere to suddenly relieve the tense mood in the movie... Don't go there to get emotional... not worth it!! Not everyone in a Metro leads such a life... but yeah u could say 'Life is a B****!' ... But I'd say, Life is what u want it to be! Live it or leave it, U wont get another!!!! Singapore is another Metro so far away from Bangalore (My Home)... but I think Life in all metros is the same... just how u lead it!! Overall.... just watch the movie, realise how different it is, how differently u can see it and move on.....

No Kidding...

Was reading through an orkut profile of an old friend and saw this poem... although it's really all about him i thought it held true for most of us... me included... a tribute to u SNB! For all the years that have passed through I sit to think of time gone by Of love i shared, of things i did i never dared Of things which taught me, which bought me and those that caught me unaware But here is a new day to hear and speak To see and to be me what the future holds God alone knows In every happening his puzzle shows No matter what cards are dealt to me I promise to myself that i will make the best of it for my own sake For happiness and sadness are a part of life I'm no different from people who like to fight ...like to strive To be the masters of their lives The goal I choose The path i use Is what makes me I Know I'm not perfect..as much as i want to be This what i am ..this is what i want to be This is all about me Time to get to work !!

life is a roller coaster....

You wonder why things change ever so quickly in life... one month it looks all so bright and beautiful...your on a vacation, having fun with friends, endless entertainment and laods of time for everything.... then next you know u wish you have 48hr days.... all those long due projects, poorly written assignments and zero prep tests show the results... wonder if i am really good enough for a phd.... then comes along a very loyal friend... who has been around for a very short while but feels like I know him for ages. No matter what, he always finds the right words to say... this time though he said... 'Boy, as long as we are talking abt education and grades, how many ppl do you think have made it even this far ... ??' Viola!!! such confidence.... i immediately thanked him for that spirit raising comment, got to work and maaan... was it a productive day!!! THANK GOD for friends What would i ever do without one in this wild world :-)

History repeats....

Never in my wildest dreams did i think I'll start my blog again.... it took me 6 months to post after creating the profile the first time... which of course lasted for about 6 more months before a complete frustu day prompted me to delete it all... and now I'm back again! (lets see how long this lasts) Woke up this morning to find that i had a laptop at my disposal lying right there on my desk... yeah it's been a long wait and its still not even mine... just borrowed it for weekend from my boss ... yeah i have a very generous one. Won't be too long before i own one ... Its been on its way since 2 months. Thanks to the delivery delays!! First a credit card limit overshoot, then the Chinese new year and so on and so forth... man this is killing... staying so far away from home and deprived of the favorite communication (Y! rules). Nowadays i even daydream about working on a new laptop... WHERE IS IT?????