Friday, June 29, 2007

TGIF mails arent cheerful anymore

TGIF= Thank God Its Friday


I hate CTS


"Hey was searching for you..want to grab a bite of my cooking.. "
[that was my PG (Paying Guest) mate.. ].. Ok too many brackets!!


".. "


"Hello.. ma'am.."


"What happened ..??Are you ok ?? "


"I was hit by a sumo .."


"What you were hit.."


"No my scooty & I happen to be driving that.. "


"Need some water??or juice??.."


"Ok juice.. " (Isnt she sweet ??.. )


"Here..nothing happened right..??"


"No I balanced..but the sudden jerk took a bit of me.. thanks I'm better now.. "

"Between that was a CTS's (Cognizant Technological Solution)cab"

P.S: No funny comments allowed for this post.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Stephanie-Part I



It was a bright sunny morning and the birds were chirping merrily.

Stephanie was wearing a navy blue color pinafore and a white collared shirt.Her small golden hair was parted & made into two ponytails. Her back was loaded with a pink school bag and it had a big barbie smiling in style.
Stephanie liked to be called as Steph with a big emphasis in the last syllable.She was the complete picture of a class second kid waiting for her school bus.

Steph looked angry and gross today. No, she was not like Calvin who hated the school. She was like Susie, studious ,smart and teacher's pet.
She was upset because her dad failed to keep up his promise. This was her first day after the big holidays and he promised to drop her at school.


"Sorry Stephanie..err.. Steph.." dad had started.
Somehow he was not able to come in terms with her shortened sweet name "Steph" .
"You do know that mommy is sick don't you dear??I will pick you up in the evening and we will grab an ice-cream??and aren't you eager to see the new face my girl.. ??"
Oh yes! New face.. new face!!

That's the only word she had been hearing since the day her mother became sick with a stomach like Santa.
"Steph dear..you will not be alone anymore..you will soon get a little baby brother or sister to play with. Wouldn't that be great??"
She remembered the first time her parents told about the new entrant.

"I want mommy.. " she had cried one day when her mom puked and refused to play with her.

"I hate this new thing into our house"
Steph murmured and hopped into the school bus.
(Little did she know that her dad would fail again and never be able to keep up his promise in the evening )

H20

Blogger asked me
"When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?"
and the funny me answered
"Put a straw inside & suck biggrin !!! "

If only blogger had given me a straw last night !!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

How did they manage









to train the chimps?!


Monday, June 25, 2007

What a day !!

I drove in early to attend a meeting, or a conference call, whichever you are familiar with(remember..inspite of my monday morning blues) only to find a mail with subject "Postponed until tomorrow".

The sun was smiling or rather laughing merrily ;Its just two days since my previous post.

I broke my favourite keychain.

I'm still hung with yesterday's rupture with someone and I regret it already. Did I say that I feel sorry too.???

I have sprained my neck ; I wonder if I tried to do some Vicky(Small wonder) trick at night.

My mobile reminder couldnt do its job for a friend's birthday when Orkut could. Why?!
Oh yeah..I had been intelligent enough to keep the reminder a month later.

I tried to capture mother nature from my office pantry

but ended up with the dust that dressed the glass!!


Friday, June 22, 2007

Monsoon-So-Soon

The temperature in my Firefox shows 28 degree celcius.I'm neither in any hill station nor on a vacation, I'm in Chennai, one of the hottest cities in the World.
Some effects of this rain & the chilly weather...
  • I'm just unable to get up from my cozy bed in the mornings.
  • I don't mind wearing a convertible sandal to work.
  • I'm happy not to wear the gloves while driving.
  • The restroom seems to be the warmest place in my office.
  • Suddenly I have an affinity towards hot drinks & tender coconuts seem to be nowhere in sight.
  • I rocked my jacket from its sleep & the poor thing is working hard nowadays.
  • Rain songs have become the in-thing in the world of FM radio.
  • I'm getting some mud spa while driving, thanks to the pot holes that decorate the roads.
  • I feel like inventing a wiper for my helmet.
  • My geyser is smiling since I'm using it after a long time.
  • I'm using two blankets @ night .
  • Mr.Rain is not letting me enjoy the terrace walks.
And nope. I do not want to sing "Rain rain go away.. " at least for sometime.

Vote for Our Only Wonder

If you have already voted you are welcome to skip the post.
If my words sound Greek or Latin to you , then I order you to continue reading.
If a person could really miss this topic, inspite of the innumerable forwards & campaigns by the media, then I assume he/she was residing in the moon. Anyways here we go.

The wonders of the world seem to be a thing of past cause the buzz is the campaign for the new seven wonders of the world .
The New7Wonders Foundation, created by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, is the body behind the New7Wonders campaign and its motto is "OUR HERITAGE IS OUR FUTURE."
You can find all about it in this site.The new seven founders are formulated based on voting. You could either vote
  • Online just when you are reading this post
  • or call them up with your sweet voice
  • or sms & increase the count of the already overflowing messages
But remember-sms is the last option.

The Taj Mahal, is the ONLY contender from our Country and so patriotic people please do vote & retain its wonder status.

Couple of days back it was in 9th place but later in 3rd and now where it is no idea!! And the reason given by the site,
"The New7Wonders ranking update has been removed due to a large increase in voting volume, which is causing frequent changes in candidate positions. Many people are now voting by SMS text message in order to support their preferred candidates, so remember to use SMS as an alternative to online voting via the website."

Remember the dead line is JULY, 7th, 2007
.

The official declaration will take place in Lisbon,Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.
7 wonders,on the 7th day of the 7th month on the 7th year(Wow!!). Also notice that I've marked in RED(7th color in VIBGYOR) (Thanks for the applause !!biggrin)

Trivia - Bipasha Basu is to co-host the event along with some Hollywood folks.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Calvin's first strip

I'm so happy that this started it all smile

Monday, June 18, 2007

My wishes

Somethings that I want to do in life..
  • Own the entire Calvin & Hobbes collection
  • Get the entire Full House series
  • Visit an English country side & wear one of these English ladies dresses wink
  • Learn Piano
  • Own a small library of books
  • Do the interior design of my house with bright & colorful curtains
  • Stitch my own dress
  • Write a novel (even if noone is ready to read smile)
Able to think only this much right now .. more might continue..

Someone's excitement

Someone I know recently said,
"I saw Ratan Tata.. he is pink in color..I stood next to him just like this.. " she stood next to me with both of our shoulders touching & grinning widely.
"and took snaps..I'm so thrilled "
She was still grinning.

My wishes

Somethings that I want to do in life..
  • Own the entire Calvin & Hobbes collection
  • Get the entire Full House series
  • Visit an English country side & wear one of these English ladies dresses wink
  • Learn Piano
  • Own a small library of books
  • Do the interior design of my house with bright & colorful curtains
  • Stitch my own dress
  • Write a novel (even if noone is ready to read smile)
Able to think only this much right now .. more might continue..

Someone's excitement

Someone I know recently said,
"I saw Ratan Tata.. he is pink in color..I stood next to him just like this.. " she stood next to me with both of our shoulders touching & grinning widely.
"and took snaps..I'm so thrilled "
She was still grinning.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Patience

His black leather watch showed 6:45 PM.He had exactly one hour and fifteen minutes in his hands.
"I dislike men who are not punctual " her words kept running through his mind. Unpunctuality was the last thing in his mind at this hour & thats why he started a little early. But the huge chunk of vehicles before his car made him sweat inspite of the air condition.

"Hey what do you think you are doing mister", Sure he was taken aback with her question on their first meet.He knew he had been staring at her for long but never had a clue that a girl could counter attack him.
"Hmm.. well.. I think you look .. quite... heavenly,.. " he remembered his stammering.
"God, no one has ever made me this nervous" he thought.

His lips curved into a smile thinking of those wonderful times.

"Beep..thump.. " he heard all those sounds and was relieved to see the traffic clear.
His watch showed 7:10 PM when he reached the railway station and he knew she would be pleased to see him on dot.
He saw a big butterfly hoarding & recollected her musical voice.

"See.. have you ever praised me like this..almond eyes that flutters like a butterfly....now this one line is wanting me to leave you . ."
She teased him tearing the letter.
"I know guys are gaga over you and your eyes especially. & oh.. I'm one among those poor creatures.. " he flattered her further.

He had a clear picture of the day when she showed him a love letter from her neighbour.
Still ten more minutes.
He adjusted his glasses and took a glimpse of himself at the mirror in a shop.
"Not bad man" he said to himself.

He started picturing how she looked in their last meet.
She had such long hair which was black like the night sky & she had left it loose . Her clear skin face looked bright like a full moon.

The announcement of her train's arrival jolted him back to reality. She was fidgeting in her seat ; his wife whom he had missed terribly made him forget all about the noisy surrounding.
The fat lady yelling, a small boy crying, vendors shouting nothing mattered anymore.

He rushed immediately & took her hand.Two drops of tears rolled from the same butterfly eyes which was now covered with dark cooling glasses.He removed them.

"Shh.. do not cry my dear I can still see you..even if you cant..your eyes look lovely.. "
He wiped the tears from her wrinkled skin and touched her hair that was still long, though grey.

She leaned on him & they strolled together with his walking stick.

They were one among the few who were united after the deadly war.

P.S: I restricted very much from making it a sad-ending ; Did I succeed or not ?? Well, that depends on your perspective.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Refresh your eyes

A rainbow.. rare these days.. do you see an Eiffel tower there?! wink



Never miss a summer rain..

Somethings remain sweet forever

What is it like to be away from the usual busy(is it?!) life, that starts with snoozing the mobile alarm , to keeping a book mark in the last read page of a novel & switching off the night lamp??
Its like a big piece of black forest cake that has a big layer of chocolate cake with considerable amount of icing and a big cherry that sits right on top of it.. !!!
I'm just back from a vacation & Im feeling like a small kid showing tantrums to go to school after holidays.

P.S:No connection between the above & below lines.

Off late Ive developed some interest in Western songs, never gave much thought earlier, no idea why.
I remembered a song taught by a school miss called Gracia when I was in standard seven . We were having our annual school day and I was in the school choir.We were
supposed to sing lot of songs in between plays, or dance or anything that needed a break.(Poor audience).
And there were many different languages .. national songs !!(pity the people .. )

It was the first time they thought of having a western song which Gracia madam, (thats how we call there!) pioneered.

I also remember the rift that happened between the two teachers (one western; one Indian) to manage the common students in both sections.(I happened to one among them!)
Anyway not boring you folks.. a wiki search of the song.. and I came to realize that its the state song of Kansas.
Now I wonder why for Heavens sake were we asked to sing that!!!

P.S:I'm an amateur , you are welcome to enlighten me.

Refresh your eyes

A rainbow.. rare these days.. do you see an Eiffel tower there?! wink



Never miss a summer rain..

Somethings remain sweet forever

What is it like to be away from the usual busy(is it?!) life, that starts with snoozing the mobile alarm , to keeping a book mark in the last read page of a novel & switching off the night lamp??
Its like a big piece of black forest cake that has a big layer of chocolate cake with considerable amount of icing and a big cherry that sits right on top of it.. !!!
I'm just back from a vacation & Im feeling like a small kid showing tantrums to go to school after holidays.

P.S:No connection between the above & below lines.

Off late Ive developed some interest in Western songs, never gave much thought earlier, no idea why.
I remembered a song taught by a school miss called Gracia when I was in standard seven . We were having our annual school day and I was in the school choir.We were
supposed to sing lot of songs in between plays, or dance or anything that needed a break.(Poor audience).
And there were many different languages .. national songs !!(pity the people .. )

It was the first time they thought of having a western song which Gracia madam, (thats how we call there!) pioneered.

I also remember the rift that happened between the two teachers (one western; one Indian) to manage the common students in both sections.(I happened to one among them!)
Anyway not boring you folks.. a wiki search of the song.. and I came to realize that its the state song of Kansas.
Now I wonder why for Heavens sake were we asked to sing that!!!

P.S:I'm an amateur , you are welcome to enlighten me.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

He and She

"Hey, you look good in this picture” she told him looking at the mobile.

"Either you have impersonated or your phone is a magic, or quite possibly you really have become handsome" she told, tapping his shoulders.

"Will it make you happy if I told that you have become blind”, he said which led to her laughing like the white waves that roared near them.

She had long curls that touched her face and wore a cream colored salwar which had bold prints. Her hands looked very small compared to the large brown ones that held hers. She was fighting with the breeze in removing the velvety black hair that blocked her lovely face & he enjoyed watching her actions as always.

"It’s unbelievable...”
"Huh there...you can never be quiet at a stretch”, he said... "Ok ok..so what’s unbelievable now?!"
"The fact that in a week's time we will be husband & wife, you moron"
"Oh my..now don’t let me think about that I already regret very much "
"Huh..you should be lucky enough to have me..no girl will marry a jerk like you.. "

Saying these she got up and walked towards the sea.It was slowly becoming dark when they started taking a long stroll together in the wet sand making foot impressions.
Turning her head towards him she said,

"Do you love me?"
"No I hate you.."
"Oh is it !! Then why are you wearing this blue color shirt that I gave you "
"That’s because I got it free.. "

He said that & ran as far as he could.. & shouted,

" You cant catch me with your heavy body lady.. "

She ran after him and they looked like two small kids playing in the water.

It was 7:00 AM in the morning. They were still at the beach but not together anymore.
They were carried away in a stretcher.

Tsunami had struck the beach last night.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Wish this happens

We were watching the morning news when this particular Ad was aired.It has an excellent background score which is brilliant with just few "thung..thung..thrumpp.." as words.
They show Eskimos who travel in a boat ,auto ,even a cycle, cross a rail track , walk through fields & get chased by dogs!!

Pause. Now they show a man who is having a cup of tea when these Eskimos suddenly flood his house.
"Beep" his mobile shows the word "Eskimo" in a text box & tells "search completed"
This is an Ad for Hutch live, search anything.
Check the Ad yourself here,


After the Ad K says,

"I do have Hutch, shall we search Brad Pitt??"
razz


Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Gossipy afternoon

Conversation between two girls working in a beauty parlor. Just happened to be attended by one of them.

" You know A who acts in that soap aired at 9:00 "
"Yeah yeah she looks so funny in that, hey you used to attend her earlier right?"
"Yes, but she doesn't come here anymore"
"Oh.. she used to look old..I won...."
"U know she got married recently.. her husband is my bro's client..one bald headed fellow "
"But I thought she was married earlier..u know the guy who used to accompany her "
"I used to think the same.. may be they got divorced.. "
"May be or. ....."

PS : This post comes with the label Eavesdrop even though they were talking right into my ears.

Google-Orkut

Google's Orkut has introduced this new feature of adding feeds in Orkut. You can add & edit feeds from the link in the left panel in your profile page as shown in the picture here.

We all know that Orkut was created by Orkut Büyükkökten, a Google Employee.
Here are some unknown (atleast to me)facts about Orkut :
  • Orkut is the eighth most visited site throughout the world
  • It is also the second most visited site in India.
  • Orkut is an old Turkish word that means "city of happiness, pleasure, joy, luck,"
  • In the first year of Orkut users who misbehaved or were reported to misbehave could be "jailed"
  • Affinity Engines filed suit against Google. The allegation is based on the presence of 9 identical bugs in Orkut that also exist in InCircle that belonged to Affinity.Google settled the lawsuit. Terms have not been disclosed.(Orkut Büyükkökten is an X-employee of Affinity)
Source:Wikipedia , what else!!

Monday, June 4, 2007

Friday, June 1, 2007

Poor Doggy

My neighbor is a 50 something old man. I'm not sure whether he is the master or the servant of the house.Anyway this guy has got a pet recently. No marks for guessing it right;any fool can find with the post title.
This is a small puppy with white skin & some black spots all over(Is this a dalmatian?!), and the guy finds every possible way to beat it!!! Though I hate dogs , and not @ all a doggy person, the dogs eyes really moved me. I felt that its trying to tell me something. May be one of these,

"Will you rescue me ?!"
"Are you going to beat me too"
"I want my mommy. "
"I miss my brother"
"I want a big juicy bone "

Have a look at yourself , I'm sure you will agree with me.

Just look at his eyes cry

Snippets from a good read..

" Seems you are not bad after all, some girls have crush on you too "

"Really?anyway I don't care .. who likes me or not..as long as my girl does like me"

"Your girl is flattered"

Mom makes Calvin catch the school bus

This guy never tires melol