Conspicuously me!

Alvida pai Layout

2009-07-20T21:45:00.000-07:00

It was in August that I came to Bangalore from Hyderabad, knowing pretty well that I wouldnt be killed by boredom here-I knew I was staying with one of my good friends-Nirmal. I arrived at 12 midnight-thanks to JetLite :). It was then I got to speak to Sen-though we were in the same college, we hadn’t spoken much there! PaiLayout proved lucky-I got the much needed change of destination n it was confirmed I would be put up in Bangalore come August15th. Bingo I got freedom from C*C…..

KempsAvenue was the Apartment name-2 flats 405 and 406-I, Sen and Pravs . I was looking out for a roomie-when my junior was looking out for a place with close proximity to bus-stops. Mine was a one-bedroom apartment and I welcomed him with open hands-problem solved. I can say with pride-this is probably one of the best groups I ve been with-and probably the best college group . Praveen was one guy with whom I hadnt spoken in college but trust me just after 2 months-we were one of the closest! Sen is someone who always makes the atmosphere cheery. There is never a dull moment when Sen is around! N it’s quite a rarity to find a genius like Sen.
And then there was Nirmal-he is more of a family friend to me…..We ve known each other since my first sem and its tough to find guys like Nirmal around-dedication personified-(but then we guys have tried changing him just a little bit-and we ve been successful ;)

This was my circle in Pai Layout. PaiLayout is a bachelor’s paradise-home made food-mess, hotels, juice shops, hospital, departmental stores (where they accept sodexho coupons), medical shops-what not!!

This was the place from where I experienced my first trek-thanks to Pravs-he introduced me or rather inducted me into the trekkers group which is special by its own way!!....
Pai layout has many many fond memories….but this was not meant just for Pai-Layout!....

Now that I am moving out of Pai Layout-I should say that I ll be missing just one thing-the elite group of Kemps Avenue-Sen, Pravs n Nirmal!
I do not wanna sound formal-but then, thank you guys for making this one year memorable-I personally feel that this is the one of the best groups I ve been with! There was never a dull moment when u guys were around!....

Sorry Junta-this post might sound like greek-but its coming from the heart! So kindly bear :)

TRUTH CAN BE BITTER!!

2009-03-31T07:48:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: There is no direct reference to anybody here, though I have come across such people in my life! I don’t remember who said these but I definitely remember what was said! So guys take it easy!!!

I am feeling sick today-fever, cough, soar throat…..I was napping just when I got up thinking about something. I basically am a straight forward person and I expect the same from the people around me! Sometimes though “these people” who are increasing in number of-late have this funny feeling that they can remain un-noticed even if they try to hide things or say things that are totally freaky…..totally weird…totally out of this world! Little do “these people” realise that we aren’t fools or kids! Or is it that they are reluctant to tell us and we people are foolish not to understand this!
Whatever be it I would just recollect some of these FUNNY THINGS I ve heard in the last few weeks!!

•Me: Dude!!....How much have u scored in CAT??
This Dude: Hey I flopped terribly…..cannot reveal the score…..damn CAT…..damn the entrance tests…..
Normally when people answer me like that I remain silent, do not entertain in asking them their mark again……There was also this friend of mine who said she d lost her CAT id card. I just have one question for these guys: Is CAT the end of it all? Is there no life beyond CAT??.....
To this gal: If ur not so serious about the exam why do u even write it??.....grrr….”These People”!!

• Me: Are u seeing that gal (I ask to THIS friend of mine).
He: Hey not serious buddy……may be…errr……well nothing like that!
For God sake what did u even mean man??.....not serious, may be, nothing like that??.....

• This incident happened to my friend, who is working in Delhi. There is a friend of his who told him this “Hey Ash, I got a call from Harvard University-GMAT mein 770/800…..Still I feel I should be here!!! I am not going to Harvard! ” He is working in an MNC which definitely is not worth the toss he has given to Harvard. I have this question to THIS guy, “Why did u even apply if u were not interested, my friend?!?!?!”…….U think we ll just listen to whatever u say??......God Bless u!

• Me: Hey y don’t u come online in messenger?!?!?.....

This Friend: My gmail is hacked; my yahoo id is also hacked 

I go scratching my head…..” GOD save me…..even I know little bit about hacking….either your security question should ve been so stupid that every Shiv, Ram and Krishna can answer the question, or u should ve given ur password to ur friend considering he/she is so loyal. Decision pays friend!” Please people if u find such hackers do report them to Networking companies, they might get highly paid!!! After all they hacked ur gmail and yahoo id with ease, didn’t they??....Freaks!

It may be that they really meant what they said……It may be that they are lying, it may be that they want to make a fool of us, whatever be it…..I feel so bad for them(if they said these for making a fool out of us). They are probably trying to make a fool out of themselves and not us…..You can very well be frank in telling people what u want to, I used to hesitate a few years back, but learnt if I have to survive here in this HONEST world I got to be frank and point blank!!!.....

This was meant not to hurt anybody, so pardon me if it hurt anyone……
I am off to bed again……!!!

BLAH BLAH.........

2009-03-23T08:25:00.000-07:00

Browsing the net is no more as passionate as it used to be……There was a time when I used to love forward messages, I rarely receive any now….Speaking about cell-phones-No more good morning greetings, no jokes, no ‘what is true love’ messages…..nothing…..For once I feel I should go back to Nokia 1100, since I use cell phones ONLY for speaking and not for anything else-no messaging, no listening to music from cell-phones, no using cell-phone cameras; nothing! I also notice the change in me-from someone who used as many as 6 cell-phone models in 4 years of college to the one who is searching for THAT RIGHT person to sell the moto-Rokr phone for at least 5k bucks!!...I know it’s too much of an asking but kya Karen??....I bought it just about a year ago for 14k!!!....I don’t know the reason why I ve stopped giving importance to cell-phones-is it because that now I am earning and that is why I don’t want to spend on cell-phones, or is it because cell-phones are no longer attractive to my eyes anymore!?!?!....Whatever it may be, this change is for good :-)….
Coming back to browsing the net-I more often check mails as a ritual, no mail worth a read; gtalk is no more of a use now! .None of the sites are restricted in my office or home still I don’t find any website interesting barring a few……I use ibnlive.com for checking the latest in India, Goal.com for checking day-today football news, wiki for reading about some personalities I admire, orkut.com for the sake of checking scraps (though no one scraps me nowadays), youtube.com for watching some interesting videos, some interesting blogs for passing time, Tech republic for some techie stuffs……I might have missed a couple of them but I am sure the list is short compared to the list of 2003. One good thing is that I have developed the patience to read some good blogs. Coming to Orkut.com-the number 1 social networking website…..I never knew she would betray me-orkut.com has also started to bore!!!...It’s never a good time-passing-medium anymore!!!! You cannot stay in it for more than 10 minutes nowadays……I don’t know why but I feel most of the things boring in orkut nowadays…..
Well guys, I don’t know y I even wrote about this, may be I am trying to get used to blogger.com….My Blah-Blah hasn’t ended-shifting gears now-I went for a trip to Udupi , Malpe and some other beaches!.....It was one of the best trips-made me forget all the things that I ought to and enjoy the things around me. Had darshan of Lord Krishna in Udupi. The beaches in South Canara are neat and clean; you can visit the place once!
With a change in my life-style and the way I look at life nowadays, I sign for this month!

The Great Indian Dream!!

2009-02-23T21:43:00.000-08:00

I didn’t watch the Oscars live but got myself updated after every award Slumdog Millionaire fetched for itself-felt proud that a film on India was fetching its crew some awards. This post is dedicated to Rahman…..one of the best music directors of contemporary cinema, if not the greatest!!....Never ever even in my wildest dreams did I know that a Tamilian would go to the Oscar stage and make us all proud by starting his speech in Hindi, continuing in English and last but not the least, ending in Tamil.When some of the people from Tamil Nadu feel ashamed to speak their mother tongue, here is a man who after reaching such a peak doesn’t hesitate to end his speech in Tamizh. Hats-off to the maestro.
As an Indian I only wish Rahman all the best in the years to come.

PSst: In my previous post I had written if this film ever deserved an oscar….I m not sure about that even now whether it deserved it but as an Indian I am very proud of Rahman-how much he has achieved as an Indian!!!

Slumdog Millionaire!!! Oscars????....

2009-01-29T06:42:00.000-08:00

Yes! I saw Slumdog Millionaire……A very neat Hollywood film directed and cinematographed brilliantly by the foreign crew!!! Right from the beginning till the end, the movie doesn’t bore a bit…..driven by extraordinary music and an amazing screenplay, the movie is carried forward by Dev patel playing the teenaged Jamal, and Anil kapoor playing the arrogant Prem Kumar!!! But the real hero of the movie is the younger Jamal in the slums-he knows nothing about the bad, an ardent Amitabh fan, and a guy who instantly shows his helping hand to Latika, another slum girl!!! That’s so typical of kids-very sweetly directed by Danny Boyle!!! As for the music, Jai Ho….song rocks, so does Ringa Ringa though it reminds u of Laxmikanth Pyarelal’s musical brilliance Choli Ke Peeche……MIA’s paper planes song is also used here but it does fit very well in the movie!!! Overall Slumdog Millionaire is good-thumbs up definitely…….but if u ask me if it deserves all the hype and the big O award-as an Indian, Yes go for it Rehman!!!.....but as a film goer-I am sorry…..there have been better films than this; musically directed better!!!!!

Now for the second movie of the week-12 Angry Men- an absolutely brilliant movie, that stars just 12 actors (in the whole movie itself) as Jury members trying to convince each other to hang a young boy who is charged of murder of his own father!!! Just one room and an oval shaped table, 12 Angry Men is all about dialogue delivery and stupendous acting!!! Inspired by the IMDB rakings, I downloaded this movie but never felt like watching it-“It’s a %&*$ing 1957 movie!! Y should I waste my time in this “, I thought; for someone who didn’t mind watching crap like Mummy-3 and Constantine, it was utter stupidity!!!.....Somehow, driven by boredom at home, I started watching it-and trust me I got glued to the monitor!!! I recommend this movie to everyone who likes Classics……!!!
PSst: Its Rear Window and Raiders of The Lost Ark next in the list!!!...

It's Different!!

2009-01-06T19:03:00.001-08:00

After a long long time I got up early to breathe the fresh cold air of Bangalore! I meekly followed the saying “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise “. It was way different from getting up at 7:30 or 8….Today I got up as early as 5:45, called up my mom to tell her about this-my parents were astounded about the fact that I got up so early. While speaking to her over phone I was able to hear the sweet voice of MS Subbulakshmi in the background. Vishnu Sahasranamam was being played. After a 15 minute conversation with parents I immediately switched on the TV. Today is ‘Vaikunda Ekadashi’ and “Swarga Vasal” meaning ‘Doors of Heavan’ is opened today in Srirangam. I was hoping for some slokas in TV. To my happiness, Vishnu Sahasranamam was being played in one of the channels-Listening to that peacefully, I switched on my lappie to do some left over office work. I have never felt this peaceful while working. I was in an all diferent world- -early morning- MS Amma’s Sloka- Ranganathar Darshan in TV-what more can I ask for being a SW professional who can seldom afford to bunk office and goto temple that is sited in another state? After watching the repeat telecast of Rangathar Swamy pooja, I got set to go to office. I was there by 7:30 and the watchmen were gaping at me as if I was some creature who forgot the office timings!! I was happy that I had come to office as early as the sub-staffs!! I was the first in my floor….So with a good beginning to the year I just hope I maintain this throughout 2009!!!
ALVIDA!

This week that Year!!

2008-12-18T22:16:00.000-08:00

Inspired by my friend Abi, I thought y not try writing blogs in different styles...All these days I ve been blogging abt my day-today happenings…..this time a step backward-lets go to 2007-December…..probably a year back…..Flashback Starts!!!!

I was in Hyderabad then and was having a good time with friends…..There was company for everything and I used to not miss a restaurant or a movie…..Probably visiting these restaurants proved costly to my tummy……I had visited almost all the good restaurants in Hydearabad, especially the ones in and around banjara and Jubilee hills…..Its fun to freek out when u have company….It was December end and we thought y not peek into on of the best restaurants in town-Ohris-Banjara!!!.....”There should be something special since its New Year eve today”-we thought…..We dropped into one of the restaurants in Ohris (which houses a chain of restaurants inside). We were awe-struck….It had a forest ambience-filled with tress (plastic ones though) and the people serving us were dressed like forest hunters….I was just gaping at the scenary there…..Thankfully we had the camera with us-these scenes shouldn’t be missed! We started with soup or rather a shorba….then went for naan, and tandoori side dishes…..”I have been to many good restaurants but this is special “, I thought……we frenz had a great time then….hope this year too New year eve would be as entertaining as last year!!!!!

Work From Home-A better cost-cutting option for SW companies

2008-12-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

• Companies can save power-They are not required to pay the electricity bills for people working from home.
• Productivity increases (Trust me u work more when ur at home at least out of boredom!!) and u need to show ur productivity too!
• Office maintanence costs reduced-Tea/Coffee, Biscuits, Pepsi/Real Juice…..
• Little worry that terrorists would attack ur work place (now ur home). The probability of the terrorists attacking office premises is more!
• Topping the list is the satisfaction-specially for married people-they actually enjoy working from home-(that’s what I heard) and for bachelors it’s a good deal specially when u have ur frenz near by!

Working from home can actually be a good cost cutting option for companies!

Bang'lure'??....Does it allure??

2008-11-18T22:04:00.000-08:00

Its been a busy week-CAT, Ghar,cricket Match etc…..I wish I could add movies to that list! Varanam Aiyram ( the much hyped flick starring Surya) has finally released….tkt was booked at Inox on Sunday-couldn go unfortunately coz of CAT, now waiting for someone to join me for the movie!

I m bloging from office for the first time for m so much vexed abt this much-hyped-city, the so-called Hi-tec city n the so called Cosmopolitan city! Yes Banglore! I hafta write abt this-the city lacks the basic amenities to be called a HI-TEC city…..leave alone the comparison wid Delhi or Mumbai….Blore is no where near to Gurgaon or Noida or even Coimbatore….12 yrs before, when I visited this city, i had the same feeling-I never felt comfortable here….N now this city has undergone a lotta changes (people say) but I don’t knw y-its never amused me….blame it on traffic, blame it on the ****ed up buses which stop a KM ahead of the stop or blame it on the auto walas, who demand a whooping 400 bucks from Indra Nagar to Silk Board….The only positive for me here is that its very close to my hometown-n I can visit my parents wheneva I want! N the second plus is my office-its been really good so far!!....hopefully it would continue to be so!! N not to forget my neighbours-my college mates-my close buddies-…these are probably a few things that makes me say “ I prefer Blore to Hyd or Gurgaon”!!!!

Its 11:30 already n I havent started my work as yet,,,,,,so me shall sign out nw! TC all!

A Curse named Emotion!

2008-10-24T00:17:00.000-07:00

People wish for many things in life-College passouts wish for a job at a top MNC, teens wish for good-luking gal frenz, while SW engineers wish for a 100 % Hike in the appraisal!!....while a few wish they were humans sans any emotions! How good would it be if we had the power to reminisce only the good things that ever happened to us! How good would it be if we had the magical mind that does not give a damn abt emotions! How good would it be if we were able to remove the thotes, that keep troubling us now n then-Just like Professor Dumbledore-who had the power to store his thoughts, I wish we had the power to do just the opposite ;-) Emotions give a lot of trouble to all we humans-For eg. When a close friend of us goes to the US we feel bad, our heart starts ruling over the head…..or for that matter when we go to the US or any damn Country for studies leaving our parents, the tiny droplets that fall from the mothers eyes…..Thats emotion! If ever we had the power to delete them! If ever we could code our mind not to take the parameter named emotion! “We are not humans then…..or rather we are just flesh sans soul” some might argue…..but just think around-if we had that power, how much can be achieved? i.e if we are able to differentiate btwn the gud n bad thoughts or happy and sad moments…..Only happy moments stay in our mind ! But all that we can do now is just not think abt the things that have troubled us throughout.
As wise people say-Allow ur head to rule over the heart…..never allow the heart to take control!!!

ROCK ON!

2008-10-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

This post is not a review abt the movie - trust me u wouldnt need anyones review to watch it! It simply keeps upto the title-simply Rocking! Three heroes of the movie-Farhan, Shankar-ehsaan-Loy and of course Arjun Rampal! This post doesnt have anything new....its not abt a trip, its not abt any encounter wid a jackass...its not abt a gal i hit on, neither does it have any rambling! I just felt y not share a video wid u-No its not abt any mammoth 7 feet animal shit swallowing a silly human! Its a simple video from ROCK ON!....Its a song named TUM HO To...sung by Farhan himself, i suppose! Y did i love this song-y did i listen to it for more than 10 times in a span of 6 hrs?!?!?!?!? SIMPLE---Its the YODELING in the song that made me glued to it n of course Farhans n Rampal's acting! Listening to ROCK ON songs more than 5 times a day is a big number for someone who simply hates anything dat has a smell of Rock music in it-not that TUM HO TUM song belongs to the ROCK genre! It made me wonder how? A ROCK loather like me managed to listen to all the songs more than 5 times a day...n tis song in specific!!!!! Still i am clueless?!?! OKAY! Enough of my boredom-sit down n njoy this wonderful song-Don miss the second stanza YODELING-"yeh Zindagieeeeee....".....follow the link below for the song!
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfc5kOGjoyI&feature=related

Travel, Trekking n More-(JOG FALLS, Murudeshwar, Kollur and Sringeri)

2008-10-06T23:09:00.000-07:00

After a 70-long-chain-mail-conversation it was decided we were going to Jog falls…..on a 2 day trip. The other places we were gonna visit was unconfirmed.
It was Friday evening when myself, praveen and Sen got ready to goto Koramangala to join 6 other frenz. We had arranged a tempo traveller for the 2 day trip…..the mood was on-we started our photograph session at our homes itself….”We are going to Asias deadliest falls-JOG FALLS!”

Our plan was to hit Sagar (a small town in Shimoga district) by Saturday morning and then travel to Jog from Sagar…..It was freaky cold there in Sagar-but the very enthusiasm of going to JOG made us get ready within 2 hrs and we set off to JOG at around 9 AM…..The road was curvy-more curvier than Ooty, much deadlier than most of the mountains, specially when ur driver is driving with one hand ( His substitute hand was occupied with cell phone throughout) We were greeted with the water-scanty scenary-sans flooded water!! The driver disappointed us before hand itself saying the falls was not at its deadliest best!!!!.....but then-after travelling more than 450 Kms little does it matter whether the water is flooded or whether the falls is deadly-we had come there to see the water falls-wat we expected was little bitta water falling from 920 feet :P

It turned out to be much better than wat we expected-the water was THERE.....”Y don’t we go down to her footsteps”, said one voice……”Its 920 ft man….will we be able to climb up??.....there is no way out but crawling up and down by foot”……After a 10 minute discussion we set to her footsteps….the first 100 feet was little easy, with steps helping us….then came the deadier part-we had to take help of the rocks to crawl down…..with the woodlands covering my feet, it was more dangerous for me, little did it support my feet …..Sen, Prabhu, KB and rajesh were fast….myself , DP, John and Praveen were taking our time, while Venkat was busy snapping the scenary……After around 45 minutes we reached down with our bodies completely drenched with sweat.

“WOW”, all of us exclaimed in chorus…..it was worth the crawl and sweat….After snapping some photographs we set to climb up-the journey was tumultuous, but somehow we managed to climb to the top. “Where are we going next?”…..”Gokarna? Murudeshwar? Kollur?”……We decided it was gonna be Murudeshwar. We reached there by twilight….n it was time for some much needed rest-for 2 hrs!!!! We then went to the beach there which was way different from the beaches in Chennai-no dry sand, no shops….but the beauty of the beach lies in the tides….After spending some time in water, it was time for sports-we decided to play football with a tennis ball…weird na?....but that game turned out to be a ripper….it brought out the athlete is us….all the guys were giving their best….It was jus awesome!!!!!

Sunday-we had plans to goto Kollur (which is famous for Its temple) and Sringeri (which is known for its Mutt) We got up late that morning and set to Kollur-had a good darshan there and then to Sringeri……
The return journey to B’lore was fun-filled with some games and chi-chat and gossips!!!!
It was 12 when we reached B’lore…..
I closed my eyes-all I could see was the Beauty of JOG and The long Shiva structure at Murudeshwar….I smiled n turned around only to see the others expression-all of them were happy-“ We should go for trips every 8 weeks”, said praveen…..We acknowledged with sincerity and eagerness……When will 8 weeks pass??

For more fotoz visit http://picasaweb.google.co.in/shyam.magix/JOG?authkey=Kq9kMUjbIy0#

Weekend Flix!

2008-09-14T21:58:00.000-07:00

Its Monday n back to office after 2 wonderful days! Saturday n Sunday was fun filled tis time round-saw 3 flix- 1 tamil n 2 english-SA-RO-JA , Mummy-3 n THE LAST SAMURAI......It was ma first outing in Bangalore-Praveen had buked the tkts for Saturday matinee show for SA-RO-JA-a film dat mostof my frenz liked n almost forced me to better watch it! We reached the CINEMA half an hour before n the multiplex is definately a much hyped one-200 bucks for not-so-posche multiplex.....definately below Sathyam n PVR(Hyd).....but then we have no choice here-hafta see it in one of the 2 theatres! The movie is a perfect example of good screenplay-never felt bored even for a minute and the music was outstanding too! New actors n a not-so-experienced director, but the movie was way too good-definately better than the much hyped Dasavatharam......We loved every scene in the movie n came out satisfied-definately a 3.5 outa 5 :-)
We then set out to Indra Nagar-Praveen, a food lover like me, promised me to show the Tamil Nadu in bangalore-in terms of food! We set to Suswadh, a small restaurent n we had some tasty Idlies n Malli Masala Dosa-verdict-excellent! Then a cup of coffee-verdict-outstanding, definately better than the screwed up CCD coffee...."This is Tanjavoor Degree coffee for u man!"
Back home it was time for the home-theatre cinema-Mummy-3-one word-Sucked! Bad movie! Nothing worth mentioning abt it here!
SUNDAY: After a good night sleep, again myself n praveen decided to watch "The Last Samurai", which stars Tom Cruise! Its abt the war against the westernization of japan by a grp of Samurais! Awesome direction n Music.....even the minute emotions were potrayed wid utmost dignity!! a good performance by Tom Cruise....It wasnt like these funny english flicks where u get to see the hero fly or beat a hundred guys widout logic! This movie would surely leave an impression in ur heart abt the way u think n see life!!!
So the weekend is over n back to business here-got some trainings this week n yaaayy!!!-m going home next week!!! :-)

House Arrest !!!

2008-09-03T07:02:00.000-07:00

How does it feel like to be alone at a place where u ve jus landed?? hw does it feel to stay at a house alone from morning thru night??....hw does it feel like to keep starring at the monitor-orkut page, gtalk, YM, and a small pdf document, spanning not more than 500 pages for studying?? hw does it feel like to eat outside in the afternoon during a festival?? hw does it feel like to miss Kozhakattai during Ganesh Chaturthi?? hw does it feel like to keep starring at ur cell fone hoping at least someone would call?? hw does it feel like to keep pondering abt ur future??....hw does it feel like thiss...hw does itt thattt......grrr.....Stop it damit !!!!! The above feelings can only be felt, not explained !!!!! For the first time m waiting for the day to get over, yipppeeee office tomo :) :( !!!

Changeover!

2008-08-28T22:01:00.000-07:00

My usual start-up-"Long time" :-)
Yeaaa itz indeed been a long time!.....Lots have changed, i have changed my residence from Hyd to Bangalore-yet another SW hub :-(......
Hyderabad has many fond memories-but then as always i hate to spk abt the past-though it gives u that funny feeling of hating todays life! Bangalore welcomed me with a 'bang'.....literally, when i boarded the cab from the airport to the company guest house-such pathetic traffic.....I hafta mention a word or two abt the guest house accomodation-i ve been accomodated in the past but never have i evr seen such kinda accomodation-the guest house built amidst trees-parks surrounding all four sides of the guest house.....cooks at ur doorstep wanting to make every delicacy u can evr think.....everything was simply outstanding......After 2 days of new joinee induction-it was time to face the music-travel 15 odd Kms-dats a huge distance in Bangalore-cuz it takes more than 1 n half hours!.......I feel, the govt. here roped in the companies widout prior planning.....no wide roads, no good roads, no proper flyovers......everything adds upto the misery of the aam-aadmi!...dats one area where HYD scores over!
Anyways this post is just to let u knw abt my change of location from Hyd to Bang!....got loadsa work to do now.....so Signing off!

NOCTURNALY URS!!

2008-07-23T04:28:00.000-07:00

Hi Junta,
Been a long time…..hope all s fine…..This post is dedicated to the one most irritable disease dats hiting human race-Insomnia……Till last month I ve been a guy who hits the sack at 12…or maximum 1…..I am blessed to be in a company dat asks me to work from evening thru morning J…..but even then till last month I used to find it easy to sleep at nights….Everythings kinda changed now…..The clock keeps ticking and urs truly keeps blinking, gaping at the roof and chking the cell phone ( of course for the time yar!)….2, 3, 3:40…….and finally by 4 I manage to get my eyes drooped! Its really irritating to sleep when everyone works and work when everyone sleeps! Specially when u don have ur parents to pamper u wid coffee and breakfast when u get up late….
Yesterday it so happened dat I skipped my dinner…..and stayed awake till 2:40…..i couldn control my hunger after dat-went out in pursuit of something edible to swallow-found ABSOLUTELY NOTHING-returned home to find my boring roomies snoring-opened the bag which had some bread pieces dumped in it….took 2 pieces n ate it wid jam spread all over it!!!! I NOW KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF GHAR KA KHANA!!! The bread pieces I ate were so damn dried up dat I had to stretch it wid my not-so-strong canines!
FLASHBACK-13 months ago- “ Mom make some cutlets today, I feel like munching em nw-the weather is also nice u c J “! Mom replies-“ I planned to make dosas-the dosa maavu is still left….i ll make cutlets tomo!”
Shyam: “ Illa! I want cutlets only today…..i feel like eating them”
Mom: “ ok ok…..tomo u shud have dosas then!”

Enough of flashback-back to reality-I jus couldn’t but think of those days of me ordering, requesting my mom to make the dishes of my choice and now when m alone-Kaanju pona Bread……
Thank u God! Only when u face such things u knw the importance of real love!
I love my company for

It makes me work throughout the night
It makes me work from early in the day-as early as 5.
Its given me high level work.

Ya U rock….my dear company……..

Dasavatharam->Chaos Theory->Butterflyeffect

2008-06-18T06:12:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
Just when i thought i should leave for the day, i got an email from Sri-an email about Dasavatharam and some theories behind it.....For all those who think this is the review about the movie, m sorry-it isnt.....I ll paste the mail i received from Sri-follow it-understand it-appreciate it-get spellbound !! Excerpts from the post-
*No One can Do.....Other than Kamal Hassan.*Too many doubts about correlation of the movie, Chaos theory andButterfly Effect have come into Picture....!!!The movie clearly states about Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect [Kamal says it in his Speech in the Movie ]The concept of *"CHAOS THEORY" and "BUTTERFLY EFFECT"*, by itself is acomplex concept, which mainly highlights the happening of hugeunimaginable things because of least probable things...!!!!Dasa although deals with these concepts, but does not necessarily confuseanyone with it,,,, As i said earlier, its mainly "YOU"... that plays afactor in how the movie gets along with "YOU".To just brief about these Concepts,Q: *What is Chaotic System ?*
A: Basically a chaotic system is one wherein long term predictions areimpossible.Like for example,if I push a car, I know that it is going tomove and it will continue to do so if I go on pushing it on andon.However,in a chaotic system,this situation cannot be predicted over along period of time.Weather for example is a chaotic system.No matter how good yourinstruments are,you simply cannot predict the weather with 100% accuracyover a long term basis and forecast it.
Q: *What is the Butterfly Effect ?
*A: It is the most important component of a chaoticsystem.Basically,small perturbations results in amplifications whichcompletely destroys the original nature of the system and makesprediction impossible.If a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa,it could result in a cyclone inUSA.(Mark the word COULD).A highly dumbed down explanation of thebutterfly effect is in the film Anniyan,where Vikram's sister diesbecause a liquor shop owner sells liquor on a dry day.
Q: *OK, how does Dasa incorporate it ?
*A: In essence,Dasa talks about 8 characters who are inconsequential assuch,but are integrated in a larger picture.Without Bush,the plane wouldhave been called back.Without Shinghen, Govind would be dead.Without thetsunami,the world would have been destroyed.Even Krishnaveni Patti playsa very important role.If she had not put the vial in the idol,maybeGovind would have recovered it then and there and a powerful weaponwould have been unleashed.The very fact that it went into the idol meantthat it was being accelerated to its destiny.Without Kaifulla Khan,Govind would have never escaped;the list simply goes on.
Q:*OK,so does the film talk about theism or atheism?*A:Neither.It talks about how humans drive the destiny of the world.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The movie does Show " A Butterfly " flying accross the screen after theTsunami Attcck, clearly indicating that the Tsunami is an Outcome of "The Butterfly effect ".*ALSOOOOOOO........**/I said that the butterfly COULD cause a hurricane.That's a huge probability. Would be a negligible probability. NOT a huge one. if that were true, we would have cyclones on an hourly basis as butterflies keepflitting all over Africa and u don't have so many cyclones to accountfor a HUGE probability.Chaos,relativity and quantum mechanics are so damn weird that you willthink I am talking metaphysics and pseudoscience./*Like for example,according to quantum mechanics,there is a finite probability that you will fall right through a solid chair.And it is a PROBABILITY.*Even 10 to the power -26 is finite *:-) .But yes, Quantum Mechanics does allow for weird situations.*//**THE CONNECTION !!!!!*Guys check this link for a clear and complete explanation
*/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
*/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
In the above links u can see that butterfly's wings might create tinychanges in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of atornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornadoin a certain location..So in dasavatharam that idol thrown into sea in 12th century is thecause for tsunami.... so everything is interlinked .The wiki entry alsosays that chaos could play an important role in plate techtonics. Whichmeans even the 12th century incident is connected.*The 1st scene is perfectly connected to the climax, remember what Kamalsays in the 1st scene, that he will not say "Om Nama Shivaya" , but Asintells him to chant it , but still Kamal refuses , ( in this kamal in hisstory tries to tell that ) Nambi believes in his god more than anything,but Asin feels "Its ok if we change the god or chant other god's name,its life thats most important." Now if u see the climax its JUSTOPPOSITE.... Kamal doesn't believe in god much and values lives ofpeople the most.... but Asin deeply believes in god and that too thisdialogue comes when both Asin and Kamal's hand is on the god which camefrom the sea , and it also means that they are getting united from theplace they departed hundreds of years back ( Kamal and Asin).Theconnection between the 1st scene and the climax in the movie shows thegeneration circle combined with supernatural powers of GOD anddestiny.....!!!If you watch it closely u can also find another actor who has donedouble action other than Asin and Kamal.Asin's father Sahasranamam [12th Century], in the beginning he says toNambi "Panchatchira manthirathai sollitu vaango mappillai" and at theEnd [After tsunami] he says "Avar enna jathiyo inga vaanga paati ".Another Eg. of Chaos Theory and circle of life.*/JUST IMAGINE THE CHAOS THEORY IN A TAMIL FILM ??/**/WILL ANYONE HAVE THE GUTS TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF A SUBJECT IN A TAMILFILM?ONLY KAMAL HAS THE GUTS.... U ROCK!! /**FURTHER-------------**/Nambi explanation/*Okay, this is slightly outside the chaotic system driving the film as awhole.From what I could gather he says that this story is aboutideologies like God,the madness surrounding such ideologies and decidesto tell the story of the Shaivite-Vaishnavite conflict to show howpeople go crazy in the name of God as an example.As a loose end,it gets tied up in the end,when the Ranganathar idol isthrown out of the sea due to the tsunami which highlights the cyclicnature of life.Actually the Nambi character highlights both Chaos andKarma which I explained.That is the brilliance of this film,there is somuch to see and understand.Another explanation(and this is slightly far fetched--- as explainedearlier) is that Govind is in fact the reincaranation of Nambi. As Nambihe couldn't protect God and died in the name of God.In order to fulfillhis Karma,he is reincarnated as Govind Ramasamy who ultimately saves theworld from destruction.The idol in the end somewhat hints to thistheory; his story began with the idol and it ends with the idol.As far as the connection with Nambi character and events in 12th Centurygoes...The connection is based on the "Butterfly effect ".When Govind and Andal goes to the bury the idol in the sands, Andal willstumble on a particular stone couple of times...This is the same stoneas the one from 12th Century hen Kothai rips her Thaali and flings it atKulothunga Chozan...it will end up hanging on the stone. So, the impliedmessage here is Andal is Kothai reborn in the 21s century.During the encounter with Santhana Bharathi in the sand quarry, it isrepeat of the incident from 12th century. Instead of Kulothunga Chozhan,it is the Sand Mafia which tries to inflict damage on the land.This movie is a brilliant juxtaposition of independent characters whosepaths cross, if only briefly, which is stunning example of Chaos Theory.The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12thcentury by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottomof the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. Thesetremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of ButterflyEffect wherein a seemingly inconcsequential event (the drowing of theidol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped out off the face of the earth.But actually kamal has not left anything for our imagination...Explanation struck the right chord, Kamal does tell to Asin in adialogue that idol which gets sunken back then gets struck between thetectonic plates under the sea and causes tsunami...Many people missed this dialogue i guess. Kamal's accent was so veryperfect Tamil, that many people missed it.... Being perfect Is a Problemby Itself !!! :)Although the explanation is a least possible theory, that is what "ChaosTheory" And "Butterfly Effect" are all about.Its not just the statue that caused the tsunami, but it just started alarge chain of effects which kept multiplying exponentially and finallylead to it after 800 years....!!Why just say this concept is perfectly illogical... it is possible...thats what i have been explaining all the while !!!The story line is that things going wrong are made to be right whichinvolves many people and countries knowingly or unknowingly.*Knowingly:*-Bush, Manmohan Singh, Govindh, Fletcher, Balaram Naidu, Mallika Sherawath.*Unknowingly:*-Nambi's drowning to death with the heavy statue causes simple changesto the seabed that causes a devastating tsunami 800 years later [Acc. toChaos theor it is possible.... although it is least probable... It ispossible.. so nothing TOTALLY WRONG About it ]-Poovaragan(actually saved kamal unknowingly---when poovaragan enterskamal and asin were caught by those manal kollayargal.There poovaragandistracts the gang helping kamal to escape),- Avatar Singh(gave way to Fletcher to escape in the airport unknowingly),- Japanese(saved govind from fletcher,he knows he is saving but hedoesnt know about the play and was there only for revenge),- Kallifulla and family(saved govind unknowingly)........-Vincent is a dalit leader of a lower caste( the so called ) but savedan Iyengar Girl ......and at the end becomes the con of the Iyengar Paati !!- If Shingen Narahashi's sister was not killed, Fletcher could havekilled govind and used the virus for wrong purpose..This is based on *Chaos Theory*..!!!!!It is marvellous that Kamal has used such a device in*/Abhoorva Saghodhararghal/*, way back in 1989. To kill Delhi Ganesh,for those of you who do not remember... yet another Eg. of Chaos TheoryAnd butterfly Effect !The plot concept of Dasavadhaaram is logically explained by a machineused by Him in His own screenplay back then too, before 20 Years!! Be ita coincidence, or He possibly had that in mind as an inspiration, itamazes me!!

Status Messages !!!!!!

2008-06-16T00:35:00.000-07:00

Yo ho!
another Monday......Another week.....Shyam is desperately waiting for something(i ll let u know once i get it). Saturday was a hard day-had to come to office to...well....little work, a bit of TT and GOOGLING and.... spying on blogs!! I am gonna keep it simple this time-a few status messages i came across and found interesting....U read them while i go to the cafe for munching something!!

--Unix is user-friendly; it’s just choosy about who its friends are.

--Xerox is the second-greatest labor-saving device ever invented, the greatest being tomorrow.

--I was born so intelligent, even education couldn’t ruin me.

--It is better to be pissed off than to be pissed on.

--Laughing stock: cattle with a sense of humor.

--“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.”

--To hit a target from the longest distance, use the Brahmastra;To get to it in the shortest distance use the Djskastra.(My Favorite:-)

--He won’t compile. He knows that what follows is his execution.

--A smile is a curve that sets everything straight

--Q. What’s the difference between Batman and Bill Gates?A. When Batman fought the Penguin, he won.

--Impotence - Nature’s way of saying “No hard feelings.”

--Memories play a funny role….When u think of the times u smiled u tend to cry……n when u think of the times u cried u tend to smile….

--“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.”

--The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.

--In the current international calculus of human health, life and death are primarily a function of patents and profits.

GODFATHER->Nayagan->Sarkar/Sarkar Raj

2008-06-10T07:16:00.000-07:00

After a tired week of boring lectures in wireless Networking, my next stop was Chennai-Friday evening-Chennai express. The usual wish of a gal being ur neighbour in train and endless chatting till midnight was always there but then-no gal in the entire bogey, ‘it’s nothing new’-I coaxed myself. I went to Chennai to see my grandparents, and also meet my frenz. Unexpectedly Chennai wasn’t burning, but it was freaky humid, sweat oozing from me every second. Saturdays plan was Sarkar Raj in Mayajaal, I went there with nil expectations abt the movie-I hate Abhhishek, and BIG B is little too over-dozed on TV. But to my surprise, the movie was Average, untypical of an RGV movie(His movies suck big time mostly). Let me put it as clear as it is-NO Godfather-NO RGV. N this had scenes from Nayagan as well. For those who haven’t heard of nayagan-It’s a blockbuster Tamil movie-directed by Mani ratnam.
Coming back to Sarkar Raj, I d use SR in short-no directorial punch was there unlike in Nayagan, where u could find many scenes that had Mani’s brilliance.
One good thing-all the 3 ABs-Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya have come with great performances.
I couldn’t stop myself from comparing SR with Nayagan-lets leave Godfather for now.
First-kamal-none can match him when it comes to acting-no offense to Big B here, but still I felt Kamal did that better. And then the music-every 5 mts there was this GOVINDA GOVINDA background score, pathetically cacophonous. I couldn’t but think of Nayagans songs and BGM-it was like the frog and the nightingale.
Unexpectedly Abhiskek has given a creditable performance in SR-reminds one of the Angry Young Man days of BIG B. Ash is visually very slick, very stylish. Her dressing needs special mention-typical business-woman-like.
For those who haven’t watched either Godfather or Nayagan, The crux of the movie can be encompassed in a dialogue one of the characters speaks: “agar Abhimanyu chakravyuh tak nahin aasakta, toh chakravyuh Abhimanyu ke paas lena padega!” (If Abhimanyu can’t come near the chakravyuh, let’s take the chakravyuh to Abhimanyu!).
Overall the movie was entertaining, only if u avoid comparing it with Godfather or Nayagan. I would give a rating 3/5 and recommend u to watch it ONLY if ur not prone to Migrane head-ache. NOISE !! NOISE !! everywhere.

The Week that wasn't!

2008-05-26T22:41:00.000-07:00

It was a tiring weekend-a trip back to Hyd and the very night a trip to Srisailam ! It was unplanned-initially i ruled myself out of the trip-but then my frenz somehow convinced me into the trip and I too felt the need to be there-not all are privileged to have Lord Shiv’s Darshan ! We were to start at 2 AM on Sunday. Unexpectedly, it was noodles-my flat mate who woke me up at 1.45 AM. I was dead tired specially after that travel from bangalore, I just couldn open my eyes ! Noodles kept patting me to wake me up. It took 10 mts to realize that we were going to Srisailam ! I jus sat on the bed like a 2 yr old kid, gaping here and there only to realize that all of them were getting ready one by one ! I hate to get ready late for any trip ! I jus regained conscious and immediately got myself ready in 15 mts! We then got down presuming the car had come. It was just the opposite-we were kept waiting in the main road at 2.30 AM for around 15 mts. We then moved to another place to pick the rest of the guys ! The journey to Srisailam was Jus about normal-no fanfare !
I felt really gr8 that day-going to temples always gives u some peace! We started at around 11.00AM from Srisailam to see some other places around the temple ! The return journey was just the opposite-filled wid GALATTA and MASTI –pulling each others legs and fighting and screaming !
Few months back I used to wonder if ever I would be able to regain the FUN and MASTHI I had in college-amidst work-at least I was able to feel a tint of it during this trip. As said by EMMA GOLDMAN -"When we can't dream any longer we die"- its always fun to dream and visit places while dreaming and chatting! I was just reading another blog entry a week back which said abt visiting places by merely talking. We visited Goa and Mauritius that day by mere talking. After coming home it was time for some music-which is part of my routine everyday. I sat to listen to some melodies of Ilayaraja and RD-my mind was dancing to their tunes-literally! I ve wondered many times how strong and sharp music is, how close it gets to our heart and how therapeutic it is to our souls! I must say a few lines about MAESTRO IR. None can even come close to him when it comes to bringing life to music and narrating the entire story through music! Kudos to him for that!
My latest love interest is GUITAR! I ve always wanted to bring in CARNATIC music in Guitar! Some say its virtually impossible! Thanx to GUITAR PRASANNA-he proved em all wrong. I started to enquire people about implementing CARNATIC music and HINDUSTANI in Guitar! The response was startling! All the Guitar-masters in Hyderabad were amazed by it and gave a nod for my implementing Carnatic music in it! I was very particular in the Swaras and stuffs like that-I wanna bring the GAMAKAM as it is!
I feel very much relaxed now-with my new found love. I am just a beginner but I don wanna play Guitar just as a hobby-I wanna learn it and master it! Rest is destiny!
Finally as said by Ralph Waldon Emerson-
“Sooner or later, that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.”

Deceived by 'FLIGHT!'

2008-05-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

Hello Junta!
This past week has been really strenuous and tiring-it was Wednesday evening when i decided that i would board the flight back home the next day and when i went and checked the ticket price-!!!!!!! thankfully i was in office which prevented me 4m reacting BIG!
Still i wanted to go home since i had offs for around 5 days! I took the cab to Hyd airport and tuk tickets for Bangalore-Thote i would take a bus from there to Coimbatore! I share a unique bond wid Spicejet-whenever i take tickets thru spice, the flight gets delayed by at least 5 hrs! the original departure time would be 19:50 and 5 hrs from that would mean it would depart by 1AM which is ridiculous! I hate spicejet! SO me booked Jetlite! All was perfect till the flight took off-it flew for half hour and there came an announcement from the crew-"flight ready for landing back in Shamshabad(Hyd airport)"!!!! i couldnt believe it! The supporting staffs were so pathetic dat they couldn even inform us what we should do next-whether we should wait or if we would be endorsed wid Jet Airways! After a wait of half hour we were endorsed wid JET!-departure at 22:00! Thankfully the journey was good-very much comfortable! n here i am at home siting happily, munching 'hide and seek' biscuits, and reading some good notes on Raagas and music!

Happiness and Mind !

2008-05-01T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here i am, back after a break......thanx to a frend of mine who reminded me blogging:D.....These 2 months have been very special to me......lotta gains, lotta good things. It has brought the Shyam out of me, more zealous than ever, having a focus in life, wanting to do something good! All these while it was jus about seeing life as it comes-not framing it.
I read an interesting article about consciousness. It had something like this-
Existence or consciousness is the only reality.consciousness plus waking, we call waking, consciousness plus sleep, we call sleep, consciousness plus dream we call dream. Consciousness is the screen on which all pictures come and go . The screen is real , the pictures are mere shadows on it.
" Nothing exists except the one reality. There is no birth or death , no projection or drawing in , no SADHAKA( aspirant), no mumukshu(one who desires to be liberated), no mukta( one who is liberated), no bondage, no liberation.The One unity alone exists forever."
Those who find it difficult to grasp this truth often ask ' How can we ignore this solid world that we see around us?' The dream experience is pointed out and they are told ' All that u see depends on the eyes on the seer.Apart from the seer there is no seen.'
These few lines pulled me deep into the world of believing oneself. It also answered a few questions on Maya.
What is Maya?
A. It is indescribable.
To whom does it come?
A. To the mind or ego who feels he is a seperate entity, who thinks " I do this" or " This is mine".
How does it arise?
A. Through non-vichara-through failure to enquire ' Who m I?'

M i sounding little philosophical? well.....people get philosophical when they realise themselves from within. Suddenly i feel i am all pumped up for the big battle against the Cosmos. All these while i was jus a bird.
Ok changing topic nw.
People , i d like to know if there is any crime in going home every month when u have that many holidays in office?
There are some who say " U aren a kid anymore to go home every month" Wat the....? i don need to be a kid to go home. Also it doesnt mean that if i am 20 odd years i wud lose all the love i have for my parents! Irrespective of whether u are a kid or an adult, the love u have for ur parents remains the same. According to me , the rest is Maya.
PSst: i jus reached Hyderabad 2 days back, from home :( frustrations spk!

To err..is Human!

2008-01-28T00:11:00.000-08:00

Hey people.....jus a small post here!....
don mind the little mistakes in last post....mistakes happpen when ya try to be fast-and moreover when ya blogging 4m office;)

The OZ tour!

2008-01-27T23:44:00.000-08:00

So here i am ....back after good time at home!.back to the kingdom of Hyder and Sikander! I was jus wondering how much of a sports enthusiast i was a few years back and how i am now!....Not mucha change-jus dat i don play the sport now!:(....This post is truely dedicated to my favorite sports of all times-The sport that saw Sobers and Richards and Sachins and Lara-Cricket.
I got up early in the morning at around 6-jus to watch the India-OZ clash , knowing very well that its gonna end in a draw! It was a match that saw Sehwag raising to the occation and Gilly fading back from startdom.The thing that amuses me the most is that a man who performs well-who works to the fullest-is dropped from the LOIs. Never has a cricketer been as determinent as Sourav-be it in 1996 when he made his test debut or 2007 where he staged a remarkable comeback!....Hes always been a source of inspiration for many-(moi to included)! Specially this phase of life for me-where i gotta fight many odds and face many challenges! Never was i so determinant as i am now...and i more confident dan before now......I feel like a child dumped in a dark room, wondering where the exit door is!?!....i kno m near the exit door, yet not out of the dark room-"The opportunity will come Shyam" i say to myself:)....well....i know m deviating from Sourav...but then i cant help dat!....tis i feel is another place for me to rattle on things ;)...though m trying to maintain ethics;)
The One series is starting on Feb 3rd i suppose- lets keep the fingers crossed-Hope India at least reach the finals of the TRI series!.....
PSst: One last thing-is there favoritism in ALL fields??
ANS: a big YESSSSSSS!
PSstt: Does performance matter for appraisals-hey i mean appraisal from One day Intl. to tests??
ANS: a big NOOOOOO
Y??
ANS:chk out Dhoni-

Sigh!....there are many Dhonis near me, in all fields!

Yaaay-Shyams coming Home!!!!!

2008-01-12T22:36:00.000-08:00

1 more day to go-m leaving home.....gone are those days when i wanted to eat out-gone are those days of wanting to eat Biryani(DUH! everyday i have Hyderabadi Biryani here:P)....all i want now is to go home.......eat Hot Rasam Sadham with any damn curry-vendakai...alooo....kovakai......anything-(Vegetarian plz!) i feel sick when i think dat i gotta wait for 24 hrs more-till 5 pm tomo before i leave to the ever filthy Begumpet airport!.....
and Gosh! the very feeling of returning bak on 19th screws me up badly!....lemme not think abt dat now!
Todays lunch is gonna be wid Vinodh:)....our usual 'bachelor-aloo' curry and thayir sadham! thats way better than the cafeteria food.....one astonishing fact abt Hyd is dat u don get authentic South Indian food anywhere here ( at least near Hi-Tec City). thats one thing dats missing here-so many malls, so many multi cuisine restaurants...but Sans one GOOD Saravana-Bhavan-like restaurant.
wat else then??....today i jus felt lik rambling abt food stuff.So people who got bored-i jus got 2 words for ya!...**** you!
PSst: ****=dank

Here I Come!

2008-01-12T05:50:00.000-08:00

Finally, here i m....blogging......hopefully for a longer period than the last!.....
i feel this s a better place to ramble things.....no more SOS to XYZs! I think i gotta thank Nirmal-my college buddy for inducing me to blog......
PSst: m in office now and its Saturday......so dats all there in ma first post!