Me Myself and Who Else...?

Lazying Around

2010-12-05T16:14:00.000-05:00

It is not like I am very busy after coming to USA but its just that I keep on lazying around but yeah I feel that I have to get back to writing regularly on my blog.
I am gonna do it soon, atleast I hope so.

Life is going on good.There have been quite a few occasions worth writing for, NY Trip, Miami Trip and few more. Will surely write about them soon.

So what the hell keeps me busy these days? hmm.. I dont know. I am just lazying around.

Klueless 6 has begun just a minute back

2010-11-17T22:36:00.002-05:00

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Finally…Finally…Finally…in USA

2010-09-21T16:47:00.001-04:00

So finally got an onsite opportunity…was waiting for this one from a very long time…struggled a lot, in fact fought a lot…got delayed for quite a long…more than a year to be honest and then many more hurdles…getting into some unwanted project and then the release issue and then promises which didn’t work out and then bad luck of projects getting scrapped…but at last it did work out for me…better late than never :)

Last few months have been really frustrating and depressing...the only thing on mind was when will my onsite work out…and finally when it did I am happy :)

The visa got processed from some different account and then got opportunity from some different account and travelled to Davidson, North Carolina, USA.

The things happened at the lightning speed and as usual I being a person doing things at the 11^th hour, it all was such haste, I just can’t forget. Special thanks to Akshay and his car ;) that made it possible to reach the port on time and also the last minute shopping and packing, goodness it was like the 1 minute show when you do things at the fastest speed possible, hehe. Can you imagine giving 3 trousers for alteration and buying a lot of other stuff I needed to pack, at 8 pm when my check in time was supposed to be 9 pm, that’s another thing that I checked in at 10.30. I am such a careless bastard. Hehe. But at last everything went well so I don’t have any regrets.

The flight was fine. A non stop from Mumbai to NY. Then a connecting one to Charlotte and then a taxi drive of 30 minutes to Davidson.

The 1^st day was a real different experience. Everywhere it was so silent, I could not sustain it for some time. Hardly anyone on the streets. All houses of the same type, cars parked everywhere, all turns look the same, it’s gonna be difficult to remember the roads. But its fine, I will get accustomed soon, it has just been a week :)

The human experience has been cool too. Americans are as courteous as I had expected them to be. Anyone you come across will wiggle their head and tell you Hi.

The changes I observed were in the desi janta, my own people. Some teetotalers who thought drinking as a real bad habit in India have now started drinking perhaps thinking that makes them hip. And then some real unexpected human courtesy changes but lets not talk about that. For a day I was bit down but then its life and it doesn’t fuckin wait for anyone so you have to move along. Came across some real cool guys and now friends and won’t forget their courtesy.

Still gotta need some time to settle down as the next house available is on 23^rd Oct and that’s almost 1 month later and again you cannot be entirely self dependent here unless you own a car so that’s another thing I have to take care of and will take bit long since I don’t know how to drive a four wheeler :(

Other than this, office is cool, learning is good and I am keeping it up so looking forward to having a good time with a lot of value addition.

Rest all is fine. Things gonna get settled soon and I am gonna have the time of my life in here without any regrets. Missing my friends in India a lot ;-( hope you all missing me too :D

Argentina Vs Germany --- End of the dreams

2010-07-09T18:23:00.002-04:00

The day had come, the day to wear my Messi jersey with all high spirits and hopes that no matter what I gonna come back home with head held high.

This time Ankit and Abhishek had gone to Pune so had company of Akshay and Vikas.

Had expressed to so many of my friends face to face and online on facebook as well, everyone knew whom I am supporting, had changed my display pic to a cropped pic of me and Messi together and what not. Though Germany is my 2nd favorite team but my 2st favorite gotta won, I knew.

Same place after a week, FUEL – the Lounge.

Match starts and before we could get adjusted in our seats Germany’s Muller scores, simply WTF situation, 4 mins ??? like the fastest goal in this tournament. Screams and sighs in the house. The fans were almost equal for both the teams. The 1st half was almost equal possession by both teams equally trying for the goal, Argentina needing it most but they couldn’t.

2nd half begins and all I thought was of the match one day before when Holland was lagging with 0 – 1 but then beat Brazil by 2 – 1 in the end.

Alas! It was only the fantasy of Argentine fans cuz the reality was far much bitter than what they had ever imagined. In last 20 mins, Germany socres 3 more goal and Argentina none. Klose scored 2 and one more guy another. No sense in describing them cuz it anyways did not matter.

The time it was 0 – 2 still I was expecting the match to equal up but then the 3rd goal made it clear telling whose gonna win. The girl on next table started weeping like anything after it was scored. Other times it wud have amused me but not today :-(

Argentina was not having much possession in 2nd half and German’s counter attack no doubt was out of the world and they just did it. 4th goal was no surprise. They could have scored 5th as well if there were more 10 mins.

The day was bad, the feelings completely sad, the jersey life not more than 2 hours but I was somewhat glad that my 2nd fav team had won but again the loss of the most favorite team was not letting me smile.

Simply, end of the dreams.

Uruguay vs Ghana – amazingly exciting match.

2010-07-09T18:15:00.001-04:00

To start with a confession, never knew any of their players.

But had to watch the watch, after all it was quarter finals. As far as I know Ghana being the only African nation to have reached till here, really appreciable and then Uruguay, winning world cup twice, long back in 1930 and 1950 is no more keeping their form. Anyways match for me was between not very good teams but obviously not bad teams as they have to be good to reach till here.

I did not see the entire match from start but Ghana scored 1st goal in the end of 1st half I remember and Uruguay managed to equal the scores in the 2nd half. The game ended 1 – 1 followed by 2 extra times of more 15 minutes each. But then the last min of 2nd ET was so amazing.

The Ghana player hit the ball from corner I guess which was then hit as header by Ghana guy and the keeper saved it, the ball fell on ground and Ghana guy kicked it this time hitting the man – Suarez’s feet and the ball bounces back and then one Ghana guy hits a header directly into the goal of Uruguay which gets missed by the goalkeeper but Suarez plays the role in the rush of blood and simply pushes the ball outside the goal with his both hands…that’s it…the guys appealed and won the penalty kick in the last few seconds of the match. Suarez did the extreme a player can do, a handball in penalty area simply getting a red card. The man is out of the match and Ghana one kick away from winning. But wait drama left, the Ghana guys Gyan takes the penalty kick and guess what, hits it out of the goal, not even on the goal, the keeper was not even needed infront of the goal…hehehe.

So the match now goes into penalty shootout.

1st goal scored by Uruguay, for Ghana see the courage, the same guy comes Gyan, but no mistake this time, he scored too.

2nd goal scored by both teams.

3rd goal scored by Uruguay but MISSED by Ghana…the captain Mensah kicking the ball the most lame way a footballer can do… like hitting something while strolling in the park…keeper saved it too easily.

4th goal guess what, saved by Ghana keeper … that means they still stood a chance, this goal need to be scored but then high class drama the goal was again saved by Uruguay keeper.

5th goal, Uruguay guy comes front to kick it and make into the semis or miss it by giving Ghana guys one more chance and no mistakes for him…he scores it thus letting Uruguay into the semifinals of the tournament after a long long time…the fans cheering and hugging each other and Ghana guys and fans both crying. Alas!! They could have been the 1st African country to make it to semifinals.

Anyways for people like me not supporting any country so seriously the match was unlimited fun.

Netherlands vs Brazil – End of the Champions

2010-07-09T18:13:00.000-04:00

The match was scheduled at 7.30 pm and it’s the working hour.

I had gone to another office as a faculty for the training. Almost forgetting the game and when it struck it struck like a thunderbolt.

Brazil had scored a goal in the 1st half itself and then the man – Sneijder scored 2 goals in 15 mins. Oh man…futbol, futbol is really unpredictable, by the time I reached home the 5 times world champions were 5 mins away from getting eliminated from the tournament.

And then they tried everything but Holland was all ready to make it to the semis and they did.

Not to forget the Felipe Melo’s height of frustration when he stamped on Robben so fuckin intentionally, no wonder he got the red card.

So that was the end of the champions and dreams of so many supporters.

Germany vs England (Round of 16, pre quarters)

2010-07-09T18:08:00.001-04:00

We had decided to watch it over the drinks in Fuel – The Lounger, just next to our place.

Since Ankit and Abhishek were supporting England, they had bought Rooney and Lampard jerseys respectively and I am an Argentina fan so I had bought Messi jersey (wasn’t wearing it then though).

I was supporting my 2nd favorite team Germany :-)

There were hardly 10 guys in the house supporting Germans, all were screaming for Englishmen with most of them in England jersey as well but then they had to know who is the Daddy :D

It was 1st goal scored by none other than Klose to have the upper hand, just a bunch of crowd cheering and then 2nd by Podolski I guess which made them scream again, the rest of the crowd disappointed but then just in short time the English guy (don’t know whom) scored and you see the crowd, screaming like England has lifted the trophy, I was almost deaf.

The second half was disheartening for the supporters, England supporters :P

Muller – the man scoring 2 goals within 10 mins you see, the score 4 – 1. Game over!

Yes there were few bad decisions by the referee specially the Lampard goal but then its futbol, referee is the most important person on the field ;-)

The day was over with two England jerseys ruined at our place with no life more than 2 hours.

**The night was Argentina vs Mexico with former defeating the latter by 3 – 1.

Futbol Fever

2010-07-09T18:06:00.001-04:00

Too late to write this…hehe…the finals is on Sunday and the fever began almost a month back now.

So how much do I follow football? Not much to be honest but I do when I can and when I do then I do to my best.

The last posts in this label are during the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League final I guess which was between Manchester United and Barcelona the latter winning the game. I was so happy cuz a year before to this Manchester United had won the cup defeating Chelsea the team I was supporting. It was this time I started liking Messi after his second half goal.

After that I didn’t follow the game much but then since it is 2010 FIFA World Cup, hardly anyone can be ignorant to the event. And since all roommates are following as well then it is fun to watch the match together at the apartment.

So it all began on 11th June, the event hosted in South Africa. We all didn’t miss the matches except the ones clashing with the office hours. Kept updating and searching the score for them as well when in office. It is good. People are talking about football and only football everywhere.

Discussion are now only about how that guys kicked and missed and tackled and scored and headers and Jabulani and vuvuzelas and bad referees and wins and losses and octopus paul and all and everything related to futbol and only football.

Wanted to write differently for few of the fabulous games we saw, the same day but again here is a proof of my laziness :-)

Anyways there are few matches I can’t stop myself from writing about, so will be making separate posts :D

Invictus

2010-05-08T15:33:00.004-04:00

What a movie!! I just loved it.

Invictus - a very inspiring and feel good movie. If you are like on the top of some cliff ready to jump and end your frustrated life which you think is frustrated but may be it is not frustrated, then this movie can save you... believe me, it is one of those kind.

The movie is too good and how can a GOD like Clint Eastwood make not too good movies...You are the man \m/

Two best actors Morgan and Matt and one great viewer Manish...hehe

No sense writing bout the movie...all i can say is that its a real cool movie and specially when you know that this is inspired by true events then you actually start thinking perhaps life ain't bad. :D

I am the master of my fate...

I am the captain of my soul...

A perfect weekend

2010-05-08T09:19:00.001-04:00

Last weekend was superb. One of the most tiring but most joyous as well.

It was a big get together all of my dentist friends had planned. Rahul came down to Pune after a long time and fortunately most of his batch mates could manage to be there, though most of them busy with their own clinics or post graduations studies.

For me the weekend started with an adventure of a long ride to Alibagh 150 km away from Mumbai. I was in office on Friday night till 12.30 am cuz of some issue and my roommates had planned the ride. Earlier I was not in for the plan but later mood changed and I joined in. we started at around 1.30 am on 5 bikes 9 guys. I did not ride in the entire trip which obviously sounds so dumb but then that was the way it was. FYI: I am a good rider. Anyways so we reached the beach at 5 in morning and did some time pass and sipped some beer and visited the fort and came started from there at 9. At around 10.30 the guys dropped me at a highway point from where I could get the bus for Pune.

Cuz of rush I had to stand all the way for almost 3 hours and I was dozing off badly. I just prevented not to fall.

I reached pune and then we met all these guys who were waiting for me from morning and then we all went to Lavassa city in cars and it was a nice ride too except that I slept for most of the time…hehe…we spent some nice time together around 12 friends. We came back by evening and then had the awaited grand party at Amol’s place. All were very happy to see each other and it was this big get together after a long time for my dentist friends. Me, Raghuvir and Priya were the only non-medicos in the house. The party was awesome. Antiquity Blue…I love You. Everyone enjoyed their time and it was good drinks, food, music and the company :D

Not to forget there were few additional adventures of puking and then cleaning it and puking again at various places making it difficult to clean and then passing out on commode and then jokes and arguments and lot of rubbish abusive language which no one meant though and then opening the commode door thinking the guy has fainted inside and discovering that he is just defecating and having a good time…hehehe…it was an amazing night…dialogues like “if I don’t drink, I will puke”…I will remember this forever…I am still laughing hard remembering it all.

The next day we had some gaming action, pathetic bowling alley though. The atmosphere outside was really cool and then Rahul left and then I left and then I came back…hehe…yes…cuz it rained heavily and I could not get the ticket for Mumbai so I came back…coffee…some food and good night sleep.

Next day I was supposed to leave early morning but then I never saw it, when I woke up it was broad day light. Most of us had a craving for sea food and hence we went to a nice sea food restaurant and enjoyed a superb meal along with some beer :D and then we came back to Mumbai in Rohan’s car..not to forget one more nice ride.

So as I mentioned earlier it was a tiring but joyous weekend.

Mamta Weds Pankaj

2010-05-08T09:16:00.002-04:00

One most important development in life…really relieving and happiest moment for my family…Tai (elder sister) got married on 1st April 2010. As anticipated 2010 is good as compared to last few years where it has been such a mundane life.

Tai’s wedding was a big tension for my family cuz Dad doesn’t have much social contacts around and since parents are from village there are not many well educated relatives and then Tai has studied a lot…she is MBBS and now doing MD Pathology. Now to find a groom for her means he has to be at least as much educated as she is. No one was in relatives. Mom and Dad were trying but then my combined effort with them yielded the fruit. I made two profiles on two leading matrimonial sites and it worked. There were quite a lot interests for her but then the filter was PG Medico.

And then the match came one day and then the formalities happened and the guy met the girl and then both liked each other and parents spoke to each other and waved the green flag and formal meet happened between the families and then everything went smooth. The dates were fixed and the day came, BIG DAY I would say.

It was a real nice experience, if it is 1st marriage in your family then there are many things to take care of. There is a lot of management and always some mismanagement to look after but then the day’s end is what it is for. The bride going along with the groom happily.
It is a beautiful mixture of all the feelings. The tiring work, frustrating small things, formalities in front of at least 50% people you never saw, answering the FAQs so many times that you would blabber the same in sleep that night, the out of the world happiness of seeing you sister smiling with her groom, getting a feeling that they are made for each other, the pleasure of sensing the happiness amongst all the beloved families and friends who have showered their blessings and wished you and teased you saying “you are the next”, the 100 new Poojas and Mantras of your religion which you heard for the 1st time (I don’t care to be honest), the final sad feeling of bride’s departure and the tears in the eyes. As I said it is a beautiful mixture of all the feelings.
Jiju (brother in law) is a nice person, Tai is happy with him and that’s what the most important thing is. This post is for you. Wish you a very happy married life. I am sure you are never going to read this blog though hehe…

** Blog dedicated to all families and friends who shared the joy with me on the day…specially the friends who sweated equally as me and the monetory help as well :)

Long time No see

2010-05-08T09:14:00.001-04:00

Yeah it has been a real long time that I wrote something here…quite a lot things have happened around me…some good some bad…hope to write a separate posts on each of them.

Life is ok...neither happening nor depressing as we say “Bass, katt rahi hain :-) “
Hope ya all too doing good.

Something’s wrong with ME

2010-03-04T13:35:00.002-05:00

I don’t know what but something’s definitely wrong with me. I can’t be cool anymore, the way I have been most of the times. I have to consult at least 2 3 people before taking any decisions, I get so nervous whenever any problem arises and just can keep my calm and think over it. People come to know I am tensed. This was not me few years back, perhaps few months back. I used to be calm and cool and always laughing and taking things not so seriously and dealing with situations the best way.

Few hours back I just got in a situation (in fact I am not out of it yet) but then there was no need to be so tensed and nervous, as I got. My seniors talked to me when I consulted them and then my dead confidence boosted up. It’s not like I don’t have the courage or confidence or the decision making ability but somehow these days I get quite frightened of the situations even before they begin, forgetting that the situation can be dealt with and it would be all cool again.

I still can think from all aspects when some of my friend falls in any situation and I have helped and help them with the best way out. But when it comes to me somehow I get too nervous as if it’s the end and all. Perhaps sometimes my temperament makes me more nervous, like I get angry over things and obviously think of not expressing it every now and then and then just suppressing it within I get nervous what would happen. This is being so confusing, I am sure the one who will read this will be more confused but then I just had to note this down for my future reference. Hehe.

Anyways right now I am bit relieved, I aint sure if the current situation gonna get worse or better but still I am being patient. Let’s see what happens.

Don’t worry I am cool.

** this tension is about office life and I dint want to mention all details in here so hope u just get the gist of the situation. (wrote in office at 6pm 4/3/10, will publish at night)

Sachin “GOD” Tendulkar

2010-02-24T08:34:00.005-05:00

What a perfect day to write about GOD…yes GOD…I can’t think of any other word for this person.

I am high on happiness today.

It’s been almost one hour now but my goosebumps are not leaving me…

I am lucky…very lucky…

At about 5 pm I was at home and surfing net, dint care to see the match score. India VS South Africa.

After sometime I remembered some one mentioned in office that Sachin had scored another century…I simply opened the scorecard online and that was it…I got the shock of life…the most lovely shock…I saw Sachin’s score as 197…My breath stopped, believe me, it did. I went on to see the news and then I realized that the life was about to get more lovely and sweeeeeeet.

I actually thought match was over and Sachin scored 197 Not Out which was a world record anyways…but then I came to know Dude is still playing.

Oh goodness…I just cant express watching those last 7 balls of the match.

I simply saved myself from being called the unluckiest motherfucker sitting at home surfing internet while GOD was making miracles there making the WORLD RECORD of 200 runs in ODI.

I have lived my life. Sachin, you are the phenomenon. You are simply the BEST.

It’s not only the scores but your modesty and humble nature which keep u at the top of the world. You have created history and I know that there is more to come.

I am simply high on happiness today. Don’t need nothing to get more high. GOD I have got a new mantra for u…its called “Om Namah Sachinaay… Om Namah Sachinaay…”

Please say it aloud… :-)

Love you Sachin.

Image courtsesy :- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8534309.stm

*** Heard a lot about twitter and hence joining it today.

2010 is here…Happy New Year (hehehe…I kno I am late)

2010-02-23T13:12:00.007-05:00

Hehe. I know I am so late in wishing but then its better late than never.

Its all my laziness to be blamed here and no excuses of work or other tensions…sheer laziness.

Anyways I have been all optimistic about 2010…don’t know why, but I feel everything’s gonna be all goody goody for me in this year.

The two major tensions I always had in life were my elder sister’s wedding and my onsite.

1st cuz she has studied a lot and it had been impossible to find a equally educated groom for her with medico background in our caste and family doesn’t have much social contacts to get some good proposal.

2nd cuz its all about money. Onsite is the only chance where I can earn a bit of money in bulk so that I can plan something for my family in future.

2010 began and my sister got a good proposal and the marriage is finalized and she will be getting married somewhere in next month. I am so happy for her. Her,would be, is also a post graduate medico and both have liked each other a lot and that’s all what matters in marriage.

The onsite thing, its all up and down even now. I have completed almost 4 years in offshore now and thats a pretty long time in one company and especially in the one I am employed in. Some stupid people even judge this as incompetitiveness but I know all about it now. Luck does matter a lot.

There are very less onsite opportunities for me out there, it seems. Got interviewed for one and it was pretty weird and some miscommunication and still waiting to hear from the BIG GUYS…one has contacted and I haven’t confirmed them yet…today got one more call from someone regarding one more opty and he was sounding too affirmative…so lets see what happens…I am hoping that something works out pretty soon…lets hope for the best.

So you see both the tensions seem to be ending now.

To add to these there have been some real good things going on around.

One of my closest friend Mandar got engaged just last week and it was such a cool night, what better date than V’day to carry out such a great ceremony. His fiancé Spruha is a prefect match for him.

A week before that my close college friend Romi got married. And it had been such a memorable time. Right from the Sangeet night, the Wedding occasion both Maharashtrian and Marwadi style and then the reception night. All was fun and fun and only fun. We were a bunch of like 15 20 guys out there and we really did the best we can do and everyone did notice that these guys are amazing and that was a nice feeling.

And a lot many such occasions gonna come this year, I am sure.

The very 1st moment of 2010, I got this feeling of optimism that the year’s gonna rock for me. I have been positive all the time and I gonna remain the same. It has been scientifically proven that luck comes to people who consider themselves lucky. Though many of the times crib about being the most unluckiest guy but then I do believe that I have been lucky and that’s what has kept me positive most of the times. This year is going to completely prove the science :-)

Hope you all have a rocking year ahead.

This is my year…your year…our year \m/

P.S. Year 2009 was the worst year of my life…I don’t recall anything good happening to me in the last year. Good that it’s the past now and I won’t remember it anyways going forward…

R.I.P. Brittany

2009-12-20T16:45:00.005-05:00

Brittany Murphy...a very young talented Hollywood actress passed away just sometime back and its a big loss for Hollywood.

Though I have seen few of her movies...but I fell in love with her when I saw "Uptown Girls" few years back...for me she was one of the cutest face ever and her smile was simply the best...

Rest In Peace dear and love you a lot forever.
You will always be there in our memories...Miss U... :-(

**Image Courtesy :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Murphy

Avatar

2009-12-18T14:39:00.004-05:00

Saw this movie last night on 17th Dec, my 1st premier show of life.
And glad to have seen this movie’s premier show which would be one of the most unforgettable movies of my life…

Was very much excited to see this movie specially after coming to know that it has been more than 10 years now that James Cameron has been working on this project…he made technology for making the movie which is generally opposite case…like people use technology which is already there for their movies…hehe…being the director of movies like Terminator and Judgment Day and Titanic and many more…now you know this movie is not going to disappointment you…so its all excitement rushing in my head…then and even now… :-)

So it was an instantaneous plan…I just checked out the availability of the premier shows in 3D and there was one cinema near to office so we 5 guys decided to watch the late night premier….10 pm to 12.40 am :-)

The movie began and then it was all the James Cameron brilliance on the screen, the Pandora, Jake Sully / Avatar, Neytiri, Grace, the soul tree, the music, the humans good and evil and the most important thing was the 3D effects which added life to all we look at…each and every small thing has been taken care of…the new creatures, their phenomenon, small insects, animals, the forest…the floating mountains…the equilibrium of energy, the bonding between all of them and the lesson that what keeps them as ONE.

At the end of the movie all you have is the hats off feeling for the director and the entire team and the adrenaline rush of watching something SO big, if you just think you will feel that it’s really a big project…this aint no just another movie…it was completely flawless…and all fun and excitement…the technology to its best…and one thing I feel and say…
James Cameron … you are GOD \m/

Guys…just don’t miss this movie and please don’t spoil all the fun by NOT watching it in 3D.

I consider myself really lucky to have seen this movie’s premier show.

Happy Birthday Jim Morrison

2009-12-07T14:59:00.006-05:00

Jim Morrison
happy birthday
today is the day
the day GOD was born
the birth
the death
the man who invented life
the man who lived and never died
the doors
the end

I cannot imagine my life without The Doors

** I have my CAT paper at 10 am...lolz.

CAT Debacle…a complete WTF situation

2009-11-29T15:23:00.002-05:00

28th Nov 09…CAT exam’s first day…this time the management gurus have decided to go online…no more paperwork and stuff and to save some cost…actually a good decision…but only till the noon of 28th Nov.

I was amongst the few lazy asses who bought the CAT form almost on the last day and hence we were the ones who got the slot of the 1st day…maximum people would be choosing 5th and 6th Dec weekend.

So I went to my centre in Bandra and my friend Ankit was with me…we had 3.30 pm time slot. We were called 2 hours before and we did reach then…we firstly wondered that why the hell guys who appeared for the slot of 10 am are are coming out at 2 and 2.30 but then thought may be just that their exam started bit late.

And then we got our seats in respective computer labs, at first the exam application wasn’t starting. For first 15 mins we thought it is a regular trouble the people there would be of help but then the problem was there for all the students and then the situation went chaotic as almost no one was able to give the exam and then we were told that there is server crash or some overload shit that screwed the exam…

We all were like wtf man…means cant u guys even take care of one exam…and do u really have any idea how big is that??? For me and Ankit, we went just cuz we bought the forms…we didn’t study…but there are people who slog their asses studying like 20 hours a day only for this D Day of theirs’ and when they come here thinking the battle of 2 and half hours will change their life when they win it…what they see is this bullshit mismanagement…they are told the exams not today and when it is, this will be informed on mail or msgs or calls…how do u expect some one to react???
This is a big psychological defeat for people who study so seriously…

No kidding…for one girl I came across…the software hanged in the middle of the exam…after she had completed 20 questions…fuckin 20 questions…isn’t this a security breach…what if she post those 20 question online…what will be done then??

People don’t choose dates randomly…they choose dates cuz of some reason…people come from various city for this exam…I know people who even came from US just to give their CAT (the same girl mentioned above) and she is supposed to travel back to US tomorrow…how is rescheduling the exam going to help her??? Will there be US return tickets sponsored to her??

There were 2 people in our room who were giving the paper while all this chaos was going on…I really feel sorry for them as there was no room for them to concentrate but then the others too couldn’t control themselves…it was good that after sometime we all vacated the room and shifted to other classroom where we were told about rescheduling.

The prometric people have performed pathetically bad …can’t they even test one software performance and one server speed…can’t u write scripts to bring thousands of people online on one server and test its performance…I know I am getting too technical…but this is for one smart ass who was present in the argument and raised a point…dude how do u expect them to test server for 20000 people…man we IT people do it all the time…do u even fuckin know how does a sever work…fuckhead.

It was one hell of a experience, I never ever imagined that one of the biggest exam in India would get cancelled cuz of such a mismanagement…and the other surprise was today morning when the server problem was still persistent and the exam got cancelled again on the 2nd day…the feeling is funny now…I am simply laughing…I don’t have anything better to do…

Anyways I just hope that the problem gets solved very soon cuz I know this exam matters a lot for lot many people who actually wait for this one BIG DAY of CAT exam and it doesn’t fuckin matter to them to darken the circles on OMR or to click the radiobuttons on computer screen.

Best luck buddies :-)

** only good thing that happened on that evening was that I saw SRK on his terrace when he came out to greet his fans since it was bakri eid :D

Google Wave...a new revolution :)

2009-11-19T13:56:00.004-05:00

Google Wave...Until last week i dint even know of this thing…but man just saw its videos on youtube and believe me this is gonna be a revolution soon.

Few days back Anya mailed sent us GW invites and I just joined it.

In few words, Google wave is ONE place for everything you want to do…they call it WAVE…it’s a single thing for all things we want…right from official stuff to personal and casual stuff with friends…it has all mail…chat…a combination of both…pics…vids…games…and all can be done with multiple people at a time.

I can’t explain all in words here…
Interested people can see these vids on youtube…

I love Rosy…this is so amazing… :D

Youtube video 1
Youtube video 2

Congratulations Anya :-)

2009-11-15T15:50:00.003-05:00

This post is just to express my happiness for Aniruddha better known as Anya…as he has got a job today…and what else can be a better day to write about him :D

I was sleeping when Rahul called me up and Anya was on conference from US and Anya told us the good news. I was about to hang up the call as I was too sleepy but after Anya shared the news there was a wave of excitement and happiness in me.

Those who don’t know Anya, please visit his blog by clicking here.

A brief introduction from me would be…I know this dude from like past 21 years now and we have been together all the time…nothing like a gap of 5 6 yrs of education in between or anything else…Anya went to US for doing Masters on 27th July 2006 (it was my birthday :D) and after he completed his Masters the recession hit the globe in late 2008 and it was a real bad time for all the students passing that year and one of them was our dude.

Honestly speaking I always felt that studying in US is a privilege and you have the best time in your life and life is all fun but it was when Anya went through his phase and I realized that its no all time fun but you have to be so self dependant and manage so many big things at a time like studies and part time jobs and cooking and relationships and what not and you can actually get screwed somewhere if you don’t be strong.

No doubt he has been a source of inspiration when I used to get frustrated due to some not very big problems here in India…better when we guys used to get frustrated :D

Anyways sad scenes apart, today I am really happy for this dude getting something he really deserves, bit late though. I am sure many better things are yet to happen.

I have been informing all my friends from morning and everyone is happy for Anya... :)

Take care mate :-)

The quest is over --- Cracked Klueless 5 :-)

2009-11-07T18:09:00.003-05:00

Once again the moment of success…Fuck Yeah we did it once again cracked Klueless 5…

Me and Rahul are 7th on Hall of Fame Klueless 5…
last year too we were on 7th :-)

The last blog was on Thursday morning 3 am waiting for the Klueless 5 to launch.
Its Sunday morning now almost 4.30 am and this is to declare the achievement…

It took almost 3 days to crack it and believe me each sec was consuming the grey cells…but at the end everything pays off…the feeling of getting through those 38 levels step by step solving it all and trust me…gaining that huge amount of knowledge…I just love this game…Klueless is surely the best online puzzles I have ever played.

Thanks a lot to the Klueless Team who strive so much to let others enjoy the fist…and also the people on forum to share hints and special thanks to Vishal, Mukul and Gaurav :)

The quest begins soon --- Klueless 5 :)

2009-11-04T16:41:00.001-05:00

After almost 6 hours we gonna be on a big quest…the thirst to be among the top 10 of Klueless 5 hall of fame.

Last year we made it at 7th position but this time we are targeting top 5. We here mean me and Rahul.

The only difference as compared to last year is that we are not together this time. Obviously we gonna coordinate and solve it together and share the success as well…hope the distance won’t matter much.

Last year I remember the enthu we started with and the happiness of the achievement of being in top 10…looking forward to experience the same again.

Wish me luck guys… :-)

K5 --- waiting for you.

Home shifting… unforgettable experience

2009-10-30T16:28:00.001-04:00

This weekend was really hectic and one of the most tiring weekends…we left the HOME we were living in before.

There are reasons to call our last place as HOME and that will be forming another post on my blog :-) this post is just to tell how was the shifting experience.

Now some of you are definitely going to give that sarcastic laugh saying…as if you are the only one who has shifted his place ever…but the thing is this was the 1st time we shifted in 3 years…for first few months we were living in the same building on 8th floor and then we shifted to 1st floor where we were living till yesterday.

And believe me shifting from a place after 3 years is an entirely different experience…there was a huge amount of trash…dirt…clothes and specially paper waste…no exaggeration, there was 60 kg of paper waste from the house.

Before describing paper and clothes waste…one more story…
The bag I bought in Nagpur in May 2006 while leaving the city for joining company had not been moved over the years from the place it was placed and quite a few times there was overflow in kitchen cuz of freeze defrost and open taps (after getting drunk) so while cleaning the house when I first moved it, believe me guys, there was a centipede beneath it and I was so fucking scared of opening the bag…I wore my shoes all the time and somehow dared to open the bag after sometime after I gained enough courage and to my luck there was nothing more…but to my bad luck most of the clothes in the bag were wet and had gained moisture and were of no use and the most important loss was that the diaries I wrote in my college days also got wet but luckily they are readable and not completely wasted...

Ok so out of the 60 kg of paper waste I guess almost 40 kg was purely the MBA material we had at our room…it was like at least 20 students have given the MBA exams from our flat but no…we were just 4…leave it, that’s another story.
Anyways, I was amazed to see such a huge paper waste from the house, now many will argue why didn’t you distribute it to the needy people and stuff but you know we were two guys who are quite a lot experienced in doing stuff at the 11th hour and then you don’t have time to take care of other people at that time cuz honestly speaking you don’t have time to take care of self …hehehe…

And then the other thing that came out in excess was clothes…before that one more moral…specially when you are the last people vacating the place and that means when your earlier roommates have lived with you and then left the place before you always remember there are their memories left behind specially in the form of admit cards, prospectus, telephone bills, photo copies of all the documents they had, their traveling tickets and most importantly their studying material and their clothes… Lol…believe me there is no pun intended…

So there were like almost hundred clothes which we had and we were not wearing anymore and then half of them, we were not sure to whom did it belong so all these clothes helped us help others, we gave lotta them to the security guards of our building and then ones which were not worth wearing again formed some waste from home.

Other than this there were like 50 plastic bottles and some 10 bottles of whiskey, vodka, scotch bottles which I really liked keeping arranged in a shelf in kitchen reminding me of good time I spent with the friends :D (this doesn’t mean we have just drank this much in 3 yr, I don’t have any particular logic for just keeping 10).

It took us almost two days to clear the place leaving behind nothing but the little amount of dust and dirt behind and beneath the cot which were too tired of cleaning…in all the place was really clean :-)

So guys that’s all…just wanted to share the experience of shifting the place since it was a really thrilling one for me and I am sure for Suyog as well.

Thanks to Amit P, Amit W and Shripad for helping us on the 2nd day :-) specially by taking away few important things with them which we didn’t want to throw as trash.

12 Angry Men ... See it now if you haven't

2009-10-22T17:26:00.003-04:00

It is exactly 2.50 am right now when I am starting writing this…
Will make it short and sweet…

Few minutes back the movie ended “12 Angry Men”, I am speechless…I just don’t have enough words to describe how good a movie can be.

I am so pleased and glad and happy and excited that I gotta see this movie, I am a movie freak and believe me movies keep me alive and ticking and going and this one…this one was nothing but simply awesome…if you haven’t seen this you are missing something.

I just wonder it’s like 52 years old movie and the plot, the direction, the actors, the dialogues…man movies last till eternity, good movies like this one are made for everyone and must must must must watch…if I ever get a chance to open a university then movies would be in curriculum and this one would be one of the best lectures, students would get
:)

I feel like calling some of the close friends and sharing my excitement with them but its too late now…I should sleep.

Goodnight and keep rocking \m/

Metallica… GODS of Metal

2009-09-10T15:50:00.003-04:00

Jus came back from one of the best nights in Mumbai…

A band named “blind image” from Chennai had a Metallica tribute in the Aura pub in Powai Hiranandani….and believe me it rocked like Hell there…
Interesting thing was the guitarist who played alongwith the band (not a part of band) was from my hometown Nagpur…Daniel (Danny) … I have been listening to this guy from my 1st year as he was a regular participant of the Rock Show we organized in Aarohi… :D and believe me he plays awesome guitar…

The night started with some OCs by the band and then a 13 year old gal played some songs…it was all OK…but then came the time to Rock…They started with “The four horsemen” and then “Master of Puppets” (this is the one of the best best bestest song ever) \m/ and then “Creeping Death” this too fuckin rock…

In between there were some more OCs by the band and few songs by “The Lamb of God” and “Slayer”.

All time it was Whiskey, Beer, Headbang, BodyBang and moshpit…madarchod …maja aa gaya :D

It was a fuckin beautiful night :D

Reached home sometime back and now time to sleep as last night slept at 6 am, only for 5 hours…body and neck is already aching … hehehe but its all fine for You Gods…

Metallica… you rock \m/

Please come to India once and make my life…

** A real important post is gonna be published asap...on how I screwed myself on Last Saturday night...hehe

Ganpati Bappa Moriya

2009-09-05T04:23:00.004-04:00

Ganeshotsav … meaning the Ganpati Festival is one of the biggest festival in Maharashtra and specially in cities like Mumbai and Pune … though I haven’t ever been to pune in the 10 days of this fest but yeah I have been looking at the fabulous atmosphere (better word Maahol) in Mumbai from last 4 years…and believe me you gotta see it…in the first 2 years I also went to see the Ganesh Visarjan at Girgaum Beach in Mumbai…and this is the most important day of the festival…the Visarjan (immersion) … most of the offices have holidays since they are aware roads gonna be packed :D but we generally have half day :( … but whatever the important thing is to be at one the beaches or lakes where the Ganesh Visarjan takes place… and its real fun to be at beaches than being on lakes…

There are these humongous Ganesh idols from all over the Mumbai at the beaches and then THE SEA OF PEOPLE…yeah I mean it if you are lost .. you are lost…its really difficult to find your buddies back…but then that’s what forms the entire ambience…the chanting of the mantras and the hailing of Lord Ganpati “Ganpati Bappa Moriya…Pudhchya Warshi Lavkar Ya” and the people all engrossed in the arrangement that nobody gets hurt while the Big Idols are immersed in the Sea…its all so much good to watch…

I really feel that this festival meets the purpose for which it had been started by Hon. Lokmanya Tilak way back in 1893…to make people come at a common place and celebrate and get together for a common purpose forgetting all their worries and sharing all the happiness and forming a bond :)

I still remember the days in my hometown Nagpur…the Ganpati Installation at one of my friend Ashish’s place and also in Colony, just infront of our building…the music…the games arranged…Sandal (band) on the last day…I remember how Anya and Me were curious enough in my school days and while coming back from Arpit’s place in Itwari we used to see the Ganpati Installation at the various places :D

I jus love Ganeshotsav !!

Ganpati Bappa Moriya…

** few of you may get surprised to see this post…as I am an atheist but then my feelings has to do nothing with the belief in God but the emotions of people.

Addicted to Mafia Wars :)

2009-08-25T16:45:00.001-04:00

And before I sleep, a confession, I have really got addicted to Mafia Wars on Facebook…I just do nothing these days when at home, just be online and play MW…spend all my energy and stamina (these are MW jargons) and then wait for the same to refill…the game is really addictive, I know most of you will agree :)

The game is about forming a mafia with you friends on facebook and then just playing a virtual Mafia War…doing illegal jobs…attacking other Dons...robbing them…declaring war within your own mafia…buying properties and some businesses and much much more :D also you have your mafia at two places New York and Cuba…its all very interesting at least till now and I am sure its gonna be the same atleast till you become the top mafia which is really a fars cry for me…I am on level 182 right now and top mafia people are above level 4000 … hehe…

Goodnight.

Searching for a new place

2009-08-25T16:27:00.001-04:00

This is one of the things that is taking much of my time on weekends and still no positive output as of yet…from almost a month I guess we are doing this…searching for the new place since our contract here in current place is almost over and we need to get the new home asap…the sad part is here WE is just me and Suyog :(

We have searched few good places in last couple of weeks but now the problem is we don’t have enough people to share the flat with us and the main reason being that one of the earlier roommates has ditched really bad…or may be its not his fault as he was too desperate to shift to a place near to his office but I still cant understand that how can someone shift from a place where you have been living with people you have known for last 7 years to a new place where you know no one…or may be it was for the good of everybody, anyways the other roommate is shifting to another place by the end of this month so after that if we don’t get a good place with enough people to share the same then we both will have to contribute extra cut for the current place for next month…

We are still in need of a good place within our budget and atleast one more person to share it, so lets see what happens…will keep you all updated.

Hope for the best and always be prepared for the worst :)

No consistency

2009-08-25T15:58:00.003-04:00

Its been more than a month that I have written anything here…the space I consider mine, my say…nothing like I don’t have anything to write…I always thought there should have been a device to record everything you think, in a text format, had it been invented it would have been so easy to daily update blogs :D … excuses…lol

Anyways there have been many things I would have written but the simple reason is no consistency…and this has been the reason for many other things in my life…yeah you can call them failures too…I remember even Anya had stopped in between for a time being and didn’t write much on his blog and may be this was my patch…hope that I write regularly now…I really miss my blog…

No MBA this year :-(

2009-07-12T05:17:00.001-04:00

Just now on DTE website they have put up the list of the colleges with the seats distribution structure and this year there is no seat for NT1 in any of the 2 colleges I was aiming for...neither JB nor Sydneham, on rotation basis the seats have gone to NT2 candidates this year…so finally the result is out before it was supposed to be and I am not gonna get into MBA this year…so that’s it.

Ya a bit depressed…may be quite depressed but there is no use or say no option…but it’s fine…life never stops and you have to go ahead with all the failures either carrying them as burden or just forgetting them and making a new start…and that’s what I am gonna do…forgetting everything and moving ahead :-)

So friends don’t worry I am cool…means I will be soon.

Tkcr…

Frustration of office life

2009-07-09T16:20:00.001-04:00

Today I have dropped a mail to my PM requesting him to discuss my future prospects in my project…actually I am not getting much work of my technology and then whatever I am getting is too less to consume my abilities…also after completing more than 3 years in an organization now I have started getting a big desperation for going onsite too…

One way out of this fucked up situation is the CET final seat allotment process which is actually being delayed a lot by the government. If I get lucky there its gonna be wonderful :D

Actually I was holding…infact I am holding this frustration from quite a long time inside me which has kinda made me a pessimist…which I hate to be…so finally today I have asked my PM to discuss my future plans with me…but he has delayed the meeting to Monday…so lets see what happens…

** actually the story is very long and its no use writing all of it here…the main issue is I am really frustrated regarding my career and I am not consumed.

What time is it??

2009-07-03T00:22:00.002-04:00

I never knew I would be doing this…I woke up just a minute back and writing this post.

Monsoon has now hit Mumbai well. There were some pre monsoon showers in last couple of weeks with the gap of some sunny days in between. But from yesterday it's raining cats and dogs here.
Anyways I am nocturnal so I sleep very late and wake up very late and then hurry up for office. One of the main factors I wake up late is the atmosphere outside. Especially in rainy season you never come to know the time, even if it is 9 in mng you will feel like its 5 or 6 am.

And this is the same case right now. I opened my eyes few minutes back and saw outside and almost decided to lay on bed for another hour or two thinking its so early morning but then I checked the time in my mobile and I couldn’t believe it was 9.40 am.

Anyways gotta rush to office now.
Bye and tkcr.

3 cheers for Barca \m/ Don’t mess with Messi :D

2009-05-28T13:06:00.001-04:00

Last night’s Champions League’s final match between Manchester United and Barcelona was one of the best CL’s finals. Not because the match went tough or it was a close shave but the loss of Man U made it really interesting.

As usual most of the crowd was supporting Man U and when Eto scored the 1st goal for Barca in 10’ the entire stadium went silent and you could feel how badly the people wanted Man U to win but this was surely not their day.

The Barca players were possessing the ball for most of the time and then the second goal by a baaap player Messi in 70’ shattered the dreams of all Man U supporters and obviously the team…but I was so happy to see this…it was revenge for me for last years same final match between Man U and Chelsea which was too exciting and the closest shave I would say but ending with Man U’s win.

But this time Barca has been crowned the new King and Man U’s reign is over.

3 cheers for Barca…

P.S. :- When Barca defeated Chelsea in semifinal I was really disappointed and wanted them to lose but more badly I wanted revenge for last year’s final :D

image courtesy: http://www1.uefa.com/

What a Match !!

2009-05-14T15:08:00.000-04:00

I am sad…today was a match between two teams I love most and I support equally…Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians…but like every mumbaiyya I was supporting Mumbai Indians…Sachin Tendulkar…who wants him to lose…GOD…seriously Sachin you are GOD.

But on the other side was equally capable cricketer who is no less than GOD…Shane Warne…the best captain undoubtedly…I love to see him doing his job…he supports and appreciate each and every move of his fellow teammates…

One of the most incredible matches of IPL 2009…last 5 overs…that’s where the excitement began and climbed the peak and no doubt it ended with the same excitement…no one side game…no obvious victory…everything was possible but every single ball was becoming unpredictable…the win was equally required for both the teams to survive ahead for the semifinals but Alas! Mumbai lost by just 2 runs :-(

But ya RR you rock man \m/ hats off to you guys.

As it is well said…jo jeeta wohi sikandar.

Happy Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad

2009-05-06T14:00:00.003-04:00

Today is the 30th wedding anniversary of my mom & dad…
actually…wishing each other on such special occasion including birthdays is not something we have been doing in our family…it has been all very mutual…ya but it never changed the importance of the day :-)
I called them in the morning and the call must have lasted hardly for 5 minutes and I spoke to both of them and wished them before cutting the call…

I don’t have much to write about this occasion…the only thing I wonder is that how can someone spend thirrrtttyyyyyy years together…not even wonder but rather I get a thot that isn’t that a real big deal...atleast for my generation…like we guys sometimes get bored of someone in just few days man and then marrying a gal and being with her for all your lifetime according to the oath taken at the time of marriage…that’s gonna be real big deal man…may be time will decide it better…rather than me spending time imagining stupid things bout it…hehe…

So Mom & Dad … I know you never gonna read this … But still… A very happy wedding anniversary to both of you…you actually have been real great and special mom & dad…I cannot imagine my life without the freedom I have got from you and the way you have actually let me be what I have been without trying or forcing me to become someone ideal…believe me my love for you was never less even a bit…and I accept it with a little guilt that I have never expressed that when we be together but I know and this is the best thing of my life…I know that you two too understand it… love u !!

P.S. :- The pic must hv been taken within a year after getin married smwhr in 1979 - 80...look at my dad...long hair huh !! and they always scold me when I let my hair grow long...hehe.

2 more days to go…

2009-04-27T14:54:00.001-04:00

You have to be really lucky to get a weekend this long…ya coming weekend is of 4 days…man how lucky…30th is the election day here in Mumbai and then 1st May is World’s Labour Day so again holiday and then Saturday and Sunday…in all 4 days holiday and that too without applying a single leave…yuupppiiiieeeee

All have their plans and most of them have a single plan of going home…and I am no exception…have got confirmed tickets (not easily though :-)) but everything’s set now…so Nagpur I am coming :-)

I know it’s too hot over there and it’s not gonna be fun roaming in daytime but then there are always night plans and everyone knows what are they :-)

So that’s it…time to sleep now…have a training at 9 in morning to attend :-(

A noteworthy failure

2009-04-23T15:31:00.003-04:00

Everyone has some failures in life. I am no exception.
This failure is something that will be remembered all life.

This is the failure that will make me remember that I am no genius to get thru the MBA exams.

I actually feel that I am an intelligent fella and if I try hard I can do well in exams too.

But it didn’t turn out to be true in case of the MBA exams I appeared for this year.
I gave all the exams I was eligible for…CAT, XAT, FMS, NMAT, SNAP, JMET and CET and I simply screwed up all them…pretty well and equally…I got thru none.

CAT...scored pathetically bad…lower than my 1st attempt last year without studying.
XAT…did well…very good score but didn’t get thru Math cut-off so simply of no use.
FMS, NMAT, SNAP, JMET don’t remember the scores but screwed them too.

CET the only exam where I would have stood some good chance as it has reservation for NT…I screwed it too…not completely though…scored fine and now GD/PI is awaiting and after that the results will be declared…so lets wait and watch…I cant say anything more.

But scores of these exams is not the real embarrassment for me, neither is the fact that I must have spent at least 10000 bucks behind the exams and for applying in some other institutes and additional 5000 for the correspondence course in IMS and test series.

The real embarrassment is that I took more than a month time to study for the exams, I took leave for a month and went to Nagpur and I planned to study at least 16 hours a day and just crack each of the fuckin exams but vice a versa happened, I got fucked in all of them. Its not that I didn’t try at all, I did...but now I feel that may be it was not up to the mark...but now giving explanations is of no use, as it has been very correctly said “Excuses are for the losers” and may be I am one of them.

I am not pessimistic to accept that I am not worth being an MBA but then I won’t be a fool claiming I am worth one though I can’t become one.

So now I am waiting for my last result and the upcoming GD/PI. If I get thru then well and good or else I have this current IT life to live ahead.

Just wish me luck :D

P.S. The post was written in office in evening and I have posted it now.

Chadta Suraj Dheere-Dheere Dhalta hai Dhal Jaayega

2009-04-22T15:07:00.003-04:00

This is the song which is completely on my mind from last few days. To enlighten you more about it, this is a qawali by Aziz Nazaan and it was one of the song I admired too much, much before I got introduced to rock moozik :-) and it’s a song I heard first...a real long time back.

I still remember that I was a school going kid may be of 5th or 6th standard and there used to be a Ganpati Installation in our colony and then there has to be an Orchestra on one of the days and once there was this particular set of guys who sang this song. I still remember that they all were sitting down in a typical qawali singing postion with their handkerchiefs on their heads. And when they started singing, I caught almost all the lines and got lost in the song.

After that I never heard the song again but then thanks to Arpit’s Dad that he has a great music collection and once in my college life I found one CD with all famous qawalis and then I again got introduced to this beautiful song and then I got so fuckin addicted to it, used to hear it like at least 3 4 times a day and then one day these guys got almost irritated and I guess they hid that CD somewhere and then I could not find it anywhere and again I almost forgot the song. But by this matured time of college life I could get the message conveyed by the song, its wordings and the deepest meaning of life I have ever read and it just got inscribed in my mind permanently.

I never forgot the song but could not get it from anywhere, I won't say I tried too much but then just like that.

And then few days back while discussing with one of my friend(Jaya) again I remembered it and then since now I have internet access, before I could again forget it I just got it from net, as I believe there is no single thing you cannot find on net and the only god I believe is GOOGLE.

Now this is the only hindi song in my iPOD (actually urdu) and man I listen to it like twice a day at least and it makes me feel great.

All those reading this post I would like to recommend this song to u. Just try it once and I bet you won't disagree with the message passed and the beautiful meaningful way in which the entire span of human life has been described by the lyricist and the depth in the voice of the singer.

That’s all I can say…I just love this qawali.

Chadta Suraj Dheere-Dheere Dhalta hai Dhal Jaayega

Just click here to view and hear the song on youtube and you can get the lyrics from anywhere on net.

Got the Band “C” :-)

2009-04-18T13:20:00.002-04:00

Band C is not Band Contest here :-)
It’s my rating in my company. I remember I have never mentioned about my work anywhere in my blog. For the unaware people if they ever read this blog, I am working as a software engineer in TCS (Tata Consultancy Services).

Few days back I got my appraisal done and got placed in band C that means 3 out of 5.
Ya I know its not a thing to be proud about or something since there are people getting 4 and 5 (B and A) but the thing to be happy about is that there are many other people who have been placed in band D and E as well (2 and 1 out of 5) and that’s really dangerous now in this recession.

I remember that I got placed in Band D last year and I was so fuckin tensed and frustrated cuz of it. I had been a part of 2 projects in that financial year and still I was rated as an under performer but later it got changed (this is also a long story…may be someday will become one other post). But that time system default rating was 2 and hence it was one of the valid points for me to get it changed. System default rating is for people who have been on bench for the entire year; say they didn’t get any work or responsibilities.

Anyways the thing is that this year TCS changed its default rating to 1 and hence many people have been rated 2 out of 5 even after being a part of project for much time of the year. Also my 1st half yearly rating was around 3.6 but my 2nd half yearly rating was just 2.69 which was a point of concern for me and I was very much sure that I am gonna get fuckin D this time too but fortunately everything went well and now I have Band C.

So I am happy :-)

P.S. : TCS rating system is not satisfactory for all. Last year my H1 and H2 were 3.4 and 3.5 approximately but still I got 2.

Nagpur is no exception for hot climate now

2009-04-12T08:22:00.003-04:00

Right now I am at Romi’s flat in Pune and its too fuckin hot here...The climate is so sweaty just like in Mumbai...You just can't get along with it everywhere...In Mumbai u can’t bear the sweat and mandatorily u have to bath twice a day...especially when u come back from office...and then the irritation in your groin...it’s intolerable cruelty :D ... in the day time when you get out on streets you can simply sweat to death ( I don’t know if this is an existing phrase :-) )

The reason for me writing this post is that whenever I have a talk with my friends and then everybody starts telling something bout their hometowns and then when it comes to my hometown “Nagpur” everybody exclaims “Man...it’s hot like hell there...unbearable heat and stuff” ... but right now there is no difference between most of the Indian cities and Nagpur...as far as the climate comes in picture...atleast in Nagpur there is dry heat unlike cities like Mumbai...and again since Nagpur is not so much Industrial...there is very less pollution.

So the final conclusion is that global warming may be soon reaching its peak leaving most parts of India to burn and it's time for everyone to start taking measures to control it...as Anya has already mentioned in his post...hope everyone realises it soon.

Take Care.

So ja saale...Net kahi nahi ja raha !!

2009-04-09T14:32:00.004-04:00

Its just 6 days that I have got the connection and seriously my daily routine has become worse. I am already so nocturnal and now cuz of internet I am again stressing myself.
I need to sleep…I am sleeping for just 6 hours daily now…as you guys know I used to sleep like 9 hours on weekdays too…so 6 hours is kinda difficult…I feel so damn sleepy sometimes in office specially after lunch.

What am I doin? Even I don’t know… I am not watching many movies either…I am just downloading…ya download was something I wanted to do a lot…and I am actually doing it so…in last just 6 days I have downloaded more than 8 Gb of movies…all kinda ;-) and some moozik related stuff too…I am utilizing each penny of what I have paid…but man I need to see the movies too…think I need to revive my daily routine.

I also wanted to blog a lot…which actually I haven’t done…atleast not to my satisfaction…but now I have decided I will…I love to write.

So that is it…sleep is something I need…schedule is something I need to renew…lets wait and watch.

So lemme end with what I have started…So ja saale…Net kahi nahin ja raha !!
this is what anya told me online on the very 1st night after I got the connection :-)

The Blood is still Pumping

2009-04-04T09:20:00.002-04:00

Fuck Yeah !!

I am alive...and its gonna be rocking now...today i got an internet connection for the 1st time in ma life...i kno dis sounds fuckin weird man...like i actually bliv alongwith ppl like ani and rahuli dat net connection is a basic need nw a days... but ya i ws managing somehw widout it...

Newys fuck the past...

I am all set to rock dis place again...

Man...I am so happy...yeah the blood is still pumping !!

\m/

I aint dead !

2009-02-01T09:08:00.000-05:00

First of all a very Happy New Year to all of you.
I never believed that I will ever be dead so long on my blog but then many things happen unexpectedly.

Anyways some exams and then my sim got corrupted and then all this caused this effect.

No further excuses...all i wanna say right now is that I think I may need some more time to get back on track.

Right now I don't have any connectivity to blog.

At this moment I have come to Akshay's place in bandra and just thought of writing this post.

So guys hope you all are doing fine...so am I.

Will get back to you soon.

Manish \m/

And the motherfuckers lost their minds

2008-11-29T13:04:00.004-05:00

26th November 2008 will be remembered by my countrymen forever as the blackest day in the history of terrorism and probably by all the people in the world.

It was about 11 pm; I was having dinner with my roommates at room itself when I got a call from home. I told Mom that I will call her back after dinner; this was when she gave me the news of something happening in Mumbai, some sort of firing and stuff.

We guys immediately swapped the channel to see the news, when they were showing that there has been some firing near Leopold’s Café in Colaba. I jumped to the conclusion that this is nothing but a gang war (got this thought cuz of the way the café has been mentioned in Shantaram). Anyways so we were just watching the news when to our biggest surprise the news completely changed in sometime from the conclusion of gang war to terrorist attack all over the city. There has been firing at Taj Hotel and Oberoi Hotel as well and then suddenly a blast at Ville Parle and Santa Cruz. This was scary man, a situation of national emergency, which my nation was not at all prepared for and I guess never will be. Okay I will 1st in short describe the Mumbai siege, the terror started at approx 11 pm on 26th of Nov and ended early morning today i.e. on 29th Nov, taking about 60 hours. To read about the attack in details please click here.

The death toll is about 200 and injured 400; obviously these are much less than the actual human loss. Apart from this there has been a huge property loss to the iconic structures of the country.

But for a common man of India like me, there has been a loss of trust and faith in the country’s security measures. This is a really fucked up situation now for all the people in Mumbai, ya I know there is no such good security in other parts of the country as well but this city, the financial capital of India is I guess most vulnerable.

I actually can’t jot down everything I had been feeling from past 3 days and even right now but the simple thing I know is that though the country is kinda happy and celebrating the win over the terrorists attack and all of them are dead and one captured but the most simple equation for me is the opposite…I feel they have won…the terrorists.

It is very simple, the root word of terrorist is “terror”, their main purpose being to spread terror amongst the people and after this incidence I bet no single person in Mumbai will roam with bindaas attitude wherever he wants to in the city, he will always be afraid of being shot by some insane motherfucker or get victimized to some blast in some public transport mean. It is so easily visible TERROR in the minds of the people, all kind of people, upper class middle class lower class and people of all religions. It is simple that the terrorists have won.

The act is worth condemn, I just fuckin can’t believe that someone can get so inhuman to even shoot children who are crying but these motherfuckers even did that, they have no emotions no nothing…they just know how to kill…and that’s it.

On the other side I am really very proud of being a citizen of this really fucked up government of my country India. These are different fools fighting and playing the blame game all over when people were getting shot and the real heroes, the brave hearts (police, army, navy, NSG) were risking as well as sacrificing their lives saving the people and fighting with 19th century weapons against the 21st century weapons.

Trust me, it is so damn easy getting killed in this city, I can’t say much about the other cities but ya here in Mumbai it is not a big thing at all. It’s time to accept the facts; we are a third world country. In 2008 itself there has been atleast 5 terror attacks all over the country and hardly anyone responsible has been arrested and even if someone gets arrested there will be one more terror attack and the demands will be to release that arrested person.

I am not saying that things won’t ever change, I dream of India as the developed nation but right now all I know is that “This reality is nothing but a fucked up dream…”

P.S. The post title has been taken from the song named “Bullet in your head” by one of my favorite bands “Rage against the machine” and the last line is taken from another song named "Between angels and insects" by "Paparoach".

CAT 2008 Answer Key

2008-11-16T07:59:00.004-05:00

CAT 2008 Answer Key

TestFunda Answer Key

T.I.M.E Answer Key

IMS Answer key

Done !! Cracked Klueless 4 :-)

2008-10-26T04:55:00.007-04:00

Yuppieee….Finally we did it…

Me and Rahul…as we planned…completed Klueless 4 :D

Moment to be proud of…

But it wasn’t too easy…it took almost 2 and half days…

We started the moment...the game was launched on 23rd October sharp 10 am and then yesterday at about 2 pm we completed it…it was a great feeling to plan something and then achieve it :D (many such things are still pending in life…hope same happens with them too)

Anyways I feel so happy to tell you that Rahul and Me have conquered the 7th position in the Klueless4 hall of fame.

The game was too good…just can’t describe the experience in words…it’s simply addictive…as the poster says.

These 2 and half days I was at Rahul’s room only. We didn’t expect that we will be ranked so high…cuz all the last versions we played…the 500 names in hof were already there…hehe…obviously we started much later…anyways this time we didn’t leave any chance for that and luckily very few people completed the game before us.

Lastly thanks to people who posted hints in Klueless blog which helped us whenever we needed a direction and obviously a BIG THANKS to KLUELESS 4 team…u guys rock \m/

P.S. I didn’t read anything in these 2 and half days… :-( But that doesn’t mean I am not taking my studies seriously…I will compensate it.

The wait is almost over…Klueless 4

2008-10-23T00:11:00.002-04:00

It’s 9.45 and after exact 15 mins Kluless 4 is gonna be launched…
For the unaware people Klueless is the online puzzle by IIM Indore guys as a part of their annual festival IRIS…

Me and Rahul have been the great fans of this game…we have completed all the 3 earlier games too…klueless 1 and 3 being the best 2 of the 3 but that doesn’t mean klueless 2 was boring but not as interesting for us as Klueless 1 or 3.

Anyways I won’t be writing much now…as it’s just 10 mins left….

So guys wish me luck…

We both had planned a long time earlier bout playin klueless 4 together and fortunately today we are together…so we will be giving our best shot…

So lets see…(will update bout the happenings) :-)

1st Anniversary of my HTC Touch :-)

2008-10-03T14:28:00.007-04:00

It has been exact 1 year that I bought this my cell phone…HTC Touch.

I still remember that I was in Pune as usual…for weekend I guess and then I had to buy a new mobile phone since my earlier one got too old…and then one fine night…I guess 1st October we few guys were having dinner in George and then we were discussing about all the new cell phones in market…and then Wasim talked about HTC Touch…I never heard of the company…lol…but he was too much in favor of it…and then we all got pretty excited and then we came back to Rahul’s flat and checked out the cell phone’s review on net…and then I almost fell for it :-)

Means the touch flow video really rocks man…u just feel…what the fuck is that…its too cool… (honestly telling this touch flow function I must have used hardly 10 times in entire year…lol) ya but it looks too cool…and specially when some one who hasn’t seen this cell and you are showing him your cell phone and then do that touch flow thing…he really feels…man that fuckin cool…

So then next day…that is on Mahatma Gandhi Anniversay we went to telephone shoppee and saw all available cell phones…N73…MotoRocker and HTC touch being the main attraction and then I took some time and guys (Akshay and Rahul took some time…Rahul was inclined towards any one of the 1st two and Akshay was inclined towards HTC Touch) and I was in complete dilemma about what to buy…and then the most important factor of life GOD (money) was also there…HTC was costing 19.5 K…man it was too costly (at least at that time)…but then sometimes you have to take the risk…risk as in buying something really new in market…which you haven’t seen anyone using and then spending such a big amount on it…but then as it has been said “No Risk No Gain”…I took the risk and believe me I gained a lot…

(I bought the cell phone on next day…3rd October 2007 as I couldn’t take out so much cash at the same night cuz of cash withdrawal limit)

The cell phone was just launched in market…in fact most of my friends never heard of it before…including myself…and when I messaged everyone regarding the new cell phone…someone even felt that HTC Touch is a typo for Hutch…lolz

This cell phone is really cool to use and there are no flaws in it…its worth the money you spend…I am not gonna write all the cool things...yup but in short it’s a good deal :-)

So that’s all…Happy Birthday to U…my dear HTC Touch :-)

P.S.:- my earlier cell phone is N-Gage QD and I am still using it along with my new cell phone :-)

I need some time

2008-10-02T15:21:00.002-04:00

Hi everybody...(actually those who care to check out if I have posted something new :D)

Anyways...I haven't posted anything from a long time and I actually wanna write quite a lot things that keep coming in mind (and leave it very soon...lolz) but I need some time...that's all I can say as of now...

So hope I take out some time and write things... :-)

Righteous Kill

2008-09-15T16:09:00.001-04:00

This is the 2nd movie we saw :-)

Righteous Kill is a good movie but not a very good movie…and the only thing that makes it good is two superb and senior actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

The story line is just another action – crime story line…nothing much to write about it…the only thing that makes it interesting is the presence of two big actors.

If I am sounding too negative then please don’t think wrong…the movie is not bad or something :-)

I would rate it as 6.5/10.

A Wednesday

2008-09-15T15:45:00.004-04:00

This Saturday was fun…I woke up very late by 2 or 3 in noon…don’t even remember…hehe…then had lunch and then bathed and then went to meet Akshay at around 6 pm (train was too crowded man :-( …virar train…u know ) and then we two saw two movies back to back but in different theatres :-)

The 1st was “A Wednesday”.

This is a must watch movie for all…for at least we Indians…who have been portrayed in the movie…the common man.

The acting by two senior actors Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah is superb as expected. The storyline is awesome…it’s just a 100 minute movie and you wont get bored at any point.

What makes the movie special is the current scenario in India…the dominant atmosphere of terrorist attacks and the helplessness of the government…and how the common people are suffering due to this.

There is nothing much to write about the movie. You will get it all once you see it for yourself.
I just loved it…and would rate it 8/10 :-)

P.S. While I was watching this movie in theatre with Akshay…I got a message from my roommate (Sameer) that there have been serial blasts in Delhi…it was a terrifying message…I thought for a moment that if the theatre blows up…but then got involved in the movie and the Devil inside the empty mind slept off…hehe

THE END…By...The Doors

2008-09-12T15:35:00.005-04:00

Its 12 30 am now…Friday night…but nothing special as such…

Just…came back from office at about 10 and then made some phone calls and then had my dinner…and came online…no one special was online so was just getting bored and hence started listening some old rock songs…

Realized why it is said…OLD IS GOLD !!

Few minutes back heard the song THE END by one of the greatest rock band ever “THE DOORS”…simply beautiful…read lyrics online and the moozik composed…it just takes you somewhere else…

This is not the 1^st time I am listening DOORS songs but I don’t know tonight it was something different…I have heard many of their songs but this one is really a different composition from the others…

Light My Fire…Love Me Two Times…Love Her Madly…Hello I Love You…LA Woman…these are few of the best DOORS songs…from their titles itself you can make out that they are romantic…but rock songs are very different than typical romantic pop songs…anyways…my point here is the song THE END is simply amazing…it’s a beautiful combination of lyrics…music…and specially the voice…the voice of GOD…Jim Morrison…the way he has sung the song…his style…everything adds up to the magical effect on the listener…

THE END is one of the best rock song ever composed according to me…

Guys you gotta listen it…or you are missing something :-)

Keep Rocking !! \m/

NO SMOKING !!

2008-09-10T09:37:00.004-04:00

Be ready to see this warning now at almost all the hang out (public) places.

For the smokers who are actually used to smoke whenever and wherever they like,
This news in Times of India will make a difference from 2nd of October.

The Govt of India has finally decided to forcefully impose the law of smoking ban in public places all across the country…For those who are unaware of the fact…this law was formed and also applied 2 years ago…but as you know WE INDIANS never followed it and our lovely government stood helpless for these 2 years…But now our Health Minister Mr. Ramadoss has decided not to let this rule violation continue anymore…hope he succeeds (lol)

But to tell you my honest opinion…I have a gut feeling that this time it’s gonna work…the article mentioned above describes all the acts and actions that will be taken care by the government.

A fine of 200 bucks and which will be further increased to 1000 bucks will be imposed if a person is caught smoking in public places and if within an organization then the organization will have to pay the extra fine of 5000 bucks per person…1000 bucks sounds like a heavy fine man :-(

Anyways I guess companies must be taking their own precautionary and corrective measures of declaring the smoking zones and hence will be safe and the clever smokers will find their way out by not violating the law.

I won’t be affected much as I always smoke along roadside (roads and parks are NO more public places under this law)…I guess neither will it be a great deal for other smoker friends as almost all the tapris in INDIA are along roadside (Tapri is the hindi word for a place where you get cigarettes and chai (tea)…standard tapri is also known as PAN SHOP)

Government thinks that most school kids start smoking just because they see people around them smoking and also on screen (I will write another blog post on this screen funda)…may be the govt is correct here…and if it is so then the law may help…

But what I honestly feel is that most of the people smoke cuz they want to and feel like smoking…and at least I am not amongst those who started smoking may be cuz of others or just for the style as shown on screen (according to many people).

But ban on smoking in hotels and pubs and discos doesn’t sound like a good idea…I wonder how can some one enter a disco or pub and find no smoke anywhere…he may pinch himself to believe the scene.
Creating smoke zones at these places won’t be a good idea either…I guess the owners will prefer to hang the smoke zone board right besides the name of the place e.g. CAFÉ MONDEGAR [Smoke Zone]…lolz…

Whatever…I hope the law will be followed at the feasible places and the rest I guess...lets wait and watch…or may be again the law stays on paper for few more years as it did for last 2 years and then govt actually accepts the need of amendment.

Oh man…I need a smoke :-)

Independence Rock XXIII and XXII

2008-09-08T10:11:00.004-04:00

Independence Rock a.k.a iROCK is the biggest platform for the Indian Bands to perform upon…as it’s the biggest Rock Festival in my country.

The fest has been started by FARHAD K. WADIA.
To know more about the iROCK….Please Click Here…

31st August 2008, Sunday…I went with Akshay, Rohan and Anubhav for iRock 23 at Chitrakoot Ground in Andheri.
To tell you the events honestly, we reached the place almost one hour late but we were not the only ones as there were people even after us to buy the tickets…whatever…so then we entered the ground.
Some Kolkata Band was playing and the songs were all ok ok types and hence we didn’t enjoy as we expected.
Then came the last band Agni (we came to know that only 3 bands were going to play out of which we missed the half part exact) anyways…then Agni came on stage…a band from Pune…who mainly have their own compositions in Hindi…so we were expecting that it’s gonna be obviously boring.
But we were proved wrong…the band started with their self composition on Lord Shiva and the moozik for it was really impressive…the band continued with one or two more self compositions and then they started playing covers and they were superb songs like Whole Lotta Love (Led Zep), Immigrant Song (Led Zep), Love me Two Times (The Doors), Nothing Else Matters (Metallica) and few more and thus we were actually happy to be there and I did a lot of headbang and shouted a lot (obviously) :-)

Finally we left by 10.15 and then had dinner together at Lucky (where we laughed a lot on few jokes by Rohan and Me…which were really very funny) and then we went to Akshay’s place and slept off.

Overall the day went great.

But for us…iROCK 23 was not as great as iROCK 22.
Last year we went to the same place but we were few more guys…Rahul, Gaurang and few Rohan’s cousins…and the songs played were really good…mainly death metal songs and we enjoyed the mosh pit too…alongwith the wall of death…
For people who didn’t understand what does mosh pit and wall of death mean…PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Also the bands who performed in iRock 22 were awesome as compared to those who played this year…anyways whatever it is…iRock ROCKS !! \m/

One more thing other than moozik in iRock to be noticed is the crowd present.
The crowd is mainly the youth class…everyone wearing their favorite bands’ t-shirt.
You can hardly find anyone wearing a Non-Black t-shirt in the entire crowd…all people are rock fans banging and rocking with the deafening music…Smoking guys and gals and few fanatics drunk too :-) that’s the real fun.
Other than the Band t-shirts, you can also find people wearing Che Guevara t-shirts as he is a popular icon of youthful rebellion. (I will definitely write another post on this man later :-))

So that’s all about iROCK…if you be here in India and wanna have a good time don’t miss this event…its organized in all major cities of the country.

Live to Rock !! \m/

Wanted

2008-09-05T05:38:00.003-04:00

WANTED
Saw this movie on 2nd Sept.
It’s a nice movie.
Nothing much to write about it.
I heard the director name for the 1st time “Timur Bekmambetov”, he is Russian.

The star cast of the movie is nice…stars James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. James MaAvoy seemed to be a known face but I couldn’t recall any of his movies..lol…

There are some new fundas in the movie like curving bullet path and bruises removing wax bath and the one liked most was …DECOY…

It’s a timepass movie…don’t think too much about everything shown on screen and thus you will enjoy :-)

I would rate it 6.5/10.

WALL – E

2008-09-04T10:13:00.002-04:00

WALL – E is a must must must watch movie for all…many people think that animated movies are only for children but I tell you honestly…if you also think the same then either you lack something in your life or you never gave it a try…

Few years ago may be 2 years ago I was one of the above mentioned category…I never tried any animated movie and actually used to feel…kya bey…cartoon hi toh hain…(what’s in it…just cartoons)…but then I gave it a try…thanks to Rahul for this…I guess my 1st animated movie was Monster House or may be Happy Feet…and then I just loved them…I came to know how ahead America is in using technology…how they have gone way far ahead of us to produce movies…to give cartoons emotions and power of expressing emotions…may be better than us…human beings…WALL – E is another example of the same thing.

I don’t wanna write much about the movie as all I have got are my feelings and its really difficult to describe them in words here…this movie is the best animated movie ever produced…and WALL – E is the best animated character…he is damn cute…damn emotional and all his expressions…I just cant write it in words…even now I am getting excited thinking of the movie…I saw it yesterday in Pune with Rumi, Veenu and Akshay.

The animation is FLAWLESS…simply and absolutely flawless…I dream of day when such kinda movies will be produced in my India.

Anyways…the movie is a story of WALL – E ((Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth-Class) and EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), but its not just the story about these two…it’s a very conceptual movie about what may be possible in future may be 1000 years later…there is one more cute robot in the movie named M-O who cleans all the filth wherever he finds it…but WALL – E is the cutest of all. And the voice given by Ben Burtt is so sweeeeet… :-)

I rate the movie as 9/10 and its no surprise that movie has been rated as 8.7/10 in IMDB and stands 29th in the list of IMDB top 250 Movies.
Hats off to the director Andrew Stanton.

EVEEEEE (WALL – E style)

Rock On !!

2008-09-04T08:17:00.002-04:00

Heard a lot about this movie from my friends and then a man has his own expectations and then there was so much hype about this movie…people even said it is “Dil Chahta Hai 2” and obviously Farhan Akhtar is a guy to be expected from (though this time it’s not his direction)…so anyways wanted to see this movie asap…

So on Monday night (1st Sept )…after office while going home in company bus alongwith my roommate Ranga, at about 10 pm when we crossed a theatre on the way home, I just got an idea that lets Rock on...and then we two went for it.

It is not the extra ordinary story that makes a movie good or close to people’s heart but the ordinary story with the dreams and feelings of all the ordinary people…this is all what Rock On is about.

There is no suspense or surprise or twisting points in the movie but still the director Abhishek Kapoor who is also the story writer has actually done a fabulous job…you get the goose bumps as it’s all about having a dream and then accomplish the things against all the odds and getting out of life’s vicious circle to do something which you have been planning and failed once miserably but still over a long run you make it being friends together.

Farhan Akhtar and other stars Arjun, Purab and Luke actually make you feel that there is this band Magik…their appearance has been wonderfully planned…Luke makes me remember Axl Rose of Guns N Roses and the pic of all four in empty swimming pool (the cover pic) I feel somehow has been copied from one of the Metallica pic but whatever it’s too good.

I would rate this movie as 8/10.

Meri Laundry Ka Ek Bill, Ek Aadhi Padhi Novel…na na naaa naaa na na naaa naaa :-)

Live Your Dream

Dead Silence

2008-08-29T11:18:00.003-04:00

Dead Silence is a nice horror movie with an amazing suspense and it’s fun to watch the movie. The director is James Wan, the director of my one of the favorite horror movie “Saw” so I trusted this movie and knew it’s gonna be atleast fine.

The movie is based on an urban legend or say frightening stories parents tell their children (if you know what I mean). Nothing much to tell about the movie other than that you can watch it atleast once.

I would rate it 7/10.

You Scream. You Die.

Street Kings

2008-08-29T10:59:00.002-04:00

Saw this movie last night alongwith “Teeth”, actually before it.

Street Kings is an action crime movie and after reading wiki I came to know it was also titled as ‘The Night Watchman”.

The movie has famous stars like Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker.
I have seen a couple of movie of both the actors and I liked them and hence I knew the movie turn out to be a boring.
It’s a story about a cop and the politics in the police department. I won’t write anything more.

I would rate the movie as 7/10 and actually I did the same in IMDB :-)

Teeth --- What the hell was that?

2008-08-29T10:42:00.001-04:00

Man saw this movie “Teeth” last night…had heard already about it like it’s a boring movie and horror cum comedy movie…but still I saw it…you know sometimes I feel…each movie can be seen atleast once (no but there are some yuck movies which you realize are not at all worth seeing…but after you see them…lolz)

Anyways this is a very boring movie…when I read on wiki I came to know that it is actually a black comedy…else I was thinking that why a horror movie has been directed like a comedy movie…

Nothing much to write about the movie…probably writing this post just to keep track of the movies I see… :-)

I would rate this movie as 2/10.

Don’t watch Doomsday

2008-08-29T10:24:00.002-04:00

Got this mail “Movies of 2008” and then there were many movies mentioned in it and all movies look good on their posters and probably this was the reason Rahul downloaded this movie “Doomsday”.

Alongwith Rahul and Akshay, I saw this movie at Rahul’s room, when I was in Nagpur.
Honestly I wanna tell you all who are reading this post, don’t try be a phantom like we did and watch this movie cuz this movie has got nothing in it…I tell u…when the movie begins and till the time they show title and star cast and introduction goes on…you will build up high expectations from the movie but eventually what you gonna get it is a kick on your bad ass for watching this super duper flop movie of the year 2008…

I don’t wanna tell you why the movie is bad…I don’t even know the actors or directors and I feel lucky for not knowing them :-)

In IMDB the movie has been rated as 6.2 / 10 and I wonder who the hell the voters are, probably the relatives of the actors and directors…lolz…I would rate it 1/10..may be something less if allowed.

So again I will end this post by saying “Don’t watch Dommsday”.

Nagpur Vacation

2008-08-29T08:47:00.001-04:00

Writing a blog after a long time.
Left for nagpur on 13th August, it was Wednesday. Met Akshay at Dadar and then we both left by Vidarbh Express.

Nagpur trip was cool.
All were there, Rahul Mandar and Arpit (this was a surprise I kept till the last moment). Everyone was happy to have it and it was indeed a sweet surprise.

We reached Nagpur on 14th at 9am in morning…then went to my home and I got freshened up and all and then we went to Arpit’s place by Autorickshaw which I never preferred in my city as we never used it when in college.
Anyways then what, we just enjoyed all the days together.

One day myself, Rahul and Akshay went to Bhandara in Rahul’s car…it was an adventurous trip…ya I remember it was Sunday 17th…We left in morning at 8 am…within city only we would have met an accident but luckily escaped it…and then while returning also we met a small accident where one van just kissed our car from side…luckily it also didn’t made any difference…means nothing happened to us inside car and nothing went wrong…everything was just fine.

So this way we went to meet Sudarshan at his place…while his mom cooked lunch for us, we guys went to a nearby place Korambi, it’s a river side chill out place…nothing we just had smoke and chitchatted a lot.

Came back and had chicken made by aunty…it was yummy and then by 3.30 noon we left and reached back home at around 6.30 pm.

It was Rakhshabandhan on 16th and my “Tai” (a marathi word for elder sister) couldn’t come to tie me Rakhi as she couldn’t get holidays from her college.
So she came on Sunday morning for the purpose and then I met her after coming back from Bhandara :-)

The same night I went with my friends to a so called pub in Nagpur “PP’s Garage”…before this I never knew that this place would turn out to be my nightmare…I had visited the place couple of times before but never had such a bad experience…We guys were there for almost 2 hours and in those 120 minutes the so called DJ just played 3 or 4 songs worth being played in a pub…the crowd there didn’t had any idea or a difference between a pub and disco…they were dancing on the songs being played as bad as some drunkard dances in a wedding band (if you know what I mean), some guys were trying to be hip by moving their hands in a hip hop action but that was just a pretence…the entire pub was rocking except guys on our table…the songs being played were mostly Hindi remixes and some as worse as “Tip Tip Barsa Pani”…that was a bullet in my heart…the muthafucka (DJ) was dancing on some Bhangada songs…the only time when all guys on our table rocked was when DJ played 3 consecutive cool songs “Fear of the Dark” “Last Resort” and “Faint”…and for these 15 minutes or so, entire public was completely quiet…and may be that was the reason DJ came back to their choice and played all the songs earlier and similar to ruin our night…the 80 % crowd was really cheap…guys dancing without their shirts...man I just can’t forget how bad it was…

Anyways we came back and I had my sleep at Mandar’s place…

One fine night after that we had a party at Mandar’s place and all those know how cool the atmosphere there is…surely know how cool the party had been…it was fuckin awesome…we had VAT 69 (bumper) and Signature (quarter). Most of us tasted VAT 69 for the 1st time and all liked it…Signature is cool…everyone knows…after midnight when we felt that we need more liquor Rahul and Mandar got one more Signature quarter and some more cigarettes…the night was cool…we talked a lot...laughed a lot (that’s the most important part for me) and then we slept off with that feeling high…

Then on Wednesday or Thursday (I don’t exactly remember) Mandar and Akshay both left for Hyderabad and Mumbai respectively...and then only I and Rahul were left :-)

The next 4 5 days till 24th I stayed all nights at my home…obviously I was with my other friends whenever possible…these days were slow and relaxing...

And now the best memory in my Nagpur vacation…my bike Yamaha RX 135…we got it repaired and then it was mixed feelings…happy for bike working now…sad that I didn’t do it from such a loooooooong time…fuckin two years….and the most important part…anger over myself…that it just costed 265 Rs…two hundred and sixty five rupees ONLY…for getting my bike started…may be there are some more maintenance to be done but for now it was just 265 and I couldn’t fuckin do it from last more than 700 days...i fuckin hate myself for this…but anyways I am very happy that I didn’t ignore it this time…and alongwith Rahul, I finally did it.

So that was it, over all my Nagpur vacation was cool, adventurous and I was more than happy as I was there after a real long span of 5 months.

Mama I' M Coming Home

2008-08-12T17:08:00.002-04:00

Few more hours and then I will be on the way (in the train) to my hometown --- NAGPUR
Nagpur my love…city of oranges…city of hearts…city of joy…city of lovely people and the most important of all…city of my family and FRIENDS :-)

It has been 5 months, I haven’t been there…can you imagine….5 fuckin months…and I have not visited Nagpur even once…man its hell lot of a gap…I am just 800 km away and couldn’t manage to go to home from a real long time…but finally the wait is over…tomorrow I will be leaving and within few hours I will be there…my Karmabhumi (the place of one’s deeds).

Just 5 minutes before I got done with the packing and stuff…cuz it’s no normal vacation for me…I am going there for 11 days...man 11 days is really cool…

For the 1st time after I joined my job…that means in last 2 years this will be my longest vacation at home…hurraayyyyyy…I am so excited…so curious…so eager…so desperate…I just can't express all of it in words…I am simply happy.

It took me more than 2 hours to get my packing done along with sorting all the clothes I have…I have so many clothes…I never knew…I get so angry over myself looking at few of them…I haven’t worn them from such a long time…most of them are so dirty now…after I return there is gonna be a big task waiting for me…washing all the clothes…but leave it…right now I don’t wanna think of anything except me going home…

Home…sweet home!!

All friends are gonna be there…and it’s gonna be real fun…we gonna party real hard…yupppiiiieeeeeee…

There is gonna be no work load…no daily fucked up robotic routine…no deadlines…no issues…no tensions…

There is gonna be only fun...masti...maahol and rest after I get tired :-)

So that’s it…now time to sleep its 2.35 am…not too late for me though…lol

Mama I’M Coming Home!!

Where am I ??

2008-08-10T16:04:00.001-04:00

Helloooo … anybody in there?
Hey, where are you man? No blog from a long time, huh?
Wassup these days? ........... That’s me to myself … hehehhe.

Hmm…man last week was so hectic specially the last two working days.
Had training (Siebel EIM) on Thursday and Friday.
As usual slept by 2.30 am on Wednesday night (oh k, its Thursday morning).
Woke up at 7 in morning to catch the 8 am bus for office.
Reached office at exact 8.50 am, there was hardly anyone else, atleast no one from my project.
Some insane person will only like to get up early in the morning in this season.
It’s right now raining in Mumbai and the atmosphere in morning is so good to sleep :-) it is psychologically so difficult to look out at the atmosphere out of our window and wake up.
Sometimes I feel, given a chance, I would have been sleeping all day, but alas!

Anyways so I reached office and then had breakfast and then attended training from 10 am till evening, then came back to desk and started working.
I was thinking that I will leave early as I came early but then according to the Murphy ’s Law, there were issues at night to look after and it made me leave by 1030 pm bus at night. I was so damn tired and sleepy, I just can’t express now.

Ok, then reached home and had dinner and all, it was again 1 am and then as I am used to sleeping late, inspite of being so tired I slept at 2 at night.
Next day again it was training so woke up at 7 again, got the bus, attended the training and then office and then somehow managed to leave by 9.30 bus.
Came back home and watched “Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar” on TV :-) one of the best Bollywood Movies. So slept late again at 2.30 and then it was Saturday, lovely Saturday, woke up at 12.3o, few people bugged me up with calls, in my early morning sleep (in between 9 to 11 am…lolz) but I managed to cut it short and then slept again :-)

So Saturday was good, went to meet Ambu at airport and then had lunch with him there itself and then went to akshay’s place in Bandra and then went to buy books with him for him only and then went to Band Stand, had a walk in heavy drizzle and then had an Irish Coffee in CCD, it was too sweet :-( and then moved back home. Iqbal was going on TV so watched it. Its one of the best movies by Nagesh Kukunoor, he is really a nice director.

So again slept late night at 2.30 and then today morning woke up at 9 and went to give Simcat 5 of IMS and then it went ok except for Maths which now I am realizing is my weak area…study u motherfuc*er (I curse myself a lot)…so that’s it…and then was at home from then…didn’t bath :-) … talked with Anya and Rahulya on net itself, it was fun…ya saw one of the best movies infact this year’s best bollywood movie “Taare Zameen Par” in noon…man it’s a must watch…my eyes get wet in some of its scenes…ya then that’s all…whole day was like…AARAAM !!

Then again wasn’t feeling sleepy so thought of blogging a bit and here is the result :-) … sala dekhte hi dekhte bohaat sara likh diya bey…anyways time to sleep…office tomorrow :-(

How I fuckin hate Mondays !!

Gudnight.

The Dark Knight

2008-07-31T17:30:00.013-04:00

Saw this movie almost a week back.
I am no batman fan but then Anya, he is ardent batman fan.
I actually came to know from his blog only that this movie is gonna release pretty soon…and then it did.

Saw the movie last Wednesday on 23rd July and very next day got a mail about Heath Ledger (Joker) from Arpit. The mail subject line was "The LOST JOKER " as Heath is no more. When I forwarded it, I had few sentences written by my own, I guess they will be perfect for this post.

The mail was as follows:-

Hi Guys....
Saw "TDK" last night...and believe me its unaffordable miss...i just cant express everything bout the movie in words...

its simply a MUST WATCH !!

For those who think...that I am not much into Batman...so I wont get the movie or njoy it ...trust me...i was one of u....this was my 1st batman movie...
nd now i m a batman fan...this is perhaps the best batman movie (I havent seen oders' though lol) ...
But u gotta see it...
Christopher Nolan and Chirstian Bale actually form a deadly combo...
But the show stealer ya may be U can say...one man show is by the person "Heath Ledger" as "JOKER" !!

The quote in my signature is dedicated to Heath...and he has made it happen.
The quote read:-
"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater. --- Roman Polanski"

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What was killing me was that one day before I saw the movie, I got a mail in which it was ranked IMDB #1 and that was something very very unbelievable for me…cuz earlier it was “The Godfather” and then movies like “The Shawshank Redemption” “The Godfather: Part II” were among the few in the top list.
And these movies are very close to my heart and I can watch them and just keep watching them.
So when I got to know about TDK being ranked #1, watching it as soon as possible became as necessary as some assignment about to meet deadline.

And after I saw it, I really liked the movie very much…I won't compare the movies with the ones I have mentioned above…ya but I would definitely agree that TDK is one of the best movies in recent years and it is complete fun to watch it.

That’s all.
Its 3.55 am now…time to sleep…office tomorrow…oh no…today…bye :-)

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Why So Serious ?

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For real cool TDK pics Please Click Here.

Don't watch "Kismat Konnection"

2008-07-20T14:40:00.003-04:00

Man, u gotta take the title of this post more as a warning than a message or advice. Just don’t watch "Kismat Konnection".
I am telling you, I did it man...I fuckin watched the movie...
And I am gonna regret those 3 hours of my life for the entire lifetime...believe me...I am not exaggerating…its true…

I won’t even waste my time describing that silly movie or telling everyone that why one shall not watch the movie…just remember not to watch it, that’s all.

I have sympathy for all those who committed the same mistake which I did.
And I am happy that the other lucky fellas didn’t bear that torture of pathetic jokes and over acting and senseless story.

Man this weekend has not been good.
1stly watched that stupid movie on Saturday and then office on Sunday, anyways there were few good things too :-)

And since I have already committed the sin, it’s not important, how did I do it but actually I feel, why did I do it? :-(

Anyways time to sleep now… goodnight !!

Smoke !! .... A self composition :-)

2008-07-16T15:02:00.017-04:00

I simply love myself for this composition :-) Hope you too like it.
Composed this poem in office tonight (16/07/2008), when I was free between 9.30 to 10 pm :-)
Dedicated to all my smoker as well as non smoker friends.

Smoke makes me feel good
On smoke sometimes I rely
Sometimes when thoughts get heavier
I take a smoke and feel high
Now I am like a kite
Chasing my way in the sky

Some people hate cigarettes
Others spend money to buy
As everyone wants to refresh their minds
It's just different ways that they try

Somebody told me smoking kills
If man is a fish, it takes its gills
I told him, even if you wish, no fish can fly
You smoke or don’t, one day you have to fuckin die

Smoke doesn’t form a wrong impression
It doesn’t make you a bad guy
As non smokers too, commit many sins
If they say no then they fuckin lie

Life does start and so it will have to end
It starts with a 'hi' and ends with a 'goodbye'
I tell you no one ever died of smoke and no one will ever die
Time is a punisher, one day, on death bed, everyone has to lie

The Machinist

2008-07-15T14:56:00.004-04:00

The Machinist
Saw this movie last night at 2.30am …oh that won’t b last night…that will be today morning lol … no its 12.28 am now…so it was last night only… lol
The movie was released in Jan 2004 and I saw it pretty late, after 4 yrs.

Anyways the movie is really good, it’s a psychological thriller.
Directed by Brad Anderson and lead actor is Chistian Bale.

The movie is about a guy named “Trevor Reznik” who has chronic insomnia. This along with the guilt inside him makes him suffer from hallucination.

The movie is really fun to watch, it’s the movie with different pieces of jigsaw puzzle with the last piece coming in the end.

There is nothing much to write about the movie…Everything becomes clear in last 5 minutes when Trevor discovers what actually is going around him. The story is quite simple but what matters is how it has been put up and beautifully directed by the director and performed by the actor.

For a guy like me, the movie has been refreshing. :-)

The most appreciable part of the movie was the weight loss by Christian Bale for the role.
He lost around 28 kg for the role. He looks like a skeleton in some scenes. I would suggest you to take a look at the pics of the actor in the movie, it is simply amazing.
To have a look at the pics Please click here

Earlier I thought that it is the special effect but then since the built remains the same skinny in the entire movie I checked out Wikipedia and came to know about the facts.

I would rate it as 3.5 on the scale of 5.

To read more about the movie Please click here

7/11 Mumbai Blasts -- I was in one of the trains

2008-07-12T11:32:00.004-04:00

I joined the company on 25th may 2006 and after about month training we came to Mumbai on 26th June 2006.

They were my early days in Mumbai.
For my first project I used to travel everyday to lower parel in local train.
The first day I got in local I was quite excited cuz I had always heard about it but never experienced the crowd, the rush, the sweat and the joy :-)

It was 11th of July 2006 Tuesday; I went to office in local, as a part of my daily office routine.
I made a friend named Kush in the project. He was senior to me but we used to smoke together in breaks and then you must know, 2 smokers become friends too early :-)

It was around 5.30 pm when Kush asked me if I wanted to leave with him. I agreed. Pre monsoon had begun in Mumbai so everybody preferred to leave early.

If I would have been alone…my routine was to walk to lower parel station...alone...with a sutta in hand and then catch a borivali local.
But today I was with Kush and he insisted me to walk till elphinstone road.
His daily routine was to have a glass of juice there and then get a train to borivali.
I accompanied him.
We reached station by 6 I guess and then we got in the local.
As usual we never got the seat and we were so used to stand in local.

Few stations passed by dadar, matunga, mahim, bandra and then khar road.

We both were just chatting about something and then it happened.
There was a blast, a big one; it was like a sutli bomb (noisiest Diwali firecracker in India) just exploded near our ears.
The train stopped. Within seconds we heard people shouting screaming, hell lot of panic.
We 1st thought that some transformer must have exploded but then there was smoke too.
Everybody started shouting Bomb!! Bomb!!
People started jumping from the train and ran away from the compartments.
We too jumped from the train and then had a look at the train from outside…it blew my mind as good as the train bogie was blown up by the fuckin Bomb.

The 1st class men bogie just ahead of ours 1st class men bogie was blown up…was torn apart like a cardboard toy train bogie…it was hard to believe that the train is made up of iron…or may be I never knew the power of a bomb.
(For blasted bogie pics, click the link for pictures at the end of the blog.)

It was such a panicking situation…people started running for safety and many others even stayed calm and ran to help the people in the blown up bogie.

I was standing with Kush and looked at the fucked up bogie and that was my 1st and last look towards it…

there was blood…there were bodies…and there were iron pieces both equally blown up…I could not believe what I was looking at…people were shouting…people from nearby apartments were throwing water…may be medicines…and I guess few bed sheets too…to help the people helping others…Some were helping the wounded victims to get a seat on track and cover their wounds…I saw a man with the blood covered shirt…some nice guy was helping him…
(For pics, click the link for pictures at the end of the blog.)

People have always cherished the helpfulness of the people of Mumbai and that day I saw it with my own eyes.

I walked along with Kush to the western express highway and there we could see how the city has been affected.
It was a heavy traffic jam; people were getting into all possible transportation available to reach their homes.

Just after the blast the entire mobile connectivity went down in the entire city…there was either heavy congestion…or as some one even said…the service providers do it purposefully so that there should not be any rumors…
To our luck we both were able to call our beloved ones and inform them that we are safe…

After we reached highway, to our luck after sometime we got the lift till kandivali.
Two elder guys in a car gave us the lift, probably they noticed out company id cards (exposing them was Kush’s idea).

From kandivali we both got in a bus and reached borivali…we then separated and rode to our respective homes…I took the rick till my place.

I don’t exactly remember when, but later I came to know that there have been in all 7 blasts in the 7 different local trains in the city…all were from Churchgate to Borivali or Virar…in the most peak hours…trains are highly crowded…and that’s what the motherfuckers’ aimed for…a big toll…and they got it…209 lives ended in the attacks and almost 700 got injured.

The blast in our train was the first of the seven blasts.

The 7 blasts took place in exact 11 minutes from 18.24 pm to 18.35 pm.
The date was 7/11 too.

When the train came to Elphinstone road station, I almost ran to get into the 1st class bogie which was ahead in the train…then Kush just held my hand and stopped me saying I don’t need to run as one more 1st class bogie will halt at the place where we were standing…there are the poles marked with colored strips as the mark…which I was not aware of…and then we got in the bogie which arrived infront of us…just few minutes later…the 1st class bogie infront of us was blown up…I would have been in it…if Kush wouldn’t have stopped me…

Later that night…I got a message from Kush “the distance between our life and death was between Elphinstone road and lower parel”.
He was true…if I would have got into train from lower parel…I would have got in the 1st class bogie ahead in the train…probably it would have been the last day of my life…or probably I would have been handicapped and life would have been worse than death…I am thankful to Kush :-)

In a few days the city returned to normal…as they as…Mumbai never halts!

The very next day I left for my hometown Nagpur and then I had to tell my story to all my friends as everybody was so curious to hear it :-)

Yesterday, exact 2 years passed by after the incident.

Life hasn’t changed much…same crowd in locals…same sweat…same rush…same joy.

*** This blog is a tribute to the victims of the attacks and is dedicated to all my well wishers and especially to Kush.

To know more in details about the attacks Please click here

The pictures related to the blasts are quite disturbing,
To see the pictures Please click here

10 t-shirts, 5 shirts and 1 trouser

2008-07-05T11:45:00.003-04:00

Hehe…isn’t that a weird title for the post…
Some of you may think that’s what I shopped for this weekend…
But that’s not true.
U know what it is?

It’s the count…count of clothes I washed today…lol
Ya I myself wash my clothes (my roommates too)
We had a dhobi (washerman) but we were not satisfied by his work and why we haven’t bought washing machine, I don’t kno :-)

Now everyone wash their clothes according to their comfort and feasibility.
The best way to wash clothes is to wash them asap after they get dirty with sweat or dust or something else…but wash them asap so they don’t pile up on ur ass…

But as usual I am used to let things pile up.
At Eleventh hour….u know…sometimes I feel my life started at 11th hour…hehe

Anyways…so the thing is…this is not the 1st time I have washed so many clothes at a time…but that doesn’t mean…I do it easily…

Man I woke up at 12 (its normal on weekends…I felt I woke up pretty early…lol)
I was thinking of washing clothes from few weekends but couldn’t manage…
Finally I decided that today is the big day…
I started sorting out the clothes which need the wash…and it was no surprise that almost all needed it…hehe…

Specially my t-shirts….man…I can’t tell u how dirty they got…
Rainy season is going on in mumbai…already the normal moisture content of air is so much and this causes the clothes to absorb this moisture and then the sweat mixes with it and then it forms those white marks on clothes…I guess this is cuz of the salts present in our sweat…in rainy season some more reaction happens which make these marks worse…worse like feeling YUCK when u take a look at your black t-shirts after quite a lot days…
This is my own understanding of how the marks are formed…and I m pretty sure that it's correct :-)

Anyways I took a look at my black t-shirts after a long time…I felt yuck…and then I couldn’t ignore it anymore…I had to wash them…
8 black t-shirts
2 non black t-shirts
5 formal shirts
1 formal trouser

16 fuckin clothes man…I washed them at one go…
I went inside bathroom at 5.30 pm or something and came out at about 7.30.
I took almost 90 minutes to finish the job…and then I bathed and then a relaxing sutta (sutta is a hindi slang for “cigarette”)

Right now I am alone at home.
Roommates have gone for movie…I denied cuz I knew I won’t make it and I dint want them to get late cuz of me.

Watched TV for sometime…Venus Williams beat Serena Williams in Wimbledon final… :-)
Came online for time pass but no1’s there…anyways planning to see a movie…on my laptop…time to log off…bye n tkcr.

What A Day !!

2008-07-02T08:13:00.001-04:00

This is a blog on 29th June 2008.
Sunday.

I was in pune.
Went to meet Rumi.
I reached pune on Saturday, the day was usual.
Sunday began normally.

Rumi, me, Akshay and Veenu, we met.

1stly we went to telephone shoppee to buy the mobile for Rumi.
She wanted to buy a nice and costly cell.
We bought HTC P4350 for her. Its an awesome phone.
The piece is same like mine but it has a keyboard below it.
It comes sliding out and then you have to operate the phone horizontally.
It is too cool.
I was too excited, I guess more than Rumi :-)

Then from there we decided to go to meet Wasim, as he was operated for some minor operation of extra growing bone of his nose. Veenu was driving the santro in which we all were there.
And then at a turn, while she was taking left, there was a esteem going straight on the perpendicular road and before that car should pass Veenu took the turn and there was slight touch of the 2 vehicles.
The front bumper of santro hit the back bumper of the esteem.
Speaking the truth, our vehicle was more damaged than the front car. But the fact was that it was our mistake ;-) hehe...not completely though.

At 1st the 2 vehicles stopped.
But then the ladies from the esteem got out and started arguing.
I didn’t expect that the matter will be stretched for the time it actually got.

There was big argument between the two parties.
The worst part was that in the front car, only driver was male and all others were females.
And that’s the worst that can happen, according to me.

The females in the car started speaking so nonsense that I get irritated even now if I think of every fuckin senseless argument they were giving.
We were at the accident spot for more than half an hour.
I tried to convince the driver that these things happen...
There was just a scratch on there back bumper and it got a small dent too but I still believe it was earlier there; probably it got more bent cuz of our hit.
I tried to convince driver to take some few hundreds from us and settle the matter but that idiot was pressurized by the women and hence we all went to the near by garage to know how much actually the damage was.
We drove to the garage near by and there again we wasted another half an hour just arguing.
I was so frustrated arguing with those 3 females …I just can’t express it in words here.
The perfect hindi words or say phrases for it are “Dimaag ka dahi hona”…or “matthapacchi”.

At last when I was still giving fight to the senseless arguments of those females in front of the garage mechanics, Askhay came in between and gave the driver 1000 bucks and that was the end of the fight.

I still feel that I would have fought and settled the matter in hundreds but that’s fine.
Sometimes it’s better to just get the rid of such matters rather than staying and arguing and waste your time.

There are many things and dialogues from the incident (accident) which were too funny proving how dumb the females are, but mentioning it in words won’t create that effect.

One good thing from our side was that none of the 2 gals in car got out for the argument. :-)

Anyways after that we went to meet Wasim in hospital and then at night it was a big match…Euro Cup 2008 final between Germany and Spain.

I don’t wanna remember all of it as I feel that Germany really didn’t perform up to expectations and hence lost the match :-(

So in all the day was all about mixed feelings, excitement and happiness of buying a nice phone, adventure and frustration of an accident and then sadness of Germany losing the match.

What a Day !!

Holland vs Russia (Euro Cup 2008 3rd QF)

2008-06-21T17:24:00.004-04:00

Few minutes back Russia got into the Semifinals of the Euro Cup 2008.
The match was really an exciting one.
Though not as exciting as last nite's match :-)

Netherlands has been the highest goal scorer in Euro Cup 2008 till today.
They have scored 9 goals in just 3 matches and won all of them.

But today in quarter final knock out match against Russia they didn’t do that well I guess.

1st half went without goals.
In second half Russia scored the 1st goal in 56’.
I watched match from 75’ (was out for some personal reason...came home at 1.30 am :-) )
When it was almost the end of the match, just before 4 minutes, Netherlands managed to equal up the match. A goal was scored at 86’.
All depressed Holland fans as if were celebrating their independence.
They were so damn disappointed and depressed just a minute ago and then suddenly this goal brought them to life.

The match equaled with 1 – 1 score and then began the extra time.
In 1st half of the extra time no goals.
Then in 2nd half at 112’ Russia did it.
What a goal it was…a shoot from near the corner just ahead of goal and then a winning touch by another to get the ball inside.
As if this was not enough just within 4 minutes Russia hit another goal at 116’.
This too was a fantastic goal.

Netherlands couldn’t do anything after that.
They knew their destiny.
The game was over.

Russia had knocked them out.

Russia defeated Netherlands by 3 – 1.
The only match Netherlands lost made them leave the cup.

Tomorrow is the last QF match between Spain and Italy…its gonna be a great fun too.
Let’s see what happens.

Gudnite …time to sleep…zzz

Croatia VS Turkey (Euro Cup 2008 2nd QF)

2008-06-20T18:10:00.003-04:00

Its 3 am 21st June 2008.
One of the most dramatic football matches just ended.
Euro Cup 2008 2nd Quarter Final Match between Croatia and Turkey.

A total play of almost 125 mins.
The match ended as 0 – 0 in 90 mins.
Then began the extra time for 30 mins.
No goal in 1st half of extra time.
No goal till 118’.
And then in 119’ Croatia hit the goal. A pass from near the corner and then header to score the goal.
All Croatian fans were as happy as they should be.
And all Turkey fans were equally depressed.
Isn’t it fantastic to score the goal in the second last minute of the match and that too in the extra time?
Man what a match changing point it was.
Croatian players along with their coach were as if celebrating the Euro Cup Final Win.

And then it happened…Armageddon for them…Sky fell on them…Dreams Shattered…

In fuckin 120+2 min of match, last min of match, just within a min after Croatia scored goal…in extra time of extra time, Turkey scored a goal. A free kick for Turkey which came in D and them Semih hit it straight in the goal like a bullet.

It was so dramatic. Match equaled just in time…and literally just in time.

The complete scene reversed.
Turkey fans cheering up. Croatian fans tensed.

It was time for Penalties.
Croatia hit the 1st…SAVED by Turkey’s 35 yrs old goalkeeper.
Turkey hit the 1st…GOAL.

Croatia hit the 2nd…GOAL
Turkey hit the 2nd…GOAL

Croatia hit the 3rd…AGAIN SAVED
Turkey hit the 3rd…GOAL

Croatian player came for the 4th hit…If he doesn’t hit this as GOAL…Croatia is OUT.
Turkey goalkeeper…if he saves this one…Turkey is IN.

And then they WON…TURKEY…
The goal was saved.

Tears rolled over Croatian fans’ and players’ faces.
And all Turkey fans and players were enjoying.

Croatia didn’t lose a single game in Euro Cup 2008 before this.
But the only one it lost…dragged it out of the game.

A great match, it was.
Turkey defeated Croatia by 3 – 1 in Penalties.

Time to sleep…3.40 am

Memento

2008-06-20T17:10:00.010-04:00

Some Memories Are Best Forgotten.

Memento...
Saw this movie last Sunday 15th June at 2 am :-)
Was getting bored and then came to know that the upcoming Aamir’s movie "Ghajni" is a remake of this one.
So decided to see it as it was in my collection.

Memento is directed by Christopher Nolan, I had seen one more movie by him "The Prestige" and it's also a cool movie.

Memento actually means a thing kept as reminder, that death is inevitable.

A real cool movie.
It’s a psychological thriller film...as described in wiki.
The movie is about a guy who suffers from anterograde amnesia...in which you cannot build up more memories...after the point of incident (accident).
This is the condition which Guy Pearce(Leonard) keeps on telling everyone he meets.

Leonard chases a guy named "John G" and since he can’t rmbr anything about the people he meets he keeps on taking their snaps and writing notes on them.
To make sure he doesn’t forget the details and clues he also has imp clues tattooed on his body allover. The one most imp, alws making him rmbr his aim is on his chest written in mirror image "John G raped and murdered my wife".

The movie has just 3 main characters – Leonard, Teddy and Natalie.

The movie is beautifully directed.
The movie has 2 sequences running in black & white and color.
The b&w sequence is the forward chronology and the color one is the reverse chronology.
It’s really fun to watch the movie...as u will keep on scratching your head in order to fix the jigsaw pieces shown on screen...but it is not until last sequence shown that you will completely get the final order and positions of the pieces.

The 1st scene of the movie is the last scene of the story and the last scene of the movie is the middle scene of the story but revealing the truth. Sounds confusing huh…but that’s what it is.

It’s a low budget movie and shot in just 25 days.

This was the 1st Guy Pearce's movie I saw and I liked the actor.
The only person known for me in the movie was Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss – Trinity in Matrix).
It’s a recommended movie.
I give it at 3.5 stars out of 5. :-)

Klueless3 Answers

2008-05-24T14:37:00.002-04:00

Please leave a comment if my Klueless 3 Answers helped you.

Level0 --- change the url to http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2007/irising/klueless3/level1.asp

Level1 --- change the url to http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2007/irising/klueless3/klueless3.asp

Level2 --- whitewash

Level3 --- nero

Level4 --- east

Level5 --- iv

Level6 --- beckham

Level7 --- cancer

Level8 --- atm

Level9 --- importance

Level10 --- change the url to http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2007/irising/klueless3/basics.htm

Level11 --- h2g2

Level12 --- truth

Level13 --- travis

Level14 --- love

Level15 --- the sign of four

Level16 --- liv tyler

Level16a --- arwen

Level17 --- Guy Fawkes

Level18 --- Watterson

Level19 --- Mel Blanc

Level20 --- grand

Level21 --- fortune

Level22 --- roaster --- download office.xls

Level23 --- Bruce Edgar

Level24 --- newspaper

Level25 --- livewire

Level26 --- 27

Level27 --- 666

Level27a --- beast

Level28 --- F

Level29 --- Marvolo

Level30 --- room 101

Next Level --- change url to http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2007/irising/klueless3/drunkenjasmine/klueless4.asp

So dats it...Hope you are happy now by these Klueless 3 Answers.

Klueless3 Hints

2008-05-24T14:35:00.002-04:00

Hi guys,
I will give hints for all the 30 levels in Klueless3.
Klueless3 has very difficult levels from 1 ~ 10, bit difficult from 11 ~ 20 and less difficult from 21 ~ 30 … but don’t 4get the word difficult is still thr.
All hints are according to the path I followed, described in my own words nd not copied from some1 else’s blog.
I just can assure you dat I wont misguide u.
The last lines in some clues are related to the answer…u may find them weird…but after u get the answer…u wil get the logic.
Google and Wikipedia are the only way out if u r stuck.
If you don’t get enuf clues, v can discuss it here itself with many oders’ if they join in J
In case I m not available here, u can directly mail me on my gmail id manishyamaha@gmail.com.
In case of utter desperation and frustration at the same time, u can message me on 9970287049. I will try my best to reply u or cal u bk, depending upon the work load in office.

Let me kno by leaving a comment…if my Klueless 3 Hints were helpful.

klueless3 game rules (very imp) :- http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2007/irising/klueless3/

Level0 :- try the basic fundas of klueless…1st few stages are the warm up stages making u rmbr the basic things of getin thru the levels..klueless is smtimes deceptive…it doesn’t want u to do..wat it is askin u to…or telin u to.

Level1 :- tried clickin everywhr but u dint revoke any dialogue box to submit answer??
M I rite??? Check the source code…it tells you where to answer or rather complete the sentence on screen.

Level2 :- hmmm….r u sure, u r lookin at eveythin on screen???
Do u rmrb some tips from klueless1??? Or if u chck the source code, I don’t think u need to think anything??? The answer is thr.

Level3 :- No need to concentrate who the king is, hope u kno wat the monument is and use the page title…try completing it…this will lead towards answer but after that use ur own logic to match the different words.

Level4 :- if you have a real gud eye..u will see wat is needed…nd then just use the clue of source code and the page title..that gives u the easy answer…search for the signs…enigmatic though.

Level5 :- You need to figure out wat the pic exactly mean. It wont take much effort to kno if u have some basic Gk bout rock world and then wiki will lead u to answer. Don’t 4get to read the entire page. Don’t forget that the answer is a number without digits…u kno…I am same…WE are same.

Level6 :- u hv to simply find the connection between 3 pictures. The are bent it…you have to bend it too…Find the name of the monument…then…find wats common between the pic of lady..nd smthing in url…then find common between that common (person) and the 3rd pic…u will get the answer…the answer is a very very very well known word…a part of sm1 very famous person’s name….i have almost written the answer now. :-)

Level7 :- shud nt tk more dan a minute… if u see all the clues…the page title and the pic …nd url gives u the answer..very very staright answer.

Level8 :- hmmm…u wud have got this in a minute if u wud hv been british…newys…try to frame a phrase for the 2 pics u see…both have the same meaning…search for it then in wiki…nd read the entire page u will get the answer…the page title is also a gud clue.

Level9 :- one of the easiest to get thru…don’t think bout the page title…or wat u see on screen or the url…just check the source code and see wat has been highlighted…I guess ur English is gud enuf to kno atleast few synonyms.

Level10 :- perhaps the toughest of all…1st clue is dat this has one hidden level in between…now its upto u…to get to dat level...its not too tough if u’ve played klueless b4…
nd then search for the secret of 52…get the secret way to decode in wiki...
page title and caption for the picture form another rule to decode…
nd then wat u see in hidden level…only half of its part is imp…ignore the 1st half…apply the rule…nd get the answer…this will clear ur few basics…I hope…
since there is no space to submit answers…the only thing remained to change is the url. :-)

Level11 :- whu is the guy…since the url has word book..i guess he is an author...but wat book…the page title and his action in picture tells u the name…not complete though…but a major part of the book name…nd then u have to get the biggest clue from the source code…just think wat examples are given and how can it be related with the book name..dats the answer.

Level12 :- think hard…enuf klues are already given…the clues are askin u to go smwhr…the picture resembles smthing…the word zero is present twice…in url and in page title…wat does this all mean??? Go nd find the truth thr…it isn’t bitter.

Level13 :- Source code is the biggest clue…few words of it… its obvious the text is ciphered…now all u have to do is to kno…wat cipher dis is… the man who can find those lucky words of source code can get the cipher easily…once u get wat exactly is written...dont think much…just goggle for it…nd u wil get the answer...its smthin mentioned in url.

Level14 :- I guess this is the best composed level in the game…if u have attended all the periods in ur school…u wil need 5 mins…the page title is the BIGGEST clue here…Does smthing click to u...by those two words on screen???...if it does click…then “XXXXXXXXX” matches between us…Wat are those numbers..nd wat table is the source code askin u to refer…just give it a thot…wen u get it all…SIMPLY CONNECT…nd nthng else.

Level15 :- Hope you get…whu d characters are...later wonder wat is additional in the pic...if you see wikipedia for the correct character amongst the two…you will find the same pic…nd u will figure out...few signs are additional…how many are they??…y are they thr??... r they telling u the exact answer…read wiki...get the answer…I hope I dint spoil.

Level16 :- one of the easiest level..just type (in google)…the complete name of the actress on screen…nd the key word in the url…dat gives u the answer thr itself in the search result.

Level16a :- I guess easier than the previous level…just type in google two imp words…one is clue that you get from the source code…oder is the clue on ur screen infront of u(answer of previous level)…dats all.

Level17 :- the source code helps you to get the answer…I think its quite a helpful clue…you can think upon few oder clues…which are very direct like…the page title and caption above the mask…do u think V is alws for Victory???

Level18 :- u need to research to kno who are they…image name combined with the source code is useful hint…once u get thru dat…the page title will help to kno the answer…but again a part of answer is required not the complete part…some part which source code has asked for.

Level19 :- not a hard one…url and source code are giving u the same big clue…the cartoon on screen will help u more…i guess now u know whu has said dat...but u have to find…whu actually said dat…the answer is smthin dat u wud get in a blank mail.

Level20 :- i took a lot of time for this one...infact i jus took answer from my fnd..hehe…
newys…see the source code…something is hidden thr…smthin like u did in lvl 10...in every word sm letter is highlighted…combine them, u wil get smthing…i dnt thnk doing all this is actualy needed...i dnt kno my clue is gonna help u or not…actually u have to cmplt the word on screen…have u ever noticed…how difficult it is to paint…dont u think u need to have a grand imagination.
Level21 :- quite easy one…fortunately i got thru dis one within a minute…just get the keywords from wat u see on screen…google for them…goto wiki…read the complete page…u will come to kno...wat those xxxxx stand for…the text dat has been written on pic by the author is also a big clue…it will help u pickin the exact sentence written by X’s…enter the word…dat has been highlighted by the X’s in red…dats all.

Level22 :- dis was a real nice one…the url…source code…name of the image u c…the text written…the image itself…are all very very useful clues…then page title “0.5” is smthin u have to think upon…don’t thnk very complex…be simple…
this stage has a middle stage…after u get to know wat the above thing is pointing towards…u wil have to change smthin…nd get wat u were searchin for(the middle stage)…after u get that thing…u will be more surprised as u will think nthng is thr...but thr is smthin…u have to find the keyword…dat is thr…how to find…either the source code + page title clue combinely will help u…or thr is a very simple easy way to find it…if u r aware of few windows fundas.

Level23 :- enuf clues are thr…I kno u will easily find the cipher used..but now don’t scratch ur head much to find the key…the key has already been mentioned thrice…if u think something dat is highlighted is a key then u are misleaded…after u decode the text…just google it to get the answer.

Level24 :- again a simple one…don’t concentrate on the lyrics written…don’t concentrate on band…neither the name of the song…just concentrate on few letters in the text…few highlighted in a real nice way…combine them…nd then check the source…to kno the simple procedure to decode them…one of the most common cipher…its not difficult to cut the newspaper with the scissors. :-)

Level25 :- hmmm…again u have to decode…if typewriter was not comfortable…then obviously sm1 must have simplified it…wat ws dat…why all letters are marked “X” except one in d pic…this all will lead u only one thing…use that thing to decode the text…its pretty easier…
the answer wil give u a shock. :-)

Level26 :- hw much r u aware of rock moozik…I m a crazy fan...do u kno some stories…if not this is pretty difficult for u…still I will help…do u kno…whu is the posthumous richest rockstar…whu rocked 1969 woodstock…what is “the American” night about…if u kno dese 3 persons…FIGURE out something common between them…ages have passed but still its known.

Level27 :- dis is a real nice one…it increased my knowledge…it wont take much effort to kno how to decode wat u see…once u get the exact number...google it…find out wat it is related to…the truth is horrifying…out of all the digits in number u get…which number is highlighted by blue lines…nd y it is highlighted.
I love IRON MAIDEN…if u too…then this n even next level...is a child’s play for u.

Level27a :- As I told u…dis is an easy one...luk at the url and nd I guess it is related with a wild horrifyin animal…rite…i almost wrote the answer.

Level28 :- I took a bit long time for this...but lastly figured it out…u kno...wat u r lukin at is not sm silly pencil sketch by the klueless authors…it is a manufacturing pic of smthing…wat thing…the clue gives u a very simple answer…wat doesn’t fail in zero gravity and even underwater…if u get dat thing…just see the related page in wiki…no need to read anything…just scroll the page and look at images…u will come to kno the answer instantly…it the answer for the “?”

Level29 :- Marvellous…I was so fed up at this stage…just cuz i dint try something very simple at this stage...u have done dat…i hd done dat…1stly think that wat the author is poiting towards…which fantasy fiction…one u get the names of all books…concentrate on wat is written on the parchment and wat the page title tells u…both are same things…now u have to search for 7 more clues…how will u do that…dats upto u…but dats not all…after u get those 7 things…u have to search for the question…it will be formed combining all 7 things u got...nd dat will lead u to answer.

Level30 :- the worst thing in the world is dat it is infront of u but u cant c it…u must be thinkin real hard since it’s the last stage…don’t be under assumption dat dis is very hard…u have to simply link or find connection between matrix and 1984…there is no fire in the room.

Next Level :- now plz don’t tel me…u r not getin this one..u kno wats coming next…nd u don’t have any oder plc to write it except the plc whr u need to.

I hope my klues helped u guys…
Thanks to Rahul for helping me out to get thru some stages.
Kip in touch…Kip Rockin \m/

Kluesless...Fundoo Timepass !!

2008-05-24T12:53:00.001-04:00

Hi friends,
This is the 1st time I am writing bout Klueless in my blog.
For the beginners, klueless is one of the best online games available.
It is a part of IIM Indore’s annual festival IRIS.

Till date Klueless(1), Klueless2 and Klueless3 have been released.

Few days back, I completed Klueless 3.

The best part of Klueless is that it passes the firewall of most IT companies, lol.

Klueless is a very enticing game.
A single word for it is “addiction”.
You get addicted to it and then no matter what oder work or study responsibilities u have, u 1st wanna complte the damn game.
Its too frustrating when u cant get thru the clues on various blogs and stil find urself in the middle of nthng.
This is the 1st motto for this blog.
I will be writing 2 separate blogs named Klueless 3 Hints (Klueless3 Hints) and Klueless 3 Answers (Klueless3 Answers).

Believe me Klueless is the game where you will come to a point of begging for the answer.

At few points I was too desperate to search for Klueless3 answers on google but cudnt get anything. Hope my blog helps some of u.

There are blogs available with direct answers for Klueless1 and Klueless2.

I will try my best to write/reply the hints in a way so that the players won’t need to look for the answers directly.

My 1st blog will be about Klueless3 and later I will be writing the same 2 blogs for Klueless1.

Klueless2 is quite different from 1 and 3. In it you have to play Sherlock Homes and solve a case. As compared to oder 2, I found it bit boring, but rmbr I said “as compared to”, oderwise no Klueless has been boring.

Most imp tip:-
A webpage consist of 4 imp things:-
1. url
2. page title – smthing written after the IE logo on the topmost left corner on screen.
3. source code.
4. the matter u see on webpage…smtimes thr are hidden things too…

So guys here comes my 1st blog.

Metalhead !! Now dats a real cool pic...

2008-04-19T12:58:00.001-04:00

Dats me !! :-)

2008-04-19T12:40:00.002-04:00

Too many issues and too close deadlines !!

2008-04-19T12:15:00.003-04:00

This is so bad...I am workin on weekends also...one of the 2 days..mostly Sundays...
Though it has happened 3 or 4 times only, i dnt rmbr exactly but it sucks like nethin...
Itna sara kaam and no aaram...
Weekdays are totally packed too...
Out of the 5 weekdays I try my best and go by 8 am bus and come back by 9 pm bus. Dats means I be in office exactly for 12 hours...12 fuckin hours...When I return, its too tiring to do nethng...somehow gulp ur food, see sm stupid things on TV, luckily if some gud movie, on if I am left wid sm energy switch on the lappy.
The only time I get to sleep well is those days when I goto office by 11 am bus...nd Friday nite.
Software Engineers await so eagerly for friday nites but when it is weeks like I go thru, then the only thing awaited is time to sleep....nd dats wat i do these weekends...sleep sleep and sleep...
Get online wenever possible and left with energy for the same...
Hope so, this work pressure reduces and life becomes normal. :-)
Saala kal bhi office jana hain :-(

IRON MAIDEN Wallpaper (made by me) :-)

2008-03-16T07:49:00.001-04:00

GODS OF ROCK !! (made by me) :-)

2008-03-16T06:28:00.005-04:00

From left to right :-
Top - Black Sabbath, The Doors, Guns n Roses,
Middle - Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple
Bottom - Nirvana, Metallica, Pink Floyd

Yuppyyyy !!! I did it !!! Lappy got voice !!

2008-02-19T15:34:00.003-05:00

hey...i just cant express how happy i am...
my dumb lappy just got his voice....my sound card got installed....can u imagine..after 10 days...it finally worked...i ws so fuckin frustrated man....totally gave up....
asked my roommate to download so many drivers n all...but nthng worked...
but then tonite...searched net one more time...nd GOOGLE bhagwaan ne bhala kar diya...
man...thrs nthng dat is not available on net...every fuckin thing u can find...never ever fuckin give up...i m so happy..
googled my prob...i guess more dan 20 times n today luckily found a forum where got the link for
UAA bus driver by MS...needed for sound card n finally sound card worked....yuuppppyyyyy !!

finally SUCCESS!! (in dexter's tone)

the 1st thing i heard is...FAINT by LINKIN PARK...nd wat else man...
nd felt so happy dat i had to write this blog...at 2.17 am on 20th of Feb 2008.... :-) ...but the feeling is worth it...

chalo ab sota hun...chain ki neend...kal office bhi hain....
oh man...i only kno..how diffucult it ws to pass everyday without sound in lappy...i cud do nthnng..no fuckin thing...but now i can do everything...everything i want to...i m feeling like playing some pure hard rock song on full volume...but roommates are sleeping...so jus leave it...

after 10 days my lappy has got back his voice...i m happy...may b more dan dat...
bye...gudnite...tkcr...

A Bad Day !! (Few Murphy's Laws)

2008-02-17T02:46:00.002-05:00

(Wrote this blog on August 03,2007 at around 11 pm)

A bad day…

Writing this one in the bus to pune.
Its 11 pm.
I am in a govt Volvo from Mumbai to pune.

Todays day was extremely bad.

The first thing dat was bad about it was weather, it was raining fuckin heavily...

Got up at 8 in mng, 3 hrs b4 my usual time.
Went wid a fnd to tata aig office, for getting our lapsed insurance policies renewed.
I got into local after a long time.
It was completely packed. As usual we were standing.
I had my lappy bag on my shoulder since I had decided to travel to pune for weekend.
Dunno why but I also had a jeans jacket on me, which was sweating me like nething.
To add to my irritation, the plc whr I was standing had a dripping fan above.
As per murphy’s law wherever I tried to move a bit, the dirty drops came nd fell thr, once on my mobile screen too…it wud hav been very funny to watch its live telecast…atleast oders wud hav laughed.
There was also a lamp above whus glass outer cover was acting as a container for water.

Usually it takes 30 minutes to reach dadar from borivali, but today it took almost 2 hrs.
We reached the insurance ofc nd got the formalities done, which took much more time dan we expected.

Oh, I forgot to mention, we had to nehow goto tata aig ofc today…cuz today was the last date of getting our policies renewed, and I dnt know wat v wr doing till today… :-)

The time was almost 1 in noon, and I wasn’t in office yet, though I woke up early so I cud reach ofc earlier…but alas.
Then I got a train back to goregaon nd reached office at exactly 3 o clock.

In Mumbai rains, u need to have umbrella…raincoats never work…luckily I had one…

I came to ofc, dint had nething from morning except chai nd sutta.
Worked nd then had something at 6 in canteen…kinda heavy snacks…

The weather became worse and emergency off was declared in all tcs offices, the busses wr at 5.30 only..it was too early for me to leave, so I decided to stay back…also I had decided to goto pune…but wasnt sure as it was still raining heavily.

Had a conf call wid onsite coordinator, lasted for one hour…
Left ofc at 8.30 and reached dadar station.
To add to my frustration I noticed dat sm1 has stolen my umbrella, the only fnd I had for all fucked up nd bugged up day…
It was placed in the side pocket of my bag…
The motherfucker (thief) will die soon.

As per murphy’s law, for entire day the scene was dat whenever I was in train or rick it wudnt rain, nd as soon as I get outside on road, it wud start raining fukin heavily.
The same hapnd wen I reached dadar just to make me realize dat it was my carelessness that I lost my umbrella.

Then I got the Volvo ticket.
One prime reason to prefer Volvo today was rains, cuz in normal busses u never kno when ur window will start dripping nd u get frustrated beyond limits…

I sat in Volvo and got the window sit nd just after 5 min I noticed somehow the water was comin in nd it was dripping…I just don’t even wanna let my frustration come out in words now…leave it…may be another murphy’s law…

Luckily the bus isn’t packed so I came to one back seat.

One more thing, generally I carry lappy headphones wid me, today I didn’t, thinking dat I nvr need them while traveling, but today I m not at all feeling sleepy so took out lappy, thot of watching some movie or atleast listen some songs but now I don’t have headphones…another muphy’s law…nd then I thot of writing this blog…

From mng I have had just a roll nd 2 puffs nd I m flng damn hungry but I just cant help myself…

Hope this day which began in bad way doesn’t end in the same way and I reach pune safely.

Dats it….have fun….

:-( My lappy has got a problem...

2008-02-14T11:23:00.002-05:00

I m so sad...
My lappy has got a problem.
I m unable to get a driver for the sound card...
I dont have net either...
My lappy's performance slowed down cuz of virus..i guess..
so i just reinstalled Win XP...
nd if u kno HP DV 2000 series comes wid preinstalled OS...so the user is not supposed to format it...widout takin recover back up of D drive...but sala mere D drive me bhi virus tha...so i dint tk back up either...
ab format kiya...n i m nt able to instal sound card....wat d fuck man !!
it ws sunday when i formatted lappy n 5 days have gone but no SUCCESS...
dis is so bad happening to me :-(
cant c movies...cant do nethng...
hope the problem gets solved soon...
wish me luck...

1st blog 4m mobile

2008-02-14T11:06:00.002-05:00

1st blog 4m mobile
Bahut pakk raha hai bey ! :-(
Came 2 drop rahul at his exam venue in vadala west siws.
Sm pg entrance exam.
I'll hv 2 w8 here 4 more 90 mins til exam gets over,man wat m I gonna do?
Rite nw I m listening "calm like a bomb" by RATM, coool song.
I m hvng rohan's ipod,I m also hvng my cel bt ab ipod hai hi toh ;-)
4 1st few minutes I talked 2 few fnds bt fir bore ho gaya... :)
N moozik is too cool,rite nw "slayer" is goin on "Chemical Warfare"...
N ya simultaneously I m blogging.
Gud manish,kip it up dude !
(i m talking 2 myself,manier times I do)
Baju me ek bandi baithi hai bt if I talk to her,she s gonna show her attitude,I m sure so 4get it.
1 aunty is solving crosswords,1 oder aunt is hvng lays,man I m hungry,dint evn hd my lunch :-(
Thrs no plc nearby to get sutta either,let it be.
Jus nw chkd d time,its already 3,jus 30 more minutes :)
Exam ws 4m 2pm n stil thr were few ppl whu came aftr 2 nd I alws thot I m d most careless n lazy guy,hehe.
I rmbrd my clg days.
Chalo few more songs n thn guys wil cm out.
Rite nw I m hvng ..sorry..listening CHOPSUEY by SOAD.
I cry when angels deserve to dieeeeeeeeeeeee.....

(wrote this blog on 10th Feb 2008 at around 3 pm but then sala mobile se post nahin karne de raha tha....nd so posting it late :) )

The Hell's Angel...is Back !!

2008-02-09T04:26:00.000-05:00

I am so lazy...

Started bloggin in august 2007..jus wrote few blogs...nd then here it is 2008...hehe...
but i like blogging...
i m careless too... :)

newys...nw i m thinkin ki roj bloggin karna chahiye...its such a gud thing..gud timepass...
it is smthin u do for urself...

i felt so nice after i wrote last nite's blog on ma iron maiden concert...
1st time i used pics in between while writin blog...it luks realy gud...

so i have nw decided...ki bloggin karte rahne ka...

mumbai me sala bohat thand hain...hell freezes over...
i m hr from last 20 months...but this is the 1st time .. mumbai has become so cold,...

or else...i alws used to say...sala mumbai me toh thrs no winter season...i think kisine sunn liya...hehe...

the temp last nite ws 8.5 degrees and today they said its gonna be less than dat...
lets c...

mumbai's least temp ws in 1962...7.4 degrees...lagta hain this time record's gonna break...

hmmm...so wat ws i saying...?

yaa...i m gonna blog achese nw...

THE HELL's ANGEL IS BACK !!

Dream came true !! ... IRON MAIDEN ROCKS !!

2008-02-08T10:39:00.000-05:00

1st Feb 2008...

a big day...for all rock fans...
a big day for me too...cuz i m one of them...

wanted to write blog then itself...but dint...i m so lazy...

it ws friday evening...
it ws a moment i ws waiting for from so long...

v planned it from the very 1st nite, v came to kno the news...IRON MAIDEN startin thr world tour from mumbai....man...i cudnt believe..but it ws trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

i ws so happy...
got da tickets n v wr eagerly waiting for the show...

n then the day came...the big day....dream came true...

v all went to BKC MMRDA ...
i had my office...but left early...i cud have bunked..wats d BFD? ;-)
v all met...except 2...all wr in iron maiden tees...rest 2 in black though....7 of ur wr thr...

DG cams wr nt allowed with batteries...cigarettes nt allowed...but this time i dint want to ask a drag from sm1 smokin besides me...i made my mind...i m gonna do it...

kept the battery of DG cam in my socks....put the cigy box in my undi...hehe...fuckers cudnt catch us....we made it in...no surprise...many did...

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local bands wr playing...then sm ganda saa...U.S. firangi band ws thr...the vocalist ws a gal..she ws hot...but the band ws bakwaaas....

then warm up...PARIKRAMA came on stage...sung...am i dreamin...vapourise...n ofcourse....BUT IT RAINED !!... they rock man...2 weeks ago only we saw them in andheri..along wid saif...n strings...it ws a nice show too..but not as gud as dis one...

let it be....

it ws 7pm when parikrama left the stage....nd then crowd went crazy....
all wr waiting for IRON MAIDEN...

a huge sea wave ws moving up nd down...

8 our of 10 tee-shirts...wr black...nd 7 out of those 8 wr of IRON MAIDEN...
i hd one wid...a matter of life nd death..theme...

we wr in left side of the ground...nd struggling to get as near as possible to the stage...nd in center...

it ws exact 7.55 pm when Winston Churchill's speech started...every fuckin person knew...its nthng but ACES HIGH....

the crowd went crazy so did i...nd my fnds...nd the speech ended...
nd the stage ws illuminated...

nd thr they came on stage....fuckin IRON MAIDEN...man....these guys...we hv been jus seeing on our PCs...nvr knew one day we wil see them performing....

it ws hard to believe...ever1 ws so excited...i gues i ws more dan excited...

headbang...headbang...headbang....!!

there goes the sirens dat warns of the air raid....
there comes sound of the guns sending flak...

oh i ws so high....

i ws not aware wat ws goin on...crowd had gone crazy...all u cud see ws huge black sea wave...ppl fallin on each oder...n headbangs...

the show went on...

the number of the beast...
hallowed be thy name....
the TROOPER...
2 minutes to midnight...
powerslave...
heaven can wait...
moonchild...
rime of the ancient mariners..
revelations..
flight of icarus...
iron maiden...
can i play wid madness...
run to the hills...
wasted years...
the clairvoyant...

nd the fuckin .... FEAR OF THE DARK....

i can stil feel my excitement....

oh man,..i ws so happy...so satisfied....these guys rock...

bruce...adrian..steve...janick...dave...and ...nick....u rock guys...!!

the time ACES HIGH ended...i turned to find...none of my fnd is wid me...i ws lost...acually i ws lost in moozik..every1 was...

cam was wid sm1 else...sutta ws wid me...hehe...dat ws imp...rahul ws cursing me,...i knew...

in just 15 minutes...every tee shirt u touchd...was wet wid sweat....nd ya it ws winter here.... :)

what added up ws the themes being used...

this was the 1st time iron maiden used the concept of themes while performing...in none of thr videos till date....u wil find the themes on the backdrop...that ws something really exictin....
the main theme was POWERSLAVE...but thr were many oders too...

it ws beautiful..

i just cant forget the crowd singing....
FEAR OF THE DARK....OOOO...OOOO...OOOO....OOOO....

nd then...IRON MAIDEN...dis song had a fuckin surprise element...EDDIE on stage...a 10 feet EDDIE came walkin on stage...fucckkkk....wat ws dat...evry1 was stunned...he ws huge...nd he was real...no1 expected nethng like this....it ws fun...

the band is so energetic....specially BRUCE DICKINSON...man...these guys are above 50...dey dont look so...dat ws a fuckin awesome performance...u made my day....

i can never ever forget this nite...it ws a DREAM COME TRUE feeling...nd it really did...

the show ended by 9.30...but its nvr gonna end in my head....the memories wont ever fade away....

I left alone my mind was blank

I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind
What did I see can I believe that what I saw

that night was real and not just fantasy

IRON MAIDEN ROCKS !!!

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My opinion about rock moozik…

2007-08-07T10:59:00.000-04:00

Hi evrbody…howz u?
Hope u r rockin…

Today I wish to write what I feel about rock moozik.
There are many fnds of mine..many oder ppl I came across..to whom when I tell my choice of moozik..make a bad face…
“A big NO….no way..i m not at all into rock…”
They mainly tell me..they get a headache cuz of rock moozik…
Its not soothing…its so loud…its never peaceful…the list of negative points of rock moozik goes on nd on nd on…

But still thr r maniacs like me whu r goddamn crazy bout rock moozik…
I wud say I m n acromaniac for rock…
It has been well said…dat “moozik is life…it has no language…”

Like ways its truly said “Rock has no reason…no religion…!!”

The prime most reason I love rock moozik is…LYRICS…
I wud agree dat when I started listening..when I was just a novice in the field…I wud not get lyrics much…
But later it became a habit…dat if I like the song I wud search for the lyrics…
Manier times I get atleast some lines in the song but then without knowing everything dats said…the fun is incomplete…it remains meaningless…

And the second reason which is imp too...is the moozik...that is played...
I love shouting…screaming…growling…lead guitars…gut busting drum solos…distortions…bass…and turn tables which are a part of alternative rock moozik (played by LP and many oder bands now a days )

Ya as most of us mainly knows Rock moozik is not much about the brighter part or side of life…it speaks bout the dark side of life…the pains...depressions…frustrations…grudges…anger…sleepless nights…loneliness…failures…

Its so logical that you cant say a gal “I love you” shouting at her. You will alws say it in a soothing voice...with all the feelings…from the bottom of ur heart…

Simply goes the rule for rock moozik…

You cant tell anyone that “You hate her/him…you fuckin feel sick with the person…”…you cant express the anger…your frustration…without shouting…isn’t it?
Of course this also you say with feelings and from the bottom of ur heart…

And then the moozik dat supports has to be accordingly strong…
And then I mentioned earlier that mainly rock is bout this…

But then thr r many encouraging and optimistic songs…

One I rmbr by LP is “My December”

One that open ur eyes towards way to live life or fact of life…songs like…“Stairway to Heaven”…”Nothing Else Matters”…”Its my Life”

One thing you will notice about most rock bands is that they write about worldly affairs also…something in very general…
Like the songs on wars …the latest being by LP “what I’ve done”
Then thr r many like…”the trooper by IM”
“One by Metallica” for democracy…
“War Pigs by Black Sabbath”…
“BYOB by SOAD”…

There are songs by Nirvana…they used to play grunge…
This is one of the few bands whose slow songs I can listen to…
The reason being the most touching and really meaningful lyrics…
To make you aware you shud kno the song “Smells like teen spirit” was awarded as the “Anthem of the generation”…
Songs like “Come as you are”…”The man who sold the world”…”Rape Me”…are simply mind blowing…

There are quite a few songs like “Sweet child of mine” by GNR which will be about the brighter side of love (yes I believe thrs a darker side too)

So this way..you wil see…dat rock is a real world class moozik..playing about everything related to human beings…
Mainly bout the darker side…but then teaching many oder things…
You cant deny that ever1 over here has a SAD BUT TRUE part in thr life…which they cant ignore…forget…or simply run away from…

So my fnds if u wanna view life in new way...do listen to Rock moozik…atleast give it a try…(I am not against any oder kind of moozik but I m against those..whu r against rock moozik ;-) )

Neways its ur life..and I m not invited..but I can alws suggest… ;-)

How it all started... (bout Rock Moozik !!)

2007-08-07T10:54:00.000-04:00

A blur image I remember, v all guyz were sitting infront of Arpit's comp, when one of our fnd brought a cd "Making of Hybrid Theory by LINKIN PARK". I wasn’t aware that in future the band will become my fav band. I still rmbr the song which i heard first..."Points of authority"..which later became my fav song even...I was totally influenced by the genre of moozik the band plays...This i mention as the first rock band i heard...I was never into rock moozik...But then that day changed my moozik taste.... When i heard the song for the 1st time, I was able to catch the few lines...which I can guarantee every1 amongst us will agree with...it goes like...

"u like to think...u were never wrong"
"u want to act like...u r some1"
"u want sm1 to hurt like u..."
"u want to share what u have been thru.."

"u live what u've learnt..."

And I liked these lines so much that they became the description for my blog even…Gradually I became a die hard fan of the band..and now thr is no song i havent heard by the band...

Something more bout ME...

2007-08-07T10:49:00.000-04:00

Few key words to describe me.... MANISH MAHADEO MATTAWAR....are...Rock moozik...cute babies (babies are alws cute..i kno)...FRIENDS (The only unmentioned basic necessity in books)...and few less imp things than these...

.i m typical die hard rock fan...but then to mention the truth...rock fans are never typical...they are diff in thr own way....neways wont go into depth...may be will mention in another blog :-)

FRIENDS...now how to say..wat to say...its so difficult to describe all ur feelings with the help of just 26 alphabets available...for me this word have been the most imp part of my life...may be sometimes more imp than family...but better not to compare...i have huge number of fnds...as i mentioned myself as an amiable guy..its obvious..but then more imp is the importance u give to them..they shud too...nd i do get that...

I have been the personality whu can be called as "laughter booster"...nopes...i m no clown...but then the basic funda of my life have been..that...if i be wid my fnds...or for dat matter even a stranger...then that person shud njoy my company...i blive in making ppl laugh and laughing wid them... it has been well said "u dont stop laughin cuz u get old...but...u get old cuz u stop laughin" ....neways laughter has been nd will alws remain the unseperable part of my life.... :)

The oder more imp thing dat i find in myself...for wich my fnds love my company..or need my company....is dat i alws lend an ear if some1s talking...i rmbr many incidences when i cud see my fnds down depressed..needing sm1 to talk to...and i have been thr...wid them..till the time...they cheer up...nd this is the reason i feel that i have alws had some1 to hear me and understand me when i express my state of despair...

The only reason i feel i have the maturity or understanding to understand oders' problem is the struggle i have faced in my life...or came across the situations the ppl come and feel depressed...i certainly blive that "unless and untill u go thru somthing...u can never understand or even imagine how must it be feeling like !!"

Oder than this what i like is not very extra ordinary....freaking out wid fnds....movies...surfing...chatting...wrinting diary...minesweeper...and now a days blogging… :-)

Me Myself and Who Else...?

2007-08-01T11:10:00.000-04:00

I was always fond of writing something dat comes to my mind.
I wrote diary for a long time almost more than 2 years.
Dunno I shud call it a long time or not, but for me it ws.
I wrote it from my 1st year engineering to 3rd year engineering, oh goodness, I did it for 3 years I guess ;-)
And later if something came to my mind, I wrote it quite a few times as notes in my mobile phone.
But now the world is so hi-tech that u can maintain ur own online diary, so why not to run at the same pace, and dats why I think I m here.
This is the place where my fnds and some1 else if interested will come to know me more and I think may be sometimes when I alone will read my own posts, maybe I will discover something about me, which I never felt or did before. This is what I experienced when I used to read my diary.
So this is the place to know everything in the known universe about Me, Myself and Who Else…?