Bloggart :D2007-06-15T00:30:57+00:00lifetype-1.2.12_r7211http://blogs.fullhyderabad.com/rss.php?blogId=200&profile=atomCopyright (c) syko_ceramictag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2007-06-15:2862Out of sight2007-06-15T00:30:57+05:30Out of mind? Quite.
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Space is big. Period.
Or as Doug Adams more fully describes:
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Out of mind? Quite.
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Space is big. Period.
Or as Doug Adams more fully describes:
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space."
And then there's this rock.
This piece of rock hurtling through the infinity of space for no apparent reason. Since I've brought him into the discussion, I might as well note that Doug Adams also mentions that the planet Earth is "Mostly Harmless".
And finally, there's me.
Just a speck on this rather large (relative to me, that is) blue-green planet. Just one of over six billion sentient beings that sweep across the face of this planet. And with all THAT goin on in the background, i gess it IS a bit too much to expect me to NOT create boundaries around myself; boundaries of the mind, really. But boundaries that primarily center around geography.
Hmm.
Why in God's good name am I typing this in at this hour of the night? Well *cough cuz i guess it's some sort of weak excuse for not bothering to look beyond my own lil corner of the world, wherever that corner may be. Forget abt being bothered...I guess this is more of a way to plead ignorance, an ignorance that is more casual than it is studied and pointed.
The Earth may be Mostly Harmless as far as the galaxy and the rest of the Universe is concerned. But there's far more going wrong right here on terra-firma that ought to concern you and me. Then again, how much can you really keep track of? How much can you care? How much can you relate, to things that happen out of sight? Isn't "out of sight" truly "out of mind"?
Maybe I can help with that.
Atleast as far as Iraq is concerned.
Baghdad Burning
A 25 year old writing from Baghdad.
It'll have you riveted.
It'll have you imagine.
It'll have you think.
'nuff said.
syko.
Written on the third of April, 2006. At 11:43PM.
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tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2006-03-13:2346{Happiness for a song}2006-03-13T16:00:30+05:30Well, 195 bucks actually.
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And it's a faux-leather strap for my wrist watch and a good 3 kilometre walk to get it, but it could very well pass for happiness. Or something quite like it. But then, that's a good four hours in the past now...and Bono's getting to the good bit in "Walk On" right now, on trusty ole winamp, belting out them favorites on the not_so_old R51. "Leave it behind, you've got to leave it behind". Hmmm.
1:16AM / Sunday, the 12th of March, 2006.
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Lemme tell you a lil story.
No, really.
It goes something like this.
There once was this Zen Master who went a-touring to The Big Apple. He's walking the streets; he gets hungry and decides to get himself a hotdog. There's a vendor on the corner; "Two dawl-urse. get your weiners here!" So the Master forks over a fiver and accepts a hotdog. He then asks the vendor for his change.
So the vendor bows, puts on a solemn face...and says...
"Change must come from within."
*chuckle_
syko :-"
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{ minimiam }
I've always thought the idea highly fantastical that we could very well be looking in the wrong direction, in our search for company in the universe. This site's depiction is nowhere close to how small I imagine the little people would be. The scale's all wrong, by a long way, I agree...but heck, they've got the general idea :)
Must visit.
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3 Bullet Points for the day.
1. I have found that it's better to go right on and feel bad about it when you've got the chance. Who knows, mebbe 2mro will just dawn all sunny and bright and you'll have lost the chance to have a good cry about it all :-"
2. Did you say that software's bad? Coz something else is better? Read Sabnis on why call centres {or in this case, software} seem to be a lower caste. Get the insight i say. :D
3. Enlightenment of the week: You should ALWAYS be on your way to some place where you can eat something real nice. That way, you'll always have something to look forward to. :D
Me? I'm always on my way to the nearest CCD
so i can have the 25 buck Chocolate Doughnut. :{D
peace_
syko :)
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-10-17:2065Fascination Factory2005-10-17T01:35:44+05:30 Here's a thought, you wayward_soul. Try THIS on for size.
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Here's a thought, you wayward_soul. Try THIS on for size.
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If you knew that you were gonna die today, what would you REALLY want to spend your time on today?
fullhydblogs asks you that very same profound question... albeit in a veiled fashion. Right above this posting_window_thing is that line warning me about the session expiring in 30 mins and stuff. But What they're REALLY tryin to say is:
If you knew your session would expire in 30 minutes, what would you REALLY spend yer time on, you wayward_soul? what would you REALLY post? huh? HUH?
hehe. :{"
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I. In our section on "Expressions of opinions".
bah, you think YOUR blog is cool? wait until you read wat i found on my wanderings across the vast plains of the internaat this week...read THIS:
Hi, this site is all about ninjas, REAL NINJAS. This site is awesome. My name is Robert and I can't stop thinking about ninjas. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
Facts:
1. Ninjas are mammals. 2. Ninjas fight ALL the time. 3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.
Interested? Wait! I've got more :-"
Testimonial:
Ninjas can kill anyone they want! Ninjas cut off heads ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These guys are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this ninja who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon the ninja killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window. And that's what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't believe that ninjas have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will chop your head off!!! It's an easy choice, if you ask me.
And yes. Robert Hamburger, the really_bodaciously_weird_yet_so_cool_kid who runs the site doesnt mind posting answers to a few _questions_we've_bin_dyin_to_ask_abt_ninjas. Like so.
Q and A:.
Q: Why is everyone so obsessed about ninjas? A: Ninjas are the ultimate paradox. On the one hand they don't give a crap, but on the other hand, ninjas are very careful and precise.
Q: I heard that ninjas are always cruel or mean. What's their problem? A: Whoever told you that is a total liar. Just like other mammals, ninjas can be mean OR totally awesome.
Q: What do ninjas do when they're not cutting off heads or flipping out? A: Most of their free time is spent flying, but sometime they stab.
:| Are ya droolin already? ARE YA? You wanna go find dat site dont ya? like RITE NOW? /:)
iz ok. please to visit http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm for more really_audacious_and_unbelievably_awesome_facts_on_ninjas. i spent a LOT of time the other night...reading through the entire site. :{" fascinating it is. :{D bloddy funny too, if that's wat grabs ya.
you may also read the comments Hamburger's got from ppl across the world, under a section aptly titled " Hatemail ". Die laffing.
and ofcourse, in tune with what's currently sweeping the indian_blogosphere, Hamburger got himself sued too :{D i swear, bloddy hilarious stuff on the site!
II. In our section on "My new acquisitions"
1. I bought myself a Ducati. No kidding. Like really seriously. :{" Rich_kid_me. [ See Pics Heah ]
2. I bought this CD called Hillsong/More than life. Gospel Muzak. Track one is sooper song. I like.
3. I also bought this CD called Peace, Love & Truth. John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Again, Track One is sooper song. I like.
4. No. I stopped buying anything after that Lennon CD. the rest of the songs sucked @ss. :|
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ok. i'm done with my atypical_post. gbye and godbless.
syko :-"
{ Endnote }
My sooper favorite joke of all-time.
I'm an insomniacal, dyslexic agnostic. I lie awake all night, wondering if there's a dog.
=)) ROTFL. syko.
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-10-11:2057Blue Pill. Red Pill.2005-10-11T16:08:50+05:30That's right. Which one would you choose?
In fact, can you actually tell the difference anymore?
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In fact, can you actually tell the difference anymore?
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No one can be told what the Matrix is.
You have to see it for yerself.
-Morpheus.
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Morpheus could very well be referring to the blog world. It's unreal. I mean, seriously! You have a million pyjama_clad (phrase i picked up recently from somewhere) writers all pecking away at their comps, day and night, rain and shine.
Some are writing about their day, some are printing prose, some are doing poetry, some are bringing you news excerpts, some are doin it all! You laugh at some, you smirk at some others, you turn up yer nose at the writing on a few, and some ...you like. Of these, you follow a few. And this is where the whole thang begins.
The bloggers we follow, end up bringing us the world from their point of view. Which, in the first place, is why we are out there. Coz we like their POV. Infact, their POV acts as a filter of sorts for all the information that's flowing out there. I mean, there are a million things happening out there today. But our favorite bloggers are only talkin of a few things. Like what it means to be poor, or why the solar eclipse this year is gonna be so exceptionally cool, or why lil guitars are optional. :-"
Gettin bak to the point. Our favorite bloggers....hmm...at some point...we tend to stop thinkin of our fave bloggers as "some kid out west" and start thinkin of them as ppl we know. Ppl we trust. We start to believe that what they put down is always thought through. What they feel is always accurately described. We know their biases, i mean, they're upfront about them...but we also feel that they'd take requisite care to present an otherwise unbiased opinion. But is that really true?
It's like what this book called BLAcKBOX asks, on the cover: how much do you trust nameless_faceless_ppl? how much? how do you really know that the guy you've never met who's piloting this million_gallons_of_fuel_laden_plane with you on it, can actually do the job he's being asked to do? huh?
ya well. you cant actually go through life without making those kinds of snap_judgments...dass fine...but wen it comes to blogs. wat's to say that some1 who's posted 50 good posts can't make a mistake on the fifty_first?
This is about this .
And this is about MY ANSWER to the rage on her blog.
My point is not about who's right or who's wrong.
It's about the situation itself.
It's about what would have forced ppl
to do the kind of things that were done.
It's about the big picture that's being missed
in the midst of all the noise and all the rage.
It's not about the buggers in IIPM
who posted those comments.
It's about the poor buggers in IIPM
who did NOT post those comments. :|
yours.
syko :{"
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-09-30:2038~Legal Copy~2005-09-30T00:13:07+05:30 *cough cough. *clears throat. *taps the microphone. *looks around self~consciously.
wyehell lookee! another month gone by...phooey. another hazaar and one things that've happened and gone. ...syko_ceramic
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*cough cough. *clears throat. *taps the microphone. *looks around self~consciously.
wyehell lookee! another month gone by...phooey. another hazaar and one things that've happened and gone. another hazaar and one things that seemed to matter a lot just a month back. another hazaar and one things that dont seem to mean diddly_squat rite now. another hazaar and one things that wont stand the test of time.
there are some things, though, that just might make the cut.
Like Malcolm Gladwell.
We're not worthy! I bought Gladwell's The Tipping Point at the Crossword inside the Andheri Shopper's Stop purely on Nash's recommendation... and the bloddy book had me from the word go! dint let me do no work at all in moombhai! {this is me externalizing the blame}. The subject of the book is fascinating for sure, but what's REALLY nice is the way Gladwell writes. For a non-fiction book, even for one that's dealing with admittedly fascinating topics, the writing stands out, being many notches superior to stuff i've been exposed to before. I dont genrally go by blurbs, or by book reviews...but in retrospect, I see that all the reviews were rite and all the praise, richly deserved. So what do i do when i find an author l'this? I go out and buy another of his/her books...which, in this case, could only mean "Blink".
Blink . *phooey. Let's jes say that Gladwell has kiked @ss heah, bringing fascinating insights into the whys of the way we perceive the world. Things that really caught my eye were the chapters on implicit associations and the one on the cops. I'm all set to read it again this weekend...i'm crazy l'that :D
Well anyways, Blink's lovely. I recommend. Highly. Please to go out NOW. And get yourself a {legal} copy.
i'm_done_ syko :-"
PS: the madness beginneth again...two more posts comin up...VERY SHORTLY. STAY TUNED AND DONT YOU DARE GO AWAY. *ok fine...mebbe for a few minutes...but COME BACK! hehehe :{p
PPS: the things that stick out from the month past would be some or all of da brief list below: sittin next to the emergency exit on the way to moombhai,my discussion with nash on 'serendipity', meeting frends from ages past, messing up the quizzes and doin well on da review, fightin with da bosses over lonavla, meetin the_boys_from_gh3 and that unnamed_person in so many of my posts, gettin invited to the weddin and uncorkin the bubbly, aw hell...loads o' stuff. like always. :{D
{Endnote} I just noticed how weird the term "Legal Copy" is. Will title this post "Legal Copy" in honor of mine ability to notice truly inane thangs. :-"
Wait! I also noticed how weird the spelling of the word "weird" is! Ok, i'll stop :D
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-08-25:1983You live. You learn.2005-08-25T01:52:48+05:30There's so much to learn, really.
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1.29AM.
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August 25, 2005.
1.29AM.
I learnt lots today. But then, i'm pretty sure that you did too.The POINT is, did you step back and take a moment...to register that a learnin has happened...did you take a moment to step back and get perspective...did you pause...did you, really?
I dint. But then, wat the hell do ya think i maintain this blaag for? :D
Today. This day the twenty fifth of august in the year two thousand and five, has not been especially different...especially significant...but i choose to pause today and register and note wat i've learnt today. not for any particular reason.
if yer still with me, here i go...
I learnt.
It's easy to say you'll be there by 9:15AM.
But much tougher to actually make it there, if you start brushin yer teeth at 9AM. :|
It's easy to lose perspective and crib abt my life.
But much more difficult to appreciate the reality of those around me.
It's easy to claim respect and privilege based on past glory.
But tougher to earn it...day by friggin day. moment by gritty moment.
It's easy to say "I'm sure you hav a tough time" to someone based in a land that does not speak yer language.
But much more, MUCH more difficult to appreciate how tough it is to get by, to converse, to derive meaning from my job everyday.
try it sometime.
It's far easier to get to play the part.
But not so easy to look the part...
especially wen u look like yer subordinate's "thambi" or sumthin..@()*)( rats. :D
It's so damm easy to quit work by 4PM wen yer on yer own in the field.
But much tougher to quell those pangs of guilt that keep eating me alive, wen i do things l'that. :-s
It's so easy to walk through life and not ask "why".
But i find it's bloddy tough to stop and ask "why" where it counts...
mebbe coz it's not so easy to define those points in time and space that actually count.
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It's easy to run through with the blinders on. refusing to observe. mebbe coz u dont wanna.
Much tougher to run without them, as is obvious.
And not very pleasant to have the blinders removed by force either.
*Thanks all the same. I needed to know. Fine, i'll stop thinkin abt it :p
truly.
syko.
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If yer STILL heah...
i've got summat for ya...from one of the most amazing animation movies ever made.
"Circle Of Life"
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give
In the circle of life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, the circle of life
Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
In the circle of life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, the circle of life
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PS: I agree with "cowboy". I luv that movvay "Kungu Hustle".
Prolly one of the most amazing movies ever made.
Perfection. do NOT miss.
:-"
syko
edit: "kungu hustle" is not the same as "kungfu hustle", as certain colored_foliage_type_ppl assumed.
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-08-23:1980I am Matt Damon2005-08-23T23:12:31+05:30...in Good Will Hunting. Totally!
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So i was watchin da movie last nite. Saw it for the first time.
Yes. I'd joined a cult of non-tv-watchers...and had thus missed the movie the first 600 re-runs.
But i DID catch last nite's and i must say i ij very impressed with da movvay.
The whole intense fight with the self and awl that aside,
i wis struck by how similar we both was.
Matt Damon and I.
I'm Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting.
Without the genius, ofcourse.
Or the good looks. Or the diction.
Or the suaveness. Or the poise.
Definitely without the girl.
Without the janitor's job either.
Or the uncontrollable rage.
Or the total disregard for social niceties.
Oh crap! I'm NOT Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting!
@#&@stupid_moron_
who_thot_he_wis_Matt_Damon(@(@(U@#
syko.
PS: sorray for all da trouble :D
PPS: i ij make up for yer trouble ok?
1. The Original Matt Damon/Ben Affleck written_on_paper script of Good Will Hunting I've read half of it already. Soooper :D.
2. Good Will Hunting Central. Reviews/Transcripts/The whole deal.
out.
syko.
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-08-22:1978Mediocre Butt. Arrogant.2005-08-22T00:52:03+05:3016th August 2005
of first time authors and contrasts drawn.
of nostalgia. and a longing for things past.
of the here and now. and cookie man cookies.
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16th August 2005
of first time authors and contrasts drawn.
of nostalgia. and a longing for things past.
of the here and now. and cookie man cookies.
and a bit of that tangy mango~orange juice thang i keep handy in the ole icebox.
9:39PM
i'm listening to a disaster called "The Last Mile", a self-composition-thang we played on stage last year.the audience was so confused, they dint clap until like 3 minutes after we ended. hehe.now that the day is so far back in the past, i can safely say "UGH! that sounded bad!" :D
to set the record straight, we DID play well on more than a few occasions.suffice to say that one of our songs is doing the rounds on the bschool circuit :-" {this is me being mysterious, as usuale}
today. was spent typing out a "draft plan". felt more bskoolish than most other days out here.
bskool dint teach me how to string words together, neither did it teach me how to type into Microsoft Word.
but it seems that watever i do out here gets branded as "that IIM thing that boy does". funny.
ya, in case i dint mention it...there aint no difference where you come from, out here:
they'll call you either "institute" people, or the more common "IIM" people.
catchall phrase it is. after defending the uniqueness of my school for two whole years, this does take a bit of getting used to i gess.
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so i read Mediocre But Arrogant. by Abhijit Bhaduri.
celebrated widely for its vivid and realistic portrayal of business school and everything that comes along with it, or so we was told. well...i'm done with the book....and well....ummm...lemme jes say that i'm sure that some of us in this blogsphere woulda bin more than able to string together a bunch of stories from bskool and leave the reader mesmerized and panting for more...let's not go that far...i'm willing to wager a tidy sum that some of us here would be able to string together a simple, coherent, interesting read abt bskool...which is far more than what Mr. Bhaduri has been able to achieve. True, some of the moments in the book caught me off~guard and took me back to where it all began...but heck, that's cause i kno what he's writing about...i was willing to grant him brownie points for casually slipping in "Bodhi Tree" and the like in there somewhere...but for the rest of the uncivilized world, it'd be gobbly-de-friggin-gook for sure.
i tried out the book on someone who doesnt understand the background of the book the way i do...passed it on to a writer we all know very well ... she couldn't get past the seventh page...she was gasping...for air that was NOT full of some Father Hathaway and his life history...she demanded to kno why this Bhaduri chap couldn't hold her interest the way the author of Five Point Someone did, right from the word go.
oh well. one not-so-good book in a week. chalega.
coz the other book i read last week more than made up for this :D
Vernon God Little. by DBC Pierre.
sheer genius, for a first novel. or so said the review.
heck, i dont kno any better...so i'll simply call it "sheer genius", without the rider.
they say it's fit to rank with the Catcher in the Rye. believe it. i do.
lovely. highly recommended.
i mean..."you wanna see your God?" maaan. noice it was.
kinda trite ending. but tis more than made up by the style with which the book carries itself.
hokkay.
time to crash.
1:14AM. might wanna reach office before 10AM 2day.
let's_see :-"
syko.
PS: this post is from 16th august. i ij get net 2day. so i ij post now. pliss to not mind ya?
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-08-21:1976So boohoo.2005-08-21T13:47:21+05:30so i'm online again.
*blech.
syko.
PS: i'm on Airtel Broadband.
256kbps. No limit on downloads.
500 rubees per month vonly.
i'm zo luggy. > tam accent :))syko_ceramic
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so i'm online again.
*blech.
syko.
PS: i'm on Airtel Broadband.
256kbps. No limit on downloads.
500 rubees per month vonly.
i'm zo luggy. > tam accent :))
tag:blogs.fullhyderabad.com,2005-06-24:1886Four hundred and eleven km...2005-06-24T22:04:33+05:30 one indicab, three passengers, one love_lorn_tam_driver, the tam hinterland...and one very very sore butt.
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Fine. It's been a week since my upcountry visit.
So here's my report.
Day1 Start at 5.30AM from my pad (hehe) @ chennai. Reach Villupuram @ 9.00AM Start off from Hotel Akshaya at 10AM. ... ... ... Reach Hotel at 11PM. After a good day's work. Distance travelled: 411km by road.
Day 2 More of the same. Reach chennai @ 11PM. Distance travelled: 230km by road.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- The national highways are a real beauty. Silky smooth, satin black. Long stretches of high speed driving ( And ya, the back roads are a beauty too. Ruts the size of the indica's tyres...bone shaking bumps...and some of the most beautiful and scenic places i've ever had the good fortune of seeing, on either side of the road. School children runnin across the road at 3PM just on the outskirts of Polur. Still lakes, shimmering under the tamilnad sun. Mughal era embankments and little castles on top of hillocks. And ya, maniacal bus drivers, just to spicen things up a lil. :)
At 4.47PM (i kno, i looked at my watch) on Day 1...i caught myself wondering what i was doing. The sun beat down mercilessly on to the metal roof of the car...i was miles away from civilization...the last place we had stopped at did not have a mail service (i saw mail being pushed off a bus onto the road...the bus barely stopped for half a minute)...there were no restrooms ANYWHERE! ... (though that did translate to my claiming some parts of the green fields of tamland as my own :-"...anyways :p ... there were no englis_speakin_ppl in the vicinity...except for the two other passengers in my car...and yes...my driver had a thing goin on with some girl somewhere...he was on his phone the whole day!...was whisperin sweet nuthings to his looouuuu... {NOT funny...considering the indica aint that big...and considering he kept talkin in this syrupy voice...even as wild bus drivers roared past..grr}...
anyways...like i was saying...i caught myself wondering what i was doing...out there...wat with my having graduated a coupla months back...wat with me knowing full well that software was an option...wen it came to placements, that is...knowing full well that a business analyst role woulda suited me perfectly...knowing that my day would be spent in a comfy office...with free coffee and tea...and food courts...and no travel...and free internet...and a computer on my desk...a DESK, for that matter!...powerpoint to play with...hmm.
i caught myself wondering why in God's good name i was out on that road. but then... {Flashback} Sometime in late january. My campus. 5.30AM. Dawn in the east indian winter. I'm sitting out there, talking about career choices. And i said to her: "Y'kno sumthing? I think i've had it too damm easy this far. I have yet to face the real world. I have yet to see India. I have yet to kno wat the common man feels like. And i want that. Now. Rather than later. I want to be out on the road. I want to experience it all. And then when I tire of it, I want to be able to retire to comfort. I'm 23. I don't want to be coddled anymore."
It is exactly 'bout this sorta moment that it is said: " Be careful what you wish for, you just might end up getting it ". :)
{Back to the present} 4.48 PM. Day 1. I smiled as I looked out the window. It's freaky, getting what you want. It's freaky, and a marvellous thing too. It's like Him up there said "Amen" wen i'd stopped talking. It surely is something to be blessed. And to know a blessing when you see one, too.
i'm_luvin_it. syko.
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oooh...sorray! dint mention dat the A/C was on full blast in the car...and ya...i did get treated like royalty wherever i went...i'm thinkin it's my sunshades that do the trick :D