CREED
Hey, Mr. Seeker hold on to this advice
If you keep seeking you will find
Don't want to follow
Down roads been walked before
It's so hard to find unopened doors
Are you ready? Are you ready?
For whats to come...Oh I said Are you ready?
Are you Ready?...For whats to come
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
GYM CARRY
This is unbelievable, I was finally able to carry myself to the gym!!!!
Apart from the general condition as explained earlier, lotsa characters were present, viz. a 50 yr extremely enthu aunty dressed in traditional clothes and doing high five with the instructor after each set, a really pained 10 yr chuuby cute little girl with a perennial "get me out of this miserable place" look, a ladeej only instructor whose only qualification for a gym instructor seemed to be her gender, my instructor for whom even the gender thing won't work, and last but not the least me, the oversized gorilla who was being made to do some kinda mizo-naga folk dance in the name of what they call "cardio". And the fact that in between a really shapely female wud sit right next to me and keep on smiling while my belly was doing break dance didn't help matters at all.
Excuses, excuses, excuses............
Apart from the general condition as explained earlier, lotsa characters were present, viz. a 50 yr extremely enthu aunty dressed in traditional clothes and doing high five with the instructor after each set, a really pained 10 yr chuuby cute little girl with a perennial "get me out of this miserable place" look, a ladeej only instructor whose only qualification for a gym instructor seemed to be her gender, my instructor for whom even the gender thing won't work, and last but not the least me, the oversized gorilla who was being made to do some kinda mizo-naga folk dance in the name of what they call "cardio". And the fact that in between a really shapely female wud sit right next to me and keep on smiling while my belly was doing break dance didn't help matters at all.
Excuses, excuses, excuses............
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
"Jeem"
One week later.
This time I have finished a kachauri-sabzi & jalebi before writing this blog. Hey hey, I am still very serious about the "jeem", u see.....
This time I have finished a kachauri-sabzi & jalebi before writing this blog. Hey hey, I am still very serious about the "jeem", u see.....
Sunday, February 11, 2007
BAWDY Language
Given that I decided to continue with my locks for a little longer, I thought it may be a good idea to give Hrithik Roshan a scare and I headed to the nearest Gym in my area to get registered.
I had seen it from outside a couple of times & didn't expect much from it anyways (it had a banner saying "Get a guaranteed fit body within 3 weeks" etc).
At the reception, I got an instant feel of being at the sankat-mochan temple given the deluge of chappal-jootas outside it. Anyways, I was positively distracted by a pair of girls at the desk. This was rather unusual to have girls doing the receptionist's job in a gym. My dreams were shattered rather quickly by the usual irritating "haan, bolun" by an over-smiling budding body builder (BBB) type character. The girls were there to for registration themselves (Aha!!!).
A look inside the gym was enough to make you sentimental if you happen to be one of the "miss-the-ol'-times" types. The newest equipment would have been from the early 70's, I am making a guess 'coz I havn't seen anything like that since I have been born.
All in all, this was a usual 3 BHK converted, the drawing hall comprised of the reception, a sorta crunch-machine, and some equipment which made a girl working on it look more like a jazz wannabe.
The Dining hall had the main workout equipment, it was so decrepited that I really wondered if it could take my 104 kgs if I sat on it.
The cramped bedroom was the "Wait-(I'm)-training" room with another set of BBB characters almost in a queue.
The reception guy then showed me the sauna room (yeah, no prizes for guessing, it was the usual baalti & mugga waala bathroom) and with a sheepish smile told me "dada, ishka ekshtra lagega". No wonder, it looked like a soona-room.
I could also hear some dhik-chik dhik-chik music from behind the curtain of the remaining room, guess that would have been the ladeeeeej only Aerobic room.
Given the lack of available choices, my ever protruding belly & sense of guilt, and a good number of girls in the gym, I decided to register. This was yesterday.
Today, I woke up at ~12 (the gym closes by 1pm on sundays) and in between writing this blog, have gobbled a "kachauri-sabzi" + aloo paratha + gobi paratha.
Thank god, they only charge 281/- per month!!!
I had seen it from outside a couple of times & didn't expect much from it anyways (it had a banner saying "Get a guaranteed fit body within 3 weeks" etc).
At the reception, I got an instant feel of being at the sankat-mochan temple given the deluge of chappal-jootas outside it. Anyways, I was positively distracted by a pair of girls at the desk. This was rather unusual to have girls doing the receptionist's job in a gym. My dreams were shattered rather quickly by the usual irritating "haan, bolun" by an over-smiling budding body builder (BBB) type character. The girls were there to for registration themselves (Aha!!!).
A look inside the gym was enough to make you sentimental if you happen to be one of the "miss-the-ol'-times" types. The newest equipment would have been from the early 70's, I am making a guess 'coz I havn't seen anything like that since I have been born.
All in all, this was a usual 3 BHK converted, the drawing hall comprised of the reception, a sorta crunch-machine, and some equipment which made a girl working on it look more like a jazz wannabe.
The Dining hall had the main workout equipment, it was so decrepited that I really wondered if it could take my 104 kgs if I sat on it.
The cramped bedroom was the "Wait-(I'm)-training" room with another set of BBB characters almost in a queue.
The reception guy then showed me the sauna room (yeah, no prizes for guessing, it was the usual baalti & mugga waala bathroom) and with a sheepish smile told me "dada, ishka ekshtra lagega". No wonder, it looked like a soona-room.
I could also hear some dhik-chik dhik-chik music from behind the curtain of the remaining room, guess that would have been the ladeeeeej only Aerobic room.
Given the lack of available choices, my ever protruding belly & sense of guilt, and a good number of girls in the gym, I decided to register. This was yesterday.
Today, I woke up at ~12 (the gym closes by 1pm on sundays) and in between writing this blog, have gobbled a "kachauri-sabzi" + aloo paratha + gobi paratha.
Thank god, they only charge 281/- per month!!!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Dream Theatre
He seemed no different from the rest
Just a healthy normal boy
His mama always did her best
And he was daddy's pride and joy
He learned to walk and talk on time
But never cared much to be held
And steadily he would decline
Into his solitary shell
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
Kept to himself most of the time
He would daydream in and out of his own world
But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost within himself
In his solitary shell
A temporary catatonic
Madman on occasion
When will he break out
Of his solitary shell
He struggled to get through his day
He was helplessly behind
He poured himself onto the page
Writing for hours at a time
As a man he was a danger to himself
Fearful and sad most of the time
He was drifting in and out of sanity
But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost within himself
In his solitary shell
A momentary maniac
With casual delusions
When will he be let out
Of his solitary shell
Just a healthy normal boy
His mama always did her best
And he was daddy's pride and joy
He learned to walk and talk on time
But never cared much to be held
And steadily he would decline
Into his solitary shell
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
Kept to himself most of the time
He would daydream in and out of his own world
But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost within himself
In his solitary shell
A temporary catatonic
Madman on occasion
When will he break out
Of his solitary shell
He struggled to get through his day
He was helplessly behind
He poured himself onto the page
Writing for hours at a time
As a man he was a danger to himself
Fearful and sad most of the time
He was drifting in and out of sanity
But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost within himself
In his solitary shell
A momentary maniac
With casual delusions
When will he be let out
Of his solitary shell
Friday, February 09, 2007
Is it possible
Regarding an earlier post "something is wrong....", the use of option 3.
Basic tenet of socialism - Equality
Basic tenet of capitalism (indirect though) - shareholder value maximization
Ideal world - Totally capitalistic, free market, everyone having equal share-holdings
Lo kar lo maximization!!!!
Asuumption is then - Its not a zero-sum game......? Hmmm, I guess that's the question to be answered/justified
Basic tenet of socialism - Equality
Basic tenet of capitalism (indirect though) - shareholder value maximization
Ideal world - Totally capitalistic, free market, everyone having equal share-holdings
Lo kar lo maximization!!!!
Asuumption is then - Its not a zero-sum game......? Hmmm, I guess that's the question to be answered/justified
Intrusion
The west has intruded, at least my stomach, considering that my staple diet is sub-marine sandwich + cappuciono as lunch & pizza + soft-drink as dinner, daily without 'naaga'. Only place, the swadeshi gets in is the office-ke-paas-waala bhelpuri stall, again 'fast food'.....
leaving aside my extremely disciplined lifestyle issues, I am just wondering, how come 'ready-to-deliver', 'fresh-to-eat' 'hasslle-free' food category belongs pretty much solely to the videshi food category?? Is there a "Need" which can be satisfied??? Any takers, am shelling out ideas for free.....
leaving aside my extremely disciplined lifestyle issues, I am just wondering, how come 'ready-to-deliver', 'fresh-to-eat' 'hasslle-free' food category belongs pretty much solely to the videshi food category?? Is there a "Need" which can be satisfied??? Any takers, am shelling out ideas for free.....
Something's wrong somewhere
A to & fro to Park street from my place in a taxi - ~400/-
My house-helper's salary - 500/- (which I am told, is overpaying)
Option -
1. Start using the usual "left-tilted" buses
2. Increase the salary
3. Try to link it to some fancy socio-economic theory & go to sleep
4. Write a philisophical blog about it, make it look funny & feel great about my sense of humour
No prizes for guessing, of course.......
My house-helper's salary - 500/- (which I am told, is overpaying)
Option -
1. Start using the usual "left-tilted" buses
2. Increase the salary
3. Try to link it to some fancy socio-economic theory & go to sleep
4. Write a philisophical blog about it, make it look funny & feel great about my sense of humour
No prizes for guessing, of course.......
Does it really go round & round & round.........
This was a short-lived post which I have edited now......basically it was about job satisfaction, and my cribs......hehe u missed it
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Race-is-some-crap
"fu*&in Paki".......that's what SS was allegedly called on the big brother show.....whats the big deal? what if she were called some MC/BC/k*tiya etc on big boss.....why do we have to be extra senti on abuses with a hint of racism??? an abuse is an abuse, that's it..why favour one over the other.......
All in all, she/channel 4 should be thankful for all the media hype the two words have garnered for them
a much better and yummily sarcastic post at http://www.xanga.com/professionalcynic
All in all, she/channel 4 should be thankful for all the media hype the two words have garnered for them
a much better and yummily sarcastic post at http://www.xanga.com/professionalcynic
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
We're all alike, aren't we?
This is a true story
I have two colleagues TR & KS in our Business Analyst group
TR happenens to get introduced to an "Xtreme Bong" Manager (XBM). The conversation goes like -
(XBM) to TR - "So, you are like KS?"
TR [(taken aback a bit by the straight-fwdness (or its lack) of the question] - "No, I'm not!!"
XBM (surprised) - "O, but I thought you are also a Business Analyst!!!!!!!!"
Too much.....sahi mein...mazaa aa gaya
I have two colleagues TR & KS in our Business Analyst group
TR happenens to get introduced to an "Xtreme Bong" Manager (XBM). The conversation goes like -
(XBM) to TR - "So, you are like KS?"
TR [(taken aback a bit by the straight-fwdness (or its lack) of the question] - "No, I'm not!!"
XBM (surprised) - "O, but I thought you are also a Business Analyst!!!!!!!!"
Too much.....sahi mein...mazaa aa gaya
Sunday, February 04, 2007
It Ain't About How Hard You Hit
Well Rocky is back with Balboa and so am I after the usual long hiatus.
We seem to have a lot in common, big, like to pack a punch , and we keep coming back....only he seems to be a bit fitter.....
Anyways, watched the movie today, not planned though.....
I have seen two of the Rocky movies before and it was so long back that I can't remember which ones were they, but this one did live up to my expectations
Forcibly senti, but given the Rocky legacy, one won't mind that, Sly is pretty much at his best, though why did he chose to join the ring again is not built up as convincingly, but nevertheless the rest of the movie has been handled well.
Rocky wants to come back as he is still left with something inside, wants to let go of the beast, once & for all, so what next then after the fight? Rocky, the grandpa??
Had seen GURU coupla weeks ago, sat thro' a hindi movie for full 3 hrs after a long time.
Good performance by AB Jr. no doubt, hez come a long way definitely but I still feel it was more the director's touch. The movie holds on somehow, though it could have definitely done without the unnecessary Mallika sherawat sequence. When will hindi cinema get over this whole naach-gana sequence, damn, are we that primitive??
On the flip side, it was really disappointing to see a mature director like Mani Ratnam to have introduced a lot of characters without proper justification and then leave them in a lurch while the movie carries on. Specifically Mithun Da, who was effortlessly brilliant in whatever little footage he got (without any character justification & build-up), and Vidya balan, she seemed to be present only to show the "he has a heart too" for Guru bhai, and that she's crippled etc was a liitle to mushy. Thankfully, shez dead before it got really annoying.
What else, there seems to be some cheap cashing-on the AB-Aish pairing, certain unnecessary intimate scenes between them seem to suggest that Mani was aware of the timing of their enagagement & the relase of Guru.
We seem to have a lot in common, big, like to pack a punch , and we keep coming back....only he seems to be a bit fitter.....
Anyways, watched the movie today, not planned though.....
I have seen two of the Rocky movies before and it was so long back that I can't remember which ones were they, but this one did live up to my expectations
Forcibly senti, but given the Rocky legacy, one won't mind that, Sly is pretty much at his best, though why did he chose to join the ring again is not built up as convincingly, but nevertheless the rest of the movie has been handled well.
Rocky wants to come back as he is still left with something inside, wants to let go of the beast, once & for all, so what next then after the fight? Rocky, the grandpa??
Had seen GURU coupla weeks ago, sat thro' a hindi movie for full 3 hrs after a long time.
Good performance by AB Jr. no doubt, hez come a long way definitely but I still feel it was more the director's touch. The movie holds on somehow, though it could have definitely done without the unnecessary Mallika sherawat sequence. When will hindi cinema get over this whole naach-gana sequence, damn, are we that primitive??
On the flip side, it was really disappointing to see a mature director like Mani Ratnam to have introduced a lot of characters without proper justification and then leave them in a lurch while the movie carries on. Specifically Mithun Da, who was effortlessly brilliant in whatever little footage he got (without any character justification & build-up), and Vidya balan, she seemed to be present only to show the "he has a heart too" for Guru bhai, and that she's crippled etc was a liitle to mushy. Thankfully, shez dead before it got really annoying.
What else, there seems to be some cheap cashing-on the AB-Aish pairing, certain unnecessary intimate scenes between them seem to suggest that Mani was aware of the timing of their enagagement & the relase of Guru.
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