Jupiter Colony..

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Years of ridicule.
Years of humiliation.
Naa..not anymore, I wondered aloud..
Today, I shall crack the fundaa..abt why the place where I live is called "Jupiter Colony"

--Flashback--

At school:
Kid1: I stay in BHEL colony.
Kid2: I come from Marredpally.
Kid3[Me,hair tied in ribbons!]: Err...Juuuupppppiiiittter Colony..

*guffaws*

At college:
Lecturer: So you stay far off?
Me: Yeah!
Lecturer: Hitech city? Mahendra Hills? blah blah blah
Me:Err...Juuuupppppiiiittter Colony..
Lecturer: [Gives me a u-must-be-kidding-me look.]

*Sigh*

At work:
Teammie: What...what is this address? [pointing at ma IT returns form]
Me[unabashed!]: Jupiter Colony! Thats right!
Teammie: ye, neengaala earth range ilaya...Jupiter daa na?
Me: Cursing the founder of the colony..may god *not* rest his peace in soul..

--FlashBack ends--

At home, dinner table..

Me[with a sullen look]: So wots for dinner?

*Silence*

Mom serves macekerel(fish)..

Me[sullen look transits to gluttonous look]: Mom!!! You are the grrrrrrrrrrrrreatest!

Dad: Ya ya, it takes a grilled fish to make her great.

Me[gorging on food]: Say,dad..werent you ever embarrassed abt telling u r from Jupiiiiitttttter Colony?

Dad: Naa..I always thought it was kinda kool.

Me: Wot?! Look there should be some reason to this whole Jupiter-Vupiter fundaa...
Think about it..
SBI colony - becoz bank families live there.
BHEL colony - coz its BHEL employees inc.
Railway Colony - its railway employees again..

Dad:
Old city - coz old ppl live there?
S R Nagar - coz Sanjeev reddy's soul looms there?
Cmon! wots the bleddy point?

Me: Dont jack ass me!

Dad: U seen "DoubtFire"(english flick)? Robin Williams makes up dat name, remember? Jus' like that..mayb jus ran outta names.

Me: Its a billion plus population for godssakes..how could they run outta names? Or mayb he was a fanatical scientist..or meteorologist?

Dad: Or mayb his ancestors discovered Jupiter?

Me: Or mayb aliens ruled here?

Dad: Hmm. Mayb he was born to aliens...? alien child? hahaha:)

Me: Or mayb he had a girlfriend by name "Jupiter"?

We agreed to disagree..

Karaoke -

I don't know what it is
that makes me feel like this
I don't know who you are
but you must be some kind of superstar
coz you got all eyes on you no matter where you are

Superstar - Jamelia :)

The Chronicles of Insomnia(c)

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"At the stroke of midnite hour...
When the whole world sleeps, India awakes.." ~Nehru

Jus' wondering..what abt the timezones??? hehe:)

Hmm. Its 12:30 AM.
Armed with the remote and propped up on the couch, I gingerly surf the TV channels.

Glad that Discovery was back in all its flavor :)
[Coupla sluts at I&B ministry made Hindi narrations mandatory for nearly a year..dumb!]
They were running a documentary over the assassination of JFK.
Expected a rivetting video..

5 mins..10 mins..

All they ran was a black & white video with people waving gleefully at Kennedy & wife
and them waving back with equal zeal..

And then baam!!!!!!

They captured the exact moment when he was shot..!
But wait a sec...Why the heck is Mrs. K jumping outta the car????

Trrrrrrrring! Ma landline in the living room screeched..
Who's calling at this hour?

Me[with one eye on the TV]: "Helo?"
Phone(y): "Sssssssh!"
Me: "Eh?"
Phone(y): "Sssssssh!"
Me: "Shivaram? Arun? Bastards, go sleep.."
Phone(y): [Some muffled tone]

I slam the phone and go back to ma quest.


*Switch*

Star Gold: Rajni, Meena, Vadivelu, Sharad Babu...Muthu...in Hindi!!!! duhhh!!

*Switch*

CNN-IBN: A reporter waist-deep in water reporting on flood situations in Kalina..
The price news channels hafta pay for maintaining TRP's..tch tch!


Trrrrrrrrrrring!

Me[slight aa irritated]: "Helo?"
Phone(y): "Sssssssssh!"
Me: "Dude, have you seen the movie "Hawa"? Winds even rape you? Did you know that?
So dont mess with winds."

Slam the phone!

*Switch*

Sony: Vaidehiiiiiii....some "anoder-woman-in-ma-husband's-life-and-ma-mom-in-law-hates-me-so-its-revenge-time" crap

*Switch*

Star movies: Seen the movie..skip!

*Switch*

Teja: Teja main Teja! Ravi Teja! Ok, bad joke..Ravi Teja shaking to "idiot" songs

*Switch*

HBO: The Lord of the Rings..!!!!!!
wtf!! When did it start..? O damn!! when when!??

Mythical creatures attacking the castle..

How much did I miss?
*Sigh*

Trrrrrrrrrrring!

Me[all cool..ready for the challenge]: "Helo?"
Phone(y)[in a whisper]: "Talk to me!"
Me: "Wait a sec"

I fish out a CD of heavy metal..
"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath guzzles outta ma music system.
I pick the handset and drop it nearby.

Now...where was I...


Karaoke -

"Bad Boy" (Pyaar ke side effects)
Nice hip-hop...Alisha Chinai's voice is a charm:)

Splash.. :-)

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It poured and how!!
Wet to the bone and loving it :)!

Driving on the road in the downpour, it occurred to me that..
Yeh world hain na world..isme do tarah ke log hote hain!
Ek jo "patient" hote hain
Aur doosri jo "impatient" hote hain

Impatient drivers:
- Are ones who are anger driven. (me, me, me!!)
This variety mouths foul sumthings, shouts swear words and thinks "meri road meri marzi"

- Are ones who are *ishtyle* driven.(not me, not me, not me!!)
This variety is found not only among the teens but also increasingly among middle aged uncles with receding hairlines and halos (read "bald") on der head.
Snaking through the traffic is like winning an olympic medal for them. Go try F1, uncle!

*Sigh*


Patient drivers:
- Are ones who are *thought* driven (sometimes me!)
They have these infinite thoughts running in their heads..
Someone's jus' bore the brunt of his/her mom/dad/wife/boss (not necessarily in that order) and are busy lamenting.

- Are ones who are uncles, aunties, granddads, grandmoms, old chachas, old mamas, old mamis, old nanas, old nanis..need i say more? :)

- Are ones who are extra cautious, extra careful, extra slow!! (definitely not me..!)
Total losers...driving at a snail's pace in the middle of the road.
"The traffic may honk like mad behind me..I will go at ma own pace (< 20kmph)" variety.

- Are the singing variety. (Ya! They exist..! definitely me :))
Some of them hum songs..some others howl songs(damn!) !!
Exampli Gratia:
Dude on bike caught hollering in the rain
"Where's the party tonite?! Sumwhr down the hill"
Jus' wanted to stop him and tell --
"Dude, its road and not hill" (Swell!)

Well wot can i say?

"Yovadi picchi vaadiki anandam." -- Telugu saying
(Whose mental his happiness)


Karaoke -

Ek Nazar main bhi pyaar hota hain
Maine sunaa hain
Do baaton main bhi ikraar hota hain
Maine sunaa hain

(Taxi # 9211)

KK's voice - kick ass!:)

There were times..

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..when I used to fail in Hindi first language, ma Hindi grammar was "ped ko upar" [instead of "ped ke upar"] and later I became the Hindi topper :)

..when I was broke and a 100 bucks would mean the world to me and now I could lend some dough maself :D
[Ok ok I still borrow dough! Confession!!]

..when I used to write to a children's mag incesstantly and ma dad was mad at me for wasting ma time until one fine day(s) I got cash prizes for the same :)

..when rains meant sitting at home, getting cozy wid a blanket, chai and pakodis and now its sitting at work, getting cozy with code, coffee and bug fixes :(

..when sketching meant attempting to draw trees,rivers,clouds etc. only now its replaced by doodling at boring meetings :(

..when getting to watch/hear ma favorite Hindi music meant waiting for Chitrahaar, Rangoli..and now its as easy as switching to FM, ipod..

..when Saturday meant "hurrrrrrrrray" [since Saturdays were half days at school] and now its Friday evening !!! still hurrrrrrray :)

..when Sunday TV watching meant Ramayan,Mahabharat etc..and now its HBO, Star Movies 24/7 :)

..when writing crap like above was possible only in ma diary..and now it is possible to publish online and call it "blogging" :)
[But i still *publish* in ma diary :)]

Yay! Times change..

Karaoke:

chanda chamke cham cham chikhen chaukanna chor
chiti chaate chini chatori chinikhor..

..pakke ped par paka papita paka ped ya paka papita
pake ped ko pakde pinku pinku pakde paka papita
[This is the best part of the song! Aamir's rendition rocks!:)]

The Wake up call

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Just want to scream ma lungs out now!

Last nite, I was like a zombie..like a brain-dead person..with the TV switched on..and the Ger vs Italy match goin' on..but my mind transcending a different horizon..

Without sleep and several thoughts in ma head. I went up to ma terrace and stood out in the cold, gazing at the stars, reflecting..

* I never cared or bothered much when ma parents did not pamper me ever. They never do. Its good they do not for several reasons..But I want to be pampered now :(

* I had this abyssmal feeling of not being cared/loved by anyone. And the feeling sucks.

* I have this yellow smily (a ball) at ma desk. I want to be like it. Ever-smiling and never hav depressing thoughts..Not even for a second.

* I was driving today morning to work..and someone tried to overtake me from the left..I shouted "Cant you fcuking wait for a second?" and felt terrible the next second for having said that :(

* There is so much to do at work. And it kills me to be way behind schedule.

* I know am cut out for bigger things..But I never take the initiative..I only dream..and so it remains jus that.."a dream!"

* Everything is so pseudo in this world. Nothing is for real. Nobody is for real.
To each his own..

* I want to give up everything..whatever it is am doing now and go hide sumwhere..in deep woods..and neva come back..Not that I fear the world..I fear myself more than the world around me. That everything I do/say is jinxed.

Yeah I am fooling maself..


Karaoke - *blank*

The haves & the havenots..!!

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Haves: A* armed with the state-of-the-art, "oh-so-sophisticated",breath-taking, making the girls go "ooooh" cell phone (errr...pocket pc) , astronomically expensive, that will make your modest looking phone go greeeeeeen with envy.
FYI - left in the pic

Havenots: S* armed with ummmm...ok-ok phone...with keys that have no numbers/indications(wtf!)...dreaming with greedy eyes abt every other phone set that seems better than this one..playin' in the background "What's he got that I havent?"

[Hmmm..lemme guess...a cell phone with numbers on the keys, u ass!]

FYI - Right in the pic

Moderates: Me armed with a "a-phone-is-meant-only-for -receiving/making-calls" type, no-nonsense, domestic Nokia belonging to every average common Indian citizen..
Neither envious, nor greedy..jus' complacent and contented! :)

FYI - That's right..nowhere in pic!

*Names withheld on request
[request = begging/pleading/bribing/praying/going down on knees..]


Karaoke:

Here I am - this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be..
Here I am - it's just me and you
And tonight we make our dreams come true..

It's a new world - it's a new start!
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day - it's a new plan!
I've been waiting for you
Here I am !!

[Spirit: Stallion of The Cimmaron OST]

Dig Bryan Adams! :)

Just random!

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[Long time..so long post! hehee:)]

Seriously...jus' the random thoughts in ma head now..

* A lazy lazy Saturday..So fished out ma "When Harry Met Sally" DVD :)
And I hafta write it out..the dialog that makes me giggle even before it kicks off!

-- start of dialog --

Sally: He just met her... She's supposed to be his transitional person, she's not supposed to be the ONE. All this time I thought he didn't want to get married. But, the truth is, he didn't want to marry me. He didn't love me.
Harry: If you could take him back now, would you?
Sally: No. But why didn't he want to marry me? What's the matter with me?
Harry: Nothing.
Sally: I'm difficult.
Harry: You're challenging.
Sally: I'm too structured, I'm completely closed off.
Harry: But in a good way.
Sally: No, no, no, I drove him away. AND, I'm gonna be forty.
Harry: When?
Sally: Someday.
Harry: In eight years.
Sally: But it's there. It's just sitting there, like some big dead end. And it's not the same for men. Charlie Chaplin had kids when he was 73.
Harry: Yeah, but he was too old to pick them up.

-- end of dialog --

* Huh?! Whats with men and not liking girls who wear floaters? Why,why why???
All am doing is havin' ma dinner in ma own jolly good world..and ma senior has to tell
"You know those floaters..they arent meant for girls!"

*Fuming*

Hell! Am still wearing them..and will continue to do so!

"Wearin floaters is ma birth right and I shall hav it!"

hehee:) Btw, do they have a "We love floaters" orkut community?

* Its mighty mighty irritating if a mosquito bites you on the tip of the finger..and u cant even itch!
Damn those bastards, they bring in so many diseases..malaria, filaria..am sure they are the ones behind AIDS too.! Go catch dem!

* Ah so...ders sum mundane mediocre desi Indo English movie playin' on STAR.
Title: "Life is not all ha ha he he" [Phew!!]
Laila Rouss is smoochin' evry arbit guy der..
Tryin to make sense of the nonsensical crap...when ma dad [ma english movie partner..] chirps

"You know you guys are so so lucky! Damn you people have all the freedom in the world..Those days they show a flower, a leaf or an umbrella in a movie...and its meant to be a kiss...goddamit.."

hahaha :)

* Hmmm. Been to "Phir Hera Pheri" recently.
Liked this dialog immensely..
"Har dhoti pehnewala Gandhi nahin hota"

LOL! :)

* I got one of those umpteen calls for credit card/personal loan thing while at work..Jus occurred that I might jus as well hav sum fun..

Caller: "Good Morning. This is citi financial..Are you Vijayakumar?"
[Aaargh! They always think am a dude named Vijayakumar! Ok so be it..]
Me: "No am not..are you?"
Caller: "Am looking for Vijayakumar.."
Me: "Shall I go search for one..?"
Caller: "Errr..ma'am am calling from citi...we are offering personal loans..."
Me: "Am not sure Vijayakumar would be interested. But thats when we actually find him..Where is he? And how's he doing? I gotto meet him. So do you know where he is..Its been long..."

Beeeeeeeeeeep! Hung up!

Am such an angel I know ! :)


Karaoke:

I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need...

I'll love you more with evry breath
Truly Madly Deeply do

Savage Garden rules! :)

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Sometimes life just throws rotten shit at you..
You cant help but stand like a goal post and face it..

Karaoke - nil

BITS collage

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Bored at home..wid a swollen foot..
No worries! :)
Tryin ma hand at Picasa..!! Mus' say some reely kool features der!

Karaoke - "Bhool Ja" (Shaan)
Shaan roxxxxxxxx!!! :))))))

Crash!

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Me's in pain :(

It all happnd last nite..
Its one of those "All-day-meetings" day @ work.
Nothing concrete achieved at work. Nevertheless all des meetings happen!
There's dis TO-DO list in ma work book that jus keeps extending..into pages!

boo-hoooo

Hmph! I try to dig in a li'l..mayb finish few of dem..but aint in a mood. Still ders an important demo of a not-so-mind-blowing tool I have developed. That under-confident feeling sux ! :(

I pac at like 20:30 hrs.
Krithika, ma best pal, calls and we chat for sumtime and i make a quick retreat from office!
Only to know am at the wrong time..
(Why??? Why GOD? Why me all the time?)

-- What's irking me at this point --

If I take the flyover instead of the straight road, the flyover is jammed..bcoz sum fcuk vehicle breaks down and is getting towed.

If I take the straight road instead of flyover, then the road is jammed..bcoz 2-3 buses are huddled at a time and no place to slide past dem.

-- This is wot irks me --

So now I have stopped thinking. Dont hafta goddam plan to pick a road! Bcoz its the same result anyways..

Now whr was I?

Yeah. Anoder massive traffic jam! CM saab is entour to sum fcuk place..so blocked the entire goddamed road.

Meanwhile, insights into ma mind:

* Why is so and so javascript takin' such a long time to load..?
* Is it possible to apply for a long leave to Bangalore after June 15th?
* Who mus' b dat slut who hates me so much that he drained a can of brown paint all over ma bike?

Only negative thoughts..I dont like this!

*Sigh*

After half hour of lookin' & thinkin' & singin' & chewin' (Happy Dent) & starin' (at a Skoda)..block is cleared..

I accelerate..20..30..40..50..goin on 60 kmph..and

*thud! baam! boom!*

Sum screwball ran from nowhr..into the main traffic for godssakes!
To save this college kid I put all d pressure on ma brakes!

Result:
Ma bike reeled outta control! and crash!
It fell wid a heavy thud on ma left leg...right on ma toe!
Strangely I neither howled..nor barked at the guy who ran across!
2-3 guys helped me stand up on ma feet. And the college kid was almost about to cry! fcuk!

"Am sorry m'aam" was all he could muster..

I wasnt more appalled at the kid's mistake than at this very moment!
This very moment...Life was at a standstill

What could have happnd if there was sum heavy vehicle behind me when I fell?

Jus' moments before I was cribbing, complaining..and cursing..
Its a wonder how GOD strategically unfolds how life is vulnerable !!
And that it is in our hands (yes! in our goddamed hands nd nobody else's!) whether to appreciate life or not.
And he is in no way responsible for our dumb and useless negative thoughts..

I went bak home...with a swollen leg nd few scratches..still singin' heehee:)
Savouring the moment..

Karaoke - "Nuvvenaa" (Anand) , playin' on Radio City FM
(Still in a daze..Painkiller effect! So no comments..)

A chance meeting..

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[Warning: Long post! Read it at your own risk]

Yeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!Wot a day?!
Saturday rocking'! Still half a solid day to go..and already so much happnd!:)

Hmmm. Morning started wid Radio City FM blarin out "Woh lamhe...!"(original one by Jaal! Jaal rox!)
And me's crooning over a cup of nice strong filter coffee made by mum!:)
Wot more do i want outta life? hehee:)

And den baam!
"Dont sit like a duck all day at home..go to the bank..blah blah...", shoots ma dad.!
Kill me! damn..bank..oh ya wot a pleasure..! And its a month beginning for godssakes!:( (
Dat means a long line of pension seekers...ewwwwwwwww!
I run to the ATM..to withdraw cash..and it keeps tellin' "Transaction declined"

wtf!!!

And even den am not mega peeved...
Bcoz am singin'"chaand sifarish jo karta hamari..." LOL!
Nothin like music to better ur day! :)

Walking aimlessly...And den frm nowhr sumone on kinetic stops...he almost killed me! dammmmm...

Oh boy!!! Ma librarian uncle! :)))))

--Flashback (short one!)--

I was this crazy (still am!) young chic in frocks/skirts religiously borrowing books frm this frndly uncle in the neighborhood.
It was the only library near home..I spent a modest 2 bucks on a book:)[Of course later I bonded with uncle & flicked books w/o payin! hehee:)]

--Flashback done--

Now uncle is like 80 sumthin'...all his age shows..old age sux! :((

*Sigh*

But as enthued as ever!:) Wonder whr he gets all dat energy!!

Uncle: Whr u goin'? Shal i drop u?
Me: To the bank..Oh dats fine! Need sum exercise anyway..Walk is gud.

Uncle: btw, ma son-in-law has come home for a wedding here.
Me: ohhh..mmm (am already thinkin' of goin' to d bank and rigor of standin in the queue..)

Uncle: He's also dun his graduation from BITS
Me: ohhh...

[Pause]

Me: ohhhhh gawwwwd! Frm BITS...ma alumni?
Uncle: He's been in US for few yrs. And has now set up a SW company in Bangalore!
He's leavin today evening...

Me: Lets go..am comin to ur home..NOW!
Uncle: (All smiles!) You havent changed a bit! Same ol' insane u!
Me: Ah cmon! We dont hv time.
Uncle: And bank..
Me: That can wait..

Venue: Uncle's home
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Seated in the living hall.

"Hey u!!", a cheerful greetin' from uncles' son-in-law in shorts.

"Murali!"

*Handshakes*

"Manju!!"

M: Woke up jus' now!
Me: haha![Great guy! I simply love smiling n cheerful ppl ! And ppl who shake hands firmly! It matters!]

M: So which batch BITS?
Me: year 2001
M: Oh man! u r jus a kid then!

Me: [a li'l peeved]Ohh..yeah a fresher grad!
M: No offense! Me's 1992 batch! Dats y..i said u r a kid
Me: Ya! I got dat flak frm a '96 batch senior itself..and u are '92 batch so i can imagine.!

M: Been to BITS in 2000..Its changed a million bucks!
Me: Oh ya! it has..now we got cellphones..

M: U mus b kiddin me!!! U mean like u can communicate wid parents bak home anytime..?? Pilani's got a tower??
Me: Yo!! Airtel, Hutch...u name it we got it!

M: Gosh! Wot else is new?
Me: A lot...ATM's, a super market, a brand new library, LAN connectivity, a lecture theatre complex..
M: lecture theatre wot??!
Me: haha! No sweat! Its a separate buildin' for dos gallery type classes...for the crowded classes, invited lectures and u can view powerpoints..
M: Ohhhhhh..ATM also eh? I remember i used to withdraw 12 bucks frm the bank to hav sam chat(samosa chat)...and stand in dat long crowd for jus' 12 bucks!

*Guffaws*

M: Heard they charge a bomb as fees now?
Me: huh? its like 20K now..
M:[Almost jumps off d couch] waaaaaaaat?! you kiddin' again? Durin' our time it was 4k.
Me: hmmmm. GOA campus might be even more..
M: So waddya do? workin'? which stream.?

Me n M chat for quite sumtime over a glass of cool lemonade!
M talks abt his company...ERP's..peoplesoft, SAP..The rigors of managin a company...Bang's crumbling infrastructure..

M: Hrd u gettin' a car?
Me: yeah!:)

*Beaming*

M: Which one? first car?
Me: Yeah! Damn excited! :) Mayb WagonR.

M: Hey! Try Getz..its a gud one too!
Me: Hrd Santro isnt all gud..

From nowhere Uncle jumps in.."Did u forget I have a Santro..and it works like magic! So dont u dare..."

Me: [Cupping ma smile] Yeah yeah Uncle..Santro then!

And again *gyaan* from M abt wot to pursue in life...Mayb a gud 2-3 yrs in industry, den sum specialisation..
There was no stop until it was lunch time!:)

Heck! It was an helluva intellectual conversation!!:)
Me's in high spirits!
Already imagining like kickstartin' a company after few yrs:)!

Karaoke - "I believe!" (Savage Garden)
Love Darren Haynes! :)

Ma Gabbar's sick..

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:((

Yeah...Gabbar is sick !
Oh btw, Gabbar is what I call ma Honda Activa :)
'Coz its dark, hefty with scratches and dents all over..
hehee:)

FYI, Janani ma teammie, once quipped..
"Oh is your bike the one with the twisted number plate?"
QED.

And like any true Indian..(maa kasam!) I will be damned if i ai'nt a Sholay fan ! :)

But ma Gabbar's in pain now..
Its whining and makin' all those "trut-trut-trut" sounds...
Cannot imagine life sans Gabbar :(

Here's why..
Like sumtimes I hafta take an auto to office.

Attempt 1:
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Me: "Bhaiyya, Raj Bhavan road chalenge kya?"
Auto dude: [Shakes his head vigourously]
Me:[Stepping into auto..]
Auto dude: "Bola na madam, nahin.. "

wtf! he nodded his damn head, dint he?

*Fume*

Attempt 2:
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Me: "Bhaiyya, Raj Bhavan road..." [Before I even finish..]
Auto dude:[Sways his hand..] "Kaali nahin hain"

fcuk! I dont see anybody in der?!

Attempt 3: A different approach
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Me: "Bhaiyya, kaali hain kya?"
Auto dude: "Kahan chalna hain madam? "

[Me's thinking..Should I or should i not repeat ma chorus.]

Me:"Hmm..Raj Bhavan road.."
Auto Dude: "Arre madam, vo tho... "

[I cut him short and am already seated inside..]

Me: "Begumpet rly station pe bohat sare savaari mil jayenge...chalthe hain bhaiyya..time nahin hain..."

Vroommmmm...

Yaaaahooo!!! :)

*Grin*

Moral of the story

Take good care of Gabbar.
- I promise to take it to d service station tom.
- I promise to spruce it up a bit. Get a small tin of black paint dis weeknd.
Gabbar to get bak all its shine. Dark and handsome!:) LOL!

Karaoke - "Aashaayein" (Iqbal)
One of ma fave tracks :)

On da roads..

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Oh yeah! A LOT can happen on the roads..trust me!

Scene 1:
Two dudes on bike racin' past me. Pillion rider dude chirps "Hi babe!"
I wanna tell him "C'mon u! haven't ya seen Priyanka Chopra thing yet? She's the one who's babe!"

When will dudes learn..
*Sigh*

Scene 2:
Dude on bike speakin' on cell phone thingee..
Cmon u guys (n gals too!) Its friggin' "uncool" to talk on cellphone while drivin' :(

Scene 3:
I take the wrong turn at a junction..
The traffice police guy waves me to a corner
"Gaadi kaise chalaare aap? Idhar 'U' turn allowed nahin hain"
Signals at the warning sign nearby.

*Bang*

Me's remembered that scene from Hyderabad Blues..
"Main kaun hoon jaante ho kya? Police commissioner ka naam suna kya?"
Should I try dat here? hehee :)
Hmmm. ma girl instincts tell otherwise. I strain ma throat and let out the most sweet sugar coated voice...
"Soooorrrrrry bhaiyya"
"Theek hain theek hain..", he muffles.
I flash dat lady like smile at him and race away :)

*Giggle*


Scene 4:
Ders dis car guy behind me honkin' his ass off on da road. Like he's in some mighty hurry to go pee somewhere..fcuk!
I slide past him and let him go ahead.
Now am behind..so..waddya expect?
I kept honkin' ma ass off too!
Copycat me ! heehe:)

*Chuckle*

Karaoke - Pehla Nasha (Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikandar)
Oh man, I would die for this song!

School Reunion - Chapter II

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Me's reely bored abt prolonging the story of my first school reunion..
So am jumpin' ahead to the second one we had last Sunday :)

Hmm. The whole Sunday am only lazin' arnd, curlin' up on ma bed like a python after heavy lunch with a book and sum music in d backgrd..Dedicated like 16 hrs for sleep dat day ! heehe:)
I get a call to haul up ma ass to Eat Street by 7pm. Another school reunion.

The same stony faces - Arun n Shivaram..
New entries - Sarfaraz, RaviKiran.
After 2 guesses I recognise RaviKiran. I could sense he was cursin' his guts out at me! heck!!
Am not to blame..I hardly interacted wid dat guy at school!
Now he works at Intelli..and smitten equally by a girl as he is by his office cafetaria.

Sarfaraz: Jus' bac frm Australia. Am too busy to take out time..Been to Dubai, UK..

*Blink*

Sarfaraz: Yeh Eat Street chillar place hain..Chillar saale sab..

Then again, S takes us all the way frm Hyd to Sec'bad in his extra posh...ummm...scorpio I think
[Am dumb wid which car is wot..so car freaks pardon me!]

Venue: Friends Corner, MarredPally..

Sarfaraz in action.. "Arre chote, teen milk shakes, ek mosambi, ek pineapple..aur do special aloo toast...Yeh sab mere khaas log hain!"
Sarfaraz: "Abey main Anil se mila YMCA ke paas..pataa hain..usko main kya bola?..tereko maine dasvi class main bohat maraa tha yaad hain kya.."

We guys recollect abt S's activities at school..
He used to fight...and...ummm...yeah fight...& only fight..
Sumthin' like a school don..

--flashback--

Sarfaraz cracks some joke during Hindi class...The hindi sir is supposed to be the terror among the teachin' staff..
Somethin' like we all students used to drop our heads and never look at him eye to eye types..
We called him "Guruji" out of respect.
Guruji is irked..and S very crisply reveals the joke..
"I dreamt abt you goin' on a bike with a girl"
*Thunder*
A massive slap lands on S's cheek and he's held by the collar and pulled to the principal's office.
Suspension for 3 days..

--flashback ends--

S continues: "Maa ki..
**Beep**
"Maine use bas yehi bola tha ki kisi ladki ke saath use dekha tha...vo ladki uski joru ya beti ho sakthi thi na?!..Saala..
**Beep**
And then another explosion.."Am engaged and gettin' married in anoder 4 months..Fiancee's from US..", says S

Next halt: S's larger than life home at Mahendra Hills..
All he wants us to do is know he has got 5 cars...coupla dogs barkin'...sum imported bike that would delight bike enthusiasts.[ Again forgot the bike brand.sorry, too bad at automobile knowledge..]

So he hauls us into anoder car..and now starts boasting abt the stereo system in the car...
Sarfaraz: "Dekh ab full volume lagaatum..."
Shivaram: "Abey, Fanaa ke gaane chala.."
And boom! "Chand Sifarish..." blazin' from this stereo piece dats makin ma hair stand!
Me: "Kam kar...pleeeeeeeeeeease!"
Jus' when S reduces..
Arun: "Abey clarity nahin hain.."
Sarfaraz: "Aisa kya...?"
Again raised the volume
I shoot a menacin' look at Arun..
I reached back home like 11pm..And still I can hear S.."Arre yeh B&C, Touch, Liquids..saare apne hi hain...ma frnds chalatey hain..jaane ka hain to bolo..."
Aarrgh!!

Karaoke - "Chand Sifaarish.." (Fanaa)
Simply love Shaan!:)

Know thy music..

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Did ya know that the track "Dont Phunk With Ma Heart" by Black Eyed Peas used the legendary Kalyanji-Anandji's compositions?
Hmm. Knew this jus' last nite flipping thru the newspaper. Pity! Not many know this..In fact Black Eyed Peas won the '05 Grammies for this song!!

*Sigh*

When ma demented mind registers a tune, it never let go's the damned tune outta ma friggin head. Like am seated at the exam hall for ma final semester Network Programmin' paper. I simply jus' cant stop crooning "Chunari Chunari" from Biwi no.1
Wots wid the friggin tune..I mean one second you are actually tryin to figure out which is better..shared memory or pipes or FIFOs and..
Bang! There it goes.."Chunari chunari.." playin ma head..Jus' not able to shut it out! :(

And one whole day yesterday, am only singing "Nahin Saamne.." number from Taal. Am so freaked abt this song ma entire goddamned life, that I know Hariharan holds his breath for one word "Preyasi" in this song for exactly 17.65 secs!! heehe:)
Ma record - 11.63 secs (jus' tried last nite) & improving..Yeah baby :)

Or did ya know Sukwinder S sings "Ramta jogi" & pronounces the word "jogi" in 23 different ways in the song??

*Blink*

Karaoke - "Tu Aashiqui hain" (Jhankar Beats)
Right now thats the tune in ma head..
RD Burman rocks :)

36,China Town

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Its one of those "not so hectic but felt like hectic" days at work. There's quite a bunch I learnt at work today!! Me's happy :)
Then Arun, Shivaram and maself settle for 36 China Town movie at PVR's. We simply love PVR's for the leg space :) There goes "makemytrip.com" advert for the nth time. Man! Someone ask the PVR guys to run some other ad for a change!
Meanwhile, Shivaram is all excited and jumpy. He is one of those "show me a movie and I forget the world around me" types. heehe. Deeply involved in the movie already.!

"Aa aa aashiqui main teri..." blares loudly..Hmm. Quite a catchy number. Methinks Himesh Reshammaiya's nasal tunes rock :) The other songs were quite a dud though :(

Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever for some comic relief. It seemed like Kareena and Shahid were holidaying at the film financier's expense!
Trust me, it was all along an Akshaye Khanna movie..

He is the man..
He is the saviour..
He is the one..

Ok, I will cut the shit. Honestly, he's ma passion these days..heehe:) So dont trust me! If I can watch "Shaadi Se Pehle" with undying zeal, you can gauge ma degrees of passion for him.!

*Grin*

One lame thing about the movie..They dump all the characters in a brainless song during the climax and make Akshaye holler "Mujhe tumhe dilchaspi hain.."
Ugh!! Now I hate Himesh R :-/
Is this some kinda "Gaana gao khooni ko dhoond nikalo" contest?

*Sigh*

The ending was as flat as the Tandoori Pizza (yumm! ) we had at Pizza Hut for dinner.
These smileys are for the Pizza Hut guys :) :) :) You rock!
And then the shocker..Shivaram pulls out crisp notes of 100 from his wallet and pays the bill.!!
Shivaram PAYS the bill!! Arun almost fell off frm his chair..heehe!
Seriously, this is a bad sign..Somethin' bad's gonna happen..

22:40 hrs..Am at home..News ticker on NDTV..
"9 crore worth gold jewellery burgled from Alukkas, Hyd."
I told you somethin' bad's gonna happen...


Karaoke - Nahin Saamne yeh alag baat hain...(Taal)
Hail Akshaye! :)

Weekend fun!

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U bet ma ass! I had fun or wot?!

Saturday's events -

Went for a breakfast buffet with K at Jiva's
Any south indian worth their salt would have loathed the idlis & coconut chutney. I mean whatever happened to something called *perfection*?
But then good smelling food and some good music can raise ma spirits to the peak! hehee :)
Stuffed maself..and walked bac to ma den..
den = work desk :)

Explored on log4j for an hour. But something was nagging me...
It was the *great school reunion* i was looking forward to ! :)

Lunch - Dragged K and ma senior to Shanghai Dice.
K and me were full from the breakfast we ate. We ordered fruit punches.
And the bill...fcuk! We were billed a massive 175 for 2 fruit punches! Can you take that..?!!

** timepass **

And the school reunion at 17:00 hrs.

Me and Shivaram were in time. Then Arun joined..
Looked here and there...Is anyone at all gonna come?

Me: "Am bored of seeing your stony faces..Where are others?"
Shivaram: "I was here by 10 mins before 5pm"
Arun: "Lemme call Sarfaraz"

15 mins...30 mins...

Shivaram: "You know I was here by 10 mins before 5pm"

In walks someone..We recognise instantly..Darshan!
Me, S and A in chorus : "Abey Darshan!!!"
The same ol' funny ass Darshan! Not that I interacted much with him at school.
I only remembered he was fond of singing the then sensational song from the movie "Dil" - Kambhe jaisi kadi hain...Shola hain phuljadi hain..
hehee :)
Now he is some hotshot at Reliance Capital ! And he's gonna fly to London he says..

Shivaram: "You know I was here by 10 mins before 5pm"

wtf !! some long, windy errors are getting thrown in ma Eclipse..fcuk! Gotta get bak to work.
More laters..

Ma previous blog

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Oh by the way, my previous blog...
http://www.manjuvijay.blogspot.com/

A bumper sticker I saw recently..
"Men call us birds. We pick worms."

Karaoke - Jiya dhadak dhadak (Kalyug)
:)

The World of M

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M for..
Mango - the king of fruits
Mother - the noblest soul (belated Happy Mothers Day!)
Meg Ryan - the cutest thing on earth
Mocha - yummm..
Mercedes - ooh!
Mallika Sherawat - umm..
Mangeshkar, Lata - nightingale of India.. [what? Its perfectly right in Outlook..heehe:)]
Movies, music - all such nice things :)
Manju - ahem!

Strange things happen..

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- Am on the edge of the couch while watching a horror flick at 23:00 hrs and an ugly rat sticks his hideous head out in the living room. LIVE !! An hour of chasing it out follows. Time well spent.

- I discover mah school mate also works at mah workplace after a year of being around! Better late than never :)

- One of mah colleagues' last day at office. I shake hands and wish him well. "Good luck", I say. He replies "Thanks. And please go to the gym". I feel like a sumo wrestler already..

- Am waving like a fanatic at someone on da road. Though it was mah friend. Only I got the "are-you-insane" sorta look from the stranger. Rightly said!

- Am about to walk into a restaurant with ma senior when a petite lady in black posted at the entrance stops me and warns "You need to pay a minimum 500 per head here whether you eat or not"
Mah reaction: "Thank you for the red alert" and take to mah heels.

- Am at the parking lot and I see someone trying to steal mah bike! fcuk! I rush to him. "What do you think you are doing with mah bike?" I ask him. He shoots back a strange expression. Pause. Then says,"Thats what even am asking you", signalling me to the number plate. Sense prevails. I grin sheepishly and make a quick retreat..