Saturday at home

As i sat at my friends comp in his office waiting to go drink a cup of coffee, I can here a song by velvet revolver on one side and tom jerry cartoon blaring from the TV in the conference.

i wondered how long i would have to wait,

I guess life is all about either waiting. Can we do more than wait, how can we take charge of the situation and turn that time to something usefull.

Bliss

How does one define bliss? in fact is an off shoot of bliss attaining nirvana?

these are question that have been going around in my head ever since I listened carefully to Beck's song pressure zone.

The lyrics of the same are beneath

The countryside is overgrown
There's a lighthouse in her soul
Wrestling with butcher girls
She don't ever change her clothes
Masterpieces liquidate in fertile tears
I could sleep inside her bones
A hundred years
Lizards in the pressure zone
Mother knows it's only a phase
Cherry gardens feel like ice
Hazard lights from her past
Underneath the broken bridge
Hookers hug illegal dads
Masterpieces liquidate in fertile tears
I could sleep inside her bones
A hundred years
Lizards in the pressure zone

To be or Not to be

Just turned thirty, if it were not for my wife i know not what i would do,

Work is exactly enjoyable, looking for new employment is not something i want to do

what do i do

The question more likely is: To do or Not to do..........

Dead Mouse in office

Alas it was killed in a fit of frustration

life

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Change

If you do not change you will become extinct

life has been full of pitches and bitches

I rest my case

i refuse to read other blogs

I refuse to read other blogs for the reason that someone will give out the details of HP 7.

Bah

today would qualify as slow draining of the grey cells

HP 7 on email

for all those who are upset plesase read http://sumatrawoman.blogspot.com/2007/06/spoiler-harry-potter-7-deathly-hallows.html

What do women want

When we are born, our mother's get the compliments and the
Flowers. When we are married, our brides get the presents and the
Publicity. When we die, our widows get the life insurance.

What do women want to want

ps. i am going to get alot of flack for this but then again this is my blog and I will write what ever i feel like

What does the picture imply

does it say who it is
does it what it lacks
does it say what it wants
does it say what is its needs

the picture

Life and its choices

Was sitting in office and pondering over the choices one has in life, and the issues in finaly selecting a particular road to take,

This Picture sums its up

House guests

Well one of my good friends, Mallu boy bring it on is coming home, will be fun coz we will be meeting ms Mallu boy bring it on for the first time, and Mallu boy bring it on will be meeting my better half,

normal and innocent as it sounds i really dont want it to turn into a slanging match of did you know JJ did that or i go Mallu boy bring it on did this

wont be the best of ways to introduce each others better halfs

WISH ME BEST OF LUCK

Sleep, trust

well last night had to stay over at a friends place to take care of his dog,

i just couldnt sleep, i now know that his ceiling needs to have 12 holes filled,

came into office read one of those 'why was i sent this email" fwds. but there was an interesting line in it about trust in a relationship.

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold urs and the rest for sure will follow.

met batman after 4 yrs for lunch today, was nice to meet him hes still the same not even put on a "8 pack" tummy

Funny thing about a heater. computer and a light bulb

• A hot water faucet that leaks one drop per second can add up to 165 gallons a month. That's more than one person uses in two weeks. (talk about the leaky cauldrons)
• A heavy coat of dust on a light bulb can block up to half of the light ( my god have to do some cleaning my self)
• When you turn on an incandescent light bulb, only 10 percent of the electricity used is turned into light. The other 90 percent is wasted as heat.(no wonder its so bloody hot in the house)

was reading if we all switch of computers when we go home at whatever time the saving will help increase your increament (what a nice way to put it) my boss is no longer talking to me accroding to him his spamfilter is on super high

Conversation

Conversation between F and I today morning. f and I used to work together till he went out of the country

J: sup Bro

f: nothin much bro... ,same shit, diff day..

J: dude make it happen dude, make it happen

f: yaaaaaaaaaaaawn...

you know what time i get to office daily?? , take a wild guess....

J: 8 in the morning

f: 7 fucking 15 man!!!!!

J: what,why so early(now here me is thinking how F could never get into office before 11)

f: have never seen sunrise for last i don knw how many years.... n here it looks like im waking the sun up!!!

J: the question here is why

f: office starts at 8!

"When adversity sets in the seeker seeks a source of responsiblity"
so said some famous general.

Post monday blues

well the day started of pretty good with news for ears. The CEO is in town, the plan was simple everybody wear black arm tags. Reason being CEO would ask why are we in mourning. Simply say we are mourning mr incentive who has died a slow death in the last 4 months,

alas what to do neither tags happened nor was mr incentive reborn,

and thus the idea died a quick death, nor did CEO meet us,

long live MNC company

Monday

Was reading wikipedia on the meaning of Monday (pron. IPA: [mʌn.deɪ] or [mʌn.di]) is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. It gets its name from the Moon, which in turn gets its name from Mani (Old English Mona), the Germanic Moon god.

Well how typical to say is the day between Sunday and Tuesday, how ever its hilarious the various conotations that this day has, from music, to write ups to comic strips, etc. however at the end of this whats most important is that its sad day to have coz the working week starts and today is one of those weeks where i have alot of work and i dont feel like working

Curse of working and having a drink at the same time

went to office in the morning coz we had a brainstorming meeting (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA) i find that so funny, coz every one came late, we then decide to have meeting at the downtown pub beef and whisky end result i have come back home, watching the live earth concert on TV which is pretty good(so far) trying to work on someother presso and am feeling quite drunk(whisky in the afternoon) thats worse than college

well cheerio i am off to finish that stupid presso which i have done more than the title and thank you for the end

adios change your F&$#ing light bulbs you ^%$%$ (thats the whisky not me) my kids wont have a playground

Todayisoneofthoseiamnotsureofwhattowriteabouttopicsbutkeptreadinglinktonewblofsfromregularreadingblogs

Well reading blog after blog i just realised that blogs really represent some hidden desire of the write to vent vent and fucking vent

The last couple of days in office

I feel as if I am entering into an internet cafe, spend the whoel day chatting and browsing and logging off at 6..!!!

i need some interesting work

The Tippling Effect

sounds like some major scientific theory, but in reality it is "my lack off " resistance to resist a crystal glass with three cubes of ice and a few ounce of some good bourbon or scotch.

Every night for the last one week i have been fighting this loosing battle to stop lifting lovely looking pieces of crystal. Help Help Help need some suggestion of how to say NO.

Smoke of life

A hilarious letter my friend wrote

My Cigarette story.

My first fascination for anything related to that 84 mm white stick was born, as a child when I gathered from the litters on the muddy roads near my home, the magical silver and golden leaves that would iron so perfectly with an adolescent’s finger tips and nails. These would then be safely placed on a treasure container, a broken new plate collected from the garbage where my mother had disposed the same immediately on its unshapely arrival, which itself was a treasure in those May rain days, among other treasures like chocolate wrappers, a handle less mug, stones collected from various beaches, and beads from broken necklaces which were never worn…

The same fascination thrives in me when I hold that packet promising ‘Guarantee of the gold standard in smoking pleasure’ with words in juxtaposition saying, ‘tobacco seriously damages health’. Seriously damages health! How different it sounds from the usual “smoking is injurious to health”!

This treasure I hold in my bag or jacket pocket with immense pleasure and care from the beginning of its arrival; protecting it from rains and winds, and the eyes of my well wishers; wrapping it up in envelopes or clothes or even inside biscuit and noodles packets. The packet and its desirable contents go through various phases of hiding except when the desire and the surrounding permit it to take a peep at the loud, vibrant, put on world, before it dies its own death. Throughout its dying, or rather living to death, the white stick gives its killer the exquisite pleasure, the quick short kick, the nostalgia and nausea and the life time companionship that only they with the “impeccable blend of exclusive tobaccos” (as advertised by Wills’) can provide.

I watch the flame giving life to mine. The way that life eats through every cell and brown leaf of that cylindrical body. I watch the way I feed on it like a hungry dog feeding on a melting flesh, trying to grab as much before it melts completely. I watch, with immense satisfaction of a killer, the dying cigarette, dying into smoke and ashes in no time and on its journey to death, leading me to mine.

- Faraz Khan

Hilarious milestone

cudos to Pranab Mooken for sending this hilarious milestone

Jack and Jill

well last night we tried to set up the Ashu boy - with "Jill", no idea what happened / transcribed coz Ashu boy started talking crap as ususal. As for jill she went home with a smile on her face,

Love is indeed a strange feeling that really cant be just taught

in the words of mary oliver
‘To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.’


I find this line just amazing

Did you know how to tough it is to buy a bed

Went bed shopping yesterday,it was really tough, the reason being i didnt follow the following "Process"

Step One
Measure your bedroom and doorway before you decide on the size of bed to purchase. You will need at least 15 to 18 inches of space on either side of the bed to move around comfortably.

Step Two
Think about whether you will be sharing the bed and how much you or your partner moves around at night before you come up with the size. Beds come in six different sizes: king (sometimes called eastern king), California king, queen, full (or double), twin and twin extra-long.

Step Three
Purchase a king, California king or queen for one or two people. A king works well for those who frequently change positions during the night.

Step Four
Try a full if the bed is for one person. A full is probably too small for two adults, especially if one or both frequently move about.

Step Five
Buy a twin-sized bed for one child or one adult. Two twins are great for children who have sleepovers. Allow for 24 to 30 inches of space between beds.

Step Six
Add four inches to the length of your bed for the headboard and four for the footboard. Once you've added these to the measurements of the bed frame, you have the total width and length of your bed.

A train to town

Well after a few years my wife and I decided to take the train to kerala, we were accompanied by Ashu, Mir, Dada and Small

it was really fun coz we sat doing nothing yet tried to entertain ourselves continously.

"Diluted" orange juice and made the sleeping process easier

Wedding Boxing day

Well today was fun coz we unpacked all the gifts that we got but what made it interesting was the bottle of nice jose cuervo courtsey Ashu boy

I am tired of smiling but extremely happy

Boy Oh Boy 8OO odd guest, two functions, 1000 odd snaps. Smiling can get tiring, but at the end of the day the both us might be tired but we are very happy

Couple at the registrars with extended family

Navaz weds JJ

I am Finally married, i sweated so much at the registrar's. Navaz's Ma and Pa came, so that was so very good, Was fun for both families to meet each other at the registrar's office

1 more day

Parents are in town, picking people, am not allowed to meet the bride this is not nice

2 more daysssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

mutliple venues mutliple dress codes multiple languagages multiple customs

every thing seems to be raised to the power of 5

and again the only constant is CHANGE

3 MORE DAYS

My oh my oh my ,

3 days more, the question running through my mind are dime a dozen and the worst part is i dont have any more dime

?????????????

arbid rambling of words again.

As always me to you

Aerosmith - living on the edge

Check these guys out man pure energy on the stage,

thanks to Bhagya Prakash K for the photo

8 days more Part II

SK is good friend. she is supposed to support

SK posting snide comments me not liking

SK help only

8 days more

Train tickets and booking the are not a pleasent experience

got the passes for the Aerosmith show

Jitters getting worse

Help - me not loose my sanity

Jitters again

nine more days to go

Was thinking of the song of a 100 green bottles hanging on the wall

think hard as much as i can still cant get the message of the song unmixed from the countdown in my life

Count Down Has BEGUN

My oh My me getting married in exactly ten days

Jitters more Jitters feels like all the critters are crawling up pants,

Snapping at everyone

is this write, I raise my eyes to the heavens and beg god for help,

Confused

life as such is full of twist and turns

Conflicting Opinions

"As long as the reason of man continues fallible,
and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions
will be formed"

James Madison

What do you have to say about this

hiatus

Well its been some time since i have written, the hiatus could be attributed fair and square to the fact of 4 letter word, Lazy

how does one define the word lazy: - Conducive to idleness or indolence.

the next issue is what does Conducive mean

Well that to put in "perspective" one can just say i cant give a rat's ass

Jazz part 2

well continuing with Jazz, shiva posted a comment asking me for some new age jazz guys,

well in my opinion it could be perfromers like B. D. Lenz, Bob Magnusson, Dave Liebman, Dave Samuels, Emil Richards, Jimmy Haslip, Joel Dilley, John Beasley, Mathew von doranMatt Harris, Matthew Von Doran,
Melvin Lee Davis, Peggy Stern, Pete Carney, Peter Erskine, Steve Lockwood, Vince Mendoza


Happy listening Shiva.0

Jazz

Well day started quite late after the airport pick up,

Got into office and was listening to music, soon Shiva and I started talking Jazz,

Was asking him on his latest DVD on Jazz,

It turned out to be a charlie parker story, which talks about other eras of jazz, some kick ass pure and classic jazz track and some amazing b&W still photographs.

This led on to the jazz i have on my comp mentioned the greats like davis, coltrane, J Roberts and then went to mention new age jazz which i have just started listening too.

Shiva asked how does one really classify new age jazz
So here goes : - New Age Jazz, Although this category may seem to be an oxymoron, there are many jazz musicians that have experimented with the textures, colors and moods of what is known as “New Age”. Music.
The term literally describes a music for a new age that can, among other things, promote the use of Asian healing arts, the power of meditation and generally an acceptance of mysticism.The category of "World Jazz" (see Genres) embodies some of the same culturalviewpoints, but is generally more rhythm-driven.
A style of modern music characterized by a relaxing or dreamy texture derived from quiet harmonies and drones, often incorporating synthesizers and acoustic and ethnic instrumentation

Work culture

Got in early as usual to office and there was no one time for the meeting,

the meeting started off and then voila here is the out come.

Photo credits Satish Mani http://tomsat.fotopic.net

Spent the day on the road

Woke up late too some hot Dosas though i couldnt make and eat any nice chutney along with it.

Better half came over and we left after a yum lunch and spent 2 hours in the traffic to get to BIEC. Why do people park on the f#$king road. Its beyond my comprehension,

Spent half an hour at www.imtex.co.in was fun coz the stalls were planned well and so were the designs,

what else to do, drive back and reach home to find that idiots on the road rioting again for no rhyme or reason.

Adios hitting the sack early coz today is star wars night

Saturday - a day of mixed musing

Hit office for a meeting that started 2 hours late,

spent the afternoon with good old friends, thata in town and couple of beers to wash down Mahadevans cooking, yum. (by now my post i thinks seem to get boring with all that talk off food)

Who cares but my stomach,

The lime bacardi breezer is a very understated drink, and i seem to have the taste for it growing on me quite fast.

It Jobby C, birthday, couldnt make for the his get together and knowing him it would have been fun.

Crashed suprising early, was just poooped.

Sums today

Sea Food diet

Well the wedding season's finally are over, One cousin and 3 friends. Was fun coz all i did was to eat and drink, that too not in that order. Well the end result was quite visible and could be felt by that pinch around my waist. To tell the truth i think its due to the costal weather - it made my belt shrink.

Wonder who all are going to pass nasty comments on my more that obvious battle of the bulge.

Popes wedding

Pope's wedding was fun, though i have to say the Aunt S's house is beautiful

Quite a lot of us , the food was good,

When i will stop being a slave to food,

That is the question for the year i think.

Other than that enough of blah blah and bluh bluh

see the pictures

Getting ready for Coorg

Small came was picked up by ashu,

Reached home late small complained,

went to take 5 had a drink went with small to pick the better half from the airport

picked Zu went to station, was chaos

after 1 engine, 2 trains, 3 coffeevallas, 4 dogs, 1 wrong compartment and 13 compartment sprint

Finally coorg here we come.

End result is quite Obvious.

Better half is off

The better half left again, confusion on whether i could go and say bye at the station, eventually never made it

missing her like hell but she will be back soon

Power of Viral Marketing

was working on a plan for one of my clients and came across this article that helped me finalize my plans

Viral marketing is very quickly becoming an effective and low-cost method of getting a message out to consumers. Like many marketing concepts in use on the Internet today, viral marketing leverages the collaborative nature of the Internet.
On a conceptual level, the term "viral marketing" can be used to describe any marketing technique that positions a group of consumers as advocates for a brand or product. Typically, though, viral marketing is executed as a message that is disseminated through email and forwarded indefinitely by the folks who receive it. (By Tom Hespos November 2, 2000)

Sunday

Slept late, woke up late, new maid came told her to come later, wondering what to do now,

Maid came told her what to do,

House is back in action,

Better half came said nice things

went out in the evening did grocerys

TV yipee, coz they showing starwars

More Weddings

Was supposed to go for LK's and Bincy's wedding but decided against it coz the boss mentioned dont come back if you dont come to office today.

So spent the day in office nearly fell off to sleep twice,

What, What, What to do!!!

Dev's Wedding

Well the entire gang got together for M C's and Maya's wedding, was good fun,

Though taking the group photo was more than i could stomach, Didnt know it takes 20 minutes to assemble 30 people,

Had a blast, the booze was good, the company better and the food the best.

how fresh does fish get

Well 2nd day at my parents place, had a craving for the fish, I asked the cowboy he said wait a minute young man takes a sickle and says follow me,

steps in to the river and then vola fresh fish

I wish i could do that then wouldnt have to work just catch fish and eat.

Cant think straight

ALL I WANT IS A BED

On the bus to kerala

Well nice Raj Travels bus, ticket booked online, 9 hours and this is what you get.

2 smelly feet,

2 tired people

and

1 lousy movie