23 December 2006

Holidays

No, unfortunately, they don't give us holidays in office. One thing I miss from college, this is. Atleast one month between semesters, or sometimes even 2 months. Not that I made use of those holidays. I used to get bored in them.

So, now I had to take 4 days leave from office, from which I have got 10 days of holidays! Yay! I am going out of station tomorrow. I know I will get bored where ever it is I am going (I know where I am going btw ). So I brought books with me to read. Its been a long time since I read like how I used to read before. Whole day I would just read a book, coz I had to finish it before I could sleep. And everyone around me would get bugged coz I owuld be trying to ignore them as much as possible.

So the point is, I will not be bloggin for a week. Maybe if I get my hands on a computer, I will blog. I will really miss my computer the most. Gosh, a week without a computer. I hope I don't go mad. But the change will be good anyway from office, so its a good thing. So see you all next year!

Merry christmas people, and have a blast at the new year. Happy new year!

19 December 2006

The ride to office

So I am on my way to work on the bus, right? So we are all sitting in the bus, happily chatting away, when we realize that there is a stop, which the driver almost missed. (Missed coz he’s a new driver, who is dumb, and will never remember when to stop and where)

So we yell at the driver, “stop at the left”. And this driver just sweeps to the left, without even looking who is there behind the bus. And uh oh, there was a car (who was trying to overtake from the left, idiotic guy). But luckily, nothing happened. And there was NO crash.

But it does not end here. What happens is, the car then goes ahead of the bus, and stops right in front of the bus. Driver applies sudden brake. We stop. And this furious lady comes out of the car, gets into the bus, and starts yelling at the poor driver. Now this driver is a young, lean (and I might add, small) guy. And he does not say anything.

It gets better. Then, the lady’s husband (probably, I am just guessing here) comes near the driver’s window (which was unfortunately open) and holds the driver from the collar. He almost pulls him out of the window! (Damn funny it might have been, provided I was not so shocked (And confused!) about what was happening). And then he just leaves. Just leaves!!

And then, the (bus) driver also, calmly moves ahead. I mean, no reaction from the driver at all.

But what I don’t understand is, why those people from the car got so pissed! It didn’t even touch the car. But then, I don’t know how close it was to the car either. Whatever it was, too much of road rash these days!

17 December 2006

Yo!

This weekend is so weird. I’ve done nothing, and I feel so good (because of the fact that I’ve done nothing? Who knows! )

My driver’s license is expiring tomorrow. The learner’s license, that is. And by the way, I still have not learned how to drive. I will be wasting 100 bucks because of that. What will be better is, if I don't get it renewed at all. There is no point anyway. I haven't touched the car in something like 3 months. I am petrified of driving, and I don't know why! I mean, I can drive the two wheeler, and I can rip in it, like there is no tomorrow. But I can't sit and drive a car, so strange! And also so irritating, damn!

Whole of saturday was spent listening to music, and now, sunday again, I am doing nothing. I can watch a movie or something. Should go and see what's on TV today.

Oh, and I didn't eat ice cream yesterday. All coz others change their mind so easily, sigh! When I don't want to eat something, I will get it, and if I make up my mind to eat something, I won't get it. Why! Why why why! So many questions, and no answers. Who needs answers anyway. We all know that there are no answers.

16 December 2006

FadedLights

Hehe, I was just reading all my old blog posts (don’t ask me why :D)and damn, I was laughing at the things I wrote. And then I started reading all the comments, and I could not stop laughing. Nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon, I know.

Man, I used to be in so much of trouble. And how I was in college. All the pranks, and my phone getting confiscated by the principal. Damn funny it was. The best part is that I was so annoyed by everything, that I actually wrote all that. I’ve become wayyy to serious now. Didn’t even realize it, till I read what I wrote. Damn it. I thought I would not like reading my old posts, coz earlier I used to write a diary (not anymore), and once I read what I wrote in that diary, and I was so messed up for the rest of the day!. But this was good. I really enjoyed it.

Everything that I thought about then, was how to write internals, and how to study, when to study. All that shit. Wow. How and what have I become now. Even though all I wrote was “random crap” I didn’t give a damn. (and now I do)

Some things never change though. I still like Amsterdam (no explaining on this). I am still a veggie. I still forget things. And I am still lazy. (In fact, I am more lazy than ever!)

Now I remember that all silly things used to bother me, like moving the computer away from my room, and things like that. It still does. But now, I think too much about it. Then, I used to get irritated, and think how to make things right. And now, I just give up. Will have to go back to doing what I was doing. Gosh! I used to be so silly!

Anyways, half of this wont make sense. Its not supposed to.

I’m gonna go eat ice cream now. Hot chocolate fudge, here I come. This is your last day!

11 December 2006

Chasing bikes.

Yes, I’ve been away for too long. Don’t ask me what I was up to, coz I don’t know myself. Well, actually I do. But then, come on! Its been like, so long since I’ve even blogged, that I had forgotten how much I liked to blog. I just don’t remember what all I was doing. Not that you are interested anyway.

Ha! Suddenly I realized that it has been more than a year since I got this blog. Also, that I have not even opened my blog in such a long time. A comment to my blog, which landed in my mailbox, got me to realize that yeah, there is this blog of mine. And that I should write something. How much I’ve changed since a year! And it’s been so long since I got the job. Been so long since I started working.

Work is good, so much better than college. I’m tired of the same question asked by so many people. “How is work? Liked college, or work”. I mean, c’mon. Where is the comparison? Two different things, people!

The best part though, about working, is that you get paid. Money does not seem important to me, not now anyways. So you get to do stuff that you would not do, if you had to ask your parents for money. I would never be able to even ask for money from parents, not for bowling anyway! I went bowling twice. And it was so much fun. If you have not bowled, go do it. With lots of people. And make lots of noise too. And bug everyone around you. Ok, so that is not really easy to do. And writing that sentence does not mean that I bug everyone around me. I also got a new phone, went go-karting! Stuff that I never did when I was in college, for whatever reasons. I still am the first person to reach a place, and I still end up waiting for others. Sigh! Some things never change, now do they?

Now, the question remains, if I will continue writing, or if this will be the last post for maybe 3 months. Or 4. Who knows? And who cares. And who reads this thing now! I’m surprised! Suddenly, I am full of enthusiasm to write, but I have had this enthusiasm before, and I didn’t write. I don’t even remember what stupid reason it was coz of which I stopped writing. I was even considering getting a new blog and writing something there, coz everything is new. So get a new blog too, yeah? But I was too lazy to get something new.

I had to shift my room. Coz my stupid sister didn’t have enough light to study in her room? So now, my sister stays in my beautiful room, and I stay in her horrible room. Gosh, I can’t believe I am still not over my room. It’s been 2 weeks already! But my old room! Sigh! The walls, the windows, the view, looking out of the window early in the morning, the place where I charged my phone, the place where I kept my bag. All gone. I’m getting my good old room in 6 months though. Which is a good thing. But by then, I would have gotten used to the room that I am in now, and I will hate moving again! Yikes!

All right. I guess that is enough for the day. If I don’t stop now, I would go on writing, and never stop. That always happens to me. Either I have lots to write, or I have nothing to write. So what’s good though? Writing lots, or nothing? Another question! When will the questions end?

Ps. the title is called chasing bikes, coz I can name it whatever I want. It’s my wish, you know? BTW, "chasing cars" is an awesome song. Search for it, and listen to it. Now!

04 October 2006

And everything stops because…

There is nothing to do this day. There are no shops open, no movies shown in theaters, no cable on TV (nothing except Kannada channels), and no public transport. People will probably start pelting stones if anyone goes out anyways. And all this, because of some dumb bandh. Something that we all are made to follow whether we like it or not. Because we don’t have a choice.

What’s the whole point of it (the bandh) anyway? I am just sitting here doing nothing at all. Even the Internet connection is bad. It keeps switching off every five minutes. Why stop at cable, and public transport? Cut even the phone connection. Cut the Internet. Cut the electricity. Cut off everything. That would make so much of sense. Then we can all sit like prisoners in our own houses and do nothing. Then you would be happy, won’t you? Of course you will! That must be the whole point of your sad existence.

Most of my friends don't even know why the bandh is even being called. It’s all crap. In this age we are forced to sit in our own houses and do nothing. Ugh, whatever.

I am extremely bored. I really have nothing to do. I just finished a book called Schindler’s list. (Need to watch the movie now.) It’s really good.

This post I had written somewhere around noon. I could not post it; coz when I wanted to post it the net was not connecting. Hence I did some other stuff, umm, like eating! And then, I thought I could sleep for an hour or so, and later think of something to do. But! But, but, but I slept for a damn five hours!! I cannot believe it. I am sure that I cannot sleep tonight after sleeping so much. And so now I am wondering what to do the whole night!

And because of this whole thing, I will be sleepy in the morning when I am expected to work! Gosh!

The only reason why I got up was coz my mom came to my room wondering what I was up to. She saw me sleeping and started yelling at me. And then I got up. And my eyes went towards the window. And it was dark. I was wondering why she is waking me so early in the morning. I looked at the watch. It was 7:30. This day sucked!

30 August 2006

listen up! part 2

I just recently got my eyes checked and the power has increased. Looks like I will be wearing glasses for even longer that I thought. Don’t know if that is a good thing or not. Yeah, I know nothing.

I wish I could write something intelligent. Something that would make the whole world stop and read what I wrote. Yeah, that would be great. Unfortunately, my vocabulary is filled with words like “great” and “awesome”, and that won’t really help. Someone actually told me that I saw “awesome” a lot. And “you freak me out”. I say that a lot too.

Hmmm, sometimes I think its better if one does not become popular, and sometimes I think its better if someone becomes popular. I mean, both of them have good points. If you are popular, people will actually want to know what you are thinking, and what you are doing, or whatever it is that you do. But then, if you are not popular, you have your privacy, and you can write whatever shit you want, and no one will bother you.

Maybe I should sit and write a book one day, and fill it with crap. Just to see who would buy it. What would eventually happen is that I would buy all the books, or make someone buy it forcefully. I would go out on the streets with a gun (I can shoot. Muahahaha) and tell people to buy my book. That would be funny.

I remember reading a blog long time back. A guy wrote it, and it was supposedly (according to him) the most boring blog ever written. I don’t have the blog address anymore. But the blog had posts like “I saw a pencil today. I picked it up”. That’s it. The whole post had just one line. And it was so damn funny. Yeah it seems boring, but it tells a lot doesn’t it? Yeah, so why I said about the blog is that if I found a book with such things written in it, I would go and buy it. Nice way to spend an afternoon.

I’m just so bored, that I am just typing whatever comes to my mind. Which reminds me. I suck at typing. Damn, after typing for more than 4 years (atleast), I still need to look at the keyboard to type words that I don’t type normally. Yeah, that makes no sense. Let me give an example. The word “yeah”. I use that so much, that I don’t need to look at the keyboard while typing it. But the word “messenger”, I need to look at the keyboard, else there will be some damn typo. Which I always seem to make. Which always sucks.

listen up!

It’s been so long since I wrote something here. Almost 2 months (or more. Who's keeping count? NOT you!). That is, excluding all the tags. That can’t be considered a post, right? I don’t know why exactly I haven’t been writing, and I don’t even want to dwell on that anymore.

Anyway, its not that I had a blogger’s block, or that I didn’t have time to write. Hell, I’ve had loads of time to write. So, was I lazy? I think not. Oh, right. I’m not going to dwell on that.

So work has started, and right now, I am undergoing training. It’s just like sitting in college, except that I am being paid, and I actually have to learn something. Till now, in college I used to just study for the exams, and not really knowing what I was studying I used to write my exams. Some change, this.

Yeah, so training is fun. And from my first salary, I got some stuff for my parents and sister. Nothing for myself. Suddenly, I just don’t need anything. I thought so much what to buy for myself, and I could not even think of anything to buy. Which seems to be a good thing. I know people who have 5 bucks in their account. I don’t know which is better, not knowing what to do with money, or knowing what to do with it, and spend all of it.

I got my mom a sari, which I must say was the toughest thing ever to buy. It was also the biggest disaster. (Ugh, another thing not to dwell on. The list just grows.) I am a person who hates shopping. I would love it if someone brought me stuff that I need, and not having to shop for it.

Right now, I am having a huge desire to buy an iPOD. I saw one of my friend’s ipod, and it just looks great. I mean the feel of the thing, man, its just awesome. I am just stopping myself from buying it. Because I know that if I buy it, I will regret it later. But what if I regret later for not buying the iPOD when I could. Ugh. Confusion.

All of my friends have moved on to other places. Not that I have many friends, but the few of them that I had are not in Bangalore anymore. It’s going to get boring in the weeks to come. Just today one of them is leaving to another city. Weird thing is that all the people I know are in different places of the country.

Don’t know what made me write all of this(I know its crap), but I was reading a blog, and lets just say that I got inspiration.

14 August 2006

Tag

My Accent: Indian. Duh!

Booze: Yeah, please gimme some.

Chore I Hate: Ugh. Cooking! Just hate it.

Dog or Cat: Dogs hate me, and I hate dogs. So I guess it is cats.

Essential Electronics: Cell phone, computer, pen drive, tv, music player, microwave (even though I don't cook).

Perfumes: None .. I'm allergic.

Gold or Silver: Silver. Anyway, old is gold... So new is silver?

Home: What exactly am I supposed to write here? Yeah, I stay in a home. Whatever.

Insomnia: Hmmm, I sleep early, but get up in the middle of the night. And then I can't go back to sleep for 2 or 3 hours.

Job Title: Software engineer (wheeee!!)

Living Arrangements: Again, no clue what to write. What kind of a question is this?

Most Admirable Traits: Nothing.

Number of Sexual Partners: huh?

Number of times in hospital: Once. No, twice. Ugh, ok, ok many times. I've an aunt who's a doctor. hehe.. so I've visited her there.

Phobias: Insects. And anything that flies. (except aeroplanes. Haha)

Quote: blah blah ... Don't want to bore you. You're lucky.

Religion: I don't believe in this. So, no comments. Though that was a comment in itself. Don't worry if it didn't make sense. Its not supposed to.

Siblings: A sister.

Time I Wake Up: Depends. Weekdays 7:10. Weekends no time. Whenever I wake up. NO fixed time.

Unusual Talent or Skill: Can sleep with eyes open. Can pretend to listen when I am not really listening.

Vegetable I Love: I hate vegetables. So, none.

Worst Habit: I never do what I am supposed to be doing.

X-Rays, Last time: 6 years ago. Now, what did you gain by knowing this anyway?

Yummy Food I Make: Does coffee count?

Zodiac Sign: Cancer.

Got this from killer's blog. Even though I was not tagged, I did it. No, I don't know why. And you all are really lucky people, coz you are NOT tagged. I plan on writing and writing until I stop making sense. To myself. I guess that's already established, so now I am gone.

Really I'm gone.

What are you still reading?

There is nothing to read.

Seriously.

02 August 2006

The list

Bold the ones you did. * the ones you want to do.

(Star(*)? why a star? why not a question mark(?), or a comma(,), or a dollar($) ? Yeah, I've lost my mind. So?)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (I might have, don't know if what I climbed was a mountain, or a hill)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive*
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid*
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped* (I SO wanna do this one, but I know I won't. Will probably freak when I actually have to jump)
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea*
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game*
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg*
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (oh man, always! ALWAYS at the wrong moment. And I always get caught. Damn!)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach*
50. Gone sky diving *
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow (almost did. But I freaked when I got close to the cow. Was thinking it would kick me anytime... hehe)
56. Alphabetized your cds (cassettes)
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China *
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites*
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason*
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone*
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour*
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote article for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane*
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (great fun! Muahahhaha!!)
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon*
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents*
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach (ugh!)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read (Oh well, never missed an "important" author in school. I loved reading.)
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Gross!)
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language* (If ONLY I had the brains! Sigh!!)
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts* (Again, brains come into the picture.)
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

Most of the things I have marked here, I probably won't be doing. Sad, I know.

Oh, got this from green's blog.