Blood-suckers!!

It's freakin 6:30AM in the morning, and I am up already....AND blogging! Have barely got 5 hours of sleep last night.

You wanna know the reason/cause of me committing such a sin (getting only5 hours of sleep IS a sin)......it's called MOSQUITOES!!!

Blood-sucking, ravaging, irritating and most definitely thirsty mosquitoes!!

These little damned winged insects come out at night and torment us like no other. Even Himesh Reshammiya' songs are bearable when compared to a night in a house with mosquitoes.

I fail to understand this, and I beg someone to offer me a sensible answer----Why on earth did God create mosquitoes??! I mean, think about it....they don't help the nature in any way, they aren't food to any animal and hence are of zero use in the animal-kingdom food-chain, they don't get rid of garbage or any thing like crows and stray dogs .....they are of absolutely NO use to the planet Earth.

How and why is it that they appear only during the night? I am sorry, but I never remember reading that mosquitoes are nocturnal insects. Maybe the scientists should do some research on that one.

They seem to appear out of thin air at my place. I mean, inspite of all windows and doors being closed, and killing as many as possible with my 'bare hands'- their number only seems to swell. It's almost as if, for each mosquito I kill...3 more are born out of thin air.

At this point, you may wonder why the hell am I not using mosquito repellents like the coil or the All-out etc,...Well my dear friend- FYI- I had a full size mosquito coil (brand JET I think it was) lighted and also switched on the All-out in the middle of the night....but the monsters just didn't seem to get affected.

I have a few theories by now (courtesy of lying awake at 6am in the morning thinking and cursing mosquitoes after having gotten very little sleep) as to why God made these tiny imitators-

1- They are a part of Satan's/Devil/Shaitaan's team. They were given special permission by our beloved Almighty to be placed and roam on Earth and to suck on people's blood - just to remind them how Hell would really be if we weren't good.

2- They were created so that Man could come-up with and learn new slangs/abuses/curses and use them on others too. Like the way I came up with a few new ones just by sitting and staring at the wall early in the morning today. I CANNOT mention those 'gaalis' here because I'd like to keep my blog free of any 'bad language'.

3- They are a spy project by the Russians or some enemy country of ours to test how and when we get irritated, thus gaining knowledge on our pain-bearing capabilities.I bet they will be working on some futuristic weapon with all the data that they recieve and eventually use it as a biological weapon one day.

Wonder why, inspite of all the freakin advancements that science has made, Man hasn't been able to come up with a fool-proof and 100% effective solution to this malice. If I have money some day, I'd initiate a foundation and offer up $1 million to anyone who achieves the aforementioned (just like Richard Branson offers a huuuge amount of money to anyone who can come with a 100% eco-friendly car). Even right now, I am willing to offer 40% (sorry...that's all I can afford to give away....rest goes into rent and bills...)of my next-month's salary to anyone who gives me a foolprooof method to eliminate these pests.

It's 7:00 am now and I've been blogging about mosquitoes since half an hour---How crazy does that sound man?! sheeesh...Gotta get a grip on myself.

I'll sign off now coz' daylight has broken into the skyline and just like vampires, these awful little $#%$^!^ have started disappearing...plus I need to get some sleep if I need to survive the day at work.

Adios and peace out!

.......there's one mosquito resting on my LCD....easy now....easy......SWAP!! HA!!-- deadmeat you are my dear mosqui!!!

peace !

:o/

Thank God it's MARCH!

The month of March this year is of special significance to me....

Primarily because there are two major sporting events that start around the end of the second week of this month.

First, my all time favourite and the fastest sport on the planet - FORMULA 1's 2010 season kicked off this sunday with the first race being held in Bahrain. It has been a loong winter wait since the end of the last season in November. Usually, this period of NO races is boring and the only thing that keeps fans of F1 alive and breathing are the drivers reshuffling between teams and any major buy-outs or new- drivers. This last no-race period has been pretty exciting beacause of Micheal Schumacher's comeback and many other reasons (that can be found on my other blog )

And also the third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL)kicked off in the second week of March as well. The IPL has been a hit in its previous two versions and I am pretty sure that it'd do well t his season too. There haven't been any major additions to the teams but the Teams avoiding the acquisition of Pakistani players sure kicked up a storm on both sides of the border.

Both these sports promise to give me oppurtunities of excitement, pump my adrenaline to new heights, and provide anxious moments and moments of happiness and sadness (depending on whether the team I support wins or looses ;-) which is precisely why I happen to be such a big sports fan.

However, the catch is that I DO NOT have a television at my palce here. That's a bodyblow to any sports fan and it is to me too. I, however have made some arrangements for myself to keep myself updated on all the sporting action that will be ON. The internet is almost like a saviour to me. Now that the IPL is being broadcast LIVE on youtube, I can catch at least glimpses of the matches (i say 'glimpses' particularly because the youtube broadcast has been anything but good...the picture is hazy and I keep getting 'sorry...techinical error...please try after some time' as frequently as me having hiccups as soon as I have had something spicy). But hey.....something's better than nothing right?! So, I really ain't complaining.

As far as the races of F1 are concerned, ....I have deicided to save up on some 'x' amount of money every month just so that I can go watch the race LIVE in a sports bar in the city. I won't be able to watch every race (there are approximately 2 per month), but will make sure I catch at least one race per month. Sounds good right?! and I am pretty sure I will save that 'x' amount of money coz' everyone knows what a big 'kanjooooz' I am. I may have to sacrifice my weekly subway meals(very very difficult) and 'almost every weekend movie' plan in order to save the money.

I know there are other crazy ('stupid' may sound a better fit) people out there.....who will have done the same things I am doing in order to get something else for them (in my case- watching the races and IPL) and would probably say 'been there - done that' ...

think about the last time you desperately tried to save money to get something you really craved for ....and then probably I will not sound 'crazy' to you...

;0)

peace out!

is back!!

Well....it's been a reeeeealy long time since I have blogged ....that's inspite of the promise I had made to myself that I’d blog at least once a week.
There have been a lot of updates on my side…
knowing that only a select few mortals read my blogs and risk contracting the 'what-the-hell-is-this-shit' disease...I go on and talk about a few things that have changed since the last time I blogged---

One, I have a job now….even though it’s in the ITES sector, I like it!…coz it’s offered me a wealth of information about computer hardware (As I was recruited to trouble shoot hardware problems of our company’s computers) that I was never aware of.
Two- I am having a good time here in Hyderabad,…because of many reasons:
- I am earning now
- have a bunch of good friends here now
- have moved into a bigger and cleaner place
-IPL and F1 2010 seasons have started
-have put on 2 more kgs and thus crossed the landmark 60kgs barrier (that would come up on another blog exclusively).
-and am in very good physical shape (owing to the fact that I have been gorging on good food and gymming since 2 months now)


that about sums up the updates from my side….

I am hoping that I will get back to my blogging more regularly now and start writing some nonsense (like this one) and keep the flow going….

See you in the next blog.!!

Peace !
:o)

Hyd Parkour JAM video.

It's finally here...
The video of the Hyd Parkour JAM that took place in Nov this year is out now.
Special thanks to NOS who took great pains and care to make sure the video came out great....and it indeed has come out really well...
here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-bwXOZpoUQ

T-shirt captions

Here are some T-shirt captions that are funny and amusing :
1- Egoistic bastard
2- Who let you out of prison?
3-I work when you work.
4- My boss is...

peace
:o)
a chicken wing gets hot when you turn it on

Paisa 'Kurbaan'

MY VIEWS:I watched the much-awaited Karan Johar movie Kurbaan yesterday. I had watched the trailers and was expecting a good flick as it stars a band of well-established actors who have proved their acting prowess in many films. The fact that the movie was directed by a debutant Renil did not bother me much as I knew that movies coming out of the Karan Johar banner were usually neatly made and smartly shot.
I had to stand in line in the morning to get the advance booking done. So there I was, waiting to get inside the theater and hoping that the movie would provide me with a good culmination for the already eventful weekend.
But sadly, I was in for a 2 hour and 45 minutes of sloOOow draggy film that really didn't appeal to me much. I couldn't hear anyone coming out of the movie-theater talking highly about the movie.

THE PLOT:The story revolves around the Muslim-Hindu couple of Saifeena who decide to settle abroad in New York (strangely, almost all terrorist based movies are based on NY). I won't be letting the cat out of the bag when I say that Saif is our terrorist of the movie. There are others too but Saif wins the 'terrorist of the movie' award comfortably. He, along with his band of Islamist jihadi loyalists hatch a plan to once again execute a horrendous act of 9-11 style plot.
Kareena, meanwhile stumbles upon the body of a Muslim friend (who was her neighbour) while trespassing in their basement. This leads to Kareena (and us)finding out that Saifu baba is also a terrorist and understandably freaks out. In this process she also reveals that she is pregnant and that if she lives, she would not want Saif have anything to do with their baby(again understandable). The movie then progresses (sloooowly) to show us how Kareena gets in touch with an outsider - enter Vivek Oberoi(I'll come to him later in my review) and how he gets involved in this terror plot.
and of course I am not a spoil-sport to tell you who lives and who dies in the end (although it becomes almost predictable in the last half an hour)...and why the name of the movie happens to be 'Kurbaan'.
The movie's slow rate fails to gather too much momentum(it tries its best to raise ur blood-pressure) in the climax scenes.

MUSIC:The music and the background score is pretty decent and apt for a movie with a dark theme. The opening song is the one I liked the best. I counted only three songs in the movie by the way...don't know where the others went.

THE ACTING: The 'surprise performance of the day' award undoubtedly goes to Vivek Oberoi who tries (successfully I think) in this movie to revive his career by playing the role of a modern young Muslim anti-jihad radical. There are other beauties like Dia Mirza and Nauheed Cyrusi who have very brief roles in the movie. Om Puri does well as the 'Bhaijaan' and the mastermind of the terrorist activity in this movie. The film has an interesting scene wherein Vivek argues with Americans in a class (being taken by Saif) about how the americans are worse killers than the Al-Quaida and all by stating interesting facts and leaving you with the thought that 'hey!...he's right you know'.

Overall, I'd say that the movie ain't worth spending 200 bucks for the multiplex show. Go to this movie if you are a Saif or Kareena fan or if you simply have nothing to do on the weekend. I'm not saying that the movie is nonsense or utter rubbish, but its story certainly could've used a small extra-dose of suspense or action.

MY RATING: 2.5 / 5

26-11 anniversary

India recently observed the First Anniversary of the 26/11 carnage. This day has been unofficially and rightfully marked as the ‘Black day’ in the Indian calendar.

The mayhem unleashed by the foreign terrorists left around 166 people dead and around 244 injured. Many of the dead included children and women. I cannot even begin to fathom the grief that must’ve struck the families of those who lost their lives in this horrific event.

I shall not describe in detail what happened in those three days last year. Most of us know about the events that unfolded, courtesy of the in-depth reports by the media, who were also shot at by the terrorists.

All I want to say is that there have been very less global events that have moved me as much as this one did. The heroics of the NSG commandos like Major Unnikrishnan or Gajendra Singh and other members of the Mumbai police like Hemant Karkare (who was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-terrorist squad), Vijay Salakar and Ashok Kamte, all of who -fearlessly laid down their lives to save others, the hotel staff at The Taj Mahal hotel and the Oberoi towers had their own stories of bravery as they showed why India is considered as one of the top countries when it comes to hospitality, by taking full-responsibility of the guests at their hotels and ensuring their safety even if it meant losing their own lives, all are both moving and courageous at the same time.

There are a number of other people whose brave stories might not have even reached the ears of the public or got the kind of media attention that the others got. I salute each and every one of them.

As people from all walks of life, across the country, united to pay homage to the victims, I too observed a 2 minute silence at my home. As I watched on the television, the various kinds of events being held across the country and when each news-channel had it’s own version of a story of bravery by someone or the other, I just couldn’t help but shed a tear in the memory of those killed. The kind of unity shown in these peaceful candle-light processions which saw individuals from all social-levels of the society ranging from actors, social-activists, industrialists to the common man like IT professionals, waiters of the two hotels involved in the event, wives and children of anyone who directly or indirectly got affected by the 26-11 terrorist strike—is truly a tribute in its own way that shows why India is called a land of harmony where a person from any religion can live peacefully.

Like the millions of people across the country, I too am furious and tempestuous at the people who planned out such an outrageous act of terror and who enjoyed the consternation of the public. But, the sole terrorist caught alive – Kasab continues to live in the jail...still alive and still breathing. I just hope that for once, justice in our country is swift and fair.

May all the souls of those who passed away one year ago on one those three ill-fated days , rest in peace.