Long overdue gushing !
pardon my dears coz right now i am bedazzled by my new diamond ring !!!!!!!!!!
Its glorious ! Its enchanting and all that jazz ...............
Always wondered about the whole magic of possesing diamonds and its fascination vis-a-vis women (ok, I am talking about substantial amount of diamonds here, i had a few trinklets with miniscule stones in but but i digrees :p).
Believe me, it is something ! You just look at it and you are hooked. There are people who say, what is the big deal and it looks like any other white stone but ah ah !! It will be an understatement if I tell you how almost hypnotised i was lookin at it and the lady had to bring me to my senses and say do you like it madam ?
Boy ! Did i like it :-))) Petite band with nice 5 diamonds and its heavenly !!! One look and I said this is the one !
Wooohoooooo !!!
ps: Did I forget to mention it was my engagement :p Love ya sweetie ! :-)
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Find of the day..
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
Was scouting thru google result pages for a particular search string of mine and found this. (d'uh, serendipity!)
Anyways, the geek in me totally found this hilarious ! I mean, you always get these forwards about non geeks and how support centres struggle with helping them and some wise cracks.
This is a repository of all those and more neatly categorized under various computer system heading and its bloody funny ! :-)
Take a dekko..
Was scouting thru google result pages for a particular search string of mine and found this. (d'uh, serendipity!)
Anyways, the geek in me totally found this hilarious ! I mean, you always get these forwards about non geeks and how support centres struggle with helping them and some wise cracks.
This is a repository of all those and more neatly categorized under various computer system heading and its bloody funny ! :-)
Take a dekko..
Key
to a good and healthy life:
Keep away from people who bring out the worst in you
After a a lot of retrospection while travelling to and fro to work, I have realized 2 things:
a. Consistency is highly overrated. Suffice to say that its an non existent quality in my life :-) I mean, its not even like a bad thing, i really enjoy being not so predictable and not do things that everybody around me does or wants me to do; at the same time allowing me to be my quirky self.
b. Almost an extension of the above - I am very different when dealing with different people.
There are some people who are these set in their ways kind of people and I am just not one of them. These are people who are always either just 'nice' or 'not so nice' with everybody. There are also people who change their attitude or behavior depending on the audience or recipient of their attention. These are the chameleon types. This type is not to be confused with what I am talking about. These are highly talented people and personally I believe that you need a lot of patience and tolerance to be like this simply because not everybody even deserves that kind of attention and time !
I have a simple theory in life which I think i have improvised over time. If you are not in my inner circle then I don't really care much. Well, the extent of how much do I really care is what is the whole point here. For people in my inner circle, which by the way off late is a dwindling number :-))), I am and will always be Rads who is and will always be there. But talk about the rest of the world and thats where things get complicated. I am usually a nice person and find it very difficult to be rude to people, I would rather be indifferent than be rude and believe me being indifferent comes very easily to me ! :p
But in last one year I have seen myself swinging extremely between being cold, indifferent and bordering on nasty. Now, looking back and seeing myself like that, I figure that, its so not like me to do such things. People who have grown up with me or who go back to almost 10 years will tell you that the worst quality probably in me is to give someone the cold shoulder. But I have personally seen myself being nasty to people and I was wondering why.
On the same note, I also realize that almost 2 seconds after being nasty to someone I can be extremely warm to someone else and these are not behavioral things, I mean warm in a heartfelt way. So, I have just concluded that there are just some people who bring out the worst in you. Some may say its almost an escapist statement because you are basically dumping all your faults at someone else and labelling it as theirs. But frankly I realize that farther I am from certain people, the better I am as a person !
No, serious.. You should probably try this out. I did, I went ahead to filter out qualities that I really find it hard to be tolerant about and people who have those so much that irks me. To give you examples like umm.. People hmm slow on the uptake, people who always play safe, people who go about carrying a personal scale to measure everybody and people who are plain and simple Stupid. Avoid those people and Voila ! You are a better person already !!
Keep away from people who bring out the worst in you
After a a lot of retrospection while travelling to and fro to work, I have realized 2 things:
a. Consistency is highly overrated. Suffice to say that its an non existent quality in my life :-) I mean, its not even like a bad thing, i really enjoy being not so predictable and not do things that everybody around me does or wants me to do; at the same time allowing me to be my quirky self.
b. Almost an extension of the above - I am very different when dealing with different people.
There are some people who are these set in their ways kind of people and I am just not one of them. These are people who are always either just 'nice' or 'not so nice' with everybody. There are also people who change their attitude or behavior depending on the audience or recipient of their attention. These are the chameleon types. This type is not to be confused with what I am talking about. These are highly talented people and personally I believe that you need a lot of patience and tolerance to be like this simply because not everybody even deserves that kind of attention and time !
I have a simple theory in life which I think i have improvised over time. If you are not in my inner circle then I don't really care much. Well, the extent of how much do I really care is what is the whole point here. For people in my inner circle, which by the way off late is a dwindling number :-))), I am and will always be Rads who is and will always be there. But talk about the rest of the world and thats where things get complicated. I am usually a nice person and find it very difficult to be rude to people, I would rather be indifferent than be rude and believe me being indifferent comes very easily to me ! :p
But in last one year I have seen myself swinging extremely between being cold, indifferent and bordering on nasty. Now, looking back and seeing myself like that, I figure that, its so not like me to do such things. People who have grown up with me or who go back to almost 10 years will tell you that the worst quality probably in me is to give someone the cold shoulder. But I have personally seen myself being nasty to people and I was wondering why.
On the same note, I also realize that almost 2 seconds after being nasty to someone I can be extremely warm to someone else and these are not behavioral things, I mean warm in a heartfelt way. So, I have just concluded that there are just some people who bring out the worst in you. Some may say its almost an escapist statement because you are basically dumping all your faults at someone else and labelling it as theirs. But frankly I realize that farther I am from certain people, the better I am as a person !
No, serious.. You should probably try this out. I did, I went ahead to filter out qualities that I really find it hard to be tolerant about and people who have those so much that irks me. To give you examples like umm.. People hmm slow on the uptake, people who always play safe, people who go about carrying a personal scale to measure everybody and people who are plain and simple Stupid. Avoid those people and Voila ! You are a better person already !!
Thursday, November 18, 2004
The SO's and the SO's. :-)
Ya, I know its cryptic but its just a nomenclature I had coined after many discussions on this via chat and sms. (That I guess, should explain why the acronym :p)
These stand for the Significant ones and the Significant others. Significant other, we all know is best used to describe our mates in life but the other kind of SO, i have come to realize are people who are as much omnipresent in our lives as the former but get much much less credit for anything. These in a very cliche way are the Significant ones. And believe me they are significant entities for more reasons than one.
A dear friend of mine (who would be a part of my blogroll as soon as i get the patience to get one for my blogs) had a link to this article written for the Wharton undergrad journal.
http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/%7Ejenf/writing/rant04.html
A really sweet article I must say though i don't quite agree with a few things towards the end. I don't quite see why the writer finds it so very questionable that girls often disregard single, eligible and nice guys just because. Ok, I am not phrasing this correctly but I know people who have been best friends for years and somewhere down the line realized that they were really meant to be together. At the same time even out of my personal experiences I can say that there are a few guys out there who just seem to be so easy to be with and perfectly understanding and all that jazz but there is just zero chemistry !
I am not saying chemistry is everything but it is something very very important. You should at least be able to see yourself with somebody, that visual should seem viable if not appealing. I think somewhere a lot of nice guys out there are at that disadvantage, it just doesn't happen !
I can go on and on about the above, but the main intention here was to really appreciate the gist of the article which was an ode to all those nice guys out there. :-)
I have a few out there who fit that bill to a T. People I have always run to in the direst (if thats even a word!) of circumstances and who have been there unconditionally. And I really mean that...
So here's a note of thanks to:
* The one who's in Boston :-) (and promised me that he will be back in a month !) one of the sweetest guys in the whole wide world !
Thanks for being there for me despite all odds. You were probably the only reason I could sit thru most of our classes :-) I still cannot forget how we used to talk about Madhavan movies during absolutely rotten classes like Networking and you endured all my yakkity yak about Maddy ! Always scaring me that I will never find anybody to get hitched to (coz after all who will take that kind of a risk :p ) and will have to eventually get married to you :-)) . I have always felt cherished in your life and I think that you have always given me comfort and that sense of belonging which is so hard to come by in times like today where its so easy to lose track of friends. You have been an inseparable part of my life and I want to see it that way for years and years. You have promised me that you will baby sit Sanjana, am not gonna let you get out of that !! :p
* The one who's off on a South America trip :-) (yes! some poeple actually do such things :p) I wouldn't even know where to begin if I have to thank you for everything you have done for me.. I don't even recall when we really became good friends, whether it was because of common interests or similiar frequency of thoughts. I am not sure, but there just has been something really solid which has kept us together after all these years. Its the comfort of knowing that no matter what time of the day it is, there is a shoulder (or an ear) to cry on. I know that if things go bad, someone is really just a drive (or a flight) away whom I can always always count on. All the instances when somehow we have just talked and talked are innumerable and can cover pages. The impromptu jhaal muri session on valentine's day when we just didn't want to be alone. Time when you came to office when I was sitting there crying my heart out. All the times when you told me my boyfriend was a jerk and I didn't listen to you :-) All the times you told me how my fiance was perfect for me and I listened :-) All the times you gave me a perspective in life when I needed it the most. And you may kill me for quoting you like this but an sms from you that always cheers me up and brings a smile to my face despite all odds.
"There are people in life who give and find us reasons to live for and that is why this world is such a nice place to be and cherish. These are not SO's and you are one of them in my life"
* The one who is so close to my heart but I have just seen him twice in 2 months because he is very very busy ! :-) There are a lot of things I have learnt from you and you probably have no clue about it. If I am a better person today for whatever reasons, I will give you credit for a lot of those reasons. There are so many nice traits in you that its almost unfair to the rest of the world :-) If the world consisted of even 10% people like you, it would be such a great place to be in. And I really mean that. I have really and truly admired some of the things you have given me in all these years- inner strength, the ability to forgive people, to look at things objectively and most importantly learn to take criticisms. You have taught me and shown me these things in more ways than one. You have never painted any rosy pictures to bring me out of depressions, you have just silently been there for me and given the strength to carry on. I would have never cribbed to anybody like I do with you. You are like my sounding board and complaint box all rolled into one :-) I realize now that soon there will be times when I can't call you after 11 in the night or drag you out for all the movies in town but yeah, like you said, we could double date :-)
Looking back I feel immensely priviledged to have friends like these in my life who give friendship an entirely new dimension. So, consider this as my personal tribute to the SO's in my life today :-)
These stand for the Significant ones and the Significant others. Significant other, we all know is best used to describe our mates in life but the other kind of SO, i have come to realize are people who are as much omnipresent in our lives as the former but get much much less credit for anything. These in a very cliche way are the Significant ones. And believe me they are significant entities for more reasons than one.
A dear friend of mine (who would be a part of my blogroll as soon as i get the patience to get one for my blogs) had a link to this article written for the Wharton undergrad journal.
http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/%7Ejenf/writing/rant04.html
A really sweet article I must say though i don't quite agree with a few things towards the end. I don't quite see why the writer finds it so very questionable that girls often disregard single, eligible and nice guys just because. Ok, I am not phrasing this correctly but I know people who have been best friends for years and somewhere down the line realized that they were really meant to be together. At the same time even out of my personal experiences I can say that there are a few guys out there who just seem to be so easy to be with and perfectly understanding and all that jazz but there is just zero chemistry !
I am not saying chemistry is everything but it is something very very important. You should at least be able to see yourself with somebody, that visual should seem viable if not appealing. I think somewhere a lot of nice guys out there are at that disadvantage, it just doesn't happen !
I can go on and on about the above, but the main intention here was to really appreciate the gist of the article which was an ode to all those nice guys out there. :-)
I have a few out there who fit that bill to a T. People I have always run to in the direst (if thats even a word!) of circumstances and who have been there unconditionally. And I really mean that...
So here's a note of thanks to:
* The one who's in Boston :-) (and promised me that he will be back in a month !) one of the sweetest guys in the whole wide world !
Thanks for being there for me despite all odds. You were probably the only reason I could sit thru most of our classes :-) I still cannot forget how we used to talk about Madhavan movies during absolutely rotten classes like Networking and you endured all my yakkity yak about Maddy ! Always scaring me that I will never find anybody to get hitched to (coz after all who will take that kind of a risk :p ) and will have to eventually get married to you :-)) . I have always felt cherished in your life and I think that you have always given me comfort and that sense of belonging which is so hard to come by in times like today where its so easy to lose track of friends. You have been an inseparable part of my life and I want to see it that way for years and years. You have promised me that you will baby sit Sanjana, am not gonna let you get out of that !! :p
* The one who's off on a South America trip :-) (yes! some poeple actually do such things :p) I wouldn't even know where to begin if I have to thank you for everything you have done for me.. I don't even recall when we really became good friends, whether it was because of common interests or similiar frequency of thoughts. I am not sure, but there just has been something really solid which has kept us together after all these years. Its the comfort of knowing that no matter what time of the day it is, there is a shoulder (or an ear) to cry on. I know that if things go bad, someone is really just a drive (or a flight) away whom I can always always count on. All the instances when somehow we have just talked and talked are innumerable and can cover pages. The impromptu jhaal muri session on valentine's day when we just didn't want to be alone. Time when you came to office when I was sitting there crying my heart out. All the times when you told me my boyfriend was a jerk and I didn't listen to you :-) All the times you told me how my fiance was perfect for me and I listened :-) All the times you gave me a perspective in life when I needed it the most. And you may kill me for quoting you like this but an sms from you that always cheers me up and brings a smile to my face despite all odds.
"There are people in life who give and find us reasons to live for and that is why this world is such a nice place to be and cherish. These are not SO's and you are one of them in my life"
* The one who is so close to my heart but I have just seen him twice in 2 months because he is very very busy ! :-) There are a lot of things I have learnt from you and you probably have no clue about it. If I am a better person today for whatever reasons, I will give you credit for a lot of those reasons. There are so many nice traits in you that its almost unfair to the rest of the world :-) If the world consisted of even 10% people like you, it would be such a great place to be in. And I really mean that. I have really and truly admired some of the things you have given me in all these years- inner strength, the ability to forgive people, to look at things objectively and most importantly learn to take criticisms. You have taught me and shown me these things in more ways than one. You have never painted any rosy pictures to bring me out of depressions, you have just silently been there for me and given the strength to carry on. I would have never cribbed to anybody like I do with you. You are like my sounding board and complaint box all rolled into one :-) I realize now that soon there will be times when I can't call you after 11 in the night or drag you out for all the movies in town but yeah, like you said, we could double date :-)
Looking back I feel immensely priviledged to have friends like these in my life who give friendship an entirely new dimension. So, consider this as my personal tribute to the SO's in my life today :-)
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Venting venting
I officially declare koromangla unfit for civil living !
Been house hunting for last one week and the results brings tears to my eyes. There hasn't even been a single place worth considering. Not only is the real estate soaring beyond belief, the places being offered are despicable !
Ok, and thats just a part of my grievances, the other major one being absolutely bad roads or rather simply put, lack of roads ! You cannot find 2 roads in a sequence (whichever direction you might want to take) which are even in a decent condition. In fact I remotely remember there being a road opposite my office about an year ago. Now there is just dug up mud and 2 cranes standing there. I mean, there is no road there anymore :p
And unfortunately I am not sure if I can even say the situation will get better ! They say every day there are 200 new people who move to bangalore. I am not sure how true this is but even if it is 10% true, its quite alarming. From a quiet town for retired senior citizens as it used to be known about 10 years ago, it has become a totally different place today.
It saddens me to see this town really going down the drains like this. With the IT giants declaring Bangalore unfit for any new developments and talks of buying 200 acres of lands in Mangalore and Mysore respectively for all furture prospects, its certainly bad news.
Been house hunting for last one week and the results brings tears to my eyes. There hasn't even been a single place worth considering. Not only is the real estate soaring beyond belief, the places being offered are despicable !
Ok, and thats just a part of my grievances, the other major one being absolutely bad roads or rather simply put, lack of roads ! You cannot find 2 roads in a sequence (whichever direction you might want to take) which are even in a decent condition. In fact I remotely remember there being a road opposite my office about an year ago. Now there is just dug up mud and 2 cranes standing there. I mean, there is no road there anymore :p
And unfortunately I am not sure if I can even say the situation will get better ! They say every day there are 200 new people who move to bangalore. I am not sure how true this is but even if it is 10% true, its quite alarming. From a quiet town for retired senior citizens as it used to be known about 10 years ago, it has become a totally different place today.
It saddens me to see this town really going down the drains like this. With the IT giants declaring Bangalore unfit for any new developments and talks of buying 200 acres of lands in Mangalore and Mysore respectively for all furture prospects, its certainly bad news.
Keyhole
The world at your fingertips !!
Took me a while to digest that fact that you could actually map any co-ordinate and look at the geo positioned image of it on the web. I mean.. was almost speechless for about 17 seconds ..
Take a dekkho:
http://www.keyhole.com/index.html?promo=app-en-us
The only regret was that I could not really appreciate the trial version of the software available on the net as the bandwidth of my connection right now is quite sad.
Took me a while to digest that fact that you could actually map any co-ordinate and look at the geo positioned image of it on the web. I mean.. was almost speechless for about 17 seconds ..
Take a dekkho:
http://www.keyhole.com/index.html?promo=app-en-us
The only regret was that I could not really appreciate the trial version of the software available on the net as the bandwidth of my connection right now is quite sad.
Monday, November 01, 2004
Coupling
So, had heard a dear friend raving about this series ..
He was exploring new avenues to productively spend uneventful evenings post 'Friends' days and stumbled upon this :-))
http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/comedy_games/coupling/coupling_about.jsp
I sneaked a peek back in Seattle and found it to be extremely funny. Its more of an at your face kinda comedy loaded with sexual innuendoes. I mean quite funny with the brit accent thrown it :-) Knit around 3 couples trying to find love and hold on to relationships.
Somehow I think the fuinniest episode I saw so far was the one where Steve and Susan had to go to a antenatal class and Susan wants to take Sally along as a back up just in case Steve can't 'cope-up'. But Sally gets cold feet very soon and ropes in Jane. So, here's a scene where all the 3 couples are in the class and suddenly they realize that Patrick has had an affair at some time or the other with all the women in that class. Ok, its not so funny when i narrate like this, in fact even I am not finding it very funny :p But i was really rolling in laughter when i saw that episode.
Anyways, to cut the long story short and before i go into more of such boring narratives, its quite a series and definitely worth a dekkho :-)
He was exploring new avenues to productively spend uneventful evenings post 'Friends' days and stumbled upon this :-))
http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/comedy_games/coupling/coupling_about.jsp
I sneaked a peek back in Seattle and found it to be extremely funny. Its more of an at your face kinda comedy loaded with sexual innuendoes. I mean quite funny with the brit accent thrown it :-) Knit around 3 couples trying to find love and hold on to relationships.
Somehow I think the fuinniest episode I saw so far was the one where Steve and Susan had to go to a antenatal class and Susan wants to take Sally along as a back up just in case Steve can't 'cope-up'. But Sally gets cold feet very soon and ropes in Jane. So, here's a scene where all the 3 couples are in the class and suddenly they realize that Patrick has had an affair at some time or the other with all the women in that class. Ok, its not so funny when i narrate like this, in fact even I am not finding it very funny :p But i was really rolling in laughter when i saw that episode.
Anyways, to cut the long story short and before i go into more of such boring narratives, its quite a series and definitely worth a dekkho :-)
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