Legilimency

What Yuvraj told the Lankans

2011-04-07T22:47:00.003+05:30

A very emotional and tearful Yuvraj, who is in a trance and has sunk to his knees because he cant believe that it actually happened, is vigorously shaken back into reality by madman Sreesanth.

He looks up, looks around, still dazed, and sees the Lankans walking up to him to offer their customary and totally fake congratulations.

Following are his responses to the Lankan players.

To Sanga: "Dude! You saw that? That bastard promised me he'd let me hit the winning runs. This is how he gets back at me for screwing him over that bitch. And she left me, too. Anyway, well played dude. Better luck next time. Who's next? "

Murali: He realises the cameras are pointed at him now. He gains his composure and puts up a sincere effort and says, "Well played mate. Hard luck. Sadly, there's no next time for you. Oops!"

Randiv: "Who? You played today? Anyway, I rock, dude! I mean, India rocks! Go, get me some water. "

Malinga: "The newly created Yuvraj Marg in Mohali is very crowded in the mornings from 8 to 11. Your services are required there. Please to be attending to it." Dilshan: "You have 4 more years to perfect the scoop. You might have to buy a different sari this time. The other one was seen with Misbah, who clearly hasnt gotten over that shot yet. He was last seen with the sari, muttering something, of which i only heard Sreesanth and Ch****. Not sure if that was a single sentence though. But i have heard them being used together somewhere. The last press conference by Dhoni, was it? No, you say? Ah! yes, Dhoni is rather refined in his public appearances. Oh yeah, It was after Sreesanth's first spell today. The captain is glad he doesnt have to resort to euphemisms. No one will question him this time. Viru might still say something."

Random rant

2011-03-11T15:55:00.004+05:30

After more than a year of nothingness on this space, (only for people to see. I composed many rant drafts and dint publish them on purpose. I deleted them all, for good), i push myself to go for it today.

The paragraphs are most likely to be completely unrelated to one another. Sorry about the absolute randomness.

I went through a phase of nothingness, an utterly unispiring phase, where i lacked the will, energy and motivation to do anything. Just anything. Now that i am out of it, all hyper and wanting to do something, i realised i am rather unaffected by the choices i have. I want to do something, i have the options, but i am not all too inspired to do them.

The things i want to do:

--Learn a sport: I picked tennis, purely because there is a new academy very close to my place. But, I am finding it rather difficult to wake up early and take my lazy ass to the court. Might not last long.

--Join music classes: I envy people who can sing songs the way they are meant to be. Music inspires me. And i can appreciate it. Only, people dont appreciate my appreciation of it. A formal training could help. Or not. I should find out.

--Learn a new language: I picked German, because it was an easy choice. Not the language, that might not be easy. Only the choice of language was. Then suddenly, i wanted to learn sanskrit. And this time, i want to learn it properly.

--Join dance classes: Not classical dance. But some general bollywood dance types. I tried my hand (or should i say feet :P) at this once, but it dint work out too well. This time, the dance instructor dropped out even before i did. Not my fault, i tell you.

--Join art classes: I want to try my hand at sketching, and a few other things.

All these require me to thaw my frozen lazy ass. I am not making any effort at this. I know I should.

I blame my lack of energy on hypothyroidism. Or hyper. Dont know which one. I should get tested and hope i have one of those, for i shall have something to blame my lethargy on.

There is one thing i know is rather innate. Hyper or hypo, thyroid levels have nothing to do with it. I am a compulsive procrastinator. I dont need a reason to not reply to an e-mail right away. In fact, most times, i dont have one. I just dont do it.

The email, phone call, the blog, everything will have to wait for another day, a more opportune time. What is going to make the time more opportune, i dont know. But, someday, all these shall be done. Or will fade into oblivion. Sometimes though, such inaction deems any redressal impossible and ineffective. I have lost touch with a lot of friends because of this habit of mine. And i regret that.

Most times, i have never had a problem with what i am and how i am. But, there have been instances when i have utterly hated myself. I read a few blogs recently and wondered at the confidence of the women these blogs belong to. I wish, i too could claim that i am all awesome, and believe that truly. Of course, all my shortcomings included in my awesomeness.

Even when i have had my self doubts, i havent done much to address those. So maybe they dont matter too much to me anyway. Or i am just plain lazy.

I should be accepted and liked for what i am, and i have been. I have a large number of friends. They love me for what i am, and not for what i can be. So, i guess i am ok the way i am.

I think i should write more often.

This morning, there was a certain thought that i wanted to express with great urgency. But now, i dont recall what that was. But I am random that way.

Also, i think i should get back into my reading mode, and i should do that very soon.

I have a number of books lined up in my shelf that are yet to serve their lives' purposes. I should get them out, dust them and let them attain nirvana before the bookworm does.

I hate getting my limbs waxed and eyebrows shaped. It hurts, and the process is very boring. But i got into the cycle. And now i cant break out of it. I whine everytime i have to get this done and make the parlour lady miserable too.

For now, this is all i have to say. When the thought process gets more coherent, i shall write a better post.

Wonder when that would happen!

25 random things about myself!

2009-01-30T13:32:00.005+05:30

I was tagged by a friend. I am required to write 25 random things about myself and tag 25 other people. I found it to be very exciting and here's what i got.

1. It took me a while to find "my notes" and start writing a new note! (It was on facebook. I had to find "Notes" in my profile page and start "writing a new note")
2. I carry a pink water bottle to work these days.
3. I can watch any episode of friends, any number of times, at any given time.
4. I love to read. But i can only read when i want to read. I stare blankly at pages when i pick up something to read because i have nothing else to do.
5. I love to procrastinate. This is perhaps the only thing i have done with no delay so far.
6. I hate to use too many "I"s in a sentence. I wrote my self appraisal in passive voice.
7. I totally judge people that wear patched/faded/embroidered jeans.
8. I often make extremely complicated sentences that convey absolutely nothing.
9. I love chocolates. Any kind, any flavor, any color. Can eat any amount of it anytime.
10. I qualify to be a prominent member of Monty Python's ministry of silly walks.
11. I can sing, but people can't tolerate that. That's probably the reason for my music teachers moving out of town the moment i start learning varanams. Happened thrice so far. And i am not giving up so easy.
12. I cant tolerate the green and red wavy lines marked by the spell checker. I diligently add every such word to the dictionary.
13. In my 3rd standard, i used to return home with a stomach ache every single Friday to skip bharatnatyam classes at school.
14. I have lived in quite a few places in India. Hence, have a pretty large group of friends but am horrible at keeping in touch with people.
15. I studied LKG twice! And studied 4th standard in 3 different schools.( Just once this time)
16. I have a pretty good memory of lyrics of quite a large number of songs. I can sing them with not a single word misplaced, but not a note in its place :D
17. I can totally laugh at myself.
18. If asked something i know nothing about, i randomly make things up.
19. I am a huge fan of Azhar, the cricketer. I can also watch any cricket match, any time of the day, any number of times.
20. I suck at sports. (The playing part)
21. I cry every single time i get my eyebrows done.
22. I strongly believe that every human being is basically nice. Only circumstances make him what he is.
23. No, i am not naive.
24. Sometime in my life, i want to be a radio jockey.
25. I am a huge fan of Calvin and Hobbes and am hoping to find a real-life Calvin.

Bonus point. 26. I don't think i will tag 25 people.

Alice in Wonderland?

2008-08-06T16:12:00.005+05:30

Every person has his own metaphorical wonderland.
Where i am right now is wonderland for a lot of people i know. But not quite for me. So, I am not Alice? This isnt meant for me? I am not the kind that is ever complaining. It doesn't take much to keep me satisfied. But, am i this time?
So what is my wonderland? Do i know that? Well, the answer to that tricky question has been evading me forever. How many people know what makes them happy?
I spent this birthday of mine with a group of little children in an orphanage. But instead of being happy, i felt miserable. As a child, i was never denied anything that i asked for, or even secretly wished for, by my parents. And these kids were denied their childhood? It pains me to think that their lives depend on the tendency of others around to be charitable! Isnt it our duty to take care of fellow human beings? So why is it charity?
I just crossed one of life's crossroads. but i am not sure if i took the right turn. Actually i had led myself to a place where i dint have a choice but to take this turn. The one that was highly desired but blocked for some people i know. Who probably deserve it more than i do.
I dont know what is going to keep me going. But something has to. And i have to do something to keep wonderland from throwing me out too.
How i wish 42 answered everything! :(
But again, what's the big question?

Cold one leuw

2008-05-24T09:35:00.004+05:30

One Mr. R broods (shaayri ishtyle)
(He's borrowed ideas from Vaali, promising to return fresh new ones and added J's flavor and spices, which of course come absolutely free!)

Arz hai
New York town sleeps,
(wah! wah!)
New York town sleeps,
loneliness breeds. (wah!)
Come here, Oh dear!
California beckons, (wah, wah, wah!)
Come here, Oh dear!
California beckons,
For there is a certain special someone,
I reckon!!!
Adaab

PS: Sorry man! For all the liberties [:P] Love ya!

Experiences of a static world

2008-05-21T09:48:00.004+05:30

I finally took the giant step. My mother has been urging me to do this for a long time now while my father reminding how regular I have been with my new ventures and how this is going to be yet another very-enthusiastically-begun-and-soon-forgotten emprise. But having realised the importance of the task at hand, I set out to examine all proximally available resources to choose among the best.
The gym i chose looked pretty exciting. A very friendly instructor, lot of equipments, convenient timings, enough reasons for zero-ing on this one. I don't really remember the name of the place, but that isnt important.
I got to meet a few very "interesting" people and a good deal of others that made me feel a lot better about myself and restored all lost hope! Anyway, after the initial warm-up session was a long walk to nowhere and other static dynamics (proud moment!) at the end of which i thought i had no legs. Followed by a few more and this time it was the turn of the arms.
Oh and did i mention the feet numbing experience with the DDLJ machine? The one that has been inspired by the slow motions of bollywood. I am told it is cross trainer, but i prefer to call it this. While you can perfect the art of Bollywood ishtyle slow motion running, you can also get trained on rowing a boat! You couldn't have asked for more. As long as it helps the fat burning process, i dont have reasons to complain.
So far, so good. I just hope I can prove my dad wrong this time!

:D

2008-05-02T12:03:00.005+05:30

That just is a little lesser than how i am feeling right now!
A much dreaded interview was faced, leading to greater depression.
Although, deep down inside, i knew that it all had to lead to something joyful, i still had to keep that joy from re-surfacing, as past experiences have taught me to never hurry into celebrations, ever. Then, there were hints of the success to come. And finally was the ever so big confirmation. Just a passing mention, but equivalent to the official confirmation! Plus this was sans the most dreaded personal interaction with the "all mighty"! I couldn't have asked for more. There was no more reason to not celebrate!!
All this and now, there's the excitement of moving to a new cubicle, all for myself. Well, i wouldn't have had a problem even if i had to share it with someone. Its the prospect of a CHANGE that is exciting, as it always has been.
So, yay! i am celebrating!!
:D

The Daunting Wall

2008-04-01T18:06:00.006+05:30

He stood there unfazed, the mountain of support, never shaken and undoubtedly daunting.

He wasn't worshipped like some of his other counterparts, nor did he expect to be. He just did what he ought to, every single time. One of our often forgotten "heroes", Rahul Dravid.

Classy and conservative, he's just gotten better with age. How it's a treat to watch him every time he's out batting. He reminds me of another player i have enjoyed watching, Mohd. Azharuddin. All the match fixing that involved him, doesn't stop me from adoring him, for i look at him as a mere cricketer, who just plays the game. And that he does with elan. His Armanis and Bijlanis dont affect my impression of the cricketer in him.

I am not going to be raving and ranting about him. But silently applaud his most deserving and hard earned 10,000 runs.

Congratulations! You have a lot more to add to that 10k!

Arty me!

2008-03-27T10:41:00.002+05:30

A white board, a marker, some time to while away, and lo!
The artist in me is born!! :D

Idol worship

2008-03-10T14:44:00.003+05:30

I think this is inculcated in an Indian by birth. Being inspired by someone is understandable, trying to emulate that person is also agreeable to an extent, but deifying a person, no matter who he is, is unreasonable!

Most cricket matches see atleast one banner sporting "Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my God". I have never been able to relate with or even comprehend the fanaticism of such people. There is a huge divide between inspiration and blind faith. Most people fall in the abyss midway and lose their sense of reason.

Fine, Sachin is a good player (and that's not an offensive remark u know!). He plays cricket for a living, and he is just doing what he ought to. The better he plays, the more he earns. He hasn't gone out of his way to fight a battle for the nation. The fact that people can't see the victory of a cricket team apart from the victory of a nation, is quite dismaying. Its just a sport damnit!

This fanaticism of people has led to the gross commercialisation of the sport. A group of rich people pool in obscene sums of money and shop for players because they are sure to make larger returns. A large number of fools will do just anything to watch their Gods descend on earth and destroy all evil. The fact that it is a mere sport is forgotten. The players obviously make hay! In a country where a large number of people are below poverty line, some guy who already owns 18 motorbikes gets a new Harley Davidson, because he plays cricket.

People of this nation can't look at Rajnikanth or Shahrukh Khan as mortals. The release of a Rajni movie is a festival in Tamil Nadu. His posters are bathed in milk to symbolise his divinity! Makes me wonder at the purpose of a 6th sense!

I am sure to be cursed for my blasphemy!

The importance of being earnest

2008-02-05T14:08:00.000+05:30

Sometimes it so happens, that the you make certain important life-altering decisions on the spur of the moment. You say, what the heck, its my life and i call the shots. Its not entirely wrong to be calling the shots, but you also need to consider how a lot of other things are affected by your seemingly rational behaviour. When you are given the chance to make your choice, you spill it then. Later you decide to take control of your life, and go back on your earlier decision. You don't seem to take into consideration the damage that it could cause, and disregard the feelings of people involved. You dont intend to hurt people, but if you do, you just dont seem to bother.

Too short a life to be spent hurting people.

You have every right to decide your own life, but make sure you think twice before you do. And don't go back on it, especially if it involves other people, because you dint anticipate what you are made to face. Everyone makes mistakes. Its just human to. But sometimes, they prove a little too costly for others. Grow up, be considerate, no person deserves to be hurt.

Bride to be!

2008-02-04T09:52:00.000+05:30

Well, thats definitely not me!!

The elaborate rituals of a Tam-bram wedding have always amazed me, although i have never had the chance to witness it in complete detail. The three day extravaganza is a chance to meet all the relatives, distant or near, most of whom you perhaps meet only during such weddings.

While the gathering usually comprises of friends and relatives and is always large, its more so in my family, wherein just the close family members would suffice to make it huge. But it so happens that every person that lived in Madurai is definitely known to atleast one of the members of the elite "DEO" family and hence is also present to "grace" the occassion. Hell, its fun!

For the first time, i got to be a part of a wedding right from the incipient stages, the part where the bride is "shown" to the prospective groom and his family. What an embarassing ritual that was. The bride is made to look like the most precious article of a museum, and everyone present gathers around to catch a glimpse of the marvel. Then the bride and groom to be were "allowed" to talk to each other, a compatibility test rather, while the elders discussed other important issues such as wedding dates and guest lists. No one realised that all this would be in vain, if the results of the "test" came out to be negative. But, hell, who cared. It was going to be an arranged marriage, and the consent of the bride and groom to be was more than taken for granted.

After the permitted, brief talk that the two had, came the most embarassing part of all. Thats when, the elders finished their quota of coffee and snacks, decided that they've had enough and completed the formality of asking the two for their consent. Woah! You base your entire life on a 10 minute talk, the elders propose your wedding and you say "yes" to just a little less than the entire world!

How arranged marriages have worked in this world has been one intriguing mysterious question. I guess most of the energy of the people involved is spent in trying to make the marriage work. Women folk had been forever dependent on their husbands for every little need of theirs. Divorces were unheard of and divorcees were social outlaws. Hence, the couple had no choice but to live together. Women usually bore the brunt of this social stigma.

This is no longer the case. Women are equally educated, earn equally, and are a lot more independent. But the choice of a life partner still lies with the parents. Times are changing, but the "DEO" family has been a little too slow to change with times. Well, wonder who's gonna be the first person to bring about a wind of change!

A trip down memory lane

2008-01-31T14:47:00.000+05:30

A pretty cliched title i understand.. But come to think of it, nothing could explain my visit to Pilani better!

A delayed flight, bad roads or lack of any at all, the stench, the lack of landscape, all this could leave you pretty exhausted at the end of the day, but if you know what lies ahead, then nothing could be more exciting! I can probably not be able to express the excitement i was experiencing enroute pilani.

If not all this, the cold weather, plus the tension of having to face campus interviews did bog me down a little, but everytime i crossed some known region, the 4 most colorful years of my life came alive and the adrenaline rush resumed.

The end of a four hour long journey brings you to this remote village, giving you the illusion that you probably travelled a few centuries back in time. But the myth is soon dispelled on entering the campus.

The gate, vfast, the hostels, the redis, saraswathi mandir and finally meera bhawan. The transistion was too quick for even assimiliating the overflowing images.

Having reached MB, i still stood dazed after all the thought process. But nothing could beat this one. The first thing that one can spot on entering MB, would be the mess. And for once, there was no disgust on the thought of entering the mess. Ooh! the pun [:P]!! Cakes, cookies, puddings grand sweets pickles, all the cribbing and complaining, the gossip sessions, the rush of memories was superfluous. Having reached 7th block, i was overwhelmed by the welcome i received. I did manage to make quite a lot of friends i thought.

But most of all, what moved me was when the mess bhaiya, the jamaidarin, the dhobin and the cycle wale bhaiya recognised and welcomed me. Felt really special.

After this, it was just the routine of visits to sky, redis, sac, c'not and the placement notice board.

The first time i went to sky, i would have cried i thought. In spite of the stale, expensive, unclean food, this was one place i missed dearly. Outsider's might never be able to appreciate or even understand our love for this place, but such are the memories associated with it, that sky can never mean anything else to a Bitsian! I stood still absorbing all the memories i was bombarded with, when Pappuji asked me if i would have a "bread tikki"! If i hadn't cried yet, i would have now.

Even though the principal purpose of my visit din't turn out to be quite successful, the visit was a final chance at re-living all those wonderful years of my life. I'm sure never again will there be a greener and more enjoyable phase of life.

Red Neon

2007-12-11T15:27:00.000+05:30

Getting stuck in a traffic jam, is one of the most traumatising experiences ever. And if you live in Bangalore, then it is one thing you will have to repeatedly face.
One of mankind's greatest inventions, the wheel, fails to aid him, automobiles are not mobile, and horns are the only parts of vehicles that function. And maybe the radio with some RJ enthusiastically giving traffic updates in the comfort of her studio!

You slowly start dreaming of the quantum mechanical counterpart of this world, the one where there are no autmobiles, no incessant honking, no polluted air, the one of eternal bliss.

The one where birds chirp, one that has colors, green grass, blue sky, red, yellow, orange, white flowers, unlike the sodium neon colored THIS world. The noises you hear are those of a nearby waterfall, or a river, with pure, unadulterated, crystal clear potable water, without any industrial effluents. A world where there is brotherhood among people, where everyone is a part of the other's life, unlike the life of THIS world, where you probably aren't even aware of the existence of a neighbour, and probably prefer not having one. The one where there are no street dog prints on every road, the one where you dont have to stare at your computer screens all day, the one where you dont have to clumsily use forks and knives, where you dont have to find time to exercise your limbs, walk for hours and still stay at the same place, go to pubs and discs, tolerate the smoke, the stench the jarring music because everyone else does.

You play in the fields all day, swing on tree branches, bathe in the waterfall. Pastoral bliss.

Screeeech! Honnnnnk! Louder Honks! And you are back in THIS world, of sodium neon lights, and the guy in the next car is also rudely awakened from his colorful dream.

Boredom

2007-12-03T16:32:00.000+05:30

Calvin: Dad, Look! The sun's setting and it's only 3 o'clock.
Dad: It's not 3 o'clock. Your watch stopped.
Calvin: Time doesn't stop if your watch stopped?
Me: He's lying Calvin. Time does stop. It did eons ago!

Calvin: Why can't I stay up late? You guys can! IT'S NOT FAIR!
Dad: The world isn't fair, Calvin.
Calvin: I know, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

Calvin: I liked things better when I didn't understand them.

Calvin: Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience

Calvin: I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by Man's destruction of forests. Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

Calvin: The world is a complicated place, Hobbes.
Hobbes: Whenever it seem that way, I take a nap in a tree and wait for dinner.
Me: Hobbes, i want to be u!!!

Calvin: I've been thinking, Hobbes.
Hobbes: On a weekend?
Calvin: Well, it wasn't on purpose...

Susie: Why didn't you sign up to play baseball like the rest of the boys? Don't you like sports? Calvin: I hate all the rules and organization and teams and ranks in sports. Somebody's always yelling at you, telling you where to be, what to do, and when to do it. I figure when I want that, I'll join the army and at least get paid.

Calvin: Hobbes, do you think human nature is good or evil? I mean, do you think people are basically good, with a few bad tendencies, or basically bad, with a few good tendencies? Or, as a third possibility, do you think people are just crazy and who knows why they do anything?

Me: Calvin, Do i know you?
Calvin: Yes, of course!! I am you!!

USB 3.0

2007-11-29T10:58:00.000+05:30

The latest version of the Universal Serial Bus will be USB3.0 and will be commercially available in 2009.

Cristopher Null says "Enter USB 3.0, which moves the bandwidth needle from 480Mbps to roughly 4.8Gbps, 10 times faster than the current version. The new standard, which was recently demonstrated using a new optical cable (but the same connector), will be backward compatible with older USB formats and promises better power efficiency, too, in order to decrease the load on portable devices. Possibly in the works: Better ability to charge devices over USB, some of which still require an A/C adapter or two USB connections to draw enough juice."

Phew!

Inside out

2007-11-28T09:59:00.000+05:30

"Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?"

Miss South Carolina answers,

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us."

duh!!

Well, poor thing. Unfortunately she wasn't asked one of those cliched questions for which all these girls have often rehearsed answers right on their finger tips. So when the question was different, all she could come up with, was this.

This raises doubts on the credibility of these beauty paegents. What is the whole idea behind grooming such dumb headed dodos, who later go on to become ambassadors of organisations such as UN to champion some cause, when they can't comprehend common problems. The issues that would concern them would be, the latest implant in the market, the spring summer collection of some designer, the new lipstick that wouldn't suit her complexion.

Oh yeah, and there are children in Africa, who need maps. So, they'll buy them those.

If u need something attractive to endorse your products, that acts as u need it to, never retaliate, then use mannequins. Invest all that u have in making them sophisticated. Don't spread the need for dumb babes, so that they dont question you on being exploited, for they wont even know they are being.

Girls often nurture dreams of becoming models, actresses or beauty contest winners. The popularity associated with the billion dollar show biz industry is unmatched. Everyone wants to be popular. Well, there is nothing wrong in wanting to be, but the means by which one achieves it and the extent to which one can go for it, is. You can do everything u need to look good, but not at the cost of losing your common sense.

A common observation is that girls always underperform in competetive exams. Their IQ is lower than that of the boys of their age groups. Lower IQ isn't caused because of one's sex. Its because of one's lack of motivation towards objective learning. The notion that girls need to be educated for finding a suitable groom later on, should be condemned. The urge for higher education and specialisation should be created amongst them. And the interested ones should be encouraged.

Intelligence can't be taught. But the means for it can be created.

Here i am!

2007-11-27T09:56:00.000+05:30

Assuming that it is mandatory for every person to specify the reason(s) for being here, and keeping with the tradition, i list mine.

1. Boredom.

2. Fatal boredom.

3. An increasing urge to voice my opinions on certain issues which definitely could do without those.

The prestigious "deemed to be a" university i hail from has the notion that students learn best when "exposed" to the industry, when they put to practice all the theory they have learnt. And thus has introduced this university industry linkage program as part of the curriculum. Well, to be fair, its not completely wrong in its thinking, but this hasn't been a complete success for it hasn't resulted in widespread acceptance and satisfaction amongst students.

I would call myself "a victim of this whim".

For one, i haven't learnt any theory that i can understand better on putting to practice and two, now that i am here, i am not quite loving it!

A common observation has been that most people, yes, most people end up not doing anything constructive for this period of about 6 months. Companies try and extract cheap "labor" out of these unassuming interns and students end up having not learnt much at all. While some atleast have the privilege of being paid for carrying out these tasks, most others are made to fend for themselves. Some advantaged also get access to free net, with no holds barred(very few infact)! Yep, i belong to the elite lot. I have access to orkut, gtalk, even youtube. But it just gets cloying beyond a point. I stopped logging on to gtalk, when once, getting signed in was a feat in itself, leave alone having a coherent conversation. The thought of facing the same people and making the same small talk over and over again is quite dismaying.

To be honest, i actually have learnt something, altho the amount i have learnt in the time i was given is not even remotely concomitant. Have nobody to blame in particular. People around are extremely busy, and annoying them with my absolutely silly doubts does make me shy away. My mentor has been a mountain of support. I have been falling back on him for everything. He could have so done without me!!

And yeah, also need to mention my fellow intern, who has had the misfortune of having been put in the same cubicle as me, who has endured all my idiosyncracies and i have his. Would have been a disaster without him around.

So, coming back to the point, having been dropped into ABC corp and labelled an intern, i have largely done.. well, not too much that i can flaunt. Of late i have started working, and thats when i realised how much time has been wasted over the past few months and how i have made nothing out of it.

And thats precisely when i start this venture. One more reason, rather the principal reason is that, I have been pointed out that its high time i started preparing for the impending doom (campus interviews) which i am to face in less than 2 months. In attempting to not carry out the preparations, i am brought here.

Well, thats for the intro.

Here i am, alive.. and kicking!

PS: i am not sure if i can add blank spaces between paragraphs. doesn't seem to be happening.

And everytime i use words within quotes (" "), i am reminded of Joey!!