Kaad Harte

Beer, Bread & Birthday

2011-04-26T00:52:00.000-07:00

and,

yo.. its my birthday today and am older than yesterday.

Few freinds were here to sing, dance n play!

Candle lighting followed by cake cut marked begining of day;

Texts, calls n FB wishes made my day.

Beer, bread and beer - food for today!

yo.. its my birthday today and am younger than following day.

Aiyyoo KARMA

2011-02-13T01:27:00.000-08:00

Would you know what is triggering the death of BLOGS!?! 100 words or less(essay stress)!? marital status!? or the second life that we lead on FACEBOOK!?
well, its just another random question to my 2 n half readers.
If any of you are still sticking around, you will have noticed that updates on this blog have become a trickle and so have the updates on the blogs I used to follow, which now lie abandoned in the vast wasteland of (W)orld-(W)ide-(W)eb. However, I have just come back to dust the cob-webb off my little space. Aiyyoo, yes, it is KARMA... n I call it 'FB Karma'.
I will not be surprised if FACEBOOK would be the one stop shop for all our virtual needs (at one point I thought GOOGLE's bunch of apps were). But, couple of hundred billion under its belt and roping in thousands every single day is BIG! and who knows?, FACEBOOK might kill this blogging star too.!

PS: I welcome you back, my 2 n half readers...

& she says ..

2010-11-22T05:34:00.000-08:00

www.toothpastefordinner.com

I said, how about a cup of coffee..
& she says, coffee is not my cup of tea!
I said, coffee isn't a drug but a vitamin..
& she says, how can u!?! that toasted milk!

I said, cup of coffee shared is happiness tasted - time well spent..
& she says, coffee, men & chocolates are better rich!
I said, every accomplishment starts with decision to try..
& she says, is your blood group coffee?! ha ha ha..

P.S : kowtow, a must to ur sense of humor.!

In d eye of a...

2010-08-02T00:04:00.000-07:00

STORM.? you guessed wrong. Its TORNADO.! (for d heck of a title)
Its been way too long since I scribbled here, well thanks to my j-o-b-s which has left me with no time to even scratch my bum..dudhffff... sighhh... and it continuessss...
Working for 120+(i lost count past 120) hours over past few days has made me realised that money is not everything but my fem superiors were !! Now I know how hard it is to concentarte on bloody workstation when your pair of auricles (ears i meant) are tuned to localized gossip station.
And someone said BANKING is hard.!?! agree, but INSURANCE is the hardest specially with females around, you better be insured for something.
As a matter of fact, I managed (corrected later as behaved) good when I was thrown in the midst of 'women @ work' and.. hmmm its tempting time for a cup of tea b4 I glorify the tackling of TORNADO.

P.S: May be continued....

pSyChic sElf

2010-04-19T00:47:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, I cant get started

on things that I have to do. . . .

And my self-improvement efforts

fall short on follow-through.

Often,I get tunnel vision

and only see one side;

Many a time, I hide my feelings

behind that wall of pride.

when things start playing Rock n Roll

with playlist set to random;

I urge to have a ball. . . .

but sooner than later, I endup being stall.

As I continue to expose my psychic self, am onto the next stage of life's consciousness! So, are you?

PS: the book titles in the pic are not my concern but his gesture is...

1st few days..

2010-02-02T22:15:00.000-08:00

of 2010 has kept me on my toes. Well, money being on top of the motivation list, I cant just stay away from work, can I!?! I wish I hit those six bloody lucky numbers and go on world trip for rest of my life. I know, it sounds like a figment of imagination.
Of late I got my temperory residency(hurreyyy!!!),a so called promotion as 3IC manager in disguise with a salary hike of 0.31$/hr. Now that is against racism and or discrimination. And yeah, I love this place and people here are not what they are as projected in desi media. I can hear you swearing at me under your breath but I can only say so much for now.
I will be back on this issue shortly, only to prove that we desi's are more racists.!
And also, as am a big time F1 fan, this years lineup is more promising than ever and am looking forward to see FORCE INDIA(& deepika padukone in red saree) on podium.

PS: Jai ho maa tujhe salaam onde maataram etc....

school memories...

2009-12-22T21:46:00.000-08:00

Its already been a year since our reunion and I cut start (inaguration, I meant) the lines by saying "that day you kill the child in you, you are dead!"....
The one's I remember most vividly, the one's I enjoyed the most, regardless of anyone else's enjoyment or lack of it, one's that stood out from every other routine day for whatever reason... they aren't necessarily in cronological order, I've just written them down as they occur to me...

Remembering my childhood, a favourite thought;

Those are where most of my memories are.

Friendship is all what we sought,

KHO-KHO n KABADDI for fun;

Science,Social,Maths were all what we were thought,

Languages n Poems for pun;

Now that we grew up, its all done;

I wish it did not have to end,

I just want to do it all over again!

These moments captured reminds me every now & then, that.... am as young as I was then, As young as my faith but only as old as your doubt!; my reminiscent of school days contrasts with today's...

I dont draw or paint on papers anymore!

I dont act or sing on stages anymore!

Because for I believe that, old skills never die;

I just have to dust the cobwebs off once & a while.

With my thinking hat on I realised that, In my youth the days were short and the years were long. But, its vice versa now: Years short and days long! Adding to the fact is that years teach much which the days never knew. As I write this down, I am getting late for school... so I better get going..

Shirt tucked in, tie straight;

Shoes polished & socks white.

A quick prayer hiding from peetla's sight!

stand to attention and lead off from right....

city RiDe my PridE

2009-11-26T21:34:00.000-08:00

I wish I had all of bangalore to the original bangloreans (just friendly faces and familiar places all around) hope that one day all the outsiders will go back !! we've been good to them enough, only to get bitched! Though am neither an infosian nor a wiproer, I like it when some say..."neev software navarella bandu bangalore na haal madbittidira". I love my city for it being my home and also for its dimensions, dynamics, driveways, dareness, dtc.

I remember, we guys use to drive as far as coffee day(mysore road) for half a day and still miss bangalore! Guys use to call n say "its boaring maga, sigona" and we knew exactly where to go. I still get those weired yelling in my dreams when once I almost got hit by an auto while crossing the road and the driver goes "maneli helbittu bandidya!?!"

The best of all is when you get into a brawl in public and about 36 strangers gather around in a flash! atleast to watch, if not to help!
I badly miss the fun of the 3wheeler ride and gone are those days when I could tell the drivers rightuuuu leftuuuu and straightu and they knew the route, except once I told the guy to go straightuuu and yelled at him when he turned right instead...
....and he turns around and nods his head at me and tells me I should learn how to speak clearly because back then my "rightuuu" & st"rightuuu" sounded the same!
And oh..! the ultimate was when we guys use to hang out of BMTC on just one foot & still people said "swalpa adjust maadi please"...just to squeez a part of body in and the rest was taken care of for the remaining 23kms..!

PS: But still this is my Bengaluru my hemme (read as my city my pride).

As U C it..

2009-10-21T06:48:00.000-07:00

As (yo)U C(hange) it...

For what? U say I am being modest!
I say: no ambiguity please, am being honest.

For what? U tag me under the label hypocrisy!
Between us,I doubt the amity;
I was portraying my sincerity.

For what? U point me as racist!
I pray that U get bullied by terrorist...

I do ReMix

2009-09-14T00:52:00.000-07:00

I had enough of composing originals and also thanks to you(my muzic fans, I meant)guys for expecting something loud & queer. Its good fun to wear RDB's hat while reproducing rafi's and mukesh's classic in raghu's way. Since many of the muzic greats have already given it a try (& failed), I being not one among them, decided to give it a shot and the outcome is here. well, before you listen and start complimenting, downloading or commenting (which, my fellow followers often forget to) please read my disclaimer* below.

>>Likhe Jo Khat Tuje (Original is here)

>>Mera Joota He Japani (Original is here)

To add to the above classics is this complimentary sing along...

>>Tere Bin Kaise Jiya (Original is here)
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*DISCLAIMER: If you are not the intended raghus-muzic fan then, be one ASAP; Also, any dissemination or distribution of the above is much appreciated, either explicitly or implicitly. Ok..now get a mic n start singing..

GUNYA bros.!

2009-08-27T03:21:00.000-07:00

I was on G-chat with my friend back in bangalore(at work but still.!)this afternoon. After discussing few things our conversation introduced me to brothers of chikungunya. Yes, you read it right. Actually, this is how it went...

me: so, wuts happening in b'lore?
frn: oh..U knw wut, therz few new virus seeking hosts in & around b'lore this year..
me: oh ya I read about H1N1 & CHIKUNGUNYA r spreading, faster than BMTC & its routes.!
frn: ssss..also, adding to traffic are TOMATOGUNYA & MUTTONGUNYA lately
me: wut.!?! sounds lik they r brothers of another mother..

and it continued..I could'nt control myself from rolling over the floor(carpetted ofcourse). I then googled for GUNYA bros only to know that they are latest in the list of rumours doing rounds in the city, much efficient than BCP constables...

hAiLed but faiLeD

2009-06-14T23:43:00.000-07:00

finally I gave my driving test today in the morning which, exclusively was awesome with no dramas but traumas only later for both me & examiner.! I still get to drive with my desi license however, the lady in blue was cool who caused my valiant attempt to fail and now am considering to give it a second go...

mE, Muzic & mYself

2009-05-25T23:20:00.000-07:00

Having not much to do at home and at work, am keeping busy browsing youtube for good muzic like this, this and this and oh ya many more actually.. so if you think that even you are obsessed with muzic then help yourself. I bet there isn't any better work on your side too..get youtubing .!

I get sTimuLuS package

2009-05-13T22:09:00.000-07:00

I being the honest TAX-payer was promised of Australian Economic Stimulus Package by the in-power labor party government in feb2009 with hopes of reviving & encouraging economic growth. Job uncertainty in the fore front of aussies mind made Kevin Rudd oops.! sorry Mr. Prime Minister of australia, sign-off on a $42 billion stimulus package and I got my share lately which approximately accounts to about 0.000004%.. well, *uc* numbers its free money..! hurrraaahhh

upon full quarter..

2009-04-26T05:50:00.000-07:00

just struck my mind.. well, its not about my age though; ok, it is..only but relatively. Hufffff whatever, I just thought since its been a while I have not posted none and me being handicapped(my notebook gave up)lately...why not seize few hours to check out how am I doing in life? Rethink my errors & reminisce my successes, forgive myself for my failed efforts but take pride in my achievements which so far are few episodes of my life valued highly, without which I would not be who I am today...a 25 Y.O. highly qualified male seeking for a change in job prospect. No celebration this time around...well, its global financial recession you know..

Gradually Glad

2009-03-09T22:28:00.000-07:00

dark cupid clouds crawling away;
object of affection gradually fading away;
true colors of life making its way;
frustrations & regrets needs castaway,
by letting thoughts to loop & sweet insanity to speed away.

the rage plays hide & seek,
causing bloodrush in veins;
why regret? - question to self;
calm contemplation engulfs;
unrequited query finds NIRVANA.

Drunk wit thoughts

2009-02-28T23:21:00.000-08:00

Its sort of hangover on one side but contemplation on the other. I am not complaining. Sadly, am being shaped thanks to a binge on confronting thoughts. Not just thoughts, but random thoughts and too many of them. I get my senses back on reading pass “success is not final, failure is not fatal but its the courage to continue that counts” and suddenly my mind gets cornered in silence on coming across life instructions: have fun; do not hurt people; do not accept defeat; strive to be happy.. god what next..!?! I just whisper 'yes I can' unlike senator Obama.
Then, I start feeling jingoistic on watching “S**M D*G Millionaire”, not because it swept OSCARS but because the way it projects my motherland. Now, to get out of this trauma I move on to listen this song that am obsessed with lately. Following this, I start thinking what keeps me actively lazy and I am bestowed by poseidon to transform my feelings into musical notes. Then, I get advice on sharing the regret with yet another thought; even before understanding the last, I get told “great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance” my mate.! nOw I am forced to an agile conclusion that, 3 W’s (weather, women & wine) are highly unpredictable..! and I need to get this copyrighted under my name. Oops..! am done with a bottle of white excuse me till I get a bottle of red…

PS: Am not drunk, the thoughts are.!

Feb 14 Special

2009-02-13T22:20:00.000-08:00

Nope, its not about what your thinking..& also, no, its not a sequel to 13th December. I have few other things to celebrate.! Yes, today marks the 2 years journey of struggle between pen & pride. It was on this day of the year 2007 that I along with 4 mates flew here. I still have my first ever international flight ticket with me which has its own story to talk.! It shall remain as an antique. Also, its my mate yogish’s birthday today. His first in Perth in 2 years, which makes it, bit more special

Finally, I would like to add few words about the most expected form the date above… for my male friends & foes in love, sweating with gift-O-phobia.! I say, she may forget what you present or said, but will never forget how you made her feel while delivering them. Love as if everyday is valentines day.! (gets costly, i know) Good luck :)

13th December..

2009-01-26T22:01:00.000-08:00

the 347th day of the year 2008 is a Saturday and I shall remember it for years to come. Am going to go out on a limb here and say that this may be the single most satisfying vacation I have had in my life. I finally had my day, my minutes to convey, my object of affection, that was held up for too long within me and the wait was over then.!

Now I stand straight and say...I don't let go of my dreams, the whisker of cupid can drown all the screams...I know that to talk of L**E, I have very little right but many times you see something only when it is out of your sight.! So I don't want to talk about this anymore and I feel things going to be better than before.

bAck 2 scHool

2009-01-22T04:06:00.000-08:00

I was in search for my lost mates from school or maybe I was looking to re-ignite that flame from my long lost school days. This was an effort to get the old gang back in touch and we did it, we made it happen not actually by going back to platonic school of philosophy but by social gathering at a restaurant. I mentioned ‘WE’ so that I get to admire, adore you all & of course, all of us need a big applause for showing interest & driving down on a busy saturday morning to make the event memorable.

Most of us met each other after 8 long years not to regurgitate what our teachers thought but to reminisce those precious moments that we had for few good years[1989-2000]. Thanks for all of U for making it happen & we shall have many more such gatherings in near future. If you guyz feel like reading more about school days this one sure is for you.

In the end I believe everyone were quite happy to say TATAaaa…, C U later. Nevertheless, for those of you who missed it for various reasons, not to be worried, you will be there for the next one…

PS: Reunion was organized, not just by having contacts, but by my perseverance :P

From city of Baked Beans

2008-12-28T21:16:00.000-08:00

Namastey mates. I am almost halfway through my hometown trip and only left with couple of weeks to enjoy home stay. Eating out almost daily, once in a day at least has messed up my stomach.! Enjoyed watching KANNADA movies and somehow I have been watching too many comedy plays at famous theater “RangaShankara” to add value for self-entertainment.! (no negatives). However, the hypnotic art of my presumption has made me to stay mute about local issues and am keeping myself busy in traveling to places and fun-tastic get-togethers. My nostalgic sense has made me to think about extending my stay but for now over n out…

No more xams!

2008-11-20T23:34:00.000-08:00

exams over and it ended with a bang!! Yes, you read rite; Answering database administration was like a cakewalk in the park. Xams are finally over & finally defines once for all but wtf***! time has insanely slowed down.. 5 more days n I can say bye to Perth but then… I only managed to kill 3 minutes n 26 seconds scribbling this. The predicaments of a student is no more for me and on reminiscing, it was not that bad after all (later corrected to not bad at all.!) and as always I did leave some scope for improvement. Well that’s that.. wow..! too much sugar in my tea.! all rite.. am off to fix it now…

this is my song so far

2008-11-07T21:10:00.000-08:00

I’m sitting here thinking about you
your thoughts create a flutter in my heart
thoughts about: I being song of your life;
thoughts about: I being breath of your hopes;
these thoughts will grow, fonder beautifully,
they have my mind as their home.

In the stream of my feelings will I ever find a river?
will my wishes ever find a boon?
no wonder my thoughts just run wild at times!
cause you are there and I'm here;
this is my song so far, regurgitating;
sitting here thinking about you.

Me moving on..

2008-10-26T00:31:00.000-07:00

Sometimes in life I did decide to walk through distinct path, in my own way to achieve goals and while traveling along, I observed the funny nature of life which forced me to drift apart and take shortcuts. And all along the way I have met people who let me see a different perspective of life than my own preconceived notion only to realize that we don’t live in the world of reality but in the world of how we perceive reality.
When I try to reminisce about the left behinds, I feel happy for what ever that I am today. But, I am still learning how not to hide myself in my own sheltered little world and just imagining things to happen or wish for the life I want, instead, mold myself to hold the command on life ahead.
From my dairy of lessons learnt, I love to ink down a few lines and the very first one would be – don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how; And like me, start believing in luck, for how else can we explain the success of those who win over us.

Ye dil maange more.!

2008-10-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

was the feeling for entire trip & yes, my fingers are back on keyboard to narrate our recent excursion down south, which was Rock On without dramas. Extensive planning followed by shopping led our shoulders drooping but that didn’t stop the bills popping.! Yeah, such was the excitement, which kept us driving crazy throughout the trip.
At 4 am in the morning on the 26th of September, I checked my travel bag, International Driving Permit and wallet for the last time in my pockets, pulled over a nice & neat sweater, checked my pair of Nike for any bad whiff, locked the house and jumped into the front right seat of our magnificent MAGNA, & the journey begins…
You guys don’t have to wait for too long as our 1st break came after driving for 1.2kms to hook up with EXCEL team. It was from here our walkie-talkie came in handy and the next stop came after driving for 3 hours covering 270kms. Since we carried our own food for the entire trip, we just had to stop by a petro station and finished our breakfast. Charioteers, myself and ash knew the challenge ahead of us, driving remaining 500kms in the rain and make sure that we reach Quagi beach camping site (destiny day1) before sunset.! As usual, it was my fantastic driving skills that came in handy to reach our destiny but just little too late. Oops..! forgot to mention about “WAVE-ROCK”, the famous prethse prethse spot which we visited on the way. Then we had to setup 3 tents in dark & rainy conditions, which we did & heaps of eating followed guiding us to bed for day1.

This song by our cave man (tejasvi) woke us up in the morning; brand new day2 with sun shining bright made us forget wet & cold day1. Quagi beach visit was followed by quick morning routines. Disaster struck when my car got stuck in sand & I had to sacrifice the rear bumper to get away with it. Damn…! defamation of my driving skills straight away.! Well, I then whispered – I shall not be silenced and we moved on from there straight to Esperance. Dropped by the visitors info center, coming out from which we had our activities planned for that day. Drove to twilight beach, got on with snorkeling in the clear light blue insanely cold shallow water for a while. Out of water, into our cars, we were off to luck bay camping site (destiny day2). Tents were raised & we had unforgettable candle light dinner with kutti kangaroos hopping around. Couple from New Zealand joined us for long chat following which we jumped into our beds for day2.

Day3 our ears booted the brainz after hearing this again. Morning routine was followed by visit to whitest Australian beach, Lucky beach. Wow..! what a place to be, I’ll just leave the rest for the pics to describe. Then we had to rush to Esperance to catch our cruise to WOODY island (destiny day3) at 9am. We were there an hour early which left us with ample time to sort out the luggage to be carried & safe parking of our cars. It was an awesome cruise lasted for about 2 hours only to leave our eyes wanting for more. Reaching the island we were guided to our camping sites and the tent setup subroutine was executed. Kayaking, bush-walking, fishing and finally, drinks session at the tip of the island in dark brought the exciting and amazing day to end.

Day4 U know what woke us up. Tent pack-up subroutine was executed and walk to ‘Twiggy’s landing’ view point followed it. Back from walk, we were left with lot of time to recall the moments, cakes & beverages were served following which we left the island to Esperance and from there to Perth with unavoidable breaks in between. Reaching home at half past 12 in the morning of 30th September, I turned the magna’s heart down only to realize that I had driven for yet another 2000Kms..! crazy me.

It needs no title

2008-10-05T04:25:00.000-07:00

I know It’s been almost a month since something breathed on this blog. On realizing it was October.! I screeched in silence, when the hell did September end.!?! Anyways, a lot of water has flown under the bridge since I last wrote (I know, my usage of english idioms are exemplary).

I did so many activities last month and it was fun unlimited. To name a few are like scuba diving, structured planning for an exciting trip down south, lots of shopping, got our magna ready to loaf and learned setting up tents for camping in record time and finally once in lifetime kinda trip (will write about it shortly).

Step in October, project phobia has occupied my mind and on personal front, I guess things are never supposed to be smooth for a guy who is about to turn 25. Me staring at my future which is still as clear as the climax of an art movie (I don’t know about you, but I hardly understand ending of an art movie) leaves me paranoid.I know am being intricate, but I’ll stop here to enjoy the remaining Sunday.

Filmy friday

2008-09-05T23:35:00.000-07:00

A long walk back to home from job, door opens and I step into multilingual house-full show. Yes, it was just another filmy friday night yesterday and each one busy watching movie on their lappi’s. I meant multilingual as to describe: One deeply involved in a English classic, second belted to seat watching Tamil action, third laughing his heart out at Telugu comedy, fourth in deep shock watching Hindi horror and fifth being me was busy thinking to justify the word multilingual. Wasting no time, filled my plate to brim and fired up a romantic Kannada. It was only after seeing “SHUBHAM” my senses came back only to know my plate was empty and badly required washing following which I jumped to bed whispering huff… friday night phull tight.

Agony left chasing dreams

2008-08-29T11:01:00.000-07:00

Should I say hi, hello, how have you been? It’s been quite long and I miss your company? Or should I just ignore you the same way that you have been to me so far? How do I find the courage to go on & find a new horizon? How do I let go of a dear friend & companion in precious moments of my life? How do I move on when something wants to stay experienced in the past? Too many questions that you have left me to contemplate with. A day will come soon when my wait is over only to find you with some other.
I wish I am just dreaming, I wish you are not gone but when I open my eyes I know its real. Then I understand, to love is to risk not being loved in return. So I guess I will live my life again back to the time I haven’t met you. However, agony left chasing dreams.

Pride n Prejudice

2008-08-22T01:36:00.000-07:00

What an event so far the Beijing’s Olympics has been to us the INDIANS. A long and impatient wait for 56 years now, to replace the Bronze with glittering Gold. It’s a shame to know our 1st independent gold medalist died fighting for his pension on the other hand thanks to 24/7 media which has made the new national heroes storm into crorepati list already.
If questioned how many medals India would win, my heart would answer 1 more than the hosts but my mind pointing to India’s great contribution for the Mathematics. However, the fact lying between and my sole satisfaction about the fact is that our eternal rivals, the Paki’s, have drawn a big blank. I’ve been contemplating most of the times & keep on wondering what is it with our athletes.!?! When Chinese can train a 6-year-old gymnasts to do 100 sit-ups, In India child rights activists would have filed a petition complaining of child abuse.
And yet, for the 1st time there is a genuine belief that India’s next Olympic gold wont take so long and undoubtedly there are many more Kumars and Sainas waiting to be discovered.

P.S: Why not Bollywood big shots do something about this? With context to IPL.

66th & Unnoticed.!

2008-08-08T23:18:00.000-07:00

Its my friend’s birthday today the 9th August and we staying together here, on a foreign land, 6374.5kms away from home, has never made us forget to wish him as soon as the clock struck 12. Well, its not his 66th by the way.
If we can recall high school history then probably its not enough to get the idea what I am talking about. It was on this day 66 years ago people of India launched their final struggle for Independence. Mr. M.K Gandhi’s inspiring words spoken on this day kept up to its expectations which goes like this… “Here is a mantra I give you. You may imprint it on your hearts and let every breath of yours give expression to it. Do or Die. We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery.”
Today, we are left with no more interest or patience to remember moments of national glory or sorrow. The mood is to get on with life, get ahead in the struggle for survival & success. The reason being today’s politics which is so vile & banal which has made it difficult for us to imagine that there was a time when our nation’s air was charged with commitment, heroism & sacrifice. Now, where is the pride of being an INDIAN…!?!

PS: Mera Bharath Mahaan, Bolo Bharath Mataa ki...jai.

Raghu Romeo

2008-07-22T21:23:00.000-07:00

Its been totally a different day so far for me. Its raining and I just can’t keep my mind away a moment thinking about U n ME. If one loves a person isn’t it consistent? isn’t it grand with no longings, no hurt feeling but just pure bliss? The things she has made me feel is ambiguous. At times I feel like soaring and flying high but most of the time I feel like an angel with only one wing. Sometimes when I’m all alone I keep thinking of the time when we can be together again and make all our dreams a reality. But my greatest wish is that somehow the rain god would be kind and we can have all of it and the tune played in the background, U n ME, love in rain....

PS: Self inspired; rest left for creative imagination.

Mission Marriage

2008-07-10T04:54:00.000-07:00

Since most of my classmates are geared up waiting in queue to tie the knot, I thought of penning down few words, which I observed during my recent conversation with them. I was amazed by the way, ‘girls to be aunties’ analyze the lifestyle of guys. Adding to the surprise is age that expire both for girls to be aunties and guys to be uncles desperately in search to tie the knot or get tied. Then what after expiry date? Its sort of taboo, at least among us Hindus, which is not amenable by me.
Top reasons for this jiffy nature that I came across were that, Females feel its safer to have pregnancy before they are 26 n also by 25 they start feeling older & are scared of loosing that girlish charm on their faces and most importantly worried about their figure n weight. Cheers! I never knew all these or at least I pretend so. Males specially software engineers, it seems they are scared of their average sperm count which happens to be slipping down like Dimple Kapadia’s clothes these days according my friend which he explains here. Well everyone has their point to prove but at this point of time I would say make love, not war & when you feel like experiencing both, only then get married.

living with reservations

2008-07-10T03:23:00.000-07:00

Its always been an embarrassment to hear & answer this question. As for “who asked it?”, I suggest not to be concerned about as long as you believe you have answered. And weather its right or wrong? Is debatable.
“If you believe in a casteless society, every major step you take must be such that you move towards a casteless society. Unfortunately, the step we are taking today in accepting the mandal report, is a caste formula. While accepting this reality, we must dilute that formula and break it by ADDING SOMETHING to it. Even at this late hour, there is time to pull the country back from caste division”.. & continues. Any idea who told these words? Well its none other than our late PM Mr. Rajiv Gandhi.

After 60 years of so called “In-dependence”, our current political leaders graduated from ‘Gandhi School Of Politics: A politics of convenience, not always of conviction’ are still ADDING SOMETHING only to increase the reservation quota which is a shame. When having reservations for the past 60 years have not contributed to developing INDIA, then why still have it!?!

Howz going?

2008-06-22T05:06:00.000-07:00

The most common phrase I get to answer repeatedly to different individuals following a warm hello. If that’s the aussie one, guess what, I have to answer the phrase Howz life? which is desi. Apparently I just end up replying “GOOD” hiding the reality which obviously interests none. After almost spending 18 months away from home I have come to a conclusion that life is not easy and it will never be, specially when you are repeatedly reminded of your age and things that should have been accomplished by that age..! Going gets only tougher and so do I to get going.

Theme MUMMY

2008-06-05T09:51:00.001-07:00

This is composed keeping HINDOLA as the raaga base. Western style 2/4 is used with my own rhythm pattern & accompaniment. This is 2nd of the series. When my teacher heard the tune, he commented that the music made him visualize some Egyptian chick walking into the king's court..!! What an imagination!?! It was this comment that made me to name this composition as "MUMMY WALKING". Listen to it n...

can you visualize the same? I would also like to introduce you all very talented, young & handsome Sumanth, a close friend of mine, is amazingly creative in music unlike me. He is about to release his own music album "ARUNDHATHI", you can access the details here.

Perth Motor Show

2008-05-22T08:51:00.000-07:00

It was my dream to try my hands on some of the most beautiful 4 wheelers and it came true 99%. Well that remaining 1% will be added only on the day when I drive a ferrari. Ok stories apart.. the pics speaks for themselves, if not, at least the captions do :) so i'll handover to them... tighten your seat belts..& off you go

One < Quarter

2008-05-18T05:31:00.000-07:00

There’s always been something reassuring when I came to know that this auspicious occasion of mine was celebrated by my friends and family in my absence..! of course in my home town BENGALOORU which makes me feel very nostalgic. It came as a bit of surprise & fun as one of my friend who happens to know me for about 12 years or more actually celebrated the occasion way earlier than it was meant to be.!

That’s right….it’s my birthday!!! I’m not going to say how old I’m turning, either. I’d rather let you go on thinking about the title “1 less than quarter”:)

Friends decided to celebrate at Golden Tandoori which is desi restaurant located in the heart of the city and the pics are up for you. Thanks for all your messages & wishes. Love you all..

The joy of Prathama

2008-04-13T01:03:00.001-07:00

Yet another sincere hello to my fellow readers. This was something that I had not given a though about as I consider my self a newbie to "WWW". Now that I have found a way...! ok without any patience to narrate story, this is my first ever own composition of music produced using PSR550 who happens to be my X girlfriend :D

This is composed on 6 different tracks & based on "HINDOLA/MALKAUNS" raga. Its almost 4 years old now but then its my first. N therz lot more to come.... for this moment share the joy of Prathama with me.

Moments recalled

2008-04-06T23:22:00.000-07:00

As I had promised in my previous post, i had to come up with this one which again might just bubble up those few moments of our Engineering Dayz. I could have titled it as "ENGINEERING DAYZ - II" a sequel to my previous post. But then as I have already said I dont want to make my blog look like another bollywood movie :)

So, it all use to happen like this....well if not for all atleast for most I believe. Here we go.... Gulping down the breakfast after a quick shower, we put on our denims, a cool shirt, freshened with some deodorant and leave for college, speeding along the bumpy roads. Finally at the parking lot we give ourself a final look and set our hair looking into the rear-view mirror[am not sure about our female counterparts]. Then we enter our class after meeting some friends, 5-10 minutes late, after the lecture has begun. we select the last bench behind a huge and tall guy and patiently wait only to scream out at the attendance call.

Almost all of us kept gazing at the lecturer but with our minds somewhere down in the canteen or at the door, waiting for `that someone holding a memo' to come in. There are always a few of sincere first-bench-students, who attend each and every lecture and have all the detailed notes, which the outstanding students, (students who always stand out lik me.!) can photocopy a few days before the examinations. Passing comments and gossiping from behind our books or playing cross and knots in the most boring lectures during which half the class would already be snoring.! were some of the methods adopted to spend the lectures.

By the end of the lecture, everyone is feeling restless and eyes on our watches, slamming books and dropping bags just to hint the lecturer but then they mercilessly continued their teaching. Finally the bell rings and most of them out of the class, meeting friends at the sombheri katte or in the canteen with "Plate ek aur spoon anek" formula :D

Above all we just cant forget the thrill of bunking lectures & getting cold shoulders of our HOD, the fun of partying or going for movies and picnics...phewwww..! Moments spent during college days are memories for ever.

Why the Name?

2008-03-18T19:03:00.000-07:00

Endless hours of procrastination, long hours of University & work, gossip, sleepless nights, job deals, Client meetings & Projects, house keeping & taking good care of myself are all incomplete without communication. So I call my blog "Kaad Harate" which apparently means "hot conversations with no real intentions."

I didn't start this blog to stir communal violence or to combat terrorism (which turns out to be common 2day). I started this blog so as to keep myself well read and updated (which obviously I am not now). Does that sound selfish? Would it have been anything different had I said this blog is the voice of the underdog? I believe its rhetoric stupidity.!

Do stupid blurbs bother you? Is Karnataka's Political situation bothering you? Are stinky socks the biggest menace for you today !?! Whatever it is, all you need is a little more talent than that of a nose picker to write and say what you want to say. And this doesn't mean that a nose picker cant write one!; confused? irritated? Well then the blog name serves the purpose :)

Vacation in Bengalooru

2008-03-08T05:47:00.000-08:00

First of all my apologies to regular readers as its been a long time that I have not posted any stuff and now that I have found some time to write about awesome experience of my vacation trip to Namma BENGALOORU.

Its been called the Garden city, lot of publicity as the Pub city, Silicon Valley of India, IT Capital of India huff…. Wut not..! leaving behind its original name BENDA KAALOORU meaning Cooked Beans.!

Well I would give my home town the name Friendly City as it cant be compared to any other city in India for friendly atmosphere. Absolutely chilling places to hang around and something always happening in & around the city. I’ve got the proof below though. It was pleasure to eat IDLY, VADA, DOSA, KHARABATH, KESRIBATH, SHAVIGEBATH, JAMOON, glass full of TEA n COFFEE n what not while you are in V.V. Puram..! Given a day I would have my breakfast at Upahaara Darshini in DVG road, lunch at Nandini in Jaynagar, evening Gully chats and dinner at MTR. Having eaten so much of outside food I say nothing tastes better than mother’s recipe.

There may be over 700 IT companies & atleast thrice as many temples calling Bengalooru home, but I assure that this isn’t some nerdy IT hub. Spend some time here, and you’ll quickly discover the delights of one of the nation’s most liberal metropolises and some wonderfull charms of old India.

PS : BENGALOORU – Many Worlds One Place

Legendary Matter

2008-01-18T19:20:00.000-08:00

Ladies n Gentlemen… Boys Girls n the Rest out there, I would take all the pleasure n pain in the world to introduce you all a never before, most amazing, humorously entertaining, living legend of APSCE telecom [02-06 batch]… presenting to you Mr. RAVI - K [well, not to be imitated in any other language which leads to offensive meaning] known to VTU as Ravichandra .K & to me/us as MATTER n from now on for all others out there. This happens to be yet another outstanding chapter while I turned back the pages of the novel with golden pages embedded “College Life”.

One fine day there waz a hardcore discussion going on among the back benchers…it was filled with exchange of taboo information [which of course U don’t wanna know]. Then suddenly enters a Gandhi [often reffered to as innocent guys – college colloquial] into the hot discussion n asks what is going on? what are you guys talking about !?! Then this question was followed by an answer “its MATTER”..! n the genius who answered was named after it there after, who then went on to be legendary with in a span of 4 years.

Well its not only the name that’s unique even the subject [matter himself] is. He was famous for his uniquely developed verbal wikipedia from which he used to speak the weird phrases/words which eventually were added to our slangs..! yes, they were so unique and funny that we couldn’t resisted to laugh our hearts out. Literally I can say that he abducted the English then. For those of you who are totally unaware of MATTER & his Wiki, here are few of them which I consider to be unforgettable…

. Aasami instead of Tsunami.! . Sharpanova instead of Sharapova.!

*. Fedrix instead of Fedrer.! & a wut not… at the moment I can only recall these.

The other side of his passion was giving cut piece poses to the camera clicks which eventually used to get edited by an unique artist Mr. Rohith alias GADIYAARA. These were made as hot news the very next day in the class n yet another day out at college. Don’t even remember how many day out’s like these we have had. And when it was time for exam he use derive his own shortcuts n explanations which amazingly were funny yet could be remembered well, atleast till the end of exams.

As I closed the book, I felt like somebody kicked me from behind.! But it turned out be my illusion. Today our Matter is a Software Engineer at Mphasis and owns a car to pool from Bangalore – Mangalore with Mphasis colleagues exposing his business mind [apparently nothing else sorry]. Forgot to mention that he has also tasted the pain of a fiber cane thrown at him by a police constable when he tried to jump in a que formation for a Kannada movie.! So HEGIDDA? HEGAADA? GOTTA..? NAMMA…CHINNARI MUTTA :) I know I could have written a lot more I mean a hell lot but I leave it to you guyz for the remains of MATTER MEMORIES.

I hated tat time

2008-01-02T19:21:00.001-08:00

Belated "Merry Christmas", "Happy New Year" & all that crap to everyone out there. I personally hated that period of time; specially last year [2007] as I was made to listen to all those annoying carols almost anywhere & everywhere. Let me say hurting somebody's feelings is not my intension.

This is what I heard from one of my colleague when I asked Y is it that you people lovingly hate christmas.!?! Its because "you buy other people things that they don't want and they give you things you don't want. You then spend most of the day with relatives you don't see very often, the reason you don't see much of them is that you don't like them. You eat too much, have a few too many drinks and start acting like the Hallow Man..!" I couldn't waited anymore for it to be over.

Some said: Midnight Mass is a good time to reflect on past mistakes and vow to try better next time the chance arises.
N Most said: Nope; I reckon Christmas should be wiped from the calendar.!; I'd rather mow the lawn or paint the house.! [after hearing to this I felt the mental sickness of westerners]

Lack of Culture but they still believe in Future, am damn sure they themselves torture.

Engineering Dayz

2007-12-24T23:12:00.000-08:00

I use to put down hope on paper boats and I use to see them float away, I use to keep them within myself and now I see them break away. Life becomes predictable and like any other bollywood cinema which I never use to believe and I wont still.

So, how are we going 2day? Guess its all the same as any other day or may be a little different than the monotonous one. Well, as per the fact that I am an Engineer..! [exclamation does mean something for VTU – Visveswaraya Technological University engineers. As for the “WHY?”, u’ll realize soon hopefully after reading through this atleast, if not till now] I may be bit late in sharing this “SWEET N SOUR” memories with my fellow mates but felt it worth doing so.

I swear in the name of all the VTU guides n texts I have referred to and all the college get-to-gethers I have attended till date, dayz at APSCE were & are still the best thing that has happened to me. Today, when I sit back and refresh my 'hard drive', all the memories just bubbled out. I felt very nostalgic.! as I watch all the wonderful snaps, which were clicked in sheer 'euphoria', on all the occasions which are worth a KOHINOOR..! [diamond I meant :P] & I simply have nothing else to say but to confess college dayz were & are THE BEST days of My Life!!"... Those 4 years has left behind memories to cherish which are undoubtedly worth remembering an entire life time.

So there I was sitting with my father in the midst of huge crowd filled with anxious students and their parents at the college reopening day waiting to hear from the DEAN about wut we hav got for our future soon after which a small meal arranged by college ofcourse. The next immediate thing happened before I knew was Queue formation for stationary..![prescribed texts by VTU for a sem were given to each student]; Soon after which… came a disastrous aakashavani listening to which I was dumbstuck..[wut the hell? Its jus opening day] but I had to rush for the classroom announced to meet our HOD, Mr. Sateesh Kumar for the 1^st time n had a glance at my future classmates. Next to which was obvious - running home.

So it was year 2K2, I was about to start for college. I was excited. I was scared. And I was not really sure what I was in for. I guess that’s part of the fun. It was also one of the most exhilarating times of my life as we all had the opportunity to step out on our own, mom & dad don’t get our report cards, we choose our schedule and our classes, we can stay up until all hours of the night…wut not.! We’ll get to meet a multitude of new people, and have opportunities to find out where our passions lie.

First year was like thorny way coz it had 1^st in it. Not that the subjects were tough but you know how its gonna be. That was like “to be remembered” sem, when the VTU papers were like walk in the park. It was hard in the sense everyone around me were weird then. Everyone trying to prove that they are better than the guy/grl whoz sitting next to them and vice-versa. And then if both of them [fellow mates] realize that the guy/grl next to them both is better than them 2 together, we tell him/her “Neen bidamma Kilaadi”[ no doubt we were sarcastic] . Most importantly I needed a very good memory to remember what lie I had told about myself to whom..![am damn sure it would be same with you as well].

Second year was way better than I imagined it to be then. Not in terms of subjects that we had to study but each one of us by then had realized: “the guy next to me is no better than me and the third guy is cool even though he is better!”, And that is when you tend to become human to others. I had the pleasure of being in Telecommunication department of the college which had a bit of everything, so it was good for me. Never to forget that it was this year that we had most of the tough subjects. A few of which worth mentioning are EC, LD, PE, S & S, CS and more. Now, all these subjects are just abbreviations, or at least they are remembered as that. What they stand for or how much sense they made us is not really considered. The ‘L-board’ lecturers didn’t make it easy rather they projected the difficulty of passing them. How can I forget those moments of joy that we guyz had in our 1^st excursion in 3^rd sem which made news among our batch mates & ever since then our class stood as role model for UNITY.

Third year was good fun as we were used to the semester routines and adding to that were annoying subjects. We all knew that we were in one of the tough streams of engineering but with friends around it was always fun & kinda got used to it. By then we also had a few parties n trips [will write about those shortly] and were the proud batch to organize Sports events and college day [stage performance] of that year [2005]. We also took the responsibility of organizing the send-off for our seniors which was a success as well… by then It was time for yet another blow by VTU [V Trouble U]- I mean to say the crap xams. Then comes the placement fever. This was a point of time when one can observe everyone getting truly serious. But then, there were some of us who never got serious jus like me.

And now we were in Fourth & Final year which made us the senior most of the college and by then I had realized what are we tested on/for? Our ability to write pages of crappy [on-steroid] passages? Mugged-up vomit adorns University answer sheets. But, I couldn’t be unmindful, of those exceptional geniuses, that one-in-a-million guy/girl, who sees through. Who swims against the current, and emerges from the wreck. Who studied stuff with a reason & that reason, not being restricted to a secure job. By then the project fever was all around and also the “can’t wait to finish” feeling. And before we knew, we are done; it was time for the exchange of sentiments. All well dressed, lined up and waiting for the PHOTO-FINISH remembering those 4 yrs of “struggle between pen & pride”. Huff… not to forget saree made girlz look cute.

That’s about it. Before you get into the comfort zone with people around you, things change. That’s life I guess. And then you realize, if you have to do it all over again, it is very hard. It just takes such an effort to make it through all those pathetic subjects. Isn’t that true?

ILI-BILA Dweepa aka Rottnest Island

2007-12-13T20:36:00.001-08:00

Rottnest Island our recent destiny is Western Australia's very own island getaway featuring a fantastic atmosphere and has awesome picturesque sceneries and some of the finest beaches and bays. It is located around 20 kms off the coast of Fremantle which happens to be the tip of Perth.

Well coming back to the topic, Rottnest Island is a special place for Western Australians and a popular destination for international visitors. The mediterranean style climate and indigenous flora and fauna of this Island is also provided with the finest backdrops to experience a special holiday experience.

Few places worth mentioning are the historic Oliver Hill Train, Underwater Explorer, sea kayaking, joy flights on the Rottnest Air Taxi [only if u r rich enough coz am not], some idiotic fun park, Rottnest Museum and lot more which are obviously not worthy.

Ok..so the journey by ferry took us around 40 minutes from Fremantle port, bloody salty sea water splashing all the way but it was fun though with aussi babes alongside who were wearing smallest possible pieces of clothes as we were blessed by the SUN god for that day. U can find some of the pics that were clicked around the island [not d naughty ones ofcourse] here.

The island is well spread around 11 kms long, and around 4.5 kms at its widest point. So we decided to hire cycles which had 18 combination of gears combined with disc brakes for additional safety and ofcourse good shock absorbers. It was around 25-30km ride around the island which took us well above 4 hours of leisurely peddling. U may find it funny "wuts all with Helmet for cycles..!?!" but thats the safety norms that we have to follow here which is annoying.

No wonder why I had a blue morning the following day as it was almost after 6 years that I peddled so much.

Sauver la 'e'

2007-12-08T01:03:00.000-08:00

Dont get worried with the title as I am a bit french freak! as the saying "Kannadigarellaru Anya Bhaasha Priyaru", n so am I. Well it also kinda drapes the title! which actually means Save the 'e-Electrons'.

Coming to the point, everyone is talking about Global Warming these days. "Save The Environment" is everywhere - recycle water, recycle paper even recycle movie storylines! [will write about tat shortly]. While most are talking about "saving the planet"[might be a movie title], I am indeed very much concerned about saving the most important resource in the universe: The Electrons!

How? let me explain: Electrons do most of transporting these days. They travel over our phone wires and over our LAN cables and our TV Cable lines, delivering all the good stuff for our entertainment. But have you spared a thought for the poor electrons that do all the work? I have. And do you know what happens to them once they have delivered your email to your computer?

Obvious answer is tat they come to our phone/computer/TV and then get wasted! that's right - there are only a limited number of electrons on earth, and everytime you watch TV, you are consuming this precious resource of mother earth. These electrons just hang around your Phone/TV/Computer for a while and then just die!

All this is causing a massive electron shortage in this world. Have you wondered why all the TV serials and Movies are so crappy these days? That's because there aren't enough electrons left in this world these days to make good TV serials and movies. The Directors have to work with a limited number of electrons and the quality suffers.

We need to take the electron shortage seriously. Some reports say that we may run out of electrons as early as 2025! This is a complete disaster scenario. Without electrons, there is no TV, no Internet and no Phones! You have to do your part to conserve electrons! [I hav already started wit it]

You can start by recycling electrons - You can do this by forwarding this article to all your friends. When you send emails, you are recycling the electrons that came to your computer and sending them back to the internet, which is really a series of tubes for electrons to flow. Also, leave comments on all blogs, especially this one. This way, you can return some of the electrons back to the blogs where they originally came from.Try to reduce your electron usage. Instead of watching Saas-Bahu serials on TV, watch cartoons. Cartoons take 75% less electrons than other serials. The 'e' is often ignored but very precious resource of our planet.

Conclusion: It is our responsibility and duty to use electrons precisely. Together, we can save the planet from our selfish over-consumption of the electrons. Together, we can SAVE THE ELECTRONS FROM EXTINCTION!

Faking the passion - "CRICKET"

2007-12-02T22:57:00.000-08:00

I had stopped following cricket for a while then. I used to be big on cricket back during my school n college dayz, but since the whole match-fixing thing broke out, I had lost interest. But the obviousness that all matches have been fixed doesn't seem to have affected the vast majority of the CRICKET fans. All of them continued to watch the game with exactly the same enthusiasm..!! exception being me.

The problem of being a non-cricket watching Indian is that many people think of that as being the same as being an orangutan - Almost human, but not quite..! yes I mean it.

Several people are scandalized when I tell them I don't follow cricket. This time at my work place during tea break, I walk into this tea room and everyone is talking about match that was played on the previous day N d chat goes lik this..

RON: "I think the umpire's 2nd decision was unwarranted. The ball was way outside leg."
Michael : "Ponting shouldn't have declared despite that - The reverse swing was appreciable. I still think it was outside leg"
"What do you think?"
Me: "I'm sorry, I don't follow cricket."

There is a stunned silence in the room as the enormity of my stupidity dissipates through the room. Everyone is looking at me as if I'm an Alien..!

Ron: "YOU DIDN'T WATCH YESTERDAY'S MATCH?"
Me: "err..hmmm....err...no? Did I miss something?"
Michael: "TRAITOR! KILL HIM! HANG HIM UPSIDE DOWN TO THE FAN!"
Rest of the Colleagues: "Yeeeessss!!! (chorus) Hang him! Hang him!"

It wasn't that bad, but hope you got the picture. I have since then learnt that saying you don't watch cricket n tat too being an Indian means you'll be treated like an outcast. So, I fake it.. not all d time but most of the time.. N the discussion went on....

RON: "...and so the ball was outside leg. It wasn't out. What do you think?"
Me: "Yes. That was the turning point of the match!"
RON: "Yes! And if that idiot umpire..."

"Turning point" is a good fake to use, because all incidents can be turning points of the match. People can't tell if you are faking it. But you have to be careful to use this strategy and not say too much. It can get you into trouble.

Mohammed: "What did you think of the match yesterday?"
Me: "It was a good match. Sachin's innings was eventful."
(Note the use of the generic "eventful". If Sachin scored 0, it was eventful, if he scored 100, it was still eventful. This normally works, except if you're so stupid that you didn't know Sachin is not playing)
RON: "Sachin is not playing in the T20 worldcup!"
Me: "Did I say Sachin? I meant Sourav."
RON: "Ganguly is not playing either. Did you really watch the match?"
Me: "Look there! its Aishwarya on the screen!"

my colleagues turned around to TV screen n I ran back to work...

Namskaara Howz U?

2007-12-02T22:34:00.000-08:00

Title bagge too much tale kediskobedi.... as it has extremes of traditional Kannada of saying "Hello" and the other part of it being newest & trendy way of telling "Hegidira?" in terms of SMS or chatting or mails....etc.

Yenu artha aaglilva..?? dont worry maadkobedi..!! yet another famous KANGLISH saying applies to U :-) Vaake vaake nanna mattu nimma time waste madade... Naanu basically Karnaatakada adarallu Benagaloorina Kannadiga. Nanna primary haagu highschool haagu Enginering in Telecommunication vyasanga namma Bengaloorinalli mugisi ideega Australia khandada Perth nagaradalli am pursuing my higher education. N thats about me those of U want to know.
KANGLISH - swalpa Kannada Swalpa English.... :-)