Cruel world

Struggling inside a crowded bus during peak hours
Having a train journey in a general compartment class where you can't even sit straight because of the deck blocking your necky! and the crowd blocking your wingy!
These are signs that the government is a good profit maker.
These are the modes of travels that are common and the most affordable kind for the middle class which constitutes the majority in almost every society.

How much will the government profit from this kind of tax levied welfare.
Ya, ya, this kind of transportation is cheap and anyway are easy to access and are the most utilized.
You have the ticket for the ride and you can decide whether to ride it or not. And the decisions tells your future!

You are in a crowded train or in a bus when you didn't notice anything suspicious! This is just another day for you! a bright new day, say be, you're going for a party, celebration, or might perhaps a funeral! You are tilting your head, you are smiling, you are laughing, you are crying, you are sad! This is the all mixture that will be there in the place where you live at present, in the bus, in the train, or in this world around you! This moment is not eternity, Life will fade for one but who knows how and when? Why and where?

You turn your head, either to look around, because you see a friend, a colleague, a beautiful lady/lad/children/grannies/rich/poor/begging/giving/singing/dancing, all sorts of action you can see happening even within a short mile! A smile you see, a mournful face you see next, you see the dying, you see the new born,

Now you stood up for you have reached your destiny and there you are.
You thought that your day is done, so you got to go.
You start thinking about tomorrow, thinking about your wife, husband, relatives, children, new born, your girlfriend, boyfriend, parents, promises you had, an your plan for tomorrow, and the next instant when your leg thump's onto the ground you know you had a blackout. People, who are lucky or unlucky but to see you tells the next curious ears that you are thrown off to a countable meters. Due to the high impact explosions, they knew they too had a heavy head but otherwise are far safer than you. You don't know what had happened to you. You might remember that you heard a blast. The rest is recollected when you wake up either in heaven, hell or the same cruel world.

Obama's family moving to Washington!

This picture I got from a friend. I just wanna share it. Its so cute!!
How I wish if I knew any one of them!

Click on image for better view

God sees me!

Is religion my God???

I went to a religious sacred place and upon coming out from the
temple a colleague asks me if I sees the god?
I answered him saying that the god sees me!

There were lots of boxes meant to drop offerings.
Was wondering if the place was for prayer or a market.
Was there peace or was there a feeling?
Was this place a hill for show offs where the rich can come and jump the lines?
Does the gods that are worshiped here really will have a place in the crowd?

We again visit a holy relic and this place of worship was of my own.
It is the religion that I follow and this religion was that I believe will bring me to God.

I or we (with the same colleague) enter the church which had a very stunning gothic looks.
We went down the catacomb and there was again an offering boxes and money there was in plenty, better stock than a certain local corporate house!

I sure hesitate dropping even a coin for I feel that I will insult myself if I drop here.
I knew I should drop in my previous visits. So, it will be fair to make my offerings.

Finally we were out with head full of thoughts that religion in this earth sure was a donation!
Donation leads to causes, causes creates an effect which can either be good or bad!

When we're out of the caves, there was yet another surprise at the exit, a relic shop!
I guess this was fair to an extent unless and until they are have a sale for indulgence!
Went in and bought something that deserves for a poor chap like me.

The questions still remains as I sat in my seat by the bus window!
Do I see the god? and the answer still bumped that the God sees me!

I went down from the bus and loiter around the nearby pub and after some hesitation buy three small bottles of whiskey which was called mosquito repellent coil because of the size!
It looks like a key chain to me!

Meltdown

Ice-cream meltdown
Artic ice meltdown
Ice age meltdown
and the most real one....
Global Financial Meltdown!

We knew some of it since the Lehmann Brother's failure..the wall street crashed
We were as much aware and cautious with the present scenario...
But how aware are we with the others? Are we cautious with the environmental haphazard??
Are we aware of the Artic ice meltdown which had a small column sacrificed for it in the newspaper. well, for the sake of the environmentalists, maybe!
Why not printed in the front page or as headlines for the news at 7
Are we aware of the new movie "Ice age" yet to be released???
You knew it..I know...

The answer my friend to all this....is ....hey what that lyrics....blowing in the wind!

Don't print this unless if it is absolutely necessary!
Spread environmental awareness!!
yes, you better memorized it....
Suppose if I forgot them that I post and wanted to recollect...
I might ask you!

Rain and relief in Chennai

It rained yesterday and today's paper wrote of rain bringing relief for Chennities.

It rained heavily and continuously for three days and newspaper mentioned the need for relief for flooded victims!
This is Chennai and it is raining.
Chennai is where rain and relief are closely associated! It goes two way, like they said the two faces of a coin! but here it is confusing! You need two coin here. One for rain and relief and the other for relief and relief itself! The positive and negative relief.

It rained and brings relief as cooling down the humidity.
It rained and flooded and victims are given help, aid relief from the rain brought woes.
It happened to me as well....
I was in my haste to catch my cab. I didn't even spare a minute to submit my completed crosswords which can win me prize!
Take a seconds to shutdown my workstation and literally run down the lift!
Just in time to catching my pick up cab and then we speed off! But our high speed was really a short lived one. This IT corridor stretch which used to be a free runways was full of vehicles on both the sides.

Our driver skip the congestion and took a shortcut and on that too we're moving on a snail pace. Finally after some 45minutes we're out again on the highway again. We moved again slowly, inch by inch, hour by an hour and sometimes we're at halt for a long quiet time! Engine's dead, cab mates sleeping, others stretching and yawning, finally one cab mate preferred to walking and then he got out! Rest of us don't want to give up and we stayed inside the cab bearing the rain from inside, safe and warm.

The roads were full of vehicles on the either side and dropping lights. I see romanticism here!!
we arrived at one particular junction where we halt more than 45 minutes again. When we start pacing up that particular congestion it looks like a miracle when we start zooming!! The road which we took was a freeway and we speed more than the limit. The other side was full of vehicles as far as the eye can see. Ocean of lights when they switched onto their automobiles lights!

We got a hair rising scare when we get almost stuck in a drain but escape.
It was a big relief for all of us when we reached our safe zones. Being the second last person to be dropped I knew we were all safe then. Took around 3hours and 30minutes to reached home which was actually done in 40minutes in normal days! The main reason for the day's congestion was the human chain formed by Chennities in support for the Sri Lankan Tamils.

In Chennai:
Rain brought relief.
Rain brought havoc and the relief!
Rain brought irritation and relief from irritation!
Rain brought relief for farmers who longs for it for their crops!

Go Obama go...

Regardless of the daylight time savings all things seems normal at this time.

Yeah Obama became my favorite when I learn of his policy from newspapers and other medias and his policy are really looking cool.

In his race in the primaries I was favoring Hillary Clinton and on the other hand if Hillary oust him I didn't wish for her to win over McCain. Yeah, some kinda outdated male chauvinism!
One another reflect was that Jeffrey Archer's "The Prodigal's Daughter" would have an insight in the story! and I didn't want this to be happen! Life shouldn't be as in a book! It ain't interesting.

So far, so good performance for Obama and until the day he got news that he is the 44th President of th US of A, he sure will be having a number of sleepless nights!! He'll got what he deserved! and I say life should be counted on works and success earned by hard work.
To becoming the first black but also the first non white US presidnet it won't be easy all along.
It will be a historic day for the oldest democracy in the world United States of America.

Countdown begins!

Ghost stories

Yes! Ghost stories..Tell me...You tell me...

Scared but curiosity got the better.
Stories that run down the spine
Narrations that beat the veins.

Of rattling sounds
of howling winds
of sneaky shadows
of faint distant voices
of footsteps sounds
of creaking doors
of banging windows
of things that moved by itself

Yes something was around us, Some people encountered it, others don't
Some believe in ghosts, some don't. There is also a difference in opinion when talking of ghosts!
Some non-believers turned into a believer when things happened to them.

Yet so strange are ghosts! Who are ghosts? Where do they live? Where do they come from?
All answers might be available if one got the guts to ask a ghost upon encounter!
meanwhile ghosts stories are fun if you got some scary babes listening to them.
There are college students who needs company to bathroom etc. etc.
They also stick to the back!!

Top ten signs your co-worker is a hacker

1. You ticked him off once and your next phone bill was more than your month's salary.

2.When asked for his phone number, he gives it in hex.

3. Seems strangely calm whenever the office LAN goes down.

4. Somehow gets HBO on his PC at work.

5. Mumbled, "Oh, puh-leeez," 95 times during the movie, "The Net."

6. Massive RRSP contribution made in half-cent increments.

7. Video dating profile lists "public-key encryption" among turn-ons.

8. When his computer starts up, you hear, "Good Morning, Mr. President."

9. You hear him murmur, "Let's see you use that Visa card now, fool."

10. Somehow he manages escaping arm wrestling competitions or carom board game.

Poltergeist!

Poltergeist
a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.

Last year October I was in my home state and helping my sister.
I was in school teaching and in hostel looking after pre-matric students.
There are 4 of us hostel assistants or student guardian running the hostel administration.
Another additional guardian and a helper was also there occupying the down base portion of the hostel/house.

I had an assignment and was out of town for two weeks in the same month.
Upon returning from my trip was hearing a ghost stories about the hostel!!!
I was very much interested and eventually started discussing with one of my colleague who was a friend since childhood. He told me what he knew. It happened down in the base.
One night base room occupants had to shift to the upper rooms around 2:30 am.

Instantly i was down in the base room. Ya it sure looks haunted. Then how do I defined its haunted. lemme try...First, the room was dark. second...i don't know what else to say but it real got unconnected to something which i don't know. I looked onto the wall. A group poster of Chelsea FC players was there and the remaining was pasted full with newspaper clips. So which one among the picture is having a high time here and what does it want!! So what does it wants to communicate?? Yeah some questions was left unanswered! who is the ghost?

The occupants are resigned seminarians (2 out of the 3) and i guess i thrust them. The shaking of bed, the tapping of floors, flashes of the watt bulbs, the trampling of the canvased toilet roofs, etc.

However these stories doesn't do rounds with the students and are interpreted in ways of jokes and they had a secure feelings. We started keeping vigil. I keep my mobile alarm at an intervals of every 2 hrs and then checked with torchlights and then will be sleep accordingly. It doesn't occur again. With another assignments to looking after a camping matric students at the other side of the town, i had to spend my nights out of the main hostel. But things are improving fast with the occupants chanting the rosary and other prayers at dusk.

It was never heard again until then.

Fun day at office!

What the fun!!

I like every fun now and then and fun day comes along..
26th Sept is the day for our fun day in office! And it did happened!
We have a milestone mark in our fixture and calendar.

Last night was out on stroll looking for this very particular hat and not sure about the one who owns it.
Finally with friends help was able to fish it out from the corner.
Brushing, polishing and rubbing to make it have a clean look.

Was unusually quiet today in the cab much to the surprise of cab mates who otherwise will bear my croaking all along our 40mins ride to office.
Upon signing in at usual time of 8:15 I still wasn't seeing weirdos colleagues.
Was the fun supposed to be starting from our very first hour?? I was guessing and with that i still have the cat inside my bag. I won't be showing this until and unless I started seeing others.
Everyone was quiet! I was confused!
One colleague step into the room with a nice confused outfit and that moment it irked our team. Two other girls in ladies outfit was another addition. (they rather look serious with their outfit and that was the comedy!)

8:30 a.m.

Everyone started onto their screens and i slowly opened my bag and pulled large jute fibered HAT! This gonna help me today and this i think was fun enough to pass the day!
I put it on and was soon noticed. We started laughing and others also follow suit, There are guys who had the look alike of Tamil stars, goondas, ladies etc etc!! It was getting more and more of fun as the day unfold of more funny dresses. Majority counts on of those who had come in half pants and sock less. Make up time was after lunch and a good number of guys was decorated with make-ups with girls help. And now and then the fun club members-jury are on rounds with cameras and judging the funnies. Flashes had ruled the afternoon.

It was fun
that's all V..
Can't sing you a song...
Am going to sleep now...

My Birthday!

Yesterday 6th was my birthday!!
Unlike previous years I unchecked all web that had my birthday mentioned.
Luckily to add with that one close friend who will be remembering it was abroad.
He departed for it the previous day.

Anyway office did know of how the next day in prevalence to my ID.
But wow for me as my day falls on saturday which was not working day for us and that saved me giving a treat for this big bunch of sweet batchmates!! :)
Friday was treated as my day in office with signatures and chocolates..
Got wonders of wonderful!!...

And of course there was a birthday threat earlier and not treat...a threat that had been threatened to a disclosure of information....ah! its a blackmail! Shailu threatened me that I keep quite or treat everyone else! what guts and what a coward me scared of that thing. But everything had got their own situation!!

Was trying to upload a birthday card but it was too big, 42mb for a single page and i got 4 pictures.

The mental Hero!

Upon visiting a friend's place we're in the terrace when all of a sudden comes a yelling and shouting from the far corner opposite to the street. It went on for a long time of shouts and died down when their mouth can no longer carry their shouts. It seems that somebody's really doesn't go along with one's neighbor. We ignore all these shouts but when there was a loud voices just down below.

We started gawking downwards. A drunken father was throwing tantrums. He really got a bad day and also beat his young son for which his neighbors started barring him from entering his own house. They started confronting him.
Problem dealing with drunkards is that the more you try confronting, the more heat they gave.

They start tugging for several minutes. Because his small body size he couldn't just win over them physically and started vocals! His verbal was really bad and he throws out the best of worse! They are fluently flowing out from his mouth.

Now along came a cyclist riding through the street. He wore a green color rather faded torn pants. No clothes on his body. His face probably looks like it got a day off from wash. No shoes.
He rode his cycle from the back and it makes him look like he's riding a Harley-Davidson's!
Seeing the tussle happening he jumped off from his cycle and approached the drunk guy. He looks very big when comparing to the drunk.

The drunk seeing a challenger now croaked at him saying "HEY" Our hero now stands in front of him and yelling louder that the man shouting "DAI" (the very common slang that showed challenge) he further added "WARANGU" All those who knew that word warangu(monkey) laughed.

The hothead drunk was now iced
Is he was quiet for that little reason!!
Our hero picked hid cycle and pedaled away.
Situation was under control!
We later learned that the hero of the day was a mental.

My ward's a Hero!

It was around 12:30am. I was still doing my Project IGI! Preparing a sketch for mapping, logs and shoots. My ward K was sitting nearby with a keen watch on what I am doing. Half of my attention was on him. There was a phone call and got up to answer. He was walking around and talking over the phone.

Coming back he said he wanted to have a night walk. We went out and we're down instantly in the silent street. Stopping by a street side bench, we were sitting and gazing at the clear blue sky.
Like this moment had always been my passion. Clear sky, clear air, quiet atmosphere.

Turning my head to the left side I saw two men entering the street and on the right a handicapped (with one arm) riding a cycle. I was calculating where the two parties will meet and i was right for they meet exactly right in front of us. Thought them that they are guys who loved a night like this romance.

Hey...What...What did i saw? How can a normal guy challenged a handicapped? Why is he pushing down from the cycle? why did they start beating a helpless person? They can kill him?

My ward who saw these was boiling all over! He stood up. I pulled him back telling him that its their matter which we don't know and request him not to get involved. I tell him they wouldn't kill. I also warned him of future matters that can get worsened. Was asking him to stay cool and just watch.

He Ignored Me. What a Ward! I was shocked when he released himself from my grip.
He is a quiet guy. He is more into action than words. He just showed that.

He walked up to the two men while i was still sitting! I knew he can handle two or three but I'm doubtful if its more that three. The handicapped was crying loud this time. I knew there were windows shutters around us opening silently.

When my ward walked up to these two guys who at once saw him and took to their fight position.
They are no match to him. He gave some hard kicks and they took to their heels. He helped the guy who was crying and thanking him and he let him go.

He came back and sat beside me. I was quiet and a bit angry. I knew those two cowards will bring in their gang. This is another place and not our own. What will become of us? What the consequences gonna be? I knew they'll come. I always knew this and my sense is telling me.
Why is this fellow disobeying his guardian? Am I a good guardian? Was thinking all of this.
He was calm and opened his mouth to say something but i signed him not to speak. He obeyed.
I hate him disobeying me when obedience is most needed. I told him to be ready for things to come and finish everything once and for all.

I started calling my fellow folks through my mobile and asked them to get ready and stand by and some locals I knew for witness.
I was irritated making calls at this weird hour.

We need not wait long..

There are five men walking briskly towards us and two armed with clubs. The didn't took their previous kick very well. Next instant i finds myself facing a stout, hairy guy with a club the size of my wrist. One of the guy pointed my ward saying he's gonna be theirs. I whistle, one guys of the same feather added our side. none of us armed. Stouty was very tensed and looked me with all the hated displayed from his face. I pointed the two troublemakers and told him of things that happens. He now shouted telling me that it was their problems and not ours (alien, he called)to interfere. I calmly suggested that if their problems can be settled in another street. He retorted saying that they ruled this street.....!! wow wow...I asked if that includes my door. He said if it is in this street its a definitely a YES.

My full attention was now on his right hand where he had his club and then asked him to repeated what he just said. Raising right hand and lifting his club he said one more time.
His death blow doesn't strike. In stead he was kneeling before me yelling and covering his #$%^ with his hands and moaning in pain. All his men are down already and crying.

I grab out stouty's hair and get him an offer which he got to choose:

Option 1. To tell me again if he rule the street where i lived.
Option 2. If he wants another fight he can always have wherever, whenever and whatever.
Option 3. Leave this place and never come back again even if he wants an autograph from m!
He should choose the last one and i'm scared if he had choose te other option. He eventually choose the third option and the started limping towards the exit.

When turning to my boys one of them was vomiting and the director says CUT>

Life's a song

Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?

Come on, now
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease the pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I need some information first
Just the basic facts
Now can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're sayin'

When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am

I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb

Kilo 56

"This Radio is for you" (He gave instructions) and asked me to choose a call sign!

"Kilo 56 will be my call sign" I said
"Why kilo 56"

I started..." My height is 5.6, My weight is 56, My mark is 56, My no. is 56, my room no. has 5 and 6, my birth date has 5 and 6, my favorite uncle is turning 56 this year, you people are 5 and I'm the 6th one...Moreover 5 is before 6...."

He had his mouth wide opened! others are laughing!

Then,. smiling he said "Ok...Kilo 56 this is your gear and lets start moving."

Perplex me! someone says!

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a
wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be
in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed
it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

For The Kids...

Why do ducks have webbed feet?
To stamp out forest fires!

Why did the pig go to the casino?
To play the slop machine!

What is a pigs favorite ballet?
Swine Lake!

What do you get if you cross a hen with a dog?
Pooched eggs!

How do you stop a rooser crowing on Sunday?
Eat him on Saturday!

Why did the foal cough?
Because he was a little horse!

What is the opposite of cock-a doodle-doo?
Cock-a-doodle-don't!

What's the best way to keep milk from turning sour?
Leave it inside the cow!

Where do milkshakes come from?
Excited cows!

haha ha ha all the way!

Fatal fall!

Was too near to the windows without a bar!
Leaning too much to the wood!
A little too careless!

Should have been a serious injury it the height was taken into consideration.
But what a miracle!
Of all the body fall that I had that was the the most lengthy one.
It was a fall from height!

Surviving a 15 metres high was undoubtedly a miracle.
I was still wondering if that was a dream!
A playful kid I was in my 5th std, as light as a feather maybe that was the reason for my survival!
And

Ever since that incident falling was a part of life!
How many times does my body fall, crawl, roll, duck, jump, run, walk, dive......
Countless number and that is why falling is a big part in life.

What are the other falling?
Again, lots of them...deadly ones, wrong ones, tricky ones, tackled ones, etc, etc...

Fall for the ones that you cannot avoid!!

Waiting for the worms to come!

I was back again in College to collect one of my pending certificate.
"Sir,this is the third time that I had come here for this particular certificate"
Upon telling my wants the clerk in the counter says, (He continued his extra work of folding circular papers and putting them in envelope. He did his work real slow! There was another girl waiting behind me, After folding for around seven, eight minutes he finally got it done.
"Will you wait for sometime meanwhile i process this request and blah blah..."
"How long will it take?" I inquired.
"Half an hour" was the answer i got.
"What's your dept. no.?" he asked and he got the no.
I was waiting more than half an hour....
By the time my patience real got exhausted I had waited another four half hours...
I checked his bay, he wasn't there.
I waited almost another half hour when he came.
"What's taking so long" I almost jeered.
"I'm sorry, some other problems occured" he replied
"Can you leave other problems, please can you follow ageing concepts" I almost bellowed.
"Listen boy, Don't tell me what I should do first"
"Ok, please can you process with my request erstwhile I'm waiting here!'

He got me a good glance almost opening his mouth but rather conceal the words (that i thought might be some bad ones!) He rose to collect a book from the shelf.
I think that my condition was far better than the girl waiting behind!
When he returned he started checking the list that he have from his book. He closed it and asked me my mobile no. He got what he wanted and then he told me I can leave saying he'll give me a call in the evening! He also asked the girl to come the next day not inquiring what she wanted!
(As i suspected sure enough there was no call from him in the evening!)
I say to myself "Ya, there are people who can work like this!"

S's gone

Hi.! Mama.. I'm admitt'd at jadavpur university-calcutta.. I'm leavin tomorrow da.. English litt..Masters. So, keep in touch n all the best!

sms received on 26th june 08 11:42pm

This fellowwww....
We are friends by virtue. We shared a number of mutual friends!
The best thing about this person is that S used to call me by my pet name!
When I said upon completing my degree I'm gonna have a year off or rather a good break!
S follow suit! S has a thala's body size!
S' weight...will be a few quintals!
S looks rowdy if s wants to but a very good definition of how looks can be deceptive!
Adventure is one word that I mixed when saying the name 's'!
S once told me that s wanted to come to our community fellowship and s did and I guess s liked it for s says s wanted to come again...and the rest is an ongoing story!
S called up in my sleep saying that S wanted me to helped some girl for scripts and directing.
I hate s' guts when s did some proposals for s knew well how s can hooked me up with my interest! Then we will be frequenting LIBA canteen and college canteen for these purpose.
We ate, read, act and talked for hours!

Now 's' gone to the city of Joy and the S will find loads of happiness for I knew that happiness will bound its way to S! S's now a bit closer to my native than I am ! phew
Miss you S...

Nuke 'em!!

So many of them!
So many demonstration!
So many complaints!

It gives me headache!!
They shouted and throws!!
They wanted it off!!

In the beginning they laughed!
Last time they fight!
But who wins now??

Talking or Writing!!

I say to myself that i am what i am in my talking....in my stress and in my pitch!
for i know that perfect choice of words justifies for perfect speech....
People talked fluently but can't write fluently!! see lots of 'em.....and here is the line that tag the difference between them...and the reason...

The common fluency of speaking in most people is due to their scarcity of words and of matter; for whoever is a master of language and has a mind full of ideas will be apt to hesitate upon the choice of both. And if you look a common speaker having only one set of ideas and one set of words to clothe them in will readily use them. Nothing scared them for their choice and words usages.

So, can I say that common people speak fluently because they have fewer ideas....???
Nope..I can't...but think about this..
Isn't that people come faster out of a church when it is empty than when there is a crowd at the door.

When i was having an interview in one prestigious American based company. (they want themselves not to be called BPO rather they want to be called BPS, short for Business Process Solutions.) my interviewer asked me why i was hesitating two or three times in my speech.
He promptly got a reply in which i say i want to arrange my talking in the most appropriate manner and appropriate choice of words. He understand very well with my point.

In the light of my educational background as English Literature.
I knew somehow people judged me by my vocabulary to express my ideas.
Their expectations was that i should be having a rich variety of ideas and an equally rich vocabulary too. I guess I am aware of this!!
Sometimes i want to tell the whole world that i am a failed orator even in my own language!!
But at least in English i knew i want to build myself at least in some aspects and had already made some remarkable achievements so far.
I hesitate to talk because i was sometimes too choosy while using vocabulary to express.
And the reminder which always flashed across my mind was that English has now become Englishes!.
So i was very much aware that I was sometimes not as fluent as a common speaker.


and maybe in writing....


.........................................

A lifelong starts!

Not a typical students, they're my own.
Not a background check required for them as i did with the first three
(Thanks, they're still doing well, my proud ones! My three)

And now...my two....
I'm confident in them and so is their confidence in me.
Giving and delivering for their achievement.
Bearing together the obstacles and the damn irritation with our first journey
I sense that they're gonna be worth. Time will prove.
I am ready even to expect the unexpected with them.

Our journey until Kolkatta was pleasant despite our departure flight delay from Lengpui.. However the train journey from Howrah was the most horrible one. The day for our departure was the same day the Left Parties had organized bandh (in protest for price rise) from 6am to 5pm. Not wanting to be caught in between the bandh and our scheduled departure which is 2:50pm, Coromandel Superfast, we left for the station very early in the morning.
We reached Howrah station before 5am.
On reaching we said we're ready to wait for the next 9hrs!!

Now a heavy downpour started and around 11am the board started displaying cancellation of trains departure and delaying of trains. Passengers started mopping towards the exit but we still want to wait and we wait. Around 12:30pm our train name and no. was displayed and was delayed to three hours. what the......heck.... We're gonna wait until 6pm. and again we wait.
I looked at my boys and see sleep in their eyes.

Time tick and life goes on and our waiting was nearing to an end! and indeed the waiting ends!
We all heaved a huge sigh of relief when the train started moving towards our destination.

On reaching Chennai at around 12:30am we stop at a restaurant nearby and placed our order..
when our food arrived, we thought it was a hill and we started staring at it! In spite of our hunger salivating was a no-no-. we ask the waiter to pack half of the food thinking that we might need as a preventive. We're interest in paying without eating rather than actually eating it.
Had it been another day we'd be finishing half by now but that was the excuse.
We drink water to our fill.
We left the place and again! auto-rickshaw!!

They sweat a lot that night!

On contract for a real chase!

Woke up at 5:15am. T was already up and when seeing me he poured a coffee for me. (coffee was as sweet as sin, as hot as hell and as black as a dark soul!) Hmmn!! I always dream of a situation like this, like the hero we used to read in cowboy novels when we're kids in school.
Thought i was in a dream and still wondering how this had happened to me.
My love for adventure had me here.

Waking up in the midst of a deep forest and a warm coffee! Well, In spite of the location we are all having a comfortable adventure! A big thanks to our survival kit which is worth $200 (in discount).
I recall the nights when we're out game in deep woods during winter and when we can't sleep because of the damn freezing winter dews.
Now with the summer breeze and warm gear the nights are a comfort and passed away so soon! So soon after a tiring chase during the day.

Rats chase is not a considered a big game if its a lone rat chase but its really tiring when it comes to a chase of thousands of rats!
Chasing them for day after day and hunting them to got them caught red handed their devastations, destructions and to documents such was not an easy task.
There was a reward for killing a rat and a tail cost 1:50. Hey! I could be a rich man if i cut those which i have but never mind those rupees coz my reward is in terms of dollars!! For my two weeks reward of $1,500 I could buy them much dearer! Hmm....

Leave the adventure, cash and certificates alone but turning down the permanent employment offer was really a hard decision.. passport....passport.......hmmn...well

T, L, P, N...miss you all...
now a thousands of miles have separated us....
but i sing for you people this song...
If i miss the train you're on and I'll know that you're all gone,
I'll hear the tut tut(hehe)....sound a hundred mile!!

How Shalini made me thinking!!

start/She a star and she shines and how she shines filling me with questions!


How she talked me out and down!

How i couldn't sleep when i banged my head onto the wall

How a name can just be a name

How sweet are friends consolation when in depression!

How incomplete I am without fulfilment

How i felt that there was a promise ahead

How i think If i lose!

How i wish to sometimes go down with the sun!

How I wanted to made headlines

How i hate of being losing

How lonely i felt when alone in deep woods

How fast and prompt can a thrust be lose!

How sure can i achieve or wins

How miserable i would be if i've given up hopes

How i guess that if i'd be wrong

How down i am when faith disintegrates me

How often i made mistakes

How bitter taste is Quinine

How will I make ammendments

How can i tell that i was numb!

How meaningless can things be!

How can i explain If i were a looser

How i walked with tears when in height of my worst feelings

How true love is a real madness

And how this topic can kill me!/just another topic!/ends

All alone!!

I'm all alone and the rooms are getting smaller!!!
Lots of visits happens which i actually hated it first because of smoking but beginning to like it now for they started knowing.

I shouldn't have told them I live alone :)

She called up.........

Hi Francis...Ca va?
> Ca va bien, tres bien. Et vous?

Tres bien...Moi et K... allons au cinema. Vous arrivee?
> Non. Merci I don't have time.

Not great... Why don't you have time?
>Listen, I'm staying all alone and have to do household chores... Hey! wanna come?

Ha ha ha... alone.....ha ha ha...
> What's so funny? You better tell me you're not coming!

I'm coming whether you allows me or not! and I'm coming with two of my bodyguards. ok?
> Ok its up to you.

So what will we be having for lunch? Please don't break my non-veg taste and so you can cook veg..
> Ok Its fine..will have veg foods for you!

She came along with two of her guards!!:( While having lunch

What's that
> Its chicken..its non-veg

Ok can you get me a juice if you have!!
> Ok I'll fetch it for you (I got up and get Slice for her..Upon returning i saw her munching
chicken!) That sure will ruin your taste. (i retaliated)

Ummn this is nice..I want some more of it!
> Ask your guards! They had got them all.

She outsmart me to some extent!

Other Visits...

From Bangalore...

As soon as this fellow stepped in he started spilling out comments...

Ok! what we got here.....Ummn your room is sure a messed, Books and paper everywhere...and your floors are...uh! not dirty.. Its cool!

And your Fridge should have at least something in it! He opens saying "Aha...you're a good friend and i'll stay here for some days. Looks like world food crises haven't reached you so far. I'll tell you people are starving and it includes me"

Ok! good comments...My fridge is full because am out of fire and I'm gonna tell you a black market price for this gas so that you can have a pleasant stay with me!
I can read the expression from his face. Things are fair! haha

Another from Hyderabad...

I hate this guy...sleeps so early

Dude...are you sure you can cook? we can have an order from restaurant!
Let see if i can really cook!

I practically applied that Hunger is the best appetite! and he waited and waited!!
Food is ready and he started filling!
He taste, eats and stuffed!

What heck! you cook nice and your wife will be very lucky. If you finds one!
(I was not moved by his words/compliments coz that wasn't my best cooking) :)


Time is 10:30
Ok lets switch off the lights! i want to sleep!

(How come, i was playing today and got a whole lots of body ache and sure enough i couldn't sleep...even a wink coz of my body achin...and this friend is as dead as a log!)
I was expecting a chat! hui ha!

Another from Coimbatore

He made me broke.
Whenever i was out shopping he followed me. He knows what are good things and he normally didn't have his wallet with him when shopping with me.
He is a good guy and has to pay his price for frequently fooling me.

I asked for a late shift at work which was very much appreciated by the management.
I go back home late and Chennai weather was at its pleasant in the late hours and sleep are peaceful in the morning hours.

Well, I think i got a better feeling! haha
Anyway he made me broke!! Lalhehehehehe

Promotion

Haha...
Feels good to be back in work again!!
Sitting here and dream how i spend this big fat salary!! hehe
It comes flashing all these!!

Diamonds and fast cars
Enough money to burn
I got my head in the clouds
I got these thoughts to churn
Got my feet in the sand
I got a house on the hill
I got a headache like a mother
Twice the price of my thrills
An it's a cold day, it's a continental drift
I said this traffic is hell
Can you give me a lift?
And I'll try to paint a story
Got your pictures to tell
Yeah you got to make a living
With what you bring yourself to sell
I got my camera back from customs
Got my law fees up to date
Hell they must have seen me comin'
Ain't this life so great
Yeah, well I'm a frequent
Gold and caviar
Now why ain't you pour my apathy
I'd have all my bases covered
If I could teach my hands to see
I said your laundry could use washing
We'll hang it up all over town
'Till your life's all nice and crisp!! Boy!!.....

"What??? Francis!! Dreaming again!"
The sharp voice woke me up! What the...
I leaned forward and pull a paper which contained the reports I'm due to submit!
While she was reading I was adjusting my comfy chair! Another 20minutes for relaxing!
She was popping her eyes! I was guessing she didn't believe what she was reading!
Asking me to meet me in her bay she left.

Ummn!! I won't be going until this dream break is over! My comfy chair creaked a bit with my leaning! I closed my eyes again when the phone in my desk rang. It was her asking me to meet instantly! I stood up and rub my face and pull my shirt together, locked my workstation and went to meet her.

Ahem!
I was called in. She looked serious.
This was a moment in my life!
My report had me in....
Whoa!! I was a new TL and that even within a very short span of 3and half months of service beating all odds of impossibilities! Over riding more experienced guys and more eligible guys!
So, more service and extra working hours and of extra pay and responsibilities!
What counts told me for my promo was my........etc...praises etc

Thanks, Praise looks good on me!

Too fast that Day!!!

It was during Christmas time that I had a visit by another Army Officer (from the Armored Division). His name was Xavier, one of my closest colleague from home. He was one step senior to me in school.

It was the funniest moment in terms of an auto ride. Xavier knows very well how to ride (of all automobile, even auto rickshaw)
We were out in Elliot's Beach one evening. Me, Xavier and one mutual friend Tluanga. We were riding a horse and had a good race! One bad thing about me is that I always wins a race! Dude Xavier was really scared!:( We entertain ourselves whatever fun possible was there. We spend around two hours and after that walked towards the road for an auto.

Now the fun start. we got our rickshaw and the driver was......
I had a number of auto rickshaw rides in and around Chennai and none drive that much fast even in the height of our hurry!

Tluanga was sitting in the other rod fenced side and Xavier sat in the middle. I peeped from the back to see the speedometre. It touch 60 miles per hour when i saw but i knew we were sometimes higher than that! Now that Xavier started holding and speak to the rickshaw man asking him to slow down but we don't want it coz we feels nice! He now said he had known how an auto can easily met with an accident but we are not listening! The driver again resume his race, he almost collide everytime when reaching a traffic and there will be always shouts from other vehicles. Cars and bikes are no match to our auto that day. what a Driver! Upon reaching our stop we were speechless!! we asked the driver his address and his mobile no. We two of us want to ride again someday in that same auto-rickshaw!!

Army do like this!!??

Its great having lots of friends who served in the Army!

Was visited by a friend from the Indian Army at this day (i rather not mentioned!).

Upon returning from our late night movies we three friends were in haste for our meals! Was so damn hungry that i feel i could gobble up a sheep!

Time is now 11:30 and there was a problem! My guest, The Army guy was in a mood to walk and scolded the auto man who in his anger made us get out! what the heck! The guy said he wanna throw up! (the creep consumed before we had entered the theater and gave a nice slip to those gatekeepers no so nice for a guy of such a prestigious post but in the Army he is my friend).
Weirdo!! continued saying he wanna walk naked but fortunately that was a joke and he didn't go for it! hmmn... Our other friend who had known him for the first time was asking if he got any problem.

We were walking and I knew that two of us were sulking! we were wide awoke! Hoping that no cops around!
Tired and with an empty stomach we were on our way reaching.
On reaching near Nungambakkam Railway Station we took the subway and when were out of the steps and as we were walking past the station entrance there was a tussle happening inside. Our wearily drunken friend saw that and he drag us towards the dark shades nearby! His eyes tells something and he pointed us what he had seen!! Hmmn...

Now there was a tussle between two lady and two men, one probably a cop. Our friend now started decorating his face with the dirts he reached by his hands. "Stop it Dude, we don't want any trouble and give us none" we whispered into his ears. "I'm not for any trouble, Just getting ready in case" He said.

We watched the events that was happening.
The two ladies were bargaining the auto man and they took the auto and now were out of sight!
The other man too happened to be an auto driver.
We too retreat with a new beautiful face and a much more awoke guy with us.

Laughter! The day it was!

An extensive ten days of training had all got us bored to the core! No entertainment included, no fun, no laughs and no breaks...its just notes, notes.....notes....explanation and serious discussion all times, lectures and continuous test. When one had a presentation there never was a questions from the trainee side as it was not allowed and all technical stuffs which were asked by the trainers or visiting profs etc. I remember it was on the 11th day we broke all hell loose into laughing and a serious comedy!

Around twenty of us who had undergone this training for a period of 15 days. We all are of different States and nationalities and everyone was confined to their own self and mumbled to oneself to killing this boredom which I think I hated the most! Every trainee was scared of getting low marks that is beyond 85 p.c. Out of the twenty trainees our dept ( Corrections Dept ) had the largest trainee comprising of 4 trainee and we just know each other by names and that's all. We all are very much aware of the session and activities that was monitored by surveillance cameras attached to the training room. One good thing that we all like was the food which had wine as one of the items! And problem after a load of meals! Post lunch are always boring! Drowsy mood at all times!Drowsily drowning in the desk until training resumes and was hard to bear the sleepy mood for the next hour.

On the 11th day as i walked back entering the training room the phone in my pocket started bursting with Michael Jackson's "Black or White." Hey man! I got the mood to shot and started sliding onto the soft floor trying my best for a dance which maybe adore by one among the audience (my mates) Damn hell! I knew i failed miserably for the smiles, grin, frowns which everyone wears on their faces! On the other hand they were cheered. I knew this and want to cherished it! Wanna go further and want them to have fun! I hit upon a plan not to monopolize the stage! and before pacing back to my seat pointed a girl from the front row to take on the next item! She was a fresh grads from IIM Kozikode. I feel like somersaulting to my seat but thanks heaven for i don't know how to do with that and walked coolly with the newly appointed girl dominating the stage with her innovative set up of assignment and request for all of us to have fun until the break time was over!

Assigned turns are now on the roll and everyone comes out with an item for laughter, funny experiences and everyone was undoubtedly in the mood for laughing! jokes of all size crept in, funny incidents are narrated, dances of all which any other dance would never had been worse are performed just for laugh, acting of all kinds were shown, we laughed heartily but with less commotion. Every action was laughed upon. I wondered how human can be desperate that much for laughs! Tension now started disappearing and the ice was broken. Laughing makes a better companies / company and another amazing thing was that we are free for two consecutive hrs which we were later told that never had happened here in this hall! We created headlines!

The next day onwards we had a closer relation with each other and mind your own business thing goes off with everyone bonded together. We all got above 87%. the least getting 87 and of course that's not me!

Interview spree!

Why work in Chennai?
Despite the Hot, Hotter, and Hottest rounds of Chennai climate yet it has promised the best of pay in corporate service for starters or freshers!

Me back in Chennai for the fourth consecutive year and this time for some starting in the corporate services and was quite doing well. Wanting to have a starting with a five digit salary and that was delivered as expected. whoa!

However, my other side of nature: adventurous, wild and humor had tapped me and arouse in me a spirit of curiosity and soon found myself chatting with our previous Asst Director in Loyola Hostel in odd hours in the night. (silence hours in which i often laugh so loudly!) He had recommended a field for me to which he thinks I'd be doing good and also add that the challenge lies in explaining myself! He reminde me before i left, "You need to boast yourselves, friend."

This interview spree was more or less a test to it, to knowing it and to find results and i guess some are really a good place where i can earn and grow.
I selected 11 corporate houses to where I think my papers and standards fits me in. (you can say certificates and edn qualification) I knew I can broke all hell loose but won't be regretting for it.

Here we are in some order maybe chronological or alphabetical!
Names of the companies mentioned here are fictitious and I'm mentioning the interview rounds only.


Azure: After three rounds of test I was called for three rounds of interview which were in quick schedules. The last round was a three is to one interview. One male and two other females.

After I was bombarded with many questions from the three the guy finally was nearing to a conclusion. Looking straight into my eyes he asked,
"Francis, maybe if we want you to be working with us, will you be giving your best?"
" That is what I'm here for, ready to giving my best for growth"
No other question and saying they'll keep me posted I left the place. (very easy interview but the test was quite tough)

Result: Selected


Amusement: Work earlier as a contrator. I was tepmrorarily hired while their President was away on his US and Europe tour.
While I was on my system eating grapes which he'd bought from Amsterdam I was informed that he wants to meet me! I quickly went upstairs and slowly stepped into his office.
Normal things he asked and I think I had given him a satisfying answer. This time it was me who fixed the date of joining. I guess that his subordinates had too well mentioned that I had achieved or cross every target that they had for me every day! All's too well.

Result: selected.
Salary: I can ask and they can give and money won't be a matter if I joined. I just will love to work with them.
Comment: They asked me a minimum for two years bond.


Almost: Three tier test and three rounds of interview. The first and the last two round had a fifteen days gap.
Two is to one for the final round.

Two females and I was quite uneasy. I guess that the other person won't be asking. The other lady started and asking me to go through my resume and since I felt that the air ain't heavy I picked my teaching experience and unluckily conversation was ended somewhere! Blast me! I thought to myself. Hmmn. "Teaching through fun"...Nah...why this way, Education is entertainment! it should go like this and why at times did I forgot so often! Fun was extracted. I started loosing my mood! Another question on why I want to join the company? I'm about to say, It promise best of growth and as per to my ratings it was one of the most prestigious corporate house in Chennai. But I wasn't saying what I think and rather comes "Nice people!" I knew the next moment we all burst out laughing and the lady manager had the loudest laugh! Its over and she says shell give a call the day or the next day and i left her with the extra resume I had with me!

Result: Rejected
Comment; Well I might have not deserved. I never regret till then as it was the funniest interview I ever had! So nice with nice people...but the negative was that it was where and the only place I got rejection. Anyway I got call again from them!


Fiddle: Three tier test and the most challenging test I ever had until then. Out of 28 candidates 8of us make it to the interview rounds which will be of three more rounds. Two technical rounds and one final HR round. One HR personnel was briefing us how to face these interviews. She got lots of questions from me and I got a very much satisfying answer. Was proud that I'm the only one from Arts stream, rest are of backgrounds like B. Sc./M Sc. Maths, M/B.Com and M. Sc. Chem. I was guessing if it has to do something with Science background.

All interviews are two is to one interviews and a very hair rising ones when candidates before me are leaving after sometime without making to seccond level. My time has come.
As I sit in front of the two guys, normal interview questions are asked followed by techincal question which was very much new but give attempt. Cleared and make to the next technical round
The second round was much more relaxed. (a lady and a guy). The first question was if I have a passport. One question was how long will three people together take to fill a bottle if one take one hour to fill one bottle. The got the question of one hour as the time was based in the cork size of the bottle. Another was the weight of 1kg of cotton and 1kg of iron which can be differentiated in their weight depending on the kinds of measure.

The final HR round was a bit lengthy, I keep repeating the same answer for the same question of the tell me about yourself. This HR lady never kept her eyes off me comparing to the other fellow. Neither did she wink or paused me. All her ears and eyes are on my mouth and eyes. We are talking of flexibility, shifts, etc. etc.

Result: Selected
Comment: I didn't join because of family recall and the one I most regret until then. Will apply again and what and how will I tell why I didn't join that time. That was another of my rare cases of stupidity.

Its gonna be long...My fingers aching..lets stop boasting!!!

February Diary

Hmmmnn...maybe leap year doesn't do good for me...huh

Alpha

Resignation
Lavishing
Rare Updates
Phoney war
Sleeping on till morning hours and this nightmare never ends
6 months thing
Contract request
5mins anf 49 sec football game as per 4-2-4 comments
Nocturnal
III level and this on the 29th

Omega
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Man vs Woman

Talking of male Chauvinism here's another one that men may like and women may like it as well!! hihi

Read carefully!


A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods.She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap.
The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes."The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!" The woman said, "That's okay."

For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world. The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to". The woman replied, "That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful Woman and he will have eyes only for me." So, Abdacaraba bLaH....KAZAM-she's the most beautiful Woman in the world!

For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world. The frog said, "That will make your husband the richest man in the world. And he will be ten times richer than you. " The woman said, "That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine." So, Abdacaraba bLaH....blah...KAZAM-she's the richest woman in the world! The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, "I'd like a mild heart attack."











Moral of the story: Women are clever. Don't mess with them!!!! Attention female readers: This is the end of the joke for you. Stop here and continue feeling good!!!! Male readers: Please scroll down.





































The man had a heart attack ten times "milder" than his wife!!! Moral of the story: Women are really dumb but think they're really smart!!!!! Let them continue to think that way and just enjoy the show


PS: If you are a woman and are still reading this; it only goes to show that women never listen!!!

Enjoy :)