About me

Posted by Anantha | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006

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Whenever some website needs user's info and gives me a section called 'About Me' to fill in, I kinda get perplexed what to write in that or rather from where / how to start writing 'about me'. Or is it the problem of abundance than the problem of scarcity.. ;-)

So here I mention ABOUT ME the way i like it to write. I dint bother to frame sentences. I have picked up few words I can comment on. I felt this is the best approach to write about myself and for the readers to know about me.


Parents : I have placed them above GOD

God : I thank him for what ever I have got in life till date. Still feel I dont spare enough time to thank him every day

sis : she is just lovely

life : Learn to enjoy the journey. Dont repent for not seeing out of the window, after reaching the destination

death : quite a scary thought.... prefer the unpainful one.

age : get afraid to think of growing old. Its the insecurity which scares me the most after growing old.

time : u never get tired running is it..? just stop now n then... relax man..

money : yeh dil maange more..!

Believe in :
* Simple is beautiful
* elegance is superior to grandeur
* honesty and hardwork pays off
* better to worn out than to rust out
* all know the path, few walk on it
* all the problems of the world can be solved by unbiased talks. Never seen Kashmir or Ayodhya as problems with no solution.

caste system : its all man made crap

childhood : quite normal. Have lots of sweet memories

school life : This was for the last time I topped in studies

college life : Did a bit of research on my self. Decided what I want to be and what i do not want to be

work : doing quite ok, Still have to prove what I am capable of

dancing : Love to dance for some foot tapping punjabi / 'tapaang' tamil numbers

swimming : want to learn [hence making me more equipped]

rain : Love the ambience when the rain has just stopped..

walking : Love it a lot.. alone or with some one [prefer the former]. Have made it a mandatory part of my routine... Love walking on the roads near Malleswaram railway station..

I repent for :
* not being ready when opportunity knocked the door
* being an illiterate when it comes to classical music

luck : bitch..!!

politics : nasty shit..!!!

competition : tests real nerve

mind : guys, use it or else u'll lose it

books : transforms a literate to a human

beverages : breath stinks after having Coffee. There are very few ppl around me who can prepare Tea i like. Hence I go with milk

smoking : chokes my lungs

drinking : I dont need this to get high

re-incarnation : dont believe

color : Blue, the most elegant color on earth.

friends : significant few, rest belong to the list of aquaintances

technology : a lot to learn. One life is no time to understand how far we reached in this field from the days of stone age

colleagues : They smile at me, when they want some help from me. I smile at them when i want some help from them. other times we are total strangers u know.. [few exceptions]

astronomy : Wawwwww.. we are mere mortals! Stars live for billions of years. In my childhood, I could not accept the fact about the presence of living beings on other planets of remote galaxies. I was feeling a bit envious about it..

speed : has never excited me

Love : Have been through few traumatizng crushes. I remember what my frnd Jagadish told me once when he was in love or felt he was in love "Its an experience of the life time u know, the very feeling of 'I deserve to be loved' itself is amazing.."

nice movies : Have a growing private collection. Prefer to watch it alone or with some one who equally enjoys the flavor of the movie

short stories : Love O Henry.

most handsome men on earth : Johnny Depp, de Caprio, Clooney, Enrique Iglesias, Christiano Ronaldo

most beautiful women on earth : Kate winslet, Priyanka Chopra, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Meg Ryan

current cell phone : Nokia 7610 [black with (maroon + silver) outline]. I can claim it to be my costliest possession

current singtone : Tum aa gaye ho, to noor... [by Kishore kumar]

deo's i like : Axe [vodoo, pulse], Sportz, Brut


PS: keep re-visiting this post. I'll keep updating this as my thought process changes...

A typical boring conversation...

Posted by Anantha | Posted in , | Posted on Monday, July 03, 2006

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Every where we find these kinda guys. Even you would have faced these kinda guys in ur daily life, with whom you just want to cut-off the conversation and turn ur face away. This was one such conversation i had with my colleague in my office cab. Lets call him Mr X.

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Me: how was the weekend?
Mr X: yeah gr8, i had been to Mysore with frnds in my new Santro..

comment: Is the objective of the sentence in the second part ?



Me (deliberately ignoring his second part of the message): How was it..?
X : It was good.. as it was a new car, i wanted to test its max capacity... i reached 110 km/hr some times... this is the maximum speed I could touch on Indian roads...

comment: so you want me to ask the question "in which other countries have u driven the car..?"


Me: Ohhh (surely not an exclamation)
Mr X : You know... when i was in US, i have touched 140 Km/Hr once...

comment: Needless to say, every alternate sentence of a 4+ yrs exp s/w engr starts with a phrase "When i was in US/Canada/Japan/Germany/...."



Me: oh..
Mr X: U know in US its very different there, ppl follow traffic rules there. I hardly have heard a single honk in my 2 Yrs of stay there

comment: so u want to say that u stayed there for 2 Yrs..?


Me(just an artificial smile): ....
Mr X: I even feel the traffic system of Japan is equally good as of US

comment: I'll never ask you, "Ohh thats great, u had been to Japan also...?"


Me(another wry smile): ...
Mr X: When ever i think of my stay in Japan..I have to say this, Food is quite costly there in Japan.. I still remember paying 900 Yens.. i.e.,.. approx 350 in Indian rupees for a single Masala dosa...

comment:This was not the convversation i wanted to have for a single question of 'How was the weekend ?'

Me : ...
Mr X (after a late realization of that this guy doesn't seem to be interested in my foreign trips): How was ur weekend?

comment: This was the question I was expecting b4 20 mins. Even though my tonge wanted to say 'I had a rocking party in Gullu's chats!! One of my frnds gave us a treat', but that would look quite ordinary for this guy who gave me a glimpse of his foreign trips when i just asked him about his weekend. Wanted to retort to his question by saying 'Had been to Amsterdam, as i had to reach a bottle of pickle left by my uncle's cousin's father-in-law's second wife in our house !!!'. But wanted not to be so rude, ended up saying

Me : nothing much ... slept at home..

Hence pulling off the curtain for a boring conversation... and started looking through the window pane..