21st or 22nd July 2007

New York.

Farjiest movie of all times !! I remember clearly that at one point of time I was scared that I will be bored to death. Any scene with Kat missing was a burden. Anyways the movie sure did use a fantabulous term.... TOTA :D (Slang for hot chicks). Guys definitely knowthe definition of TOTA but its actually surprising that the gals have the term's definition all mixed up! (as shown below )

GJ: Your fundas abt TOTA are mixed up
R : :)
R : :D
R : please explain then
R : :)
R : i m going on neil and johns version of tota
R : they called katrina tota
R : katrina = nice
R : so katrina = tota

We dont call some girl TOTA just because shes nice ! We call her TOTA long before we even know that shes nice or her name or anything for that matter. Its more like, u see a cute chick (cute means more like HOT ) and a voice calls from within TOTA TOTA !! Its difficultto put it into words or even formulate a precise definition of a TOTA ! I guess you have to be a guy to know whos a TOTA and whos not !

I like TOTAs :D

Sounds awesome !! Just check out its home page here. I just cant wait to get an invite and try all the stuff out. The only thing to be given a thought is the second link on the page.... "Listen in - Listen before taking a call" . Chances are I might not hear anything but some person breathing on the other side :). The only way to find out is to check it out first hand !!


p.s. I hope their services are available in our unique country.....India !!

Yes! That’s what I was burdened with all evening yesterday. One stupid website goes down for one hour and I being the only person working, gets bombarded by a series of crappy emails (Yes, I work for technical support). Today I get bored like anything coz there hardly any work. I’m already done listening to songs and troubling people in my chat list and it’s not even 4'o clock!

Life was never so unpredictable.

p.s.: Posted from the work place @ 3:48 PM IST

Simply marvelous characters ! Genesis of Prakash Varma, ad film maker and the director of the new  Vodafone Ads being aired during the IPL. It had been long since such ads (like the Intels Blue man Group ). Unlike most ads they communicate the message right across. Here is my favourite:

Election holiday in Pune. What a crappy day ! Today I realised, again, that boredom can kill you ! I'm just so relieved that I will be leaving for Indore tomorrow and wont be working for a whole week !! A 5 day leave is indeed a rare thing afterall.

Was just surfing around and found this XML template. Looks interesting !!

Me: " Sure, I'm going to Andheri too."
She : "Great, thanks !!"
Me : "Gimme a minute"
A few minutes later both of us were sitting in an auto-rickshaw which was caught in a traffic jam shortly after we had set off. All I was doing was staring at the meter probably because I was yet to be convinced abt what had just happened.

"Biscuits?", a sudden question slapped me back to reality and there they were, a pack of good day cashew biscuits stretched out towards me. Greedily, I put my hand in the pack and pulled of three of the conversation starters. THREE!! Why the hell did I have to pull out three at once? I asked myself and before I was done with cursing my self I noticed that she had a smile on her face. "No breakfast" was all I could manage to utter. Her smile widened and a simple gesture of hers made everything all right once again.

Nibbling on the yummy biscuits I asked " So, u in IT ? "
She: "TCS, Pune"
Me: "JAVA?"
She: "Dot Net and you?"
Me : "Oracle Apps, Finance Support" (someone had told me this sounds cool, but trust me there’s nothing like it)

I was so glad she did not ask where I worked. Anyways, after exchanging a few dialogues, which you should expect two IT engineers to exchange during the downtime, I was convinced that this conversation is becoming a liability, and it was, at least for me and the heat wasn’t making anything easier. A change in topic was necessity of the moment. So I began:

" Where to? A relatives place or a friend’s?"

"Bhavans College?"

"Huh ??"

"Yeah, I got an interview at SP Jain College (MBA)"

(Silence)

(Long Silence)

"What a 98, 99 in CAT?"

" 98.7"

(Silence)

All the alarms in my head went off screaming, "ALERT! ALERT! Smart Girl, Smart Girl!!"
F@*!, that reply of hers had proved to be a hammer on the thin glass of my confidence, which was now shattered by the intensity of the impact. I wasn’t able to muster enough strength to speak! I felt as if I had a milestone around my neck, which was getting heavier by the moment.

In the mean time we had arrived at her destination. Both of us got off, said out bbye and thanks, I added a 'Best of luck', she replied with a thanks, and that was pretty much it. I got back in the auto rubbing my eyes and told the rickshaw driver: " Kandivali, West "

He turned around, gave me an amazed smile and off we were.

Saturday,
06:30 Hrs


In my sleep I felt as if something was crawling on my hand. I reluctantly opened my eyes and found a kid, standing in the passageway, dragging his Hot Wheels car on my hand, trying hard to match the dragging with the Vroommmm-Vroommmm sound he was making. I gave a jerk to my hand and shooshed him away to his parents. It was at this very point I realized that the bus wasn't moving !

I went like what the hell just happened, where am I. The driver was missing, so was his helper, the AC was on , of the bus was empty and yeah that cute chick was sleeping like a log.Wow !! She looked even prettier in her sleep. Legs crossed, one hand over the other , head back , sigh. Coming back to my senses I inquired a bit and some person told me pointing through the window "White dress, in front of the police chowky, thats our driver". No one seemed to know anything much so I thought I'll get there and find things out my self. So I put on my glares and a step out of the bus where I was welcomed by a burst of hot-hot air which reminded me that summer was here. The constable in charge , called Shinde saheb by the others, told me that our driver had no license and that they were not letting him go anytime soon. The helper assured me that a new someone will arrive in about an hour or may be late and only then the bus will move. Without a word I turned around went back to the bus , determined not to travel without the AC in the hot-n-humid climate.

Once I was in, I overheard that kid (the one with the car) " Dad, when are we gonna reach Water Kingdom ?" I told them that the bus wont move for another hour so they might wanna leave early. They seemed to like the idea and started packing things up. I was back on my seat ready to doze off again and suddenly a sweet voice called from behind "Excuse me , excuse me " I turned around and whoha it was that cute chick.

She : You just had a talk with the driver right ?

Me : Yup

She: So whats the news ?

Me : The bus ain't moving for another hour may be even late.

She : Oh my god, I am getting late. would you mind sharing an auto ? I have to go till Andheri.

Wrongly reading my blank face she added after a brief pause " Ohh east, Andheri east. Thats two stops from here"

Watch this space for part -2

Bad news yet again, another friend got fired ! I now finally have an answer to one of my most delirious questions which has been unanswered for what seemed to be an eternity to me.
Q : what am I now ??
A : A mere resource !!


Resource : available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

I think they should append the following words @ the end to make the definition more versatile :

and thrown out when not


ps : I wish this wasn't true.

I was totally freaked out by what was going around as evident in my earlier post so I switched off the TV and started watching videos on youtube. I was slapped into reality by a sudden rattling noise which had originated from the TV. My parents and my brother were there looking at something and smiling. This is what I found out upon investigation :



How interesting ! That guy looked to be more of a Mogambo than an astrologer (no offence intended ) with all those golden straps and dangling chains. ppl were supposed to call on the mentioned number and seek advice on how to strengthen their relationship(s). I wasn't much surprised until a lady called and actually received a beauty tip hidden flawlessly behind some lame reason ! ( I couldn't capture that frame in time )She was asked to make a paste of powered sandal wood in rose water and apply it twice a day.

I guess some people are pretty naive and lack the much required expertise. Whatever the reason may be, these people really proved that TV indeed is an idiot box which now a days is simply a waste of time ( exclusive of good movies ).

Red and shades of red are definitely the colour of the season. Weather it be the red roses or pink slips both these things were seen floating around, as expected, in ample abundance.

Apart frm the colours a lot has been going around lately. Global financial meltdown, recession , terrorism , India's Interim budget, India-Srilanka 20-20 game are a few to mention. My chain of thoughts made me recall the infamous Manglore pub case which in turn reminded me of something. As it was 14th Feb and in accordance with my expectations all that was on news channels were 10-15 seconds long footages of one or more couples being cornered by some orthodox political lunatics and inhumanly humiliated. I mean its freaking absolute blasphemy !!

I do agree that immoral acts should be prevented and our culture be protected and preserved but why do that in such a fashion. Promoting our culture and bringing in other relevant changes could be a much easier road to travel. This perspective is utterly disregarded considering that the western culture is the one debauching the Indian youth.

During the budget Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, the foreign minister, correctly quoted "Terrorism emanating from Pakistan is a direct train to India". Ok, Mr. Mukherjee will take care of Pakistani terrorists ( lol )but who is to take care of this temporal insanity which occurs every February the 14th within the country ?? I guess this enigma will remain unsolved for centuries to come.

As a person working in IT I already have a millions things to worry about and these self proclaimed moral cleaners give me one more !

You dont wanna be where theres one of these :

Koregaon Park

Just reached Indore, ate until I was more than full and as usual switched on the TV and found a TATA Safari Dicor commercial being aired. It started something like this :