tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179594472024-03-23T23:38:42.091+05:30Inside a gamers mind..My 2 cents..neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-31744968213968980142009-02-15T01:32:00.002+05:302009-02-15T01:34:41.770+05:30TransitionThanks to the painful experience using the WYSI-<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">N</span>-WYG editor,<br /><br />I have moved to: http://infiniteascent.wordpress.com/<br /><br />Please pick up the story from there...<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Neo.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-29002494679574683482008-04-14T10:54:00.009+05:302008-06-17T12:16:38.306+05:30Cookery of Errors...This work was in my drafts for a long time. Had to put it up. Completed it now. :)<br />----------------------------------------------------------------<br />'Experience is the best teacher' - someone said long time ago... we learned it the hard way.<br /><br />[Strings - Zinda]<br /><br /> It was a saturday evening. Me, Praveen, Joel, Abe, Rony planned to prepare dinner. :D. The modus operandi was similar to an software project (We are software engineers :D .. except Rony. He works for the bank.).<br /><br />[Bob Sinclair - World, Hold on]<br /><br /> Step 1 was planning stage. We planned to keep the requirements to a minimum and prepare veg food. That went pretty easy and everyone was very confident of getting through this nice n full :). Step 2 was procurement. Me n Joel went to the nearest supermarket to get the groceries. This too was an easy step. Rice, Onions, Coriander, egg (oh ya... this was the 1st requirements change in the cycle.), tomato, 'payar' (mallu term - english conversion - anyone?) n oh ya - 'puliyogare' ready-to-use mix<br /><br />[Gary Jules - Mad World]<br /><br /> Time is 9PM. Step 3 began with creating the plan of action - as to how we'll go about preparing each curry. The fun began after we put the rice for cooking. We had brought white rice. Supposedly it should get cooked perfect with 7 whistles of the pressure-cooker ( 8-| ). So 7 whistles it was.... anyways. In the mean time - we got to cutting the vegetables - onions, tomato, green chilli :D.<br /><br />[Moby - Porcelain]<br /> <br /> It's 7 down and we slowly open the cooker after letting it cool down. Standard operating procedures followed. We started seeing the inevitable. The rice was overcooked and had become almost a paste. But the project had to go on and reach completion, as what was at stake were the lives of 5 great people. :) . The time was, after extraction of the rice from the cooker, 9.45PM.<br /><br />[INXS - Afterglow]<br /><br /> Next was the convert this paste-like-rice to puliyogare. We tried mixing the ready-to-use powder - well as you can guess - it was impossible task - and it stayed so. the mix got all wrong. Disastrous. Our hopes of having a decent meal looked bleak. But not to accept defeat, we planned counter-measures. That was to create a curry using some home-made masala I had brought from home. Since the time was near 10.45PM by now -after all the mixing and disaster planning - I was sure - there is no point calling my mother to find out how to exactly use this masala. I had a very vague idea. But it was one idea anyway. So we fried few onion pieces, and mixed the masala, water - and lo! we had a ... umm... some kinda curry. Which had minimal taste.Well, that was the next failure.<br /><br />[Crazytown - Black cloud]<br /> <br /> Still we went ahead. We create the payar-curry, to some success, I must say. The time was near 11.30PM by now. And we were all terribly hungry. In a haste we made double-egg omlets for each one of us. By 12AM in the morning - it was all set to be eaten. So now - we had another problem - the puliyogare - if you can call it that - was not hot at all, the paste nature of the rice meant it got all stuck up and was like chunks of rice. But there was no other go. It was project deadline and it had to go live. So we all put on to the plate a mix of all what we made and had it.<br />It was not really bad. The process was a disaster.<br /><br />[Craig David - Hot Stuff (Bob Sinclair World Hold on remix) ]<br /> <br /> Like the wise man's words - experience is the best teacher. That's for all you readers! Learn how not to cook from what we did. It was a cookery of errors. :)neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-88437898611594354132008-04-14T10:54:00.007+05:302008-12-09T08:02:35.779+05:30Vishukanni.This about this special 'Vishukanni' that I saw today, and also last year. :)<br />For those who don't know what Vishu is & the concept of 'Vishukanni' - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishu">WikiMan to the rescue!</a><br /><br />From the page:<br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> "The festival is marked with offerings to the divine called Vishukkani. The offerings consist of a ritual arrangement in the puja room of auspicious articles like raw rice, fresh linen, golden cucumber, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror, the yellow flowers konna (Cassia fistula), and a holy text and coins, in a bell metal vessel called uruli. A lighted bell metal lamp called nilavilakku is also placed alongside. This arrangement is completed the previous night. On the day of Vishu, the custom is to wake up at dawn and go to the puja room with the eyes closed so that the Vishukkani is the first thing one sees. Since the occasion marks the beginning of Malayalam New Year, it is also considered auspicious to read verses from Hindu Holy book Ramayanam after seeing the "Vishukkani". It is also believed by some that the page of the Ramayanam to which you open up will have a bearing on your life in the coming year."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"></span>I do doubt a bit about the entire explanation by Wikiman, still nevertheless the explanation of Vishukanni IS correct.<br /><br />The one I witnessed it something different. The difference bears on my views on religion, perspective on what means 'will have a bearing on your life in the coming year' :D...<br /><br />This might sound silly, but your views on this take a back seat! So read on now... this is my kind of Vishukanni:<br /><br />A quick bike ride in the wee hours, early in the morning... needn't be long distance. It just has to have all the elements of a bike-ride! Speed, hi-revs, sharp corners with that heavy braking, a short, very short break before returning home. Where people see the 'nillavilaku', the holy books, n everything that makes up the vishukanni, making them feel that the year ahead is going to be good n blessed, to me - the bike, the ride, the wind-in-the-face, the chilling temperatures cuz of the speed, the speed itself, the music from the engine n the happiness felt on the return is what makes the moment, the day, the year- special.<br /><br />Oh, I really don't mind making every early morning stints like this... just the difficulty in waking up. :D :P!<br /><br />So why did I wake up early today - to drop a friend at the airport. He had to read the airport at 5.15AM at the latest... but things did go as planned - we could only leave home @ 5.12. Obviously - I don't think 12.5km in 3 mins is practically possible - thats like - 250kmph from the word go. NOT even a ferrari can do it. Please - b'lore roads and the unreliable traffic in the morning hours which means - no rules followed by others - even if u keep em all. So it would not be possible before being run over by a truck running on ur side of the road with its headlights off. So. :P<br /><br />I did that distance in 9 mins. A more reasonable speed. near an average 85kmph (I am not doing the exact math here.) But thats good for a pulsar 150 and our roads and considering that it was, really, a cautious ride with proper slow-downs at major junctions and also taking care of not going through the gutters and all.<br /><br />The return was also the same, maybe a slightly more than 9 mins. But not touching 10.<br /><br />Last year, we went on such a trip to marathalli, @ 2AM in the morning(or was it 1.50AM.. not sure).<br /><br />There is something really vindicating in the ride. A feeling of freeing our minds of troubles. Forgetting the problems of the past, getting ready for a new day, a new year (Our way of showing gratitude to the year past, and ushering in the new year.). We mark this is a special occasion just cuz we are all kerala and we are not particularly religious enough to keep any holy books, we found our own way to celebrate it. (No offense meant..).<br /><br />Just that today, it was just me n my friend, last year we were 3 - those 2 are home now. So happy vishu to 'em and all who are reading this! :D<br /><br />(Had to write this before heading for office, apologies for bad grammar, spelling mistakes, slight level of incoherence in ideas, and not elaborating further...)!<br /><br />:D - clicked this after reaching back:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPiZa6uUxJcnka427ZfwdiO6_W17ydYFJfkJ7Sl1MLYxOmm2OEQlXTq2FPHV2bUzJv5UV7lf2FltPYzusC3WKYut3n9vd0X2OTW-gdhXWWSgII8gz6V3TD6sxMd4cjfS0m2f6/s1600-h/misc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPiZa6uUxJcnka427ZfwdiO6_W17ydYFJfkJ7Sl1MLYxOmm2OEQlXTq2FPHV2bUzJv5UV7lf2FltPYzusC3WKYut3n9vd0X2OTW-gdhXWWSgII8gz6V3TD6sxMd4cjfS0m2f6/s320/misc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188976017046814642" border="0" /></a>(No time to get this photoshop-ed!). The Vishukanni, the Verses are played from engine's music, the divine light is what you feel when ride to your heart's content.<br /><br />Happy Vishu to all again!neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-67683801889437664912008-04-01T01:33:00.004+05:302008-04-01T02:44:37.191+05:30What is Real?This is a question we all have, atleast after the movie 'The Matrix' was released. We were all stunned by the concept of the movie. The concept was so overwhelming, so stunning, so undeniable that all the special effects (which were fresh, never before seen), the amazing characters - Agent Smith, Morpheus, Neo, Trinity - each character chosen to perfection that - for sure - we could relate to one of those characters.... all this was just an extra compared to the idea.<br /><br /> "What is the Matrix?"<br />I am not here to review the movie. I am sure there are millions of reviews out there. Millions of theories developed on it. Universes created around this idea. So much.<br /><br />I am here because today I ended up asking myself - 'What is real?"<br /><br />Morpheus: "<span style="font-style: italic;">What is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can hear, what you can smell, taste and feel then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."<br /><br /></span>Is that it? It is perhaps oversimplified in words - but what it covers is perhaps just about everything we know, everything that we 'think' we are capable of doing, everything that we think we have done. I am not speaking about the matrix. But a concept similar - one where - we can't be sure of what is reality.<br /><br />I can explain this with a few commonly heard examples - which have to be amplified to a certain extent.<br /><br />"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder".<br /><br />My explanation may not be the best - but - it easily translates to "We love to see what we want to see'.<br /><br />"My God is the right God".<br /><br />Many say that, like I say there is no God, it is perspective. Religions have no proof but a book written many many centuries ago - depending on whichever religion saying that it is right and implicitly meaning the rest to be wrong. My point here is not religion - but perspective.<br /><br />How do I know if this world exists only just in my imagination? That this computer itself doesn't exist - that you, my dear reader, are only a figment of my imagination? That I myself don't look me? What if the 'mental projection of my digital self' is wrong?<br /><br />To twist things further - in my thoughts - you think -that I am thinking about you thinking about what I've written on this blog which itself is probably not real... heh... its an endless spiral..<br /><br />We have defined our world in 3 dimensions - maybe 4 or sometimes 11, even 26 to support our theories about our world - but those are not the rules of the 'apparently real' universe. We have created a translation of those rules so that we can understand how to obey them.<br /><br />Our world is a result of our thoughts - maybe we all exist in a matrix - our thought processes overlapping each others creating complex relations - mix of love n hate, laughter n sorrow, genius n idiocy, real n unreal. I don't know.<br /><br />'Reality' becomes a scary situation when you think about it. It is not as simple as we just usually don't care about it. Maybe we don't have to, as we, atleast now, can only define it by our sense of taste, smell, vision, touch, sound. Our dimensions are bound there. A reality defined by years, centuries, millenniums . ages of understanding - evolving from atoms, to become entities which question our own existence.<br /><br />What would prove that all this is real? What is the truth about us? Who are we? Why are we here? Where is this going to end? Does it end? Are we prepared to realize who we are? Evolution of the most extreme kind. To know the mind of the God( - the explanation of my question is what I mean by 'knowing the mind of the God'. It is one phrase, not to be split :P)<br /><br />My thoughts spiral outta control these days, a mixture of thoughts at the level of a normal human being working to earn his monthly income to live to the thoughts of a person trying keep up with relations, to the pinnacle - thoughts about who we are. The perfect mid-life crisis.<br /><br />Lost in thoughts of where I am headed.<br /><br />I took the red pill, I am going to find out how deep the rabbit hole really goes...<br />Tumbling down, breaking a bone or two, reeling in chaotic thoughts, to the point where I know I am free.<br /><br />In chaos, I find order...<br />In the enigmatic. I find clarity...<br />In complexity, I see arising simplicity...<br />In the unreal, I find the astonishing possibility of reality...<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span>The real has become a matter of perspective. Absolute is a word that is relative in itself.<br /><br />I find myself being asked these questions:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why, why? Why do you do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something, for more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is, do you even know? Is it freedom, or truth, perhaps peace or could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify it's existence that is without any meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the matrix itself. Although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it Mr. Anderson, you must know it by now. You can't win, it's pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson, why? Why do you persist?". </span><br /><br />Not exactly those words... but question built on the same idea. Why should I persist to know?... <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>...there is only one realization: <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Know Thyself".<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">It is inevitable.... </span>We are only as real as we think we are. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-73185928768094321142008-03-26T00:56:00.000+05:302008-03-26T02:05:12.959+05:30Love.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cause for this blog is a random transience due to lack of sleep (thanks to my work! :|). Read at your leisure. </span></span><br /><br />Read:<br />-----------------<br /><b>The Architect</b>: "...Your five predecessors were, by design, based on a similar predication: a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the One. While the others experienced this in a general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-à-vis: love.<b><br /><br />Neo</b>: Trinity.<b><br /><br />The Architect</b>: Apropos, she entered the Matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.<b><br /><br />Neo</b>: No.<b><br /><br />The Architect</b>: Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the Anomaly revealed as both beginning and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the Source and the salvation of Zion. The door to your left leads back to the Matrix, to her and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you are going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction: the chemical precursors that signal the onset of an emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you to the simple and obvious truth: she is going to die and there is nothing you can do to stop it.<br /><br /><i>[Neo turns and walks to his left.]<br /></i><b><br />The Architect</b>: Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.<br />-----------------<br /><br />Ok, enough of the matrix. I was just trying to portray the most basic human nature. Love. I don't know why I want to do it now... maybe it is choice. <br /><br />How do you define love? It was a rhetoric; don't bother. Each of us have our own reason for it. We love at different levels, in different ways with different people.<br /><br />Love for our parents, our siblings, that special someone, friends, work... many...<br />One so strong that it makes us weak...<br />One so bright that it blinds us...<br />One so simple that its complexity is beyond definition...<br />A silence that is so loud...<br />It makes us do what we would never do otherwise.<br /><br />Why does it appear to have an influence on each of us that has a shade of negativity attached to it? Maybe we are putting a boundary, a restraint making ourselves feel like a caged animal. Probably. As when it applies to our work - if we love doing what we do - then there are no limits. From my case- love for riding frees me of the fear of meeting with accident, hell, even making a mistake. We become unlimited in our way. So much energy when let free, when we follow what we love, its exhilarating.<br /><br /> But. Still we limit. We feel we have our obligation to (for e.g.) society that we have to be doing certain things to be in that acceptable bracket. Insanity, as others call it, is the very love that I/We want to live in n live by - it is what I/we love do - mine/our perfect world, utopia. But, gaaah.... we limit ourselves. Why? Who do we have to impress? Our family? Our friends? People unknown to us? God? I definitely don't have the last two. My family knows me, they know I am to everyone as I am to them. My friends - they ought to understand that! Well, they do! But still I am restraining myself. Is it just that I am holding off from myself?<br /><br /> There is some bit of fear left in me, I guess. That fear of losing someone or something still exists. Just an inch. That's all that remains. Should I break it? All I need to do is face it. But that doubt itself stops me. I guess it's that very fear that is making me write this blog which resembles an 'avial' of many like 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', 'The matrix',.. I dunno others... there might be!<br /><br /> Though not perfect in the context, I still ask - why people shy away from facing what they fear or are disturbed by. That's all it takes.<br /><br /> There is another PoV on what love is. It's about what we love. 'Semper fi!!', they would cry out loud about what they love. Is love always good? how much of it is left to perspective? It is always good to the one who has it and it is about perspective to others. In that lies all the happiness and sadness on planet earth. and perhaps if there are other forms of life which are 'capable of feeling' - there too.<br /><br />This rather vague blog just ends here as I am sleepy...<br />Feel free to leave a comment. :)<br /><br />'Hope. It is the quintessential human <span style="font-style: italic;">feeling</span>, simultaneously the source of <span style="font-style: italic;">my</span> greatest strength, and <span style="font-style: italic;">my</span> greatest weakness'<br /><br />Goodnight!<br />Neo.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-13827192786623952642008-02-25T23:55:00.001+05:302008-12-09T08:02:36.126+05:30It is about the bike.[Foo Fighters - Best of you]<br /><br />Its been a year and 2 months now since I brought my 1st bike. Well, don't read between the lines ... I have only 1 bike! :D :P ....<br /><br />[RHCP - Under the bridge]<br />Jan'07, 23rd - I brought the new model Pulsar 150 with all the fancy digi meter, improved engine performance n all that ... now its 17th March'08. I have done 8500+ kms, gone for 2 trips... - one home, a crazy, fun-filled 500+ kms journey (one-way) and a trip to Ooty(2 weeks back... will be blogging on that later...). I have been commuting to office almost daily except when my n my roomie are going by his car - the count, which, is waay lesser than the bike's. I have been using it for a lotta trips around the city on the weekends. I have met with 2 minor accidents - one where an auto smashed into the rear when I was waiting to turn n the other was when a retard came through the wrong side and locked up with my bike's crash gaurd taking me down. The total cost of repairs - < 2500/-. The bike returns a decent 50km/l considering that I weigh in around 100kgs. :D <br /><br />[ATB - Justify] <br /><br />So, that Jan started a special relationship. One of a kind which only a true biker would understand. I read on another biker's blog - it's something like love. It's something a relation between a master and his/her dog. Also it's something like the always heard relationship type - boyfriend-girlfriend (who are committed to each other :P). The idea to be derived from the 1st is that of being a best friend. From the 2nd, it would the idea of trusting each other. <br /><br />[Armin Van Buuren - If you should go] <br /><br />My 2 long trips - which would easily take up 12.5% of the entire mileage of the bike. It hasn't failed me. I ride it hard. I rev it in the 5-6-7k range always, I shift pretty quickly, I brake hard n accelerate hard, I try to avoid bad roads - but many a times its unavoidable, sometimes I have pillion riders who are just as heavy as I. Trust me, my bike HAS BEEN RIDDEN well. The way it's meant to be, I believe, because till now - it's not given up on performing. <br /><br />[Delerium - Lost and Found] <br /><br />The bike and the trips its made come true has taught me n changed me. For someone who values experience and events above book-based learning, it's been a revelation. I have learnt to control aggression, think positive (well, even more), also be patient, thinking of round-about-ways, yet ethical n clear, when the straight ones seem blocked. I am not kidding. I am not saying that other experiences in life, being in a new city, living with new friends, earning money, be free of responsibilities of being at home - all these have had a significant impact on me. But the bike and the connection I share with it, I have learned to respect speed, value life, live more by intuition and heart in conjunction with logic and clarity. <br /><br />[Cranberries - Linger] <br /><br />I ride pretty quick, pretty free. I have this line for my friend, who I miss a lot now, 'I live to die another day' whenever she used to tell me to ride slowly, avoid night rides. I am sure, now, I've 'graduated' to a different level of biking which has a much fewer number of bikers than the common ones who are either over cautious or are rash. I am not in the elite group - I dunno if I would rank in those. That time would tell. But I am sure a safe rider who knows how to handle the ride. (This I've been ranked among my friends, amongst most of them, to the be safest rider among those they know. Thank u for that.) <br /><br />[Rammstein - Feuer Frei] <br /><br />There has to be a reason, right? Or maybe not, actually. The reason is that what just comes into existence when you start to love what you do. There is something about riding that makes it so vindicating. It might be the passion for riding and travelling. But I guess, thats what we need to do. Follow what we love doing the most. <br /><br />[Poets of the Fall - Lift] <br /><br />Imagine this: The highway, good traffic, smooth tarmac, it's past 9PM, n that wind blasting into my eye when u speed past that relatively slow moving vehicle infront of you, flash the headlamp, hit the horn once, shift that gear down(at times), rev hard to that screaming past the 9k mark and zoom, you are past it... @ over 110kmph! Night riding is like my stronghold. I am not as badly effected by the oncoming traffic lights. This helps me maintain good speed at nights, and I know the bike like the back of my hand, I know where it would stop, how it would accelerate. I don't know it by statistics , but its the feel. It's just like how I was able to learn UT2k4 and it's timing, I just know. that's it. It makes the experience so special. The scream of the bike, my accompanying friend's on their bikes, its something so special. <br /><br />[Augustana - Boston] <br /><br />I guess it's also the apparent risk factor. I would call it a myth or a twisted truth at best. Biking is just a dangerous as driving a car, bus, truck, flying a plane, navigating a boat/ship. Accidents, or worse, death can happen anytime. People say bikes are dangerous, tiring and long rides should be avoided. Wrong. The way it is put is wrong. A self conscious rider, a well maintained machine reduces the risk factor by 50%. The remaining is when u are mowed down by a retarded/braindead or drunk driver or when u have a malfunctioning vehicle. <br /><br />[In Flames - Cloud connected] <br /><br />Biking provides a feeling of being in connection with the road, with the world where the bike and the rider are not 2 separate entities, but 1 in harmony.The bike being the extension of the feet, the handlebars being the extension of the hand, the engine being the extension of the heart ... all this making a new breed of species. An evolution of man(and woman). <br /><br />[Avial - Karukare] <br /><br />Attaining nirvana is when you know, and you really DO know, your brain is in complete control of this evolved specie and you push this new 'yourself' to the limit and return safe to tell the tale, every damn time! I am immensely happy with this bike. Compared to my friend's bikes - it's inferior in performance, but I love it. I am not going to change this one nowhere in the coming 2 years. <br /><br />"Live to Ride and Ride to Live" :) <br /><br />Dedicated to all true bikers out there!. <br /><br />Cheerio,<br />Suraj. <br /><br /><br />Note:<br />1. Always wear the helmet when u ride the bike.<br />2. Just as a faq - my favourite bike - easy, Yamaha R1. <br /><br /><br />A few pics: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2kuzPvu1UQOniojmFcxBwbEAoDceuBWoaTkTLvML9ZX_A6HofKGTVaVHw3LLyeWHh-LfbDV7uZwMrvBN2TTADIxu495I9_-wl0FrOwQ2rmtaGCby1gA4ZiRR08NqcCAFmuar/s1600-h/M2295439.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2kuzPvu1UQOniojmFcxBwbEAoDceuBWoaTkTLvML9ZX_A6HofKGTVaVHw3LLyeWHh-LfbDV7uZwMrvBN2TTADIxu495I9_-wl0FrOwQ2rmtaGCby1gA4ZiRR08NqcCAFmuar/s320/M2295439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178439598653845570" border="0" /></a>That's me with the bike.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BTzmlTNm4EvubwZNY38XnExp0KYY1Koq1qWgog12lgBLfE-MOHuyNR_3AvexMfblWNK5nNKudffaoEOheIwesGDNEwr3i8V4T4pwefASWVdD9_zqae0rPu_mXGaM7l-Tma2Y/s1600-h/IMG_0435.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BTzmlTNm4EvubwZNY38XnExp0KYY1Koq1qWgog12lgBLfE-MOHuyNR_3AvexMfblWNK5nNKudffaoEOheIwesGDNEwr3i8V4T4pwefASWVdD9_zqae0rPu_mXGaM7l-Tma2Y/s320/IMG_0435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178440303028482130" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Thats taken @ 110kmph.<br /><br />Oh, it's 2.10AM now... adios!neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-55461765434024390282007-10-13T22:13:00.000+05:302008-12-09T08:02:36.719+05:30The weekend tripMany a times, the most unforgettable events are set into motion in a moments notice. Many a times, a certain group of people happen to be around each other in which ones decision is immediately taken as the groups decision. Such was the one taken on friday evening @ 4.45PM.<br /><br />It all looked like a very normal weekend trip home coming up on friday... all of us (Me, Arun, Pra, Shibin, Abe) planned to leave office @ 3.30PM to catch the train @ 6.50PM. Just as Praveen and myself were about to leave from office, Shibin calls up to say that there's been a HUGE mix up and that the train is at 5.15PM! This meant an emergency evac procedure to be executed by latest 4.30PM. With the cloud of impossibility looming over our heads.... we packed up all what we could, in a haste, and took the auto to the railway station. By mid way - it was clear - with the prevailing traffic conditions - it would be impossible to reach there.<br /><br />[David Guetta - Love don't let me go]<br /><br />Then came that one line from one of us - I don't recollect who ('Who' doesn't matter) - "Ok, if we miss the train, we head home on our bikes!". It was like everything was planned - all agreed!!!<br />So 'hoping' to get the train we reached the station...only to see the train just leaving the station. So close yet so far. All of us looked at each other for a moment and with a wicked grin we said - bike time! We headed back home, and meanwhile tried cancelling our tickets in hope of getting back some money. (we got 50% returned...).<br /><br />The plans were set - by then - Abe's friend - Narasimha (we call him Simba) also agreed to join us. The proposed start time was 7.30PM so that we could cover max distance before it was too dark... but it all started (after dinner, heading to E-City to pick up Abe's bike papers.. etc etc...) only by 10PM.<br /><br />[Enigma - Eppur Si Muove]<br />Then it was a like the best experience ever just set into motion - one that lasted 10 hours straight. Gruelling, but exciting. Amazing. We started off with a blast - beautiful Hosur highway lent its tarmac to us - we owned it. The pulsar's(my 150, Simba's 180 [stunning acceleration on this one!], and Abe's mighty 200) cause came full circle as each of these mean machines (for Indian conditions) screamed past the 10k RPM darting down the excellent blacktop @ over 110KMPH. Stable, damn stable, even my 150, is!.<br /><br />[Moby - Porcelain]<br />We took our 1st break after around 80kms of rpm redlining. ( :) ). I kept to riding my bike even when Arun n Simba switched rider-pillion positions. The road got a bit tricky as it was just a 2 lane highway to hell from there on. Our average speeds dropped to 60 for the next 80kms or so.<br /><br />The pace picked up once we were around 80kms away from Salem. In between which Abe also switched riding seats with Shibin. I still continued to ride the 150CC hellhound ;). Now the total distance covered was around 180kms. Still nearly 320 to go...<br /><br />The roads became a lot better again on route from Salem to Coimbatore.... speeds staying in the 80kmph region. Beautiful roads, I say!<br /><br />[Quake Video-Mercurial - playing it for the tracks ;) ]<br />We were riding at a pace better than even the normal volvo buses that run at that time. Staying around half hour ahead of their time. >:).<br />We reached the by-pass to palghat so that we can avoid getting into Coimbatore.<br />Man, that was like the most deserted road i've ever seen and also one of the best maintained. It was deserted probably cuz it was about 4AM in the morning. There was heavy fog and when there was a vehicle coming from the other side of an incline - it produced this haunting shadows into the fog... looked damn cool...<br />we stopped for a snack when we around 325kms into the journey. I stopped biking for a while as my eyes looked bloodshot - my helmet doesn't have a visor :D - so all the dust from riding at such speeds doesn't really help... so for the 1st time in the trip - I gave my bike to Shibin and I hopped on as the pillion. He did a damn good job of riding staying clear off the gutters.<br /><br />We reached Palghat-Trichur route at around 6AM. The route was like as if roads were built around the gutters - or worse - there were NO roads! That section - around 5kms - took nearly 1 hour with horrible early morning private bus traffic and terrible road conditions.<br />From there on - it was a pretty smooth ride till Trichur by-pass. We reached this point at around 7.15AM. We had a small break to stretch ourselves. From there - I took over again - but I was only about 30kms into the stint - I could feel my eyes giving away - Visibility and judgement couldn't go hand in hand as my eyes were all red from the dust allergy caused by all the biking I had done earlier. Shibin took over again. By then it was nearly 8.15AM. Necessity is the mother of inve... err - hi-speed biking, I guess - All the 3 bikes ripped through the angamaly-aluva-kalamassery-airport-seaport road-kakkanad section in under half hour and we were at Shibin's place at 8.45AM.<br /><br />Now was the time when we all told our parents that we made the trip on the bikes! ;)<br />We got the usual dose of advice. But I guess - whatever-howmuch ever sense they make - this is one trip we learnt from! A superb experience. Now when ever I close my eyes - all I see is me overtaking some bus through the narrow highway, my bike's RPM reading 9 * 1000 RPM and the speed near to 85kmph and all I can speak about is the trip! Its the same for all 6 of us!<br /><br />Btw, one key learning - your @$$ hurts like hell after sitting for a while on the bike - it's worse if you are the pillion! :D<br /><br />Here are a few pics:<br /><br />The start - the riders of the storm:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43gerTUghdv7nL8ewRwr2Sf2rUoQbXL1lk-BlPmlIMiodRHSkjgtydhgMP6ChKv1IDriCYA0JgFYZVjXoeejBi5R6x6ms555f_AtP6u8APSDZ_c4-JTrN13Ug4xVsxhLNhvT7/s1600-h/DSC00703.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43gerTUghdv7nL8ewRwr2Sf2rUoQbXL1lk-BlPmlIMiodRHSkjgtydhgMP6ChKv1IDriCYA0JgFYZVjXoeejBi5R6x6ms555f_AtP6u8APSDZ_c4-JTrN13Ug4xVsxhLNhvT7/s400/DSC00703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120881025382542418" border="0" /></a>(Pra clicked the pic and Simba hadn't reached.)<br /><br />The hounds of hell:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ21Iw416uXbC2WByMGQEBmwa7VN5DsSaH003FnISwu7faGIkfV1tq7vy5eblUXk_Qgvmm9VHQuXkQIpVmZM7uhgcFueTtgAxvwoZE8lCqT6pN8tSf846aaHBlBr6ixyCdmTfK/s1600-h/DSC00704.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ21Iw416uXbC2WByMGQEBmwa7VN5DsSaH003FnISwu7faGIkfV1tq7vy5eblUXk_Qgvmm9VHQuXkQIpVmZM7uhgcFueTtgAxvwoZE8lCqT6pN8tSf846aaHBlBr6ixyCdmTfK/s400/DSC00704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120881996045151330" border="0" /></a>Thats Simba's 180, my 150, Abe's 200.<br /><br />Now this was an ABSO-FRIGGING-LUTELY amazing trip!<br />Cheers to the 6 of us! \m/!<br />peace!<br />n3o.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-80863447974508607922007-07-21T22:59:00.000+05:302007-09-30T23:43:44.948+05:30BrEAk LigHts<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >13th August 2k7.<br />[Microsoft-Windows Welcome music] (Search in system folder for title.wma)<br /><br />Its almost 0000hrs. I had a bad day and it was due to a few reasons. First of them was the scheduled test. I was SO, SO, SO hoping that I'll be able to wind up my training with this one test. But, no, it wont. Now we have to complete some more extra stuff, take one exam on friday and ONE more the next week. Goodness... I feel like I am still in that old school/college level clearing exams... aaggghhhh!<br /><br />Anyways... back to the topic... before I continue typing it out (Writer's block not helping....), let me add some music..<br />---xx---<br />Blogging came to a halt after a weird problem with the net connection. Resuming the same, hope i get to complete this. Changing the title of the blog.<br /><br />[Creed - One Last Breath]<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Please come now I think I’m falling</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I’m holding on to all I think is safe</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >It seems I found the road to nowhere</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >And I’m trying to escape</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I yelled back when I heard thunder</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >But I’m down to one last breath</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >And with it let me say</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Let me say</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Hold me now</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I’m six feet from the edge and I’m thinking</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >That maybe six feet</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Ain’t so far down</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >That is my condition now.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Lets go back on what all has happened. Yesterday, on my way to my friend's place - one autorikshaw fellow and Maruti Zen driver added an exclamation mark to all thats gone wrong. I dunno if more '!'s will be added on.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >[Dirty Vegas -Ghosts]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Let me explain the scene. The time is around 7.15PM (1915hrs). I am riding my bike at around 35-40 (MAX) - I was going slow esp cuz I've been having a bad otherwise didn't want to invite trouble by creating an accident or something. So, I am almost at my friends place - its the main road and i have to take a right on it. Its not a junction - so I've to come to a halt on the main road - wait for the opposite side traffic to clear out so that I can cross into the small by-lane.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />[Lisa Gerrad - GladiatorTheme]<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I am around 100 meters from there - I have this maruti zen in front of me (The brake lights on it were not working), and I go past an autorikshaw. I move towards the centre line, put the right indicator and at that instant - the zen fellow brakes - without any indication what so ever. I am used to doing late braking myself, but this time the distance was too short and there was no indication whatsoever - coming to a dead stop in the middle of the road is not what u expect. I jam d discs and the rear brakes hard and I come to a stop, just kissing the zen in front. But in the NEXT second - this autorick fellow - supposedly had accelerated after i had crossed him - his auto didnt stand a chance to brake that quick - rammed straight into my bikes brake light console, smashing the beautiful LED light array and the carbon fibre surrounding it.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >AGGGRRHH!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >[Gregorian Version - U2 -With or Without You]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />I have never damaged my bike and I drive quick, but now - after riding slow, taking precautions, I get my bike into this condition. GOODNESS! After a brief 'talk' with the auto fellow - the gathered ppl were, surprisingly, on my side on this. Even a few auto drivers at the auto stand rite next to where this happened supported my case. But then - how much can a auto driver pay me? and that poor fools auto's front right was totally dented inwards. I have no idea how my bike's carbon fibre to that to the auto. Probably it was that sharp edge creating an impluse reaction on the auto's body. So I went left from there, dragged the bike to my friend's place. Was there for a while. Then headed back by around 9.15PM (2115hrs). Anyways, now I stand to pay around 3~4k on my 'brEAk' light assembly. I have minimum hopes on getting an insurance cover for this. Well that was yesterday.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >[INXS- Afterglow]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Last two weeks - sleep's been minimal. The fun at home has now been stepped up with 4 systems being on LAN and the CS craze keeps going up. Sleep at 1AM And I wake up by 8AM.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >A total loss of around 3hours over the usual that I sleep. Its been taking its toll. Its not that I sleep just 7 hrs a day, uh-huh, its because I've been doing a lotta work in between. Not just office. These two weeks - I've rarely had time to think for myself, to go thru things that haven't been going all that well.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />[Moby - We are all made of stars]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />To top it all - the office work has become </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >SO</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >boring that I don't feel like visiting the office, the training - something that all of us want to get over with, just ISN'T getting over. DAMN!</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />[Sting and Alanis Morisette - King of Pain]<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span> <span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I've been thinking these days - ok, this one is on a tangent - a generation gap - it seems SO evident now. How different our thinking is from theirs. Is it wrong - what we follow? or are we the ones who are right? Change has been ruthless here. It isn't a curve - but a step. A total shift.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Like - in every field - friends, relationships, money handling, driving, everything... its so different. I haven't felt that extreme a difference in my own case, but with 90% of my friends - thats been how it is. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >from our point of view - what our parents, relatives say - on many topics - is quite hard to align to. Its 'oldish'.<br /><br />Are they really wrong? I dunno. Its a matter of perspective, I say. Its got a lot to do with society we have been brought up in, our beliefs.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >29th August 2007. 2334Hrs.<br />[P.O.D- Youth of the nation]<br />This song is one hell of reminder of how our generation has lost its path somewhere ....<br /><br />30th September 2007. 2319 Hrs.<br />[Gregorian Chant - Angels (Cover of Robbie Williams - Angels]<br /><br />Ok, now I just read up on what I had typed out earlier... somethings have changed. My work is way better than what it used to be 1 month back. Though I still hate that I was made to cancel my vacation in the last week of Aug for Onam, I am beginning to like what I'm doing. No, it ain't challenging. It is time consuming, but keeps me engaged in a good way.<br /><br />[U2-I still haven't found what I'm looking for]<br /><br />... now I'm home, enjoying a four day holiday. It feels good to be home. I have taken a few important decisions for the near future. GRE takes a back seat for now. I will be applying for a re-exam in 2 months from now. I am going to continue working in accenture for some more time. On another note - i'm planning to buy a new comp for myself at the end of feb or latest by end of march. :). heh...<br />I have a few bets to take care off - ones which I can't afford to lose. Need to start working out for that now. Literally. :D<br /><br />So thats like a tight schedule coming up for the next 3 months.... :D<br />Rounding up this blog...<br /><br />Adios...<br />neo.<br /></span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-3916131946454332522007-07-04T00:05:00.001+05:302007-07-04T01:04:14.095+05:30Now What?I am back to blogging... finally got the net connection I was so cribbing for, at my place, here in b'lore. But now that I have the net conn, my friends laptop, most of my music, my mouse, my headset, my space.... I had ideas... yes... big ones - but now - when I finally have the time to key them down - i just get lost.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><jame>[James Newton - London (Blood Diamond OST]<br /><br /></jame></span>I don't know what I am going to type further.... I am having a boring time in office ... my work doesn't seem to interest me at all - its something like report generation - never knew it was so much like arranging stuff on a webpage. Its boring, time consuming, coma-inducing for my brain cells- I am losing my speed to calculate.. damn. Oh well.. that goes on... it will for a few more months before I find somewhere better. (not that I have anything against my company's work culture - its just not for me).<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><sting>[Sting & Alanis Morisette - King of Pain]<br /><br /></sting></span>I had a plan to write about our planet and all the natural disasters(global warming related) and where we are heading, about our outlook towards life, about our attitude towards others, how it is all connected. I get these funny thoughts - all of them connecting well - but I am kinda unlucky that they come to me when I am least prepared to even take them down on my phone.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><dj></dj></span><span style="font-style: italic;">[DJ Tiesto & Armin Van Buuren - Wonder]</span><br /><br />Right now I just watched an incredible video of Top Gear's James May take the Bugatti Veyron to an incredible 407kmph.. the luckiest jobs these guys have, imo. and listening to this pacey trance track - just makes me want to sit here and actually type the blog I want to... but sleep takes over.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><armin></armin></span><span style="font-style: italic;">[Armin Van Buuren - Time to say Goodbye]</span><br />So hopefully tomm, I shall blog.<br />Till then,<br />Cheerio,<br />n3o.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-31488548590650829042007-04-25T20:09:00.000+05:302007-05-09T21:57:10.718+05:30I am required to kill, so I kill and thats enough.Said the general - Maximus, the invincible. the gladiator. With those words, I re-start this blog.<br /><br />Listening to "Leave no man behind" (Black Hawk Down O.S.T by Hans Zimmer).<br /><br />Its been so long since I've blogged and I am having this major writer's block. Anyways.. typing in whatever is coming into my mind, as has been the case with all previous blogs. :D. So, here goes...<br /><br />Its been 8months since I've come here - the IT city - the Air-Conditioned city - the beer capital - the 2nd most polluted city in India - 10th in Asia - Bengalooru (Bangalore as I prefer to call it). Joined Accenture on 18th sept'06. Training started on my b'day - 20th sept. I remember meeting my 1st friends, right from the induction program - Tom and Sabin. (The 2 other people I knew before I joined were - Suman and Nimisha). Life has been VERY smooth from then on. Never had hiccups - yes - perspective - I've never seen anything that has happened to be anything 'negative' (for some who might have a slightly different opinion :D). Was living as a paying guest for 6 months; and eventually moved in with 4 other Accenture-mates and good friends - Arun, Arindam, Gebin and Praveen - we call ourselves the BoW - Brotherhood of Wolves. hehe.. yeah.. just a funky name - we are one crazy group - crazy in every sense sans drinks n the likes. Crazy enough to play football inside the house with a proper, probably FIFA approve-able, football @ 11pm (mind you, its a flat - people stay above our floor, below our floor, next door, neighbouring flats.. )... play badminton @ 12AM, outside, play Heavy metal music (yep - likes of Metallica n Rammstein) early in the morning - 7AM, late night bike rides (ok, this might be common for some b'lore-ed crowd.), anyways... the point is - LIFE HAS been AND IS good. I am enjoying life, my way. No restriction, answerable to no1 except myself (technically only) - but I do maintain the 'decorum' (as me n Gangu used to say it in class... "please people, maintain the decorum..." :D .. and we were the 1st to break it.). Made a lotta new friends. Some really good ones.<br /><br />Thats like the gist of the last 8 months. (Oh ya.. I do have my own bike now :D, if u didn't know).<br /><br />I changed the song - "Pain of Salvation - A Trace of Blood".<br /><br />I just sometimes get lost in all the thoughts - you know - how things have been - all the good times - nostalgia hits me hard - well, thats the way things are and I am not going into it anymore. Have blogged enough on that, imo. Funnily (according to some people who know me) - the b'lore life hasn't really changed me much - still the soft spoken, a bit shy, yet slightly obsessive, sometimes maddeningly positive n tension free character.<br /><br />Song:"Metallica - Fade to Black"<br /><br />Something about my job -<br />Accenture IS a good place to work - NO doubt. Its work environs are WAY better n much less taxing than any other IT service company. I am lucky to have got a really inspiring supervisor. But I am not really happy - My tastes lie in 'programming' and NOT in 'coding'. But coding is all that happens in such companies.Thats basically the reason why I names the blog so. - which in my case, translates to - "I am require to work, so I do and thats enough". But then, lucky nevertheless - have the best of the lot. :)<br />Work starts at 9AM ( I reach at 10), goes on till 6( ya.. I leave only AFTER 6.. ^_^).<br />Hit the gym daily ( which is true till mid April or so, after which - I have been a bit lazy... :D.. getting back into the routine slowly). Reach back at around 8.30pm. This is the routine n I am neither too happy nor sad about it.<br /><br />Song: "Parikrama - But It Rained"<br /><br />Other happenings:<br />1) a Coorg Trip - This was just amazing - It was a trip we - the 18th sept '06 batch - organized n went for. 2 Days. It was a absolute blast - it was the college batch atmosphere tat prevailed. Bus journey marked well with music/dance then in the night - there were groups - a few speaking on 'ghosts stories.. oh the creepy ones... the scary ones... all o them'... then another which fell asleep... then a few (which included me) - listening n singing (if u can call it singing.. he he) as Tommy played away with the guitar. Reaching coorg at the rite time was the best part - JUST before sunrise. We have captured some great pics of the sunrise on the cams, but its nothing like being there and just feeling it. Then came the trek... just awesome. I can go on forever on that. H eh. In the night we had a camp fire and a few games ... celebrated b'days of 3 of our dearest ones among the group - Tommy, Sabin and Rangu sir.<br /><br />2. SCREEEAAAMMMM FOR ME NOW, BANGALORE! - the iron maiden concert. Bruce Dickinson had the crowd in a trance-ing frenzy - all of us head banging to their songs. My good, non-existent, GOD.. it was a HYPER EVENT! I had a strained neck for the next 3 days. They played MOST of their greatest hits plus a few from their new album. The ones which should've been added is aces high, wasted years ... well .. um.. Alexander the great ... rime of the ancient mariner... well.. a lot more! he he.. we, maiden maniacs, can never have enough! :D<br /><br />Those were 2 major events that happened. Life just flowing in the high gear.<br /><br />Song : "Lamb of God - 11th Hour"<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder - am I just living on? is this really what I want? I dunno what I would want otherwise tho. But life is moving at a really quick pace, alright. and I have to check out what to do with my M.S. Want to do a lot more things - travel - thats one of the main priorities, protracted searches left me in the afterglow- somethings have left me lost. Some have made me understand myself, my friends, my surroundings, my world - a lot more.<br /><br />Well, thats about it. Its the birth of a new age -a new phase in life - an age of understanding - an age of freedom - an age where things move at the speed of thought - I am at yet another juncture in life - any turn I take - is leads me to yet another - a sinister set of recursive turns - yeah - life is all about choosing the rite ones, relative to each one.<br /><br />Song : " Iron Maiden - Alexander the great"<br />Maybe I 'll blog on a certain thought process that keeps running in my mind. It confirms my understanding of the world around me. But I am not able to pen it down - its way too complicated - as it just flashes in me - bits n pieces of the entire idea.<br /><br />Ok, Have some rantings about b'lore -<br />1. Its getting frigging hot.<br />2. Its traffic is maddening - it gets worse by the hour (not even 'by the day')<br />3. Being the 2nd most polluted city is nothing to be happy about<br />4. Its expensive... not I am not being stingy here. It seriously is. But then - such extra costs are always attached to the 'big cities'.<br />5.The 'malls' have lost their value - its more of a fish market than a mall. its SO packed on weekends.<br />6.The city is a COMPLETE DISASTER if it rains - the drainage system overflows, the city gets congested, the traffic just stops. But if u are at home when its raining - its beautiful to watch and its really a good time. :D<br />7. People are 'more' easily influenced by religious sentiments than what I've seen in Kerala.<br />8. My mobile phone bill is sky-rocketing!<br /><br />Song: "Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated"<br /><br />The good points -<br />1. Have most of my good old friends here.<br />2. The new ones too. :D<br />3. Freedom - no1 really bothers what you do. - as in, in ekm - people comment unnecessarily about what you do. Nothing like that here.<br />4. Options for everything - Stuff like food, movie theaters, hang out places, dress, watches... name it ... EVERYTHING is available.<br />5. Getting to know different people - b'lore is a hub for IT and people from all over the globe live here. and getting to know such people - esp in work environs and also outside - u learn a lot.<br /><br />Anyways.. thats about it for now.<br /><br />Shall blog more frequently henceforth.<br /><br />Off to do some 'free-biking'... he he...<br />Adios.<br />:)>- n \m/<br />Suraj.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1162211594349217232006-10-30T17:33:00.000+05:302007-02-06T11:24:33.195+05:30A game of 5s..LONG time since I blogged ... and say I got tagged by Vidya ... and its abt a game of 5s .. 5 this .. 5 that... anyways.. here goes..<br /><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Ten Years Ago</span><br /><br />1. Was 12yrs old..<br />2. Used to play chess and a 2D car race - Cisco.. on PC ..<br />3. Was still a kid - <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">had</span> a GI Joe collection<br />4. Was a thin guy (yup... u read that rite - thin :D )<br />5. Was very shy..<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Five Years Ago</span><br /><br />1. 17yrs old...<br />2. Completed my 12th successfully and quickest at doing math-integration problems in class.. ha. ;))<br />3. Highly inclined towards computers/games/programming<br />4. 1 yr since I changed my hair style from super-short hair to relatively long hair ..heh<br />5. Had made my 1st real gang of friends.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Last One Year</span><br /><br />1. 21yrs old also in the final yr of engg course..<br />2. Hardcore UT2k4 gamer.<br />3. Had a heavy metal fan/guitarist look.. still have it..<br />4. Got placed into Infosys .. (now working for Accenture tho :D)<br />5. Wrote my GRE..<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Yesterday</span><br /><br />1. Was a Monday.<br />2. In the office, no particular work<br />3. Cauvery issue goes in favour of TN, panic in city - expected riots.<br />4. Evening spent sleeping, 'kathi' on phone, sleeping again<br />5. Spent time talking to friends...slept off at 10.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Five Things Planned for next 5 Years</span><br /><br />1. Get some work experience.<br />2. Go abroad for studies and complete it within these 5 yrs.<br />3. Hopeful 2 find some1. :)..<br />4. Get a better Job wit my M.S(or PhD) degree.. oh I will..<br />5. Visit Europe - the fields n all those beautiful places we see in movies..<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Five Yummy Things</span><br /><br />1. Those icecreams @ corner house<br />2. Pal Ada ( Super sweet 'payasam'/kheer ..)<br />3. Paneer curry<br />4. Chocolates..<br />5. Kerala thaali.. nammude onam sadhya...<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Five Songs I know by heart</span><br /><br />hmm... not exactly by heart.. but most parts o these songs -<br /><br />1. Duran duran - Ordinary World<br />2. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris<br />3. Linkin Park - In The End<br />4. Metallica - Nothing else matters<br />5. James Blunt - You are beautiful<br /><br />Know the chorus of most metal songs i listen to .. :D .. but I need to be listening to it as well.. umm.. something like tat.. u get the picture.. but ppl usually dont let me sing.. wonder why? 8- ;)) ..<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Five Things I'd do If I had Money</span><br /><br />1. I wud own a Ferrari Enzo or maybe get my own Ferrari P4-5 made.. ha!<br />2. Will definitely own the best of the Alienwares PCs..<br />3. Will have a house in the best spot in Europe.. wherever that is.<br />4. Will make a trip to outer space .. jus like that russian guy went once..<br />5. And have MY OWN F1 team, maybe hire ferrari ;)!<br /><br />sorry.. I am not going to say "charity work" n all.. it doesnt work in our country- howmuchever we try.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->Places I Escape to</span><br /><br />1.My Room<br />2.My Phone<br />3.My comp and play UT2k4 online<br />4.Listen to watever is on my mp3 player<br />5.Read books/debate on forums.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">->TV shows I cant miss</span><br /><br />1. F1!!!!<br />Actually thats abt it.. I dont watch TV now-a-days.<br />otherwise-<br />2.Friends<br />3.Medical Detectives<br />4.Extreme Machines<br />5.EPL/Champions league<br /><br /><strong>->Five Things I Can't Live Without</strong><br /><br />1. Food n water :P<br />2. Family n Friends (of course!)<br />3. PC<br />4. Communication grid - my phone, net conn.<br />5. The latest addition - my Bike!<br /><br /><strong>-> Five Things I Can Live Without</strong><br /><br />1. TV serials, most of hindi, mallu movies, all other movies in regional languages<br />2. Alcoholic drinks and smokes<br />3. Non-veg food (took me sometime.. but now I <strong>am</strong> living without it. )<br />4.<br />5.<br /><br /><strong>->Five Favourite Ethnic Cuisines</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />1. Onam time sadhyas :D<br />2. Chinese<br />3. Italian<br />4. Chaat stuff<br />5. .........<br /><br /><strong>->Five best places to visit</strong><br /><em>(ones I have visited)</em><br />1. Kerala!! - the cities have nothing... but the natural beauty of kerala is pretty stunning. Have been to MANY in kerala<br />2. Coorg<br />3. Ooty<br />4. Singapore - ultra clean, beautiful, amazing all - in - all.<br />5. Blore - for all the hype...<br /><br /><strong>->Five best places to visit </strong><br />(ones I plan to visit)<br />1. Rome - the vatican<br />2. France<br />3. Other places in europe worth visiting<br />4. US of A<br />5. Outer space (:D :-? why not? ;) )<br /><br />n3o.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1155054309428423092006-08-08T21:04:00.001+05:302006-08-08T22:09:14.553+05:30Yet Another music tag!...This is an even more interesting tag.. tagged by quite a few -<br /><br />This is abt answering a few questions wit the song u are listening to ..<br /><br />to do this - <br />put in all the music u have on to the playlist, switch ON shuffle.. <br />I got around 58GB of music now.. :D all loaded.. <br /><br />I am not rigging this one.. but i am skipping a few tracks if they appear totally off topic w.r.t the question in hand.. :)<br /><br />here goes.. :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. How does the world see you?</span><br /><br />A. Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you.. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Hell is gone and heaven's here<br />There's nothing left for you to fear<br />Shake your arse come over here<br />Now scream<br />I'm a burning effigy<br />Of everything I used to be<br />You're my rock of empathy, my dear<br /><br />So come on let me entertain you<br />Let me entertain you </span> <br /><br />Keke.. entertain u.. ( [-x .. no no.. no weird ideas there :P ) .. the gamers get the frag entertainment .. and so on.. umm.. ya.. w/e... <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Will I have a happy life?</span><br /><br />A. Limp Bizkit - My Way<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Special<br />You think you're special<br />You do<br />I can see it in your eyes<br />I can see it when you laugh at me<br />Look down on me<br />You walk around on me<br />Just one more fight<br />About your leadership<br />And I will straight up<br />Leave your shit<br />Cause I've had enough of this<br />And now I'm pissed<br /><br />Yeah<br />This time I'm 'a let it all come out<br />This time I'm 'a stand up and shout<br />I'm 'a do things my way<br />It's my way<br />My way, or the highway </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">HELL YEAH</span> - Happy or sad to others .. its my way! <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. What do my friends think of me?</span><br /><br />A. Creed - My Sacrifice<br /><br />wow.. this shuffle is working well...<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Hello my friend<br />We meet again<br />It's been a while<br />Where should we begin?<br />Feels like forever<br />Within my heart<br />Are memories<br />Of perfect love that<br />You gave to me<br />Oh, I remember<br />When you are with me<br />I'm free, I'm careless<br />I believe<br />Above all the others<br />We'll fly<br />This brings tears<br />To my eyes<br />My sacrifice<br /><br />We've seen our share<br />Of ups and downs<br />Oh, how quickly life<br />Can turn around<br />In an instant<br />It feels so good to reunite<br />Within yourself and<br />Within your mind<br />Let's find peace there<br /><br />'Cause when you are<br />With me<br />I'm free, I'm careless<br />I believe<br />Above all the others<br />We'll fly<br />This brings tears<br />To my eyes<br />My sacrifice<br /></span><br /><br />Yup, I am always there for my friends.. the real ones.. they know who they are.. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Do people secretly lust after me?</span><br /><br />A. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe .<br /><br />Well.. I did really understand tha questions.. hmm.. :-??<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5. How can I make myself happy?</span><br /><br />A. Bryan Adams - The only thing that looks good on me.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I don't look good in no Armani Suits<br />No Gucci shoes - or designer boots<br />I've tried the latest lines from A to Z<br />But there's just one thing that looks good on me<br /><br />The only thing I want<br />The only thing I need<br />The only thing I choose<br />The only thing that looks good on me...is you</span><br /><br /><br />yeah.. go figure... ;)) ..kekeke...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6. What should I do with my life?</span><br /><br />A. Korn - Freak On a Leash (Freakin' B mix)<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Feeling like a freak on a leash (You wanna see the light)<br />Feeling like I have no release (So do I)<br />How many times have I felt diseased (You wanna see the light)<br />Nothing in my life is free...is free<br /><br />Sometimes I cannot take this place<br />Sometimes it's my life I can't taste<br />Sometimes I cannot feel my face<br />You'll never see me fall from grace</span><br /><br />Hmm... Freak on a leash NO MORE! .. Am free.. free now .. heehaw!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7. Will I ever have children?</span><br /><br />A. Metallica - The Unforgiven 2<br /><br />O_o .. well.. "YA". :))<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">8. What is some good advice for me?</span><br /><br />A. Crazytown - Butterfly <br /><br />:))<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I don't deserve you unless it's some kind of hidden message<br />to show me life is precious<br />Then I guess it's true<br />But to tell truth, I really never knew<br />T'll I met you... See I was lost and confused<br />Twisted and used up<br />Knew a better life existed but thought that I missed it<br /><br />My lifestyle's wild I was living like a wild child<br />Trapped on a short leash paroled the police files<br />So yo. what' s happening now?<br />I see the sun breaking down into dark clouds<br />and a vision of you standing out in a crowd.<br /><br />Come come my lady<br />you're my butterfly<br />Sugar.baby<br />come my lady you're my<br />pretty baby ill make your legs shake<br />you make me go crazy</span><br /><br /><br />So whos my butterfly? teehee.. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">9. How will I be remembered?</span><br /><br />A. Bon Jovi - Keep the faith<br /><br />The lyrics cant really be used here.. but the name o the song - .. yeah.. "keep the faith, he is up there wit us dear" says the person who is remembering me.. :D<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">10. What's my signature dancing song?</span><br /><br />A. Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You<br /><br />Winamp knows me pretty well, I guess.. but not enough.. this one has good beats.. doesnt get me moving tho.. but in the car.. it will surely get me to the press down the accelerator hard!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">11. What's my current theme song?</span><br /><br />A. DJ Teisto - Sweet Mysery .. thats the name o the song.. hearing it for the 1st time :)) <br /><br />oh.. and this ones GOOD!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">12. What do others think is my current theme song?</span><br /><br />A. Enya - Less than a Pearl<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Out of the night has come the day<br />Out of the night, our small earth.<br /><br />Our words drift away.<br />Our words journey<br />to find those who will listen.<br /><br />We call into the distance...<br />We call into the distance...<br />We call into the distance...<br />We call into the distance...<br /><br />Less than a pearl in the sea of stars,<br />we are a lost island in the shadows.<br /><br />It may be our words become lost.<br />It may be our words find nothing, find no-one.<br /><br />We call into the distance...<br />We call into the distance...</span><br /><br />It cant be called as my theme song.. which wud've been Gavin Rossdale's - Adrenaline!<br /><br />but I really do like Enya's music... not to mention her voice.. 8-> :-x<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">13. What shall they play at my funeral?</span><br /><br />A. Godsmack - Straight out of the line.<br /><br />Hee.. God smack -ed!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">14. What type of women do I like?</span><br /><br />A. Robbie Williams - She's the one<br /><br />PERFECT!!!<br />well.. not any girl :-s .. this one should be a guideline :D -> <a href="http://unreal1ty.blogspot.com/2006/02/she-is-one.html">"She's the one"</a><br /><br />:) .. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">15. How's my love life?</span><br /><br /><br />A. Linkin Park - Nobody's Listening<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Try to give you warning<br />But everyone ignores me<br />(Told you everything loud and clear)<br />But nobody’s listening<br />Call to you so clearly<br />But you don’t want to hear me<br />(Told you everything loudu and clear)<br />But nobody’s listening<br /><br />I got a<br />Heart full of pain<br />Head full of stress<br />Handfull of anger<br />Held in my chest<br />And everything left is aw aste of time<br />I hate my rhymes<br />(But I hate everyone else’s more)<br />I’m riding on the back of this pressure<br />Guessing that it’s better<br />I cant keep myself together<br />Because all of this stress<br />Gave me something to write on<br />The pain gave me something<br />I could set my sights on<br />You never forget the blood sweat and tears<br />The uphill struggle over years<br />The fear and the trash talking<br />And the people it was to<br />And the people that started it<br />Just like you </span><br /><br />hmmm.....<br /><br /><br />Well thats it folks!<br /><br />:)>-<br />neoneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1153467773235040982006-07-21T12:40:00.000+05:302006-07-23T20:27:22.786+05:30A Music Tag...I 've been wanting to do this for a long time.. and ever since <a href="http://overclockedfragger.rediffblogs.com">GDP</a> had tagged me, and its abt my musical tastes..<br /><br />done using a database from last.fm . a free site that automatically logs ur music. jus sign up :D <br /><br />this is my link: <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/devilmachina/">Me, My Music</a><br /><br />Right now listening to Kasz and Beal - Mortal Kombat mix. \m/ ^_^ \m/<br /><br />okies .. now to my list, as of 23rd July 2006.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/devilmachina.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/devilmachina.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />These are the questions the Tag requires me to answer:<br /><br />1.What was the first song you ever heard by 6?<br /> <br />A. Keith Urban's - Tonight I wanna cry<br /><br />2.What is your favourite album of 2?<br /><br />A. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapology_%28album%29">Escapology</a><br /><br />3.How many times have you seen 4 live?<br /><br />A. Pink Floyd? Never.. :-<<br /><br />4.What is your favourite song by 7?<br /><br />A. Stand up for the champions<br /><br />5.What is your favourite lyric that 2 has sung?<br /><br />A. Angels<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">when I’m feeling weak<br />and my pain walks down a one way street<br />I look above<br />and I know ill always be blessed with love<br />and as the feeling grows<br />she breathes flesh to my bones<br />and when love is dead<br />I’m loving angels instead<br /><br />and through it all she offers me protection<br />a lot of love and affection<br />whether I’m right or wrong<br />and down the waterfall<br />wherever it may take me<br />I know that life wont break me<br />when I come to call she wont forsake me<br />I’m loving angels instead<br /></span><br /><br />6.What is your favourite song by 9?<br /><br />A. <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/robzombie/demonspeeding.html">Demon Speeding</a>. Something abt that song can be observed when u see me driving down the highway wit my car.. >:)<br /><br />7.How did you get in to 3?<br /><br />A. My cousin once asked me abt my tastes in music.. his friends were along wit him when i mentioned the names like maiden, limp bizkit n all.. this was in 11th.. those guys made me listen to Du Hast. been a Rammstein-er ever since ... <br /><br />8.What was the first song you heard by 1?<br /><br />A.<a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/marilynmanson/thisisthenewshit.html">This is the new sh*t</a> started listening to this group when i was really bored .. but after that.. realised what i've missed.. goodness. these guys rock!!<br /><br />9.What is your favourite song by 4?<br /><br />A. <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/comingbacktolife.html">Coming back to life</a> <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Where were you when I was burned and broken<br />While the days slipped by from my window watching<br />Where were you when I was hurt and helpless<br />Because the things you say and the things you do surround me<br />While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words<br />Dying to believe in what you heard<br />I was staring straight into the shining sun</span><br /><br />10.How many time have you seen 9 live?<br /><br />A. ROFL .. zombie? NA! havent been lucky enough to see em in action... <br /><br />11.What is a good memory you have concerning 2?<br /><br />A. "I am loving angels instead".<br /><br />12.Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?<br /><br />A. Yes - "It Hurts". Thats one senti song.. <br /><br />13.What is your favourite album of 5?<br /><br />A. Havent been lucky enough to get ALL of ONE album. Have a mixed collection and what ever I have - I am sure - In Flames DOESNT disappoint. OWNZ!!<br /><br />14.What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?<br /><br />A. Rammstein?? =)) .. I dont really follow German... but I love it for the feeling it gives.. the adrenaline rush is too much! .. anyways, for the record - Feuer Frei.<br /><br />15.What is your favourite song of 1?<br /><br />A. <a href="http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Personal-Jesus-lyrics-Marilyn-Manson/077D2050321B1B5D48256EF70007041B">Personal Jesus</a>.<br /><br />16.What is your favourite song of 10? <br /><br />A. Running Free/The Clairvoyant/Hallowed Be Thy Name/Judgement of Heavens/ Fear of the dark.<br /><br /> I cant decide b/w these.. <br /><br />17.How many times have you seen 8 live?<br /><br />A. Havent seen any .. I hope they come to India or I get a flight to UK at the right time.. :D<br /><br />18.What is your favourite album of 1?<br /><br />A. Again - a collection of songs.. no album as such.. <br /><br />19.Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?<br /><br />A. ROFLMAO!! Rammstein makes NO1 sad.. O_o... <br /><br />20.What is a great memory you have considering 9?<br /><br />A. AHHA... - 15+ kms of uninhibited nh47 .. The songs - Demon Speeding, Devil Man, 2 Lane Blacktop, and Never gonna stop. Road almost empty, the highway police doesnt usually patrol this section, got the car to a blistering 125kmph.. muhahaha.. sounds crazy, aint it? Loved it... one helluva memory for a car lover who has to statisfy his need for speed wit a wagonR and indian roads. :D ..<br /><br />now all ya music lovers head for last.fm .. and do this blog.. if u dont have a blog.. start one! <br /><br />:)>-<br />neo.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1152448320369467162006-07-09T17:08:00.000+05:302006-07-15T23:01:24.570+05:30In the end..<span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Date: 10th July<br /></span><br /><br />"I want to have the same last dream again,<br />The one where I wake up and I'm alive.<br />Just as the four walls close me within,<br />My eyes are opened up with pure sunlight.<br />I'm the first to know,<br />My dearest friends,<br />Even if your hope has burned with time,<br />Anything that's dead shall be re-grown,<br />And your vicious pain, your warning sign,<br />You will be fine.<br /><br />Hey ohhh,<br />Here I am,<br />And here we go,<br />Life's waiting to begin. "<br /><br /> ~ Angels and Airways.<br /><br />That ones for all o my batchmates, my friends. <br /><br />The day came.. and now its like the aftermath of a war. Sadness, terrible loss, tears, n more tears.. thats wat I see around me. <br /><br /> Yday was like the LAST day all of us were together.. @ our friends wedding @ ICC, Le Merdian. The emotions running outta control. We wont be the same again, ever. the day we all feared the most - the day the 66 went in 66 different ways. some left yday, some today, some tomm.. within a week - there wont be a 66, not even a 6. The most cruel game of life.. as the saying goes - Love makes us come together and then makes us part. Time does this wit ruthless precision. Yes, I am upset. dead upset. The memories jus flow. I dont cry .. Its not my way. but I cant seem to speak to any1. thats why I am blogging. But maybe that one odd tear escaped my eyes yday.. <br /><br /> A day that began wit me really wanting to drive all around the city wit my friends, ended up wit every1 in tears and me - loudly silent. After having a scene wit even guys crying for they were all going separate ways that day, cant blame em for being such good friends can u? .. from there, bidding good-byes to all i could find, me n 13 o us headed off to wellington island to jus spend sometime in the quite sea front there. We spend around 2 quiet hours, spliting up into smaller groups at times.. then grouping up, sharing all the thoughts. Then we headed off to barista.. but had to head to the see-off point. I rather not explain the scene. 'Upsetting' is an understatement. <br /><br /> When i came here- never expected to get so close to ppl. This place, for being a real pain at times, my class - made me realise wat life is about. and now i'm having to part wit it. But like the saying goes - "C'est la vie". <br /><br /> My turn to bid farewell is jus coming .. withing 5 days. O_O .. NOW - that number - I JUST realised that .. holy hell!! <br /><br /> oh well.. its jus this phase - going thru this... <br /><br /> Will it ever happen again? Could time run backwards someday? I dont believe or wish for such things to happen.. but now I find myself wishing so.<br /><br /> oh well.. cant seem to get the words.. have always had the problem of getting the words when I need em the most - <br /><br /> anyways... <br /><br /> <strong><br /> Date: 15th July<br /> Time: 1930 hours<br /></strong><br /> <br /> I am rite now at the webworld.. they 've all left.. suddenly feels so empty.. I think of calling one o em up.. then i realise .. there is no1 around. each one somewhere now.. :( <br /><br /> This is the toughest phase i guess.. am not thinking.. not able to .. now i want to join infosys.. want to be wit them.. but.. my fault - had i cleared the paper.. i wud 've been on that bus now.. <br /><br /> no.. i wont regret this.. i wont let this break me.. but the pressure seems to be too much.. crushing me each time i feel upset - JUST that one bit.. <br /><br /> Lost in time.. lost in thought.. lost in emotions i've never felt before.. I have to survive thru this.. pull thru without them.<br /><br /> This one is for all em - they know who they are.. <br /><br /><br /> miss ya.<br /> <br />luv,<br />neo.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1149650041047990292006-06-07T08:14:00.000+05:302006-06-07T08:45:53.343+05:30One of those really good fwds..I just got this as a fwd.. .thought I should share this wit u ppl.. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />one o the best fwds I 've ever got. Perhaps I like it cuz I can relate myself to most of those lines.<br />:)>-<br />n3o.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1149172988534817122006-06-01T19:28:00.000+05:302006-06-04T13:33:10.456+05:30A bl0g.AAAHHH....2/3 weeks to university exams and we still dunno when our exam will start, for sure. My results came out. disappointing 63%. tho i cleared everything. now my total is jus a shade below or dead on 68%. Infosys cut off. oh well.. thats the least of the thoughts troubling me. <br /><br /> I really dunno why I am typing this out now. Guess its cuz I don 've any1 to talk, at the moment. Went for a small get-together today noon. me n 5 o my schoolmates. it was different this time. Old memories n stories were in the air...[ along wit the smell of the curries.. (sri krishna inn.. ;)) )]. recollecting on wat n how the schooling days were like. Wow.. it was amazing. like taken back in time. thinking of how it all got us where we are now. 5 outta 6 today have been studying there since 1st std. and outta the 5 .. and 2 o us have been in the same class since 1st! tho he has never been the really close to me. well.. tats not important anymore. Nostalgia.. After we all were talking abt it.. I could very well remember every damn year oh-so-clearly!. <br /><br /> Now I am thinking of the last 4 years. which, along wit my 11th n 12th, is all i really want to rememeber. the years before em - lets jus say - there is nothing to be really "aah.. wow.. yeah.. tat was fun" abt. Coll life has changed me a lot. my character.. n even how i look .. my schoolmates on orkut couldnt even recognize me from my pic.. :)). and few o em had a shock when they met me today.. they were meeting me after a LONG time.. hehe.<br /><br /> I have already posted abt these years I guess.. simply amazing. the last few months have been of my college.. since feb - will never forget em. It has changed everything for me. The entire class has changed. I can say tat our class has by far been one o the best my coll has ever had. as a batch - we are >>>> than our juniors.. (nothin against them, jus a fact.. and i am giving a general opinion. not picking any1 in specific. there are prodigies in various fields among the juniors) .. but collectively we are a much livelier n joyful group. even considering the seniors - must say - they were really an awesome batch .. we were jus good enough to take their best n improve upon it. <br /> <br /> Abt my class... this is how - 1st year - I joined my batch after getting an option to do so. i was in the applied electronics batch for 1 week.. from the day I entered 2002.ec batch - I could see the division of groups in the class. Quite a bad one - merit quota students n mgmt seat students. Quite a sad sight - the front rows n the back rows had virtually now friendly connections. I still dunno how it was among girls.. tho it wouldnt matter. <br /><br /> I was stuck b/w two worlds.. I had joined on merit quote.. wit the rank 518. ( i think logitech somehow found abt it.. and renamed their newer mx version to mx518 .. :P ). back to the topic - I found it real weird.. as my mind wasnt in tune wit those amongst the merit guys/gals .. they were all wat ppl wud call "padipist" and the ones who dont really enjoy "college life". my friends were all amongst those in the mgmt .. and quite frankly i found the company better.. and more lively. Me n 2 or 3 o us were like the bridge b/w the 2 groups. (tho the groups existed - it was mutually exclusive.. no enemity). Then the group structures changed.. here n there.. <br /><br /> This was so till .. umm.. say - the 3rd year - till we had gone for our trip to mangalore, coorg. Things started to change. the groups started to disappear. relationships changed. The entire class was starting to work as a single unit. The change can only be felt.. atleast, I dunno how to type it out. And come final year.. our class now has no internal groups, tho some ppl are closer to certain others .. etc etc.. tats not the point anyway. now there is a seamless connection b/w all o em. <br /><br /> This change from groups to a single group - EC, make our class different from the rest where the reverse is wat is seen. tho AE is very similar.. but tat wud be wit due thanks to the fact that the 95% o the class are guys.. ( :P .. jus friendly competition i should say.. EC > AE :D). But our class has a 3rd o girls and still the count seems so meaningless.. the "oneness" is somethin to be felt. The teachers agree as well. Any1 who has seen us together know how it is. >:D< EC!<br /><br /> well .. tats it I guess. I 'll be doing a take on each o my classmates as i get time.. i have to get back to my studies now.. 4 modules is todays target. 2.5~3 done. need to finish the rest.<br /><br />here is to the best group any1 could ever be in.. RASET.EC.2002 batch pwnz ALL!<br />will never forget this last sem .. not a minute of it..<br />love ya,<br /><br />n3o.:)>-neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1147923042727568122006-05-18T08:57:00.000+05:302006-05-18T16:46:32.240+05:30A light in the middle of the dark tunnel??Exams OVER! .. atleast the internals... jus one set o exams remain between me n end o my engg life.. studies will continue..<br /><br /> have 3 days o complete freedom here.. waiting for my friend sahil to reach cochin. me n quite a few o us have planned to have a complete blast for these days.. for there wont be a chance like this again.<br /><br /> I needed something to break free with... my way out - UT! Reinstalled it back for jus 4 days. and IT FEELS SO DAMN GOOD.. HELL YEAH! I play not jus for the fun.. but also to let out all tat aggression .. even when i am feeling down.. this helps .. and now i feel way too good! was feeling sick n tired o coll n exams n studies all throughout.. <br />jus letting myself free ... <br /><br />"reclaiming my life"!!<br /><br />played like 10 games.. jus lost one... need to clear tat one game as well.. tat i will! gdp - moi waiting! >:)<br /><br />tats it for now! <br />adios<br />:)>-<br /><br />n3o.neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1146675198949351392006-05-03T22:17:00.000+05:302006-05-18T08:56:09.986+05:30Over and.... out. :(<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/1600/outlook1ai.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/233/1745/400/outlook1ai.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Times come n gone... its officially over.. the farewell. Tho its jus been 2 weeks or so .. seems like a lot has happened and its like 4 years.. damn! My internal exams got over yday.. suddenly there is nothin to do! (yes..univs are there.. but tats all a month later) .. <br /><br />:(neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1144761812597210572006-04-11T18:53:00.000+05:302006-04-13T11:24:15.783+05:30Evident Changes<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">"<br />Sure, if we change our perspective</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Im certain I will change today</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Im certain it will change our ways</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">When things fall into place</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I want you to lead me</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Take me somewhere</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Dont want to live in a dream one more day<br />"<br /><br />- In Flames - Come clarity<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this blog was written a long time ago.. never completed it... now i am finishing this one..<br /><br />this was the me till a few weeks ago..:<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">An attempt to explain why people like me are so engrossed in gaming.......</span><br /><br /><i face="verdana">I dunno how successful this wud be... well.. for those who don know ( :P ) ... i am pretty much into hardcore gaming... and have reached a pretty decent level compared to rest.. and really good compared to the players in the country. okie, tat aside, why did i get hooked into a </i><span style="font-family:verdana;">simple, ... COMPUTER game? </span><i style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />its somethin every1 is askin me... its something a few a****** make fun o me with. i don care wat they say. i love playing Unreal Tournament 2004 and wil continue playing it til the next version is released.<br /><br />oh and some say its kiddish/childish to be playin a comp game when u are 21... lol... fools. </i><span style="font-family:verdana;">:|</span><i style="font-family: verdana;">. let me explain why a game .. a game based on the simplest ideas - kill ur opponents more number o times than he/she takes u out, can be so engrossing as to have made me play it for the past 1.5 years or so...<br /><br />a small intro in to wat UT2k4 is all about - its a FIRST PERSON view based SHOOTER game where 2 or more players are put into a closed area - which is called a map/arena. all u have to do is aim n shoot. the map has, located in certain areas, armour, health, weapons, ammo etc.. the player can move, jump , look up n down, sideways all tat...<br /><br />now stil the question remains - WHY 1.5years, rite??<br />quote from the book - Jonathan Livingston Seagull -<br />"Heaven is not a place, Heaven is not a time, Heaven is BEING PERFECT".<br /><br />tat ONE line says it all... a game tat looks so simple offers SO much ...SO MUCH variations in the way it can be played by a player... defense/offense, shoot using 10 + different weapons each havin a unique property which can do max damage to ur opponent while u take the least.. then there is the choice of movement... the variations are beyond a layman's imagination. then there is the art of perfecting the aim, movement, strategy, using the sound to locate ur prey,<br /><br /><br />----------------------<br /></i><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">this is the me NOW.</span></span><br />----------------------<br /><br /></i></span><i><span style="font-size:13;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">completing the statement - its an art to be able to play we ppl do. its a skill that demands so much......... so much .. it made me lose so much. :( .. I am lost. I wudnt know why... I have quit gaming till my univs are over. I was really getting to level so different... for except SS, I was giving every1 a run for their money.. its not the scores tat tell the story. its the way i used to destroy my opposition wit surgical accuracy... (or docs wud start saying - we operate patients wit headshot-everytime-accuracy ; )) ). Gunner knows this.. Stryker knows this.. Darth Duttan knows this... Korn knows this.. spawn, snake.. name em .. any1 who has played me recently knows - one death is enough - game is almost over. SS cud feel the sting tho i never really got around to beat him. I AM NOT DISS-ing out at any1. we are among the best our nation can offer in this game. (this is jus frustration i am taking out .. )..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But the gamer in me still exists. Sharp, focused, honest, in the face, passionate. I spend my time driving around, biking, chatting wit friends over sms, proj work. studies are improving slowly. .</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Why did i get here...? ( Why / )Was gaming the reason for me being in this position. I doubt it. But ran outta options. Life was punishing me too much for reasons I cant seem to understand. and i am not able to write abt the actual reason i started typing out the post.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">but - Gamers will be gamers. a different breed. ppl who are actually more normal, more human than ppl who who don play. this is for sure. there is no questioning it. U cant.</span></span><br /><br /></span></i><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">"</span></i></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> I know I've got a face in me </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Points out all my mistakes to me </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">You've got a face on the inside too and </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Your paranoia's probably worse </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I can't add up to what you can but </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Everybody has a face that they hold inside </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A face that awakes when I close my eyes </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A face watches every time they lie </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A face that laughs every time they fall </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(And watches everything) </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">So you know that when it's time to sink or swim </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">That the face inside is watching you too </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Right inside your skin </span><br />……..<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The sun goes down </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I feel the light betray me"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">- Linkin Park - Papercut.<br /><br />Stil searching for reasons... for all thats been happening.<br /><br />:)>-<br />Suraj.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span></p>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1142092407302424162006-03-11T20:50:00.000+05:302006-04-12T10:03:42.116+05:30Inevitable changes.<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I had it coming. I knew it the moment I opened my notebook. It was exam time. and this time I knew there was no hope. I tried. I tried hard to learn n understand as much as i can. but again time was against me. I had n have NO 1 to blame. My fault. My mistake. And I am not going to fall to my knees and pray for mercy. I am going to set things RIGHT. Myself.<br /><br />As an safe measure I have done a few things:<br />1.) Switchin off my phone during evening hours<br />I am a sms junkie.. or watever u call ppl who do 60 smss an hour or more.. wit real easy. I think that has been really a big factor in me spending time chattin wit friends and not studyin when I should've been.<br />2.) Keeping the net down.<br />again.. a chat machine. I chat almost as much as I talk. tat too takes ... no ..EATS away at my time. Cut tat down by a big margin.<br />3.) the BIGGEST one o em all - <b>Uninstalled UT</b>.<br />for those who dunno... some o my friends say - its more important to me than water or fresh air. ..well not TAT important. but it was like a part o me. A part o me tat makes me calm. Playin used to take away all my anger, it used to ease my pain. my drug.<br />but i think too much o anything wud, infact, harm me... any1 for tat matter. It has. BIG time. I used to like play 3-4 games a day. easily adding up to 2 hrs.. including the chat for server address.. map selection, chat in game, waiting times, server rehosting due to lag, practice session before match. There.. 2 hours a day for gaming when i barely had time to do my daily portions.<br /><br />I sleep by 10-10.30 .. or max 11. I mite sit up late if i am chattin wit my friends. else no. I dont, DEFINITELY , study after 10 pm. So the only time I have is 7-9 when I am home. and i am not allowed to sit infront o the comp after 10.30 usually. so there u go.. do the math. I HAVEN'T BEEN STUDYIN A WORD. since jan.<br /><br />the end result - i failed in 4 outta 6 papers. My WORST performance. one tat i am DEFINTELY NOT proud off. I have never been this bad at exams. mainly its cuz I am a person who grasps topics easily and to get a pass or even 60% .. i need to jus pay attention to class lectures. atleast tats the way its been for the last 18 yrs .. since i started my LKG. 18, is it? aah.. anyways. ( i havent failed a year yet.. so make the correct count.. :P) ..<br />.. and this is exactly the reason for my poor performance THIS sem. never been payin attention to class. distracted. and upset over few things.<br /><br />Now, watever has happened has happened. I am glad my parents and teachers have been really supportive of me and are helping me get over all this. I have started studying. really.<br />today i am taking a break. Sitting down. reading a book - "the case for faith". My friend gave this to me. Seems like she felt there were a few things wrong in my "god blog". Interesting book. Jus 40 pages into it. I already have a few questions of my own.. tat I think the author has missed out on. Maybe he does indeed asks those q's and find answers. Let me see. YEAH!.. I WILL BLOG abt tat after I am thru. Expect tat one by 9th o april.<br /><br />Listening to "I still havent found wat i am looking for" by u2. Nice song. Neat, meaningful lyrics. I dunno .. having this addiction to lyrics these days. Been listenin to rather more o soft songs than my usual dose o heavy metal. I am changing all over. and I am only happy tat I am doing it myself. Have understood my mistakes, learnt em, now correcting the same.<br /><br /></span>"<br />I have climbed highest mountain<br />I have run through the fields<br />Only to be with you<br />Only to be with you<br /><br /><br />I have run<br />I have crawled<br />I have scaled these city walls<br />These city walls<br />Only to be with you<br /><br /><br />But I still haven't found what I'm looking for<br />"<br />- U2.<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><br />btw, I WILL be back in gaming the DAY my final year exams are over. and I am going to raise hell.<br /><br />: ) > -<br />the >:) signing off.<br /> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1141318372673842862006-03-02T21:52:00.000+05:302006-04-12T09:28:18.620+05:30Breakpoint function<pre style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">So, are you breathing</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Wake up, are you alive</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Will you listen to me</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">I'm gonna talk about some freaky shit now</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Someone is gonna die</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">When you listen to me</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Let the living die, Let the living die</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> (voices - disturbed)</span><br /></span></pre><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Frustration! anger.. i dunno what i am feeling...<br /><br /> Nothin has been rite for a few days now.. horrible weather... UNBELIEVABLY UNUSUALLY BORING CLASSES ... bad time all around.. ( a few things i am not mentioning here as well)... and today was another BLEAAAAGRRH of a day.. my god.. going totally insane...<br /><br /></span> <span class="white" style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > <pre class="borderblkbold">Push my fingers into my eyes...<br />It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache...<br />But it's made of all the things I am today...<br />Jesus, it never ends, it works it's way inside...<br />If the pain goes on...<br />Aaaaaaaah!</pre></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Perfect! ... I am going insane.. life aint fair... ya.. many mite say its not.. and tat we have to fight it.. watever.. true.. but this isnt JUS UNFAIR.. its GROSSLY unfair... NOW don ask me why... i am fixing it up...<br /><br />there is another blog i am workin on... tat wil come up later..<br />this one is jus to put my anger out...<br /><br />today went playin ... MY god.. i dunno.. FRIGGIN ADL or STUPID NEW MICROSOFT KEYBOARD... it JUS WUDNT respond even as much as my prev broken keyboard wud (which i had used.. no... slammed around for the last 2 years) ...<br /><br />then another thing - the STUPID MORONIC OFFICE Staff wont get me my marklists attested. okai.. the reason - simply put - for my GRE thingy...<br /><br />then the bus strikes.. omFg.. all this is CRAZY.. wat the hell is wrong wit everything??<br /><br />me all off the hook... pray no1 comes arguing wit me over the net now... atleast for today... else he/she is a goner... :| ...<br /><br />(yup.. this one is very random ... and i usually don lose my cool... but rite now.. i have no idea wat i am abt to do the very next second... )<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > All I've got...all I've got is insane... </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > All I've got...all I've got is insane... </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > All I've got...all I've got is insane! </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > All I've got...all I've got is insane! </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > I push my fingers into my eyes </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > But it's made of all the thing I have to take </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > Jesus, it never ends, it works it's way inside </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > If the pain goes on, </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> I'm not gonna make it!</span><br /><br /><br />Rarely i am like this... and its not going good... not helping...<br /><br />oh well.. jus a blog to release the madness..<br /><br />>:)>-!!<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><pre style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Can't you imagine how good going through this will make you feel</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">I promise, no one will ever know</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">There will be no chance of you getting caught</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">They never loved you anyway</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">So come on, be a man</span><br /><br />NO.. i am rarely like this..... :-< </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />And do what I are compelled to do </span></pre>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1140181095686067922006-02-17T18:19:00.000+05:302006-04-12T09:28:50.506+05:30The tag of hate......<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;">"</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> Get up, come on get down with the sickness</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> Open up your hate, and let it flow into me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> Get up, come on get down with the sickness</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> You mother get up</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> Come on get down with the sickness</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> You f**ker get up</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;"> Come on get down with the sickness</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> Madness is the gift, that has been given to me"</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">- Down with the sickness by Disturbed.</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">now, I dunno exactly why i put tat chorus part there... but somehow it suits the situation.... and the situation is tat i have been tagged by </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://duttan.rediffblogs.com">GDP.</a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">...err.. no no... not mad at him.. but the tag this time is for bloggin abt things i hate/dislike.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am not too sure how many such things are there... lets find out... these arent in any order of "preference" (if u may call it so)... jus typing em down as it comes to my mind... okai.. lets get started.. (puttin on tat song ... >:)! )</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><br />=> Dishonesty - ABSOLUTELY HATE IT. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">No compromise on tat .. I mite not react.. but trust me.. that relation is over for sure.<br /><br />=> Talking behind the back - Now, tats so lame... aint it?? no guts? BAH.. suxOr. If u got somethin to say.. SAY it on my face... be a man! (ohkai.. if u are a girl... then... stil applies... not the "be a man" part tho :P! .. so either way.. SAY IT!)..<br /><br />=> Ppl who make comments unnecessarily - I did say, I keep away from em... I am really mild mannered.. very calm.. but once I lose it... no control.. anything goes.. I rarely regret somethin I do. Come on, wats the need to comment on things jus like tat .. esp when it has nothin to do wit em??<br /><br />=> Okai, coming to the state o the city n all... jus like tat... as it comes in things i hate - The traffic... <span style="font-weight: bold;">FRACK!!!!!!!! </span>OMG, cant ppl jus drive wit sense????? either they drive as if its time for them to leave planet earth and determined to take a few along wit em... or they drive as if time has slowed down for them... :|... OMG!!!<br /><br />=> Oh this is an easy one - POLITICIANS!!! =)) AND X-( .. these mofo's... i did say 99% o em.. to the rest 1% - i am sorry.. ur achievements are MORE THAN OVERSHADOWED by the rest... sad case. :(.<br /><br />Jus take this - the city is already friggin full wit traffics.. and in the rush hours.. on the main roads... they have march/protests... retards! :|. and now the next month, the congress / bjp .. i don a f anyways, they are having some political rally here... rite when we cant even drive around properly.. dear me.. why are ppl actually supporting all this CRAP?<br /><br />=> Beliefs - Okai, now this... I believe in somethin... u can read the blog below for tat... and I don press my belief on any1... And its better to leave one to theirs... I've seen ppl sayin tat they are rite abt their religion, their faith - BULLSHIT... none it is proven.. who the frack can say they are rite? For me, I believe in Truth . I don believe in religion cuz what is being practiced today.. atleast as far as i can see it.. is a waste o time.. and NOT wat the real books on those religions say.<br /><br />=> Coming to computers - I hate slow PCs, cluttered desktops, bad-tracking mice, broken keyboards, screwed up headsets or bad speakers... dark monitors... hehehe..<br /><br />=> in gaming... i hate cheaters/haxOrs, ppl who play wit a negative attitude REALLLLY take it from me...<br /><br />=> ppl who show jada.. no need to explain...<br /><br />=> I hate answering more than a page in my b.tech papers... =)) .. i am very much to the point... i am not the one who goes around the bush ... and writes long answers... i answer, like spawn says - "short and l337"!!.. but friggin problem is tat i don get enough marks to justify my capablities... one thing is the answers are short.. but they DO contain the points... and M.G univ gives marks like as if they weigh it and then put the marks :|.<br /><br />=>I <span style="font-weight: bold;">HATE </span>ppl saying Gaming is for kids... I can write an entire blog sayin why its not.. i wil.. maybe SOME1 mite get it into their heads...<br /><br />=> I hate the tamil movies... esp the new ones... and HINDI - ~X(!!!!!!!!!!!!! the new movies ... except "rang de basanti" and "swades"... rest - HYPERSUX0R!!!!!!!<br /><br />=> Hate BSB and shitty music like tat...<br /><br />=> Hate Mallu "mega" serials...<br /><br />Okai.. tats abt it... if any.. i'll add em below this line!<br /><br />next tag - <a href="http://buntz-666.blogspot.com">spawn</a><a href="http://buntz-666.blogspot.com">.</a> :D<br />peace ppl...<br />adios...<br />:)>-<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1139625508058394862006-02-11T07:42:00.003+05:302008-04-12T09:12:10.990+05:30She is the one...<span style="font-family:arial;">Was tagged by </span><a style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana" href="http://raw-ev1l.blogspot.com/2006/02/mah-dream-gal.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sp^wN</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Rules:<br />1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover.<br />2. Need to mention the sex of the target.<br />3. Tag 8 victims have to join this game & leave a comment on their comments saying they’ve been tagged. (hehehe)<br />4. If tagged the 2nd time, there’s no need to post again. (DUUH!!!)<br /><br /><br />This tough... hmmm.. getting down to think ...<br /><br />(10 mins later, the keyboard is pressed...)<br /><br />this person wil be referred to as 'she' (sorry spawn... cudnt think o another way to address the person atm :"> ;D)<br /><br />as usual... this is going to be short.<br />=> She has to be honest... and yes.. there is NO compromise on that. absolutely straightforward, in-the-face type honesty.. no holding back. Its the way i am and i would like 'she' to be like that too. There are very few things that do make me really angry.. and one o that is dishonesty... and also shying away from telling somethin that has to be. Cuz thats one o the reasons relations break up. gets on my nerve ... she has to be clear on what she says, and shouldn't keep ANYTHING away from me. so thats point one - honest.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">=> </span>Should i say she should be pretty? that wud be a stupid statement... "beauty lies in the eye o the beholder" .. well she WUD DEFINITELY be pretty ..very pretty, atleast in my eyes, if i were to fall for her. ;)) ...<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">=> </span>Faith - Free to believe what ever 'she' believes in. Follow ANY religion. But shouldnt, EVER, try to force it on me. It wont work. again one o those things i am a bit inflexible on. But nothin will stop her from following what she wants to.<br /><br />=> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NO </span>smoking or drinking habits. No need to explain that. hehe<br /><br />=> Should love to travel, with me of course. Not tat i am a multi millionaire who can take a trip around the world any day i want.. But i love travelling.. and going around places. So whenever such trips come around, she should be happy to be along. Even the walk on beach durin sunset, or, u know, those beautiful quiet roads, those - yeah...<br /><br />=> Music- this can be as sensitive as faith thingy. I generally dont listen to malayalam music OR any o the new hindi movie songs.. they make me go :-& : ~X( ... even a few english artists like bsb. Not tat she has to be a fan o what i listen to - which is rather techno/trance/heavy metal to soft music and a few , yes VERY FEW, hindi songs. so she should be one who has some common tastes.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">=> </span>Dressing up and styling - Well upto her... she shouldnt be all the saree/salwar type... nor should she be one who spends more time at the beauty parlour than with me.. natural beauty is what appeals to me, and she wud look good without any make up.. sure abt tat!<br />(oh and she rather have long silky hair.... i myself have tho not REALLY long.. it is long enough.. and she cud really get jealous o tat ... hehehehe.. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">i cudnt keep that one down</span> )...<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">=> </span>Towards other guys -Wudnt mind her talking to other guys unless it gets ..u know.. otherthan that - i am cool wit that. no problems.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">=> </span>Computer related- "I'm talkin' keyboard bangin' multitaskin' RAM burnin' HARDCORE USER CHICK!!!<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">>:</span><span style="font-family:arial;">)" (<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">hehehe.. this one line i picked straight from spawn's..perfect explanation o what i wud look for too)... </span>and may i even say she should have some fragging skills??? teehee... okai.. that IS a bit too much to ask for... hell, i wont have time to play n all when i am wit her, will i??? hehe...<br /><br /><br />Well.. thats abt it. Oh now i guess i have to tag some1 else? - well... i got jus one person to tag - i dunno if he wud accept it - anyways - </span><a href="http://chokeslammed.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ashwin E</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, u are on!! :D<br /><br />I am not the one who falls for any1 i see jus like tat. . i take my time.. but once i am sure, i wudnt have any problems telling her.<br /><br />Hope i'll find her someday..... hehe.. i will.<br />peace. out.<br /><br />:)>-<br /></span><br /><br /><br /></span></span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1138121208642500992006-01-24T21:45:00.000+05:302006-04-12T09:30:03.426+05:30What if it all ended soon? :(<span style="font-family: verdana;">54 days n counting .... have max fun... </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">wat the hell!!!! ..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">"naaluvarsham ayi orimichu ozighi kondu erruna e puzha eni 64 ya pirum" ( translation - the river that has been flowing together for the last 4 years wil now split up into 64 parts) ...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">this was that i saw today morning on the board in our class... :-<>:) .. but wat the hell ... why should we have to keep a count on all tat?? it makes me n all o the rest o em so ... sad?.. no .. an understatement.. we all go all silent when we even think o it.... the college life is coming to an end... GOD NO!!!!!!!! wat the hell!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">after all ... (agent) smith was right.. always right.... (i hate that tho) .. "</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">everything that has a beginning has an end</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">". No.. this aint fair (again smith says that {jus a statement} ) ... but its true after all..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> well.. let me jus look a lil back ... 3.5 years back.... when I joined college.. I didnt have a very fun filled school life till the 9-10th std.. no steady friends n all... and then a REALLY strong friendship in 3 guys... well.. tat made my school-life fun.. and made me feel all upset when i had to give up the school life .. and move on to college... all those 3 were in different parts o the country... was all upset for the 1st few months o coll.. never really opened up to any1 .. shy ,as i am since 20 sep 1984, never really made gr8 friends.. then eventually ... as a rule o nature.. or somethin... i did make "friends" (then... ) .. in 3 ppl... (now my best friends).. after tat .. i never really felt like i missed school.. almost forgot abt it.. not my school friends tho...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Coll life wasnt all tat hip.... well..DUH.. its rajagiri after all... year 1 did give me these 3 really good friends... then in 2nd year... i added to those 3 .. one more... these 4 ppl form the core around which i am ... (no.. not tat i don have any other friends... i am virtually connected to all o em in my class.. and many in my coll... )..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"> oh again... these are all random thoughts... jus typing em in as them come to my mind....<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> well.. its final sem now.. and it was jus tat time when all o us were gettin really close to each other ... and right when it was all perfect... this message ... AGGRRH.. a scary reminder that the fun is going to end all too soon...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">some might say - "</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">the net is there".. "we are placed in the same company" </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.. no... once we leave this place.. its all going to change.. all this happened when school was gettin over as well.. barely few ppl keep in touch... :|</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">well... guess it has to happen someday... have to enjoy it while it lasts.. ... *HUGE SIGH*..</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">but...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">..</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">..</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">jus wish it stayed a bit longer......................</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">:)>- wit a :-<</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">love ya all.. whoever is reading this....</span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959447.post-1137146406940849222006-01-13T15:27:00.002+05:302006-04-12T09:30:33.236+05:30The F-ing G5 mouse.<span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;">"d00d, u Fing spend Fing 4K on a Fing MOUSE????"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">okai.. this is the the question (well.. variations too) i am asked always when they see me usin a black n orange colored mouse on the PC... it has a rough finish.. burnt look ... looks solid tho. this is my mouse - the logitech G5 Laser mouse.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">for the uninitiated - check out this link : </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2142,CONTENTID=10715"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Logitech</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">this is, to an average user or newbie, a ergonomically shaped mouse that uses a LASER tracking system rather than the ball mosue from stone ages or the LED based mouse used today.. this is a mouse tat is going to be the standard of the future.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">well.. plain n simple... i love technology. i brought a PC, an year ago.. i got the same q - u spend SO much on tat PC? .why?... i like havin a technology edge...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">well.. coming back to the topic of the mouse.. its MADE for gaming. now again.. spending 4 k for gaming.. GOD... tats wat is probably comin to ur mind now.. well if u ask me .. its same as asking the cricket team why they use stuff that are so expensive.. u get a cricket bat for 300 bucks n also a bat tat costs 5 grand. so do u ask the same thing to a cricketer?..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">okai.. another analogy... say.. u are takin an exam ... u want to get good marks ... and wanna be the best among the lot atleast. so wat can u do abt tat ...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1) study</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2) have the rite stuff tat wil help u do well.. - good pen, pencils, compass, eraser, all tat...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> so.. if u study well.. and don 've the rite stuff.. u can stil perform.. but definitely it wud be better if u had those. now when the students takin the exam along wit u are also equally well learned .. then the "rite stuff" wil really help.. (Obviously.. some1 wit the BEST stuff but no learnin... is going to be of no real challenege)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">its somethin like tat... gaming requires a lot of skill,dedication n passion. but along wit that.. comes the need to have the rite stuff.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">As i play better skilled players.. the RITE stuff helps compensate it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its SKILL + a good gear tat helps me be among the best i know, in person.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">skill alone wil do when u are up against a weak opponent. but when ur opponent is equally skilled.. then the rite gear is needed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">so tat answers ONE part o the question i am being asked.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">now there is another side to it. - money.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">the mouse cost me... err.. my father - 4 grand. so is it worth it? .. well u jus gotta ask me friends who play against me.. or hell.. jus try me! and yes.. its worht every single penny spent on it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">one negative side tho - its ADDICTIVE .. it offers so much control, accuracy and the response is so fast... (to the ppl who know wat to do wit it..its not jus clicking... there is lot more, trust me.). Gaming was never more fun.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">:)>-</span>neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889631076735663789noreply@blogger.com5