Nice city...
good overall climate... really good climate...
roads... bad roads... dirty roads... pot-holed roads... random roads... unplanned roads...
traffic... more traffic... and more traffic...
rain... more rain... any time rain... again more rain...
flats... flats... and more flats.... very few rowhouses...
brokers... deposits... disgusting brokers... senseless brokers...
girls... few... plenty... bad girls... so-so girls... good girls... hot girls... hmmm...
food... all kinds of food... good food... bad food... mostly good :)
power cuts... more power cuts... even more power cuts... still more power cuts...
water shortage... 2 days... 4 days... no it's for 10 days...
CCD... another CCD... another CCD... ... ... wtf?...
(That's blogoetry [blog + poetry] - few words, three dots.
Beat that you haikus, sonnets, elegys, odes, rhymes...)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Long time, no see
It's been months since I wrote something here, apart from the last post (which actually is something I rant about every now and then). And it's all because of the fact that I do not have a computer to do any of this stuff.
It's a shocker for me. Like having a girlfriend, always by your side, there for you in every situation except for the horrible fact that she is in COMA ! The same can be said for my laptop. It's very much there, takes in power, the LEDs glow, the hard disk spins, the fan revvs , only the goddamn display doesn't turn up ! Would be almost 5 months since it last worked perfectly alright. It did work with a bit of hammering and slapping a few times in between though.
And the problem is faulty hardware that HP (that lying company that says that your computer is "Personal") has sold to thousands of consumers, me being one of them. They have acknowledged this and extended the warranty by 2 years........ but only in America (the goddamn greatest country on earth, as they say). Indians however, are supposed to pay 20 grand to get the laptop's motherboard replaced. No repair is possible as per those punks who run that crappy 10 by 12 shop known as an 'Authorised HP Service Center'.
Ok..enough of this laptop bullshit. Well, a bit more. Since a laptop was not there, I have been using my mobile phone for all my network cravings. And I thank Nokia for developing a really cool product. Of course, my flatmate, Neo's (no, he's not a hardcore fan of Keanu Reeves) laptop is there (which I am using at the moment for typing out this post). I could have so-called 'texted' a post out of mobile but that just didn't feel right.
I have a few things in mind to write about, one of them will follow. Rest, will probably have to wait until that local repair shop 18km away where I left my laptop last Friday doles out some fruitful results or I buy that killer gaming rig I have always wanted since school !
It's a shocker for me. Like having a girlfriend, always by your side, there for you in every situation except for the horrible fact that she is in COMA ! The same can be said for my laptop. It's very much there, takes in power, the LEDs glow, the hard disk spins, the fan revvs , only the goddamn display doesn't turn up ! Would be almost 5 months since it last worked perfectly alright. It did work with a bit of hammering and slapping a few times in between though.
And the problem is faulty hardware that HP (that lying company that says that your computer is "Personal") has sold to thousands of consumers, me being one of them. They have acknowledged this and extended the warranty by 2 years........ but only in America (the goddamn greatest country on earth, as they say). Indians however, are supposed to pay 20 grand to get the laptop's motherboard replaced. No repair is possible as per those punks who run that crappy 10 by 12 shop known as an 'Authorised HP Service Center'.
Ok..enough of this laptop bullshit. Well, a bit more. Since a laptop was not there, I have been using my mobile phone for all my network cravings. And I thank Nokia for developing a really cool product. Of course, my flatmate, Neo's (no, he's not a hardcore fan of Keanu Reeves) laptop is there (which I am using at the moment for typing out this post). I could have so-called 'texted' a post out of mobile but that just didn't feel right.
I have a few things in mind to write about, one of them will follow. Rest, will probably have to wait until that local repair shop 18km away where I left my laptop last Friday doles out some fruitful results or I buy that killer gaming rig I have always wanted since school !
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Headed for disaster
Gone are the days when the brand called IIT had some value. Just the sheer number of new IITs that this ever stupid government of the country is hell bent on creating, is testimony enough as to what lies in the future.
Instead of raising the status of the good colleges like some NITs and others, why create new entities ? Somebody drill some sense into these illiterate politicians who in the name of creating centres of excellence in the field of engineering education are instead diluting the existing ones.
All that is gonna happen now :
Parent 1 : "Mera beta IIT mein hai"
Parent 2 : "Mera beta bhi"
Parent 3 : "Mera bhi"
......
....
..
.
Instead of raising the status of the good colleges like some NITs and others, why create new entities ? Somebody drill some sense into these illiterate politicians who in the name of creating centres of excellence in the field of engineering education are instead diluting the existing ones.
All that is gonna happen now :
Parent 1 : "Mera beta IIT mein hai"
Parent 2 : "Mera beta bhi"
Parent 3 : "Mera bhi"
......
....
..
.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Reminiscence
One fine day I thought of my schoolmates,
How can I ever forget those eternal dates?
Those were the days when life was nice,
Unlike today’s life, devoid of any spice.
Everyone now is busy on his own,
No one even cares to talk on the phone,
Where are the days we all enjoyed together?
All that remains are faint reflections of one another.
Those thoughts are somewhere there in our minds,
We just need to toggle the blinds,
The light of joyous emotions will then come in,
To give us that nostalgic feeling.
And then we’ll all be in an elated state,
Not knowing the upcoming tricks of fate,
Such is the way we live life,
Pretending to be free of worries and strife,
And cherishing those moments,
In a world full of commitments.
How can I ever forget those eternal dates?
Those were the days when life was nice,
Unlike today’s life, devoid of any spice.
Everyone now is busy on his own,
No one even cares to talk on the phone,
Where are the days we all enjoyed together?
All that remains are faint reflections of one another.
Those thoughts are somewhere there in our minds,
We just need to toggle the blinds,
The light of joyous emotions will then come in,
To give us that nostalgic feeling.
And then we’ll all be in an elated state,
Not knowing the upcoming tricks of fate,
Such is the way we live life,
Pretending to be free of worries and strife,
And cherishing those moments,
In a world full of commitments.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Numerology, revisited !
If you are one of the regular readers of the shit I write here (most probably you are not) you have an idea of what's coming. It's basically a date, some Maths and some bits of English :)
So, here it is.
My DOB -> 16-01-1985
1 + 6 -> 7
1 + 6 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 5 -> 22 -> 2 + 2 -> 4
CAT 2008 Pay-in slip no. -> 845907 -> 7
CAT 2008 Application form no. -> 360463 -> 4
as per the Maths above (do it urself :P)
I seriously hope that though the numbers have repeated themselves, the results don't !
P.S. - Previous encounters with numerology: http://tarun7.blogspot.com/2008/03/lucky-number-se7en-again.html
So, here it is.
My DOB -> 16-01-1985
1 + 6 -> 7
1 + 6 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 5 -> 22 -> 2 + 2 -> 4
CAT 2008 Pay-in slip no. -> 845907 -> 7
CAT 2008 Application form no. -> 360463 -> 4
as per the Maths above (do it urself :P)
I seriously hope that though the numbers have repeated themselves, the results don't !
P.S. - Previous encounters with numerology: http://tarun7.blogspot.com/2008/03/lucky-number-se7en-again.html
Monday, July 21, 2008
The Dark Knight, no. 1
Within just two days of its release, The Dark Knight has become the no. 1 movie of all time on IMDb.
I cannot tell how happy I am. Not because I wanted this movie to be no. 1, but because I didn't want The Godfather to be no. 1. I have seen TG only once, and frankly speaking, I didn't like it much. The ending was a waste. I know, you'll say "WTF, this guy sucks !" just like millions of others who have acknowledged that TG is the greatest story ever told.
However, this humble blogger here doesn't feel the same. And I will go on to say that Marlon Brando's role was nothing spectacular. How much of screen time did he have ? huh ?
Thanks to all who voted for TDK and I think the folks at IMDb would also welcome the change. :P
I cannot tell how happy I am. Not because I wanted this movie to be no. 1, but because I didn't want The Godfather to be no. 1. I have seen TG only once, and frankly speaking, I didn't like it much. The ending was a waste. I know, you'll say "WTF, this guy sucks !" just like millions of others who have acknowledged that TG is the greatest story ever told.
However, this humble blogger here doesn't feel the same. And I will go on to say that Marlon Brando's role was nothing spectacular. How much of screen time did he have ? huh ?
Thanks to all who voted for TDK and I think the folks at IMDb would also welcome the change. :P
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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