The Enigma

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Here I am

Time has passed quite briskly, or else how could one explain the difference in timestamp between this and my previous post? Feels like I had taken this short break from blogging, but then when I log back on to twitter I feel like one of those shady characters who are imprisoned for several years, and when finally released are amazed by the speed at which civilisation has moved ahead leaving them aeons behind. Bloggers seems to have done that to me. Several things have changed, but then treading through alien lands is nothing new to me, at least now!

While in college, I always looked forward to having a job. I would imagine my salary getting credited, and how thrilled I would be to get that money and spend, and all that childish crap one goes through in college. Ya, it did and does happen sometimes but then the job I looked at from my college boy eye is entirely different from what I do for a living now. This is much more challenging, and much more intriguing.

Job has kept me busy and off from several things. College was much different. I now interact very less with my friends. Definition of fun has now emerged to be a quiet dinner and a sound sleep. And ya, even funnier part of my life is acting very serious all day. I havent yet realised if I appear serious, or am serious or act that way for the heck of it to eke out a living. I just be so, and at the end of the day, manage to pull through all the requirements of my job!

That apart, my job has brought me another step closer to the rural hinterlands. Several times earlier, I had tiny stints/rendezvous with the rural life, but never as close as this one. I now live in a small town, and commute every day to several remote villages where my non-A/C Maruti 800 is quite an item! That - not the recognition - has added some zing to my job.

Its been very long since I typed more than 160 characters. I send out 10s of SMSs everyday and an equal number of tweets. Probably that has kept me from missing blogger. But then, how many ever T20s and ODIs you watch, a test is a Test... Real Class! Probably that is what Blogger to me is!

When I think of what exactly is the meaning or reason for this post, or will I continue blogging, I have no answers... All that I know is that Here I am, after a long time... And what was I doing all this while?! Enjoying life, job and the monies! :D And ya, what made me break my sabbatical? This post - after a good 2 yrs on this blog!

Labels: bakar, job, life, random

Saturday, November 10, 2007

5 Star

Supriya Narang tagged me to write a 5-minute monologue, called FMORT - Five Minutes of Random Thought - where I think random things and punch on the keyboard about whatever is going on in my mind. One of my friends, Vijay Pratap Singh, way back in 2004 asked me to close my eyes and randomly write whatever my mind is feeling like on a piece of paper. It is a great stress-reliever, he believed and today, we believe.

Okie, now for the tag. Its 2204 hours on my watch and Shoot!

Where do people get these ideas of tagging from? Is it their urge to think of a new tag or are they so vela that they think of such things? Dont they think of what would happen if the tag never caught on, and people dint reply? I appreciate their efforts, indeed. As Richard Branson's book title goes, 'Screw It, Just Do It' should be our motto.

Airlines in India are a big pain in the ass. I have succumbed to all types of delays, cancellations and the woes always continue. And coming to India, I am a patriot but I think we are bloody racists. Though we say we are at the recieving end of racism, we infact practice racism, and the worst kind of it I must add. How many times have to had an air-hostess or a steward on board who has a grayish complexion? How many times have you been a victim of people prefering people of their state, caste, religion or color over you? This is omnipresent. We need to change a lot.

Guys just cannot stick to their seats in a flight :S In a goddamn two hour domestic flight, they want to go to the loo five times, as if it was the best place to be on a Boeing, and ask for weird things like Fruits after a meal. Is the air hostess your wife or are you in a marriage, pal?! :P

Diwali preparations itself were awesome in Delhi. I realised what exactly festive mood is. Shopping, every car loaded with gifts, every face on road smiling, every street lit up... Wow... That was a feast to the eye, just that I could do with a little less traffic! :P

okie, the bell rings... Time's up...

My Five Minutes to fame are over, and my five victims as under:

Rahul Pallerla muuuhaaahaaahaa
Saraswathi Mukkai
Abhishek Deshpande
Jen
Revati Ananda

Labels: airlines, bakar, delhi, diwali, life, random, tag, thought

Monday, July 02, 2007

Fight with Eight!

Am already a Random guy. Added to that, Sakshi tagged me to state Eight Random facts about me. So, I randomly sat down to jot down eight random things about me and ended up with a random mix of random things about me, which might have come into me randomly but have been inscribed in me so much that even when I think randomly these are the random things that strike me, for I already told you am so random... The previous statement had eight randoms :P Probably, that should end the tag :P But, being such a good and nice boy I am, I dont want to set a bad precedent for the successors who wud embark on this eventful journey of randomness and script a legacy.

Hence, here I state eight random things about me:

I am unhappy with my life. I cant figure out the exact reason, but the truth prevails nonetheless.

I like wearing clothes that dont match. A trouser that wouldnt go with the shirt makes a great combination, but ofcourse, I fear accusations of insanity too, and keep the mismatch to the minimum ;)

Am a die-hard Rajini fan... Seen his movie yesterday and am still in the hangover. Am going to watch it again today. Am going to watch it atleast four more times. He is the living legend of our times :D His movies, the ones people accuse of lack of logic, meaning and stuff, give me a mental orgasm! :P

I love spending time at home, lazing around, doing nothing :D I think thats the best way to spend a day, but alas, seldom do I get a chance to spend time like that.

I am a binge spender :P I either spend a lot or dont spend at all. I believe in getting the best when you have the money :D

I want to make a film on Einstein. period.

I feel jittery on everytime I fly, during takeoff and landing. I am scared that a wheel will fly off and I will either be dead or injured. I feel like I have won the world when I land or takeoff safely :P