Category: Personal

Things that make me feel OLD!!!


Came across an article in Rediff & only then I realized am getting OLD!!!

  • Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was released 16 years ago.
  • The Millennium is more than a decade old… Remembering the terms “Millennium Year” & “Y2K Problem”…
  • Pierce Brosnan last acted as James Bond 9 years ago… I remember watching this movie in Bangalore…
  • Itz been 10 years since 9/11 happened…
  • The Matrix came out 12 years ago… I remember watching this movie when I was in College… Bunked class to watch this movie…
  • Itz been 14 years since Diana died… I was still in school when the incident happened…
  • Itz been 17 years since Sushmitha Sen & Aishwarya Rai won the first beauty peagent title for India… I was 14 years then…
  • Itz been 20 years since I watched Home Alone… My uncle took me for the movie in Satyam Cinemas… Can’t believe Macaulay Culkin & me crossed 30 years…
  • Terminator 2 is 20 years old…
  • Can’t believe that the youngest Spice Girl is 35, the oldest Backstreet Boy 39…
  • Still remember the buzz Jurassic Park created… It was my first exposure to Graphics in movie…
  • Dil Chahta Hai is 10 years old… Watched it in Woodlans Theatre & still remember those days where I use to listen to DCH songs & work…

Frustration!!! Frustrated!!!


My bride hunt has always ended in a controversy and the latest one happened this sunday… This reason was enough for my Granny who is my well-wisher… But her emotional attachment on me is making me get frustrated… So, what was the whole issue about??

  • A month back I went to see a Girl…
  • Had to turn down the proposal owing to several reasons…
  • The girl emailed me asking for a meet-up & to know the reason…
  • As a gesture I agreed & last week I pinged her when I was in Bangalore…
  • Then Girl’s mother called up my aunt & asked why am I meeting the girl after dropping the proposal…
This whole episode has made people think that I planned a Bangalore trip to meet this Girl… Then my grand mother came today to convince me to agree to this marriage… Then it was 3 -4 hours of convincing, debate, argument, emotional blackmail etc… This whole 3 – 4 hours has created a situation of making me guilty… Got really frustrated because;
  • Mediocre thinking is being infused…
  • Independent decision making is always questioned & I’m asked to report each and every action…
  • Freedom of speech is tampered… I’m taught what to talk to the girl  😦
  • Practical decisions are shown as “Making SIN”…
As a person who preaches liberation, free speech, fight for right… I got frustrated because of the mediocre thinking of my loved ones & more frustrating when they try to infuse it on me… But I feel more provoked because I love my granny & parents that much that they are putting me in a situation where I’m hurting there feeling…
Let me prey to get a quick remedy to this situation…

Do I’ve BALLS???


Do I’ve BALLS???

I had to ask this question to myself when I was reading a blog of a girl who was very much frank & point-blank… She has written about using dope, boozing etc… After reading this blog it made me feel ashamed… I always wanted to be frank & I’ve practised it to my level best…

But my privacy was always intruded… I was always policed & asked to watch my writings… Couple of months back I posted some photos of mine while having Palm Toddy in FaceBOOK… This spread like a wild fire and reached my parents… Immediately I was forced to pull them down…

After reading this girls blog I felt a really ashamed… When a girl can Why can’t I?? Itz time i start living on my own & for me…

Reunion


Being it a weekend I slept the whole consolidating for the lost sleep during whole last week… Then got call from my school mates by 7.30 asking where am I?? Only then I realized that I was late by an hour and immediately took bath and rushed to Green Park…

Am meeting my school mates J.B.Vinod & Vijay Prakash after a gap of 15 years… It was really an emotional moment as it was really a long while… Then it was time to get nostalgic and bring back some memorable moments… Then we discussed what we were upto in between… What we are today…

Everyone had their own bitter & good experience… Everyone had a common love failure story… A common Betrayal story… And their own success story… Couldn’t believe how time ran… We were in no mood to leave in spite of bouncers pushing us out & after getting calls from parents & wives…

I could see a sense of happiness on the face of other folks & so was I :)…

Blast at Utandi


Yet another occassion and this time the reason was for Sundar becoming Father… This time it is Kavi, Karthik (Ralf), Sundar & me… This time Karthik took the role of a chauffeur & he picked everyone… Then after buying necessary things we reached Uthandi beach by 11 PM…

It was fun right from the word go… This time I fixed to target Kavi who always teases me & I found a weapon to tackle from now on ;)… But it all started from the noise we heard from the nearby beach house and imagination started playing rounds…

  • I said it must be some ghost in the house…
  • Kavi added spice to my imagination…
  • Sundar said it was Husband & Wife problem…
  • Karthik said it must be a psycho like Nadunissi Naygal (a tamil movie)…

Then we thought we must break into the house and see what is going on… But some how we got distracted & this time it was time for some photo shoots… Kavi & me posted to the instruction of our photographer Karthik and it was fun for sometime… Then it started raining heavily… We all went inside the car and had come grub and drink…

Again we came out once the rain stopped… It was real nice experience as I’ve never been thru such a wonderful situation as there was lightening always & it added light for the fun…

Then it was time for some namology gyan from Sundar & he was talking about the past of everyone of us and our spouse or would be’s…

By this time Kavi got irritated by our pranks & also he got a call from his master (wife)… He lost his mood and slowly we lost interest & we packed back… But it was a fun filled 3 hours and must thank all folks for making the day memorable… Here are moments pictured…

Day of Loony Pranks


Today there was nothing special when it came to work… So, went out to honor my friends request to join him & then take him around malls in Chennai… Some of the pranks for the day;

  • Picked up my friend from Hotel & started to Express Avenue… Took a wrong route in Usman road & it took an hour to cross that road… My friend ran to the cops and told him that a ministers son was in the car & we were let on the the wrong route bypassing all the vehicle… Crap cops didn’t even check for the genuineness in my friends claim…
  • Went to a dress store in the mall… There was a big crowd in the store  & my friend wanted to try his size… Since there was a long queue in the trial room… My friend tried his t-shirt size near the entrance… Seeing this security came running by the time it became too late… He started murmuring that he would have lost his job…
  • Then my friend went to the BSA shop & we almost negotiated and brought a cycle for his Kid… Even the cycle was packed… Other friend who was staying out came in and said that he can get 20% discount if we got it from the Factory… It really frustrated the shop keeper…
  • All the bad we did for the day got back on us… It took 45 min to get pani puri from Gangothree… But it was fun waiting & joining the mocks with pretty college checks..
  • Finally went to drop my friend in Koyembedu… There a old man was about to board a bus… Citing his pretty grand-daughter we offered to help him… Luck favored us in cops who drove the bus before we could help old man board the bus… We went to get the bus back and it was great opportunity to get linked with that girl… But luck was more on my friends side as he was traveling along with them…

Over all it was a great fun-filled day…

How to choose a MediClaim product??


My father is yet to retire and I’ll not be receiving a mediclaim as my father’s dependent anymore… It is time for me to find out a good mediclaim product in the market which might help in time of need… Not sure if I’d be in a position to negotiate the benefits my father enjoyed… My father coming from a big reputed conglomerate he was getting claims for medical prescriptions & for small clinical claims…

When I enquired with some agents they say I can claim only for hospitalization… Also I’m very much a naive when it comes to choosing an insurance product… So, if anyone can advise me on following things it will be of great help;

  • How to compare different mediclaim products?
  • Where can I find no. of players who offer mediclaim insurance?
  • How to negotiate for a better deal?
  • What all question should  I post to the agent?
  • Pls share you experience in finding the gimmicks or hidden information?
  • If I missed anything please help me by adding up right information…

Va Quarter Cutting


It was 11 + in the night when I called it a day from office… On my way back got a call from my friend who is in chennai for an official work… He requested me got get a full brandy & I couldn’t refuse his request as I’m the local boy and he had guest to be honored…

It was near Butt Road (St.Thomas Mount) that I got the call & I immediately went to Guindy where we use to get liquor at nights for double the rate… Kudos to our newly elected State government a place which was a paradise for dunked looked deserted… But legacy lives as I saw some 10 other guys who were shocked to see the place…

We were asked to goto a Bar is Earkattuthangal & when I went there I could only get Beer which my friend refused to accept… From there I was asked to goto a Bar in MGR Nagar only to return disappointed…

Then I was told there is a Bar near Butt Road where we can get it 24 / 7… From MGR Nagar it is back to square one… Finally I was able to get what my friend wanted…

From there went to my friends hotel and gave him the bottle… I was asked to accompany them… Me being a teetotaler & with loads of work to be completed tomorrow I returned home immediately…

But the whole experience looked like how it happened in the movie Va Quarter Cutting…

If you need help? ASK!!!


Yesterday I had a discussion with Sangeetha where she was telling that she was taken for granted for all the voluntary initiative she does… Then I gave her the reason why I stopped helping people because;

I’ve been a victim of helping people voluntarily… That means I volunteer to help people when they are in a situation / need / struggle without even they requesting me for help… But once they come our of the situation they never realize about the help… The problem arise when I get into a situation and expect the same reciprocations from them… These are some situations of my voluntary help;

  • Helped a lot of friends when they were in need of money… But when I was in need they washed their hands telling I gave them without they asking for help…
  • I volunteered to help a family whose car got punctured by offering my car kits to fix it… After every their job got over they left my kits on the road and they drove without any courtesy…
  • I co-founded a group during my college days where we use to run tech meetings every week… I volunteered to offer snacks & did all menial things… Over time people started treating me like a admin… Problem arose when other organizers were treated with respect…

There are a lot more situations where in I was a victim and from they I made it a point not to help people unless it is asked for…

Angry as a CommonMan


Yesterday I booked tickets for the movie 180 at AGS Cinemas, Navalur… We were at the Perengudi toll by 9.30 PM & 1 way toll costs Rs.19… When I gave him Rs.20 the person in the counter asked me to collect the balance next day… That puzzled me as how can I collect the balance next day as I had no proof to claim… But as a commonman I igneored it as it is just Re.1… But I wondered inside;

Why on the earth the Toll company hasn’t rounded the tariff as Rs.20??

After watching the movie we went to Shollinganallur toll to exit by 1.15 AM… We were asked to pay again as the toll time gets over by 12 AM… I got annoyed as how come someone get a toll for just 3 hours… But to my surprise it is all well written in the toll receipt and I had to pay again…

That moment I got annoyed at me as I didn’t take the initiative to read the toll receipt… Then I thought why I ignored Re.1 which had to be paid back.. Why I’m not taking the initiative to write petitions, use RTI (Right to information) to understand how system works & why i’m not fighting for a cause…

The concern was not loosing Rs.20. or Re.1.. It is why there is no professionalism;

  • Why didn’t they have a change to give back as they very well know everyone cant carry Rs.19…
  • Why didn’t they round the fare to Rs.20?
  • Concept of cutting their timing by 12 AM sounds irrational…

I’m fed up of showering my frustration as blogs & ignoring issues… Now I’m on my way to Perengudi toll to collect information & I’ve decided to take them if there are exploitation of the common man…