Archive for May, 2008
9th May, ‘08 - 0230 hours - We start in half an hour. The hours have passed in a blur. I’m finally beginning to feel the excitement. My mind is on a roll. It’s not as if this trip is going to change my life; it’s definitely not on the lines of those brothers in [...]
Filed under: Books, Conversations, Crap, Events, Experiences, Friends, General, Girls, Hyderabad, Society, Suffocation, Travel, Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Tags: Airport, Bahai, Delhi, Jammu, Landmark, The Bahai Temple, Uttar Samparkranti Express
The series And I realised the sheer futility of my pitiful existence is an abridged version of excerpts from the diary I was keeping since some days prior to the trip to Ladakh. The diary is now unkept, the trip being over, but the stories need to be told. This is the first instalment, an [...]
Filed under: Conversations, Crap, Experiences, Friends, Frustration, General, Girls, Insanity, More Crap, Quotes, Society, Still more Crap, Suffocation, The Dark Side, Travel, Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Tags: Adventure, Diary, From the diary, Ladakh, Madness, Preparations, Trip
It’s unfortunate that at a time when I should be posting about the tense thriller between Man U and Chelsea last night or about my travels last week, I’m writing about the slips of an organization. It makes me no more happy to post about the failures of Satyam Computer Services Ltd than about the [...]
Filed under: Events, Experiences, Frustration, General, Hyderabad, Uncategorized | 12 Comments
Tags: Computer Services, Corporate World, HR goof up, HR Resources, Indian IT companies, Inefficiency, Legal notices, Legalities, Notices, Ramalinga Raju, Satyam, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, SCSL, Software Industry, Stress
Travelogue coming up
It’s 1155 hrs and all’s well.
A heavily edited and highly toned down version of the travelogue is coming up soon. I wish I could be perfectly honest but that would just mean more trouble.
Meanwhile, no posts are going to be put up; the hiatus is going to be brief though.
Filed under: Experiences, Friends, General, Geography, Nature, Travel, Uncategorized | 6 Comments
Tags: Travelogue, Wait
Under suspension.
This blog won’t be seeing any updates in the next 10 days. Kindly revisit the old posts if you absolutely want to spend your time here.
While I promise to be back with new posts thereafter, don’t be surprised if the promise is unkept. If there are no posts by the 15th day, then assume that [...]
Filed under: Experiences, General, Travel, Uncategorized | 5 Comments
Tags: Absence, Apprehension, Blogging, Break, Hiatus, Leave, Personal, Suspension
Bullet in the brain
Sitting on the desolation row,
I looked at the captain’s tower.
Pound and Eliot were not seen,
perhaps gone home having got tired.
The poisonous words were still floating around,
the lover boy done in by them.
Cinderella was sweeping the shining floor
shedding a tear at the pumpkin rotten.
The forces were out there lying in wait,
keeping a tight watch over the bait.
For they [...]
Filed under: Boredom, Crap, Frustration, General, Insanity, More Crap, Personalities, Poems, The Dark Side, Uncategorized | 6 Comments
Tags: Bob Dylan, Copy, Desolation Row, Mundane, Plagiarism
Tagged… again
I got tagged by Kalafudra. Time to play Smart Alec.
1. Last movie you saw in a theater?
Ironman.
2. What book are you reading?
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander.
3. Favorite board game?
Played only one so far - Monopoly. But that’s no reason to put it down [...]
Filed under: Books, Boredom, Catch 22, Crap, Experiences, Humour, Longings, More Crap, Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Tags: Me, Personal, Smart Alec, Smart-ass, Tags
Standing in the line
As we were nearing the head of the line, I could make out two burly guards frisking others ahead of us.
‘Aww…. not here too. They have begun to search for terrorists everywhere. That’s so frustrating.’
‘I’m more worried about other things.’
‘What other things?’
‘What if those guards are gay?’
‘What?’
‘…taking pleasure in running their hands over us, feeling [...]
Filed under: Conversations, Crap, Experiences, Friends, Frustration, General, Society, Uncategorized | 6 Comments
Tags: Fear, Frisking, Gay, Guards, Revulsion, Standing in lines, Terrible thoughts, Vilification
