Time..

It is that time of the year (should i say that time of the month... or week..?!) when the travel bug bites me...

This friday me (well there are others too) and my fiesta are off to Neyveli and Pondicherry.. visiting my uncle in the nice cozy township of the lignite mines and catching some sea breeze across the mini state.

Well.. I shall update you on my return.. There are more trips in the offing ;-)
Take care.. Be good!

Bhaskar

KarNatka

What the hell is the problem with these guys.... some stupid rule enacted in 1994 or something.. and then, one idiot wants to close down thousands of schools in Bangalore because their medium of instruction is english.

And then they would go on hunger strike that kannadigas are not given the employment of choice in IT and other MNCs. (hungry? not them... its the MNCs and Corporates that should go hungry for talent)

I mean... do they actually think that they would encourage kannada culturalism and promote karnataka's heritage by making the students study in kannada? With the mannina-magas (sons of the soil) swallowing acres of government land... with kannada politicians supposedly taking 150cr in bribe from the bellary mine-owners... and all that... these idiots think we would be proud to be a kannadiga???

What kind of an example do these people set for the youngsters? Who are the role-models available for this generation?
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It was so funny to see some muslim organizations take on violent protests to lodge their complaint against the Pope's remarks and supposedly calling Islam a pro-violence religion.

Who goes on Jehad.. or the holy war? whose teachings are those? Definitely not the Pope's. Atleast christianity doesnt openly declare such things!

Bhaskar

Dell Plant in Chennai!

With the growth prospects in India, Dell has its eyes set on the huge market here.. We are already the No.1 in the large corporates segment. Now, we shall be gunning for the other segments as well!!
http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/14dell.htm
Need I say more?!

Bhaskar

Losing my Identity

From the time I switched to the Google blogger Beta (from the original blogger) I have having quite a few issues in posting my blogs as well as commenting on others..
I cannot login with my original blogger signin, and when i try to enter the google signin details it errors out even though it recognises my account.

But the biggest problem is.. one of losing my IDENTITY! I had created the personal details in my name and the blog details in my blog-pen-name Joey T. Now, the personal details reflect only Joey. Gosh! Can it be worse??
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I am having fun.. but it doesnt seem so significant any more.. Whats the big deal in having fun anyways?! may be its the mid-60 crisis ;)
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I know why I was not born as a prince in a royal family.. I would have been bored to death.. atleast for the last 28 years I have had something to strive for :P

Bhaskar

layla

Been out on a long drive over an extended weekend... was good!
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"Nee paathuttu ponaalum
paaakkaama ponaalum
naa paathukittae dhaan iruppaen!"

just b'cos people like me give 'bhav' to some of the babes, they start eating more 'bhav'... no more free bhavs...!!
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Are you in Bangalore? Do you get Bangalore Times.. the Times supplement?
Then, you would have definitely seen couple of ghosts...
These ghosts almost always appear on page 3 parties.... in two different pics..
Quite a pathetic sight they are... One of them has color color 'journo' bags around him... And the other with a silver goatee.. quite some grey hairs... (man, he is so old?? stay at home gran'pa!)

Can you guess these ghosts?

Bhaskar

FUofA

When it is about them, they take all the extremes.. anti-terror strikes, breach borders/LOCs, disregard cease-fires.... well, no secret.. I'm talking abt the 'U's of the world.. US/UK.. Irony - for the 'U's of the world, its always abt 'I'!!

And then, when it comes to POK terror camps, they just say 'Its between the two of you. We support world peace'. World peace..my ass.

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All the hue and cry about pesticides in Colas... and then people drink by the gallon, one of the most polluted waters in the world.. Mahim Creek.. just bcos it tastes sweet!!!

Now that we touched the subject... how do pesticides get into colas? from the water they use.. how do pesticides enter the water? the pesticides used (over-used) by the farmers seep into the water table

do you think pesticides are found only in colas? it is there in your water... it is there in your MILK... yeah, afterall, the cows feed on the same grass / leaves and drink the same water, if not cola..


Bhaskar

Before Sunset.. Before Sunrise!

Two awesome movies... for the absolute romantics. I would say, one for the teen romantics and another for the frustrated adolescent romantics.

Once a romantic, always a romantic.. just that they get frustrated with the turn of events in their life sooner or later...

Well... I am probably in the second category and so I just loved the second part in the series! And I am going to start my review in the same order.. excuse me!

Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy.. I never knew that such wonderful actors existing before I set my eyes on the "Before Sunset". Especially Julie Delpy, such a wonderful actor.. I can still picturise the way she moves her lips while singing the "Waltz for a night". So lovely.. I'm smitten!!

BTW "Hum Tum" the hindi movie is kinda inspired by this one... among many other movies...

So, Jesse is a celebrated writer.. He has just penned a NYT Bestseller about a night he spent with Celine some 10 yrs back in Vienna (Thats the story of the first part, before sunrise).. And he is on a world tour promoting his book..

He is on the last leg of his tour in France, Paris and he gets to meet Celine again.. Thus he succeeds in tracing her. You know.. its 10 yrs since they met... Now she has a steady boyfriend and Jesse is married too and has a 4yr old son. Thats the backdrop of this part.. "before sunset". And they get to spend another hour or so again.. and they talk about their current lives and the time after their last meeting, the magical night in Vienna.

You know this movie was taken with the same lead characters exactly after 10 yrs in real life!

Wonderful dialogues...
"Well, at least now we don't have to pretend that each new sexual experience is like a life altering event"
"By now you would have stuck it in so many places that it's like about to fall off"!!!!

"Before Sunset" is the dawn of reality.

Now, going (back) to "Before Sunrise".. Celine is a french PYT on her way back to Paris.. Jesse is a confused American going to Vienna on way to board the flight back to US. Jesse is confused partly b'cos after a year of separation, he visits his girlfriend in europe, only to find out that his girlfriend is no longer his girlfriend.

And they meet in the train.

He convinces her to spend the rest of the night with him in Vienna and what a night it is!!

At the end of the time, they dont exchange their phone numbers or addresses 'cos they are afraid that they would end up like the love couples around them.. with love fizzling out... And they plan to meet exactly after 6 mths at the same place.. Vienna...

Absolutely *Must Watch*
Bhaskar

Swiss bits

Guess who my cousin met during her weekend swiss trip?

dont know? Surya and Jyothika.. Tamil movie actors and quite good at that!
They are shooting in Swiss for the movie 'Jillendru Oru Kadhal ...' [Also starring Bhoomika (who took the place of Asin who didnt want to be a second heroine in the movie) and Music by AR Rahman]

And the rumour is that Surya and Jyothika are a "real" couple.

so, she sent these photographs to us.
Surya
Jyothika

The pics caused quite a furore in my office. Work was suspended for some minutes amidst pandemonium and parliamentary(sic!) atmosphere. All the above information was unearthed and discussed in the ensuing minutes with people taking turns to see the pics. A couple of them even staged a walk-out saying "enga gounder jaadi payyan poyum poyum oru hindi kaara ponnoda suththaraana?" [in lighter vein - How can our guy go around with that North Indian girl?]

Thankfully my manager was not around (he's in the US now). But our director (from the US) was and he was giving suspicious looks!!

Bhaskar :)

I Love..

I am realizing and getting to appreciate the pleasures of conversing in my mother tongue, especially flirting with the opposite sex. In tamil, it is called 'kadalai podaradhu'!! (literally, roasting groundnuts :)

This post is dedicated to you, Ms. T!

Let me complete this with an Ode..

Misty, Misty sitting in Philly
declined to speak on Skype 'cos it would sound silly
Ya said 'Never known a flirt like you before'
Ah said "How'd you know 'cos I never flirted more!"

;-)

Bhaskar

Trying to Upload Video...

Oh ho.. I need external hosting for Videos here.

Anyways, here it is
http://www.zippyvideos.com/1397510055665326/clip8/

This is a video I shot on my mobile at Shivanasamudram Falls last saturday.. Awesome place.. Checkout!

Bhaskar

Swell!

I thought it would be bad. But it wasnt half as much...
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I've been seeing more movies lately.. Just finished watching 'The World's Fastest Indian' *ing Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munrou - a kiwi whose dream is to set land speed record in the US.

The story is about how Bert has been working all his life and improvising his 1920 bike, initially designed to touch 50mph, to go a just li'l faster. And then, when he realizes that he doesnt have much of his life left after an heart attack, in the 1960s, he sets for the US of A to be the Fastest Indian. Without much money on himself, he barely manages to reach the Bonneville Salt Flats only to know that he had to register a month earlier to compete then. Watch the movie to see how he actually goes beyond all the odds. It seems his 1967 record for under 1000cc bike still stays!

Quite a performance, Anthony. Its a 1996 movie. Rent and watch.
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Seems like Anthony Hopkins week... Saw him on "Bad Company" with Chris Rock as Michael Turner. This one is about the two of them on a CIA mission to get a nuclear device from falling in the hands of terrorists. They are in negotiation with a former KGB general and the terrorists are behind them to halt the deal. Michael Turner get killed in the process.

Enter Michael's twin brother, Jake Hayes. Anthony has to train this guy to fill Michael Turner's place and complete the negotiation. Quite funny, watchable (if shown on Star Movies)
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And then I saw "Office Space" *ing Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston. She is lovely. Its a 1999 movie, it seems - no wonder she looks so young!

Peter works for Initech, a software company and his life is so damn boring as one can expect a software engineer's life to be ;) And he finds that every day at work is worse than all previous days.. so, in fact, every day in office is his worst day ever!!

And then he gets into a trance. And starts living the life of his dreams.. doing nothing.. yeh, just doing nothing.

Must steal and watch!
Milton's "Excuse me? Excuse me, senor?" is so funny!
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My weekends are going to be booked... planning some trips!

chalte..chalte

Hi, My name is Sheila. This is my story. The story of my turmoil and irony.

Long back, I was born in a small village in Andhra. My parents did not have a child for long and so, when I was born, I was God's gift to their years of prayers. Unlike other people in my village of that time, it didnt matter to them that the child was a girl. And I think it is more to do with their nature than the fact that I was born after the extended wait.

My parents were quite well-educated for their times. I am sure they must have been a lovely couple. But I do not have any live memory of my father. I lost him when I was only 5 years young. His picture still stands majestically in my living room. Him in his police uniform. yes, he was a sub-inspector of police. He was an upright man. And he was murdered for his uprightness.

It was his 4th transfer in his early career. Just 2 days back, we had moved into the place.. a town in Andhra again. It seems he went on a raid on bootleggers. He went on a tip-off and didnt have the time to wait for the reinforcements. He went ahead and he did not return. After three days, his body was found in a well.. with a huge stone tied to his legs. It was a nightmare for my mum. Though I dont remember a wee bit, I can tell.

On hindsight we think somebody within the police department was involved too. They covered up the entire case as one of a suicide. We did not get any compensation or grievance redressal. And my mum or my uncles/relatives could not do much about it. First of all, they must have been too shocked to do anything. And then, those days there was no much forums to protest or voice one's grievance.

I grew up with my uncles. One of my uncles paid for our food and the other uncle paid for my studies.

[to be continued..]

what time is it?

oh yeah... its time to go crazy. Guess life has set into too much of a routine. I need to a break. Break from what? Break into what? Break out of where? Break when? Break who? Break how? ... ah! too many questions.. just gimme a break!
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Rahul Mahajan..
when asked why he thinks Shweta Singh is the one..
said..
"well, for one, she is bold and beautiful.
And then she has been with me during the adversities...."

poor girl... But she is asking for it.
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Did you know..
A girl's footwear talks a lot about the kind of person she is!

Man...is a meaning-making machine!!
We will come up with another shastra.. jootha-shastra!! May be its there already...

Bhaskar

Just in case..

Just in case you had not noticed...

I have updated the *perfect* story(ies) post below :)

PS: This *New* tag.. does anybody know when that actually updates for a new post??
I mean.. I myself post once in a blue moon and then, it is bloddy frustrating when the blogrolling or whatever just doesnt recognise that i had posted.

see, what i mean?

Bhaskar

Perfect Weapon vs Perfect Love

I was armed. The other guy was not, but then that was hardly any consolation or room for any sympathy.

I have experienced love, but never experienced anything like this before..
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It was not easy at all. For one, he was like Carlos, the Jackal - invisible for most of the time and he could scurry to any corner of the world. For another, folklore had it that he was equipped to survive even nuclear explosions.

It was just me and her and nothing in between.
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To face somebody like him, I had to hide myself and shadow the guy. And I had to possess the perfect weapon.

To enhance the pleasure, I had carefully selected the venue..the time..the specifics. But then, I realized that it would hardly have mattered. One look at her and those eyes filled with desire and every concern went out of the window.
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Tonight is the night of the rendezvous. I knew he would have company. And the slightest hint would get them all alert. So, I had to settle on a harmless-looking spray. No..Not the pepper spray..but a poison spray, the kind that could disarm somebody in seconds and would kill in minute.

Tonight, under the starry moon-lit sky, underneath the small shed, we met. We just stood there for sometime. Then, I slowly moved closer and ran my hands along her body..the curves..
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continued..
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Cold. I could see him and his fellas in the hazy night a li'l far away.

Delirium. Skin on skin and she reacted like an electric current passed through her.
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One look and whatever traces of doubt I had, just vanished. It was just a matter of seconds now. I had my finger on the switch. *Click*. They were dazed by the sudden light. And I jumped into the air brandishing my weapon. They twitched in reflex, but it was a bit too late.

Pulse racing, I held her tight. I could feel the throbbing. And her heart beating wild. Well.. it could as well have been mine since I had lost the sense of myself and dissolved in the union.
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It was perfect indeed. The poison swung into action immediately. And they were on the ground, their legs up in the air. The cockroaches looking at the heaven, but losing themselves into hell!

Just perfect.. I went ahead and started massaging her. The Dupont Teflon Car Wax made her metallic body even more captivating!!

@2006 Copyrighted.
Bhaskar ;)

Soccoro

That Argentina should not have lost their goalee and that they should have got a penalty kick... that I can digest

That Rooney and the other guy must have converted the superb pass.. that Christina Ronaldo got lucky... that also I can digest

But...
that Brazil displayed no passion in their game with France.. that is hard to digest

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I would say that England vs Portugal was the best match so far in the World Cup 2006. Absolutely pulsating!!

Bhaskar

Puzzle time!

Use somebody, everybody, nobody, anybody, body and gym-body in a single sentence. (Apart from this one!)

The New Beginning

Just a few hours ago, I realized that today is the 19th of June.. Its the day of a new beginning!
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For one, I am in the second phase of my blogging life cycle.. Hope it is a li'l better than the first ;)
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I was updating my computer with some device drivers.. cos my mouse was being a jumping jack... jumping all over the screen for no rhyme or reason..
And then I had to create a system restore point..

Guess I dont need explain what that is.. if you can read this, you shall be knowing some bit about computers and the hardware... Anyways, it a way to make an iventory of everything (important device specifications/settings/registry/keys) as is, before you undertake to modify some of them. And then, if things dont work and you want to restore to the old ways, you can.

How nice would it be if one do the same with our brain?!? Create brain restore points before we embark on a relationship.. and if that relationship does not work, one can just go back to the brain state as before.

Thats kinda the idea behind "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". Amazing movie.. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in a totally different light.. serious and thought-provoking in a way that you would not realize the change! **MUST WATCH**
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Tere dil mein meri saanson ko panah mil jaaye,
Tere ishq mein meri jaan fanaa ho jaaye

yeah.. I saw 'Fanaa'. First half was good, second half barely watchable..
But then, any day, one can watch it for Aamir and Kajol..
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Love is grossly over-rated
But then, I am madly in love
...I am madly in love
with the process of falling in love!!

(wah wah! wah wah!!) ;)
Bhaskar

Live from Chennai..

Hey there!

This is Joey Tribbiani reporting from Chennai. The weather is hot man. (And you know there are only 2 of them here.. hot and hotter [I need to get that off my head first fast, ok now I am off it :) ] And some of the babes.. hotter!

The place looks the same (vs. 3 yrs ago) just that it looks much more crowded.. lots and lots of apartments.. roads are congested as usual.. I wouldnt get a chance to check the beach-sides as I am here for just a day and that too to attend a schoolmate's wedding.

The people dont seem to have changed much either.. may be just a bit more techno-savvy and some a bit more greenback-savvy. Yeh, there seem to be some more influx of northies and westerns, but da people.. da conservative tam-brams.. just the same :)

Anyways its nice to be back here..

so long!
Joey

Kya Life Hai..

Anna Nicole Smith: 'Yes, I Am Pregnant'
Jun 1, 11:13 AM EST

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Anna Nicole Smith has confirmed that she's pregnant, in a video clip posted on her Web site.

"Let me stop all the rumors. Yes, I am pregnant. I'm happy, I'm very very happy about it. Everything's goin' really, really good and I'll be checking in and out periodically on the Web and I'll let you see me as I'm growing," the 38-year-old former reality TV star and Playboy playmate says.

Smith, who is floating on an inflatable raft in a swimming pool as a small white dog barks in the background, did not provide any details.

Her lawyer and spokesman, Howard K. Stern, could not be reached by The Associated Press on Thursday for comment.

Early last month, there were reports that Smith was expecting a baby. Stern issued a written statement saying, "If Anna Nicole is pregnant, she obviously doesn't want anybody to know yet.

"If she's not pregnant, she's not denying the rumor because she thinks it's funny how much of a stir it's causing. She'll leave it up to you to guess which one it is."

Smith has a 20-year-old son, Daniel, from her first marriage.

She married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, when she was 26 and he was 89. He died the following year. Since then, she has feuded with Marshall's son, Pierce Marshall, over her entitlement to the tycoon's estate.

Smith won a judgment from the Supreme Court last month that allows her to continue to seek part of Marshall's fortune.