| Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 |
| 3:49 pm |
long time...
well its about a year since i last posted....seems to be a yearly cycle.. i suddenly get the urge to post an update :) ....nothing much since my last post....have changed jobs....quit HP after a great 4 years...was a tough decision to move...hope things work out at the new place....my new role is quite different from what i was doing...am more into Finance now than i was ever before. One thing i quite dont like abt this new job is that i have to drive nearly 90 mins one way in heavy traffic everyday...its quite a pain!!!!
Married life is fun and interesting......Niru and I have our share of friendly fights :) ... mostly over "insensitive" things i unknowingly do or say :) ... we are getting used to each others quirky habits... Life is good :)
Am not going to say that i will try to post more often cause i probably wont....am more inclined to Facebook now :)...so Au revior.... |
| Monday, July 30th, 2007 |
| 7:36 pm |
Long long time since i did this
Its been more than a year i think since i blogged...well a lot has transpired...the biggest change is that I've gotten married to Niranjana, a colleague from HP. Life's been good.....have transitioned quite well from free bachelor boy to responsible husband ..me thinks! Bought one more TV to ensure that no TV wards break out when sports events are on....gud risk management :)
Works pretty much stable....still at HP...enjoying work for the time being :) ..will try to blog more often....lets c! |
| Monday, August 28th, 2006 |
| 6:41 pm |
Something that Kani wrote abt me
Was reading thru an old Kani post and came across this....putting it on my own blog so that I can access it more easily and so that i can document "me" more on my blog (go figure!!) ....it was a comment on his post where he had written 101 things abt Tiku before she agreed to marry him!!!
1. I like Vikki 'cos he's good at everything - he can beat me on CGPA, tennis and badminton
2. I like Vikki 'cos he's the most honest person in the world but is incapable of hurting anyone because he mixes that honesty with consideration
3. I like Vikki because he is a completely out of control dancer - he's trips man!
4. I like Vikki because he's the most intense organizer of 'Pictionary' competitions in the world and yells "I make the rules. I MAKE the rules!" if anyone argues with him
5. I like Vikki cos he has his own typical conservative Tam Bram values but he's so accepting of others that all his best friends at ISB were the most controversial and gossipped about people on the campus - myself, Peeby, Champion, Pree'i, etc.
6. I like Vikki cos he makes other people feel good about themselves and is always reliable as a friend. The sort of person who calls people in Mumbai during bomb blasts to check if they're ok
7. I like Vikki cos he's a hopeless romantic
8. I like Vikki cos he's one of the very few people who is completely uncomplicated and simple and still manages to be interesting and fun
9. I like Vikki cos he's almost incorruptible but not quite (I'm going to try my hardest to get him to flirt outrageously sometime because I think any girl would be lucky to get him but sweetness but itself just lulls them into 'friendship' so he needs to learn to be 'naughty but nice')
10. I like Vikki cos he, like me, considers Andersen his first love |
| 11:51 am |
Self restraint and Pictionary
I have to be nice to A & N this week. This means I cannot trip on them for the entire week. A difficult task, given that its almost become a reflex action for me to take innocent statements made by A and turn it against him :) Stakes are high... dinner at Sahib Singh Sultan.....need to keep away from A :)...
Played Pictionary again last nite....as usual it was good fun....switched teams this time... S&A v N & me....we were comfortably in the lead when we called it quits....I stuck to my core competency of guessing as opposed to drawing.....and we were fine :) ...
Drawing i think is something God decided that I shd not be good at...i've tried many a time when in school and results were always disappointing..not for lack of effort....in that list of things that i shd not do the following shd be added...Singing and Dancing.....Singing is a no brainer...a herd of braying donkey's wd be more melodious than me.....Dancing is something i like but am not good at....hence i keep trying ... |
| Sunday, August 27th, 2006 |
| 1:58 pm |
Fun Day
I had a fun Saturday....S, N, A and I went to Wonderla, an amusement park abt 30 km from Blore....went on all kind of wild rides...man it was great fun....screamed our heads off and had a lot of fun after a long time.....I wondered how I actually got myself on some of those rides....dont think i will have the heart to try some of them again.....got some good footage on my camcorder....all in all a great time .....it was sort of a comedy of errors as we got lost once we got back into Blore near Majestic and we were going around in circles......finally had dinner at Bombay Post....and then headed to A's place for coffee but ended up playing Pictionary for over 3 hours....was great...A and I teamed up against S&N...that was a bad idea...S&N live together and know each other very well.....A and I eventually lost as A and I can hardly think alike ...we did give them a good fight though ....so was a very good Saturday.....got home and crashed at 1.
PAst few weekends have been fun..as I've been out with colleagues and friends instead of staying at home....A Big Thank you to A, S and N.
i shd balance this with golf and I shd have nothing to complain abt :)...My cousin is planning to enroll for Salsa classes and said she wd let me know abt it as she needs a partner as her husband has no interest in dance and me has been looking for a partner to goto Salsa class with. ....
Sunday is going to be SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
| Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 |
| 11:10 pm |
Why do I blog?
Ok here's whats is bugging me now....why do i blog? I am quite a private individual and the number of people who can claim to know me real well can be counted on the fingers of one hand....and thats by design as i dont open out to one and all....given that...why wd i document my deepest, innermost thoughts on a bloddy website thats open to the whole wide world?
I dont have an answer....not that i blog often these days but some of the thoughts that i have put down some months/ years back kind of talk of some of my very personal thoghts....did i start blogging cos it became a fad? DO i get a kick of the fact that random ppl may actually read the Story of my life and leave behind messages....well its a nice feeling when ppl do that but i still dont think thats why i blog...............am sure there is hajar literature out there on the net on why people blog.....and am sure it wont explain much....que faire?
I got thinking on this mainly bcos S read my entire blog....i wasnt too comfy with the thought that one of my colleagues who hasnt known me too long long is privy to my deep dark thoughts....and me like an idiot had not flagged off entries as private or friends......the thing that set me thinking was the fact that i gave her the URL to my blog.....which meant i wanted S to read it.....but why wd i do that ??
I think i blog cos i need a vent to crib to in the absence of friends who's shoulders i can cry on and i think i blog in the hope that i will find a friend who reads my blog and understands me as reading my blog can be a short cut to knwoing me better.....to a large extent i think my blog represents my thought processes which tells others a lot abt me.....i think i express my thoughts better when i write (which doesnt say much !!) ...a thought, the next time my folks try to fix me up to talk to some "potential bride" , i will ask them to read my blog.....wonder if that will work? ..doubt it though.
I wish life was simpler....i wish i find someone soon enough to put my folks at ease.....I wish I'm back at campus at ISB...I wish Lucky were with me .......I wish my wishes come true.....
Ladies and Gentlemen...another incoherent random ramble from yours truly!! |
| Monday, August 21st, 2006 |
| 11:00 am |
KANK and Monday morning
Saw KANK yesterday..had gone with S and N.....since i had zero expectations going into the movie, i was not disappointed :) ....its ok for one viewing...3 hrs 15 mins. The thing that I liked best was when they were showing the titles, when it came to Media Manager they had (HYPE) listed below the position ....someone has a sense of humour and is honest :)
On my rating scale for movies, on a 5 point scale it wd rate a 3.
Man U is off to a great start on the EPL ...5-1 thrashing of Fulham :))...so the weekend ended on a good note...
However, come Monday morning
my bad luck seems to linger...had a small accident in the car while coming to work...broke the left headlamp as i bumped into the fender of the car in front that suddenly braked.....that guy argued that i shd have kep a safe distance....not been so close that i cdnt brake in time...valid argument i guess....he dint have much damage save a couple of scratches on his fender. ...need to get it fixed ASAP.
I think I need a rejuvenating vacation. To get some Josh back in me....dont see that happening though. |
| Sunday, August 20th, 2006 |
| 1:17 pm |
Good fun
Yesterday was good fun....saw this movie called Click...Adam Sandler and was a fairly decent movie that kept u entertained. Also did some shopping simply because i had time before the movie...bought a couple of Tantra t shirts...they come up with good tag lines.....i got one that says " Overeducated. Underemployed" and another that says "Success means not having to wear a suit all my life". :-) ...i had resisted buying anything until S and N convinced me that I shd....my weakness of saying YES when i want to say NO still persists...esp when it comes to women. S and N also did quite a bit of shopping....I can now understand why RETAIL is the in-thing...you have single women shoppers who are determined to shop till they drop....Need is not the driver...Wants are!! Also hunted for a pair of golf shoes....found something nice but was too expensive....K (my official golf mentor) asked me to hang on and not buy them...u get good stuff in South east asia thats cheap also...need to ask someone to source them for me.
The EPL season has started which means the weekend evenings are all taken care of...planning to go see KANK today....not too much expectations but I hope its not like a sad soap opera. |
| Friday, August 18th, 2006 |
| 8:24 am |
Bad Day
Yesterday the following things happened to me:
1. I thought I had cooked my breakfast but just as i was ready to have it I realized that I hadnt switched on the electric cooker and it was time to leave for office and hence i had to eat out
2. I fell down two steps at work but luckily dint hurt myself too badly
3. As i was leaving work, i banged my head on the door frame and now have a 1 cm gash next to my left eye which I hope doest require a stitch to mend....its not bleeding now but kinda looks bad
I wonder if anything else went wrong that I dont know about.
The things that partially redeemed my day were
1. Did the good deed for the day by helping A claim some money that was rightfully his. He took me and part of his team out for dinner
2. I had good dinner and dessert
3. We had fun during dinner at the cost of Fearless leader, A and his band of fearless followers (aka his team members who are in awe of their fearless leader)...will make a separate post on Fearless leader and his miss-adventures (oops did i miss pell that) separately :) |
| Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 |
| 9:02 pm |
Productive weekend
Saturday saw me start the day at the driving range...start was not too bad but towards the end I was swinging sweetly and was hitting a 5 Iron real long.....came back home lazed around and in the evening went to Blossom and blew up 5K on books...of course thats bcos i bought the C&H Collectors edition! Also picked up and finished reading this book called the Curious Incident of the Dog in the night time ....it was a book at the end of which i dint know whether i liked it or not :)...other good thing i did on Saturday is to fix up with a friend who is also learning golf to come and make a debut on the pristine greens of Eagleton on Sunday morning....he agreed and i was excited abt the prospect of making my golfing debut in a beautiful golf course....i cd hardly sleep at night and woke up at 5.30 though we had planned to go at 7. Picked him up and made the 40Km drive to Eagleton....blocked a tee off time for 9.15 and went to the driving range to practice....also hired a golf cart to take us around...it was fun driving the cart around....shd have one of those to move around the city :)
Anyways...my first hole was a triple bogey, second was even worse and the third was my dream come true as i got a Par at the third...that was enuf...my day was made...wont get into the other scores but end of the day, i played 9 holes....dint lose a golf ball and had a wonderful time ...2 out of 9 holes were good scores and 7 were in line with whats expected of a beginner......am addicted to the sport and am sure i am going to burn a big hole in my pocket as its an expensive past time :)...need to find more golf buddies and also a cheaper place to play golf ....
Back to the grind from tomm :-) ...shd try to sneak out on weekdays and catch 9 holes at BGC or KGA...that wd be fun |
| Friday, July 21st, 2006 |
| 9:20 pm |
Another meaningless ramble
Well its been 6 months atleast since i blogged...well i have no excuse...been lazy and indiffernt to my blog....but somehow i felt i need to vent some of my frustrations and my blog seemed the logical choice....and also the sad one as i dont have too many friends that i am in touch with these days that i can crib to
1. Am getting tired of my self imposed solitude.....spend most of my time alone when i'm not at work and that has started bugging me now....i shd atleast make an effort to be more sociable and network with colleagues, alums and the many people i know in Bangalore..laziness and my hate for pubs are main reasons i dont like going out ....
2. I think my folks are tiring of hunting a bride for me and its time i tried to do something on my own...question is what....given point 1 above, I have successfully precluded any opportunity of meeting someone interesting....que faire?
The things that keep me going these days seem to be my golf lessons which i look forward to every weekend ,..though i think i shd move from the driving range to the course soon lest i get bored...works been good to....excellent experience in the past one year, an excellent boss and a great peer group.......shd i be lured by greenbacks and give up something good and leave all the goodwill behind?
I should probably take up Salsa classes or something in Bangalore so that i dont laze around at home and i also give myself a chance to meet interesting people ......
I also think i need a vacation....dont remember when i last took one......have started reading actively again..read 2 books in the last week...The Afghan by Forsyth and Digital Fortress by dan Brown...both were just passable ...but kept me hooked....plan to get the collectors edition of C&H at Blossoms tomorrow...its 1.7K cheaper than Landmark
I Miss Lucky ...my darling puppy thats now become a huge mature bumbling dog ...wish he cd be with me ...that wd make life so much better....too bad i dont have anyone to take care of him here..... |
| Monday, November 21st, 2005 |
| 10:36 pm |
My hidden talent | Your Hidden Talent | 
You have the power to persuade and influence others.
You're the type of person who can turn a whole room around.
The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don't abuse it.
Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think! |
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| Saturday, July 23rd, 2005 |
| 11:05 pm |
Bad Day
Here I am trying to legally download music and am being frustrated by itunes and all other sites cos I am in India....it sux that I can pay using an Intl CC on Itunes as they dont have an india site...IT SUX!
Any of u know where from i can get the Song Bad Day by Daniel Powter..pls let me know |
| Friday, July 8th, 2005 |
| 10:03 am |
1 American life = 1 Iraqi life?
Is an American life or a life of a guy in UK more precious than a life of a person in India/Iraq or Africa....I think if at all there should be any form of equality....it shd be applied to that of a human life...
What bothers me the most is that the number of casualties in Iraq increased by the day and the world is not outraged..there is no big hue and cry and there is one incident in UK and it becomes a big issue....YES i condemn the London blasts but I think the British and Americans should introspect and think about the amount of Iraqi casualties that are happening daily ...all because Bush and Blair decide that They are not safe due to Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
The death toll due to 9/11 was 2700+ ...thats the amount of innocent Iraqi's dying every quarter due to Bush and his arrogance...... which is what brings me to think...is 1 American life more valuable than another in the lesser priviliged parts of the world? |
| Monday, May 30th, 2005 |
| 3:30 pm |
Update from Europe
I went to Paris over the weekend…left here on Friday nite by bus and got back Sunday nite…..its a 11 hour bus ride and we (me and a HP colleague who is a SAP consultant....a guy unfortunately ) got a decent package 92 euros for the trip plus a one nite hotel stay and breakfast….
Paris was hot at 36C…went and spent 3 hours at the Lovre and felt like an ignorant ass since I cd not appreciate all the great works of art around me :)) ….also went on a boat ride on the Seine, walked in the Jarden de Tuilleries, saw the Eiffel Tower but did not go up as there was a 2 hour queue waitin to go up :) and had dinner in an Indian restaurant on Champs Elysees
On Sunday we went to a Basilica from where u get a panoramic view of Paris and also to the flea market in Coulancourt…was fun…..a bit tiring though…..pics at http:\\photos.yahoo.com\dsvikki
Venice is the next destination …weekend of June 10 |
| Monday, May 23rd, 2005 |
| 12:25 am |
An update long overdue :)
Me is typing this post from a cyber cafe inside Chennai international airport as i have an hour before i board my flite to GErmany....2 months in the land of the Fuhrer.....on a project related to SOX and of which neither my client nor I have any clarity about :)) Life should be interesting for the next few months .....Plan to see Europe over the weekends that I am in GErmany.....also should hook up with European alums ......am going to miss Lucky terribly but...c'est la vie !!!
Am missing Bala's wedding and thats a bummer....but guess i cant have the cake and eat it too.....
i wonder if i can catch the REvenge of the Sith in Germany in English...lets c...veg food is going to be a challenge....survivial skills are gonna b tested ! :) ...i shd get a hardhsip allowance for going to places where veg food is a pain....shd try pitching it to HP :)
if any of u reading this are in and around Stuttgart...lets hook up :)
Ciao for the moment! |
| Thursday, January 13th, 2005 |
| 7:20 pm |
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| Wednesday, December 29th, 2004 |
| 9:47 pm |
Random thots
Hmm..given that i seem to title my rare posts on LJ as randon thots makes me wonder as to whether i can ever put together continuos coherent thots :)
well..here's the latest dilema i face...i'm risk averse and hence dont like the idea of an arranged marriage as i think its a gamble with a safety net but at the same time the alternative of me finding anyone is improbable given my competence at that :)..so what are my options??
Lucky is growing up...he's now 30 kgs and is a monster!!! love spending time with him..taking him for a walk everyday :) ...he's a riot :)
Providence ensured that i dint take him to the beach on the day the tsunami struck..else i take him to the beach every day!!
Works looking up...HP has realised that it better give me better work given what they pay me :)
Anyways...Seasons Greetings and Happy new year ppl..have a blast in 2005! |
| Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 |
| 9:23 am |
Whats in a name and randon thots Had a really funny experience yesterday. I had sent my driver to register my dog with the Kennel Club of India in my name and also change the name given in the certificate of registration from "Rajesh" to "Lucky". The form for change of name asked for 3 name options. I din't give it a second thought and filled the following 1. Lucky 2. Boo-boo 3. Tu-tu I dint forsee any reason whatsoever as to why the first name should be an issue....well I was wrong. For some god forsaken reason the KCI does not register duplicate names...Pray tell why?? ...Lucky is now registered as Boo-boo :-) I havent posted in a long time....just that i login to LJ 2-3 times a day but read all posts put dont make a post :) ...life goes on.....Have a "Work- life" balance problem...the problem is hardly any WORK!!!!! Folks at home want to get me married and are bride hunting.....not the ideal way I would want to chose a bride but since i havent shown any initiative in finding someone for myself ( am too shy ;)))) ...probably the only way out Current Mood:  happy |
| Thursday, November 18th, 2004 |
| 5:20 pm |
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