Artificial Dragon

Life is not fair!!!

2008-06-02T20:47:00.002-05:00

These are true statements from my heart:
* I haven't been jealous of anyone, anytime in my life.
* I have not thought bad for anyone in my life.
* I pray god for not just me, not just people around me, but everyone in this world.
* I pray every time I see an ambulance.
* I have never asked god anything. The only thing I have asked him is to be with me always.
* All the money that I have made in my life is hard earned.
* I have never cheated anyone and benefited out of it.
* I have really worked hard for whatever I am right now.
* Nothing has come to be easily.
Still........ Things seem to go away easily....

Camping Trip - May 2007

2007-06-02T14:18:00.000-05:00

Rafting Pictures

Camping Pictures - May 2007

Really made me laugh!

2007-05-18T07:09:00.000-05:00

This Ad is really funny.. Check it out:

National Anthem

2007-04-22T22:20:00.001-05:00

I was very moved after seeing this video.

Are you a Pro*titute or a Consultant?

2007-01-17T15:06:00.000-05:00

1. You work very odd hours.

2. You are paid a lot of money to keep your client happy.

3. You are paid well, but your pimp gets most of the money.

4. You spend a majority of your time in an air-conditioned room.

5. You charge by the hour but your time can be extended for the right price.

6. You are not proud of what you do.

7. Creating fantasies for your clients is rewarded.

8. It's difficult to have a family.

9. You have no job satisfaction.

11. You are embarrassed to tell people what you do for a living.

12. People ask you, "What do you do?" and you can't explain it.

13. Your family hardly recognizes you at reunions (at least the reunions you attend.)

14. Your friends have distanced themselves from you and you're left hanging with other "professionals."

15. Your client pays for your hotel room plus your hourly rate.

16. Your client always wants to know how much you charge and what they get for the money.

20. When you leave to go see a client, you look great, but return looking like hell (compare your appearance on Monday AM to Friday PM)

21. You are rated on your "performance" in an excruciating ordeal.

22. Even though you get paid the big bucks, it's the client who walks away smiling.

23. The client always thinks your "cut" of your billing rate is higher than it actually is, and in turn, expects miracles from you.

24. When you deduct your "take" from your billing rate, you constantly wonder if you could get a better deal with another pimp.

25. Everyday you wake up and tell yourself, "I'm not going to be doing this stuff the rest of my life."

Week after my India trip.

2007-01-15T14:27:00.000-05:00

"Wow!" is how I would describe my trip to India. Very memorable vacation that went past in no time. I am still busy with loads and loads of stuff, both at work and personal level. I will write more about my trip in the next blog. For now enjoy some pictures from my trip.

Click on the pics for notes and comments.

Starting with some pics of my home in Chennai:

My Home in Chennai

Some pics of friends and Chennai:

My Friends!!!

My Family pics. This could be boring:

My Family!!!

Tamil Rap!!

2006-11-14T17:35:00.000-05:00

Someone forwarded me this link. It is so cool. They took and oldie Tamil song (Movie: Nizhalgal, Song: Madai Thirandhu) and remixed it to an very interesting song. Check it out:

No explanation needed... just sit back and enjoy!!!

2006-11-10T14:05:00.000-05:00

A Legend Retires

2006-11-01T14:35:00.000-05:00

There can be many Alonsos, there can be many Hakkinens, there can be many Damon Hills, there can be many villeneuve ... but there can only be one SCHUMACHER... No matter what you say about his "ruthless" driving but nobody can beat him.. his records speaks for himself.. If not for an engine fault, he would have gotten the 8th world championship too...
For all you Alonso fans.. Kimi is on his way to rape him... there is no more Alonso next year, he will be owned by Kimi... I think Kimi is a good replacement for Michael.. Man with few words but lot of talent and bad luck.. hopefully his new venture with Ferrari should prove him good..

Schumacher RULEZZZZZ!!!!! Check out this video on why he is good..

This is why he is called the rain master:

Guitar

2006-10-25T10:36:00.000-05:00

Finally, After so many years of "thinking" to learn guitar I had the urge to go grab one. I don't know if I will have the same urge in learning it to the end but I will try.

Gillettes Castle

2006-10-16T15:11:00.000-05:00

We went to this place called Gillette’s castle in a near by town. It is where William Hooker Gillette, noted actor, director, and playwright (Sherlock Holmes), built this one hundred and eighty-four acre estate. It was built in 1914. OK enough of history. So we went there this weekend, it was a fun trip. We wanted to check out a small trail that led to the river down the hill but we ended up going around the hill trekking our way through the forest, rocks. It was truly a great experience after a long time. The beer supply always adds more to the 'fun' part.

What a waste of time.

2006-10-16T14:33:00.000-05:00

I am a strong believer of following the protocol but sometimes it is total bullshit. We had to make a small change to our production environment. It was just one line of code change which took me about 3 minutes to change (including the time for opening the file and closing it). Here is how it had to be done. First we set up a meeting with 8 jobless people, the architect, the zone architect, the tech lead (me), the quality manager, the release manager, the change manager, the project manager, and the business representative. Then we had to write up like 5 stupid documents (all the documents say the same). Then everyone has to agree upon testing the thing before a particular deadline. Now the Quality testing team is put to work. They have their own process to go about testing. Then we all meet again, and again, and again, and again…. It goes on... at the end, it takes me about 2 weeks to change 1 line of code. I totally believe in following the process guidelines to ensure quality but sometimes it is total WASTE OF TIME. Save money and time, end stupid meetings. I am pretty sure that everyone who works for a big corporation goes through the same bullshit.

Happy Monday!

Aquarium

2006-10-11T10:03:00.000-05:00

I got this 30 gallon used fish tank from a friend of mine a few weeks back. Me and my roomie were excited about setting up the fish tank so after about an hour of work which included cleaning the filth, filling up with gravel, fixing all the expensive goodies that goes with a fish tank (filter, heater, the fart machine etc), we found that the fish tank was leaking. We have tried fixing it 3 times so far and it still leaks. It is not on the same edge, if we fix one side the other side leaks. We got so annoyed with this aquarium; we went and got a new one yesterday.

Hopefully the new fish tank doesn’t leak. I didn’t know that the new fish tank costs only like 60 bucks. I wouldn’t have wasted so much effort in fixing the old stupid tank. Will post some pics of the new tank soon :)

I didn't write this but I confer with everything thats said in this..

2006-10-04T14:10:00.000-05:00

I am at extremes...always…

I said more than I should have…

I want to set a few things right…and I know I probably never can…

I wish my life had a volume button...coz I only live at extremes right now...happy moments are awesome...the sad ones are devastating...

I miss my friends, my innocence, my life before…

I hear a lot…but then I think too much about what I hear…making me want to hear more…

I wonder whether I will ever be able to make peace…with myself…and settle…

I regret only one thing in my life…and I will always do so…

I am funny at times, gloomy at times…drunk most of the time…

I dance whenever I can…and always try to do it like no one’s watching…

I sing songs that remind me of times spent with someone else listening to those songs…

I cry on the inside…the tears dried up long ago…

I am an eligible bachelor, though I rarely realize it myself…

I confuse what I need with what I want…

I need nothing from anyone…and that’s my motto now…everything interpersonal has to be a choice…not a need…

I should smile more…I have been told that I look nice when I do…

I finish what I start…but the outcome by then is something I wouldn’t have set out to do…

I could do with some sense…and strength…

I feel empty at times…hollow…pointless…and I never am able to figure out why…

I like to be alone…and most of the time I do get to be so…

I hate to confide…

I will stop here…

Long weekend...

2006-09-05T09:41:00.000-05:00

Long weekends always seem short :). I don’t know if it is just me or everyone feels the same. Anyways, my short long-weekend was very good. My friends had come all the way from DC to celebrate my B’Day …Oh yea that’s right, I grew older … weird, time flies faster than one can imagine. We had loads of fun, except for my cold and inability to drink very well (only because of cold) everything was great.

We wanted to go sky diving but the stupid weather didn’t let us … however we made some money gambling in Mohegan Suns Casino, site seeing in the beautiful Mystic village, tour of the amazing Newport mansions. It was fun overall.

My new apartment looks like a soccer field … having lived in a small den for 2 yrs I bet anything bigger than that would feel a lot bigger.

Vetaiyadu Vilaiyadu வேட்டையாடு விளையாடு

2006-08-28T10:37:00.000-05:00

After lot of hypes, Vetaiyadu Vilaiyadu released last Friday, I and my buddies drove all the way to Boston suburbs to watch the movie. The 2 hr drive was justified by an awesome movie. The movie was amazing. Every minute of the movie was exciting; I didn’t feel like it was a three hour movie. Kamalhasan, like always has done an exceptional job.

Unlike other hero of his age, he did not act like some college student who runs around trees and sings duets. He acted like a 40 yr old police officer which really suits him.

The only down side of watching an Indian movie in a theater is the crowd. There was this group of hippies who kept on yapping. People just don’t realize that they are watching the movie in a theater and not in their freaking basement. Leave your kids at home when they can’t watch movie in theaters. It was one of those moments where I hated kids to the core.

Trying out Windows Live Writer (Beta)

2006-08-17T13:54:00.000-05:00

I downloaded this new software from windowslivewriter today. It looks cool, the major advantage with this software is that I can see how my blog will look as I am creating it. I can insert images by just draging and dropping, how sweet. Yay! I don't have to fiddle with html code anymore to write a pictorial blog.

It also has 'insert-map' feature which is not as great as google maps. For instance this is the map that I was able to insert with Windows Live writer:

<< This image does not appear here since artificial dragon doesn't have a good ftp site to upload the images - suckers log: 123>>

Unfortunately blogger.com doesn't allow custom scripts so am not able to display an interactive google map in this blog at this time. If you want to know more about it, you can check it out at google maps api, will be very useful to put in your website.

Blogging after a while...

2006-08-08T13:42:00.000-05:00

I finally got a chance to write, not that I have been really busy but I have kept myself “occupied”. I play a sport everyday. Mondays volleyball, Tuesdays basketball, Wednesdays, Friday and Sunday I play tennis (watch out Agassi, a new Champ is on his way) the rest of the days I play cricket (street cricket). I blame my blog-absence on "Guildwars Factions", I have become an addict :).

I am starting to get bored about my work, there aint much “innovative” to do anymore. Everything seems like a physical job to me now. I know I have cribbed about this in my earlier blog entries but I can’t stop it… I am starting to hate coding (atleast in the same environment)… I guess I have no other choice for now unless I change my job…

A problem with big companies is that they take a LOTTT of time to come to a conclusion, I am supposed to start working on a new project but still the “paper work” is not in place… sometimes it is very good to work in a small company, you atleast get the recognition, and things get done faster…

News: I will be moving to a new apartment next month, planning on sharing a 2 bedroom apartment so that I can entertain my friends, right now I live in a studio which is very small and expensive. Hopefully the new place should turns out good (without any stupid neighbors)

Here is the link to the software

2006-07-17T09:27:00.000-05:00

Just extract this zip file and open index.html in Firefox or any other browser (except IE, it doesn't work in IE unless you change some settings).

Indian Language S/W

My Name

2006-07-10T15:53:00.000-05:00

Found this cool software which converts english into different Indian languages (I picked only a few major ones). This is how you write my name in different languages:

Tamil: கார்த்திக்
Hindi: कारितक्
Telugu: కార్తిక్
Punjabi: ਕਾਰ੍ਤਿਕ
Oriya: କାର୍ତିକ୍
Bengali: কার্তিক
Malayalam: കാര്തിക്
Kannada: ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್

Shakira

2006-06-30T00:47:00.000-05:00

I was laughing my @ss off after seeing this video. It is very funny. Check it out

Insomnia

2006-06-28T08:38:00.000-05:00

I am sure I am not alone who is suffering from this disease. These days rather nights I am sleeping only for like 4 hrs. Out of the 4 hrs that I sleep, most part is disturbed because my air-condition makes too much noise or it gets too cold or I get hungry or just for the heck of it. There always seems to be a reason for my disturbed sleep.

I played basketball for 3 hours last evening and I was so freaking tired by the time I came home. My body was begging me to get some rest. I was, in a way, happy because I felt that a tired body will always sleep tight but for some freaking reason I couldn’t sleep till 2:30 AM.

I remember that I used to be able to sleep 7 hrs a day (7 peaceful hours of sleep) but I guess those days are long gone. I have thousand things to think about these days. I really mean it.

I don’t know what is happening to me…

Piracy

2006-06-22T15:00:00.000-05:00

I was talking to one of my colleagues today. He was showing me his new iPod that he got as a gift for fathers day, he raised a very interesting question during the conversation.

His son gets all music through P2P sharing at his college, he asked “what is the difference between a poor guy who couldn’t afford to go to college, who goes to a store and shop lifts CDs and my son who does it over the internet.”

I was seriously made to think with that statement. He is right, they both are the same except the poor kid will get arrested for what he is doing.

Living in an apartment

2006-06-13T22:19:00.000-05:00

One of the very urging reasons I wanted to buy a house of my own is living in an apartment sucks. My old neighbor used play loud music all the time, especially between 5 to 6 PM, I couldn’t say anything about it because it was not quite hours (for people who don’t live in an apartment, quite hours are usually between 9 PM – 7 AM). A few months back she moved and I was so glad to see her move. So I got this new neighbor who started knocking even if I walk in my house. He has problems even if I talk on the phone.

I was so happy today to see this jerk taste his own sh!t. He was playing guitar today (he sucks at it), 3 neighbors knocked at his door and yelled at him so badly. I was really happy. He smokes all the time and I hate it cuz all the smoke takes a hike through my sit-out which is one of the reasons why I don't go out to my balcony these days. Anyways, I jumped out to the balcony to see his face, Man!!! that was a happy sight. Looked like someone got their @ss whooped. You might think that I am a saddist, but believe me this guy was a Pain (note the capital P).

Apparently one of my friends sent me an email-forward today relating to this incident. It was really funny. Take a look at it:

Note: If you want to stop this video, right click and choose 'forward'. I heard from a few that the sound in this flash file takes over my other media postings. :)

Orkut

2006-06-13T09:22:00.000-05:00

Few months back someone invited me to this net-community where you can meet friends and people. I ignored it but recently one of my friends insisted me to join so I joined.

I was able to connect to people whom I didn't hear about in the last 5 yrs. I met my 'bench-mate' (in India 3 people share a desk and a bench, my bench mates were Vikram and Paramaguru) after so many years. I was able to connect to 26 people in 2 days (all of them were either my buddies are someone I know, not any anonymous entity).

I think everyone should try it. If you want to be invited, leave a comment here, I will invite you.

A good article about Arranged Marriage

2006-06-06T23:37:00.000-05:00

I stole this from my friends blog, this is a good article about arranged marriage.

Arranged Marriage

Good news for my liver.

2006-06-05T12:19:00.000-05:00

The liver test came out negative. I am so relieved now; the doc said that it could be a temperamental thing which could have been due to excessive medication/drinking a week before the test. Anyways, I can drink again but this time I am going to watch what I drink, may be 1 or 2 drinks a week or even less.

Some pics from my trip

2006-06-03T23:49:00.000-05:00

Here are some pics from my trip. These are only a few, there were about 400 pics taken and I managed to grab few of them and upload it.

Please click on "ORIGINAL" size to see them clearly:

Photos!!!

Check em out!!! Do add comments!

Trip to Gatlinburg, TN

2006-06-02T00:03:00.000-05:00

After a long time I felt like I was in India with my family. We had a get together in Gatlinburg, TN this past weekend. I should describe it as one of the most relaxing (mentally) trip I had ever had.

Warm smile and hugs welcomed me at the airport in Charlotte. After a small food stop I drove to this wonderful small town called Greenville. They had a natural waterfall in the middle of their downtown. Where can you find such a beauty? It looked like a college town, people were laid back, the surrounding mountains added to the beauty. Rashmi & Suresh, host of this entire event, were amazing. Everything was planned to the clock (though none of them went according to the plan), a special kudos to them to plan such a long, enjoyable, amazing trip.

We went around the school (Furman University where Suresh teaches) on Thursday morning and went for a small hike that afternoon. The hike was amazing; they had this tropical (kinda) habitat nearby and also a beautiful waterfall. Oops forgot to mention the great southern Indian food that Rashmi had cooked for me. Suresh was rocking with his Canon 20D SLR camera while I enjoyed posing for it though we couldn’t avoid getting Rashmi out of the frame. Like all girls she had to be on all the pictures, how silly, just kidding. I enjoyed messing with her. I would consider her as the best cousin I have got. Rashmi speaks 3 languages – Tamil (to be pronounced Thamizh), English, and Tāmil (to be pronounced Tae+Meel, like a Setu Ootu Ponnu, Sorry I can’t translate that part).

Friday we all started to our main event, Gatlinburg. The whole day passed away in packing, traveling, picking up people from airport. There were 4 families, siblings of Suresh and their family; all together there were 5 kids 2 toddlers and 9 adults (if you consider me as an adult). I love kids but not 5 of them together. “Orange Guy” (cuz I was wearing a orange t-shirt) “Bad Drinking Boy”, “Stinky Guy”, “Monster”, “Slow Pole”, “Ghost” – these were the names the kids used on me :) but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed playing with the kids for long time.

Saturday we went around Gatlinburg, we went to all the joy rides and celebrated a surprise baby shower. Sunday we went for a 2 ½ mile hike which we called off after completing about ¾th of a mile. Believe me, that’s the max you can go when you got 7 kids in the trip. We got to this stream which was amazing. In spite of the freezing cold water condition, we managed to play on it for a while. Oh don’t get deceived by the freezing cold water part, the weather stayed above 90 all the time. For some reason the mountain water stays cold. That night we got into this big Jacuzzi and started talking about old time stories. Most of them were drunk; I was the only one who was not drinking cuz of my health conditions (I think I have yapped enough about it on my earlier post). Rashmi came up with this amazing story which I can’t forget even now. I can’t explain what it is here but man! she had some amazing childhood. Monday we went to Dollywood which was like a mini Disney World. Taking 5 kids to these theme parks was like herding a bunch of cats. I kept annoying them by calling them “Manja thoppi gals” which means yellow cap gals which was more fun. Tuesday was a sad day cuz that’s when we were supposed to leave.

The whole experience was fun. I had a great time after a long time. I am still waiting on the picture. I will upload it here once I get them. I would credit all of my fun part to Suresh and Rashmi who organized this whole vacation.

Blocked all instant messenger at work

2006-05-31T09:24:00.000-05:00

Bull Crap!!! I was in for a surprise this morning. They blocked all instant messenger at work. Even the web based messengers are blocked, I can't even access the website. How can a techie work without a messenger?

I am still due to write about my excellent trip to the Smoky Mountains. I hope to do it today.

Increase in gas price.

2006-05-18T23:23:00.000-05:00

I fill my tank twice a month. My Honda Accord, on an average, gives me 30 MPG which is pretty good considering my driving style. I am getting mad about the increasing gas price. It takes me about 45 bucks to fill my tank. It used to be around 30-35 bucks.

Nowadays I reconsider before going places. I used to like driving and just go out and find new places but the increasing gas price has impacted my spending habits. Somebody has to do something about this. Either my paycheck needs a revision or the prices need to come down.

I think the gas price increase has got to do something with 1) how the economy is doing now. Don’t ask me more about it cuz I don’t talk about subjects that I don’t know much. 2) (This is my personal opinion, not to offend people) Why on earth do you need a truck the size of a house? These trucks and SUVs give 8-16 MPG which is BAD. I understand that a person needs a truck or a SUV if he/she has a big family. I personally know lot of single guys owning a SUV which is as big as my studio-apartment. I happened to ask about it to a friend of mine; he said “the bigger the truck, the more powerful it shows you are”. OK he was not as intelligent as I thought but what is the real reason?

I have also heard the blame on Chinese and Indians using up all the gas cuz their economy is growing. I don’t know much about my Chinese friends but I know about the brown tradition. If you see a car in India, there will be 20 people sitting in a 4-seater squeezed in (not literally but you know what I mean) (note: there are 50 thousand people in 1 square mile in India).

Here is the moral of my bored-and-don’t-know-what-to-do story. Get a car that gives you more mileage and less maintenance. Work hard improve the economy. Say no to war but at the same time bomb the bad guys. Save the world!

Quota system in India:

2006-05-15T17:23:00.000-05:00

This situation has been going in India for so many centuries but the reason why it is in limelight now is because Arjun Singh (HRD Minister of India) wanted to exercise the quota system on some of the country’s top schools. The whole idea is to improve the lives of people who were discriminated till the late 1900s.

I personally think that the whole system needs a revision though I am personally guilty of enjoying the reservation. I am not against economically backward students, I favor reservations to people who really deserve it but only the city population gets benefit out of the whole system. It really looses the meaning of the whole concept.

I think the government should come up with a combination of economic status and the existing quota to really see justice.

Will the most backward people who make to these top schools through the quota system be able to keep up with the curriculum offered? That’s a big question. I really doubt it.

I can understand the feelings of students protesting against this system but not at the cost of saving lives, the doctors shouldn’t be rallying against it and call a strike. It affects the whole economy. But is there a better way to prove your point in India? I think not.

Formula1 on CBS

2006-05-14T00:41:00.000-05:00

I have been a great fan of F1 and I feel the same as the one expressed by this angry F1 fan. CBS sucks!!!

"After watching Formula 1 on Speed Channel for several years, it pains me to even consider the thought of suffering through it on CBS. This is the fourth race this season that CBS has covered…or not actually…and it was even worse than the previous three.

That is something I didn’t think was possible, but CBS managed to outdo themselves with what amounts to a disgrace to Formula 1.

First of all, CBS does not cover the race live. I guess in their ultimate wisdom, they think that the most watched form of racing worldwide has no value here in the States. That in and off itself is a lesson in patent stupidity, as why on earth would you spend the money to cover the event, and then decide to show the event over 2 hours after it had already been completed?

To those apparently learning impaired at CBS: The fans of Formula 1 in the States wake up early in the morning, drink tons of coffee to stay up late and all other measures it takes to watch the race live. With Speed Channel, that’s never a problem. With you, unless it’s on American or Canadian soil, it is. Why? Do you honestly think we’ll just sit around and wait for your lame broadcast with commentators so dense it’s a wonder they don’t start a collective black hole in the press box? No. We don’t. We hit Formula1.com and watch the live thread and follow along. Want to know why your ratings are crap? Think about it. Do you broadcast football games 2 hours after they’re over? No, you don’t. You think maybe that’s why? Yep. It sure is.

That being said, let’s talk about your choice (or lack thereof) of commentators. I don’t know who it was you had in that booth, but they define the word nimrod. All of them. Well, there was one person that seemed to at least know the difference between a BAR and a Ferrari…but other than that, it was ludicrous. The comments were so bad, that after only a few minutes, I decided to write some of them down. Imagine my surprise when I couldn’t write fast enough to keep up with the moronic comments. Below are some samples. This is not a complete list, but I think you’ll get the idea.

- A car is entering the pits. (Long silence) It’s a…(pause) It’s Sato.
This one is funny for one major reason. BAR is the only base white car on the track. You can tell it from any other car instantly. No other car even remotely resembles it. If you don’t know the cars and teams and drivers, DO NOT attempt to commentate the race.

-And it’s a good battle between Klien, Rubens and Massa
This one is hysterical. Massa wasn’t even there. It was a Minardi driven by Albers that was going a lap down.

-They’re probably investigating him for a blue flag violation…they wave those blue flags to tell the slower car to pull over and let the faster car through.
This was fantastic. It was over the “Incident involving car number 20”. The idiot assumed that JV was going to be allowed to pass Doornbos. Here’s a tip from your uncle Tom: There were NO blue flags. Blue flags are only used on lap cars, not slower cars. You have the right to attempt to hang on to your position. The investigation was because they refueled Doornbos and changed one of his tires at the same time, which is illegal. He was later given a drive through penalty for it. Again, if you have no idea what you’re talking about, keep your mouth shut.

-The brakes can reach temperatures just over 1100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Now THAT’S the understatement of the year. Carbon Fiber brakes on Formula 1 cars routinely reach 1000 degreed CELCIUS. That’s just over 1800 degrees Fahrenheit to those of you that don’t know.

-McLaren always run strong with Newey there…
This was hysterical. Again, not knowing the names, you really need to fire the guy that said that. Do you NOT brief anybody at all? Have they NEVER watched a Formula 1 season before? Just last year was the worst year in McLaren’s history. In fact, under Newey’s guidance in 2003, the MP 4-18 was built and was so terrible that it never even raced. They went straight on to the MP 4-19 and it was horrible as well until the B spec was introduced half way through the season.

-Alonso is just biding his time…
Look chump, when someone is pulling away from you at the rate of half a second per lap, you’re not biding your time. You’re getting your butt kicked. For God’s sake.

-The pit speed lane limit (er)
I heard that no less than 5 times. What is that exactly? Does it hold the car in the center of the lane automatically without driver input? Now, I know what the PIT LANE SPEED LIMITER is, but I’ve never heard of a PIT SPEED LANE LIMITER. Knucklehead.

-And Ferrari said they don’t want another top team on Bridgestones…
Really? Are you clinically insane? I’d like your source on that…because everyone at Ferrari and Bridgestone are on the record as saying another top team would be helpful in tire development in a BIG way. Good Lord, that guy needs to shut up.

-He resigned to stay with them.
Really? I figured he signed with them to go someplace else.

-He is been overshadowing his teammate…
Yes, we know Trulli has been taking Ralph to the cleaners, but how about saying something remotely resembling English.

-If your wondering why the crew is sitting in the garage with their helmets on…
Yea, we’re wondering. We have no idea. We have no idea why NASCAR crews, IRL crews, CART crews…in fact EVERY CREW IN MOTOR RACING do that. We really don’t. We figured they like to relax, take off their gear, have a cold beer and be totally unprepared in the event of an emergency. Please continue.

-In order to change those tires, something had to be wrong with them.
Really? I figured they were doing it just to have fun. Maybe for lack of anything better to do. In fact, since they didn't even change the tires I wondered where on earth that comment came from to begin with.

-Well, they were the same tires.
Part 2 of the comment above. Look nimrods, they were looking for damage. They pulled the tires so they could see if there was any damage to the brake systems and steering connections to the hub. After they looked for damage and deemed it OK, they put the tires back on and went racing. If you can’t even tell when a team is looking at a car for damage, again, do us and yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut.

-Those brakes are really glowing a lot…he must have a problem.
OK pea-brain…work with me here. They glow every time they’re used. OK? You talked about glowing brakes the whole race. You sounded like an idiot that has never seen brakes glow in his life. They do in every form of racing where they are used heavily. Alonso didn’t have a problem with his brakes. He was just fine. Get over the glowing brakes OK? Please?

-The flag workers aren’t in the best position…
Yes they are nimrod. Trulli simply ignored them. He saw the blue flags for several corners, but was more interested in his battle for position. He was penalized for ignoring the blue flags and not getting out of the lead cars way in a timely manner. For God’s sake, retire…or go commentate bowling or something.

-Starting last on the field today…
No idiot. He started last on the GRID. He was last IN the field. You can’t even get that right?

-Apparent gearbox transmission problems.
NEWS FLASH – The gearbox IS the transmission.

-And Michael’s brother Ralph is running in 6th place as well.
Really? Who else was in 6th with him?

-You’re back at the start of the grid from the start of the race.
I would try to let you know what you should have said there, but fact is I have no idea what you were trying to say.

-The Ferrari is using up a lot more roadway.
Roadway? What…did Michael decide to hit the streets in a fit of frustration and take on a few BMW 7 series’? It’s a TRACK.

-He’ll have to really fly to have a chance…
OK…that was the nail in the coffin for you. Juan couldn’t have caught Alonso with a rocket up his ass with 5 laps to go you idiot. I thought before I heard this one that you should be fired. I take that back, you should be shot.

-If Montoya didn’t start last on the field…
Again, it’s GRID nimrod! GRID. G – R – I – D. Say it with me now…I know you can do it.

-Couth - hard, Colt – hard, Colth – ard
How many different ways can you come up with to say David’s last name? Look guys, at least meet before the broadcast and pick one and stick with it.

-And the constructors is still up for grabs but Renault is leading in every way.
Oh for God’s sake, shut up.

Those are just a few examples of your complete and total stupidity. You show the race late, you have idiots that don’t know the first thing about what’s going on commentating the race…it just gets worse and worse.

Do us fans a favor: Take a page from Speed Channels book. Broadcast it live for the fans. It’s not like you have any programming worth watching on Sunday morning anyway. In fact, you don’t have any programming worth watching hardly at all…so what do you lose? Nothing. You can always re-broadcast it at noon for the non fans and hope to get a few viewers.

In closing, let me say that your coverage is without doubt the worst I’ve ever seen. I humbly ask…no, I’m BEGGING YOU, don’t cover any more Formula 1 events. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top. If you find that you have to, then at the very least give me a call. I can get a couple of buddies in there and we’ll commentate the race for you. At least we know what’s going on, who’s who and we’ve followed the sport for decades, so we’ll not make lame, stupid and totally uneducated comments.

I hope however, that you simply NEVER cover the sport again. EVER."

Friend

2006-05-06T23:35:00.000-05:00

Today marks the first death anniversary of my beloved friend Sudhir. He is a great personality who did only one stupid thing in his entire life - to go behind a girl.

I don't know what more to write. I have lot of emotions going on inside me right now but couldn't put it into words. All I can say is - do not fall in love with some b****. It not only ruins your life but also the life around the people who love you.

Physical Test

2006-05-03T14:09:00.000-05:00

I got the results from my regular medical test. My cholesterol level which I was worried last year continues to stay the same.. This time I got one more thing to worry about... my AST and ALT levels in my liver... The doc said that it could be cuz of three reasons 1) over medications (which I don’t) 2) drink like a lot (which I do) 3) hepatitis... though the third one could kill me, the 2nd one worries me a lot.. It means that I cannot drink anymore.. Too bad... or may be a blessing in disguise...

I have to go for a re-test after a month.. so i am going to say bye-bye to Jack for atleast a month... just to check out if he is the culprit...

Sometimes I think if I should have gone for a physical at the first place.. it just adds to my worry list..

Car Race

2006-04-29T22:26:00.000-05:00

I went to this live car race today. It was amazing. It's funny, I have been living in this town for almost 2 years now and I didn't know that one existed very close to my house. They were all local car racers but all of them were talented. I also got a pit pass to check out the cars closer. Some of the teams were on low budgets and some teams were owned by the drivers themselves. Very far from the professional Formula1 race where they spend 400 Million a year, here they barely spend 40K. Overall it was a good evening. I enjoyed it except for the cold part. NewEngland never gets warm weather.

For more information on the race check out their website:

http://www.speedbowl.com/

I don't think I have mentioned this in this blog. I am a big F1 fan. If I remember correctly I have been following F1 for about 11 years now. Wow, time passes fast. This year am hoping the Ferrari's car is fast enough to get a championship to Schumacher. No doubt he is the best driver in the world. Last year he did not have a good car but this year the Ferrari looks challenging. The next race is next weekend on CBS. Only 4 races get to be telecast on CBS so don't miss it if you don't have Speed TV.

Pictures from rural Southern India

2006-04-27T13:19:00.000-05:00

I found these amazing collection of extremely good photography on net. All of the pictures were taken in southern India. Check em out:

OOCHAPPAN

Colorful pictures of villages from TamilNadu.

Terrible day!!!

2006-04-25T11:09:00.000-05:00

Worst day today! I had a gala of a party last night with my peers. We went to nice clubs (well, there is no ‘nice’ club where I live but amongst the ones that we have around here we went to some decent ones) and drank like a fish. It was fun! but that just was last night.

This morning for no reason I got up at 6 AM, I saw my night mare standing right in front of me. The bed bugs are back with a vengeance. I remember when I cleaned my apartment I left my Ferrari flag on the wall, which was a stupid thing to do, the flag was totally housed by bugs. I had to throw it away. To be on the safer side I also got rid of my 400$ Sleepy mattress which is only 1 yr old. I also put all my sheets to laundry, but ofcourse they don’t take credit card at the Laundromat so I have to make a trip to the bank. So my whole morning was like hell. To add to the oil, I forgot a few things at home which I was supposed to bring to work. I thought I would sneak out and go get it from my den, I realized that I just got my car keys and not my house keys so I had to go to the apartment office to grab a spare key and get the stuff out and return the key. All of this started happening from 6 AM. I went to bed at 2 AM last night. I am feeling terrible. What a F’ing day so far. Oh gosh it’s only 12 PM, still got half a day to go, don’t know what’s waiting for me.

Ferrari Flag: 40$
Sleepy mattress: 400$
Laundry: 15$
Loss of sleep: Priceless.

Rash Driving

2006-04-20T22:04:00.000-05:00

This is for people who accuse me of being a rash driver. Here is the glimpse of the traffic situation in the city where I learned to drive. BTW its almost 10 yrs now since I first started to drive.

No wonder you pussies get scared of my driving.

Update on my credit score

2006-04-18T21:17:00.000-05:00

The bad news is that my credit score is going to stay low for at least 3 – 4 months. The good news is that it will improve after 3 months given that I do not get charged with another fraudulent account.

After a long wait and 100 phone calls, I managed to make the CHASE bank to send me a letter that states that they have found my account to be fraudulent. Now I have to wait another three months for it to reflect on my credit score.

I was planning to apply for a miles card and charge all my expenses on it so that I can get some concession for my India trip but obviously I don’t think I can remember anything that has worked out for me as planned.

Credit History trouble again...

2006-04-06T12:22:00.000-05:00

'Credit Scores/History' I think those words are going to haunt me forever. It never gives up.

Couple of years back I had credit fraud and it took me about 6 months to clear it up. I had to make 1000 calls to fix the mess. Finally, I got a written letter from Bank1 saying that they have investigated the account and found it fradulent.

Now after a year it shows up on my credit history again.... WTF... So I call my credit agency to check on it. They said that it could have happened because Bank1 merged with Chase... I am sooo frustrated... My credit score went down by 50 points....

I wish I had enough money to pay for a lawyer so that I can sue their @sses to pay me for my mental stress..

I dont know how long this sh!t is going to take to clear...

Far away from home

2006-04-04T10:47:00.000-05:00

Today I managed to calculate the exact distance between where I live now and my home in Chennai, India. It was exactly 8285 Miles or 13334 Kms. Wow I have really travelled some distance.

* The calculations were based on the surface distance between two latitude/longitude points.

Print this and stick it in your cube.

2006-03-30T15:52:00.000-05:00

For better resolution click on the image ...

Outsourcing to India

2006-03-30T10:50:00.000-05:00

Outsourcing jobs to India..

That would be that last thing that I thought would affect me (considering am a brown guy). Today I was in the kitchen (at work) trying to get the coffee machine working. A new face came and introduced himself, he said that he was from Infosys (Microsoft of India). After a brief introduction abt each other & what shit we do, he said "I am here to replace Mr.X" I was shocked, Mr.X has been working here for so many years. I said "What do you mean replace, he has been here for so many years". This was his answer: "I know but we are outsourcing everthing to India, soon we will take over every I.T. dept., that's our job".

I think I have to start looking for a job soon. May be in India. :)

Medieval Manor and Indian Restaurent

2006-03-27T10:03:00.000-05:00

My company hosted a party at the Medieval Manor, Boston. It was a great party. Totally new to me, they had a play and feast. Here is something from their website:

"For the time of your life, step back hundreds of years into an evening at the Medieval Manor. Awaiting you and your party is a comedic experience often imitated but never equaled. In this recently updated, bawdy rollicking romp through the Middle Ages, the minstrel, jester, oaf and wenches respond to the Lord of the Manor's every whim with song, story and slapstick, sweeping you up in the fun. As the spirits flow and Canterbury beckons, the laughter and camaraderie will soon reveal why so many return so often for such foolishness."

Alright, so the medieval manor was friday night. I was little sober that night, managed not to get drunk a lot. I got up on sat. and went to this Indian Restaurent which totally reminded me of my home town - Chennai, India. They had tamil (which is my native language) music playing in the backgrounds, the food complimented the whole atmosphere. I had 'Vatha Kozhambu', AMAZING stuff. Its been a while since I had good authentic south indian food. I was super excited the whole day. Reminded me of India.

Good video on ABC

2006-03-17T16:40:00.000-05:00

Check out this video on ABC...

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1674437

I found it interesting

Good Movie

2006-03-15T23:22:00.000-05:00

I watched a tamil movie today, 'Chitiram Pesudhadi', I would say that its one of the best movies that I have watched in the recent past. The whole movie crew was freshers but the story was very good.

I was seriously impressed when I heard the story of the guy who sung the song "Vaazha Meen". He has literally come from living in a hut to singing for AR Rahman (God of Indian Music in current terms) in his album 'Machi'. It seems that this guy used to sing for marriages and death ceremonies. No matter who he is or what class of songs he sings, his effort from 0 to hero should be appreciated.

Kashmir

2006-03-11T23:50:00.000-05:00

For people who don't know what's happening in Kashmir. Here is some reality:

Eminem Interview

2006-03-06T18:16:00.000-05:00

This is tooo funny!!!!! I mean it!!!!. You gotto watch it!!!

Anonymous messages!!! Strange things happen with me...

2006-03-06T17:08:00.000-05:00

Alright which one of you jerks did it????????????????????? I know its some stewpeed friend of mine who has come up with this ingeneous trick off his @ss, to be frank I am ashamed of you, to call me mah friend, cuz you need to come up with something better to trick me.

(11:30:51 AM) sampatha_2004: Oh god please help me out j2eecollections this guy is irritating me
(11:31:08 AM) me: who is this?
(11:31:43 AM) sampatha_2004: I am Sampatha
(11:31:47 AM) me: do i know you?
(11:32:19 AM) sampatha_2004: may b or maynot b...
(11:32:29 AM) me: how did you get my id?
(11:32:36 AM) sampatha_2004: i saw u only when am searching for a guy.
(11:32:44 AM) sampatha_2004: thats y i messaged u
(11:33:03 AM) me: oh ok.. good luck on your search.. cya
(11:33:23 AM) sampatha_2004: y ya?
(11:33:30 AM) sampatha_2004: not interested with me
(11:33:53 AM) sampatha_2004: i mean to hav friendship
(11:33:55 AM) me: sorry i dont talk to strangers..
(11:34:00 AM) me: have a good day
(11:34:19 AM) sampatha_2004: hey cummon
(11:34:46 AM) me: dood seriously , am not into this.. u can get 1000s of people who talk with strangers.. am not one.. so have a nice day
(11:34:46 AM) sampatha_2004: we'll discuss something for a while..
(11:35:23 AM) sampatha_2004: Cool, i like it
(11:35:54 AM) sampatha_2004: but i need to hav friendship with u,, will you plzzzzzzzzzz :(
(11:36:02 AM) me: i dont know you..
(11:36:23 AM) sampatha_2004: so what
(11:36:50 AM) sampatha_2004: we'll give brief intro about ourself
(11:36:50 AM) sampatha_2004: is it ok?
(11:37:10 AM) me: no it is not.. how did you get my ID and why do you want to make friendship with me?
(11:37:17 AM) me: dont you have any other work to do?
(11:37:53 AM) sampatha_2004: ya i dont hav any work, sooooooooooo boring
(11:38:13 AM) sampatha_2004: will tell u how i got ur id.
(11:38:32 AM) me: well, i got tons of work to do.. and i dont talk to strangers.. so tell me how u got my id or am not talking to you
(11:38:34 AM) sampatha_2004: just click Contacts - search Yahoo Memeber directory
(11:38:58 AM) sampatha_2004: so i search blindly i saw u online.
(11:39:13 AM) me: where are u from?
(11:39:15 AM) sampatha_2004: i have told man
(11:39:20 AM) me: and how do u know i am an indian?
(11:39:38 AM) sampatha_2004: ohhh r u indian???
(11:39:44 AM) sampatha_2004: cool
(11:39:50 AM) me: oh comeon.. dont act smart
(11:39:53 AM) me: u better tell me
(11:40:17 AM) sampatha_2004: hey, from ur id i thought ur foreigner
(11:40:39 AM) me: dont act smart.. tell me how u got this id
(11:41:19 AM) sampatha_2004: hey whatzzzzzz happening, i have told u already
(11:45:03 AM) me: pls dont message me again..
(11:45:09 AM) me: i dont think i can talk to some stranger..
(11:45:15 AM) me: have a gnite.. cya..

Yearly Review Coming up!

2006-03-06T16:59:00.000-05:00

Its funny, last monday I was feeling F'd up in life but today I am feeling better. I think its because of the good reviews that I have been getting from my business users to whom I delivered a new s/w release.

"s/w release" thats my entire life and I am starting to hate it. Bugs, software releases, and patch releases - those words haunt me during the nights.

I got a yearly review coming up this month. I am sure I would do good on it but not sure how much pay raise I will get. It better be good cuz when I was reviewed last year, I seriously outqualified all the items that satisfied a level above me but they denied me the position because I was only one yr old with the company. If I get denied this year, I will seriously start looking into the market. If you need a good database guy, its me :).

F'd up

2006-02-27T16:25:00.000-05:00

I am so F'd up... I need a break... Nothing seems to go right today...

South Park

2006-02-26T20:03:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite TV shows... This is a small preview from the show...

Best company party!!!

2006-02-24T10:14:00.000-05:00

Last night was the best party night that I have ever had with my colleagues. I have had similar ones with friends but not my colleagues. Almost all of us were drunk to the max. We decided that it wont be fun if we don’t complete the party without some thigh food... oops I meant Thai food.. ;)..

The occasion: someone celebrated their 5yr anniversary at the company, another one was going for a 14 month project outside US. But seriously we just needed a reason to party...

I reached home early in the morning, I have no clue about what time I reached home, must be very late cuz I feel like I slept only for 1 hour.

Titanic in Tamil

2006-02-21T15:15:00.000-05:00

This is hillarious. People who know Tamil should watch it.

Fun Filled Last Week

2006-02-20T10:30:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Tikku, my last week was lot of fun... we hanged out a lot, checked out lot of pubs and bars in downtown boston area.. we drank whiskey like a hog...

I love Boston. Living in such a small town for so long, I am desperate to move to any big city. I would be surprised if someone finds this town on google maps. It sucks so bad. There is N.O.T.H.I.N.G in this town..

The best part was when we made conf calls to our friends in India.

Learn English

2006-02-20T10:26:00.000-05:00

I work with a project co-ordinator who is from Poland. This ad closely resembles what I go through everyday.. heheheee... cracked me...

I am not saying that my english is good but it atleast doesn't suck that bad.

I.E Sucks!!!!!! Can't stress more.

2006-02-09T00:20:00.000-05:00

I am fedup with this I.E crap. Why don't they just follow the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards? Anyone who knows to edit a style-sheet (.css) will know the pain.

I wanted to edit my template to include my game character in my header. After a few modifications to the template I did a quick preview. Everything looked perfect but after I publish, my blogs look different in I.E and Mozilla. Mozilla has the right format that I wanted but I.E does not obey my code. I have defined every attribute that it wants but still it gets confused. I am so freaking frustrated today. I spent more than an hour trying to fix it and finally gave up. I tried it on I.E 7.0beta2 and Firefox 1.5.0

To all I.E supporters, Please ask your IE to follow W3C.

VIEW MY BLOGS IN MOZILLA OR FIREFOX... THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I meant the browser not my blog)

Tennessee!

2006-02-06T09:47:00.000-05:00

(This is a blog that I created 3 days back. Posting it today!)

This weekend I am traveling to Tennessee, I did not know about it till past Monday. I hope to meet up with my old buddies. Will it be fun? Should be, I think. We have planned a major get together, 8 of us are going to meet up but as usual one guy called me at the very last minute and said “I am not sure”. I hate it when people do that to me (though I have done it many times) anyways I hope this will be a good trip.

Eager to meet up with my ex-colleagues, reminds me of old times. I haven’t told any of them about my trip. I am planning to give them a surprise. You may wonder why am putting it on my blogs when I want it to be a surprise. I am typing this blog on my flight to Tennessee. I will not publish it until Monday.

I have been getting this question from almost everyone who reads my blog. “Why did you name it Artificial Dragon?” I am a big Guild Wars fan. My characters name in GW is Artificial Dragon. For those of you, who don’t know what it is, check out www.guildwars.com. It is an online RPG. I would rather call it online RPGG (Role Playing Great Game)J.

P.S: I guess it is alright to write a P.S in a blog. My flight got delayed again because the cabin crew forgot to get water into the flight. These silly reasons annoy me a lot.

Didn't get the Job

2006-02-01T10:44:00.000-05:00

I did not get the job just because the company does not sponsor Visa. What crap!!! Anyways I deserve something better. Manager's comments:
"Karthik tops the list but I didn't know that our company policy does not allow sponsoring visas". I shouldn't blame her cuz she tried her best to convice the HR (atleast from what I saw on the email thread).
The company just merged with another company, this manager is new under this umbrella.

Waiting...

2006-01-30T17:12:00.000-05:00

It is Monday and I still didn't hear about my interview results. My expectations are fading. :(

Update on Job Interview

2006-01-27T18:56:00.000-05:00

I just heard that the company policy does not allow 'temporary residents' to join full time. Bad for me!

Job Interview

2006-01-27T18:54:00.000-05:00

Today I attended an interview with a new company. I think it is a bold move for me because there are risks attached. My current job is secure till 2011 but the pay scale is not as great as the one that I am applying. The position that I applied is a temp to perm position which essentially means that they would hire me for 6 months to see if I suck and if I don’t, they hire me. It also means that I have to work my @ss off to secure the position. Why do I want to leave the current job? Cuz I get a 50% raise. Also I don’t have any family/commitments so I think it is a good time to take ‘calculated’ risks.

This position would be in downtown Boston or close to downtown, which I always wanted to experience. Having lived in Tennessee and Connecticut, I have never experienced a daily life at a big metropolitan.

The interview went on good; we talked about lot of technical stuff. Actually if I think about it, I was the one who talked for most of the time. He asked me a few questions which I was not able to answer but those were for core smart @ss people which I am not. There were two competitors for this job, one of them has a degree from MIT and has 20 yrs experience, and the other guy is a Russian who is also good. I don’t know how I fair among these big fishes.

Will they hire me? Will let you all know in the next blog entry. There are lots of other things to consider, even if they think that I am technically strong. One main reason is my temporary work permit in US. The US allows illegal immigrants to enter its borders, sell drugs, and apply for a citizenship and worse even get citizenship. I have been a law abiding ‘temporary resident’ since I have been in this country. Still I have to face so many problems/obstacles. You may wanna ask me why I don’t wanna consider going back to my country. Answer: I don’t get the same pay as I get here and I have lived here for more than 5 yrs now so I am more used to here now.

This Monday I would know about my job results (Hopefully). Hope it works out. It also means that I am close to where I operate my personal business. Sh!t that reminds me, this Monday I have exterminators coming to my house so I have to work all weekend and get stuff ready for them to raid my apartment. Life sucks!

Bed Bugs

2006-01-24T10:38:00.000-05:00

Recently I have been having bed-bugs in my apartment so I talked to the management as they are supposed to clean it up. At first they said "sure no problem" but when the exterminators quoted a $500 bill, they wanted me to pay for it.

I would never pay for it; it is not even my house. Now they are blaming that I brought the bed bugs into the apartment, as they are not generic to United States. I am seriously offended by what they said.

So I send them this link CNN - Jan 23rd 2006 but they do not have a computer so I print them the news.

Waiting to see what they come up to blame me.

There must be a way to sue them for what they put me through but suing is a tough thing for a brown guy.

Know your limits

2006-01-23T16:01:00.000-05:00

I was on a net-meeting session with a business analyst today. I took control of her computer via netmeeting and I was explaining her stuff on chat. All I did was type "MyName you suck it blue" on the chat window (on my chat window with her so it looks like she is typing it to me) and she was like "I really appreciate it if it doesnt happen again".

WTF so I write her an apology mail:

I apologize for what happened today. I didn't mean to offend you, I just did it for fun. If you think that it should be reported to N* or E*, Please do so. I believe I am answerable to what happened.
Thanks
MyName

This is the reply that I got:

Apologies accepted. I will obviously not report this cause I would hate to jeopardize anybody's position and u have already apologized. I don't mind if you joke but I think you understand my limits too. Forget it. Let's put it behind us

"jeopardize anybody's position" haha that was funny.. I would have replied "try it b*****" .. May be I need to grow up. Didn't realize that such a small thing would trigger a monster... You can never predict an Indian Woman, especially a business analyst with a MBA..

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Best AD I have ever seen

2006-01-19T10:30:00.000-05:00

I found this video online..
This is one of the funniest AD I have ever seen. If you know Tamil you would enjoy it more if not then you got subtitles.

2005 Acheivements

2006-01-13T21:19:00.000-05:00

Nope, not what you think. This blog is not going to be about my 2005 achievements but about my company’s achievements. I managed to jump into the contributors list. The picture that they showed in the slide show to say a ‘few’ things about me was a retarded version of my pic in my license. Either way they looked the same.

Code Monkey

2006-01-11T17:01:00.000-05:00

What have I become? It used to be really exciting when I first started working but now my life is nothing but a representation of "The Office" movie. I like to do stuff really fast and efficient and get done with it but things around me seems to be going Really (with a capital R) slow, when asked, they say it is a common thing in big companies...

There is nothing innovative or new in what I do these days at work. I am starting to hate coding. It has become more like a physical job than a mental one, sometimes makes me think if I should change my career path.

Have I become just another 'Desi in U.S'? only time will tell the tale. Hoping for something to happen by the end of this year.

Chao.

BTW Chao means Ciao

2006-01-06T13:14:00.001-05:00

I recently took a IQ test.. this is what I scored :).. Do not get deceived by the score, I am really stupid!!!.. No, I mean it, I am really Stupid!!!..

Your IQ Is 187

Your Logical Intelligence is Genius

Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius

Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius

Your General Knowledge is Genius

King Kong and Apaharan

2006-01-03T11:11:00.000-05:00

Don't get confused with the title, those are the two movies I watched last night.

King Kong was B.A.D. the movie dragged forever and there were lot of unnecessary crap in the movie... The graphics was horrible.. I mean seriously horrible.. they did not even take care of the "match color" stuff... I think I wasted my movie pass...

Apaharan was a good movie, class acting by Nana patekar... One bad movie was compensated by a good one so a little satisfaction...

Work from home sucks!!

2005-12-30T20:25:00.000-05:00

The last few days I have been working from home... One thing I realized it that it sucks big time when you live alone... I am not as efficient as am working from my office... Hopefully tomorrow's new year celebration should cheer me up...

First big step towards a big dream

2005-12-27T23:27:00.000-05:00

Today me and my friend (my future business partner) reserved a name for our future company. I should totally appreciate the ease of doing things in United States. If it were India, I would have been forced to bribe atleast a few officials and wasted few weeks in just registering for a company. We did the whole process within one hour.

I always wanted to start my own business for a long time, I think I can name it as one of my ambitions... I am not sure if it would work out... Actually I don't care if it works out or not cuz I think I have enough time in life to revert back even if I F up. I would atleast have a satisfaction that I tried it!... I know that there is lot of work left to do... Sometimes I really feel scared just to think about it but I am really confident about it...

"Hard work" will be something I should think about from now. I hope everything works out well!!!

Bought a new photo printer

2005-12-26T11:50:00.000-05:00

Just came back from a long, nice, memorable vacation. Everything was planned and surprisingly almost everything worked according to plan, the only big blunder was my camera. I assumed that my camera in Chennai would work like a charm but it dropped the ball, the memory card let down on me so I had to use my SLR film camera.

The few pictures that I took turned out really good. I wanted to enlarge them so I call up Ritz photo studio, man!! the prices there are insane so I went and bought a photo printer for 99 bucks. "Epson Stylus Photo R220" I think its one of the best investment that I have made so far, the photos came out so very well. I enhanced some of the pics in PhotoShop and the results were A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

The reason why I didn't write blogs so long...

2005-12-22T15:28:00.000-05:00

I always wanted to start writing blogs but couldn't find a right reason to start one but hey! here I am writing one for the heck of it.

I still think that it is sharing your private life but I guess it should be fine if you dont disclose your identity. Someday I will have enough money to host my blogs from my own server.

The other reason for not writing blogs are my gal friends. Every gal that I meet thinks that I put her name in my blogs which creates a confusion.. you know how it works!!.. this time am not going to give my blog link to any "female" friend...

Chao for now, hope to continue blogging with something interesting very soon..