Rains.......

Lately Bangalore apne purane dino main waapis aa gaya hai, well this is one thing which I love about this city, it never rains in the morning when you are going to office and on the other hand it always rains in the evening when you plan to come back from work. Its 1:00 am in the night and its still raining.... last year it did not rain at all..... but the situation of rains in the north is really bad.........

Anyways coming back to the Bangalore rains...... by the time you wake up in the morning the streets would have a beautiful wet look... awesome sight to run on weekends. But after about a week of such rains in bangalore you feel bored, whenever you make a plan to go out ... its raining, another side effect of the Bangalore rains is that at the end of 5 days you dont have any clothes for left for office...either they are dirty with red stains or they are wet :(

chalo yaar kaafi raat ho gayi hai abhi sota hoon......
baaki samachar kal.......

Song Today: Ganpat
Film: Shoot out at Lokhandwala

School Days.....

While coming to office this morning I saw a group of kids waiting for their school bus, some of them started eating tiffin in the morning itself, I sort of got nostalgic seeing this. I never thought earlier that I would miss the aam ka achaar and the cold parathas that we ate during or lunch breaks in school. For the first time I was missing the fun of eating tiffin in school, finishing our tiffin and then targetting somebody else's, or on some days sharing the tiffin with friends, and still on some other days stealing and eating the tiffin of some people who used to bring good stuff, this act became such a big problem I remember that some people started putting a lock o their school bags ;-)

And then I realized that I still miss St Josephs' College a lot ( well thats my alma mater), Some things that I can recall are:

-the basket ball court
-the big football field where we spent more time fighting with the classmates than playing football
-calling father (principal) by the name of chongapati (our's was a catholic school)
-lighting crackers in school premises during diwali
-playing holi on the last day of school before the holi holidays
-coming back from school in 42 degrees celcius during summers when the roads were deserted and probably you and your friends are the only people cycling on the road
-saving 2 rupees and having samosa in the canteen
-the cricket match with the rival school I still remember that the enthusiasm was better than an India and Pakistan match
-Eating tiffin in class
-using HCL to make your 2 rupee coins shine ;)

Week end gaya....

Kya excitement tha boss... weekend aa gaya aur is weekend par to main bangalore main bhi hoon, wo bhi kuchh weekends the jab main Vienna main akela pada bore hota tha. Anyways kuchh khaas nahi kiya... Friday ko collegues ke saath party kari, 20 Ft high par, fir lakeview main awesome khana khaya, actually wo khana kam aur snacks zaada tha...but awesome isliye kyoonki ek triple sundae khaya aur ek vanilla. Well now I am back in shape and considering the fact that I have resumed my running also I think I can eat Icecreams "once in a while" (dil ke kuch rakhne ko ghalib ye khayal achha hai)

Fir raath ghar pahunch kar socha ki Pandey se bhi mil liya jaaye kaafi din ho gaye the us se mile hue, so Pandey ke ghar gaya.... aur fir wahan se hum airport gaye...kyoonki wahin raat bhar chai milti hai, kaafi achha laga shayad hum dono apni prayag station (Allahabad) waali sittings bahut miss kar rahe the, shayad apne ko upgrade karne ka hi ek anjaam ye tha ki hum pahle railway station par tiume pass karte the, par friday raat hum dono airport par kar rahe the ;) . Kaafi der batein ki...Ojha ki li....fir Varun ki bhi li....fir jab lene waalon ki list khatam ho gayi to ghar aa gaye!!

Saturday ko ghar par hi lot te rahe, film dekhi (Rang Birangi and Pushpak) kuchh khaas nahi kiya

Sunday ko Partner dekhi aur main aur Nitin kaafi zada pak gaye (see my review here)

aur aaj hai Monday , aaj se fir Dihadi shuru paanch din ke liye, aakhir hum hain to Software mazdoor hi.....

Subhash K Jha..... Awesome Masala....

Hey guys I am sure everybody by now is aware of the Subhask K Jha and Sonu Nigam episode.

There is some awesome Masala post I got on this website,

check it out... here

I was shocked to see good reviews for AAp K suroor movie in Times of India, well now I lknow the real game, the journalist is actually on payrolls of the singer turned actor.... that is why the film reviews in TOI are quite weird.....

Song Today: Ek Din...
Film: Naqaab

Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks, yes this is the new company formed after the merger of Siemens Communication and Nokia Networks aur main is company ka ek chota sa mulazim hoon, but these acts of mergers become a pain when you are explaining it to somebody who is not aware of this news. Last week I came back from Vienna, was very excited whole one week at home, nothing to work just eat and sleep! but there were moments when I needed to explain to certain people what is Nokia Siemens Networks. Take into account these real life conversations.

The first one happened at the Delhi airport when I was waiting for the flight to Lucknow.

A: So you are into IT?
me: Yes :)

A: Which company do you work for?
me: Nokia Siemens Networks :)

A: Oh you work for Nokia, that is really a good company.
me: No I work for Nokia Siemens Networks!

A: Which Company? Is it some startup
me :| (I knew that this guy knows nothing about both the companies and what they have been doing since the last one year)

me: Well.... This is a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens Communications.
A: oh.... ok, so now Siemens is taken over by Nokia, strange this is a big news didnt come in the newspapers
me: No this is not a take over this is a 50-50 JOINT VENTURE between the two companies
A: ok... but if this is not a take over then why does Nokia come before Siemens in the name?

I did not have any answer to this, probably this guy should ask the CEO!! Anyways the conversation is not ended here!

A: So now there is nothing like Siemens? The Whole Siemens empire is taken over by Nokia (mind he is still using the word Take over!!!)
me: No it is not like that, first of all this is not a take over, and only Siemens Communication has merged with Nokia.
A: Oh... I always thought that Siemens is more into making couplings and switchgear and not into software!!

anyways after this statement I thought that there is probably no point hitting your head against the wall, and I smiled and went to the counter to grab a samosa....bach gaya yahan par to....

Second scenario, I am in Lucknow, some of our family's distant acquaintance comes:

B: So beta aap kahan kaam karte hain ?
me: (in a fix after the delhi airport incident, should I tell Nokia, Siemens or Nokia Siemens?) uncle Nokia Siemens Networks

B: hmmm
me: :)

B: so what does your work involve?
me: I am into Softwares

B: oh I tell you these software guys are minting money!!! (quite of a statement!)
me: :)

B: So when does Nokia stop manufacturing Mobile phones and jump into softwares?
me: Well I think it was there in softwares since a long time, and by the way I I work for Nokia Siemens Networks , and not Nokia, which is a Joint Venture between Nokia and Siemens communications. This is only Siemens Communication and not the whole Siemens!!!! (its always saves time if you learn from your past mistakes ;)

B: Oh.... Ok so now you will be getting discounts on Nokia Mobile phones!!!! (what????? never expected this question!!!!!)
me: I don't know..... not through with the policies.

And I escaped from the scene, and the rest of the week I was never enthusiastic in meeting any uncle or aunts!!!

Trupti Runs !!!!

Well let me first throw some light on the topic of this post, to start with, Trupti is the name of the house where we stay in Bangalore (3rd Block Koramangla),that according to me used to have the best "nightlife" sometime back in Bangalore, now the next question arises why runs, well this is the name I thought for our runner's club in Bangalore. Majorly because it was started by the inmates from Trupti, however the initial inspiration are some other people who live quite far from This place. Now the members of this club:
Me
Nitin
Manoj (was already there ready to beat us!!!)
Rathi
Chota
Bhaiya

We have some other people also enthusiastic in joining this club, well this includes Gulli, PDey and Pandey!!! So we are finally successful in motivating some people around us for a healthy way of life. So I am all excited to go back to Bangalore and resume my running...."at the speed of chat" with the new club members! Well Guys me and Nitin can be sort of trainers to many people at least the starters, as we have learnt a lot of lessons regarding Injuries (Since I had a bad Muscle pull for sometime) and the dos and donts of distance running, now that we have successfully completed our First half Marathon too (The Bangalore midnight Marathon!)

But yes I have to get this name approved from other members of the club

So keep checking for updates on Trupti Runs!


Song Today:Mujhe tum yaad karna aur
Film: Mashaal

अब तक का समाचार........

कुछ खास नही किया दो तीन दिनों मैं , घूमा वियेना मैं और अब देस वापिस जाने का ecxitement , जनता भी वापीस बैंगलोर मैं इंतज़ार कर रही है। Party भी प्लान कर रखी है वापीस जा कर! आज मौसम काफी अच्छा है यहाँ आज सुबह से ही बारिश हो रही है, और काफी हद तक ठंड भी बढ गयी है, आज सुबह जैकेट पेहें कर ऑफिस आया । अब ज़ब्की ज़्यादा दिन नही बचे हैं वापीस India लौटने मैं, कल पता चला की अभी भी काफी सारी जगह हैं जहाँ घूमने जान बचा है। तो फिर अब उन जगह को भी कवर करना है, और क्यूंकी अब वापसी का समय आ गया है तो थोदु shopping भी करनी है......

चलो अब तक के लिए इतना ही... बाक़ी बाद मैं

गाना आज: ओ मेरी जान
मूवी: मेट्रो

Report from Vienna......

So here I am back with my account....in my Birthday week!!! No I am not that excited about it, never was, but then too this is the first birthday I would be all alone here in Vienna!!! Maybe will spend some time with myself. Anyways will get the wishes through mail and messenger, these things have really shortened the distance. Daily I exchange lot of hot and chatpata gupshups with Rathi, Mota and Akhil over the messenger thanks to Google! Oh I forgot will get loads of wishes through orkut too!!!! Thnx to orkut that people remember your birthdays now!!!

I remember we used to get excited about our birthdays when we were kids as this was the day we used to get gifts, and it was tough to make the final choice and tell it to mamma and papa that what do you want, maybe the prioritizing things worked there, and then the second priority used to automatically become the birthday gift for the next birthday, hmmm at least for the time being, till something else didn't come to mind or till something else wasn't seen at some friends place or somewhere!!!!

I remember when i was in class 5th I was very excited about my birthday because that was the first birthday I distributed sweets in my class, actually the Funda is My birthday is on 5th of July and the school almost always used to open on 8th or 10th of July after the summer vacations!!! so obviously the excitement used to fizz off..... That day I wore nice cloths and distributed melody in my school I still remember that!!!!!

hehehehehe so that was some blast from the past!!!

looking forward to going back to India now, I hope that should happen sometime next week.

Song Today: Kya yehi pyar hai
Film: Rocky