I am finally tying the knot !!!!!

Finally here is an update from me... Please Friends forgive me for
updating you late, but I think it's the right time for me to announce
the news from my side.

Hmm...now straight to the news. Still so many issues are yet to be
resolved and so many people need to be convinced. So, with great
reluctance I am disclosing this news, since anyway you should know
about it one day. I think most of you would have guessed it by this time,
Yes it is it, you think what I think.

Yes…I am tying the knot!!

It was actually planned for this month. But due to opposition from
all sides, the date has been tentatively moved to next month. I
understand very well that you all would be in a great shock, but yes it is.
Everything happened so fast.


All said. All right, next question; who is it? It's going to be
another surprise for you. Most of you must have definitely noticed me
roaming around with, at-least once.

For others, I am attaching some of our pics from which you can
recognize who it is…. Will keep you posted on further happenings.

Hoping for the best !!!

May the occasion be blessed!

Finally.............:-)))))

Hari Putter ne chakk te fatte




Well at last I finished the last Harry Potter Book(Deathly Hallows) in almost a single sitting (took 6 hours of sleep in between)..this book is a bit different from all other Harry Potter books...it's definitely more interesting as the trio of Harry, Hermione and Ron are on a run and face some difficulty or other in there adventure, though I didn't like the ending...I was waiting to be surprised but Rowling gave the expected end of the story without killing any central character and triumphing Harry in the end....but now since the series is over I'll miss Mr. Potter and his adventures......i loved it and lived it and don't really mind that the ending was not really a shocker....

Donno when Mr. Paolini will come up with his next.......also waiting to catch the next Potter flick!!!!

Ant and Grasshopper Story (Forwarded Email)



OLD VERSION...

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

**********


MODERN VERSION...

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can it be that this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other grasshoppers demanding that grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper.

The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) . Opposition MP's stage a walkout. Left parties call for "Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among ants and grasshoppers.

Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'. Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from the beginning of the winter.

Arjun Singh makes Special Reservation for Grass Hopper in educational Insititutions & in Govt Services. The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV. Arundhati Roy calls it "a triumph of justice". Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice'. CPM calls it the 'revolutionary resurgence of the downtrodden' . Koffi Annan invites the grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.

**********


MANY YEARS LATER...

The ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi billion dollar company in silicon valley. 100s of grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ...

Hope you got the message!!!!

A WOW video...

Prevent Corruption or Expose- Embarrass- Punish the Corrupt

I guess I should advertise this link on my blog, started by a whistle-blowers wife for protection.

All the time in the World....I'm BORED!!!!!!!



Have you ever been through too much free time syndrome???? Like you have enough time to browse through all your friends Orkut profiles and check out all the good looking babes in there profile (3 times a day), read all blogs that exists on blogspot and add 10 new favorites to come back to next day, read every article on every news and information site possible, chat with everyone on your Yahoo, MSM, Skype, AOL and GTalk, go to Sh*t 5 times a day just to finish another round of Snake on ur handset, read lots and lots of technical docs and still end up thinking what to do next (too many people poking there nose so can't go to youtube).......seems like I am going through one now....since joining this new job I am waiting for past one month to get some hardware delivered and I guess the wait will continue for another couple of weeks......to top it all I need to stay @ my workplace from 9-6...bahut naainsaafi hai baap.......

Do you know any nice website to waste a lot of time?????....should look like I'm reading some good techie stuff.....I’ll be grateful....

Anything for you Maam...


I donno why every story needs to be an IITians love story..i mean think about it..we all have done crazy things in love....(may be i'll write an exaggerated book abt my love story as well someday)

IIT apart this book made me laugh...specially at the end when Mr. Fate caused endless coincidences (too many to digest though) but I would recommend this to all people who have done crazy things in love...just to relive those moments READ IT.

I am an Agnostic :-(

You scored as Agnostic, Agnostics consider the possibility that they may be wrong about God's existence, no matter which side of the fence they stand on. Always willing to objectively evaluate the most ridiculous proof, nevertheless, these guys are skeptics of the Nth degree. Agnostic 100% Scientific Atheist 83% Apathetic Atheist 83% Spiritual Atheist 83% Theist 50% Militant Atheist 25% Angry Atheist 25% What kind of atheist are you? created with QuizFarm.com

Salsa Story Continued……..

WHOAH……I DID IT……I am AWESOME…….I completely totally amazingly ROCK!!!! After all the blunders and all those training sessions I gave my first ever live performance in front of strong 500 audiences. I would like to thank Girl # 3(yeah Girl 1 and 2 never returned hehehe) for having the patience of training with me and surprisingly joining me on stage as well….and did we ROCK!!!! Accept at one point of time when I kicked another girl on stage to top it started apologizing ….but that’s minimal…..the fact of the matter is that I had fun with a capital ‘F’. The kind of satisfaction you get after doing something like this is just unbeatable.

Here’s a pic and a video from my trusted N73, I will upload the official better quality version soon....I am the one supporting a pony...

SALSA ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5nOcltU0k

How the Tax world works

Harvard professor Greg Mankiw put up this parable on his blog recently. Apparently, the author of this sarcastic take on the American tax system is unknown but it has been circulating in academic circles for some years now. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.” Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’ They realised that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I!” “That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!” The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

Going Latino Ishtyle........

So at last I joined one of those crash courses on salsa, to prove my dancing prowess and show my Latino genes at work.....

Day 1:
Mandy: I wanna join Salsa classes...
Counselor: Hmmmm....r u sure??....ahem that would be 2000 bucks...
Mandy: Here swipe my card $%^$%
So I enter a room filled with some 60 people (70% girls) scrapping for space to dance, after initial death defying stretching exercises we start the Salsa session....
Instructor: So guys salsa is all about 1234…and yes 56789101112…….also….
Mandy: But I learnt that at school..
Instructor: (Ignoring me and talking to all those drooling on him hot chicks in the 1st row) Just follow me we’ll have some fun…
Mandy: (Yeah look at all those chicks man)
Instructor: Close ur legs…1)put ur left leg forward 2) right leg on the side 3) left leg following the right 4) right the back of left, try not to fall
Mandy: (Here did it…without falling….wow what chicks man)
Instructor: (After doing this 20 times) Now 1)step forward..2)tilt 3)step backward..4)Come back
Mandy: Another 1234?
Instructor: Ok we’ll call 4567….
Mandy: (Staring at that cute butt) yeah here I did that……(I am d best)
Instructor: (Time to play tough) Now 1) put ur right leg on the side…2) Jump and put it back 3) put ur left leg at the back of the right and 4) Swirl around on your right leg…..(hehehehehe…now try to stay on the ground)
Mandy: (Swirled around only half way) God I should have worn those damn socks…..this wodden floor is killing me…
Instructor: (Laughing internally) C’mon guys this is a piece of cake…here try is again together from step 123456789101112….
Mandy: 126710…1581011.5
Instrcutor: No 123456789101112….
Mandy: 1456910…11.5 (I’m definitely wearing those new socks tomorrow….oops smiles at that tanned chick)
Intructor: Ok guys that’s it for the day less meet up tomorrow…….
Mandy: Thank god it’s over….do I have some good foot cream at my home?…thank god atleast I’ve got some whisky….

Day 2
Right on time….jst a lil bit drunk…don;t blame me..it's saturday...
Mandy: (These chicks are looking hotter today….and I am ready to swirl with my brand new white FILA socks….r u ready for Latino God girls)
Instructor: (After usual warm ups) Let’s redo the steps from yesterday…..123456789101112
Mandy: 1246791112.5 (Whoa these socks are damn slippery)
Instructor: Now all you guys find urself a girl partner….let do some salsa…
Mandy: Allrighty…..so which one should I choose….hey you babes r u ready for some Salsa….C’mon girl someone..
Instructor: Hey surdy…why r u alone….
Mandy: ahem…No one wants to partner with me . These gals wanna dance alone…
Girl1: I will partner with him sir…
Mandy: Alright…(I rock…my be)
Instructor: So hold ur partners hand..1) take ur left leg behid right 2) Bring it back…3) take the right behind let 4) bring it back and push to swirl the girl around swirling urself around to come back and hold her…..
Mandy: Hmmm…tht’s easy….1234..damn where is she…
Girl1: Damn u man why can’t u swirl straight…
Mandy: Swirl straight…tht’s not wht instructor dude says…
Instructor: Let’s do it again…
Girl1: Not with him…I want a partner change.
Instructor: (Ignoring) 1234..
Mandy: 1234
Girl1: Damn…..hey I gotta go…c ya tomorrow…
Instructor: Hey where’s ur partner?
Mandy: Ahem…I don’t have one..
Girl2: I’ll take him…
Mandy: (I’m rockin again)
Instructor: 1234
Mandy: 1234
Girl2: Don’t push me so hard you stupid..
Mandy: Yeah(Start eating something u skinny ass)
Girl2: (saala surdy…naach na jaane angad tedha….meri kismet hi kharab hai)
Mandy: (Uff when will it get over…so bad I can read eyes…she may run me over after the class)
Instructor: Ok guys see you on Monday.
Girl2: Thank god I’ll dance solo tomm…winks at her friends…
Mandy: (Gosh I rather stick with my bhangra)

Keep visiting for steps 12-1200…..

Next --- By Michael Crichton




This book has a strange subject but keeps you hooked as soon as you finish reading the first page, this has all the masala one could ask for being a magic fantasy fan...talking ape...a humanzee(chimp crossed with human)...talking parrot who is capable of maths....but then the difference being this is not a Magic fantasy....it's about science and genetics...Crichton is able to combine some facts about the world of genetics research and made a good fiction out of it....his depiction of future not so far is a bit scary....only downfall of this book being not all the characters stay till the end and vanish without completing the story.

All is all a worth read.....

Some Super-Cribbing Thoughts

Here's life back on the same track...
things are on a stand still and nothin's movin fast..
luv's gone along with my honey...
am left with just chinta and no money...
Russell Peters jokes don't make me laugh anymore...
As per Borat life's a big fuckin whore..
I keep running through an Apocalypto forest in my dreams...
Nothing's following me but I still scream....
Watched Departed n felt like blowing someone's brain...
300 showed it's much better if they are slain...
Chappell's boys shld be the one's to blame...
Another fuckin world cup has just gone down the drain...
Even Bangalore's gettin hot as it has no rain...
WTF may be I shld jst fix another drink and relax..
n let's switch the channel to some football match....



Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

MY PAD.....HOME SWEET HOME....

Sitting Area

Place for my lazy BUM....



Mandy's DHABA corner.......

Sunset View from my Terrace.....isn't it beautiful.....muah..

My Favourite T...On my big beer belly :-)

A great compilation of one of my favourite songs....Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgh4WlH6YC0

Festival of Colors with my Nokia N73M.....my holi(y) exploits :-)

Since I bought a new phone with 3.2MP camera I had to flaunt it....hehehehe




At my DESK...dressed in official colors


Scene after the gr8 Mandy RAID

Another newly married dressed in colors of love


CLEAN BANGALORE GREEN BANGALORE

Another surpised culprit of my RAID

Beautiful end of the beautiful day

The Inheritance of Loss

Or should I say booker’s prize went for a toss????

I read this book from the start till the end and am still hunting for a story, there were so many characters but Kiran Desai seems to be struggling to gel all the characters together. Though the setup was nice and she could’ve produced a really marvelous book.

The only good thing about this book is how she has pictured the Northeast India and people living there, specially the one's who have settled down there marveled by its beauty. The US connection has no significance all together and I still believe that focus should have been more on the stories in India........ The ending was so sudden that it keeps you wondering whether you skipped a few pages....

What I wonder is since Salman Rushdie is backing Kiran Desai so much and I truly like his work I must have missed something about this book. I guess I would recommend 'God of small things', 'Kite Runner' , 'A Fine Balance' or 'Midnight Children' if you really want to know what award winning books are really like.....cause all this book lacks is Focus...and that too on the story :-(

My Rating: ***

She was Raped...but why???What drives men to Rape???...here's and excellent article by Rachel

http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=124105&catID=2&category=India&rtFlg=rtFlg

Movies...Movies and more Movies......

I recently saw so many amazing movies that they definitely need a mention on my blog....

Babel

A truly international movie with a combination of serious humor, the filmmakers did an excellent job in weaving these four stories together; this movie did win its well deserved share of Golden Globes and is a movie to watch out for sweeping many Oscars.

Borat

This movie is nasty, contains really Gross-out humor so don’t watch it if you can get easily offended, now warning apart this movie is funny to the guts. Its plot revolves around a TV reporter named Borat from Kazakhstan, who sets out to discover American culture and falls in love with Pamela Anderson instead. There is also a hilarious nude fight sequence over Pamela that’s one of a kind, the movie is all about how different his country’s culture is where sleeping with your own sister is not considered a taboo…every cultural misunderstanding is a treat to watch......

Déjà vu

The first thing that pulled me towards this movie is its name as I experience Déjà vu’s all the time…this is a action sci-fi thriller where Denzel Washington plays a cop (again) and he has done really exceptional work in his gripping investigation of a bomb blast. A must watch…….

Rocky Balboa

Here’s our own Rocky Balboa coming out of retirement to compete with the present heavyweight champion Dixon. The movie is not that great if you compare with it’s previous parts, but for die hard Rocky fans like me it was a treat to watch….Love you Stallone……great ending to the great Rocky Epic….what a life!!!!

Dhoom 2

Aish Aish Aish Aish Aish Aish and Bips were treat to watch…rest of the movie was so so…..

Next in Line----GURU, DreamGirls, Crank, Fearless, WTC and lot more ;-)