Archive for the ‘Self depreciation’ Category
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 |
Writing a few ‘bloglets’ this time instead of one single blog post. Suits my character too - Patience has never been my virtue.
——- Bloglet 1 ——
Me, being a PC, hasn’t had much to rejoice about lately. First, it was the series of ‘Get a Mac’ ads that gave me a permanent mental picture of myself as a bloated nerd. And the fact that most of my friends have switched to Mac hasn’t helped either. (Yep, even the fat one. The one who searched all the library catalogs for a certain Mac’book’). I feel lonely and left behind. I visit the doctor’s more often now. Maybe my revulsion towards apples has something to do with it. Microsoft’s ’I’m a PC campaign‘ has done little to uplift my tarnished image. I can’t take this any more. My fellow PCs, I say we unite and do something drastic. Like switching to Mac, maybe?
The ‘points to ponder’ below are dedicated to my miserable PC brothers.
1. Why do people consider Mac superior when we all know that Windows is well hung?
2. Legend goes that Microsoft copied stuff from Apple long back. But how come no one talks much about Apple’s plagiarism? Check out their HQ address, and you will know what I mean. That is totally Microsoft property. (One infinite loop)
——- Bloglet 2 ——
Remember my ‘search for the elusive 6P’ post sometime back? Well, here’s an update on that: I’ve taken up cycling as a last ditch effort to shape up. (PS: Read ‘I’ve taken up cycling’ as ‘I bought a cycle 2 weeks back. Now I need to take it out’.) It seems like life has come a full cycle…err…circle for me. I started out with a cycle, moved up to a bike, and then a small car, then a bigger one, and now back to cycle. Talk about impulsive shopping habits.
Hmmm, what reason should I give my wife for not taking the cycle out today…
——- Bloglet 3 ——
What’s up with the world these days? Recession, terrorism, communal riots, and now the leading investment banks going bankrupt. I’m really curious about what this would do to the marriage markets in India. Wonder how much the high flying MBAs are worth, especially those specialized in finance. Last I heard, they were on par with the pan-wallahs*. And they are getting picked up for peanuts by market savvy parents-in-law.
* As per research data (from totally unreliable sources) from a village in Andhra.
——- Bloglet 4 ——
This bit sure would be heartening for my infy friends. Check out this article (http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/09/30/google-heart-infosys-infosys-heart-employees.aspx) by Sidin Vadukut. A pretty interesting observation. (PS: I tried what was mentioned there, but it didn’t work for me.)
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008 |
Got a real scare today when I saw a mail from one of my good friends. The mail went like this:
‘Sampath, Dunno if you’ve seen it yet.. guess somebody’s hacked in to you blog ..Your photograph with turban taken in kambla has been replaced with somebody else’s snap..Some photographer guy trying hard to pose’
My site- hacked? OMG, has my biggest fear of having my site hacked and replaced with porno pics come true? All’s lost… these were the thoughts that went thru my mind that instant. After I caught up with my racing heart I realized she was talking about the change in my profile pic, you know, the one in my ‘Sez Who’ page. Yes, I changed it when I no longer could stand comments like ‘Which one’s the buffalo’ (this in spite having explicit call outs marking my position in the picture), ‘the buffalo looks cuter than you’ (this one mainly from wifee - you can’t blame her though, the picture was quite grainy you see) etc. And the comment from my friend above definitely tells me that she too hadn’t recognize me in the pic. Hey, I was not the one with the turban. Do you see a cool guy with camera, without horns, and definitely without a turban - that’s me.
Anyways, now that I have replaced that pic with a much slicker one, I hope there won’t be any more sarcasm.
Above: The earlier pic I had on my profile page.
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
Some people just have it in them. I, for one, definitely don’t. I am talking about the art of keeping in touch. It’s gotten so much easier these days with web 2.0, but I should 
admit that I still haven’t mastered the art. And I am thankful that I have wonderful friends who don’t get peeved at me for not keeping in touch. Even after a zillion mails and calls that I don’t return. I know some of my buds keep a diary with birthdays, anniversaries, and other important details regarding friends so they could call up and wish them. How I envy these folks. I know it’s impossible for me to do it.
Maybe that’s why Twitter doesn’t make any sense to me. I read all these articles about how great an application Twitter is, and what potential it holds. I can’t seem to understand what sense it would make to broadcast everything you do every other minute on the web. Now, come on, admit it - not many of us live a life that lends itself to spicy stuff that could interest anyone. Unless you are Britney Spears. Or for that matter our own Imraan Hashmi (That guy who goes around kissing girls. Lucky Bum). If I were to Tweet (I’m not sure if that’s the right Twitter lingo - My guess), it would go like this:
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008 |
It’s been a hectic 3 weeks. Our product was finally done, and we had to sell it. We’d created several sales leads over the course of last few months, and had to go around for scheduled meetings. And that’s what we did last week. Boy, the reaction from the market has been very encouraging. And that would be an understatement. Couple of our prospect customers liked the product very much, but suggested some additional cutting edge stuff to be added. Back in Mangalore, that’s what we are doing now. Putting our heads down, and back to work for the next 2 weeks. Meanwhile, here’s an account of our sales trip (forgive me for certain exaggerations, my humble but valiant attempt at humor)
Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008 10:00 AM.
So, we’ve to travel to Chennai. Tomorrow. We are all set with the demos, brochures, wires, nuts, bolts, and the almost fully squeezed out tube of tooth paste. But there’s one thing missing. Oh, yeah - we needed to travel to Chennai. As in, we needed to get our a** moved from Mangalore to Chennai. (more…)
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 |
Guess where i come from.
* Racism is scoffed upon, but I am happy that I was born fair
* Coke has pesticides, try local hooch instead
* We are cultured, but we don’t believe in ‘Q’ system
* Valentine’s Day corrupts our kids, lets have a hartal instead
* Our homes must be cleaned twice daily. Its ok if waste piles up in the neighbourhood.
* ‘Beauty is skin deep’ but beauty creams are among the fastest moving consumer goods in our society
* Dont let kids get hooked on to some cartoon channels, We parents will miss our Soaps
* We are against corruption, but we dont mind paying a li’l somethig to jump the Q
* Digging one’s nose is obnoxious, but doing so in private is ok
* Do not throw that used tissue on the road. Find a waste basket. Or do it when no one’s looking
* Cheerleaders should be fully clad. If we wanted skin show, we would watch a movie
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008 |
Saturday 5.40 AM…. rrrrrriiiiinnnnnggg, rap music blares…
A: “Hey, Wakey ..it’s morning.. rise and shine..”
D: [To A]: “Damn fool! Shut up. Can’t you see its dark outside.” [To me]: “Its so cozy here. Don’t you dare move a muscle.. sleep tight.”
A: “Don’t listen to him. You have a goal.. Look at your pear shaped body.. Get you’re a** off the bed and go to the gym.”
D: “Nothing’s gonna happen if you skip jogging for a day.”
Thanks D. I’ll go with you. Heavy hand taps button that shuts up the nagging noisy device. Bliss for another 5 minutes.
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 |
Sorry about the clutter with ads on this site. I just wanted to get a first hand taste of internet marketing, and the scale by which one can benefit from it. To clarify: I don’t intend to make a living out of any revenue from the ads. ( But it sure doesn’t hurt if I get some loose change that will help sustain this site, rt 
). And BTW, people have indeed made money thru blogs - Check out ProBlogger. Or read Money Blogger that takes you thru a person’s experiment in this field. In this age where the motto is ‘You do your best, Google will do the rest’ (I hope you don’t take this as blasphemy - i just wanted to highlight the prominence of Google in the internet era), it looks like anything can sell on the net, huh.So you want to know how much I earned? Hold your breath: (more…)
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007 |
Even with the invention of great gadgets that help one stay organized, I still use the old paper n’ pen technique to list the thngs I ought to get done in a day. But as days go by, I see my list getting longer, and more detailed. I am still young (early 30s), but i find my mind so cluttered that I sometimes wonder if my brain has reached its limit trying to keep tab of everything i see, hear and perceive. I have been noticing this more and more in the last 2 years - Difficulty in recollecting names, certain events that happened recently and memorizing things that I need to get done. Hence the need to write down even the smallest of things I need to do.
But I was particularly paranoid today, when my wife pointed out the item - ‘Check scratch on car’ listed in my today’s To-Do list. She’d told me about a scratch on the car bumper yesterday, and i wanted to check how bad it was. And that item found its way to ‘Da List’. If I had to write down such a trivial item to do it, I dread the day when my To-do list will look like this:
- Brush my teeth
- Take bath
- Say ‘Good Morning’ to my kid
An indication of what the information age can do to you? Maybe.
humor, life, brain
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