Lately

The memorial day weekend was spent lazing at my aunts place in Lansing, MI.
Had some wild cracks at cousins and enjoyed the "rain in denver"!!

Pirates of the Caribbeans at Worlds End was okaaayyyyyy .... with a very dull tone !!!
Had to watch it to complete the mystery from part 2.

Played a lot of NCAA and whooped Saleel 5 times!!!

So I figured the blog is turning into a personal diary!!! Aint that what its sposed to be???

I turned one more year old last week !

listening yo'

Lately the best stations that I get to listen are all the hip-hop stations.
Had a cousin over, then a friend and got them all hooked on to one or the other hip-hop songs.

Cousin got hooked onto "this is why Im hot"
Pal got hooked onto Akons Dont Matter

Now Im hooked on to
Tpain - Buy you a drink
Party Like a Rockstar
500 Dollars
Nelly Furtado-Give it to me

The list is a long one ..... the drive is a short one.

Trying to... trying to...

Been trying to and wanting to write, but times one element thats been eluding me to the core. Not that I dont have time at all, but writing comes out of a chain of thoughts, it needs to be followed and noted down. Just havent been getting that kind of a continuity for a long time. Even to finish a book, which ideally would have taken me a couple of days, I had to take considerable time and effort and sometimes even disappoint S so much so that I can capture the essence of that particular twist in the tale.

Wish I had a 48 hour day. Wish I could be fast at things to work out everything and yet get me the time to catch up on me.

Had a nice weekend, friends over, did some trail walking, some partying, some dinning, some fun. Lets see what happens next.

My sympathies to the people who had their dreams, their wish come true moments, their happiness and joys pinned on the one little aspect called visa, many were sure it was going to be a piece of cake, but not anymore. Wish you guys the best of luck...

New Speeding Idea

I want to drive without ever being caught by a cop.

For people like me, the cops should come up with a security device, A device that will block the engine revs and determine the speed of the car based on the road type. The cops install that device on my car and I drive it to the max everywhere.

For example speed limit on a freeway is 65 mph. With this device on my car, I assure the cops the cops that my car will not be able to do crazy speeds, the cops fix a peak steady speed of 73 mph on my car. So now, even if the road is free for me, I wont be able to do more than 73 on the road, thereby never to bother about being caught by a cop.

People might argue, whats the purpose of this, the purpose of this is to assure the law that the car cannot go above a certain speed, if all the cars provide that assurance, the average safe speed on the road can be increased to a newer limit. Im sure everyone will want to use this facility as it is the average speed on the freeway isnt really more than 65 - 70 mphs accounting for traffic, braking and everything.

3D Data?

Maybe Matlab lets us do this. I hope people in MS or OpenSource try to come up with something that can manipulate 3D data. that would be really time saving.

Knotted!!!

So lately I knotted the knot a couple of months back now am stayin wid my better half... previous i was whole now i have a better half... (the engineer in me starts questioning what happened to the other half ??? or was I always half .. in which case does my weight actually equals to a gross 400 lbs?????)

So i get to see stores I never knew existed... Ikea.. and I get to know that the white doors and the white shade in my apartment are in fact actually a theme ... ;) ...

Lifes been a ball lately. I hope she stays happy .. specially when I pulled her out of her comfort area and brought her into this strange land.

To be seen and blogged a lot... more talks to post .. specially bout my new roomie/wifey :)

So I missed out a deal

This thanxgivin I was up all night ... reached Best Buy at 2 and saw a huge line...and thus I missed out on my deal.

But the best deal of my life is just around the corner. Brings out a lot of different moods in me. I guess All I have to do is follow the heart. :)

Experimenting with Picasa

 

I tried... but Im an Indian

The urge to eat some delicious, some spicy, some hot food just couldnt be sustained.

Today, I tried not to eat any of the junk food, of course, I could have tried to cook, but lately since last year, this habit is as rare as the balding eagle, I have almost literally stopped cooking. I need to get back to cooking, but cooking our food here leaves a very pungent odor on everything. The clothes smell, the body smells, even the hair. I know I know in India we rarely have the pleasures of quarantining the entire Kitchen, but the fact is in India everything and everybody cooks Indian food. Which is of course plainly called as food in India. But the point is where everything is the same there is rarely any distinction in the olfactory senses. But here even a pinch of turmeric and you will find the Generally-Minding-His-Own-Space-Gora ask you "You an Indian? You just had Indian Food?" in the Lift. Its not the goras that Im really bothered about. Its my own smell, It smells not just different, it makes me feel foodsick throughout the day unless I have a bath with some really strong stuff like Old-Spice and rid me off the curry on me.

I need to come up with a solution to the smelly cooking. I saw my friends came up with a simple one of having the lid closed immediately after adding the spices. But the smells stays. It Stays.. reminding me of the not so great cooking talent that I possess and how it was bliss back in India with my Ma.

On an ending note: Once when I was a small kid my Ma was really frustrated with me getting in all sorts of trouble at home. She Warned that if I keep on getting into trouble She will leave Home and go far away. To which I asked.. "Who will cook me food then?"
Poor Ma she didnt know better to slap me or to laugh at me.

My New Karmic Discovery of the Week.

+ + =

When I was a Michigander, and that too from UP where you could get the original stuff for as cheap as free, I ignored it, and now Im a self confessed fan of Maple Syrup. This combination almost makes me smack my lips everyday.

Heres to a healthy start of the day. Cheerios + Maple Syrup + Milk = Blisssh

days are going slower

I know I know. It was just last week when I was in the Rockies. But I still think the days are going wayyyyy to slow.

LIstening to
Agar Tum Mil Jaon... in a nice slow tempo, the song is actually damn neat. Hmmmmm

Scientist guys at the atomic time center, can u rush up time for me real quick?

cops? think again

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6119928.stm

This is way too ironic, hilarious, sad and one of those happens-only-in-india things.

Calgary, Canada

calgary

This weekend was spent in Calgary, Canada. Amazing place. Made a friend there. Did a trip of the Rockies. Absolutely Breathtaking miracle of Mother nature. Saw some Elks, couldnt get any Moose. Someday Im gonna trek the rockies they are just too beautiful.

From calgary

Diwali

So .. Diwali showed up, It is the season of lights, joy, fun, food

And I did get to have lights, fun n food. And a nice drive to Greenville to meet up old pals. Its been quite a while since I have been there. Old memories come up, feels nice. But still there was something missing......yes..... the snow, last 2 diwalis have been back in Houghton on a Large no make that Grand scale, with about 200 ppl coming together, eating stuff, enjoying dances and stuff. Man Why do we miss something once we are out of it? Is that the nature of things? To first hate the situation you are in, then miss it, miss it so badly that youd actually want to get back into that situation? Gvl was fun, and its once place Id love to be in .... if given a chance ever...

On a different note, SM is back home, that means call frequency drops, things go different. But thats fine, its just a matter of 2 months starting from tomorrow....before life takes a different turn. :)

This weekend someone reminded I dished out a lot of fundae about Life to any junta in and around a 2 mtr radius... Yeah .. well its always fun preaching ... its a challenge living the life you preach. Life is a full of surprises. I hate it that even now I m not all that independent and some aspects of my life are still controlled by others, and by fate. I hate it that I have to answer for things that look like a clear outline of MY responsibilities when in a complex circle it is actually still dependent on other factors.

Well Diwali was here and has gone by, but it brings hope, respect, love, joy, food and most of it all, its one season where every ends up being happy.

I love being Happy, and wish everyone is happy.

Tanha

Was cleaning my pc today and came across this song. I dont remember the music group Im thinking its Fuzon. Personally I think this is a beautiful song.

jaisey hoti hai suraj ki raatein kurbaan
hai yeh zindagi teri aakhon ke naam

Simple Man - Shinedown

Mama told me when I was young
Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say.
And if you do this
It will help you some sunny day.

Take your time... Don't live too fast,
Troubles will come and they will pass.
Go find a woman and you'll find love,
And don't forget son,
There is someone up above.

And be a simple kind of man.
Be something you love and understand.
Be a simple kind of man.
Won't you do this for me son,
If you can?

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need is in your soul,
And you can do this if you try.
All that I want for you my son,
Is to be satisfied.

Boy, don't you worry... you'll find yourself.
Follow you heart and nothing else.
And you can do this if you try.
All I want for you my son,
Is to be satisfied.


Get to hear this song very oftenly on 105.3 or 96.1, Been listening to radio these days, Speakers in the Car dont work. I just love this song. More on it later. Time to sleep

Lukkha, Vella

(n)
It means a person with loads of time in hand and nothing to do.

At one time during my graduation, the thesis confusion would so engross me that I was almost literally lukkha. This is the result of being lukkha: Prerna

Before this long time back about 5 years back, two girls thought I was lukkha. One got a pat reply that could fail her conscience in judging people the rest of the life, the other ... well shes soon going to be spending the rest of her life with me :)

In short, Beware of Lukkhas. They sometimes stick to u for ever.

the painting ...

aha

So I had not posted for a long time. Dunno Why.
Just didnt get the time to blog, didnt feel like writing anything, so on and so on.

Of late I got a speeding ticket, my first, stupid pandu gave me 2 points :((.
Also saw Munnabhai lageraho. its a nice flick. worth a watch. mebbe 2. Arshad Warsi is hilarious. Bhai radio pe shirt thodi dikhaayi degi.

So far on an intellectual level nothing. nada... oh yea ....learning spanish.

Been learning spanish as thats the only language of the people at work. So I get to know their language and try to use it on my own. Pratish my colleague has decided to learn spanish too. He believes he already knows spanish. heres him saying "did you understand?" in spanish "understandO?". a simple O behind every word makes it spanish instantly according to him.

I need a haricut. a coffee. some breakfast. and a nice good morning hug n kiss. unfortunately my roommate can drive me to barbers, make a coffee and a breakfast. but he doesnt qualify for the hug n kiss.