I hav realized one thing....
If i tend to write mails i am able to word things better.....
so these are a compilation of all the mails i have sent across to my friends and collegues :)
in between i will also be writing in normal blog format also.....
Friday, June 02, 2006
Thursday, April 20, 2006
A Haatke weekend :)
From: Tina Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006
Subject: A Haatke weekend :)
The players :)
Guys : Vinayak,Prashant,Suraj,Vinay,Dipu,Vijay,-----Manoj,Santosh(Partly)
Gals : Minal,Shri, Hema and me.
As days go close of parting hues….
We try to do give everyone their dues….
In such a way that we are left with more number of things to be done together than the time which we have to spend together….
I guess that is what happened this weekend….
Ever notice that when u are conscious of the fact that u want to closely keep the time with you in wrap of ur hand it is like sand in closed fist….it spills out….
And when u pass thru time breezily … like holding sand in ur open palms …it stays intact…..
Too much of philosophy :)
With the public in hyd decidedly getting smaller and smaller each weekend is spent in trying to keep the time spend together to cherish memories when all this will not be possible….
This weekend was haatke in that respect…..it was as though tried to compress a couple or more weekends together…. :):)
It all started (as always in hyd) in the afternoon ;)…….
Dipu had cum back to hyd for his first visit as friend to hyd frm pune…..
I guess he came early by the morning bus and the brunt of his arrival was faced by his roomies I suppose (who were up late the night before )
As usual it was decided that we will meet for lunch…..
Where as usual inspite of all the precautions girls party reached just in time (according to them ) and way after time(according to guys )
Had dhaba type khaana in the spl AC room of the restaurant coz I guess the general restaurant was full with a bunch of people who were constantly chattering away to glory :)
In order to be heard above them we moved to the AC part of the restaurant where I guess the AC was just a blower…..
In the amazing Hyd heat (abhi toh humidity bhi aa gayee hain :( ) we all had more water than food I guess (reminded of the pre acclimatized to Chennai days )
Then uske baad kya…. Waiting for Santosh and minal to join us… par itna timepass karenge kaha….
Toh chalo movie ….the movie in pipeline was 3.45 kiii banaras in skyline….toh zip zap zoomed to Benaras (in rick ok )
In theatre not much of a crowd.. thought kii maybe there will be no tickets…
The ladies(shri,hema and me) went forward and took the tkts …gr8 for us that tkts were available…..
Proceeded to balcony of Sterling ….
No numbers in tkt so proceeded to seat ourselves accordingly …..
Placed ourselves in front of blower as it was better than the non existent AC :)
A lot of rap or rock was being played in background then we were as usual waiting for trailers
:(:( unfortunately none came… not even RS Brothers(Saree waala Telegu ad) ..directly movie….
Came to know that the most famous crooner himesh reshmaniya is the music director of the movie….. I was bracing myself for the torturous music
When Vinayak and others in his memory crooned ooooohnnnnnnn ohnnnnnnnnn khajooorrrr ……
This was followed by guys looking at the tri ladies (one with kid) who were placed further below us…:) and also manoj and vinayak ka running between the seats….not for them baba… aise hiii
The movie was followed without a hitch with most of us getting a headache by the interval… after interval was fairly decent and gratefully all the songs were sung by sonu except for one by all of our fav crooner :) (bkground mein tha) for which manoj and I were debating what is the case.
Phir ghar gayein then thought we will meet all in EAT street… Humare ghar chai peeke we went ahead or rather first guys went ahead to EAT STREET and then girls came behind as usual LATE according to guys but actually we were stuck in horrible traffic
After a customary argument with rickshaw waaala on the fare we reached EAT STREET where Sania mania was gng on ..there was a sort of karoke gng on where most of the singers were playing nasal tribute to the fav music director I guess…..
We then sang for vinay assuming that it is his birthday(which was not the case) so loudly that it attracted the host and she announced loudly to wish Vinay for his birthday …:) we all joined in by singing loudly Happy Birthday with the person who was singing on mike….
Had reminiscent talks in the lawn next to eat street…after which the talks continued in the boys ka ghar with parcels of food :) deadly hungry by then ….
Following which we all went home and grabbed a few hours ka sleep…..(really few hours :( )
Sunday dawned by afternoon…… :)
We got together for having food at gujrati cum rajasthani cum maharashtra mandal where we were joined by inbatch satyam couple :)
Yes u guessed it right the OZEs :) gr8 to see them after a long time…..after that wanted to go bowling but the place near clock tower was under renovation
Thought instead of roaming in hot sun we will just go to the boys house and atleast see sum movie and drink cold water (unke paas fridge hain )
By then vinay found out that ameerpet one is open so remaining people zoomed into ameerpet (bikes ke itne hii log ho gayein hain)..
Played bowling and had lot of fun esp coz when wanted the ball used to go by the sides without displacing a single bowling pin LL
Winners of the evening were Vinay and Vinayak ……
Finished the bowling and which was followed by trying a few remaining games while prashant and I went for sania mania T shirts which unfortunately after a long wait at lifestyle where we browsed cds ,cassette, clothes and discussed the pricing of iPods and mobiles…. No sania mania Tshits :(:(
Finally each of us went home so that we would reach near Yatri Niwas for Dipu’s Bus to Pune….
After which we planned of gng to Hi Tech for Santosh’s famed Malaysian Penang Soup at Wang’s Kitchen…Santosh ke gaon ka restaurant…. :)
The girls finally reached Yatri Niwas just in time with a minor heart attack that the Dipu’s bus had left as just before reaching an APSRTC bus had left…..
Gr8 that it had not left till then ..after all the bye byes Dipu ‘s bus finally took off….
When we thought that we are anyways gng to hi tech toh might as well go with the bus….
So all of us …zoomed with the bikes as if Dipu’s bus was the ministers car and we were the convoy :)
Finally bade him good bye and proceeded to the drive to Hi tech with a couple of film songs thrown in (without music though). Tried to remember a few but saarein words nahi yaad aayein
The drive was really good when finally we zoomed in to The restaurant…...
Sab bol rahein thee kii waha hain restaurant and I am like upper kahi board to nahi dikh raha hain phir dekha toh basement mein thaa :)
Santosh had already made reservations for us … but minal and I went and asked the person there for a place for 10 ppl and he was at loss to se that how we cud be accomadated esp when many places there were placards of Reserved…. Then Santosh with his late entry style came up and told that person there is a reservation of Santosh Satyam :):) making our popat esp with that guy telling I had asked u all earlier…..
The food was gr8 and we all njoiied it (courtesy Santosh) and even Prashant was happy with his American Cho suey :) (that’s a major achievement J…hai naa praashant)
Then it was decided kii either critically acclaimed CRASH movie or drive in Hitech as there were 5 bikes….
Went for the CRASH though…and again all of us zoomed to PVR where minal and I dashed for tkts but our hopes of seeing CRASH crashed as all the tkts were sold out….:(
But no probs Njoiied the drive frm hitech to PVR in under 10-15 mins…..
And amazingly our weekend came to a close……
It was a different weekend with many of us actually knowing abt others and their perceptions…
And we will cherish the weekend for not just the bike rides but also for a lot of interactions we all had….
Also were missed the 3 ppl in hyd who cud not have made it because of the total unpredicatability…… (mr and mrs oze and pankaj)
For all the sentimental fool I am … here was the gist of the weekend to pass sum magic(hypothetically) we all felt … so that you all cud all partake in it :)
For all the nawabi tehzeeb we have here in hyd….wht we did this weekend was nothing extra ordinary but very plain just I guess maybe emphasized by the fact that there very few of us remaining….
Hope u all njoied the long Gist :)
Keep mailing
Tina :)
P.S : All the feelings and imagery is mine alone …take it with a pinch of salt….. :)
Subject: A Haatke weekend :)
The players :)
Guys : Vinayak,Prashant,Suraj,Vinay,Dipu,Vijay,-----Manoj,Santosh(Partly)
Gals : Minal,Shri, Hema and me.
As days go close of parting hues….
We try to do give everyone their dues….
In such a way that we are left with more number of things to be done together than the time which we have to spend together….
I guess that is what happened this weekend….
Ever notice that when u are conscious of the fact that u want to closely keep the time with you in wrap of ur hand it is like sand in closed fist….it spills out….
And when u pass thru time breezily … like holding sand in ur open palms …it stays intact…..
Too much of philosophy :)
With the public in hyd decidedly getting smaller and smaller each weekend is spent in trying to keep the time spend together to cherish memories when all this will not be possible….
This weekend was haatke in that respect…..it was as though tried to compress a couple or more weekends together…. :):)
It all started (as always in hyd) in the afternoon ;)…….
Dipu had cum back to hyd for his first visit as friend to hyd frm pune…..
I guess he came early by the morning bus and the brunt of his arrival was faced by his roomies I suppose (who were up late the night before )
As usual it was decided that we will meet for lunch…..
Where as usual inspite of all the precautions girls party reached just in time (according to them ) and way after time(according to guys )
Had dhaba type khaana in the spl AC room of the restaurant coz I guess the general restaurant was full with a bunch of people who were constantly chattering away to glory :)
In order to be heard above them we moved to the AC part of the restaurant where I guess the AC was just a blower…..
In the amazing Hyd heat (abhi toh humidity bhi aa gayee hain :( ) we all had more water than food I guess (reminded of the pre acclimatized to Chennai days )
Then uske baad kya…. Waiting for Santosh and minal to join us… par itna timepass karenge kaha….
Toh chalo movie ….the movie in pipeline was 3.45 kiii banaras in skyline….toh zip zap zoomed to Benaras (in rick ok )
In theatre not much of a crowd.. thought kii maybe there will be no tickets…
The ladies(shri,hema and me) went forward and took the tkts …gr8 for us that tkts were available…..
Proceeded to balcony of Sterling ….
No numbers in tkt so proceeded to seat ourselves accordingly …..
Placed ourselves in front of blower as it was better than the non existent AC :)
A lot of rap or rock was being played in background then we were as usual waiting for trailers
:(:( unfortunately none came… not even RS Brothers(Saree waala Telegu ad) ..directly movie….
Came to know that the most famous crooner himesh reshmaniya is the music director of the movie….. I was bracing myself for the torturous music
When Vinayak and others in his memory crooned ooooohnnnnnnn ohnnnnnnnnn khajooorrrr ……
This was followed by guys looking at the tri ladies (one with kid) who were placed further below us…:) and also manoj and vinayak ka running between the seats….not for them baba… aise hiii
The movie was followed without a hitch with most of us getting a headache by the interval… after interval was fairly decent and gratefully all the songs were sung by sonu except for one by all of our fav crooner :) (bkground mein tha) for which manoj and I were debating what is the case.
Phir ghar gayein then thought we will meet all in EAT street… Humare ghar chai peeke we went ahead or rather first guys went ahead to EAT STREET and then girls came behind as usual LATE according to guys but actually we were stuck in horrible traffic
After a customary argument with rickshaw waaala on the fare we reached EAT STREET where Sania mania was gng on ..there was a sort of karoke gng on where most of the singers were playing nasal tribute to the fav music director I guess…..
We then sang for vinay assuming that it is his birthday(which was not the case) so loudly that it attracted the host and she announced loudly to wish Vinay for his birthday …:) we all joined in by singing loudly Happy Birthday with the person who was singing on mike….
Had reminiscent talks in the lawn next to eat street…after which the talks continued in the boys ka ghar with parcels of food :) deadly hungry by then ….
Following which we all went home and grabbed a few hours ka sleep…..(really few hours :( )
Sunday dawned by afternoon…… :)
We got together for having food at gujrati cum rajasthani cum maharashtra mandal where we were joined by inbatch satyam couple :)
Yes u guessed it right the OZEs :) gr8 to see them after a long time…..after that wanted to go bowling but the place near clock tower was under renovation
Thought instead of roaming in hot sun we will just go to the boys house and atleast see sum movie and drink cold water (unke paas fridge hain )
By then vinay found out that ameerpet one is open so remaining people zoomed into ameerpet (bikes ke itne hii log ho gayein hain)..
Played bowling and had lot of fun esp coz when wanted the ball used to go by the sides without displacing a single bowling pin LL
Winners of the evening were Vinay and Vinayak ……
Finished the bowling and which was followed by trying a few remaining games while prashant and I went for sania mania T shirts which unfortunately after a long wait at lifestyle where we browsed cds ,cassette, clothes and discussed the pricing of iPods and mobiles…. No sania mania Tshits :(:(
Finally each of us went home so that we would reach near Yatri Niwas for Dipu’s Bus to Pune….
After which we planned of gng to Hi Tech for Santosh’s famed Malaysian Penang Soup at Wang’s Kitchen…Santosh ke gaon ka restaurant…. :)
The girls finally reached Yatri Niwas just in time with a minor heart attack that the Dipu’s bus had left as just before reaching an APSRTC bus had left…..
Gr8 that it had not left till then ..after all the bye byes Dipu ‘s bus finally took off….
When we thought that we are anyways gng to hi tech toh might as well go with the bus….
So all of us …zoomed with the bikes as if Dipu’s bus was the ministers car and we were the convoy :)
Finally bade him good bye and proceeded to the drive to Hi tech with a couple of film songs thrown in (without music though). Tried to remember a few but saarein words nahi yaad aayein
The drive was really good when finally we zoomed in to The restaurant…...
Sab bol rahein thee kii waha hain restaurant and I am like upper kahi board to nahi dikh raha hain phir dekha toh basement mein thaa :)
Santosh had already made reservations for us … but minal and I went and asked the person there for a place for 10 ppl and he was at loss to se that how we cud be accomadated esp when many places there were placards of Reserved…. Then Santosh with his late entry style came up and told that person there is a reservation of Santosh Satyam :):) making our popat esp with that guy telling I had asked u all earlier…..
The food was gr8 and we all njoiied it (courtesy Santosh) and even Prashant was happy with his American Cho suey :) (that’s a major achievement J…hai naa praashant)
Then it was decided kii either critically acclaimed CRASH movie or drive in Hitech as there were 5 bikes….
Went for the CRASH though…and again all of us zoomed to PVR where minal and I dashed for tkts but our hopes of seeing CRASH crashed as all the tkts were sold out….:(
But no probs Njoiied the drive frm hitech to PVR in under 10-15 mins…..
And amazingly our weekend came to a close……
It was a different weekend with many of us actually knowing abt others and their perceptions…
And we will cherish the weekend for not just the bike rides but also for a lot of interactions we all had….
Also were missed the 3 ppl in hyd who cud not have made it because of the total unpredicatability…… (mr and mrs oze and pankaj)
For all the sentimental fool I am … here was the gist of the weekend to pass sum magic(hypothetically) we all felt … so that you all cud all partake in it :)
For all the nawabi tehzeeb we have here in hyd….wht we did this weekend was nothing extra ordinary but very plain just I guess maybe emphasized by the fact that there very few of us remaining….
Hope u all njoied the long Gist :)
Keep mailing
Tina :)
P.S : All the feelings and imagery is mine alone …take it with a pinch of salt….. :)
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Amazing...frustration at its peak....
How more can frustration get……………
How is it that that word combines a lot of what we feel
At present I am feeling pretty lousy so I guess that is being seen in the prose…..
I guess no … no … I am sure we are foolish or rather I am definitely foolish…….
.
.
.
.
..
.
Still no clue eh ….. ?
;
;
;
;
;
J
I am feeling pretty lousy but yet I can smile wryly though
Why did we come packaged with the thought that we should work efficiently
Work in such a way so as to motivate ourselves …
Work to sum way satisfy the craving (if at all) we have for work……
Be dependable...
Be unbiased in terms of work…
Grab the work in such a way as though we have never worked earlier…..
Work with no motivation ….
Work with absolutely no way to do justice
Work that just zappps urself…..
It is that or the fact that I am foolish…..
Why is it ingrained that we should work for our satisfaction not for showing others?
Why is it ingrained that we should be foolish to work in this way that we get satisfaction though not the money?
My vocabulary is falling short I guess…..
I want the frustration to create a literary master piece and nonsense it is as terrible as ever…..
Feel even worse at having spoken my mind to sumone.
Feel frustrated yaar….. and I guess wonder why did I ever start wrking first place….
I should have stayed at home….
Gone to sum call center (our timings are like that only)
Still the same ingrained feeling that you did engineering to go there????
Why why ???
Or gr8 should have gone into Home Science or sumthing….
Atleast I would be good with belan…..
Or better should have studied till 12th only….
Would have got some work to do with hands that could do justice to the ingrained notions above….
Should have started sum gardening or pottery or sumthing….
Best should have done sum sewing or knitting
Gr8 amazing way to work…..
I guess I am really irritated that the thoughts i had never thought are just coming…..
I think I should seriously contemplate on the above……
Not too late I guess…….
Just wasted 2 years in Junior college and another 4 years in Engg… and greater part of two years working with all the motivation that now I have just none.
Absolutely great way to spend wallowing in Frustration at the start of the week…..
AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZING
Hehehhehehehehe ( imagine ZEE HORROR SHOW laugh )
How is it that that word combines a lot of what we feel
At present I am feeling pretty lousy so I guess that is being seen in the prose…..
I guess no … no … I am sure we are foolish or rather I am definitely foolish…….
.
.
.
.
..
.
Still no clue eh ….. ?
;
;
;
;
;
J
I am feeling pretty lousy but yet I can smile wryly though
Why did we come packaged with the thought that we should work efficiently
Work in such a way so as to motivate ourselves …
Work to sum way satisfy the craving (if at all) we have for work……
Be dependable...
Be unbiased in terms of work…
Grab the work in such a way as though we have never worked earlier…..
Work with no motivation ….
Work with absolutely no way to do justice
Work that just zappps urself…..
It is that or the fact that I am foolish…..
Why is it ingrained that we should work for our satisfaction not for showing others?
Why is it ingrained that we should be foolish to work in this way that we get satisfaction though not the money?
My vocabulary is falling short I guess…..
I want the frustration to create a literary master piece and nonsense it is as terrible as ever…..
Feel even worse at having spoken my mind to sumone.
Feel frustrated yaar….. and I guess wonder why did I ever start wrking first place….
I should have stayed at home….
Gone to sum call center (our timings are like that only)
Still the same ingrained feeling that you did engineering to go there????
Why why ???
Or gr8 should have gone into Home Science or sumthing….
Atleast I would be good with belan…..
Or better should have studied till 12th only….
Would have got some work to do with hands that could do justice to the ingrained notions above….
Should have started sum gardening or pottery or sumthing….
Best should have done sum sewing or knitting
Gr8 amazing way to work…..
I guess I am really irritated that the thoughts i had never thought are just coming…..
I think I should seriously contemplate on the above……
Not too late I guess…….
Just wasted 2 years in Junior college and another 4 years in Engg… and greater part of two years working with all the motivation that now I have just none.
Absolutely great way to spend wallowing in Frustration at the start of the week…..
AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZING
Hehehhehehehehe ( imagine ZEE HORROR SHOW laugh )
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Penning the ideas
how is it that when ur not in front of ur comp or having a pen by ur side that u can think of a lot of thoughts and feelings....
the ideas just flow past u....
And when u do sit down to write it is like a blank slate....
Can't fill in inspite of the fact that at times one is brimming with a lot of ideas.....
sumtimes though like an anticlimax when ur typing .... u have so many ideas that typing seems real slow.....
Also ever notice that sumtimes with just a few words one can correctly get the whole picture in mind ...
and sumtimes no matter how much u write u cannot grab the essence at all.
the ideas just flow past u....
And when u do sit down to write it is like a blank slate....
Can't fill in inspite of the fact that at times one is brimming with a lot of ideas.....
sumtimes though like an anticlimax when ur typing .... u have so many ideas that typing seems real slow.....
Also ever notice that sumtimes with just a few words one can correctly get the whole picture in mind ...
and sumtimes no matter how much u write u cannot grab the essence at all.
Am i an owl or what......
The most common misconception is of wrking late is that one is wrking for a Call Center or a BPO. When after a long and hectic :) day(or rather evening ) in front of the comp, sumtimes late nights when some client call is scheduled at ungodly time..... I send out my Good Morning Mails..... to all my friends and collegues..
Of course not to show that i am working late...but it is just that i like the idea of ppl cuming and reading my mail first...
Technically at 2 or 3 a.m it is right time to say 'Good Morning' but it is too dark outside to feel so though....
Most of my friends have now got an impression that i am after all working for some Call Center (though I am in a pure development proj) Handling calls at night.. Now that ... you see I am handling client calls at that time but time and again it is for some code pushing to production or sumthing like that.....
And I am not working for a call center....(though development teams seldom do wait late)
But then i do stay late hours.... i used to never late nights even to study for any exams or tests....
The only time i remember doing night out was to watch sum movie which was scheduled by our good old DD(national TV channel) at ungodly hour....
There was a time and project when i used to (still do) like working mornings... basically am an early morning person... think that most of the productive work happens in the mornings when one i fresh...
Now I guess focus is on just getting sum work done work late....
My team mates blasting music at one corner... Another team discussing the happenings in their project.... (sum are like me working late and sum are not like me and working for prod support 24*7)
Most of us have seen offices by morning.. but here too at night sumtimes ppl working under the artificial white lights give the impression that ppl are wrking in the late evening... it is only when u glance at the time that u realize that 'ohh it is after midnight' .....
'Early to bed early to rise, Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise'....
who knows whether framing this as
Late to bed, Late to rise, Makes a man unhealthy, maybe wealthy and sleepy
Makes more sense for all the night owls.....
Most of the working late is because of co-ordinating with the onsite and that could be anywhere on the face of the earth....
In the H.G.Wells book, Time is described as the fourth dimension...Hope this dimension does not add up and we wud be co-ordinating sumwhere with space too.....
But sumtimes it is fun to wrk late... it is kind of relaxing and offbeat......
Sumtimes it brings out the passion in getting the work done .....
Though i don't think it is enjoyable and healthy in the long term....
But till it lasts..... Lets njoii being a night owl......... :)
Cheerio,
The Night owl(only on weekdays)
Of course not to show that i am working late...but it is just that i like the idea of ppl cuming and reading my mail first...
Technically at 2 or 3 a.m it is right time to say 'Good Morning' but it is too dark outside to feel so though....
Most of my friends have now got an impression that i am after all working for some Call Center (though I am in a pure development proj) Handling calls at night.. Now that ... you see I am handling client calls at that time but time and again it is for some code pushing to production or sumthing like that.....
And I am not working for a call center....(though development teams seldom do wait late)
But then i do stay late hours.... i used to never late nights even to study for any exams or tests....
The only time i remember doing night out was to watch sum movie which was scheduled by our good old DD(national TV channel) at ungodly hour....
There was a time and project when i used to (still do) like working mornings... basically am an early morning person... think that most of the productive work happens in the mornings when one i fresh...
Now I guess focus is on just getting sum work done work late....
My team mates blasting music at one corner... Another team discussing the happenings in their project.... (sum are like me working late and sum are not like me and working for prod support 24*7)
Most of us have seen offices by morning.. but here too at night sumtimes ppl working under the artificial white lights give the impression that ppl are wrking in the late evening... it is only when u glance at the time that u realize that 'ohh it is after midnight' .....
'Early to bed early to rise, Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise'....
who knows whether framing this as
Late to bed, Late to rise, Makes a man unhealthy, maybe wealthy and sleepy
Makes more sense for all the night owls.....
Most of the working late is because of co-ordinating with the onsite and that could be anywhere on the face of the earth....
In the H.G.Wells book, Time is described as the fourth dimension...Hope this dimension does not add up and we wud be co-ordinating sumwhere with space too.....
But sumtimes it is fun to wrk late... it is kind of relaxing and offbeat......
Sumtimes it brings out the passion in getting the work done .....
Though i don't think it is enjoyable and healthy in the long term....
But till it lasts..... Lets njoii being a night owl......... :)
Cheerio,
The Night owl(only on weekdays)
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