Archive for February, 2008

Travelogues 1

February 17, 2008

Feb 14th.
12:20 PM, Birmingham, AL.
My name was announced twice at the airport. Looks like I was the only passenger who had to board the plane. I was there 2 hrs early at the airport and smart alec made me take 1.5 lb out of one suitcase and 2 lb out of another or pay 100$ [...]

How ctrl, CONTROLS my life.

February 13, 2008

Ever morning, I must press ctrl+alt+del to begin working (checking my emails, blog favorites and news included), once I begin coding, for every 2 lines of code, I use ctrl+c and ctrl+v at least two times. On a good amount of websites, I use ctrl+click to open a link in a new window, I hold [...]

Nostalgia revisited

February 12, 2008

So while I was planning my trip and trying to organize it myself by depending on the online booking feature of Indian Railways, which I kind of felt would definitely have something for internet users planning their schedule. I googled for Indian railways, and found www.indianrail.gov.in , for sure not a familiar site. But after [...]

Jab we met

February 10, 2008

Kareena kapoor can actually, ACTUALLY act.
Finally, after years. I’m so happy, now. And what a movie. Not a story unheard of, for sure. But simple and beautiful.

I know, I know, it’s kinda late to talk about this movie. Still, Kareena CAN act.  I’m really surprised.

Home is, where the heart is.

February 8, 2008

Not so long ago, I used to wake up to the sounds of M.S. Subbu Lakshmi’s Venkateswara Suprabatham or M.S.Rama Rao’s Sundarakandamu running on a Phillips stereo which was strategically placed in MY bedroom to wake me up by the time my parents were ready to get to their work. I finally had a complete, [...]

psst-shout 2

February 5, 2008

Psst is a whisper as soft as a flower petal falling on earth, shout is anything from a warning to a sudden catastrophic news, be prepared, go on, show your mimicry skills by whispering and shouting the text below alternatively.

psst: The bible freaking said, be ye AS little children.
Shout: Don’t freaking BE little children.

Psst: [...]