For a few months now, I have this weird shift timings... 3 AM to 12 PM!
I would call that a early morning shift, not a graveyard one (being optimistic ).
For months together it was damn boring. With just me and Tem in the office, we couldn't even make use of the downtime to catch up with a game of Halo .
Now that the Empeeror comes to work in the morning, we spend a few hours together. Rides to the tea-shop outside the gate of EGL is becoming a routine.
As always, the tea-shop is the best place to meet buddies who work in other offices!
Chaayakada rocks!!!
At the tea shop
Merry Christmas!
I had to visit my home-town, and was gone for a few days. Ask why? Haha, that's what's my next post is gonna be all about!
Hey, howz my new template?
This one quite impressed me. Simple yet attractive, that is what I felt. I thought of giving my blog a new look, on new year! Oh yeah, and a new title and name, "Chaayakada" ! -the Tea shop - a place were mallus love hang around. They can gossip, rave and rant, discuss international politics or household affairs and what not, all over a cup of tea and pazham pori!
http://chaayakada.blogspot.com/
-----------that would be the new URL for this blog(in a few weeks).
Well, that goes with the kinda talk I do on this blog :) , what do you feel?
Cucek-ians from the 2004 IT batch wouldn't forget our MSN Chat room, Kelappan's Chaayakada.
The template, I got this one from http://www.oinam.com/ . They call it the KISS template.
Their version of KISS for blogger had some bugs and didn't go quite well with my blog layout, hence had to modify it. I had to fix a few tags, and added some scripts and modified the CSS.
I would appreciate, if you could scribble a comment and let me know how this one looks.
My version of the code is available, click here.
Merry Christmas to all you folks out there!
Pic courtesy : Deviant Art
This one made me proud
| You Are a Pundit Blogger! |
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I am a Pundit Blogger!
Here comes the next one...
| You Are 27% Selfish |
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So I am selfish
More...
| You Are 24% Abnormal |
You are at medium risk for being a psychopath. It is somewhat likely that you have no soul. You are at low risk for having a borderline personality. It is unlikely that you are a chaotic mess. You are at low risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is unlikely that you are in love with your own reflection. You are at low risk for having a social phobia. It is unlikely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement. You are at medium risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is somewhat likely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.
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Ah! I'm kinda mentally stable, uh?
Next...
| You Are 77% Grown Up, 23% Kid |
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The Kid in me wants something
Another one that made me proud
| You Are a Dare Devil |
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Ah! Kinda interesting...
I think I should tag someone.
Let me invite Subhadip and Palas.
How to do this tag?
Simple, follow these links, do the tests and copy paste the code generated into ye post!
1) What Kind of Blogger Are You?
2) How Selfish Are You?
3) How Abnormal Are You?
4) How Emotionally Mature Are You?
5) How Daring Are You?
At last!
People said she was tough, and that she was the best. Somewhere in my mind I got this feeling, I wanted to know her. As I grew up, that feeling got buried somewhere in my mind, I never got to meet her, lack of oppurtunity and I was too busy with other things.
Now I have grown up, i was reluctant, but I wanted to give a try. "Am I ready" was the question that lurked in my mind. I told myself I am ready...I should be, com'on I am a grown up and a comp tech, I would be able to tackle any unpleasant situation that might arise. I wanted to give it a try.
It took me 5 months to arrange a rendevous. When I started, I had no hope that I would make it to her...i had to face a lotta hurdles!
Eventually it happened... I got a email briefing me on the date, time and venue.
06/11/2006...I started early from my home, I didnt want to be late...it was gonna be a new day, a new begining, and I had made up my mind : if she turns out to be interesting, she is gonna be with me for long! The traffic was heavy, as anticipated and I was late. My heart pounding hard as I neared the venue. I opened the door, and there... She was in all her glory, I loved her at the first sight. I found myself whispering "Been waiting for this day babe"
A couple of days went by and I got to know more about her. I was starting to like her. She wasn't that tough..."Oh babe!"
Wednesday... I thought I should sit next to her, it might help me get to know her more. I dont know if I was lucky, but this was going to be a rather eventful day.
About 2 hrs later, i realised we were alone. I moved closer....my heart was beating faster... I found she her top wasn't fastened... I was feeling lucky! i looked around... and undressed her! I loved what I saw... I was enjoying every bit of it.. beautiful, awsome! I was left dumbstruck... did not utter a word...
Did I stay away for years...to like her like hell ?
I regained my senses after a while, brought out my cell and clicked a few snaps!
I didn't know where to start clicking...i could not find the processor, all I could see were arrays of boards and cables. But I did make out a few parts. AIX! Unix for the RS/6000 machines...IBM eServer...the architecture... extremely beautiful, atleast I felt so!
My Geek Code!
http://www.joereiss.net/geek/geek.html
And yo! here is my geek code:
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GCS/E/IT/MU d-@>++ s+: a-- C++$>++++ UAC++(+++)$>++++ P@>$ L@>+++++ E W+++(+++)$>+++ N o K---(---)? w++++$>+++++ !O(----)@ !M-- !V-- PS+(++)@>+++ PE@>+++ Y@ PGP+>+++ !t@ !5 X+(++)$>++++ R@* tv b(++)>++++ DI++++ D++(++)>+++ !G e++(++++)>+++++ h(+)>++$ r++(+)> y+**
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
Hello Aara?
As usual, the four of us sat for a round of Twenty-Eight after dinner.
Umach and Sasi vs Kannan n me. The opposition was in full form...u can c Unmach wearing a make-shift kunukku(earings for the loser)
The stars didn't seem to favour Unmach, as the game proceeded the number of kunnuks increased. Like the song bird awaiting the rains, Unmach sat there trying hard to win a game n remove atleast one of the umpteen kunnuks. While we were preparing to crown Macho (as a rule, we crown the loser after a number of kunnuks)there comes an SMS from Aswin :"whose number is 09388338388. She called me and asked your fone# i didnt give it.
I told her that I will ask you to call her. "
Aswin is in Hyd, he calls us once in a while, but never smses. With national sms@ Rs.2 and A2A std calls @ Re.1, he prefers a call over sms. So, this sms did make me feel uneasy.
I called him up,
" Dey, wutz dis sms all abt? "
" Da, a gal had called, talked in typical trissur accent, asked for you. "
" And? "
" I told her, u are in b'lore but she wudnt listen, she says someone told her that you wer wid me. Orupadu paranju noki(tried to convince her), but she wudnt litsen. Then I told her I would ask you to call her. I didnt give your number. Neways try calling, aru anennu ariyallo (we cud kno who that is). "
My uneasiness doubled.
"Da Sasi, wat to do"
"Try calling da, wats in it?"
"Ennalum, ee rathri evidunnu vilikana, mobilil ninnu vilikenda" (But, its too late to go out n call, dont call from our mobile)
"OK, let me try, wats the number"
"093...."
"Haa, that's a prank, I have seen that number before"
Well, I won't spoil the fun of that by writing the whole script here. Haha! u need to call that number...its funny.
Ah! Now since this was a prank, I thought of fooling other friends as well (how could I resist that feeling, )
I knew Aswin would have forwarded this sms to many of our friends, so I had to choose intelligently. I picked Philin, Vargheese and Dinu. The responses were terrific!
We didn't get a response until 10PM. At 10, Vargheese calls, seeing his name flash on my fone, i couldn't control my laughter, so Sasi had to pick the call. Sasi puts the fone on loud speaker...
" Hello enthada?"
"Vimal chettai enthiye?"
"He is in the washroom, wassup?"
"Eda Sasi, did he talk about a call for me?"
"Ah! A gal had called, Vareesutti inda, enna chodiche, I guess she is from Trissur"
"Eda thats a big racket, my friend also gave me that number, he says thats of a pro"
"Poda, its nuffin of dat sort"
"Allada I 'm serious, He said dat gurl wud reply to watever u ask? Well, did u guys give her my number"
"Hey, dont be scared, Vimal has handled it well, she asked if you weren't around, He said you are not in Bangalore. She was very stuborn and said we are liers. He convinced her that he would get you to call back."
"Eda, dont give any details, I am sure they wanna trap us."
"Why dont you try to find out who that is, dont be scared da"
"Hey, dont be silly, I dont wanna get into trouble, it'll be a big disgrace if d police finds out"
*Everyone is Giggling, I rush out of the room unable to control my laughter *
"Ok, call from Ernakulam"
"Ok, tomorrow morning I'll call. If possible ask Vimal chettai to call me" *Click*
*All four of us are rolling on the floor laughing *
10 minutes later, Dinesh calls :
"Edo I called that number twice, I was shocked. That gurl's voice is amazing! hahaha! I took sometime to realize that was a prank"
@ 11 , An anxious ASN calls... Again Sasi picks the fone, on loud speaker.
"Eda wers Vimal"
"Sleeping" *Giggles*
"Da I had sent him an sms about a fone call, did he find out who that was"
"No, he was told us he wud call tomorrow"
We didn' want Aswin to sleep in peace either. Hehehe
Next day,
Philin : "Eda, ithentha sambhavam...I am going crazy, who the hell is she?"
Poor fella, I releaved the truth! veruthe adi vangenda ennu karuthi!
Suj had called ASN thrice about this sms, the first time he called was to ask wut this sms was abt, ASN told him the same story, "aa trissur kari penne".
The second time Suj called, was to tell him that he was confused.
"Eda, who is this, she is not giving any clues, i asked if she is Reshma or Karthika, etc. I cant make out the sound, she disconnected telling me to call her wen I find out who she is"
"Da, dont worry you try again, u myt get some clue"
Suj called a third time, he was still confused, he was tensed and shivering.
"Hey, she disconnected again and the same dialogue. wtf, who is she"
Again Aswin's re-assuring tone, "Eda she myt be trying to fool you. Call her once more and shout at her"
I am sure Suj tried a forth time. As soon as Aswin disconnected, we got an sms from Suj...
"whose number is 09388338388. She called me and asked your fone# i didnt give it. I told her that I will ask you to call her. "
Vimal Returns!
I was in God's own country for 9 days! There is a lot to write.
These 9 days away from work has made be a lazy bum
Honestly, its not about the mood, its just that I partied whole night yesterday and through the morning today, now feeling tired, and my poisoned muscles can't seem to lift these lazy bones.
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