Author: Roshan
Notes For 26th Nov
- I am reminded of the fact that I have been quite busy these last couple of weeks with not much time for leisure. I took care of that by having an extra day, today, off to do other stuff.
- I had gone out on Sunday for coffee at CCD & then for lunch & drinks at Oberois. Somehow it seemed so different this time and I was a bit disappointed with the taste of my coffee and the food.
- I also bought a copy of the excellent movie My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci & Marisa Tomei. I will post an entry about this movie later. I have seen it a dozen times before but it is a special one for me.
- Met up with some people for catching up on old times. And oh there was the matter of a house warming.
- Tried downloading season 2 episodes of Battlestar Galactica but there were just 3 available at Veoh that I haven’t seen yet :(
ROSHAN’S ELEVEN : Julia Roberts Movies
- Erin Brockovich
- Pretty Woman
- Steel Magnolias
- Flatliners
- My Best Friend’s Wedding
- The Runaway Bride
- Sleeping With The Enemy
- I Love Trouble
- The Pelican Brief
- Hook
- America’s Sweethearts
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The Cylons Need Your Help
You gotta admire this guy’s thinking! Awesome!
Of Arranged Marriages & Old Women
My dad & mom went to the engagement of a second cousin of mine, one I have never met. Therefor I had no interest to go to attend it but they have an obligation to go, so they went. The engagement of this second cousin is arranged, so arranged that she has never met the guy face to face! She spoke to him and has interacted with him through webcam and otherwise never seen him! I find this incredible – arranged marriages goes hi-tech in this digital age! I wanna puke!
But the event brought some pleasant memories to the forefront. My mother got to meet an old school friend, who is also a distant relative, after a huge gap of 40 years! 40 Years! My mom last met her friend when they were both 18 at this friend’s wedding! My mom has never seen her since then as she & her family live in another state and rarely come down here. 40 years; I guess it brings a new meaning to ‘catching up’! Sheesh! My mom was quite happy to meet her friend, since they were very close at one time.
Also she happened to mention that she meet another cousin of hers, one I am very fond of but who I rarely meet. This cousin, my aunt, is nearly 80. Her mother, my grandmother’s elder sister, is now 96! 96 years old. My mom says that the two of them, mother & daughter had a conversation a few days back. Her mom asked her daughter what was for dinner? And my aunt replied “Can you give me a break, mom? I’m 80 and I I think someone should make me dinner rather than me going and making something. I think that I deserve it.”
Mother & daughter had a good old laugh about that one! :)
Arsenal Leave It Till Late Against Wigan
Our captain was the inspiration when we needed it the most against a resilient Wigan Athletic side that frustrated Arsenal for 83 minutes. William Gallas headed in a goal after a driving run from midfield and cut in front of Titus Bramble to steer home a Sagna cross at the near post. Coach Arsene Wenger was forced to rearrange his side due to the suspension of Cesc Fabregas, and injuries to fellow midfield players Alexander Hleb and Mathieu Flamini, while Gilberto Silva was suffering fatigue. Teenage Englishman Theo Walcott began up front alongside Emmanuel Adebayor, while inexperienced pair Lassana Diarra and Denilson paired up in the centre of the park.
Tomas Rosicky completed the win two minutes after Gallas’ goal to move Arsenal three points clear of second-placed Manchester United. United lost to Bolton on a quick & clever goal by former Arsenal striker Nickolas Anelka. But there was bad news for Wenger 10 minutes from time, as Walcott was taken off on a stretcher after a tackle from Heskey. Hope he recovers soon. GO GUNNERS GO!
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Her
I’ll tell you about her. She is gorgeous. She is so pure and sweet. She is wholesome goodness and purity. She is so pretty that I want to capture that beauty for me and protect it with all my might. I want to block the harsh rays of the sun hitting her and at the same time I want her to be bathed in the full moon light. I want to be the first thing that she sees when she wakes up and the last thing that she sees before she falls asleep. I want to be the reason that she smiles and the reason for her joy. I want to be the subject of her songs of love and the reason for her heart to blossom. Her every note to me brings such joy and longing. Her every word is like a piece of paradise that pulls my heart strings. There might be more beautiful girls in this world but for me, it seems like that she is the most beautiful girl.
Cat Nap
I just can’t resist this very cute cat and this excellent photo.
Thanks & Best Wishes
I hate office farewell ceremonies. It’s mandatory when an employee is leaving under good circumstances and is pretty much liked. It’s normally awkward to stand while people take their turn at saying a small speech about the person who is leaving. There are the attempts at humour, the listing of the person’s achievements and credits during his / her time at the company. There are a few tears and lumps in throats and some hugs.
Well we had all this happening at the office today as my friend & colleague finished her leaving formalities and was headed for a new job, a new industry in another city. She is a huge loss for the company and they will surely not be able to replace her. We gave her a saree as a gift and she promised to wear it on her first day at her new job. She cried, another one cried, one teared up but held it back and another almost cried. What about me?
I had to get the dust outta my eyes. Excuse me!
Hair, Heat & No Rain
It’s late November and it’s hot! It’s hot & sticky and cloudy but there’s no rain. Not even one fucking drop of sweet rain. The nights are hot & muggy and my sheets stick to my thighs while I try to sleep. I can’t leave the windows open at night as the mosquitoes will start attacking. That’s what happened two nights ago and left me wide awake and unable to get back to sleep at 3:20 am!
I feel so thirsty for a drink of water all the time. Sweaty and hot and then the mosquitoes! What the fuck! And that is not all! As Russell Peters says it, Indians got the worst deal ever. Not only do we live in the hottest place (although the Africans will disagree, I think the second part makes it worse for us) and to make matters worse, we are covered with hair! All over the body. Why the fuck is it so? Now I am not a very hairy dude, lighter than most people but not light enough for my taste.
I feel like having my entire body waxed, especially my legs. I want all the hair on my body from the neck down to fall off me right now. I hate body hair.
Bye To Another Friend
serendipity movie Another friend at the office is leaving us. I knew this was coming, since most of us were not happy with recent changes at the work place. Several of us, including me, wanted to quit and I came close to quitting almost a month ago. A recent change in profile has kept me since that time, otherwise I would have taken that crappy job in Palghat that I was not really happy with but anything to get out of the problem that I was in.
So my friend Shalina is off to another organization to take up a better offer there. The role is pretty much the same but the pay is much better and I think she will be quite happy there and do very well. She was a huge star here, she gave excellent performances as part of her work. I’m gonna miss her jokes & the talks with her. We all are. I found out yesterday morning that today would be her last day at the office and when she came to tell me about it later I was sad. She knew I would miss her and so she gave me a hug to say that she was going to miss me too.
Sens 4 Canadiens 2
Last night, the Montreal Canadiens raised former NHL great Larry Robinson’s # 19 to the rafters but on what was supposed to be a night honouring one of the Habs best players, Ottawa had different ideas. The Senators won the game 4-2 n front of 21,273 fans at the Bell Centre. Daniel Alfredsson took a loose puck off the left-wing boards and simultaneously shook off a Montreal defender before making a hard pass to Patrick Eaves in front of the net. Eaves fired a one-timer past Montreal goalie Cristobal Huet as the Sens took a 1-0 lead. Ottawa doubled its lead when star center Jason Spezza found forward Chris Neil in front of the Montreal net, and the latter was able to tap the puck past Huet at 8:57 of the opening stanza. Montreal cut the deficit in half when second-year forward Guillaume Latendresse beat Ottawa netminder Martin Gerber with a backhand power-play goal at 10:18 of the middle period.
But Ottawa regained its two-goal lead at 14:35 of the second period, when Ottawa forward Dany Heatley beat Huet with a wrist shot, which snapped his six-game goalless drought. The Senators went ahead by three just 76 seconds into the third period, when Spezza fed Heatley with a cross-ice pass that found Heatley to the left of the Montreal net and Heatley’s wrist shot by Huet but Ottawa forward Chris Kelly was there to bang in the rebound. Chris Higgins also put an end to a six-game goalless slump, scoring the second Montreal goal.
On the 15th of November, Ottawa had beaten the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 with two goals by Alfredsson & the winner by Shean Donovan. Two days later they however lost to bitter provincial rivals 0-3 at the ACC. That makes it 19 games plays, 16 wins & 3 loses for a league leading 32 points. Great start as long as we get a Stanley.
Tomi Plays His Six String, He Can Make It Talk
My cousin Manoj sent me this Youtube link of a Finnish guitarist playing an excellent acoustic version of Bon Jovi’s Living On A Prayer. It sounds awesome.
Batch # 47
This is for the 17 kids who were in my Preprocess batch from the 22nd of October to the 26th of October. After those 5 days that they spent with me, they went to spend 15 days (not counting Sundays) with their Product & Process trainer and then went for their assessments. They came out with flying colours and we are so proud of them. I was so happy about these guys & girls and I feel so special to have been part of such a group. I kept on meeting these kids and wished them well.
I think that they are a fabulous bunch! They have to be, cause they went along with all my crap, with smiles on their faces. I had a ball. I was the one enjoying all the time that I spent with them. I didn’t want to let them go as I had gotten so attached to them and I think they got attached to me. But I have to wish them well and watch from the shadows as they go about their daily work. I want them to do really well and I hope that they do. I’m sure that they will. So as I start other batches I find myself comparing the new ones to Batch # 47. It’s not fair but that’s just the way it is.
Ice Beer
Why is it that you can’t or you never add ice to your beer? Why can you do that to every drink that is there on this world except beer? I mean, I remember once that I was about to add three huge ice cubes into my glass of beer which had become lukewarm and the reaction I got from my friends was as if I had pissed on the bible or some other holy book! They told me under no circumstances was I to add ice into my beer, so my options were to either put the beer into the fridge or to drink the damn thing lukewarm! I chose the first option.
But why do we not add ice into a glass of beer? If it melts in it, just stir it and the taste will be the same. I mean you do it to your whiskey, brandy, gin, vodka, cognac & others. So why not beer? And is that the same for wine? I don’t get to drink wine here but I think that the situation is the same – you don’t add ice in your wine glass. You can drink it chilled if you want to but no ice! What kind of a rule is that?
Beer @ Oberois
I woke up at 5:12 am wanting to pee like hell and also thirsting for some water. So I went to the loo and relieved myself and then went to the kitchen to quench my thirst. I couldn’t really go back to sleep and started playing some tunes. My folks came back home a little after 7 am and I went back to sleep for another 4 hours! That was a solid Sunday morning sleep.
the black cauldron movie I lazed about the entire day, just doing nothing and watching a little youtube and listening to Jerry Seinfeld comedy skits on mp3. By 6 pm I was so bored that I took a shower, changed and went out to get me some beer. Oberois was so quite, with just a couple of other patrons in the bar other than me. I settled for a couple of King Fisher beers and a little snack.
Funny thing, this guy comes in and sits at the table next to mine. He asks for a HoneyBee brandy and a warm soda, pours the soda along with the brandy and then puts in a huge piece of ice! Why the warm soda? Beats me!
I enjoyed my beers and then went for a walk and later bought some food for my folks and came back by 9:30 pm. It was an enjoyable walk and a quite evening.
Gordon – Barenaked Ladies
I absolutely dig this band, one of my two all-time favourites. The Barenaked Ladies are a pop-rock, novelty rock, funny band of 5 guys from Toronto. Their hilarious, unique, fun-loving, thoughtful, at times insightful and at times personal lyrics are backed by excellent musicianship that makes for some very good songs. BNL debut album and first major-label release Gordon was released in 1992 in Canada and went double platinum in record time. The album was a massive success in Canada, where it topped the album charts for 8 weeks and sold over a million copies. Although US interest was virtually nil, with Gordon never charting there at all, the album eventually did earn a gold record in America after their sudden rise to fame there in 1998 with Stunt.
The album starts with Hello City, a hate / rebuke of sorts to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The reason for this is for the really bad crowd reactions that the band got in the city. You’ve found an enemy in me sings lead singer Steven Page. Next comes Enid : The song’s title was inspired by Enid Léger, a waitress at Spanky’s Pub in Moncton, New Brunswick. The band found it interesting that “Enid” spelled backwards is “dine.” However, the song is not actually about her. The song was nominated for Single of the Year at the 1993 Juno Awards, although it lost to Beauty and the Beast by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson.
Grade 9 is about the uncertainness & clumsiness of being a geek & a nerd in high school. This is a great sing-a-long song and it contains a shout out to Tom Sawyer by Rush and the movie Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan. Brian Wilson a tribute to the singer of the band The Beach Boys, is one of the most famous & loved BNL tracks and still a concert favourite. The end part is an instrumental fest, especially the bass & drums. And the next is Be My Yoko Ono, one that makes me laugh everytime I say the title out loud. It’s a funny little song that basically tells us to back off blaming Ono for breaking up the Beatles and comparing the protagonist’s lover to the famous artist. Wrap Your Arms Around Me sounds like a foreboding love song.
What A Good Boy is one of their best songs ever and it’s live version is my favourite BNL song & not the way they play it here. The live version is very emotional & atmospheric and the songs is very special to me. It’s about the differences between a boy growing up and a girl and how despite all the highs & lows, how the boy still needs the girl to make himself compelte.
The King Of Bedside Manor is a cartoon kinda song, as best as I can describe it. Box Set is a long song to a girl who is crazy of the protagonist and he is singing the song like it’s part of a Box Set of cds. Very original thinking and it has some cool time changes during which it sounds like its’ a whole another song all together. I love You is a silly love song. New Kid (On The Block) is a funny shout-out to the now defunct boyband. Blames It On Me contains a tribute to the infamous Milli Vanilli & their hit single (Blame It On The Rain).
The Flag & Crazy complete the cd but there is a superb & unique love song left. If I Had $1000000 Dollars is considered a live must play and a funny look at a lover telling his lover what he would do for her if he won a million dollars. It is a fan favourite and almost a second national anthem in Canada, especially for the band’s fans. One of the best songs on the planet on a great album.
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BarCamp Kerala
is holding it’s first event in our green state; BarCamp Kerala is to be held on the 24th of November. A cozy gathering where anything tech related can be discussed and debated at length, BarCamp Kerala will he held @ the UST Global ZENITH Hall, 6th Floor, Bhavani Building, Technopark, Trivandrum.
Now I would love to be able to go and attend the event as I have read about various BarCamps held at different cities across the globe and have been following a couple of them closely through blogs of my online friends (in Vancouver & Boston mainly). However, I will be starting off a training batch on Tuesday and it ends only on Saturday, hence I will have to be contend to read about it in the websites of my fellow Malayalees.