Double Dinner .... no way of getting thinner!!

This week has been one of those hectic weeks, where in you dont know what to do next. I have learnt one thing , "भगवन जभी भी देता है छप्पर पहाड़ के देता है". The reason why i say this is, for a long time (read almost 2 months), I have been feeling so lonely. I was stuck to a routine, the dreaded "OFFICE ROUTINE". On top of that, I dunno why but I used to feel as if everyone forgot that I exist. Every time I call someone, they would say they are busy and would promise to call me back (which later they always forgot). Everytime I would fix up a plan to meet, ppl would cancel at the last minute. Every other person whom I used to buzz in IM never used to reply, and many such things. This made me feel very frustrated. But lately, TOUCHWOOD!!, from last week to be exact, I have found, I have so many friends, who would like to spend time with me. It was I, who was ignoring them. It was I, who was not calling them up to ask how were they doing. It was I who was not replying to their IMs and silly Buzzes. And this made them feel, I was ignoring them. All this thought makes me wanna fill a glass of water and drown myself in it!!


So, as I was saying, this week was all about meeting old friends, roaming around, laughing, joking, eating, etc. One of my best friend, who was out of town for a long time, due to his work, had come for christmas and that was enough a reason to call everyone up and gather for merry making. To top that yesterday was another good friend's birthday, which meant it was all the more reason to celebrate. Sad part of it is, the friend who had come for christmas and the birthday friend were not in good terms and that means I had to celebrate with each one of them seperately. Oh yea, I almost forgot to mention, this friend who had come for christmas, also got a job at "Indian Coast Guard". So he wanted to celebrate. Anyways, this was very bad news for my stomach. I literally had to eat dinner twice. Once at the birthday, at one restaurant (where the food is amazing, Fine Dine, Nirmal Lifestyle to be exact) and after that with the friend who got the job at another restaurant (where the food was amazing again, Shera, LBS Road, Bhandup to be exact again).

Between all the torchering (my stomach), we had a great time. All remembered all kinds of silly things we used to do when we were together in college. All the pranks and all the "Keeda" we did. Ofcourse, we did some more that day, sticking to tradition. Taunting each other with girl's name (just like in college). It was nice fun.

I then had to drop each of them off to the respective destinations, since none of them were in a state of mind, wherein they could reach there by their own. After all the bye and hugs, I went back and called it a day (night rather!).

I really miss all those college days. The stuff we used to do, the pranks we used to play, the chicks we used to check out (we still do that :P) and what not!!

Long Time No See .... But now no worries ... I am BACK!!

Its been a very long time since I have updated my blog. Thank god it is not something physical, otherwise till now all kinds of spider webs and dust would have settled. Cleaning it all would have been a big pain.
Anyways, so I would be trying to post everyday in here, since reading my old posts have inspired me to write a lot. I am fascinated (read surprised) that I can write stuff so much in detail. Reading the older posts, I could literally remember those days!!

So I will start off with what I did this week.

This week, started off with me going to office in the morning and coming back home in the evening. This is the daily routine I have every Weekday. Some days after work I go visit the Gym (at my office itself) and workout for sometime. Although I am regularly irregular to the gym. This week had lots of holidays in it, so had to go to office only on the first 4 days of the week.
After which, there was a long Weekend (going till Monday, which was declared holiday on account of Mohharum). I still had to go to office on Saturday, but it was a half day, so it counted more like a holiday.

On Thursday, a very interesting thing happened in our office. There was this game called "Secret Santa" that was to be played. The rules of the game were simple, there is a pot containing a chit. This chit has a name. And whose so ever's name appear in the chit that u pick, you would have to gift a present that would be worth between Rs.100-200/-. As it sounds, a person's name can appear in the chit that I pick up. It was all random, something left to chance. But this wasn't case with me. My two office colleges, rigged the entire thing just for me. The made sure I got the name of a girl, so that they would have the opportunity, to "चिड़ा"fy me. Also they made sure that my name would appear in the chit that would be picked up by my Boss. So as rigged I got the name of a female, for whom now I had to buy a gift. So I went out shopping and got her a beautiful Glass Work (Show Piece) of a fish, which could be easily used as paper weight other than decorating the table. Later that evening everyone who participated assembled, and were asked to open their gifts. My boss was absent that day, so I expected not to receive anything. But then I was surprised to find a gift with my name on it. I opened the gift, and found a nice big cadbury chocolate, along with a piece of paper. This piece of paper was actually, an office memo announcing the things to be done by me, along with deadline. So my boss's idea was to gift me work for this Christmas. Although the concept was nice, but I didn't get it. I guess my boss thinks that I am under worked and hence decided to give me more work, to enjoy Christmas.
The very next day was Christmas and a holiday from the daily routine. I did what I do, in all the holidays. Slept till late in the afternoon. Had late lunch, Did some Internet Surfing and went down to chat with building friends. Later that evening, I had guests with whom I spent the entire evening.

The next day as I told you, was a Saturday and I had to go to office although for a short while. Went and came back at 5 in the evening and was greeted with a phone call from my best friend. He was coming back from Bhopal today and was giving a pleasant surprise to everyone. It would have been a surprise for me as well but he called me because, he had too much luggage with him, and hence needed someone to carry it for him!! ... साला कमीना So later that evening, I went to pick him up and dropped him at his house His mother was very very happy to see him back, and as expected gave him a big hug!!

The latter part of the week includes me Coming down my building's terrace using a rope (Rappelling), A Memorable Dinner, A Day of Laziness etc. All these things, i will update later on (hopefully tomorrow), Because right now its 2:40AM and I am feeling sleepy and to top it all off I got the daily routine to follow tomorrow (going to office etc.).

Till Then Adios!!

What is Boredom

What is Boredom??

It feels so funny,
When i feel bored,
I wish I could pay money,
To get rid of it.

I once read somewhere,
An Empty Mind is a Devil's Workshop,
I guess boredom is nothing but,
This very devil, setting up his shop.

My advice to you my friend,
Is to keep your mind occupied,
Don't let him know,
That you have a place for his Shop.

After all there are so many things in this world,
That need to be done,
If you look closely ,
One of them is having fun!!

The Shift in Life!!

There was a time when we wud run all d way upto school, sleep throughout d morning assembly under d pretext of being deeply involved in d prayers & then wait for d fun day to begin.

D temporary seating arrangements wud keep changing by d week. But one wud constantly keep hoping tat one of d days we would accidentally get to sit nxt 2 our crush in d classroom.

Incessantly chatting wid d teachers. Trying ur level bst to make sure tat they favor u ovr d rest.

Making friends wid all d dons of d class, for help during Pangas

Eagerly waiting for d P.T period & cursing d lazy teacher when she wouldn’t let you go play, conveniently claiming tat it is pouring outside.

Taking good advantage of ur prefect title whenever you are in a mood to bunk.

Slipping out of d class right under d nose of d teacher when you simply can’t stand her boring lectures

All along making her believe tat d prefect is out to do some good for d school.

Seeing a fellow student being thrashed by d principal wid a weapon as lethal as d school handbook.

Suppressing d big nasty smile tat appears on ur face when ur friend gives a funny sounding reply to d teacher.

Teasing d teachers for their funny accents, linking them up wid each other & making fairytales out of tat.

Making place for ur partners in crime in d school loo which serves as a fantastic hiding place when a dangerous class test is under progress.

Running helter skelter when u get d news tat d principal is on her way to ur secret hideout.

Purposely taking part in extra curricular activities so tat you get a good solid reason 2 stay out of class during d Marathi lecture.

Tactfully including all ur favorite classmates in d dance events jst to hav a gala time during d never ending practices.

Crying ur lungs out when u get ur first bad remark
Praying tat d pen mark wud miraculously get erased by d time ur parents get hold of d calendar.

Dreading d Open-day which ur teachers eagerly look forward to.

Hoping tat atleast this time d teacher wont start comparing you wid ur brilliant sister infront of ur mum dad.

Hitting d closest mall in d city wid ur gang each time d exams get over.

Shrugging off d ghastly looks passed by d mall employees when u march ahead wid ur jhingbang wid d clear intention of window shopping

Yet waiting at each counter wid an expression which says tat you are too keen to buy d expensive looking product at hand when all along u know u hav nothing but a 100 rupee note in ur pocket.

Going down to d old & reliable (read cheap) McDonalds at d base of Crossroads & hogging on a Chicken McGrill & a McSwirl.

Waiting wid bated breaths to see as to who amongst ur group members is kind enough to pay d bill this time.

If people hav surpassed tat kindness long ago then getting out all ur chillars & pushing it out on a plate much to d waiter’s disgust.

Hopping in2 a bus & buying tickets for twelve. Muffling d horrified scream tat escapes ur lips when a super intelligent friend absent mindedly tears off d tickets right infront of ur eyes.

Praying wid all ur heart tat d TC’s are on a strike tat day & scanning d bus stop from a distance for signs of d blue clothed man.

Loving d adventurous day spent wid ur group & wondering how u all would do without each other in d times to come

Shrugging off d idea of separation after school, promising each other tat d group will remain intact, d meetings & outings & d fun part will not evaporate as time passes by.

But then d time does pass by, best friends who could not live without each other’s company learn to face life all alone.

Mayb they become so independent tat straying away from ur older lot becomes d most natural thing to do....

But yes there are some weirdo’s like us who can’t help but cling on to those very memories which we consider as d glorious days of our lives.

And for us poor souls, rewinding & forwarding d cassettes of those memories in d tape recorders of our minds, becomes d chief key to leading a pleasurable life ahead.

Netscape in Web 1.0 vs Google in Web 2.0

Netscape vs. Google

If Netscape was the standard bearer for Web 1.0, Google is most certainly the standard bearer for Web 2.0, if only because their respective IPOs were defining events for each era. So let's start with a comparison of these two companies and their positioning.

Netscape framed "the web as platform" in terms of the old software paradigm: their flagship product was the web browser, a desktop application, and their strategy was to use their dominance in the browser market to establish a market for high-priced server products. Control over standards for displaying content and applications in the browser would, in theory, give Netscape the kind of market power enjoyed by Microsoft in the PC market. Much like the "horseless carriage" framed the automobile as an extension of the familiar, Netscape promoted a "webtop" to replace the desktop, and planned to populate that webtop with information updates and applets pushed to the webtop by information providers who would purchase Netscape servers.

In the end, both web browsers and web servers turned out to be commodities, and value moved "up the stack" to services delivered over the web platform.

Google, by contrast, began its life as a native web application, never sold or packaged, but delivered as a service, with customers paying, directly or indirectly, for the use of that service. None of the trappings of the old software industry are present. No scheduled software releases, just continuous improvement. No licensing or sale, just usage. No porting to different platforms so that customers can run the software on their own equipment, just a massively scalable collection of commodity PCs running open source operating systems plus homegrown applications and utilities that no one outside the company ever gets to see.

At bottom, Google requires a competency that Netscape never needed: database management. Google isn't just a collection of software tools, it's a specialized database. Without the data, the tools are useless; without the software, the data is unmanageable. Software licensing and control over APIs--the lever of power in the previous era--is irrelevant because the software never need be distributed but only performed, and also because without the ability to collect and manage the data, the software is of little use. In fact, the value of the software is proportional to the scale and dynamism of the data it helps to manage.

Google's service is not a server--though it is delivered by a massive collection of internet servers--nor a browser--though it is experienced by the user within the browser. Nor does its flagship search service even host the content that it enables users to find. Much like a phone call, which happens not just on the phones at either end of the call, but on the network in between, Google happens in the space between browser and search engine and destination content server, as an enabler or middleman between the user and his or her online experience.

While both Netscape and Google could be described as software companies, it's clear that Netscape belonged to the same software world as Lotus, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and other companies that got their start in the 1980's software revolution, while Google's fellows are other internet applications like eBay, Amazon, Napster, and yes, DoubleClick and Akamai.