Hutch - Bow Wow!
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Urrrhh, I feel like tearing at my hairs everytime I get a call on my Hutch pre-paid mobile.The network coverage is so pathetic, 80% of the times the calls are dropped or I have to shout at the top of my voice (aka those very old days of BSNL landlines)..Have called up customer care 112200098373789 times but still not a single Hutch tail has wagged! I have also noticed that the kid & dog Advts have disappeared from the TV networks...Now you may ask why dont I change to CDMA, a much better technology, agreed that the idea makes sense,but I find prepaid hassle free and I like my number and blah blah.
BTW,If things don't improve soon I'm planning to take a 'Morcha' of all the dogs in my neighborhood to nearest Hutch office, any fellow Hutch sufferrer interested in joining??
Friday, May 28, 2004
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
I'm Back from my Hiatus!
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Yeah I was on a much needed 10 day holiday. Lazed around,slept,ate like a pig,snored,zipped across,visiting relatives,friends, booze etc, did it all.Scorching summer heat, books and long travels kept me company..I somehow like travels and especially enjoy travelling alone..reading books and gaping at the setting sun through the railway window..Wearing jeans and T-shirt and standing on railway door with cool evening breeze blowing through your hairs! That feeling of freedom is unmatched even by a Ferrari..
I finished reading Pupul Jaykars "Indira Gandhi" during my leave. Its the 4th Political biography/novel that I have read in last 3 months. It was a necessity, because I'm a original congressman who later converted to BJP after seeing the downfall and plight of mighty congress.But,I can indentify myself with 'secular congress' and saffron BJP simultaneously. And with the melodrama that unfolded on the Indian Political scene last week and the Joy to hear that Sonia "listened to her inner voice" and turned down post of PM I was forced to re-examine and revive my congress roots. And this book did wonders for it..It fills you with awe for that Iron lady called Indira and the congress that she raised.There is this episode from 1971 War where she gave a tactical defeat to even US!! Another book that I wish to read next is "Is New York Burning" by Dominique lappeier and Larry Collins, it is a well re-searched fiction on possible nuclear threats from terrorist networks in the backdrop of 9/11 and Israel/Palestine conflict. After reading "freedom at midnght" by same set of authors I'm sure I will like their new work as well...
Now I am back to work,trying to oil my lazy bones to start working once again and it is a herculean task..
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Yeah I was on a much needed 10 day holiday. Lazed around,slept,ate like a pig,snored,zipped across,visiting relatives,friends, booze etc, did it all.Scorching summer heat, books and long travels kept me company..I somehow like travels and especially enjoy travelling alone..reading books and gaping at the setting sun through the railway window..Wearing jeans and T-shirt and standing on railway door with cool evening breeze blowing through your hairs! That feeling of freedom is unmatched even by a Ferrari..
I finished reading Pupul Jaykars "Indira Gandhi" during my leave. Its the 4th Political biography/novel that I have read in last 3 months. It was a necessity, because I'm a original congressman who later converted to BJP after seeing the downfall and plight of mighty congress.But,I can indentify myself with 'secular congress' and saffron BJP simultaneously. And with the melodrama that unfolded on the Indian Political scene last week and the Joy to hear that Sonia "listened to her inner voice" and turned down post of PM I was forced to re-examine and revive my congress roots. And this book did wonders for it..It fills you with awe for that Iron lady called Indira and the congress that she raised.There is this episode from 1971 War where she gave a tactical defeat to even US!! Another book that I wish to read next is "Is New York Burning" by Dominique lappeier and Larry Collins, it is a well re-searched fiction on possible nuclear threats from terrorist networks in the backdrop of 9/11 and Israel/Palestine conflict. After reading "freedom at midnght" by same set of authors I'm sure I will like their new work as well...
Now I am back to work,trying to oil my lazy bones to start working once again and it is a herculean task..
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Party #1
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Last night I threw an impromptu booze party (first one) at my place for colleagues from my office. Occasion? Well for my new house ofcourse! It was a decent get-together,especially being midweek,I guess it gave all a necessary break.But it had a flip side as well, M and P dropped out,we could not carry it late into night and even hard-drinks were off the menu to avoid hangovers.However A1,A2,A3,A4,V,P and R had come.Thanks guys N gals! However 'S' was the guest of honor:) Wny? just bcoz she is the latest entry into my list of friends! Thanks for coming over 'S'. you seem to be a true blue aquarian! Nice meeting you...
BTW,people did you notice that writing no-names does not affect readability of a story at all.It also augments privacy! I remember getting a forwarded mail on some 'research' done by someone that in any given word only the first and last few characters matter the most for readability by human mind. This fact can be used for optimizing computer AI. Though I was revolted by the absurdity of the idea [Who wants to read a word document full of spelling mistakes in each word!] But now I think,that it can be given a chance! I think by the year 2050AD, we all will be anyway called by some 20 digit number tagged with some pseudo code names! Can someone file a patent on my behalf for this 'original' idea of using pseudonames at least in blogs??
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Last night I threw an impromptu booze party (first one) at my place for colleagues from my office. Occasion? Well for my new house ofcourse! It was a decent get-together,especially being midweek,I guess it gave all a necessary break.But it had a flip side as well, M and P dropped out,we could not carry it late into night and even hard-drinks were off the menu to avoid hangovers.However A1,A2,A3,A4,V,P and R had come.Thanks guys N gals! However 'S' was the guest of honor:) Wny? just bcoz she is the latest entry into my list of friends! Thanks for coming over 'S'. you seem to be a true blue aquarian! Nice meeting you...
BTW,people did you notice that writing no-names does not affect readability of a story at all.It also augments privacy! I remember getting a forwarded mail on some 'research' done by someone that in any given word only the first and last few characters matter the most for readability by human mind. This fact can be used for optimizing computer AI. Though I was revolted by the absurdity of the idea [Who wants to read a word document full of spelling mistakes in each word!] But now I think,that it can be given a chance! I think by the year 2050AD, we all will be anyway called by some 20 digit number tagged with some pseudo code names! Can someone file a patent on my behalf for this 'original' idea of using pseudonames at least in blogs??
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
At The End Of The Day!!
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About a month back some magzine in UK conducted a survey to find the most hackneyed, widely used and most hated cliches prevalent in daily use English in UK/USA.Guess what? "At the end of the day" was the ultimate winner,and rightly so.I perfectly agree that this is indeed the most boring,lame and meaningless term that anyone can use! It always goes like this: "Anyway at the end of the day what really matters is who wins" :) Yeah you guessed it, In India, our cricketers abuse it the most. Ganguly, Dravid (especially), Tendulkar, Gavaskar,Sherry all use it very often. But what they forget is that at the end of the day (sic) we feel like hitting them at the end of their bums. Vinod Mehta, editor of Outlook, also conducted a mini survey in the last issue after taking a cue from the original survey..the response in India was also overwhelming.I cant remember which one was the winner. But surely it should be "India Shining" :) The whole idea of the original excercise was probably to pass a international law banning use of such cliches (I hope). Here is a list of top 5 cliches that I bear grudge against:-
1.At the end of the day[Instead say "In the evening at 11.59 PM what really matters.."]
2.India Shining [Needs immediate ban!!]
3.Cool [OK,I use it myself, but I'm trying to give it up]
4.Outsourcing [Why not call it "sourcing it out"]
5.Cliche [:-)]
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About a month back some magzine in UK conducted a survey to find the most hackneyed, widely used and most hated cliches prevalent in daily use English in UK/USA.Guess what? "At the end of the day" was the ultimate winner,and rightly so.I perfectly agree that this is indeed the most boring,lame and meaningless term that anyone can use! It always goes like this: "Anyway at the end of the day what really matters is who wins" :) Yeah you guessed it, In India, our cricketers abuse it the most. Ganguly, Dravid (especially), Tendulkar, Gavaskar,Sherry all use it very often. But what they forget is that at the end of the day (sic) we feel like hitting them at the end of their bums. Vinod Mehta, editor of Outlook, also conducted a mini survey in the last issue after taking a cue from the original survey..the response in India was also overwhelming.I cant remember which one was the winner. But surely it should be "India Shining" :) The whole idea of the original excercise was probably to pass a international law banning use of such cliches (I hope). Here is a list of top 5 cliches that I bear grudge against:-
1.At the end of the day[Instead say "In the evening at 11.59 PM what really matters.."]
2.India Shining [Needs immediate ban!!]
3.Cool [OK,I use it myself, but I'm trying to give it up]
4.Outsourcing [Why not call it "sourcing it out"]
5.Cliche [:-)]
Update!
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I have been irregular off late in updating my blogs. Was kind of tied up...just moved into my new appt,trying to set it up. Its not so easy!! Too many things to do...and as they say the real devil lies in details! I went shopping for collecting basic necessities to get it functioning and was simply boggled to see the varieties available just in types of brooms! All shapes N sizes and colors, it took me neat 10 minutes to pick three of them:) Then came curtains which put me in the "To Buy Or Not To Buy" dilemma. I shopped till my mind went numb running AI algorithms deciding "which choice is best amongst given N choices". Gone are the days when u just call up the marwadi grocery shop round the corner and he dispatches your broom and groceries through a lad..Finally I had to run the "shortest path" algorithm to find way out of the shopping mall fearing that my credit card would run out of credit..but then my efforts did bear the fruit (sic/cliche) and the place is now habitable and infact looks fantastic!
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I have been irregular off late in updating my blogs. Was kind of tied up...just moved into my new appt,trying to set it up. Its not so easy!! Too many things to do...and as they say the real devil lies in details! I went shopping for collecting basic necessities to get it functioning and was simply boggled to see the varieties available just in types of brooms! All shapes N sizes and colors, it took me neat 10 minutes to pick three of them:) Then came curtains which put me in the "To Buy Or Not To Buy" dilemma. I shopped till my mind went numb running AI algorithms deciding "which choice is best amongst given N choices". Gone are the days when u just call up the marwadi grocery shop round the corner and he dispatches your broom and groceries through a lad..Finally I had to run the "shortest path" algorithm to find way out of the shopping mall fearing that my credit card would run out of credit..but then my efforts did bear the fruit (sic/cliche) and the place is now habitable and infact looks fantastic!
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