The Cosmopolite
Thursday, January 12, 2006
The air smells sweet...
Ah... the air smells sweet... the music sounds good... everythings suddenly seems better!!! The news is in... the hotels have been booked... the flights are reserved... 15 days in Australia...
Ok, returning to some coherence - for the uninitiated, I am getting married on 22nd January 2006, which is on next Sunday (Thanks in advance). After the wedding, on the 25th of January, I am leaving for my honeymoon to Australia. And I have just received word that the hotels, flights etc for my trip are booked and that my visas are here. I have also managed to grab some peeks at the online photo galleries of some of the hotels and they look wunderfullll!!! And all this makes me wanna sing... (run!!)
I have not been happy in life for quite some time, with Chennai and equity research depressing the hell outta me!! And this has come like a whiff of fresh air, scented with jasmines and roses! ¶ 12:07 AM 9 comments
Ok, returning to some coherence - for the uninitiated, I am getting married on 22nd January 2006, which is on next Sunday (Thanks in advance). After the wedding, on the 25th of January, I am leaving for my honeymoon to Australia. And I have just received word that the hotels, flights etc for my trip are booked and that my visas are here. I have also managed to grab some peeks at the online photo galleries of some of the hotels and they look wunderfullll!!! And all this makes me wanna sing... (run!!)
I have not been happy in life for quite some time, with Chennai and equity research depressing the hell outta me!! And this has come like a whiff of fresh air, scented with jasmines and roses! ¶ 12:07 AM 9 comments
Monday, January 09, 2006
Google it!!
Date: 4900 a.d.
History class, the teacher talks in his baritone voice:
"In the late 20th century, dates unconfirmed, there were two great oracles, Page and Brin - who laid the foundations of our great civilization. They discovered the guiding force of all life - the ultimate and ideal search algorithm. It is that discovery that laid the foundation of our civilization and has hence enabled all that we are familiar with today - free ad-supported video downloads, free ad-supported software, free ad-supported internet, free knowledge and, above all, the ability to search all computers, brains and souls all round the world.
It is said that before the arrival of Page and Brin, another culture was dominant, a culture which was rudimentary. A culture which seemed absurdly obsessed with holes in walls - as the culture was called Windows and the oracle was named Gates. While that culture focused on owning everything, on bundling, combining. Page and Brin made their culture open, all encompassing - free (albeit ad-supported), and flourished.
um... Peter, you wanted to learn about cultures before Windows? I'd give you a suggestion, why don't you use Google?" ¶ 12:56 PM 3 comments
History class, the teacher talks in his baritone voice:
"In the late 20th century, dates unconfirmed, there were two great oracles, Page and Brin - who laid the foundations of our great civilization. They discovered the guiding force of all life - the ultimate and ideal search algorithm. It is that discovery that laid the foundation of our civilization and has hence enabled all that we are familiar with today - free ad-supported video downloads, free ad-supported software, free ad-supported internet, free knowledge and, above all, the ability to search all computers, brains and souls all round the world.
It is said that before the arrival of Page and Brin, another culture was dominant, a culture which was rudimentary. A culture which seemed absurdly obsessed with holes in walls - as the culture was called Windows and the oracle was named Gates. While that culture focused on owning everything, on bundling, combining. Page and Brin made their culture open, all encompassing - free (albeit ad-supported), and flourished.
um... Peter, you wanted to learn about cultures before Windows? I'd give you a suggestion, why don't you use Google?" ¶ 12:56 PM 3 comments
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Beginnings
I just do not get the New Year celebrations, you know!! I just don't get it. What are all these people thinking, when they say "hey, the bad year is gone, the new year is gonna be great!!", maybe they actually believe it for like two days in the new year, before... the next new year's eve.
I think I know what it is, we humans love beginnings when the slate is wiped clean, we really do! We believe that at the beginning of a new year, all activities of the past year are wiped out and consigned to the history section. I can almost see a convict on the dock saying to the judge, "Last year, I murdered two people, ate 15000 calories extra, dumped my wife, but hey, its the new year. The old year is gone, I am in the clear, I am at the beginning again, I get another chance". ¶ 11:27 AM 4 comments
I think I know what it is, we humans love beginnings when the slate is wiped clean, we really do! We believe that at the beginning of a new year, all activities of the past year are wiped out and consigned to the history section. I can almost see a convict on the dock saying to the judge, "Last year, I murdered two people, ate 15000 calories extra, dumped my wife, but hey, its the new year. The old year is gone, I am in the clear, I am at the beginning again, I get another chance". ¶ 11:27 AM 4 comments
Monday, January 02, 2006
Naya saal mubarak...
Well, firstly as I awaken finally from the weekend party stupor, HAPPY 2006 to everyone who reads my blog. To the rest, well, a good 2006 nevertheless.
2006 for me arrived kicking and alive. No, literally, because the party that I attended, at Hotel Leela in Mumbai, hoping to welcome the new year with a vodka and a dance, was so crowded that I was kicked a few times in the knee / foot area during my several abortive and futile attempts to dance and was kicked a bit more by angry guzzlers trying to get their share of the spirits.
However, the party was fun as I had some great company, my fiancee Poonam, and hey, the kicking did ensure that I managed to remain awake after having spent the earlier night at a binge - so, I did not have much cause to complain.
While returning home after the party, I also realized that, thankfully, while I was just getting kicked in the party at Leela, some of the more adventurous party animals (!!) near Juhu beach were getting whacked on their backs and heads by police lathis. After two years in IIM B (in RG), this relative well-being made me feel quite positive about the year ahead. Resolution: Wear knee / shin pads when you attend new years parties at good hotels. Wear crash helmets and chest guards anywhere else.
Am back in Chennai now and have managed to read a few good blog-posts about their new year experiences, check out the links below:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bong_on_target/ (Dada's New Year and some gyan on nerds and babes)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ggollerkeri/ (a re-run in the re-run season)
http://www.feathers-and-stones.blogspot.com/ (Ravikirans New Year party in different moods)
Happy reading... ¶ 2:33 PM 1 comments
2006 for me arrived kicking and alive. No, literally, because the party that I attended, at Hotel Leela in Mumbai, hoping to welcome the new year with a vodka and a dance, was so crowded that I was kicked a few times in the knee / foot area during my several abortive and futile attempts to dance and was kicked a bit more by angry guzzlers trying to get their share of the spirits.
However, the party was fun as I had some great company, my fiancee Poonam, and hey, the kicking did ensure that I managed to remain awake after having spent the earlier night at a binge - so, I did not have much cause to complain.
While returning home after the party, I also realized that, thankfully, while I was just getting kicked in the party at Leela, some of the more adventurous party animals (!!) near Juhu beach were getting whacked on their backs and heads by police lathis. After two years in IIM B (in RG), this relative well-being made me feel quite positive about the year ahead. Resolution: Wear knee / shin pads when you attend new years parties at good hotels. Wear crash helmets and chest guards anywhere else.
Am back in Chennai now and have managed to read a few good blog-posts about their new year experiences, check out the links below:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bong_on_target/ (Dada's New Year and some gyan on nerds and babes)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ggollerkeri/ (a re-run in the re-run season)
http://www.feathers-and-stones.blogspot.com/ (Ravikirans New Year party in different moods)
Happy reading... ¶ 2:33 PM 1 comments
