Randomizing

I have been out for a few weeks now. My last twitter update was like 4 days ago! Blame it on laziness, IPL, booze etc. Anyways, Delhi is turning on the heat. Its 40 degrees in the afternoons which has made us spend less time on our daily "after-lunch walks sitting in the lawns " activity. I hate it!
I am looking forward for the Manali trip. The packages have been booked. We leave next thursday. Hopefully the trip would be awesome. Its kinda the first time my entire office gang is going out. Every other time someone or the other had some "prior commitments".
Ohhh..I finally organized all my music on my Ipod. That was a huge task. Now every song has the album information, the artist information and the Albumart. It looks so much cooler now. These days I am hooked to Kreator and Lamb of God. I found a new liking to these genre of songs..especially on my runs. Helps the adrenaline flow. I have also picked up this new annoying habit to go into death metal vocals while I speak.
Anyways I am thinking of getting back to my long lost hobby of sketching. Its been a loong while since I made something. But these days I can rarely keep my eyes open after dinner. I doze off minutes after my dinner. Hopefully I would start today.
My saturday mornings are spent fruitfully playing cricket with my office friends. We found a nice li'l park which has a decent bounce for bowlers (to my delight). I love making their lives difficult with my super fast pace. There were some talks of some inter organization matches to be held..god knows whats up with that. It would be cool if it gets organized.
Apart from all this, it was my bro's birthday this week. I thought we would go out but he had to stay up late and mom ended up having me help out with dinner at home! It was soo frustrating. I came back home early so that we dont miss happy hours and there I was, cutting vegetables for dinner! I somehow have this feeling my bro did this on purpose! Anyways he hasnt stopped growing though. He's growing bigger by the day..in breadth..not length!
Thats it for now I guess. Gatta make rotis now..damn..I hate Rajesh for telling my folks at home that I cooked when he stayed with me!

Old is Gold

The IPL started yesterday with 2 awesome matches. It was the senior players who took the cake in both the matches and it was a refreshing change. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble all playing key roles in their team's performance. I love it when people who are down and out fight back to shut their critics. Thats exactly what happened to Dravid and Kumble. Rahul Dravid was pinned as a test batsman in a 20-20 and he showed everyone that it takes more than just blind hitting to win matches. Same goes for Kumble. He ran through the opposition which was so reminiscent of his early days. I felt that the pitches weren't easy to bat on and only those who had a sound technique could play well. Sachin and Dravid were at total ease when they played, whereas everyone else (esp the youngsters) just wanted to hit everything out of the park and succumbed. I thought Shane Warne was awesome too. He took those 2 wickets where he bowled 2 youngsters (Kohli and Akhil) with classic Warne deliveries. The one which pitches outside leg stump and then spins to hit the timber. It was awesome. Not only the bowling but his fielding was immaculate as well. He took that awesome catch to dismiss Dravid. I personally feel this IPL is gonna be the young vs. old .. the flagarant vs. the old school..arrogance vs. experience. Well..all I can say is..game on f*ckers!

Catching up

I am enjoying these days. Its been a relaxing 2-3 weeks or so with my project entering into the maintainence phase. I finally got the chance to catch up on my pleasure activities. I am hitting the gym with a vengeance. I kinda spend an hour on the treadmill everyday. I am participating in the Sunfeast World 10K run. It would give me a chance to visit Bangalore, meet up with Rohit, go to Purple Haze and head bang like crazy. I would also get to participate in an official marathon race. So really looking forward for it. Apart from that I also caught up on my long lost habit of reading. I read Fish. Its a feel-good book on how to change your attitude to make your workplace a fun place. Although its nothing new .. but a nice read nevertheless. Although I stay away from such books but my GM gifted me the book, so I thought I might as well read it. Apart from that I also finished The White Tiger a few days back. An amazing story. Its about a poor taxi driver who fights all odds to become an entrepreneur. How he does that would make you hate his guts..but the sheer sarcasm and the anger in his narration would make you smile right till the end and actually make you respect the guy for the way he is. It has some of the wittiest, funniest descriptions/comparisons of people I have ever come across. It would keep you snickering away till the end. It did leave me a bit scared of Taxi drivers though. Anyways, nowadays, I am on the verge of finishing Ignited Minds. Now thats what you call a motivational book. APJ's account of his old working days at ISRO, DRDO literally made my adrenaline flow and gave me goosebumps. His description of India's great history is worth reading. I especially loved the chapter on "Visionary, Teachers and Scientists" and "Patriotism beyond Politics and Religion". Up next I have Salman Rushdie's - Shalimar the Clown. So really happy to be in the midst of books again after quite sometime. Apart from all this I got some travel on the cards this month. I already came back from Kerala a few days back. I would be going to Kullu-Manali and Rohtang Pass the end of this month and then to Bangalore for the marathon in May. So..pretty eventful times ahead...not to forget all the daaru parties in between.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Metallica got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last weekend or so. I got a mail from the mailing list today, that its available on Fuse. I just watched it and it was soo damn awesome. Catch the induction ceremony here . It was cool of them to include Jason Newstead for the ceremony. It includes a touching speech by every member plus a finale jam which includes Master of Puppets \m/ and Enter Sandman. They later performed the cover of "Train Kept A-Rollin" with an awesome lineup which included Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood, Flea..and i dunno there were sooo many...phew..what a f*cking awesome show.\m/

Insomnia

I was hit by insomnia yesterday and stayed up till like 4 in the morning. In the quest for sleep, my eyes fell onto the cover of my Ryu action figure. It has this pose of a roundhouse kick. I remember me and sumit wondering if it could be possible for that figure to stay balanced on 1 leg. Well, as it turns out, if you get the weight distribution perfect, it can stand on one leg. However, the slightest touch makes it fall. Anyways its a little over than 8 hours and the guy is still standing. I just had to click some pix cuz it looks awesome. It took me about 1.5 hours to get it standing and another 2.5 hours to make it perfect. But an effort truly worth it! Btw..I couldn't get the roundhouse kick properly..but a sidekick worked well. I also brought my Venom action figure into the action.

Off to Kerala

I am going to Kerala today for my cousin bro's engagement. I am looking forward for a week long vacation which would include loads of food..loads of fun..and loads of pix!

Birthday Doh!!

I turned 25 yesterday. It was an awesome day. Viral came back from Japan and joined office. It was after a long time my entire gang was together and it was soo much fun. Amidst all the fun and laughter I had a major "doh!" moment which would be retold countless times by my mom to all my relatives and her friends. After yesterday night's awesome party..I came back at 12. I entered my room to see a gift all wrapped up and neatly placed on my study table. It was a pleasant surprise indeed. I wasted no time in opening it. I found a really cool G-I Joe action figure of Snake Eyes. I was soo happy!..finally someone who gifted me something I loved. I went to sleep and the next morning (today)..my mom asks me "Did you see the gift??" I was shocked...did my parents gave me this?? After all these years they finally understood me??!! I asked them unbelievingly "Did you guys get this." My mom goes like "Yes..its nice ryt?". I said "Yes...its awesome..I plan to keep it on top of my computer table". Thats when they go like..."What!!!??" And what followed was mad laughter. It was not the "with you" laughter but the "at you" laughter. My mom told me (taking time in between her giggles) that it was not for me but for my li'l nephew in Kerala. Since I would be going to Kerala next wednesday for my cousin's engagement, my folks got it for my li'l nephew!! Damn!!..the way they mocked me the entire afternoon..with questions ranging from "When would you grow up??" to "Do you really want this? Should we get you another one?" to "Did you read the box?..it says 8 and below!" Damn..it was soo embarrassing. Anyways my nephew is a lucky kid..Snake Eyes is awesome.

Awesome drummer

Damn!..the cutest li'l guy playing awesome drums!

Joke's over

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Got this from Rohit. F*ckin unbelievable!