Books

I have been reading books from quiet a long time. When people ask me which kinds of book do you like, I say, "There should be a murder within the first 50 pages of the book". Instantly, I can see a cloud on their head with the words "Criminal minded" written in it. Well, what’s wrong in reading such books, after all even the cop needs to think like a criminal to know their next move?


Truly speaking, the age of good murder mysteries is long gone. Seems like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie have covered every plot. Currently it is the age of fiction. Sometimes to avoid "Criminal Minded" scenes, I say that I like Fiction. Now people ask me what kind of Fiction?? 6 out of 10 authors who write fiction write about the "end of world".  And the other 4 are related to some cult. Now is that my mistake?? Again the spooky looks :(


Well, on the contrary I do like to read such books which depict the end of world in their own way. You can see how far a human imagination can fly. James Rollins, in his black order saves the world from Heisenberg uncertainty principle and in Doomsday he saves the mankind from the genetically-modified plants. Dan Brown is always struck  to some cult either be it Angels and Demons, unearthing the secrets of Vatican city or the davinci code, finding the blood line of Jesus Christ or the lost symbol. Actually the Lost symbol has totally changed the way people look at the monuments in Washington DC. Did any guy who visited Washington DC before lost symbol ever think that George Washington was a freemason and everything in Washington DC has a reason why it is so? Did any person think that the earth can end because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle??? :)


Whatever be it, the end of world, mass murders or strange cults, these books keep your mind occupied. They make you think and don’t let you feel bore even for a second and that’s what I need. And let me tell you something, these kinds of books are much better that the love stories where the heroine of the story changes her boy friend on every 2nd page. So guys, your "criminal minded" cloud is not going to make any difference.

United States of America - A land of courteous people

"Hey, Good Morning".....
How many times have you said this to a person whom you just crossed by on the road?
"Hi... How are you doing today?"
How many times did the shop keeper or the salesman ask you this as soon as you enter?
"...................................." (A long wait with a smile on face and no complaints)
How may times did you ever wait for the person sitting ahead of you in the flight to get up, bring down his suitcase from the top and get down?
"Do you want me to take a group photo?"
How many people did you ask this question when you see people taking group photos turn by turn?
"..................................." (A long wait in the car with a smile on face and no complaints)
Yes, it is a rule here that pedestrians are given the highest priority, but how much time can you wait without any complaints or getting irritated for a person to cross the road?


Courtesy... It doesn't come just like that. You need lots of patience, which most of us lack. I am obviously moved by the amount of courtesy present in the people of this country but i am sure that implementing it in my life is something next to impossible.

Love stories and Vampires

People might think i am criminal minded. Its kind of true...... because I don't like novels, unless and until i encounter a murder or at least a half murder in the first 50pages. Yet, I spent my last two weeks reading a love story. Yeah... I still can't believe that i read a love story!!!!


"Twilight"
Thats the book i read. Its just awesome. There was no page in this book where you felt the story was getting boring, or it was very usual kind of stuff. All in all it was a fast paced... exiting.... and a strange kind of story.


I know most of you might have read the book or at least watched the movie. I don't think there is any girl who'll not fall in love with Edward after reading this story. He is just the perfect man (Err.... Vampire!!!) a girl looks for :)


Impressed by this story, two days back i started with the 2nd one in the series.


"The New Moon".
Initially it was good,.... then slowly it became tough to handle the love story. Soon i realized that i felt the book was good until Edward was in picture. As soon as Edward left...the story became slow... that is when the Heroine falls in love with a "normal human being" :( thats where the story becomes impossible to handle.


Come on......  i don't want another normal human love story...!!
But then... when that normal human turns into a ware-wolf, the story again starts getting interesting.  :P


May be now i'll have to change my sentence from "I hate love stories" to "I hate normal human love stories" :P

Mathematical Equations

Have you ever seen mathematical equation for "wake up"??


You'll think I am crazy.... But i have not only seen a mathematical equation, but also derived it :)


Yeah...Today morning as usual my dad called my name to wake me up as I was getting late. I could hear his voice faintly, then I started doing some mathematics. Yeah... I was deriving an equation for "Getting up" and I was successful in it.


Slowly dad's voice became louder and then I told myself....


"Why is still dad waking me up??? Look the equation for getting up has been derived.. that means I am already awake" :D


Then... I slowly gained my consciousness and came out of the dream world and realized that waking up does not mean deriving an equation. One has to put on some physical effort ... open their eyes and get out of bed :(


Did you come across any such instance in your life? Do tell me if such a thing happens with you, because this happens to me very frequently. Atleast I'll feel better thinking that "its not only me who is going mad" :)


Not always the same happens to me. Most of the times its like... I am solving a problem or something and dad is trying to wake me up... and my mind is like... "dad just a minute.. I am very near to the solution" And as soon as I open my eyes.. I remember nothing more than that I was solving something which I couldn't finish :(

My First Heart Attack

I got my first heart attack at the age of 23.
What happens when a person gets a heart attack??? I donno... Never seen anyone getting a heart attack and i wish such time will never come in future. 


But lemme tell you what i felt, when i got my first heart attack.
It was Midnight 12 O clock.. I was sitting on my bed with my laptop in front of me...seriously chatting with my friend. And all of a sudden there was a sound just beside me. It sounded like... a small piece of biscuit or chocolate thrown on my bed. The sound was not really far away from me, it was just at my arms distance. As soon as i heard the sound, I turned right to look at what it was that fell from the sky...or roof.... or whatever it came from. 


aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


As soon as i saw it... I gave out a cry like an old hindi film heroine..... I jumped from my bed and ran outside the room. I sat down on the chair near the dining table and realized that i was unable to breath..... My heart was pounding as if it wanted to come out of my body and run far away from that room. It was very tough to breath... I was sweating like a dog and my hands were shivering like i was a patient suffering from Parkinsons disease.


My dad woke up...hearing me shout and came running outside. He asked me what happened.. and i told him the situation. But by the time he came to my room, the thing that fell from space...had vanished. I asked dad to check under the bed... he didn't find it. He said..there is nothing just go and sleep. 


I said.."No way.. "


I was still shivering...tears rolling down my eyes because of fear....I told dad... "dad for tonight...I'll sleep in your room. I know.. I'll not be able to sleep at all... Still..i don't wanna sit in that room all night ... with every minute feeling scared about that creepy thing somewhere around me"


Now...that we have exchanged the room... I feel secure... I have also put on the mosquito net...so that ..even if that creepy thing comes to this room..it can't get on to my bed. 


But..no kind of assurance and security can make me sleep tonight, Because I had never seen a cockroach from such a close distance and that too on my bed... It was like One of my nightmares just came true in front of my eyes. If you still don't understand my situation ...you should go back to my previous posts where i mentioned about my dreams.. and of those creepy creatures in them.

Kaala Akshar Bhains barabar!!!

Yesterday I was watching 3 Idiots with my dad and I suddenly remembered an instance which took place a week back.


I was going back home by the 6:30 bus, and there was guy sitting in one of the seats behind me. His voice was sharp enough to suppress the noise of the bus and his seat was close enough for me to clearly listen to his conversation on phone. I know overhearing someone else conversation on phone is a sin, but I just couldn't pull my brain out of that topic.


He started his conversation this way...
Of course he was talking in telugu, but I'd better convert it in english for you.
Man in the bus: How come you aren't getting any job, there are so many openings. Its been 6 months since you have graduated. What were you doing all these days?
Guy in the phone (Though i didn't listen to his conv, I could make out his response listening to the response from the man behind me): I have applied, but I did not get any replies.
Man in the bus: Send me your resume, I'll look out for something.
Guy in the phone: Do you know any company which has an opening for linux administrator. I wanna be a linux administrator.
Man in the bus: Look, I know you want to be a linux administrator, but at once you can't get a job like that, if you'll be very specific about linux administration then no one will hire you. Just go ahead and apply to all the companies who take in freshers.
Guy in the Phone: But I have given a certification for linux administration and I am interested to work only in that field.
Man in the bus: Look, Its already 6 Months since you have graduated and if you don't get a job, new batch of engineers will be out of the college and the you can never get a job. Are you not applying any jobs online??? Which site are you looking at for online jobs??
Guy in the phone: I am looking at some site (donno what site name he said)
Man in the bus: Okie.. Go ahead and apply to all the software companies who are looking out for freshers. Don't check for linux administrator's post. Change your resume. Put all general details and you can put one or two lines about your linux certification at the end. If they want to consider they'll. Just do as i say if you want a job and also send me a copy of your resume.
Guy in the phone: Somehow reluctantly the  guy seemed to accept this person's words.
And the call ended.


Suddenly I donno what struck this man in the bus, he called back again and said,
"Do one thing... Remove the certification stuff completely from your resume. Apply like a normal fresher. Do not put any extra things, may be once you are selected you can tell them that you have done this certification too. Just do as I say . Don't put a single word about you linux certification.
And then the call ended again


I wanted to turn back and see who this idiot was who was giving this idiotic solution to that guy and ruining his life. Our very own Raju Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra spent crores of rupees to tell people "Do what you are interested in and not what you are forced to" and finally what people tend to do is, watch the movie...enjoy the popcorn... and then drain everything in the theater's loo and come back into the real world doing the same old stupid stuff.


Well... All i can tell that person in the bus is "Mamu....get well soon" :)

Santoshi Maasi

Finally.... My nephew came into this real world after kicking and troubling my sis for 9months. People who know me also know that i prefer cats and dogs over kids for the very reason that they don't cry and you don't have to carry them, but this time within minutes i went crazy about this kiddo, Pranidhaan.


Yeah, that's my nephew. It was just a month back, i was telling my friend, "how can you call a just born baby cute or look out for facial similarities??? The baby is not even longer than your arm, nose and mouth like some small buttons and the baby hardly opens its eyes". But can you believe i have been looking at its photo since last one hour continuously, and trying to compare his facial features with my sis and brother-in-law.


I think there is some kind of magnetic energy in human blood, which is making me go crazy. If given a chance to meet my nephew, within minutes i'll be ready to leave for US. Its not only happiness, its some strange feeling. Happiness+shock+excitement+some other strange emotions which have no name :)


It was like yesterday that my sis and I used to sit and create all imaginary stories and call each other with weird names, and now, she is mother of a baby and i am Maasi :) Wow!!!


I must confess that all these days i never liked kids, but now... I am crazy about this kiddo.