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I think that we must have neutral (is that the right word ??) feelings for some ppl in our life. (Like towards your advisors and managers). Makes life easy that way. I wish i can develop that attitude ..Will try hard.

I have a meeting at 3.00 pm .Dont know how it will go coz i dont have anything much to report about. I dont want to think abt it and so i think i"ll blog. Hey i turned 30 some days back ..The good old 20s are gone ... 30,married ,no kids and havent acheived much in life either. Dont know where all this is going . Nothing really much to talk abt. And hey i am not at all sad or extra reflective as i write this. I am still ready to take on life and maybe things will get better for me! The good side --Great friends a good life partner,i dont work in a company,am still studying and am going to see a lot of new places and meet new friends! I dont owe anybody anything financially,not enough money to save,so wont try saving , just enough to enjoy and travel! Stopped thinking too much about the future--- u cant think beyond 6 months --u never know where life will take you ! So dont plan too much ! By planning too much in advance you may be killing out other interesting unforeseen chances i...

Two songs which i listen to daily these days are Tu jaane na from "Ajab Prem ki gajab kahani" And Ektaara from "Wake up Sid" Extremely beautiful...

http://www.wesselenyi.com/speech.htm I read this really long back and today i saw it again.I really like this article and there is so much truth in it. Posting it here as a reminder to myself and for any one who surfs by ! Some excerpts : Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Understand that friends come a...

Reading through manuals can be quite a pain and its simple if you know your system and the right commands. I wanted to find out the L2 cache associativity and found some inconsistent details on different sites for the processor model i have. A reliable source to find this is : cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index2/ways_of_associativity dmidecode is also supposed to print it.But some time it reports some values as Unknown.

"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide." -- Napolean Bonaparte I have enrolled for a decision support course and we have a very nice professor. Our first class started with this poem. "To be or not to be" http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha8.htm The next session on decision trees started with note on how Darwin decided whether to marry or not. Quite interesting ! http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.2&pageseq=1

http://itsfine.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/chetan-bhagats-speech-at-symbiosis/

How often we use this phrase and I was surprised to find a theory which has actually backs this. From wikipedia.. Six degrees of separation (also referred to as the "Human Web") refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth. --John Guare Well this has been the foundation for successful ventures of social networking sites.

Swami Narayan Birla Temple Near the Tomb at Qutub Minar The Lotus Temple Red Fort Near the Qutub Minar Guru in front of the Qutub Minar India Gate Just back after a tour from Delhi.Went there for the visa interviews.This time we got to see some more historical places at Delhi.Just wish that the weather was more tolerable.It was just tooo hot for a Bangalorean and that took away most of the zest in visiting all these places.Well,that doesnt take away any of the splendour and magnificience associated with these places. Couldnt help noticing ... 1.People eating chats in the afternoon when it's really hot.. 2.People Selling "Machine ka thanda paani" at 1 rupee per glass at many places 3.Fiery Red seemed to be the choice of lipsticks of middle aged women 4. Awesome sense of dressing in some of the girls -- Great salwars and kurtis and matching footwear The downsides The hot-n-humid weather -- it was a damp squib ,an energy drainer and brought down my travelling and shopping ze...

Guru and I set out last Saturday to Visit BR Hills. Highlights of the place : Very scenic route from Maddur to BR Hills --Just beautiful.Lush green,dense jungles as you enter the Sanctuary area.It may not be so great in the summer though.Great to visit when it has just rained. I suggest ppl trvelling there to rent out your a cab,if you can afford to, so that you can stop by, immerse yourself in all the freshness of the place ,and move on ,rather than a non stop journey to the top of the hills. Reaching there: KSRTC has a direct bus which starts at sharp 7.00 am from the Mysore Road Satellite bus stop.If you dont get it the next one is at 9.00. But there are numerous buses plying to Kollegal. So your options are Hire a cab or if you plan to take the bus : Bangalore ->BR Hills Bangalore-> Kollegal->Yellandur->BR Hills Bangalore-> Maddur-> Kollegal->Yellandur->BR Hills Do's : Carry Food if you are not keen on having the food served at the temple t...

Its been two years since I got married. Rushes : 6 months at "Amchi mumbai" Initial days of marriage :) Worked in a startup in which i was the 13th employee :) Life in the campus ... Treks in the sahyadris Return to bangalore Joined Citrix --Bored employee intially 9 weeks of non stop weekends around Karnataka and more treks Fun at Citrix ..great time with friends at work // Crosswords and carrom The occasional house hunt //peer and family pressure Mrg phase 2 //acc to G's traditions :) Getting to know the inlaws and G's family Weekends at inlaws //which i dreaded ,then tried avoiding ,then got used to,now i can hande it well :) Some weekends at Hospet //the kids,G's adorable neices save me there :) The memorable trip to manali and the 3-day trek to malana Trips to kodai,pondi ,shimoga,chikmagalur Read some good books Escaped a layoff in office //just for the time being ... may ne...

Raagi Malt is a great healthy drink [native to Karnataka] to beat the summer heat. In bangalore you can get raagi flour in all supermarts.Buy a small packet coz it gets spoilt very soon if unused [from my personal experience]. Here's the recipe from the master chef "Guru" Serves : 4 Ingredients: 1. Water [ 4 tea cups] 2. Finger millet [Raagi] flour : 2-3 tea spoons 3. Curd : 3/4th cup 4. Coarsely Chopped garlic : 1 clove [Very little just to give a faint taste ] 5. A little finely chopped ginger 6. 2 chopped curry leaves and little coriander 7. Salt to taste [ 1/2 tea spoon or a little less as per your taste] 8. 1/2 chilly [Optional] Preparation Time: 10 mins Method: Mix the raagi flour with water so as to avoid lumps. [Mixing with your hands will ensure this] Add the garlic,ginger,curry leaves Heat it for 5-8 mins with constant stirring to avoid lumps on a low to medium flame [Dont let it get too thick ] Add the curd , salt and mix it with a curd churner Garnish it wit...

A brilliant book and it would be one of the most informative and interesting book i have read to date. It dwells on the lives of the most successful people ,the circumstances what helped them become what they are. Its not a self-help book.Its backed by factual data, runs down to the cultural roots of people's lives and the time they lived in .It's more like Freakonomics in my view. Do read it.Watch out for the theory of Hofstede's cultural dimensions.Chapters like "The ethnic theory behind plane crashes","The 10,000 hours rule","The story of Joe Flom" seemed particularly interesting to me. A must read for one and all.I genuinely felt sad that the book ended.

Maybe I've started enjoying all movies ... You can spend some time watching "Gran Torino" if you can live with the language [ disparaging racial remarks are strewn generously throughout the whole span]. At your own risk do watch watch "Dhoondte Reh jaoge" which is a no brainer stupid time pass movie !!! :).But which i had a good laugh at anyways. Well dont watch : "Twilight" . Its a movie about a "veggie vampirish family" ,to mean they only feed on animals and not humans . Who said only Bollywood was capable of churning no brainers. You have tough competition here !

Go watch it ... The movie is fabulous. This is one of those movies best watched alone .Will not reveal the story here.It left an impact on my mind and it's very unlike the movies i've watched in a long long time.It's a slow movie but with a strong script and have the patience and watch it till the end.The movie begins in a mood of intense passion,but well there's much more to it.It is based on WW-2 and gives an insight into the minds of one of the perpetrators of crime. Changeling is another good movie which you should not miss..

Bengaluru habba is back and yes ! we are making the most of it. The inaugural ceremony was good with a classical Drupad Gayan performance by the Gundecha brothers,followed by a fultoo Bollwood Shankar Ehsaan Loy performance. Then we watched a Kannada play on Monday. [Maybe i didnt get the funny dialogs right ,bcoz Guru was having a blast ] We attended an Oddisi and bharatnatyam dance performance on Tuesday and i was mesmerized by the Oddisi dancers from Nrityagrama [Bijoyni and Surupa Sen]. Tommorrow there's a play "Hamlet" by Evam which i think i have watched before,but i will ,again ,coz I like the troupe . Good night! A follow up by Guru... Events that we watched in this year's Habba: --------------------------------------------- 1. Umakant & Ramakant Gundecha (Gundecha Brothers) - Classical Hindustani - Dhrupad Music 2. Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Bollywood music 3. Samsaradalli Sa Ni Da Pa by Spandana, Sagara (Shivamogga) - Kannada Theatre 4. Nrityagram (Bijayini Sa...