done....

Spoiler warning : don't read if you haven't finished the sixth book
ok now what do I say. Why do we think 'Hero' needs to do it on his own? In LOTR Tolkien sets off Frodo and Sam alone after a while ridding them the comfort of Gandalf-Aragorn and party. Even in the prequel the Hobbit it gets interesting only when Gandalf disappears and Bilbo and the dwarfs face it all by themselves. So Dumbledore had to die.So Sirius had to die. Hero is hero afterall and only if he can do it alone. But I felt disappointed by the way the greatest wizard, the wise old man died pleading to Snape. it wasn't convincing. What more, I can't see where the half blood prince fits in the complete story line. Sure enough Harry learnt a trick or two to save the day on a couple of occasions thanks to the teachings of the prince but still it wasn't the main theme of the book. Search of the Horocrux or many lives of the Voldemort is the only thing you can get from this book. Anyway now ofcourse we must wait for the final one. I hope Harry is the chosen one and Rowlings makes the confrontation palatable. Oh btw another thing I didn't like was how none of the trusted ones believe Harry this time. Poor guy. Stand alone it's a fantastic book to read but overall book three still remains my favorite :)

I am reading it

yes. I have it. First chapter is sooo good. just started. can't put a nite out. movers moving in my stuff in the new house tomorrow morning. then training whole day. man can't keep myself away. ob I am talking abt the sixth book.

americans!!!

only two questions allowed per side during the 'joint press conference' of bush and singh and what do they ask? One question from the American side was about Karl Rove, the other about the likely Supreme Court justice nominee.

four days since...

I joined the new job. after that hell of a friday I had hell of a friday nite when some sleep walker took off with my laptop bag which had more imp stuff like my relieving and joining letter and cheque books. Lucky, he left his own bag behind and more lucky as it had his number so I got it all back. phew. must say that for those few hours I was tensed. my mom almost cried seeing my 'expose it all' face.

back home in Jaipur it's life as usual. Folks from Jaipur always remind me of hobbits and shire :) totally in love with Jaipur and barely aware of what goes on in the wider world.
company acco at noida turned out to be a big let down. Realized why TI is called the best company to work for. While there we always used to stay in hotels like Taj West End and Leela Palace, here I saw myself cramping in a ghetto called Bali Residency. Well I made the choice to move closer to home so u know. u don't get everything afterall.

work is more or less the same. only instead of being my 'khandu knows it all so beware' self, here I'll be tested every now and then.

Hindi is overused everywhere. I was stunned (really) when during the telephonic HR folks started talking in Hindi! That way Bangalore ppl are more professional I suppose.
Still a lot of things to sort out. My stuff is still in travel. House hunt is yet to take off. got my new number :D means good bye to a lot of folks.

and I am going home this weekend. that's why I came here afterall. home where I'll be safe and warm :)

YES!

last post from Bangalore... well I have almost done it :) packers did a marvelous job of finishing it all in 3 hours straight. With 18 big boxes I realized how much junk I have gathered over past few years :) and I'll certainly miss the over efficient HR team of TI. LOVE YOU FOLKS AND THANKS A LOT for doing all the work and relieving me in time. So here I am typing from my cube of old for the last time (tears flowing.. ok not really but I am kinda psenti) Leaving my name plate behind. That's that. no harm done. C u cats in noida then. cheers and lots of love.

friday is gonna be fun

man it's all coming to friday. Packers will start at 9 in the morning and hopefully finish before 3 or I'm done. Since my bike will be wrapped up I'll be immobile, also coz my mobile connection would have gone as well. Since I need to eat,friday only will be the day when I return the gas cylinder after mum finishes cooking breaker-lunch-dinner all at the same time! worst of all friday is my last day at work. meaning all the bye byes and most imp of all the relieving letter bhi tabhi milega. and my flight is at 6:30 PM. since it's Air Deccan I'll have to checkin before 5 or I am assured of being offloaded. moon and back...

next in line

give me one reason why not. oh btw Happy B'Day USA. wish you don't go hillary'ous when you run out of bush.

I just hope he gets bored or something : Roddick

I really thought it was a bore match. but poor Roddick it seems was helpless. as he said
'I don't know many people in history who would beat him'
'There's only so much you can do. I'm out there giving it my all. That's all you can do'
'You just have to sit back and say 'too good' sometimes. '

http://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/jul/04wimb.htm

no cat makes rats chat

hehe something in latin afterall. though I really wanted to put the matrix quote but then thought this one was good for sometime. hopefully I'll get a good connection at home in noida. posting from work place was never a good idea coz here I am either working or listening to songs or both. never a good thought to post hence.

Anyway ever since I got rid of the cat or the cats life has been good. until recently. But wait the cat didn't make a third reappearance. So the rat did! really now there are rats running around the house. Not those filthy big ones you see on new delhi railway station. really lil ones who make your eyes work really hard to be spotted. Ears do a better job coz they dance in the kitchen making all kind of sound, mind you, in the night. Infact actually thought I heard 'ghoonghroo' last nite. thinking of some old 'lady' ghost with the candle in the hand I woke up to more 'ghoonghroo' sound coming from kitchen. absolutely scared I PULLED the sheet on the face and pillow over it and kept crashing. Only in the morning after careful inspection by mom did we realize that rats have arrived.

but I'll leave them as a token of luck for the next inhabitates of the house. ab hum to bhaye pardeshi.

once upon a time my blog was named on this song

Artist: A-ha Lyrics
Song: Crying In The Rain Lyrics

I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All the sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain

If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you
So though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain

Raindrops falling from heaven
Will never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I'll wait for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see

Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But till then, darling, you'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain

8 days to go

bank ... credit cards ... telephone ... gas connection ...moverNpackers ...no dues ... house .. tickets ... nostalgia .. rains ... heat. oh god.

the one

Sometime random playlists surprise you! there are so many of us who have an absolute hindi background :) My entire schooling was in Hindi Medium. When I went to BITS,first time I got attracted to music other than the hindi movie songs. I remember how I hated rock that time but this song moon and back from savage garden became probably my first non hindi favorite and then I guess the appreciation for others began :) Darren sounds soooooo genuine in this song. I had almost forgotten this song but for the random list playing today.

I would fly you to the moon and back
If you'll be if you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where
we belong So would you be my baby

This one is for TI

Back home when ppl ask me which company I work for, after getting the answer they most often suggest I switch to Infy or Wipro. not blaming them as after all they are the biggest indian brand name these days. But I thought I can do some promotion myself :) Some bullets from TI's 75 year old history

:: TI is the world’s most admired semiconductor company, according to Fortune magazine.
:: TI has shipped more than 20M graphing calculators.
:: More than 50% of 3G phones sold worldwide use TI technology.
:: TI DSPs are so fast they’re in the Guinness Book of Records. TI DSPs let you download in five seconds what took an hour in 1980. TI produces half of the world’s DSPs.
:: Before TI invented the handheld calculator, a typical calculator was as big as a typewriter and cost as much as a car.
:: TI has shipped more than 120B semiconductor chips.
:: TI’s Educational & Productivity Solutions business has trained more than 100,000 educators in innovative methods of teaching math.
:: TI provides support to some of the world’s most prestigious engineering universities including Carleton University, Georgia Institute of Technology, MIT, Rice University, Seoul National University, Stanford University, Tel Aviv University, and Texas A&M University.
:: TI has enabled the creation of more than 1300 real-time digital signal processing labs in universities worldwide.
:: Senior female business leaders at TI have formed the Women of TI Fund to develop and foster programs to keep girls interested in math.
:: Every week day, TIers across the United States are serving as mentors to elementary, middle and high school students to help them achieve their learning goals.

discovery

well I never liked Bangalore but this post from Vikram it-feels-great-to-be-back-in-bangalore made me wonder if I ever knew bangalore. Funny you always realize the value when you loose it. sigh.

and the party begins

had the first of the 'bye bye' parties in IndiJoe this weekend. Didn't know the place is so big from inside :) good food, great atm. and the blogger pic upload works!!! sizzlers sure delighted the animal haters :) Sarba's antique phone is the pic of the day. CHANGE IT YAAR.

quickies suck

watched a 20-20 game for the first time. asia IX v/s rest of the world.
Dunno why no paki in the asian team. but anyway didn't quite like the
concept. the match somehow seemed like watching one day highlights. I
mean ppl hitting fours and sixes and you expect them to hit fours and
sixes hence it becomes quite a bore. In one day it's different. I think
they should change some laws first. may be remove LBW, no ball for
height, wide ball etc. more runs for consequent sixes :) the idea of
allowing the 12th an active participation is good. that is something
which should be there for one dayers as well. yes. that's right. capital
capital capital. some tea will do fine.

shy guy

hey did I mention that thanks to nitesh I found "don't be shy". Apparently it's from a girl band called rouge (I always read it rogue somehow ) but don't think they have released any album. this one features in 'friction'. Stupid Raghav's foto is on the CD. I don't understand why is he suddenly all over the place. With a voice which sounds like sonu nigam under 220 v shock and a creepy yet another remix of 'kabhi aar kabhi paar' how can he be on every chart show on tv. money money money..

original is after all original

Those who listen to tamil music know that 'sakhi re' came ages before 'saathiya'. I used to love the tamil version while in BITS to the extent that I had the tamil lyrics byheart. Today for the first time I saw the video on SS channel. What a beautiful one. Matches the rythem to a perfaction. Loved the way Madhawan and co appear from the bottom of the screen jumping in slow motion when 'sakhi re' plays. and the autum background. phew. lovely.

no pipe dream this

pipe dream here and pipe dream there. Though I knew what the phrase is all about I wanted to know from where it comes. it's my nature. I had once seen a movie on TV with this name where a plumber plays the role of the director. very good movie. tells us how we ignore these lil ppl like plumbers who work for us. In our context I guess security guards will be more apropriate. Here and there you will find one going abt his job and I am sure we never give them a second look. anyway so I was behind pipe dream.of course I did a google search on it and bang came a site phrases.org.uk or something like that. never knew such site exists which lets you know all about the origins and meanings of phrases! to ab raaz khulega sabka. lekin google nahi hota to hamara kya hota?

brother justin! where is the kid?

hey I am moving to NOIDA in a couple of weeks. so close to home. Hopefully I will be able to visit the good ol sleepy town every month. next couple of weeks are gonna be hectic. making sure I visit all the near and dear ones here. treats to all the unlucky souls still stuck here :) hopefully my departure will ease the congestion.

and this one for g/d p. life is such a rat race.

Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can’t be there where you are
There’s something missing in my heart

So many words for the broken heart
It’s hard to see in a crimson love
So hard to breathe
Walk with me, and maybe
Nights of light so soon become
Wild and free I could feel the sun
Your every wish will be done
They tell me

Life goes on as it never ends
Eyes of stone observe the trends
They never say forever gaze
Guilty roads to an endless love
There’s no control
Are you with me now
Your every wish will be done
They tell me

There’s nowhere to run
I have no place to go
Surrender my heart, body and soul
How can it be you’re asking me to feel the things you never show