Friday, December 28, 2007

And so it died..

So I started my day all groggy and stumbling around. Finally found him alive and kicking defiantly giving me all the reasons to finally wake up. Fresh and whizzing like the early morning sun. And slowly I started waking up. Noticing the beautiful bright day out there.
But suddenly it started sputtering, and I just did not have a good feeling about all this. Then slight stretches of complete nothings and I knew in my heart this is it. So I held it in my hand felt the pulse, the constant resonating undying pulse. Finally it stopped. And so right there in the middle of beautiful bright day it died in my hand.. Darn! I gotto get new batteries for my electric toothbrush..

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Searching for Patterns

So I was watching a beautiful mind, intruging movie, but this post is not about that, its about what it got me thinking. Patterns.. everything around us is a pattern. In fact we have this tendency to find patterns in lfe behavioral, seasonal, regional... Patterns, trends, take language for instance we took some random shapes and assigned a meaning to their different combination and permutations.

Everything in life is a pattern, or else we make sure its a pattern, or we search for a pattern. Patterns are beautiful, they lend a kind of symmetry. Its a nature thing, trees, plants, flowers everything has a certain symmetry to it. At the basic level everything has the same pattern when we come down to it atoms, molecules, cells.

Why is there this need for searching patterns. I believe once we can tag a pattern we kind of know the meaning, it is predictable to certain level thereafter. Therefore it gives us a sense of security in knowing.. Cause we are always insecure with things we dont know and cannot predict.

But every discovery, invention, serendipity, accident requires to step out of the comfortable life of predictable patterns and look for new ones to give meaning and sense of knowing to the unknown anamolies and deduce new pattens

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

How jaded are we exactly..

As a kid born into this world we are like, white canvases waiting for that splash of color. Somewhere down the line this becomes more of a mish mash of contradictions, difficulties, clashes in ideologies, loss of that creative sparkle and what not. So eventually we condition ourselves into detaching our mind. So many times when something disturbing happens its not as if we are there but a hovering self of ours analyzing the scene from far above, secretly watching how people react, secretly hoping that no one catches our secret eye. It is definitely something we have accomplished from the naive what’s that days to was what days..

Watching gore and not wincing is a proud victory, I’ve seen better.. I’ve seen worse.. Maybe that’s the reason why we have developed this need to live on the edge to experience those roller coaster of emotion which otherwise are invisible in our daily existence. After all someone very smart coined ignorance is bliss. Then there was living in denial makes life much more easier to handle rather than take decisions and face consequences everyday in n out.

So creating a protective bubble and numbing emotions is that the path to evolution now. Is that how our evolved selves will relate with everyone?

Friday, November 30, 2007

Universal Foul Play

November has been creatively very productive, therefore just wanted to end it with some introspective, digressional, tangential but spectacular random thought. Unfortunately it rained and the weather turned cold. I am not a sunflower yet but some lights in my head definitely tuned off or dimmed at the least.

That made me thinking why do we worship Sun, sunlight sunrays. Isn’t there an abundance of Stars in galaxy ahem universe? Isn’t our revered sun actually a pretty average middle aged dude whose been predicted to end up as a dwarf. No supernova spectacle or black holes pulsating magic just a meek bow out of the universal play.

And then we can’t stop romanticizing the moon, I asked my teacher once which ones bigger sun or moon and everybody laughed at me. Well I stand by my question did not the relativity experts kept drumming everything can be explained by frame of reference. To me that perfectly circular orange moon against that deep dark sky definitely seemed much larger than the sun which no matter how much I squinted my eyes I could not make out how big it really was.

But moon is just a small satellite which for some reason took to earth and planned to orbit around. Poor guy hanging around all alone, if he had chosen Jupiter or Saturn, it would have enjoyed so much company. So we sent out a couple of man made satellites to give some reality TV view to the lonely guy.

And then there was water who knew it never was blue colored. It froze and rained and even evaporated at times talk about nirvana and cycle of life. Then there were these huge comets essentially humungous ice cubes jetting around with burning tails.

Planets, satellites and comets however different have something in common though. All of them might love spinning but eventually revolve around our middle aged thoroughly average sun.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Here we go again!

Life has become tough! to top usernames and passwords post, it has become my undoing.. I feel what all those one hit wonders felt like, desperate for the recognition and admiration they know they deserved, but cannot pull three aces again and so here is another attempt for the same elusive glory.

So I have decided there shall be no humor, no sarcasm, no pop culture reference just plain random vague thought. As Christina Aguilera said back to basics (darn u pop culture).

Here we go again! Its Business Time

I used to be a poet once long time ago, in a land far far away.. so another sincere shot at poetry.

It all came back to me again,
Sitting on the terrace chatting for hours
Sweating under the ceiling fan for hours and hours
Life was simple with very few worries
Most of them were what would there be
For breakfast, lunch or a la tea time dare I devours
The creative oh so surprisingly bad Hors d'Oeuvres

Walking under the clear dark night
Debating on alien existence
Watching all passing airplanes
Catching glimpse of meteors
Debating, watching, wishing
Political correctness we not knew thee

Days are still the same
Worries still around food
Nights are almost clear
But things have definitely changed
Maybe it’s the tectonic plates
Somebody told me they moved

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Sensual Topic (censored stuff!)

So this topic is all about the five senses and more.. Fooled u into reading this topic dint I! [Smirk!], but read on there is something very vaguely moving here. From kindergarten itself we have been taught that there are 5 basic senses. Sense of touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight Most of our experiences regarding these senses can be categorized as pleasant and unpleasant. Predictably enough unpleasant experiences are the ones we retain for longer. Think about it what pops into your mind, last time u burned your hand or last time u touched something soft.
For the most part most of these senses are very transitory (hang in there, as one wise reader suggested this does go OHT at times, what is OHT u ask, ask the wise reader) I mean lets say we see this awesome scenic place, we are wowed by it (ok I will stop generalizing) I am wowed by it but after some time it looses it wowness factor. Eat something delicious first spoon amaaaazing second spoonful amaaazing third one amaazing fourth one amazing (make note the a's are reducing with each spoonful, learned that trick from Hindi movies, subtleness is for suckers!..). So now u know food is amazing so what next. My point is these senses get fatigued very easily and after the initial thrill it looses the wow factor. Yet and I repeat yet! no matter how easily these good senses get fatigued u keep craving for them. For example I had these baked chips during lunch, not bad, ok kinda but still I kept craving for the real stuff even though my mind knows it’s just a transitory feeling followed by grueling hours of workout in the gym but u still keep craving for the good stuff.
That bring me to my next point, (don’t worry the sensual stuff is coming up really soon) there are so many other senses, for instance sense of craving (which emerges anytime you have diet stuff), sense of anticipation(after a good interview), sense of looming(after a bad interview), deja-vu(every time u end up in a deadlock), sense of belonging(every time India wins world cup), sense of squeamishness(every time u see that roach dancing around), sense of epiphany(every time u see any idol program and realize that’s your calling), sense of daydreaming/overconfidence(every time u see any idol program and realize that’s your calling) I can go on and on and on but here is the final bouncer, the mother of all senses, physical and metaphysical ones, Sense of Fulfillment. I believe Sense of Fulfillment is the driving force in life, for instance u keep eating until u feel you are completely full, this fullness has no bearing on how hungry u r it generally depends on the deliciousness of food. How one keeps running from masters of science to masters of business admin only to realize that, they need a sabbatical to explore the world, for fulfillment.
I would like to quote a short story here a man was walking by a field and saw a farmer resting under the tree. Now this guy goes the farmer and asks, Bhai why r u resting why don’t u work, so the farmer asked how will that help. So this guy goes on and says u will have an awesome harvest (Farmer: then what), u will have more money (Farmer: then what), u can buy more fields (Farmer: then what), you'll be a rich guy (Farmer: then what), Arre bhai u can sit aaram se and rest! so the farmer replied and wat else am I doing right now? So there you have it the driver of all senses: Sense of Fulfillment. So those are my sincerest sensual thoughts for the day (and yea this is the sensual part [smirk... smirk]

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Life the unfortunate series of contradictions...

So who made plans and implemented them to perfection.. Bravo! you are in the elite group of .01% or maybe I am just feeling too ebullient and its.00000000000(n times) and 1(This nth thing is so ingrained from school)
So anyways back to the topic.. why do plans fail and more importantly why do we make plans when we know the success rate is highly unlikely.. whyare homo sapiens such an eternally optimistic species, we still do wait for buses on time..
Well we do learn and adapt I mean thats the reason we are still not extinct but still even though we may adapt theres this small little hopeful maybe's going through us.. Where does this small and I mean really really small voice unless u r the energizer bunny on a venti caffine high (then it might be audible to the next person) come from..
Once upon a time there was this really bright man and I just wiki'd him his name was Edward Murphy (and u thot u will find nthg informative on this vague blog and yea he was an aerospace engineer) predicted and I quote "If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way"Yes he actually quoted that and was quite upset with how it was interpreted by people.
So the version we know if anything can go wrong it will and that does happen most of the time. Smart people try to cover all avenues and what if's and at the end of the day are still baffled with new loopholes or better still holes. Talking about holes.. what an awesome movie.. I reseliently avoided watching this movie for a long time, kids digging holes in a camp just did not sound fun to me.. but on an awefully boring afternoon I gave in watched it and loved it.
So in the end, matter of the fact is life might go downhill and u might start questioning or be reassured that what more worse can happen, thats a jinxed question which shd never be pondered upon coz it will surprise you and not in a good way and then it might go some more downhill and so on until the puzzle fits together and light shines on your head and everybody lives happily ever after. For the rest of us that dream is still there that something spectacular is waiting on the horizon until then we can just live with contradictions and try to cover as many loopholes as we can.. So long..

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Usernames and Passwords

Dear faithful handful readers another random entry for your benefit not actually benefit but maybe something to think about and ponder(love that word, like the ring to it pOnder, I am already sounding drunk, wheres my hot java) Ahem, so here we start again..
I come to office first thing I am greeted by is my login window, after that I log into my office email, business applications, personal emails, chats and then I start getting automated alerts for payments, credit cards, gas bill, elctric bill, phone bill, cable bill and the list goes on. I am sure by now you must be wondering why am I even reading all this, but trust me patient reader there is a point(isnt there one always..)

So heres my point (and I cannot be more blunt abt it unlike MBA reading comprehensions where you go digging for it) when did life become all about usernames and passwords, let me rephrase that, all this makes me wonder when did life become all about usernames and passwords (batting eyelashes looking out of window at the non existent skyline.. always wanted to do that very sex and the cityish)

Actually this username funda starts as soon as ur born, when parents start the quest for the oh so perfect name, name which has not been used already (very unlikely unless they start resorting to underscores, numbers,$#@%, u get the drill) and something that will hopefully decide your destiny (hows aishwarya) or somehow model u into their idols. I mean theres a lot of thought involved in this first username that we are assigned.

But here lies my question, we are given this username but whats the password. How do we log into our life to figure out why things are happening, whos sending mind mails, who really wants to talk and has been pinging forever. Wheres my karma account how do I log into that so that I can see my balance, have my good deeds already exceeded the heaven threshold entrance, or have my bad deeds made me a good candidate to change my career path to become a successful lawyer. How do I log into my destiny account to see where I am headed, can I see what stopovers I will have or is it a direct flight, is it red eye or blue eye or bright eyed. Wheres my life expectancy acct, how many years months days do I have to figure this problem out.

So many questions and no passwords. I am quite sure my username is my given name and all these accounts are tied together. These hidden accounts keep functioning with scurrying activity but just no access watsoever. And how about the password, where is it? I believe the password is sequence of events in life (talk about a random sequence no one can hack into) the choices I make, the paths I dont take, the decisions I leave to time.. I am pretty sure thats the password, no wonder I myself can never make it out its like the value of Pi unpredictable, surprising, with no clear intentions where its heading and never ending....

Thursday, September 20, 2007

MBA, wat say?

Back to blogging hoping my handful readers whom I remind everyday to read my blogs are having fun.. My tempramental obsession is preparing for MBA, this is a bug which bites me now and then and I google some online free exams score something and smirk at my above average score. This is a never ending cycle which happens every few months, my egotist evil side keeps convincing me that I am way much smarter for the job I am currently doing.. but it could be other reasons.
Why engineers want to pursue MBA and give CAT, GMAT, doormat, ulti-mat(I know bad one but cud not resist..) who cares so here goes

Reasons to go in for MBA or mgmt position:

1) You hate coding, there was a time when I thought I could find a cure for cancer(oops wrong time period I was preparing for medical then)when I thought I could give bill gates a run for his money(yea I was that ambitious, I am not going to admit stupid although it seems like apple guy, steve jobs is the one for now) but within few months of working I realised how boring coding can be and how subsequent attempts at it slowly rusts your brain and dampens any leftover spirit..

2) Managers just keep asking who is doing what, that is after 2 years of obtaining a degree, I mean cmon I can be really competent at that..

3)They just have to know how to work with MS word, ppt and if really proficient then MS project and here I am struggling with the complete new version of some application every few months, what upgrade does Word ever have some new font I never knew about

4)Make some good dough, who would not want to get paid for asking folks wat work are "You" doing, you really get paid for that

5) Gives you a lot more visibility in company and if u r smart enuff u can patao some big hotshot(at least thats what i keep dreaming off) are both the google folks taken already..

6)More rep in family I mean engineers are everywhere, u pick up a stone and u will find 50 below it thats how many there are, every remote village has an engg school but MBA now that suggests you had money(look at the education cost) and will finally land a good job (or how the hell u plan to pay off all those education costs)

Thats all the inspiration I could muster, wat say people, any more reasons to go for it or as Nike profoundly said Just do it!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Home alone!

So this is my first night blog, hopefully it does not turn into something creepy. So before we go into more vaguely important matters, let me justify the title of my posting.. So I do live with roommates but today its just me.. Now ever since I watched home alone, I have loved the whole idea of having the whole house to myself to mess around, eat sleep and watch tonnes of TV without any parental control, actually moving to US has been pretty much playing home alone all the time.. but having no parental control kills the fun overtime.

Now to another completely random topic, TV :D so I am big sucker for reality TV. So today as a typical surfer I am watching, biggest looser, beauty and the geek and some movie hide and seek. Whenever I am not watching multiple thgs I always feel that I am wasting time. Talk about dakota fanning shes one of the creepiest kids, I mean just put her in a movie and it will be scary you dont need anythg else. I still feel immature when I watch her. De Niro's her dad I mean the movies gotto be scary Godfather overseeing war of the worlds got to be scary ok I admit it was not but sit alone at home on a slightly chilly day and see people loosing weight, while nerdy people date beautiful people(I dont get the big deal abt that dont all the big old, cold celebs have pretty wives, gfs, etc etc) and de niro singing some lullaby its gotto be scary..

So moral of the story, dont look for morals in random vague blog, keep watching reality TV and enjoy playing home alone oh yea finishing on douglas adams hes gonna be a regular here btw "For a moment, nothing happened.Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen." So Long....

Monday, September 17, 2007

Vaguest Blog ever! worth your time..

Heres my foray into the land of blogospher so pardon my intended puns and unintended mistakes. To start with let me quote douglas adams, "Time is an illusion lunchtime doubly so ". Time is an illusion.. and my lunchtime is complete Maya.. Its right there in front of everyone to see, yet it can only be seen by those who really seek it and its a neverending cycle that goes on and on and on.. or so I believe to think..or like to believe.. talk abt circles, ahem! cycles and maya..
How many of you have witnessed that sense of Deja Vu we keep suffering from esp when it comes to relationships (Yes the R word) not mine but others.. This exact same stuff happened to me and this is how everything screwed up in the end, the screwedupness is inevitable in every case thats a constant.. This particular line of thinking is followed diligently by people who are out of this R rated movie but desperately want to get back into one or not now that is a question no one here reading this blog cares about.. If you are wondering, the title was clear, vaguest blog so dont screw up those brows any more or you will get those wrinkles and illusionary aspect of time will start loosing its credence.

So back to the R word now people on the other side of fence do exhibit a couple of other very strong points, for instance when they are not in a relationship they have all the time in the world to talk abt any topic under the sun, but as soon as they find a significant or potential or for that matter any person who is willing to give them any time the sorority time is out of the window.. henceforth all sense of deja vu endings with how this vip in their life changed every single thing. If it is in context with your line of thot then you are lucky or else you have just been bestowed with an insight into the lives of the young & the restless and the really happy folks..

My lunchtime illusion is slowly coming to an end now.. So those are my vaguest thoughts for the day. Truly yours vaguely..