Safarnama

Life-Art

2010-07-21T19:57:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time life used to imitate art, then it started imitating TV and now it just imitates reality TV.

Orkut, again!

2008-03-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

I am back on Orkut and I have already started hating it. It is a stupid site. The whole idea is stupid. And to seal the deal there is Today's Fortune. What if I am not interested in my fortune. I am seriously sorry for the guy who is writing these fortunes. One thing for sure the parrot didnt pick the right job card for him. I am not sure whether that lil green thing is still alive; this fortune guy must have already shot it. If not then please do so! Good Riddance! As a kid I used to like parrots and used to think they are cute and all. But they have hideous trait of picking card and telling fortunes. Take my advice you lil parrot and shut the hell up. And fortune dude, there are plenty of Starbucks around and I have heard they have a good health care package. So scratch your head; and if you cant do that and hire a financial / career consultant who can outline some career paths for you. Looking at your core competency of making a parrot go in circles, sorry to say, but you dont have lot of options. Again, Starbucks comes at the top in my list for you.

Anyway back to Orkut. Take look at my today's fortune: "You are going to have a very comfortable old age". What the hell! Seriously it is not funny. First of all, I dont want to be old. And second nobody ever had a comfortable old age, leave alone a very comfortable one. Dont trust me, then go ahead and wish an old dude "I wish you are having a comfortable time". Give it a try and I will watch him running your ass over at 30mph. That's painful, man. You get run over at 70mph, that fine; misery is over in a zap. But think the same thing at 30mph. Don't come and tell me "Hey, 30mph is almost half of 70mph, so it should take almost twice as much" Alright Einstein, why don't you go ahead and prove me wrong.

"You are going to have a very comfortable old age" This phrase is stuck in my head. I dont know your idea of comfort, but mine certainly doesnt include tubes running through me. So why dont give yourself a break .

I seriously wish that the guy who wrote my Today's Fortune should read this blog of mine. And if you are reading it already, then Starbucks is hiring, seriously! I got you covered; you can give my reference.

The beautiful game

2007-08-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

Orkut

2007-08-14T13:57:00.000-07:00

Today I deleted my profile on Orkut. I dont kow why but I feel relieved and it was not so hard as I though it would be.

Probably I will get later to reason out why I did it. Till then Adios!

2006-12-21T09:27:00.000-08:00

"The best thing for being sad", replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then -- to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn."

-- T.H. White, The Once and Future King

PS: I copied this para from "about me" of my friend Harsh Raju on Orkut.com.

Passion

2006-12-11T13:24:00.000-08:00

Somehow, maybe while looking back or something, this thought came to my mind: words like determination, will power etc are great words and of course even greater attitudes if worn on the sleeves. But if you look closer you will realize that these are made for people who are in ‘other areas’. Yeah I will tell you what I mean by quote-n-quote other areas. By this phrase I mean fields other than where one wants to be. That one field can sum up in one feeling and the word which comes closest to that that feeling is PASSION. Yes I am one of those hippies who believe in passion. Infact most of us believe in passion when we are growing. When we are kids we do things we like (most of us not all of us) and then we grow up and start doing things to which we can relate at best but cant feel that way. And then come words like will power and determination. Yeah you need them when you are doing something you don’t like because then you have to push yourself every second. That’s how it is.

You know what the other way of living is from passion and if bolstered by discipline, it is heaven on earth. It is dream of everybody.

In the end, I wouldn’t be surprised if most of you disagree with me.