yes, it's been 6 months since i last updated this... and i know my fans are quite upset... all 4 of them. this one goes out to you guys! :P
so here's this favorite-topic-turned-pet-peeve of mine. coffee shops in bombay... they're everywhere... EVV-AAARI-WHERE! that's not the problem though. it's the fact that they aren't really coffee shops... not like starbucks, where you'd go to converse, read a book, do your hw... or write something :) ....they're flames for wannabe-moths, who have enough money to splurge.
given 3 months in bombay, i had the opportunity to spend some quality time in these coffee shops... talking to my ppl, trying to know them better... dare i say, impress a girl on a date?! :D baristas, ccds, cafe mochas... all of them are pretty kool. they've managed to instill the coffee-culture in a predominantly tea-drinking nation... impressive.
now, am all for loud discotheques and pubs, but coffee shops are where you go to talk man... hold conversations. well, in most cities anyway.... not in good ol' bombay though! these places were really rough; could barely hear each other over the cacophony of people jabberin away. the young-adults were bad... n the adults? worse! hehehehheehe besides, the coffee, was avg at best. and why the hell don't they serve no good chai man?! CHAI! i wanna see gooooooood chai there!
a total let-down was cafe mocha though. sittin in their bandra outlet with paul, discussing h1s and our bangalore/goa escapades, we found it really funny that all people there did was either make-out on the couch, or have hookah. ok fyi, i HATE the hookah fad... i mean, if you luv it, more power to you. but i detest it... i mean how stupid do you have to be, to be a "non-smoker" n "smoke" a hookah? but that's how fads work....heheehehhe! wat's next? teenage girls in spaghetti-tops smoking beedis? or better yet, spittin paan inside the restaurant. heyy! c'mon now! it's the "KOOL" thing to do, right?.... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! i dunno man; am as much a youngster as the next pre-teen that hates the world... but seeing people making out next to me in the middle of the afternoon, in the midst of hookah-smoke, just ain't my idea of a good time.
my favorite coffee-shop in bombay is undoubtedly "prithvi cafe"... the age-old, out-door venue run by prithvi theater. the ambience is to die for and you can see the who's-who of the theater/tv world there... it's just teeming with talent... real talent. they serve some super snacks there. AND, they serve the best chai ever (yeah, yeah i know, its famous for the irish coffee thing... still!). during the best date of our lives (yes, i cross-checked with her), dips & i ordered some food along with the aforementioned, infamous hot beverages. for the 2nd evening in a row,
the waiter said: "sir, that isn't available".
me: "no problem, get item 2"
waiter: "sir, that isn't available either"
me, jokingly: "did you guys know i was stopping by, & decide to NOT make all that i ordered?"
dips: "so what's the matter? what all do you have?"
waiter, smiling wryly (and no, i'm not exaggerating): "actually we're closing down......"
us: "OH!"
me: "are you'll renovating? or is something else coming up here?"
waiter: "sir, they're opening up a cafe mocha here"
us: "............................................"
so that's that. prithvi's gone, and it's gonna be replaced by a hookah-joint also known as make-out central... ladies and gentlemen.... cafe mocha. (knowing prithvi theater, they'll prolly control that... it's still annoying though :) )
"coffees and conversations"...? nahhhhh! gimme "chai and gupshup" anytime!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
1 year / chicken soup
watever happened to May, you ask? it came and went and i barely looked at my wristwatch, forget about seeing the calender. whirlwind! good or bad, 'twas definitely interesting.
am in redlands... at work... on a saturday... weird! reminds me of my research days... used to be the only one in the entire building. i'll never forget the oddly-shaped key specially made for us; it ran the elevator on such godforsaken hours/days, when only a desi research assistant would possibly be working. back to me workin on a saturday...
i'm juggling 3 roles at work now: developer, builds engineer and, well, "the CruiseControl guy"... yeah that really isn't an official post, but well, it takes up so much of my time! (fyi, in layman's terms, CruiseControl is this software we use at work... in lame-man terms (read: geek), it's a continuous integration software that monitors our source-control system to keep our project build status in release-mode up-to-date... phew...nauseous yet??? i know i am! LOL.)
it's a lil chilled out though... had thai for lunch with roommates and my office colleague. shes among the better things in redlands. good company and always up for coffee, lunch... or a non-veg joke! hehehehe. rushed back to work, got an hour's worth put in; then off to watch ocean's thirteen! yay! good movie... paisa vasool types. and yeah, if ure wonderin if a pretty-boy like brad pitt can act... unfortunately he can. and george clooney and matt damon are funny in their one-liners. if only each work-day were like this! with thai cuisine and a movie to kill that horrendous 3:15 to 5:45pm time-slot! hehehehe!
sunday:
one year gone... my employment permit expires on the 11th. at work today, again. don't get me wrong, the money's welcome. but a 9-day work-week, 11 hrs a day, is murder... no matter what they pay you. if i skip this, others will end up doing it. that's really why i'm here now. yeah i know, i know... how boy-scout of me. the way i see it, am pretty much jobless after monday right up till october, so it's kool.
time sure has flown by. i remember walking into this very office 10 months back, wondering if i'll ever be comfortable here. (ironically, this is the very room they interviewed me in!) the very 1st week i was assigned a very difficult task, which i did an awesome job of, fyi! (no! modesty ain't my cup of mocha frappuccino!) now as i look around this room, i see it as mine... my office... the tiny basketball net, the dilbert, garfield, calvin comic strips pasted all over, the random keychain with tiny boxing gloves at the end, my bag thrown in a corner... and a post-it note on my monitor that still states that "today is a good day".... yeah its my office.
(continued on monday night)
started the day by buying some chicken soup. had to put it aside coz of my appointment and this early meeting. rats. i luvvvv soup.
finished my last physical therapy session today. i bought stephanie a double dvd set of Patch Adams & What Dreams May Come...(i luv that movie). she was really happy :D . she'd once mentioned "Patch.." is one of the factors that got her interested in med-school... i just thought it'd be the perfect gift. it's really fascinating to talk to people from different walks of life, and hear what they have to say about their choices... why they made them, how they made them. it's like an insight into what drives them. pure passion. but i'm missing my soup!
finally! i get to open the cover of that soup bowl! my outlook reminder flashes a message: meeting with my manager in 5. crap! 1 hour later: rushed back for that soup, but my roommate had an emergency and wanted to see me rt away (sigh... sure dude, i'll be there). money-matters, tricky they sure are!
i had to finish this really complicated piece of code... had been struggling with it for 2 whole days. the chicken soup just sit there. had to choose between the soup and lunch... can't waste time on soup now, 've just 10 mins... eat something solid!
6pm i finally got to it. hours after the intended period, it was cold, with a lot of condensation around, and it tasted kinda funny... but you know what? that's just fine ;) i luvvv soups.
i see a comfort zone now. one that i've worked very hard to create, beginning from a time filled with anxieties. but for how long will this be? will i have to go over this again? if experience has taught me anything (and i'm a difficult student, mind you!) the answer is probably yes.
its what we do... 1) adapt, 2) settle, and 3) eventually move on. repeat from step 1.
as i spilled a drop, i looked down on my office ID, and noticed that i was wearing the same shirt today as i was when i joined the office. and that code that i was struggling with? i solved that..... by looking at the stuff i'd written on the 1st day of my job. (told ya that i'd done a great job of it!)
cycles, circles and u-turns...
am in redlands... at work... on a saturday... weird! reminds me of my research days... used to be the only one in the entire building. i'll never forget the oddly-shaped key specially made for us; it ran the elevator on such godforsaken hours/days, when only a desi research assistant would possibly be working. back to me workin on a saturday...
i'm juggling 3 roles at work now: developer, builds engineer and, well, "the CruiseControl guy"... yeah that really isn't an official post, but well, it takes up so much of my time! (fyi, in layman's terms, CruiseControl is this software we use at work... in lame-man terms (read: geek), it's a continuous integration software that monitors our source-control system to keep our project build status in release-mode up-to-date... phew...nauseous yet??? i know i am! LOL.)
it's a lil chilled out though... had thai for lunch with roommates and my office colleague. shes among the better things in redlands. good company and always up for coffee, lunch... or a non-veg joke! hehehehe. rushed back to work, got an hour's worth put in; then off to watch ocean's thirteen! yay! good movie... paisa vasool types. and yeah, if ure wonderin if a pretty-boy like brad pitt can act... unfortunately he can. and george clooney and matt damon are funny in their one-liners. if only each work-day were like this! with thai cuisine and a movie to kill that horrendous 3:15 to 5:45pm time-slot! hehehehe!
sunday:
one year gone... my employment permit expires on the 11th. at work today, again. don't get me wrong, the money's welcome. but a 9-day work-week, 11 hrs a day, is murder... no matter what they pay you. if i skip this, others will end up doing it. that's really why i'm here now. yeah i know, i know... how boy-scout of me. the way i see it, am pretty much jobless after monday right up till october, so it's kool.
time sure has flown by. i remember walking into this very office 10 months back, wondering if i'll ever be comfortable here. (ironically, this is the very room they interviewed me in!) the very 1st week i was assigned a very difficult task, which i did an awesome job of, fyi! (no! modesty ain't my cup of mocha frappuccino!) now as i look around this room, i see it as mine... my office... the tiny basketball net, the dilbert, garfield, calvin comic strips pasted all over, the random keychain with tiny boxing gloves at the end, my bag thrown in a corner... and a post-it note on my monitor that still states that "today is a good day".... yeah its my office.
(continued on monday night)
started the day by buying some chicken soup. had to put it aside coz of my appointment and this early meeting. rats. i luvvvv soup.
finished my last physical therapy session today. i bought stephanie a double dvd set of Patch Adams & What Dreams May Come...(i luv that movie). she was really happy :D . she'd once mentioned "Patch.." is one of the factors that got her interested in med-school... i just thought it'd be the perfect gift. it's really fascinating to talk to people from different walks of life, and hear what they have to say about their choices... why they made them, how they made them. it's like an insight into what drives them. pure passion. but i'm missing my soup!
finally! i get to open the cover of that soup bowl! my outlook reminder flashes a message: meeting with my manager in 5. crap! 1 hour later: rushed back for that soup, but my roommate had an emergency and wanted to see me rt away (sigh... sure dude, i'll be there). money-matters, tricky they sure are!
i had to finish this really complicated piece of code... had been struggling with it for 2 whole days. the chicken soup just sit there. had to choose between the soup and lunch... can't waste time on soup now, 've just 10 mins... eat something solid!
6pm i finally got to it. hours after the intended period, it was cold, with a lot of condensation around, and it tasted kinda funny... but you know what? that's just fine ;) i luvvv soups.
i see a comfort zone now. one that i've worked very hard to create, beginning from a time filled with anxieties. but for how long will this be? will i have to go over this again? if experience has taught me anything (and i'm a difficult student, mind you!) the answer is probably yes.
its what we do... 1) adapt, 2) settle, and 3) eventually move on. repeat from step 1.
as i spilled a drop, i looked down on my office ID, and noticed that i was wearing the same shirt today as i was when i joined the office. and that code that i was struggling with? i solved that..... by looking at the stuff i'd written on the 1st day of my job. (told ya that i'd done a great job of it!)
cycles, circles and u-turns...
Saturday, April 28, 2007
days of our lives...
as i write this, i can't help but think about you, my frequent visitors; readers who, albeit with questionable taste in reading material, are dedicated enough to weekly check my blog for what can only be described as a colorful mix of senseless blabber, and what aspires to be senseless blabber. (thank you scott adams!)
another week whizzed by; was amazing, to say the least. today, i actually managed to get some beauty-sleep (yes mones, beauty sleep... and yes, i use ponds HA HA HA HA ... very funny). am in Redlands, for a change. it's home, yet feels like i've traveled to a friend's for the weekend. maybe i should spend more time here... hmmm. oddly enough, am reminiscing watching judwaa on the telly the other weekend. save the 3 corny jokes that i still laughed on, it's amazing how this was a blockbuster hit. my fav character though is "tony from singapore" LOL... not to take any credit away from bindu! ("Rupa, BAY-BEEE".... go sindhis!)
these past 3 weeks i've been slightly "under the weather", as they say. might be the change in weather (it's hot as hell now), might be work, just might be the sushi i ate ("bad sushi?"... "is there any other kind?") today i attempted eating cereal with milk for the 9th time... this attempt to enjoy's america's standard breakfast, like its predecessors, failed too. tomorrow shall be attempt no. 10... the difference, warm milk instead of cold.
i LUV my weekends... i look forward to 'em with a passion. can't put my finger on what it is exactly: the crazy Fridays where i travel for 2 hours after a 10hr work day, just to begin partying until the wee hours of next morning; maybe its something a lot subtler, like the effeminately long Saturday afternoon showers (hey! that's more for society than myself!); but i guess my favorites are those Sundays... quiet, lonely, thought-provoking... & might i also add, blog-producing! :P most hate such days; forced to confront one's lifestyle in all its bareness... one judging oneself... scary for most. did i mention i'm not really that normal? oh, ok... guess you figured it out yourself.
a day i'm not such a big fan of, is Monday. ugh! Monday morning blues; ever-present, just like that boring "aunty" from your building that you're desperately trying to avoid...(picture yourself, head-turning all around, swiftly making across the building lobby. "damn! is that her there, in the blue saree again??? NO! phew! close call!" ok, lets add some 007 music in the background as well. you head toward the elevator, entering just as the doors are about to close, hit the button where you want to go, barely concealing a triumphant smile as the single drop of perspiration snakes down your forehead... and then, from the back comes her resounding voice, "arre beta, is your mummy home? tumhara graduation ho gaya na? toh job mein kitni pagaar milti hai?". so close.... so damn close! well, atleast shes wearing a black saree today. watever....). but i digress...
what really peeves me, and i'm trying to be very dispassionate in my hatred here, are morning people. especially those irritating Monday-mongers. without fail, the aforementioned Morning-Monday-monger with his/her bright smile, positive attitude, and fresh face, will catch you offguard with a "HEYYY! how are you today???? had a great weekend? wat did you do? had fun?".... and all you can reply is a rough grunt... idiots.
tuesdays are relatively less rougher, while wednesdays for me are generally the "what-can-i-do-to-make-it-through-this-week-without-killing-somebody" days.
thursdays are sweet! you can almost taste the weekend! it's starbucks day... coffee with office people... almost like a small celebration with friends ("WE MADE IT GUYS! WE MADE IT!" *play falsely inspiring music here*). you start looking around your desk, nodding at people, as if to acknowledge a small victory... then its friday again...
sure do luv 'em weekends!
this blog is getting too long.
to be continued...
another week whizzed by; was amazing, to say the least. today, i actually managed to get some beauty-sleep (yes mones, beauty sleep... and yes, i use ponds HA HA HA HA ... very funny). am in Redlands, for a change. it's home, yet feels like i've traveled to a friend's for the weekend. maybe i should spend more time here... hmmm. oddly enough, am reminiscing watching judwaa on the telly the other weekend. save the 3 corny jokes that i still laughed on, it's amazing how this was a blockbuster hit. my fav character though is "tony from singapore" LOL... not to take any credit away from bindu! ("Rupa, BAY-BEEE".... go sindhis!)
these past 3 weeks i've been slightly "under the weather", as they say. might be the change in weather (it's hot as hell now), might be work, just might be the sushi i ate ("bad sushi?"... "is there any other kind?") today i attempted eating cereal with milk for the 9th time... this attempt to enjoy's america's standard breakfast, like its predecessors, failed too. tomorrow shall be attempt no. 10... the difference, warm milk instead of cold.
i LUV my weekends... i look forward to 'em with a passion. can't put my finger on what it is exactly: the crazy Fridays where i travel for 2 hours after a 10hr work day, just to begin partying until the wee hours of next morning; maybe its something a lot subtler, like the effeminately long Saturday afternoon showers (hey! that's more for society than myself!); but i guess my favorites are those Sundays... quiet, lonely, thought-provoking... & might i also add, blog-producing! :P most hate such days; forced to confront one's lifestyle in all its bareness... one judging oneself... scary for most. did i mention i'm not really that normal? oh, ok... guess you figured it out yourself.
a day i'm not such a big fan of, is Monday. ugh! Monday morning blues; ever-present, just like that boring "aunty" from your building that you're desperately trying to avoid...(picture yourself, head-turning all around, swiftly making across the building lobby. "damn! is that her there, in the blue saree again??? NO! phew! close call!" ok, lets add some 007 music in the background as well. you head toward the elevator, entering just as the doors are about to close, hit the button where you want to go, barely concealing a triumphant smile as the single drop of perspiration snakes down your forehead... and then, from the back comes her resounding voice, "arre beta, is your mummy home? tumhara graduation ho gaya na? toh job mein kitni pagaar milti hai?". so close.... so damn close! well, atleast shes wearing a black saree today. watever....). but i digress...
what really peeves me, and i'm trying to be very dispassionate in my hatred here, are morning people. especially those irritating Monday-mongers. without fail, the aforementioned Morning-Monday-monger with his/her bright smile, positive attitude, and fresh face, will catch you offguard with a "HEYYY! how are you today???? had a great weekend? wat did you do? had fun?".... and all you can reply is a rough grunt... idiots.
tuesdays are relatively less rougher, while wednesdays for me are generally the "what-can-i-do-to-make-it-through-this-week-without-killing-somebody" days.
thursdays are sweet! you can almost taste the weekend! it's starbucks day... coffee with office people... almost like a small celebration with friends ("WE MADE IT GUYS! WE MADE IT!" *play falsely inspiring music here*). you start looking around your desk, nodding at people, as if to acknowledge a small victory... then its friday again...
sure do luv 'em weekends!
this blog is getting too long.
to be continued...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
of visas & the fools that apply for them...
is it just me or is this visa thing getting annoyingly more annoying??? (it's my blog, and i say that sentence makes sense)
after a hectic 3 weeks of convincing my HR ppl to apply for Premium Processing (it gets done faster... think "taatkaal") of my H1 work visa, i had had enough. i was as bored as the dhoom2 audience, yet i felt good... something that hasn't happened in a long, long while. tired, sleepy & frankly, a lil burnt... i still couldn't get that fatigued smile off of my face. come tuesday morning, and i was completely ready to kick back, chill and enjoy my daily dose of mocha frappuccino.... but NOOOOO.... wait, make that NYYYOOOOOOOOO!
200,000+... that's rt fella! TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS visa apps sent out in 1 day. number of visas available? 85,000.... yes 85,000. brilliant... long story short, we shall now have a lottery system, where they shall RANDOMLY pick apps & process them... the rest can just go open vada pav stalls to support themselves. so after studying in a premier graduate school like USC for 2 years and working for a company that is no.1 in the world for GIS related software, my future is going to be based on a lucky draw. brilliant... bingo, anyone?
so applying with a master's degree via premium processing on the very 1st day possible could mean that i still don't get the visa. in fact, there is a 2 out of 3 chance that none of us even get our papers looked at. hmmm...
whenever life throws such monkey poo at me, i'm forced to think about who i can give a piece of my mind to..... who is the brains behind such incredible stupidity... just WHO can i go to and say, "thank you sir/madam, you're as competent as a monkey with a chainsaw performing brain surgery"... just who?
in a country that prides itself on constantly evolving systems to facilitate & increase customer satisfaction, visa issues have been treated like the step-children of a very, very stupid family. last year, the h1 visas lasted 8weeks for the general public, and 12 for people with masters degrees.... this year... they both lasted 24 hrs.
as i mentioned to my friends today: "who needs to go to vegas, when we can just sit here and gamble?!"
fyi... the visa applications are accepted from the 1st of April onward... april fool's day... coincidence? i think not!
after a hectic 3 weeks of convincing my HR ppl to apply for Premium Processing (it gets done faster... think "taatkaal") of my H1 work visa, i had had enough. i was as bored as the dhoom2 audience, yet i felt good... something that hasn't happened in a long, long while. tired, sleepy & frankly, a lil burnt... i still couldn't get that fatigued smile off of my face. come tuesday morning, and i was completely ready to kick back, chill and enjoy my daily dose of mocha frappuccino.... but NOOOOO.... wait, make that NYYYOOOOOOOOO!
200,000+... that's rt fella! TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS visa apps sent out in 1 day. number of visas available? 85,000.... yes 85,000. brilliant... long story short, we shall now have a lottery system, where they shall RANDOMLY pick apps & process them... the rest can just go open vada pav stalls to support themselves. so after studying in a premier graduate school like USC for 2 years and working for a company that is no.1 in the world for GIS related software, my future is going to be based on a lucky draw. brilliant... bingo, anyone?
so applying with a master's degree via premium processing on the very 1st day possible could mean that i still don't get the visa. in fact, there is a 2 out of 3 chance that none of us even get our papers looked at. hmmm...
whenever life throws such monkey poo at me, i'm forced to think about who i can give a piece of my mind to..... who is the brains behind such incredible stupidity... just WHO can i go to and say, "thank you sir/madam, you're as competent as a monkey with a chainsaw performing brain surgery"... just who?
in a country that prides itself on constantly evolving systems to facilitate & increase customer satisfaction, visa issues have been treated like the step-children of a very, very stupid family. last year, the h1 visas lasted 8weeks for the general public, and 12 for people with masters degrees.... this year... they both lasted 24 hrs.
as i mentioned to my friends today: "who needs to go to vegas, when we can just sit here and gamble?!"
fyi... the visa applications are accepted from the 1st of April onward... april fool's day... coincidence? i think not!
Monday, March 05, 2007
the year that was...
2006 ended, and i'm a meager 3 months late in reporting this. i luv doing a re-cap as each year goes by; helps put this jhamela called life into perspective... and as i put it to my friend, "we wouldn't want an entire year passing us by without learning anything from it, right?" she has yet to get back to me on that!
highlights:
* graduated from usc: a big deal, just ask any trojan! but more so for me, what with all the broken back n all (anyone who jokes about brokeback mountain shall suffer my wrath! :P) am proud that i didn't postpone my graduation. (note: click here to see me gettin a vodka bath at the graduation party!)
* job search: i blogged about this some time ago. although 1 of the boringest experiences of my life, it's still a distant 2nd to watching ram gopal verma's Nishabd. stupid movie. atleast ayub khan bombed with flair... these guys should take lessons from the master. i miss you ayub... we all do.
* work: got my 1st real job in california itself. the reality of graduating really hit home only when the 1st paycheck arrived. i did the whole "pehli kamai" bit... family, friends, donations, unreasonable gadget buying :P (note: people, pls donate, it's a satisfying feeling).
* people: met a whole bunch of new ones; most of them really good, others as interesting as reading an old newspaper to a pregnant cow. work ppl are good too, some very interesting characters. my best friend & i are still at war; well she is anyway, i'm just being warred against hehehe (cut to court scene: "nahin, main nirdosh hoon mi-lord!".... read: "no! i'm innoncent my lord"). parents moved to the states... going good.
* ipod: how can i not mention this? 30GB video ipod, my best friend, my precious... uh, sorry.
* surprises & travels: met my school friends in texas after 7 years or so. we rocked the place! HARD! lol...oh yeah, and had this tiny trip i made to bombay.... fourteen thousand hours of flying later, i was back in big bad bombay... but that's "maal" for another blog ;)
so that's that. 2006 may have sucked ass for a whole bunch of reasons, but for all it's worth, twas definitely the year i've grown the most... emotionally and physically (added 2 inches to my tummy! hehehe). gbye 2006. 2007 sure has some big boots to fill...
highlights:
* graduated from usc: a big deal, just ask any trojan! but more so for me, what with all the broken back n all (anyone who jokes about brokeback mountain shall suffer my wrath! :P) am proud that i didn't postpone my graduation. (note: click here to see me gettin a vodka bath at the graduation party!)
* job search: i blogged about this some time ago. although 1 of the boringest experiences of my life, it's still a distant 2nd to watching ram gopal verma's Nishabd. stupid movie. atleast ayub khan bombed with flair... these guys should take lessons from the master. i miss you ayub... we all do.
* work: got my 1st real job in california itself. the reality of graduating really hit home only when the 1st paycheck arrived. i did the whole "pehli kamai" bit... family, friends, donations, unreasonable gadget buying :P (note: people, pls donate, it's a satisfying feeling).
* people: met a whole bunch of new ones; most of them really good, others as interesting as reading an old newspaper to a pregnant cow. work ppl are good too, some very interesting characters. my best friend & i are still at war; well she is anyway, i'm just being warred against hehehe (cut to court scene: "nahin, main nirdosh hoon mi-lord!".... read: "no! i'm innoncent my lord"). parents moved to the states... going good.
* ipod: how can i not mention this? 30GB video ipod, my best friend, my precious... uh, sorry.
* surprises & travels: met my school friends in texas after 7 years or so. we rocked the place! HARD! lol...oh yeah, and had this tiny trip i made to bombay.... fourteen thousand hours of flying later, i was back in big bad bombay... but that's "maal" for another blog ;)
so that's that. 2006 may have sucked ass for a whole bunch of reasons, but for all it's worth, twas definitely the year i've grown the most... emotionally and physically (added 2 inches to my tummy! hehehe). gbye 2006. 2007 sure has some big boots to fill...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
special mention...
just a short entry here... dr. khadbadi passed away this week. he was our family doc & an excellent one, i may add. it's rare to be so impressed with someone professionally, but his power of diagnosis was truly amazing. i met him in december '06... he'd been ill for a while, but said he was getting better. dr. khadbadi was treating me for my back. last thing he said to me was, " it's sad 2 see kids your age with such chronic problems :) you can't even stop working; it's your bread & butter. see me next year... we'll do an MRI & see how we can get you better".
one the few good ppl you come across nowadays.
you'll be missed, doc. thanks for everything.
one the few good ppl you come across nowadays.
you'll be missed, doc. thanks for everything.
quote...
Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think, and suspicious of men who try to.
-- H. Mumford Jones
-- H. Mumford Jones
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