Wednesday, June 11, 2008

(W)here i am...

Day passes by as it transforms itself from morning to noon and rests into dark - so effortless. Seasons change from rainy to summer to rainy to winter and back to real raainy - so seemless. But alas! my surroundings have no relevance to any of these changes of nature. The people here are relentlessly punishing their bodies as if they stepped out of their homes this mornin with a vow to test the endurance of their physical and mental strength and retun back with a new HIGH SCORE. They park themselves at their cubicles and remain motionless and expressionless for most part of their day. There seems to be some kinda restriction on human communication at this place. Here conversations and laughter are hidden as cellphones by students in VTU college's. People confine themselves in a small room huddle up to listen to a speaker phone. They stare at it as if some "Item Number" is being played on the screen.

I find myself at this place every single day where mornings and nights have a striking resemblence cos nor do i see de daylight nor the darkness all i see is TUBELIGHT - Rain or Shine curtains are drawn. Temperatures are just figures in news for me cos i'm in a 16 - 20 dergree celsius controlled environment. Identities of my friends are reduced to just names with red-orange-green-gray colour beside it. Yesssss u guessed it right. I'm a software labourer.

Other than work or absence of it there are only 2 things that can force thy to rise from thy holy chair, i.e, either ur bowel is full or ur stomach empty. Such is the life we live. All u rickshaw drivers when will u understand IT??? I don't care wen u learn to browse net or wen will u read this post of mine but i want u to know some facts - we are not some rich guys dude, u are way better than we are. We suck miserably.
don blv me?? here are some FACTS:
-we have job, but u have work
-we live in small houses paying huge rent. I'm sure u live in a bigger space than me if not same payin much less.
-we only look rich, u easily earn equal to or more than us.
-we pay taxes, u don't.
-wen petrol price rise ur hire charges/ demands rise simultaneously, our pay doesn't.
-we can't answer back or swear at our customers/ clients, U CAN and U DO.
-If u don't wanna work u can refuse to, WE CAN'T.
-We wasted 4yrs of our life studyin shit we now don't know abt, u didn't.
-Economies don affect u, it does both Indian (inflation) and american (recession).
-Our parents don have a clue wha v do for a living, ur parents do.
-Our parent's expect us to go abroad for them to boast abt it, they dunno abt the fact that we need to present our client with our sole arse for their liesure, U don't have any expectations or fear as such.

We are just brainless slaves in good clothes and a tag around our neck. So next time u see a young guy walk up to u requesting u to go somewhere avoid behaving like his TL or PM wen he ask's for a leave just befrore a release. Please be nice to him by not quoting exhorbitant rates and please return change. Even if its 2 rs. I'm serious, we expect that. It's a request dude.

All you ppl who managed to read it full (or u who skipped the story to see how i end it) and are wondering what inspired me to reflect on my PAINED lifestyle and write abt it.
Here It is:- When i returned home from work today i climbed to the second floor stood in front of my door. Reached into my pocket pulled out my ID an flashed it to the wall beside. I waited for the beep for whole 10 secs after which i realized that this door opens with a key. I turn around to check if my neighbours have watched me makin a complete a fool of myself - aah not this time.. I quietly replace my id card in my pocket and pull out the key.
- TRUE STORY.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

A Pleasant Surprise. :)

Comin to blore was a good thing for me considering my love and addiction for movies... wen i arrived here i was excited abt many things... shoppin, chicks, food, new frnds, chicks, no one to answer to, paychecks, chicks etc.,, but the thing i was eagerly lookin fwd to was watchin movies as dey release... Holly movies wer not released in theatres in my place, and if they wer, den it wud be with dubbing .. which never interested me.. picture this -


Harry Potter- Mein Unki Raksha Karunga.

Ron- Par Harry Tumhare Jaan Ko Khatra ho Sakta hain.

Harry- Mujhe parva Nahi. Mein Unhe Khatre Mein Nahi Chod
Sakta.

Ron-Theek Hain Harry Main Bhi Tumhare Saath Hoon.

Hermione- HAMARI SHUBKAAMNAYE TUMHARE SAATH HAIN

p.s: the last dialogue is supposed to be "GOOD LUCK" in de original. So u can imagine the mismatch betn lip MOVEMENT and dialogue length here.
( so obviously i depended on TORRENTS for Holly Movies).

Here in Blore i dreamed abt world premier's of movies from Production Houses like
PARAMOUNT PICTURES

COLUMBIA TRISTAR

DREAMWORKS

UNIVERSAL

VILLAGE ROAD

MIRAMAX

MANDALAY among others. And i got it. i watched each one of dem here on big screen (unlike back home in my comp screen, which i liked too). But among all these big production houses der was one waiting here to surprise me- to catch me unexpected- unannounced- whose creativity and vision is beyond cinema, beyond any script writer's imagination, beyond any actor's charisma or talent. This particular production house was waiting for me in blore, and blv me i'v seen more movies of this particular PRODUCTION HOUSE ,from the time i'm here in blore, than any of the big names u see up der. I relate to the character's in the movie, i relate to it's era, it's backdrop, it's emotion , it's humour, it's climax ... Friends the production House I'm talking abt here is none other than "IMAGINE". I'm not sure how many of u have heard abt it, but blv me once u see it's work u'll love it. No, u won't find it on google or IMDB. U won't find Rajeev Mansand's comments on it cos he doesn't consider himself worthy of juging Imagine's work of art. U won't find Newspapers publishing the story or gossip's of the stars, the sets cos by the time they write it down and go to print there's already a new- better story ready to be released. This is the speed and perfection that every cinama lover/ maker only dreams of, but here in IMAGINE it's practised every single day. Imagine Production is owned and run by one Mr. Varun Nambiar who brings with him his versatile experiences of life from cities around the world namely Dubai, Mumbai, Kannur, Bengaluru.Hmmm.. yea that's abt it.


Whenever i hear him utter the word - "IMAGINE" - i buckle up for yet another story untold, an cinematic journey in which i have the freedom to choose my screenplay, the cinematography,the actors and most important of all the background scrore which we hum with our imagination. The ppl around us wonder wht they are witnessing before them, baffled by the creativity that is unraveling in front of their very own eyes. They try to force their intelligence to classify if it's really a work of art or just a plain fact told by the utmost Showman. Yes, The Showman VRN himself gives out the specific facial expressions, acts out the scene(s) of various character(s) - sometimes simultaneously. He never leaves out his fnds in any piece of his work. He gives us our act at various crucial points in the story. Each one having our own unique piece of work to showcse their talent. The pure faith he has on us, makes us bring the best out of us- For Cinema, For Creativity, For ManKind- every single time.


I consider this article a brave step to describe the indescribable phenomenal work of IMAGINE. Below i list out the latest work's of Imagine Productions:


-We solve Project X. (Rel date: yest)

-Leela and JD. (Rel date: yest)

Sequel of "We solve Project X"

-We buy Keshav's Car(Rel Date: yest)

-I and SWAT: Requiem of a Blog (Rel date: last Monday)

-All Women must be open minded (Rel date: last weekend)

-We Become Rich (Multiple releases Every Month)

-We the CEO's of Future (4 months back)

-Freebie: The fisherwoman (2 Months back)

a.k.a Mallu Title - Thenumani

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

A New DAy Has Come... Fvck!!

wake up... breakfast... brush... bath.... walk to office... (yea i'm brushin after BF these days..)swipe in.... Inbox-Microsoft Exchange... MoneyControl (RED RED- close)... Gmail... Blast Billiards... i look at de clock - it says - 10:47 !!!!!
aaarrrgggghhhhh .. now wha??? i have the whole day in front of me with it's arms wide open, and i'm wondering how to go abt it...

frm de past week sanjay is here before me solvin his stupid CAT books at my desk (data interep, permutation, data sufficiencency and all)... i'm damn sure he's nowehre near givin a CAT for real ... long way bob long long way to go...

after an hour or two we find ourseleves wondering how to make "Blast Billiards" more interesting. we tried it all
-high score
-best of 3 tourney
-best of 5 tourney
-5 best of 5 tourney
-2min deadline
-lowest 1st round score
-rebound shots only
-connecting shots only
-etcetra etcetra.....
infact varun is just plain addicted to anything colourful that moves on a screen... it doesn't matter if it's billiards on comp or clickin pics of fishes in ma cell... he is eqally engrossed by both...
Everytime sanjay yells "New Rule" i wonder from where does he get de stamina to THINK.... may be CAT is doin this to him...

aah i forgot TIMESOFINDIA site today... it consumes around 20min to 3hrs of my day with it's colourful description of Arushi Murder Case... IPL Dhamaka... Review of GATOTHKATCH- WOODSTOCKVILLA etc.. SRK mania... fuel price to be made costlier by rs.17 .. How much Water should i ideally drink per day.... wha uncle BUSH thinks abt FOOD CRISIS.. and surprisingly what our politicians have to say abt that... huh... whatever... i just wanna keep track of things... tat's it..

one thing that has us discussing is de fuel price... 17 rs more.. man!! tat's abt like all de appraisal money i'l be gettin per month by this yr end going by de RECESSION trend.... transcripts
1:00pm-
me:petrol ka rate suna?? 17 more dude
sanjay: abey can't help it.
me: better to get a cycle 2k maxx...
sanjay: still better get a Gearwallah cycle 4k.. worth it
me: haan bey nice.. roam around in cycle for 2-3 yrs and get a diesel car later.. fvck petrol
9:00pm-
sis: how de hell are petrol bunk owners in loss??
me: abey dey get it for 70rs/ltr and are sellin for 53 rs. so they are in rs.17/ltr loss... thnx to mr. Bush's war aginst terror.
sis:how will ppl afford vehicles? i'm thinkin against buyin a nano.
me: let's sell our 2 wheelers buy cycles. v'll still be in 10- 15k profit.. :)

i LOOK AT THE CLOCK- it says- 11:14
aaah... almost half an hour..lemme post it and inform other jobless fndz of mine to go thru it...
if ur readin it ur one of dem..
thank me now... good...