An answer

When we see somebody who has bought a Mercedes Benz S class car, a mllion $ home, ..we keep saying things like "he could have gone for simpler stuff and donated the rest for needy kids of Africa..." o something very similar. This is mediocre thinking. Here follows a cut & paste from DIGG.COM

"So everyone who spends extra money on themsleves are "dickheads". So I am a "dickhead" for purchasing myself a laptop in December because I already have a couple of desktops? Everyone who purchases a $60,000+ auto are "dickhead" because they could have gotten a PT Cruiser for about $15,000 and donated the rest of the money to charity? Everyone who purchased a $1,000,000 home should have just gotten a $500,000 home and donated the rest to charity? Everyone who has more autos than people should have just used the money for the other autos on a charity?

I seriously doubt that you donate even 2% of your weekly income someone in need! Do you really have to have that $4.00 cofee every day, that could give some homeless person a meal every day! Yes we all could do more, but the point is WE DO NOT HAVE TO!!!

It is every person's RIGHT to spend THEIR money that THEY earned on WHATEVER THEY WANT TO! If I wanted a laptop for every room of my home, I can purchase them if I WANT TO! If I want a 61"DLP HDTV in my bathroom, I can do that! If I want to have the world's largest DVD collection then more power to me!

You arrogent goofs really get to me! "

A mind in mess. A Random post.

It's good if life is Simple. Is it possible? I am currently reading "The Mathematical Century : The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years". http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/069109294X/002-0488864-4568857?v=glance&n=283155

Some of you might be thinking if I can make any sense of the book. Be assured. I am able to grasp some of the stuff. Did I tell you people I am also playing a video game after a while. Thief:Deadly Shadows. Nice game.
I am doing some other crazy stuff too. All this while losing hair, gaining weight and problems at office. :)
Life is good. Isn't it. A bit confusing,a bit insecure probably. But definitely not bad.
I wanted to blog about imperialism, fundamentalism, democracy, racism, online porn, random chat,.............But then it will turn out to be junk, right?
Later.

Late Night post

Hey guys & gals. I am going to be busy :( for next 7 days. So updates will be a little less frequent. Bear with me.

A cool quote.

" Big brother can watch you. But is he really interested".
I was reading about possible future negative effects of blogging. When my sons discover how evil their dad is. When my girl learns I have a blog. When my opponents use the contents to stymie my chances of leading this country. When God discovers this and condemns me forever to hell.
But then, this is a downward slope. :( ;)

Real Estate, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Fabcity.

Just now I typed in words that will increase hits to my blog. Words that worked for my website included telebrands, doyousudoku, call girls,....
Ok, let me talk about all those words a bit.

Real Estate. I hate this business. Empty speculation. Self fulfilling speculation. A project is announced. Price of 100s of acres go up. Don't try to verify the implementation details. An international airport announced, 1000s of residential plots successfully sold. Did I miss any new radical soundproof technology. Ringroad, yeah right, 100s of kilometers along the ringroad will be filled with 100s of malls.
There might be 100 reasons why specualtion might not be what it is, but reality. My question is how did we miss this a while gao, say 2 yrs ago. Low interest rates, easy housing loans, NRI money , black money being converted into white all help fuel this frenzy.But is this for real? Don't you see a looming liquidity crunch, hardening interest rates. What if IT industry goes for a tailspin? How are we going to fund 40000 rs/month EMIs?
And when did govt become Real Estate trader. It announces somethin every 3 months to keep fires burning.
And Fabcity promoted by SEMINDIA. Guys & gals if any, please do a google search on terms Vinod Aggarwal, SEMINDIA & FABCITY. You will see if it's going to be real or not.
A somebody, nobody who at best was head of few million dollars comapny promises to bring in 3 billion dollars as investment in next few yrs . Federal & state govts fall for that. One promises 400 acres of land, water, power plant, another promises a grant of 1000 crores. Idiots, why does he need to bring any more money?
When will you learn? Or is it that we should learn that you people too might be involved in this? Remember Volkswagen, Vashist Wahan?
F*** all ignorant idiots, selfish realtors, politicians.

A casual mail & Chicken soup.

It's time of causal mails and not casual mails. When was the last time you recieved or sent a casual mail to your friends. I don't know about you all people. But it had been a while since I sent/ recieved a casual mail. :(
Are we all so busy? Was it in the last life we ued to rely on snail mail with phrases like "I am fine, are you? How are your parents? I take leave..."
Do we need to disturb each other only for valid reasons like work, money, schedules, appointments,...
Perhaps we have nothing casual to share anymore. I lament death of idle talk, civility without reason and ...
Even writing/ buying/ reading chicken soup books is serious business these days. Every minute is important. We are in a race. Let me resume mine.

Adamant Son.

My not-yet 4 yr old son was wearing same shirt for the past 3 days. And he hadn't had a bath for the past 2 days. With a vlaid reason:Fever. Today he was fine. So I asked him to go for a change. He refused. He remained adamant. I accused his mom of pampering him. She in turn challenged me to accomplish what I set out to.
Presuation, temptation didn't help. Accusing him of unruly behaviour I hauled him into bathroom. His mom helped. He fought like a tiger. He slithered on floor, cried, bit, shouted,....to no avail. Mission completed declared the dad. He was wrong. Civil war loomed.
Son wanted to be dirty, again. He refused to be dried. He went out of house, took his mother aong with him to nearby sand mound. He made his mother pour sand on him. He came back, checked himself in the mirror. Wasn't happy with the degree of dirtiness. He raided the sand pile again and returned like those fashion models with body paint.
He was happy that, he had become dirty again. So much resolve, so much hatred, so much defiance for a 3 1/2 yr old. Life is going to be difficult for me.
I hope he doesn't remember this incident in future and pay me in the same coin.
After note: He bathed after a while on his own terms.
But like Bush, I realise, Regime (mind) change shouldn't be bought by force.
Oh, did I people tell you that, he is named after Buddha.

Where do I want to be born next time.

Japan. I heard lot of great things about Japan. I will be one of the first to get ps-33, nintendo-42,..:) Manga, crazy hair colors, crazy youth, obsessive cleanliness,...
Cons: We need to work too hard to be something in Japan. Too much loyalty towards elders,...


America. Land of free, land of plenty. No need to search anywhere else for entertainment. Will be able to get Xbox-33 first. Junk movies, stupid life.
Cons: No moral compass, ignorant of everything else in the world.

Europe. Boring but stable, safe life.

I don't want to be born in arab countries, china, african nations. Reason: lack of freedom in every sense.

I know it's stupid post.

Hey wait, before I conclude. I would love to be born in India. Especially South India.

Where do I want to be born next time.

Japan. I heard lot of great things about Japan. I will be one of the first to get ps-33, nintendo-42,..:) Manga, crazy hair colors, crazy youth, obsessive cleanliness,...
Cons: We need to work too hard to be something in Japan. Too much loyalty towards elders,...


America. Land of free, land of plenty. No need to search anywhere else for entertainment. Will be able to get Xbox-33 first. Junk movies, stupid life.
Cons: No moral compass, ignorant of everything else in the world.

Europe. Boring but stable, safe life.

I don't want to be born in arab countries, china, african nations. Reason: lack of freedom in every sense.

I know it's stupid post.

Alfred Hitchcock.

Normally I am wary of reputations. Atleast in India, even mediocre persons carry reputations that go much farther than their talents.
But ALfred is a genious. I just watched a his film by name "Rope". Shot in a single room. I now know what's budget of my next film is going to be. Did I tell you people I am going to buy Sony HD camera and make a film along with a friend soon.
Theme will be friendship, failed romance, religious intolerance, WMD (or lack of it), Holy Grail, Chinese Invasion of Japan, Cybersex all rolled into one big heart wrenching story. :)
Kidding apart, I am going to make a film. I just need to win a lottery.
Kungfu Hustle, Larence of Arabia, Casablanca, Guide, Sarfarosh,.....Kind of movies one would love to make.
I will not be goin for any special effects. Story will be about people, their responses to the environment around them, nuances of responses,...
Ok, I revealed enough trade secrets. Just watch my movie, nominate that for oscars. And Please, Please don't watch my movie on Pirated DVD. Like I do for 100s of films. Think about all those poor artists. :) Later.

Pressure.

I am talking about Psychological Pressure. I hate to admit when I am under pressure. But fact remains that, I experience that at times.
Last year had been the year of maximum stress. It's getting over, thankfully. I may not choose to be involved in similar situation any time soon.
So what are my plans after this? Like any other idiot with similar cirucumstances, A holiday.
Problem is I am not into sight seeing. Let me insert here, that I am planning a family holiday and a personal holiday. Family holiday is going to be a happy one with out an iota of planning. Coming to personal holiday, I need to meet friends to justify the holiday.
But then, everybody is busy with their life. Don't want to disturb them. I hate the whole process of growing up.
losing hair, greying hair, gaining weight, muscles disappearing, reducing speed, enthusiasm, unnecessary rituals, modesty, decorum,..

I wish I were that careless kid who was in just either of 2 places, ground/ home. The kid who irritated enough people and derived pleasure from that. Kid who was never seen walking. Kid who was exhibitionist. Kid who used cry more than often. Kid who loved too many girls..............
I think history gets repeated only through kids. How's balance sheet looking after growing up? Real assets have gone down. Stupid assets have gone up. Net total dissatisfaction has increased. :(
Depressing post? Validly so.

Please.

I did many stupid things. Accepted. But one thing I never got involved was call girls. I swear, I never ever even thought of them. I am not judging you people by your actions. Just tell me, how to prevent somebody landing on my blog by searching for call girls in bangalore. I know, I have just now increased the possibility. :(
Call centre, Bangalore, Girls,...KEYWORDS, KEYWORDS, KEYWORDS....

Thousand Words

A compliment.

A senior professional whom I met for 30 mts was complimenting me thus. "You are good. (Anybody remember "Analyze this") You must shift your base to Hyderabad. You'll do very well in life."
And one piece of advice when he learnt, I will be travelling in the night by car. "Some lives are too precious to be lost in road accidents..." :)
Either he wants business from me or I was being at my best in making false impressions. ;)

Being Alone.

Is it just me? I end up arguing with many people. Probably they bear me. Or is it that, they really deserve my attitude. Probably I over react. Occasionally , that is. My parents ask me to be less emotional about things that aren't personal. It's difficult to be mentored at this age.
I want to be alone. I wish I had no regular things to do for a while. I am plain tired, though I hate to admit. Ofcourse, I might emerge rejuvenated tomorrow. Hopefully. Or perhaps, I just want a long, depressed sleep. A muddled post, before anybody points out that to me. You see, I hate to be told what I know already. :)

Reqd:Time to feel sorry.

I was a melodramatic person. Somebody who believed in stories. Like those in books, movies. It takes a while before one realises life isn't that fantastic. Atleast for 99.9999% of people.
As a kid I liked "After 20 years" by O.Henry , Sohrab and Rustum, Macbeth, Trojan War, (Illiad),...
I was dreaming about such events in life. I wanted to be involved in a war. I wanted to fight corruption. I wanted to invent something extraordinary. For whatever reason, I see no such possibility. A pen pushing job. A boring life. A helpless life. :(
A virtuous life. Definiely not. A daring life. It's not. A life full of meaningless compromises.
Like dogs, like pigs, like mosquitoes. :(

Bilderberg, Laloo Prasad Yadav,Dominique Lapierre

Ok, That's a big title.
Bilderberg group. An elite secretive transatlantic group which holds meetings annually to run the world. :) Or so some people imagine it to be. I wanted to be a member. ;) But it seems to b restricted to white, western citizens. Their loss. :)

Laloo Prasad Yadav. I can be wrong. :) Like millions of others, I imagined him to be scum of earth. But look at the way , he steered Railways. I know, it can be any other reason that, Railways had performed exceedingly well. Going by his image, we should be surprised that, he didn't screw up, right? I wish I were wrong in more such circumstances.

Dominique Lapierre. The guy who wrote "city of joy". About Calcutta.I didn't read that. :( He wrote many other famous books. It seems ,he keeps visiting Kolkatta/Calcutta regularly and does his bit for orphan children. He spent nearly 21 million dollars on such causes. My salute to him.