sense of duty or desire ?!

Some one made me think recently !
What makes a relationship click. Is it like whole stretch of time you like some one or is it in bursts ? you like some one a lot at one moment, and other moment that person seems stranger !
This may be very natural :P I think just the desire may not make the cut. There needs to be some amount of sense of duty to make things work. So many boring / mundane things may come in between which both persons may need to endure :) How much ever emotionally, sexually charged up or passionate things are in the beginning, I guess some blend of sense of duty is required to make things work in the long run.

How does your vocabulary changes after reading business magazines..

Its really amazing how your vocabulary changes after reading business magazines.

Before : After

selling stuff : liquidating assets
Company went bankrupt : Filed for chapter 11
its in loss : its in red
they are in profits : they are in black
bail out money : TARP Fund
bought those shares : went long on them
avoid risk : hedge it
Gasoline 2.8 usd per gallon : Crude oil 70 usd per barrel

Gun pointing at your head !

Yesterday, was watching a thriller. There was situation, where everyone could die in matter of hours. With snipers waiting for you everywhere. Ever wondered how it would feel when you are facing a gun pointing at you ?! In a matter of minutes you may be no more. What would a average human being with no combat training would do ? Would he freeze there or act smart ?

What do you cherish most ? !!

Its really so interesting we cherish so many things.. with different people valuing them differently.

How do you remember your days or years ? whats your currency of counting !! ?

Some people remember the cars they drove. Some value the places they visited or people they met. Many will keep the women they dated very close to their heart. For some people weeks go on with movies. I saw this movie this weekend. That's how they keep track of life. Some intellectuals remember the books they read. Some hackers remember the years in terms of websites they defaced or codes they contributed ! For some all that matters is bank balance, the money they were making. Some value the photos they took. Some gizmo freaks will tell you the days in terms of models of mobile phones or laptops they had !!

Metallica concert.... !!

Recently been to a Metallica concert in Fresno :) Amazing concert with so much energy around !

If you have not listened to these bands, then you have missed something in life... :P :) My Fav List :P

A- AC/DC, Aerosmith
B- Beatles, Bob Dylan
C- Cranberries, Creed
D- Def Lepard, Dire Straits, Deep Purple
E- Enigma, Eric Clapton

G- Guns n Roses
I - Iron Maiden
J - Jim Morrison , Jethro Tull

L - Led Zeppelin
M - Metallica, Megadeth , Mark knopfler
N - Nirvana
O - Ozzy Osbourne
P- Pink Floyd
Q- Queen
R- Rolling Stones, Rammestien
S - Scorpions
T- Tom Petty, The Who
U - U2




my salutes to gods of Rock n Roll !!

A typical day... !!

9.00 am - get up in the morning, realize its late .. blame it on alarm clock !!

10:15 am : reach office, check email in outlook. Hopefully no hot brewing issues which require immediate attention. Then log in to gmail /orkut, see if any interesting emails or scraps.

10:30am : read a bit of lightreading.com ( btw telecom industry news) , yahoo finance, business week, cricinfo and get warmed up, which sets the mood for the day :P

10: 45am - continue working on the code, you left yesterday night.

1:00pm - think of lunch, its canteen down stairs, or working lunch in cubicle or nearby restaurant. all depends on how much work I have. Start thinking why I am stuck in this all- male geeky team. Where are all pretty girls ?? If you are in a kernel developement / embedded systems team, except HR or receptionist you will hardly find any girl in the team :P :(

5:00 pm - realize its evening, make a mental note of how much work left. Soon you will realize there is a build-release 2 days later and you have to check in the code.

6:00pm - you will promise yourself that you are going to finish this in half an hour, then its time for some work out in gym or swimming. You tell yourself, you don't want to be those workoholics and keep working even after 7:00 pm and have no other life.

6:30pm - Oh man.. your build system is broken, and it will take atleast 2 hours more to fix it.

7:00pm - Hungry :O plan is changed now. Go home have dinner, relax for some time. Then work from home over VPN.

7:30pm - have dinner, watch some serial ( Scrubs, seinfiled). Bit of talking with flat mate, usually todays stock market, US elections, world politics !!!

9:00pm - Back to work. Plan to finish this in 2 hours and then watch some nice movie late night. Then suddenly some one pings you in gtalk. I am busy to strike a conversation, so run away. Yet another soul thinks, you are very rude, or not friendly [ what ever depends on who is that person]

12:00 mid night : Finally your code is in some shape and working ( hopefully !! ). Say yourself that its too late for a movie. So let me finish one chapter in the novel I am reading now.

1:00 am - Its time to go bed. You will say, from tomorrow definately I am saving some time for work out, also its been long time I watched an interesting movie. And what the hell, I am in SFO, should hit some nice club this weekend !!!

Kayaking.. in Monterey

Had been to kayaking in Monterey around 2 weeks back with Amar.
Busy to write in detail ... :P ( also read as lazy !! )

For guys who want to check out kayaking
http://www.montereybaykayaks.com/info/monterey.php

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