freewill

Boori nazar wale tera mooh kala

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:23:20 GMT

Few weird bumper sticker signs and hoardings I've come across of late:

1) Latak Mat Patak Doonga - Oh really?
2) Aage wala kabhi bhi khada hojayega - what the!?
3) Himmat Hai To Side Se Nikal, Warna Bardasht Kar - and we're scared now, aren't we?
4) Best English speaking "corse" only at Vatican - Christ!

One! :)

Tue, 06 May 2008 05:06:58 GMT

A suffocated rambling

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:20:15 GMT

In this society we are compelled to respect or at the least feign respect for people and things you feel ridiculous.. As a result we tend to live timidly with all those stupid social conventions which we abhor and know that they lack any base whatsoever..
There is this conflict always with your ideas and your desires and all those formalities and vain pretenses which make you sad and troubled...In all that conflict one loses all the joys of life and the feeling of individuality...all 'cause we are stamped down whenever we try to express our beliefs...there is no platform provided to display them either...even if it is said that there are enough opportunities given they are just virtual...but we want a virtuous one!

Knock on my door only when i'm heard.

Dhanaulti - Dhan! u hault here!

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:36:10 GMT

preets strongly recommends...
Apple Orchards, Dhanaulti

PS - This post is out of sheer laziness to write a long journal.

Run Chicken Little, the Earth is opening!

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:43:14 GMT

An earthquake hit NCR (National Capital region) last night at around 4am and I couldn't feel a thing!
People asking me from all over the place if we were OK and me giving them blank answers with a dazed look until i read about it on the News. Shit! embarrassing indeed!

What have we elected!

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:35:57 GMT

Thus spake preets again
Only when there is a phase shift from political motives to public interest will our nation progress!

Expect the Unexpected

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:24:28 GMT

Thus spake preets
Some things expected or expected of people eventually become the unexpected.

My Visual DNA

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:50:25 GMT

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Yes?No? Hmm?

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:10:43 GMT

Everybody says "21st Century! 3rd Millennium! Technology! Modern Era! Women's Lib!"
I say "So what?" ?!

Lost for Words

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:57:17 GMT

I really do not know what to comment on this. I'm not the kind of person to comment about the good and the bad about any religion. Really. I do not want to. But then after watching these videos I'm just shocked!!

A debate on Wife beating

A cleric talking about Wife beating on a Friday sermon

On wife beating on a Talk show

It really pains to even know about this stuff.

So much for sympathy!

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:05:28 GMT

My Old Tata smokes. that too beedis!! What the...?!

Puns

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:17:21 GMT

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The
ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

2. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.

3. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

4. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe You," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

5. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.

6. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

7. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

Mothered?

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:35:21 GMT

She: Hey, I don't like you any longer... I'm hurt. You no longer call me or visit me.
Me: Awwww poor kid of mine.
She: Yaaaaaa... I want to me mothered.
Me: Whaaaaaaa!!

Man! I've been so soaked up in English slang. Can't even think straight. Its come to a point where profanity comes to my mind first! I should refrain myslef from using such language henceforth.

Oh Lord! Please forgive me.
Cleanse me from within.

P.S.: But that was funny... rotflmao. oops! rotfl.

My Old Tata

Wed, 10 May 2006 06:34:38 GMT

The patchy road still leads me to my work place...the Durgam Cheruvu lake is still filled with water hyacinth (don't really know when the concerned people would take some action and clean it up!)....the paan shop wala as usual is catering to his customers...the sun is ablaze right over my head all set to roast me up....the lonely tree by the lake is still standing still....
aah! its just another weekday for me...days come by and days go by...but these things havent really changed much for the past 1 1/2 years! and so i sped past observing all these as a part of my daily routine...
Hey! But wait!Somethig is amiss! Whatever happened to Old Tata??!! (that is what i've named the old man who sits under the lonely tree with just his water bottle) Gasp!
Is he alive? Has he shifted to some place else? Did the cops do something to him? Hell No!
I suddenly felt a lump in my throat as these crazy thoughts started running through my head. So, I slow down my kine and turn back and take a look again carefully...Again, No! Old Tata is not to be seen there...Sigh! But then all of a sudden i get a glimpse, somewhere by the side of the road this familiar, thin, fragile figure, with bent knees, moving slowly with his filled water bottle towards his tree... Phew! with a sigh of relief i restart my kine and head towards my office.

Its not for anyone and everyone that you feel compassionate about in your everyday life...
I travel the same roads everyday to work and almost at the same time in the mornings and i pass by almost the same vehicles and i see the same familiar faces everyday...strange it may sound but i HAVE to see or come across these things everyday for me to call it a normal day, else the day just doesnt seem right to ...and one such face is this Old Tata's...i really havent done much to help him but feel sorry for his plight and go past him...
and today, when i didnt see him under the tree i was almost in tears and realised how much he is a part of my daily life!
so, i've decided to help him with some basic stuff . don't exactly know what more i could do to help this man...

I really hope you live long and healthy Old Tata!

Orkut - Baah!

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:10:59 GMT

I'm extremely irated by the recent spamming in my orkut scrap book!
does anyone know of how to generate a script to delete those thousands of dirty scraps? it'd be of great help if someone could help me with this.

Sankranti and Rangolis and Flying Kites ....

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:35:51 GMT

Couldnt possibly have had a better weekend than the one that passed. Got a little excited over Sankranti festival for no apparent reasons. So, all in the spirit of Sankranti started making Rangolis for 5 hours continously till almost 1 in the morning! phew! And modesty apart Ladies and Gentleman, I think am pretty decent at it! :P
Also, flew kites on saturday and rediscovered the kid in me...though must say i sucked biggg time at it! but we will forget about it for the time being. :D
Anyway here are some pics...enjoy maadi!
My first attempt at Rangoli...
Then i improved...
...did better
...and better yay!

Where are we heading?

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:29:34 GMT

I'm extremely saddened by the IISc shoot out incident. :(
Why would anyone wanna target such great institutes? Wonder what was their motive?

Bengaluru! WTF?

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:15:10 GMT

I so very disapprove of Bangalore being renamed as "Bengaluru"!
And bull crap the 'u' vowel distinguishes our language as per the great Jnanpith Award winner, Mr.You-Are-A-Jobless-Freaku-Ananthmurthy!
The man also adds "By adding the ‘u,’ even words like chair-u and table-u become Kannada".
WTF? what was he even thinking when he made such a statement?? Talk about such great people showing their Kannada sentiments! Did you hear that Mr.Vatal Nagaraj-u? what do you have to say about this-u? wasnt "kurchi" or "meju" enough words for the Kannada dictionary?

Why why why just why?
Is my voice gonna be heard at all? Is my opinion gonna matter at all?

Superstition!

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:15:13 GMT

i would like certain things (well...to be frank all the things) to behave the way i expect them to. though such might not be the case. but that is besides the point now...what i wanna say is that they say 'we are what we think'...there are some beliefs in us which are based culturally/religiously.
yes. am talking about superstitions.
superstition is a type of belief that one can choose not to "buy into". those who choose to believe, find their world delivering what they expect...and those who dont, arent affected..
but that doesnt mean its the foundation of ignorance! we all have our faiths. the whim of 'good luck' is nothing but being superstitious. and who doesnt want 'good luck'??
there are certain things in our lives which we have just grown into believing though they are based on no reasons or have any rational justifications...and that isnt stupid i feel.

As long as these superstitions dont lead to extremes like unwarranted fears or something similar without complicating life, i feel being superstious is absolutely normal.

Naanu Kannada Parinite ;)

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:11:03 GMT

Oh boy! This is the funniest thing that has ever happened....

preethi: hey
preethi: congratulations! (on his band going live)
yaaqub: hello. thanx
yaaqub: hey
preethi: yes?
yaaqub: can you write a Kannada song?
preethi: WHAAAAT??? ROTFLMAO (That was the funniest thing i have ever heard of late!)
yaaqub: well it may be funny..
preethi : it IS..
yaaqub: but we also want to compose a Kannada song..
preethi: wish i could be of any help to you...lol....
preethi: but tell ya what? you made my day by asking that question. (still in splits...)
yaaqub: well you never know...there might be a little Kuvempu inside you...its just that you havent explored.
preethi: THATS IT! STOP!
(with no disrespect to the great poet..but tears were trickling down my eyes and this time i got cramps in my stomach...lol.oh boy! am still laughing)

man! i so hope my dear mom reads this...she is sure gonna have a heart attack!

These are a few of the disgusting things...

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:12:03 GMT

Some habits of people i just dislike/disapprove of/dis/detest/abhor/loathe/... (you get the intensity of my feeling right?):

1) Burping in public. And even if you cannot avoid it keep that goddamn decible level low!
2) Farting in the elevators and walking out slyly like you didnt know what the heck went on in there! I mean Helllooooooooo???
3) Slurping like the whole world seems to enjoy your moronic antic! Its not wee bit funny i tell ya.
4) Peeing in public places! Those @^%#^%$! Grrr
5) Expectorations! Yuck STOP.
6) Talk while you have food in your mouth! who dhah heag chan undhursthandh whath (..here you spit something out...yeeeew!) you are sayhingh and iths grooss (there falls another morcel out of your mouth...yikes!)?
7) Digging one's nose in public! I say GROW UP.

Update
Burrrrrrrrrp!
Harsha (grimknight), my friend, if you are reading this, you are so very remembered now. :P
/Update

Go GOA!

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:24:15 GMT

For the next 9 days its gonna be Bangalore, GOA, Mysore and Tumkur!!
But am very excited about my GOA holiday though...So GOA here i come...
yay yay yippiee yippiee yay yay...

Yes. I am aurally challenged! Problem?

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:19:20 GMT

A long time ago:

My sidies call out "Psst Psst Preethi."
"Yes?" i answer back all ears, unplugging my ears with my earphones.

Some time ago:

My sidies call out "Psst Psst Preethi."
No answer.
"Preeeeethiii" My sidies holler.
"Yes?" I answer back unplugging my ears with my earphones.

A couple of months back:

"Preeeeethiii" My sidies holler.
No answer.
"Preeeeeeeeethiiiiiiiiii" A little louder than their previous attempt.
"Yes?" I answer back.

A couple of less months back:

"Preeeeeeeeethiiiiiiiiii!! Helllooooooo???" My sidies yell.
No answer.
I hear the phone ring at my extention.
I unplug my ears with earphones to answer the phone when i hear my sidies call out to me a little agitated "Preethi, it was us for God's sake!"
"Yes?" i answer back a little emabarrassed though and start grinning.

A couple of weeks back:

I upgrade my earphones to a better quality headphones.

The phone at my extension supposedly keept ringing and i dont answer it.
A few seconds later my chair starts quaking and trembling! I can feel the tremors! haa!
Sensing an earthquake or something similar to it i get up startled and unplug my ears with headphones, all geared up to vacate my workplace and scoot from there only to see that it was my sidies shaking my chair just to call me!
"PREETHI!" they bark at me thsi time.
"Yes?" i answer back very very embarrassed.

This week:

No one calls out to me any longer.
No one yells at me any longer.
No one calls me at my extension any longer.
Its so peaceful at times.
A queer queasiness sets in. i smell rat.
All of a sudden i am caught unawares by something hard that hits me!
Shoot! Someone has thrown an eraser at me!
I unplug my ears with headphones agitated, all set to yell at the person who has committed such a heinous act! Grr!
As i turn back my sidie screams "PREEEETHIIII!!" (i hope these caps do justice to the intensity of their tones.)

Latest update:

The frequency of pelting erasers at me has increased.*gulp*
wondering whats in store for me next? *bites her nails*

Some autowalas...

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:22:02 GMT

Who says all autowalas are rogues?
The last 4 visits to Bangalore, however strange you may call it, the same autowala has been riding me home!
As i climb down the bus a warm pleasant smile and the familiar voice greets me with a "Hello Madam, How have you been? Its been a long time..". The other autowalas simply make way for me instead of their routine haggling with each other to get customers to sit in their autos giving me those oh-this-is-the-airport-road-madam-aint-our-customer looks and look towards my regular autowala! Hehe.
And as our lady sits in the auto he insists on playing DJ and all for her. He starts off with the latesht dingchak kannada movie songs and updates me on what is new in the kannada movie industry. I, with a cannot-bear-that-music-this-early-in-the-morning look keep nodding lest not to hurt his sentiments about Kannada movies. (and yahaa.. people! you tend to bond when you travel so frequently with the same autowala you know!!!) . But our pal realises what he has done and very sweetly switches to FM 91 where the lady RJ oh-i-forgot-her-name chatters away to glory in between the melodious old kannada songs. Now thaat music i say, perfectly blends with the early morning cool breeze blowing into my face as i traverse the almost empty roads of bangalore (till i reach airport road that is...). Sounds bliss aint it?
As we travel the roads of bangalore our pal very religiously updates me on what new malls have come up, the new one ways, the traffic scenes, the flyover....(Oh! that reminds me...Thank Almighty! there is some progress seen on the Kormangala-Airport Road flyover! finally!) ...I still remember those days where i saw the same half(half?? i guess i got all the math wrong here...but swalpa adjust maadi...) constructed flyover with a "Construction going on" board placed blocking the traffic for eternity for the past 2 years with not even 5" change made/added anywhere on that goddamn thing!
U oh! looks like i sidetracked. Yeah. The autowala. So, the autowala and i chipper away like no man's business on all the mundane topics involving bangalore and his auto till we reach airport road. The moment we reach that oh-so-famous-road for whatever reasons, we HAVE to or rather he HAS to digress from whatver we were discussing and start quetching about the pathetic situation on that airport road and its traffic scene till we take a turn on to the wind tunnel road. he then automatically calms down and continues on whatever we were discussing before we reached that historic, always talked about road like it just didnt exist on the way! Strange guy!
And as we reach home our little journey comes to an end and without any words exchanged i pay what he deserves and tip him with an extra tenner. :-)
I get that warm smile again and a "See you around soon madam".
Btw did i tell you about what a gentleman this new pal of mine is? Yes. when i sat in his auto this time around i happened to notice him hide his cigarette and his match boxes under his seat and give me a sly-sorry-about-that smile!
Now, that person ladies and gemtlemen is Mr.Pathi. You can find him around at the Corporation bus stop at around 7:30-8:00ish in the morning. If you happen to be around that area, at that time and would wanna take a rick i recommend you to take his.
This is the least i could do to this new pal of mine. :)

Grr..Damn that Autowala!

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:22:28 GMT

Last friday my roomie and i decided to leave office early....so we hired this auto to ride us back home...
Considering my past experiences with the autowalas i must say i do have a good rapport with them (now why do i see a couple of heads nodding fanatically there?)...but last friday was a different story by itself.

Me: Sir, Your meter reading isnt right...set it right.
Autowala: No madam. the reading is quite right...dont worry its only the initial set up which looks like that else its perfectly right.
Me: *Yeah right! I'm so very gonna buy that.*
(But eventually i did buy that..i know! kick me.)

We'd hardly travelled some 2-3 kms...the meter reads 26 bucks! WTF?

Me: Sir, why is your meter reading this high? its wrong...and dont expect me to pay that much.
Autowla: So madam how much will you be paying me then?
Me: *i knew it! that %^#$$^%$ was cheating us.*
well...our house is just 9km from this place...so if its 2.5 bucks per kilometer i would pay you around 25bucks and not more than that.
Autowala: *Raises his voice a little* Nahin Madam...this doesnt work that way.....if its 25 bucks to your place i'll drop you for free...blah blah
Me: *getting a little irritated and arguing throughout the journey*

And my stupid roomie who kept quietall this while, instead of remaining so, quotes 40 bucks as the auto fare!
Me: what the hell are you doing? all my arguments with the auto wala who is cheating on us is going down the drain...CANT YOU SEE...
Roomie: alright alright but i still feel 25 bucks is less..i generally pay 40 bucks if i'm not wrong...
Me: lady, you have been looted all this while! it doesnt go beyond 30 bucks..at the max its 35 bucks and not a penny more...
and i quoted 25 bucks so that eventually we would agree at the correct price... c'mon give it to me and my bargaining skills..i belong to the female sex after all!
Roomie: please yourself.

As we approach our house my roomie finally realises that the autowala is cheating on us as the meter reading was sky rocketing! Finally! *some women! phew!*
And eventually when we reached our place...

Roomie: So how much do we pay you now , now that you've realised that your meter reading is wrong?
Autowala: *in a stern voise* You guys tell me. how much are you gonna pay me...
Me: *I put my foot down* as i said earlier i will pay you only 25 bucks and not more than that..
Autowala: What? what? say again. *in raised voice*
Me: *Mad at the autowala for raising his voice instead of asking for more*...Now that you are talking that way i insist that am not paying more than that...1st of all you take us on a ride with a conked meter...2nd of all you refuse to show us the auto card you should be carrying with you always...Thirdly you do not have the decency to talk to people...you dont deserve more than 25 bucks!
Autowala: What? say again how much are you gonna pay me? *still screaming his lungs off*
Me: *undeterred* 25 bucks!
Autowala: OKAY.GIVE.

So i handed him the 25 bucks still fuming...and the next thing i see that $%#)*@& autowala tears the Rs.25 notes and throws it on the ground!