Tittle-Tattle...

"Its nice we're going for a team-lunch after a long time!", exclaimed a colleague of mine! We all acknowledged it... I along with my friend (a colleague-turned-good-friend), and two other colleagues were on our way to a restaurant to join other folks.

The terrific traffic, the warm air, the corporate etiquette... suffocated me and my friend.:D From the above statement, we sensed that a conversation is about to begin...

Colleague 1: Btw, howz the release going? [with a smirky smile]

Colleague 2: Well, you know the ongoing issues...trying to resolve one after the other. Hey, heard you had been to an exotic location during your vacation...

I and my friend exchanged a dignified smile at each other :) [You need not  converse with your close friend to know what'z going on in their mind. A brief look is just enough :D] We did sense how colleague 2 changed the topic desperately. :p

Colleague 1: Yeah!! It was great [with an excited tone] But we had to return back soon... :( 

Colleague 2: What happened? You didn't want to come back to work is it?

We knew how Colleague 2 is good at extracting information. We eagerly looked at Colleague 1, awaiting the answer...

Colleague 1: Oh, the little one was not feeling well, we had to come back soon

Colleague 2: aah, the little one I had seen on FB... how is the cutie-pie now...

Little one??? We exchanged a blank look....we had heard Colleague 1 talking about in-laws, but little did we know about this little one. We were quite impressed about Colleague 1's multitasking skills with a little one being at home... ;)

Colleague 1: She is quite OK and independent now...

Colleague 2: I love her brown hairs and shiny skin...

We messaged to each other, shiny skin ok, but Indian kid having brown hairs... something unusual alwa?

Colleague 1: Yeah, thatz her trait! now she sleeps in her own room

Colleague 2: Thatz great! who looks after her?

Colleague 1: We actually lock her in a room. Me or my husband go to home for lunch, so its kind of manageable...

Lock??!! Something is not right!!!! We knew we are missing out something... We were keen on listening to further conversation...

Colleague 2: What have you named her?

Colleague 1: Her name is Andy and she doesn't howl like our neighbor's dog....

Gosh!  This time its a dumb look! They are talking about a DOG, in fact a puppy!!!!!

While they continued to share their experience about the upbringing, we tried to suppress our laugh and our doltishness as well!!!! :D ;) :p :(

Through out the team-lunch we had no guts to look at each other face...The moment we looked at each other we knew we would burst to laugh, recalling the incident!!! :D

Black Beauty Turns ONE!

I was in a deep slumber...Someone tickled me and I was awakened! Voila!!! Thatz my passionate possessor...  She turns the ignition key and here I whizz along!

Today seems to be some special day.. She has a mirthful smile! Ohh here I recall - I turn one!!! I wonder how time flies  by and it has been an year since I know her...

If you are still wondering who I am, click here!!! :) 

 LIKES n DISLIKES while driving:

• She likes to drive in NICE road [Don't be surprised if the toll keeper recognizes her :P]
• She likes when her parents go flashback; when her niece talk about her school and friends; when she fights with her talkative sister ;)
• She likes swapping radio stations[BTW, her cousins hates her song collections :D]
• She likes the fact that she can survive a dog-chase, unlike riding :D
• She dislikes when her mother keeps an eye on the speedometer, but she would love to watch her mother's expression in the rear view mirror :D
• She dislikes when her cousins binges, or clicks 'N' number of photos [you see, she cant be a part of it while driving!! :D]

PS: Can anyone tell-what does the below image symbolize? ;)

ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಏನ್ರಿ ಇದೆ ???

Title ನೋಡಿ, ಎಲ್ಲೋ ಕೇಳಿದೀನಿ ಅಂತ ಅನ್ಕೊಲ್ಲೋಕಿಂತ ಮುಂಚೆ...ನಾನೇ ಹೇಳ್ಬಿಡ್ತೀನಿ... ಇದು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ dialog! ;) ಏನಕ್ಕೆ ಈ title ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದಿನಿ ಅಂತ ತಿಳ್ಕೊಳ್ಳೋಕೆ ಈ kanglish ಲೇಖನ ಓದಿ!!

ನನಗೆ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ coffee ನ, ಮಹಡಿಮೇಲೆ ಗಿಡ ಮರಗಳನ್ನ ನೋಡ್ತಾ ಕುಡಿಯೋ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ!! ನಾನ್ಯಾಕೆ ಹೀಗೇ?? ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅದರದೇ ಆದ ಕಾರಣಗಳಿವೆ...ಒಂದು ನನಗೆ, nature ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಇಷ್ಟ; ಎರಡು, Itz always nice to start a day by sipping a froth filled coffee, while watching nature ;) I simply like the soothing effect... 

ಹೀಗೆ ನನ್ನದೇ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವಾಗ...ಒಂದು ಹಕ್ಕಿ ನನ್ನ irritate ಮಾಡುತ್ತೆ ಅಂತ ಅನ್ಕೊಂಡಿರ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ!!! That too, inspite of me being a nature lover!!! x-( ಯಾವ ಹಕ್ಕಿ??? ಅಂತೀರಾ... The so called intelligent CROW! ಅದನ್ನ ಯಾಕೆ ಆತರ ಕರಿತಾರೋ ನನಗಂತು ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ...ಆದ್ರೆ itz cawing irritates me to the core...ಕಾರಣ ಇಷ್ಟೇ! ಅದು ಕೂಗಿದಾಗೆಲ್ಲ ಅದು ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನೇ ಕರಿತ ಇದೆ ಅನ್ನಿಸುತ್ತೆ!! ರೇಖಾ..ಖಾ ಖಾ yucky! x-(

Back at home, "ಅಮ್ಮ, ನನಗೆ ಯಾಕೆ ರೇಖಾ ಅಂತ ಹೆಸರು ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ಯ!!!" Throwing a bewildered look, she did justify!!! 

"ಆದ್ರೂನು" I continued..."ನೀ ನನಗೆ ಸಂಧ್ಯಾ ಅಂತ ಹೆಸರಿಡ್ಬೇಕಿತ್ತು...!!!" 

Vexed with my early morning questions she continued to do her chores without even bothering to ask me "ಯಾಕೆ?" 

However, I said.. "ನೀನು ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಉಷಾ (The don oops dawn) ಅಂತ ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟ ಮೇಲೆ ನನಗೆ ಸಂಧ್ಯಾ (dusk) ಅಂತ ಹೆಸರಿಡ ಬೇಕಿತು !!!  The dawn and the dusk! what a contrast...!!!!! Before she reacted, I just walked out of the kitchen, thrilled at my very own thought... ;) :P

No matter what, ನನಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ತುಂಬ ಇಷ್ಟ!!! ಯೋಚನೆ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ನನಗನ್ನಿಸಿದ್ದು ಇಷ್ಟೇ; ನಮ್ಮ  ಹೆಸರು ಏನೇ ಇರ್ಲಿ, ಆ ಹೆಸರನ್ನ ಇಟ್ಕೊಂಡು...ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನು ಹೆಸರು ಮಾಡ್ತಿವಿ ಅದು ಮುಖ್ಯ!! 

"ಇಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಏನ್ರಿ ಇದೆ??" ಅಲ್ವಾ!!!!

Down the memory lane...

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and I was just gazing at the huge carton placed in the attic of my room! I have named this carton as "The Encephalo" because I had dumped all my books right from Class II to Engineering! ;)

Just to come out of my laziness and to be surrounded in the aura of quondam,I thought of a clean up.  As I was dusting the books, one of them caught my immense attention and made my mind to swirl around the subject. With a sardonic smile, I held this book and read its name aloud ... 

"Microprocessor 8085 - A P Godse and D A Godse"

The horrific, atrocious, awful subject I ever came across in Engineering. It was this subject which enlightened me not to step into the world of programming!! :D

The architecture, the memory allocation, interfaces, the lengthy programs, blah blah, all these made me think "Why didn't this Godse kill microprocessor!!!" :(

I somehow managed to understand the architecture two days before the exams, and with least hesitation, I admit that I did byheart the programs for the lab exams! As per me three months is very short time to understand the subject and write programs.  My aim was to get an All-Clear result!! 

I do still remember the day I got my 5th sem result.  For the first time, I was so proud of myself, as i had cleared "The Microprocessor". It was the greatest achievement of those days ;)

The book which brought a smile on my face today, was once upon a time a "nightmare"!!! This reminded me of a quote, "The problem of today is the joke of tomorrow" :D :D