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

Our life is what our thoughts make it!!

All this while, I was obsessed with the quote "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans". But, as I was trenchantly searching for new set of quotes, I came across the following quote which made me to pause and think for a while!

"Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it!!"

Isn't is true??? Life may push you into a deep ditch of unexpected situation, but its the attitude which makes you to come out of this dicey situation.The cerebration should revolve around how to bounce out rather than to mourn over the situation!! Remember, a fall should always make you wiser and not a loser! 

Well, in the sail of life one must/will experience a tremor for sure, it is just that, the magnitude may vary from 4-9 on the Richter scale!!!;). My next thought was, despite of these tremors, how can one make life interesting and happier??? Considering the fact that I have been living on this terrestrial planet for quite sometime, here are few things that I have penned:

• Be contented
• Expect LEAST from others and MOST from self!
• Appreciate yourself, it motivates to do things better!
• Dream, it makes your soul happy ;)
• Always do things you would love to do
• Think Good... Feel Good!!!
• Keep learning new things...
• One must try to adopt this attitude :P

ಬಿಸಿಲಲ್ಲೇ ಒಣಗಿಸೋ... ನೆರಳಲ್ಲೇ ಮಲಗಿಸೋ... ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ...
ಬಿಸಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಂಪಾಗಿ... ನೆರಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಂಪಾಗಿ.... ನಗುನಗುತಾ ಇರುವೆ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ...

• Finally, always find something positive in every circumstance.Here is a story which demonstrate the same...  

A very old lady looked in the mirror one morning. She had three remaining hairs on her head, and being a positive soul, she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today." So she braided her three hairs, and she had a great day.
Some days later, looking in the mirror one morning, preparing for her day, she saw that she had only two hairs remaining. "Hmm, two hairs... I fancy a center parting today." She duly parted her two hairs, and as ever, she had a great day.
A week or so later, she saw that she had just one hair left on her head. "One hair huh...," she mused, "I know, a pony-tail will be perfect." And again she had a great day.
The next morning she looked in the mirror. She was completely bald. "Finally bald huh," she said to herself, "How wonderful! I won't have to waste time doing my hair any more.." ;)

Source: Internet

 After-all, ATTITUDE matters!

The Princess!!!

It was a summer morning and I was very eager and super excited to meet HER. At my very first glance, I felt SHE is a live example of the famous nursery rhyme Chubby cheeks, dimple chin, Curly hair, very fair...!!!!  I must say, SHE was round-faced, curly haired, pinkish breathing doll !! :) The first time I placed HER on my lap, I was spell-bound. I was indeed a proud AUNT! SHE was named as NAMRATHA...@};-

Innocent yet naughty, receptive yet adamant, introvert yet talkative, a quick learner and a gizmo freak, thatz nammu-my cute little niece!

Nammu and her imagery:

Whenever I see a Tata Nano car or when I hold a mouse (i meant the computer accessory!) this cutie pie will cross my mind for her excellent imaginative skills. As per her, both are alike!

Nammu and Gadgets:

• She can easily operate a camera. Her focusing and framing skills are quite surprising!

• Mobile, itz a toy to her! She can operate any mobile, right from the basic model to touch screen. An expert in playing games and can outwit her mother. And while playing game, one must observe her expressions, it looks as though she is composing a serious mail! :) Now she is a huge fan of "Talking Tom Cat", an android application! 
• Initially, she used to ask me in a specific raaga ''online game ಹಾಕೊಡೆ"!  Now she is so self-sufficient, that she states she just has to click the letter 'e' (Internet explorer), and type the game name in the rectangle at the right corner (google search engine) ಅಷ್ಟೇ!!

Nammu and her BDay Mania:

Ofcourse, like any one else, we both will also fight! And the success rate of my victory against her will be HIGH only during the first five months of a year!!!The moment the fight reaches its peak, I start telling the names of the months "Jan, feb, march...." and deliberately stop at "MAY"! OMG, thatz her BDay month and my trump card is her BDay gift!!! The moment she realizes that I am not gifting her this year, she is ready for a compromise!! So mean of me, but itz nice to see her mixed expression (anger+disappointment+innocence)!!!

Miscellany:

• In Food World, itz always fun to see her moving here and there with a basket, picking up the things (rather food items) she likes! Nice to see her perplexity too.:-/
• Like any other kid, Pogo is her fav channel. I have started liking Chota Bheem as it is a compulsory show!!
• All of a sudden, she sometimes demand for a ride! I guess she likes gush of wind ;))
• At times, we are crime-partners! If N is equal to the total number of jamoons, the count of the jamoons will always reduces to (N-2), each time we visit the kitchen!:-$
• The moment she addresses me as rekhi.. itz a clear indication that she is buttering-up for something!

Itz difficult to pen everything, as the list may go on and on!!! All I can say is, every time I spend time with her, she evokes a child within me...!

Train of thoughts!

Traveling in train is not new to me and Shruthi. We have had some exciting, on the fly, short-trips!;) Contrary, this time, it was a perfectly-planned trip to the land of unknowns! So, its operation "Terra incognita"!!!!!

We stood in the platform with a hope that we get into the the right compartment. As we started indulging in our very own giggly talk, the train arrived and we started looking out for the ladies compartment. Boarding the train was not a cake-walk. It was one of the funniest moment. Somehow, amid the mad rush, I was successful in stepping the steps but couldn't get into the compartment!#:-S. Later, I realized that the luggage was caught in the crowd with its handle in my hand. I could neither get in nor could step out! At this slippery situation only one thing crossed my mind and thatz TOM and JERRY!!!;))

The compartment was jam-packed and it comprised women of all age groups! There were gang of college girls, middle aged women running behind their kids, and a group of elderly ladies representing some ashram!

Though we could see each other face, it was impossible for us to converse. It was really difficult to kill time and I was missing shruthi's one-liners!:-j And while in roaming, it would definitely not make sense to call/msg just for the sake of chit-chatting. So, we switched on the blue-tooth and started exchanging our thoughts through notepad. Isn't it a smart, cost-effective idea!*-:) We were physical separated but technologically connected!

As time passed by, the compartment was left with very few people.It was already 5:30pm and how can we break our own rule?? Yes, every time we travel in train we make sure that we sit at the entrance with our legs rested on the step. In a gush of wind, listening to your fave song, watching the sunset in god's own country while munching banana chips... aah what an amazing moment!!(*)
  

We must be really thankful to the children who were the prefect translators, and helped us to reach our final destination!

This trip was indeed special!

  

Super is Super!

ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ... directing a movie after a span of 10 yrs, had itself created waves in sandalwood! As always, there is always something new and different tag attached to his movies. With the very same expectation me too had been to watch the movie.

The film starts like a documentary (narrated by Yograj Bhat) which is quite astonishing! Followed by the title which highly demonstrates ಉಪ್ಪಿ's creativity... As you are realizing the wit in the title, impulsively you see a message on the screen "After 20 years"!! So, the picture starts with flash-forward! :D Karnataka, in 2030...Only ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ can think this uniquely...The visualization is simply superb. Nice to see ಸ್ವಚ್ಛ ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು and vidhana souda being surrounded by multi-storey buildings!

The highlight of the movie is ಉಪ್ಪಿ's screen-play and dialogue. The movie limns the current corrupt political system. There is a flash-back within a flash-back! Juz like a complicated if-else loop in C programming! ;) The concept of two stories which goes hand-in-hand is something different and you should be quick enough to grasp the switch-over! The dialogues are thought provoking!

The music may not be melodious but still foot-tapping. The first time I heard the song ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಪಟ್ಟೆ, I burst to laugh!! :D

Looks like entire ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ's family has contributed to the film. Not many know that his parents are one among the key characters... and I really appreciate ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ for lending her voice to one of the character in the movie.

The bottom line is that "Only ಉಪ್ಪಿ can make the viewers to put on their thinking cap even after stepping out of the theater"!!

The Alarm!!!

गुनगुनाती हैं यह हवा ....गुनगुनाता है गगन..... गा रहा है यह सारा आलम....

        ...Thatz my alarm tone for this week!! As usual, I snoozed it and was wondering how annoying a machine could be, and who on the earth invented this??? Click here to read the story behind the invention of alarm clock!

I usually keep changing my alarm tone/song for two reasons:

• The primary reason, of course, to incentivize myself to wake-up in good state of mind! But then I understood however melodious the song is, the moment you assign it as an alarm tone, it transforms itself to a pesky tune! :P
• The secondary reason is, if that tone is assigned for a long duration, I develop a sort of aversion towards that song!

The fact is, how much ever you lure yourself, these ALARMs neither brings a smile on ur face nor cheers you to start the day.  
 

Few quotes on Alarms :p

• “A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep”
• “Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.”
• “You will find the key to success under the alarm clock”

 You can bookmark this page for online alarm!!! http://onlineclock.net/ 

On an ending note, I thank god for gifting me two lovely Alarms, ಅಮ್ಮ and ಅಣ್ಣ  :D, They make sure that I get up on time!!!!!!

ಕಾಣದ ಕಡಲಿಗೆ | ಜಿ. ಎಸ. ಶಿವರುದ್ರಪ್ಪ | My Fav

ಕಾಣದ ಕಡಲಿಗೆ ಹಂಬಲಿಸಿದೆ ಮನ
ಕಾಣಬಲ್ಲೆನೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಕಡಲೊಳು
ಕೂಡಬಲ್ಲೆನೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ || ಕಾ ||

ಕಾಣದ ಕಡಲಿನ ಮೊರೆತದ ಜೋಗುಳ ಒಳಗಿವಿಗಿಂದು ಕೇಳುತಿದೆ
ನನ್ನ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯು ತನ್ನ ಕಡಲನೆ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿ ಚಿಂತಿಸಿ ಸುರಿಯುತಿದೆ
ಎಲ್ಲಿರುವುದೋ ಅದು ಎಂತಿರುವುದೋ ಅದು
ನೋಡಬಲ್ಲೆನೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಕಡಲನು ಕೂಡಬಲ್ಲೆನೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ || ಕಾಣದ ||

ಸಾವಿರ ಹೊಳೆಗಳು ತುಂಬಿ ಹರಿದರೂ ಒಂದೇ ಸಮನಾಗಿಹುದಂತೆ
ಸುನಿಲ ವಿಸ್ತರ ತರಂಗ ಶೋಭಿತ ಗಂಭೀರಾಂಬುಧಿ ತಾನಂತೆ
ಮುನ್ನೀರಂತೆ ಅಪಾರವಂತೆ
ಕಾಣಬಲ್ಲೆನೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಅದರೊಳು ಕರಗಲಾರೆನೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ || ಕಾಣದ ||

ಜಟಿಲ ಕಾನನದ ಕುಟಿಲ ಪಥಗಳಲಿ ಹರಿವ ತೊರೆಯು ನಾನು
ಎಂದಿಗಾದರೂ ಕಾಣದ ಕಡಲಿಗೆ ಸೇರಬಲ್ಲೆನೇನು
ಸೇರಬಹುದೇ ನಾನು ಕಡಲ ನೀಲಿಯೊಳು ಕರಗಬಹುದೇ ನಾನು || ಕಾಣದ ||

ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ಅಮೇರಿಕ!!

ಈ  ಫಿಲಂನ ಎಷ್ಟು ಸಲ ನೋಡಿದ್ದಿನಿ ಅಂತ ಒಂದು ಹಂತದ ತನಕ ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಇಟ್ಟಿದೆ, ಆದ್ರೆ ಎಷ್ಟು ಸರ್ತಿ ನೋಡಿದೀನಿ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಈಗ ಲೆಕ್ಕ  ತಪ್ಪಿ ಹೋಗಿದೆ! ಬಹುಶ  30+ ಅನ್ಸುತ್ತೆ! ಇವತ್ತು ಈ ಫಿಲಮ್ನ ಮತ್ತೊಂಮ್ಮೆ ನೋಡಿದ ಮೇಲೆ, ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರಿಯದೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಇರೋಕೆ ಆಗಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಕಾರಣ ಅನೇಕ, ಬಹುಶ ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಬೀರಿದ ಮೊದಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ  :)

ನನಗೆ ಯಾವಾಗಲು ಈ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಗ್ರಹಣ ಮತ್ತೆ ಚಂದ್ರ ಗ್ರಹಣದ ನಡುವೆ ಗೊಂದಲ ಇರುತಿತ್ತು ... ಅದು ಬಗೆಹರೆದಿದು ಈ ಫಿಲಂನ ನೋಡಿದ ಮೇಲೆಯೇ, ಹೇಗೆ ಅಂತೀರಾ??  ಈ  ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಫಿಲಂ title-chord ಶುರುವಾಗೋದು ಹೀಗೆ "ಭೂಮಿ ಮತ್ತು  ಸೂರ್ಯನ ನಡುವೆ ಚಂದ್ರ ಬಂದಾಗ....." so I started relating the definition of the eclipse to the three core characters of the film ;) (ಸೂರ್ಯ, ಭೂಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ಶಶಾಂಕ್ )

ಇನ್ನು ಇದರ one-liners, ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಬೇರು ಮುಖ್ಯನ ಅಥವಾ ರೆಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಖ್ಯನ ಅನ್ನುವ ಸ೦ವಾದ, concept of brain-drain, ದೇಶಾಭಿಮಾನ ಎಲ್ಲವು ನಮ್ಮ ಯೋಚನಾ ಲಹರಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುತ್ತದೆ!

ಹಾಗೆ ಇದರ ಹಾಡುಗಳು, ಅಬ್ಬ! ಇದರ craze ಹೇಗಿತ್ತು ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಮಧ್ಯ ರಾತ್ರಿಲಿ ಎದ್ದಾಗಲು ಈ ಹಾಡುಗಳೇ ಗುನುಗುತ್ತಿತು...ಬರಿ ಸಂಗಿತವಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲ ಅದರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಮನಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ಉಳಿಯುತ್ತೆ.

ನನ್ನ fav dialogues/ಸಾಲುಗಳು:

• ಬಾನಲ್ಲೇ ಓಡಿದರು ಮೇಘ...ಮಳೆಗೂ ಮಣ್ಣಲ್ಲೇ ಜಾಗ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೂ ಸೇತು...ಮೌನ ಮೌನದ ನಡುವೆ ಮಾತು....
• ನೆನಪೆಂದರೆ ಮಳೆಬಿಲ್ಲ ಛಾಯೆ....
• ಇರುವುದೆಲ್ಲವ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇರದುದರೆಡೆಗೆ ತುಡಿಯುವುದೇ ಜೀವನ...
• ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಮನಸು ಮನಸಿನ ನಡುವೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಸೇತುವೆ ಇದ್ದಿದರೆ ಎಷ್ಟು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿರೋದು...
• Excuse me... ನೀವು ನನ್ನ ಸೀಟ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕುತಿದ್ದಿರ ;)

ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾಕಾಲ ನೋಡ ಬಯಸುವ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ನಾಟುವ, ಸಂದೇಶದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಮನೋರಂಜನೆಯೂ ಸಹ ನೀಡುವ  ಚಿತ್ರ  ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ಅಮೇರಿಕ!! Hats off to ನಾಗತಿಹಳ್ಳಿ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಕರ್, ಮನೋಮೂರ್ತಿ, ರಮೇಶ್ ಮತ್ತು ಹೇಮಾ  :)

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbal_-xv1k8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG32Qhs_9_k

ನಿನ್ನಂತ ಅಪ್ಪ ಇಲ್ಲ ;)

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it!!! ~ Clarence Budington Kelland

Looks like I and the author of this quote have father of similar nature!!! Not exaggerating but true... Few are people, who talk less and act more...and I am lucky to have a wondrous father!!!

Happy Father's day ಅಣ್ಣ... [oh yeah, thatz how I address my father ;) ]

PS: Thought to ponder upon "Do we really need a specific day to greet a father?!!" 

The vantages of riding!

It all started when the travel time consumption was 12.5% of a day!! I had strongly made up my mind not to depend on the company transport any more... With a strong opposition, I started commuting to office in my new " black scooty streak" [yeah right, if not a black santro, let me at least own a black scooty streak :P]

People always drop their jaw when thy come to know that i am riding from one extreme end of the city to an other extreme end. But, its also true that when you really like doing certain things, neither the complexities involved nor the disadvantages appear to be prominent.

Apart from the flexibility it offers, here are few thing that I would like to share about the vantages of riding ....

1. Firstly, let me say something about the "riding survey", yes, thatz how I decided to buy scooty streak :P . The signal at junction is the right place for performing a riding survey... If the person next to you owns a vehicle of your choice, why not conduct a survey??? Inquire about the mileage, performance... etc etc
2. Evoke you hobbies:

• Am i sounding crazy?? not really ... Following are some photos that I captured while riding :)

• Also, listen to the music of your choice, it makes your ride more pleasurable :) hmm... how about giving a bit of work to your vocal chords??? wow...Juz like a bath-room singer you can be entitled to the "riding singer" title too...

3.Time management while riding:

• Plan the work that has to be done for the day, It could be a reminder mail, a meeting invite, MOM whatever!!! In a way, riding keeps you more organized.
• "Is your after office hours discussion (office politics/gossip :P) consuming the quality time that you spend at your home? If yes," Talk when you ride" hahaha, an inverse ideology of "Walk when you talk" !!!
  Disclaimer: " Talk when you ride" concept is subjected to risk, please be aware of the risk before you follow ''

4. Psst...Riding is also a platform to vent out your frustration!!
5. Interaction with unknowns: A waving kid in a school bus, or an old man who transforms to a traffic police to cross the road...will always leave a smile amidst the tension. :)

6. Over and above, you can judge a person based on how he rides/drives!!! Juz give a thought about it :D