Wish you many Happy returns of the Day Ajay

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AJAY.

YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION, ROLE MODEL FOR REST OF MY LIFE.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. MISSING YOU RA:-(

Konte Chooputho

Konte chooputho nee konte chooputho

Naa manasu mellaga challaga dochave

Chinni navvutho

Oka chilipi navvutho

Edo maya chesi antalone mounamelanee

Konte chooputho nee konte chooputho

Naa manasu mellaga challaga dochave

Chinni navvu tho

Oka chilipi navvutho

Edo maya chesi antalone mounamelanee

Maata raani mounamm

Manasee telipee

Yada chatu maatu gaanamm

Kanulee kalipee evela

Kallu raase nee kallu raase

Oka chinni kavita premenemoo

Adi chadivinappudu

Na pedavi chappudu

Tolipaate naalo palikinadii

Pagale reyaina yugame shkanamaina

Kalam neetoti karaganii

Andani jabilli andina evella

Iruvuri dooralu karaganii

Odilo vaalalanunnadii

Voddani siggaputunnadii

Tadabadu guddelalo momaatamidii

Konte chooputho nee konte chooputho

Naa manasu mellaga challaga dochave

Chinni navvutho

Oka chilipi navvutho

Edo maya chesi antalone mounamelanee

Kallalo nidrinchi kalale mudrinchi

Madilo dooravu chilipigaa

Ninne aasinchi ninne shwasinchi

Neeve nenantu telupagaa

Chupulu ninne pilichenee

Naoopiri neekai nilichenee

Chaavuku bhayapadane

Nuvvunte chenthaa

Kallu raase nee kallu raase

Oka chinni kavita premenemoo

Adi chadivinappudu

Na pedavi chappudu

Tolipaate naalo palikinadii

Maata raani mounamm

Manasee telipee

Yada chatu maatu gaanamm

Kanulee kalipee evela

Kanti chooputho nee kanti chooputho

Naa manasu mellaga challaga dochave

Chinni navvutho

Oka chilipi navvutho

Edo maya chesi antalone mounamelane

Your Favorite song,

With Love,

Banchi

Invitation

I request the honor of your presence to console me on the occasion of my HCL crush's marriage. May I request the pleasure of your company at my Chennai residence from 20th till 22nd of May 2010.

Venue: B-16, Siva Kumara Nilayam, Kalakshetra Road, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai.

Programme:

20th May, 8 pm:

Beer

21st May, 8 pm:

Vodka

22nd May, 8 pm:

Whisky

10:30 pm: (on all 3 days)

Prayer - wishing a new crush for me, and of course, alcoholic 'blessings' to the newly-wed couple

11 pm: (on all 3 days)

Dinner follows ...

Statutory Warning: Alcohol is injurious to health

Books in Bus

On HCL Induction day, during an interactive session I said that I like travelling places, which I definitely didn't mean travelling 'within' city. I meant going around places which I started from my Pune days. I think my HR got me completely wrong and assigned me a project in Ambattur while I was staying in Tiruvanmayur. (Of course, project assignment was not done based on that :-)). T'Mayur is the southern tip of chennai, while Ambattur lies exactly on the other extreme - in northern Chennai. When Chaithu darling is in T'Mayur, how can I stay near Ambattur :-(

So, I decided to go from T'mayur to Ambattur daily - one hour while going and 1.5 hrs while coming. In January, after trying different options for 10 days, I ended up with the best possible option - catch the Pondicherry to Chennai Express bus @ Tiruvanmayur while going (1 hr) and use the local buses while coming (1.5 hrs).

To use the time optimally while travelling - In the month of January, I've taken a DB2 Handbook (which really is not a handbook and has more than 1500 pages to weigh close to 2 kg) and tried to learn DB2 while travelling. On the 2nd day, I didnt learn DB2 but I learnt that it is not the way to learn DB2 :-). So, I started with other books ... non-technical and non-functional to keep myself busy and away from the pain of travelling.

I started with "The Path to Liberation" written by my inspiring personality - OSHO - who always stress on "Do whatever you want to do in life; Ignore about society; give the best to take the best ... etc etc". When I was in Pune, I read his books like "Joking Around", from which I became his disciple.

Next was Sudha Murthy's "The Old man and his God" - book with a series of short stories (which she claims that are real-time happenings) - which frankly speaking - I didnt like as I felt that book as self-dabba related to Infy and her charities !!!

Then was the suspense thriller novel - "The Perfect Husband". It took quite some days - more than 20 days to complete - with twists and thrills while the husband (cop) is after his wife to torture and kill for which she tries equally to protest and plan to reciprocate him in all the possible ways to save herself and her daughter. Really a gud thriller !!!

Then I felt that it was time to sprikle myself with some humor and took an "Unofficial Joke Book". I read that book one joke after the other while going to office for not finding a joke which could make me smile. While coming back from office, I just brought it back without opening !!!

Then was the touching one "Everything happens for a reason" - a typical Indian bride married to an NRI who divorces her just for the sake of his parents. Felt bad for few scenes, read and reread few pages to feel more !!!

Last week I read "Now that You're rich ... Let's fall in love" after Chaithu darling suggested. Enjoyed reading it. Good one.

Yesterday, I started with "The Art of Man Making" - gist of Bhagawadgeetha by Swami Chinmayananda !!!

Dont worry - I'm not going to start an Ashram in Chennai !!! Books can be your best friends which always gives you and doesnt take back anything from you except your time.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. - BARBARA TUCHMAN

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. - DANIEL J. BOORSTIN

A wonderful thing about a book, is that you can take it to bed with you - in the absence of your wife - AJAY

U WERE, U ARE, U WILL BE - MY HERO

It's been more than 10 days that Sachin scored a double century. Right from Feb 24th, I've been trying really hard to get 15 mins to draft a blog for him. But, I couldnt make it till date. Daily I'm coming home only after 11 pm - that too working on weekends didnt allow me 2 blog. Somehow, I was @ home today and making an entry in my blog.

Actually, on that day I was not aware of Sachin's innings till evening Tea time.

I was in office and it was only during the Tea break that I came to know that Sachin was on 90s. After the break, I came back and started working and completely forgot about the match. It was in the evening, when I was discussing about a new requirement with my PL, RaviKumar (colleague in HCL) called me and showed the update score on cricinfo.com... it showed Sachin 193*. I thought that he was bluffing me by showing a 'created-interface'. Over the last few years, I received few mails with false sites/images (cloned exactly as the host website like cricinfo, ibnlive ) about Tendulkar's retirement, Laden's death etc. So,I thought Ravi was showing a similar one. Immediately I said him "Poda dubuku .. ennna pannra" (in tamil nativity) and refreshed the page to find the shocker. It was cricinfo site (confirmed), Sachin is on 193 (confirmed). Also, there were many overs left for Sachin to reach the unthinkable.

I just sat there @ his desk to continue the journey towards double century. I refreshed to see him on 195* after scoring 2 runs to become the highest run scorer in International Cricket. That brought many smiles on my face and was jumping with joy. It's been a long-waited gift from the Master. Inspite of the disappointments over the last two times - especially with the one against Australia(when he scored 175 and missed out the double century), I was enjoying every moment on Feb 24th refreshing the website every minute. I started shaking hands, expressing my happiness waiting eagerly to see the 200 mark against my hero's name.

On the other hand, I was cursing Dhoni for not giving strike to Sachin. Even when Dhoni is hitting boundaries, I was cursing him and expecting a single. He was taking singles on the last ball to irritate me more. I think everyone who followed that match might have scolded Dhoni on that day till the 50th over when Sachin 'finally' got the strike.

I think cricinfo site didnt cope up with the number of refresh clicks I did (I've been doing it from 193*) - suddenly site went down (in Ravi's system) when Sachin was on 199. Page is not opening. Ravi looked at me and said that it was because of me. I thought it was not the time to care for his looks :-) and was looking for updates from other systems while refreshing again in his system :-). He said cricinfo will never be opened in his system as long as i'm in HCL. Poor chap, he doesnt know how much I like Sachin.

Suddenly claps started in the floor and I joined the party to see 200* against SACHIN TENDULKAR. After few minutes of enjoyment, I came back to normal state to continue the left-over discussion on the new requirement.

Came back home just before the match presentation cermony, saw highlights and slept thinking that one more record was broken that evening and was happy that Sachin did it. Now that he opened the 200 gate lock, let's see how many will cross the gate before he breaks some other record. ALL THE BEST SACHIN AND WELL DONE !!!

Few days back, I received a mail from my colleague Srikanth from capgemini with subject - "Time Magazine's quote on Sachin". I felt it's apt for the situation !!! It quoted ...

"When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam. When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will."

Also, now I remember about a blog written long back in 2006 by me.

http://ajayviews.blogspot.com/2006/03/indian-cricket-it-was-disappointing-to.html

Sachin, U were, U are, U will be - MY HERO

CONDOLENCE

LAL SALAAM COMRADE

Chaithu Darling ...

Your Peru Wizard
with Roopu Lizard
having Size Mustard
with Manasu Custard

When I saw you in sleeveless
I was speechless
But you are marvelous
when you are topless.

You have a physique
which is very unique
Y dont u identify a technique
so that you don't look weak

MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY DARLING ...

Wishing you a gr8 success and a nice partner this year :-)