Was reading through a forward when I noticed this quote. This is a just in time reminder for me, to do things right myself instead of preaching :-)

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who ( Read more... )

Ever since I discovered twitter, I have tweeted more than writing here. 140 chars seems more than enough for me to rant about. However, a lot has happened and a lot more is happening and this blog needs update. Like last year, I will be heading out of Bangalore mid next week until the first week of Jan. So the next few posts are going to summarize ( Read more... )

A hallway conversation:

A1: Coming for the standup?
A2: Will come after running to the loo.
A1: So you have one standup to attend before this one?

A coworker was admitted to a hospital due to food poisoning and dehydration. We went to visit him and were talking to him. The talk turned towards diarrhoea and stomach cleansing. He remarked about people voluntarily taking castor oil to clear their bowels when another coworker jumped into ask "2 Stroke or 4 Stroke". It took more than 5 minutes for ( Read more... )

This one comes a bit late but nevertheless before the festival of lights is over. Here is wishing everyone a very Happy Deepavali.

This one has been by the far best Deepavali I have celebrated in the last few years. One of the main reasons being both my parents and my sister being around here. A few dozen phone calls starting from around 5 AM ( Read more... )

Today morning I was trying to withdraw some cash from a SBI ATM. The machine was making a humongous noise counting the cash and taking eons to dispense the money. After almost a couple of minutes, it barfed "Unable to process transaction. Please contact the bank". Thankfully it dispensed a transaction advice which gave details of the ATM et al and ( Read more... )

I was reading a tribute to Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan last week when a couple of incidents came to my mind.

The first one happened more than 15 years ago. The movie Keladi Kanmanai was just released. DD Tamil was doing a special program for some festival occasion. There was a program by Kunnakudi and someone requested him to play the song "Mannil ( Read more... )

Another Gym Joke of the Day(GJOTD):

A1: Hey, Could not come to the gym.
A2: What happened?
A1: Stomach upset. Loose motion.
A1: So only squats. No push-ups. Is it?

An incident at the gym this morning. Someone out of shape comes to the gym and starts running on the treadmill. Seeing him running,

A1: Iska chest sahi hai. Work out karne ke badh sahi ayega?

A2: Oh chest nahi hai. Breast hai.

ROTFLMAO.

It was our group's offsite last week and this week. Since we do on call coverage and operations support, we split the entire group into two and go to the same place in consecutive weeks. We had been to Guhantara off Kanakpura road. The idea was to do some team building sessions in the first half and spend the rest of the day playing games and ( Read more... )