Thursday, May 28, 2009

अजगर से दोस्ती



100 Pounds ka Python .. Mein to bojh ke maare dab hi raha tha .. It wasn't looking very scary to me because it was not moving. I think it was overfeeded thats what it was calm and only taking breath .. Gave $5 to get this pose..

Place "Battery Park, Newyork", Date : 24 May,2009

Vaada na tod ...

This is something which I don't like but I keep on doing this... Breaking the promise :( ...
 
Now being a person with good analytical skills, If I find out why does this happen then the reason is ...
 
- I am always ready to help others. I always tell others if they can use any oppotunity I am aware about. So I tell them, and promise them I will help you.
- I have too many things runnng in my mind .. I have poor time management and I am too lazy to act on something immediately.. So i keep on delaying the things and then once a week or two I decide the priority of all pending tasks .. I almost forget what I promised to other people during prioritization.
- I am afraid to tell them the truth that I actually forgot or I didn't care what I promised to you. I sometimes don't want to say "Sorry" also, because it could give an impression on others that I didn't keep my promise intentionally.
- One more reason could be, because I want everyone to be happy and sometimes its not possible to do that.
- I don't want to loose my friends by saying "NO" if they ask for my help. Even that thing is beyond my reach. So I just say "OK, I will try" and then pretend to forget. I am not adopting the habit of saying "NO" ..

Baltimore to Newyork

Sirf mein hi jaanta hu ki kaise Newyork pahucha, woh bhi akele .. I was desperate enough to go out of my town and it was the best time to go for a trip coz I had 3 consecutive off.
 
It was the last moment plan. Just 30 minutes before I started my journey. Going to Baltimore in the night was a big risk as I got warnings from my colleagues to not to go there alone during nights. There were many crime cases reported in Baltimore in the past.
 
Another unfortunate thing was I missed my first bus to newyork and I had to wait for another 1.5 hrs for another bus. The bus stop was quite sunsaan and you cudn't see any people there. Well, I talked to my friends to feel secure and was ready to press 911 on my mobile phone if something happens.
 
After waiting for 1.5 (8;30 PM - 10:00 PM) on that lonely road, finally I got the bus and reached newyork. The time was 1:30 AM , But the city was so lively and full of young crowd getting out of bars/pubs/parties that my fear was gone and I started enjoying the night life of newyork.
 
I was there for 1.5 more days and accompanied by one of my collegemate "Iyer" .. Had a lots of fun in newyork. Watch my picasa for the photos ..

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Thats what I am called ...

Nicknames ?? Yeah, I have many ...
 
Hemant, what I am actually ..
 
Tailor, my surname and mostly called by customer care representatives .. mr. tailor ..
 
Rinku, what my family and relatives call me ..
 
Shekhar, its actually my elder brother's name. But one of my school teacher "MP Varshney" used to call me by this name. We both studied in the same school and Varshney sir has a habit of calling younger brothers by their elder bros' name. Strange na ??
 
Tani, thats what my school friends call me .. now how did i get this name ?? I was in 6th standard and we started learning Sanskrit. Our Sanskrit teacher Pawan ji used to ask me to recite the sanskrit lines most of the times... Reciting "Falaani, Taani, etc ...", my friends started calling me "Hemant-ani" , which were later changed to "Taani" ... :)
 
Hemu, well, I never liked this nick since i read the story of war between akbar and hemu. Hemu was defeated in that war and how wants to be called by a loser's name ?? lol, this nick wasn't much successful and hardly someone new call me by this name for the first time .
 
Tailu, the nick I have been called mostly. I got this name in my college .. Tailor was trasnformed to Tailu , no doubt .. I am still not able to recall who called me by that name for the first time .. my seniors who loved me, they called me by that name .. and all my classmaters, batchmats and later even my juniors .. It shows their love to me .. and thats why it the best nick i had ..
 
Kaka, Anurag saxena, one of my batchmate started calling me "Tailu kaka" , and later only "kaka" .. don't understand the reason , but we both call each other "kaka" ;) ..
 
Taylor, and thats my surname changed by foreign agencies.. Bank of america dispatched me my check card for 3 times with this surname and that was the reason i didn't get them any of them .. I now take precaution when i call customer care and tell them to repeat my surname in case they have spelled it wrong .. and yeah, they all have spelled it wrong till today ...
 
Sailor, pummy doggy aka yashu dani is the only one who call me by that name ..
 
Herman, well, I still can't understand what gives my customer this impression that my name is "herman" and not "hemant" .. i think they shud get their eyes checked because they have problem reading "m" .. funnier is when they consider me female and use "she" in their mails ..
 
Hermant, thats another irritating name, I got my company ID created by this name with my recent client .. I have already got it changed but still there are some stupid fellows using this nick .. :(
 
Gold, strange ??  yeah, Hemant -> Hem -> Gold .. Thats what I used for the first time as nick when i started chatting .. Its not being used anymore now ..
 
Choorma, and thats another tashani name .. Choorma is a Rajasthani sweet .. When choorma is prepared, the roti is crushed .. and the same way i used to crush my opponents with my rocket launcher in computer game "Unreal tournament" .. I always used this player name while playing "UT" .. my fellor UT players know me by this name .. I love when opponents said "Ohh my god, Choorma is here .. somebody save me .. " .. ha ha ha
 
FatBoy Slim, Thats actually a famous music band and I used it as my player name while playing "Counter Strike" , another computer game ... Listening to Fatboy slim's songs, it was fun to play that game .. also it had been very lucky for me most of the times. ..
 
Chhote, Ramteke, my classmate use to call me (or evrybody) by this name .. and i replied "haan bade" .. :)
 
Hemanth, Hemant-wa, Hemant-sa ... Given by my fropki friends .. Don't know what made PU feel that i hate "hemanth", she always called me by this name and showing ":P" emoticon ..  Well, there is another story behind "Hemanth", being in south india for almost 6 years, my name was written as "hemanth" most of the times .. obviously they have "srikanth, ananth, kavitha, anitha... why not hemanth" ??
 
Hadd hai na ??

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

IPL Mania @ South Africa

Well, I haven't been following IPL Season-2 this year.. Heard about the rumours about it being FIXED this year. It could be true , it could be false also. Who knows ?? ... Ask Lalit Modi, who haven't slept for days when IPL-2 plan seemed to be washed out in India due to Lok Sabha Elections.
 
One thing for sure, IPL Matches are quite unpredictive this season. Ever watched Reality shows ?? There are very large number of viewers who think that these all are scripted. YES, IPL-2 is a similar reality show, Could be scripted. Its none of business to find out what everybody is doing with this fixation (if it has any).
 
Watching the points table daily and looking at the team scores in their matches. Quite amazed of who will reach to the finals.
 
Delhi Daredevils are surely stealing this season. They are on the top and will surely go to Semis. A good team with good spirit.
 
Kolkata Knight Riders are carrying the comic flag. They were in news for Chak De Fame SRK leaving his support, then racism among the crew. Who cares, they are at the bottom and will surely play an important role in fluctuation other teams score at the last moment.
 
Rajasthan Royals, Champions of IPL Season-1, are now struggling to reach to Semi finals. One last match remaining and there is very less hope.
 
Chennai Superkings, King XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians all are playing good cricket. Apart from being matches fixed, one can still can't predict who goes to Semis. Royal Challengers hasn't disappointed Vijay Malya this time. They are also lined up in the to be Semi-finalist list.
 
Deccan chargers will also reach Semis this time.
 
Now where is the twist ?? Kolkata defeated Chennai SK in the last match. Royal Challengers are now challenging Delhi Daredevils. Surely it will change the IPL Points table in next 2 days.
 
Now coming to most predictive outcome after next 2 days matches..
20 May - RR vs. KKR ->
20 May - CSK vs KingP ->
21 May - MI vs. DD ->
21 May - DC vs. RC ->
 
Matches among RR,KKR, MI and DD are useless now. CSK, MI, RC and DC all still have a chance to reach Semis. Plus CSK has a bonus point. So my expected Semi-finalist this time are :
1. Delhi Daredevil
2. Chennai Superkings
3. Royal Challengers
4. Mumbai Indians
 
Lets see what script-writer say .. :)