I was here, I am here now

October 19th, 2007 – my previous post here. 15days short of an year of lack of action here. 3 martinis is what it took for me to remember that there existed a blog at this url and it took me a while to go through my mails to find out the password and finally I am here.

I have been in Bangalore for about 3 months and my stay here hasn’t been as expected. Down with fever twice and an accident sums it up.

New work place is cool. My new team sounds very enthusiastic – not about work but world economy, stock market and etc. Some are so deep into the Indian market that they better call themselves traders first and software engineers next. Their day at work starts with a call – “haan, ye le le…. na na woh mat le, girega ab”. Aur kitna girega – jo gira hai woh upar to ayega na… thats what I have been hoping. I guess I should take a cue from my “new team”.

Workwise – No comments!

I guess thats enough for the year…. :). Too much can be harmful sometimes. So lets see how things shape up here.

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Nervy 90s

Nervy Nineties… that’s what David Lloyd says in a very typical British accent. I did feel the same. Not in a game of cricket, but on my bike.

This was about a week back when I was driving back home on my bike. Had to stop at a traffic signal (No breaking of traffic rules again, I am ideal citizen). A black Pulsar came to a halt by my side. I took a look at the driver. But what caught my attention was the pillion rider. She was quite a hottie. I guess the driver saw me checking her out.

So he asked me “Dude, wats the max speed”

Me: “I have been in the 90s”.

He: “Oh! Ok”

He gave me look as to say “Only 90”. I am no Rossi and my bike is not a R1. Give me a R1, I will hit 100 :P. My bike starts shaking in the 70s bcoz of some falls here and there :). Btw, I am fine now.

(The Girl smiles 🙂 )

The TVS Apache ad (One of the best ads I have recently) flashed before my eyes and I quickly recollected the Newton’s laws of motion.

The force was being applied on the other bike, but I felt it too :). So i said to myself “Let me try a 100 now”.

Signal turned green and both of us accelerated. I got the better start and was ahead of him and then was neck to neck till the 70s. That’s when he got ahead of me, but I was focussed on my speedo. It read 90. Come onnnn… Now it read 95. Lil bit more! I wanted the 100 badly (my first century – First century is always special). The needle on the speedo just appeared to touch the 100 mark (Just few short of a hundred).

But, I saw the traffic signal and had to slow down. Ahhh, I failed my physics teacher who taught me Newton’s laws.

This time the guy gave a look that said “That was fast”.

(The Girl smiles again 🙂 )

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I Know My Dooty!

After a long day’s work at office and by that I mean serious work, i decided to call it a day. On my way back home, i stopped at a traffic signal. I thought ” No Signal Jumping again!”. I was once fined for doing the same, but today i decided to wait for the Green Signal – raring to go as if I were Kimi Raikkonen driving a Ferrari.

But someone had to do what I hadn’t. Murphy’s laws states “Anything than can go wrong will go wrong”. And it did. It led to chaos as every vehicle was trying to get past the other. All of a sudden i saw a traffic policeman walk past me with a cup of tea in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He stood by my side and looked around. I waited for a minute thinking that he would do something. But he didn’t. I politely said to him “Sir, can you please do something”. Then came a reply which i had not expected from a policeman. “Hey, I know my duty and know what to do”. And he stood there, sipping his tea. Then i thought – “Oh that may be his duty” and did my duty – sped away. What else could I do.

Traffic problem is increasing day by day in most of the cities. Sad to say, Hyderabd traffic sense (along with its bad roads) is pathetic. Every guy thinks that he is the only one on the road. In our words, they think ‘apne baap ka raaj hai’. Earlier, i thought that bikers are the main culprits. But today, I have a different opinion. Pedastrians are to be blamed too. They walk as if they are having a stroll in their garden. Some are busy talking on their mobile phones. People cross roads looking in the opposite direction forgetting that they need to cross this half first and then the other one. I can understand if some old person doing that. But a middle aged person doing that is bad. Apart from them, there are the busses, which may beat a 80 year old man.And lastly we have auto drivers, who take a right even if there is a wall right next to them. The List goes on ……

I will end this here and may continue tomorrow. Hope i get something to write on my way back home or maybe i can say Hi to the policeman, who does his “Dooty”.

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