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Friday, June 23, 2006

Mumbai's local trains(incident)...


I've always wanted to write about this.Mumbai local.
Aaaahhh.A long breath is what you require to get into the mumbai local(Specially during peak hours).
If you are somebody new to mumbai, then just forget of travelling in mumbai locals during the peak hours.Choose a weekend or might be a sunday to move around by the train.

This incident took place when i was travelling back home(yesterday) thats from Andheri(Workplace) to Thane(home).I was waiting on Platform No. 5 for the 7.47 p.m local(train) to arrive.As usual the train was late by 5 min to arrive.Unlike the other trains this train's starting point is dadar.Since it starts from dardar, majority of the people prefer to travel by this train(less crowded).
The train was arriving .. As usual i jumped in.. Oh Shit!! It was a First class bogie.Had to get out of this one & get into the usual bogie.By the time i could get out(Ah!! people squeeze & literally kill you) of the bogie & get into the general one, the general bogie was full, No place to sit :(.
I moved to the door(double the size of the normal train doors).Found two men sitting down(not on a seat) right near the door.I realised i had no place to stand near the door.Tried to get in the gap between the two sitting & there they go "Dont stand here!!!, we want air to come in, its hot", i said "ok..but i am just standing & this shouldnt block the breeze from coming in"..No use .
The man sitting behind me started pulling my leg behind.I told him to wait for a sec & i moved out from that place.I was standing right next to that man.
The train started moving... Somewhere in my mind i got a feeling that he should realise that what he had done was wrong.But i said "NO" to myself(it was my ego.. since i didnt get what i wanted).I waited by the side & watched the train speed up & slow down.Within a few moments it started drizzling, as the train went away from "dadar" it started raining heavily.It rained very heavily & both of them(the guys with whom i had argued) had to get their ass off the ground, they were standing.One of the guys looked at me and said "Tune toh hame such mein utha diya"(you made us get up from our place). I didnt utter a single word, i just smiled at them.Soon one of the guys realised he had got near to his destination.. he asked his friend "Woh ladka kahan hai"(where is that boy).His friend pointed his finger towards me.That guy said sorry to me.. I was surprised to hear that from him.I replied "Dont be sorry" & he got off the train.
Another two more stations & i was at my station(thane)...

Still wondering.. Was it a coincidence that it rained & the guys got off their place or ......

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

She's coming back on friday...


Let me be clear..
"The title has nothing to do with a girl!!"
What the title means is Holiday..Yes Holiday.You guys might be wondering how often do i go on a holiday.If i get an opportunity to go on a holiday then why do i miss it.Especially when it is with my ex-college(+2) mates.
This time it was GOA.Yeh its one lovely place i never get bored of.Boarded my train from CST(Mumbai for those who dont know) at 11 p.m, it crawled for about 13hrs(actual journey = 10hrs).The rains had done the trick of delaying the trains by about 3 hrs.
By the time i reached home, it was 1.30 pm."Grhhh Grhhhh" goes my mobile, To my suprise it was my friend calling who had planned for a hangout the same evening.Without giving it a second thought i said YES.In minutes they were ready to pick me up.
We went to Baga beach, got lost in between, got back in track after sometime.Went to anjuna(No people though).Got tired of travelling & we planned to relax at calangute.The beach was less crowded as compared to the normal days.It was 9 in the night.Dropped in to a nearby restaurant had some good(Chicken - i love it) food.Tasted something called as "Chicken rang bhi rangi", had heard about the dish for the first time.It was really worth a try.Had a great dinner & returned back home.It was almost 11.45 in the night.
Football struck in my mind.Match was played between Argentina & CIV.Drogba sturck at the 82' in return to argentina's 2 goals.He made the argentines sweat.Suprisigly i saw the whole match.Went to bed at about 2.30 a.m.
Thats all for the satur(day).

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Its 666 today


Date : 6/6/06
Strip that "0" off and there you Go --> 666 .For some its a "day of the devils" but for the others its yet another Tuesday.

what's so special about the number 666, The number 666 is based on the "Book of Relevation", 666 is known as the "Number of the Beast".
Its being believed world wide that 6/6/06 is the day of satanic power.Its a warning for all the people who love to live but don't believe the devil.
There are predictions made by scholars worldwide.Some of them are

"Forty days from today will see a natural calamity like heavy rains, an earthquakes or an accident. Also heavy fluctuation in the share market and political problems loom large." -- Astrologer Pankaj Nagar

There are many such statements made by people worldwide.What catched my eye is a few of the ones below.

Mathematics
666 = "sum of the squares of first seven prime numbers"

Computers
666 = Port number used by Doom(Game) while playing against another player over the network(TCP)
666 = The Price of the first apple computer Apple I($666.66)

At the end of the day who cares, life goes on & on.If you are reading this then surely you are alive till now.Who knows what's there tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes.

"Think as if you are going to live forever, live as if you are going to die tomorrow"

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Orkut simply rocks!!



Had heard about this buzz word(orkut) a year back.Never went in dept to know what the buzz was all about.

Some few days back i heard some guys talk about orkut.They were like "orkut is really good" the other one is lke "i've made 65 friends in a month" an so on.
This is what caught my attention.Obviously my next step was to google for orkut.Heck..got a hint that it was yet another "invitation only services" like gmail. Did a lot of digging in my Yahoo, MSN , Gmail friends list only to find that either people had deleted invitations(Which they had got from other's) or didnt have an orkut account; some of them were like, "Whats orkut!!". I even googled for invitations.All in vain.

About 3 hours later i get an IM from my frind saying "Do i send you an orkut invite".Yes was my immediate reply.

Started off with the registration process(looks like the site is developed in .NET, who cares),The registration procedure loked smooth & so was the site.The profile section was divided into three subsections(social, professional, & personal).The Registaration was time consuming but preety simple & understanding.

Started exploring for friends & was suprised to see the people i found in the network.I met a few of my old friends over the network.Was happy yo find them.

Talking about the features packed in orkut it was OK.The scrapbook feature is interesting.It would be great if they(the google guys) plan to integrate the gtalk with orkut.What orkut badly misses is a chat feature.Its hard to imagine anything without a chat interface.

Thats all for the day. Got something new know as 30gigs .They provide a massive storage limit of 30 GB.Yes 30 Giga Bytes...Whoooo.Mind you they are still a beta.
Will write about it next time.