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Forgetting Names

Conversation 1: (Having dinner at a restaurant in Basaveshwaranagar on thursday night) "Do you remember there used to be a hero in Kannada films?" "Who? How did he look like?" "He was not very famous. He had curly hair" "Oh okay, Sunil?" "No, but he acted around the same time. I think he has acted movies with Sudharani." "Who else? Shashikumar? Ramkumar?" "No, he was not a Kumar. I know him, but I cannot remember the name" "He has acted with Shruthi? Abhijit?" "No, he was not very famous I guess" "Raghuveer? Gulzar Khan?" "Namskaar pa. He was not that bad. He was generally a poor guy, a tailor in some movies. He always has lot of problems." "There were lot of bad movies and bad actors around that time. There was a movie called 'Mangalya' around that time. Malashree and Sunil are lovers and Sunil's brother Sridhar marries her so that..." "Yeah, its S

Pimple Theory

(Late evening discussion at my home on sunday) "You have got a pimple, anna", exclaimed a friend of mine. "So?" "Somebody has a crush on you!" "Really? This is the first time I am hearing this theory" "Yeah, you did not know about it?" "No, I am getting pimples from more than 10 years. I never realized who all those people were", I started laughing. What started out as casual talk soon turned out into serious discussion. I was proposing theories, building stories around it. Okay, lets assume that the pimple-crush connection is right. But, whats the use? We will never know who the person is. Its like getting missed calls in old phones which don't have caller ids! May be there should have been ids associated with pimples. Then, it would have helped the crushee recognize the crusher (is that the right word? ;)) Nobody there calls this pathetic joke of mine as a pathetic one. They are such nice people! Okay, this theory sounds

Reducing Prices

"Hey, you got the mail?" "No, what about you?" "Just got the mail from Alexandra" "What does she say?" "Prices are reduced" "Again? Really?" "Yeah, its just $2.00 for 100 mg now" "Wow, last week it was $2.38. Its a huge price drop" "Will it reduce still?" "What? You mean the price?" "Ha ha, of course the price" "I don't think so, the holiday season is over" "Okay, what are you going to do now?" "Mark the mail as spam and delete it" "Hahaha" - we all have a hearty laugh. A typical conversation in our cubicle block every time any of us receive a spam mail on aphrodisiacs!

Allenified!

Location : Meeting Room Number of people : Twelve, may be thirteen "So how are things going on?" "Good, good" "Are we on target for friday?" "Yeah, we have a couple of difficulties, but we should be in a position to fix them up" "So, no other hurdles other than that?" "We fixed a few blocker bugs, so hopefully the testers will test those modules. But, we cannot rule out any other blocker bugs being detected since these features started working." "That seems scary to me. What do you say?" "No, lets see how it goes. We will monitor things closely and we only take a call after that. We should just prioritize and move forward" "Okay, if you are confident, I am okay with it. So, how are the remaining modules looking up? Do we have enough clarity or is it blurred?" "We are okay, just need answers to some questions thats all. So, I would say we have a clear vision" At this point of time, I turn