Time Pass Links
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
dats dirt cheap!!
well, so i got bored and thought i'd go bowling...which was the first time here in DC, and only the 2nd time this year!!
as always opened mapquest.com and found the nearest bowling alley and drove there.
To my surprise, the deal was that on weekdays, 9pm to 2am unlimited bowling is for $9.99 + $3.49 for shows. wow! wee!
my bowling arm got an excercise :) a heavy one!
i bowled non-stop for about an hour and a half. played probably 8 straight games. no breaks as i was the only one playing. man! got so tired i had to leave after 90 minutes! ohhhh all rest of free time gone waste :p
reached 143. was consistantly around 125 mark for all of the games.
which i thought was okay.
as always opened mapquest.com and found the nearest bowling alley and drove there.
To my surprise, the deal was that on weekdays, 9pm to 2am unlimited bowling is for $9.99 + $3.49 for shows. wow! wee!
my bowling arm got an excercise :) a heavy one!
i bowled non-stop for about an hour and a half. played probably 8 straight games. no breaks as i was the only one playing. man! got so tired i had to leave after 90 minutes! ohhhh all rest of free time gone waste :p
reached 143. was consistantly around 125 mark for all of the games.
which i thought was okay.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
what's left of me
Watch my life,
Pass me by,
In the rearview mirror
Pictures frozen in time
Are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day
Stuck in the shadow of my mistakes
...
not that the song applies to me in any circumstances today :p just like the lyrics.
mom and dad have left my place. they are in Vegas now. having fun with Akshia who'll be with them for another week, and then it's Avinash mama for the week after that. After which they'll fly back to India.
It was just great to have them here. With Akshia around most of the time, twas evn better.
Itne time baad ladaiyan kari...acha khana khaaya (, although i'm not on way to weight gain yet) enjoy kiya!
back to busy office now.
and uff, ek gf dhoondani hai. too much peer pressure :p
Pass me by,
In the rearview mirror
Pictures frozen in time
Are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day
Stuck in the shadow of my mistakes
...
not that the song applies to me in any circumstances today :p just like the lyrics.
mom and dad have left my place. they are in Vegas now. having fun with Akshia who'll be with them for another week, and then it's Avinash mama for the week after that. After which they'll fly back to India.
It was just great to have them here. With Akshia around most of the time, twas evn better.
Itne time baad ladaiyan kari...acha khana khaaya (, although i'm not on way to weight gain yet) enjoy kiya!
back to busy office now.
and uff, ek gf dhoondani hai. too much peer pressure :p
Saturday, July 15, 2006
trip to CT
well it was a nice little trip to Connecticut.
met Ruchi. mom-dad saw NY. almost finished the Dashboard.
In the 20 odd months of my stay here in US this will be the 4th moving. Looks like i'm one of the lucky few who get a chance to do that. I mean in my ~5 of professional career i've switched jobs only once, but have stayed for a while in Bangalore, Dayton, San Antonio, Reston and now Essex. Kewl.
It tires me to think i will be moving again! but yes, i'm excited about the whole thing :) And this time i'm the best prepared. I know where my office is. I've already seen the apartment and booked it. i know the way to NY.
Essex is a different kinda place. It's besides the Atlantic, and a pretty flat little town. Did not see any apartment complexes. And so will be staying in Middletown about 25miles away from work. Am told if you are young, and in Essex area, Middletown is the place to be...the young and restless are in middletown :p
Mom and Dad ke saath yeh aakhri weekend hai :( phir woh chale jayenge LA...aur hum phir akele...
met Ruchi. mom-dad saw NY. almost finished the Dashboard.
In the 20 odd months of my stay here in US this will be the 4th moving. Looks like i'm one of the lucky few who get a chance to do that. I mean in my ~5 of professional career i've switched jobs only once, but have stayed for a while in Bangalore, Dayton, San Antonio, Reston and now Essex. Kewl.
It tires me to think i will be moving again! but yes, i'm excited about the whole thing :) And this time i'm the best prepared. I know where my office is. I've already seen the apartment and booked it. i know the way to NY.
Essex is a different kinda place. It's besides the Atlantic, and a pretty flat little town. Did not see any apartment complexes. And so will be staying in Middletown about 25miles away from work. Am told if you are young, and in Essex area, Middletown is the place to be...the young and restless are in middletown :p
Mom and Dad ke saath yeh aakhri weekend hai :( phir woh chale jayenge LA...aur hum phir akele...
Thursday, July 06, 2006
long time
it's been a long while since you've seen a scrap from me...albeit a happy happy long time. have been keeping busy with mom n dad's visit. and the usual work tagging along...
soch ke acha nahi lagta ki mom-dad will go back to India about 2weeks from now.
so it was my second trip in as many weeks to Charlotte this past weekend. 420miles one way, 6.5hrs, quite a drive when it's done 4 times in 14 days!
Well, it was worth the effort. Nothing like being together...the whole family.
So while i've been going to Charlotte, Akshia has had the opportunity of piggybacking up on me. Today was his last day at Infy. The Bhargavas, of E-70, are ot of Infy in entirety now!!
The hope. the hope for a better life and the work to achieve it. the journey. words.
There is so much to say. so little time. so much of it mismanaged. wasted.
So much to do.
At time i think i should forget the funda of prioritizing. Damn! it's all gotta be done.
blogging helps to get back on track i guess.
soch ke acha nahi lagta ki mom-dad will go back to India about 2weeks from now.
so it was my second trip in as many weeks to Charlotte this past weekend. 420miles one way, 6.5hrs, quite a drive when it's done 4 times in 14 days!
Well, it was worth the effort. Nothing like being together...the whole family.
So while i've been going to Charlotte, Akshia has had the opportunity of piggybacking up on me. Today was his last day at Infy. The Bhargavas, of E-70, are ot of Infy in entirety now!!
The hope. the hope for a better life and the work to achieve it. the journey. words.
There is so much to say. so little time. so much of it mismanaged. wasted.
So much to do.
At time i think i should forget the funda of prioritizing. Damn! it's all gotta be done.
blogging helps to get back on track i guess.
Monday, June 19, 2006
mom-dad are here
when life gives you options, then you skip those that are not forced upon you; go for the ones you like.
i was given the option of love, comfort and laziness. voila! i din't blog for these many days :)
mom and dad are here...yay! seeing them after 1.5 long years. missed them.
well, so a lot of things have happened since they've come...we went shopping, went to Niagara, went to Ocean city beach, visited relatives etc etc etc. Akshia was also here for one of the weekends. We are going to Charlotte this weekend and i will drop them off there until Akshia resigns and then we'll be one happy family together in DC for some more time :)
Sid, Sidhant is also here. He probably got bored of visiting LA every time he comes here (also, he had an 'option' to come here this time...so why not)
i was given the option of love, comfort and laziness. voila! i din't blog for these many days :)
mom and dad are here...yay! seeing them after 1.5 long years. missed them.
well, so a lot of things have happened since they've come...we went shopping, went to Niagara, went to Ocean city beach, visited relatives etc etc etc. Akshia was also here for one of the weekends. We are going to Charlotte this weekend and i will drop them off there until Akshia resigns and then we'll be one happy family together in DC for some more time :)
Sid, Sidhant is also here. He probably got bored of visiting LA every time he comes here (also, he had an 'option' to come here this time...so why not)
Saturday, June 03, 2006
NATO phonetic alphabet list
someone had asked for this a long long while back...well now i have it :)
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Fox
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Fox
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
sal
unlike the 24th of every month in Infy, it is not so punctual around here!
a happy salary day all the same! yay! :)
a happy salary day all the same! yay! :)
Sunday, May 28, 2006
bhai is here
Akshia is here these days.
We went to do Water rafting...err...Kayaking. (why no rafting, is a question with an answers best kept secret :p).
Kayak a water sport where you get to sit in your own little Kayak (a boat) and then are attached to it using a skirt (much like a skater's feet are attached to his skates). Since it a boat and you also get you own paddle. A paddle is a like a rod with blades on either side so you can move the boat.
We went early morning to the kayaking spot which is off the Potomac River in DC area. Very close to my house, about 15miles :)
We had taken the full day course with a trainer with us during the 5 hour session. Yep it was 5 hours, for 5 hours we were in our Kayaks on the Potomac River. For 5 hours she was trying to teach how to CPR. Thats Catch, Power and R.... (i forgot what R was for) yep, not the CPR that you expected :p. These are basically the basic steps of Kayaking. We were a group of 3 students and the trainer.
Twas great fun. I've always loved playing sports and now i know a new one. Hope i'll get time to do more Kayaking or Rafting. lolz, and spend some intimate times with the trainer, now only me, candice (the trainer) and her college buddy know what that is :p!
laterz
We went to do Water rafting...err...Kayaking. (why no rafting, is a question with an answers best kept secret :p).
Kayak a water sport where you get to sit in your own little Kayak (a boat) and then are attached to it using a skirt (much like a skater's feet are attached to his skates). Since it a boat and you also get you own paddle. A paddle is a like a rod with blades on either side so you can move the boat.
We went early morning to the kayaking spot which is off the Potomac River in DC area. Very close to my house, about 15miles :)
We had taken the full day course with a trainer with us during the 5 hour session. Yep it was 5 hours, for 5 hours we were in our Kayaks on the Potomac River. For 5 hours she was trying to teach how to CPR. Thats Catch, Power and R.... (i forgot what R was for) yep, not the CPR that you expected :p. These are basically the basic steps of Kayaking. We were a group of 3 students and the trainer.
Twas great fun. I've always loved playing sports and now i know a new one. Hope i'll get time to do more Kayaking or Rafting. lolz, and spend some intimate times with the trainer, now only me, candice (the trainer) and her college buddy know what that is :p!
laterz
a new experience
well, was with a services company for three and a half years. And I was doing outsourced work (yes, taking away American jobs.).
On Friday i had a meeting, in a bar, with the CEO of a smalltime Indian outsourcing company. We might outsource some of our work, ofcourse time and money screws up all plans, sometime later this year.
The realization that i was sitting there as a client was somewhat wonderful :)
who knows we might do some work out of India or Ukraine, and i'd be the one to fly over and do a 'client visit' to the location :)
On Friday i had a meeting, in a bar, with the CEO of a smalltime Indian outsourcing company. We might outsource some of our work, ofcourse time and money screws up all plans, sometime later this year.
The realization that i was sitting there as a client was somewhat wonderful :)
who knows we might do some work out of India or Ukraine, and i'd be the one to fly over and do a 'client visit' to the location :)
Sunday, May 21, 2006
no sugar baby!
ha ha!
so i got these ready to eat parantha , and went to the market specifically to get some curd to go with the aloo paranthas (slurp).
Got home, it was already 5 so was very very hungry.
And i was thinking to myself 'so what if there is no sabzi, atleast there curd'...hmmm, i need sugar. sugar? i got no sugar!
shit! i can't have the curd now. just too tired to go and get sugar now.
no sugar baby!
he he! haven't cooked for one month, din't even realise i never bought any sugar!
so i got these ready to eat parantha , and went to the market specifically to get some curd to go with the aloo paranthas (slurp).
Got home, it was already 5 so was very very hungry.
And i was thinking to myself 'so what if there is no sabzi, atleast there curd'...hmmm, i need sugar. sugar? i got no sugar!
shit! i can't have the curd now. just too tired to go and get sugar now.
no sugar baby!
he he! haven't cooked for one month, din't even realise i never bought any sugar!
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