A Confrontation on SMS

May28, 13.50 IST
SMS: Also bcoz i hav a hard time trustin men,i know it sounds like im holdin on 2tightly& exageratin wat hapnd many yrs ago,but im nt,my fears may seem irrational2u bt 2me,theyr nt,theyr very real,sumthn i struggle2deal wit al d time...

May28, 19.39 IST
SMS: Plz cum bck or im gonna cry evn more...

May28, 22.34 IST
SMS: Ur jst like dad,arnt u? Bas chod diya aur socha bhi nahi mera kya hoga?mujhe kaisa lagta hoga? Watevr man!Ur jst like him!Gudnite

May29, around 20.15 IST
Rat busy with the annual routine water show (bath).
Mobile rings...and goes silent. A miss call from the SMS num. A few mins later...

May29, 20.48 IST
Hey,is that akash?

At this point, I knew, its not some XYZ frnd of mine, trying to fool me around.
So I opted to reply.

Rat: Good that you got a chance, at least now, to enquire who you are sending these msgs to. This is not Akash. I thot sm frnd of mine is trying to fool me. Sorry for not alerting you b4..

SMS: Oh,ok. It was my mistake, I typed 988 instead of 998... Sorry... (&no,ur frnds r nt tryin2fool u)

Rat: Fine. No problem. Seems like there is some trouble. Hope everything goes fine. May i know who this is? You can opt to reply or not to reply. In case of option2, there wont be further msgs from this num.

SMS: Its ok. Hi, i'm An* U?

Rat: Ratheesh. Hi!

SMS: So.. Watsup?

Rat: Roof !

No msgs that day after this :D

*Name masked

News: As on May25, 2006

1. Been on a 3-day Ooty Vacation. Enjoyed the beauty, serenity and the cold of Ooty :-)
2. Long time since we went for an OPT or an MUA. We had planned an OPT-MUA JV.
Fanaa in Gujarat! But that got scrapped. Fanaa wont be screened in Gujarat. Govt disallowing the screening, due to "Aamir Khan's public statements on the Narmada issue". My foot
3. What have i been doing all these days ? Work :( Lots of it :((
4. Where have i been sleeping these days? On the floor. Due to some technical glitches, my rest place shifted closer to the floor. Just a 2 inch separation..
5. Why am i happy ? Two reasons. Got C-Sat rating of 5 on 5. Climate is soo good today !
6. What disturbs me ? Petrol price hike. They r gonna hike it by 4 rupees :((
7. My pride ? Bike got serviced. Did a wax coating Its shining like a black gem :)

PdP

Through all these years, I have made sure that I'll go for it:
1. if it is on-stage.
2. if it is non-technical.

And when I cleared the prelims of the Pop-de-Personality contest,
it meant, I got another opportunity to get on to the stage.

Friday, the 12th of May was destined to be the D-day.

Stage has never made me shiver, or cold-handed.
But if have to stand there with a mic, the above statement holds untrue.
:-S

And thats exactly what happened at 4.30PM that day.
4 rounds
1. Self introduction
2. Talent round (no mic here) :-)
3. JAM (just a minute)
4. Judges Qn

Except for the round 2, all the other rounds were just average.
(I made sure that round 2 was below average)
:D

Having done with all the rounds (it took more than an hour, with 7 participants),
it was time for the judges to tally the score sheet.
While teh 3 judges started working on the laptop (obviously start->run->calc),
the organisers asked through the mic.
Would you guys like to do some numbers as gap fillers ?
One girl got up and sang..
3 mins.. Still scores not ready.
Now the organisers narrowed down on me. Ratheesh, you had some magic and
mimicry items to perform , right ?

I cursed the time of the day (and the day too), when I told them that
I know magic and mimicry. What was said in such a light manner with an
innocent deadpan face remained in their memory for long :(

But when ppl cheer, and when you are challenged in front of a big
gathering (and when that gathering has some of your fans), you better
take it up.

So I got onto the stage..

Item 1:
Announcement: Hi all.. I would like to present an interesting magic show.
Its different. Why? You'll know in quick time.
(to the orgnsrs) - can i hav a collar mike pls?
(got the collar mic. by now the crowd is on their toes..)

I took out my hankerchief.. Spread it out wide.
Waved it to the audience.. Held it to my right, wide open..
"Watch carefully... Dont take your eyes off it.."
"Do you see anything?"

then i moved the hankie to my left..
Same dicole..

The crowd became anxious..
So were my fellow participants (who were seated on stage)

Some twists.. some turns.. some shake.. some tricks with hand..

Then I brought the hankie back in front of the audience..
"Do you see anythin?"

Turned the hankie upside down
"Do you see anything?"

NO !

"Thats all! Thank you"
:-S



I went back to the seat ,amidst some laughters, some gaalis from the audience.
:D

Later came back on foot, to perform a mimicry..
Let me not type that here.
(Don wanna lose the rest of my readers. The above magic show would hav kicked out
some of them)
:-S

Over n out

Tail
1. I dint get the first runners up prize :(
2. neither did i get the runners up prize
3. Nor the first prize.
4. Came forth :) Got a big gift - a file folder :-S - a stupid thing :(
But something is better than nothing!
5. Next few days, out of office. Going to Ooty, with family

OPT: Munich

No, I dint spell it wrong..
It is M-u-n-i-c-h

Thats a good start, now let me start writing..
The movie starts with some young teens (looks familiarly Indianish) trying to get into the Olympic Village. They speak Arab - so they are not Indians ! They get in and find their prey...

That was the Black September - The olympic games of 1972, which was destined to be the torch bearer for peace, was marred with terrorist attack.

The Germans opted not to stay quiet. In a shoot-out that followed, it was a massacre..

The rest of the film talks about how a mere travel guide, in company of an accountant, an electrical whiz-kid, and 2 other Pretty Ordinary men set out Officially, but Unofficially (this is interesting) for a sweet revenge..

The film is close to 3 hours.
And has a shade of its own.
(just like matrix had a greenish shade all over)

A bit of research would be a nice pre-requisite for the movie.
I was totally blank about history of this particular Olympics
(as if i know in n out of all other olympics) :-s
But still, the movie was enjoyable..

Director : Steven Speilberg
Cast : Donno any names :-S ... Somebody said the hero is in Troy
Banner : Universal / DreamWorks
Rating : Good and watchable

Hostel LIfe : 3-in-1 !

Previous Posts:
1. First Day
2. Robin
3. Rat

This is a bonus write-up. 3-in-1 !!
Meet 3 kool personalities, unique in their on ways...
Read on..

Dipu, Sowji and Kiron got installed into the very next room,
adjoining ours. I had seen this trio in the college during admission
procedures as well. I safely assumed that these ppl r from the same
place, and from the same college.

Dipu is very much an easy-going person.
Will talk to anyone without inhibitions (unlike
me). Is ready to take initiatives. Is always seen
with hair combed straight backwards, in an
attempt to display the 'shining portion of his
head'. Caricature of this gem of a personality
will follow thru the rest of the epidoses..

Sowji is the cat-eyed light moustached lean
gentleman. Defining lean will be difficult if you
see this person for real. Head to toe, confined
within the alloted dimension. No infiltrations
anywhere. Energetic and enthusiastic in his words.
A good narrator, he can elaborately perform a 2-hr
elocution on "how to switch on a fan".
One unsuspecting trait of Sowji is his short-temper.

Kiron. The first thing that you notice about this
guy is the 'spelling mistake' in his name. Shouldnt
it be K-i-r-a-n ? Nope.. This is Kiron, but the
pronounciation is much the same. He is into sports
more than anything else. Can play cricket, badminton
and TT all day. Strict veg, finds it difficult to eat in
the mess, and dines out on most days. His confrontation
with Shajudheen is an interesting one. (Will tell that l8r).
The proud owner of a Machismo (Bullet) and a mobile phone.
(Those were the days when mobile phone was looked
upon as an alien object)

Theirs was one "happening" room, for all wrong reasons...

How To Kill a Lion?

Bethanians Way of Killing a Lion :-)
You will be able to enjoy this one to the max, when the character sketch for "Hostel Life" blogs is completed. Bethanians can , even otherwise , enjoy this one to the max !
Warning: The methods given below are strictly based on the character and the mannerisms of the respective persons. Any resemblance to anyone else's behavioral pattern may require DNA test to prove it wrong :-S

Dipu's method:
1. put them in a room . dipu will go to sleep . lion will be waiting there 4 him to wake up , and will die in the wait.
2. Tell dipu that the lion is a book ;-)
3. Dress the lion up as navya .
Ulti Method : Tell dipu that the lion knows English.

Geo's method:
1. Convince Geo that the lion is a car. Geo will drive the car (err.. lion) to death
2. Tell Geo that the lion is a fan and regular reader of his blog. Geo will patao-fy the lion -- no matter if the lion is male of female :D
Ulti Method: Tell Geo that the lion has invited Geo for a movie

Sand's Method:
1. Ask the lion to overtake Sand's car from the left. Sand will bash the lion down.
2. Allow the lion to go to Sand and ask him to code a shutdown timer
Ulti Method: Dress up the lion as a girl !

KK's Method:
1. During a Barcelona-ManU match, tell KK that the lion is anti-Barcelona.
2. Ask KK to enlighten the lion with some doubts on mp3 decoder.
Ulti Method: Tell KK that the lion is the only male living thing in the world.

Alex's Method:
1. Give a female chat id to the lion, and get the lion to chat with Alex.
2. Put Alex and Lion into orkut
Ulti Method: Tell Alex that the lion wants to join JY

Vimal Gasper's Method:
1. Eat all the food of the lion. the lion will die of starvation
2. Give the kinetic honda to the lion................
3. Tell all his chalus to the lion. Either it might kill him or commit suicide.

Lee's method :
1. Giv a nice smile ( after a peg , of course ) to the lion
2. Chase the lion on the Fiero. lion sullidum.
3. Ulti Method : Sing 'Walk away..' . The lion will Run Away !!!

Rat's method:
1. Start his "chori" on the lion. The lion will start calling all his ancestors. seeing that he has no "naanam" the lion will go and commit suicide.
2. Ask the lion to ride a bike with Rat at the backseat. Tell "left,left,left" till they both reach hell.
3. consider the lion as an electronic equipment with some problem repair it till it is dead.
4. give lion the food he gave in his mess at Bethany(Rat and Sir)
5. The ultimate method-- Same as KK's ulti method ;-)

Sir's method :
1. Buy the lion a mobile phone and giv the number to sir.
2. Giv him a lecture on pulley at half past midnight.
3. Ulti Method : Put the lion into the aquarium.

Kiron's method :
1. Lock both of 'em ( kir and lion ) in kir's room and giv 'em a topic of discussion.
2. Play a game of ashwamedham with lion( kir would think of sthallman . simhathinithu vallathum ariyaamo??? )
3. Let kiron be the captain of the lion's cricket team.
4. Ulti Method : Take the lion to the suicide point . Let kiron 'talk' to him.

Jesins method:
1. Tell jesin that the lion opened the tray of his cd drive
2. Tell jesin that the lion referred to him as thadiyan
3. Dress up the lion as jis and put him in front of jesin
4. Ulti Method : Teach the lion how to say 'jelusil'

Robin's method :
1. Arrange for a group discussion between rob and the lion. Topic - sachinum bachhanum
2. Go out to Aashik and take a 'comedy show' CD . let the lion watch it alone.
3. Ulti method : Create a chat id for the lion as shahana_19 and giv the id to rob

Rony's method :
1. Teach the lion a joke ( a good one) and tell the lion to say it out to rony . rony avidirunnu chiri thudangum . simham odithallum !
2. When rony is serving in the mess , ask the lionto do some chori . rony will take care of the lion ( reference to jum-ron episode...)
3. Ulti method : Dress up the lion as a girl . Rony will virtually kill him(her?) loading her with jokes.

Dennis' method :
Only one method is needed. the lion wont be there to see the other methods . This one is the ultimate method. It dont even need the presence of dennis at the spot !!
Ulti method : Persuade the lion in to believing that , his bride is waiting for him in Dennis' room .

Sowji's method :
1. Giv both of 'em a drink in the night . The next morning , they will start mailing . At the end of the day , the lion will be dead at the hands of sow.
2. Ulti method : Tell sowji that the lion outscored him in the series test.

News This Week

The news for this week goes like this..
1. Went to Mysore on Monday (May1). Sand, Gasper, KK, Praveen n me.
Praveen is KK's friend and roommate. The trip was not a sight seeing
trip, but for shiftin Gasper's belongings from his college in Mysore
to Bangalore. It was an All Expense Paid MUA trip :-)
2. Autobahn is no more. I mean, they shifted from Autobahn to a new
house. And the new camp is named "Corsica". Sand Reports...
3. I got the Shutter Bug Award for my contributions to the organisations
photo gallery. Will have to collect it at a function in the office
tomorrow (May5)
4. No OPT movie this week :(
5. Gasper got into Air Deccan ! He is in the purchasing division.
Rumors say that he goes to the Madiwala fish market early in the morning
to buy boeing planes :D
6. Hostel Life next edition to be published tomorrow (May5)
7. Petrol prices to go up next week :((

Tail:
News item 3 spread like fire. Sand responded to the news like this:

News: Rat got award for the blog he wrote in office intranet.. Name of the award is "shutter bug award".. .

Fact: Intranet-il chavar articles upload cheythum, chaya vada jokes spread cheythum nashippicha Rat-ne office ile bug aayi avar prakhyapichu..

Errata: organizers later clarified that the award name was mis-spelt.. it shud hv been "shut the door (to the) bug award"..

Mahajan Passes Away : Condolence Blog

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