My Mobiles

It was in September 2003 that I landed up in the IT city to pursue my professional aspirations. Most of the guys in our gang were also posted here. So that meant regular weekend meetings, going around the (then hot) Brigade  Road, occasional movies, dining around a table in one of those house-converted-mess eateries..

I was not a big fan of a miniature tracking device (read mobile phone). Not that i keep a distance from gadgets, but simply because I wasnt yet ready to own one on my own. I was still getting paid sack-ful of peanuts during those days, and every nut saved helps retain the digits at the right place when I check my bank account online.

KK was either too annoyed by the miser named Rat, or he was too much in love with me that he wanted to talk to me every 15 seconds to express his feelings to me. Odds favor the former. Whatever it is, I ended up losing almost half of my salary one fine day. I still remember the day.

As usual I dress up nicely on Saturday (yes, thats right... on working days, I look rather shabby) and head for JB Nagar. That used to be the hub with maximum 'friendly' population under one roof. I still get reminded of that dreadful day when I pass by this house on my way to office/home. KK has this bike and I enjoy doing the role of navigator (The navigation story way back in the college days with KK riding and me pillion riding is a hillarious episode altogether)

So here we are on the bike. What appeared to be a casual ride on a fine evening took a rather ugly climax. The shopkeeper was delighted to show all the fancy handsets - the newly launched / now in India types. But the scapegoat in me was advised by the relatively better expertised KK to buy a funny samsung device. It had this thing protruding from top - they call it antenna.

Nevertheless, it didnt take long to get used to this samsung beauty with a blue backlit screen and all that. Pouches took turn to protect it. Charger made sure it is never short of any bar on the metre. A loyal buddy for many years...

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Sharp TM100

It was time to get real fancy. And the only hope was my onsite-returning bro. Expectations never run dry with him. And I was spotted with a super cool color screen slider handset - 'sharp' written in the front and 'T Mobile' written behind. Taking pics in mobile soon became my favorite pass time. And to boast, it had a 200 sms storage capacity. (SMS is my bread and butter, in case you dint know :P). It was so much in demand that I even had to display martial arts skills one evening enroute home, to save it from prospective hijackers.
Fate has it that I ended up losing it after having misplaced it somewhere in a restaurant premises :(

I remember getting sentimental after the loss of this mobile, since it was a priceless gift. Bro said forget it, but how can I :'(
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N-series !

Year 2005. Mobile revolution was catching up. The funny egg shaped nokia handset was popular. Kiron had it. And he attached good value to it since it helps him remain grounded if he has it in his pocket. Other manufacturers were picking up with the Sony Ericsson and Motorola eyeing the younger generation.

But having seen the 'challenges' of owning a hi-fi mobile, I decided to settle down for a mobile set that had anti-theft feature. The nokia 1108. No thief would dare touch it.

A very useful piece of mass. 3 days battery backup. Torchlight for Indian conditions. Camera-attach option. Water-resistant (tested in one full bucket of hot water). Stress-tested (multiple uncountable occasions of free-fall ; at times, along with the user). child-proof (RockMon completed beta testing of this feature, but going by the google way, he has opted to keep it in beta forever)

I think it is a priceless masterpiece. It is pretty much a head-turner. I find people finding tough time to take their eyes off my mobile, particularly when they find me reading news on it, while in lift. Though their first look lands on the mobile, the 2nd stare is directed towards me - envy ? jealousy ? I dont know. I didnt bother to find out.

Tail:
1. The total expense altogether incurred in owning multiple handsets till date has not yet crossed my first peanut payout. Quite an accomplishment, isnt it :-D
2. There is one fellow in office who uses an old fashioned nokia butterfly mobile - 2300 or something. I pity him. I think he envies me.
3. Recently I purchased a sony ericsson handset - color screen, fm, speaker phone.. J200 I guess. It cost me just 1200. Less than half the cost of my N-series mobile!
4. During my wedding week, people were surprised and shocked to see a new mobile in my hand. Silly people. It was just a new all-white make-over pack. The mobile was the same :P

Latest Hobby

Pluto is relatively deserted these days.

We were always able to maintain a headcount of 4 or more any time of the year in Pluto. But now due to multiple reasons, it is consistently at a number less than 4.

Sowji -> onsite

Bin -> long leave, thanks to his bike adventure

Gasper -> another tragedy code-named 'marriage'

Rat -> what the hell am i doing here! I'm married too. But madam is gone on a 1 month vacation to native. PG Entrance Preparations !

So here I am in Pluto, with Mridul and Jim.

Mridul, if he is not cleaning his bike, would be riding it.

Jim has this strange shift such that I always see him sleeping.

(He would be of the same opinion about me :P )

Alright, so all this sounds like a dull situation.

But wait.. there is a positive side to it..

We are 3 in pluto and there are 6 bikes (okay 5, exclude that R15) at your disposal.

It was my good old pulsar for the first week (I'd been here for 3 weeks you see ! )

Switched to Zma for the next week (had to fill petrol in it - thats the down-side of it :(

Now on avenger - boy what an experience...

People keep guessing what is this fella upto, today..

Zma is a power bike (it is 225cc, mind you!) and you would have gone a few kilometres, before you realise that every other vehicle is behind you..

Avenger is the Feel like God machine. I now know, why they have this as the punchline. We all look up to God for anything and everything.. And if you are on an avenger, all eyes are on you (okay, on the bike..). Add to that, the "keyless entry" and remote lock features that does the "Blip Blip" sound when you are already a few metres away from the parking lot with the remote in hand. Definitely a head-turner..

It is fun all around.. but lasts only till tomorrow.

Madam is back ! And I'll be back to RockHome..

Back to playing with Rock and laughing at his gimmicks :-P

Tail:

1. Bangalore is back to normal, thanks to Laila :)

2. Been to two weddings in the interim. Bin's cousin Neethu got married end of april. Gasper's was on May2.

3. It was a long time since I attended any weddings... The previous most recent one was mine :-S

4. Nice to see the final verdict on the 26/11 killings. The sooner the verdict is executed, the better. 30 crore bucks from our tax money has gone into "protecting" a national "hero"!! Pls get rid of him soon.. I dont want to see him contesting the next general elections..oh plzz!!!

Random Bursts of Intelligence

It used to be constant flow of intelligence.....and then I happened to watch MNIK.

Bizzarre Thoughts

1. I wanna do my Masters in Oz

2. Do an interview with...who else...Prithviraj !

3. Dance on stage with MJ (a lil too late)

4. Bang Open that CD drive of Jez one last time

5. Go for a Sallu movie (these days we go only to good movies.. but let this be a change.. :D )

6. Walking up the Himalayas on a bright sunny day would be a good idea too

7. Read one book in full (non technical, non-Balarama, non-BobanumMoliyum)

8. Fast one full day !
9. Put Gasper on fast one full day :-D

10. Go to Lakshadweep....once again !

11. Compose, write and sing a song (w/o informing our hero in point 9)

12. Do bungee jumping (this would be the last thing I do.. I'm sooo scareddddddddddd)

A Long Year-End Vacation

How pleasant a thought it is to lie flat on the floor in front of the TV, and then after a long while, get up to find a pillow tucked under the head to aid the sleep.. Blissful lazy days.. Thanks to the year end shutdown at the work place, I could enjoy a good long 9 days of no going to office. 2/3rd of this was at native.

Having enjoyed a similar heavenly feeling last year, it was a much anticipated thing this time around. If last year's vacation was mostly spent amidst the smell of dettol, this time it was different. Special dishes by mom, visits to home, visitors at home, Christmas Cakes!!!, RockMon's gimmicks. Also in the list were a trip to OV (olde veedu - typical kannur slang :D). And Movies...plenty of 'em. Not on the boring TV, but on a friendly PC. Just one movie outing to screen - 3 idiots. What a movie !

Homeland hasnt changed much. It was a hartal on Tuesday Dec29. A protest against rising prices. Dad commented on that day "Tomorrow, we'll buy rice at 10Rs per kg". A sarcastic line on an impossible outcome of the hartal drama.

A quick rating of the movies I watched:

1. Mulla - a movie from Lal Jose, but has no qualities of his usual movies.

2. Moz n Cat - Fazil's movie. Rubbish.

3. Bhayadevatha - Sathyan Anthikkad took a stupid subject. No good a movie.

4. Passenger - Good one in the lot

5. Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani - Average.

Adikkurippu:

1. How I wish a movie of Aamir Khan flops... His qjada is hitting the roof these days. But 3 idiots is yet another smash hit. Go watch it !

2. Do you know you can read manorama weekly for free at weekly.manoramaonline.com ?

3. It was a foggy blind 1st day trip to office today. The fog from North India seem to have found its way to here

4. Its raining weddings in our group. Unforunately due to the timings, could not go to a single one

You Have Changed A Lot

You dont have time for us...

How is life treating you these days ?

These are just a few of the 'write-able' lines I get to hear these days.

But why all of a sudden ?

B'caz I'm married !

Its not the first time that a sub-30 average looking fella got married. But then, perhaps an engineer-doctor combination would have amused a few. Yesterday a fella caught me on gtalk.

He: You got married ?

I : Yes, I did.. I had sent a group invitation..

He: What is she doing ?

I : She is a doctor at ABC hospital

He: Doctor ? Isnt it difficult to manage...blahblah..

Whats the big fuss ? IPC has no section that makes it difficult to live with a doc (for her, with an engr)

All said and done, here is another very popular question:

So how is life after marriage ? (this qn is not always as decent as is typed here :D)

After having evaded witfully from the first 17 instances of this question, I gave it a thought.

So, how really is life after marriage ? What has changed ? Let me try to bullet some things down

=> A constant (consistent) pillion rider

=> Familiar lines narrated by a new voice - "Lunch?" , "Dinner?", "Walk?", "How ws the day?"..

=> No through-ventilation in the night - the door ought to be locked, by all means

=> Not avid shoppers, both of us (good for me and my pocket :P)

=> Lesser time at work-from-home in front of the lapie

=> Suggestions, advices, gyaan ! (I make sure I'm seldom at the receiving end :D)

=> Better dressing sense (from NIL to some sense!)

=> The one-point-stop for all the household engineering needs

(read, tightening the cooker screw, re-filling mineral water can and all such similar "extreme" engineering activities)

=> A few envious bachelor faces (the frown on their face tells - ivanum pennu kitto ? athum oru doctor pennu! )

=> And not to forget, FREE treatments! (medical, i meant :D)

Tail:

1. After outlining a hi-fi mega super duper honeymoon trip abroad, we finally managed to pay a visit to Ooty. (Which abroad country hosts Ooty in it? :-S )

2. If you thought stretching a few hours, seated in a cozy cushion chair in AC room is the toughest thing to do, then there are somethings to learn from docs. No sitting, no proper food-timings and lot of hopeful eyes on you... A bug in code is better by miles.

So go code bugs ;-))

I'm Wedding !

What a stupid title ?!

Forget the grammar, and watch this video:

All Lines In This Route....

Taking cue from Soo , I thought I'll touch upon another interesting aspect of weddings. To be specific, the "journey between engagement and wedding". Apologies, if that sounded like the punch line of a Suraj Barjatya movie :-S

New age weddings have this "forced" social drama, that typically starts post engagement - Phone calls ! You dont follow this 'ritual', and you will be tagged unexcited and disinterested in the whole proceedings...

I know a friend. He is more of an average human being till his marriage was fixed. Even a few days into the engagement, he was pretty much norma. That is when he got a call from his fiance in a low shy complaining tone "Why dont you call me?". The last I heard about this pair is that their calls end at 3AM in the night. I have no clue, what time it starts !

People who commute to office/home on foot are highly benefited. They have the so-called "privacy" while being on the phone. Of course, the unfamiliar passer-by who doesnt know the word "bluetooth" may wonder if this fellow has lost his senses talking all by himself..

Now, the most interesting question...
What do they talk for so long ?!!!!!

These are the typical topics:
How was the day ? What color do you like ? blah blah blah...

After initial days of blah blah, they run of topics, and this is what happens:
So.... ? What else... ? You say something....

The most commonly dragged-into subject for conversations would be friends. And the fun-aspects take the centre-stage. The speaker makes sure that he/she is depicted as the hero in the story and the rest of the crowd has that clown attire.

Then movies, news, cricket(?), preparations, invitations....

Phew! I envy the Mobile Companies.. They sure are reaping the harvest of the season.
Particularly if the pair talks across the state border....

Tail:
1. Did you know ? The call drops all by itself when the ticker hits 60mins !
(That was news to me :D )
2. Ever heard of a 27second call ? :-P
3. Think of a doc-engr pair. The parties will have a lot of "variety" topics to talk. The words, ASIC, router, backbone doesnt make any sense to the doc. The words pathology, duty hardly makes any sense to the engr :-S
4. How do friends react ? If you dont call him/her, they say "What an idiot you are". If your phone is busy, they say "Give some rest to that mobile". Friends....!!! sigh... :P

5 Intelligent Interview Questions I Asked

Read along to find out, what interview I'm talking about :D

1. What time does the Chennai Mail leave from Calicut ?
2. Do you dance ?
3. How often does it rain here ?
4. How has recession affected your company ?
5. Achhan pattaalathil ayirunno ? (Pointing to Subhash Chandra Bose's pic on the wall)

Okay okay... the last one is cooked up. But the rest are real incidents :-D
Now you know what interview it was !

The Ring !

Details Coming Soon...

Where's the land ?

I'm concerned about the ever increasing tree felling and the steady pace of constructions in cities blowing up every piece of land. But I asked this question, not in one of these contexts...

6 in the evening, these days, is reserved for rain. Leave from office either at 5.30, or past 7 and find yourself like a wet cat. This is what happened yesterday. The result was a lil different... I became a wet rat :D

A glance at the sky from Eejipura signal towards Domlur wasnt pleasant. It looked as if one of those black holes came down from outer space and landed upon earth.

Racing against nature is no good.. An attempt is all I made.. But I lost. Rain came down in bucket-full drops. And I took refuge at a shop shed. The shop looked like one of those village kinds, wooden shutter nostalgic ones...

The shelter was 8x4 sft. And there were already 2 bikes, 5 guys and a dog. I found my place and settled down, enjoying the rain droplets in the yellowish headlights of passing vehicles...

There were a few crazy bikers - both ladies and gents - who dared to go against the rain....all wet. I opted not to join them.

15 mins into the rain, and the road disappeared. It was water everywhere. My dry land disappeared too.. What felt like rain falling directly into my socks , was in fact , muddy ground water trying to dip me in.

I discovered an interlock brick.. Tapped it to stability, and stepped over.

I felt like a triumphant warrior on the war-field.. Wanted to raise my helmet in pride. But the helmet was still on, to save that part of the body from being drenched.

The victorious posture didnt last for long. Soon water level popped up, and the brick disappeared under thick brown stream... The fate of my shoe wasnt any different..

Bro called.. Nothing was audible.. Then he msg-ed.. Where are you ? Are you alright ? Should I come ? Reckoning his worries, I msged back saying I'm alive and safe. Another msg from him "The junction ahead is flooded. Ride only if u see land. Follow a vehicle"

30 mins passed by, and the shelter was empty. Rain had subsided and ppl moved on.. It was just me and the dog..

Already fully drenched, there is not much of point waiting for sunshine. In this part of the world, that is near impossible thing at 7.30 in the evening. So I decided to go.

Not even 100 m into the road, there was a barricade placed. And ahead of it was something that reminded me of the Zeus Canal (when was the last time i visited Zeus Canal?). Following a vehicle in the front seemed the best thing to do..

For a change, the usually busy roads are empty (and flooded). And the usually unused roads are full of vehicles (and less of water).

The rest of the distance (close to 4km) was travelled in 1st gear or the 2nd. Losing balance while at this speed was a dangerous act, coz I would be creating an opportunity to paint my pants brown, till knee level..

Goin along all unfamilar roads, squeezin past numerous stalled vehicles, and helping myself thru the rains, I reached a familiar road... Thereforth, it was ascent, and flood was a thing of the past.

At home, RockMon was all stunned to see RockUnc, completely muddy :P

Tail:
1. Casualties : 1 pair of shoes, 1 laptop charger.
2. The bike is rocking !
3. I found a biker racing amidst stalled vehicles in the flood and almost banging into a residential gate. He had done so , to set foot on dry ground for balancing, not interested in wetting it :D
4. In the Zeus Canal was an auto, "parked" perpendicular at the middle of the road, apparently with a water-logged engine
5. Bin replied to one of my msgs "Eeeeshwarraa... Nee Marichooo!!!" :P

Disproportionate Dependency

No, I dint overhear that from a routine telecon. I coined it myself.

And this write-up has got nothing to do with any office matter. Nothing official about it.

(I think this was the punch line coined by Pepsi during 99 Cricket World Cup , when Coca Cola bagged the official sponsorship of the tourney. Smart indeed ! )

Back to the topic.

The other day, I was pondering on the dependency that we human beings have on gadgets. And in the list, undoubted winner of sorts is , the mobile phone. Close enough is the ubiquitous mp3 player. But then, thanks to technology, these things are built into one handy black tiny box which goes by the name mobile phone. Did you say camera ? For the amateurs who are not very particular about the image quality of the capture, but are more keen on the "moments", the camera in the mobile phone is the best mate.

Mobile phones are everywhere.. And most of the time in your pockets. And when you go to the terrace to dry your laundry, it follows.. It comes with you when you decided on a last minute shopping to get some onion, that should go into the boiling oil. And when you go to sleep, there it is, at the very easy convenient one-hand distance. (The one-hand distance is for safety aspects - not of the mobile, but of the user.. Heard of radiations ? )

When was the last time, you wished happy birthday to your friend, w/o an orkut or a mobile reminding you ?

When was the last time, you got up at 5 to go to pick a relative at rly station, all by yourself, and not courtesy the beep beeps of your mobile ?

Do we need a gadget to remind us all these things ? Is this a brain drain happening of a different kind ? Dont we already have all these capabilities built into ourselves ?

The answer is a bright big YES.

So here I am.. I no longer have any reminders in my phone (Okay, I dont call it a gadget. Soo may sue me). And I dont remember setting an alarm in it for getting up in the morning, in the recent past. And guess what.. I havent missed a single bill payment (yet).  Good going..

No thinking, and all gadgeting makes Jack a brain-less boy !

Tail:

1. The games that come free with Operating Systems are good ones, dont you think so ? Unlike the car/bike games, this one needs thinking ! I play minesweeper and freecell at work :P

2. Added sudoku to the list recently. It aint such a bad game, after all...

3. Off-topic. The new idea star singer is good! The one that finished recently s***ked BIG TIME!

New Song

Mos and Cat - Thottaal Pookkum..

Singer - Yasir.

Very nice !

Never Before In My Life...

I have seen people doing it..

And they seem to get a lot of pleasure out of it when they are done..

And I never expected Gasper to join the bandwagon..

What is in it that makes it so addictive ?

Why would Gasper travel all the distance, just to have his quota for the day ?

I made up my mind to try it myself.

So here I am..

In my room..

With Gasper's guidance..

My First Ever..

Sudoku !

45 minutes into the game, on the 2nd last page on The Hindu, and a crazy restless me threw the paper onto the bed. The "satisfaction" of having filled 3 numbers outcast the "frustration" of having left so many columns either unfilled, or erased and erased over and over again and totally disfigured. To Hell With Sudoku. Mathematics is never the cup of tea for an engineer. We always have Start->Run->calc. Hail Microsoft.

Tail:

1. Shortly after this "performance" Soorji offered his i-phone with a real silly simple Sudoku. It had hardly 5 or 6 numbers to be filled. Sudoku for dummies. I cleared that. Phew.. The enjoyment I had.

2. I decided to pursue this game further and master it :P

3. I find it very much similar to the Minesweeper. That is Start->Run->winmine :)

4. Coming are the sudoku days. Ithu mikavaarum ennem kondeyy povuu :-S

These Days I Am...

1. IRRITATED: at IPL and the "special appearance" of that chairman on TV every 5 minutes. Aaarghhh

2. INVOLVED: into too much of office work. An attempt to beat recession ? :P

3. STARVED: of any trips/movies/dances

4. LACKING: any imagination. A direct consequence of point 2 ?

5. CONFUSED: at how MTS can give 10,00,000 minutes of free talk time !

6. LAZY: to even clean my bike ! Phew !

7. WALKING: my way to office.. Walking is a good exercise, you know :D

8. WONDERING: when will this industry start recovering.

9. LISTENING: to Ayan-Vizhi Moodi. Kartik does it again !

10. SHIFTED: to a new office building - though the employer remains the same :P

Hello

"Am I speaking to Mr Ratheesh P K" ?

Yes

"Good evening Mr Ratheesh"

Good Evening

"As a valued customer you have been offered a very good scheme sir. Do you have 2 minutes of your time to spare?"

Yes Go Ahead

"This is an attractive scheme, and we have selected you as our valued customer to avail of this offer"

What is the offer, would you tell me ?

"Sir, we have the GPRS services that come to you absolutely free."

Oh is it ?

"Sir, you need to pay only for the monthly usage"

I see..

"Sir may I know what model is your mobile"

1108

"Is that Nokia 1108?"

Yes

"Sir do you have an alternate mobile handset?"

No

"Nice talking to you sir. Have a pleasant evening"

 Bye

QnA Interactive Blog !

I picked this from Gasper's blog. He lifted it off from bluediamond.

Anyways, this was an easy one.

Now its your turn to fill up the comment section with the QnA.

Plz dont disappoint me :)

1. Who are you?

2. Are we friends?

3. A word that decribes me to its best?

4. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it?

5. Your first impression about me.

6. Do you still think that way about me now?

7. What reminds you of me?

8. How well do you know me?

9. Something I have and YOU want?

10. If you could give me anything what would it be?

11. How do you see me in the future?

12. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn’t?

13. How did you came to know about this blog?

14. What would you like to see and read on this blog?

15. Which is your favourite post in this blog which inspired to re-visit this site or subscribe to it?

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What a pity ! :P

And people have already started picking rocks and rotten eggs..

Before these things fall on my blog, lemme wake up !

As always, a wake up happens, with bulleted points :)

1. The new year is treating me good. More responsibilites - home and office !

2. Lemme not get into the office stuff. Back home, I'm a responsible mamaji. Never did I think, getting a crying baby into a sleeping baby would give so much of job satisfaction :D

3. If Bin sees me, he'z gonna come all the way here to deliver his kicks, but then these days, I sleep by 11 and get up by 6.30. No alarm, no wake up calls. Very strange!

4. To clarify point 3, I am no longer in Pluto. Me with RockMon and his parents - one of 'em is my bro :P Mom is there to give us company. What else do you need :)

5. And long time no trips! Need to break the shackles with a stump stock bike trip. Wayanad?

6. Movies.. hmm.. After the late night Rab Ne show, it was an office-bunk Ghajini last week :P

7. A line on the office.. Its 8 to 8 in office these days. Beating the traffic :)

8. Another line on the office.. We r soon gonna shift to a new(?) location. Pluto is no longer gonna be walkable. And no more internet luxury. WTH !!!

9. What else changed from last year ? Some temporary make-over changes.. This is fast recovering. 

10. Right now, at native... Half day was in our coconut plantation. Joli poyaalum enthelum oru varumaana maargam vendey :D

(Ente Blogger Maathavey, njaan out of touch aayo.. oru ozhukku kittunnillallo... Shakthi tharuu ammey.. Jai Hanuman)

Oil Crisis in India

Even while the strike called by the petrol provider majors are on, HP is finding it tough to control their cash inflow (and kerosene outflow). Big queues in front of pumps, lines of cars.. For once, it was nice to see the discipline among the car operators, in that, they did not get into their usual belief, that they are operating a bike :P No infiltrations, no zig-zags, all nice straight line :)

Had to wait for half an hour, but I too got a chance to fill my tank close to full. Even while all this is going on, the pump fellows are very much on their own nature, and do try the distraction-technique to make extra money. But didnt somebody tell them that I'm smarter ?

For the record, there are a few HP petrol pumps in and around Koramangala, Madiwala area.

One is near St Johns's Hospital.

Another near Maharaja Hotel in Koramangala.

I believe there is one near Sagar Apollo hospital (close to Popular Automobiles showroom) as well.

The Govt should (and I think has decided to) act tough on the striking unions. In my humble opinion, these @$$****es have no right to disrupt normal life of citizens. 

Happy Weekend !

Oh did I tell you ?

Happy New Year :-)

The Good Do Exist !

Thalassery Bus Stand. 8.30PM

At that time of the day, the bus stand premises are more of interstate buses. The crowd will be of Bangalore-bound IT professionals. There is a tall neon lamp post - the umbrella type, with so many lamps on the periphery - that lights up the entire area. 

Alright, the ambience description is not going to add any beauty to the story. And well, its not a 'story' either. Its a true incident :-)

Rat reached the bus stand by 8.15PM. Collected the boarding pass from the Travel Agency. And is waiting near the bus bay for the bus to arrive. For a normal IT fellow, who doesnt have an 8GB ipod or a high end mp3-camera featured mobile phone, the only timepass will be to run the eyes through the happenings around.. It was a Tuesday evening. And not the normal Sunday rush could be seen. Just a few fellows here and there..

A gang of 3 caught my notice. Coz they were discussing the Mumbai blasts and the fall-outs from that. Obviously from the IT fraternity, well-dressed and visibly 'informed' about the global happenings..

Not far from me, and the trio gang, was spotted one of those dint-eat-for-weeks persons... Aged, shabbily dressed, he came straight to me. And I nodded him off, as I always do..

He went to the trio gang.. They are not directly in my line of sight now, as they are behind me. Couldnt really make out what they told him. I assumed, they too got rid of him. Not any sounds from there, after some time.. Curious, I looked around.. I found the old man walking towards the nearby street food vendor. He got a plate of meal. The trio paid. All this while, never sympathetic, pun-making or to best put it, not even interested in bothering what the old man is upto. 

The old man happily finished his meal, and left.

The trio still discussing global financial crisis :)

What I liked about them is that their thought-process. They could have easily shown him the door. Or rather, give him a few coins to get rid of him. But instead, they extended the right kind of help, in the right amount.

Felt like walking up to them and telling "right thing to do".

But the bus came, and I got in..

(Even otherwise, the Mr.Serious in moi wouldnt have walked up to them :D)