A Secure World !

Now what these recent terrorost attacks have done in the corporate world is, It has forced organizations to cut down costs in all areas and shoot it up for the security team. Security gaurds now hold flashy metal detectors , Mirror carts, Gates have bigger metal detectors from which there is no escape, you have to walk through these. Now i had some thoughts and incidents around this whole security Jhing Bang all around.

Had gone out of the campus for some chai and cigarettes, This happened on our way back. As is the rule we walked through the metal detector gate,

Me: Every time i walk in it beeps, I wonder what they monitor and who they question and who, how and why will they stop. What is the trigger? It beeps anyway !
Friend1: Ya same here, It beeps for me too.
Friend2: Ya its just a stupid beeping machince i guess. It will beep for I-card chain, Cell phone and whatever.
Friend3: Pata nahi yaar, Main aata hu toh kabhi beep nahi karta !!
Me: Tere main Iron Defeciency hoga.

A friend came to office on his Bike, The security chap "Metal Detected" his whole bike by taking 3 full circles, All the while the machine beeped a loong shirll noise. The friend was wearing a helmet and the shade was shut, and its the dark shaded type. The security gaurd checked his I-card but did not ask him to remove the helmet. So it could have been anybody on the bike with my friends I-card.

I saw a board outside some office, "Visitors Please report to Security" ; Now if the visitor is a terrorist will he be so obedient ?

Me: Yaar i am going to bombay for the 31st eve !
Friend: Wow ! cool... Party time eh?
Me: Ya maybe, We ll say what the friends gang would have arranged.
Friend: Ya ! I just hope its safe this new years
Me: Ya Ya ! We already called the Terrorist helpline and confirmed, They would be on leave as well. So we will be ok !
Friend:Shut up !

Friend: India will go to war with Pakistan this time for sure. I can sense it.
Me: Ya Ideally we should, But i guess the time is not right.
Friend: What do you mean time is not right!! What more reason can therebe than what happened in Mumbai?
Me: No of course. I mean the timing is not right, What with this recession, and cost cutting and all in the economy. Every one has stopped Air-Travel etc, So you can safely assume IAF will not fly, atleast not long distance. And see the coffee cups, notepad quality in our office is going down every month, Am sure the bomb supplied to th army would also have reduced in size and capacity. so i say let the economy bounce back to normal first !!

Eeeks ! This is not Me !

I am on a tag completing Spree. This one is from RS and Pranjal.

1. Link the person who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs, letting them know that they have been tagged

Here You Go !

1. Travel Paranoia : I am not a good person to be with if you have made travel plans. I behave as if all the trains, Planes, busses are meant to be missed or delayed when I am supposed to travel. Good thoughts are very rare to come by on the travel date. All I can think of is that I will forget the tickets, The tickets will have a wrong date of booking, The mode of transport, whatever that may be will get cancelled or delayed for long hours. I will check the ticket hundred times, Talk to people all around me and keep checking and cross checking the time of travel. Finally when the travel begins with everything being OK, am i done? No ! I am not the one to be happy and relax, Then starts the luggage paranoia! My luggage will be stolen, someone will flick my purse when I am asleep etc etc etc So Keep away when I am traveling. I am not a fun person there!
2. Karaoke – When music is being played, I am bound to sing, hum or whistle along with it. I just cannot keep quiet. Usually I know the lyrics and will do a sing along but sometimes when the do not know the lyrics I hum the tune along. And I am no good singer :o) But it hardly matters to me and this irritates a lot of friends and people around me, who want to enjoy the song from the source and not the re-mixed version coming out from me. Honestly I agree with them as well, but sigh ! It just happens!
3. Books – Before I start reading a book I have to see how many pages it has, No starting without this and if it is not a new book and has twisted page corners, torn pages etc, They have to be set right first !
4. Food – Give me a new dish to eat or a food that I have never ordered earlier in a hotel and I will smell it before I eat it! Not a good sight this, but this again happens on impulse and we are supposed to write quirks here! You asked for it !!! :o). I smoke/drink occasionally, and I need to have one drag as soon as I have the first sip of my drink.
5. Think - If I have to think ! I have to bite my nails, I always have a short supply of these given how much I think, Then comes the cuticles and when sometimes they start bleeding, I bite my lips !
6. Sitting / Standing / Being Still : I have say a stay still limit of about 5 minutes and then Vroom ! I have to move. Be it in queues, Watching TV, Office, Whatever or wherever. After the 10-12 mins still regime is over, I move about, take a walk, do drink water, Start talking. Do Something and create some momentum !!

Phew ! there you have a quirky me

And would love to know a Quirky YOU. , Eye, Raji, Imp’s Mom, Sneha , Gee and Usha

Been There.Done That(4)

This one is Self Tagged From Self Talks and Sneha. I think this is one of the fastest flowing tags on the blogsphere these days, Seen this already on more than 3 of the limited number of blogs that i follow and read. Here goes..

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (what's that!)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne;Never on Champagne; Lets talk Vodka,Beer.
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can - Was a stupid bet; I paid heavy for this one :o)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day - Had this stupid urge to be a Mallu, My friends were so fed up !!
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk - I am a Pro at this, This one warrants seperate posts all together. Watch out :o)
42. Had amazing friends (Still have them:))
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - She was the Lady Santa Claus at a pub in Budapest Hungary.
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe - I have packed my bags in Europe though. Does that count?? :o)
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love.
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs - Cassettes actually.
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke - Not at a public place, ?but at a friends house with this barnd new Videocon music system :o)
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business - And ended up in loss as well :o)
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites - Hampi [?]
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight ????
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party.
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a Tatto
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage - I am not telling what though :o)
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand - Atleast the Airport :o) So technically yes !
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold.
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes ???
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care (medical care?It was a nightmare!)
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Am not tagging any one too, But if you read this and have not already done this. Do it !

WMD

So George Bush Finally got close to the weapons of Mass destruction he so desperately searched for in Iraq !

A Klueless Existence!

To add to the Klueless existence that i had, A good friend came along and handed me this to solve ! Phew !
Am sure she draws some sadistic pleasure in seeing me whine and wail for the past 2 weeks, and the kind soul that i am i have passed on the same to some of my other good friends with a promise that they will not overtake me. I am on level 16th as i write this, and in most probabilities will be there ! So go ahead if you need some brain scratching. Click on that link and say good bye to peace and happiness !

The game : http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2008/klueless/level0.asp
The Rules : http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris/irising/klueLESS/game.asp

And here is a conversation with my 3 year old niece that left me klueless

Me : Hey! What do you do in school?
She: Homework !

Now ! Tell me were we all not so stupid to slog it out at home so we can be ready for school the next day !