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New Chappal

At the chappal shop I wanted to know whether I can use it in waters. The Punjabi sales guy said you can use it even when its raining.  I said its too tight on my feet.  The Punjabi guy said it will expand upto an inch or so once I  start using it.  I asked how much. The Punjabi guy said its Rs.250, but I will give it you for Rs.220. I said alright pack it. The punjabi guy said Thank you and packed it.

Special thanks to Harjodh, he has a pair and he confirmed that it expands upto an inch or so (which is why I bought it) like the Punjabi dude said.

Movies give lessons for life. IMHO, movies have already covered every possible (and impossible) situation one can come across in ones life and they give you an idea of whats the best thing to do in one of  those tough situations.

Anil’s car didn’t start the other day after he left the office building. So he called us (we were still at the office) to see what could’ve gone wrong since everything seemed alright.  We didn’t actually know what to look for.  I checked the exhaust pump. The only reason why I checked it was because thats what they do in the movies.  Someone would be trying to start a car and it wouldn’t start.  In the next frame, we will see the villain or the hero has stuck in a clothpiece or something in the exhaust pump to stop the guy in the car from starting the car and leaving the place.  As a matter of fact it was from the movies that most of us learnt that a car wouldn’t if the exhaust pump is blocked.  So I checked Anil’s car’s  exhaust pump. Nothing was there, but it was worth taking a look at. Movies do teach us little useful things

I had my left ear pierced today afternoon.  Its only a small stud now on my ear.  The Goldsmith who pierced the ear said I should wait atleast for week before ‘upgrading’ the stud to an ear-ring.  Definitely I am getting the ring, cos I am not the kind of guy who walks around with a stud on his ear.

I made a decision to never use any of the Apple products for reasons more than one.

P.S:- Steve Jobs, is a perfect villian for a James Bond movie.  He even speaks like one.  Read how he invited John Scully, former president of Pepsi, to be the CEO of Apple Computers during the mid 80s :

“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world ? ”

Classic. Typical of a James Bond villain.

This evening I rode out this brand new motorbike from its showroom.  Nopes not me, its my little cousin Nikki who bought the bike.  A brand new red Honda Unicorn Dazzler with its kickass looks.  He is not really used to motorbikes with gears so he wanted me to ride it all the way home, which I did happily (afterall who dont like to ride and test a brand  new bike). The only problem was the trying to keep the bike below 45 kmph throughout (this being a new bike).

There is something that everyone believes in Kerala. If a brand new car or bike is caught by the traffic police for something and if we are fined for that something, it augurs well and brings luck to the vehicle, specially with motorbikes.  For us,  it was only a 100 bucks when we jumped a red signal straight to the police.  It was roughly 15 minutes after the left the showroom.  I wasn’t really sad or anything about the 100 bucks cos I believe in that luck theory too.

Folks, when you give your little baby girl a name,  please give her a nice name that she can be proud of, not like one of our family friends Madhu chettan. :)  Yesterday was his  daughter’s ‘peridal’ ceremony and you know what they named their baby girl?  They named her MamaNanda! . The funniest name I have ever heard. Well, the name has a meaning and its a compound of two Sanskrit words meaning  ‘My Daughter’,  but you don’t name a girl with a name like that.

One thing I am sure of is that, when she grows up she is definitely going to give her parents a hard time about giving her that name. I wouldn’t blame her.

P.S :- It was actually funny.  When the late comers there asks what the girl has been named, the parents say ‘Mamananda’ and the one who asked is like, ” What the hell kind of a name is that? “

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Question: Define Irony.

Answer: A relatively peaceful march chanting slogans against the police , escorted by the police themselves in their brand new Mahindra Bolero.

Exactly thats what I saw at Vytilla Junction this evening.

Long time since I logged in here. Loads has been happening these days and I ‘m happy about whatever thats happening.

But my blog was offline for most part of last month since it “exceeded the bandwidth” for the month. Thank God its back :). But seriously,  I am too lazy to start again after about 6 weeks of not blogging.  The latest is that I have resigned from my current job and serving the notice period there now. Will be joining somewhere soon, and I am looking forward to the gaaaaaaaaaaap that I’ll be getting while switching companies.  Kinda Vacation and a break from the occassional night shifts. Wish me luck.  Will be back soon guys.

AK-47 - AUTOmatic :)

About 7 or 8 years back I read that this dude from Kakkanad paid more than a hundred thousand bucks to get the fancy registration number KL-7. AK-47 for his car at an auction of fancy registration numbers.  I saw this Autorickshaw today, its number - KL-7. AK 470 , has the same charm as the superstar  AK-47. Now I am sure he paid no extra bucks for that. Lucky guy, getting all the attention for free for which the rich dude had to pay.  I was careful not to overtake the Auto to catch it at the next signal for this pic.