Every Indian person needs to see this link . It’s a music video, about 4 minutes long. You’ll enjoy it even more if you understand Gujarati. Either way, it’s really impressive.
Archive for June, 2005
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June 29, 2005I think the key to staying updated on Xanga is by doing smaller posts more often. The drawback is that recent ones get pushed off the front page more often. My response? Deal with it. If you wanna read it, you’ll go to the next page. 
I’d mentioned earlier about some of the cute girls coming to the JAINA convention. One of them had mentioned in her profile that she was a fan of 24 , so I decided to email her a couple of days ago. Nothing fancy. Just said that I wanted to say hi to a fellow 24 fanatic, and that I’d see her at the convention. I thought to myself later that it probably wasn’t the best idea in the world. Might come off as kinda desperate. Imagine my surprise when she sent a reply a few minutes ago. Just that it was nice to see a fellow fan, and she’d see me at the convention this weekend. Now, the question is, do I push my luck? Hmmm…
29-Jun-2005
June 29, 2005Sirm asked me what my moment of inspiration was, and that I’m being vague. Ok then, I’ll give some more details, but nothing too concrete. I don’t want to count any chickens. A few weeks ago, my dad talked to me about a possible opportunity for a new business, and he asked if I was interested in being involved. I said I was, and he told me to read up on the subject. Later this year, we’d go talk to some other people about a possible business plan. I’d been procrastinating about it, but I decided this morning that I really wanted to do something with my life. I need to stop looking outside of myself for reasons to do something, and focus instead on what I can do for myself. Like I said, I’ve had moments of inspiration like this before, but they’ve usually fizzled out (or amounted to nothing). We’ll just see. I guess this is the first step in a little bit of personal spring cleaning that needs to be done. Hopefully, I’ll get to everything else in time…
28-Jun-2005
June 28, 2005I was sitting in a cube, talking with my manager and another engineer about some stuff I needed help with. Then they started chatting about stuff, and started talking about hunting. I gotta tell ya, it was really bothering me. The other dude was telling us about a friend of his who had a full-mounted lion, and polar bear hanging in his house, and ;my manager was really impressed, and wished he could go hunting. I was sooo tempted to say something. But, I figured I’d keep my opinions to myself, unless I was asked. Thankfully, no one asked.
It’s always nice when I can find inspiration to do something. The biggest problem I have (and it’s something that several people have noted, including my dad) is closure. I can’t quite seem to finish things off, or at least to make use of what I’ve done. Nonetheless, I had a moment of inspiration today. Let’s see how far I can take it.
27-Jun-2005
June 27, 2005I was running yesterday afternoon, when a couple of middle-aged ladies in a car were checking me out. And they weren’t terribly subtle about it. Talk about an ego boost.
27-Jun-2005
June 27, 2005So, I had my new apartment all ready and waiting. Then yesterday, my cousin Hemal asks me if I want to be roommates. *groans* Anyway, long story short, we found this really, really nice apartment complex called The Hamptons (yeah, really). After all is said and done, the monthly payments aren’t too bad, and the apartment is pretty sweet. Moving will be on July 17th.
Salsa was on Friday night. Class was ok. Ended up going to Kunal’s place, where we played a few frames of pool. Then he and I went over to their friend Sara’s place, where I met Sara, Kim and Krissy. And I gotta tell you, if Krissy hadn’t been dating Kunal’s roommate, I would have been really tempted to ask her out myself. I can honestly say that I don’t think I’ve met a girl like her ever before. I only met her for 3 hours, and probably won’t see her again. But ;I’m glad I met her. Now, if only I could meet an Indian girl like that…
Was in San Francisco last night. Pintu had gotten a really nice suite at The Clift hotel. We chilled there till 11p, then went to Suite 181. And I gotta tell ya, I did not have a great time. Nothing specifically bad happened. I just didn’t have much fun. It was one of those nights, I guess.
24-Jun-2005June 24, 2005“you drink more than I do these days >_<” So says Sirm. To be fair though, I hadn’t done much drinking until last Friday. On Friday, I had a vodka on the rocks and a screwdriver, both at home. On Saturday, I went out clubbing in downtown SJ (WOOHOO!! I’ve been following the cricket rather often these days. India is in their “off-season”, so to speak, so all eyes are on England, who will be facing Australia for the Ashes ;in a few weeks. Australia had a nightmare start to their tour, even going so far as to lose to Bangladesh. To put this in perspective, the current Australian team is considered to be among the best teams ever in the history of the sport. The ;Bangladeshi team had won only 9 official games over the last 20 years. This was more than an upset. This was like the Cornell basketball team beating Michael Jordan’s Chicago bulls… well, not quite, but you get the idea. England, on the other hand, has been playing really well, and ;looks to have its best shot at regaining the Ashes in the last 20 years (when they last had possession of them), and it should be an absorbing contest. Oh, and I’m moving in 2 weeks. I’m going here . Looks pretty decent, I think. Should be fun. I do hate moving though. Oh well… 24-Jun-2005June 24, 2005It’s a slow day at work, so I thought I’d finally update this thing. Stuff has happened these past two weeks, but I honestly won’t remember all of it, and I don’t want to write a boring news report. Convention is next weekend. Strangely, I feel almost no tension whatsoever. All I’m thinking about is my one event, and that’s it. Oh, and all the pretty girls who’ll be coming. I saw some pictures on the JNF database, and I gotta say, I’m looking forward to it. Salsa dancing tomorrow night. Should be fun. Hopefully, there’s a bar nearby so I can get a shot or two to loosen up.
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), and had a few more drinks. But it had been pretty dry for several weeks before then. Let’s see what happens these coming weeks ahead. 
), but I did get a souvenir from it. Also, I discovered something very interesting. Teller can talk!! Then we decided to walk down the strip a bit. I was just starting to wonder if ;I would actually see people handing out flyers for strippers when I saw a line of Mexicans (not a white or black man among them), male and female, handing out flyers to everyone who passed by. Half of them had headphones on and none of them even tried saying anything. I wouldn’t have been surprised if most of them didn’t know a word of English. 
;Suffice it to say, I’m already looking forward to seeing them again. Until of course, they start getting on my nerves again. *sighs* Que sera sera. 