Work experience can do a lot to a person … It can make him/her pseudo-busy… i.e., he thinks he is busy but he actually is not . One of the consequences of this phenomenon is appallingly low posts on a once upon a time okie-ish blog (in terms of hits in terms of posts i.e., :) )
Here are some snippets .. this post is in accordance with the tradition of arbitness of this blog and the legacy of lengthy posts ..
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After a loongg deep waittt for south indian dinner in pune .. read as .. curry + dal+ sambhar + pickle+RICE+curd :D … we finally found a place near our home named reddy’s recipes . (No comments on the name entertained :p ) . it is soo balakrishna-ish that you will feel like shouting satti reddyyyyyyy the minute you go to the restaurant ..
There is this one fella who was speaking telugu … listening to telugu in a pune hotel is like music for our ears :D .. so we ask him where he is from .. he says nellore blah blah .. then there is one more a year or two younger than this guy .. and we ask him where he is from .. this fellow gives us a shock saying … no telugu please .. kannada hindi or marathi :D . With the little marathi i know i cannot even talk to a kindergarten marathi kid .. so we ask him something in hindi ;)) ..
After that there is the server who hums .. jinta ta jita jita jinta ta .. and shouts for another server .. “reyyy narsimha naidu ila raaa ” ..
We feel as if we are in apna homeland .. and feel like singing .. naa janmabhoomi (echo : bhoomi bhooomi bhoomi ) … so all in all we have a happy meal … all this shows how frustrated we were for that kind of a meal that we used to have for ages .. before we landed in pune ;) …
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PS1 : marathi can be very dangerous :D .. i misspelt / mispronounced a word .. and lo ! it changed from U certificate to A++++ :D .
PS2: hyderabadi biryani both veg and nonveg varieties can taste extremely strange in pune .. this is my conclusion after 8 months of stay :) …
PS3: saw a lot of movies .. the best of the lot was definitely .. balakrishna’s okka magadu .. he is shock proof .. he jumps from a 15-16 floor building and doesnt have a single bruise .. he is a computer virus .. he is a samurai warrior . he is a freedom fighter even gandhi nehru bose know him .. it is one helluva film ;)) .. (Did i mention this in the last post ?? .. may it needs more attention than that :D ) .
PS4: also had the privilege to watch this genteelman called sam anderson act in a tamil film titled … yarukko yaaro ..read a review somewhere that ended with “chances are that you might never get to see something like this again in your life !!! ” .. i can’t agree more … here are some youtube dance videos from that film .. see it to believe it :D .
PS5 : Reading .. thousand splendid suns (actually i had written sons .. then corrected it after realising the typo .. now thinking even the former can be a good title say for a film like ‘300′ or something :D ) .. ideal movie script .. has got lots of punch dialogues and emotional scenes .. if this releases in telugu cinema it will be a sure shot hit .
PS6: Saw jodha akbar too .. i am reminded of tippu sultan .. chandrakanta .. the great maratha etc .. (yeah doordarshan rox :D )
PS7: Then hmm .. i redefined the height of impulsive shopping by buying a mobile first and then looking at its speciifcations .. brought a sony ericson mobile for 10k ;)) .. not that it is costly or it is too cheap or it is good or bad .. i am jus amazed at the manner in which i bought the fone .. was roaming around in a mall .. then suddenly something happens .. you go there look at all mobiles .. randomly pick one and take it .. little knowing abt its features :D . This is the single important reason why the retail sector .. the mall culture is thriving :D .
Longggg back Ravishankar of the XLRI kind told me .. Once you start earning you will do Impulsive shopping .. I now say .. How true how true :) .
PS8 : Work never seems to end .. IIIT was better .. atleast you never felt guilty for not working :D … here the minute i think of my pay-slip .. i feel guilty .. i cant rob the company fellas by taking money for free .. i will do SOME work ! :D .
PS9: In another month .. life is going to change :p … i expect a couple of things to happen .. if none of them happens then the very fact that they didnt happen will spring a change :D .. So it is a win-win situation.
PS10 : Was in hyderabad for 4 long days last week .. saw this film titled “Gamyam” . pretty good for a telugu film . I somehow thought this dialogue defined the fun element in the film … Character A : Nenu pulibiddani ra (I am the son of a tiger :D ) Character B : Mii amma adaviki vellinda leka puli mii intiki vachinda ( Did your mother go to the forest or did the tiger come to your house) . If you like this kind of humour go for the film . Yes it has got loads of philosophy .
PS11: Will be in bangalore this weekend .
PS12 : Reading “Everybody loves a good drought” by P.Sainath .. gem of a book !
PS13 : CB Series was very good . I liked what gilchrist said ” If other teams are catching up with australia then it is good for world cricket ” .
PS14 : Watched ratatouille again and again :) .
PS15 : Somehow the very thought of coming to IIITH scares me :D . In my last N visits to hyderabad i have deliberately avoided coming to IIITH .
PS16 : GAG called yesterday ;) .. was about some job openings in symantec . The placement committee thingie still haunts me .. You can run you can hide but you cant escape ( from _ _ _ )
PS17: IV had this status messg .. Hallieum Bellium something .. Before i could ask him to copy that message to me he signed off .. IV if you are reading this copy that status message to me .
PS18: I came to know about the ‘invisible’ mode in gchat just today :( .
PS19: I was happy to know that federer lost and australia lost too :D . Call it sadistic pleasure or supporting the underdogs :D
PS20: On the CB Series triumph .. Eenadu had this headline .. “Abba nee tiyani gabba” .. ( ala the super hit song of the 90s abba nii tiyani debba) . My hatred for the fellow who writes headlines in eenadu grew exponentially after this .
PS21 : I am still not very comfortable with the way things are going in my life .. it is more like storm before the calm for me :D
What is it with these longgg .. unstructured .. random .. lengthy posts .. i always seem to like them :D .
obelix said,
March 6, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Belliem Halliem statusaha padthatu. Ngyanam Prapnuvantu
Translated for those who cannot bear to read the transliterated …
do read Halley (who has a Belly)’s status. You will get ngyanam (gyan)
And man … reading this post … watching that video … almost feels like back in college :D
Aniket said,
March 7, 2008 at 12:45 am
Tell ya what? During my first few days in Hyderabad 3 years ago, I had this sudden ‘homeland mania’. And how…
->I started loving movies like ‘Tere Naam’ and ‘Bunty aur Babli’ just ‘coz they’re so, so small-town north (the kind of place I am from).
-> I remember spotting ‘Vaarta’ in the library. It’d been 20 days since I had last read a Hindi paper (something I was used to doing everyday at home), and I almost ATE each and every word it said.
-> The only good thing I’d liked about Jeevan Vidya was that the Prabodhak spoke chaste Hindi with a north accent; something which is very rare in Hyderabad…and the list is endless. So, I kinda understand how you feel. But the fact is, now when I go home,
–> The biryani tastes funny.
–> The seven seaters are overcrowded.
–> Everything is so dry and dusty (home’s in Rajasthan.)
and this list, too is endless :P
I guess when you live in a place long enough, the place starts living inside you. Hats off to life, and these times that we’re living in, which make us see so many different cultures. Cheers!
Himank said,
March 7, 2008 at 12:51 am
I finally got to see Sam Anderson!! :P Have been seeing status msg of ppl fr a long time.. Thought he must be some Hollywood guy.. LOL!! :)
Rohith said,
March 7, 2008 at 12:55 am
lol@ abbani teeyani gabba
Himank said,
March 7, 2008 at 12:59 am
What the hell is with this Sam Anderson guy!! Just now saw the video.. What is he trying to do and how can such a movie even be released let alone ppl watching it.. Strange are the ways of worldDDD
bondbhai said,
March 7, 2008 at 9:27 am
some thing to read after long time :)
a thousand splendid suns is a very good book
amar said,
March 7, 2008 at 10:17 am
I have no guilt in taking money for free whatsoever ..
anirudh said,
March 7, 2008 at 11:55 am
just too many PSes :)
HalleY said,
March 7, 2008 at 12:03 pm
@anirudh .. I have to cover a month’s anguish in one post .. hence those many PSs :D
@amar : god save nvidia :p
@bondbhai : will you direct the film ;)
@himank : sam anderson rox :D
@rohit : sadly :( .. the latest was eenadu calling air hostess as gagana sakhi :D
@aniket : yes cheers :)
@obelix : you were reminded of robodance video or what :D
mythalez said,
March 7, 2008 at 3:07 pm
hyd biryani tastes funny anywhere except in hyd (where it tastes awesome obv)
I will definitely search and watch gamyam .. been a long time since i watched a telugu movie … pullibidda dialogue was enough to entice :D
wats so special abt ratatouille? its jus another movie .. not even as good as many other animated movies
can empathise with the cant hear telugu part. . the only telugu i hear is perhaps once a month on the phone!
and kudos for the impulsive shopping ! :P
tipo said,
March 8, 2008 at 11:06 pm
“jinta ta jita jita jinta ta” & eenadu — rofl !!
kaushik said,
March 9, 2008 at 12:07 am
Most awaited post !! Halley post a bit frequently wanna earn some Gyanam :p…
After reading your post i feel that East or West / North or South….. Hyd rocks .. chahe the biryani ya hydbadi Hindi [:p]…
saaketh said,
March 11, 2008 at 2:12 pm
@PS9, PS21: waiting for an update on these pts ;) plzzzz tell me ur getting married (incase u havent already :P)
HalleY said,
March 11, 2008 at 3:47 pm
@Saaketh : Shhhhhhhh secret :P
@Kaushik : Thanks for the compliments .. It will rain posts soon :p
@Tipo : Shoo . go away .. go do research
@Mythalez : Longg posts gets longgg comments :D
Telugu Baaludu!! said,
March 26, 2008 at 4:10 pm
annai .. baagundi annai ..