Just one last time?

And she walks up to me, stares into my eyes and says, "I need closure. We need to end all this in a better way"

And I say .... "But you look wonderful tonight baby"

And the rest as they say, is HIS story and not history, my friend!

:D :D :D :D :D

To all the Metal Fans!!

What an insult to all the metal fans!! ... its really funny though :P

Zest like that!

Till date its been 10 years I have driven two-wheelers of all sorts.
What started as a mere curiosity turned into a passion over a period of time.
I drove almost ALL the two wheelers on the Indian roads and also some beasts like the Yamaha R1 .... But, I never had a drivers license!

So today I finally went to a broker who apparently gets you a license 'just-like-that'!

It was somewhat impressive, funny and finally sad to see how the tasks were done.

Impressed by the way the agent does things by waving his hand and saluting to people, whom you wouldn't even spot. The documents verification, computerized photo session, and the fee payment was all done in just 5 vanishing minutes!

After that I was escorted into a room which had some black color HCL desktops, black from all the dirt, where the 20 questions computer based test is to be taken. The broker gave me instructions, before entering the room, to just sit infront of the desktop, hold the mouse ... and not do ANYTHING. Literally!

Well, then I sat infront of the desktop, when a junior police officer (or whatever designation he holds in the hierarchy) came to my desk, logged into the test and then gave me instructions.
This is where it got real funny. The officer held the mouse and said, "This is how you hold a mouse" and then, clicking on the right answer for the 1st question, he continued, " ... and this is how you click the mouse to select the correct answer". He then went on with 'how-to-click & use-the-mouse' class by answering the next 13 questions. And then said, "Ok, now you can continue with the test". At this point I thought, he might have played around with some sample questions, considering the speed at which he clicked. But then I noticed that he answered the first 14 questions of the ACTUAL test and left the next 6 for me. I browsed back and saw that he answered 10 of them right and 4 (intentionally) wrong, which incidentally is the cut-off to pass the test. Then it made sense, why I had to 'just hold the mouse and not do ANYTHING'. I couldn't help laughing at the way the officer took the class of 'Mouse basics 101' ... And after 10 minutes, another officer 'congratulated' me for having cleared the test (phew, I was tired!;) and handed me a print out.

... and this is how I got my learner's license JUST-LIKE-THAT!



P.S. - I noticed the broker feeding the officer with half the amount I paid him. I wonder what the actual fee is?!
It is really sad that it had be done this way. I mean, to answer mere common traffic sense questions (that too you have to get only half of them right!), you have to bribe your way through so many people.

Hyd, Watering hole & the African humping bird

The day was no-fuckin-where remotely close to being occupied, forget about being busy/productive. My client's bible of hierarchy needs that some 4 people put their autograph on a small paper before I even get access to their stupid network on my laptop. I just spent the whole day flipping through some magazines & open/close some excel files.

I had to hit some watering hole by evening - Thanks to my colleague who flew down from Mumbai for some work with the same client. After a lot of discussion (we should have first figured that this is Hyd and we are a bunch of stags, so we don't have much of a choice, duh!), we hit a place called Serengeti - It is actually a National park in Africa, the actual Serengeti, I mean. - This pub also tried to get the same theme in here. And actually it was well done to look like a forest, though there were definitely some irritating things, of course! Like, the music, which sort of sounded like ghazals. I never knew that African forests have ghazals playing in the background. Duh!
And there was some stupid bird which, time-to-time, keeps humping a tree for some 30 seconds straight making not-so-lustful sounds! I would have surely killed it, if only it was alive!

The service sucked, as is expected - We are talking about Hyderabad and hospitality!
The orders came in late. The waiters were not accomodating. And let's not even talk about the bill - 8000 bucks for 4 people and that too for staying sober??!! For that big a hole in the pocket, I would have got pissed drunk and roamed around on the streets of Bangalore.

Miles to go before Hyd catches up ...


P.S. - It was a different experience watching the IPL match in a forest-like place, though!

Quoted in the wrong job?

Couple of days back I got an e-mail for some job opportunity. And the mail was signed off by someone from Quadrangle. I got curious and checked out about Quadrangle.

Quadrangle - an associate company of India's No.1 job site-naukri.com I couldn't help but get irritated and probably even sympathize at the end of it. I mean how much is naukri.com experimenting or more like trying real hard! Naukri.com has lost its charm like ... i-don't-even-remember-when!

And also, they seem to be experimenting with something called brijj.com - It is in the BETA version, of course. But they sure can come up with something better - I mean let's be honest here: The tagline of brijj.com says "Brijjing people" with the dots above the i - j - j connected. I mean what the fuck is THAT?! Also when you search with some keyword(s), the results page says, "To Brijj with these profiles, Register here" ... anyway, thanks to their good sense of humor, browse around the site for more jokes! It is way too demeaning to even scribble so many lines about Bridge.com ... Err, I mean Brijj.com!

I wonder when will naukri.com ever learn from their mistakes and unanimous failures. They have lost to monster and now they are trying to compete with Linked In ? ... Seriously, the people at naukri.com ARE in the wrong jobs. They need to get their resumes up and running @ Monster!

Umerkot

I have checked out this restaurant couple of days back - Umerkot

The first thing to notice when you walk in is a home-converted-into-restaurant ambiance. A traditional, elite looking place with light music in the background and with lots of corporate people from the nearby MNCs.

The prices on the menu are a bit on the higher side, though when at the first look you would notice that you don't see any sight of prices printed on the menu ... they have it written in words: good strategy in avoiding the pricey bold numbers!

They apparently have a lunch buffet on weekdays priced at Rs. 185/-, though it looks like they conveniently erased that from their memory and no one cared to even talk about it when I walked in.

The only thing which put me off is that the waiter keeps reminding you what drinks, desserts etc mean! When I said NO to drinks, he again asked me if I was sure. I again said a NO with a smile! But, he again asked saying, "Not even lime soda, lassi, jaljeera Sir?" ... the act being repeated for the desserts ... "We even have Mango with icecream Sir". At that point I was almost about to say "Get the f***ing cheque, will you. I know what a dessert means!"... with a smile, ofcourse!

Ratings
Ambiance: Good
Food: Above average
Price: Higher
Hospitality: Above average

It probably is a good place for a corporate team party or if you are having a fix up with your future fiance and would like to have a 'traditional' first impression ... and if you are in a hurry, then you may choose some other place - The dishes come in their own sweet time and so does the cheque.

Location:
No. 30, 80 Ft Road, 4th Block
Koramangala, Bangalore - 560034
Phone: +91-80-25500426

Surprisingly, the restaurant has its footprint on the web: http://www.umerkot.in

I kill you ... by Jeff Dunham!

This one is real hilarious ...



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