ok man. here goes. i made a pitch for the k750i. got it. now want to get rid of it. i mean i am not really doing so much with the phone that i need to have it. i might as well make up for the loss and get something else. i have been thinking lately.will push it off provided the price is right. but the price is never right. anyway these problems of mine never seem to end. the only way seems to be therapy or something. this gadget-madness is taking over.
was really happy today. hq called. sent in resource for my birthday and i didnt even have to say a word. i think distance has taught me some values. i understood how much they think of me. i was really happy. thankful they have been there. trying to be more responsible to them.lets see.
what should i get:
imate jam
tissot watch
hard disk mp3 player
digital camera
exteranl hard drive
only god knows. i have to make up mind and quick.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Of times spent on US Foreign Policy
well today my exams ended. spm sucked. ten question ten marks each and three hours.
anyways screw that. spent the day with friends.
over dinner the usual conversation took place. einstein flipped and screwed the waiter multilingually. but then the topic soon shifted to something i wasnt expecting. mumu said he didnt like what i said about his business. well god knows what exactly i said but i couldnt bother less, i just cared to say what i thought and was probably even misunderstood. we all do a lot of things that anger others. so i have been on the receiving end and i am ok with giving once in a while. it was something that happened a week earlier. but anyways that lead to one thing and then another. and finally we were back talking about what us was doing around the world on its crusades. i was criticising the moves made by the country one after another. it didnt seem to please mumu, and even jafar was not too comfortable. finally mumu said i wasnt out of my "saudi" mindset. maybe. but then what ticked me off was one the reference to a saudi mindset. i begged to differ cause first there was nothing saudi about me or the opinion. two all i thought was that well there is something going on that needed to be changed. the way us was going about its business doing away with a lot of ethics and responsibility. i didnt understand why it was so difficult to change things when they claimed the intelligent american society did have an idea of the other side of this agenda.
anyway i realised that when you attack certain patriotic affiliations you would defend even if you were wrong. i would do the same. so i think i just hit the limit of the debate or may be i did push it. but irrespective of what anyone thinks what is going on is out there for the people to see and it is quite evident that these are the events that havent done any good. or brought changes the world wanted to see. but in this present unipolar world changes are not always/never for the benefit of all.
what goes up has to come down. so there is always a balance. there may be a time lag. but everything eventually eases out to a balance. or so i would convince myself.
i am strongly opinionated. argumentative. or so i have been told. but when i believe something to be true i do not yield unless there is some irrefutable proof put in my face. this is often not possible. so i cling to what i know and what i think is right. but yes in my criticism i may exceed a boundary. a bastard when called so is angered. may be it is a greater skill to put forth a criticism without inciting the unpleasant reaction of the other party. something i probably need to work on. anyways it was not too pleasant for me too. but hell these are my friends and i have to keep that in mind and everyone neednt think the way i do.
there are people out there who will agree with me.
who bear not to see the attrocities.
the unforbidden wishes of that tyrant.
and in it we all hope to see this change to a more responsible nation state.
which in all its protectionist policies does cater to do its bit to improve the world. (and i guess i should go to bed.)
anyway i have said enough to them and others on this useless topic...
there is an agenda and it will be pursued...sounds like something W would say..lol
so let it be....
anyways screw that. spent the day with friends.
over dinner the usual conversation took place. einstein flipped and screwed the waiter multilingually. but then the topic soon shifted to something i wasnt expecting. mumu said he didnt like what i said about his business. well god knows what exactly i said but i couldnt bother less, i just cared to say what i thought and was probably even misunderstood. we all do a lot of things that anger others. so i have been on the receiving end and i am ok with giving once in a while. it was something that happened a week earlier. but anyways that lead to one thing and then another. and finally we were back talking about what us was doing around the world on its crusades. i was criticising the moves made by the country one after another. it didnt seem to please mumu, and even jafar was not too comfortable. finally mumu said i wasnt out of my "saudi" mindset. maybe. but then what ticked me off was one the reference to a saudi mindset. i begged to differ cause first there was nothing saudi about me or the opinion. two all i thought was that well there is something going on that needed to be changed. the way us was going about its business doing away with a lot of ethics and responsibility. i didnt understand why it was so difficult to change things when they claimed the intelligent american society did have an idea of the other side of this agenda.
anyway i realised that when you attack certain patriotic affiliations you would defend even if you were wrong. i would do the same. so i think i just hit the limit of the debate or may be i did push it. but irrespective of what anyone thinks what is going on is out there for the people to see and it is quite evident that these are the events that havent done any good. or brought changes the world wanted to see. but in this present unipolar world changes are not always/never for the benefit of all.
what goes up has to come down. so there is always a balance. there may be a time lag. but everything eventually eases out to a balance. or so i would convince myself.
i am strongly opinionated. argumentative. or so i have been told. but when i believe something to be true i do not yield unless there is some irrefutable proof put in my face. this is often not possible. so i cling to what i know and what i think is right. but yes in my criticism i may exceed a boundary. a bastard when called so is angered. may be it is a greater skill to put forth a criticism without inciting the unpleasant reaction of the other party. something i probably need to work on. anyways it was not too pleasant for me too. but hell these are my friends and i have to keep that in mind and everyone neednt think the way i do.
there are people out there who will agree with me.
who bear not to see the attrocities.
the unforbidden wishes of that tyrant.
and in it we all hope to see this change to a more responsible nation state.
which in all its protectionist policies does cater to do its bit to improve the world. (and i guess i should go to bed.)
anyway i have said enough to them and others on this useless topic...
there is an agenda and it will be pursued...sounds like something W would say..lol
so let it be....
Friday, October 28, 2005
Driving me nuts...
ok man...here goes...i made a pitch for the k750i...got it..now want to get rid of it...i mean i am not really doing so much with the phone that i need to have it...might as well make up for the loss and get something else...been thinking lately...will push it off provided the price is right...but cant seem to find it though...anyway these problems of mine never seem to end...the only way seems to be therapy or something...this gadget-madness is taking over...
was really happy today...hq called sent in resource for my birthday and i didnt even have to say a word....i think distance teaches values...not to them but to me...i understood how much they think of me...was really happy...thankful they have been there...trying to be more responsible to them...lets see...
what should i get...
imate jam
tissot watch
hard disk mp3 player
digital camera
exteranl hard drive
only god knows...i have to make up mind quick...
was really happy today...hq called sent in resource for my birthday and i didnt even have to say a word....i think distance teaches values...not to them but to me...i understood how much they think of me...was really happy...thankful they have been there...trying to be more responsible to them...lets see...
what should i get...
imate jam
tissot watch
hard disk mp3 player
digital camera
exteranl hard drive
only god knows...i have to make up mind quick...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Hurricanes in the Mind
had a mini cyclone here. trees uprooted and roads trashed. my room on the third floor flooded through the windows. it was an amazing experience. spend over 36 hours in the dark of the rainfall. wonder what it might have been in katrina.
wonder what it might have been to be lost in the rainy seas of our rainy cities. none were spared. new orleans to navi mumbai. first or third, in either world it seemed help wasnt as forthcoming as one would want. not from some outsider but from within. what made the ruling class seemingly in different to the needs of the suffering. we are democracies india and america, one the largest and the other the most powerful, but still we treat our masses much like the coal for the societal engine.
thankfully the all "powerful" vote bank in india is not subjected to the kind of betrayal served to the orleaners. people are just a picture, a moving frame, an illusioned mass given an elusive choice. they are governed but never by themselves. they are robbed and robbed. and above all they know it. the despicable acts of those demigods are not invisible to them.
while on the other hand, there seems to be a certain mirage created on the other end of the earth. people choose, people make, people break. but the carnivore atop the chain remains the same. disposable is the man who makes the law but the one who lobbies it, who impregnates the greedy desires of those already fortunate, who bears the fruit of those countless hours of contemplation is eternal.
is greed so strong that it can cause one to turn a deaf ear to the cries of suffering. is it power of lust or lust for power that defeats the conscience of the creme de la creme? or should it be creme de la crap? todays world, it seems, is not run for the progress and benefit of the human race. rather seems more a like an unending race for the most powerful human. these are the days when foreign policy is dictated by oil companies and trade agreements brokered by pharma majors. everything is for and because of the corporations. may be it is time they redefine what a nation is or who its citizens are. for a start, a nation should be a consortium of the largest corporations and the employees it citizens.
these pseudonations have their own constitutions with only one rule, duty and fundamental right. "the right to profit. this is reason enough to change the world, go to war. if there is a saturation of markets make new ones. and if there are no new ones, destroy the old ones and start all over. the green bills are more important than human lives. so take some if you have to. and if blood has to be spilt make sure its not yours, preferably buy it. if you want it grab it, all that is there was meant for you and you alone. there is no place or another. there is only one economy in this world and that is yours. only one people need to be happy and those are here."
under this clout, responsible governance is seen as food for the dog and responsible leaders mere puppets. gone are the days when policies were made and changed for the common good, where one nation was responsible not only to its citizens but also to the other peoples with which it shared this planet.
do we see what we do or is democracy a figment of a mad world's ever maddening quest for the ultimate illusion of choice? because what we pursue is to have control, to have established an association, to have made a decision. we make rules, we make laws, we create society and habit, and we pass diktats. either we have control or we dont. and when we dont we create for ourselves a shell of illusion where we seem to control everthing.
i think it is inherent in humans to think they know what they are doing while in most instances it is the opposite. like now i think i know what i am talking about but have no absolute idea where i am taking this. i am unhappy. angry to say the least. where are we headed? there was always the question. its only the shape of the answer that begins to worry me.
wonder what it might have been to be lost in the rainy seas of our rainy cities. none were spared. new orleans to navi mumbai. first or third, in either world it seemed help wasnt as forthcoming as one would want. not from some outsider but from within. what made the ruling class seemingly in different to the needs of the suffering. we are democracies india and america, one the largest and the other the most powerful, but still we treat our masses much like the coal for the societal engine.
thankfully the all "powerful" vote bank in india is not subjected to the kind of betrayal served to the orleaners. people are just a picture, a moving frame, an illusioned mass given an elusive choice. they are governed but never by themselves. they are robbed and robbed. and above all they know it. the despicable acts of those demigods are not invisible to them.
while on the other hand, there seems to be a certain mirage created on the other end of the earth. people choose, people make, people break. but the carnivore atop the chain remains the same. disposable is the man who makes the law but the one who lobbies it, who impregnates the greedy desires of those already fortunate, who bears the fruit of those countless hours of contemplation is eternal.
is greed so strong that it can cause one to turn a deaf ear to the cries of suffering. is it power of lust or lust for power that defeats the conscience of the creme de la creme? or should it be creme de la crap? todays world, it seems, is not run for the progress and benefit of the human race. rather seems more a like an unending race for the most powerful human. these are the days when foreign policy is dictated by oil companies and trade agreements brokered by pharma majors. everything is for and because of the corporations. may be it is time they redefine what a nation is or who its citizens are. for a start, a nation should be a consortium of the largest corporations and the employees it citizens.
these pseudonations have their own constitutions with only one rule, duty and fundamental right. "the right to profit. this is reason enough to change the world, go to war. if there is a saturation of markets make new ones. and if there are no new ones, destroy the old ones and start all over. the green bills are more important than human lives. so take some if you have to. and if blood has to be spilt make sure its not yours, preferably buy it. if you want it grab it, all that is there was meant for you and you alone. there is no place or another. there is only one economy in this world and that is yours. only one people need to be happy and those are here."
under this clout, responsible governance is seen as food for the dog and responsible leaders mere puppets. gone are the days when policies were made and changed for the common good, where one nation was responsible not only to its citizens but also to the other peoples with which it shared this planet.
do we see what we do or is democracy a figment of a mad world's ever maddening quest for the ultimate illusion of choice? because what we pursue is to have control, to have established an association, to have made a decision. we make rules, we make laws, we create society and habit, and we pass diktats. either we have control or we dont. and when we dont we create for ourselves a shell of illusion where we seem to control everthing.
i think it is inherent in humans to think they know what they are doing while in most instances it is the opposite. like now i think i know what i am talking about but have no absolute idea where i am taking this. i am unhappy. angry to say the least. where are we headed? there was always the question. its only the shape of the answer that begins to worry me.
Monday, October 03, 2005
phmmph!
got the k 750i...the pictures were shot with the phone's camera...the quality is satisfactory for a phone but leaves much to be desired...dunno if i will keep it..
exams in less than a month...got some text books to buy...perplexed over practically nothing...thats trademark sy for you
exams in less than a month...got some text books to buy...perplexed over practically nothing...thats trademark sy for you
phmmph!
got the k 750i. the pictures were shot with the phone's camera. the quality is satisfactory for a phone but leaves much to be desired. dont know if i will keep it.
exams in less than a month. got some text books to buy. perplexed over practically nothing. thats trademark sy for you.
exams in less than a month. got some text books to buy. perplexed over practically nothing. thats trademark sy for you.
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