What would you do ?

The police department of a hypothetical city was conducting exams for new officers. In one of the tests, candidates asked how they would respond to the following situation: They are on duty, directing traffic in the downtown area, when there is a car wreck. When the officer rushes over to the wreck, he discovers that the woman in the front seat is the wife of the police commissioner and she is with a man who is not her husband. Meanwhile, a bus rams into the back of the car and the bus catches on fire. At the same time, a siren goes off in the building next door, signaling a fire drill there. People begin rushing out of the building. The question on the exam is: As a police officer, how would you handle these simultaneous situations? As one might imagine, the candidates had much to write about. Yet, one person in the front row opened the test book, wrote for about a minute, closed the booklet, and sat there. Naturally, the examiner wanted to see what the man had written. So, he looked at the booklet and found: "Remove uniform and mingle with crowd."

The One

I watched the MATRIX, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Kung fu Hustle last weekend and guess what was common in all the films.. 2 words .. 2 words... "The one ". In Matrix it was Keanu Reeves as Neo In LOR it was Frodo (the ring bearer) In Harry Potter: of course it was Harry Star wars: Obi wan screaming at Anakin Skywalker" You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. It was you who would bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness! " Kung Fu Hustle: Stephen Chow is "the One “. Revenge of Sith is awesome, if and only if you have followed Star wars 1,2,4,5 and 6.Things to watch out for apart from the amazing graphics, the Vrrrooom sounds, yeah the colorful tubelights...the fight between Obi Wan and the devious four-armed Count Grievous. The count has 4 light sabers, yes 4, and all in different colors (No its not a popins AD).You have to check out Darth Vader's breathing.. Awesome. Alas the Saga comes to an end. Saturday Night I watched "Kung Fu Hustle", it was around 11 pm and the film was in Chinese with English subtitles. At 11:15, my mom rushes into the hall and is surprised to see me laughing my head off .
The last time I laughed so much was in the year 1983 ...We, my bro, sis and cousins were given Cholera shots and they pained like hell. We were watching " The God's must be Crazy " and every time we laughed we would punch each other's arms. The pain and laughter aaaah.. I nominate "Kung Fu Hustle" the film of the year. Not only is "Kung Fu Hustle" funny, it is action packed, moves like a bullet train and, most surprisingly, is beautifully shot and edited. Stephen Chow (he’s the hero and director) looks more like Bruce Lee. The kung-fu battles in this film are quite simply some of the most inventive and exhilarating that you will ever see, period, with a capital Pee.This is one of the films that it is almost impossible to watch without smiling through the entire thing. Oh and it has a heroine, she's hmm hmm and the best part is she never speaks (Hats off to the script writer). Smiles but nope not a single word.... I loved it :)

I sense something. A presence I've not felt since...

Read this while commuting to work courtesy Reader's Digest: 4 yr old Lizzie was having her immunization shots. One look at the needle and she screamed. " No, No" " Lizzie" scolded her mom" that's not polite behavior". With that, the girl yelled even louder "No Thank you, No Thank you " ************************************************************ Download now listen to this Its from the recent Tamil film Chandramukhi and guess what!! Its my current Ringtone uhahahahhaha ... ************************************************************ Someone once said " Dude you sing like S P Balasubramanian" (Vc beams) ".Oh actually its when you lip-sync...” ************************************************************ The Matrix series, The Lord of the Rings and the Star War Series... are the films you must watch this summer. The year 1978, I was still in my teens (ok I was like a year old), my mom and dad had been to the Star Wars movie. My mom says she fell asleep as soon as the light sabers started blazing, vroom vrrrrrrrom (she still calls them " colorful tube lights”, Vc sighs). It seems I watched the whole movie, wide eyed. aaah those days.... I sent an invitation to my friends asking them to join me to watch " The Revenge of the Sith " , Sajjan says " Lets be responsible citizens and watch the just released Bose " . After 12, to and fro mails .. Which even included " I would rather watch Tango Charlie again " aaaaaaaaaargh, the line " For God's sake, I’m paying for the tickets " worked wonders. So we are off to watch Light sabers vrrrrrrrrrom vrrrrrrrrroming.. ....

American Idol

Went home early yesterday, 8 pm. My mom was surprised to say the least. She immediately hid the remote :( , you see from 8 to 11 pm its Soap-opera time ,in 4 different languages. I somehow managed to find the remote and happened to watch the Amercian Idol". It was the "last 3 " round and they each sang 3 songs, this dude " Bo" was amazing and Carrie is hmm hmm.The judges were sarcastic..( Anu Malik was so much better) ===================================================== Read the below extract , it was really funny .... Vc... I heard that you are singing and dancing to the tune of Dhoom ? Vc... you know i was invited to sing a song too Pi.. no one invited me Pi.. they never saw me Pi.. hah ! i escaped Vc... but I guess everybody knows " mary had a lil lamb" Vc... so i declined . Pi.. u cud sing it in gujrati Pi.. or Tamil Pi.. Mary kitte oru kutti lamb...kutti lamb...kutti laaamb... Pi.. or marathi... Pi.. Mary kade hote ek lahaan lamb...lahaan lamb...lahaaaaan laaaamb Pi.. or malayalam Pi.. mary inde adithu oru cheriya lamb...cheriya lamb...cheriyyyaaaa laaambb.. Vc... :) =====================================================

Waiting for the bus ??? ahaa ...

Me myself and my Big mouth....

Why do i have to be so sarcastic ? Why do i jump to conclusions? Why do i have to be so darned clever? Why do i have to be Mr-know-it -all who knows nothing ? Why am i so indecisive? Why Why and Why ??

Drum Brakes.

The car in front of us stopped suddenly and our bus driver took evasive action and applied brakes....eeeeeeeeerch , we heard a thud and a couple of shouts, a bike had rammed into the rear of the bus. An accident and we have all sorts of people crowding in and giving in their Re 1 opinions. Well the biker didn't let us go; his argument was that it was our driver's fault and that he was not supposed to brake so suddenly. Duh!! How the hell did he even get his driving license? Even my sister knows that the minimum distance between vehicles must be 10 feet. Its another matter that when my sis is driving, people keep a minimum of 10 miles between her and them and Oh! as a precautionary measure climb trees ( You never know). So we had to go to the police station and there the constable told us that all traffic related cases were handled in a different location . A policeman with 2 mobile phones (and they say policemen are not paid well) helped us out and told the bike owner that it was his fault and we were on our way. (30 mins late)

Bad luck ?

From Jay Leno's tonight show... Damn I miss this show....

" Happy Friday the 13th everybody! I’m not superstitious but I had a weird Friday the 13th experience today. I was driving on the 405 and somebody shot out my side view mirror - here’s my question…who gets the seven years bad luck? "

Parting thought: One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

Have you heard of this snippet ?

chehara gulabhi ,nazre sharaabi zulfon ki touba,touba ye samah Can anyone tell me the rest of the lyrics ? Its from " Akhele Hum Akhele Tum" and Aamir Khan sings it .. its got this lala laaa thing.... comeoooooooooon ....

Name the brothers whose first names were James and William who made the first milk supplement using malted barley and wheat flour? its Horlicks.. hmmm :)

Only weird people want others to think they are weird. Huh? Oh, no, I'm not weird at all. I only want you to think I am.

Get your hands on Michael Crichton’s new novel ‘State Of Fear’ today. Here he argues that "The threat of global warming,is essentially nonexistent. " Here's a peek... "Imagine the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere as a football field. Most of the atmosphere is Nitrogen. So, starting from the goal line, nitrogen takes you all the way down to the seventy-eight-yard line. And most of what’s left is oxygen. Oxygen takes you to the ninety-nine-yard line. Only one yard to go. But most of what remains is the inert gas argon. Argon brings you to within three and a half inches of the goal line. That’s pretty much the thickness of the chalk stripe, folks. And how much of that remaining three inches is carbon dioxide? One inch. That’s how much carbon dioxide we have in our atmosphere. One inch in a hundred-yard football field. Now, you are told that carbon dioxide has increased in the last fifty years. Do you know how much it has increased, on our football field? It has increased by three-eighths of an inch – less than the thickness of a pencil. It’s a lot more carbon dioxide, but it’s a minuscule change in our total atmosphere. Yet you are asked to believe that this tiny change has driven the entire planet into a dangerous warming pattern. " You guys must know that i am a huge chess freak .. don't get to play much these days..no competition :( ... but check this site out http://turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/chess.html thanks to Vallabhi .It shows you how the Computer checks out the various combinations.Cool Parting thought : Which organ /part of your body is known as the second brain ? The spinal cord ? thu che.. how did u even pass ur biology exams.. Its the stomach.. think ... if not I'll explain...

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

A random thought !!!

Have you ever noticed that in all of the soaps , the saas , bahu, brother in law , sister in law, servants , granny and " the rest of the cast " all stand in such a way as to fit in the 21 inch TV frame . weird !!! Oh and they stand in a straight line. In real life it should be : Granny sitting on the floor munching on betel leaves. MIL busy in the kitchen supervising the Daughter in law . Men of the house watching the live Cricket match ( Ofcourse all are seated ) , kids playing " Business " or carrom board .Who else is missing ? oh Bruno , he's under the sofa chewing on a bone....

A typical house in Mangalore. I really think I should take a break and head off to Mangalore .. the coconut trees, the sea shore, the people.. hmmmmm...

Wingardium Leviosa – a spell that causes objects to levitate.

Appearances can be so deceptive.

I picked up this book titled " The Phoenix of the Blood " and after 3 chapters, I realized that this was a romantic "dove" story, which supposedly took place during the second world war. I almost threw the book out of the bus window. grrr....

Gearing up for Revenge of the Sith, so listening to the mp3's downloaded from this site, "http://www.blueharvest.net/sound/" check the mp3 section . "Duel of the fates" is a must download. Lots of people getting married this May !! So many lunches and dinners so little time . I think I'll go buy " Where Eagles Dare" and "Force 10 from Navarone" DVD's this weekend ... hmmm....

The hunt is on ...

Vc makes a statement.It's much easier to hunt for a suitable bride than to find the " ideal " site in Bangalore . Got a DVD for mom on mother's day ... Yep she's a huge fan of western cowboy classics and so got a 4 in one : Clint East wood movies " Two Mules for Sister Sara " and "Hang 'Em High " and then the Kurt Russell, Val kilmer one " Tombstone" not to mention Sharon Stone and GeneHackman in " The Quick and the Dead". Subbu bought : Cliff Hanger , The comedy series " God's must be crazy 1 and 2 , with Mr Bones" and the LOR 3 in one. The 5.1 in his house rocks . Where Eagles Dare and Force 10 from Navarone .. will have to wait till next week. I have decided to read some technical stuff during the morning ride to office and during the evening ride back home I guess I'll try finishing off " Overload" by Arthur Healy. Hey I saw " Chandramukhi " , yep the latest Rajanikanth flick on VCD . Disappointed to say the least. !!! Looking forward to Star wars 3 , MI3 and HP4. Parting thought :There were things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

Lesson 2331

People I travel with !!!

At 8 am, I drop my Ambition (bike) at my friend's shop and hop into our Office Shuttle. I prefer to call it the shuttle than the obvious and boring Office bus. On our way to the office, we pick up around 15 people and it’s an 80-minute ride through Bangalore's early morning traffic. I'll try describing a few people: Guy 1: Has a mini ipod and doesn't care what happens to the other passengers. Uncle: He's talkative and sits next to me. Thinks the color of water in Ulsoor Lake is naturally green and will not listen to my " algae " theory. He's our second conductor and takes care that everyone gets on and off at their respective stops. Nowadays he's reading " God Father”. That hmm hmm chick: She comes, smiles, sits and vanishes. The Aunty from the administrative department: She passed out a paper requesting everyone to write their mobile numbers. I wrote my name as Vc and the next day she wanted to know who the wise guy was... All I did was give a smile. The other guys : They just sit and watch the traffic. The Driver: He's one amazing guy, when he's driving half the passengers are either chanting the "Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Sahasranamam" or singing, " Please forgive us Oh Lord! For I have sinned ". Oh me, well I spend my time listening to " woh lamhe " or Bee Gees, reading a paperback novel. Currently reading " Snow Falcon “by Craig Thomas. Psst some of them saw me reading and decided to bring in their reading material. Our office is right next to the Airport and we have a great view of planes landing. Will try to post some pics . PS:This Post was written during the lunch break

Power shutdown

Now you know why .. comeon even they need a break :)

Spelling Mistook

Guys, Check out this link , http://bangaloretorpedo.blogspot.com/2005/05/tippoo-or-tipu.html#comments I happened to point out that the blogger had misspelled Tipu as Tippoo and he's gone off on a tangential, so I call upon the Kirthi's,SP's and all the Anonymous people off the world to take a peek :) and drop a line.

The joys of travelling to work :

On my way to work , I get a window seat , I listen to Bryan Adams sing "Lets make a night" ,read a book,watch pretty faces,traffic jams ....

but the best part has got to be , having your manager sit next to you for 60 minutes :)

I miss my bike rides ...brrrrom brrrrrrrrrrooooooooooom............