Randomness of ideas

I was just watching "Criminal minds" (those of you who dont know what this is, you need to grow up) the other day and just had this thought cross my mind. I realized that throughout the episode, the FBI guys never used any other SUV then the one made by GMC. They did change it from big to small to big but all the SUVs were made by GMC and the small cars from Ford. This made me think about all the other series that I have been following and to my surprise it came to me that in all those American series/dramas, they never (99.9%) show any ASIAN (I will stick to asian since I dont think I can really support India on making good cars) cars. Now when GMC is going bankrupt and Ford not doing good, I wonder if they will start showing FBI agents driving a Honda Civic or Accord. That would be so cool for all the Asians since 99% of them (including me :P) buy these cars and it will be like a dream come true to see the cars they like to be used by feds on TV :). I guess they would probably just scratch the (asian) brand of the car before showing that on TV since people here are paranoid enough to pretend to be different than being the majority or right. I guess that's why they are trying so hard to save these inefficient companies (GMC etc.) from just dying.

Anyways, it was a nice feel to really know why I see the same kind of cars in all the thrillers that I see.

The on-way entertainment

Traveling alone sometimes can be very boring especially if its a routine travel between your home and office. It requires even more time-killing-effort if you are not driving to work and taking a public transport like a common man (in the commonest sense). This is something I have observed over the last few months and sometimes even felt it.

Some people (mostly old ones including the middle-aged) just try to read newspapers in the buses as our ancestors used to do. Others (the modern generation like us) will either put the 2 wires in their ears and switch-ON the i-accessories and go deaf on the rest of the world OR they will just take out their phones, flip them open and dial a number while traveling in buses and all. Now, it may be very amusing for these people to talk to somebody to kill their journey time but just imagine, a guy sitting next to you and talking continuously to someone on the phone. I don't know about others but it can drive me crazy sometimes, especially if you can guess that the person is talking to his/her (to-be)-partner. In those kind of talks, all you can hear on your side are mostly yes's, no's and sounds like hmmmm..., ohhh, ehhh,, etc. etc. Most of the human-understandable language is cut-off considering the private nature of the talk, but then if the talk is really that private why the hell do you even want to have the conversation in the bus. Well, I think some people just don't get it.

Anyways, I have kind of accepted this reality as there is no better alternative and I definitely don't like those i-accessories. For me, the best time pass is to just look out for that one whom you can look on. Good thought right!! Just joking man!! This is just one thought that sometimes have crossed my mind when I observe other Desi's in the buses. But then we all need something to do in that boring hour of our journey. Hopefully, I will develop a good time-pass soon otherwise these other people will become my time-pass which may not be good to a common man's health. :) :)

Fashion and the bik-beach

Long time since I came to this foreign land that Christopher Columbus discovered years ago. If he could see what his discovery looks today, he will be more than just happy. Apart from all the advances this country has done, the one thing that intrigues me most is the dressing style of people here.

In my country (Bharat Desh), fashion has a different quotient and a different motive. To be more clear, my country's fashion comes from the new style of clothing, creative design in ornaments, reflecting a different persona etc. etc. and definitely the motive is to present yourself better and beautiful than before (although in present scenario some of these can be contradicted). But, this place seems to have a different way of making a fashion statement. Showing your body in a million different ways is something I can attribute to the fashion quotient here. Looking at all the leading magazines of this country, that's one thing that reflects the most. I wonder how much does it contribute to this country's popularity. I am happy that men at least don't go around wearing shortest shorts and stuff, otherwise it will be very messy. :P

Well, I got a chance to enjoy this fashion today at the Santa Cruz beach. Its one of the finest places that Bay area has to offer. Basically for me this was the first bik-beach in US and I was not let down after watching all the bik-beaches in so many movies and all. One thing I have to say, the movie stuff and the real stuff is pretty similar here and these people don't really just put some fantasy stuff in movies like we do. At least that (movie experience) helped me to digest the most of it today. One thing is, I don't think anybody who goes to these beaches, does even look at the water...not even in the rarest instance. Hey hey hey, I am not talking about myself there :) :) .For a start this was not bad, though I think I still have a lot to see in here and I am definitely ready for it :) :)

Will keep you posted on my latest encounters.

Non-Bollywood Bollywood fans

Was just reading this article on a website detailing about the craze for Bollywood movies (especially SRK ones) abroad not just among NRI's but complete foreigners. Here is an excerpt from that article said by a Korean:

‘‘ We don’t see movies silently in Korean style but rather in Indian style, which means making a lot of noise, laughing loudly at every joke and abusing the villain.’’ This is what attracts Korean audiences to Bollywood movies. As to the choice of films, he says that almost all movies screened are SRK movies because members aren’t interested in anyone but him. ‘‘ We also make Shah Rukh T-shirts , cups and some members carry his photos. Even their cellphone screensavers are SRK images.’’

True completely but still people should get over with SRK :)..Someday, perhaps!

The first Hot Week after 2 years

This last week was, I suppose my hottest week in the last 2 years and it was not even above 100F. Surprising but true it is. Living in Minnesota for most part of my time here in US and then living in Boston during the summers, I think I just missed the fun of having summers and hot days once in a while. But, as far as I go, I don't like hot weather at all even though I come from a very hot place in India. And so, its an easy guess that its not going to be easy for me handle this summer after all.

Contrary to my emotions, I think most of the people in US just wait for summers all their life, be it for shedding more clothes from their body, going to beaches, taking sunbath (tanning is one big hobby of everybody here), swimming all day and so & so. I can relate more than a thousand reasons why people may like this stupid hot weather but I can state 1 million reasons for people to like winters. Even the most basic thing i.e. walking becomes a sweaty job in summers. I wonder how hot gals feel with this extra hotness in the weather: Kudos to them ...haha

I would say, summers is only good for me because I can find more people(gals) in less clothes :) ...I think, its just hard to be Kool when its all hot around but things always fall in the right place.

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LOL!!! By this time if you haven't figured out what it is, you are not really worthy of reading my blog :) :) . Really speaking, only these mails are the ones where I win so many things, otherwise I don't think I have ever won anything in a lucky draw :)

And the weird part about this mail is, I got it on the university email address and that also mailed to all the Electrical graduates. I think spammers also know that guys in Elec. deserve so much more. Recently only, the university made us take some 4 tests for private data safety and security on campus. These mails show how much online security we have in our university. Stupid people...Anyways, I don't mind all this as long as someone makes me happy by making me a winner for a moment although a fake one.

Orkut Names

Have you ever had the opportunity (or as I will say "durbhagya") to guess somebody's name on Orkut or at any other place, be it just a chat client? As far as I think, this becomes a real pain when you have to spend, like minutes, to identify one of your contacts in Orkut, just because this person doesn't have a human name or a face (photo). I was just wondering, why will a person want himself not be identified by others. Here are some "jarra hatke" names and my take on those...

Losing, Drifting, Can't hold myself :
Seems like somebody is really driving too fast and is going to crash, never to rise again. Interestingly very misleading when you finally discover that he is one of those flukers.

I am back, hope things will change now:
Are you sure!! Its like a superhero making an entrance and then praying to GOD for a change in situation. thu....

I hate love because it breakz heart:
Its a warning for the person's family not to love him anymore otherwise he will break their hearts. (I am all scared)

Eschew Obfuscation, but how? :
Mann, this one most of the people won't even understand. Actually, it means "remove confusion". Can you believe, somebody is creating confusion and then asking how to remove it. Ironic, isn't it?

Gone to Delhi/Bangalore etc etc. :
Its like a train (life) schedule posted so that you don't lose yourself somewhere while traveling :) :)

Machine with emotions, XYZ:
Thats like over-praising yourself. Isn't it? I won't make any such suggestions since I have never seen a machine with emotions and emotions in a machine, whichever way you want to put it.

XYZ ..not loging for long:
Thats a red signal to all the spammers who keep filling the guy's scrap book. Anyway who cares!!

I walk a lonely road, don't know where it goes..
He is all about negligence and confusion.

Perceive, Conceive, Believe, Achieve:
Ok, perceive....hmmmmmm......hmmmmm....Nothing! My senses have given up. Since I couldn't perceive, I am not able to conceive. Now how can you believe somebody who doesn't even have a f***ing name. I finally achieve nothing but just a pain in life.

XYZ: I am not d4nt, I make the difference:
This one was put up by a girl and I am pretty sure she is making a difference by letting people know about her efforts. Useless people..

Whatever, who cares about all this nonsense. See, Orkut is for networking and if your friends only take time to identify you, who else is even going to care.

P.S: Any name matching to any person's Orkut name is just not a coincidence and I won't care for it anymore than I do now. Thanks for reading this whole arbit post.