The World without OBL

Oh, so they did it finally. And in a very Hollywood-ish manner. Choppers fly into a compound carrying the elite Navy Seals team 6, a swift 40 minutes raid and end of Osama Bin Laden. What??? Thats it??? No more of Osama from now on???
These are real voices in my head, having lived in an age which was largely defined by 9/11 and Al-qaida, these are very relevant questions.
I have rather already started missing him (not that he didnt deserve to die, he did, rather much earlier).
But OBL has left a huge void in this world obsessed with Good Vs Evil stories. No, the world has not become a safer place after he is gone, not by any stretch of imagination nor we would see any leniency in Airport checks (thats what we really care about). Rather the World is now without a face it so loved to hate. Now, all we are left with is a World which is as dangerous for normal people as it was with Osama still alive, but no one to curse for it.

Osama was that respite, he was the favorite punching bag for dont know how many people. Whatever was going wrong in the world could have been blamed on him without much noise.

On a personal level, I have spent a hell lot of time reading Spy thrillers and intelligence non-fiction to suddenly realise that the Holy Grail for spies around the planet has been found and killed.

May be they should have caught him and kept it to themselves, may be this way they could have still legitimized a couple more wars.

And for less mortals like us, we could have still lived in fear and awe (as we do now) but someone to curse for it.

Now waiting for someone in the fashion industry to come out with OBL t-shirts like the ones featuring Che Guevara and Nazi Swastika.


Ciao

Gooooogle.....

Ahhhh,,,,,phewww......(and many such expressions later..) Google finally happened.
I am writing this post in the official capacity of a Googler (though right now technically I am still a Noogler)

I have been a kind of silly, nerdy and annoying kid growing up in my small town. Since there was nothing much to do there apart from playing cricket, riding bicycles and studying, one of my favorite time pass was - Asking questions.
Some of my family members would happily vouch for the fact that they didnt want to be around me most of the times when I was on my question asking spree.
Whys, Whos, Whats, Whens and Hows ruled my day.
I wanted to know everything about everything that was going around me.

Years passed by and internet happened and I was in love, not with email (or with the numerous seedy websites I had heard about),but with the whole Idea of internet.
I used to wonder how can someone come up with this revolutionary idea of information on demand. But still if I had questions, they were to be answered by Family, friends or magazines.

My peers heaved the final sigh of relief when the questions stopped, not because I had stopped being inquisitive, but because something had happened in faraway Silicon Valley which changed many lives forever.

Google was born and believe me I havent asked a proper question to any living being since then.

Everything that I ever wanted to know was surprisingly there. Google has been iconic since then, even before I graduated with my Business Masters I had dreamt of working for someone like Google.
Why?? was it the perks and coolness stories that I had read??? --NO
Was it because Google has been on top of all Best employer list the world over?? --NO
Was it because of the money Google puts on offer?? --NO

The only reason I wanted to work for Google was because this one company has changed the life of a inquisitive young boy long before it became cool or had the legendary cash everyone talks about. It was because Google is different, It was because Google says "Dont be Evil" and also because Google is going to change the world we live in (and I surely dont mind the perks, benefits, the coolness and the money though)


Thanks for hiring me, Google - looks like I have just clicked on "I am feeling lucky"


Ciao

iPhone could be a great posting tool too

This is my first post in months, i have no excuses this time. Work, marriage etc etc have all been previously exhausted. The truth is i was plain lazy and though I am a writer of no interest to anyone (apart from my wife), I am having a serious case of writers block. There are a thousand things i would have loved to chronicle from 'Umreeka' to Hongkong to food to gadgets but I was lazy enough to tap fingers on keys.

Now that I have become accustomed to typing on my iPhone, this is my first post from the mobile device.

I promise they wud keep coming.

Ciao

I am Back !!!!!

I am Back, though this time not with promises of writing frequently but just because I wanted to write.
Completed 1 year of being married, and it has been such a wonderful fun journey that I did not realize we are a year older as a couple.
This past one year has also been a serious roller coaster journey work wise, there have been days and weeks that I felt like a champion and still other when I felt like being down in the dumps. Being a thorough fatalist it has been relatively easier for me to comprehend the happenings as a handiwork of benefic and malefic planetary positions :)

But there is this one question that keep coming back to me in search of answer, which I have still to come up with.
"Would I ever be able to live the life that I have always dreamed about"

I am not complaining, i am living a good life, just that I wanted it to move in another direction.

Lots and lots of introspection coming up in next few days, just to determine where I am heading.

Hope to see a direction, hope I find the lighthouse, Hope someone hold my finger, hope there is a crystal ball.


ciao

Phhewwww.....Aloha 2010

Haven't i said before "i am the most happy" when i am writing.
Though my blog entries do not prove so, and that does not mean i was not happy October 2009 onwards.
What it means is "where was the time?"

Ever since I got married and changed the Job, i an yet to see a weekend, when i had those hours to myself to write. Haven't yet happened (i m blogging from office).

But determined to reverse it, for good.
Will be writing, about the wedding, San Francisco, Hong Kong and else.

Stay tuned.

ciao

Whats keeping me busy..???

Well, It has been ages since i last put my fingers on the keyboard. So, it actually feels very nice to be writing something.
Last 3 months have been nothing less than very very eventful for me, both personally and professionally. Faced a lot of situations where i was supposed to make some very crucial decisions (I hope i exercised good judgment)

Well to come to the point, One of the most important decisions in my life has been taken, that of getting married (which could also be written as - losing freedom or 'end of life' in some parts of the world), but to make it easier for everyone I have written getting married. Its happening and its happening now. On the 4th of November of this year my marital status would change. I cant say i am not excited, I am, totally excited. More so because in 6 years of having a girlfriend, all i wanted to do was get married to her. So, its happening now and i don't want to take anything away from the occasion (though for someone as fiercely independent as me, I simply do not know, how to react to this situation.

Ok, that was the nuptials part, now comes the professional front. Change of job....yeahhh,, the kind i was waiting for,,it just popped in front of me from nowhere and I grabbed it with both hands. So now I have a New Job, New House, New Car and within a weeks time, a New(obviously)Wife and and and a new relationship Status - "MARRIED".

Looks like my hands are already full with the stuff that I have accomplished and also the stuff that has to happen.
For sure blogging and writing would have to take a backseat for now.

Will write back in a few days,,,,by then i would be a different person...


ciao

One cool vid (keep speakers on)