Archive for December, 2009
Temple Visits
Posted on December 30, 2009 - Filed Under blog
I am not a staunchly religious person by any stretch of imagination. I have been an atheist before and refused to believe in God, thanks to my supposedly having some semblance of a scientific temper.
However, there have been many incidents that took place in my life that I can’t consider anything short of miracles, and [...]
Its all Relative
Posted on December 28, 2009 - Filed Under blog
I now realize, after many years, that the definition of a relative is that of a person that you meet, greet and exchange small talk with during an important family occasion. It is only a handful of relatives that you actually intend on keeping in touch with and are able to reconnect with in a [...]
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Posted on December 21, 2009 - Filed Under blog
Solstice (the annual ISB alumni festival, for all that are not aware) is that time of the year that most students on campus look forward to, since it is one weekend in which brakes are applied on activities in this swirling maelstrom and people unwind, chill out and relax instead.
Yeah. Right. Fat chance.
The amount of [...]
The Tale of the Hitched Simian
Posted on December 14, 2009 - Filed Under blog
I have very few close friends, though my facebook friends tally indicates that I have close to 900 people that would be considered as social networking pals. An appropriate list trimming, as triggered by Neha Vish shall soon be put into force once I am jobless enough.
Ironically, I am more jobless when I am employed [...]
Harold and Kumar – Square Root of 3
Posted on December 7, 2009 - Filed Under blog
Who said the Harold and Kumar movies would make a clean sweep of the Razzies? There’s some absolutely stellar stuff in it that can still be part of mainstream geek pop culture. Check out this poem titled ‘The Square Root of Three’.
I fear that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
The three [...]
Monday Morning Blues
Posted on December 7, 2009 - Filed Under blog
The time right now is 8:07 AM on Monday, 7th December 2009. In all the 500-odd blog posts I have ever written, this is the first time ever that I can recall having blogged at this particular time of the day. However, the incident that has led me to be in this current situation is [...]
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