Hmmm you wanna know the truth why I shaved my wonderful... exquisite .... sexy.... macho... moustache??
A girl said she wouldnt kiss me till I shaved it off.
Yeahh
;)
Mohan.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
I cannot believe it!!
I am still reading this book. The Steppenwolf. I havent read ANY book for SOO long. I am amazed. the books interesting... but just takes so much effort to follow. Maybe...it is a conflict.... some kind of character which I dont understand. Hmmm... oh well. Am around halfway through the book (Only 220 or so pages!!) And after that...still got the collected works of Kafka. Guess I can skip my long weekend break and not go anywhere but catch up on reading. Hmm. Should be good... especially for my pocket!!
Coming to other things.... looks like Internet Explorer seems to be having bunches of problems. Well.. being the most common internet browser... it does tend to get hacked easily. You guys should try out other browsers like Firefox. I personally use firefox and it is a breeze to use:)
I have been chatting with my friends back home... much more than I did all these days.... and yeah.....a lot of them are soo lovestruck!!! And all that mushy mushy talk is making me feel all wierd. It's kind of like...jealousy...that they have someone. Thats what I think I miss. Having someone who is there for you....with you.... no matter what. Someone who you can pamper.. and someone who will pamper you.
Many of these love stories are especially accentuated at this time when people are moving around... going to new places.... some people are getting separated... others coming closer....the dynamics make it a very sensitive situation. It is only at times like this that I wonder whether this is what is called peer pressure. Peer pressure with no pressure being applied.
And my heart keeps on beating...
Mohan.
Coming to other things.... looks like Internet Explorer seems to be having bunches of problems. Well.. being the most common internet browser... it does tend to get hacked easily. You guys should try out other browsers like Firefox. I personally use firefox and it is a breeze to use:)
I have been chatting with my friends back home... much more than I did all these days.... and yeah.....a lot of them are soo lovestruck!!! And all that mushy mushy talk is making me feel all wierd. It's kind of like...jealousy...that they have someone. Thats what I think I miss. Having someone who is there for you....with you.... no matter what. Someone who you can pamper.. and someone who will pamper you.
Many of these love stories are especially accentuated at this time when people are moving around... going to new places.... some people are getting separated... others coming closer....the dynamics make it a very sensitive situation. It is only at times like this that I wonder whether this is what is called peer pressure. Peer pressure with no pressure being applied.
And my heart keeps on beating...
Mohan.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
nice article
This lady
came up with this very nice article.
http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~jenf/writing/rant04.html
Especially appeals to me as I find it sooo ..... ego boosting:D. Found it on a friends blog a long time ago. Thought I'd share it with the rest of my world.
hehe
Mohan.
came up with this very nice article.
Especially appeals to me as I find it sooo ..... ego boosting:D. Found it on a friends blog a long time ago. Thought I'd share it with the rest of my world.
hehe
Mohan.
Monday, June 28, 2004
Kukka Brathuku (Dog's life)
By popular demand.... a serious photo... of me posing like Surya (Star in Khaaka Khaaka-Tamil film).... in a front face view:D
EDIT: I HAVE NO INNER DESIRE TO LOOK LIKE SURYA. IN FACT...HE SPORTS A MOUSTACHE IN THE FILM. MY ROOMMATE JUST SAID THAT I LOOKED LIKE HIM. THATS ALL!! AFTER ALL...I AM MOHAN ROKKAM!!!! THE INDIVIDUAL!!!
wahh
My blog crashed!!!
And came back up:D:D:D
In any case...I will always try to have a valid link on my personal webpage... which...hopefully .. will not crash:
http://www.rokkam.com
http://blogs.rokkam.com
Mohan.
And came back up:D:D:D
In any case...I will always try to have a valid link on my personal webpage... which...hopefully .. will not crash:
http://www.rokkam.com
http://blogs.rokkam.com
Mohan.
Tiger Tiger burning bright
Tiger Tiger burning bright... in the forests of the night. So said William blake all those years ago. Today... Apple released a new burning tiger. It burns holes in the hearts and wallets of all the poor apple fans like me. It also makes Redmond (Microsoft Headquarters for those uninitiated few) burn in envy. So.. Apple came up with these wonderful posters:
BTW... I am an apple fan. Dont ask me for reasons. I just am.
Official ~>Link<~
BTW... I am an apple fan. Dont ask me for reasons. I just am.
Official ~>Link<~
Homesick
I've been really happy as well as really sad ... these last few days. Some of my friends have given me some wonderful news and I am really happy for them.
At the same time.... it has suddenly struck me... that all my friends, or atleast the ones who I consider close to me, have all moved out of Vizag. In fact... no two of them are in the same place. This makes me feel so bad. Somehow..I get the feeling... that....Vizag is no longer my true home. I feel as if I have been thrown out. For the first time, I feel homeless. True...I still have a lot of relatives there... and true that so do my friends....so it is very much possible... that we will be going there. But somehow.... I dont see it as the same. I am scared... that the gang...as we know it... may have split ..... and for a long time. Wonder if....or hopefully... when.. we will all meet again. For someone's wedding? Maybe.... lets see.
Another thing which amazes me... scares me.... is that a majority my school friends have joined up in graduate school!! Srinath (NITIE), Soumya(IIMA) and Sanjeev (IIMB) have ended up in Business Schools. Praneeth is extending his IIT-Kharagpur to finish a masters in 5 years. Suresh and Akhilesh ...are doing the same in IIT Chennai. Ajay (USC), Sujana( LSU?), Reshma (Il. St., Normal), Aditya (Idaho State, Moscow) are all coming to the US for grad school. Pramod's got a job with Computer Associates. Vasishta, being the only doctor... still has ages to go...before he's done. Vamsi and I still are working on finishing our bachelors.......hopefully soon:)
just wanted to spit that out. Somehow ... it makes me feel better... more positive. I have such a wonderful life in front of me. I am no longer tethered to one place.... lets see.
Oh.. I decided on a whim to shave off my moustache. Just like my Brother-In-Law. Lets see how long this whim lasts.
Mohan.
At the same time.... it has suddenly struck me... that all my friends, or atleast the ones who I consider close to me, have all moved out of Vizag. In fact... no two of them are in the same place. This makes me feel so bad. Somehow..I get the feeling... that....Vizag is no longer my true home. I feel as if I have been thrown out. For the first time, I feel homeless. True...I still have a lot of relatives there... and true that so do my friends....so it is very much possible... that we will be going there. But somehow.... I dont see it as the same. I am scared... that the gang...as we know it... may have split ..... and for a long time. Wonder if....or hopefully... when.. we will all meet again. For someone's wedding? Maybe.... lets see.
Another thing which amazes me... scares me.... is that a majority my school friends have joined up in graduate school!! Srinath (NITIE), Soumya(IIMA) and Sanjeev (IIMB) have ended up in Business Schools. Praneeth is extending his IIT-Kharagpur to finish a masters in 5 years. Suresh and Akhilesh ...are doing the same in IIT Chennai. Ajay (USC), Sujana( LSU?), Reshma (Il. St., Normal), Aditya (Idaho State, Moscow) are all coming to the US for grad school. Pramod's got a job with Computer Associates. Vasishta, being the only doctor... still has ages to go...before he's done. Vamsi and I still are working on finishing our bachelors.......hopefully soon:)
just wanted to spit that out. Somehow ... it makes me feel better... more positive. I have such a wonderful life in front of me. I am no longer tethered to one place.... lets see.
Oh.. I decided on a whim to shave off my moustache. Just like my Brother-In-Law. Lets see how long this whim lasts.
Mohan.
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Spiderman in India
Hahahaha
That was my first response... But well... visit the --> website <--.. and it almost seems real?? WHo knows...a few years down the road...kids in India will be eagerly following the story of the Indian super hero wearing a dhoti and flying from rickshaw to rickshaw. Though I wonder if anyone in India will really do that.
From personal experience (Or atleast having seen ppl wear dhotis), I know that they can get pretty flimsy. Especially ppl living in the cities / towns of India. I mean... who, in urban India, wears the dhoti now? Tamil Nadu has its Lungi... but thats not really a dhoti... and jumping around in that.... can ...only offend people's sensibilities;):D
I do know that in large parts of rural India, which does include around 70% of India's population.... people do wear dhoti's. So.. well..yeah... maybe those audiences are catered to.. but wait... Spiderman jumps from building to building... skyscraper to skyscraper... autorockshaw to rickshaw. Where in the world will you find all of those in rural India??
Oh well....
Went for Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday night. It was an interesting movie. I think it just highlighted some facts which have been in front of the people for a long time. Just that.. few people noticed them. Oh well. I am anti-US-foreign policy. Hope that doesnt get the FBI after me;). I dont intend to harm any living being just because I dont like the US foreign policy:S After all... if all the demonstations made by US citizens cannot have any positive effect on the American Big Brother attitude.... how can a small weakling like me make any difference? I mean.... in India... if there is a public outcry against something...the government is typically shamed into changing its policy to agree with what the public wants. But in this country... the government is able to scare the people into agreeing with its foreign policy. Psychological warfare against its own people...
Maybe thats what happens when u have a nation full of psychologists and psychiatrists;););). In India.... psychiatrists are still known as Mental Doctors;)... and rarely taken very seriously;);)
I shouldnt say that. psychiatrists have helped ppl I know... and helped them immensely.... but still....
Oh well
Politics... was just discussing the situation back in my hometown / state with a cousin.... well.... its too late to write up on that now.
Time to go pick up addy from the bars.....or is it. Its only 2:30... and I dropped him off around 1 ish.. well... lets see.
cya ppls. Njoyy:)
Mohan.
That was my first response... But well... visit the --> website <--.. and it almost seems real?? WHo knows...a few years down the road...kids in India will be eagerly following the story of the Indian super hero wearing a dhoti and flying from rickshaw to rickshaw. Though I wonder if anyone in India will really do that.
From personal experience (Or atleast having seen ppl wear dhotis), I know that they can get pretty flimsy. Especially ppl living in the cities / towns of India. I mean... who, in urban India, wears the dhoti now? Tamil Nadu has its Lungi... but thats not really a dhoti... and jumping around in that.... can ...only offend people's sensibilities;):D
I do know that in large parts of rural India, which does include around 70% of India's population.... people do wear dhoti's. So.. well..yeah... maybe those audiences are catered to.. but wait... Spiderman jumps from building to building... skyscraper to skyscraper... autorockshaw to rickshaw. Where in the world will you find all of those in rural India??
Oh well....
Went for Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday night. It was an interesting movie. I think it just highlighted some facts which have been in front of the people for a long time. Just that.. few people noticed them. Oh well. I am anti-US-foreign policy. Hope that doesnt get the FBI after me;). I dont intend to harm any living being just because I dont like the US foreign policy:S After all... if all the demonstations made by US citizens cannot have any positive effect on the American Big Brother attitude.... how can a small weakling like me make any difference? I mean.... in India... if there is a public outcry against something...the government is typically shamed into changing its policy to agree with what the public wants. But in this country... the government is able to scare the people into agreeing with its foreign policy. Psychological warfare against its own people...
Maybe thats what happens when u have a nation full of psychologists and psychiatrists;););). In India.... psychiatrists are still known as Mental Doctors;)... and rarely taken very seriously;);)
I shouldnt say that. psychiatrists have helped ppl I know... and helped them immensely.... but still....
Oh well
Politics... was just discussing the situation back in my hometown / state with a cousin.... well.... its too late to write up on that now.
Time to go pick up addy from the bars.....or is it. Its only 2:30... and I dropped him off around 1 ish.. well... lets see.
cya ppls. Njoyy:)
Mohan.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Just wondering
I was just wondering.... has anyone ever noticed..... most of my blogs have a link (the title points to some link)... and typically...I just google for a link which I think suits the topic... and put that in.... or I put in a link I like....
Just wondering.......
Mohan.
(Btw 'vanishing'.... I never said I would desist from blogging;). Just from writing Huge blogs)
Just wondering.......
Mohan.
(Btw 'vanishing'.... I never said I would desist from blogging;). Just from writing Huge blogs)
Friday, June 25, 2004
BRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrr
Brrrr.. Yesss... it's summer and it is actually getting cold!! I woke up today morning and I was freeezing. Well.. not really... but it was the kind of temperature you would expect in Hyderabad, India on the coldest day there... i.e. Around 11 degrees C!! And we had the fans running for ventilation. OUCH!!! And it was drizzling outside. AND I had to go to work. AND it was getting late so I had to bike down. So... end of story...I am a whining frozen chocolate chip cookie!!
Ok... now that that's out of my system... lets see... I went and worked out yesterday... yayy. Not as much as Addy would ... but still...it was a workout... and I felt all strong and muscled up. So...I wore just a banian... to cover my upper body.:p. well... I dont know if that was a good idea as it started getting cold... and here I was in just a vest:|. Manasi and Borna came over for dinner ( Raghu made some awesome Rajma curry by the way) and yeah...I couldnt 'feel' cold in front of them. Gah. Me and my ego:p
Oooh.. and yeah... I got more sleeep. I slept by 1:50 AM!! and woke up at 8:30... thats OVER 6 hrs of sleep... woohoo!!!!
My blogs are too long. Shld desist;)
so... cya laterz ppl.. :D
Mohan.
Ok... now that that's out of my system... lets see... I went and worked out yesterday... yayy. Not as much as Addy would ... but still...it was a workout... and I felt all strong and muscled up. So...I wore just a banian... to cover my upper body.:p. well... I dont know if that was a good idea as it started getting cold... and here I was in just a vest:|. Manasi and Borna came over for dinner ( Raghu made some awesome Rajma curry by the way) and yeah...I couldnt 'feel' cold in front of them. Gah. Me and my ego:p
Oooh.. and yeah... I got more sleeep. I slept by 1:50 AM!! and woke up at 8:30... thats OVER 6 hrs of sleep... woohoo!!!!
My blogs are too long. Shld desist;)
so... cya laterz ppl.. :D
Mohan.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Sleep
Yeah... Sleep... with a capital S. I need more of that!!
Coming to more fun stuff....
I MADE SAMBHAR!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Got a Pressure cooker from Sathakka and made sambhar. It wasnt like what is made at home... but stillllll!!! Ate it with potato fryyy... oooh yeahhh!!
Well.... anyway...so what else?? I have just been relaxing... Kinda... somehow.... not getting enough sleep. And my current books demand I sleep enough;). So... slept 6 hrs yesterday instead of my typical 5:15!! Yayy .. any improvement is goood!!
Have also been skipping the gym..... mainly due to the fact that I work till 6... and then come home and try to help Raghu cook.... and the gym closes at 8pm...
dont trust me???
http://www.purdue.edu/RecSports/rsc/calendar/hours.html
THERE!!
HAH
Whatever...
Well....I'm hungry now. It's almost lunch time in this country (almost noon) ;)
So... adios... catcha laterzzz
and btw... all those who visit my blog... do leave Some comments... ANY comments...I'd love to hear from ya:). It gets pretty lonesome talking to myself...:(
;)
Mohan.
Coming to more fun stuff....
I MADE SAMBHAR!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Got a Pressure cooker from Sathakka and made sambhar. It wasnt like what is made at home... but stillllll!!! Ate it with potato fryyy... oooh yeahhh!!
Well.... anyway...so what else?? I have just been relaxing... Kinda... somehow.... not getting enough sleep. And my current books demand I sleep enough;). So... slept 6 hrs yesterday instead of my typical 5:15!! Yayy .. any improvement is goood!!
Have also been skipping the gym..... mainly due to the fact that I work till 6... and then come home and try to help Raghu cook.... and the gym closes at 8pm...
dont trust me???
http://www.purdue.edu/RecSports/rsc/calendar/hours.html
THERE!!
HAH
Whatever...
Well....I'm hungry now. It's almost lunch time in this country (almost noon) ;)
So... adios... catcha laterzzz
and btw... all those who visit my blog... do leave Some comments... ANY comments...I'd love to hear from ya:). It gets pretty lonesome talking to myself...:(
;)
Mohan.
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
I tried sooo haard
Ok... Here I am... looking at my sad blog.... which had totally messed up. So...I reset everything... and started from scratch... not changing ANY sizes... but just adjusting a few colours... layouts...etc. And I added a counter... mwuahahahaha (Being the self centred beast that I am...I wanna see how many ppl visit my blog:D:D:D .. ego boosting.../ deflating ... et al.
So?? How do you think this is? Like the colours? My layout?? Lemme know:) post a comment!! Mwuahahaha.
So,well... I have been lazy. I saw a Tamil movie 2 days ago with my roomie.. Kaaka Kaaka.. with him explaining it to me >:D
I also cleaned out my mess from the dressing room...so it looks a bit neater now...
Planning to make sambhar sometime soon!!!
Oh yeahhh.. I have been reading like crazy. Read Animal farm... didnt understand it completely I guess as I dont know much abt the history of communism.
Read Demian... by Herman Hesse.... another awesome book. Somehow...something is missing. This book deals more with a child/ teenager... and ends pretty abruptly. But the ideals and concepts are very similar to Siddhartha. well.. both were written at the same time;)
Read "Life of Pi". No...its not a math book. its a story of a li'l boy...marooned on a life boat. The story went along fine....till the end. Thats what scared me/ amazed me. Very well written book... though it does get a bit tiresome close to the end.
Now.. have started reading Steppenwolf... also by Herman Hesse. As I was picking out this book at the library... the book next to it caught my eye. The author was Kafka. now....I had heard the name Kafka a lot... but never really knew what / who he was. So...I took that book too. A collection of all his stories (Or almost all of em)
Should be interesting reading. At the same time... have my research work to do. Hopefully...it all gels:D
Mohan.
So?? How do you think this is? Like the colours? My layout?? Lemme know:) post a comment!! Mwuahahaha.
So,well... I have been lazy. I saw a Tamil movie 2 days ago with my roomie.. Kaaka Kaaka.. with him explaining it to me >:D
I also cleaned out my mess from the dressing room...so it looks a bit neater now...
Planning to make sambhar sometime soon!!!
Oh yeahhh.. I have been reading like crazy. Read Animal farm... didnt understand it completely I guess as I dont know much abt the history of communism.
Read Demian... by Herman Hesse.... another awesome book. Somehow...something is missing. This book deals more with a child/ teenager... and ends pretty abruptly. But the ideals and concepts are very similar to Siddhartha. well.. both were written at the same time;)
Read "Life of Pi". No...its not a math book. its a story of a li'l boy...marooned on a life boat. The story went along fine....till the end. Thats what scared me/ amazed me. Very well written book... though it does get a bit tiresome close to the end.
Now.. have started reading Steppenwolf... also by Herman Hesse. As I was picking out this book at the library... the book next to it caught my eye. The author was Kafka. now....I had heard the name Kafka a lot... but never really knew what / who he was. So...I took that book too. A collection of all his stories (Or almost all of em)
Should be interesting reading. At the same time... have my research work to do. Hopefully...it all gels:D
Mohan.
Sunday, June 20, 2004
BAD BAD BAD Blogger
Weeellll
I tried changing the template for my blog so that it would match my website colours better... and guess what... IT MESSED UP!! Darned blogger.com. The preview shows it as looking perfect.... but once I publish it...it messes up. Oh well... Lemme see what I can do.
Mohan.
I tried changing the template for my blog so that it would match my website colours better... and guess what... IT MESSED UP!! Darned blogger.com. The preview shows it as looking perfect.... but once I publish it...it messes up. Oh well... Lemme see what I can do.
Mohan.
Saturday, June 19, 2004
I went around campus taking photos yesterday. It was beautiful weather :D. This is one with the recitation building reflected in the Class of 1950
Pic of University Hall....... the first building built on the Purdue campus.... loong time ago.
Me Me Meee!!! Unfortunately....u cannot see the haircut very well;) Maybe thats a gooood thing... hehehe
Trushalllll!! He's the man!!
Life through Mohan
Thursday, June 17, 2004
The story of Mohan..the Almost Mohawk Man
Well... see
I went to the barbershop.. right after I got off work. I sat in the chair and told the lady...I want a Mohawk!!. Yeahh I did it!!. Well there was noone else in there... and both the ladies who worked there were like "WHAT!!!! You want a Mohawk??? You sure u want a mohawk..."...etc. And I said Yepp.
So... she says thats kool... and starts cutting my hair. A jovial and talkative lady.....she actually managed to silence me.... Well anyway... she started cutting... and she put in some gel... then some wax..and then some glue... and yet...the hair would NOT stand up!!!. Gah!!! So....finally..she gave up... and kinda trimmed the sides.. and left it as it is. A bit of long hair in the centre... and flattish along the sides. So...yeah... no mohawk. I'll post pics next time I get a photograph of myself:)
Till thn...
Mohan.
I went to the barbershop.. right after I got off work. I sat in the chair and told the lady...I want a Mohawk!!. Yeahh I did it!!. Well there was noone else in there... and both the ladies who worked there were like "WHAT!!!! You want a Mohawk??? You sure u want a mohawk..."...etc. And I said Yepp.
So... she says thats kool... and starts cutting my hair. A jovial and talkative lady.....she actually managed to silence me.... Well anyway... she started cutting... and she put in some gel... then some wax..and then some glue... and yet...the hair would NOT stand up!!!. Gah!!! So....finally..she gave up... and kinda trimmed the sides.. and left it as it is. A bit of long hair in the centre... and flattish along the sides. So...yeah... no mohawk. I'll post pics next time I get a photograph of myself:)
Till thn...
Mohan.
To Mohawk...or not to Mohawk
Yeah...I'm not sure if I can decide on getting it. So... I'm steeling myself. TODAY. Right after work... I am gonna go get a MOHAWK. Yeahh babyyy!!!
God Bless Me!!
Mohan.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
What kind of Movie are you
Forrest Gump!
What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
brought to you by Quizilla
Waaaaw...
Monday, June 14, 2004
Updates .... n more updates
heyya Peepl....
Guess I had too much of a hangover to update of late;). Hahaha j/k. Well anyway... I've just been feeling lazy again. Pushkar and Raghu have gotten into town.... so have Numphol, TJ, Arjun, Varun.... buncha folks. Catching up on a few of em atleast. Looks like campus wont be that empty this time around.
Well, I got an email from my boss. He wants me to work more. YAY. I want that...I LIKE that!!!hehe
Hmmm... as I was writing this... Numphol walked in... got me a keychain from Phuket,... some food stuff!!! WOW. The guy's too good to be true!!.
Well... anyway... to continue... yesterday was fun. I slept in...got up... and went Rock Climbing with Ben, David, Vandna and Paul (basically...I knew Ben and Vandna... and I realized that David was my neighbour!!). Well.. anyway... that was a lot of fun. Left my fingers all sore and ...u know..:|.
So.... after that.... we decided all that work was worth a treat... so we headed down to The Cheesecake Factory where I bought a Godiva cheesecake and Toblerone Cheesecake. Brought some back too. MmmMMmmm HeavEnly!
So... yeah... that was the major part of my life yesterday.
Just got to get some work done today.
My replcements here..so Tata
Mohan.
Guess I had too much of a hangover to update of late;). Hahaha j/k. Well anyway... I've just been feeling lazy again. Pushkar and Raghu have gotten into town.... so have Numphol, TJ, Arjun, Varun.... buncha folks. Catching up on a few of em atleast. Looks like campus wont be that empty this time around.
Well, I got an email from my boss. He wants me to work more. YAY. I want that...I LIKE that!!!hehe
Hmmm... as I was writing this... Numphol walked in... got me a keychain from Phuket,... some food stuff!!! WOW. The guy's too good to be true!!.
Well... anyway... to continue... yesterday was fun. I slept in...got up... and went Rock Climbing with Ben, David, Vandna and Paul (basically...I knew Ben and Vandna... and I realized that David was my neighbour!!). Well.. anyway... that was a lot of fun. Left my fingers all sore and ...u know..:|.
So.... after that.... we decided all that work was worth a treat... so we headed down to The Cheesecake Factory where I bought a Godiva cheesecake and Toblerone Cheesecake. Brought some back too. MmmMMmmm HeavEnly!
So... yeah... that was the major part of my life yesterday.
Just got to get some work done today.
My replcements here..so Tata
Mohan.
Saturday, June 12, 2004
Yeah...I hit the bars
Hmmm...it's been almost 11 months since I turned 21. So, today, when Addy said... lets go drink.... I said...kool...lets do it. So... we went to Ricky's place as Addy always drinks there. But Borna was with us... and I wasnt sure if she would want to be there...considering it was all other guys. So, I said.. lets go out to the bars. Meanwhile, Raghu, who had JUST landed.....was feeling dead tired. So, after a slow dinner at Blue Nile...eating Chicken Biryani...we go home... freshen up a bit, drop off Raghu... and head out. And guess who I see when we get there!! Vandna...!!! Well.. she had come there with Ben and some other chinese guys. So, well, we just went into Brothers... where they got their drinks. I got a coke...which turned out to be more expensive than Addy's and Borna's drinks. Or atleast their first round. Met a very drunk.... and ..... kinda crazy guy...who kept hitting on Vandna and Borna..... hahahaha...it was funny. I tried to help em out a bit....I think....After these guys got drunk...a wee bit.. we headed over to "Where Else" which had a better dance floor and louder music than conversation. Once there...we all got onto the dance floor and I just swayed and swooned around.....or did some funky stuff which probably looked like a dramatic actor dying on screen!! After a while of that... the guys got bored of it.
So.. we left. Addy got some beers and we headed to Borna's place to watch a movie. But all the alcohol... and early nights...got to these kids...who decided to call it a night. So... here I am... writing this blog......my first night out!!
P.S. Addy used Raghu's id... and noone caught on at ALL. I always said the guys looked like twins;)
Just some interesting stufff.......
maybe not all true... guess...I got a wild imagination
;);)
Mohan.
So.. we left. Addy got some beers and we headed to Borna's place to watch a movie. But all the alcohol... and early nights...got to these kids...who decided to call it a night. So... here I am... writing this blog......my first night out!!
P.S. Addy used Raghu's id... and noone caught on at ALL. I always said the guys looked like twins;)
Just some interesting stufff.......
maybe not all true... guess...I got a wild imagination
;);)
Mohan.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
I'm soo lazyy
Yeah... I'm feeling so lazy. I need to get moving... but I dont want to. So... yeah... I dont even want to type anything here. So, I'll leave this for now.
Hope u'r having a lovely time,
Mohan.
Hope u'r having a lovely time,
Mohan.
Oh My God
Yes... Oh My God.
Looks like my last post has created a maelstrom of sorts. Words have flown.... and so have tears.......
The thing to note is that my blog is just like a diary. Its just an outlet for some personal thoughts. Some thoughts which I feel have significance for all people in this world. Especially when I get all philosophical as I did in the last post.
I have a lovely relationship with my parents. My family is very important to me and I really am thankful to god for giving me such a wonderful family. The arguments I stated earlier... were just some things which I felt ... may be relevant to today's parents:).
Wow... I took a few moments to re read my previous blog.... and hey...I've been pretty harsh on my parents. Maybe the important thing was that I was up all night and wrote the blog at 6:30 in the morning. Maybe that would explain things.
But anyway... today...was mostly spent in sleeping... as I was up all night. Gotta get back into the groove....and sleep earlier today.
So...me off now
Mohan.
Looks like my last post has created a maelstrom of sorts. Words have flown.... and so have tears.......
The thing to note is that my blog is just like a diary. Its just an outlet for some personal thoughts. Some thoughts which I feel have significance for all people in this world. Especially when I get all philosophical as I did in the last post.
I have a lovely relationship with my parents. My family is very important to me and I really am thankful to god for giving me such a wonderful family. The arguments I stated earlier... were just some things which I felt ... may be relevant to today's parents:).
Wow... I took a few moments to re read my previous blog.... and hey...I've been pretty harsh on my parents. Maybe the important thing was that I was up all night and wrote the blog at 6:30 in the morning. Maybe that would explain things.
But anyway... today...was mostly spent in sleeping... as I was up all night. Gotta get back into the groove....and sleep earlier today.
So...me off now
Mohan.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
well well well
Trains...n all...
Heyloa ppl...
I'm back from Chicago. Spent forever in the train. We had a derailment on some track... and so... it got delayed.... but luckily...I got back to Purdue only 1 hr late. Grabbed some Taco Bell carry-out... and life went onnn
Mannn..... the US does have an overpopulation of females;). I had women sitting all around me... a lot of em talking away to their hearts content. One lady's BF called and she was talking lovey dovey with him till he told her he lost his job... and lo...she started berating him loudly. then... again said....love ya.. and babye. :|. Another lady had been in the derailed train and was relating her experiences....yeah... another uneventful day in the life of Mohan.
And after all this.... Vasi came online!! Was a pleasure chatting with him. I havent spoken with him in ages...and yet the words flow easily. The guy has some charm around him. He attracts friends like a succulent flower attracts bees. He was on his break from Jipmer... and was in Vizag for a few days...this being his last. He heads for Vizag tomm.. and then back to Pondicherry. another 2.5 yrs.... to finish his course... and then he'll be Dr. Vasishta !! Suits him ehh? nah... he'll always be the shy Vasi for me....Shy and lanky vasi.....;)
well...he had to go to the temple. I asked him to pray for me too:). A Brahmin's prayers must be stronger...what say you? ;););) and now...I'm done updating my life to the rest of the world.
Ohh... btw... my parents think I tease them when I say I met this girl...who impressed me. Now..tell me....is it wrong to say that a girl has impressed me? After all...one of the primary goals of a human being's life is selection of a mate. ;);). But more importantly...they seem to tell me that this is wrong.... and that they want me to learn from their mistakes.... WHAT MISTAKES?? having a girl for a friend??? I dont understand.... how can it be a mistake?? after all....I will be interacting with girls as much as I will be with guys. How will it be natural if I only had boys as friends...or I admired and was impressed by only guys??
well well well... arguments are futile a lot of the time. Rarely have arguments changed my point of view. I seem to learn best from my own mistakes. Especially with regards to life... And this seems very natural too to me. In Siddhartha, Herman Hesse says that Siddhartha sees Gautama Buddha... and is in awe of him. But... he does not want to become his disciple. He could see that Gautama Buddha had achieved enlightenment. But... that did not mean that he could preach it. One can only achieve enlightenment by experiencing it oneself.By working towards it and striving to achieve it. And to do that, one has to often sink to the lowest form of consciousness...so that one can see the bottom ... and kick it out.
I believe that the same holds for the policies of life.
However...I see their pain. They want me to study hard and not get distracted. But wait....I'm already distracted. Especially when I am forcing myself to behave in a way which seems so unnatural. Why not just let nature take its course? Wouldnt that make life so much better?
People tell me I am sensible. Then ... why cant I be trusted to be sensible in this case? I know that my studies are important for me. Especially at this time of summer...when I dont have any classes....and few other avigations..... I dont see why they consider it as a waste of time!! Are they afraid that I'll find myself a scary girlfriend who they would feel ashamed to have as their daughter-in-law? Do they think I am heartless and thoughtless?? Nowadays...I seem to see parent's behaviour as pretty funny. Some things they say and do.... just because...it isnt the "Done Thing". They dont see that exceptions can exist. Or do they just choose to ignore them?? Or are they so possessive that they only want their son to follow their explicit wishes...
Only time will tell
Mohan.
Heyloa ppl...
I'm back from Chicago. Spent forever in the train. We had a derailment on some track... and so... it got delayed.... but luckily...I got back to Purdue only 1 hr late. Grabbed some Taco Bell carry-out... and life went onnn
Mannn..... the US does have an overpopulation of females;). I had women sitting all around me... a lot of em talking away to their hearts content. One lady's BF called and she was talking lovey dovey with him till he told her he lost his job... and lo...she started berating him loudly. then... again said....love ya.. and babye. :|. Another lady had been in the derailed train and was relating her experiences....yeah... another uneventful day in the life of Mohan.
And after all this.... Vasi came online!! Was a pleasure chatting with him. I havent spoken with him in ages...and yet the words flow easily. The guy has some charm around him. He attracts friends like a succulent flower attracts bees. He was on his break from Jipmer... and was in Vizag for a few days...this being his last. He heads for Vizag tomm.. and then back to Pondicherry. another 2.5 yrs.... to finish his course... and then he'll be Dr. Vasishta !! Suits him ehh? nah... he'll always be the shy Vasi for me....Shy and lanky vasi.....;)
well...he had to go to the temple. I asked him to pray for me too:). A Brahmin's prayers must be stronger...what say you? ;););) and now...I'm done updating my life to the rest of the world.
Ohh... btw... my parents think I tease them when I say I met this girl...who impressed me. Now..tell me....is it wrong to say that a girl has impressed me? After all...one of the primary goals of a human being's life is selection of a mate. ;);). But more importantly...they seem to tell me that this is wrong.... and that they want me to learn from their mistakes.... WHAT MISTAKES?? having a girl for a friend??? I dont understand.... how can it be a mistake?? after all....I will be interacting with girls as much as I will be with guys. How will it be natural if I only had boys as friends...or I admired and was impressed by only guys??
well well well... arguments are futile a lot of the time. Rarely have arguments changed my point of view. I seem to learn best from my own mistakes. Especially with regards to life... And this seems very natural too to me. In Siddhartha, Herman Hesse says that Siddhartha sees Gautama Buddha... and is in awe of him. But... he does not want to become his disciple. He could see that Gautama Buddha had achieved enlightenment. But... that did not mean that he could preach it. One can only achieve enlightenment by experiencing it oneself.By working towards it and striving to achieve it. And to do that, one has to often sink to the lowest form of consciousness...so that one can see the bottom ... and kick it out.
I believe that the same holds for the policies of life.
However...I see their pain. They want me to study hard and not get distracted. But wait....I'm already distracted. Especially when I am forcing myself to behave in a way which seems so unnatural. Why not just let nature take its course? Wouldnt that make life so much better?
People tell me I am sensible. Then ... why cant I be trusted to be sensible in this case? I know that my studies are important for me. Especially at this time of summer...when I dont have any classes....and few other avigations..... I dont see why they consider it as a waste of time!! Are they afraid that I'll find myself a scary girlfriend who they would feel ashamed to have as their daughter-in-law? Do they think I am heartless and thoughtless?? Nowadays...I seem to see parent's behaviour as pretty funny. Some things they say and do.... just because...it isnt the "Done Thing". They dont see that exceptions can exist. Or do they just choose to ignore them?? Or are they so possessive that they only want their son to follow their explicit wishes...
Only time will tell
Mohan.
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Kukka = flower!!!
Just was googling for Kukka .... and guess what I found out!! Kukka means Flower in Finnish!!
So sweeet I am nah.... sweeet .... handsome.... smell good too!!
Mwuahahahahahaha
Mohan.
So sweeet I am nah.... sweeet .... handsome.... smell good too!!
Mwuahahahahahaha
Mohan.
Sunday, June 06, 2004
Life ...as it shld be
Okies ppl...
its been a while....n i've been lazy.....n a lot has happened in the last few weeks since I last posted;)
Spoke with my prof... and managed to get the partial credit I deserved. Those few additional points bumped my grade up from a C to a B. Not the best... but better than it was;) So Yeahhhhh.
Read this really awesome book. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. A really small book...which took me forever to read (Mostly coz I was playing too much warcraft 3). But it struck my mind for the intensity of thought. U know...sometimes...the mind resonates with someone's thinking... and thats what happened here. Thanks to Vanda who recommended the book. Hope she likes the Asimov I gave her half as much.....
Met this really awesome girl. spoke with her a few times...... and mann.... am really impressed by her.:). She's so different:)
Am in chicago now. My peddapeddanana and peddamma (Dad's oldest bro and his wife) came visiting their daughter. I came to meet them. Today was his son-in-law's b'day. So, we went to the temple... and other places....visiting ppl.... eating a LOT.......... awesome times
My sis came to the US last week. I had not called her till now...delaying it .... for some unknown reason. Maybe coz I was expected to call her..... Anyway, I was planning to call her this Monday.... when she called now. It was good to hear her voice:)
As I said... these have been eventful days....
shld see how things go....
Mohan
its been a while....n i've been lazy.....n a lot has happened in the last few weeks since I last posted;)
Spoke with my prof... and managed to get the partial credit I deserved. Those few additional points bumped my grade up from a C to a B. Not the best... but better than it was;) So Yeahhhhh.
Read this really awesome book. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. A really small book...which took me forever to read (Mostly coz I was playing too much warcraft 3). But it struck my mind for the intensity of thought. U know...sometimes...the mind resonates with someone's thinking... and thats what happened here. Thanks to Vanda who recommended the book. Hope she likes the Asimov I gave her half as much.....
Met this really awesome girl. spoke with her a few times...... and mann.... am really impressed by her.:). She's so different:)
Am in chicago now. My peddapeddanana and peddamma (Dad's oldest bro and his wife) came visiting their daughter. I came to meet them. Today was his son-in-law's b'day. So, we went to the temple... and other places....visiting ppl.... eating a LOT.......... awesome times
My sis came to the US last week. I had not called her till now...delaying it .... for some unknown reason. Maybe coz I was expected to call her..... Anyway, I was planning to call her this Monday.... when she called now. It was good to hear her voice:)
As I said... these have been eventful days....
shld see how things go....
Mohan
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