I will come to the point directly; this is going to be a very very long post. So friends get ready!!
1)
Its beautiful to be a freak but its really beautiful if some more join you and you guys start working together.
Akhilesh and Sahil started this;” Sir! We can make a trailer and we can use this to promote our movie and we can pull in some sponsors!!”
“Well; that’s a great idea and I am absolutely free now; we can shoot in 2 days and edit it in 3 days ; and this can be done before durga puja hols” I said.
Rohit ( guy from Delhi; who composed this song) worked 2 total nights to complete the music; !!
And then me and girish ( 3rd year and editor for trailer) sat for a night and sketch board is ready!! And we discussed it with Khushboo ( and settled everything).
Ask me the best part of the shoot; It’s the girls of our team who climbed the ladders to reach the top of the building and pallavi gave the best shot of all; the dance scene of the girl. 3 cheers to Pallavi; Khusboo and Vanya!! U girls rock.
And in editing nishesh joined us; (my friend, teacher and ofcourse our technician)
And one more guy joined the team; Nitesh!! He looks so thin you cant recognize him; only after getting to know him a bit more we understood his passion.
He has the biggest collection of foreign movies (almost 320 GB); kurasowa; wong ka wai and what not!! And it was he who showed us the movie “ In a mood for love” .3 cheers for the movie. If u are a typical movie viewer; I must say never bump into Wang Kar wai movies!! All you will do is to have a good nap after the movie starts and wake up at the end. Even Nishesh slept in between. But then some shots in the movie are rockin; and the effort Wong kar wai kept in the movie definitely motivates you!!
“We must record each every voice sir; it must be very natural!!” nitesh adds
I have no words for him; “ we just started man and our budget is less than 10 lakhs and you are of speaking many technicalities; we are not making gladiator with 1600 crores budget!! Lets learn basics first and we must study some courses also; it takes atleast 20 years for us to make our best movie in our careers” I said.
Okay lets study in the same film school!! University of edinbourgh!!
Nitesh rocks.. man ur the best
And it was these four freaks; who worked at editing. It took almost three night outs to finish the stuff!! But they were awesome moments;
Suddenly they stop working and we just talk about movies;
Nitesh says “sir ; you must shoot a scene in fog!!”
Girish starts speaking about splitting scenes and nishesh joins in with them!! Man working with these freaks at weird times; and all of us learning things at the same time!!
Its absolutely awesome;
Then I force myself to come to senses again;
“ come on guys; work to be done in 2 days lets start” and we start on editing again. i must get them back to this world.!!
And to feel the cool breeze at morning 4 and to watch the sunrise!!
3 cheers for all of you who helped me in this endeavor.
loved every moment of it; I must say
And if the girl of your life says its a superb work !! what more do you want from life?!
And the best part is I just started to learn and nitesh was saying “ Sir; you seem to be in another world when ur shooting!!”
This is the best compliment I ever got…
2) First schedule is almost done; we made the team and we shot some scenes .. though I would have been very happy if we have shot a bit more!! But I am happy with the things as they are.
And I left from dhanbad as a happy man; and nishesh joined me in the train till Dhanbad and one more junior of mine met in the train;
These two guys are very good singers and I am a very good listener; though I can hum a bit occasionally..
Good old master pieces are revisited in the train!! Started up with ‘Humma humma “ followed by ‘ chaiyya chaiyya chaiyya chaiyya’ . even old people around were laughing and suddenly this chai wala comes when we are singing “ urvasi uvasi.. take it easy urvasi” and he started dancing before us!! The Chai wala rocks..
We kept on singing for an hour; much older ones were also sung in the party;
“ Mera jhuta hain japani!!”
and then ofcourse “ bawra raa man dekh ne chala re ek Sapna” this is the favorite song of both of us ( nishesh and me)
I used to listen to this song atleast once everyday in my office.
3)
So here I am back to home for Durga puja hols; I am glad I got hols after 2 years;
And my Mom eagerly awaiting for me. Mothers are very dear you know. She arranged fresh cheese for me on my day return. When I say cheese don’t think of the cheese they serve u on pizza; it’s the best natural cheese that was awaiting me. ( In telugu we call it ‘ Junnu’ ). And the word itself can make our mouths watery.
But then there is some trouble with Moms is they love you so much; that they mess the things up; She already planned my work; I must visit temple daily to take the blessings of durga mata. God save me.
And it seems she is visiting every fortune teller in my surrounding places to know the out come of my project!! Such a pity they will believe more on fortune tellers words than their own son’s words.. lol
Anyways I am clever enough not to talk with my mom about that you know;!! Very clever.. haha
3 cheers to life
Yours
Srikanth
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Confessions... and more
It has been raining here for 2 days; so i am absolutely out of work!! kept reading reading wodehouse continuously for 2 days.
The beauty of wodehouse is; he will make you laugh so much; that people next to you think you are insane!! ofcourse i am insane and i know it. Add to it bike drives and biliards with your old college mates!! do you really want any other thing in this world!!
As i said earlier this blog is not just about myself. so i sometimes used the chat of some of my friends here also i used some of the chat details i talked with a friend ofmine.
okay getting back to the topic!! i was chatting with one of my IBM friends; we were just talking about good old school days and college days and ofcousre days in IBM!!
This girl believe me is something!! she can gladly accept that she believes in god only when she is scared of something..lol .. no offence to god himself.
she dreams of a new world she wanna enter with small huts and a big lawn and always imagined herself in the world in her letterpad along with the butterflies!!
i see another Alice in wonderland; only thing is mirror became a letterpad here.
let me quote some of her words " i thought of writing a diary; once i started penning it down; i understood that i need to write more than i intend to write. so i stopped writing!!" man i loved these words.
She used to write poems on uncles and aunts who used to visit her home!! believe me she did type some 2 lines in telugu; man i laughed whole day.
Well naturally i started thinking of my own good old days.and i think i need to confess something here
People who know me after my 10th class days can never knew what I was before. for I never cared for marks or i never competed with anyone from that time.
But i was a totally different kid in my School days. In my words , I was an Ass, that too a typical ass.!!
but ofcourse i had two different personilities at that time; better side always said always help people and enjoy ur life.( Dont ask me whats enjoying life; they are deep waters.. we can talk all day and we go no where). i used to enjoy my cricket; used to watch all the cartoons ( man i loved he-man and spider man)
But the other side was very bad.An over enthusiastic typical kid from a middle class family. I used to be too ambitious to get marks that i used to run after teachers and did everything to please them. I was a guy who always thought of getting first rank and first mark by hook or crook.
get me those days back!! i will spend more time playing cricket or marking more friends instead of mugging all the crap! well ofcourse i am not against reading new things but mugging the stuff and the spoon feeding is the thing i really hate.
after all u mug 'Social' all year including the width of the castle built by Ashokha and may be u end up with 94 %. But at the end u lost one year;
My mind was a stereo type; which thought of nothing except to finish off engineering and to settle in a good job.
Only when i came out, joined in hostel; and met people; i started thinking different.
We used to roam around the nearby jungle in my +2 days and used play cricket in the ground bunking all classes. I had one hell of a gang at that time. They are all in touch with me and are helping a lot in my new project. Well then I still remember Aditya telling me stories of the hollywood movies he has seen till that time!! he was one hell of a narrator i ever met in my life. one of the few guys i really loved.
And the best thing that happened was i started learning from life; instead being bookish.I started to think for myself.Slowly i started writing something.
But friends If you write something for the first time; my suggestion is please dont give it to people around you. After all they have to live.Atleast; thats the thing that happened to movie. I wrote a big novel in telugu ( my mother tongue), Believe me when i read that after 3 months; honestly i felt that it is the worst work i have ever seen in my life. Thanks to Raghav and Anil who read that crap and still survived without commiting suicide.
Engineering was ofcourse the best i had ; and everything changed a lot from that time!! and i pretty well know that i am going to make and do what ever i wanna do from then onwards!
And getting back to the future; i am done with my auditions and did shoot some of the scenes. and i am pretty well happy with the progress as of no and also happy to have an excellent team.
But then this project gives mixed feelings ( High and low) . The fact is anything might happen any time. People may drop out anytime; and new people may join in the very second.And everything goes smooth very day and more shots can be shot than planned; or sometimes nothing would happen and we need to pack up just because it rained!! the worst blow was when Nishesh said he might not be here all the year and there are many good moments; finding nice actors and actresses. and getting past the admission scene coolly and pulling in Prof mukherjee as father role. Thanks to Sahil and Khusboo they are keeping incredible effort in this endeavour.
This project is teaching me many things apart from making movie itself.
The best thing it is teaching me is to make myself flexible and to be ready anytime for thing anytime. and what ever it happens just give your best at the end of the day!! man its teaching me Bhagavath Geetha itself... Lol
Whatever it is we are going to do this. and we gonna rock!!
3 cheers to life
yours
Srikanth
The beauty of wodehouse is; he will make you laugh so much; that people next to you think you are insane!! ofcourse i am insane and i know it. Add to it bike drives and biliards with your old college mates!! do you really want any other thing in this world!!
As i said earlier this blog is not just about myself. so i sometimes used the chat of some of my friends here also i used some of the chat details i talked with a friend ofmine.
okay getting back to the topic!! i was chatting with one of my IBM friends; we were just talking about good old school days and college days and ofcousre days in IBM!!
This girl believe me is something!! she can gladly accept that she believes in god only when she is scared of something..lol .. no offence to god himself.
she dreams of a new world she wanna enter with small huts and a big lawn and always imagined herself in the world in her letterpad along with the butterflies!!
i see another Alice in wonderland; only thing is mirror became a letterpad here.
let me quote some of her words " i thought of writing a diary; once i started penning it down; i understood that i need to write more than i intend to write. so i stopped writing!!" man i loved these words.
She used to write poems on uncles and aunts who used to visit her home!! believe me she did type some 2 lines in telugu; man i laughed whole day.
Well naturally i started thinking of my own good old days.and i think i need to confess something here
People who know me after my 10th class days can never knew what I was before. for I never cared for marks or i never competed with anyone from that time.
But i was a totally different kid in my School days. In my words , I was an Ass, that too a typical ass.!!
but ofcourse i had two different personilities at that time; better side always said always help people and enjoy ur life.( Dont ask me whats enjoying life; they are deep waters.. we can talk all day and we go no where). i used to enjoy my cricket; used to watch all the cartoons ( man i loved he-man and spider man)
But the other side was very bad.An over enthusiastic typical kid from a middle class family. I used to be too ambitious to get marks that i used to run after teachers and did everything to please them. I was a guy who always thought of getting first rank and first mark by hook or crook.
get me those days back!! i will spend more time playing cricket or marking more friends instead of mugging all the crap! well ofcourse i am not against reading new things but mugging the stuff and the spoon feeding is the thing i really hate.
after all u mug 'Social' all year including the width of the castle built by Ashokha and may be u end up with 94 %. But at the end u lost one year;
My mind was a stereo type; which thought of nothing except to finish off engineering and to settle in a good job.
Only when i came out, joined in hostel; and met people; i started thinking different.
We used to roam around the nearby jungle in my +2 days and used play cricket in the ground bunking all classes. I had one hell of a gang at that time. They are all in touch with me and are helping a lot in my new project. Well then I still remember Aditya telling me stories of the hollywood movies he has seen till that time!! he was one hell of a narrator i ever met in my life. one of the few guys i really loved.
And the best thing that happened was i started learning from life; instead being bookish.I started to think for myself.Slowly i started writing something.
But friends If you write something for the first time; my suggestion is please dont give it to people around you. After all they have to live.Atleast; thats the thing that happened to movie. I wrote a big novel in telugu ( my mother tongue), Believe me when i read that after 3 months; honestly i felt that it is the worst work i have ever seen in my life. Thanks to Raghav and Anil who read that crap and still survived without commiting suicide.
Engineering was ofcourse the best i had ; and everything changed a lot from that time!! and i pretty well know that i am going to make and do what ever i wanna do from then onwards!
And getting back to the future; i am done with my auditions and did shoot some of the scenes. and i am pretty well happy with the progress as of no and also happy to have an excellent team.
But then this project gives mixed feelings ( High and low) . The fact is anything might happen any time. People may drop out anytime; and new people may join in the very second.And everything goes smooth very day and more shots can be shot than planned; or sometimes nothing would happen and we need to pack up just because it rained!! the worst blow was when Nishesh said he might not be here all the year and there are many good moments; finding nice actors and actresses. and getting past the admission scene coolly and pulling in Prof mukherjee as father role. Thanks to Sahil and Khusboo they are keeping incredible effort in this endeavour.
This project is teaching me many things apart from making movie itself.
The best thing it is teaching me is to make myself flexible and to be ready anytime for thing anytime. and what ever it happens just give your best at the end of the day!! man its teaching me Bhagavath Geetha itself... Lol
Whatever it is we are going to do this. and we gonna rock!!
3 cheers to life
yours
Srikanth
Monday, August 24, 2009
With Love…
It has been a long time; since I updated something in this blog and now I am back.
I
Shall I start saying “there is a pleasure in the pathless woods” or shall I say “to seek to pursue and not to yield” .. Anyways the words are said; and let’s move on!!
I had a junior; very passionate and a very close friend of mine;
He had been working in Hyderabad for some days; and now he left his job and is preparing for Civils as of now.
He made a small business plan; and he went to ICRISAT (translated the telugu words into English)
“Sir i have to tell u an incident that changed my life sir
monna naa bplan ni present cheyyadaniki ICRISAT vellanu ( I took my Bplan to present it in ICRISAT)
challa: oh great
bandla: my plan got selected its under incubation
challa: awesome
bandla: it will take 3 months more to finalize if i become an entrepreneur or not but more interesting thing happened on that day
challa: oh temme
bandla: A middle aged man......shabbily dressed came into the hall of all distinguished people all experts in their own fields.......he just came on to the stage and said......."Ayya...naa deggara oka plan undi .." ( I have a plan)
indulo 3 packets unnai.... (there are three sample packets with me)
okati amalapuram lo soybean plant waste ( one is the waste from Soybean factory in Amalapuram)
danitho company ki chala problem avthundi ( Company is facing problems regarding the waste)
aa waste ni nenu oka feed tho mix chesi animal feed ga tayyaru chesanu..... (I made animal feed out of this waste)
naaku just 50 k kavali pulverizer konadaniki ( I need just 50K to buy the pulverizer)
The waste transformed into a product worth 20 rs ( each packet costs 20 rs only)……I mean literally from crap to a product worth 20 bucks….this is what value addition is from 0 to 20 not from 10 to 15
I felt ... this is what we call a plan?
he didnt have even enough money to come to Hyderabad but only thing he carried with him always was confidence
challa: awesome…..did he get qualified?
bandla: yes...
even if he didnt i was going to fund him for his business
i had to translate everything he said in telugu to english........so it was soo close to me
challa: great man
i understand
bandla: till then i was thinking about stability and all....
challa: what stability?
bandla: that day my perspective changed stability in life.........stability which we think actually exists..........happy and settled life
challa: okay
bandla: happiness only comes form a journey not from a settled life
:)
challa: ha ha …well said buddy……..i am using this chat; in my blog; fine??
bandla: sure sir
“
Man I loved this story; “to be undaunted what ever the circumstances are!!” this is what life is all about.
Regarding me; I am in love with myself;
Yes I am tensed about the outcome of the movie!! But then there is always the pleasure being here and doing the work I love!!
Auditions at night; designing the equipment for ourselves; and getting ready for the ready!! What more can I ask for.
Well of course the long walks are back!! And it is raining from the day I came here!!
It’s awesome to discuss about movie songs; and the tracks with the band; that too if u listen music at nights!! U will get high!!
And Nishesh ( kind of my teacher and friend and technician for my movie!) is the best singer I have seen. He can sing songs all night;
Humming “Vandemataram …” and suddenly chanding the tune to “Dil se ree….” Or “Dil Giraa “
Masteroo… life is beautiful... But god knows what is going to happen in the future
3 cheers
Yours,
Srikanth.
I
Shall I start saying “there is a pleasure in the pathless woods” or shall I say “to seek to pursue and not to yield” .. Anyways the words are said; and let’s move on!!
I had a junior; very passionate and a very close friend of mine;
He had been working in Hyderabad for some days; and now he left his job and is preparing for Civils as of now.
He made a small business plan; and he went to ICRISAT (translated the telugu words into English)
“Sir i have to tell u an incident that changed my life sir
monna naa bplan ni present cheyyadaniki ICRISAT vellanu ( I took my Bplan to present it in ICRISAT)
challa: oh great
bandla: my plan got selected its under incubation
challa: awesome
bandla: it will take 3 months more to finalize if i become an entrepreneur or not but more interesting thing happened on that day
challa: oh temme
bandla: A middle aged man......shabbily dressed came into the hall of all distinguished people all experts in their own fields.......he just came on to the stage and said......."Ayya...naa deggara oka plan undi .." ( I have a plan)
indulo 3 packets unnai.... (there are three sample packets with me)
okati amalapuram lo soybean plant waste ( one is the waste from Soybean factory in Amalapuram)
danitho company ki chala problem avthundi ( Company is facing problems regarding the waste)
aa waste ni nenu oka feed tho mix chesi animal feed ga tayyaru chesanu..... (I made animal feed out of this waste)
naaku just 50 k kavali pulverizer konadaniki ( I need just 50K to buy the pulverizer)
The waste transformed into a product worth 20 rs ( each packet costs 20 rs only)……I mean literally from crap to a product worth 20 bucks….this is what value addition is from 0 to 20 not from 10 to 15
I felt ... this is what we call a plan?
he didnt have even enough money to come to Hyderabad but only thing he carried with him always was confidence
challa: awesome…..did he get qualified?
bandla: yes...
even if he didnt i was going to fund him for his business
i had to translate everything he said in telugu to english........so it was soo close to me
challa: great man
i understand
bandla: till then i was thinking about stability and all....
challa: what stability?
bandla: that day my perspective changed stability in life.........stability which we think actually exists..........happy and settled life
challa: okay
bandla: happiness only comes form a journey not from a settled life
:)
challa: ha ha …well said buddy……..i am using this chat; in my blog; fine??
bandla: sure sir
“
Man I loved this story; “to be undaunted what ever the circumstances are!!” this is what life is all about.
Regarding me; I am in love with myself;
Yes I am tensed about the outcome of the movie!! But then there is always the pleasure being here and doing the work I love!!
Auditions at night; designing the equipment for ourselves; and getting ready for the ready!! What more can I ask for.
Well of course the long walks are back!! And it is raining from the day I came here!!
It’s awesome to discuss about movie songs; and the tracks with the band; that too if u listen music at nights!! U will get high!!
And Nishesh ( kind of my teacher and friend and technician for my movie!) is the best singer I have seen. He can sing songs all night;
Humming “Vandemataram …” and suddenly chanding the tune to “Dil se ree….” Or “Dil Giraa “
Masteroo… life is beautiful... But god knows what is going to happen in the future
3 cheers
Yours,
Srikanth.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Education and a note of thanks
Education:
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education—Mark Twain.
Well said boss!!; I understood why you said these words after reading your Tom sawyer and Finn. You are one hell of a genius.
Education for us (for a typical student of India (and his parents included)) is a source to acquire a job. And we study because we need a job (obviously risk less) and we work for money (and security).
Where is the fun in life!!
Education must teach you to explore the world; it must make you an eternal student;
It must add passion for our lives.
But all I see is this. Present education is killing the spirits of people. Most of the guys ‘hate to work’ but still they work because they want their jobs!! And they can’t live without them. Worst thing is I can’t blame them. They are all very good people; I do like them. They are the products of present education.
We had an excellent lesson in out 10th standard. Author confesses with us; how he exploited and old man giving him meager wages who worked in his garden (some jasmine garden). Finally the old man dies by lack of proper treatment. And the author repents his bad deeds. When I read the story for the first time; It touched me so much that I couldn’t think of anything for sometime.
But I mugged the lengthy Q & A's for that lesson so many times; I wondered why the hell he wrote this story at all.
Come on man; we read stories to enjoy its beauty; our language naturally improves.
Give marks liberally and just encourage the kids to read more. We need this kind of people. Well of course if this happens the present schooling system will tell children not to read any languages as there are no grades allotted to them.
Already I see many kids who don’t play out door games; they just sit around TV or play video games. This condition is really awful to watch.
Even in technical education; they start teaching expecting perfect results from them. You are creating life long workers there won’t be any scientists and people who can think different and people who are ready to accept new challenges.
Adding to this The parent factor!!
I see no hope; but still I want some change; I want an education that really teaches you to live your life!! This is the only way for a better future.
And then I am not saying everyone to leave everything they are doing!! I am asking you to do that with passion and make the difference.
Note of Thanks:
I thank Priya; Swathi and vishlesh for helping me to edit the blogs.
Like everyone I wonder sometimes; the blogs I am writing; are they readable atleast??
(Anyways I will keep on writing even if they are not readable; but still i had this doubt)
But one my friend pinged me and said
“I don’t know how many read your blogs read; I check it definitely;
They are so touching and remind me that all around us is loveable; especially this article where u talked about your father being the inspiration behind u being a frequent traveler.
I remembered my days; me and my father both used to travel to places without any reservation in trains, and then it used to be very adventurous
:)
We used to stay at crazy places, eat at weirdoes outlets
:)
This June, I am planning to go to Himachal Pradesh “
I absolutely loved this comment; you surely motivated me to write more my friend.
Lets us be the same freaks all our lives...
For got telling you I got this plan; we can make a movie for 2 years and travel around the world for 2 more years. Anytime we can say; we are thinking about the script and we are traveling for inspiration (ha-ha; a very genuine reason)!!
Let’s rock.
Yours Srikanth.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education—Mark Twain.
Well said boss!!; I understood why you said these words after reading your Tom sawyer and Finn. You are one hell of a genius.
Education for us (for a typical student of India (and his parents included)) is a source to acquire a job. And we study because we need a job (obviously risk less) and we work for money (and security).
Where is the fun in life!!
Education must teach you to explore the world; it must make you an eternal student;
It must add passion for our lives.
But all I see is this. Present education is killing the spirits of people. Most of the guys ‘hate to work’ but still they work because they want their jobs!! And they can’t live without them. Worst thing is I can’t blame them. They are all very good people; I do like them. They are the products of present education.
We had an excellent lesson in out 10th standard. Author confesses with us; how he exploited and old man giving him meager wages who worked in his garden (some jasmine garden). Finally the old man dies by lack of proper treatment. And the author repents his bad deeds. When I read the story for the first time; It touched me so much that I couldn’t think of anything for sometime.
But I mugged the lengthy Q & A's for that lesson so many times; I wondered why the hell he wrote this story at all.
Come on man; we read stories to enjoy its beauty; our language naturally improves.
Give marks liberally and just encourage the kids to read more. We need this kind of people. Well of course if this happens the present schooling system will tell children not to read any languages as there are no grades allotted to them.
Already I see many kids who don’t play out door games; they just sit around TV or play video games. This condition is really awful to watch.
Even in technical education; they start teaching expecting perfect results from them. You are creating life long workers there won’t be any scientists and people who can think different and people who are ready to accept new challenges.
Adding to this The parent factor!!
I see no hope; but still I want some change; I want an education that really teaches you to live your life!! This is the only way for a better future.
And then I am not saying everyone to leave everything they are doing!! I am asking you to do that with passion and make the difference.
Note of Thanks:
I thank Priya; Swathi and vishlesh for helping me to edit the blogs.
Like everyone I wonder sometimes; the blogs I am writing; are they readable atleast??
(Anyways I will keep on writing even if they are not readable; but still i had this doubt)
But one my friend pinged me and said
“I don’t know how many read your blogs read; I check it definitely;
They are so touching and remind me that all around us is loveable; especially this article where u talked about your father being the inspiration behind u being a frequent traveler.
I remembered my days; me and my father both used to travel to places without any reservation in trains, and then it used to be very adventurous
:)
We used to stay at crazy places, eat at weirdoes outlets
:)
This June, I am planning to go to Himachal Pradesh “
I absolutely loved this comment; you surely motivated me to write more my friend.
Lets us be the same freaks all our lives...
For got telling you I got this plan; we can make a movie for 2 years and travel around the world for 2 more years. Anytime we can say; we are thinking about the script and we are traveling for inspiration (ha-ha; a very genuine reason)!!
Let’s rock.
Yours Srikanth.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Random Thoughts
My present room is Bliss. My friend says “It’s a resort”. What he means is ‘ it’s pretty relaxing’.
Yes; if you can sit in your verandah and watch the vast Sea before you; and if you can feel its soft cold breeze in a hot summer (especially in Chennai); you will definitely love it.
As a fact; every water source has this great charm I think. Trek around for some hours and reach a water fall; take bath in it!! Man do you really need anything more.
So here I am; sitting all alone in my verandah; looking at this vast Sea; simply fascinated by its light blue colour and tides.
I start thinking about the conversation with my friend.
My Gtalk status was “What can I say except that life is an Odyssey of beautiful anecdotes.”
vicky: sounds fuzzy to me!
vicky is online.
challa: haha..But that’s true..Aint it
vicky: I don’t quite understand it...you mean that...life is all about recording all your memorable experiences ?
challa: not recording suppose; I ask you what you did in your life till now what will you say ??
vicky: I will say what all I think I did so far
challa: wait; write the sentence again properly
vicky: I will say what all I did in my life Until now
challa: tell me now
r nt they anecdotes of your life.Anyways buddy; tell me what you did till now,atleast some maama, I am eager to listen
vicky: haha
i have a question?
challa: adugu maama( ask me)
vicky: so why is it beautiful ?..im asking this because...every one does so many things...but i always wonder why are we doing all these
challa: every one do lots of crap;when we are asked what we did, we say our best works aren’t they beautiful for individuals
vicky: 1 sec mama ;some one came
challa: okay
vicky: yeah…best works in the sense? Like professionally sound, ethical or ….. ?
challa: that u need to tell me; you said that you will say what ever you did. Tell me some
vicky: that’s okay but before that I want to know .what is best in your opinion?
challa: oh; i am asking you n ur asking me okay maama. Moments I enjoyed most are the best for me
vicky: you enjoyed means. You had fun. You laughed etc etc
ok
challa: no
vicky: then?.......can you give 3 incidents
challa: I was never at my best when I am laughing
I loved feeling the morning sun on me
I loved to think and understand
I loved talking to myself alone..
And I loved rains; and trekking through forests
Many things man….ippudu nuvvu cheppu neekemi ishtamo (tell me your favorite incidents)…..what he told me ; I cant share with you.
So coming back to our blog. I started questioning what were the best moments of my life till now.
Himalayas; Uttarkhand ; one of the best tourist places in India.
Me and my father almost trekked 14 KMs to reach Kedarnath ; and we were standing before the shrine; (obviously with out chappals). And then this Happened; Ice rain! And it’s raining Ice. No place to run any where!! And the temple is really small; we need to stand there!!
All we did was to dig some place to keep single leg and standing on that leg we dig we dig out another hole before ice fills the previous hole.
Man that’s the best experience I ever. When I am coming back; all the mountains with trees looking as if they were covered with a green blanket were filled with ice every where;
Oh my god that was the most beautiful thing I have seen till then!! For the first time I felt what ecstasy is.
Yes; if you can sit in your verandah and watch the vast Sea before you; and if you can feel its soft cold breeze in a hot summer (especially in Chennai); you will definitely love it.
As a fact; every water source has this great charm I think. Trek around for some hours and reach a water fall; take bath in it!! Man do you really need anything more.
So here I am; sitting all alone in my verandah; looking at this vast Sea; simply fascinated by its light blue colour and tides.
I start thinking about the conversation with my friend.
My Gtalk status was “What can I say except that life is an Odyssey of beautiful anecdotes.”
vicky: sounds fuzzy to me!
vicky is online.
challa: haha..But that’s true..Aint it
vicky: I don’t quite understand it...you mean that...life is all about recording all your memorable experiences ?
challa: not recording suppose; I ask you what you did in your life till now what will you say ??
vicky: I will say what all I think I did so far
challa: wait; write the sentence again properly
vicky: I will say what all I did in my life Until now
challa: tell me now
r nt they anecdotes of your life.Anyways buddy; tell me what you did till now,atleast some maama, I am eager to listen
vicky: haha
i have a question?
challa: adugu maama( ask me)
vicky: so why is it beautiful ?..im asking this because...every one does so many things...but i always wonder why are we doing all these
challa: every one do lots of crap;when we are asked what we did, we say our best works aren’t they beautiful for individuals
vicky: 1 sec mama ;some one came
challa: okay
vicky: yeah…best works in the sense? Like professionally sound, ethical or ….. ?
challa: that u need to tell me; you said that you will say what ever you did. Tell me some
vicky: that’s okay but before that I want to know .what is best in your opinion?
challa: oh; i am asking you n ur asking me okay maama. Moments I enjoyed most are the best for me
vicky: you enjoyed means. You had fun. You laughed etc etc
ok
challa: no
vicky: then?.......can you give 3 incidents
challa: I was never at my best when I am laughing
I loved feeling the morning sun on me
I loved to think and understand
I loved talking to myself alone..
And I loved rains; and trekking through forests
Many things man….ippudu nuvvu cheppu neekemi ishtamo (tell me your favorite incidents)…..what he told me ; I cant share with you.
So coming back to our blog. I started questioning what were the best moments of my life till now.
Himalayas; Uttarkhand ; one of the best tourist places in India.
Me and my father almost trekked 14 KMs to reach Kedarnath ; and we were standing before the shrine; (obviously with out chappals). And then this Happened; Ice rain! And it’s raining Ice. No place to run any where!! And the temple is really small; we need to stand there!!
All we did was to dig some place to keep single leg and standing on that leg we dig we dig out another hole before ice fills the previous hole.
Man that’s the best experience I ever. When I am coming back; all the mountains with trees looking as if they were covered with a green blanket were filled with ice every where;
Oh my god that was the most beautiful thing I have seen till then!! For the first time I felt what ecstasy is.
Well then my next best experience also in
I think I got this spirit to travel from my father; where ever we go either its
One hell of a person my father.
We reached Gangothri ‘the place where
Believe me; there is a waterfall right in front of the room we took; and
I was dumb struck for sometime; and my father was standing next to me enjoying the beauty.
Well I am back; the sea is right before and my moments still with me. Odyssey of beautiful anecdotes
Yours
Srikanth.
Friday, April 3, 2009
I Was/Am/Will be A Hard Worker
I am a Hard worker ; Yes; Yes ; believe me I am a Hard worker.
I this well written blog I am going to prove it. Yes I am going to add some real strong points (readers can read them as ‘ Intelligent’ points) to support my case.
This is my reply for all my critics who think I am a lazy good for nothing dude!!
Coming to the point!!
Let me tell you why I am forced to write this blog.
It started one month back in orkut; one of my junior scrapped me.
“ Hi sir; how r u doing; Howz job life?
Forgot to ask you; what about your job? Didn’t they sack you?”
Well I convinced myself that this is a compliment.
But then all of my juniors started sending me the same scrap.
I can’t take this as a compliment anymore.
These juniors; they are good for nothing.
I decided not to scrap my juniors anymore.
But then a senior scrapped ; “ rey challa! U still have ur job! If so be careful ; start working”
Juniors; seniors all are same; I started getting worried.
“ Only my friends know how hard working I am” I said to myself.
I called my friend; I desperately needed someone to praise me now;
“ Man ; these juniors; all are asking why IBM didn’t sack me till now; they must be ragged again !”
Now my so called friend; that idiot started laughing in the phone.
My friend “ Maama two jokes in a single line ; only you can talk like that “
Me: what jokes?
Friend (aka Idiot ) : You remember how they commented you on our convo? -you cant even rag properly; that will be like torching yourself. Regarding that Job; even I am wondering the same”
I switched off my cell phone for two days and I didn’t receive calls from anyone for 2 days.
This is not a compliment anymore… damn it.
Next day ; I was working on my computer ( seriously coding something ) and one of my colleague approached me silently
Colleague: How come you are working in office Challa? No movies in the comp?
I had enough; I felt like banging this computer before me and my colleagues head at once. However, as both are not possible; I thought of making a list of the points which prove I am a hard worker and mail it to every one
1) I know I got very less GPA ; and yes some suppli’s too . But then I mastered the art of one day batting guys. I even got a 7 in one fine semester. Isn’t that hard work??
I cleared subjects of Sarkar in single attempt.
Yes you may complain I got suppli’s in easy subjects like mathematics.
But then when Rahul dravid is batting in test match before the day of exam;
How do you expect me to read? As a fact taking a chance to read everything later is a sacrifice and it involves lots of hard work later.
(You need to store the notes for next year; every one might have forgot the subject; and none can explain you.. do you see the point!!)
Now there was this talk: I don’t know any thing about this SI and CI but still I got a B+ in IC engines. The fact is I just don’t know the full forms of them; but I can write pages of stories about them.
Even for this talent guys, I put in great effort.
When I can do this; Cant I manage my job?
2) I still prefer playing cricket.
3) You will see me reading anytime; I never sat at chai centers doing chit chat. Almost all the time you will see me reading. Didn’t I read Around the world in 80 days ( ofcourse Credit must be given to Mr.Jules verne too ) non stop. Dickens ; Wodehouse I read almost everything I can get. You can occasionally spot me in library reading ; ‘Photogaphy Today’.
( note: the point is total pages read by me will be greater than any topper from my
College)
4) Well ; not to forget the night outs to watch sunset and sun rise. I pretty well
watched all parts of rocky in a night. I prefer to walk or cycle than to travel by
automobiles.
I thought some of these excellent points and sent a mail to all my friends.
Let me show you some of the replies :
Mohan: you are the same old B** C*** stuff; you did not change at all challa.
Topper: I don’t exactly remember you; r u the only guy who got a second class from our branch?
Mechanical : Damn your branch professors; How can they give a 7 for you ?? This is too much.
Vivek: every idiot in idea will play cricket. With regards Vivek.; IT specialist TCS,Banglore
And the worst reply.
Abhishek: What the F*** are you trying to prove challa, u r hard worker or something !!
I couldn’t stop laughing after reading your mail.
This is disgrace !! This is absolute disgrace!!
Especially that abhishek; he who used to irritate me a lot when laughed aloud; I should have broken his teeth in college; then he wouldn’t have sent a reply like this!
But still I stick to my words; I am a hard worker;
If you at least one of you believe that I am a real hard worker I will be happy.
You know what I did to prove myself a hard worker finally?
I added one more point and forwarded the mail again to everyone.
4) Come on guys! I worked hard for two hours to prepare these points.!!
Jai Ho
( Disclaimer : All are imaginary characters ..)
I this well written blog I am going to prove it. Yes I am going to add some real strong points (readers can read them as ‘ Intelligent’ points) to support my case.
This is my reply for all my critics who think I am a lazy good for nothing dude!!
Coming to the point!!
Let me tell you why I am forced to write this blog.
It started one month back in orkut; one of my junior scrapped me.
“ Hi sir; how r u doing; Howz job life?
Forgot to ask you; what about your job? Didn’t they sack you?”
Well I convinced myself that this is a compliment.
But then all of my juniors started sending me the same scrap.
I can’t take this as a compliment anymore.
These juniors; they are good for nothing.
I decided not to scrap my juniors anymore.
But then a senior scrapped ; “ rey challa! U still have ur job! If so be careful ; start working”
Juniors; seniors all are same; I started getting worried.
“ Only my friends know how hard working I am” I said to myself.
I called my friend; I desperately needed someone to praise me now;
“ Man ; these juniors; all are asking why IBM didn’t sack me till now; they must be ragged again !”
Now my so called friend; that idiot started laughing in the phone.
My friend “ Maama two jokes in a single line ; only you can talk like that “
Me: what jokes?
Friend (aka Idiot ) : You remember how they commented you on our convo? -you cant even rag properly; that will be like torching yourself. Regarding that Job; even I am wondering the same”
I switched off my cell phone for two days and I didn’t receive calls from anyone for 2 days.
This is not a compliment anymore… damn it.
Next day ; I was working on my computer ( seriously coding something ) and one of my colleague approached me silently
Colleague: How come you are working in office Challa? No movies in the comp?
I had enough; I felt like banging this computer before me and my colleagues head at once. However, as both are not possible; I thought of making a list of the points which prove I am a hard worker and mail it to every one
1) I know I got very less GPA ; and yes some suppli’s too . But then I mastered the art of one day batting guys. I even got a 7 in one fine semester. Isn’t that hard work??
I cleared subjects of Sarkar in single attempt.
Yes you may complain I got suppli’s in easy subjects like mathematics.
But then when Rahul dravid is batting in test match before the day of exam;
How do you expect me to read? As a fact taking a chance to read everything later is a sacrifice and it involves lots of hard work later.
(You need to store the notes for next year; every one might have forgot the subject; and none can explain you.. do you see the point!!)
Now there was this talk: I don’t know any thing about this SI and CI but still I got a B+ in IC engines. The fact is I just don’t know the full forms of them; but I can write pages of stories about them.
Even for this talent guys, I put in great effort.
When I can do this; Cant I manage my job?
2) I still prefer playing cricket.
3) You will see me reading anytime; I never sat at chai centers doing chit chat. Almost all the time you will see me reading. Didn’t I read Around the world in 80 days ( ofcourse Credit must be given to Mr.Jules verne too ) non stop. Dickens ; Wodehouse I read almost everything I can get. You can occasionally spot me in library reading ; ‘Photogaphy Today’.
( note: the point is total pages read by me will be greater than any topper from my
College)
4) Well ; not to forget the night outs to watch sunset and sun rise. I pretty well
watched all parts of rocky in a night. I prefer to walk or cycle than to travel by
automobiles.
I thought some of these excellent points and sent a mail to all my friends.
Let me show you some of the replies :
Mohan: you are the same old B** C*** stuff; you did not change at all challa.
Topper: I don’t exactly remember you; r u the only guy who got a second class from our branch?
Mechanical : Damn your branch professors; How can they give a 7 for you ?? This is too much.
Vivek: every idiot in idea will play cricket. With regards Vivek.; IT specialist TCS,Banglore
And the worst reply.
Abhishek: What the F*** are you trying to prove challa, u r hard worker or something !!
I couldn’t stop laughing after reading your mail.
This is disgrace !! This is absolute disgrace!!
Especially that abhishek; he who used to irritate me a lot when laughed aloud; I should have broken his teeth in college; then he wouldn’t have sent a reply like this!
But still I stick to my words; I am a hard worker;
If you at least one of you believe that I am a real hard worker I will be happy.
You know what I did to prove myself a hard worker finally?
I added one more point and forwarded the mail again to everyone.
4) Come on guys! I worked hard for two hours to prepare these points.!!
Jai Ho
( Disclaimer : All are imaginary characters ..)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Swades
Its been a long time ; Most of the guys are out of work due to recession; but its opposite here. My honeymoon with IBM is over from this February .Finally I did start working with dead lines. And I am working on a complicated plot for my new story. So I must say I am pretty busy with myself.
But then some things forcibly drag you out of hibernation and make you write something. I avoid group discussions as much as possible. Accept it or not they are really monotonous. I am okay with some student discussions; they will have something to cheer about; they have some optimism in them. But if you follow the discussions of newly employed guys; they discuss mainly about how much they miss their college life; and how tough their working is especially in their respective fields .If they are a bit rich they will making it a point they have bought a new Ipod or some other new crap.
Discussions, especially with elder people; they suck big time!! My grand father who is already retired asked me once - what is the salary of your project manager?? To hell if I care ! I didn’t even think of it. I didn’t understand why he is thinking about my manager at all. Apart from grand mother no one told me about their childhood. All people ask me is my salary!! If not they ask me if my office is has centralized AC and whether I get free coffee or not?? If I say yes; they will start talking how many facilities youngsters are getting now a days. But they don’t know that most them do donkey’s work; and say to themselves ; if we work hard now ; we can enjoy later!!
and most of the family functions act as forums for this general discussion. And so I avoid parties as much as possible. But sometimes there is no escape route. My father fell sick and as I was spending that weekend at home; its decided that I need to my mom to a very important marriage ( I mean they are close relatives of ours).
The first person I met was an old uncle of mine.
Me: Hello uncle; how are you?
Uncle: Helloooo !! I couldn’t even identify you srikanth!! Long time we met!! Your father told me that you are working in IBM Chennai?
Me: Yes Uncle.
( he slowly placed on my shoulder and moved close to me)
Uncle: how much are they giving? ( he whispered in my ear)
Me: pardon
Uncle: how much they are paying you? ( he repeated )
Me: 20K ( I am really embarrassed with that question )
Uncle: oh; very less !! why so
(personally I think I am being over paid buddy!!)
One more guy joined us. I never knew him .
Uncle: this is srikanth; working in IBM ; Chennai. His sister works in America!!
Me: Hi
New Guy: Where does your sister stay in America ( haha; he didn’t tell his name;)
Me: She stays in Ohio ; Columbus.
New Guy: Oh good; I went to england once ; I work for BHEL!!
( now whats the connection between His visit to England and my sister studying in US;
But still I tried to remain humane with him!!)
Me: England; that’s a pretty cool place?? Did you watch any county matches there; I heard it would be real great .And I heard the places are real good to visit. Did you visit Scotland by any chance?
New Guy: I dont watch cricket; and I don’t like visiting places.
( then why the heck are you updating your resume here ; you ass!! Dude; no need impress everyone !! You will get enough dowry ( rate!!) don’t worry.
( I had enough by then ; )
Me: I need to find my Mom; bye yaar..
This is the latest generation of India.
Well .. well one more incident;
I went for a walk with my grandfather once. We met his friend there ; this man makes it a point to tell me that his son went to England 6 times till now. That’s a record in my village; this time that legendary kid also came in ( bad time; he is not in England)
They started purchasing something. My grand was bargaining with the lady ; my legend with all his impatience; “ come on uncle; you don’t bargain for one rupee ; two rupees with these people.. they should live!!
I saw his father’s face; its so happy and proud; and then I saw the woman’s hurt face ; you guys think that I am a beggar!! And is this Kid showing mercy on me;
And worse the legend is still talking; we are earning 40 – 50 K per month and you are bargaining for 1 rupee and 2 rupees.
Thank god; the lady left without speaking her heart;
And YES!! This is the latest generation of India; counting salaries and dreaming for bigger salaries;
Worse; neither they are are happy; nor they are making anyone happy..
God!!
Give us some brains and happiness!!
One of my friend asked me ; Your sister is in America right? Then when are you planning to go.
Is this some kind of game or something!!
For a typical guy Education is something that you mug and get a degree to acquire a white collar job!! And I must say I was as an idiot myself till my 10th ; and I wanted the same white collar job.
Some of my relatives stopped talking with me; because I didn’t advice their kids regarding IIT preparation. I seriously told him “ Give some time to play games; and start thinking for yourself; and you can decide what You need to do” . I am trying to stop the make one more idiot!!
All the people I met talked about careers nothing else. I met some excellent teachers; they taught me all kinds of subjects and they taught me how to compete; but none taught me how to lead life.
And this is the reason why I hear crap; and most of us are taught the same crap.
I sat in my meditation class; and my teacher was saying; “meditation is always being aware of yourself at the present moment and not to think about the future or the past.”
I looked at her face; I can easily understand she is teaching us what she learnt from her smile. Her smile told me what really peace is. I thanked God; atleast now you gave me a teacher who can teach me about life.
Well I am not being religious here I am being Spiritual.
I prefer an Atheist or some one who hates all religions than some one who hates all religions except his religion( because they are more dangerous) . And I can one more thing ! I know nothing about God; But spirituality definitely improves your life.
This is the time to discover ourselves ; not fill ourselves with more fears!!
Keep Rockin
Yours
Srikanth
But then some things forcibly drag you out of hibernation and make you write something. I avoid group discussions as much as possible. Accept it or not they are really monotonous. I am okay with some student discussions; they will have something to cheer about; they have some optimism in them. But if you follow the discussions of newly employed guys; they discuss mainly about how much they miss their college life; and how tough their working is especially in their respective fields .If they are a bit rich they will making it a point they have bought a new Ipod or some other new crap.
Discussions, especially with elder people; they suck big time!! My grand father who is already retired asked me once - what is the salary of your project manager?? To hell if I care ! I didn’t even think of it. I didn’t understand why he is thinking about my manager at all. Apart from grand mother no one told me about their childhood. All people ask me is my salary!! If not they ask me if my office is has centralized AC and whether I get free coffee or not?? If I say yes; they will start talking how many facilities youngsters are getting now a days. But they don’t know that most them do donkey’s work; and say to themselves ; if we work hard now ; we can enjoy later!!
and most of the family functions act as forums for this general discussion. And so I avoid parties as much as possible. But sometimes there is no escape route. My father fell sick and as I was spending that weekend at home; its decided that I need to my mom to a very important marriage ( I mean they are close relatives of ours).
The first person I met was an old uncle of mine.
Me: Hello uncle; how are you?
Uncle: Helloooo !! I couldn’t even identify you srikanth!! Long time we met!! Your father told me that you are working in IBM Chennai?
Me: Yes Uncle.
( he slowly placed on my shoulder and moved close to me)
Uncle: how much are they giving? ( he whispered in my ear)
Me: pardon
Uncle: how much they are paying you? ( he repeated )
Me: 20K ( I am really embarrassed with that question )
Uncle: oh; very less !! why so
(personally I think I am being over paid buddy!!)
One more guy joined us. I never knew him .
Uncle: this is srikanth; working in IBM ; Chennai. His sister works in America!!
Me: Hi
New Guy: Where does your sister stay in America ( haha; he didn’t tell his name;)
Me: She stays in Ohio ; Columbus.
New Guy: Oh good; I went to england once ; I work for BHEL!!
( now whats the connection between His visit to England and my sister studying in US;
But still I tried to remain humane with him!!)
Me: England; that’s a pretty cool place?? Did you watch any county matches there; I heard it would be real great .And I heard the places are real good to visit. Did you visit Scotland by any chance?
New Guy: I dont watch cricket; and I don’t like visiting places.
( then why the heck are you updating your resume here ; you ass!! Dude; no need impress everyone !! You will get enough dowry ( rate!!) don’t worry.
( I had enough by then ; )
Me: I need to find my Mom; bye yaar..
This is the latest generation of India.
Well .. well one more incident;
I went for a walk with my grandfather once. We met his friend there ; this man makes it a point to tell me that his son went to England 6 times till now. That’s a record in my village; this time that legendary kid also came in ( bad time; he is not in England)
They started purchasing something. My grand was bargaining with the lady ; my legend with all his impatience; “ come on uncle; you don’t bargain for one rupee ; two rupees with these people.. they should live!!
I saw his father’s face; its so happy and proud; and then I saw the woman’s hurt face ; you guys think that I am a beggar!! And is this Kid showing mercy on me;
And worse the legend is still talking; we are earning 40 – 50 K per month and you are bargaining for 1 rupee and 2 rupees.
Thank god; the lady left without speaking her heart;
And YES!! This is the latest generation of India; counting salaries and dreaming for bigger salaries;
Worse; neither they are are happy; nor they are making anyone happy..
God!!
Give us some brains and happiness!!
One of my friend asked me ; Your sister is in America right? Then when are you planning to go.
Is this some kind of game or something!!
For a typical guy Education is something that you mug and get a degree to acquire a white collar job!! And I must say I was as an idiot myself till my 10th ; and I wanted the same white collar job.
Some of my relatives stopped talking with me; because I didn’t advice their kids regarding IIT preparation. I seriously told him “ Give some time to play games; and start thinking for yourself; and you can decide what You need to do” . I am trying to stop the make one more idiot!!
All the people I met talked about careers nothing else. I met some excellent teachers; they taught me all kinds of subjects and they taught me how to compete; but none taught me how to lead life.
And this is the reason why I hear crap; and most of us are taught the same crap.
I sat in my meditation class; and my teacher was saying; “meditation is always being aware of yourself at the present moment and not to think about the future or the past.”
I looked at her face; I can easily understand she is teaching us what she learnt from her smile. Her smile told me what really peace is. I thanked God; atleast now you gave me a teacher who can teach me about life.
Well I am not being religious here I am being Spiritual.
I prefer an Atheist or some one who hates all religions than some one who hates all religions except his religion( because they are more dangerous) . And I can one more thing ! I know nothing about God; But spirituality definitely improves your life.
This is the time to discover ourselves ; not fill ourselves with more fears!!
Keep Rockin
Yours
Srikanth
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