On October 19th..

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Kolkata Life

Hi

I hope all of my friends are doing fine in their professional and personal life. I was going through our old posts and I really felt good (and bad) after going through it. So as it is been a long time I wrote something, I though I should do one now.

My life in Kolkata is going fine. I have many things to share and I am starting to write them here. It is durga puja festival time and I got enough time to read my favorite books and be lazy and sleep well also :)

So from where shall I start writing. ??? (and forgive for this not being in a structured way)

First of all about the new friends in Kolkata. It is really difficult to get good friends after you complete your academics. I find it really difficult to find new friends after passing out from college. It is not because I became more workaholic(which is not true) or lack of interest, it just didn't happen. The chemistry of two different personalities will match only if enough time is given to know each other. And even if they both give enough time, they are bluffing each other to rule the show. So I find it really difficult to know any person outside my company. This doesn't mean I am very desperate in my life. I like it that way and I enjoy my time in reading books and visiting new places.

I was not that fond of books when I was in college. I used to listen to Naru and Diwakar who read many books and I also dream of reading that much books. What really made me to read books is that I am having a number of questions in life. It includes spiritual, religious, politics, self improvement, and this lead me to books. Each book gave me a number of answers but it opened a fresh number of questions also. So now I enjoy reading a lot. A good thing that happened after reaching Kolkata :)

I found that the culture in Kolkata is rocking. The night life is superb and the babes are hot. It is also very true that Kolkata is the "City of Joy". Every person who visits Kolkata will find that the people here are very happy even if their living conditions are poor. But there are things that need to be changed. The industrial, political and economic views should change. It is also very painful to see that things are changing at a slow pace here. I tried comparing our own Kerala and there is good and bad at both sides. I feel very happy to experience the different cultures.

The place I stay is a planned city/municipality called as "Salt lake city". Salt lake city is about 15 Kms far from the south Calcutta(err, park street: the place I hang around) and this is located at the North Calcutta. People who are living in Kolkata are having a different culture compared to the Salt lake culture. The people who are settled in salt lake is more NRI's and other affluent classess who are living more of a life of their own. I can see some community centers around but with my conversations with people in Kolkata, they say that salt lake culture doesn't represent the life of Kolkata. It can be correct. The people in Salt lake are living a life of their own and I think the families don't even know their neighbors( a possibility). Anyway, I am staying here and I am enjoying my stay :)

Recently I visited a beach resort in West Bengal. The name of the place is Mandermoni(see the picture above) which is 180+Kms from the place I stay. It was a fun trip with my flat mate (who is also my colleague). I drove the whole journey in my car. I should say that the beach was superb as it was very long. We could drive the cars through the beach and it was total fun. But what I missed was the great waves that can be seen in shankhumugam. The sea waves here were so silent and I didn't see any great waves that could burn your spirits to jump up. But I recommend this place for anyone who likes to spent some time with their loved ones because it is you and the beach alone left with the sound of a silent beach.

Thats all for now. Wishing you all the best.

PS: I will be visiting home during Xmas. Catch you all at that time.

Take care,
Nibin

Pramod weds Parvathy on Sunday, 19th October 2008

Hii

Hiii everyone.. njan kure kaalam aayi blogil enthengilum ezhuthiyittu... chennaiyil aayirunnappo post cheyyan valiya paadayirunnu... palappozhum site povathilla.. ippo angathe prashnam onnum illa.. pakshe post cheyyan time kittarilla... ivide vannathinu shesham jeevitham aake mari poyi.
office-home allathe vere pariapadi onnum illa. weekend adikam karakkam onnum illa.. odukkathe choodanu.. uchaykku around 45 aayirikkum.. ippo climate kurachu better aakunnundu.. it is slowly coming down.. october okke aakumbol winter aakum.. pinne karakkam okke thudangam ennanu ippozhathe plan.. pakshe athinu mumbu puthiya project thudangum..
ennal ente kattayum boardum madangum.. pinne karakkam poyittu urakkam polum nadakilla.. enthayalum kandariyam...
ivide vannathinu shesham nammude nattile jeevitham othiri miss cheyyunnu... even when i was in chennai, karangan pokan nammude makki polathe places onnum illayirunnengilum atleast there were many people whom i knew.. so there was always a big pool of people i knew and interact with.. ivide vannathinu shesham athonnum illa. oru mazha kandittu ethra kaalam aayi..
adikam karakkam onnum illathathu kondu adikam foto onnum eduthilla... vellathum eduthu kazhiyumbo njan multiply-il upload cheyyam.. miss u all and the good times that we had together...

with luv
Panackal

Countdown Tag

No one seems to be posting anything these days! Divya posted about her wedding visheshams. Good. Since I cannot post anything like that, lets do a tag!

10 Things I've realized/ 10 realizations

1. I
   am susceptible to negative emotions ala jealousy, possessiveness etc
   etc. Big surprise for a someone who is nearly altruistic most of the
   time!
2. I process a huge amount of information everyday. 75%
   non-work and 25% work. Blame Google Reader for this! Lots and lots of
   posts everyday. If I happen to read a book, the volume goes up by a lot.
3. I have quite a strong gut and is able to see gross stuff more than an ordinary guy.
4. I don't sound that good on phone. :-<
5. I am a Challenger
   (The link is a small pdf of 84 KB, definition of Challenger is there in
   page 130). Came to know about this after a team building programme I
   attended last week.
6. I am very lazy when it comes to things affecting me. :-D
7. I tend to think a lot and deduce crazy stuff!
8. I cannot sit idle.
9. Life is something not to be taken that seriously.
   
10. I like cold beer!
    

9 things I'm glad about.

1. My family. You cannot decide who you want to be as your parents and I am glad I got mine.
2. Friends I have. Few in number maybe, not so few in care.
   
3. The decisions I have taken in my life so far.
4. Enjoying my life to the max.
5. My ability with words.
6. My workplace. Surprised, much? :-)
7. Being
   an Indian. Living in a multicultural society with exposure to such
   diversity. It would be really bland to live in a place where
   singularity prevails.
8. Having banana chips while writing this!
9. That
   reminds me...Glad about having a roof over my head, clothes on my body,
   food inside my stomach, and the warmth of being loved. The most
   important point.
   

8 Things I badly wanna (do)

1. Write more.
2. Read more.
3. Watch more movies.
4. Listen to more music.
5. Take a couple of days off to read and write, then another couple to do some urgent stuff I should be doing.
   
6. To travel a lot. Kailash Yatra is a big dream for me. Even otherwise, I would like to travel to a lot of exotic places.
7. Shed some weight.
8. Complete some stuff I seriously ought to be doing.
   

7 Things I often tell myself.

1. Be Good and Do Good. E.T style. :-)
   
2. Read More
3. Write More
4. Stop thinking too much!
5. Wake up early.
6. Start exercising.
7. Not everybody appreciates your swearing. :-D
   

6 people I wanna thank. No mutual thanking.

1. Mom
2. Dad
3. Grandma
4. Friend 1
5. Friend 2
6. Friend 3
   

5 things I believe in.

1. Me
   
2. My intuition
   
3. Miracles and Magic (depends on your perspective about the definition of miracle or magic!)
4. Love
5. Spirituality. (I am not your run of the mill swami worshiper! I believe in the spiritual side of human beings.)
   

4 people I tag

People on this blog! (More than 4 I hope!)

3 Confessions

1. I can be a dumb ass at times.
2. I can make up really believable lies and excuses.
3. I hate the objectivist philosophy developed by Ayn Rand. Too individualistic for my taste.
   

2 Promises

1. Will not make a promise that I am sure I cannot keep.
2. Always keep Promise 1.
   

1 That's exclusively yours. can write anything.

Introspective exercise for dummies!

Testing

Testing

Posting the Tag!!

1.Pick out a scar you have, and explain how you got it.
I dont have any scars! But this makes me remember the uncle cum villain lion in the movie 'Lion King' who was called the SCAR!!

2.What does your phone look like?
Literally => My phone looks like a phone! Not the landphone type; the one tht pple use to carry around -the 'mobile' phone type..:D
Actually => Its a SonyEricsson[W700i] without any covers; but a tag hanging unceremoniously to it, which once had a silver-embroidered shining white "P" attached to it.. Its still working perfectly after its GReat fall frm my hostel room in the 3rd floor to the neighbour's-ground! Every single part was separated & i had to use all my mechanical skills to unite it once again!! Hail Paru!!

3.What is on the walls of your bedroom?
On my bedroom walls, sometimes u can see a lizard or two - the white ones & rarely the grey ones[yuck]!!!& if u r really lucky, then u may also spot the spiders hanging on to their marvellous web-houses!!

4.What is your current desktop picture?
My current desktop picture shows a lovely lady holding a cutie baby-girl!! Oh!I forgot!!Thts me!! holding my youngest cousin-gowri!!

5.Do you believe in gay marriage?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Absolutely NO!!
reason1: First of all the concept of 'marriage' arose as to give the society a definite structure - a reason to live a worthy life in harmony & also to continue the human saga with some sense of clarity [like able to know the family-tree..this is my father;this was my father's father etc etc..]
reason2: So frm the above reason, two pple(guys) living together CANNOT, in any sense, be called a 'marriage' in the first(&last) place!!
Summary=> Anyone can live or die together out of their own choice; but giving names to those relationships really matter & it depends on the society, heritage & culture tht had been functioning for a civilized world frm time immemorial!
p.s. Hope that my point is (finally!) clear[:O]

6.What do you want more than anything right now?
To come back to TVM & stay with my family.. I really want tht!!toooooooooo badly..[boooooooooo hooooooooooooooooo:(:(:(] But for that to happen RASET has to be shifted frm Kakkanad to somewhere in TVM[preferably near Eanchakkal! if given the option] as i have also developed a bond with tht college..
=> Bitter, Spit, Cant : Sweet, Swallow, Cant => Rearrange & descramble the words to get a meaningful situation similar to the one i am facing right now!!

7.What time were you born?
I was born at the time when all the birds & animals & even the SUN would go back to their nests/burrows/caves/seas etc etc to take rest & be with their loved-ones; to share the day's stories & journeys they have been thru..
I was born when the Sun was at its best disposure-full of reddish-orange but soothing the eyes when it slowly sets into the dark blue-depths of the sea.. The sky above slowly unravelling its stars & the pearly-white moon from the shades..Aha! wht a exquisite sight it'd have been!!
Finally the Birth-Time: 6.04 PM

8.Are your parents still together?
Literally => No..My father has gone to EKM for a week's official trip & my mother's here in TVM.
Actually => Yes..My parents has been together for 25 years & definitely more years to follow..

9.Last person who made you cry?
Achu(my dearest one) for not eating his dosas & throwing tantrums at me & muthassi because he's hungry!! The cry was the last & the final resource for me to make him eat his dosas!! & it clicked!! (B o y s!!!!!)

10.What are your favorite perfume / cologne?
The smell of Johnson&Johnsons on babies..
[I dont use any cologne or perfume-so cant name any brand as for the question]

11.What kinds of hair/eye color do you like in the opposite sex?
Definitely not white this time!!!! Maybe dark brown..

12.What are you listening to?
I am now listening to the sound of the fan up above me cutting the soft air around it at full speeds!

13.Do you get scared of the dark?
Hmmm..Yes!I cant withstand complete darkness!!

14.Do you like painkillers?
No! I like neither any pains, nor killers nor any painkillers!!

15.Are you too shy to ask someone out?
Literally => No! Just asking someone a "Will you please come out with me"- why should anyone be shy?????!!
Actually => Maybe.. He should be asking that, right?? Yes!Thts the way it shd be(atleast for me!)

16.If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
That 'anything' could be anything from watermelons to sweet-corn soups to chocolate-brownies to milk-halwas to my home-made chocolates to !!

17.Who was the last person that made you mad?
Bonny aka Chandrasekhar ka pitha!!!!!! in hands with our Rajappan aka the Project manager-Sudhir!!!!
For those who havent had a clue yet to whts tht all abt, wait for the mail "Pranks with Paru-Part1" which will be sooner delivered to u by anyone of us who has already got it!! [But dnt expect me to fwd tht!!!!!!!NEverrrr]Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

18.Who was the last person who made you smile?
If tht 'smile' meant the actual subtle smile(without any of ur teeth shown), thn it was achu(again!!) this morning whn he woke up with tht big devlish grin!
Else if tht 'smile' meant uncontrollable laughter, thn it was again tht mail frm Bonny&Rajappan which when shown to my mother & aunt(kochitta) we all shared unanimously!!

Good Bye Trivandrum

Dear All,

I am leaving trivandrum. I have been in this capital city of kerala for 6 years and now it is time for me to say good bye to all. I will be missing shanghumukham beach, kovalam, B6 bar, Our college and a lot many friends. It has been my destiny to start my next phase of career in the oldest city of India and the first capital city of India. Actually speaking, I am really excited to go to Calcutta with lot many dreams, new challenges and culture. I dont know how it will turn me in. I hope Calcutta will teach me new lessons of living a worthy life.

I am selected to work as Security Research Engineer in a company started by IIT Kharagpur alumnites. I am really excited in learning stuffs and facing new challenges. Bless me to fulfill my dreams.

Thanks to all who have been very supportive through out my life. I would like to thank my friends of CS06. You all taught some good lessons and I am really thankful to it. I wish everyone to follow their hearts and to do things that really satisfies you. At the end of the day if you are not happy, then you are trying to fill your mind and heart with lots of "NULL". I hope you all will live a worthy life.

My support, love and heart is always with you. Thanks again for everything. I will miss you all really badly.

Take care
Nibin