Cabbie – Comedian

I was in Chennai last week. I had to go out someplace and I had hired a cab since I am not very keen in driving in Chennai any more. It was a 40 minute drive one way and it was a pretty hot day. The cabbie was the only relief all along the drive although both my wife and my mom found him a tad too annoying. The man was naturally gifted at talking....

May 11, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Music

Funny that I should talk about music. But anyway, laugh all you want. I am going to talk about something related to music. After a long time, I liked what I heard in OK Kanmani songs. I didn’t quite care about the lyric, but I didn’t find it obscene. Yeah, that’s been a while when the song is not obscene. And its more obscene to hear kids mouth the lyrics innocently....

April 21, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Moov

After a period of absence, I am back to the writing board. Lot of things happening and I hope I would take some time to pen them here for future laughs. I am sure most of us have used a pain killer spray. There are a quite a few good brands out there and we usually stock one called “Moov”. We don’t use it very often, but sprays are handier than the ointment tubes....

April 20, 2015 · 3 min · abishek

Coursera

I have tried to learn stuff via coursera only to give up quarter way. Usually am off after the first week or so. This has nothing to do with the difficulty or anything. Usually, my work spikes immediately after I sign up for a course. I’d miss a week or two of assignments. And then I ll loose interest. I am trying again now. Let’s see how far this goes. 

April 7, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Getting Lucky

I won some cookies in the office CNY lucky draw this year. Honestly, its an amazing thing to happen. I have tried to participate in lucky draws in many different stages of my life. And each time, my number would never be called out. Then I concluded that these are sour vine. Not for you. I had the same thoughts as I wrote my name in the lucky draw tag at office....

March 14, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Trouble that is worth it

I love this post from Seth Godin. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/03/more-trouble-than-its-worth.html You must read it too. And here is my favorite line in that post: Seeking out the things that are more trouble than most people think they’re worth is a powerful place to be. I have been here. Early on in my career, when I was here, it really gained me the quick recognition and earned me the type of tasks I was best suited for....

March 10, 2015 · 2 min · abishek

Shame

Sometimes it’s a shame to do some things. It’s a shame to not do anything about what is important to you. It’s a shame to feel helpless when what you love is snatched right from your hand and you don’t even raise an eyebrow. It’s a shame to let someone think you are at their mercy. And it’s a shame to believe that someone is in your mercy. At this point in time, I feel ashamed about myself....

March 9, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Worth

Some people are not even worth getting pissed off at. Either they don’t know that they are doing it wrong or they are plain stupid to see what they are doing wrong. It gets downhill from there when such a person is also a top boss in the office. God save me. And my anger. It’s definitely not worth it. Not this guy definitely. You can get angry with someone who is reasonable....

March 4, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Resemblances

Someone was asking a friend who his 1yr old resembled. Each of us had an opinion. But there is truly very little you can say at this point in the kid’s journey. For a long time everyone in the house believed I strongly resembled my maternal uncles and my maternal grandma. True that given my hair texture and general attitude. Similarly, for a long time everyone in the house believed that my sister resembled my paternal grandma....

February 26, 2015 · 1 min · abishek

Changes

Lantiq got acquired by Intel. It was in the news all over the business world. In some sense, it was the best that could happen. And Intel is the dream company for most people who studied electronics. It had been my dream too when I was just finishing bachelor’s.I am looking forward to working in Intel. I am fairly confident they’ll take me in. If I think about it, 2015 has been a fabulous year....

February 9, 2015 · 2 min · abishek