The other day my boss directed me to this website Frvade its an online riddle! Dont go there if you lack patience; in all probability you will end up killing urself!
I am right now searching for knife or some sharp device that can be used to inflict utmost pain - on myself!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Y did I ever visit this site! The images are driving me crazy!!!
Elf.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Here is the link to Sudhir's blog - where he has posted that letter with GW Nostalgics!
1st Day in US
I still remember clearly that evening when I landed at the Dulles Airport, 5th of Aug, not knowing anyone nor having any one to come pick me up! For some stupid reason, my bag was the lastttt one to come on the convertable that day! Finally once I got them all, I walked out the customs and into the terminal. First thing I did was to get to a pay phone to call Jagan - his was the only phone number I had - only to realise that I had no idea how to use a pay phone!!! Eventually after seeing ppl around use it, I realised that I would need change. All I had with me were dollar bills in 100 denominations! First I got that changed to 20s and then went over to the coffee shop to get it changed. The guy - who happened to be desi declined to give me any unless I bought something from him! Looking at the menu I found that the cheapest thing I can get is Coke for a dollar 89. '90Rs for a glass of coke!!!' - is what I wondered to myself that time. Well got that and finally got to a payphone again. Called that bum Jagan only to come across another new thing - voice mail!!! I wasnt sure what to say so I simply hung up :)). I reached for my bag and got the GW prospectus out - it had listed guest houses for students "around" the campus (which later I found out was 22 blocks away). I found one that said Graduate Student guest house. Called them and made reservation for the night. The guy at the guest house told me one good thing - not to take cab, but a Super Shuttle as they are cheaper. With my big load of bags I finally walked out of the terminal and first thing I did on stepping out into the open was to drop my coke that had costed me Rs90!!! Everyone was looking at me and they all knew that a new bakra has arrived Fresh Off the Boat!! ;).
Well, I managed to find myself a Super Shuttle. Though the guest house guy had told me that it will cost me $22, I wasnt sure, so I went ahead and inquired with the driver as to the fare. He looked at me and with the kalla accent that we in DC are so used to, said - "A million dollars man"!To this day I dunno y I replied to him with a innocent face - "I dont have so much"!!! He and his frnd both burst out laughing. Probably if I was in a better frame of mind, I would have laughed with them too, but that was not to be.
Anyway, I was the last person to be dropped off and after almost an hour or so of DC darshan, I eventually got to my guest house. It was actually a bread and breakfast kind of place and in a very good locale in NW DC; I am forgetting the address now. He showed me to my room and apologised coz he hadnt turned on the ac before I arrived and that it will take sometime for the room to get cooler. I was like - cooler ??!! I was already feeling cold in that august weather, having come from the hot and humid Chennai! Once he got out of the room I turned off the ac unit:). I was hungry and tired, but having just spent Rs 90 on a coke (which I have to admit was double my daily expense on food in Chennai), I decided to call it a day. No more wasting money on costly food! I changed and hit the bed. Before sleeping I wanted to write my diary and record my wonderful journey to the land of oppurtunity, but coz I was so tired, all I could manage was "I am in USSSS..."! I fell asleep with my diary open and pen in my hand...getting very much needed rest before the rough days of school life started...
Elf
1st Day in US
I still remember clearly that evening when I landed at the Dulles Airport, 5th of Aug, not knowing anyone nor having any one to come pick me up! For some stupid reason, my bag was the lastttt one to come on the convertable that day! Finally once I got them all, I walked out the customs and into the terminal. First thing I did was to get to a pay phone to call Jagan - his was the only phone number I had - only to realise that I had no idea how to use a pay phone!!! Eventually after seeing ppl around use it, I realised that I would need change. All I had with me were dollar bills in 100 denominations! First I got that changed to 20s and then went over to the coffee shop to get it changed. The guy - who happened to be desi declined to give me any unless I bought something from him! Looking at the menu I found that the cheapest thing I can get is Coke for a dollar 89. '90Rs for a glass of coke!!!' - is what I wondered to myself that time. Well got that and finally got to a payphone again. Called that bum Jagan only to come across another new thing - voice mail!!! I wasnt sure what to say so I simply hung up :)). I reached for my bag and got the GW prospectus out - it had listed guest houses for students "around" the campus (which later I found out was 22 blocks away). I found one that said Graduate Student guest house. Called them and made reservation for the night. The guy at the guest house told me one good thing - not to take cab, but a Super Shuttle as they are cheaper. With my big load of bags I finally walked out of the terminal and first thing I did on stepping out into the open was to drop my coke that had costed me Rs90!!! Everyone was looking at me and they all knew that a new bakra has arrived Fresh Off the Boat!! ;).
Well, I managed to find myself a Super Shuttle. Though the guest house guy had told me that it will cost me $22, I wasnt sure, so I went ahead and inquired with the driver as to the fare. He looked at me and with the kalla accent that we in DC are so used to, said - "A million dollars man"!To this day I dunno y I replied to him with a innocent face - "I dont have so much"!!! He and his frnd both burst out laughing. Probably if I was in a better frame of mind, I would have laughed with them too, but that was not to be.
Anyway, I was the last person to be dropped off and after almost an hour or so of DC darshan, I eventually got to my guest house. It was actually a bread and breakfast kind of place and in a very good locale in NW DC; I am forgetting the address now. He showed me to my room and apologised coz he hadnt turned on the ac before I arrived and that it will take sometime for the room to get cooler. I was like - cooler ??!! I was already feeling cold in that august weather, having come from the hot and humid Chennai! Once he got out of the room I turned off the ac unit:). I was hungry and tired, but having just spent Rs 90 on a coke (which I have to admit was double my daily expense on food in Chennai), I decided to call it a day. No more wasting money on costly food! I changed and hit the bed. Before sleeping I wanted to write my diary and record my wonderful journey to the land of oppurtunity, but coz I was so tired, all I could manage was "I am in USSSS..."! I fell asleep with my diary open and pen in my hand...getting very much needed rest before the rough days of school life started...
Elf
Monday, September 26, 2005
Sudhir mailed in GWReloaded yesterday - taking a walk down the memory lane...talking about all the things we used to do in GW. Most of them seem funny now, but at one point that was reality...living in a 1 bedroom house with 4 other roomies, being scared all the time that the landlord would find out; doing all night UPD shifts in the worst of the weather conditions possible and with one small heater to keep self warm...doing all nighters in Tomp/Acad esp in the 1st semester for the Digital Design project...and the amazing happiness and satisfaction once it was done; how can I forget that day, or rather that night. It was around 3.30 when I finally got it all working and cried out in excitement...:). Its funny that I am so scared of number 7 and it was in the 7th floor lab that I finally completed the design!
I am going to try and recount more events from the past in the next few posts... there is no way I want to forget about them; ofcourse lot of it is in my diary but the things that are not there, I better jot them down lest my already failing memory fails me! The song I am listening to right now - 'Do You Remember' by Phil Collins... how can I forget... :)
Elf
I am going to try and recount more events from the past in the next few posts... there is no way I want to forget about them; ofcourse lot of it is in my diary but the things that are not there, I better jot them down lest my already failing memory fails me! The song I am listening to right now - 'Do You Remember' by Phil Collins... how can I forget... :)
Elf
Friday, September 23, 2005
Google Desktop - its probably a prolugue to what is to come with Windows Vista. Vista is the new Windows - news version to XP. I am not sure when they changed the code name - last I had heard was that it was called Longhorn. Dont know when they changed that name...
There was a book my dad had - Your Life and How to Use It. I wish I could get my hands on that now...there is so much to learn and so much to understand. One can either choose to disregard that and live life as it comes, or one can decide to do something about their life...cant they :).
Its been 3 days since I have installed Google desktop and its still indexing my GMail. It did say it would take hours...but looks to me like it takes days!
Elf.
There was a book my dad had - Your Life and How to Use It. I wish I could get my hands on that now...there is so much to learn and so much to understand. One can either choose to disregard that and live life as it comes, or one can decide to do something about their life...cant they :).
Its been 3 days since I have installed Google desktop and its still indexing my GMail. It did say it would take hours...but looks to me like it takes days!
Elf.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
I formatted my laptop a couple of days back. Like it has happened almost all of my previous times, I forgot to copy something to my partion drive before formatting - my saved games from Medal of Honor! :( Also, I forgot to copy my Itunes library file - that stores info about the songs that I have in Itunes. Not that it matters so much, but now that I have installed Itunes again, I had to add all the songs again...
Anyways...am too tired now - hectic day at work and have to get to work by 7 tom! And oh, btw, I booked my tkt to DC for 7th :) Another trip to DC, and this time half paid by my company ;).
Everyone in DC, me is comingggggg !!!
Elf.
Anyways...am too tired now - hectic day at work and have to get to work by 7 tom! And oh, btw, I booked my tkt to DC for 7th :) Another trip to DC, and this time half paid by my company ;).
Everyone in DC, me is comingggggg !!!
Elf.
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