25 Point Someone

1)Popular demand, and numerous calls and emails are making me write 25 points about myself. ( Don't ask me how people arrived at the magical figure of 25 :-) )

Ha, Yeah, I am aware that I can Beat my own drums..Infact I can beat them louder than they are actually allowed to be beaten..;-)..

But I use it Purely as a tool for Humour, and it doesn't generally mean that I am an Over-confident, arrogant chap, ...:-)

My History, Geography :) -->

School Life, Naughty me ;-) -->

2)In my school's 30 years History, only 3 guys were ever removed, thrown out,kicked out....and I was one of those 3...Hurray..!!:-)!!

Ya, I was over-naughty in school.When I actually got removed I was kind-of falsely implicated though. I Cried , I cried a lot.I was only 16 then.:-(...awww..poor me!!

Hyderabad/Pune connection -->

3)I joined a Boarding school in hyderabad and I got really Home sick(Ya, 'Taare Zameen par'--Types) . May be that's why I cried when I watched 'Taare Zameen par'..:-)...I completed the year and then Joined Fergusson College,Pune... What a college!!! Till day, I am proud of being a fergussonian.One of the most popular T-shirts in Pune read

Fergusson Rules..........

"Down to Earth, but still above you all"

Even Those who did not belong to Fergusson would buy it.

Pune was Fun. But I was sick of the fact that the when you wanna shop, there is absolutely no where to go.. Till day, I don't buy anything from Pune. Also I hated the infrastructure.It was irritating, it was always a Tier-2 City for me.

Bangalore connection -->

4)From Pune, I moved to Bangalore, I was really fascinated by Bangalore even before going there.

I was a bachelor in Electronics engineering, married to software engineering now..Don't get me wrong..I mean, my course was 'Electronics and Communication', but just like the millions other passing out of engineering colleges in India, I became a software engineer by profession. But trust me,even now, if given a choice, I would not become an Electronics engineer, its too complicated, the circuits i.e..:-)!!!

Though I was a Rank Holder in my school, I did not get the best of grades in my degree. No excuse, but how could I do something which did not even motivate me. Also, I don't believe that all those who got better grades were actually smarter than me!!Pleaseeee...!!They are a result of Indian Education System.Nerdy but Dumb (Not all though).

Though Bangalore has a major traffic problem now, its by-far my Favourite place to live in, don't mind the Rowdies, and rowdy like Auto walas in Bangalore..!!

Singapore connection -->

5) I am working with Perot systems (American MNC), My 1st very project turned out to be an onsite one, so here I am, in Singapore, working with my client UBS ( Yeah, one of those investment banks ;-) who are in deep shit)

Its a year in Singapore now.I love my work, I Hate the management, Somehow I have noticed that Indians believe in Micro Management, and most of us cannot become good Managers.I work with people from all nations and I see such stark contrast in the way Indians Manage work and a/an European/Australian/American Manages work.

On a personal note, allthough life is much more comfortable here, and the money is amazing, I miss my friends in Bangalore. Though Singapore has so many amazing places to hang-out, I just don't have someone to hangout with.Finally when I can afford to go to the costliest of places, I don't have anyone to go with. God really doesn't give us everything, does he?

what Next?? -->

6)I am a wanna-be MBA. If possible, I want the degree from Singapore itself.

Random Facts about me -->

7)I do not read Fiction, but I have read 'Five point someone' and I loved it. I read fiction only in school, ya 'Enid Blyton', :-), Hardy Boys. :-).

I love reading Finance/Economic Articles.Though I still don't understand very complicated articles, I do better than most engineers when it comes to that.

8)I hate commitments, I don't think I can say those 3 magical words to a gal unless I am sure I am not gonna get bored of her down the line..;-)..and my past has taught me that by the time, I realise the fact that 'I am not gonna get bored of her', Its generally too late ( she's already taken).

The typical conversation is like this

Me : I am in love with you

She : You know, I have a BF, right?

ME : Ya, I know. :-(

Anyway.....

8) I prefer dating, infact I love it. I can never Date a woman who can't talk.I love woman who can talk, but she should also be a good listener when I wanna speak, Yes, I hate woman who can cut me off and start Blabbering again.Thankfully I have few wonderful friends I love dating and can probably date every single day of the rest of my life and still remain excited about the next date ( Ya, Mary/Sneha, if you are reading this , you were on my mind when I wrote it )

9)I love hanging out as well, I can endlessly hangout with my friends at coffee shops, multiplexes, fast food outlets, any damn place. We used to sneak out of hostel at 2-3AM in night to go to Bangalore Airport and have coffee at the COFFEE day.Not that we were big COFFEE fans, just the thrill..;-)!!

10)I am confrontational..( Yes, IHM, the point is stolen from you, Its only that, I wrote the opposite )..but I really don't believe in confronting a Dumb person, I generally agree with Dumb people. I am serious!! you cannot convince someone who has no idea about a subject but still wants to speak about it.

11)Someday, when I get settled in Life,I wanna have a Dog as a pet (Not a pomerian...Ya, I am Racial ;-)).

12)I am very Kitchen and Bathroom Conscious. I want my Kitchen to be very clean, I can't tolerate a Dirty Kitchen. I love the sight of a bathroom which is Dry, clean and spacious. When I have a house of own, I am definitely gonna spend a lot on my Bathroom.

13)I am a very cool person, I can't be formal for nuts, specially with my friends, and I don't want them to be formal with me as well. I can never be friends with someone who can continuously be formal with me.I start getting irritated and then avoid that person.

14) For me, my friends are really important. Infact some people believe that I treat them above my parents, I don't think that might be true, But yeah, I love my friends a lot.

15)I know people change, But I don't understand why they do. If I start getting a hint, that someone is changing, I normally rush to change myself before they do, and that is the time when most people think I start behaving weirdly.Some friends say I am possessive about my friends, which I don't completely agree with.

16)I am unpunctual. I can never-never come on time.I have never reached school on time, I have never reached college on time, I never reach office on time, I can't come on time -NEVER.I know it, and I can't improve.I have given up trying to improve.:-)!

17)I am a big believer of smart work. I don't believe in DONKEY/HARD work.Ages ago, I read it somewhere, I still remember the below lines :-

Practice does not make a man/Woman perfect.

Perfect practice makes a man/Woman perfect.

If you keep practicing something wrongly, you will become perfect at doing it wrongly!! so simple, right?

I wrote "/woman", because I am a little terrified of IHM/Surbhi...;-)..

18) Given a chance to be invisible --> I would kill all corrupt Indian politicians. They are a menace!!The only thing that is still going wrong in India..!!

24)I Love Indian food, to an extent that I am not ready to buy the explanation that it is because I was born here and I am used to eating it... I say, even If i was born in Honolulu, I would have still loved Indian food the most.

The fried stuff like Pakodis might not be good for health, but I can't imagine my life without Pakodis, samosas, Kachodis, Mirchi Vadas, Gujrati Fafdas, Pani/Bhel Puris, Cutlets etc etc.

25) I cry at a lot of Movies.I don't know why, But I do..Only one gal ( Rash..you..:-) ) has ever caught me doing that...and my explanation was ,, "ahh...just water in eyes"...I couldn't come up with anything better...:-(.

Ya Ya...for those of you who noticed that '24' came after '18'....Please don't freak out...If I can think of something, I will write again..Forgive me for now..!!Phew!!

I think, I am supposed to tag 25 people now? Nahh..I am not gonna do that..The "Tag" thing ends here...I declare it CLOSED hereby...Huhahahahaha...!!!!