Spammers' pleasures...

Wondered anytime who are the ones following you in twitter or sending facebook invites... or in past orkut invites???? all we know that there are some online junkies, jobless who creates fake ids and enter into everybody's friendslist and all... but the real question is why??? If the pleasure is to interact with more people, why 1000s in ur list....

I was watching the crime series 'criminal minds' for the past few weeks, so whenever i get a 'follow' request from an acc, i tend to consider them as criminals, who sneak into our lives and our friends, read our blogs and they get more ideas for more fake acc... they learn our personal lives... thatz weird... and we r not the only ones they are following... cant just understand the logic... 'why'....

Even now, when i took a glance to my twitter page, some1 started following me... glad there is something called 'report spam' in the online world...

Was reading an article in IBNlive regarding the hackers and crackers... their worst fears and all... hackers and crackers are mostly interested in 'big stuffs' like govt/company websites... stealing credit card details... but what about spammers... disturbing personal pages in social networking and all... what they earn.... only a spammer can answer that Q...

When I looked up...

Last few days in chennai it was rain all over... Nobody expected a july/august shower in the city... i was told by some colleagues that rain in chennai will b november or december... unexpected climate chane; but i was excited...

But the excitement is when i am in my home and no more humidity disturbing my sleep... You go outside, its not a good feeling at all... dirty roads, water clogging... its not a good feeling... even when you are riding, u need to be careful enough to miss the craters in the roads and all... when i ride i try to avoid even the other vehicles, i dont want to get a splash from the dirty water.... so you have to focus ur attention to the road only when u ride here... And when you look down and ride; yeah yeah... all dirt... hmm...

But last day was diff, i was coming home a bit early... it was not heavy rain... traffic was less... i was scanning the road and riding slowly... when i felt no more danger from water, i looked up, to have some fresh air.... i had just turned to the Lake side, man... the beautiful sky i have ever seen in chennai... cloudy still... gray strokes on a blue sky.... it was like a piece of work.... couldnt help slow down and enjoy the scene....

Hmm... couldnt take a pic of it... the traffic never slows down permanently.... Vehicles started pouring in... and i rode faster to home... but couldnt leave that picture from my mind....

Beautiful beautiful is this place around.... but u need to keep ur eyes off from the negative aspects of life to enjoy the goodness around.... Well, the recipe for happiness is simple; all you have to do is look away from the dark sides and look up to the bright sides; thatz what is called staying positive.... a lesson learned in rain...

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The pic above is downloaded from web, not my pic...

Enjoying this chatter patter....

Finally its raining... raining in chennai...

Good bye for a while to the humid days and nights... finally, finally could sleep in peace...

But its not a beautiful rain as i could feel in kerala or in the campus... rain in chennai means dirty and flooding rods, never keep ur feet down on the road... thatz chennai.... beware...

But whatever, clean campus... green trees... all fresh around... some cool weather.... thatz all i wanted...

Enjoying this chitter patter for the while... i know after sometime the humidity is back on track....

Cant just wait 4 a few seconds!!??

After riding through 'reckless' hyderabadi traffic for 3 years, in my memory i was never close to any kinds of accidents... or even 'close shaves'... even when people say hyderabadies are worst in obeying traffic rules... there were moments i had cursed some of the auto-wallahs or even pedestrians.... Now, after coming to chennai i feel, they were all saints...

The traffic in chennai... hell.... and the way people obey it worse than hell... every day atleast once i do feel, 'ok, i'm done'... close to too many accidents here.... mostly by the signal... people cant just wait for the signal to go green... i am surprised at the fact that most of the signal jumping are by the bus drivers... and other 4 wheelers... a bike sneaking through is common everywhere, but the big vehicles!!!! Nobody bothers to wait a few seconds, what are they hurrying upto; wondering any1 in their deathbeds, so that they can see their face for the one last time... i dont think so.... Its in the blood to break rules... or else none will risk their life for saving few seconds...

I had lost my cool many times at the drivers who bang their horn on me for not jumping and moving ahead of the signal.... Is it a common tendency in chennai to break the traffic rules... i never see a traffic policeman on my route to campus... and people make the most of it... we cant teach any1 a lesson in this case, but there should be a common sense and wisdom in drivers... or else.... they will end up learning a lesson all my themselves...

Random Scribbles : Tribute to the 64th Independence day...

63 years after independence... how many more years to go for real independence...

Aug 15 tomorrow, it will be our 64th independence day... 63 years after the midnight speech from Pandit Nehru, do we really feel we are free... do we really feel safe... do we really trust our leaders, the law enforcement, the judiciary... NO... i dont think anyone is 100% happy in this country...

Switch on the TV news channels in the morning... they start with scams and end with murders... that's the state of the nation for us... Did the freedom fighters ever imagine all their hard work and sacrifice one day lead to this...

Well, the truth is this is not just our story.... there are many countries struggle to cope with violence and corruption, we can just say we are far better.... But the thing to be remembered is we claim to be the biggest democracy and indeed we are the largest populated in the world (almost)... so whatever happen here is large... we cant compare our state to a corrupt small nation and claim we are better... the world expect a lot from us... and how are we keeping that expectation...

For example... the common wealth games, it turned out to b corrupt wealth games; we got a chance to show our capabilities, but got messed up... Look at the naxal woes in many states; some people have reasons to kill others and some other people have reason to support those killings.... And more worries on the language issues... why cant we stand our neighbour just because he or she speaks a different language.... The diversity of the country, once we were so proud, now is a reason for border fights... even language cant keep folks together... Andhra Pradesh gives us best examples... I think after 10 years the number of states in India will cross 50, considering the demands and activisms going on in many parts of the country....

Well, i can go on and on... listing out my own frustration on the system... but can I really think it will all be fixed... it will take a huge revolution to make a change in this country... a whole new freedom struggle... a freedom from the corrupt politicians... freedom from the silence we are forced to keep against the atrocities... And how long its gonna take for us to attain that freedom... only god knows... may be it will take a whole generation or generations... whatever time it takes, the struggle should start... should start from each of us... from today... may be tomorrow will b day we breath freely in this country...

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Random thoughts.... apologies on the lack of order....

What I WANT vs What I NEED...

Week-ends in Chennai for me are 'movie days'... finish off all the week's downloads in one and half days... gone are the hyderabadi week-ends full of shoppings and outings... better i not mention that part again...

This week-end 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' happened to be in my list... wanted to watch that for a while, considering myself as a shopaholic.... well, the movie was terrible.... didnt stand out... The only one point it stressed 'are we really make decisions between 'what we really want' and 'what we really need'...

There are a hundred or thousand things in the world we desire on... human desires are never ending... Put me in mall with lot of cash in my card or purse... i can empty them in hours... 'cos there are a lot of things i want... thatz just human... But if i ask myself 'do i really need all these?'... may be not... We tend to spend on and on... every commercial in the TV tempt as to throw money on stuff which are not really necessary.... The only solution to this is nothing other than 'self control'... which many like me lack....

This week-end I had a difficult situation at the Mobile Store... I wanted one particular model of phone... that was in mind for a long time... but what i really needed according to my two brothers who were on phone with all the time was another one... Usually none can change my mind easily, even its difficult for me... but i did it.... gave in to desire, and bought the one which i really needed... i'm happy (next day only) so do my brothers... I watched the movie after this episode in the Store, I felt happy, I managed to make the right choice...

The world around is so tempting... it's upto us with our on choices not to fall into all the temptations... Every time u r in a dilemma, ask urself 'do i really need this?'... All you have to make is a right choice between what you really want and what you really need....

As the days fly...

As the days fly...

Forgetting the promises to keep...

Unfinished letters in my drawer... Unfinished paintings...

Promises to call... promises to write... all unkept...

There was a song to write... but i can’t remember it now...

I wanted to catch a rainbow... but I don’t want to search for it now...

As the days fly...

I’m forgetting the real me...

Dont Bug me or Bribe me... 'cos its never gonna work....

This blog should have been posted few months back... The motivation behind this is many, dont want to list it all... Well, most of my Yahoo 360 buddies know I blog quite personal... its all me in my blogs.... and this is one topic i never mentioned... Infact the people around me, my close friends know about this side of me... the tough side of me... or strong side of me; THAT I STAND BY MY WORDS...

No bribe, no bugings... or beggings... or pesterings... never work on me... I dont remember me pestering any1 for anything; may be when I was little, and innocent... ask once, end of the story...This is how I role and this is what i learned from the opportunistic world around me... One way or other we have to be strong in our words and action... It doesnt mean to be selfish... it means we are not letting others to take advantage of the soft side of us...

Well, this is the thought of the day for me... nothing new, may be a reminder... (LOL)....

Cheers...

Juby

No more jokes.... 'cos jogging days are back....

No more joking on jogging... finally started (re-started) my morning jogs... all those lazy mornings are now history...

Got up at 5.45... hit the road by 6.00...

Didnt want to exert too much on the first day... so the jog time was just 45 minuts; the running part 20 mnts... need to increase the time slowly... The Velacherry roads are bit dusty and a lot smelly thanks to the number of garbage bins near the lakeside... the lake is not that a beauty from end to end... will try taking some snaps next time, need to carry my moto too... May be i can change the route tomorrow, its a chance to know the roads too.... why to jog on the road I ride to institute everyday... ahh... so many plans... i can make it work... hope i do....

Well, getting up and starting the day at 6.00 is an achievement considering how lazy i was all these days/weeks/months... After leaving hyderabad life was without football or any kind of exercise... put on weight (my friends will laugh at me if i say so... but in my calculator its 'weight'), and i felt stuffed in.... Back to old ways, my ways.... Now the next step for me; find some football buddies over here... missing kicking around... running around... falling down... and (not) getting injured (lol).... Cant expect everything to happen on the same day or the same time i wanted to... new place, it may take some time... but I wanna stay positive... thatz what i am focusing on now... till then, keep myself from not becoming lazy again....

We do really leave old friends....

Today is friendship days.... cant wind up the day without penning down some thoughts on the day... We Indians symbolize so many of 'Days' following the west, but a day like this do make us feel so nostalgic about school days, college days... but the question is so we really miss our old friends?? really??

When I was i college i thought i will definitely miss my school friends.... but i made new friends, did move on.. thought the same thing in university, thought my college friends were my best friends in life... i could make more friends in the university... now i do really miss my HCU friends... it may be a temporary feeling... after a couple of years may be u feel the same 'moved on' feeling about hcu...

The point really is we do really leave our old friends, how muchever we say 'friends for ever', one day or other we leave them, unless they turn out to be colleague ir neighbors; thatz a diff story.... Leaving a friend doesnt mean we forget them, it just means we make new friends, and have more and more friends... we move on... thatz what life is....

I have memories good and bad on friendship day.... from hospital bed to high tea parties in hyd... those are unforgettable... and this year... with my family... travelling a lot with no celebration...

Whatever the ways to celebrate, I am happy I have a wide spectra of people as friends... and i love them all....

Happy Friendship Day....