ELF TRAUMA PSYCHE

With or Without You

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:13:00 +0000

It was such an awesome show put by U2, YouTube for You all(including me).

I cant wait to see the traffic reports within the Internet core links tomorrow, when I wake up.

Awesome state of mind before I sleep. The song ringing on my head - with or without you.

Pretty Much Nothing!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:41:00 +0000

So a long weekend is coming to an end. One of the reasons I am writing this is to keep up with doing things that I have ignored for too long. Recently, something weird has happened to me. I have many to-dos at work and outside work. But I haven't been able to concentrate or even take my time out to do the work. With writing this, I am opening up a sliding window with a buffer of time(60*60s). I hope by the end of it, i would be able to look back and feel like I have accomplished at least a thing. Yes, I wrote a blog entry! After quite long!

A pretty nice movie is ON and actually its getting interesting by the minute. I might even finish off the movie first. Its called New York City Serenade. Or rather keep this blog post short. Or Multi-task - May be.

If this blog acts as a reminder, Please note the deadlines, ELF!

- By the end of September, you gotta submit the Chapter to your Professor for review before publishing it. At the same time, Talk to him about the draft of the other paper you submitted and work on it too.

- You have to complete a presentation by tomorrow's end and I know you dont even have the details of what-to-present. Work on it either today, or tomorrow! DONT FORGET!

- Go ahead and buy a nice traveling suitcase for next week. Call friends and Make sure you let me know you're gonna visit them after the workshop. You suck at keeping up with relationships.

- Work out a little more. It really helps you rejuvenate of all the stress that you have been into lately. Trust me! And do some more crunches too.

- You are NOT a singer. So stop singing like you are. But anyway, talk to your brother about what songs you might want to play on the concert few months later. Perhaps that'd be a nice time to have a vacation too. Arrange for it at your work.

- Get used to doing things alone. Go to Movies alone, Restaurants alone, Events alone. One of the reasons you're not yourself is because you think you need a company to have fun. NO! You need your will and yourself! Just dont drink and drive. Learn to have fun without drinking out. You may always drink @ home.

- Prioritize Life's important matters. Work for it a little more than how you are doing right now. But please make sure, you know what you are doing, rather than just doing it for the heck of it. I know overtime, you have come up to be a pretty focused, determined individual. Still, work on it more!

I cant think much as of right now, but when you read this .. Remember these words are tied with a WHIP.

1-hr story (Fiction)

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000

A man walking down the aisle fell down. Turns out he was fat. Turns out the center of Mass fell right on his belly. He stood up thinking about all the Junk food he had till this day. Cursed Wendy's and walked away.

***

A fat lady struggling hard to cross the intersection put a man taking the right turn into fumes.

"Hey, Fat Bitch! Can you do any better than this?"

The fat lady tried walking a little fast but she couldnt. This man had a fight with his wife over the uncalled-for expenditure that the wife put on her dresses. The Man worked on a pretty good company but was always with a fear of getting laid off, while his wife worked as a teacher in a neighboring middle school. She had to look pretty and she had to show off more than they could afford.

***

A nice M6 Coupe parks in front of a low-cost-rent apartment parking lot. He looks like he got all in his pocket, if not his bank account. Shiny Shoes and Shiny Armor! Almost a Black Knight! Walks straight onto the stairs to APT 420 and rings the bell. Almost two hours later, the man comes down and drives away and never to be seen in another 3-6 months.

***

I go to college and I don't earn f()cking money. I spend most of my money on tuition and watch the world as it is. I don't think its even worth earning for all the trouble it seems to give to people. I enjoy seeing people and checking out their DRAMA! I enjoy thinking about where they are heading to and what they have become when they don't seem to have the slightest clue of what they are looking for.

Today I hear three news from my friends.

* Microsoft is laying off 5000 workers. Microsoft is the reason why I was studying, MAN!
* One of my friends' girlfriend moved away from his life since he was a douche-bag. (I always thought douche-bag "too" deserve to be loved).
* XMING is asking for donations and they would allow you to download only when you donate money. I thought Open Source was ......

"STOP IT! GEEKS FAIL! I MEAN GEEKS FAIL TOO!"

Me and my friends were DREAMERS in college. We dreamt about an start-up on somebody's basement someday. My Mom used to tell me "Never give up on what you want to do. It is not the satisfaction of achieving it, It is the satisfaction of getting close". Looked like everyone of my friends believed the same. Or at least, their Moms told them the same thing.

We had started this college website where guys could register and trade stuff! The sole motivation 'though' was not to be like MARK but you know try to get attention of CATHY.

"MARK WHO?"

Mark Zuckerberg!

"Ohh! Dream on F()ckerberg!"

Sure. Will do!

***

I am at this bar and this lady looks at me like she wants to talk to me. She comes close to me and says "Can you buy me a drink?". No, I reply! She goes away. I take out my blackberry and post a status in facebook.

"Why cant some people buy their own drink?"
45 mins ago
"Woooooo. Whats the matter, bud?"
25 mins ago
"Ke bhayo. GF lai ho? hehehe"
10 mins ago
"Are you broke Dude? Tell me, I will give you some money. You know what you gotta do ;) "
5 mins ago
"Asshole"
1 min ago

An interesting thing I note is my girlfriend likes the status.

***

I suddenly get an urge to write something. Something that just goes random. Not in any order, nor in any motive or in any sense. Like something you can write and forget and never have to think about again. Writers don't think much either is what I always believed. And No I am not a writer.

So there is your 1-hour story, which proves Boredom breeds Insanity! Print it and Wipe your Nose with it!

Thanks & Regards.
ELF

BECK, YOU DID IT!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:51:00 +0000

BECK'S!

America's No. 1 imported beer from Germany!

That is how the weekend kicks off formally. And No I ain't drunk yet. I have promises to keep and a long way to go before I sleep.

First Question. Have you ever cared about someone so much that you want them to appear in the scene when they think its the right time, than you thinking NOW is the right time?

Second Question. Have you ever felt so helpless and restless that someone you really care for is having some tough times and you are not really there to care for?

Third Question. Have you ever thought about the consequences that follows when they think you didn't do your best whereas you thought you'd just wait from an input from them.

Fourth Question. Is it always you have to "PROVE" something or some things are just so obvious you can do NOTHING!

I am stopping the questions, apparently of the fear of being called a DRUNK BLOGGER.

Prayers to God, and Blessings to my Sperm!
ELF

And tonight

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:14:00 +0000

I sleep with so many questions in my head!

So , is ELF dead already?

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:55:00 +0000

The simple answer is NO.

"PROVE IT"

Sure. Here he is!

Life has been rolling dice(s) on him. He's been changing places, circles, employers! Blame it on the employers not able to sustain him for long cos of their companies running on budget-deficit investment/growth. Well and blame it on him too cos he doesn't want to stick to one as there is always a better opportunity ahead.

He moves from Midwest to Northeast and is driving down West pretty soon. Actually next Sunday, he's setting off for the longest trip he's ever taken. Boston to Phoenix. Talk about "changes" in his life!

"Neologism" has vanished from his life, it seems. Last time he coined a word was "Freaktards" when he was storming out in anger. You know that means "Freaking B***tards" right? Most of all, now he got people wary about his words and thoughts and actions. He was complaining about a group of people calling him a man whore. That is how he stands out and he cant help people judging him either. But he felt it was good letting such company off his life that does NOT criticism but plain HATRED. He said to me later, he was not upset about being called a man whore, but upset about losing respect a little that he ever had among the peers he hung out with. Good thing about Online relationships is you can let go pretty easy!

The reason for this blog is NOT vents! Its rather something interesting.

Most of the visitors to this blog come from Google. And you might find it weird, but the keyword that makes the highest number of unique visitors is "Ravan". May be you can get lucky with that keyword as well. And Mind it, I have nothing, whatsoever, concerned with Ramayan or Ravan in my personal blog.

But even interesting. Today, there was a visitor from tang-one-thirty-three.mit.edu with following credentials.
Referrer http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+screw+a+professor
Search Engine Google
Keywords how, screw, professor

Talk about the students anywhere. They want to screw their professors so bad no matter the expertise! : )

Will be back shortly.

So - is it a new beginning?

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:46:00 +0000

Great Anticipations, of course!

New President, New Status, New Job, New Place(May be), New Circle(May be), New Band. There's so much to look forward to. 2008 had been eventful no doubts, but would 2009 stand up to its mark? Perhaps new ventures that is incomparable to the ones in 2008. Surety : I'll be Off Academics and would plan to be off a little longer this time. Forever? Shall see.

To Mark 2008's achievements, they even added a LEAP SECOND. Who they - dont ask!

There was a nice turnout of crowd on the "Mojo Rides" concert. Had some stunts and more important- tried to improve on performance spirits! It was superb, at least, on my standards. Too bad - didn't capture the excitement. Good though that some moments last for a three hour span, and memories of it last forever!

Changes are bound to happen in the year ahead, but 2008 remained pretty as what i had expected.

Expectations and Predictions and Wishes!

=> YAHOO! - please seriously consider revising efforts! I am a big fan of YAHOO! no matter how they suck now - in economic terms! I hope i were in the 2000 era and made predictions! I would have predicted YAHOO would buy Google sometime around in 2002. But wait, i didnt even start blogging then. I was too busy with Yahoo Geocities! And the deal maker was a sucker!

=> OMAHA - A growing city, A revering affection cos i've stayed in here for too long for me to be staying at any place. You're a growing city - but increase the pace. Acknowledge and accept changes to its best! With the advent of three giants MS, Yahoo! and Google, Now you'd have to lure plenty start-ups! Good Luck for the years ahead.

=> POKHARA - Not been to PKR, for some years now. But, same with you! Hope you catch up the investors and build more businesses and keep comparable to the capital city.

=> ELF - F you Dude! You don't even deserve a prediction. I know you'd sloth bad! But Hopefully, you'd spend more time productive than talking to random people, talking random things and being a ROMEO around! I know you wont! ; ) You're a born flirt!

Happy New Year wishes to all!

Cognition!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:44:00 +0000

I am equally 'unaware' of the word as you probably are. So lets drill this together!

cog·ni·tion n. The mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.

How would you think that your knowledge differs from that of your peers? Do you even believe it does? Or are you the one who's looking for a peer with a perfect match always? Do you equally argue as you agree to each other?

I have been an ardent admirer of "differences". I talk to people to know how different the individual is. Of course, i got a swelled head when we run into arguments. But hey, you should know that could be one of our differences. Or May be, which probably is, one of our commonalities!

For example, Mumbai Attack - IMO is because of the difference of opinion between blatant religious followers who never learnt to respect differences. Or, the massive jobs cut along with the continually downward economy - IMO is because of cognitive dissonance, ultra optimism or pessimism. Put a considerable difference margin before you make a decision.

Differences do not necessarily lead to destruction. Some people make a difference - so they lead. Differences is one of the sole reason we come up with great ideas. Had it not been different ways of cognition on things, i'd have been scribing these words on some rock.

I wouldnt say let there be no religion as John Lennon said. I say let there be differences among us, but let us learn to appreciate, collaborate and move forward learning from the differences we possess. Let there be many cultures, diverse faces in the community, and let us just change our thoughts - to appreciate that we have different thoughts and that we are all different!

It is complex i know - cos that beats the whole purpose of being different when we all agree to have similar thoughts. But hey, why not make it a commonality while you still remain different in many other things!

Pretty Long, huh!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:32:00 +0000

It came to me that this place was abandoned. The place i was FOR myself , the place i was WITHIN me and the place where i apparently had verbal orgies! Or is that an overstatement?

Lots happened, and no updates - i must have been lazy!

Got an internship at an organization that promises me full time and sponsorship and what not! And a verse strikes me "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But i have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep". Its a good time nevertheless, seeing that networks over here are equally messy/mismanaged as it was in my `con-tree`. I guess, that's what i got hired for. And though not bounded to wireless only, i am a wireless engineering intern. Lots of line ups for things that i need to study for the RF and signals domain. It is interesting though.

Few weeks back , i played on a concert opening up for some established artists. With so much respect for them, we went on a bar after our performance! And when we came back, the show had finished. Luckily, people called at the middle of their show and said, we want you guys back in stage, as people are running away! I am sure, they played good music, but may be they lacked dashing performers! If you know what i mean! Youth Power! Or, may be the guy who called was just a young crowd too! We are all YOUNG - if you ask me. The band formed in some 2 weeks' time before the show and we called it "MOJO". Utter it once, and you're sure to do it again! "MOJO MOJO"! There you go.

We do have a concert lined up within a month from now, so if you happen to pass by, you're welcome to attend. It'd mostly be Nepali 'rock' numbers along with Steppenwolf's born to be wild! (heavy metal thunder) and may be an iron maiden track "losfer words". We still got a month. We jammed this weekend for a start, and it wasnt bad at all. Guys were enthusiastic about making it happen this time!

So, what else?

Academics - Talk NOT!

Sleep - my sleeping pattern has changed!

Relationship - Oh well! No date.

Hair - I had some spikes few days before. It wasn't that bad either.

Alcohol - Do i even need to say? I just got back with memories of German beers at Oktoberfest yesterday.

Places - None. I seem to love my zip code! : ) (Commute to work - exception)

Trauma/Insanity - it seems to be in a dormant stage! Somebody wake the Satan in me!

And i am suddenly blank. I will try to frequent more. Please enjoy the song!

I will not Procrastinate.

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:39:00 +0000

I will not Procrastinate.
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~~I will not Procrastinate.~~

The day i was born!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:13:00 +0000

I was not drunk, but i am now!

Its 4:15 AM (past my birthday) and im awake!

Had fun! Boozing and Singing!!!

Will come up with more later! : )

WOW!

14 - An Elucidation

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0000

1. Fourteen is my favorite number.
2. Two Lucky Sevens equal Fourteen. Fuck it - i am happy-go-lucky!
3. I have lived "four" teens! (A Musician , A Geek, A Hopeless Romantic, A Wanna-be misanthropist.)
4. 14 - Atomic Number for Silicon .. Oh wait, SILICON - is that what my life's revolving around?
5. Fourteen is an unlucky number to the Chinese. You must have got an idea now to what i am referring to!
6. Fourteen is a composite number. No doubt i am complex.
7. 7 * 2 should be Fourteen, right on! That makes me crazy! :P
8. 14 - The number of days in a Fortnight... I absolutely love mid-month crises!
9. 14 is the number of lines in a sonnet. Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare - I would write that if he hadn't.
10. Its been exactly 14 hours since NOON : )
11. It didnt take me 14 minutes to come up with this blog. Took more! - I am honest.
12. Believe it or not, Count the number of words in this sentence - exactly fourteen.
13. I am fourteen days ahead of getting a year older.
14. This has to be the fourteenth point. Precisely!

Sleepless!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:57:00 +0000

Probably, its got to do with me having too much time to waste - even sleep dont mesmerize me anymore.

For the creators of sleep - you surely knew how to save energy.

My work has been confined to reducing energy consumption on devices by making them sleep more when not in action. And Look at me, i have been exactly the opposite! Talk about hypocrisy!

I learnt recently that there are stages of Sleep. Check on Wiki and you'll find that there are stages like :

1. The brain transforms from Alpha waves (8-13Hz) to Theta waves (4-7Hz). Thats the time when i lose conscious awareness of my environment.
2. Then Sleep Spindles(12-16Hz) and K-Complexes take over me. The conscious awareness completely disappears.
3. Delta Waves and Delta Rhythms (0.5-4Hz) assists me for a deep sleep with less than 50% of total wave-patterns.
4. The delta waves make up for more than 50% at the final stage of my sleep, where i go completely sleeping!

So, to sum it up , and as per my source of wiki , i go onto sleep with stages as below.
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 3 , 2 , REM (Rapid Eye Movement)
(the 4 stages are characterized into NREM (Non-Rapid Eye Movement))

Anyway, Late Night Sleeping : but i still do maintain my required sleeping hours to 7-8.

I am drinking now. (Lots of water - for a change today ) , cos i knew alcohol might suppress my later stages of sleep. : )

Good Night People! Sleep Well! : )

Work and Wisdom!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:07:00 +0000

PS: Sorry, you have to click on it to see the cartoon. Couldn't fix it! So much for being a Techie!

ELF - Cartoonist ?

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:38:00 +0000

Alright Guys ! I dont know how it hit me but here's it for a start!

As equivocal as my blog has been, so would be my cartoons. If i ever continue, that is! : ) Anyway .. too much of listening to "What breaks a heart" might have had this imagination come to my mind right now. I promise, it'll have some humor later on. LOL, if you dont laugh at this again! :P

Beyond this turmoil , I must Flee!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:32:00 +0000

Of all that we are seeing, and yet to see, its HIGH time we make choices of expanding our community to Moon or Mars. I agree with Stephen Hawking. We should be establishing colonies on Moon and Mars. We must avoid Earth as catastrophes like nuclear war / climate changes / natural disaster are bound to make living extremely difficult. Read the link above and there are such great insights , rather plans.

- Moon , the base to other planets of the Solar System. Sounds like a pretty decent Space-Hub!
- Mars would be Google's GRAND DATA CENTER spot.
- My dream of working on Inter-Planetary Networks would come true, possibly, if i get hired.
- Every Country would reserve the place for their "just in case" situation.
- Rich would be out of earth on vacations , and perhaps reserving their lands too.
- Poverty / Gravity on earth - both are inevitable. Rich would escape them, of course!
- A day will come, the Capitalists would have a different planet!
- There would be inter-planetary relationships, a new name to long distance relationship. As an outcome of that, people would grow more into telepathy sort of relationships, than physical! inter-planetary relationships!
- Slowly earth will see a brain drain.
- Geniuses vs Patriots! WAR!
- Pollute the Solar System.
- Some other Professor somewhere in one of those planets would be planning for an outreach toward some other Galaxies.
- Who gets the right to escape earth first ? MONKEYS too ?

Uff , i guess i am simply making some noise here. But anyway the endless possibilities is interesting, isnt it? We think NOT about problems that we could solve , but about ways we can escape those problems, "just in case" ! Bravo Humanity!

Whoops !

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:40:00 +0000

I must have been in a disarray. Nothing can stop me write. Not even ME!

Met some employers and one of them on the interviews asked me more "Music" questions than technical ones. He was wondering how we listened and played American Rock music living in a country Americans(He) don't know about. Even the impression led me for a follow-up interview and who knows a job right away. I told him i was looking for the prospect than the job that was in hand, as i was over qualified for that.

Yes, Kansas City was fun. We had been there on the day of the match when Kansas was playing against North Carolina for the Final Four NCAA College Basketball. I supported Kansas City (no-1 seed), of course. And the same day, we had the college basketball experience at the Sprint Center. I was all sweat! There was this newly opened bounded place called the Power and Light District in downtown, where all we did was cheered up Kansas. There were like 2500 people around, boozing! Couldnt have been more fun!

Forgot to mention, we visited arts and museums. In fact, TWO. The art at the museum totally inspired me, cos it was all history reflected. I must say, i must have been old enough to actually be liking arts and orchestras! At a different place, it was the contemporary arts and guess what! Three Colors on a Canvas, and thats an art. : ) I hated starting off with a decision-tree based story written on the wall at that place, apparently cos it was a detective story and i ended up being killed.

Anyway, it was fun . Good thing, Kansas won the NCAA title in the finals, two days later. The City is all Basketball! And, yes, i do love basketball. No offense to my paunch today, but i was a member of the Basketball Club in my High School. And i played real hard, despite my height! :P I played late night indoor soccer yesterday and i was all panting on a single run on the field, but that was solely for fun and assessing if i lost my stamina completely or is there any chance, i can regain some!

The only thing i havent been able to do, this week, is synchronization. I cant synchronize my "TODOs". I cant synchronize my protocol! Synchronization itself would be a dissertation topic, and i am taking much time even for a work around. Anyway, hopefully, i get synchronized pretty quick with the research, as i did with my blog!

No . This isnt ending so soon ! You gotta bear me more.

An Inspiring Quote i read on the Museum, inscribed in the building.

The Soul has greater need of the IDEAL, than of the REAL

I guess this is the end!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:02:00 +0000

I have really been foot slogging recently. I guess, this should be it! I am no more updating this blog , but will be coming up with a new one soon. A new blog and a new idea of blogging. Not just regular life of yet-another-boring person! No, not a soaker every time!!! Sucker! ( Literally, though! damn! :) ) There is this trend of showing off your blog to your employer recently. See, i blog about tech-stuffs. And look at me. I blog about my recent what/where-abouts! If they read my blog, they'd find me a psychiatric, for sure!

To me blogging was to get rid of a girl i thought i had in my mind then (trauma). Gradually i turned my trauma into a drama! My blogging turned into my work-rants! Then, again a student and life's so stopped! Life doesn't have quite interesting turns except for parties, drunken nights and hangouts. I mean, same old people always! :D Too much Sugar is sweet " bhanchha " - " Mero ta sugar nai khojnu chha ! " I prefer two and a half teaspoonful (if you got the math in that.)

Aba sarhai jhau lagyo. Mero Student Life pani is on its verge! So, with some changes in life, i plan to come up with a total different view! BTW, Birthday pani audai chha , ani i guess i will be past mid-twenty then. That's yet another reason i guess i'd be having some sort of a "DECENT" blog.

I dont mean, i am quitting writing. I dont mean, i am quitting blogging. I just mean, i am quitting ELFTRAUMA.

A little into what is ahead for me within a month or two or three or four!

- Filed my tax returns today so expecting to get 'em and rock with the money within few weeks.
- Traveling to Kansas City next weekend for a short trip.
- Applying for Summer Internship ! In Parallel finish off my research work.
- Waiting for my punk brother to arrive before i set off for a California Trip.
- Waiting for July - to finish off my age this year. lol
- And yeah, play on a concert coming September.
- and FUCKIN' GRADUATE this august! HELL YEAH!

So, see ya when i see ya ppl!

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noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:37:00 +0000

Choose your life. Choose mates. Choose a job. Choose a starter journey. Choose insurance, priorities, hair-styles, drinks, sacrifices . Choose a Happy-Go-Lucky Personality !!! Choose your future with the present .

But why would anyone want to do a thing like that ?

Started with this very Notion! I can clearly see the end of this!

* Have been Listening to Classical Composers as Prokofiev a lot recently! Even went in to see live Orchestra and they play so well, live-disciplined music. Got the tickets for a Grand Violin Concerto with an Orchestra next week. They make you feel good, They are ALCOHOL!

March Madness

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:48:00 +0000

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On Greed, Flu, Condoms and Anthropology!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:32:00 +0000

Yet another interesting title, and hope will help you keep on coming to this blog as long as this blog lives!

Let me start with Respected Mr. Gaikwad. Sorry, if i misspelt your gender. You needed an advice as to whether Nahr Ibrahim genuinely wanted to make you a partner on his $15 million dollar asset. Look at your covetous eyes for money! I bet, the money is all you saw in that email. And you think, your 9-5 salary + investment on some shares made you such great "man of affairs" that you've started getting offers! LOL. Please go ahead, and make your trip to Hawaii as wonderful as you can ever DREAM of. And thanks for the visit to my blog though. : )

My finger still is wrapped, and i went into the health center to grab some more band-aids. Just then, i saw a basket with a note " Help Yourself, Get Rid of Flu! ". Not exactly Flu, but i have been sneezing a lot recently. Grabbed one bag, and it contained all i required. Lip ointment, Hand Sanitizer, Cough Suppressant sweets, some pain relievers. The sweet was sweet, what more could i expect! :)

One of my friends immediately grabbed some condoms from a bowl near the reception. Free, and Condoms! Why wouldnt anyone grab one! :D When we came out of the building, i wanted to have my share! LOL . Asked him, and he gave me 2 packs.

It read : "Antimicrobial Alcohol Gel Hand Wipes". "An Antiseptic Handwash to prevent cross contamination". "Warning: For external use only"! LOL , believe it or not, never had i read words with such attention.

And finally, weekend starts having finished a movie! "The Nanny Diaries". One of its lines, that just put me into complete thought, i wanted to share on this blog.

There's a common belief among anthropologists that you must immerse yourself in an unfamiliar world in order to truly understand your own.

Seven!

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:01:00 +0000

Wonder Why Seven?

Thumbs, lets say, they're good only for the spacebar. And with my left-hand-index-finger still dressed on a band-aid with some antibiotic ointment, I have only Seven left to write this up. LOL

So, whats up with me ! Have been hitting the bar too frequently these days with friends, free pool, darts (not free,lol), wasting lots of money but earning a little more than earlier as well. Thats right! More Money from School! lol.

Let me talk about meeting my wonder woman at a lab recently. She's Chinese, and so cute. :D Talked to her a little. Like, what do u study? And then, nothing more : ) Man, i've been such an asshole that i cant even ask a girl her name the first time, and all i can do is, when she's not on her desk..go to the computer, see the username, search the university address book, get her name, search google, and find out her last university attended and current status. LOL . Could have found her relationship status, if only, she was on some social networking website!

But anyway, primarily, thats the point where i am stuck at right now. I know, she smiles whenever she sees me, at least greets "Hi!" and i do the same. But i wouldnt want to talk further without knowing if she's SEP or not. (Someone Else's Property). I mean to say, a graduate student whos on the extra mile PhD program, would probably have been married by now. I base this theory on seeing some of my Chinese friends, almost all Occupied.

Anyway, one fine day, i am gonna chase her down her car, onto her apartment and peek in through her window. Kidding! :D , i would probably see if she hangs out with someone else more often.

ELF, if she is single, then its YOUR GAME! AHUM! YEAH BABY! lol

Anyway, tell u what. If I really dream about her in some minutes now, its all about her smile. It KILLS! :D It fuckin' Kills!

And writing on SEVEN fingers couldnt be more easy thinking about her!

Why do i blog when drunk ?

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:32:00 +0000

I am not a good blogger. I blog when i am drunk, and it proves, i got nothing to share when i am not drunk. Anyway, it doesn't mean, i drink less. I frequent less even when i am drunk.

I sang on a karaoke bar today. My all time favorite "all my loving" by the Beatles. The song might have sound like a typical Asian singing in front of the whites, but what the fuck should i care. I think, i meant what i sang, and it was all good with cheers from my friends. I have totaled singing it thrice. Once in my schooling, one at my college, and this time around in a bar with lots of beautiful chicks.

I had my first stage performance in US, and i credit it for all the drinks i had.

I feel good, and i feel drunk, and i feel like blogging before i let this feeling go off me.

I love you, music. I love you, life!

2008 - a year after 2007

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:22:00 +0000

What important is 2008 to you?
To me: is just another year ahead.

People make new year resolutions for the upcoming year. We made a 5-day trip to enjoy the last few days we had left for 2007. 2008 starts from today: so what!!! I may even remain without partying for the start of the new year, but man, how can i miss 2007 who was just leaving then. Now that it has left, i have memories hovering; which again is sure to fade. The last few days: I created those memories. Those were good. A Good Break off all the semesters-work, research-work and what not!

Btw, the good news started with my paper being accepted for publishing in the IEEE and the semester ending: having completed all required work. 4 people, collected friends to visit, places to crash into, rented a car and zoomed off to a trip to the south. Friends wouldn't know until last few hours that we are crashing at their place for the nights. Lots of Reunions!!! Music Fiesta!!! Professor Bashes! Location Bashes! Historical Places Visit! Man, i don't know how to start.

Let me point out in brief with keywords. I know, i am that kinda person who would read this blog at some time in future and smile over the time spent on these words.

We started off at Friday. Musical Party, Wichita, KS: I played saxophone for the first time ;P (at least got a picture taken). Jammed up with my friend after like 8 years. He had instruments more than i have girls! whatever that means! LOL. It took us some time to leave Wichita as we had a flat tire. Later on came to know (after a wait for around 2 hours for the AAA to come) that it was only low on air and the cold caused it.

Visited universities, everywhere we could. Of course compared it with ours. On probability of seeing girls read novels by the fountain, and us being HAPPY seeing plenty of them around: i rank "University of Central Oklahoma", Edmond, OK, the best.

Norman stay was wonderful with barbecue on chattu's place. Location bashing continued then, each promoting their own city for the other to visit. More interestingly, the discussion concluded that there was nothing on both cities, giving a blow to Arts Center, Museums and so on that might have been on those cities : but least interesting to us.

Then, we drove further south to Texas : the land of the cowboys. We landed in for some cheap chicken biryani and tandoori: at some Indian restaurant in Texas .. oh damn!! All the time, i was skeptical about the birdie being one of the black kind. If you remember the movie "run". That was highly probable because if we had that food at our place, it would cost at least 2 hours more work with my professor. Dallas was fun! Meeting Friends was `funner`! Pulchowk Campus Reunion was the `funnest`.

Some interesting improvements over our previous trips:
- Had alcohol every night on every halts. Had so much fun talking and meeting people that there were no hangovers the other day.
- 4 People : 4 Drivers !!! A lot comfortable for all of us.
- Met lots of friends everywhere.
- With a GPS navigator, driving was a piece of cake. (though there had been discussions when there was a MAP ERROR, not software error! )
- Visited lot of universities ( Three in Oklahoma state only , UCO, OSU, OU).
- One of our friends discovered a unique idea of photography. [ Take at least 3 fast snaps on a single pose, and chose the best out of those for `facebook` ] .
- Had a nice jam up with a long-time friend. A nice comeback for our fusion concert, which we still dream to perform sometime in future.
- Friends we visited and them getting jobs! They were lucky we were there! :P

Back to Omaha, and went to a Chinese Buffet. Man, that was awesome! New Year Day, and the chinese were selling out! We had to wait for 5 minutes for a table.

Long Live Memories of 2007!!! (as if)
and Happy New Year 2008 to All! ( how could i forget)

Black Dog

noreply@blogger.com (ELF) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:41:00 +0000

Let me present to you a beautiful song that the legendary English Rock Stars played at the "Reunion concert, 02 Arena, London." on DEC 10, 2007. I wasnt even born, when this song got released, and i play it on my guitar now as though this is my song. Something young musicians today wont probably like! The song is called BLACK DOG. I would want some "Robert Plant" to sing it for me someday. I have been asking one of my friends to do that, but all he does best is listen. He doesnt even dare!

*update: the reunion concert video was no longer available, so please do enjoy the full song from the 1973 concert.

Led Zeppelin still goes strong! Look at how old they've grown and what a crowd they still rock for! Seemed they have low tuned the guitar to scale down the vocals.

Media just got busted with the news of people traveling thousand miles for the show, fans paying high amount for the donation that the concert aims to serve.

Led Zeppelin have played on rare occasions together since the death of their drummer, John Bohman. And now, it was good seeing his son, Jason playing the drums.

The songs played on the Reunion Concert can be viewed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin#2007_Reunion

I hope to get the DVD of the concert, cos thats what i can do best! :P Or , May Be, they are set for a US tour. That would be awesome!