Domination of outer space!

      Now comes the news that China tested a missile to blow man-made satellites out of their orbit! And the US testing high energy lazers to achieve the same from the ground-station. I bet Russia will be coming out with their own version soon.Where are we going to end up? Maybe we’ll create a total mess out here and then fly off to complete wars in space..huh! or maybe they’ll go fight in Mars. We’ll be much better off doing it the old-fashioned way. Let them challenge each other for a duel. And then for the venue, decide on Pluto! Farther they go, better. As it is , ordinary men vested with the power of making wild decisions on flimsy pretexts are the most dangerous.

Btw, there is the Annual aero-show in B’lore on 7-11 Feb. Planning to go for it over that weekend. They’ll have both static and Flying displays of variety of aircrafts. I guess it’ll be fun to watch..

Finally a Tabla Concert?

    Thats the reaction people have been throwing at me. All because I had been to a concert by none other than Zakir Hussain.And it was the first one i went for  since i came to B’lore(if you discount a Jazz concert i attended with a free pass). Well firstly, i would be any day be  more interested in a classical instrumental event than say a Shaan/Himesh/Sonu/Rock etc etc thing. Doesnt mean i wont  like going to any of these(err.. okay.Except maybe a Rock thing.. ) . Just an order of preference.I understand Tabla somewhat and  enjoy playing/listening to the same ,though i must admit, i havent had a Tabla anywhere near myself since college. Thanks to Navin, i got to know about this charity concert by Zakir and was only too happy to rush off. It cost me 500 bucks, but i guess once in a while i can indulge myself. . Boy, you should have seen people rolling their eyes when i asked them if they would care to join! Well if you ask me , we should at least be proud that in many ways  Indian Classical music has crossed more boundaries than any of the popular singer/musicians can ever claim(ok.. maybe A.R.Rehman) . Its appreciated much more than any of us really comprehend. As it was, 30% of the crowd at the concert were Firangis and considering their population in B’lore relatively , it was more than i would have believed. The problem is , most of us believe its boring unless you understand it. To an extent it might be true,especially vocal music.Its not the partying kind of music but a soothing one. But considering just the instrumentals, if you relax and just sit with an open mind, trying to enjoy the rythm even if you dont understand the intricacies, i think most of us would like it. After all, rythm is something we can latch onto in any kind of music.

 Btw, they auctioned a jacket at the concert that was apparently worn by Shahrukh Khan in the movie Chalte-Chalte. Bidding started from Rs5. It finally went for 1.25 Lacs!! Holy MOG!

New year with the old routine…

 Its been some time since i could last write something. And that really sucked coz i wasn’t really short on time until recently. The year end was great; with  the gang at Mysore on the pretext of checking out Gom’s XBox but seriously, it had been quite some time since we got together. And of course, i got my chance to take my cam out for some really cool snaps. Those who didnt make it into one of them must really kick themselves(or get somebody to deliver the kick… ;P) . Next week on the New Yr eve was off to WonderLa, which is a pretty decent place to spend the day if you enjoy the topsy turvy rides, which Sujit and Mamu  clearly didnt.. ! But yeah , that was real fun with the guys.Since it was the New Yr eve, we got to watch the fireworks in the evening too! And of course, since everybody was out at home enjoying their ass off, i was really not in a mood to waste my day on New Yr.Made Manjunath get off his house with his roomies and off to Bannerghata National Park we were.. Not bad really, since you can catch a Volvo right upto the place. . Ah, and in other news, we got 2 new roomies, who are straightaway  wondering whether i really belong  to that house of ours. Not their fault.They’ve seen me home only 6-7 days in the entire month.Was mostly meeting ppl and cooking at Baba’s place.I can bet i saw Punnen seriously rubbing his eyes one day morning when he saw me getting outta my room. .

Meanwhile , Basanti and Akka flew off to Ooo S of A to take care of grumbling firangs 24*7. Already have news they’re doing night shifts!! Hmm… And guess what, the lady who used to give lectures on how shez averse to any type of cosmetics got herself 110$ of that stuff over there right away. Talk of “Phoren effect”… Shez also got herself a car thats way too big for her size, and plans to upgrade it seems! A “luxury” one, she says! Something wrong with that place. ;P

          Then started the bad part on the New year with ED meetings( “Employee Dialog” , they call it. Don’t ask me what i call it ) and the beginning of serious work at office again.News came that Dad too was detected with having high BP, though i really wonder why!! Anyways, things dont seem all that bright for now. My leave in April looks difficult. Damn!… But yeah buggers!  Wont let all this dampen the mood. It can always get better.( To myself: you better not grumble in the very first post of the year. Leave that to the one guy in Germany…  He’ll do that way better.)