Saturday, December 5, 2009

All in a day’s work

25 curses 'n' blesses
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Disclaimer which actually claims something: The characters in this post exist only in this freak’s think tank if you find them in any water tank or temple tank or your Fishville tank or another place for that matter would like to meet them Big Grin

 

“Your time is up; my time is now now; U can’t see me; my time is now” (alarm rings)

My world was awake but i was half asleep. I asked with my mouth which smelled closely to a concoction of rotten egg and onion, still dreaming about my job “ One coffee assistant”. “The guts you have, Keshu your time is really up and John Cena ain’t going to save you” As I heard my mom sound the warning bell I rushed to the bathroom; downloaded everything I uploaded last night (you must know what i mean) and rendered the bacteria homeless by showering my body.

“keshu eat something. It won’t be nice if the interviewer sees you holding the stomach. Eat this pongal”

“I should get there to do that and the interviewer wouldn't like me, if he caught me napping after eating your heavy pongal. Later, bye”

One, Three, Six”.. I was literally jumping down those staircases, and just as I was about to leap to the final few steps i realized  I forgot something which starts with a C . Dirty guys, not that he forgot his certificates and asked my mom to drop them down.

  You see climbing the stairs is a really tedious job when dont have an elevator carrying you so the technique used here is “U drop, I’ll catch”.

   Is it a rocket, train or bullet, no its is the dumb head me. Everyone was looking why this guy who is dressed to kill is running on the road to kill himself and drew the attention of a few street dogs, which profusely barked at me. I was waiting for like 20-25 minutes, no sign of the bus yet.

   Here comes the savior with a condition that you have to foot board in that Bus. I was riding on the foot board of the bus. Precariously balanced, i asked for the ticket to the conductor. When things go wrong they really go wrong. A car went by and splashed muddy water all over my pants. After seeing car go past a safe distance to makes sure he doesn't have any chance in the world to hear  abuses and hurled abuses

   Is someone knocking on my head? No, it is the rain. Mr..Einstein in action, I was trying to wash away the mud through rain aka God’s spit. I wetted my pants which might create a doubt whether i pissed in my pants.

After half an hour of struggle in the crowded bus I reached the place. But I wasn’t all that impressed by the way i was looking. You dip white pants in mud and then in water and rinse it. That was the colour of my pants.

   I found the corner of the waiting hall and was sitting there. A guy who was sitting next to me asked “Quick tell me all the accounting principles”. I smiled and said “You chose the wrong guy, ask some other guy”. Everyone who entered the interview room  came out like the withered crops in Farmville. I was wondering why? It was my turn i entered the room. There was a Superhero and two side kicks

A guy in the panel who looked like a side kick asked “Why are your pants unique? I have never seen this colour before”

“Sir that is to prove, I am unique” thank God i had a good reason

Another side kick replied “Let us see that Mr…….. keshav”. The superhero asked me my certificates and was having a hard look at it. Then the sidekicks were starting to ask me a series of unwanted questions.

“When was Obama born? What is Usain bolts world record time? Who invented the computer and when was it invented?”

“Sir I know all the answers but i refuse to tell”

The superhero asked “Why?”

“Sir, my problem is that I have applied for the position of an Accounting staff. Why do you expect your accounting staff to know about Obama’s birthday and Usain Bolt record? I will answer that if you give me a much higher position and if you send me to Inter-company quiz competition”

“Ok fair enough “said the super hero. The funny thing is that I didn't know the answer to any of those questions and I managed it. Just when i relaxed the Super hero took over from his sidekick and asked me to explain the accounting principles. I wanted to hug the guy who was discussing the answer with someone. I went ahead explaining everything.

The superhero seemed contend with my answer and asked me the real reason why my pants were so jaded.

“Sir, it is raining outside, Chennai is famous for pot holes and mini lakes on the road and to add to it we have good drivers who give us a wash for free in that water. To be honest I was late, no more excuses”

In that process I gave all the excuses I could and bluffed i had no excuses for being late and untidy. That is a neat trick to have, isn’t it?. Super hero gave a mean look and said i may go. I walked out confidently unlike others that I ensured I would be booted out for my gimmicks.

"Shucks keshu, looks like the Boss is straight on to your cabin, QUICK, QUICK, shut it down!"

“Wtf? OMG" Tut,Tut

“G.. Goo.. Good morning sir” (That was me smiling sheepishly)

“Oh! Good Morning keshav. Carry on,Son." "By the way keshav, I want that report done by today”. (Boss walks away)

“Close Shave, keshu. Think he wants you to get the post done by today,, he he”

“Guess, he had no clue as to what i was upto”

“Now where did i leave THE BLOG POST at ?”

.....I would be booted out for my gimmicks.

"He he!!" I let out a wry smile, I had got the Job after all. 

THIS IS JUST A SHORT STORY PLEASE DONT CONGRATULATE ME FOR GETTING THE JOB.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Commenting on the Commentaries

16 curses 'n' blesses

 

It’s been 3 weeks since i last blogged the reason being exams, fever, block and boredom and that seems to be a thing of past now. Now people will see me regularly in other blogs and my blog as well. No welcome back comments please Praying

 

russarnold_nehra   I’ve been watching Test cricket between India and Sri Lanka for the past few days on Neo Cricket. The cricket commentary, I should say is really below par. To be honest the Sri Lankan commentary team is horrible. The coverage isn’t all that interesting either. RK was very disappointing; over stressing every time he ends a sentence. It is irritating and fake. I will quote a few examples here of some shoddy commentary.

 

Russell Arnold on Thilan Samarweera

“He ees a very good player. He starts off very slow and scores slow. He ees not afraid to play his strokes”

Come Russell what are you saying, this is verbal diahorrea. Just because you are a Sri Laankan you need not speak highly of every Sri Laankan player. what you are saying is equivalent to saying Ladoo is very spicy.Raised Eyebrow

Another Instance of such a thing – Ranil Abenayake on Angelo Mathews:

 

Ravi Shastri asks “ tell me about Mathews where did he come from? A cricket, First class cricket or Under 19 cricket”

 

“ He ees a very good player, can score a lot of runs and take a lot of Wick‘cut’s. He has come School Crick‘cut’, it ees very strong in Sri Laanka”

 

I dont knowCome on face it the guys he has scored just a fifty that to against a Pakistan side which hasn’t played test cricket for a while and he didn’t pick a lot of wickuts as he claims.

Yuvraj is Batting on 73 and Dhoni is new to the crease look what our Russell is upto this time

“Sunny Last time Dravid declared when Tendul’car’ is short of a double ton, will Dhonee do that here to  you’veraaj(yuvraj)”

Sunny smiles sheepish and does not humiliate Russell and says “Pretty similar”  OMG he beats me in comparing incomparable.Big Grin

What happens when Sehwag and Gambhir are batting?

The first thing you need to know is that according to Sri Lankan commentators Sehwag becomes Shewag and Gambhir becomes Gaambeer.

The commentary gets the most clichéd when they are batting they repeat the same story over and over again. Our Indian commentators aren't  exceptions, they too have their fair share of torturing us. These are things they usually come up with especially Ravi Shastri.

 

“They play for the same state, franchise, club blah blah blah Chatterbox

“They are very goods mate of the field” – how many times will you say this Yawn

“Gambhir calms down when Sehwag goes haywire”

“they understand each other”

“Fantastic Four, super shot no one stop Sehwag when he bats like this”

“ Gambhir is the second wall of India”

   What has happened to cricket commentary it used to be so much fun listening to them. A hallmark of a good commentator is to make a sucking game feel like a billion dollar.

 

“When you have nothing to say, just shut up. Try to complement the action in the middle and you need not describe the ball being rolled to the bowler“

                                                                                                       -Richie Benaud

    

I have some thoughts, how would it be if a Geometrist commentates?

“Sreesanth runs in straight line perpendicular to the popping crease and delivers the ball with seem which is 90 degrees and it pitches and deviates 78 degrees and Jayawardena holds his bat parallel to the ground and hits the ball which swerves like a curved line, bisects the field and  reaches the fence ”

 

               I switched Channels to watch Channel 9 commentary which included and commentary team of Tony Grieg, Richie Benaud, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, Bill Lawry and Ian Healy. Oh my goodness this commentary team rocks but not stone like the one from Neo cricket. Commentary in India and sub continent as whole has a fair distance to travel to get where the above people have went. I pin my hopes on Sourav Ganguly.

There are commentators and then there Commentators:

Richie Benaud- The Grand old man of cricket commentary.

Mark Nicholas-  The man with the voice everyone would envy

Michael Slater – Former Aussie opener and a cheeky commentator

Ian Healy- Yet another Aussie with a flair for words and voice i would envy

Tony Grieg- One of the all time greats in this field and makes stupid matches seem interesting.

Damien Fleming- Newbie who packs a punch in his commentary

David Bumble Lloyd-  He is my favorite. I can watch a match between a bunch of nobodies if he is commentating.

Geoff Boycott-  The man with a Fascinating Yorkshire accent obsessed with technique.

Navjot Singh Siddhu- His Siddhuisms are out of this world, sadly he is no more a commentator he is now in politics.

Harsha Bhogle- The best Indian commentator if not the best in the world; a man who has a way with words and face behind ESPN star.

Sunny Gavaskar- I need not talk about him he is really cheeky and he is the saving grace for Neo cricket.

Ian Chappell- In your face guys who doesn’t fear anyone when it comes to expressing his opinion. He didn’t even spare the great Don Bradman.

Bill Lawry-  An awesome commentator with an even more awesome voice

Even the New Zealand commentary team seems to be doing pretty good

 

What do you think? Pour your thoughts in the comments section.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

As random as a post can get.

29 curses 'n' blesses

Appearances are Deceptive:

If you take a glimpse at the sky, there would be snow white gorgeous looking things floating different shapes in the sea of blue. They look marvelous, dont they? Affirmative they sure do. Then there are clouds which are black rather grey. They dont look quite as pretty, do they? Relatively you can say yes they aren’t as pleasing as their fairer counterparts. But one thing that makes them invaluable is they are the ones which bring us the lifeline which makes the world go round, the rain.

2 yrs ago i was leaving for home. I met this old guy with bald head looking pretty decent at the railway station. He asked me to hold him and help him up the stairs. I did. Just a few steps, his hand touched my peter aka piston you know what i am talking about. I thought it was mistake and carried on. A few more stairs, my peter was given a knock knock who’s there kind of thing. That does it, I gave a stare, pushed his hand and walked away. Spare a thought for women who are harassed like this.

Appearances are surely deceptive, aren’t they? Why I learn it this way.

The More you give the more you get:

The Dead Sea as the name suggests is really place where no life forms exists apart from a few bacteria. You know why? I’ll tell you. You see the waters get into the Dead Sea but they dont flow out. This makes it almost 10 times saltier than the ocean. The density of the water is so high it makes you float. It takes all the water from the rivers, one of them is the Jordan River which has one of the least salinity and gives none. Dont be like that is was what i learnt from nature.

On a lighter note, in the first One dayer, our two bowling stalwarts Harbhajan and Praveen gifted runs to Aussie batters as a belated Diwali gift. Man! they were damn impressed and wanted to return the favor. They Dropped catches, misfielded, bowled full tosses outside off stump and long hops. That was so nice of them to give away Christmas gifts so early. Lee and Hopes said they wont play the second One dayer for that generous act. Christmas has come so early for the India if they 356 run target is anything to go by. Curse Siddle and Hauritz they were so stingy. That’s one more reason why you should believe the above thought.

Getting social with a drunk person is not a great idea:

This Diwali was really special for me. I went to my friend’s place that evening to light up crackers. We had a blast, literally. When I was about to kick start a series of blast, two amigos came at me smiling and dancing. “Happy Diwali” they said and hugged me. I was at my socializing best. I hugged them and wished them as if I knew them for ages. Then came the real deal, they didn't want me they wanted my Red fort cracker. After sometime playing I've got worst he’s got better crackers game and then You dont bring drunkards into our flat game, my friends had heartily laugh at my folly. Thats another lesson learnt, point noted my lord

I think, I have bored you guys enough. Seeya after my exams, until then adios amigos

 

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