Hey folks,

I had just gone down to Chittur (in Andhra Pradesh) as a result of family protocol to attend a relative’s house-warming ceremony.

Now, let’s not delve into why it’s called a house-warming ceremony. It was certainly not warm, it was freakin’ hot! What with all the smoke and fumes, in an otherwise scorching hot day!

There were quite a few thoughts that were sparked off on my mind as a result of experiences on these 2 days. Let me now write about the first of the thoughts.

These one-and-a-half days have made me realise what kind of a pathetic handicap I have. It was so difficult passing time without a computer and internet access that I was more eddicted to checking email than what Obama was said to be! Thanks to GPRS, I had access to my mailbox, atleast.

I’m not irritated at having spent a day there as such. It has helped me realise an addiction, so strong and so captivating, that I never knew I had.

This trip (by car from Chennai to Chittur and back) has also made me realise that I’m not as insensitive to the long-car-journey-fatigue as I has estimated myself to be. I slept like a log on Sunday afternoon after reaching the place!

In all, a good learning experience. Will post later. This week looks like mad work!

Yours Skeptically,

P.S. My mid-trimester exams have ended and I have done better than I expected in 6 of the 7 subjects. Economics, however, looks very sad!

It’s a small step for general mankind, but a giant leap for particularly me!

I was trying to shut down my comp to boot into the Windows CD and install Windows XP SP1. Just then, Raja M pinged me on gtalk. He asked me if I could write a small opinion on how inflation affected me. Me, being the noble and generous fellow, decided to oblige.

[Actually, I was literally craving to do it. But now that I'm into public life, I need to create an image for myself ]

He gave my number to a journalist. She called me and asked whether I could dictate the write-up, but I offered to email her. [You see I respect people a lot]. She wanted me to send a pic of myself too.

Then came the frantic rush! I didn’t have a good pic of my own self! I called Arun, he was not reachable. I called Teal, she was on a VoIP call. I called Raja Deepak, and thankfully he sent me 2 pics within 10 mins. I just cropped the image on GIMP and forwarded it to the journalist along with my ‘expert comments’.

I was hoping it would come tomorrow (sunday) because the press usually close their pages around 5 PM and this happened around 7 45 PM. I thought there was no possibility of it coming on paper today. But it has come.

The Times of India, Page 5. Roundabout the middle of the page, there is a face with a pleasant smile. Yep, that’s me!   To the left of my picture, is Raja M, the noble man who referred me to the journalist.

Yours Skeptically,

uleadin

P.S. The previous post has been removed due to popular public opinion. You see I respect PUBLIC opinion a lot.