The drink that wasn't

I think it was in the year 2005 that alcohol touched my virgin lips for the first time. I guess I wanted to wait till I earned my first salary before I experiment. I remember that I had 30 ml of vodka mixed with sprite. I really couldnt understand what the fuss was all about. I didnt feel any different. I know 30 ml is not supposed to make any difference. I decided to try a bit more some days later.

The next thing I tried was beer. It just took one sip to decide that that was the last time I would be having beer. The taste was really weird and I still cant understand what makes people go crazy over it.

Champagne was the next drink. I was in Eindhoven and everyone in the office was offered champagne to celebrate some event. I have never been able to form an opinion on it since it was a confusing drink. It tasted weird in a good way!

I then tried red wine in the Air France flight from Paris to Bangalore. This I can say is cough syrup gone stale. Why on earth would people want to drink it is something I will never understand. Anyway I have decided to stay away from it.

Then I had tequilla shots. Now this is a strange drink. I was asked to squeeze some lemon to let the juice trickle down my throat and then have a shot and immediately eat salt. I had two shots and for the first time felt that I had lost a bit of control on my senses. Maybe just for 10 minutes. Again somehow the drink didnt appeal to me. Why would anyone take the pain of having lemon, salt and the shot and then lose control over your senses. And pay for doing all this. I decided not to touch it again.

Then yesterday I had gone out with a couple of friends. My friend ordered some plain ice-tea. One sip revealed that it had some alcohol in it. He didnt want to touch it again. So I took over and drank the whole thing. I presumed it had just some vodka mixed in it and that would anyway cause no harm. But once I had done with it I felt it had a lot more than just some vodka. A little bit of investigation revealed that it could have had either vodka or while rum or tequilla or a mixture of the three! At least thats what the iced tea on the menu said!

So now I guess I have experimented with everything and have reached a conclusion - plain orange juice for me!!!

Back from the break

Its been a long time since I posted. So whats been happening. I took a long break from work, spent 4 days with my parents and another 8 in bangalore. Though the leave was taken with the noble intention of studying, that was the last thing I did. I did watch a lot of movies though. Among the 20 movies that I watched 3 of them really caught my fancy. The first being a tamil movie named - Naan avan ellaie a guy cheats 4 women by marrying all of them and later after being caught, he proves in the court that he was not that person who cheated the women just by talking smartly. Really good movie. The next movie was - A few good men. This is also a courtroom drama starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. It shows how you always dont need evidence to win a case. A lot of it just playing with psychology. And then the last movie I watched - Pyar ke side effects was really amazing. I had always wondered why Rahul Bose teamed up with Mallika for a movie, but after seeing the movie I realised that he had chosen the right movie.

I also got a new mobile phone. I did spend one whole evening looking at N95 and HTC touch. In every shop when I asked for the N95 the salesman first statement was - 'Its 25000 sir'. As if I didnt know. I agree I dont look like the person who would buy a phone for 25000, but then I would suggest that the salesmen shouldnt go by looks. After all today's youngsters have a lot of money and the urge to spend! But then after a lot of contemplation I decided not to go for it. I spent another evening looking for the phone W200i from sony ericsson. And none of the shops had any stock. Finally I got the phone on the 3rd day. I think its a good choice. It cost me 4995. I also took the change of Rs 5 after paying 5000.

Then I wrote the CAT. That is one thing I screwed up big time. Even after spending nearly 6 months improving my maths, quant was the section that I screwed up. So that means another year goes down the drain. Neither do I have any interest in work at present. Sometimes I feel I should just resign from my job and sit at home and do nothing!

And I had Death by Chocolate after a long time!

Not mobile anymore

Everytime I have felt that I have cribbed a lot on my posts I have decided to stop. Not stop cribbing, I mean stop blogging. I feel its time to stop pouring thoughts into this blog. But that thought lingers in my mind only for a short while. Soon I stop thinking and start blogging!

Its time for the perenial question that bogs me once every two years. Which mobile phone to buy. Yup I lost my phone on the way home. Somebody must have flicked it in the train. Should I go for the 'one' (nah this time I am not talking about 'the one'), but I am referring to the phone thats caught my fancy - the N95. Or sould I go for the the 'other' - The HTC touch. Or should I just settle down for the cheapest one available. Yeah I only look at the extremes - no compromise. Or maybe I should just try living without one. I have managed 2 days now. I think I can manage another 20. Maybe I should ask the amused vodafone lady who I called up at 7 in the morning on Diwali to bar the outgoing calls on my phone. Of course she was the first person I wished on Diwali. Poor gal - had to work on a festival.

So what is it to live without a phone. For me it has made no difference. I have not felt restless. I have not felt disconnected. In today's world that might mean I am a loser! I just dont care. But I guess I will need one anyway. So the only decision to take is - Will it be a phone for 2500 or 25000. Let see how mobile shopping turns out to be this weekend!

Hibernation

This blog has been asleep for a while now. And its going to continue that way for some time to come. It is not that nothing interesting is happening in my life and I have nothing to say. But currently I am having a bad time both at work and in personal life. When I am given a new assignment at work and my first impression is that it can be done easily then that means I am in the wrong job. I have got institutionalised. If at the end of the day as I go home if I get the feeling 'why am I going home now' then that means my personal life has lost meaning.

So its time to recuperate.

And play safe with the crackers this diwali.............