I got up this morning thinking about one more glorious, vetti day, when I heard the rather loud voice of my dad screaming, 'What the hell is up with your hair?', or something to that extent. Got shouted at for the pitiable state of my hair, my horrible preparations for my exams, and topics of similar concern. Had my cup of coffee, endured a shouting for 15 minutes where my Dad threatened me with dire consequences if I didn't get a haircut, which included throwing me out of the house, I decided to cut my hair.

6.30 in the morning, a beautiful day, I went in search of a barber. I usually cut my hair at this place near my house, he generally doesn't ask too many questions and doesn't listen to you either. But I decided to go to the place Mr.Sundeep recommended to me - Black & White, a departure from the usual dumps where I cut my hair. I went in and told the guy to give me a decent trim. He looked at my hair for about 3 minutes and declared that my hair lacked any shape whatsoever. When I actually think about it, I don't ever remember actually having a 'hair-style'. He then took a rather hesitant decision and plunged into the act of clearing the Amazon. At the end of 1 hour I had lost a significant amount of hair. Finally, he just gave up and said, 'tada ...', and of course charged me 50 bucks.

I went home bursting with pride, my dad looked at me with an expression I still can't explain and walked off. When I looked at the mirror at home, my head seemed significantly smaller and I could actually see my forehead fully for the first time in months. Went to work and came back. Nikhil came by, looked at my hair and said, "Umm ... it still looks the same to me dude".

A morning and 50 bucks wasted.

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love."

This is probably one of the most profound statements that Joanne Kathleen Rowling has ever made in any of her books. A fitting end to an epic series that has enthralled me and millions of others for the past few years. It does not in any way match to JRR Tolkien's, 'Lord of the Rings', but what Harry and his friends have to say is something special. Hats-off to JK Rowling and her inimitable writing style.

The seventh and the final part of the series - 'The Deathly Hallows' does not disappoint. Rowling has tied up all the loose ends pretty well. Even though there are gaping holes in many places, she has done a pretty good, rather a great job of concluding the saga of Harry Potter. The book on the whole was very dark and more loaded with information and facts than the previous books. And as rightly said in the review by TIME, the final book does not have the necessity to deal with all the minor details. The book depicts the final battle between good and evil and Rowling has done an amazing job. The pre-final chapter, which is the final battle between Harry and Lord Voldemort, is decently written, though not as well as I expected, but on comparing it to the final battle in LOTR, I got rushes reading the final pages of the Return of the King, not as much in HP7.

Anyway, on the whole, it is a very satisfying book and thank you again Mrs.Rowling for giving the world such a wonderful book, though not of any literary value, a book which is absolutely entertaining and worth all the trouble of reading it.

Here are a couple of passages I enjoyed the most in the book,

But Harry had eyes only for the man who stood in the largest portrait directly behind the headmaster’s chair. Tears were sliding down from behind the half-moon spectacles into the long silver beard, and the pride and the gratitude emanating from him filled Harry with the same balm as phoenix song.

"Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."

Anyway, ..........

"The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."

Just back from office. Called up Sundeep. Malaria. Bad News. Called up George. Didn't pick up. Good news, probably considering the fact that he might not be in a balanced state of mind to actually answer his phone, and might end up breaking it in the process.

Yesterday was one of the few times that I actually laughed so hard that my stomach was aching badly by the time I was done. Am not going to write the reason as to why I was laughing 'cause I might have to endure a long-winded speech and an ass-kicking that will hurt like hell.

Today when I was driving to work in the morning, I was my usual self (i.e. Didn't give a shit to anyone on the road and drove like Valentino Rossi ), when I happened to encounter a really funny guy who was very interested in whether I told the people in my house where I was going. Actually a lot of people seem to be interested in whether I told the people in my house where I was going. Weird. On top of that I keep hearing a lot of names of the human anatomy shouted at to me whenever I'm driving. Very weird. This was especially true a couple of days back when I pulled a George on the road and thought that I could drive wherever I want irrespective of whether those stupid big lights on the road were on red. Halfway through common sense got the better of me and I stopped. A normal person would have appreciated me on my sense of duty and adherence to the law but one guy didn't seem to think so. Oh, by the way, he happened to have driven right into my motorbike and was caught between my exhaust and the rear tyre. So we were pretty much the chums till he got free and then looked at me with a glare, I swear could have melted ice. It was then that I realized what had happened, two more people had driven into this guy's motorcycle and there were quite a lot of spare parts scattered all over the road. I knew that I was on the right side of the law, gave him a silly grin and pointed to the signal.

Anyway incidents like these keep happening to me and I am slowly realizing the fact if I continue driving on the roads for a few more years, there are 3 things that might happen.

[A] I might get my ass kicked and get thrown in jail.
[B] I might have to endure the beating of a lifetime and spend the rest of my years counting the bars in prison and singing old Rajnikanth songs.
[C] Or both.

Anyway, am now in a very reflective mood and am going to put off my computer and get myself a nice, cold ......... , and probably get a mouthful of words which basically revolve around the reproductive organs of the human body. Lol.

I'm sitting here at my computer trying to figure out what to write and simultaneously fighting a losing battle with these mosquitoes which have been steadily drinking my blood for the past hour. Anyway, am down to almost 3 months for CAT, haven't started studying seriously still (in spite of whatever George might say). What I'm hoping for right now is that I somehow get my ass into a good college for my MBA. Two more years of college and then into the wide, wide world. Will probably be the youngest guy ever to join for MBA I guess. Also it kind of feels really weird to be working right now. Am still a teenager for crying out loud. Anyway the whole point of this job thing is that by next year when I join MBA, I'll have a year of job experience, some contacts in the industry and hopefully (If I work my ass off this year) some good references. Can't believe that I'm in a situation where I have to think about my future, career and stuff. It still seems like yesterday when VG, SJ, and me used to go after IIT class and do all sorts of crazy stuff. Can't believe that school life is behind us and that sort of fun can now exist only in our memories and we are now too old to do that kind of shit and get away with it. Koshal and VG are in some land far, far away that is run a by a stupid fucker who gets his kicks out of blowing up countries. SJ is in a godforsaken place in central India that in all probability has cannibals running around with leaves tied around their waists. Montu is probably the only guy whose whole outlook on life has changed and has become a whole different character (no offense intended Montu), in spite of whatever he might say about him still being the same and he is just putting his feelings out in the open more than he used to in school. In spite of all that Montu is still Montu and will always remain Montu. Sundeep, George and me are spending most of our time talking about this kind of stuff and yes, our discussions also venture in what might be said as the unpredictable, scary future.

Wow, things are changing pretty fast. What wouldn't I give just to be sitting in Doctor's Mechanics class, getting shouted at by her. VG in all his 'singam' style messing with his hair. Koshal playing with Sundeep's cell phone. Sundeep laughing his ass off looking at the antics of Montu and Cali. George and SJ doing god knows what at the last bench.

Hmmm.....

'....We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness', reads the American Declaration of Independence signed in 1776.

The 'Pursuit of Happyness', I have no words. Simply fantastic.

After three hours of that I'm thinking that anything is possible. First of all the movie was absolutely entertaining. Comedy, glamour, topics of public interest, and a whole lot of other stuff. Rajni is at his best. The guy absolutely mind-boggling. Has a bit of Matrix, Kill Bill, Fast n Furious, completely Indianized (or should I say Rajni-ized). Vivek, god, without him the movie wouldn't have been so good. Hilarious shit, the stuff he does on screen. Shreya was absolutely HOT (WOW !!!). Usual cast and I must say whatever they said in Hindu was true, only a mature actor can allow people to imitate him on screen. Anyway am not going to write about the story and spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet. Must watch movie and a great way to spend a totally vetti afternoon.

Was jus passing by VGs blog...theres an entry which sez 'Mechanics sucks ass..that is all i have to say right now'.....i jus imagined VG tellin this sentence...lol.....i fell outta my chair....seriously miss VG kosh n SJ......

here i am with a cold n fever thats been bothering me for 2 days....i look like a guy whose been stoned....still i want to write this blog....actually u could say last week has been full of surprises....went to bangalore to collect my certificates...when i was at chennai central my mom calls me up n tells me that i've got a job at Ericsson and i have to report to work on thursday...when i reached my college they give me a conduct certificate that says 'GOOD'...dear lord....i came back from bangalore with a throbbing headache and a terrible cold...reported to work on thursday...wearing formals(....lol...)....they told me i'll get my offer letter on monday....and when i now sit and think back...i'm 19..a graduate....got a job at a sexy company....a pretty gud job too....man....what a life.....

hey all.....now i know how a chicken feels like when it is cooked.....MAN its fuckin HOOOTTTTT !!!!...donno wtf is wrong wid the climate..gettin worse every year....neway.....last week was pretty uneventful...if u dont include the fact that me n sundeep spent 2 days at the passport office....am pretty much spending my time doing stuff that involve minimal physical effort...like movies..books or sleep.....another week has passed in my life where i didnt do anything of value.....lets see what this week holds......

I donno..i was jus sittin at home...simply surfin when i decided to read vg's blog....was goin thru his entries when i came across one called 'i wish'...donno....it triggered a lotta emotions in me....reminded of all the fun we had together....the gang of 7....the fuckin trouble we caused..the amount of fun we had...man times were good then..we had no fuckin worry in the world...IIT classes...total freak out sessions....that auto driver tellin vg that he'll kick his ass whenever he sees him again...foodworld and the stuff we flicked for the heck of it...the culturals we went to where me vg n sj didnt have anything to do but bunked school and roamed the city....the iit classes at school i the night..the extinguishers...the 'velai' we used to do....the terrace at school....our fucked up computer science projects...doctor the bitch and george in all his silent manner making her life miserable....george scarin that junior girl out of her wits....vg in all his glory messin with his hair all day....koshal and his shouting at people on the road...sj and his drunken gay shit...sundeep with his 'zaras' plans...george and his 'girlfriends'..montu..do i need to say anything...me n vg on his kinetic roamin the city....vg and his cycle...i miss those times....the fun we had when we jus hung out together and simply whiled away the time talkin abt stuff....i mean me n sundeep went to Mocha yesterday...we were thinkin abt all those times...actually whenever we get together we generally do that....memories are pretty funny na....especially the ones where u had fun like there was no end....they kinda embedd themselves in your brain and fills u with emotions whenever u start thinkin abt thos good old days....jsu hope that all of us get together once in a while....man....life was good....

till now i have seen many movies that are purported to be scary or horror flicks but generally end up as a movie where skeletons move around screaming or there is meaningless blood and satanic symbols all over the place...me n sundeep went to this dvd shop in anna nagar and bought some movies...one of em was a dvd with SAW I, II, III

the cover was pretty gud and the reviews great...sat comfortably and started watchin the movie...first thing i noticed....very very grisly movie with violence as the central theme..musta been directed by one sick fucker...the ideas by which violence is inflicted on people is simply mind blowing....defenitely not for people who cant stand the sight of blood...but plz dont see scary movie 4 before watchin this movie...might end up as a joke....the twist at the end of the first movie was amazing..i mean even better than the twist at the end of Da Vinci Code (the book..)

i watched the second movie after a coupla hours and continued watchin the third movie as well....one hell of a trilogy....each movie ends in an extremely bizarre way where you have more questions than answers and leaves u thinkin abt how important the gift of life is..(the last bit is overkill...hehe..)..anyway..this is not a movie with just meaningless violence but actually has a pretty gud storyline and leaves u perching at the end of ur seats to see what is goin to happen next....a must see....a fuckin great movie(s).....

hey all...went to the RTO office yesterday...waited for 3hours and got back home empty handed..except for that splitting headache...was basically my stupidity..didnt know how the driving school guy looked like...neway....went there again today....actually the whole thing was over in 1 hour or so...but one very important thing i observed there was the fuckin inefficiency around the place....the whole thing is manned by 3 people...and at any given point of time there are about 100 ~ 150 people waiting there to get pay bills or get forms signed....secondly the office is open only for abt 4 hrs....i mean...they could seriously use some extra people and get the job done with at a much faster pace and save both the common man time and save some time and energy himself...i dont think that our government is so poor that they cannot afford a few more people at such important places where every citizen has to come at least once in his lifetime...a person can buy his way around the RTO if hes got cash but the poor auto rickshaw driver or a person who barely has enough money to buy food let alone bribe others has got to wait around for the entire day and finally be asked to come again tomorrow because the photograph is off by 1 cm or the glue hasn't stuck properly or some other equally silly reason...seriously those guys require the services more than people who live at a better level in society...and on top of all this we want India to become a developed country...the only thing i can say to that statement is '...duh...'...i donno i feel that something has to be done abt all this but i know that i am quit helpless and selfish so as to seriously take some measures or get into politics which is the only place where i can make a difference...i just hope that people are not denied their fundamental rights and don't have to buy their way through when it is their right to do so...seriously i'm so fuckin selfish that i can never ever enter into something like politics but can write stuff like this and make my opinions on the subject....stupid na....

The summer in chennai is around the corner...its freakin hot almost all day round...yet another week has passed..not very eventful...simply hung out wid sun, montu n george....CAT classes got postponed...fuckers sed they'll begin by apr18 and now they want to start in the first week of may...i went for a job interview...the whole thing just came outta the blue and got over just like that...pretty informal session....me and a coupla senior managers....simply looked through my CV...and some mandatory questions...i'm waitin for the outcome...sed they'll call me up by this sunday..so hopin for the best..pretty gud company....ericsson and a pretty gud job too...project assnt/coordinator....will be workin on SAP and some on site jobs...just hope i get it....so there isn't anything else to write about now...have to go get a bath and do somethin...cheers

am finally settled in chennai now...got my bearings around the place...my schedule is fixed...got my priorities fixed..neway life is now great...montu dropped by yesterday...had a bit of a different discussion...we spoke about life n all...neway guess vg might come in june...have to speak with sj still...guy is dead on bhopali shit i think...cali came outta the blue..hes pretty active on orkut..neway as Robert Frost said (i think)....'..and miles to go before we sleep...'......adios

So finally...after 3 years...i return as a mathematics graduate to chennai....man these three years have been on helluva time...broke every possible rule in the book....had to get caught at the fag end of my stay....got my ass kicked all over the place...apologies...parent meetings....oh my god...neway now everything is done...am finally home now....will join classes for CAT coaching....the future awaits...