Hit List

People who have, at any point in time,

1. Jumped a traffic signal & almost killed me..
2. Sped like a rabbit on Meth & splashed water (rain water, to be more specific) on me..
3. Parked their vehicle in front of a public convenience point (steps, corridors, platforms)..
4. Driven on the sidewalk, honked at me & expected ME to make room for them..
5. Blared Himesh Reshammiya on their stereo systems & looked at me like they were hip..

... please be scared. Very very scared. I have lost my patience waiting on this world to change & expecting people to have good road-side manners!!

It's time for some vigilante justice.

Step 1 : Bumper stickers that say "I am an inconsiderate ass 'cos I block public access points"

Kangaroo Curry!!

Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING is more satisfying to me than the following things,

1. United thrashing Arsenal/Chelsea/Liverpool.
2. India embarrassing the Aussies!

And even though El-Scouse inflicted a defeat on United this year, Dhoni's men humiliating Punter's troops was more than a tonic to make up for it!!!

Here are some pics from the Mauling at Mohali!

On a monday, yet again..

Those of you who live in and around Adyar would know of Canara Bank's ATM near Ambika Appalam Depot for the following reasons,
1. It was the first ATM to open doors for other banks' cards to be used without any service charge.
2. There are invariably 5-6 customers in queue to use it at any given point in time.
3. It doesn't work 99% of the time.
4. When it does work, it refuses to dispense cash if the requested amount is greater than 2500 bucks.
5. It holds the record for "eating" the maximum number of credit/debit cards!

And on a fine Monday (!!!!) morning at around 7 in the morning, I decided to withdraw some cash & made my way to the ATM to find just one person ahead of me, waiting to use the machine. I was pleasantly surprised that there weren't many people around & gave myself a pat on my back for the timing! The female who went in ahead of me did not take much time to process her request, but, when she tried coming out of the ATM, the exit button did not work & she found herself stuck inside! She tried the button a few more times & finally, I used my card from the outside to open the door and let her out. A week or so back, the same thing had happened & the customers in the queue helped each other out, opening the door for each other. So, this time around, I asked the lady if she would wait outside for a couple of minutes so that she could let me out. She agreed & I went in to withdraw some cash.

The lady who was supposed to be outside was nowhere to be found when I wanted to get out & I was stuck in the ATM! I was so enraged that I started banging on the door trying to get the attention of any passer by! 5 minutes passed, 10 minutes passed, 15 minutes passed & not a soul was to be found! The bank normally opens at 9 in the morning & it was only close to half past seven at that time. I finally decided to call a friend of mine (Natasha aka Tasha) & asked her to come to the ATM and "rescue" me. She agreed & when she finally turned up, she made me agree to a deal that I'd take her home and introduce her to my nephew who had come down from the UK for his holidays. I told her it was a bit early to be barging in to my place and bonding with my nephew & agreed to take her to Sangeetha for breakfast instead.

We were at the signal waiting to cross the road when from the other side a couple of "gentlemen" decided to let my friend know that they thought she looked like Lekha. They made couple of mistakes.
1. This was in full view of the traffic cop who was manning the infamous (a minimum of 10 accidents occur at this signal every week) signal. On second thought, this really did not matter.
2. Tasha hates Lekha Washington :P
She was enraged (:P) and decided to yell back, bellowing expletive after expletive at the guys! Fortunately for them, before she could stroll across and strangle them, the signal fell favourably for them & they escaped. She then walked across to the cop & asked him to register a case of eve teasing. He flatly refused saying that there wasn't enough identity/proof/evidence & we should get on with our lives! This enraged her even more & before she got herself in to further trouble, I pulled her away from the cop & calmed her down! He was right in a way because we had no clue about the identity of the guys! But there really must be a better way to put it across.

The day that followed was far more pleasant and memorable. We ended up seeing the new Batman movie. Heath Ledger is plain awesome! And we emptied half of the Adidas showroom in T. Nagar!

Two things to be learnt from that particular day,
1. No matter how good Madras is turning out to be, the problems of eve teasing still persists. Not just in colleges or when women are alone, but, in broad daylight in a crowded place like Adyar. The law is still not strict enough on eve teasing. When I told my Dad in the evening, he said that during his teenage days in Calcutta, the public would beat the crap out of any suspect. Vigilante justice might not be a bad idea, but, the change should come from within.
2. Always read the small signs stuck on the door of an ATM which says stuff like, "Door does not open from the inside. Please leave it open & process your request."

Cellular

Ask my friends what my passion is & invariably they'll say it has something to do with electronics. True. But ask people who know me very very well what my true passion is & they'll say it is pissing away money on mobile phones! True again. I was given my first mobile phone when I joined college in 2001 & seven years down the line, it has become a favourite pass time of mine to keep changing mobile phones. Not that wasting money was/is a dream of mine, but somehow, the urge to explore new trends in telephony has gotten the better of me!

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, when she asked me if I knew how many phones I have owned over the past 7 years. It was an interesting question & I decided to catalogue the entire list.

The phones are in order of ownership to the best of my knowledge. All those who kept advising me to get myself checked at a psychiatrist's, please do help if I have missed/misplaced something.

Here goes!!

01. Nokia 3310


02. Nokia 3315


03. Nokia 5210


04. Nokia 8250



05. Nokia 6510


06. Nokia 6100


07. Nokia 8910i


08. Nokia 6600


09. Nokia 6020


10. SE T310i


11. SE T610i


12. SE 6230i


13. SE K700i


14. Nokia 8800


15. Samsung D500i


16. Samsung D800i


17. Motorazr V3


18. SE J210i


19. SE K750i


20. SE W800i


21. SE W550i


22. SE W810i


23. N70


24. N73


25.SE K510i


26. SE W700i


27. SE K790i


28. SE W300i


29. SE Z710i


30. SE W710i


31. O2 Atom Exec


32. Samsung U600i


33. Moto SLVR L7


34. SE Z750i


35. Samsung D900i


36. SE W880i


37. SE W830i


38. SE K550i


39. SE P990i




40. SE W610i


41. SE W580i


42. SE K810i


43. SE T650i


44. Apple iPhone




45. SE P1i


46. SE K530i


47. HTC Touch


48. SE K850i


49. SE W910i


50. SE K660i


There!!! 50 phones!! And I did not realize that myself!! N73 was the last Nokia phone I owned. It crashed completely taking away with it a LOT of personal & official stuff & my hatred for Nokia has never decreased since then. If I have to choose a favourite, it has to be Sony Ericsson K750i. It was simply a revolution at the time it came to the market & blew away the competition. The fact that it still sells in abundance after almost 4 years of its introduction speaks volume about its performance. I own a K750i, P1i & a newly acquired K660i now.

So, if you think I am completely out of mind with this habit of mine, well, I don't really care :P

PS : Thanks to gsmarena.com for the pics! It's an absolutely reliable site when it comes to reviews of phones. So, if you ever need any guidance, I suggest you head there. Or better yet, ask me :P