I got meself a new toy :-)
This is my playground. Here you will find grass, swings, slides, aunties sitting and talking on benches, old people walking, young people jogging, pesky little kids playing cricket and of course Me. Return to your work now, or be trapped here forever.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Don't look at the antenna
The scene is set. It is a crowded mall on a Saturday evening. I'm
wandering aimlessly in the mall awaiting the arrival of my cousin. I
see a "Tata Sky" booth. A sales boy and girl are standing next to the
stall. I approach the booth.
Me: Hi, what is the subscription charge of this thing.
Boy: 300 bucks a month.
Me: Oh!
Girl: Yeah, its 300 bucks plus 4 grand for the installation.
Me: Oh!
Boy: Yes, you have this small antenna which you have to put up in the
terrace (gives a pamphlet with a picture of a small dish antenna).
Me: (declines the pamphlet after a cursory glance) OK, so it works on
the principle of line of sight (pointing at the antenna).
Girl: No no.. you don't have to look at it for it to work.
Me: (lifts eyebrow) Hmmm .. Thank you. (controls laugh, leaves)
wandering aimlessly in the mall awaiting the arrival of my cousin. I
see a "Tata Sky" booth. A sales boy and girl are standing next to the
stall. I approach the booth.
Me: Hi, what is the subscription charge of this thing.
Boy: 300 bucks a month.
Me: Oh!
Girl: Yeah, its 300 bucks plus 4 grand for the installation.
Me: Oh!
Boy: Yes, you have this small antenna which you have to put up in the
terrace (gives a pamphlet with a picture of a small dish antenna).
Me: (declines the pamphlet after a cursory glance) OK, so it works on
the principle of line of sight (pointing at the antenna).
Girl: No no.. you don't have to look at it for it to work.
Me: (lifts eyebrow) Hmmm .. Thank you. (controls laugh, leaves)
Sunday, December 03, 2006
English bollywood movie
HBO has been showing runs of the movie: American Ninja. If you do get the time, please do watch it. You would feel as if a Hindi movie has been dubbed into English. The following dialogue has been lifted from IMDB:
Black Star ninja: Who is he?
Colonel Hickock: He's a new recruit, he just got here yesterday. I don't even know his name!
Black Star ninja: He posses great skills!
And of course its an insult to all the marshal arts movies ever made.
Black Star ninja: Who is he?
Colonel Hickock: He's a new recruit, he just got here yesterday. I don't even know his name!
Black Star ninja: He posses great skills!
And of course its an insult to all the marshal arts movies ever made.