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He was never a fisherman, but had a strong desire to become one. Having nothing to do today, he thought of doing some fishing. There is plenty of fish out-there in the lake nearby. He’s amateurish & wanted some fun. He took his rod & went on a float. Stopped it somewhere in the middle, hooked up a bait & dropped into the water. A few minutes passed by & still no fish. He waited.

Meanwhile, a large fish felt its boredom to be killing. It also wanted some fun. Seeing the bait, it knew that someone is out-there to play with. It came up to the surface & flipped the water with its tail fin. He got alerted with this & gave a jerk to his bait. The fish too got enthused. It came up again & popped its head to see who the bloody he is. He came to the edge of the float, to have a proper look at what this fish is upto.

The fish got a good glimpse of he & decided he to be the right person to play with. It went near the bait, took a mouthful & pulled deep inside the water. He having no support, fell in the lake & sinked eventually. Being hurt with the bait, the fish helped itself away from it & swam far-off. He was later fished-out, pale & tired, but alive.

He then lay by the shore & watched all the fishy activity. He cannot go home with nothing to eat. He needs fish to support his family. I donno when he’ll plunge.

Update #0: After the dinner today, I sat down to catchup with something on TV. Went thro’ all the movie channels & in Zee Studio, a Tom Hanks movie was running. Hoping it to be good, kept aside the remote & relaxed on the chair. Then I realized that coincidence, after watching it for a few minutes. Splash was running. Guess what? The girl whom Tom Hanks loves is a mermaid. I guess, its a kinda fish. The rest is left to your imagination. :)

Today, on my way to lunch, saw one of my colleague to be in the lobby talking to someone over phone. I’m done having food, while returning, I witnessed the same sight. He was still talking. Then, I noticed his mobile phone. Its the same as my mine. I didn’t know what to say. Wondered who is on the other side of the line. Wondered what would be the subject of that useless conversation. Wondered how much of torture he is going thro’. Wondered how much his phone bill be. Wondered why I’m bothered. So, paused for a second & moved on. :)

Btw, today is International Men’s Day. Did you blurted, “So what?”? Yeah! So what? :)

The 1st english movie, I saw, had a scene like this: Some worm like giant creature in a slurry of mud all over it, keeps sneezing & because of it, a girl slips while she is attempting a climb. I donno its name nor its story. My mom & dad had taken me to this.

The next one, I remember is Mackenna’s Gold. Those where the times when the theatre folks didn’t honor film ratings. My pitha (Dad’s brother) took me to this film along with his friends. Still I could recollect, in the break he buys me an Egg Bonda & a coffee, takes me back to the seat & leaves me there. He then goes out to join his friends. I was wondering on what he was doing, so sneaked out. To my shock, he was smoking a white cigarette. Will I be quite? The 1st thing I did, as soon as I reach home is to tell my Dad about it. :)

Then next is the innumerable Jackie Chan movies starting from the Police Story series. I hate chinese films to the core, specially those with martial arts. But, the Jackie Chan’s are very acceptable.

Rambo & its sequels are the next. The way Stallone screws the bomb to his arrow & launches it was amusing. I think, in Rambo III, he settles with more of automatic weaponry. And what a physique, man? Haven’t known about Arnold until Predator.

Blood Sport, its about some stage fights where people gather & cheer for fun. My dad picked me up for this. I donno why. :)

For Jurrasic Park, we went as a family. I remember my brother to cry. Many school children had come in groups. The start of the movie was very scary. I didn’t understand the story of how they brought those Dinosaurs to life. Those times, the dialogues were hard to follow. After, I started to work, happened to read the novel of this book. Did I mention, this to be my 1st novel ever? Anyways, the experience was far better, as I could add screams, noises, BGM, visuals & dialogues from the movie, while I read it. Enjoyed reading every bit of it.

Golden Eye, the first bond movie, I ever saw. There’s sure a magic in the theme music of the Bond’s. Talking about music, happened to see, The Mask, during the same month or so. I could still remember the BGM for the 1st scene of Cameroon Diaz. Made it so dramatic. :) Not to forget the Jumanji, King Kong & Godzilla.

The recent movie, with which I had good time was Knocked Up. Subbudu wrote about it, so went on to see. Althou’ the comedy is a little raunchy, its a good watch. I recommend it, if you are a grown-up. :)

Why is that you haven’t married until now? In this modern world, where reasons of spiritualism have gone down, what keeps you motivated to live single? Why haven’t you thought about sharing your illustrious life with someone? Or atleast going by scientific reasons, have you thought about taking your precious DNA matter for the generations to come?

Who is the best person to answer? :)

Update #0: It should be Dr. Kalam.

I am in my 77th orbit around the sun, that means my age is 76, ok.

He recently celebrated his 76th birthday inaugurating the celebrations of a spiritual centre in US.

Photo courtesy: Rediff.com

Mobile phones are remarkable & is a part of life. Have a few incidences to share.
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Saw a woman in an IT park here. She was squatting with her mobilephone in speakerphone mode, talking to someone & cleaning up the mud. She is the woman who scratches & sweeps the sand from the roads.

You know what mobile she had? Darn it is a Nokia 3230. She is no more a lone worker.

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Read out from a newspaper, that a girl attempted to kill herself when her dad refused to give her mony to change her mobile phone. How silly it can be? Even a guy from the lowest of the middle classes, wants to change his mobile in a year’s time. I guess, its an issue of prestige & not desire.

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The other day, I was talking to my colleague about the new trend in embedded OSes. That there is a lot traction for OSes for automobiles. But he refused that the going won’t be good as Automobile markets are for 1st buyers. Considering the number of people who can afford to buy & the number of used ones, the markets aren’t lucarative. Are you in mobile space? You are in business. :)

Have good times. >:O)