mmm...this is a constraint / limitation of life one has to face and inevitably at that!! This is more so getting evident in multiple walks of life...
Family: kids I have seen running around the house my knee-cap height when I was in college are in college now, which invariably means I am no more a college goer...:)
Family 1: Rewind Raagam, a show on Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, chennai version is a show for retro songs which fit into those good old days!! songs from movies like Amarkalam, Alaipayuthe, Yuva get played in those making me feel that we are part of a legacy now....!! Definetely makes me feel OLD....
Net-life: My blog, this one, is in itself close to 8 years old...and if I read my first few posts, that bangalore boy who started his career in Slash Support flashes by and I am reminded I am OLD....
Professional: When people you recruit and mentor and train as part of their out-of-college life at work grow up and start going to onsite as coordinator, you cannot deny the fact that you are OLD....
Public Places: Going into Malls and Multiplexes in Chennai, definetely makes me feel out of place now, purely because, my visits to a mall will be for picking up a dress for my wife, or to Odyssey / Landmark to collect stationery / CD collectible rather than for *just the heck of it*...all I mean is, I visit a mall / store only for a purpose, which is a far cry from the days I used to visit The Forum, in Koramangala, Bangalore, every weekend (both days included) without a purpose!..I am definetely OLD now...
Technology: Motorola as a smartphone maker came to prominence with its Linux powered devices like A780, A1200 and ruled the roost with Q9 and other mobiles and BIT the dust as a smart phone maker, stopped production of smartphones, have resurrected them selves via Andriod mobiles and are back in the business as a leader...almost like a fresh generation of motorola and pity is I have see all of this as a grown-up, which says I AM OLD now...:)
Confirmations for getting OLDER:
a) I used to roll-over my mobile phones in less than 18 months since my first mobile in 2004. I have been religiously doing this, but the last 2 mobiles have been more than 24 months and the current one, a Nokia E63 is more than 26 months and still in my possession, simply for the reason that it doesnt have any problem to be replaced. Same was the case with all my previous mobiles, but all of them saw change...Change in mindsets is a key attributer...and also lessons of value for moeny from Wife...I am OLD now...:)
b) I have a few strands of grey hair in my temple and 1 also cropped up in my moustache sometime back...oof...enough of my brooding, LOCK kardiya jaaye...I AM OLD...
but OLD isnt that bad...!!! see tthe following,
a)I get to advice people based on my experience...which is a really cool thing!
b) I am sought advice by people for my experience in life and professional career...again cool....
c) I get to enjoy life as a Family...a loving wife...a lovely boy...really COOL...
d) I get to prioritize my day at work, because of the accountability i have at work, rather than being set tasks for the day!
e) I can boast of movies from the 1990-2000's as ones the younger kids couldnt get to see
f) I can get to bloat abouot how Gentleman, Kadhalan and Roja created waves when they were released in 1990's...!!!
g) I get to talk about Jim Courier and Pete Sampras to newer kids..:)...
so...MORAL of the story is.....OLD IS BAD...but OLD IS ALSO GOLD...and we know how much 1 gram of gold costed then and how much it costs now...;)
Godspeed...Shabba Khair...
Friday, May 27, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
My Post Cup-win Musings on Facebook
Saturday at 22:47 Dhoni seems to have chosen the day to peak!! Smart Guy!! Now we know why he is the most successful Indian Cricket Captain ever!! Jai Ho!!
Saturday at 22:49 Wow!!!
Saturday at 23:12 Just realized that my TV remote was lost for the last 3 hours and I just realized it was lost!! So has been today’s power play by India!! What heartened me is we have chased 260 & 275 effortlessly… No flash in the pan of First batting scores! Jai Ho!!
Saturday at 23:22 Kumar Sangakara’s upbringing really showed!! EVen Ricky Ponting wouldn’t have made it so professional!! Captain Cool!!
Saturday at 23:25 I wish I could tell You!! - Yuvraj knows how to celebrate!!
Saturday at 23:29 Man… What a presentation ceremony talk by Dhoni…candid talk… my respect for Dhoni is sky-rocketting…:)
Saturday at 23:33 Kaun banega Crorepati ? - all the 15 world champions from India!!
Saturday at 23:34 What a majestic photograph of champions!!
Saturday at 23:39 We are going Down Under 4 years from now…! Shane warne better get to coaching Oz, if they really what to be the 2nd team to win as Hosts!!
Saturday at 23:44 Now I feel the grip of the Ghumake song by Shankar-eshan-loy…worthy!! Meaty!! Desi Mirchi !!
Saturday at 23:49 Surprising that my facebook timeline has posts only from me…afterall all of India is celebrating!! And I am doing it the reticent style reflecting my thoughts on Facebook!!!!
Saturday at 23:57 That cover flick of Dhoni for a flat 6 is one of the beauties of this day and the world cup!!
Sunday at 00:02 T20 worldcup, Test No.1 spot and 2011 ODI world cup - will an Indian Cricket Captain’s resume ever better that… Not for sometime to come….Infact no other country’s captain can boast of this….not even the punter… :)
Sunday at 00:14 I am getting sick of Sidhu-isms… Ian chappell and Dermott Reeve Shd be embarrassed to be around and just staring at Sidhu… Tough job to harsha handling Sidhu and trying to even it out between the expert panel… :)
Sunday at 00:21 NDTV anchor caught on TV saying - We don’t have to depend on our fathers to tell us how it was a momentous occasion, any more!!
Sunday at 00:32 I am frustrated why Thalaivar - Vaseegaran - Rajnikanth was not interviewed / aired when he was in the same VIP box as Aamir, Ambanis & Pretty (!) zinta.Age old South India neglect.Be reminded… The real champion today was the Chennai Super Kings boy..;)
Sunday at 00:35 Thanking Nuwan Kulasekara in Hindsight… Dropping Gauti on 30 and that dream over of 11 runs in P3… Thanks Mate!!
Sunday at 00:43 A charismatic Harsha Bhogle comment-Dhoni trying to kill the leather off the ball, while one other batsman tried to protect it-Mahela Jeyawardena.I should hand it out on this day of Indian cricket history-India’s best cricket commentator - Harsha Bhogle!!
Sunday at 00:54 I would love to possess an archive DVD copy of the Vodafone 3G moments of all of the WC2011 from Star Cricket - Wonderful reality of how the cup rolled out!!
Sunday at 00:57 Wouldn’t mind if Star Cricket also releases the closing Montage of each match of the WC 2011… That’s the real joy of watching cricket - the emotion!! Star Cricket - are you hearing? I am waiting at a Landmark / Odyssey store near me…;)
Sunday at 01:03 Now for the first time in 4 years Lalit Modi&his brainchild IPL will definitely lose a% of its charisma as handful thousands of Indian fans would be tired of cricket in itself&maybe sparse crowds in stadiums?Am I underestimating cricket appetite of India?
Sunday at 01:13 Murali Karthik caught on CNN IBN noting the fact that Gary Kirsten was lifted on the shoulders post cup!! Silent Tribute to one of the real hero attributes of this champion team!! I second it!!
Sunday at 01:19 A Montage shot that is a first entrant into TOP 10 India moments of 2011, surely is the towering six of Dhoni and his conqueror looks till the ball landed back in the crowds!!
Sunday at 01:23 My wifey’s question to me yesterday - So is Muralitharan coming back to Malar Hospital, Adyar, Chennai after the world cup???? Murali Sir, pls come to your homeland-in-law… Welcome!!
Sunday at 01:27 Just seen on TV-Hrithik Roshan flummoxed in front of a celebrating crowd in Bandra, Mumbai, seated in a car, sporting a V hand symbol & requesting people to clear the way for his car to move to no yield!! And pleasant at that!! That’s Cricket crazy India!
Sunday at 01:35 Ironies of reality-lets face it!! Neither Murali nor the God really had a fitting finale!! I Shd eat my words-The God, as I see is not retiring any soon.atleast not before his 100th hundred which Iam he would get in english shores!! Few more IPLs? God?
Sunday at 01:37 Ajay Jadeja slipping in a message in NDTV abt evangelising Cricket in schools using WC 2011 victory and the IPL 4 hype!!
Sunday at 01:49 Dhoni is much like-I dare say - Mike Brearly/Allan Border/Arjuna Ranatunga / Hansie Cronje / Martin Crowe. A thinking captain and gut feel strategist who loves having the whip in his hand rather than let the selectors and managers come in with decisions!
Sunday at 01:54 And I missed to note, Krishnamachari Srikanth will get 25 Lakh rupees for his role as chairman of selectors!!! Hahaha Shd be Srikanth’s chuckle knowing the man!!… :)
Sunday at 01:59 Ajay Jadeja hitting the nail, the real hero is Gary Kirsten, in the 3 years he has been with India, has taken them to world no 1 in test, ODIs…AND… a World Cup win!! Gary will be a hot coach, sought after by all cricket countries!!
Sunday at 02:07 Now, more than 3 hours after Dhoni’s Winning Six, I am thinking if I should call it quits for the championship day!! And hit the pillows!!
Sunday at 02:11 All those commercializers - like we have umpteen of those ridiculous day of the year - why don’t u declare Apr 2 as ‘ India Cricket Day ‘….!!! U might as well invest in some annuity revenue rather losing out to just a week of celebration!!!…What say?!
Sunday at 02:14 One ironic point to note… No Celebrative Home Coming for this Indian Cricket Team… sad u see..?!… All the previous 9 world cup winning teams have had this!!
Sunday at 02:22 Now the 2G scams, assembly elections, Wikileaks Hindu expose, ugly One-Day breaking news will resume spot light for News Channels and pls spare the Cricket Commentators to Espn/star/ten sports/neo cricket/ set max for their bread n butter… Phew…
Sunday at 02:29 Unexpectedly, a first of its kind social networking experience for me… Live messaging my thoughts on FB, uncannily, only from the last over of the worldcup to the wee hours of Sunday, 03 April 2011, thanks to FB, Snaptu and my Nokia E63!!
Sunday at 02:32 Signing off, Guys n Gals !! Good Night, Good Day!! where ever you are in the world! Glad I followed today’s final at the most of when it mattered… Much like zipping to the last few pages of a gripping novel!! Godspeed !
Sunday at 02:48 One last message for the day, Please!!… Like God of Cricket!, God of Indian Cinema graced today’s final… All India Superstar Rajnikanth!! His simplistic looks today beats handsdown, George Clooney+Antonio Banderas+Tom Cruise+Rishi Kapoor+Aamir looks!!
if you wish to follow me on facebook, do check for rajeshprakasam
Saturday at 22:49 Wow!!!
Saturday at 23:12 Just realized that my TV remote was lost for the last 3 hours and I just realized it was lost!! So has been today’s power play by India!! What heartened me is we have chased 260 & 275 effortlessly… No flash in the pan of First batting scores! Jai Ho!!
Saturday at 23:22 Kumar Sangakara’s upbringing really showed!! EVen Ricky Ponting wouldn’t have made it so professional!! Captain Cool!!
Saturday at 23:25 I wish I could tell You!! - Yuvraj knows how to celebrate!!
Saturday at 23:29 Man… What a presentation ceremony talk by Dhoni…candid talk… my respect for Dhoni is sky-rocketting…:)
Saturday at 23:33 Kaun banega Crorepati ? - all the 15 world champions from India!!
Saturday at 23:34 What a majestic photograph of champions!!
Saturday at 23:39 We are going Down Under 4 years from now…! Shane warne better get to coaching Oz, if they really what to be the 2nd team to win as Hosts!!
Saturday at 23:44 Now I feel the grip of the Ghumake song by Shankar-eshan-loy…worthy!! Meaty!! Desi Mirchi !!
Saturday at 23:49 Surprising that my facebook timeline has posts only from me…afterall all of India is celebrating!! And I am doing it the reticent style reflecting my thoughts on Facebook!!!!
Saturday at 23:57 That cover flick of Dhoni for a flat 6 is one of the beauties of this day and the world cup!!
Sunday at 00:02 T20 worldcup, Test No.1 spot and 2011 ODI world cup - will an Indian Cricket Captain’s resume ever better that… Not for sometime to come….Infact no other country’s captain can boast of this….not even the punter… :)
Sunday at 00:14 I am getting sick of Sidhu-isms… Ian chappell and Dermott Reeve Shd be embarrassed to be around and just staring at Sidhu… Tough job to harsha handling Sidhu and trying to even it out between the expert panel… :)
Sunday at 00:21 NDTV anchor caught on TV saying - We don’t have to depend on our fathers to tell us how it was a momentous occasion, any more!!
Sunday at 00:32 I am frustrated why Thalaivar - Vaseegaran - Rajnikanth was not interviewed / aired when he was in the same VIP box as Aamir, Ambanis & Pretty (!) zinta.Age old South India neglect.Be reminded… The real champion today was the Chennai Super Kings boy..;)
Sunday at 00:35 Thanking Nuwan Kulasekara in Hindsight… Dropping Gauti on 30 and that dream over of 11 runs in P3… Thanks Mate!!
Sunday at 00:43 A charismatic Harsha Bhogle comment-Dhoni trying to kill the leather off the ball, while one other batsman tried to protect it-Mahela Jeyawardena.I should hand it out on this day of Indian cricket history-India’s best cricket commentator - Harsha Bhogle!!
Sunday at 00:54 I would love to possess an archive DVD copy of the Vodafone 3G moments of all of the WC2011 from Star Cricket - Wonderful reality of how the cup rolled out!!
Sunday at 00:57 Wouldn’t mind if Star Cricket also releases the closing Montage of each match of the WC 2011… That’s the real joy of watching cricket - the emotion!! Star Cricket - are you hearing? I am waiting at a Landmark / Odyssey store near me…;)
Sunday at 01:03 Now for the first time in 4 years Lalit Modi&his brainchild IPL will definitely lose a% of its charisma as handful thousands of Indian fans would be tired of cricket in itself&maybe sparse crowds in stadiums?Am I underestimating cricket appetite of India?
Sunday at 01:13 Murali Karthik caught on CNN IBN noting the fact that Gary Kirsten was lifted on the shoulders post cup!! Silent Tribute to one of the real hero attributes of this champion team!! I second it!!
Sunday at 01:19 A Montage shot that is a first entrant into TOP 10 India moments of 2011, surely is the towering six of Dhoni and his conqueror looks till the ball landed back in the crowds!!
Sunday at 01:23 My wifey’s question to me yesterday - So is Muralitharan coming back to Malar Hospital, Adyar, Chennai after the world cup???? Murali Sir, pls come to your homeland-in-law… Welcome!!
Sunday at 01:27 Just seen on TV-Hrithik Roshan flummoxed in front of a celebrating crowd in Bandra, Mumbai, seated in a car, sporting a V hand symbol & requesting people to clear the way for his car to move to no yield!! And pleasant at that!! That’s Cricket crazy India!
Sunday at 01:35 Ironies of reality-lets face it!! Neither Murali nor the God really had a fitting finale!! I Shd eat my words-The God, as I see is not retiring any soon.atleast not before his 100th hundred which Iam he would get in english shores!! Few more IPLs? God?
Sunday at 01:37 Ajay Jadeja slipping in a message in NDTV abt evangelising Cricket in schools using WC 2011 victory and the IPL 4 hype!!
Sunday at 01:49 Dhoni is much like-I dare say - Mike Brearly/Allan Border/Arjuna Ranatunga / Hansie Cronje / Martin Crowe. A thinking captain and gut feel strategist who loves having the whip in his hand rather than let the selectors and managers come in with decisions!
Sunday at 01:54 And I missed to note, Krishnamachari Srikanth will get 25 Lakh rupees for his role as chairman of selectors!!! Hahaha Shd be Srikanth’s chuckle knowing the man!!… :)
Sunday at 01:59 Ajay Jadeja hitting the nail, the real hero is Gary Kirsten, in the 3 years he has been with India, has taken them to world no 1 in test, ODIs…AND… a World Cup win!! Gary will be a hot coach, sought after by all cricket countries!!
Sunday at 02:07 Now, more than 3 hours after Dhoni’s Winning Six, I am thinking if I should call it quits for the championship day!! And hit the pillows!!
Sunday at 02:11 All those commercializers - like we have umpteen of those ridiculous day of the year - why don’t u declare Apr 2 as ‘ India Cricket Day ‘….!!! U might as well invest in some annuity revenue rather losing out to just a week of celebration!!!…What say?!
Sunday at 02:14 One ironic point to note… No Celebrative Home Coming for this Indian Cricket Team… sad u see..?!… All the previous 9 world cup winning teams have had this!!
Sunday at 02:22 Now the 2G scams, assembly elections, Wikileaks Hindu expose, ugly One-Day breaking news will resume spot light for News Channels and pls spare the Cricket Commentators to Espn/star/ten sports/neo cricket/ set max for their bread n butter… Phew…
Sunday at 02:29 Unexpectedly, a first of its kind social networking experience for me… Live messaging my thoughts on FB, uncannily, only from the last over of the worldcup to the wee hours of Sunday, 03 April 2011, thanks to FB, Snaptu and my Nokia E63!!
Sunday at 02:32 Signing off, Guys n Gals !! Good Night, Good Day!! where ever you are in the world! Glad I followed today’s final at the most of when it mattered… Much like zipping to the last few pages of a gripping novel!! Godspeed !
Sunday at 02:48 One last message for the day, Please!!… Like God of Cricket!, God of Indian Cinema graced today’s final… All India Superstar Rajnikanth!! His simplistic looks today beats handsdown, George Clooney+Antonio Banderas+Tom Cruise+Rishi Kapoor+Aamir looks!!
if you wish to follow me on facebook, do check for rajeshprakasam
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