6 April 2015

Another Nikispeak

Niki: “Who was daddy talking to”?
Sharmila: “A very old friend of his from Bombay. He lives here in California. His name is Karthik.”
Niki: “How many Karthiks are there in California”?
(Admittedly we know quite a few)
Sharmila: “I know. We might land up meeting this uncle in a couple of days’ time. He is very funny.”
Niki: “Real funny or Dad funny”?

And I was like “Hey, hey! I am in the room”!!! πŸ™‚

3 April 2015

I think my Facebook friends want me to put on weight :-)

Flying back home, I checked my Facebook account and was skimming thru the comments to see if I needed to respond to any of them. (Heaven knows I respond even when I do not need to πŸ™‚ ).

It is then that I noticed something. More Facebook friends like my pictures when I am sitting down than when I am running πŸ™‚ Last running post – 2 likes. The one before that where I was sitting on a bench – 35 likes!!! Prior to that – me running with Samaresh – 11 likes. And right before that, me sitting at Starbucks – 20 likes.

Either my FB friends want me to stop running and put on weight or they are much relieved when I actually survive a run and sit down πŸ™‚

29 March 2015

I guess my first hint should have been that I was trying to use a Microsoft product…

Usually, I just use Apple or Google products (and let them save in Microsoft formats if I have to send to somebody). I was trying to use Microsoft applications today (in this particular case, Powerpoint). First the application crashed. It asked me if it was okay to send a Error Report. Coming from software background, I am always about helping anybody debug. So, I said Yes. Now, the Microsoft Error Reporting crashed!!!! This is too funny!

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23 March 2015

Inspiring words…

“In life I have forgotten how many times I have fallen…

How many times I have hurt myself…

Each time, the entire world laughed at me…

But I never gave up. I have always picked myself up…

…dusted myself and walked upto the waiter and said…

Another large beer, please”

Thank you Sanjib πŸ™‚

22 March 2015

From the bartender’s corner – Jamaican Yo Yo

This has Rum and Tia Maria.
I get the Jamaican part – the Rum originates from the Caribbean (well actually Columbus brought sugarcane from Spain to the Caribbean and the Caribbeans must have gone – “What good is a nice sweet plant? Let’s leave it for rotting and then drink the juice” πŸ™‚ ). Tia Maria is a coffee liqueur made from Jamaican coffee.

But why the Yo Yo? Is it because the rum makes you sleepy and the coffee keeps you up? πŸ™‚

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