Orkut

The word on everybody's lips seems to be orkut now.All my cousins in the vetti age (>18) are there and I have re-established ties with many of my long lost school friends .Infact thanks to orkut we were able to meet this summer.Ok,everybody knows this,so why an entire post extolling orkut and Orkut Buyukkokten?Well ,read on.Here are 2 interesting conversations.

Firstly my mom seems to be knowing about Orkut now.

Mom: Do you know about orkut?

Me: Yeah,its a social networking site (with the usual nonchalance)

Mom:So what exactly is it about?

Me: Well its open to all.You have to create a profile and then sign in.You can add new friends and also keep in touch with the old friends.

Mom:Is that all?

Me: Hmm there are many communities too.We can join them and participate in the interesting discussions.

(The million dollar question now)Mom:So what do you do?

Me: ( Tightlipped for 4 secs,A 1000w bulb.I cool down,come back to my senses and then shoot out) I keep in touch with my old friends.I participate in fruitful discussions in Iyengar community.I follow other communities which interest me like quizzing,Hindu crossword,Cricket etc.Thats it.

Mom: Ok I heard something called scraps.Dont waste your time scrapping everyone.Do it only if necessary. Also I have read some disturbing articles in the paper so be careful.

Me: Oh yeah sure.No tension.

We digress and that was the end of the convo. The "what do you do" was an interesting one. 339 friends,66 fans, 4669 scraps and 84 communities.That should speak for itself.The things which I do are the usual writing scraps,keeping in touch with friends,scrap book intrusion,etc.I read the scrap books of many of my close friends and follow the replies too. Of course,along with the replies some innocous babe watching. An interesting proof of what I do-

Guy(Some friend's friend) : hi XXX!..how is life going on...good to see u here in orkut....its always good to have good old friends back...so how has life been for so many years...... ("SO MANY YEARS" .rofl)

Girl: who's this?? I don't know u...

Guy: Hey I was your classmate in school.

Girl: Well i dont seem to remember.I really do not know you.

Guy: hi....that was just a way of getting a reply from u....sorry if it annoyed u......nyways....wanted friendship with u .....so what do u do....

Girl: better luck next time!! plzz i can't maintain so many friends... tk cr..

Girl (again) : hey! plzz don't feel bad!

Guy: simply amazing.....the way u denied it....hi funda... i mean i have never seen such a decent refusal.....that matches with ur pic....chalo it was nice talking to u.....as u say i wish i have a better luck next time.....hey dont worry nothing to feel bad about........chalo bye..take care.

Girl: Bye

I do not know either of them. Just felt like posting this,thats all. Anyway me off to Hyd for Diwali ,so advance wishes to all my beloved readers .

P.S : When is the probability of rain in Chennai 100%?

Ans 1) If the Indian team is in Chennai
Ans 2) 1 or 2 or 3 days before Diwali.

It has been raining incessantly since morning . Bunked the entire morning session.Well I would have become a "mamu" if I had donned a raincoat and put fight cycling all the way only to find the class cancelled.So did not take the risk.

I WANT TO...

Tagged by Naren.This one seems to be easy. In fact no fight at all. One of my shortest and quickest posts-10min.Surprisingly I found ready answers to the questions and I am so happy for that.This is after spending so much time for every question in the now weekly affair called quizzes.

1) Read

The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas and To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.

2) Listen

All songs of Kishore Kumar, Mohd Rafi and A.R.Rehman.Hehe no pattern there.

3) Watch

The Usual Suspects,Pulp Fiction,Fight Club-all with subtitles.Tried watching them before but couldn't make out anything apart from four lettered words.I really want to watch these to know why they figure in the list of all time favourites of so many people.Btw I dont find Quentin Tarantino appealing at all.Kill Bill was crap to say the least.Captain/Balayya atleast provide some comic relief unlike Thurman.

4) Visit

Munnar. A few friends of mine went there recently and I fell in love with that place after seeing the pics.

5) Buy

Oh so many!!! Digi Cam,Pseude mobile,Swatch :D

I shall also brand my wants as "realistic" as that seems to be the buzzword now.