Unloading my think tank...

I guess I frequent this place too often, often without knowing what to write. But now that I'm here, lets tap the keys and see what comes out.

- No lemon tea bags in the pantry on our floor. And I'm too lazy to go check in other floors.
- I don't know what in the world happened to that photo contest. In all probability, I didn't win. But I gotto call 'em up and ask my photos back.
- Don't talk about work. My team lead is now in NC, and he comes in 6.30 PM my time. I can't stay back too late (later than 7.30 PM when we don't have conference calls with the US team), so I chat with him about my half-complete job over IM. But since I can't stay back late, I end up not completing the conversation, and my half-complete job is still half-ass. I wrote to him, he replied back with answers to my queries, and I tried, its still not working. Only a God-knows-what can save me now. Its stiffling to be sitting idle at work; I feel a gulp in my throat when that happens.
- I see this polio-stricken man walking with his clutches almost everyday on my way to work, and I wondered how is he managing with heavy rains. I saw him today, with a plastic bag over his head, and walking as though nothing could get him down. I wonder where some people get such steely resolve.
- One of my best friends went through a messy divorce last year, and she's happily married now. Divorce is not common in India, so when it happens with someone, it feels bad. And when it happens despite putting in all efforts to make the marriage, it makes it even more worse. But I'm happy she's finally got her Mr. Right!
- Right click is not allowed on our machines when we access the Internet at office. Neither is saving a webpage on our workstation. Can you friggin' believe that?!

Check this song on youtube, Mirza by Punjabi MC with Sukhshinder Shinda... I can understand most of what he says, but not all... click here. This song has the legendary Mirza-Sassi story told, in beautiful words. Its a tragic love story, ends with Mirza getting killed by Sassi's brothers. Click on the link, read the story and enjoy the lyrics given here (I don't know if the song is playing in the background, for the sound is muted on this computer, and un-muting it is not allowed (its "against company's security policy"; seriously can you believe this is an IT co.?!) )

Kade nah Ranjha kann parwonda,
te Heer khabaundi choori nah
Mirzay ne pherr marna ki si
jai hundi majboori naa
Kaun karinda yaad Sassi nu
jai thaal vich hundi poori nah
Ishq ne yaaron marjaana si
jai aashiq charde sooli naal
Jai khatt oh ni si, te khatt aaj vi nahi

Menu darse wallan da, ohse vellay hojana
Menu darse wallan da, ohse vellay hojana
Jaake jad sahibaan nu, mai seenay naal laya
Jaake jad sahibaan nu, mai seenay naal laya

It was late last summer, my blood coloured the sky
When I heard you break your swear
Punjab in my eye,
Never had I cried before
Never had my steel heart died before,
But know I felt the raw, blast
True love forever last,
But you cant feel my body
then you I cast,
Die for my woman
My woman is my mind,
My destiny she speaks through her every freaky line,
Her body movement is the way I survive
When I am on the battle field, staying alive
Staying alive my arches is that 249 mcs on horseback
So I pull out my steel to fight back
Pull out an ounce of desi from my rice sack
Walked across the five rivers one hundred degrees
My body burns, my mind cease

Baggiye havaa de naal, karade tu ajj gallaan ni
Baggiye havaa de naal, karade tu ajj gallaan ni
Jatti marjugi je, mai nazari nah aayaaaa
Jatti marjugi je, mai nazari nah aayaaaa

Sada janam janam tak saath nibuga baggiye ni
Sada janam janam tak saath nibuga baggiye ni
Bekay kol khuda de, jatt ne lekh likhaaya
Bekay kol khuda de, jatt ne lekh likhaaya

Tann mann taja hojau, sarey dukh tutt jann ne
Tann mann taja hojau, sarey dukh tutt jann ne
Dekhi jadd mey saibaa, tann baar leyaya
Dekhi jadd mey saibaa, tann baar leyaya

Uppala dekh renaal ne, Geet gauana Shinde tauuu


I know the overall story and meaning of few lines in the song, but I'll try and get the word-to-word meaning of the entire song, cuz when it comes to this one, it seems more and more beautiful when you know the words and the meaning :-)

Well, thats it for now I guess...