I still remember

I still remember anitha akka saying to some other gal that her weight crossed 45 and she can start donating blood from next time with a joy in her face
I still remember a lady who told her kid to be quiet for some time until she donates blood.
I still remember a rickshaw puller thanking me for coming to donate my blood for his daughter who needs a surgery
I still remember a fat pig who refused to donate blood because he felt that he was so lean(I hope that at some point of time, he should wander to get blood for some near and dear ones).
I still remember me watching tensed, the blood sinking slowly in a solution. I was relieved when the Doctor told that iron content is okay.
I still remember the doctor asking me whether I have any sexually transmitted disease and indulge in casual sex.
I still remember me arguing with the doctor that there were only 10 days to complete 18 and she can take my blood
I still remember kawa fudging his b-day(after seeing my experience from above sentence) to give his blood
I still remember Dori giving blood for 11 or more times in 4 years of college life to collect his best blood donar award
I still remember that we(PSG) gave more than 1000 units in a single year and created a record.
I still remember how I got a hard on and had a tough time when donating blood because the nurse was amazingly beautiful(well the blood flew in a wrong direction).
I still remember how we used to be very organised in knowing who has got which group and when was the last date of donation....
and finally I still remember how I was so happy that a gal with whom i was in crush long time back gave blood.

for god's sake I dont have surnames and we dont worship ravanna

This is the N-time Im hearing the questions .
A stupid guy from a wretched state(one of the worst states in social indices, high in naxalite activity) asked me whether we worship ravanna and do not celebrate deepavali. The next question is how come people are so comfortable with lungis down south. The next question is why people look so dark (even the heroes).
Well My answers
1 -- No. But there is one caste who worship shiva and basically like ravanna(im not sure whether the practice still exists.)
2 -- Its not alone down south. Even villages in north wear lungis...
3 -- Because thats our color and it doesnt matter whether someone is dark or fair. Btw we are so broadminded in accepting someone who is dark,fat as our heroes. Its just that looks dont matter down south. Infact i feel ashamed for the other way around. We dont accept dark heroines :(... we need fair skinned (i call them anemic), dumb looking females who cant emote.

All the guys whom I interacted are unanimous in their opinion that they need surnames to identify caste(family heritage blah blah). I was shocked to hear this nonsense.
Im proud that i come from a place where one cant identify a caste from someone's name.
Came across a proff(not me but my batchmates here) who tore apart Tamilnadu for starting reservations in 1967. He was particularly critical about Annadurai. He was particulary critical about us being something different from the rest of country(implicity saying about secessionism ??? ).
The answer lies in Indian express survery in 1988-89. The question asked was "Do you support IPKF in srilanka". Tamilnadu gave support to IPKF and the numbers were above national average(Inspite of IPKF fighting against own ethnic community). We have always voted for integration when the nation has been in distress(1984- indira gandhi death , 1991- rajiv gandhi death, congress swept the state in lok sabha elections).
Well its not proper on his part to speak something crap about a state. Leaving aside that the only question which I would love to ask him is : "sir, so do u think orissa which implemeted reservations(im not sure about whether it implemented at all) after a long time is better than tamilnadu in all paramaters ??? "....

The last question for the day : Y dont u speak hindi ? Its our national language.

What I would love to say is : Y dont u conduct team meetings in English. Its an international language

What I said is : well Im learning Hindi :)

p.s. Im affected by reservations :(...but take it with a heart. Simple fundamental truth: Only if everyone comes up, there will be a market for anything and everything.....:)

English literature and C programming

Well the topic is misleading. Thats a similie to my situation. Imagine a BA english literature guy who learns C programming in a week and has to write an OS in next 7 days. Thats precisely my plight here. I have got an assignment in finance comparable to above situation. Assignment should easily take some where around 90 hours. Monday is deadline and here I am blogging :)..........
I have lost the sensation of sleep. I sleep at 4.30-5.00 and wake up at 8.00 Am. afternoon a quick nap of 45 minutes .
Time is precious. :) so will sign off

asoooook

Now according to keo-da-lirci, ashok is one of the most underestimated guy in the history. ashok in his book real time systems says that whatever be the deadline, he doesn't give a damn about it. whatever be the obstacle, he goes to achieve his ambitions. He seems to be a tortoise. Pretty underestimated. But He lives long and has a protective shell. Since I have experienced that protective shell when I did my first Sem at IIT, I know how hard is the shell. Hail Leo....:).........
sorry for a cryptic,vague post... me obvly inspired by Leo's book of Inspirations for Managers...........
p.s. changed some contents after months to prevent from getting googled