Acquired Monk Syndrome

Finally i've moved my blogs into one good wordpress blog.. Visit http://blog.amonks.in

So the Bloggers Meet is on... Turned up about an hour late as expected..

A good hour long introduction session, moved into a discussion to frame a good agenda for the BCB to be held next weekend at IIMB..
Some points of focus

Web NGO's.. Here's Hari talking about What it is? [For More... BCB is a weekend away]

When this meet was planned i dint expect the kind of turn out, we didnt really think about the occupancy at Brew HaHa.. I personally am extremely happy with the fact that so many people with different views actually turned out..

A discussion about a collective-social-peoples blog is doing rounds..

Himanshu+Ashwin brought up an announcement about The Wings Project, where in Ashwin's startup is planning to organise some activities for the disabled, like bird watching[Mentioning specifically about the fact that Blind People have an excellent hearing], parasailing etc.. I'll follow it up and blog more about it..

Back to discussion about BCB4, A debate is up for everyone to participate in, A Deathmatch - Traditional Media vs Bloggers..

Kishore volunteers to talk about Corporate Blogging..

Sanjukta, talks about the other topics which i cant update cause of battery usage..

Another thing brought up by Snigdha, is about an awareness program on August 15th.. Will be discussed later..

Finally, a domain and a website is gonna be in the making.. A group of admins, a neutral hosting, and more

A special thanks from the organisers to Sreeram from BrewHaHa for giving us the space to have the meet..

Abhi put this Seal on Ballz, i thought it was quite funny for some reason.. Here's what Bharad had to say..

I know this is my fourth post today, but it just means that i have lot of pending blog posts..

But this one is an incident which took place a couple of minutes back..


Govardhan and I were out having Gol Guppa near office and this guy swerved right onto the footpath for parking.. Most people on the footpath had to make way for him cause of his aggression.. There were cops around who didnt even notice this and just went away.. I have the car number with me, IF someone wants it for any reference.. I don't know if there is a procedure to actually publish it and make something out of it..

Bangalore Forward?

This has to be the WORST double parking ever.. The car was there for almost an hour.. This was at Indranagar in front of SubWay..

Well, This was one of the first few songs i ever heard on a CD.. It came free with my Philips 1000W Music System.. R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly..

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly

This picture of me base jumping was taken by Sri at Agumbe.. A little over processed.. The entire trip was good fun..

For all of you who don't know, parking charge is Rs. 60/- for a car[WTF] at Bangalore Airport.. I was there to pickup my friend who was flying in from Delhi.. The flight was supposed to land at about 23:15.. + 15 mins for Baggage and everything.. I was there at about 23:20.. I obviously didn't want to spend Rs. 60 for parking, i wanted to wait by the road and then pick him up..

I was parked by some building at the exit lane to the airport.. The cops were there too.. How sweet.. There was absolutely no sign that said NO PARKING whatsoever.. I was gonna stand there for about 10 mins and leave but No, they had a problem.. Its funny enough that i don't understand their intentions..

Lets analyze :-

What did they do?
They started removing air from the tyre of vehicles parked at the side..

Why?
To teach us a lesson..

What was their intention?
To clear the road for free movement of traffic.. Or probably get a cut from the parking fee[Who knows]..

What happened finally?
A bigger jam cause once the air was removed, cars and HUGE trucks don't move.. :)

A cop came to my car and said he's gonna remove air, i got out took a sip of water i had and told him, My car wont move EVER if you do that, I'm gonna take a video and hold you responsible(Power of Blogs, Media and Cellphones) :) WORKED.. Though i ended up spending Rs. 60 for parking cause his flight was delayed by half an hour..

Gokarna is considered to be one of the most dangerous beaches ever.. I'd been there this tuesday.. Was sitting on a hill in the evening, waiting for the sun to set and eventually get back to Bangalore, i took this little clip..

The temple town is beautiful, its like a mini Venice with small pathways substituting the waterways.. I didnt get ANY time to actually explore the place in my two visits because of the Company[1st time] and Purpose[2nd time]..

Cats are my favorite animals ever, Big Cats like Leopards, Tigers to House Cats..

These are Cats which my cousin secretly kept and eventually revealed..