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I really need to seal my lips.

Last week when a few of our elderly relatives who think talking about girls, love and sex is bad dropped in and we were having a tough time due to this.

I was bored to death and was watching TV when the Cadbury Calebrations ad was featured in which the kid in hostel doesnt get any gift from his sister. Even as he shows some great histrionics, his sister walks in and blah blah…

Due to extreme boredom, my mom blurted out,”The kid looks cute, doesnt he?”

I shot back,” Yea. But the elder sister looks even more cute.”

Two pairs of eyes turned abruptly towards me and glared while my mom held back a giggle.

I dont know what ate them, but they seemed to be in a hurry and left.

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In another instance, I was having a brainstorming session with Ram and Aravind and we were talking about the biking clubs and running clubs in Chennai.

Ram: We need to contact the folks behind these clubs and talk to them

Me: Yea right. Those are jobless fat people who have money to waste.

Ram: Hmmm… I’m a member there.

Me: Well… Um…. Er…. He He He…. I mean… SHIT!

I hate people who argue for the sake of arguing.

No Uleadin, this is not about you, but someone else I happen to know.

Working with FindNearYou.com is being of great source of experience to me - most of it wacky! I’m in the team that handles WheelsAndRevs.com and RockandRaga.in and since it is a small team - a 5 member team to be precise, the same person ends up doing so many things. For instance, I would be doing some content work in the morning, tweaking with the code in the noon, doing SEO stuff by evening and providing support to our users by the night.

I have of late been confronted with a lot of strange support requests. I am publishing a few here. It may be just coincidence, but most of these wacky support mails land up only in rockandraga’s mail box.

Support@rockandraga.in is available for chat at gtalk and there was this guy from Chandigarh who had trouble setting up his blog.

ABC Singh: I have trouble setting up a blog at rockandraga

Support (Me): No worries. Just tell me what exactly is your problem

ABC Singh: I’m not able to figure out even a percent of how to proceed.

Support: Our blogs are based on wordpress. You can always have a look at their faq or try the support forums. I can help you out if you tell me your exact problem.

ABC Singh: Can you give me your mobile number so that we can talk?

I didn’t want to give my mobile number and the phone at our department is always busy, thanks to telemarketers Shiny and Jincy. So I decided to give my mobile number. Aarva kolaru!

Support: Sure. 9884xxxxx

ABC Singh: Cool. I have stored your number. Now you can call me.

*Head to desk*

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Then there was this mail from another moron.

Hi,

You guys are doing a great job out there.

I stay at Coimbatore and love music. Can you guys teach me music?

An ardent music lover,

XYZ

Enna Koduma Saar Idhu!

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Hey Rock & Raga,

Going by the term rock and raga, i think its all about fusion music. I am very much into fusion music. Can I join your team? We can create some exciting music!

Cheers,

ASDFG

P.S: I really love the site!

A note to Ram: I really need a vacation!

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This is the most kickass of all support messages, again on gtalk.

ZYX: I really like the site very much.

Support(Me): Thanks a lot ZYX!

ZYX: There are however a few changes in the design that I feel would be great.

Support: Thats brilliant! We would love feedback.

ZYX: Great! I myself use Wordpress and I am very good in php. Just pass me the admin username and password and I’ll make the changes asap.

Dei… Inda madiri ethana per da kelambirukenga?!

In case, you want to be mentioned in this blog, just shoot a wacky support mail to support@rockandraga.in and I’ll be too glad to publish it here.

I entered the crowded restaurant at about half past one.

I had just joined work and for some reason, did not want to carry lunch along for the first few days. There was a Hotel Ganga down the block where I decided to have my lunch. I would go on to have lunch there for the next one week,

The restaurant was crowded when I entered. One of the things I hate in local restaurants is that they make you sit with strangers. Not that I am a reserved kind of a guy; I like my privacy. I made my way to the only table which had a free seat. As I sat down, I noticed my neighbours. The couple sitting to my opposite were blissfully engaged in PDA inspite of the fact that they were not alone in the table. I was there and so was the old man to my right. Even as me and the old man placed orders, the couple paid their bill and left much to my relief and the despair of the man sitting in the next table.

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Its good to be back to blogosphere after a small hiatus.

I have moved my blog from wordpress.com to my own webspace. This move is mainly for experimenting with wordpress and some gethu ! So dont be surprised to see ads here as I may place them to take care of my hosting needs.

Also I have joined work at findnearyou.com and am enjoying work. The working hours are long and I am even working at home in the night (And if both of you are reading this, take the hint Mr. Ram and Mr. Seshadri! :D) and as result I may not update this blog regularly.

I know most of you would be secretly happy (some openly) due to prospects of reading less shit from now on.

Right now, revamped the About page and scouting for a good theme - 3 column and minimal. Tell me if you come across one.

There was a blog war starting brewing me and PSP but things got sorted out. Cha. I was expecting something big to happen! Anyway, PSP is going to Anna Nagar tomorrow for some entrance examination. The real motive though is that the boutique next to his examination centre belongs to Esha’s mom! He has even promised to tonsure his head at Tirupati if he manages to catch a glimpse of his mamiyar! Now what do I say? Pervert or hopeless!

Met more interesting people in the last week. Ram, Seshasdri (Both are my bosses) Ravi, Sivakumar and Sandhya. Ravi and Sivakumar are the techie guys in findnearyou.com and we have been working together for quite some time on the findnearyou blogs. Sandhya is a blogger who blogs at findnearyou.com and is the second person next to Shillika whom I have promised to take to A R Rahman’s studios. Only if they find out I dont even know his studio’s address. Yeeps!

Finally I went to college to collect my course completion certificate and met my college friends. We sat on the stone benches beneath the famous Mechanical Marathadi and it was good to relive the older times - pulling everybody’s legs- esp Sanjay and PSP, cracking wisecracks, the good old mokkais (We were shouting so much that we had to evicted from the campus!) and having heated arguments over cricket - today’s argument being who will emerge winner in the DLF IPL? Many supported CSK while there were some Rajasthan Royals fans(remember mine is a merchant college! :D) However my take is that the ultimate winner of the DLF IPL is Lalit Modi! I wont be surprised if acquires a Porshe by the end of the season.

And he has been happily flirting with Preity Zinta all along! While the whole of India stomach burnt.

Clear winner!

Anyway, I have lost all my blogrolled links in the transfer. I remember most of the links I visit. Incase, I forget one or two, just remind me. Also, people who have blogrolled me as sathyanarain.wordpress.com, kindly edit the link to sathyanarain.com.