Shifted

The only thing constant in life is change. And as with all things it was time for this blog to change. My blog is now at a new URL.

The URL of the blog has changed from
http://ljm26.blogspot.com/
to
http://lucio.wordpress..com/

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Life Goes On

Corruption

I watched the movie Rang De Basanti yesterday. I must say it is a very good movie and the best thing about it is that integrated the whole theme of the freedom movement with what is happening today in our country. We may have driven away the Britishers from our country but today we are slaves to corruption. Corruption is a bigger threat  because it is so deeply rooted in our country’s system today that totally eliminating it will be a Herculean task. It is like a termite eating away into the well being and progress of our country.
Another thing that keeps bothering me are the amount of taxes that are being levied on the common man everyday. Day in and day out talks and discussions keep happening on imposing more taxes and after all this also I do not see any improvement in the living conditions of the common man. The roads, hospitals, schools are in a bad shape, some people still dont get tow square meals a day. The only thing that is happening is that the ministers ‘ and babus’ pockets are overflowing.
Where is our country headed?
I would take this opportunity to salute all the brave men and women who risk their lives everyday to ensure that I can sleep and live in peace!

New place

On 1st Of February I moved into a new place. It has some of the things I was looking for. It is cheap, the locality is decent, and above all there is a T.V. for which along with cable charges I have to pay just 200 extra. I was quite happy when I moved in, but all my happiness went for a toss because early in the morning at around 5:45 am there is a call for prayers from the nearby mosque (just for anyone who does not know… It involves a holy man shouting out something over the loudspeaker loudly). I sleep at around 11:30 after watching T.V. and then just because of the shouting I wake up and then I somehow cannot fall asleep again. My situation is aggravated by the fact that the person in the adjacent room switches on the TV at 5:45 in the morning. I feel like going over there and breaking his TV into million pieces with his head!. I just cannot adjust to this.
Now I begin the tedious process of searching for a new place AGAIN.

Back from oblivion

I have not been blogging since I dont know when. It is just that the desire to blog disappeared somewhere. I had lots to say but did not feel like putting it down like I used to earlier.
During the time I was not blooging a lot of changes have happened in my life. The first major one being that now I have a team of two guys reporting to me and the second being that I have moved out of the current home.
I will write about each of the change separately so that I have some matter to write about during the time I am restarting my blogging. I must have probably lost a lot of readers during the time I have been off. I hope I get them back and so also I hope that I get more readers

Response to Akanksha's Tag

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1) Software Engineer
2) --
3) --
4) ---

I am not as old as it may appear. This is my first and only job.

FOUR MOVIES YOU WOULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1) Matrix(Any part...even though I have not seen the third part)
2) Terminator(1 and 2 not 3)
3)
4)

FOUR PLACES YOU HAVE LIVED:
1) Goa
2) Bangalore
3) Mumbai
4) ----


FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1) CSI
2) Becker
3)
4)

Its been so long since I last watched TV that I cannot remember the names any more...but thats about to change soon.

FOUR PLACES YOU HAVE BEEN ON VACATION:
1) Bangalore(Before I started working)
2) My cousin's place in Goa.
3) --
4) --



FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:
1) Mixed Grill Sizzler( Available at JukeBox in Koramangala)
2) Fried Fish.
3) Grilled Pork Chops ( Available at JukeBox in Koramangala)
4) Pork Sorpotel( Prepared only by my mom or any of her sisters)

FOUR PLACES YOU WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1) On a bike riding like there is no tomorrow.
2) On a beach with lots of babes
3) Portugal.
4) High up on a mountain(preferably in Goa or Switzerland)

I cannot think of anyone to tag.

First post of the year

Its been a long time since I wrote my last post. The causes for this being overwork and a serious lack of creativity (‘I am getting too old for this shit’ –Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 4 I think). As far as new years eve is concerned I did nothing like every boring person on this planet. I was awake though and went to sleep at around 1. One of the reasons being that I am alone in my apartment now that my friend has got a Govt. Job (read Dream Job for me and for him) in Goa.
So now begins the task of finding new accommodation coz I seriously cannot afford to pay the rent single handedly. I hope I get a moderate independent room or something coz I am very finicky about sharing my living space. I am one of those persons who has a huge body bubble.I shall start the hunt today by purchasing a copy of Freeads or Admag.
On the job front despite my best efforts I have been unable to get a new job. Hope new year changes that. Now another thing that bothers me in this office are the really really tiny cubicles that have been made to accommodate a staff that does not exist (thanks to the over exploitation).

Thoughts about Love

Call me old fashioned but I believe in true love. I do not believe in the love that lasts only while the going is good. Everyone can say the words ‘I Love You’ but how many of us really mean it when we say it. I have heard many a stories of true love and I really admire those people about whom I have heard.
Nowadays the new mantra that seems to be going on is that the love is there as long as the going is very good but the moment the going gets tough all the love in the heart goes down the drain. I do not know whether this is right or wrong may be nowadays the priorities are different but I ask one question what happens when you r old and weak and all the jobs that u have held or all the laurels u have achieved cannot take care of yourself and what if in your lifetime u had found that one person who would be there with u through the ups and downs and sicknesses in life? But then again there are no guarantees in life that you will find the person or thing that you are looking for!