Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Chrome Unleashed..!!
I recently came across this video made by Google Japan. This was made a couple of months back to promote the Chrome market.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
A Journey..!!!
5th June 2009:: 3pm: The session at the college got over. The engineering had completed and now it was the time to leave the place. I arrived at the bus stand in Kanpur to board a bus for Lucknow, as I always get my train to home reserved, from Lucknow.
I reached Lucknow at 7pm and was waiting for my friend Rohit to pick me up from the bus stand. My right hand was injured so it wasn't possible for me to go on by myself. He tested my patience again, as usual and arrived about more than half an hour late.
He arrived at 7:30.
"Now what should we do?", I asked him, "It would get late if we go to your hostel and come back. Most of the time would be spent in commuting".
"Let's hang out at some place and after having dinner , thereafter we shall go to the railway station", he said.
"Okay".
We then, went to Sahara Ganj. We headed straight to the Food Court on the 3rd floor, as the both of us were damn hungry. But reaching there itself wouldn't have filled up our bellies. There was no room to sit, all the seats were already occupied.
We had to wait for around 15 minutes before we could get a vacant seat to seat ourselves.
After munching a lot there from the choices of McDonalds and Dominos and chatting, we left for the railway station at 10 pm. My train was scheduled to depart at 11pm.
It took a little more than half an hour to reach the railway station. After getting the platform tickets for him and getting through the enquiry for the platform number, we finally reached the platform at 11 pm. The train had just arrived. We rushed in and i searched my berth. It was an upper one. I looked around, it was extremely crowded.
God knows, why does it get so crowded on the days I choose to travel.
Then, after bidding bye and all, Rohit left as the train had started to crawl.
I got up on my berth and sat down on it. There was a girl in front of me on the side-upper berth staring at me and smiling.
"What happened?", I asked her.
"Nothing.", she said and lowered her face away from me.
"Am I looking wierd or is there something on my face", I asked myself. I checked my face and it was okay. I couldn't make out why was she smiling.
I laid down on my seat and kept thinking why was she smiling. I couldn't make out anything.
I then noticed the girl's face again by looking at her. She was a very beautiful face. A very well craved face, full of innocence. Every feature on the face was perfect. "She must be around 18", I tried to figure out by myself.
Meanwhile, I realized that the weather was extremely hot and humid and I was feeling uncomfortable to sleep. I again sat up and watched her. She was now talking to her family who were in the next 9-set of seats. As I sat, she glanced at me, and again got busy with what she was engaged in.
I kept fiddling with my mobile and kept awake as it was too hot for me to sleep.
My watch ticked 1 am. It had been nearly a couple of hours since I was sitting and could't sleep. I looked at the girl again and she was awake too. Again, I noticed she was looking at me.
"Ain't you feeling sleepy", I asked her.
"Nopes", she replied with immense politeness and a voice full of affection.
I was startled. But I again told myself, "She must not be more than 18. Lot younger than me".
I again laid down and tried to sleep. Well, thinking about the same thing, i felt asleep.
Suddenly, there was lot of hue and cry in the coach. A big hullabaloo made me awake. I looked at my watch, it was 3 am. I looked in front of myself. The girl was still sitting, awake.
I sat up and saw that it was raining heavily outside. The weather had turned quite cold and that was why I had been enjoying a nice nap. All the passengers were creating a mess because the rain water had seeped inside the coach through the windows and people were busy putting up their stuffs to keep it away from the water.
My sleep was gone in an instant because of that weather.
I settled myself and looked at the girl again. She was still looking so innocent and beautiful as hell.
I drew a little in front of my berth to have a full view of the coach and was enjoying the mess the people were through because of the rain.
"So, you don't sleep at nights in the trains?", I asked her.
"No I enjoy being awake and enjoy the journey.", she said.
"Hmm.. Right. Earlier the weather was too hot to sleep and now it is too pleasant to enjoy rather than sleep", I said and she nodded in full agreement.
After this short conversation, I again looked at the other people in the compartment.
"What is your name?", SHE ASKED ME.
Whoops.!!! She started the questionnaire now.
"Arpit", I replied. "What's yours?", I fired back one.
"Shivani", she said.
"Hmm.. so are you some college student or a school student?", I asked.
What a decent time to interview such a sweet looking girl.
"Yeah, I go to a school.", she said.
"Which class?"
"8th standard."
She was too young. Very very young in age.
"So, you people are going for your vacations?", I asked her.
"Yeah", she said, "We are going to Meerut to our aunt for the vacations".
"So, you people live in Lucknow?", I asked.
"Yeah".
"Which place?".
"Gomti Nagar".
"Hmm.. Nice place", I said. and then we sat talking for about an hour.
I had developed a caring and an elderly feeling for her by the time we were chatting. It was nice to talk to a younger gal on the train.
After talking for that long, I again started to feel a bit sleepy. But she was still as fresh as an early morning rose.
I told her that I need to sleep and then I lied down again.
My eyes opened at 7:15 am. The train was stationed at Meerut City. I popped up and immediately looked at that gal, but she was there. I sat up, she saw me.
"Won't you people get down here?", I asked her.
"At Meerut Cant.", she said.
"Okay", I said.
I again lied down. The train moved after some time and reached Meerut Cant.
I was awake but I didn't get up. I didn't want such a sweet kid to go away from me. Strange though.
I kept myself lying down. The train halted and that kid got up from her berth. I turned my head in that direction and she said to me, "Byeeee..!!".
"Bye", I said too, waving the broken wrist of mine.
She was gone in a minute with her family and I again lied down and slept as it was again 2 more hours for me to reach Saharanpur.
I reached Lucknow at 7pm and was waiting for my friend Rohit to pick me up from the bus stand. My right hand was injured so it wasn't possible for me to go on by myself. He tested my patience again, as usual and arrived about more than half an hour late.
He arrived at 7:30.
"Now what should we do?", I asked him, "It would get late if we go to your hostel and come back. Most of the time would be spent in commuting".
"Let's hang out at some place and after having dinner , thereafter we shall go to the railway station", he said.
"Okay".
We then, went to Sahara Ganj. We headed straight to the Food Court on the 3rd floor, as the both of us were damn hungry. But reaching there itself wouldn't have filled up our bellies. There was no room to sit, all the seats were already occupied.
We had to wait for around 15 minutes before we could get a vacant seat to seat ourselves.
After munching a lot there from the choices of McDonalds and Dominos and chatting, we left for the railway station at 10 pm. My train was scheduled to depart at 11pm.
It took a little more than half an hour to reach the railway station. After getting the platform tickets for him and getting through the enquiry for the platform number, we finally reached the platform at 11 pm. The train had just arrived. We rushed in and i searched my berth. It was an upper one. I looked around, it was extremely crowded.
God knows, why does it get so crowded on the days I choose to travel.
Then, after bidding bye and all, Rohit left as the train had started to crawl.
I got up on my berth and sat down on it. There was a girl in front of me on the side-upper berth staring at me and smiling.
"What happened?", I asked her.
"Nothing.", she said and lowered her face away from me.
"Am I looking wierd or is there something on my face", I asked myself. I checked my face and it was okay. I couldn't make out why was she smiling.
I laid down on my seat and kept thinking why was she smiling. I couldn't make out anything.
I then noticed the girl's face again by looking at her. She was a very beautiful face. A very well craved face, full of innocence. Every feature on the face was perfect. "She must be around 18", I tried to figure out by myself.
Meanwhile, I realized that the weather was extremely hot and humid and I was feeling uncomfortable to sleep. I again sat up and watched her. She was now talking to her family who were in the next 9-set of seats. As I sat, she glanced at me, and again got busy with what she was engaged in.
I kept fiddling with my mobile and kept awake as it was too hot for me to sleep.
My watch ticked 1 am. It had been nearly a couple of hours since I was sitting and could't sleep. I looked at the girl again and she was awake too. Again, I noticed she was looking at me.
"Ain't you feeling sleepy", I asked her.
"Nopes", she replied with immense politeness and a voice full of affection.
I was startled. But I again told myself, "She must not be more than 18. Lot younger than me".
I again laid down and tried to sleep. Well, thinking about the same thing, i felt asleep.
Suddenly, there was lot of hue and cry in the coach. A big hullabaloo made me awake. I looked at my watch, it was 3 am. I looked in front of myself. The girl was still sitting, awake.
I sat up and saw that it was raining heavily outside. The weather had turned quite cold and that was why I had been enjoying a nice nap. All the passengers were creating a mess because the rain water had seeped inside the coach through the windows and people were busy putting up their stuffs to keep it away from the water.
My sleep was gone in an instant because of that weather.
I settled myself and looked at the girl again. She was still looking so innocent and beautiful as hell.
I drew a little in front of my berth to have a full view of the coach and was enjoying the mess the people were through because of the rain.
"So, you don't sleep at nights in the trains?", I asked her.
"No I enjoy being awake and enjoy the journey.", she said.
"Hmm.. Right. Earlier the weather was too hot to sleep and now it is too pleasant to enjoy rather than sleep", I said and she nodded in full agreement.
After this short conversation, I again looked at the other people in the compartment.
"What is your name?", SHE ASKED ME.
Whoops.!!! She started the questionnaire now.
"Arpit", I replied. "What's yours?", I fired back one.
"Shivani", she said.
"Hmm.. so are you some college student or a school student?", I asked.
What a decent time to interview such a sweet looking girl.
"Yeah, I go to a school.", she said.
"Which class?"
"8th standard."
She was too young. Very very young in age.
"So, you people are going for your vacations?", I asked her.
"Yeah", she said, "We are going to Meerut to our aunt for the vacations".
"So, you people live in Lucknow?", I asked.
"Yeah".
"Which place?".
"Gomti Nagar".
"Hmm.. Nice place", I said. and then we sat talking for about an hour.
I had developed a caring and an elderly feeling for her by the time we were chatting. It was nice to talk to a younger gal on the train.
After talking for that long, I again started to feel a bit sleepy. But she was still as fresh as an early morning rose.
I told her that I need to sleep and then I lied down again.
My eyes opened at 7:15 am. The train was stationed at Meerut City. I popped up and immediately looked at that gal, but she was there. I sat up, she saw me.
"Won't you people get down here?", I asked her.
"At Meerut Cant.", she said.
"Okay", I said.
I again lied down. The train moved after some time and reached Meerut Cant.
I was awake but I didn't get up. I didn't want such a sweet kid to go away from me. Strange though.
I kept myself lying down. The train halted and that kid got up from her berth. I turned my head in that direction and she said to me, "Byeeee..!!".
"Bye", I said too, waving the broken wrist of mine.
She was gone in a minute with her family and I again lied down and slept as it was again 2 more hours for me to reach Saharanpur.
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