25 things about me.
I was tagged by Kandarp on Facebook to come up with 25 things about me. I thought I will respond to the tag here and then copy this post onto Facebook. I know quite a few people who visit my blog regularly but aren't on my Facebook friends list. Plus, I haven't posted here for a while. So here's everything you ever needed to know about me :P
1. As a kid, I thought there was only one colour and that was blue. I also had a funny pronounciation for blue that sounded like "BLOOL". That's right....blool colour!
2. I was also fascinated by keys. I would try driving a key into every hole I could find. I once dropped our house keys into a mixer (you know, the Sumeet mixie?!) and turned the mixer on. To my dismay, the keys were still intact and as solid as before. I still don't know why my mom was so mad at me. It was just a freaking key. Oh, the mixer? I am not sure, but I think I remember seeing a new mixer at our house the next day. Strange.
3. My first school was Don Bosco at Baroda. Apparently, when my parents took me to interview with the principal there, the principal asked me whether I liked the school and I said "No." What do you expect me to tell about a boys-only school anyway? It's a different matter that I studied there for 6 years and won the general proficiency award 6 times in a row. (Yes, for some reason they always chose jerks for the award.)
4. The first sport I started playing was hockey and not cricket, believe it or not! Once during a training session in school, a senior hurled a mild abuse at me ("saale") for not scooping the ball properly. I whacked him on his leg with a hockey stick! That year, I again won the general proficiency award ;-)
5. I have the dubious distinction of misplacing my textbooks a day before exams. This was again in Don Bosco. I was totally cool about losing my books but my mom literally freaked out. She ran to the school to look for my bag and found it lying in the middle of the playground.
6. I have managed to injure myself on all my birthdays. The most serious injury was when I fell off a bicycle while inviting friends for my birthday party. I had a 1cm deep wound in my leg that day.
7. When I moved to Bangalore from Baroda, I had to learn Kannada for grades. I learnt Kannada from my grandmom in about twenty days flat and ace'd the Kannada exam a week later. My grandmom was extremely proud of my accomplishment and never passed up an opportunity to talk about it. Neither do I. ;-)
8. I was into singing from a very early age. I practised Carnatic classical music for a couple of years. I have participated in music troupes in all schools I have attended, except engineering school. Why not in engineering school? Oh, it's a long story with the word "depressing" appearing too many times in it.
9. I cry when I see someone achieve something momentous. I cried when Kumble took 10 wickets in a match, when Dravid scored a double ton in the Adelaide Test Match, when Bindra won a gold medal at the Olympics and most recently, when Rehman won the Oscar. Did I just use last names everywhere?
10. I also cry every time I listen to the national anthem.
11. I have known my best friends for more than 14 years now. The guy who tagged me knows me for 17 years. We went to the same primary school, high school, pre-university college, engineering school and even managed jobs with the same employer. Of course, we have decided to not have the same partner....although I do believe we have had the same crushes...ssshhhh
12. I love reading Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
13. My first summer job was selling packaged milk. Whenever I used to visit Bangalore during summer, I would hang out with a person called "Raju". He ran a milk catering business near my grandmom's place in Bangalore (still does) and I would help him sell milk.
14. I aggressively fish for cheap deals when I shop. I get thrilled when I save money, no matter how insignificant.
15. Just like Kandy, I too was good at tandem talk. But the difference was that his team would always win the prizes and my team would get disqualified for excessive vulgarity. My claim to fame is educating a 60 year old physics professor about human anatomy. When did they start inviting Mutaliks to judge tandem-talk events?
16. Most people, when they meet me for the first time, think I am a very serious and an intelligent guy. Once they know me well, they curse themselves for having wasted their time on an idiot. Yup, I can definitely give you a tutorial on creating a favourable first impression.
17. It's getting harder and harder to think of more things to write.
18. I am often accused of being a perfectionist. My managers have had to educate me on the 80/20 principle on more than one occasion. I would give out pages of code-review comments and my colleagues hated me for that.
19. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a bus driver.
20. I have had the rare opportunity of traveling alone in an airplane with no other passengers on the flight.
21. I learnt preparing tea when I was in fourth standard.
22. When I was a student, I loved holidays that would come up unexpectedly. For example, you wake up in the morning to find that there's some disturbance in the city and schools have declared a holiday. I specifically didn't pick the example of the president passing away all of a sudden.
23. I have had an auto rickshaw fall on me.
24. I like working in dim lights.
25. I have a terrible sense of humour.
1. As a kid, I thought there was only one colour and that was blue. I also had a funny pronounciation for blue that sounded like "BLOOL". That's right....blool colour!
2. I was also fascinated by keys. I would try driving a key into every hole I could find. I once dropped our house keys into a mixer (you know, the Sumeet mixie?!) and turned the mixer on. To my dismay, the keys were still intact and as solid as before. I still don't know why my mom was so mad at me. It was just a freaking key. Oh, the mixer? I am not sure, but I think I remember seeing a new mixer at our house the next day. Strange.
3. My first school was Don Bosco at Baroda. Apparently, when my parents took me to interview with the principal there, the principal asked me whether I liked the school and I said "No." What do you expect me to tell about a boys-only school anyway? It's a different matter that I studied there for 6 years and won the general proficiency award 6 times in a row. (Yes, for some reason they always chose jerks for the award.)
4. The first sport I started playing was hockey and not cricket, believe it or not! Once during a training session in school, a senior hurled a mild abuse at me ("saale") for not scooping the ball properly. I whacked him on his leg with a hockey stick! That year, I again won the general proficiency award ;-)
5. I have the dubious distinction of misplacing my textbooks a day before exams. This was again in Don Bosco. I was totally cool about losing my books but my mom literally freaked out. She ran to the school to look for my bag and found it lying in the middle of the playground.
6. I have managed to injure myself on all my birthdays. The most serious injury was when I fell off a bicycle while inviting friends for my birthday party. I had a 1cm deep wound in my leg that day.
7. When I moved to Bangalore from Baroda, I had to learn Kannada for grades. I learnt Kannada from my grandmom in about twenty days flat and ace'd the Kannada exam a week later. My grandmom was extremely proud of my accomplishment and never passed up an opportunity to talk about it. Neither do I. ;-)
8. I was into singing from a very early age. I practised Carnatic classical music for a couple of years. I have participated in music troupes in all schools I have attended, except engineering school. Why not in engineering school? Oh, it's a long story with the word "depressing" appearing too many times in it.
9. I cry when I see someone achieve something momentous. I cried when Kumble took 10 wickets in a match, when Dravid scored a double ton in the Adelaide Test Match, when Bindra won a gold medal at the Olympics and most recently, when Rehman won the Oscar. Did I just use last names everywhere?
10. I also cry every time I listen to the national anthem.
11. I have known my best friends for more than 14 years now. The guy who tagged me knows me for 17 years. We went to the same primary school, high school, pre-university college, engineering school and even managed jobs with the same employer. Of course, we have decided to not have the same partner....although I do believe we have had the same crushes...ssshhhh
12. I love reading Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
13. My first summer job was selling packaged milk. Whenever I used to visit Bangalore during summer, I would hang out with a person called "Raju". He ran a milk catering business near my grandmom's place in Bangalore (still does) and I would help him sell milk.
14. I aggressively fish for cheap deals when I shop. I get thrilled when I save money, no matter how insignificant.
15. Just like Kandy, I too was good at tandem talk. But the difference was that his team would always win the prizes and my team would get disqualified for excessive vulgarity. My claim to fame is educating a 60 year old physics professor about human anatomy. When did they start inviting Mutaliks to judge tandem-talk events?
16. Most people, when they meet me for the first time, think I am a very serious and an intelligent guy. Once they know me well, they curse themselves for having wasted their time on an idiot. Yup, I can definitely give you a tutorial on creating a favourable first impression.
17. It's getting harder and harder to think of more things to write.
18. I am often accused of being a perfectionist. My managers have had to educate me on the 80/20 principle on more than one occasion. I would give out pages of code-review comments and my colleagues hated me for that.
19. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a bus driver.
20. I have had the rare opportunity of traveling alone in an airplane with no other passengers on the flight.
21. I learnt preparing tea when I was in fourth standard.
22. When I was a student, I loved holidays that would come up unexpectedly. For example, you wake up in the morning to find that there's some disturbance in the city and schools have declared a holiday. I specifically didn't pick the example of the president passing away all of a sudden.
23. I have had an auto rickshaw fall on me.
24. I like working in dim lights.
25. I have a terrible sense of humour.