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		<title>And he blushed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what if I am busy getting ready to be married to Nandhini. So what if I have told her that I need to sleep tonight. I do need some time out to blog. Though I am not that great at relationships with anyone (someone told me that I do not fit into society) I [...]]]></description>
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<p>So what if I am busy getting ready to be married to<a href="http://www.atthealtar.com/2009/10/22/nandhini/"> </a><a href="http://www.atthealtar.com/2009/10/22/nandhini/" target="_blank">Nandhini.</a> So what if I have told her that I need to sleep tonight. I do need some time out to blog.</p>
<p>Though I am not that great at relationships with anyone (someone told me that I do not fit into society) I do have some thoughts on relationships and here are my 2 pennies.</p>
<p>Men are attracted to Women and vice versa maybe the way you deal with them and the way you relate to them maybe different but bottom line is &#8220;Opposites Attract&#8221;</p>
<p>Not everyone let&#8217;s you be the way you are. You are judged split open and analyzed. It is a given and most people talk about it (mostly behind your back). Some call it gossip some call it girl talk, some call it men talk&#8230;</p>
<p>Some are shy and will end up lying to people about the non existent relationships they had with bearded women.</p>
<p>Some will just yap their way to the grave like they have no feelings for anyone. Because &#8220;The person who cares less, is the most powerful in a relationship&#8221;</p>
<p>Then there are some who are so childish that they have lost track of reality and they live in fantasy land.</p>
<p>But the kind I like most are people who like someone and cant tell it out loud, who when reminded that they like a particular someone they simply blush&#8230;</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t believe I wrote about relationships. Because I am the kind who does not care about relationships. It is just another word.</p>
<p>If I have picked an example I can assure you that the person is alive and not dead at the time of me writing this. This is not fiction but it is hard facts, unlike my<a href="http://sathyanarain.com" target="_blank"> buddy in crime</a> who writes 80% fiction 20% fact.</p>
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		<title>Back to MOBLOGGING</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 09:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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<p>I am back to blogging from my mobile. I use this wonderful mob app(mobile application for the uninitiated) called wordmobi and it is meant for symbian series 60 phones. My blog is also  mobile friendly now. </p>
<p> So some more new stuff there and surely more blogposts. </p>
<p>Posted by <a href="http://wordmobi.googlecode.com">Wordmobi</a></p>
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		<title>Weird Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had given up painting and Sketching a long time ago. But there has been a sudden renewal of interest and I have been scribbling a while now. This is Weird Art. So let&#8217;s see some weirder comments. I have an Oil Painting which I am willing to give away (No Not the one shown [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-287" title="lines-and-curves" src="http://www.aravindkumar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lines-and-curves-300x220.jpg" alt="lines-and-curves" width="359" height="262" /><a class="popup_bubble" style="border: medium none; margin: -23px 0pt 0pt -25px; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://wikiatic.com/media/wiki-bubble.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 0pt 0pt; position: absolute; height: 30px; width: 26px; text-decoration: none; display: none;" href="http://wikiatic.com/wikisearch/search?q=lines-and-curves" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I had given up painting and Sketching a long time ago. But there has been a sudden renewal of interest and I have been scribbling a while now. This is<strong> Weird Art</strong>. So let&#8217;s see some weirder comments. I have an Oil Painting which I am willing to give away (No Not the one shown here). I don&#8217;t know on what basis I am giving it away. But the basis will be weird. May not be the greatest piece of art But&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/atthealtar/3398761913/" target="_blank"><br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/atthealtar/3398761913/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to see the Actual Sketch</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">P.S. : This is a work of art. And if you see things and make interpretations please leave comments so i know.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This piece of work is not meant to hurt anyone.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Update : </strong><em>This piece of Digital Art has been published at the <a href="http://chaikadai.wordpress.com/graphically/" target="_self">Chai Kadai</a> ( I submitted it to them) Thanks Tea Master <img src='http://www.aravindkumar.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
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		<title>The First 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah I have been up for the past 24 and I hope to be awake for for the next 24 too.  I just cant sleep. If I shut my eyes I feel like a car is going to run over me, HEAD ON!!! Scary Shit. I have not had nightmares like this in a while [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yeah I have been up for the past 24 and I hope to be awake for for the next 24 too.  I just cant sleep. If I shut my eyes I feel like a car is going to run over me, HEAD ON!!! Scary Shit. I have not had nightmares like this in a while so I am enjoying it while it lasts. I have had suggestions to pop sleeping pills but I think if I remove my lenses for a bit I should be fine. I am not FB&#8217;ing or twittering or Gtalking or doing any of that shit. I am just sitting here browsing the internet and doing some pending work and yeah ranting on my blog. Please don&#8217;t give me suggestions on how I should try and sleep. I am fine the way I am. I just hope to be in a condition to get to work tomorrow.and complete the next 24</p>
<p>P.S. : I have been awake for 72 hrs non stop But that was 5 years back and it was a fitter version of me. Do you think I can beat my record???</p>
<p>Update I did Twitter after all. <a href="http://twitter.com/aravindkumar" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to see me my twits</p>
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		<title>Hobbes the Tiger &#8211; My Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am crazy about dogs. It is not like I hate Cats. Cats are cool in a Cartoon strip. But Dogs are cool in real life. Dogs understand people better than cats. I have written about relationships with so many people, But why did I not realize till I read this post that I should [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I am crazy about dogs. It is not like I hate Cats. Cats are cool in a Cartoon strip. But Dogs are cool in real life. Dogs understand people better than cats. I have written about relationships with so many people, But why did I not realize till I <a href="http://ketaki666.blogspot.com/2008/11/bow-wow-wow.html" target="_blank">read this post</a> that I should write about my now gone Doggy friend, Hobbes.</p>
<p>Hobbes named after the Tiger from the strip Calvin and Hobbes. Anyways Hobbes is a yellow Labrador who I took care of during my days in a lonely town with hardly any friends to talk to. He was a jolly good fella with mischief written all over him. He would climb all the way to my first floor apartment but would refuse to get down. (I later realized that the fella feared heights.) He would go chasing other street dogs. But he was shit scared of Bulls and the best part he would go after women. I don&#8217;t know why he would do that but he would really chase women. His favourite thing was watching what I did on my computer. He did not like television and better still he would lie in my office the entire day in the comnfort of the Air Conditioner and refuse to budge.</p>
<p>Anyways we had to part ways and he was given away by my dad to a friend of his. I think I should go visit him one of these days. He has apparently fathered puppies. I got him for free and I gave him off free. Yeah Ketaki keep looking for that free puppy you are bound to get one your way.</p>
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		<title>Looking Back&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started blogging in January 2008 (Was it before that. I keep forgetting. Anyways whatever it was) I used to visit Blogs like crazy. I used to leave comments on a regular basis. One of the first blogs that I ever read regularly was NEVERMIND (her posts, they are funny) Then I found Ouch [...]]]></description>
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<p>When I started blogging in January 2008 (Was it before that. I keep forgetting. Anyways whatever it was) I used to visit Blogs like crazy. I used to leave comments on a regular basis. One of the first blogs that I ever read regularly was <a href="http://ketaki666.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">NEVERMIND</a> (her posts, they are funny) Then I found <a href="http://www.ouchmytoe.com" target="_blank">Ouch My Toe</a> written by a guy who calls himself Jammy Damn funny guy. There have been so many others who I eventually started reading but my most favourite haunts are listed in my blog roll.</p>
<p>I mention these two blogs because they have seen me through a time when I was destructing my life. They kept me sane. Not only have I made a lot of great friends but I have also had a career change, started a group called <a href="http://blogoholics.in" target="_blank">Blogoholics Anonymous</a> with <a href="http://sathyanarain.com" target="_blank">this Dude</a> and <a href="http://thunderror.com/" target="_blank">this Dude</a> and <a href="http://idiotland.wordpress.com" target="_blank">this Lady</a>.</p>
<p>The ride has been awesome upto this point. I am going to see this through.</p>
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		<title>The 71</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah This is my 71st post and I like this number for a number of reasons none of which will be told to you people simply because I don&#8217;t wish to bore you with the inane things. but yes I have a cool video for you people. I created it with a tool called Animoto. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yeah This is my 71st post and I like this number for a number of reasons none of which will be told to you people simply because I don&#8217;t wish to bore you with the inane things. but yes I have a cool video for you people. I created it with a tool called Animoto.</p>
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<p>Also I had been to this nice event about Tea Tasting @ The Alliance and I wrote an article for <a href="http://www.findnearyou.com" target="_blank">FindNearYou.com</a> (If you did not know, this is where I have fun during the day) <a href="http://www.findnearyou.com/home/frmmorefeature.aspx?fid=480" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to Read the Article and leaving a comment here and there would be appreciated.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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<p>Well, let me assure you this has nothing to do with my boss. Well to tell you the truth my team in <a href="http://www.findnearyou.com" target="_blank">FindNearYou.com</a> is probably the coolest team. We get to meet celebrities and do a lot of cool stuff and the best part is FindNearYou.com is one big happy family kinds. Lots of fun. But as I said this is not about work so&#8230;</p>
<p>I was invited by Alexandra for a beach get-together one Friday evening. (This was happening in the same beach where they have a memorial upon which people piss all the time. Infact one friend of a friend of a friend even found a couple making out. If someone would come too close their secret code was tch&#8230;tch&#8230;) So Alexandra her boyfriend Arnaud, Laury and me got some sandwiches and then went in search of the picnikers. We found them sitting right at the beach front drinking beer.(Is that not illegal?) Anyways there were men and women, young and old, chatty and quiet, students and office goers and the best, French and German. They were in separate groups and I could catch some words in French. Though the German skidded away to glory over my bald head. I realized I have a prejudice that the German and French are like sworn enemies. (Well if you are wondering why, you really need to bruch your history!!!) But they were nothing of that sort, though they sat in separate circles they were all mingling and jingling.</p>
<p>After a while people started getting up and I was like &#8220;Finally picnic over&#8221;. But while that thought was running I realized these people were walking towards the sea. They were going for a swim. They were changing right over there with the local boys who were watching all this passing nasty comments.</p>
<p>But before too many people realized what was happening they were having a ball in the dirty salty water. There were some who had stayed back, like my friends Arnaud, Alexandra, Laury and Camille. Slowly a crowd was gathering around us and I was like &#8221; These guys have gone crazy&#8221; But a group of guys walked up to me and started talking to me.</p>
<p>Boy1 : Excuse me Boss!! Hello Boss!!!</p>
<p>Boy 2 : Are you from foreign?</p>
<p>I was really in no mood to talk.</p>
<p>Boy 1 Excuse me Boss. Are you working or Studying?</p>
<p>Boy 3 : Dai Avarukku English Theriyadhunnu Ninnaikiren( I think he does not understand english)</p>
<p>Boy 1 : Excuse me Boss. Just talk something.Let us have friendship.</p>
<p>I was wondering &#8220;Is he Gay and hitting on me?&#8221; I just ignored him and after a while they left having realized no one was talking with them.</p>
<p>I keep wondering why he kept saying &#8220;Excuse me Boss&#8221; he should have called me MOTTAI BOSS!!!!. Bleddy Fella!!!</p>
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		<title>WeP Printer Manual Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aravind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was once told that the best DMP printer that I could lay my hands on was a WeP LX 800DX printer. As usual I never bothered to verify their claims and just got it. For people who have never had to know what a DMP is, it is a Dot Matrix Printer. Yes the [...]]]></description>
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<p>I was once told that the best DMP printer that I could lay my hands on was a WeP LX 800DX printer. As usual I never bothered to verify their claims and just got it. For people who have never had to know what a DMP is, it is a Dot Matrix Printer. Yes the one which goes keeech&#8230; keeech, kich&#8230;keech&#8230;keech, keech and takes about 2 minutes to print a single fanfold page.</p>
<p>Careless fellow I am I lost the printer manual. So I emailed the folks at WeP asking them for a manual.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Hey,</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>I own a WeP LX 800DX Dot Matrix Printer. I have lost the user manual for this printer.Would you kindly Send me a Copy either as an attachment or as a link from where I can download it from.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Regards,<br />
Aravind Kumar B.</strong></p>
<p>I got this reply</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Sir,</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;"> </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Can you send us your mailing address &amp; contact no.? We will have a copy sent to you.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;"> </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Regards,</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;"> </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Ramdin</span></strong></span></p>
<p>Yes I did reply to them today</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Hi God,</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Dont you think it hilarious that I would still own a piece of crap like your printer.</strong></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong> more funny that you would be so courteous and reply to my mail after March, April, May, June, July, August, September and you ask me for my address. Are you sure you are not using the Indian Postal Service to send Emails.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Rest assured I am putting this right away in my blog. Highlighting the Turn Around Time you take and you want my postal address to snail Mail a copy of the printer Manual.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Just to let you know I trashed that piece of shitty printer..</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Best Wishes&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Aravind</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>P.S.: Nothing Personal it is just Business</strong></span></div>
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<p>These guys are Freakingly Funny. Why would they remind me of a piece of shitty printer whose manual I don&#8217;t have.. I am just an average Indian Customer you Corporate Honchos. You can SHAFT me all you want and I will usually take it lying down.</p>
<p>P.S. : I got pissed off because these guys are still asking me for my postal address and contact number so they can send the printer manual to some of my descendants. Hold on to it guys who knows it maybe a collectors item then&#8230;</p>
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<p>You could also call this Part 2 of <a href="http://www.aravindkumar.com/2008/08/girls-colleges-are-dumb/" target="_self">Girls Colleges are dumb</a>. Well you can call this what you want I really would be happy if you came up with an alternate title for this post.</p>
<p>I was surfing You Tube this morning and I normally look for Stand up Comedy shows. So I was watching this clip of Carlos Menci&#8230;</p>
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<p>Funny guy, he says what he says with a lot of courage and gets people to laugh. But I don&#8217;t know if he has feminists wanting to murder him. I would love to see if I can get away with this.</p>
<p>Anyways basically girls/women are complicated. <a href="http://sathyanarain.com/2008/09/ah-kids-these-days/" target="_blank">Read Narain&#8217;s experience</a> with a 7 year old called Yasmin. Poor fellow freaked out with the things she said. I really doubt if a boy would have said the things Yasmin said.</p>
<p>Just like Carlos says women have too many things on their mind. Sometimes it is very nice. But most times it gets on my nerves to know that they are thinking of something/someone else when they are talking to me.</p>
<p>So coming back to the college culturals&#8230; Did I mention that I was not allowed to go out for lunch and worse still was they did not have a Restroom for guys.( Restroom is such a stupid word, whoever coined that must have slept while taking a poop or maybe while standing at the urinal to take a leak) I was offered by a girl that she would stand guard while I took a nice grand leak in the ladies room. (Ofcourse I refused.) What&#8217;s worse I was complaining to a few lady professors about how we were not being allowed to go out for lunch or any break for the matter of fact and this lady professor looks at me and says &#8220;Oh, they probably think that you are a college student&#8221; I was like &#8220;What, are you kidding? this must be some kind of joke&#8221; The professor just left with a grin whose meaning I am still deciphering.</p>
<p>All said and done, My friend Amirtha was not let into the college. Fishing Embarassing. But Narain who also happens to be her friend somehow managed to get her in. The question I had and still have is &#8220;Why won&#8217;t they let a girl into a girls college?&#8221; Men please dont attempt answers to these questions because we are not meant to answer them. Women please do leave your answers.Men please ask more questions.</p>
<p>Cheers!!! People. I have so many Girls College Stories. Someone of them give me nightmares. (Just kidding about the nightmares.)</p>
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