tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88420425489846304402012-02-02T22:53:10.835-05:00With due credit to Mr. Shakespeare, I believe that the world is a stage and we all are the actors. How we act in a situation will depend on how we look at them and what we think of them. Hence my anecdotes and views here. Well, the actor in me does need some exposure :)vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-50038585308364220402009-07-25T19:25:00.001-04:002009-08-02T00:30:50.463-04:00

After one long year, I visited New York City aka Big Apple again. I came down on Tuesday night and stayed on 49th floor of a plush hotel right in the Times Square – the theatre district. It was an awesome experience and I owe a lot to my lady love, who made this possible. From the window I could see not only the ant-sized tourists crowding the time square area but also the interiors of top

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-69781806060749503852009-07-16T00:59:00.001-04:002009-07-16T00:59:51.577-04:00

Yeah baby!!! I have been building my new look slowly and steadily for many months now! I am very close to being a perfectly round body now. J But the new look here is for my website http://varuntaware.com Why do I brag about it? Well for reminders, I have been away from software world for a long time now. Plus I never had any professional web designing experience. I worked on this site

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-45373085794406705142009-01-23T14:19:00.005-05:002009-01-23T14:40:32.734-05:00

Ya ya ya!!!I know I know......I have been a lazy bum.But then I was being a lazy bum, really!!!!But now I am back.....and if you care here are some updates from my side.My MBA started few months back....and its coming along well.I can't decide if it is hectic; I have stayed back on campus till midnite preparing for exams but during the semesters I have also slept very well.But I guess all is well

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-34108125228527525112008-07-29T15:36:00.010-04:002008-07-30T23:19:39.676-04:00

Life in the US of A can require you to go through the most weird ordeals (especially if are a smart ass like the writer here)In one of such ordeals (One would bet there are plenty of them in store for me) I had to visit the court.....I was going for a trial!!!A little background...It was the long weekend of Memorial Day (25th May 2008)...I was on my to Flushing, NY with someone (if you need to

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-19995225495482128922008-04-28T18:27:00.003-04:002008-04-30T12:30:01.870-04:00

Before you think of this as mushy iksy-biksy lovey-dovey post…hold it!!!The news is: I have started playing Tennis! (Or at least started trying to play tennis)I bought myself a "not-that-cheap" racket for 26 bucks. I picked the one with graphite frame and more importantly with Roger Federer's photo on it. J The Big Thinker that I am, I stepped into the Tennis practice courts visioning Federer

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-21933754523934817062008-03-09T21:21:00.008-04:002008-03-10T08:47:30.183-04:00

Last week was quite eventful; it brought my culinary skills to the fore.The chef in me unveiled his talent!! :)I made cookies and pizza!!!ummm...slurrrpppp!!!!Have a look at the slide show below:The COOKIES:Type: Chocolate Chip and Walnut cookies.Dough: Betty Crocker's cookie doughThe Good part: They were sweet and yummy.The Bad part: After cooling down they became crispy; I wanted soft and chewy

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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read straight through, and you'll get the point.1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. 4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-67898148657552141052008-01-15T11:37:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:13:47.594-05:00

Call me a calcified pessimist…I care a damn!!!I am writing this post to induce a chain of positive thoughts on lines that are very obscure to those who fall prey to provocative mass media.What do the media do today? “Crap Shoot”!!! That’s the word I coined for them. I am regular reader of TOI (epaper) and I am appalled by the fast degradation of the quality of the content.I am blasting TOI (Times

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-83748411683627228912007-09-19T08:14:00.000-04:002007-09-28T08:04:24.544-04:00

No one to help with setting up the new house.....No one to discuss which corner of the room should be my bed and where should the lamps go....No one to celebrate my moving-in.....No soul to talk to in the whole 1 Bedroom apartment. Living in USA is always fun…yeah right!!!I moved into my new apartment on Saturday, 15 September 2007. I dropped off my office colleague to the airport early in the

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Some call me stingy, frugal, spendthrift. (in any combination of these adjectives)Some call me silly non-enthusiastic non-shopping moron (the ladies mostly call me this because they never understand the good side of being averse to shopping).But I believe I am generally an austere fellow!!! (I don't give a damn if you object to this opinion; you are never allowed to do that anyways) :)So when my

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-88079700942961436542007-08-17T19:22:00.000-04:002007-08-18T14:35:38.003-04:00

It has been a long time since I have blogged.....But then I haven't been in control of things for a long time now (not sure if I have managed to find some control now :) )I have been pushed around by time and situations...guess everyone goes through this once in while.The MBA pplication thing did not work out the way I wanted it to....so had to defer it (on the optimistic assumption of effecting

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-65330751027476104222007-06-18T02:54:00.001-04:002007-06-20T09:12:29.695-04:00

Ok.....if you are reading this post, I expect you to leave your opinion on this matter in the comments section.We all want to believe that we are a better-evolved human race and a progressive civilization. But are we really so?I was just wondering that everyone says we are living in 21st century in a highly evolved civilization. But are we? We have super-computers and high-end electronics et al.

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-59979338976692734902007-04-18T07:21:00.000-04:002007-04-18T07:48:14.678-04:00

Last Sunday I had been to "Bheja Fry" and boy o boy what fun it was!!Vinay Pathak steals the show hands down. Who Vinay Pathak? Hmmmmmm........remember the duo of Vinay-Ranveer as the Channel V VJs, cracking dum Pjs?And has this chap, Vinay, evolved or what???? In this movie he is an absolutely convincing idiot….something that I always thought of him since his Channel-V days. The movie is all

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-74388753336133381292007-04-02T05:53:00.000-04:002007-04-03T03:58:29.837-04:00

The other day I was browsing through quotation web sites.Here are few (smart) ones that I have picked up . I have spared myself the pain of listing all the website.....do a google search and you will have them all.Mr. George Bernard Shaw turns out to be my current favourite source of quotes!!!I admire the simplicity of the text and profundity of the message in these.The quotes below are not

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-6559921716336698442007-03-27T23:56:00.000-04:002007-03-29T00:58:02.219-04:00

No!! You are wrong....I am no Aristotle or Socrates...and I can't even dare to step into their shoes. [You see, I prefer "Skechers" only!!! :) ]But, here, I am recommending some philosophical dose, which I am guessing to have been extracted from Aristotle's writings.Call this preaching or ranting....but it’s worth thinking about.For starters, some background:Once, I received a mail regarding "

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-32742844995680306722007-03-26T01:52:00.000-04:002007-03-26T03:12:35.118-04:00

Once upon a time...very very long ago.....I had seen a video collage of stupidity, produced by Aditya Chopra. He happened to call it "Dhoom 2".Well, I think DOOM:2 is a more appropriate title!I wrote a review on mouth shut and every time I feel like the silliest person on earth I go through the review and feel good that I am atleast one grade above the last one!!!I did this exercise today as well

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-25819652196842991322007-03-18T11:00:00.000-04:002007-03-21T03:56:33.983-04:00

Haircut is an interesting affair. Recently, I had a haircut. I tried for the Brad Pitt look from Mr.&Mrs. Smith but I ended up looking like Aftab Shivdasani in “Red”. But I made some interesting observations in the male salon that I had been to (the Diamond Salon near St. John School in Thane) .The hair stylists there all seemed straight; no teapot snouts with their wrists, no unnecessary

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-422121156695330382007-03-11T23:52:00.000-04:002007-03-21T04:57:23.345-04:00

Ok....stop getting ideas......it ain't what it sounds like!!!!It was the Friday night of 9 March 2007. At 11:30 pm I was at my bro’s in-laws’ place to watch a movie with my bro, sis-in-law and her bro. I was watching the news with the family and suddenly there was a loud noise. THUD!!! DHOOM-DHOOM….DHAADH!!! My jinx with my car gave me the unpleasant gut feeling that if something has fallen off

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-31983558000007440492007-03-05T06:08:00.000-05:002007-03-12T06:07:54.768-04:00

One day, while I was working in office (if you consider gmail as my official inbox), I got a mail with the subject line "***13 signs of falling in love***". I can't remember what was wrong with me then but I had to kill this chain of mail. Hence I thought of writing the first reply that came to my mind for each of these 13 signs.I wonder if it is a coincidence that all these 13 retorts were

vrroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028244656650109424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842042548984630440.post-21730399367518729852007-02-28T04:33:00.001-05:002007-03-02T03:11:16.154-05:00

Yo!!!It was my friends' engagement ceremony......had to start my day pretty early. I was happy for my friends, which is alright, but the excitement of meeting eligible - single - spinsters was probably showing on my face. This was enough to worry my mom for the day , who thinks that I will let her hunt my bride. (Yeah rite!!!!)I got my car washed early in the morning, all white spic-n-span. I got

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