I tell you, wearing glasses for the first time makes you feel lousy. I have to carefully step around, something always itches your nose bridge, even wearing a headphone is uncomfortable. As surya points out, these imported ‘precision’ eye test equipments are no good. Or those in-house optometrists are incompetent. I had my eyes tested three times and each time they had a different power.

GKB opticals:

Right eye

SPH - 1.00, CYL - 0.50, AXIS - 120

Left eye

SPH - 0.50, CYL - 0.75, AXIS - 15

Lawrence & Mayo:

Right eye

SPH - 0. 75, CYL - 0.25, AXIS - 140

Left eye

SPH - 0.50, CYL - 0.25, AXIS - 10

I was naturally unconvinced even after one optometrist claimed that it’s not that much of a difference. So, I decided to consult a real deal. I went to Sankara Nethralaya, near Mandaveli. If you are not careful, these guys can turn you into a light fearing Vampire. They dilated my pupils three times! Even when I couldn’t open my eyelids without squinting. Merciless. The optometrist tested me twice and gave this prescription which was again not close to anywhere near to the earlier tests.

Sankara Nethralaya:

Right eye

SPH - 1.25, CYL - Nil, AXIS - Nil

Left eye

SPH - 1.00, CYL - 0.50, AXIS - 180

I hope they are correct this time. They charged me 350 bucks!

I was bored. Really bored. I had this small size football that my small nephew forgot to take with him. I remembered playing football. Or if you doubt it, ok, running after the ball some years ago. Since I didn’t want any eyes judging my football skills, I took it to the top of the building. I played for nearly an hour. All right, running after it. I tried some moves but it all fell apart every time with my foot pointing in one direction and the ball rolling in the other. At one last try, I nicked it casually and it neatly flew off the rooftop to land in a mini bird sanctuary next compound. It fell on one of the bird shelters that are like kennels for huge dogs with a loud crash and the exotic birds started flying and chirping in their cages. I had to lose the ball. I couldn’t think of going next door and ask for the ball. It felt good at that time though. All the running around I mean.  My body now aches badly. An hour of outdoor activity leaves me aching all over. Is this what getting old does to you? I want some Ragha Power. I have decided to try jogging small circuits near my place and in the beach if anyone keeps company. Anyone?

Are you an Airtel Subscriber? Do you recharge with a booster pack every month that lets you send 100 free SMS? Which otherwise costs Rs 0.05/SMS? Well, do you experience this odd, annoying thing where you have to quit the free service notice reply every time you send an SMS before you receive another one? I’m a Vodaphone subscriber but I’ve seen messages getting clogged up in my friends’ phone if they forget to quit that service reply. And they keep wondering why they haven’t gotten any response yet, only to find that this service reply is bottling it. I hear that it really gets to you when you are flirting hard in the middle of a class. No, it’s not specific to any phone I guess. I’ve seen it in Sony Ericsson, Nokia models. My friends say it’s the Rs. 36 booster pack. Any call 49 ps, Airtel to Airtel 30 ps and 100 SMS free per day.

I can’t stop sighing. It hit me in the pit of my stomach. I can’t seem to recover from it. More than the loss, I have to face the humiliation. I’m much of a gloater now that I realize it. I was about to make it happen and even laid out plans but some one from here apparently put an end to it. I wish 27 descend upon you. Long blessed be thy soul to rot in hell.

The Dogs trained by Ragha are quite docile in the least. Look closer, you might find them deadly. His controversial training methods on dogs need to be brought to the attention of the Blue Cross but no physical examination can conclude they are hurt in his combat training. We believe by his mere physical presence he can subdue any dog and turn it against it’s handler. There’s proof that dogs trained by him develop better cognitive abilities that equal Tamil movie heroes like this guy’s. They adapt to any ground you choose and often it may be the last you stand on. They have primary weapons and secondary weapons too. Heck, they can fight with bare paws. Once, I saw his trainee dog somersault on its hind legs and assume a stance he called ‘Doggy takes a leak’. He’s carried out several successful ‘Dog Attacks’ on his friends. Check this dog Bingo completing its level I training. Amazing.

This is Timmy, Suren’s pet dog. He is immune to Ragha. We are hoping to raise funds to sequence Timmy’s DNA.

As usual, Ragha found someone to cheat. This time, Vasanth Christopher’s cousin, Sam who, by the way, was always found making multi million dollar deals on the phone, huddling in a corner at IIT Saarang yesterday. Of course, I was asked to come as an after thought, only a half an hour before. Adithya, Ragha and me drove to Saarang in Sam’s car at around noon. We wandered here and there a bit, watched people performing impromptu dance to some soundtracks on makeshift stages, people walking with their faces painted, dragons and flowers tattooed on their arms. It was what it should be. A cultural fest. Fortunately Sam knew where he was going and led us into Central Lecture hall or something. I think it was Decibals event. Or Acoustyx. I don’t remember seeing any poster. Bands played mostly with acoustic guitars, basses, drums and keyboards here. An A cappella group from Bangalore was there too. Watch here at Marc’s blog an A Cappella group performing. They were quite good. A decent performance. 3 boys and 4 girls, each adding a different sort of music. Needless to say, they were not engineering students. They sang Alien Ant Farm (or MJ?) ‘Smooth Criminal’, Rockapella ‘Zombie Jamboree’ and two other songs. They were meant to sing only three songs I guess but seeing the response they got, they asked the audience if one more can be sung. The audience drowned the IITian’s refusal who was compering the event and the poor chap had to allow it. We left after that shortly, after gulping some food bought at the stalls. You can bet we didn’t buy the food. Sam did.

And I think this is one of group’s video.