Archive for February, 2007

Jelled To The Cell

Posted in critcal, rant on February 21, 2007 by mannar

READ THIS ONLY IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO.THIS POST IS COMPLETE BULL SHIT.

There was a time when i totally smashed and insultingly toyed with all those cell phone users, specially those who really didn’t need one(usually my peers at school). From “Cell phones are harmful to heart or what ever” to “All the bills you pay to those MNC’s, just drain the national currency ” to “The public annoyance they cause”…I pointed out every stupid reason possible for not having one.

Earlier people asked me if i owned a mobile phone, now they jus stopped asking but rather directly ask for the number,everyone now presumes the next guy has one.

Now i succumbed to the very thing i detested at once. Not having one these days meant stay dull and dusted in a corner, no real time connectivity ,just made me feel cut off from rest of the folk. I never realized that it’s so easy to get sucked into all this Mobile culture,specially the text messaging mania. There were times when i really didn’t bother even to say good morning. And now i message ‘good morning’ ‘good morning’ ‘good blah blah’ not once but as many times as i can, its just that my fingers itch a lot more when im idle.

May be the next time i need persent a paper will do some thing related to The Mobile culture and the impact it made on the new generation of users.

Pretty happy over,Vodaphone take over of Hutch, heard that they will breath down the neck of regional players with some advanced technology and value added services, similar to those in Europe.

I know pretty long boring post,but didnt want this space to lie dead….that’s its for now… keep rocking….

Valentines day and blah blah blah

Posted in critcal, mannar, random, rant on February 16, 2007 by mannar

“Love is blooming” read one of the the next day morning news papers, may be they just forgot to add “Stupids throw their money,while fools(not really) mint their fortune”.

I don’t know whats with this Valentine’s day, every third guy in the collage turns up with a red shirt and even more funny it is, that they think its cool. I got really strange and hilarious responses for them doing so. Most of the times we humans have such a strong herd instinct that, we just fail to explain many of the things we do, we just follow and follow.

I personally think proposing some one on Valentine’s day is probably one of the most unromantic things to do. I would say any day, but for 14Th of February. Theres something very repelling about this day,the very idea of having such a day is flawed.

While my mobile service provider, who issued a remainder saying all the messages sent on national and public holidays will be charged one rupee,which otherwise is one paisa(1/100th of a rupee). I still fail to understand how can Valentine’s day go on to become a national festival or a public holiday. Considering the significance the media and market give to Valentines day, i guess it wont take long for 14th of Feb to become a national holiday.