we gone crab hunting - the great kill

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Yet another weekend came as "unexpected" ;-) . Didnt think i would be out of bugs on friday,the weekend.we developers are so afraid of these fridays..i start biting nails that I grew over the week on fridays....till now i havent purchased a nail cutter for cutting my nails...now u may think about my feet..well im saving them,who knows one day I may have to bite my fingers off my hand..if you thought I was just kidding....well i was ;-) ...

Ok...so this friday was an unexpected end..overwhelmed with joy..I made a quick plan and told my friend jaise that we can go for crab hunting..I didnt expect him to agree.But the spark got fire and he said yes.And we reached room by 6..took out the gears..a decommisioned shuttlebat and a plastic cover..tats all..this is enough to kill crabs..and a hell of zest we drove to the kazhakootam beach..dont know the beach's name..its near meenamkulam,just near the kinfra park.

we parked the bike on the road.it was dusk..the perfect time to start hunting..the crabs were coming out to the beach for an evening stroll :) ....Crabs will get confused when they are shown bright light..they wont even move and will stand still..this is their curse and thats our chance..they come in masses of about 30 - 60 and climb up the beach sand..when they hear us approaching..maybe the ground vibrations..they will start running towards the sea..this is where we strike...one guy will be the light guy and the other will be the hitman..the light guy will target a crab and come around the crab from the sea side so that the victimised crab cant run to the sea..and he will show the light towards the crab..first the crab shows some random motions but when the lightman gets near to it and the light becomes brighter..they get confused and stand still..now its hitman's chance and he hits it with the bat..a small blow of is just enough for the crab to get crippled and off he goes into the "game bag"...its easier said than done..the whole process of chasing a crab,cornering it,and crippling it will take only 5 to 7 seconds.Thats the only time window we got before the crab gets into the water...if u really want a more descriptive process..i hav already written a post about crab hunting many months back..this time we were focussed to get the biggies and the actions were well planned and synchronised so the misses were minimum..both the hitman's and lightman's actions should be simultaneous and synchronous..else it defeats the whole purpose..the lightman decided which crab is to be caught and he shows light to a singled out and the most advantageous one and the hitman does his part..we swapped roles and hunted on the dark beach for an hour running,diving till our good health could.

We hunted about 3.5 Kilos approx and was too tired to even walk back.so we sat on a catamaran and lied down on it looking up the stars and occasionally some shooting stars and talked about blackholes and supernovas..and we started our journey back..and lost our way..there were only stars to guide us and we didnt know where the pole star was..( as if,if we knew we would find our way )..the whole beach was pitch black..and wandered through the beach cutting the blackness which shrouded us with the sony ericsson's torch light..then two people approached us..they were fisherfolks..we told we lost our way back to the road..they helped us in finding the way back..we came so much advanced after those running and hunting..we had to walk a bit long distance back.And they showed us the exit point..and we were in the bike..with our kill..

Reached room..washed the crabs and laid them to rest into the freezer..we plan to make something this monday or tuesday..maybe a crab soup..heard soups are healthy for software engineers.. :)) ...it was a perfect way to start a weekend..last week rock show..this week crab hunting..next week im going shark hunting..they say we shud aim on the stars to reach beyond the skies.. :))

nullTarif live at trivandrum Nishagandhi

nullTarif...a german rock band was live at trivandrum today.me and my friend went to watch it. the entry was free.It was sponsored by german cultural society on the eve of starting its operations in trivandrum.its a boy band and was not a heavy rock one.they performed well .though most of the german songs were not understandable , we enjoyed the essence of rock.headbanging had no use coz the songs were that kind of heavy.they even sang a love song too...OMG..a rock band with a love song..?? .. do that suck..i guess really..though rock band like metallica has got some slow numbers like "nothing else matters" , hmm singing a love song... though we all like it..was a little girlish..the roll and rumble of the rock music has to stay where it is..but they performed extremely good.the sound of the thuds were awesome..like ur chest was being piled.they were sweating like hell..no no , no stage fear this. :) our climate..

watch this video of nullTarif from youtube.




videos of the live show



it was a nice way to start a weekend. an escapade from office tensions and unfixed bugs.office kills me..nowadays has started killing me more...im trying to find solace somewhere..be it movie or washing my cloths.im trying to find my toleration limit.Mum...u used to tell me..i had no patience..come nd see me now...how patient im..how i learned to keep mum to any injustice i see..how i learned to bend my knees..,how i learned to accept the wisdom the fools tell.how i learned to accept the egos..how i learned to accept the fact that the system will always work as it worked in the yesterdays and years..

IT Recession Hits Orkut Fortune

today when i checked out the ever inspiring fortune in my orkut home page. I was pretty fascinated,check out my fortune for today.orkut is a google product,no wonder why its so cool.

The guy who reads your fortune lost his psychic powers (and his job ). We hope you are feeling lucky.

why we started cooking in our home

today me and my friends had food from a hotel...usually we cook on sundays,coz on sunday our cook wont come.This sunday we were too lazy to cook and we got ourselves punished again. I have seen hotels in many places of kerala.As far as I have seen,trivandrum has got the most worst hotels in terms of cleanliness and good food.The taste of the food sucks.The hotel people never cares for the taste of the food that their customers eat..Or is the whole trivandrum food taste is like this only ?? . You will feel depressed mentally after eating your food :) .

Its very difficult for you to get a waiter in front of you in trivandrum hotels.No they arent busy delivering the foods.They are stubborn.We have to explicitly go and invite them.Once I sat in a restaurant and was waiting for a waiter to come to my table.He saw me sitting there.But he had no plans to come to my table and ask what I need.So i went there and told him.Chetta ente table vare onnu varamo order edukkan,sarcastically. He understood my serious joke and came to my table.First I told him to clear my table.You know in trivandrum hotels,they dont clean your table completely.You will find remains of food even after their cleaning.And how do they clean it ?? .. swipe a cloth all over the table thus pushing the food particles out of the table to the floor.I havent seen such a practice in ernakulam.They will come with a small container and collect waste in that. So after much requests one guy came and "cleaned" in trivandrum style.To hear the response of the waiter for the things I asked , I had to get inside his mouth.I thought maybe this guy was an airline pilot.his dad wanted him to be a waiter,he didnt like this job.So he is behaving like this :) ...you can really feel the big attitude of these people.Like as if we are eating food for free from their hotels.finally i got my tasteless sambhar and idly.Had it and left the hotel.

these are the reasons why we started cooking in our home.due to workpressure we couldnt cook ourselves.So we appointed a cook.And taught her to cook in ernakulam style.

Exceptions: The sri ananthapuri hotel keshavadasapuram is one of the cleanest hotel I have ever gone in trivandrum,I know there maybe lots of other clean hotels in trivandrum.But I dont want to try my luck at those.

Exceptionally dirty hotels in trivandrum:
The hotels in and around kazhakootam,technopark are the dirtiest hotels I have ever seen in my life.The rank holder is al madeena.



a quick question.

why do the Ambrosia in techno mall and the subway near it doesnt have a wash ? . dont we need to wash our hands before and after food.Or do we need to use the tissue ?

teddy fixing a bug..an office made video by me.

this is a teddy puppet i snatched from a neighbour cubicle mate..did something crazy with that puppet..took video with my left hand in my n70 while i puppetted it with my right hand..an instant movie..a teddy is asked to fix a bug..he agrees..he is given 8.25 seconds..he tries to fix..time runs out..system hangs..more bugs surface up..he bangs his head..and finally faints on the keyboard.

Download High Quality video of teddy fixing the bug from here its 22MB,wmv format

hsbc credit card fishing line

today i was just checking my credit card account online,to my surprise i saw 2000 Rs levied as annual fees and 1000 rs levied as annual fees to my another add on card.I called HSBC customer care straight way and told them that i was told that this card hasnt got an annual fee and I wont pay the 3000 Rs levied against me.The sweet lady told me to hold on and after some seconds she reverted..Sir you are a good customer to HSBC and you have had a good relation with the bank.So we are waiving the 3000 Rs and making your card life time free.Wowwww....they thought i must be so happy..I said thanks a lot and hung up..

this incident shows the fishing lines these people put onto ignorant people.I didnt wait to ask that how did i have a good relation with the bank and they waived me 3000 Rs...ohh tats a big amount of money to be simply waived off for..anyways i was lucky i didnt fall into the trap...ohh now i remember why i got a good relation with the bank..maybe itz coz i hav bought my laptop with the credit card for amount 25,000 and made it an emi...maybe coz of that..

in a nutshell..credit cards are a boon...until and unless you use it extra carefully and keep monitoring the card statements..

mistakes & regrets

sometimes you do things which may suddenly take a wrong turn unwittingly.Mistakes are done without oneself's knowledge..i guess thats why they are called "mis takes".So how can you regret a mistake.You can feel sorry about a mistake but you cant regret.You can regret for the things that you have done with your knowledge.When decisions you took go wrong,when a small action of your's makes you go topsy turvy in life what will you call it..A mistake ? , will you regret ? , or will you feel sorry about it ? what you think ? plz comment.

a unique bday celebration -birthday chicken

An old classmate of mine celebrated her bday recently...see the picture..no u guessed it wrong..its not a cake shaped like a chicken fry...its a chicken fry made into a cake.I have seen many kind of cakes shaped like shoes..heart..a car..a pumpkin...but this one is unique..she has made a full chicken fry the cake..and they celebrated her bday..instead of exchanging cake pieces they gave leg pieces..God bless them...

nb: hi classmate..i have given your bday celeb much publicity..hope u wud give me an extra treat when you come over here.. :-)

A bug found at AXIS bank ATM,Technopark NILA.

click on image to get an enlarged image

First of all, dont be too happy...this bug doesnt enable you to take untold sums of money from the ATM.This is a harmless bug.I will put myself in the shoes of a software tester and report it.

Bug Name : Print Receipt Out of paper Bug.
Impact : Cannot withdraw cash,even if cash is availalbe in ATM.
Environment: Anytime :) , the ATM should be out of paper to print a receipt.

Steps to reproduce:

Refer the picture first before continuing.
When the ATM is out of paper to print a receipt,A message as shown in the picture shows up giving you an option
"Unable to print a receipt"
"Do you want to continue without a receipt" ?
Press YES / NO

Pressing YES or NO will have the same result.Your transaction gets cancelled and your ATM card pops out.You will wonder why the hell.It didnt say out of cash.I told I dont want a receipt,still its rejecting my transaction.

This bug occured to me last friday when I was going home and came to NILA AXIS bank ATM to take some money to home.I was very dissapointed after trying many times and i left the ATM.And all other people who came to withdraw had the same experience.Luckily there was a SBI ATM near by and I took cash from it.

This solution to this bug can be provided by the AXIS Bank authorities. I can provide a workaround for this bug.And you can take cash when this situation occurs.

Whoever programmed this ATM,forgot to tell where the YES switch was,When "out of paper" situation occurs.Pressing buttons at the side of YES,NO will take it as NO.Thats why your transaction gets rejected.That means pressing anyother button other than a YES button will take it as a NO.hmmm good logic..So that single YES button will be somewhere.The NO button was the last and YES was the second last.So I guessed the "real YES" button would the just above the "fake YES" button.So next time I came to the ATM,I tried it.Surprsingly,or is it the irresponsibility of the AXIS bank people, they havent loaded paper even after a day and a half.So the same bug existed.And I tried my luck by pressing the unnamed button just on top of the fake YES button and it worked.The third last button was the "real YES" and it delivered the cash.If any technoparkians are reading this.This would be very useful for you.

Please press the third last button when the ATM is out of paper and it asks if you want to continue without a receipt.Refer the picture above for a clear understanding.The white ticked button should be pressed.The X marked are the fake YES and real NO buttons.

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