dealing with mediocrity

i read this article about this 29 year old guy who traded in stocks and shares and ended up being a millionaire. We read about people who win lotteries. Or like the guy in Envy, who invents a chemical to vapourize dog poo. I read about men who marry rich wives..people seem to make money in the most ingenious of ways..

I wish i could be extraordinarily good at something..so good that it paid me a lot of money..just to be.. it is so teribble to be ordinary..nothing more than your father or mother's life repeated in the same dull pattern...i envy the life of the idle rich..the rich have such opportunity..

i often dream, that if I had a million bucks, I would make it 10 million... it's very hard to make 10 dollars a thousand, it is so much easier to turn one million into 10..

sigh..anyways..here is to dreaming...

when in doubt, eat..

one of the great things about being in a sales role, is discovering these fantastic places to eat,

here is a list of great places for an ex vegetarian Indian to eat in Singapore

1. Raj - one funky Swamy lifted his veshti and set up shop in Calcutta in 1965. 40 years later, Singapore became home to Raj, the king of Indian vegetarian places here. the place has really caught my imagination, with the miniature molaga podi idlis, and the cream of cream soups..my friends think I have gone nuts about this place -

2. Gangotree - best place for Indian chinese food, the gobi manchuria and fried rice. the rest is crap, but this stuff is great

3. andhra spice/ andhra cury - the gongura is to die for..my idea of bliss is eating chicken 65 at andhra curry and farting red farts afterwards. I am sure the food there has done serious damage to my liver and stomach lining, but it is soo worth it. you can also pick up a telugu CD there as you leave

4. rang mahal - pan pacific- i would call this fusion food, strangely westernized indian food that still manages to taste good ..

5. marches - the cow outside, the rosti inside..the best western food in town ! beats all the pretentious five stars hollow !

6. hong kong street chun kee : the best place for chinese food, the black pepper chicken, the sweet and sour pork, the baby kailan, best value for money, cheap good food

7. chutney mary - i like this place, the chaat is great there, no matter what people say. siglap's little gem

8. Portobellos/ original sin - great mediterranean places with pasta and hummus to die for

9. ganga woodlands - went there nearly every week when i first came here, but the bangalorean in me will always like this place

10. cha cha chas - great mexican food at holland V..chimichangas and kahlua mousse..great stuff !

organized slavery

corporations are nothing but organized slavery..a hirearchy with well defined proecedures for licking arse..

HELP !! RESCUE me from this galley ! give me my freedom back...

my first intervention

so, I was enjoying sunday lazing around when one vociferous friend of mine decided it was time for an intervention. The guy shares a flat with me, so it is difficult to escape. So there I was looking forward to munching on my cornflakes, wondering about where to go to lunch, (andhra curry perhaps ? i needed some spice in this dull existence) when my friend explodes on me about how fat I have become. He pointed out a few supporting facts

Fact 1 : I was skinny and weighed 75 Kgs when I came to singapore 5 years ago. i now weigh 98
Fact 2 : Everyone eats one noodle packet, or cup once in a while. I eat 2-3 at a time, and many many times.
Fact 3 : People have breakfast, lunch and dinner , i have coffee, snacks, lunch, snacks, dinner, snacks, supper, noodles
Fact 4 : I never excercise, seldom indulge in activity, and spend most of my weekend lounging on the sofa. Other people play sports, i play golf.

In the words of my aforementioned "friend" - "You are like a python man, you were just skinny, and then swallowed something whole. You may have pulled it off for a while coz you were tall and all, but now everyone is telling me you have becomme massive man. "

My girlfriend then promptly validated all his claims, and piled on to me, enforcing a strict excersise and dietary regimen. There was repeated talk of uncles who ate a lot and got diabetes.

sigh..i have now become FAT..

more later on the battle of the bulge

lazy sunday

life is about finding enough time for a lazy sunday morning like today..woke up..went to the coffee connection..had a big breakfast at around 10.. had interesting and completely useless discussions with the love of my life over coffee..(stuff memories are made of)..came back..saw some tv..read an interesting book on the perils of a life in consulting...

the rest of the day was shitty..weekdays are shitty..but sunday morning is pretty much what i live for..