Some have called it Vignettes. A few have referred to them as Nuggets. I took the liberty of calling them Poppins - An assorted collection of candy (from the Parle Brand). Life has short changed me on interesting happenings and creativity has left me for greener pastures. So with no great story at hand I decided put together a collection of few interesting nothings.
Cell Phone Spoofing
You might have heard of IP spoofing but what the heck is cell phone spoofing? Don't bother googling it. I am gonna tell an interesting story though. Few days back I received a call from an unknown number wanting to know who I was. I was surprised if this was some new form of cheating. Identifying himself as Harsha the guy told me that someone has apparently been calling a girl giving out his name from my number. Hard to follow Isn't it? I was surprised at first but decided to humor him and offered to call him back after checking my bill not that I had any intention to. Towards the end he warned that if this were to repeat he is going to lodge a police compliant. I said - " Sure.. Go ahead !!"
Either way a lot of things could have happened the girl communicated the number wrongly or perhaps didn't have a caller id on landline and the guy threw up a random number. But those looking to have fun at someone's expense you can try this out :)
The Namesake
I received an email from someone sharing my first and last names. The mail was blank but had listed the subject as resume. The only difference in the email id was that it missed a special character mine had. Either way I didn't know what to do and simply pushed it to trash. This reminded me of prank I played on someone long time back. Its not uncommon in the first few years of your job to forget locking your computer while going on a tea break. People wreak havoc on such open accounts. When I landed such an opportunity, I decided to make the most of it.
I drafted a mail to X from his own login:
"This is an email from X to X but not by X. Hope you get the message :) "
I enjoyed writing that mail drawing inspiration from a particularly spooky scene from the Lost Highway :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig&feature=related
Stray Dogs
One of the disadvantages of returning late from office is that you have to face the wrath of the unpaid protectors of the cross roads. Yes I am talking about stray dogs of Hyderabad and in particular the overwhelming community that has made Kukatpally its permanent home. While the unforgiving bunch help to keep burglars away they don't seem to make a distinction between the residents and the unwanted guests. After three such chases, I have figured out a route where the probability of attack is least but if you ask me my learning from this experience - " Barking dogs seldom bite but staring dogs always chase". So the next time a dog fixates up on you for too long, its time to make a move and please make it fast.
The Avengers
Watching the Avengers might have been one of the better cinematic experiences for most people but sadly it wasn't for me. Not that I have anything negative to say about the movie. It was just that in trying to watch the movie on the first day I landed up in a pretty ordinary movie theater which was lets say a little low on volume. Initially I thought it was just a glitch but by the time I left the theater I was sure it was no glitch and vowed not to go back there. One of the best part of avengers is the smart wit on display. Be it the Iron man, Hulk or the particularly British accented Thor. But then when you miss out on the volume and whatever you can hear is drowned by catcalls to increase volume it cannot be a pleasant experience. The experience turned into one you would have while watching a " Super star's" movie where the audience shout more often than the hero speaks.
Cell Phone Spoofing
You might have heard of IP spoofing but what the heck is cell phone spoofing? Don't bother googling it. I am gonna tell an interesting story though. Few days back I received a call from an unknown number wanting to know who I was. I was surprised if this was some new form of cheating. Identifying himself as Harsha the guy told me that someone has apparently been calling a girl giving out his name from my number. Hard to follow Isn't it? I was surprised at first but decided to humor him and offered to call him back after checking my bill not that I had any intention to. Towards the end he warned that if this were to repeat he is going to lodge a police compliant. I said - " Sure.. Go ahead !!"
Either way a lot of things could have happened the girl communicated the number wrongly or perhaps didn't have a caller id on landline and the guy threw up a random number. But those looking to have fun at someone's expense you can try this out :)
The Namesake
I received an email from someone sharing my first and last names. The mail was blank but had listed the subject as resume. The only difference in the email id was that it missed a special character mine had. Either way I didn't know what to do and simply pushed it to trash. This reminded me of prank I played on someone long time back. Its not uncommon in the first few years of your job to forget locking your computer while going on a tea break. People wreak havoc on such open accounts. When I landed such an opportunity, I decided to make the most of it.
I drafted a mail to X from his own login:
"This is an email from X to X but not by X. Hope you get the message :) "
I enjoyed writing that mail drawing inspiration from a particularly spooky scene from the Lost Highway :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig&feature=related
Stray Dogs
One of the disadvantages of returning late from office is that you have to face the wrath of the unpaid protectors of the cross roads. Yes I am talking about stray dogs of Hyderabad and in particular the overwhelming community that has made Kukatpally its permanent home. While the unforgiving bunch help to keep burglars away they don't seem to make a distinction between the residents and the unwanted guests. After three such chases, I have figured out a route where the probability of attack is least but if you ask me my learning from this experience - " Barking dogs seldom bite but staring dogs always chase". So the next time a dog fixates up on you for too long, its time to make a move and please make it fast.
The Avengers
Watching the Avengers might have been one of the better cinematic experiences for most people but sadly it wasn't for me. Not that I have anything negative to say about the movie. It was just that in trying to watch the movie on the first day I landed up in a pretty ordinary movie theater which was lets say a little low on volume. Initially I thought it was just a glitch but by the time I left the theater I was sure it was no glitch and vowed not to go back there. One of the best part of avengers is the smart wit on display. Be it the Iron man, Hulk or the particularly British accented Thor. But then when you miss out on the volume and whatever you can hear is drowned by catcalls to increase volume it cannot be a pleasant experience. The experience turned into one you would have while watching a " Super star's" movie where the audience shout more often than the hero speaks.
