nO, i cAn'T remEMbEr

ok so i'm wondering... i have this question.
what is the red button on my car key chain. i hear its like some kind of panic button thing. ok if i set it off, how do i switch it off? i mean u know what i mean..
interesting... hmm....

do people do their MBA's coz they've reached a point and they're bored and they don't know what else to do with their lives?? i mean i give you exhibit A.
engg, one year break for prepping, IISc, one year working in Intel, Masters of Finance ... [ uhhhh okaaay ]

i give you exhibit B
engg, working, working, working...

who's really more technically an engineer here?

u know how i define engineers? ppl who do the geek talk all the time. the one's who as soon as you give them a radio, will break it apart and put it back together. who are fascinated by the chips, the cpu power etc etc.
not ppl who use words like thingyto describe parts of the computer/car/cellphone, etc etc. [ yes u know a prime example of the latter group. yes you can say it. ]

that's the problem of being constantly surrounded by engineers for the last 10 years. u feel remarkably stupid.

"heyy, so are you referring to XX or YY for electromagnetic books??"
"the large yellow text book"
"..... who's the author??"
"uhhhh i don't know. its the prescribed book by the board. and its ridiculously large and bright yellow in color..."


"heyy, new desktop. how much RAM does your machine have??"
"enough for my needs"
"...."
"ok i'll go with 140 GB"
"that's not RAM"
"ok 512" [ now i'm just hacking away at all possible numbers i can think of ]

"heyy nice car, can you fold both the seats at the back?"
"uhhh no" [ turns out yes u can ]

i've come up with a good survival system
just say whatever comes to your mind when ur asked very technical questions. i mean either they already know in which case they wouldn't have asked you in the first place.... or they don't so they can't immediately refute your answer...
if they do come back, then plead confusion or deny completely that you ever said that.
like "dude, i have no IDEA what your talking about. i said refer the blue book not the yellow one"
ultimately everyone will be so confused they'll just learn
a. not to ask you questions with quantified answers
b. to leave you alone to get one with what your doing... its much simpler all way around....

"nice shoes, how much did u pay for it"
"400 rupees"
< after 10 minutes >
"nice bag, how much did you pay for it"
"400 rupees"
< she gives me a strange look >
"nice shirt..."
"look i really don't remember. i have this feeling that it might be 400 rupees. but mebe thats just wat i paid the last time i shopped. i also have this feeling that it might be 250 rupees. take your pick. i'm just throwing random numbers out here"
[ she walks away in a huff. mebe she thinkns i'm not telling her the price on purpose so that she can't buy it too. women are funny that way. i mean they start out all right u know. all sweet and nice, around middle age, they turn damn funny though.. not saying that i'm middle aged.. just that i've seen plenty of aunts... ok rambling again out here.... ]

ok so you see these people who haven't gone back to india like forever, like 6 years and you have to think.
'what happened?'
or mebe what you actually need to be thinking is
'nice job. how did you manage to do it?'

:P