Another Tale of Two Cities (Not Written by Charles Dickens)

Hi Folks,

Charles Dickens narrated many stories. One of them is “A Tale of Two Cities”. He talks about London and Paris, and talks quite a lot about them!

Now, I wanna narrate to you “Another Tale of Two Cities” – “A Tale of Two Other Cities”, and you know which two they are! Just that Charles Dickens talks about London and Paris in a parallel fashion, while I will have to talk about Singapore and Dubai in a serial fashion! ;)

Hat making ~ Mc Ritchie Nature Reserve ~ Pulau Ubin ~ Turning "KAALAA" while everyone else turned "LAAL" in the Pulau Ubin super heat ~ Some dancing like no one's watching ~ FUTSAL ~ Overnight camping in East Coast Park ~ Football on the Volleyball court in Singapore ~ Cricket and Frisbee on the Basketball court in Singapore ~ Bukit Timah rain forest on a rainy day ~ Conan, the Librarian ~ Getting to play President, but a kidnapped one at that, though…. ;)

…. Makkad Man ~ Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa! Aaa Aaa Aaa! Makkad Man! ;) ~ Jai Ho! ~ Oh! Saathi Re! ~ Singing like no one's listening ~ Kuch Na Kaho! ~ Getting on to the DANDIYA platform but managing to do nothing but DAPPAANGUTHTHU (Street Dance), Badminton around the car parking lot in Dubai, Dhow Cruise ~ Boat - Magic - Some dance again! ~ Desert Safari ~ I guess I have lived, loved and breathed every bit of it! :)

The journey from Room 533 (in Singapore) to Room 209 (in Dubai) and then to Room 407 in Lady Ratan Manor (still in Dubai) has been a happening one! ;)

I am starting from Dubai by a 5 pm flight this evening (November 15th) and will be starting from the accommodation at around 2 pm this afternoon.

I am privileged and honoured to be a part of this batch. I am genuinely thankful for the friends and friendships I’ve been blessed with and for the great times that we have shared. I look forward to more and more such great times, whether we are in the same geographical location or not!

After around 2 or 2 and a half decades or so, I want to be making at least one movie – as a director! ;) If anyone is interested in acting, please let me know. More importantly, if anyone is interested in producing, definitely let me know! :)

All the very best to you for everything that you’re up to! Please do keep me updated with what you’re up to!

Thanks and Best Regards,
Ram
Cell: (00971) 55 2428637

PS: “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein

I belong to the second category. How about you?

Some Reminiscences, Some Recaps, Some Madness....

Singapore Times….

Where is the Business Communication class? 2B or not 2B? That is the question! (Remember Shakespeare?!)

An intro to Micro Economics has just happened…. A game of football in progress one fine evening on the volleyball court…. One team claims “hands”…. The other team counters saying “No hands, man…. Whose hand, man?”
Comment: The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith!

“How’s QT, man?”
“Which one? QT or CUTIE?!”

Question (in a restaurant): You order a glass full of Lassi…. What does the Lassi in the glass become after you take a few sips of it?
Answer: LESSI

Question: What do you do when you wanna celebrate with Hiten?
Answer: You give him a High 10!

Question: Who are the 2 people, in the batch, most loyal to the respective states that they come from?
Answer: Arun Pappala (AP from AP) and Mahesh Holikar (MH from MH) ;)

Dubai Times….

Soon after landing….
Idea to counter the TAN effect caused by the heat: Lie on the COT to carry out a Mathematical cancellation!

Question: Why did Indi Spice serve free ice cream at the end of the meal the first time we went there?
Answer: They wanted to welcome us to the DESERT with some DESSERT!

Question: What do you call an ounce of Paayasam (liquid dessert) given to a camel?
Answer: A SIP of DESSERT for the SHIP of the DESERT!

Badminton Times in Dubai….

One important thing to remember before you get onto the badminton court: Both you and your racquet need to have GUTS!

A game was going on between Harleen and Bhatti on one side and Prarthana and Loku on the other side….
Observation: It was a match between SACC and SPark, and SPARKS were flying as each team was trying to SACK the other….

Question: What do you call a broken piece of Polo or Mentos lying on the shuttle court?
Answer: BAD MINT on the BADMINTON court!

Hope that jazzes up your Sunday….! ;)

And, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed trying to recollect it and putting it down in black and white….

© Ramasubramanian Sailapathi, Room Number 533 in Singapore and 209 in Dubai, SPJCM ;)

Thanks,
Ram
Cell: (00971) 55 2428637

Quarter Century.... By a Cricketer....!!!!

Mail Sent to Batch on the Eve of Shyam's Birthday in 2009....

Folks,

He’s mostly in BB (Black and Black)….

Even while playing cricket, when he’s supposed to be in White and White, he’s in BB (Black and Black – again!!!!)…. May be it’s ‘cos of the 4 hours that the washing machines here test our patience with….

Talking about cricket, by the way, he’s a BB (Batsman and Bowler)….

When he’s not in BB, playing the role of a BB on the cricket pitch, or rather on the BB (Basket Ball) court, he’s mostly on BB (BlackBoard) or running through his handouts, checking out the BB (Burt’s Bees) case and other cases….

So, come over folks, wearing your BB (Bata Boots), for the BB (Birthday Bash) of this guy who’d mostly be in his usual BB even then, after just having logged out of BB, and after not having gotten the chance to display his BB skills on the BB court around 6 hours earlier due to the onslaught of the football season….

Venue: Room 208; Time: 11.59 pm on the 4th of September 2009

Well…., it’s the guy we couldn’t resist calling Fyaam Fundar after watching the latest Shahid Kapoor – Priyanka Chopra starrer!!!!

Thanks,
Ram
Cell: 055 2428637

"Three in One" Dhamaka: (1) K2G; (2) A Cryptic Clue; (3) A Quick Clue

Mail Sent to Batch on June 19th. 2009 (for Pappala's, Srivats' and Goli's Birthdays)....

Dear Folks,

Make sure you read Parts 1, 2 and 3.

Part 1: K2G? Who or what is that?!

K3G (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham) did not probably run as long as DDLJ did. However, K2G has been running strong and is looking good to scale newer records.

Well, if you are wondering who or what K2G is, you gotta have guessed it’s Kamal Kiran Goli.

As K2G crosses another milestone at 00.00 hours tonight, please be sure to be in Room No. 209 at 11.55 pm to make the occasion a grand one.

Now...., that's not all.

Please also take the opportunity to wish 2 other inmates of the den whose birthdays happened during the vacation. To find out who they are, please check out Part 2 and Part 3.

Part 2: Cryptic Clue: Confused virus sat without you, reportedly, to form respectable Virginia heads of Tourism and Sightseeing.

Solution:

First Part of the Clue: Confused virus sat without you, reportedly
Step 1: Confused virus sat: Take out all the letters in the words "virus" and "sat" to be
re-arranged (as indicated by the word Confused) later.
Step 2: without you, reportedly: reportedly (in cryptic crossword terminology) <=> sounds like -> narrow down to the letter "u" that sounds like the word "you"
Step 3: Remove the letter "u" from the set of letters pulled out in Step 1 (as indicated by
the word "without")
Step 4: As indicated by the word "Confused", re-arrange the letters in this revised set to
give you something that goes with what the second part of the clue gives. The
letters you have now are v,i,r,s, s, a, t (the u is gone).

Second Part of the Clue: Respectable Virginia Heads of Tourism and Sightseeing
Respectable -> SRI
Virginia -> VA
Heads of Tourism and Sighseeing -> The starting letters of the words Tourism and
Sightseeing -> TS
Put the 3 strings together and you get "SRIVATS".

The re-arrangement of the letters identified in the first part of the clue would also lead to Srivats, the name which the second part of the clue forms sequentially.

Part 3: Quick Clue: The guy is AP, from AP, who has worked quite a while in the AP.

You gotta have guessed it's Arun Pappala, from Andhra Pradesh, who has worked quite a while in the Asia Pacific.

So, come, and greet the dancer (from Part 1), the singer (from Part 2) and the action hero (from Part 3). And, in 209, make sure you leave them counting to see if all their (209- 3) are intact.

Thanks,
Ram
Cell: 055 2428637

PS: 209 - 3 = 206 = Number of bones in the body

Mail Sent to Batch on May 17th. 2009

On the Eve of Vinayaka's Birthday in 2009....

Dear All,

In around 12 hours and 6 minutes from now (at 11.59 pm 17th May), please come over to the smoking zone near the cafeteria to witness….

SIMBA roar…. as….
GIMBA continues to rock….

Thanks,
Ram

PS: Aditya, do we need to uproot a tree?