Author Archives: Rajesh Sivaraman

About Rajesh Sivaraman

System Admin for a living. When not spending time with family, friends or work, plays with Linux and facebook.

Stray Thoughts..

I am going through mixed emotions these days.. In one hand, I am happy to be in my new home.. listening to my favourite semi-old malayalam songs, sleeping as much as I want..

But I am starting to feel the home sickness after a long time.. I did not know why. Later I found the simple reason behind it. Food !!!!. It was the absence of “kerala style” food that was making me uncomfortable here. I went to my brother’s home last weekend and ate a lot. I filled my stomach as well as mind. Now I feel better. I think I have to find some good restaurants or I will start cooking at home!. πŸ™‚

Work is okay. I am gradually progressing in my Unix Self Training. It’s very difficult to learn something if you don’t have someone to guide. And I hate reading technical manuals…

Apart from these.. life is beautiful πŸ™‚

My Sister ( Yamuna ) called me last week and told that they would be visiting mumbai on “onam holidays”. So this year, I am going to “celebrate” onam in mumbai. Usually, I do not celebrate onam in Mumbai. My onam celebrations were limited to a complete veg meal in some “kerala style” restaurant and a new shirt or jeans. I remember, sometimes I was not able to achieve that too. This year I am determined to change it. My family is joining me here to celebrate it and I am sure I am gonna enjoy this onam ! πŸ™‚

Linux is Fun !

I know there are a lot of GUI applications available now to Write CDs, Rip MP3s, Make ISOs etc etc. But still, there is a lot of people who like to do things in command line. Check the below link for a set of commands which could be found in any normal linux system and how to use them to manipulate CDs.

Enjoy your e-life with TUX !

http://users.dslextreme.com/~craig.lawson/linux_notes/cds.html

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Peg after Peg…

I found this one in internet… quite a long one.. but worth reading.

I never take risk while drinking
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When I come from office in the evening, wife is cooking. I can hear the noise of utensils in the kitchen. I stealthily enter the house, Take out the bottle from my black cupboard .Shivaji Maharaj is looking at me from the photo frame

But still no one is aware of it Becoz I never take a risk !

I take out the glass from the rack above the old sink Quickly enjoy one peg, Wash the glass and again keep it on the rack Of course I also keep the bottle inside my cupboard. Shivaji Maharaj is giving a smile . I peep into the kitchen , wife is cutting potatoes .

No one is aware of what I did Becoz I never take a risk!

I: Any news on Iyer’s daughter’s marriage
Wife: Nope, she doesn’t seem to be that lucky. Still they are looking out for her

I again come out; there is a small noise of the black cupboard, But I don’t make any sound while taking out the bottle. I take out the glass from the old rack above sink and quickly enjoy one peg, wash the bottle and keep it in the sink , Also keep the Black Glass in the cupboard !

But still no one is aware of what I did Becoz I never take a risk!

I: But still I think Iyer’s daughter’s age is not that much
Wife: What are you saying? She is 28 yrs old… like an aged horse
I: (I forgot her age is 28) Oh Oh…

I again take out potatoes out from my black cupboard.But the cupboard’s place has automatically changed.I take out the bottle from the rack and quickly enjoy one peg in the sink. Shivaji Maharaj laughs loudly. I keep the rack in the potatoes & wash Shivaji Maharaj’s photo & keep
it in the black cupboard. Wife is keeping the sink on the stove !

But still no one is aware of what I did Becoz I never take a risk!

I: (getting angry) you call Mr. Iyer a horse? If you say that again, I will cut your tongue…!
Wife: Don’t just blabber something, go out and sit quietly…

I take out the bottle from the potatoes Go in the black cupboard and enjoy a peg Wash the sink and keep it over the rack. Wife is giving a smile, Shivaji Maharaj is still cooking. !!!

But still no one is aware of what I did Becoz I never take a risk!

I: (laughing) So Iyer is marrying a horse!!
Wife: Hey go and sprinkle some water on your face…

I again go to the kitchen, and quietly sit on the rack, Stove is also on the rack . There is a small noise of bottles from the room outside I peep and see that wife is enjoying a peg in the sink.!!!

But none of the horses are aware of what I did Becoz Shivaji Maharaj never takes a risk !!!!??

Iyer is still cooking ( ?? ) and I am looking at my wife from the photo and laughing.

Becoz I never take what???

My New Home !

I shifted to a flat near my office saturday. It’s a neat appartment in the second floor. The best thing is that the place is not crowded as you will find it in most areas of mumbai. I actually woke up today morning listenting to chirping of birds. And it took me sometime to realise that I am still in mumbai… I really thought I was waking up at my home in Kerala. That felt really awesome !

I have a room-mate who is the Workplace Resouce Admin of my office. Biswa Narayan Mohanty (Pintu) , from Orissa. I was in touch with him from Day ONE in the office and it was a pleasant surprise to find out that he was also in search of a flat. Now we have all the minimum requirements in the room. Biswa has everything like TV, Phone (WLL), Kitchenware at his old home. We are planning to move all of them to our place in a while.

We found some nice restaurents nearby and there is a good market within 10 mins walk from home. I am going to miss the food prepared by Sindhu Chechy. I am sure I will be visiting my Brother frequently for that reason! πŸ™‚ Only thing that drags me a bit is that I don’t have an internet connection at home πŸ™

Anyway, I am working on it…. πŸ™‚