I have moved

June 17th, 2009

As you can see, somethings gone VERY wrong.

The server I have hosted my blog on so far has bandwidth caps among other irritating limitations. Last week, while I was upgrading WP, it stopped working and in-spite  of my best attempts, the blog refuses to get back in shape.

It so happens that I had been planning on shifting the blog to a better server and make some more, permanent changes. It seems the universe is telling it it is time. so, from now on, to catch up with the blog of dysfunction, head over to

http://oldblog.anandphilip.com

Watch out, some big announcements are on their way.

Thanks for all your patience

ciao

Schizo

You cant vampire bite them

June 9th, 2009

Wolverine: Crrraack (sound of enamel on Adamantium) duh.

Superman: Why would anyone want to be sucking lame?

Batman: If you bite the abyss, the abyss bites back

Obama: Imagine a prey that shouts “yes you can” when you bite him.

Dolphins: Watch and decide

Britney spears: Because even vampires have values

Richard Stallman: How does Open source blood sound to you?….On second thought. BITE!!

The economy: Bec GM beat you to it

Wonderwoman: barely clad amaazoninan slave yo!!

This news is Good. And Bad

May 29th, 2009

My life is in less of a mess than before, but still quiet messed

I am BROKE
Because I have been traveling and I have a new expensive hobby and am spending too much on her it.

I pant if I walk more than 200 meters
Because I went home and ate more than I should or can. And i have no control over my rather unhealthy food habits. And I have not been exercising at all

My todo list is growing at twice the rate I am finishing it
Because I am procrastinating and planning wrong and being lazy

On the other hand there is good news too

I have decided what to do next in life and am enrolling for a hospital administration course

I am writing periodically. Rough drafts

I have a new hobby who which I love and has changed my life

I have already taken steps towards fixing most of the above problems

Steps taken to help my hospital are starting to bring fruit, though much more needs to be done.

They Killed My Tree

February 27th, 2009


Right next to my house, growing over my terrace is a wild fig (Ficus brachypoda) tree. It has bright red berries that are a favorite with all of the twenty or so species of birds that frequent my hospitals campus. On the rare days i mange to wake up around seven, the tree is a zoo, full of chirping hopping tweeting defecating birds. Mynah, Bee eater, Koel, the humble crow, the proud Grey Hornbill, the simple sparrow, and more un identified multicolored feathers adorn that green haven everyday.

I love sitting and lying on the cemented terrace under the tree watching clouds through the leaves, birds as they flitted from berry to berry, crows fight off koels, and the hornbill bully them all. It was my fave spot to enjoy the rain, just the right amount reached to baptize me, each drop bearing the caress of a hundred leaves.

Today, when I went out to find out what the noise was, two men were chopping the big branches that grow over my terrace. Apparently a branch growing so near the house is a security risk. That it has been there for fifty years and young doctors hardly have anything worth stealing is suddenly secondary.

My hope is that the other branches will grow tall and free, and that the chirping of the birds, even if disrupted for a while will resume and life will manage to fight its way back from human oppression.

Perhaps I should have protested, and tied myself to the tree. Or, maybe as my  superintendent asked me as I stood there clearly displeased, “would you rather your house be robbed, than rob the birds of their home?”

Find more pics in my Photostream

Spread a little love: The Pink Chaddi Campaign

February 10th, 2009

image by helga

Dear reader,

If you have been following the news of late, you would have heard that right-wing barf-brained imbeciles with political backing (ram sena, bajrang dal, other nitwits) have decided that the cultural integrity of the glorious nation India must be exhibited by beating up helpless women outside pubs. And in other similarly stupid and childish aggressions against the constitution of the country and the people it is supposed to protect.

Obviously you cant expect the ruling right wing party in Karnataka to oppose them outright so the best they have come up with is “if they take the law into their own hands, we will let let loose the real law on them”. So the democratically elected government of Karnataka thinks beating up women is “taking the law into their own hands” and that makes the saffron wearing terrorists nationalists, just with too much zeal.

Fortunately the people are aware that the farce of democracy must continue to please the powers be and are increasingly taking things into their own hands, though not in the unlawful way.

The PINK CHADDI campaign is a brilliantly innovative Idea along the lines of Gandhij”s Satyagraha, only, hilarious.

Quoting From their Site

Step 1: It does not matter that many of us have not thought about Valentine’s Day since we were 13. If ever. This year let us send the Sri Ram Sena some love. Let us send them some PINK CHADDIS.

Look in your closet or buy them cheap. Dirt-cheap. Make sure they are PINK. Send them off to the Sena.

The address to send the package is:
The Pink Chaddi Campaign,
C/O Alternate Law Forum,
122/4 Infantry Road
(opposite Infantry Wedding House)
Bangalore 560001
Karnataka
Contact person:

Nithin (9886081269)
Nisha ( 9811893733)
Vivek(9845591798)
Ratna (09899422513)

Over Four Thousand people have so far joined this plan (me too, am going chaddi shopping soon).

So what if democracy is a sham, peoples voices will still be heard, and thankfully the educated indian seems to have woken up from its Kumbhakarnesq slumber.

Join and show some (pink chaddi) love

Ciao

schizo

A Typical Year End Post

December 26th, 2008

I usually don’t make new year resolutions, because, lets face it, the year is old from Jan 2nd. But this year, I have to do something. I have no new resolutions, but I have needs.

In 2009

I need to start waking up earlier. Getting up at nine thirty AM has its charms, but its messing up my mornings.

Which means I need to start sleeping earlier than 2am.

I need to manage my money better.much better. At the end of 8 months of working, making 9k per month, I have just 4k in my savings account. That is pathetic. Most of my money is spent on books, travel and food.

I need to start making money Online regularly, because what I make now is not enough to see me through higher education

I need to write regularly, because a rusty sword is a burden not a weapon.

I need to start my TKD classes again and loose weight

I need to avoid the cafe coffee days and their mochachillo with whipped cream on top

I need to increase my bursts of productivity and reduce the periods of lassitude

Also, I need to stop declaring myself  as the most awesome guy on the planet, it is causing too many suicides.

Ciao

Schizo

PS: I also need a girlfriend, to pick up after me (among other things). Or a secretary.

Expanding My horizons

December 19th, 2008

Dear readers, from now on, you can also read me at India’s Thought terminus: Mutiny (If I get about writing more, that is)

To start with I expose a secret killer.

Isn’t it great that there’s more of me to love now?

ola

schizo