Feb 2nd 2011
Sis gets re-married into the same family, coz they need local help! WTF! No details on the groom or what happened to Podu! I see myself looking murderously at everyone during the ceremony, and of course I'm not talking to anyone!
I go into the office bathroom to take a dump. But, the walls between closets are so short that there is no chance for privacy! I see Poovaih squatting on the nearest one and he gives me a wide smile! Somehow (fortunately) only his face is visible! I get the hell out of there...
There was something going on (a social gathering may be), and we are about to leave. I see a white skoda and ask my parents whose it is. Parents smile a wide smile and dont say anything. Then I realize...they had bought a new car and was trying to surprise me. But, I was angry at them for not consulting me before buying a car. I go into a diatribe and reflect on the silence of my parents. I was happy with the choice of the model, but the colour! Oh and all this happens on the side of a road, in a hilly area, with plantations and cliffs, mist and leaves. I can relate to the me-angry-at-parents-buying-stuff-without-consulting-me, but the location? That IS weird. Also, it was a Skoda "Altis" or "A-something". It was not an octavia or a laura. Somehow I confused skoda with toyota.
Feb 4, 2011
I am on a beach. Jack is with me. We are running up and down, skirting the water and the waves, happy, smiling and carefree. I run onto something with small bumps, like a huge bubble wrap. It looks and feels organic. Jack too starts examining it. Its black on the underside, and pale white on the surface. I slowly ponder whether its a giant piece of skin of a whale or an orca. Scene cuts to previous day(?), and Kerri Russel(WTH!) is selling fish! We bargain a little and I pay some 15k for a whole bunch. Scene cuts to today, and I'm buying fish from other wholesalers! Intermittently, my credit card mini-statement keeps scrolling in red letters in my vision! This is how I'm reminded of spending huge money for the stock I bought yesterday. This time, though the prices were quoted high, turns out the market price was under 10k. For some reason, the giant fish skin I found on the beach attests the lower price (as if its proof that this beach gets a lot of fish). I'm thinking, "Did Keri Russel rip me off? Was I taken with her beauty and agree upon a high price in a daze? I'm so stupid when it comes to beautiful women... baaaaka!"
Feb 5, 2011
Some new chick at work (vague featured) tells me that I need to inject Xs into some pinmux path always. I do it. Then Kiran comes and tells me that you cant do that always because it conflicts with what he is doing (BTW, Kiran was not in the cube next to me, but was somewhere over the wall). Then Shrini comes and explains the exact scenario under which I should inject Xs. He tries to tell me how to do it, but it is pretty obvious to me once I understand it. So I tell him I have done stuff like this before and that he can leave it to me. Shrini looks impressed and goes on his way. Oh, and some gulti software(?) guy had called me earlier to ask me about the same path, and I had asked him to come to my cube so that I can explain it to him. He comes, and turns out to be a total nerd (stuttering, weak body posture). Then, another gulti fellow comes by and jovially asks me (he seems to be a fun sorta guy), "Do you know this guy?". They sorta start wrestling, like two brothers usually do, in my cube, at work! But I'm not pissed about it, rather I'm sorta smiling as I look on and may be I was envious? Turns out the new guy also wants to know about the path and so I'm about to explain it to both of 'em. Suddenly the power goes. We all sit in the dark relaxing and conversing about weird shit. After a long while, the power comes back and everyone starts moving around again. I tell the gulti guys that I need a coffee to go on (Oh yeah, all this was while I was about to leave!) I'm walking down a corridor, and I see Saj. He doesnt look too happy. Of course I dont ask him what the matter is, and go on my way. I make "coffee" using some weird looking brown crumbs from a glass bowl. I come back to my cube. Later we hear a loud "krrrrrrt", the sound of a steel shutter being pulled down. I stand up and look around to identify the source, and I see that Saj's office has been shut (which is weirdly next to the cafeteria, in place of Shaju's office), by some sodexo(?) guy. Saj is nowhere to be seen. We all are a little puzzled. It's obvious that everyone is thinking if something bad has happened to the project! But, Shrini and others try to act non-chalant and continue with their work.
March 15, 2011 (Just before waking up: a little lucid)
We are having an "outdoors" day at school-cum-college-cum-work. I call it that because the people I saw in the dream are from all 3 of those places! And this happens at Ammachiveedu. A faction had left the "school" - a very fascist faction. On this day though, they have joined our side(?) to fight. But I don't like it because they are too hard lined. Me and Deepak Malani suit up in a hostel building and ask some other semi-hardliners to stick together. But as we come down the stairs, we find that they have gone and joined the fascist guys, and we are alone.
Now, I'm into the game. I creep to the back of Ammachiveedu where I bravely stand up and look out into the fields. I see (tall girl with sleepy eyes from BITS... Lita Das?) and 1 more. The attack begins. She throws a stone at me. I through back. Malani(?) is just watching all this and not participating. I try to flank her. I find a few crude spears lying about. From behind cover I pick up one. And as I am doing so, I see Meenu Simon coming from the front. She should have seen me and could have easily attacked me. But somehow I am invisible to her. I try to strike her with a spear - after a couple of failed attempts (of which she was still oblivious), I strike and win. Now, I go ahead and climb the big metal fence that has been erected on Ammachiveed's property boundaries. And for some reason Aamir Khan is there! And as I climb people are impressed by my agility. I am climbing to the tune of Anbil Avan from Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya. Somehow I am being compared against Tejesh for my agility. I wake up at this point!
October 3, 2012
Afternoon nap on the couch downstairs at 123 Blackwelder Ct. Apt 101
For some reason, I'm in Ludhiana (or some other similar sounding north Indian city). But the sky line is like that of a western city (tall skyscrapers). I'm in a car. Cops stop me. Weirdly, the cops are american. Not sure what the violation was. Seems to be something minor (broken tail light?). Neways, suddenly I'm in another car. This one is like a zipcar, rented (I think the old one was rented too). I keep passing by this area where two young college students are ushering groups of students/parents to go on some sort of guided "tour". One of the women is black. The other is white. And they are ushering people into going to tours on opposite sides of a road. Why am I stopping here?
Suddenly, achachan is driving me (he has picked me up from somwhere). We again pass by the area with the two women ushering people. I tell him about the cop giving me a ticket of $250, which I couldnt pay immediately because I didnt have enough balance. But apparently now I do.
Cut to home (Kottayam). I seem to have come back. Amma is also there. I apparently took a train from Ludhiana instead of a flight. I seem to have forgotten to give back the keys of the zipcar. Achachan and Amma are upset that I'm still irresponsible. Something about the ticket was also not taken care of. For some reason, coming on the train is ultimately going to cost me more than if I had come by flight, what with all the fines that I now have to pay! Somebody named Kurup is involved with the rental car. Who is it?
December 16, 2012 : Before phone call wakes me up at 8am
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I am at "home" but it is not home. I feel like it is home, but the front porch and the insides of the house look more like Amayannoor house rather than my own. The porch is wide, big, made from marble and next to a driveway. I'm sitting casually on the porch floor, with two knives, fixing something. Achachan is on the porch too, sitting on a chair (a long armed one?) and reading newspapers.
Suddenly, a small hatchback pulls into the drive way. And lo! it is Barack Obama! I'm quite impressed by the fact that he drives such a simple, down-to-earth car. I quickly stash the knives behind one of the marble pillars, knowing that, though Obama might seem to be coming alone, security forces probably already have a few snipers aimed at my head already, and it might not be a good idea to approach the president of the USA with knives hid behind my back!
Obama seems to know our family on a professional level. He gets out of the car with one of his daughters (she is quite young 6-7 may be), and smiles at me. I quickly tidy my self up; I roll down my sweat pants which were rolled up to the knees, straighten my collar and walk up to him to shake hands. He knows my name, and congratulates me on getting into a great college and comments me on my studies. He asks if I could give some pointers to his daughter regarding her studies and leaves her with me. He goes to greet achachan, and they start talking about banking stuff. Apparently Obama has come to consult my dad about the banking crisis (lol).
Meanwhile, I am entertaining the kid. She tells me that she likes music, and is not very good at sciency stuff. I tell her, that that is perfectly fine, since music too is physics (geek). She is very surpised, as I try to explain to her why music is also a science. Later I take her inside the house to meet Amma, and she runs around freely (I'm reminded of Heidi while I write this...) ...
Call from home wakes me up! I wonder if I would have remembered any of this if the call hadn't come. As always, dreams are so mysterious. Did I dream it much earlier in the night and just remember it as I was waking up, or was I dreaming the moment my Mom called?
Sis gets re-married into the same family, coz they need local help! WTF! No details on the groom or what happened to Podu! I see myself looking murderously at everyone during the ceremony, and of course I'm not talking to anyone!
I go into the office bathroom to take a dump. But, the walls between closets are so short that there is no chance for privacy! I see Poovaih squatting on the nearest one and he gives me a wide smile! Somehow (fortunately) only his face is visible! I get the hell out of there...
There was something going on (a social gathering may be), and we are about to leave. I see a white skoda and ask my parents whose it is. Parents smile a wide smile and dont say anything. Then I realize...they had bought a new car and was trying to surprise me. But, I was angry at them for not consulting me before buying a car. I go into a diatribe and reflect on the silence of my parents. I was happy with the choice of the model, but the colour! Oh and all this happens on the side of a road, in a hilly area, with plantations and cliffs, mist and leaves. I can relate to the me-angry-at-parents-buying-stuff-without-consulting-me, but the location? That IS weird. Also, it was a Skoda "Altis" or "A-something". It was not an octavia or a laura. Somehow I confused skoda with toyota.
Feb 4, 2011
I am on a beach. Jack is with me. We are running up and down, skirting the water and the waves, happy, smiling and carefree. I run onto something with small bumps, like a huge bubble wrap. It looks and feels organic. Jack too starts examining it. Its black on the underside, and pale white on the surface. I slowly ponder whether its a giant piece of skin of a whale or an orca. Scene cuts to previous day(?), and Kerri Russel(WTH!) is selling fish! We bargain a little and I pay some 15k for a whole bunch. Scene cuts to today, and I'm buying fish from other wholesalers! Intermittently, my credit card mini-statement keeps scrolling in red letters in my vision! This is how I'm reminded of spending huge money for the stock I bought yesterday. This time, though the prices were quoted high, turns out the market price was under 10k. For some reason, the giant fish skin I found on the beach attests the lower price (as if its proof that this beach gets a lot of fish). I'm thinking, "Did Keri Russel rip me off? Was I taken with her beauty and agree upon a high price in a daze? I'm so stupid when it comes to beautiful women... baaaaka!"
Feb 5, 2011
Some new chick at work (vague featured) tells me that I need to inject Xs into some pinmux path always. I do it. Then Kiran comes and tells me that you cant do that always because it conflicts with what he is doing (BTW, Kiran was not in the cube next to me, but was somewhere over the wall). Then Shrini comes and explains the exact scenario under which I should inject Xs. He tries to tell me how to do it, but it is pretty obvious to me once I understand it. So I tell him I have done stuff like this before and that he can leave it to me. Shrini looks impressed and goes on his way. Oh, and some gulti software(?) guy had called me earlier to ask me about the same path, and I had asked him to come to my cube so that I can explain it to him. He comes, and turns out to be a total nerd (stuttering, weak body posture). Then, another gulti fellow comes by and jovially asks me (he seems to be a fun sorta guy), "Do you know this guy?". They sorta start wrestling, like two brothers usually do, in my cube, at work! But I'm not pissed about it, rather I'm sorta smiling as I look on and may be I was envious? Turns out the new guy also wants to know about the path and so I'm about to explain it to both of 'em. Suddenly the power goes. We all sit in the dark relaxing and conversing about weird shit. After a long while, the power comes back and everyone starts moving around again. I tell the gulti guys that I need a coffee to go on (Oh yeah, all this was while I was about to leave!) I'm walking down a corridor, and I see Saj. He doesnt look too happy. Of course I dont ask him what the matter is, and go on my way. I make "coffee" using some weird looking brown crumbs from a glass bowl. I come back to my cube. Later we hear a loud "krrrrrrt", the sound of a steel shutter being pulled down. I stand up and look around to identify the source, and I see that Saj's office has been shut (which is weirdly next to the cafeteria, in place of Shaju's office), by some sodexo(?) guy. Saj is nowhere to be seen. We all are a little puzzled. It's obvious that everyone is thinking if something bad has happened to the project! But, Shrini and others try to act non-chalant and continue with their work.
March 15, 2011 (Just before waking up: a little lucid)
We are having an "outdoors" day at school-cum-college-cum-work. I call it that because the people I saw in the dream are from all 3 of those places! And this happens at Ammachiveedu. A faction had left the "school" - a very fascist faction. On this day though, they have joined our side(?) to fight. But I don't like it because they are too hard lined. Me and Deepak Malani suit up in a hostel building and ask some other semi-hardliners to stick together. But as we come down the stairs, we find that they have gone and joined the fascist guys, and we are alone.
Now, I'm into the game. I creep to the back of Ammachiveedu where I bravely stand up and look out into the fields. I see (tall girl with sleepy eyes from BITS... Lita Das?) and 1 more. The attack begins. She throws a stone at me. I through back. Malani(?) is just watching all this and not participating. I try to flank her. I find a few crude spears lying about. From behind cover I pick up one. And as I am doing so, I see Meenu Simon coming from the front. She should have seen me and could have easily attacked me. But somehow I am invisible to her. I try to strike her with a spear - after a couple of failed attempts (of which she was still oblivious), I strike and win. Now, I go ahead and climb the big metal fence that has been erected on Ammachiveed's property boundaries. And for some reason Aamir Khan is there! And as I climb people are impressed by my agility. I am climbing to the tune of Anbil Avan from Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya. Somehow I am being compared against Tejesh for my agility. I wake up at this point!
October 3, 2012
Afternoon nap on the couch downstairs at 123 Blackwelder Ct. Apt 101
For some reason, I'm in Ludhiana (or some other similar sounding north Indian city). But the sky line is like that of a western city (tall skyscrapers). I'm in a car. Cops stop me. Weirdly, the cops are american. Not sure what the violation was. Seems to be something minor (broken tail light?). Neways, suddenly I'm in another car. This one is like a zipcar, rented (I think the old one was rented too). I keep passing by this area where two young college students are ushering groups of students/parents to go on some sort of guided "tour". One of the women is black. The other is white. And they are ushering people into going to tours on opposite sides of a road. Why am I stopping here?
Suddenly, achachan is driving me (he has picked me up from somwhere). We again pass by the area with the two women ushering people. I tell him about the cop giving me a ticket of $250, which I couldnt pay immediately because I didnt have enough balance. But apparently now I do.
Cut to home (Kottayam). I seem to have come back. Amma is also there. I apparently took a train from Ludhiana instead of a flight. I seem to have forgotten to give back the keys of the zipcar. Achachan and Amma are upset that I'm still irresponsible. Something about the ticket was also not taken care of. For some reason, coming on the train is ultimately going to cost me more than if I had come by flight, what with all the fines that I now have to pay! Somebody named Kurup is involved with the rental car. Who is it?
December 16, 2012 : Before phone call wakes me up at 8am
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I am at "home" but it is not home. I feel like it is home, but the front porch and the insides of the house look more like Amayannoor house rather than my own. The porch is wide, big, made from marble and next to a driveway. I'm sitting casually on the porch floor, with two knives, fixing something. Achachan is on the porch too, sitting on a chair (a long armed one?) and reading newspapers.
Suddenly, a small hatchback pulls into the drive way. And lo! it is Barack Obama! I'm quite impressed by the fact that he drives such a simple, down-to-earth car. I quickly stash the knives behind one of the marble pillars, knowing that, though Obama might seem to be coming alone, security forces probably already have a few snipers aimed at my head already, and it might not be a good idea to approach the president of the USA with knives hid behind my back!
Obama seems to know our family on a professional level. He gets out of the car with one of his daughters (she is quite young 6-7 may be), and smiles at me. I quickly tidy my self up; I roll down my sweat pants which were rolled up to the knees, straighten my collar and walk up to him to shake hands. He knows my name, and congratulates me on getting into a great college and comments me on my studies. He asks if I could give some pointers to his daughter regarding her studies and leaves her with me. He goes to greet achachan, and they start talking about banking stuff. Apparently Obama has come to consult my dad about the banking crisis (lol).
Meanwhile, I am entertaining the kid. She tells me that she likes music, and is not very good at sciency stuff. I tell her, that that is perfectly fine, since music too is physics (geek). She is very surpised, as I try to explain to her why music is also a science. Later I take her inside the house to meet Amma, and she runs around freely (I'm reminded of Heidi while I write this...) ...
Call from home wakes me up! I wonder if I would have remembered any of this if the call hadn't come. As always, dreams are so mysterious. Did I dream it much earlier in the night and just remember it as I was waking up, or was I dreaming the moment my Mom called?
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