Today – 29th March 2007 – at 12 noon my wife gave birth to a baby girl. Now I know why babies are considered a bundle of joy – they come wrapped as a bundle in a white, soft, cotton wrap-around (doesn`t look as good on the baby girl as it does on other 18 … Read more
I don`t know how my family communicated my birth to the rest of the world. Some of my guesses are: Drum beats sounding like the much fashion-walked song ‘Cotton Eye Joe` Painting the trees in the area red (when the trees got cut and towns got built the phrase changed to ‘painting the town red`) … Read more
Continuing the tradition of live commentary – in ‘as is, where is’ condition – Ouchmytoe brings you life inside a 3rd AC compartment at 10.30 in the night. Before the commentary begins, let me tell you that working on a laptop in a train has been my life long ambition for the last two years. … Read more
Since The Kingfisher Class – Part 1 was first written, I have traveled by Kingfisher Airlines twice. On all the three occasions, I had fun. Come be a part of the Kingfisher experience. Other frequent fliers like me would know that after checking-in the bags and getting the boarding pass, one has to go for … Read more
I never knew red could be such a pretty color. I realized the beauty of the color after seeing the pretty Kingfisher air hostesses clad in red mini skirts with calf muscles like those of Carl Lewis. As the taxi driver entered the Kamraj Domestic airport in Chennai, I said: “Drop me near the Kingfisher … Read more
This article was written six years back when I used to work for Indian Express as a sports journalist. Found it in one of my old CDs and thought it was good enough for an Ouchmytoe read (after a bit of editing). Mind you, the names have been changed to avoid lawsuits. I was new, … Read more
On Friday, I reached office at 10 a.m. and left at 3 a.m. the next day. In a single day, I transitioned from a hardly working, to a hard working employee. Earlier in the day, my boss had asked me to work late and I remember putting up stiff resistance. I entered a conference room, … Read more
Did you know that Ouchmytoe has gone live with a Cricket Blog? If you knew it… great, but if you didn`t know it…don`t even bother….it is just a bunch of links put together for AdSense revenue. ——X——-X—— Today, I missed the Australian innings of the India vs Australia Champions Trophy match. As usual, Rekha was … Read more