25 Random things about ‘Me’

Its a wonderful thing to tag the people with 25 things that everyone should know about them. Lets see, if I take it up as I expected it to be. Heights of idle time.

 

1. Well my name was Bala Naga Chandrasekhar Sarma Manda, curtailed to Bala Chandrasekhar Manda to save some ink and sweat writing that on my notebooks, Thanks to Dad and Mom for being intelligent
2. I probably know Telugu, English, Java and Hindi – in the same decreasing order of literacy – read/write and execute
3. I like girls with long hair, and was never vocal about it, until recently.  Well, I realized, I shouldn’t have been vocal about it.  Its eliminating chances of finding a girl with this criteria .  I am born optimist btw
4. I tend to have this middle drop syndrome – in many activities I do.  I just somehow lose interest in few things – blame it on being routene or not challenging, atleast I answer that to myself to keep myself at peace.
5. I used to hate and will hate all the Instant messengers and the Phones I dont know why . But still use them for lack of burning the extra calories walking to the desk or directly talking to them. To be honest, I sometimes dont pick up the phone and just say that I missed it  If somebody takes the advantage of this – I can still ignore them, so dont try to work it out with me
6. If given a chance, I would love to meet Sourav Ganguly, Abdul Kalam, AR Rahman, Kamal Hassan, Mani ratnam, Leonardo di Caprio, Tom Hanks and Kate Winslet(order doesn’t matter) any day.  They gave me the best time of my life along with a whole spectrum of expressions – Joy, Excitement, Admiration, Depression to name a few.
7. I was never a bright student through out my schooling – which often people mistake for me and wrongly associate me with .  I have no idea how can I change their faith, and also I have no interest in changing that – they have become ‘incorrigible’ over the course of time.  At least I have to be intelligent right?
8. I had surprisingly the strangest of schooling and worst of it – I could carry very few friends from all the past academic career I had.  I have a selected bunch with whom I dont even stay in touch.  I am maybe the most fortunate guy, to enjoy great friendship with minimum courtesy of atleast calling them once in a while.  Maybe thats the reason they are the ‘best’.  
9. I have a strange coincidence of many of my close friends being born on the nth day of the nth month.  eg: 5/5, 9/9.  I was also born on the same kind of date – 8th August .  Well this is one of those eccentric observations I indulge myself with.
10. I am a Leo, and have disturbed a lot of people with my eccentricities and egoistic behavior – people I am just living up to my traits, I know you cannot help but forgive me.  I am sometimes that influential
11. I always used to and will have the fear for heights, to such an extent that I used to never look down from the 3rd floor from my school building.  I still wonder how I took the stratosphere rides at Las Vegas.  I am scared again now recollecting it.
12. I always fancied my chances as a Doctor for my profession, and landed as an Engineer – strangely after hating Math for 10 years.  I dont know what changed it – but it was definetely not something which is sane.
13. I never managed to go beyond 50% of marks in Mathematics until my Tenth standard Quarterly examinations, I suddenly jumped to 99%(1% was lost due to the factor of my history with the teacher and thats the only reason I guess) – I surprised myself and even my teacher.  He still doesn’t believe me I guess.  I always wanted him to show my centum in Math throughout my plus 2(well if you can round 299/300 to centum ).
14. I am always indebted to my Hindi teacher at School, Well, she never allowed me to learn hindi, at the same time ensured that I pass in every of the exam – She is the most benevolent teacher I had.  Now please dont blame my Hindi on that wonderful lady – She is a gem of a person.
15. I never believed that I had a flair for numbers, until I started playing with them – now I recognize everything in patterns and numbers and people believe me that I am Jerk( or rather Nerd – which I feel is wrong)
16. I love photography and often consider my junkets to be romantic dates with the lady that fits in my hand – now I am dating Nikon CoolPix P80 btw, she is awesome during night mode  Planning to shift to a heavy duty girl friend by the end of the summer.
17. I am married to Coffee for the rest of my life and hence I am wondering whether Polygamy is allowed in India to marry a proper girl along with the Coffee and the Camera.
18. I can trade anything for Coffee and hence the extra love is shown in putting another sentence for that single reason.  Recently developed a liking for the Italian blended coffee beans
19. I like to enter book stores, and if allowed would not mind spending the whole day just browsing through innumerable collections.  There were many instances, when I was asked to leave the shop as I was not even buying anything for as long as 4-5 hours.  I just get lost in books and stationery to be precise.
20. I am somehow comfortable in my own world, many try to pull me out – to realize that I just go that far away from them – Its a Manufacturing defect, I am glad that you tried your best – I hope to change on this if its appeasing people.  
21. I hardly remember the names of all my class/school/batch mates(not friends eh) and often fail to associate them with faces.  I face this problem and there were instances, I admit shamelessly, I had to write and memorize.  Thanks to Facebook, Now people should definetly keep their original names and its easier for me.
22. I somehow have the worst possible taste for food – clothes – dressing.  I dont know how can I adjust colors for the sketches I draw, but myself I have a pathetic dressing sense.  You see me always wearing a shade of black on all the important ocassions and all my photographs look the same . One single reason I hate to pose for the lens.  I always look the same
23. I dream ocassionally of swimming the pacific ocean, coz I know I cannot swim for peanuts. I think its high time to learn it.  FYI – I sacrificed learning swimming to cricket, just to have that time to play rather than go for a boring Swimming.
24. I failed in my first attempt at academics, and my mother had to step in to get me passed – I hate myself for that every single day.  I only pity myself for not even recollecting a single incident through out this turmoil – I was only 2 and half year old kid then. I turn 25 this year and I am already worried, how I have wasted my life till now – 0 Purposes achieved so far, would increment it soon to 1 atleast.  I am on course with that, or am I not.  Lets see
25. I love my parents and siblings a lot, but never conveyed it greatly enough. I think onething is to ensure I do that. I also would like to squeeze in to include my closest friends and buddies who have seen me through the roughest and toughest times as a token of gift for being grateful and giving their piece of mind to execute my wishes and commands. You guys rock!  

Oooh that last one ended being a senti one…well there are many who think I am one such kind. Its just an effort to satisfy them. You see, I am a selfless person

 

Its really a herculean task to have compiled all these points sitting and pondering over the past few years of my life.  I have tried to be honest and tried to eliminate all the factual errors.  I hence do wish, people to take it up and honestly put in the things that they would like to share.

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