OMG Its so cool!

Look out for a man age 30+, walking around Clemson campus and downtown in his grey/white tshirt and blue denims! I call him the Walk-man. Blonde hair, head up and his big tummy hanging down, I have always seen him walking at a steady place. Saw him at different times of the day and at different places (Brackett Hall, Outside Riggs, Downtown, Papa John's, US123 signal). So far, Walk-man count is around 8-9 (Obviously, I don't know the exact number cuz I never knew he'd be walking around Clemson all the time.) Walkman fact: His walking speed - roughly around 6-7 mph cuz he reached Papa John's from Sikes Hall in 10 minutes and that would be 1.1 miles of distance (Yahoo maps ;) ). Hehe, I did not follow him. I was waiting for my ride at Sikes and when I reached Papas I saw Walkman pass me by.

Last week, 10 Clemson students were found on Vtech campus in nice formals (a couple of them in suits!). They were in fact, even spotted in the Career Fair at Vtech. What the Hokies are wondering is how did they enter the Career Fair? Guards say all 10 had the security tag on each of them. A couple of them also got interview calls from companies from the career fair. Well, I call them 'Clemson's Eleven'. I am fortunate to be part of that 11. Hehe, btw, the 11th is actually from Vtech. He is, I would say, the informer. In the snap below, we were heading towards VA. You could actually see my hair in it :P To Vtech!!! P.S. Real purpose of this blog: To test whether Hello.com software rocks or sucks! It took me few minutes to understand Hello software but I figured it out eventually. I say it rocks and you would see more picture stories in my blogs in the future. --v

Yup. Got bored with my first title within the first seven months on Blogger. I have officially changed it now to something professional :) Lol, the real reason is that my blog got googled a few weeks back but my name was no where on the blog; so, changed the blog title to my name. Hehe. Looks lot more professional, creative and personal. P.S. My title reflects something I have been working in for the past two months - Unix shells and shell scripts .... Update: Paladin took over this blog now! muhahahahaaw

Today was just another normal day for me until my friends, my family made me realise that I am getting old. Its my birthday today. Silver Jubilee! I know they are all concerned about me of what I should be doing after living off 25 years of my life. Should I be partying more or should I be more matured? More dynamic? More happy? More Studious (That is no way gonna happen!)? Or more healthier? Or settle down in life? Whatever they want from me, I'll give a try. Let me walk you through my big day. I kept pretty much busy myself with job and phone calls today. My manager fired me a zillion times, "Vipul, Get off the phone! Get back to work!", she was just kidding. And my supervisor was puzzled while I was talking in my mother tongue with my brother. What shit is this kid talking? Of the 9 hours I worked today, I think I was on phone for 3 hours. I have a Clemson game to watch tonite and I might just relax off my day with some beer. Vipul.B

Yesterday, I had been to a new Walmart which is very close to our home. The very reason we went there was to save time (and the gas money!) but little did I know that my credit card would become my own enemy. A couple of days back, I received a new credit card from Bank of America (BoA) with some great perks (0% APR, mini keychain card etc). I activated that very night and kept it in my wallet as my primary card. I thought it would be great if I start using from day 1. I took it out at Walmart to pay my bill. Knight Rider theme was running in background. Cam and I were happy that we finished our grocery early and only the payment is left. That's when the trouble started. The Walmart cashier got a white slip. Said, "His identity needs to be checked, call us!" She immediately called her manager. The manager looked at me with some suspicion. She told me to wait with our cart at the cashier while she discusses about my card with BoA. I offered her my other credit card but ...