Armageddon

It is ironical that I had an exciting long weekend especially after I'd mentioned that I had nothing lined up for it to Pooja over tea on Thursday evening.

Three days, just to laze around and relax. Yet, there was work to be done. The damn Bluetooth thing for the demo was still not ready. Most of Friday was spent on that and then, a hurried trip to the Aashram for the Krishna Jayanthi celebrations. I had to pick up Girija and her little kid on my way. A long 30+ Km drive, but not so boring when you have company. And Girija was some company. What I don't understand is that why most women end up discussing their marriage whenever I strike up a conversation with them. A couple of weeks back, it was Neema and then, it was Girija over the last weekend. What made it more baffling was that I'd never met Girija before. Anyway, I have no complaints. These conversations have never been boring. In fact, they are quite interesting.

Of late, I've been watching the Stargate SG-1 series. This series is about 4 characters, Kernel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson and an alien Teal'c, who travel to different worlds using the Stargate network (A Stargate creates a wormhole to another Stargate on a distant planet. The wormhole lets you travel great distances, thousands of light years away in very short time) trying understand alien technologies and find out ways to defend the world from its foremost threat, the Goa'uld, the false Gods. This series has 10 seasons with 22 episodes in each of them. Naturally, you can expect countless hours of pandemonium, especially since the series is based on weird theories. But nevertheless, it is very entertaining and extremely addictive. Although, I spent most of Saturday playing around with the S60 Bluetooth, I watched about 8 episodes of season 5.

In one of the episodes, planet Earth is faced with grave danger. A meteorite, which spans about 135Km across is headed towards earth.
The idea sparked off the devils in my head. Just to spice it up a little, let's just assume that we do in fact have a meteorite heading our way. Let us say, it is just a month away before the meteorite comes crashing down on the Earth's surface. A rock that big in size is sure to wipe out all life on Earth. Sounds Armageddonish? Yes, barring one exception. We don't have a real-life Bruce Willis and his team. And if you're thinking of taking out the rock with a rocket packed with a nuclear war-head, I reckon you stop right there. The team in Stargate had a bigger problem. They find out that the core of the meteorite is made up of an alien radio-active substance called the 'Naquadah', which is much heavier in its composition when compared to Uranium. Triggering a nuclear reaction on this rock would be the last thing you would want to do. The chain reaction would be enough to wipe out the Earth's atmosphere and the oceans would evaporate within minutes.

At this very hour, the world had just one person to turn to. You! The fate of our dear planet lay on you palms. What vivid idea would you come up with that would make you our saviour? The gravity of the situation is demanding. Yet, it requires the best of your mental abilities to see us through this. What will you do?

Answer away!


P.S: If you find the task daunting, you have another option, an easier one. That is to enjoy the last one month. Have as much fun as possible. If this truly is your intention, then let me know the things you would do in this one month.

P.P.S: I was finally able to have the Bluetooth thing working on Sunday. I captured a video of the demo and it has been dispatched to Finland.

P.P.P.S: Neema met with an accident and broke her arm on Thursday. I wish her a speedy recovery.

P.P.P.P.S: Daniel Jackson dies in one of the episodes of Stargate SG-1, very disheartening.

P.P.P.P.P.S: I've contracted almost all the symptoms of Swine-flu. Don't get too close to me!