So Who Is Visor After All?

Many of my friends, both real and virtual, ask me who or what is a Visor. I mean why I have nickname as Visor. Hehe, I'm not going to reveal my real identity. I'm just going to tell you what exactly 'Visor' is, and why I kept such a nick.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary defines a 'visor' as 'a screen protecting the eyes from light'. It also means something that helps in hiding. And I want to be hidden in the blogosphere. Not that I fear anyone, but I don't like blabbering about myself. Earlier, my nickname was Xtremer, which I later stopped using, as it sounded a bit awkward, I mean anyone would think I'm one of those techno freaks or from the adult entertainment industry(that 'X' makes a lot of difference!).

Visor is also one of the characters in Quake 3 Arena, a game which I simply love. And he is my favourite player too. So I decided to use the name as my nick. I noticed one more thing. If you do a google search on 'Xtremer', you'll get almost every piece of information about me through the forums like BlogCatalog, and other prominent ones. But when I search for 'Visor', most of the results on the first two-three pages include the meaning, uses and sale of visors. So there's no chance of anyone knowing any personal information about me.

One last thing. Some of them asked me how to pronounce 'visor'(silly thing). Well, it's pronounced like 'wiser'. That's it. I hope you get an idea about what exactly

Water - Here, There, Everywhere .... Except The Taps!

It's been raining heavily since the last three days here. This year, the rains have arrived a bit early, catching everyone by surprise. And that 'everyone' includes the BMC as well. The first two days of rains practically created a 26/7 like situation. Offices were being closed, most schools declared a holiday, and the mobiles became abuzz with the municipal commissioner's warning SMSes.

Water was to be seen everywhere - main roads, by-lanes, even houses and offices(through the cracks). Potholes, some even about half a feet deep, were filled with water too. But there was one place where there was no sign of water...... taps! Yeah, I forgot to mention, water even filled the water pumping stations all over the city. As a result, there was no water supply for about two days. Some people even say to each other, we get water through walls, not taps!

This condition is seen every year, which leaves the authorities red-faced. Every time they promise amendments, yet these so called measures fail. Municipal Commissioners come and go, but never has anyone left a mark whenever the rains struck.

Oh no, time for me to go and fill water......