The NO3-genesis

This might be the next question that would come in your mind. The N03 ? why would someone address himself by a number..that too 3?
All my life, I have had a lot of nicknames.kar, karu,karakaddi,tension etc etc and some which cannot be mentioned in public ;-) [thanks to hostel life]. To be frank some of my friends have never called me by my proper name even to this day! Guess i have a very good affinity to nicknames. And in that list comes the latest one.. The N03.
The N03 is now around 3 years old. Born in Mysore on sep 19 2005. That was my first day as a software professional in one of the reputed companies in India. It was the time when I was getting to know the new faces around me. And as usual, wherever i go, I have competions with the name[I dont know why Karthik is such a common name !] which has been the case right from my Kindergarten!
On final count, we were 4 of us sharing the same first name and all of us were given the email ids. Now, everybody had their second name as part of the email id. Since i had no last name (officially), my initial was used to provide the id. And thats when the N03 was born. Everybody started using this as a factor for differentiation between the 4 of us. And to add to the co-incidence, i was the third in order out of the 4..so the nickname started to stick with me like fevicol !!
As if you could not ask for more,It has various dialects too !. 'Number 3', 'eN woh 3', 'zero 3', 'N zero 3'. .thanks to my close group of friends in office and of course 'The LIST' members[the guys in the LIST christened me as the N03.will write about the LIST another time]. This name has creeped into this blog too now !
Though i was initially hating this name, over the 3 year period, I started liking it. It has given me that unique identity. It is not as bad as I thought it to be. In fact, it was very easy for me to find my blogspot's url ! ;-). With so many good things with the nickname and which is pretty decent when compared to some really worst ones which i accumulated when i was in college, The N03 is here to stay,

3..2..1..Goooooooooooooo

The time ticks 8:59 pm. And the keyboards starts clattering vigorously, trying to bring the words from inside my mind to the screen. Seems a difficult job for the first time blogger. But lets wait n watch..i believe.. Things will change!
This is the start to be responsibly irresponsible ! [:)]