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I m back ....

Hi guys,
I have been away from blogging for quite a while now. Actually just busy with work. Starting my day at 6 am and hoping in bed only by 10 pm. But managed some time today to get back to something that i miss doing the most. BLOGGING !!


Last month and half has really been soo very busy with work. And on my weekend i m left with all the bloody laundry from the whole week and calling up back home. Did not find any time where i could post something. Was reading all u guys blog on an off but never could dedicate any time to post anything. Time is just flying and i m simply trying to catch up with it.
Just not finding enough time to do all the desired things, So many things to do and such little time, is my cry always. A bit more mental than physical. As i m always ready to grab the opportunity.

Just enjoying that long weekend off, i have leave now for 5 days in a row (fri-tue). So finally made it to write something.
Had just been out for a office christmas party around the harbour, posting some pic of that cruise ride. Did not do anything special apart from work during this whole time.
As its summer holidays and christmas and new year just around the corner everyone is off on their holidays and work pressure is just building up, but thats a part of r job. Anyways ......

I m planning to go to Blue mountains this christmas. Nothing is planned yet but lets see how things work out. And then i have booked a ticket already for the second day of the final Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (3rd Jan 07). So dont forget to watch me live. Just kidding, he he he he, but more photos coming very soon.
Ok ppl, i ll head off now, but as i m back i ll being knocking on regularly as usual again. My mailbox is just flooding and i need to reply to some asap.

Keep reading.

!! Merry Christmas And HAPPY NEW YEAR To All My Readers !!

Is this TRUE ??

(Looks like very important information, received a mail today and thought of sharing with all u people)

PIN NUMBER REVERSAL (YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS)

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin number in reverse.
For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.
This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.

PS: Has anyone heard of any such incident of faced it themselves ??

Hummaaaaaa .........

(Its a forward i received recently and thought of sharing, just take a read, i laughed my head off)

Laloo Prasad Yadav died. Rabri Devi (his wife) was very worried whether Laloo would be able to make it to heaven, so she decided to try & contact his spirit by having a séance. (Black magic used to contact the dead).
Sure enough, after the usual mumbo-jumbo of calling to the spirits, Laloo's> voice was heard answering, "Helloooooooo Rabri, this is meeee..." "Oh dear Lalooji," she answered. "I just need to know if you're happy there in your after-life. What's it like there?"
"Ooooooh, it's much more beautiful here than I ever imagined," Laloo answered. "The sky is bluer, the air is cleaner, and the pastures are much more lush and green than I ever expected ....
And, above all, there is no scam! And the only thing we do, all day long is eat and sleep, eat and sleep, over and over."
"Thank God, you reached heaven," his Rabri cried, wiping some tears.
"Heaven?" he answered. "What heaven? I'm reborn..... I'm a buffalo> in Switzerland."

PS: My apologies if any Laloo fan is offended.

Wish ....

A man walks into a restaurant. The waitress asks for his order. The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," .A short time later the waitress returns with the order. "That will be$9.40 please,"and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change forpayment.The next day, the man comes again and says, "A hamburger, fries, and a coke." Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until, one day he enters again."The usual?" asks the waitress. "No, this is Friday night, so I will havea steak, baked potato, and salad," says the man. "That will be $32.62."Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table. The waitress can't hold back her curiosity any longer."Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket every time?"

"Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the antic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it a Genie appeared and offered me a wish. My wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.""That's brilliant!" says the waitress..

"Most people would wish for amillion dollars or something, But you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!""That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man.

Subha Dipawali ....

!! Subha Dipawali !!

Have a happy and prosperous new year

Enjoy this occasion with safety and care.

Take care everybody ....

Coffee Cups ....

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.
They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.

Port Stephan's ......

On 23rd September, i had been to Port Stephans, Anna Bay and the wineries. It was gr8 fun and an amazing experience. We had a early start in the morning, at about 7 am. Bought some chips, drinks and off we went.

After driving for about and hour an half we had a breakfast stop at Woung, its a side by petro stop which has mc'donals, coffee cafe and stuff. Just like a truck stop dhabba. Here we also saw some big truck as the ones that we see in some english action movie. They were all lined up, very huge and long.. After hogging some burgers we headed towards Port Stephan's.

(This pic was taken at the breakfast stop)

Another hour drive and we reached Port Stephan's at 10:30 am. Nice port, with the private cruises lined up for the weekend. We took our passes for a ferry cum cruise, for dolphin watch. And that was just fascinating. As we headed deep into the ocean, the blue blur of the water was just magnificiant. The dolphins we just poopinh up for not more than 2 seconds and going down again. I watched dolphins for the first time in my life. Was very excited about it. This dolphin watch went on for more than an hour an half and we returned back to the port at 12:30 pm. I can still feel that experience as i m writing this.Then we had bbq lunch at the port, with a few drinks and headed towards the Anna bay sand dunes at 1:30 pm.

Half an hour drive and we were at Anna bay. I couldn't belive the view. Ocean on one side and sand dunes on the other. Truly spectacular.

(One side desert and other side ocean, u can see them merge at the horizon.)

I staright headed for the sand dunes 4WD drive. And it was so much fun. Total desert, and u in a 4WD. Wow ..... just and experience i never had. 20 minuted and we reached the sand ski point.

(Thats the 4W we hired and that girl was driving it, terrific)

Sand ski????? Not joking, i did it. a 60 degree fall for around 30 meters deep. Huh .... can't express the feeling .... Returned back to the anna bay beach, spend some time in the water. Sipped some cold coffee and headed to the wineries at 4 pm. Reached there in about 30 mins.

(That ski experience was fun, i later discoverd heaps of sand in my undies when i reached home)

It is the largest sand pasture wineries in the southern hemisphere. And all the grapes trees are actually grown in that sand. As far as our sight could see, it was just winery. The best part of the shop there is that, we can taste any wine we want before we actually decide to buy it. And who wants to lose this opportunity. We tasted a few and bought some. Spend some time going around in the wineries and then headed back home at 6 pm.

(Sweet wine, hmmmmm ....... )

Straight drive for 2 hrs 45 mins and were back home. Had bath and hopped in the bed.
Good night !!

S.I.L.E.N.C.E

Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when you just ran out of words

and you go .... s i l e n t ??

Let me assist you in recalling...

... the moment when you left home for the first time and you look back

at your parents who are worried that their son/daughter are

leaving them, yet happy that their child took the first step towards

independence...

... the moment when that girl/boy you like most ... smiled back at you!

You dont say anything ... just smile back ...

... the moment when you get better marks than you expected

those "numb" moments of ecstacy n surprise "is that true?" ...

... the moment when you are parting with your old friend(s)

and the train has just started

and you are standing at the door waving "good-bye"

with your heart beating fast...

... the moment after the HR manager has just called you and told you,

"You are through! Congrats!"...

... the moment when you sit alone in your room after having told

everyone that you cleared that exam you prepared for 6 months!!...

You can go on remembering your "special" moments!

I had always wondered why I never said anything to myself at those moments

..as if it was "understood" ...

happiness, joy, pain

... all feelings just flowed cleaselessly in the 'years' that passed in those flash moments!...

They say .. the best way to communicate is through "s i l e n c e"

Love.Joy.Grief.Surprise.Anger.Hope.Expectations.Support.

it is all ...

Ever had those moments when you thought you were tired enough

that you reach for your bed after dinner ...

but find yourself wide awake looking at the roof of your room silently ...

But you sure are 'thinking' ... those moments of self-talk are

the most important in our lives..

Those moments when we listen to our own hearts!

Those promises... those decisions... those are the moments when we make our destines! ...

Next time you go silent ...

listen carefully to what your heart is saying ...

listen to its joy... listen to its pain... listen to its fears... listen to its desires...

Dont make it shut up and go to sleep...

LISTEN TO THAT VOICE and ACCEPT EVERYTHING IT SAYS!

That voice can lead you to the abode of peace

that your sleep lacks... peace that awaits you!

Be in touch with your true self... be silent once a day, every day!

"Seven Days Without Laughter Makes One Weak!"

We ll miss u .....

Steve Irwin, the corcodile hunter ..... is not among us anymore.

We will miss u .....

Life around Sydney ....

At this point of time i would just say that i m missing home, and missing it desperately. Wanna go home soon but i know its not possible untill next Diwali, coz thats when i would have acheived all those things that i m here for. And then i can go home for some days .....
Well Sydney is cool, very nice in terms of facilities, people, nature, rules and regulations, eductaion etc etc .... The climate is awesome as well.
Its just the beginning of spring here. Happy that it got over with the freezing cold, absolutely freezing, the normal temperature being around 6-8 degrees, and at night, dont ask ....
Anways the sring is just blooming and sunshine is pouring just enough to warm thy self. Soon it will be summer and days will just get long, i did not believe myself last year and u wont believe me if i say that the sunrise is at 4 am and sunset is at 9 pm, but thats true .... when australia plays a test match the morning session starts at 1 pm and shane warne bowls the last ball of the day at 8:40 close of play .... many a time i woke up due to burning sunrays hitting me through the blinds at 5:30 am. Terrible, and last year australia hit the record high temperatue, 48 degrees on the new years eve.
Peopel around sydney r also good, friendly and helpful. Atleast i havent come across anyone rude or rascist, thank god, i dont want to face any such person around.
Well .... just gotta catch up with some work ... i will keep posting different things about sydney which i now know for almost a year and half .....
Have a good day everybody .....

Management ....

Management stuff is always interesting to me as it lays down some important fundametal rules based on experiments, experience and thinking ..... I found this piece in my mailbox today and though of sharing .... it is extremly true and probably need some change beacause if u cant experience untill u try it .....

Management : *8 Monkeys*

(This is based on an actual experiment conducted in U.K.)

Put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder,leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable. Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up. Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.
One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of theother monkeys are doing obvious. But undaunted, he immediately begins to climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea why.However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder.
A second originalmonkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the crap out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why he's attacking the new monkey.
One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. Eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water. None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.

This is how any company's policies get Established.

Just ......

Hi Everybody,
Just wanted to say hi to eveyone as i m just feeling bored and lonely.
I hope some one reads this and stops by to say hello ....
Take care ppl.
C ya

Mumbaikars ....

This is what i received today in mail, something very true about mumbai. Living there makes you believe in what you are .... Well the mail had something to say ....

Dear Terrorist,
Even if you are not reading this we don't care. Time and again you tried to disturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have tried hard to bring death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful. Do you knowhow we pass our life in Mumbai? How much it takes for us to earn that single rupee? If you wanted to give us a shock then we are sorry to say that you failed miserably in your ulterior motives. Better look elsewere, not here.We are not Hindus and Muslims or Gujaratis and Marathis or Punjabis and Bengalies. Nor do we distinguish ourselves as owners or workers, govt employees or private employees. WE ARE MUMBAIKERS (Bombay-ites, if youlike).
We will not allow you to disrupt our life like this. On the last few occassions when you struck (including the 7 deadly blasts in asingle day killing over 250 people and injuring 500+ in 1993), we went to work next day in full strength. This time we cleared everything within a few hours and were back to normal - the vendors placing their next order, businessmen finalizing the next deals and the office workers rushing to catch the next train. (Yes the same train you targetted)
Fathom this: Within 3 hours of the blasts, long queues of blood donating volunteers were seen outside various hospital, where most of the injured were admitted. By 12 midnight, the hospital had to issue a notification that blood banks were full and they didn't require any more blood. The city has simply dusted itself off and moved on - perhaps with greater vigour.
We are Mumbaikers and we live like brothers in times like this. So, do not dare to threaten us with your crackers. You might kill a few people but the spirit of Mumbai is very strong and can not be harmed.

From,
The Mumbaikers.

Imagine .....

There is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out ALL OF IT, of course!!!!

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow." You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today!

God's Cake ....

A young man is telling his Grandma how everything is going wrong -- school problems, friend problems, family problems, financial problems, severe health problems, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which, of course, he does. "Here, have some cooking oil". "Yuck" says the young man. "How about a couple raw eggs?" "Gross, Grandma!" "Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?" "Grandma, those are all yucky!" To which Grandma replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good. We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!" God is Crazy About You. He sends you flowers every Spring, a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and he chose your heart.

Smile for you .....

Smiling is infectious; you catch it like a flu,
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin
When he smiled i realised i'd pass it on to him.
I thought about that smile then i realised its worth,
A single smile, just like mine could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin, dont believe it undetected.
Lets start an epidemic quick, and gets the world infected!

Satisfaction Test .....

A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone, and proceeded to punch in seven digits. The store owner observed and listened to the conversation:
The boy asked, "Lady, can you give me the job of cutting your lawn? The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn."
"Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now," replied the boy. The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn.
The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of North Palm beach, Florida."
Again the woman answered in the negative. With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver.
The store owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy and said, "Son, I like your attitude. I like your positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."
The little boy replied, "No, thanks, I was just checking my performance on the job I already have. I'm the one who is working for that lady I was talking to!"

One Paragraph Explains Life .....

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which hegot due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of whichconveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over -- 50,000,000 children startplaying tennis, 5,000,000 learn to play tennis, 500,000 learnprofessional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grandslam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, When I washolding a cup I never asked GOD "Why me?". And today in pain I shouldnot be asking GOD "Why me?"

Just my first post

Hey guys,
This is just my first post to you all.
Well i think i ll put up things here that we all come across in r days to day lifes but do not think on it much and just let it go. But here we can discuss on it and have a good time.
Cheers