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10 Questions

2012-01-24T07:25:00.001+11:00

1. Have I made certain that those I love feel loved?

2. Have I done something today that improved the world?

3. Have I conditioned my body to be more strong flexible and resilient?

4. Have I reviewed and honed my plans for the future?

5. Have I acted in private with the same integrity I exhibit in public?

6. Have I avoided unkind words and deeds?

7. Have I accomplished something worthwhile?

8. Have I helped someone less fortunate?

9. Have I collected some wonderful memories?

10. Have I felt grateful for the incredible gift of being alive?

I believe it's worth trying.....

Pressure Delivery

2012-01-18T21:45:00.001+11:00

Sydney Test

2012-01-18T07:38:00.001+11:00

Random shots at the Test

Steve Jobs RIP

2011-12-24T05:46:00.001+11:00

A great visionary who always made the best gadgets for the human kind without any intention of making huge profits for himself.

200+

2011-12-09T11:24:00.001+11:00

Sehwag, probably the second best batsman who had the potential and always threatened the figure finally achieved it.
219, the highest by any batsman in an ODI. Congratulations Virendra Sehwag.

Sachin in Sydney

2011-12-06T16:12:00.001+11:00

Read in the newspaper that Sachin, along with 5 others is leaving for Australia on 8/12/11 (Thursday).
I really want to know which airlines is he flying? I believe they fly Qantas.
Feel like going to the airport, but I don't have any more details about his travel.

R.I.P - Amy Winehouse

2011-12-03T19:04:00.001+11:00

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know know know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go go go

I'd rather be at home with ray
I ain't got seventy days
Cause there's nothing
There's nothing you can teach me
That I can't learn from Mr Hathaway

I didn't get a lot in class
But I know it don't come in a shot glass

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know know know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go go go

The man said 'why do you think you here'
I said 'I got no idea
I'm gonna, I'm gonna lose my baby
so I always keep a bottle near'
He said 'I just think you're depressed,
this me, yeah baby, and the rest'

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know know know

I don't ever wanna drink again
I just ooh I just need a friend
I'm not gonna spend ten weeks
have everyone think I'm on the mend

It's not just my pride
It's just 'til these tears have dried

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know know know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go go go

PS: A very troubled soul, needed some help & love from friends & family.
One of the finest jazz artist, I loved some of her songs

The Cutting Edge

2011-12-02T09:46:00.001+11:00

Five surgeons are discussing who were the best patients to operate on.

The first surgeon says, 'I like to see Accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.'

The second responds, 'Yeah, but you should try Electricians! Everything inside them is colour coded.'

The third surgeon says, 'No, I really think Librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order.'

The fourth surgeon chimes in, 'You know I like Construction Workers. Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would.'

But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed, 'You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains, and no spine, and there are only two moving parts - the mouth and the arsehole - and they are interchangeable

Random Shots

2011-12-01T23:10:00.001+11:00

Just some random photos on my way.....

What is your age?

2011-11-24T19:58:00.001+11:00

I saw this classic funny advert on television a few days ago. The ad is about some nutty almond cookie mix.

A kid and his mother r shown in kitchen mixing the. Cookie mix

Kid: Mom, what's ur age?
Mom: Uhhhh, I can't remember really, I guess I have forgotten
Kid: Check ur undies
Mom: My undies?? Y?
Kid: It tells u ur age?
Mom: Really?
Kid: Yes, mine says 5-6

Really funny......

Do Something.......

2011-11-24T07:42:00.001+11:00

The following content is directly picked from the website link http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/27-things-you-can-do-stop-global-warming
I always wanted to have some valuable contribution towards our lovely planet. And I strongly feel everyone must contribute as much as u can to keep r lovely planet safe

Believe it or not, there are many simple things you can do in your daily life that can have an effect on your immediate surroundings and on places as far away as the South Pole. Here is a list of a few things you can do to make a difference:

Use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Which lights in your home do you use the most? Replace them with compact fluorescent bulbs. Three CFBs will save 300 pounds of carbon dioxide and $60 per year!
Inflate Your Tires
Keeping your tires adequately inflated can save you $840 per year and keep 250 lbs. of carbon dioxide out of the air! Check them monthly to be sure.
Change Your Car's Air Filter
Check your car's air filter once a month. You can save $130 per year and keep 100 lbs. of CO2 from entering our atmosphere.
Fill the Dishwasher
Run your dishwasher only when it's full. That'll save $40 and 100 lbs. of CO2 emission a year.
Use Recycled Paper
Make sure your printer paper is 100% post-consumer recycled paper. That saves 5 lbs. of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.
Adjust Your Thermostat
Move your thermostat down two degrees in the winter and up two degrees in the summer. That can save up to $98 and 2000 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year.
Change the AC Filter
Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters. That'll save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and up to $150 per year.
Take Shorter Showers
Did you know that showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs? So cut your shower short and save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.
Install a Low-flow Shower Head
Using less water in the shower not only conserves this precious resource, but it also means less energy is used to heat the water, saving 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and 150 bucks.
Buy Products Locally
Think about how much oil it takes to get a bottle of water to you from Fiji...
Buy Minimally Packaged Goods
Less packaging reduces garbage by up to 30%. You can also save 1200 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $1,000 per year.
Carpool When You Can
Own a big vehicle? Does one of your friends? Carpooling with friends saves fuel, and you have the added perk of having all your peeps in one car. Even better, you can save 790 lbs. of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year.
Don't Idle In the Car
How many times have you seen someone sitting in a car while it's running? Are you guilty of this? Idling wastes money and gas, and generates pollution and global warming-causing emissions. Turn your engine off if you have to wait for more than 30 seconds- except of course when in traffic.
Drive Less
Walk, bike, carpool, or take mass transit. You'll save one pound of CO2 for every mile you don't drive!
Reduce Garbage
Recycle paper, plastic and glass, and buy products with less packaging. This can save 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide a year.
Plant a Tree
Trees suck up CO2 and create clean air for us to breathe. A single tree will absorb a ton (that's 2000+ lbs.) of CO2 over its lifetime.
Use a Push Mower
We all have chores. Some of us have to mow the lawn. When you do, use your muscles instead of fossil fuels. You'll save 80 lbs. of CO2 per year and you'll get some exercise!
Unplug Un-Used Electronics
Even when electronic devices, like your stereo and phone charger, are turned off, they use energy, so unplug 'em and save over 1,000 lbs. of CO2 and $256 a year.
Put on a Sweater
Instead of turning up the heat, put on another layer. You can save 1,000 lbs. of CO2 from entering the atmosphere and $250 a year.
Wash your Clothes on the Cold Water Cycle
You'll save energy because the water isn't being heated, and your clothes will last longer.
Air Dry Your Clothes
If the weather permits, how about putting your laundry on the line to dry? You'll save 700 lbs. of CO2 and up to $75 a year. Plus, there's no better stain remover than the sun.
Buy Organic Food
The chemicals used in modern agriculture aren't just bad for your body, they also pollute the water supply and are mostly made of petroleum.
Bring Cloth Bags to the Market
When the check-out person asks, "Paper or plastic?," say, "Neither." Using your own cloth bag reduces waste and requires no additional energy.
Turn Off Your Computer
Shut it off when you're not using it and save 200 lbs. of CO2. Conserve energy by using your computer's "sleep mode" instead of a screensaver.
Eat Your Greens
The average American diet is full of meat products and thus contributes an extra 1.5 tons (that's 2500+ lbs.) of greenhouse gases per year, compared with a vegetarian diet. Eating 20% less meat makes the same impact as switching to a hybrid car!
Ditch the Plastic
2.5 million individual plastic water bottles are thrown away every hour in the US alone! A plastic bottle thrown in a landfill will still be a plastic bottle in 200 years because plastic is not biodegradable! Start using a reusable water bottle and just say no to plastic!
Spread the Word
Get out there and tell your friends and loved ones the small steps they can take to help Mother Earth. A little goes a long way!

Sachin .....

2011-11-23T07:26:00.001+11:00

Well, I don't even have to explain y m I blogging about Sachin at this point in time. Just take a look at all the centuries listed below scored by this great personality and wish him ur best wishes for the next one.
West Indies has played really good on day 1 only to prove that it's a great batting track for Sachin, and how special would it be to conquer such a feet in his own backyard at Wankhede.
Good luck Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

List of Test Cricket Centuries

No. Score Against Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 119* England 2 2 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 14 August 1990 Draw[6]
2 148* Australia 1 3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 6 January 1992 Draw[7]
3 114 Australia 1 5 WACA Ground, Perth Away 3 February 1992 Lost[8]
4 111 South Africa 1 2 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away 28 November 1992 Draw[9]
5 165 England 1 2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home 12 February 1993 Won[10]
6 104* Sri Lanka 2 2 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Away 31 July 1993 Won[11]
7 142 Sri Lanka 1 1 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow Home 19 January 1994 Won[12]
8 179 West Indies 1 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home 2 December 1994 Draw[13]
9 122 England 2 1 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Away 8 June 1996 Lost[14]
10 177 England 1 3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 5 July 1996 Draw[15]
11 169♠ South Africa 1 2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away 4 January 1997 Lost[16]
12 143♠ Sri Lanka 1 1 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away 3 August 1997 Draw[17]
13 139♠ Sri Lanka 1 2 Sinhalese Sports Club (2), Colombo Away 11 August 1997 Draw[18]
14 148♠ Sri Lanka 1 3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home 4 December 1997 Draw[19]
15 155* Australia 2 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (2), Chennai Home 9 March 1998 Won[20]
16 177 Australia 1 3 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home 26 March 1998 Lost[21]
17 113 New Zealand 2 2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 29 December 1998 Lost[22]
18 136 Pakistan 2 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (3), Chennai Home 31 January 1999 Lost[23]
19 124* Sri Lanka 2 2 Sinhalese Sports Club (3), Colombo Away 28 February 1999 Draw[24]
20 126*♠ New Zealand 2 1 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home 13 October 1999 Draw[25]
21 217♠ New Zealand 1 3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home 30 October 1999 Draw[26]
22 116♠ Australia 1 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 28 December 1999 Lost[27]
23 122 Zimbabwe 1 1 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Home 21 November 2000 Won[28]
24 201* Zimbabwe 1 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (2), Nagpur Home 26 November 2000 Draw[29]
25 126 Australia 1 3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (4), Chennai Home 20 March 2001 Won[30]
26 155 South Africa 1 1 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Away 3 November 2001 Lost[31]
27 103 England 1 2 Sardar Patel Stadium (2), Motera, Ahmedabad Home 13 December 2001 Draw[32]
28 176 Zimbabwe 1 1 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (3), Nagpur Home 24 February 2002 Won[33]
29 117 West Indies 1 2 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 20 April 2002 Won[34]
30 193 England 1 3 Headingley, Leeds Away 23 August 2002 Won[35]
31 176 West Indies 2 3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 3 November 2002 Draw[36]
32 241* Australia 1 4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 4 January 2004 Draw[37]
33 194* Pakistan 1 1 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Away 29 March 2004 Won[38]
34 248* Bangladesh 1 1 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Away 12 December 2004 Won[39]
35 109 Sri Lanka 1 2 Feroz Shah Kotla (2), New Delhi Home 22 December 2005 Won[40]
36 101 Bangladesh 1 1 Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong Away 19 May 2007 Draw[41]
37 122* Bangladesh 1 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Away 26 May 2007 Won[42]
38 154* Australia 1 2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 4 January 2008 Lost[43]
39 153 Australia 1 4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 25 January 2008 Draw[44]
40 109 Australia 1 4 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home 6 November 2008 Won[45]
41 103* England 2 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (5), Chennai Home 15 December 2008 Won[46]
42 160 New Zealand 1 1 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away 20 March 2009 Won[47]
43 100* Sri Lanka 2 1 Sardar Patel Stadium (3), Motera, Ahmedabad Home 20 November 2009 Draw[48]
44 105* Bangladesh 1 1 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away 18 January 2010 Won[49]
45 143 Bangladesh 1 2 Shere Bangla National Stadium (2), Mirpur Away 25 January 2010 Won[50]
46 100 South Africa 2 1 Cricket Association Stadium (2), Nagpur Home 9 February 2010 Lost[51]
47 106 South Africa 1 2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 15 February 2010 Won[52]
48 203 Sri Lanka 1 2 Sinhalese Sports Club (4), Colombo Away 28 July 2010 Draw[53]
49 214 Australia 1 2 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2), Bangalore Home 11 October 2010 Won[54]
50 111* South Africa 2 1 SuperSport Park, Centurion Away 19 December 2010 Lost[55]
51 146 South Africa 1 3 Newlands Cricket Ground (2), Cape Town Away 4 January 2011 Draw[56]

List of ODI Centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 110 Australia 2 1 84.61 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral September 9, 1994 Won[57]
2 115 New Zealand 2 2 84.55 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Home October 28, 1994 Won[58]
3 105 West Indies 2 1 78.35 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Home November 11, 1994 Won[59]
4 112* Sri Lanka 2 2 104.67 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral April 9, 1995 Won[60]
5 127* Kenya 2 2 92.02 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Home February 18, 1996 Won[61]
6 137 Sri Lanka 2 1 100.00 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Home March 2, 1996 Lost[62]
7 100 Pakistan 2 1 90.09 Padang, Singapore Neutral April 5, 1996 Lost[63]
8 118 Pakistan 2 1 84.28 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (2), Sharjah Neutral April 15, 1996 Won[64]
9 110♠ Sri Lanka 2 1 79.71 R. Premadasa Stadium (2), Colombo Away August 28, 1996 Lost[65]
10 114♠ South Africa 1 1 90.47 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home December 14, 1996 Won[66]
11 104♠ Zimbabwe 1 1 107.21 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Neutral February 9, 1997 Won[67]
12 117♠ New Zealand 2 2 85.40 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home May 14, 1997 Won[68]
13 100 Australia 2 2 112.35 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Home April 7, 1998 Won[69]
14 143 Australia 2 2 109.16 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (3), Sharjah Neutral April 22, 1998 Lost[70]
15 134 Australia 2 2 102.29 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (4), Sharjah Neutral April 24, 1998 Won[71]
16 100* Kenya 2 2 97.08 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home May 31, 1998 Won[72]
17 128 Sri Lanka 2 1 97.70 R. Premadasa Stadium (3), Colombo Away July 7, 1998 Won[73]
18 127* Zimbabwe 2 2 97.69 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away September 26, 1998 Won[74]
19 141 Australia 2 1 110.15 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Neutral October 28, 1998 Won[75]
20 118* Zimbabwe 2 2 105.35 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (5), Sharjah Neutral November 8, 1998 Won[76]
21 124* Zimbabwe 2 2 134.78 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (6), Sharjah Neutral November 13, 1998 Won[77]
22 140* Kenya 4 1 138.61 County Ground, Bristol Neutral May 23, 1999 Won[78]
23 120♠ Sri Lanka 1 1 85.10 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Away August 29, 1999 Won[79]
24 186*♠ New Zealand 2 1 124.00 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Home November 8, 1999 Won[80]
25 122 South Africa 2 2 88.40 IPCL Sports Complex Ground (2), Vadodara Home March 17, 2000 Won[81]
26 101 Sri Lanka 2 1 72.14 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (7), Sharjah Neutral October 20, 2000 Lost[82]
27 146 Zimbabwe 2 1 95.42 Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur Home December 8, 2000 Lost[83]
28 139 Australia 2 1 111.20 Nehru Stadium, Indore Home March 31, 2001 Won[84]
29 122* West Indies 2 2 93.12 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral July 4, 2001 Won[85]
30 101 South Africa 2 1 78.29 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away October 5, 2001 Lost[86]
31 146 Kenya 2 1 110.60 Boland Park, Paarl Neutral October 24, 2001 Won[87]
32 105* England 4 1 97.22 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Away July 4, 2002 N/R[88]
33 113 Sri Lanka 4 1 110.78 County Ground (2), Bristol Neutral July 11, 2002 Won[89]
34 152 Namibia 2 1 100.66 City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Neutral February 23, 2003 Won[90]
35 100 Australia 2 1 84.03 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Home October 26, 2003 Won[91]
36 102 New Zealand 2 1 112.08 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium (2), Hyderabad Home November 15, 2003 Won[92]
37 141 Pakistan 2 2 104.44 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Away March 16, 2004 Lost[93]
38 123 Pakistan 2 1 94.61 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home April 12, 2005 Lost[94]
39 100 Pakistan 2 1 88.49 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Away February 6, 2006 Lost[95]
40 141* West Indies 2 1 95.27 Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Neutral September 14, 2006 Lost[96]
41 100* West Indies 4 1 131.57 IPCL Sports Complex Ground (3), Vadodara Home January 31, 2007 Won[97]
42 117* Australia 1 2 97.5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away March 2, 2008 Won[98]
43 163* New Zealand 2 1 122.55 AMI Stadium, Christchurch Away March 8, 2009 Won [99]
44 138 Sri Lanka 1 1 103.76 R. Premadasa Stadium (4), Colombo Away September 14, 2009 Won[100]
45 175 Australia 2 2 124.11 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Home November 5, 2009 Lost [101]
46 200* South Africa 2 1 136.05 Roop Singh Stadium (2), Gwalior Home February 24, 2010 Won[102]
47 120 England 2 1 104.35 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2), Bangalore Home February 27, 2011 Tied[103]
48 111 South Africa 2 1 109.9 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home March 12, 2011 Lost[104]

Back Again ......

2011-11-22T18:46:00.001+11:00

I know I have said this soooooooo many times before, but I believe this time I will be able to keep my promise.
If u ask me the reason y? Oh come on just ask me y?
Answer is simple, I just love my iPhone. There is actually an app for blogger. Isint that gr8.
So now I believe I can regularly blog, small snippets from everyday's life.

Ps: if u don't have an iPhone, u don't have an iPhone

Value of Rs.500

2010-06-24T09:48:00.003+10:00

Hi Everybody

Came across this video on youtube recently. Its worth a thought .....

So tell me what would you do with Rs.500

Dot a line in comments

Cheers!

Sachin ....

2010-06-24T00:48:00.003+10:00

Finally, the 200 he deserved......

Coming from the only man, who well deserved it, who has given so much to the world of cricket, also set a new benchmark to beat, almost impossible.....

A Spectacular display of talent & certainly a role model .....

I was & still am, absolutely speechless about the innings & the glory to Sachin's destiny.

I know this post is coming quite late, but i guess better late than never.

Some of the gr8 quotes by some gr8 players proves Sachin's calibre & every bit of success he deserves. Read on .....

I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel! in reference to Sachin Tendulkar.
- Sir Don Bradman

India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.
- Sunil Gavaskar

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.
- Richie Benaud

Sachin is cricket's God!
- Barry Richards

Harder he works, the luckier he gets.
- Ian Chappell

Technically, you can't fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow nothing is a problem.
- Geoffrey Boycott

He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of Barry Richards.
- Eddie Barlow

He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease.
- Greg Chappell

I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.
- Shane Warne

I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that's going to be. He can play in any era and at any level. I would say he's 99.5% perfect.
- Viv Richards

Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way.
- Wasim Akram

Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives.
- BBC Sports

I Was fielding in the covers Tendulkar came out to bat in his debut Test at Karachi. I still remember Waqar Younis was at his peak form at that time. Tendulkar tried to drive Waqar through the covers off his very first ball in Test cricket but was beaten all ends up. But I walked to captain Imran Khan and told him 'this kid looks very good' and Imran agree with me.
- Abdul Qadir

I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best.
- Sir Garfield Sobers

Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours.
- Michael Kasprowicz

If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.
- Dennis Lillee

I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.
- Glenn McGrath

What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars.
- Paul Strang

Sometime back I had written a piece that said that Sachin's the master and Lara a genius with his head high up somewhere. That's it!
- Peter Roebuck

Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That's the buzz about him.
- Jeff Thompson

Tendulkar is the most complete batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in Perth on a bouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I've seen him against Warne too.
- Ian Healy

Sachin's the best. I've had this view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney in 1992. He's the most composed batsman I've ever seen.
- Mike Coward

The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him

- Mark Waugh

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brain Lara

His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world... [When he goes out to bat], it is beyond chaos - it is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man. The people see him as a God...
- Mathew Hayden

It was one of the greatest innings I have ever seen. There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don.
- Steve Waugh

You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it around like it's a toothpick.
- Brett Lee

Hope many more such centuries....

I m still lost for words

Cheers!

Confused ...... but Good to be back !

2010-05-31T16:25:00.003+10:00

Hi Everybody,

Long time no see, huh. Yeah more than a year now since my last post ..... what excuse have i got this time. Nothing ....... just nothing.

Always thought of scrapping something, but i just let it go, postponing it to tomorrow & tomorrow & that tomorrow has come today.

My brain is overflowing with all the thoughts that i feel like spilling here, but i m really confused with should i write about??

- What i did for all this time?

- My birthday?

- Travelling i have been doing?

- Australian Open 2010 (yes i was at the Rod Laver Arena watching Roger, Serena & Leander win)

- Great Ocean Drive?

- 12 Apostles?

- Penguin Parade?

- My work?

- My Promotion?

- My Guitar classes (Yes i learned the beginner level)

- My Guitar (I actually bought one)

- Sachin's 200 in ODI

- IPL?

- Lalit Modi?

- Schumi's return to F1

- Jervis Bay (Beach with the whitest sand in the world & green water)

- Jamberoo (Water Park)

- Wagga Wagga

- Missed Birthdays?

- Distant Friends

- Orange

- Movies i watched

- Jason Marz songs

- Mark Knopfler

- New Year @ Harbour Bridge & Sydney fireworks

- My stolen car

- New boss

OMG, so many more, its just not getting enough of me .......

Come on help me, pic one & i ll try & talk about it

Good to be back .......

Cheers!

And another .....

2009-03-10T08:44:00.003+11:00

Courtesy : Cricinfo.com

Hello everybody,

What a master class, another century, another milestone, a true legend, Sachin .......

Just read his achievement so far .....

Test matches:

Number of matches - 156

Runs scores - 12429

Highest score - 248 not out

Average - 54.27

100's - 41

50's - 51

One Day International:

Number of matches - 425

Runs scores - 16684

Highest score - 186 not out

Average - 44.37

100's - 43

50's - 91

Truly a master class.

I was really confident of him scoring the first ever 200 by a batsman in ODI that other night against New Zealand, with the pace he was scoring with another 5 others to bowl, looked easy, but he had done enough, & i respect his decision for not pushing his body in danger of further damage & retiring hurt.

But as i m saying it again n again, what a master class of play.

Now the following is my dream:

I m watching the final of World Cup 2011 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. India playing the final, (not worried who the opponent is) Sachin scores a century again, that should be his atleast 50th ODI hundred. India to win the match & the World Cup, Sachin's first & final world cup win, Sachin is the man of the match & the player of the tournament. What a dream finish!

Anyways, i m confident that my dream will come true.

Have a good day guys,

Cheers!

"Love & Marriage"

2009-02-21T15:11:00.003+11:00

Hi Everybody,

How u all doin? I hope everyone is good, safe & surviving from the recent crunch thats affected the whole world.

Anyways, following post is an email forward to me by my school friend Asim Pereira, who is getting married on May 2, '2009. Its funny ..... Enjoy!

A student asked a teacher, "What is love?"

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back.
But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."
The student went to the field, went thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wondered....may be there is a bigger one later.
Then he saw another big one... but may be there is a bigger one waiting for him, he thought.
Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to realize that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he knows he has missed the biggest one, and he regrets.
So, he ended up going back to the teacher empty handed.
The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but later you realise, you have already missed the person...."

"What is marriage then?" the student asked.
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."
The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, hence, when he reached the middle of the field, he picked one medium corn that he felt satisfied with, and came back to the teacher.
The teacher told him, "this time you brought back a corn.... you looked for one that is just nice, and you had faith and believed that this is the best one you will get.... this is marriage."*

Nice one, isn't it?

And here are some of the transformations over a period of time.

Dating process:

6 weeks : I love U, I love U, I love U.
6 months : Of course I love U.
6 years : GOD, if I didn't love U, then why the hell did I propose?

Back from Work:

6 weeks : Honey, I'm home.
6 months : BACK!!
6 years : What did your mom cook for us today??

Gifts:
6 weeks : Honey, I really hope you liked the ring.
6 months : I bought you a painting; it would fit the motif in the living room.
6 years : Here's the money. Buy yourself something.

Phone Ringing:
6 weeks : Baby, somebody wants you on the phone.
6 months : Here, for you.
6 years : PHONE RINGING.

Cooking:
6 weeks : I never knew food could taste so good!
6 months : What are we having for dinner tonight?
6 years : AGAIN!!!!

Apology:
6 weeks : Honey muffin, don't you worry, Ill never hold this against you.
6 months : Watch out! Don't do it again.
6 years : What's not to understand about what I just said??

New Dress:
6 weeks : Oh my God, you look like an angel in that dress.
6 months : You bought a new dress again???
6 years : How much did THAT cost me?

Planning for Vacations:
6 weeks : How do 2 weeks in Vienna or anywhere you please sound??
6 months : What's so bad about going to Istanbul on a charter plane?
6 years : Travel? What's so bad about staying home???

TV:
6 weeks : Baby, what would you like us to watch tonight?
6 months : I like this movie.
6 years : I'm going to watch ESPN, if you're not in the mood, go to bed, I can stay up by myself

Have a good weekend guys!

Cheers!

Why are all clocks on 10:10 .......

2009-01-09T20:12:00.002+11:00

Well i have been thinking about this for a while & trying to do a bit of research to find out, why does all the clock in ads or on displays are on 10:10 .....

There are a lot of conspiracy theories that i came across while i conducted my research. Some of which i m gonna share with u now & then if anyone has a different answer or has come across a much better reason, drop in a line, well u can drop in a line anyways .....

1. Most watch companies have their logo under the 12, hence it gives a good look of the logo if the clock is set at 10:10

2. Its a smiley face

3. JFK was shot at 10:10 & its a tribute to him

4. Lincoln was shot at 10:10, hence its a tribute to him

5. Its gives a sensation of something friendly & welcoming (open arms)

6. Its a promoto for safe driving ( keep ur hands on the wheel at 10 to 2 position)

Well that is pretty much what my research revealed, let me know if u have any more information on it.

Have a good weekend everyone..

Cheers!

New Year Wishes '09

2009-01-02T23:37:00.005+11:00

Happy New Year !!

2008 is long gone & 2009 has already began. May this new year be prosperous to everyone.

We all would have received messages from our loved ones & here are some of the messages i received.

Wishing you n ur family a very happy n prosperous new year - Sanjeev, Pooja n Diya
Happy New Year!! Wishing u a bright and prosperous New Year - Shiva
Good & Bad things have passed in the memory lane of the year 2008 so nonw lets welcome year 2009 with all the best wishes & luck, "Happy New Year to u & ur fly" - Unknown
Baba, Wish you a happy & prosperous 2009 - Chuggya
Wid petals of roses, Palm ful of holy water, Light of sunshine, Fragrance of flowers & Grass wid dew, I wish dis year is special year 4 u n ur family. Happy New Year - Mayank & Rashmi
Wishing you a very Happy New Year.. May God Bless you and shower his blessings..Have a great year.. luv & regards - Lucky & Aeti
The year has almost gone. But made us strong. The path was long. But we walked with a song. There were fears n tears. But we also had reasons for cheers. Happy New Year 2009 - Aditi
Wishing you a very Happy New Year! Hope this year brinngs you all the Love, Luck & Happiness. Cheers! - Vidhu Sonthalia

Thanks everyone for ur wishes.

Have a gr8 year ......

Cheers!

Resolutions .......

2008-12-30T22:15:00.003+11:00

Hi Everybody,

Probably the last post on most of the blogs & so it be about the New Year Resolutions.

Everyone has new year resolutions. Some stay by it & many just forget it.

So following is the list of my new year resolutions:

1. Exercise & swim regularly, loose some weight & get more fit n muscular

2. Study towards a professional degree. Get enrolled for CA

3. Find a new professional job with more pay

4. Buy a new car (BMW or Merc)

5. Eat at the right time & the right food

6. Drink more water everyday

7. Blog more often

Let me know urs.

Cheers!

Sunscreen....

2008-12-27T00:28:00.004+11:00

Hello Everybody,

This is the most inspirational song i ve heard & i believe everyone must listen to it atleast once in life.....

Everybody is free to wear Sunscreen - Baz Luhrmann

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97

Wear Sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.

But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….

You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing....

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss....

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch....

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…

what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance….

Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Brother and sister together we'll make it through....Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there....I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there....For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can...

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel....

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you.

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

Thats all for now guys,

Have a lovely weekend

Cheers!

Onkar - The Painter

2008-12-25T22:42:00.009+11:00

As every year my sister sent me the "Kalnirnay" calendar just a few days ago. And this time i had a surprise along with the calendar. Nobody told me this before when i called them & i was completely unaware about this.

Look at that scenery. Isn't that just wonderful ? I mean, its drawn by a mere 7 year old. I was not only surprised by that accurate objects but also by the colour coding & shading. As rightly said "Imagination had no bounds". Just superb.

I was thrilled to see that. I mean i did draw fairly well, but at the age of 7, just mind blowing. And then when i called him to tell him how good it was, the first question he asked me was, how did u like my surprise, mama? And u guys can almost guess what my reaction would have been.

Not to end it there check the following greeting he made & sent it to me.

Now isn't that just gr8. I have no words. What a beautiful christmas tree & a gift box. I just love him. He is such a cutie pie.

He just made my christmas & new year.

Anyways guys, i m now in canberra, travelling a bit & enjoying the lovely summer.

Have a good one.

Cheers!

Boxing Day Test ......

2008-12-25T01:47:00.008+11:00

Boxing Day Test, as it is commonly referred as is a cricket test match hosted in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the australian cricket team and the opposition national team touring australia that summer. It beings annually, traditionally on 26th December of every year.

Why is it called a boxing day test match? Or infact y is 26th December called a boxing day?

Any guesses?

May be there is a big boxing match in australia? Was there any boxing match played in the history? People box each other? Kids play with boxes? What can it be?

I asked this question to many of my Oz friends as well, & guess what, only 1 knew the correct answer.

I researched this even before i migrated to australia. Just bcoz i studied the country, culture, important days & events etc etc.

So have u guessed y is 26th December called Boxing Day?

No ..............

Ok, let me tell u then.

Christmas is celebrated on 25th December & all the families have feast. They dress well, eat well, meet, greet etc etc. Its celebrated with joy & fun.

This day is celebrated from centuries. In australia over a century ago they started a custom.

As you can imagine a century ago, there was poverty. Rich & poor were the two class of people recognised with. So on the Christmas eve, the rich people would cook all the delicious food, call over family & friends & celebrate the occassion.

On 26th December, all the left over food was put in the empty boxes from the gifts received & distributed among the poor & thats y 26th December is called Boxing Day.

Thats it for now folks,

Wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

Cheers!

Genie....

2008-11-06T23:11:00.002+11:00

Hi Everybody,

How u all doin? I hope everyone is doing great in their life.
I just received this email and as it said, i just could not stop laughing .....
It was emailed to me by MG, & i would like to share it with all of u.
May be u ve read it before or received it as an email, ...... its worth a read

Couple was golfing one day on a Very Exclusive golf course lined with million dollar houses.
On the third tee, the husband said, "Honey, be very careful when you drive the ball, do not knock out any windows. It will cost us a fortune to fix."
The wife teed up and shanked it right through the window of the biggest house on the course.
The husband cringed and said, "I told you to watch out for the houses.
All right, let's go up there, apologize and see how much it s going to cost us."
They walked up and knocked on the door, and heard a voice say, "Come on in."
When they opened the door they saw glass all over the place and a broken bottle lying on its side in the foyer.
A man on the couch said, "Are you the people that broke the window?" "Uh yeah, sorry about that" the husband replied.. "
No, actually I want to thank you. I am a genie that was trapped for a thousand years in that bottle. You have released me.
I am allowed to grant three wishes - I will give you each one wish, and I will keep the last one for myself." the genie said.
"Ok" the husband said. "I want a million dollars a year for the rest of my life." "No problem-it is the least I can do.
And you, what do you want?" the genie said looking at the wife.
"I want a house in every country of the world" she said. "Consider it done." the genie said. "
And what is your wish, genie?" the husband said "Well, since I have not had sex with a woman in a thousand years, my wish is to sleep with your wife."
The husband looks at the wife and said, "Well, we did get a lot of money and all those houses, honey. I guess I would not mind."
The genie took the wife upstairs and ravished her for two hours. After it was all over, the genie rolled over, looked at the wife and said, "How old is your husband anyway?" "35" she said.
"Really? And he still believes in genies?

Have a good day .....
Cheers!

Onki.....

2008-10-02T08:45:00.003+10:00

Onki..... as i call him, his name is Onkar, my nephew. He just turned 7 last month and was very anxious about his gift list. I always love talking with him and call him very often, atleast once a week, and we never finish.
He is in 2nd standard and had already claimed a few first prizes, eg: patriotic song, clay moulding, painting, craft art and a couple more. Well he is always keen to discuss all his participations, coz it had turned out to be such that, he wins when he takes tips from me.
Well anyways, this year his birthday wish list was very small, only 1 item on the list and that is hotwheels track set. OMG, hotwheels track set, i was totally shocked and thrilled by his attention to find things for his wishlist, and that only 1 single item, too good. And then as always we started discussing, which one does he want to buy.
My sis, did not have any clue whatsoever about its price. So a week earlier she popped into a toy shop with onki to look for hotwheels. Price ranged from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1000. And as we all know onki now, he wanted the biggest and the costliest. What say? My sis saw the demo and wasn ot quite impressed. Its just a stunt track with a crane lifting the vehicle and dropping it down on the track, thats it, fun finished. Rs. 1000 just for a drop and destruction. Not very impressed, she walked out and thought of buying something else, but smart onki had numerous ways to get what he wants.
So they started shopping around to see if there is any other hotwheels set that would make sense with the price. But no, as u know the market union, nothing less than the earlier price and the same stupid stunts, thats it. Totally unimpressed, my sis decided to but him something else, even more expensive, but which would make sense for its value.
At first onki did not understand y my sis didnt buy him that toy, as he never understood what does Rs. 1000 mean. (we havent reached that far in counting numbers at school), so my sis explained him that Rs. 1000 is 10 times 100.
Discussing something else with onki was never an option as by the end on that day, he had already called his dad atleast 5 times on his own, just to tell him how villian his mom is and shed a few croc tears to agree him on his side. And on the other hand told everyone he met that he is getting that hotwheel set for his birthday. How cunning, he thought that will make his mom complel to buy him one.
Finally his Bday, and nothing in the pocket. No hotwheels nor coldwheels. Onki9 has no presents. Adamant onki wants hotwheels or nothing else. So my sis said nothing else. But saying that she bought him a new swimming trunks, cap and goggles, as he not at the age of 7 already has a full swimming pass, which means he can swim unsupervised and knows most of the styles perfectly.
Onki was happy as he got something he needed as he was bored of the old one (which is only 3 months old). But new is good as now he is starting his 3 feet diving training.
So everyone thought, its all good now, but onki's mind was always revolving around some trick on hotwheels, and he knew to get that he needs 10 times 100. So as this year was not very exiting to my family and our relatives, things were always a bit under par with everything.
It was ganesh festival and onki had ganpati @ home. Everyone that came for darshan asked onki about his birthday and he kept telling them the tale all day long, and all kept enjoying it. All his uncles came for ganpati visarjan and then as they all were leaving, like always they gave onki some money instead of gift due to the family reason. Money money money ..... onki started dreaming about his hotwheels again.
So by the end of the day, onki had 4 times 100 in his pocket. So he knew he needed 6 more. Now he thought that he had some bargaining power. So he quitely went to my sis and gave her that 4 times 100 and said, keep this with u, i ll keep adding more, when it reached 10 times 100 tell me, then we ll go and but the hotwheels. Can u believe this .....
Now my dad, his grandpa, left after a couple of days and on his way out just to add to his peggy bank and to add to this hotwheels drama, gave him 2 times 100. So now he had 6, just 4 more to go, he kept saying all night long.
So finally, next day my did added 4 more and surprised him when he returned from school with the Rs.1000 trick track set he dreamed of. Onki played all night long and then when i called him the following sunday, u can imagine how happy he was to tell me about his hotwheels.
So now i sent him 5 new cars for his track. I m sure he ll enjoy.

Ok guys, will catch u ll again very soon......
Cheers!

Rock On......

2008-09-12T09:18:00.002+10:00

Rock On..... Seriously Rocks!!

A muct watch movie, i must say. I watched this movie last week and was totally thrilled by the direction and the performance of all the actors involved.

Farhan Akhtar, debutant ..... too good. No doubt he is an awesome director himself, so creativity and public eye view would never had been a problem to discuss, but truly amazing as a rocker!
All the other characters have also played their part of role to perfection.

The movie just takes u along with it till the very end. Thats what i like. Never lost interest, never felt as if they were over acting nor felt it unrealistic at any point.

Over an all a pretty good movie after a long time. Just got me into the groove ......

P.S.: All thanks to my sis adi, for inspiring me to blog again, and with a true promise to her i shall blog quite often now. Leave me a comment if possible.

What m i doing these days ?

2008-08-11T17:30:00.002+10:00

A big question to answer. Seriously, when i say i m busy enough not to blog, what m i really doing these days.

Well, since i have come back from india after mom passed away, things have been a bit different then they were before, as expected. But still, what m i doing these days that i m so busy.

Everytime i post something, i promise myself that i will sincerely have my next post coming up ina couple of days, but that has not worked with me till date. But here i m again making this promise to all the readers that i ll have more post coming soon. There r so many things i need to talk about, so many thing i need to tell everyone of u. But well, lets wait for that day to come, and i want it to happen everyday.

Anyways, these days i m simply busy with work. As 30th June is the financial year end here in australia, audit is in full swing. And will stay like this untill end of October, i believe. So, mon-fri, 9am-5pm, work. And now a days its been upto as late as 9pm sometimes, due to workload.

On weekends, shopping for weekly grocery, laundry etc etc. Time just flies.

And i also moved my apartment on the 27th July 2008. So was super busy with all the shifting, packing, unpacking, shelving ....... no end to this list.

My new house is much more better and bigger than the old one. Very spacious and also has an internal laundry, so i dont have to dedicate weekend to do laundry, i can do it anyday at my convinience.

I ll definately post some pics of my new home once its completely set in a few more days.So i ll try to keep my promise of posts more often.

Have a good day guys,

Cheers!

2008-06-26T00:06:00.004+10:00

Another year passed away and added most valuable moments in my life which i will cherish the rest of my life. Yes ppl, i grew one more year older today.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank god for giving me this life and taking care of me for so many years and i pray to him that he gives me many more years to contribute to the beautiful world he created.

I also want to thank my family for standing by me in all my decisions and supporting me in everything i always wanted to do.

Thanks to all the co bloggers who have stayed along me and made me feel homely in this space.

Have a good day everybody
Cheers!

The Expansionist Meme....

2008-06-20T08:23:00.005+10:00

I have been tagged by reema and waked up by lollypop, thanks dear

One religious work from a non-familiar tradition you’ll read:
The Quran...Just curious to know what it really preaches.

One music video–that you like–from your “least likely to listen to’ genre:
Instant karma! My least likely to listen gerne is Remixes, but that song is kinda cute.

A book from a genre you almost never read, that you have read, or you will read (promise!):
It would be "Power of your subconcious mind", thats something that will teach you to find the best in the worst. A typical psychological book.

Somewhere you’d never thought to go on holiday/vacation, and why it might be fun to go there?
South Africa would be it, and if i ever make it, i would like to ride the safaris and most important witness a kill inthe wild.

A sport or game you really hate, or haven’t tried yet, but are willing to give one more go:
Game i hate is an Oz game called footy, i think its stupid, coz its a game that lies between rugby and soccer. Actually they play soccer but throw and pass the ball around with hands insted of legs and just kick the goal by ur foot, and u cannot tackle the opponent. Its kinda really stupid. Anyways....!

A style of dance you probably won’t try (we won’t make you promise on this one):
Not a dance person anyways, but i probably wont try Salsa!

A career job you don’t feel you’re suited for, and why:
Telephone sales operator, justcant do that upselling .....!

An item that’s “thinking out of the box’ for this meme that hadn’t been included:
Whats that one thing you will anyways do even after knowing that its incorrect?

It’s there’s one thing in life you wanted to do, and will do because of this meme, what will it be?
I think i ll probably look out of the window and try some things in life, that i havent so far.

I tag Mumbai Guy, Priyanka, Mayur, Anu & Vani

Cheers!

2008-06-11T10:52:00.003+10:00

So the long weekend is finally over and i m back with 9-5 schedule. It wes a very good weekend overall.

Woke up early morning on Saturday and went to the temple at Helensburg. Its a hour and half drive on the princess highway and carrying onto the freeway, beautiful place, high up on the hill with stud farms around. It was all green and grazy as it is raining for past week. Cool breeze soon had me look for my jumper and wear it. My mind was in holy spirit and just felt the closeness to a spiritual force during the darshan. Then i headed for the canteen to have prasad. They provide with idli, wada, masala dosa, pulao, paratha etc .... That was pretty much my lunch. Just awesome.

Headed back straight to the weekly grocery shopping spree. After returning home watched Bhootnath, good movies, teaches a lot of lesson to small kids and even grown ups. Had pomfret fish for dinner. Ummm yummiee.

Couldnt open my eye till 10:00 am on sunday morning. Had some lazy breakfast (garlic bread), heard the weekly hindi radio for a while, checked some mails, chatted with a few friends and prepared chicken biryani for lunch. With some wine, biryani tasted even better. With my stomach full, caught up a lil nap. Had some tea in the evening and headed staright to park for an hour walk, with all this fatty stuff in me for past 2 days, i felt a walk is necessary.

Was bored of cooking time consuming food, but wanted to eat something that could tickle my taste buds, so thought of a dinner outside. So me and my roomie headed to the spot, a place where u have all cusines in a walk lane of 50 metres. While driving we decided to eat at a greek restaurant, but it was closed for renovation, so we went to Thai Riffic, a thai cusine. I tried the chef's special, Yellow curry .... hhhmm, delicious and my friend had Stir fry noodles with chicken. I had a bite, and i must say, it was fantastic. Too tired and lazy, i could barely manage to change clothes and get under my blanket.

Monday was a, getting in mode day, with lot of household work pending due to rains. I had a early start at 8:30. Too all my washing loads to the laundry at 9 am. I had to do 4 loads of 5 kg each, just imagine how much this rain has disturbed the schedule. It took me 3 hours to fininsh with all my laundry. But finally it was over and i was proud of myself. Had the left over biryani for lunch and headed to the theatres to watch Sarkar Raj. A good movie overall, with some unwanted drama, not so important scenes. Whatever, overall a good movie. After coming home late, i could only manage to make some alloo parathas and fill my stomach.

Thinking of the week ahead, i pumped myself up to the week.

Long Weekend....

2008-06-06T17:37:00.005+10:00

Queen's Birthday, which means long weekend. This is the long weekend everyone has been waiting for.

Had a lot of things planned, but its not the ideal weekend in sydney due to weather.

It was planned with a drive away to Nelsons Bay, 2 night stay, whale watch, sand dunes surf.

But now has changed to, a visit to the temple on satuday morning. A movie in the evening.

Sea food lunch on sunday. Catch up with some friends on sunday evening. Rest completely on monday. Back to work on tuesday.

Have a good weekend guys!

Rains....

2008-06-05T16:15:00.004+10:00

Rain Rain Pouring Rain ...... Thats what is sydney like from past a week now. Havent seen the sun in past week, day is hardly 9 hours long. Its lashing and swashing all around. High winds and high swell tides rolling down the coast. Its fun, makes u feel like staying home all day long, sipping on hot tea and eating onion pakodas. Zhakas !

I hope there would be just enough rain in all the parts of the world and no natural calamities occour. Have a nice week end ppl. Take care.

Let me know how the weather is in all other parts of the world, and ur experience about rain.

Decaannaa ..... Mind it !

2008-05-30T11:46:00.006+10:00

These r some of the hoardings you would find all across Hyderabad end of last year, courtesy Deccan Chronicle.

If u r wondering whats the Deccan Chronicle, its a news paper in circulation in Hyderabad. Over the past few days commuters notice such hoardings published by the newspaper.

Dont know the exact reason as to y have they come up with something sleazy actually. Isint it sleazy ? With sleazy captions on the t-shirts these hot models r wearing. The one here says, "GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY". Excuse me, whats does that exactly mean. Dont every other newspaper provide u with the real pirture of any news or is it sleazy enough for people to understand what they really mean by what they have written and where they have written, which ironicaaly ends with "For Young Minds" at the bottom of each hoarding. And to add to it they also mention the number of copies in AP ? Is this just the reason y u selling so many copies ?

The second one here says, "RETAIL FDI BOOM OR BUST"..... wow, now isint that what people of really wanna read. Can u even make a realistic guess of all the people reading this hoarding, how many would even understand the meaning of Retail FDI ? But they would definately understand what the rest of the caption says, isint it? Now is this some campaign that Deccan has introduced to boost up their sales and targeting the younger generation to spend some money to buy their newspaper and hope to find something sleazy inside as up on the hoarding. Value for money is so diminishing in the mind of the publishers that they have adopted such sleazy marketing strategy.

And again the number of copies in AP and for younger minds. Indicating it to the older, experienced genration to stay outta this and buy something else, coz we r now trying to capture the yonger people with our sleazy practices.

And here is the third one that says, "INSTITUTE RELEASES VITAL STATISTICS". OMG, now what institue r they talking about and which vital stats r they mentioning. No doubt, everyone knows and expects them to release the vital body stats of those hot models. Now is this cheap marketing strategy ? Definately not for the publishers and they must have spent enough to get these hoardings up.

Now the question is, would they increase their bottom line by these sleazy techniques ? They probably would at the end of the day acheive their sales target, but by what means? Will their self respect hurt a lil bit when they sleep or is it just too hillarious to look at and turn ur face around.

Mind is knocking on one more reason, It also could have been the strategy to earn more money simply because they sponsored the IPL team, in which they have put in crores of rupees. R they making it up for it ????
Deccaannaa ...... Mind it !

A Silver is never Won, its the Gold that is Lost ....

2008-05-25T01:17:00.005+10:00

I remember that day when i heard this statement for the first time in my life, and since then always believedin it and respected it in all phases and aspects of life.

It was the day in office as usual, tensed, as we were nearing the end of our Quarterly Based Review (QBR), a few weeks away to be the best performing site throughout the world, competing against the best. This quarter has been one of the best our site has performed so far. A couple of more safe weeks and we r the Numero Uno throughout the world. The Emperor of this world.

Our Big Boss conducted a Managers meeting and we all, around 25 of us stepped in the conference room thinking that we've gonna have our butts kicked again.But so was not the case this time. It was a session that we all will remember throughout our lives. Some things we will cherish in all the good and the bad that we do, thereon.

So there was it, the results of the QBR, which our Big Boss had just brought back along with him from US of A. This was the first time when all the Site Leads were invited to US of A for the QBR (every other quarter, its only video conferenced).We all were so exited to be there and to know if we had kicked some ass or is our ass getting kicked again. After a few good words and a few if and buts and so on and so forth, we heard that we ranked second across the globe.

All of us were so happy and satisfied by the result, as it was the first time out Mumbai site had been in the Top 5. It was cheer and claps and congratulation to each other and gala time to have a party on. All fair and all happy moments, something to feel proud of.
That went on for a few minutes and then our Big Boss proceeded to wrap up the meeting with his final words of wisdom. Here is what he said (not exactly, but the meaning remains the same).

"Congratulation's on the second ranking through the globe. This has been the best ever out site has performed. By the pace and position we were in a few days ago, i thought we would be through this time on the top position, but to what so ever reason, we were given a silver medal.Not that we acheived it, or we earned it (at this moment all we thought was, why the hell is he saying that we were given and we did not earn it, we all knew how hard we had worked to reach that position), but someone has given it to us. Because, "A Silver is never Won, its the Gold that is Lost".

Very true as we realised what he meant. We never compete in a race to be second, we always wanna win. We never rank second coz we finish second, but coz we dont win the first place.

P.S. - No doubt we had all the grand celebrations across the whole site, but that one statement always mades me do whatever it takes to be Numero Uno.

2008-05-22T16:05:00.017+10:00

This song had been on my mind for a few days now, many things rushing through my mind and too many things to do with so less options in life.
Dont know if this is just the reason or something else is hurting me deep down. I always liked this song, heard it quite often, but today i m deeply sinking into this drakness, and i need to shout out loud to my self as my subconsious is taking over and telling me to just hang on.
This song is truly inspirational as its carrying me along and asking me to just hold on and hang in there in life, as life has something better to offer, something good is coming ur way.
Now m i really asking too much or i should just have to put my foot down and just stand still and go with the flow.
Suddenly unexpected, this day today, i need to just hang in, things will change and i know change is constant.
Everybody hurts .....

"Everybody Hurts"

When your day is long

And the night

The night is yours alone

When you're sure you've had enough of this life

Well hang on

Don't let yourself go

Cause everybody cries

And everybody hurts

Sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong

Now it's time to sing along

(When your day is night alone)

Hold on, hold on

(If you feel like letting go)

Hold on

If you think you've had too much of this life

Well hang on

Cause everybody hurts

Take comfort in your friends

Everybody hurts

Don't throw your hand

Oh, no

Don't throw your hand

When you feel like you're alone

No, no, no, you're not alone

If you're on your own

In this life

The days and nights are long

When you think you've had too much

Of this life

To hang on

Well, everybody hurts

Sometimes, everybody cries

And everybody hurts

Sometimes

And everybody hurts

Sometimes

So, hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on

(Everybody hurts

You are not alone)

I miss u Aai, I miss u so much ............

2008-05-20T09:44:00.004+10:00

01.06.1947 - 15.04.2008

Is it just a bad dream that i m living or a horrified night that will soon have a cheerfull morning. Not that i dont understand the reality, but just that i m too naive to cope up with it. I miss u

You are always in my mind and my heart, always with me in all that i do. I always feel u holding me close to u, when i need, as u always did. I miss u

I pray u get all the peace u deserve. I miss u

P.S.

Hi everybody,I was away for a long while now, in which many good things of my life happened, but there was one thing that i never expected.

My mom left this world and left us all last month. Please pray for her peaceful journey.

Thank you.

Bikaneri......

2007-08-28T23:19:00.000+10:00

Bikaneri Lunch Home, was the name of that place where i had lunch today. Occasion was Raksha Bandhan and thought i should try out something new during the lunch time today. So me and my 2 friends managed to plan this.Was a bit far away from my office but still managed to get there quickly. It was my first time at Bikaneri (as it is well known for).

Menu : Was very similar to the other indian sweets lunch restaurants, but had some more dishes than most of them, and also had the complete menu available, as in rest of them its on a daily special basis, which i hate, coz i cant eat something when i desperately want to eat it. But anyways, menu was outstanding
Rating : 5/5

Service : Was a bit slow, or may be they were a bit short staffed, or may be it was more than expected for them. It wasnt the warmest of the greeting as i have received in some other indian restaurants over the counter. Not very pleasant, but ok.
Rating : 3/5

Ambience : Very traditional. Had some sculptures including a Ganesh idol craved out of rock. Had a small stage in a corner with sitar, tabla and peti on it. May be they have some musical night once a week. Indian music filled in the taste as well. Just that the sitting arrangement was not very planned. May be needs a bit redesigning.
Rating : 4/5

Food : Delicious. Hhmm, the best indian taste i ever had. I ordered Dhokla just to start with, and then chole bhatura, and my friends ordered allo kulcha and gujarathi thali. My taste buds r still tingling. I really felt homely with regards to food. We tasted everything form each other's thalis.
Rating : 5/5

Overall had a nice time out there and enjoyed the food to the fullest.
Cheers!!

A cushion.... LOST ..!

2007-08-11T23:23:00.000+10:00

Yeah, i lost a cushion today. It was my manager's last day. She got promoted (good on her). I m happy for her success and wish her all my good wishes in her future role. Nice lady, and i truly mean it. As a manager and just as a person. Kind enough to understand things and better of getting the best out of us all. A true champion of her own style.
I know it happens to all of us and it has happened with me many a times before, but this one is just very overwhelming. In an unknown country when u loose someone who understood u so well professionally. Yes andi must admit, that i lost a cushion. A cushion that i can rely upon, someone that i can trust at work, someone as a guide and someone as a mentor, someone who knows what i want and want i need to do at situations no one even expect to be in, someone who accomodates and respect every word u speak and set u freedom within correct boundaries to let u learn ur way and earn ur knowledge .....
I could say pages about her and small incidents that run through my mind right now. But i must pass on it. Its very emotionally to me now. It was very emotional when we had r final goodbyes today evening.
I know i ll wake up tomorrow morning as a usual sunday, and life will go on .... but i just had to vent myself. I ll miss her so much at work and things will change definately .....Good night guys, i need to be my own cushion tonight....
Cheers!

Graduated ......

2007-07-22T13:56:00.000+10:00

Hi Friends,
Its almost over 3 months now that i have been away from blogging. I misses it a lot and hope so u missed me at this corner.

When someone is away we always think that the person is busy, something very important must have come up and hence cannot give time to the thing, that we all love the most, blogging.

I had many of u ask me when is my next post coming and when is my blog getting updated, and i always kept saying, very soon ..... that very soon is today !

The only reason i was away from blogging was, bcoz i was studying my last semester and had to put some extra efforts as required by the course. Finally today i m proud to complete "Master of Professional Accounting". I graduated .....

So relaxed and revived. Feels like on cloud 9. Change of approach in every litte thing i do is slowly creeping in, and i must say that i m sensing it openly. Hhhmmm, what a feeling.

I know many of u must have had a similar experience, its not very new me as well, but away from home makes u feel it much more.

Anyways friends, i ll be around more often now and this corner of my life will be updated regularly. Thanks for staying by my side.

Cheers!

Is it really LUCK or RISK .....

2007-03-08T16:54:00.000+11:00

Is luck opportunistic?

I don’t know if luck plays an important role in any act of human life or it is just the right time that matters to get things done. Basically I m confused, if luck really exist and if yes, how do u prove it?
Many people say that a person needs to be luck to get certain thing, eg: a particular high paid job or a good car or the best house etc. etc. Is it so that only if you r lucky u can get all that? Can 99% hard work and efforts be less important against that 1% so called luck?
So is luck opportunistic? Is it selfish enough to be with only rich and beautiful people? Does it really knows whom to favour n whom not to. Is it to blame or mental guts play a vital measure to understand if it really helped?
Again, I might be contradicting my own words or may be I might differ from the actual topic. But you know, these r all my wage thoughts. Because I m trying to replace luck with a bit of risk.
Am I correct when I say that Luck is nothing but a bit of Risk?
Because all the rich, famous and beautiful people whom we say to be lucky have taken some or the other risk in life. Probably they have taken the right risk at the right time, as a reason of which they r what they r, if that small amount of risk that they played with had gone the other way they would have not been what they r today. Do I make sense when I say that?
A candidate might get that highly paid dream job by just answering a single question correct, correct means as per expected. It might be a stupid answer but a risky one.
A player playing any game needs to take risk while playing a particular shot. If he misses he is gone but if connected right he is the hero.
All rich n famous people have taken very calculated risk at a particular point of time, which makes them what they r today. Bill gates bloomed his idea from a garage and once when in debts, had offered a supplier 15% of Microsoft shares, guess what? The supplier said I have no interest or confidence in your business, I don’t need your partnership, give me my money. Imagine 15% of Microsoft shares $$$$$$$. Would u call that supplier unlucky? I would say he did no have guts to take a positive risk.
I dont know if i made sense, but i dont believe in Luck. I would say, its a little bit of calculated RISK.
Post your thoughts.

PS: Above article is just a running thought that i scribbed during my way back home. Was thinking about a few planned things in my life and trying to find reason for the best and the lost things that happened. Anyways ......

Right to ask question ....

2007-02-06T01:58:00.000+11:00

Sare jahan se accha, hindustan hamara .....

Yesterday was Sunday, and i would say the only day of the week when its possible to listen to some indian music and listen to some indian cultural, traditional and moral discussions.
I tunned in as a regular listener in the morning and soon they telecasted a Akashvani pre recorded show from Delhi. The topic was very interesting and a bit funier to me, it was, The law of "Right to ask question".
Wow, golden day in the Indian constitution, I must say, that now allows every commom man to ask legitimate questions to the government. Yes, government. I m not making any fancy laws here, but its true. As every member of the parliment has the right to ask certain questions that he/she may not be happy about, is now passed on to the common public. It was put in order from october 2005. An organisation called "Parivartan", has played a major role in making this law reach the common man through various medium including conducting workshops. The recent 4 day workshop produced a staggering 2000 applications, full of different set of questions that will be put forward to the government. That's an acheivement, i must say. 2000 complaints ? in 4 days ..... from just one part of the country ? What if, when it reached every person of India and hopefully there will be a similar workshop on every corner, just as a voting centre during elections? God help government then ......
A very important aspect that the speaker put forward was that, according to him this will bring a lot of transperancy in the system, as the government will have to answer every bit if any individual is no happy the way he is treated. He also supported his judgement by the 2 most intresting cases he reviewed.
Case # 01 : A lady from a local village applied for "Ration card". As usual days, weeks and months passed away, but the ration card was not in her hand. She waited double the normal waiting period, ie: instead of 3 months, 6 months passed, when she thought of finally making some inquiry about the ration card. She went a few times to the government office, but as usual, deep pockets, just tossed her from table to table. Poor lady finally landed up in the NGO, "Parivartan". They were more than happy to listen to her and suggested her to ask a question to the government, as to what happened with her application. The lady put down a few questions, like she wanted to know the status of her application or the name of the officer that was handling her file and whom can she go and meet regarding this issue. Two days later a Food Inspector knocked her door with her ration card himself, saying "Your card was ready since so many days, you did not come to pick it up, so i thought of delivering it myself". Can u believe this ......
Case # 02 : Just after elections one common things that every elected minister does is to make new roads. One man in a building just next to the road, noticed a pot hole right in the middle of the road just after a couple of first rains. Vehicles started bumping in and traffic jams caused more than kois and runied the happiness of the nearby residence. This man, under the same law, asked who the contractor was that won the tender to build the roads and why is it in such a state. Was he not paid enough by the govenrmnet to make good roads that can atleast last a complete season? Its said that, even before he received any reply from the government or the contractor himself, the road was repaired overnight.Amazing, isint it?
But as the speaker said that this will bring transperancy in the system, the secracy oath would really be a question.Anyways, i just want to make a point her, ie: what if each one of us has a question to the govenrment, and if every question is answered in a similar fashion, will it not take india to a different level ??
What will that day be when these small but high priority jobs would be willingly done as a responsibility and not as a mere requirement of duty.......

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

2007-01-19T11:06:00.000+11:00

It was 1989, when my mom changed me from division C to division B as my class teacher was pregnant. So just that i dont have a mental study break in between the year, i was moved. I cried as i did not wanna seperate from my friends. But i thought who cared, but i was wrong, she only cared about my better.
Anyways, i was clubbed in with a few friends very quickly and some of us became very very good friends. We went to school together and came back together. Studied, played and fought as every other kid. I was in 2nd standard then. But my friends were my friends, and i was very proud of them.
Years went on and we went up higher and higher in grade. Started hanging out outside school, studies together, borrowed notebook when missed school, enjoyed school picnics etc etc. It was so nice to have all of them. But then in 1997, it was our SSC and soon we all realised that its time for us to bid good bye to a few forever. It was tough on everyone of us, as we were probably not prepared to take that challenege. We were still cushioned for each other, and emotions played a mjor part in everyones life. It showed how much we cared for each other, and how much we wanted to stay more in the same school. Together.
I had a few friends, but real good friends. Everyone enrolled in some or the other college for different streams and life changed suddenly. It was no more school. We could miss the lectures and still be ok. Life started playing its own turn now. It just reversed. Untill them life controlled us, but now on it felt as if we controlled life. Seriously, it was freedom.
I still made some new friends but my pool of school friends is still much stronger. We r in touch even today. Not many of us but really a few, and we meet regularly as much as we can.
Since in college, we kept in touch through phone calls and meetings as n when everyone was in town. Many of my friends went out of vasai for studies, but my best one was still there with me. And i made a few more best.
Life rolled and i finished graduation and then it was time to think and do something responsible. I found a well paid job and stuck to it for 3 years. It was such an amazing learning experience. I met so many big personalities of the market. Just amazing for a person of my calibre.After which i decided to think long term and came down to sydney for my further studies. Professional accounting was never going to be easy and away from house was just too much to handle in the beginnning. But life kept on teaching something new everyday and i just got used to this life very soon.
And today i m on the stage of just finishing my studies and i have started thinking of doing something responsible ahead. Many things, many responsibilities and many obligations. Life is all that we can take, and then i say to myself, "Bring em' on".
All this went so quickly with time, but all that kept it all together were my friends, very few, but my. I miss them just next to as much as i miss my family.
Many of my friends will be reading this and i m sure all this is related to our lives somehow. I m sure u ll try and find it and fix it.Just that i would like to mention a very small list of my friends .... but just scared that i might miss some .....

P.S : Above writing just was not on mind, but dont know y i just scribbled today. Pls understand ......

Happy New Year .... 2007

2007-01-05T18:27:00.000+11:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY .....

Have a prosperous and delightful new year.

May all your expectations be fulfilled as deserved and you have a safe year ahead.

Take care.

P.S : I know its a bit too late on the occassion but i hope u understand .....

Busy Busy ....

2006-12-22T12:30:00.000+11:00

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 ??

2006-11-27T16:53:00.000+11:00

(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 .........

2006-11-17T14:34:00.000+11:00

(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 ....

2006-11-03T12:26:00.000+11:00

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 ....

2006-10-21T17:38:00.000+10:00

!! Subha Dipawali !!

Have a happy and prosperous new year

Enjoy this occasion with safety and care.

Take care everybody ....

Coffee Cups ....

2006-10-14T18:25:00.000+10:00

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 ......

2006-09-29T16:31:00.000+10:00

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

2006-09-10T13:09:00.000+10:00

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 .....

2006-09-06T20:21:00.000+10:00

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

We will miss u .....

Life around Sydney ....

2006-09-01T13:23:00.000+10:00

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 ....

2006-08-29T12:46:00.000+10:00

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 ......

2006-08-06T01:15:00.000+10:00

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 ....

2006-07-17T01:12:00.000+10:00

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 .....

2006-07-09T02:50:00.000+10:00

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 ....

2006-07-09T02:47:00.000+10:00

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 .....

2006-07-09T02:33:00.000+10:00

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 .....

2006-07-06T21:24:00.000+10:00

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 .....

2006-07-06T01:19:00.000+10:00

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

2006-07-06T01:08:00.000+10:00

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