Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Monday, October 15, 2007

Typical Sarkari Attitude

I have a strong premonition that the Sarkari Attitude shown by Sarkari Companies is the final death knell for these unfortunate souls.

E.g. have a look at www.licindia.com - Till yesterday, it was the official website of LIC of India. Today, suddenly it has transformed into a parked domain from www.networksolutions.com !

Why?

Because the domain expired - that's why!!! - Howzzat for an explanation?

I wonder if they can't even get their domain name renewed on time, how do they manage my investments!!! It gives me the jeepers to think of that!

Friday, October 12, 2007

The 15 Laws That Delhi Lives By

The 15 Laws That Delhi Lives By

1. The Other Side Law:
If my side of the road has a traffic jam, then I can start driving on the wrong side of the road, and all incoming cars will be rerouted via Meerut.

2. The Queue Nahin Rule:
If there is a queue of many people, no one will notice me sneaking into the front as long as I am looking the other way.

3. The Mind Over Matter Law:
If a red light is not working, four cars from different directions can easily pass through one another.

4. The Auto Axiom:
If I indicate which way I am going to turn my vehicle, it is an information security leak.

5. The In Spit Of Thing:
The more I lean out of my car or bus, and the harder I spit, the stronger the roads become.

6. The Cinema Hall Fact:
If I get a call on my mobile phone, the film automatically goes into pause mode.

7. The Brotherhood Law:
If I want to win an argument, I need only to repeatedly suggest that the other person has illicit relations with his sister.

8. The Baraat Right:
When I'm on the road to marriage, all the roads in the city belong to me. To ME.

9. The Heart Of Things:
If I open enough buttons on my shirt, the pretty girl at the bus stop can see through my maldeformed chest into the depths of my soul.

10. The Name Game:
It is very important for the driver behind me to memorise the nicknames of my children.

11. Parking Up The Wrong Tree:
When I double-park my car, the road automatically widens so that the traffic is not affected.

12. The Chill Bill Move:
When I park and block someone else's car I am giving him a chance to pause, relax, chill and take a few moments off from his rushed day.

13. The Ogling Stare
If you don't ogle and drool at every hot Chic that passes by, you're gay.

14. The Bus Karo Law:
If I stop my bus at the correct place near the bus stop, the city will explode and blow into 6 million pieces.

15. The VIP Rule:
There are only 7 important persons in this city-Me, I, Myself, Main, Mainu, Assi.

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

The life cycle of a project

Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing.
- Unknown

Monday, October 01, 2007

Hoodia

Hoodia!

A Muslim Astronaut's dilemma

How to pray in space facing the Mecca correctly? That's the dilemma! Have a look at some solutions. Personally I agree with Dr Kamal Abdali's word.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Assorted Quotes

Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.
- L.A. Safian

Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee later than others.
- Frank McKinney Hubbard

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
- Wendell Johnson

Don't think open and close are antonyms. After all, a person is the most open to the person he is most close to.
-Anonymous

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
- Voltaire

I've got a wonderful doctor. If you can't afford the operation, he touches up the X-rays.
- Henny Youngman

I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me.
-Anonymous

Monday, August 06, 2007

What If They Had The Internet In Shakespeare's Day?

What If They Had The Internet In Shakespeare's Day?
(Author Unknown)

"To be, or not to be - that is the question - whether 'tis nobler
in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous spam or
to take arms against a sea of unwanted emails, and by opposing,
delete them?"
(Hamlet; Act 3, Scene 1)

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, but most are stuck
with Windows."
(Twelfth Night; Act 3, Scene 4)

"All the world's a web, and all the men and women merely users.
They have their sign-ons and log-offs, and one man in his time
visits many sites."
(As You Like It; Act 2, Scene 7)

"O happy Firewire plug! This is thy socket; there connect, and
let my data transfer."
(Romeo and Juliet; Act 5, Scene 3)

"He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which
enriches him and makes me poor indeed. Therefore shalt thou
encrypt all thine passwords."
(Othello; Act 3, Scene 3)

"What's in a name? That which we call a virus by any other name
would still wipe a hard drive."
(Romeo and Juliet; Act 2, Scene 2)

"Pop-ups die many times before their deaths; an unsaved document
but once."
(Julius Caesar; Act 2, Scene 2)

"The man that hath no music in himself hath not yet learned how
to use iTunes."
(The Merchant of Venice; Act 5, Scene 1)

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Profound!

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.

~Sidney Howard~

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Valley of flowers - on a budget

Budget traveller for valley of flowers? Nuff Zed!!

The 17 words that will never fail you

The 17 words that will never fail you:

Prepare
Care
Believe
Forgive
Change
Risk
Choose
Relax
Listen
Pray
Persist
Smile
Focus
Act
Trust
Accept
Wait

Free Time?

"No one ever told me what to do with free time."

She was telling me about her work schedule. She had started a new job, it was seasonal but she would be paid for the entire year. She would have a few months off.

No, she wasn't a teacher. She was a tour guide in Barcelona, Spain.

The statement and ensuing question intrigued me, for I had no immediate answer but it started me to thinking. I knew it was one of those questions where the real answer shaped a lifetime of thought and behavior.

"What would I do if I had several months of free time?"

So many of us don't even have the free time to even think of what we would do with a lot free time. Some would say they would simply get another job with the gift of free time.

What would you do?

You hadn't thought about it either huh?

Time is a finite resource, just as money is. What we do with a little is often reflective of what we would do with a lot. How we handle what we have now determines the spirit and style in which we would handle much more.

So what would you do?

"I don't have time to think about that! Inspire me, don't ask me silly questions!" some would say.

I give you sixty seconds.

Huh?

If I write another page or so and you read it, it will take you sixty seconds, so I won't write it.

I give you that sixty seconds right now as free time.

Now, what are you going to do with it?

~A MountainWings Original~