Scorpions!

Hey got info about scorpions… Was reading Linda Goodman’s Sun sign and it says that 95 % it happens that when a Scorpio is born , within a year ahead or earlier there is a death in his family and when a Scorpio dies there is a new baby born in the same family within a year.

It happened with me, I lost my grandfather that very same year , don’t know whether there would be some one new coming once I die…. Even I remember one of my frd Scorpio who lost her close relative that very same year. But another friend of mine hasn’t faced this ….

Even if this phenomenon is observed I could not find its significance!!
Anyone who is aware of it?

Blame it my inquisitive nature ..but need to figure it out!!

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Chakoli :)

Sixth Sense!!

The best part of today was that my sixth sense reacted so strongly.
There is one of my manager who sits in Chennai and I have never seen him, just heard him… . After my intital conversation only my mann ( I mean heart) said that he should be short heighted!! This was in my मन ( heart I mean), I never shared this with anyone!! Such a big secret!! ;-)

But today as we were talking about how people speak on phone , I informed my peers – he should be short heighted , this I feel due to his voice!!
And then I confirmed , with another guy who has seen him.

And it was yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee for me!!

Then , there was a another question… What would you say about Amitabh Bachan. Is he short or tall? Infact you could start a business, आवाज़ से जानिए अपनी Height!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… making fun of my sixth sense….

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Chakoli :)

Dont do it!!

My little nephew who is just 6 months and has started tasting delicacies is very choosy!!!

When we give him anything that is “edible” from our point of view he will analyze it , rotate it , view it from angles, toss it, box it (to see if its strong enough) , this usually takes about 3-4 minutes, then he’ll put it in his mouth . And if he didn’t liked it, he simply throws it.
But when anything non-edible comes to his hand, for eg : paper, wool,slippers,glass, magazine, remote, cellphone and the list could continue…it would go straight into his mouth!! And just few days back , he actually chewed paper.

Earlier I used to think, that as soon as we hear a “NO”, and we were tempted to do that, but what about a kid just 6 months old, who doesn’t understands anything!! Is it that by birth we have an inbuilt trait!!
If anyone who mediates, in the initial days we try to concentrate and “NOT” to think about any thing else, and this reminds us that we still need to get back 500 /- from one of our dear friend, kaam wali bai’ nahi aayi to you need to clean utensils, I still need to call my aunt who was ill…. And so on….
Just do it…

Close your eyes and DON’T imagine the pink elephant…

What you did?...

Then we can’t help it…..isnt…!!!

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Chakoli :)

Office!!

I m in new office …well office… I somehow disagree.. its fish market!!!
Trust me it is … and we are “fish sellers”… !!!! Screaming … shouting “take my fish…take my fish”…. Its delicious.. its tasty…yummy… its juicy… !!! and me being the leader !!!hahahahhaa….( I know that's a joke ;-))

Any how, few days its was really bad for me to get adjusted to this “market”… but now I have adjusted and a simple way to that is…” keep your ears closed”… and eyes wide open… and mouth even more widerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!

You guys might be wondering “which sector its is”?

Don’t worry , this is a modernized fish market with all ac rooms.. well equipped , provided with every luxury but job is same “ Fish”!!! This is telecomm account , with design , testing, release are given to different companies but all sit on one location . And luckily or unluckily I belong to testing… which is usually busy with finding bugs in design… which are not accepted by design team…and release is there to bridge the gap between the two… so overall Chaos!!!!

Whatever man…
paapi pet ke liye bahut kuch karma padta hain… aur abhi to recession hain !!!
Bando pe reham kar!!!Ameen!!!!


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Chakoli :)

New is Back!!

I m sitting in front of my comp , logged in to my blogger account and could not fathom what to write!!

There are so many things going in my mind… new office… new people… new work… new way… new vehicle….ahhhh…. !!!

In all this new… me “Old” is not able to fit in!!

Am I walking tooo slow… or people are too fast…

Whatever… I m happy with my pace!!!

Hopefully… not to get lost again..

Btw…How are you guys?

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Lyrics

Indian lyricist could come out with such analogies that’s its hard to imagine for a common man like me!!!

Sample these!!

वो जब नाखून कुतरती हैं
चंदा घटने लगता है ....


आपको देखा तो फूलों को पसीना आ गया !!!!
(टॉवेल दू क्या ?) :P

And there is this …

एक लड़की को देखा
तो ऐसा लगा......................................................
जैसे.....................................

With infinite numbers of comparison …

Yup, I could understand Govinda Special….

में तो रास्ते से जा रहा थामें तो भेलपुरी खा रहा था....


रामनारायण बाजा बजाता ...


तेरे बाप के घर से...

And many more…

But association of beauties ……. तौबा तौबा

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Chakoli :)

Earth Hour

A recent development which took place in Delhi…

I m not at all against this campaign, but somehow I’m not able to digest it.

Somehow, I think this type of campaign is for countries where there is 24 hr non-stop supply of electricity and the lifestyle is completely dependant on it. In India, where as soon as summer starts we face a “normal” batti gul(power cut) campaign . As soon as you return from office, you park your vehicle and power cut. Now you are climbing stairs and blaming. There is a favorite film scheduled on your favorite channel, and after finishing all your stuff you switch it on and there shuts off the power!!! The common man sweats, get frustrated and blames even more to the government.

Some lucky ones who earn quite decent use invertors and generators. But then we are burning more electricity to charge the inverter and second we are “emptying” petrol to run the generator. Remember that ad… kya saara petrol aap hi khatam kar denge? :P



Some constraints which are sure to come up with this “Monthly Earth Hour “campaign:

· Thieves could have a “good time “
· Pubs and shopping malls would still be using invertors and generators
· IT industry/ BPO sectors where people work 24 X 7 would be affected.


On a positive note,
· If it is implemented, of course the common man could “reschedule” and as “we Indians” are too adjusting in nature , There could be an adjustment for that one hour.
· We could tell to the world, you made it for 1 hour in a year and we are doing it on monthly basis.

I just noticed that in India, “batti gul" is the major problem faced by every individual now and then, if just for Delhi shutting down power they save up to 100 MW of power every month., how much power we save on daily basis.

Hats Off Indians and thanks to Electricity board!! :P

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Chakoli :)

Election Time and Manifesto

Check out this guys “LK Advani”

Highlights of the vision proposed by BJP :

• Multipurpose National Identity Card with unique Citizen Identification Number for every Indian citizen in 3 years
• 10 million students to get laptop computers at Rs 10,000
• All schools and colleges to have Internet-enabled education
• Digital Security Agency to be set up for cyber counter-terrorism

On a similar path are Congress :

• We will connect all villages to a broadband network in three years time

In India , the general non-IT public has a perception that IT is just related to own a laptop, access to whole lot of information(I read this somewhere that its just 10 % of world information available on web. ) , checking mails frequently , orkutting, making new friends , downloading music, films and many more things which are still not readily available to the common man.
Being an IT person I really thing among the task stated above, not a single one serves any purpose to anyone apart from timepass. We just keep on wasting our time while exploring from one site to another. We make a habit of checking mails ,every 1 minute “refresh” button is hit is by the user.
You ask a net-savvy guy and he’ll answer – yaar, I m online 24 hrs. So, people would be online/idle from office/home/wfh(work from home) but when you jam them, yaar busy with some urgent issue will talk to you later.
Whats the use of this “24 hour online” thing?
What the point I want to make here is that its good to concentrate on the technology and should appreciate if someone is working on it but as per the users need. It shouldn’t be a mandate and a status symbol that you need to have it.
Common man is looking for a secure place , not affected by bomb and drunken drivers . They are looking for easy solutions to there problems. Initiatives taken to build competencies and jobs should be more appropriate option then providing broadband and laptops. So wasting our own money … I don’t think so is needed.

Moreover, I wonder, when in a city like Pune I can’t get a stable high speed broadband connection , to get it in Villages that too in a period of 3 years. Would be surely tough!!!

Or is it just the promises to be made… how does it matter if they are executed or not !!!!

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Chakoli :)

Foodie Point :

Yesterday , in my canteen “Parle G” were missing and suddenly I felt tea so boring(that’s with a fact that I’m a tea addict ). Then at night I thought, how many things (concerned to food) are there which are just integral part of my life and I can’t live without them.

I’m very fussy when “food” is concerned. I just can’t eat “anything”. If the food is not per my desire I’m happy to stay hungry. But still “those hunger strikes” don’t reduce my weight. Boooboboboohoohuhohuhuhuhu….

Anyways coming back to my food love :

1. Parle G : I just love it. I remember when I was in London , I bought this 4 /- wala pack in 2 Pounds. Damn!!! But I love it. Btw, anyone who knows who's that child on parle-g pack?


2. Bournvita : That’s something which I love with chilled milk. You don’t get this “crunchy tasty” bournvita in London, there they have just the powdered one , so when I went for the second time , I carried a bournvita pack along with me . :D


3. Fig/Anjeer : That’s one dry fruit , I ‘m in love with and could munch any time irrespective of the fact that I m hungry or not.


4. Tea : That Red label Natural Care one, yup before it came into market I was bearing with plain red label. But this natural care is just amazing.

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Chakoli :)

Aloo Chaat

Yesterday , I went to a DVD’s shop near to my house, where you could also get “pirated” ones. Now, I can’t spend 150-250 bucks for a movie like Aloo Chaat!!! So, the best option is go for a pirated CD.

Now, as I asked him for a CD and verified how’s is the audio and video of this , his answer was – Madam yeh “original” ki copy hain !!!

I was impressed by his answer… Original ki COPY!!!!!

Whatever, yesterday I saw Aloo Chaat… and if I have to rate it it is still better then Delhi -6 and Dostana. Trust me. I know nobody would go out to watch Aftab shivdasani (He's a cute guy. isnt?)… and Kashish… but still movie is good. One character to watch out is “Chadami (Sanjay Mishra)”. He is real spice of the film. And moreover the message they are trying to convey is done in an appropriate manner and presented very well.

Btw who is this Varun Gandhi? And why is he making so much news?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Politics!!!!!



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Chakoli :)

Back Back...

Just woke up....

ये चिलमन से आई हैं रौशनी

या देखा हैं मैंने एक ख्वाब हसीन.........

कुछ अजीब सा इत्तेफाक हैं

कि आँखों के सामने हमारा वही हसीन खवाब हैं !!

Ghajini

Since last 2-3 weeks my desk is actually looking like this



Yup, sticky notes all over my desk. Thanks to my bad memory or may be growing age ;-)
Infact when housekeeping comes to clean up my desk, he always complains – Madame there is no place to clean at your desk!!!

Colleagues’ have given me a new name “Ghajini”




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Looking For Answers....

How many of you believe that your unconscious states and actions always give an indication to your problem or even direction to your goal?

Some how I believe it… there is no proof which I could give to you guys , how could I trust my action and were they beneficial ever and what logic I used to interpret them. But they do help mea lot for sure…

Infact a simple exercise when I started in school I used to follow and it did help…

Try this, when you are in library/bookstore. Think about a problem that concerns you. Close your eyes, and suggest silently to your Inner Guide that you are seeking advice. Ask it to help you learn what you need to know.

Now, wander freely through the aisles. Avoid noticing where you are; just trust your inner promptings to guide you. When you feel ready, pick up a book and open to a page. Read the entire page, and try to relate what is there to your problem. You may be surprised to find just what you needed. If the information doesn't seem related, pretend the message is in a code that you must decipher. Look for a subtle meaning.

Meaning is everywhere - literally at your fingertips - but you must seek it out.

Btw , check out this amazing catch guys :

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Chakoli :)

The Love Tide

Happy Valentines Day to all those committed
And
Happy Independence Day to all those single ;-)

Remember-every friend/one you love is just a call away,so pick up your phone and dial in.


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Chakoli :)

Bank and Beauties

Visiting the main branch of HSBC bank in Pune is simply like… Wowww… beauties all around. Don’t know if it’s a “local bank “as they keep saying in their advertisement but is for sure “the beauties bank”. Yup, its hard to digest for some “hippo” like me . ;-)

For a good time pass (tp), I would really recommend boys to go there, enter and very first step you are greeted by a young tall girl, she questions you – how she can help? And you could tell the sad part of your life ;-) . I mean to say that tell about the problem you are facing in your bank account, then sit on a sofa and wait for your turn, there would be a bowl full of mentos and alpenliebe, you could just pick one after another that too free of cost ;-).

Even if you miss your turn, no worries…. Keep waiting… waiting and waiting…. Until someone comes to you and ask – How she can help? Once your problem is solved or advised how it could be solved, then… then what…..

And then what… you are thrown out of the bank what do you expect after spending 2-3 hours and swallowing 20-30 mentos/alpenliebe…

HSBC..
The worlds beauties bank *…

* HSBC Main Branch, Pune ;-)

Btw, I'm in love with this song... traditional yet hip hop







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Chakoli :)

Anchors, Hosts, Presentors....

Do you remember how the shows were presented earlier?
Aap aur hum, Chitrahaar, news or even Scheduler (one who used to dictates what are the programs for today).

But now everything is moving, people are interested in LIVE, if you remember there would be news reader and behind that you could see all other crew working, someone chatting, someone walking with papers. The entire “moving" office looks catchier then those with white background and just one person presenting. (That’s the reason I guess I used to find DD NEWS boring, and how much I used to hate it as a child).

The other day I was watching MTV Wassup (another crap I know), but I liked the way they present it, if they have any question to any other VJ they'll simply shout and here that guy/gal would turn or jump from a cubicle answering you. Hahahahhaa... total maaaza....

I guess the reason that people enjoy it, as they connect well with you. We assume that everything is so systematic, perfect and may be not as our office but when we see it, it’s quite similar to one of our office I work and somehow we believe it.

But the main reason, I think is that now "Offices" workplaces are more attractive, with PC and technology, it looks more impressive. Earlier, the offices might be similar to what a "government office should look like". A table and a chair, pile of files, a tea class, one bade babu sitting and attending you. But even that was impressive so what if people worked manually....!!!



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Chakoli :)