Thursday, November 27, 2008
cell phones
sometimes I wish, we had cell phone culture when we were in college...so many amazing moments could have been captured.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
constructive ego
While reading a friends blog recently, I encountered this term constructive ego (CE). I must admit, I have been fascinated by this term since. My friend recommended that you should have a healthy dose of it. I used to refer to this friend as a "snob" quite often back in the days and so followed a chain of thoughts and I ended up thinking that what is ghamandi (snob) for me is maybe constructive ego (CE) for him. But the more I pondered, and did introspection to find out where my constructive ego is, the more it got clear that snob is completely different from CE and I probably suffer from a deficiency of CE.
The second reason chain of thought is, if I am right about this concept, why do I lack it? I seem to lack it more in my personal life rather than professional life. I could identify scenarios form my professional life where this constructive ego helped me withstand pressures and present my ideas effectively. But in personal life, I could not think of any scenarios where I could identify me using this CE to put forward my ideas or points. The lack of it always makes me go through pain and suffering. Some of my close friends all seem to have it including my wife. From all this introspection, I think constructive ego is a good thing to possess and in the times we live it helps us all to deal with life.
The second reason chain of thought is, if I am right about this concept, why do I lack it? I seem to lack it more in my personal life rather than professional life. I could identify scenarios form my professional life where this constructive ego helped me withstand pressures and present my ideas effectively. But in personal life, I could not think of any scenarios where I could identify me using this CE to put forward my ideas or points. The lack of it always makes me go through pain and suffering. Some of my close friends all seem to have it including my wife. From all this introspection, I think constructive ego is a good thing to possess and in the times we live it helps us all to deal with life.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
James Bond
So i went to see James Bond and sadly they spoke very fast english. I did not follow half of what everyone was saying..
that will be all
that will be all
Sunday, November 09, 2008
I salute
Every single paraolympian ever to take part in the Olympics against all odds. There is nothing I can write in this blog that can reflect what I just saw and felt. All I have is mad respect for these brave atheletes.
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Dasvidaniya and Oye Lucky Oye
Both albums are very nice and capture their markets.
Dasvidaniya: is all about heart felt songs and my personal favorite is "Mumma", a sweet song about ma. I would rate this album a **** and recommend a buy rating. The music is by Kailash Kher (not 100% sure).
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye: is all about Harpreet Singh :) The songs have the same masti that I would associate with Harpreet of good old IIT days. The lyrics are sharp and funny at many places. There is a Rajasthani number which is something I have never heard in a bollywood movie and for sure punjabi "folk" is making its way into mainstream bollywood. Songs like Jugni will rock the clubs for months to come. I would rate this album **** and recommend a buy rating.
Dasvidaniya: is all about heart felt songs and my personal favorite is "Mumma", a sweet song about ma. I would rate this album a **** and recommend a buy rating. The music is by Kailash Kher (not 100% sure).
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye: is all about Harpreet Singh :) The songs have the same masti that I would associate with Harpreet of good old IIT days. The lyrics are sharp and funny at many places. There is a Rajasthani number which is something I have never heard in a bollywood movie and for sure punjabi "folk" is making its way into mainstream bollywood. Songs like Jugni will rock the clubs for months to come. I would rate this album **** and recommend a buy rating.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Adsense does not makes much sense
I added adsense after both Topi and Parle added it to their respective blogs but somehow this whole adsense thingi does not makes much sense. It is perhaps the only google application I have come across as not so user friendly.
I still get the message my account needs verification when I have a account verfied confirmation email in my inbox...well...I got to love the tags for this blog.
I still get the message my account needs verification when I have a account verfied confirmation email in my inbox...well...I got to love the tags for this blog.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
what is love?
It takes a moment to fall in love but it takes a life to understand what love is....
I can hear Sathe saying... "Dude that is so gay, I can't believe you actually wrote that on your blog" and Abhi and Manav laughing.
Manav soon turns back and says...."*&626&%^od sab &^%$^&yaap hain"
I can hear Sathe saying... "Dude that is so gay, I can't believe you actually wrote that on your blog" and Abhi and Manav laughing.
Manav soon turns back and says...."*&626&%^od sab &^%$^&yaap hain"
Friday, October 10, 2008
Images from Gaffar Market
I clicked these while visiting Gaffar market during my recent trip to India in March 2008. I had visited Gaffar Market at least four to five times during my trip. My sympathies with all those who lost dear ones.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
bata by choice
The company whose manufactured shoes were worn by yours truly from class H.K.G to class XII lost its founder recently. We lost Mr. Thomas Bata, the czech born founder of Bata Shoe Company. It is funny that all this while I thought Bata is an Indian compamy. Another benefit of reading newspaper.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
what i miss the most
What I miss the most
1) Go to sabji mundi on my Hero Ranger with a 20Rs note and get onions, tomatoes, dhania, mirchi, bread and eggs for Mummy.
2) Play in my gali with all my friends shunty, antriksh, sonal and raja. Maybe even badminton under street light on warm summer nights.
3) Cricket bet match with Amjad and his team. I still remember the key players in my team Nangia, Varun, Sonal, Shunty, Lokwani, Raja and Sambhav.
4) Stay up late with all my cousins (vicky, mini-di, gagan, deepa) making rooh-afza golas and sleeping on the chatt gazing at the stars.
5) Take a walk with Harpal Chacha to the paan shop at night and maybe have a softy at Jai Shiv Bakery.
6) Celebrate Diwali... bursting crackers and playing with the snake boxes :)
7) Enjoy the monsoon of all the things....get wet in the rain...kill the tiddies which come after the rains.
8) Eat kachoris at Sidharth Misthaan Bhandaar.
9) Sit behind Anant on his Hero Puch and check out Kota.
1) Go to sabji mundi on my Hero Ranger with a 20Rs note and get onions, tomatoes, dhania, mirchi, bread and eggs for Mummy.
2) Play in my gali with all my friends shunty, antriksh, sonal and raja. Maybe even badminton under street light on warm summer nights.
3) Cricket bet match with Amjad and his team. I still remember the key players in my team Nangia, Varun, Sonal, Shunty, Lokwani, Raja and Sambhav.
4) Stay up late with all my cousins (vicky, mini-di, gagan, deepa) making rooh-afza golas and sleeping on the chatt gazing at the stars.
5) Take a walk with Harpal Chacha to the paan shop at night and maybe have a softy at Jai Shiv Bakery.
6) Celebrate Diwali... bursting crackers and playing with the snake boxes :)
7) Enjoy the monsoon of all the things....get wet in the rain...kill the tiddies which come after the rains.
8) Eat kachoris at Sidharth Misthaan Bhandaar.
9) Sit behind Anant on his Hero Puch and check out Kota.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Sikh image in Bollywood
The Happy-go-Lucky or maybe Always Happy - Always Lucky and loads of Dhucky sikh image might be getting a facelift in bollywood with Singh is King. It is strangely cute to see a guy in Pug and beard (semi-automatic) romancing with Katrina (feels good :p)
see this video and take a look..."teri ore"
PS: I lot of purists will not like this post and I know it.
see this video and take a look..."teri ore"
PS: I lot of purists will not like this post and I know it.
Car maintenance
I have always felt there should be a resource to tell me how much any maintenance job on my car should cost. Moreover, the feeling that someone is trying to rip me off is so obnoxious that it stresses me out tremendously. Recently, when trying to get my rear brake pads and rotors replaced, I went through this traumatizing experience. I was quoted prices from $350 to $1100 for pretty much the same job (and more) so you can imagine the "someone trying to rip me off feeling" I was talking about.
I googled, yelped and forumed pretty much did everything to feel confident with my approach but in the end gave up and left the car at the Nissan Stealership. Recently I found a new pretty cool website that gives people like me the much needed information and honest price estimates. The website is called RepairPal and I would like to thank the creators. It provides you information on the statistics of how much any service job on your vehicle should cost you. For example, for the brake job I had paid $450 and I was not disappointed to see it as the average amount for that job. Interestingly, the lowest price that I was quoted for the job is also the lowest price according to the website. It is funny how I covered +/- 3 sigma by just making a 10-15 calls, scary isn't it.
I googled, yelped and forumed pretty much did everything to feel confident with my approach but in the end gave up and left the car at the Nissan Stealership. Recently I found a new pretty cool website that gives people like me the much needed information and honest price estimates. The website is called RepairPal and I would like to thank the creators. It provides you information on the statistics of how much any service job on your vehicle should cost you. For example, for the brake job I had paid $450 and I was not disappointed to see it as the average amount for that job. Interestingly, the lowest price that I was quoted for the job is also the lowest price according to the website. It is funny how I covered +/- 3 sigma by just making a 10-15 calls, scary isn't it.
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