The modern day Santa Claus appears so because........ click below
http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/cokelore_santa.html
Monday, December 24, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Time and Change
There used to be a time when neither me nor my friends had mobile phones, two or four wheelers, very little cash but then we would meet often, catch up with each other, sit and talk, listen, share..!!
Now pretty much after a decade or so my friends and me have quite a bit of money in our hands, mobile phones, two and four wheelers, BUT BUT BUT.............we DONT meet often, we DONT catch up with each other, we DONT sit and talk, DONT listen, we DONT care........ (though me have generalised this, this post is keeping in mind a specific set of people and not all).
What happened ???? Time changed or people changed......OR did I change ???
Now pretty much after a decade or so my friends and me have quite a bit of money in our hands, mobile phones, two and four wheelers, BUT BUT BUT.............we DONT meet often, we DONT catch up with each other, we DONT sit and talk, DONT listen, we DONT care........ (though me have generalised this, this post is keeping in mind a specific set of people and not all).
What happened ???? Time changed or people changed......OR did I change ???
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Movie.......eeeeeeeeee
Ha, at last even me write abt movies. Me hardly watch 2 or 3 movies in a year. Think this is the third movie which i watched this year, rather 4th.... started with Mungaru Male, then Guru, Cheeni Kum and now Krishna.
Wanted to watch the movie 'Milana' (which friends claim is a remake of Hum Dil Dechuke Sanam). However, as the only two options on sunday morning were "Aa Dinagalu" (which is a very good movie) and Krishna.
With a heavy heart bought tickets for this movie Krishna and went into Pramod theatre and to my dismay find that both the seats are in bad shape ... didnt feel like sitting. However had to settle down and once the movie started, it was fine.
The movie, me should say should go onto become a big hit atleast 50 days. Its a nice movie, can say 3.5 out of 5. The movie has a very simple story line interspersed with decent comedy and some not so good songs. Go out and watch this movie, value for money.
Again in this movie too, the director or makeup-man/wardrobe guy thinks that dressing this actor Ganesh in jazzy american looking hippy style clothes makes him look cool??? They surely seem to be out of their minds,in every damn movie they try to dress him up with those jazzy looking t-shirts, one cap, goggles, hat and bright colored trousers????? Why whats wrong with these people ? This actor looks good in any normal clothes, put them on boy.
Wanted to watch the movie 'Milana' (which friends claim is a remake of Hum Dil Dechuke Sanam). However, as the only two options on sunday morning were "Aa Dinagalu" (which is a very good movie) and Krishna.
With a heavy heart bought tickets for this movie Krishna and went into Pramod theatre and to my dismay find that both the seats are in bad shape ... didnt feel like sitting. However had to settle down and once the movie started, it was fine.
The movie, me should say should go onto become a big hit atleast 50 days. Its a nice movie, can say 3.5 out of 5. The movie has a very simple story line interspersed with decent comedy and some not so good songs. Go out and watch this movie, value for money.
Again in this movie too, the director or makeup-man/wardrobe guy thinks that dressing this actor Ganesh in jazzy american looking hippy style clothes makes him look cool??? They surely seem to be out of their minds,in every damn movie they try to dress him up with those jazzy looking t-shirts, one cap, goggles, hat and bright colored trousers????? Why whats wrong with these people ? This actor looks good in any normal clothes, put them on boy.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
20 - 20
So the media makes us believe everyone in this country is gung-ho about 20-20???
These TV guys have no news to report these days, hence its cricket for more than 1 week. And why are these guys going ga-ga over just one win ??? These guys won one chota mota cup, and there is victory parade for 30 kms ??? What the xxxx ? Just imagine the plight of office goers in Mumbai.
Even me watched the final match. At times felt it was match fixing. But on the other side, isn't it diffcult to convince so many players to keep their mouth shut in case of match fixing ?? How do they do it ? If there is match fixing, surely there'll be one guy or the other waiting to disclose this to the media and make money.
And whats up with these CMs ?????? Whose father what goes, seems to be the order of the day. 5 lakh for each player announced by each CM in their respective states. What for?? These guys did not go to the moon and come back ? These very guys were booed at just 6 months ago when they exited the cricket world cup in the very first round??? Where were you Mr. CM then ? Thinking of filing one RTI appplication for these freebies being handed out to players for nothing.
There were hardly anyone at the Airport to receive these players and now all of a sudden, just bcoz of a victory look how many are out there?
Just reminds me of
"In prosperity your friends know you, in adversity you know your friends"
On the other side, there are floods in various parts of south India, Bihar, North east and these media guys just dont report a single piece of news. They just report of water loggin in Kolkotta?? Which is man made.
On this regular flooding, me think that these areas which get flooded annually are the areas where rain water or excess water flows naturally. Inspite of knowing this if people grow crops and settle in this basin area, its obvious that they will lose their crop and shelter when it floods. Why doesnt the government warn these people in advance ? They spend crores of rupees on these weather dept, forecasting, ISRO, what not ??
These TV guys have no news to report these days, hence its cricket for more than 1 week. And why are these guys going ga-ga over just one win ??? These guys won one chota mota cup, and there is victory parade for 30 kms ??? What the xxxx ? Just imagine the plight of office goers in Mumbai.
Even me watched the final match. At times felt it was match fixing. But on the other side, isn't it diffcult to convince so many players to keep their mouth shut in case of match fixing ?? How do they do it ? If there is match fixing, surely there'll be one guy or the other waiting to disclose this to the media and make money.
And whats up with these CMs ?????? Whose father what goes, seems to be the order of the day. 5 lakh for each player announced by each CM in their respective states. What for?? These guys did not go to the moon and come back ? These very guys were booed at just 6 months ago when they exited the cricket world cup in the very first round??? Where were you Mr. CM then ? Thinking of filing one RTI appplication for these freebies being handed out to players for nothing.
There were hardly anyone at the Airport to receive these players and now all of a sudden, just bcoz of a victory look how many are out there?
Just reminds me of
"In prosperity your friends know you, in adversity you know your friends"
On the other side, there are floods in various parts of south India, Bihar, North east and these media guys just dont report a single piece of news. They just report of water loggin in Kolkotta?? Which is man made.
On this regular flooding, me think that these areas which get flooded annually are the areas where rain water or excess water flows naturally. Inspite of knowing this if people grow crops and settle in this basin area, its obvious that they will lose their crop and shelter when it floods. Why doesnt the government warn these people in advance ? They spend crores of rupees on these weather dept, forecasting, ISRO, what not ??
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
IT Return
July 31st being the last date for filing IT returns, me waited till the last date. In the past a good friend of mine used to file my IT returns. However this time, He aint free and me decided its time me take the bull by the horn (no animal dead or alive was intended to be hurt from this). Me decided let me file my own IT return standing in the serpentine queue at the IT office.My friend had helped me by providing the relevant forms (ITR-1 and acknowledgement form, just 2 of them). Filled up the same with great ease as most of the info was available on the form 16 provided by the employer.
On 31st, me went to the IT office near Queens road to play it out. Went there early only to find that the counter would open at 10 am. However, in the meanwhile found some people standing in queues. Upon investigation found that they were standing her for getting their PAN number verified (waived for those who bring along their PAN card or a copy of the same). This got over in around 15 mins, though me shuffled between queues to stand in that queue which will take me the shortest possible time. Once done, went over to the 4th floor of the building only to find that the lift in that building runs only upto 3rd floor (how strange). Then to my amazement found a really big serpentine queue. However just sat there on the cozy sofa in the reception. Once the counter opened, me found again the queue which was the shortest, only 3 were in front of me. Got the acknowledgement within minutes and me was off to office in a jiffy. Really felt happy as earlier me had thought that this would take atleast 2-4 hours and ruin my first half of the day. In the process felt happy and saved around 250 bucks which would have otherwise been paid to some accountant or middlemen.
4 simple steps to file IT return
1. Download relevant form (ITR-1 and acknowledgement form, just 2 of them) from the internet
IT Return forms are available at this link
http://www.incometaxbangalore.org/forms/forms.htm
Estimated time : Max 10 minutes
2. Fill up the forms with the help of form 16 provided by the employer (all details required to fill up the IT form will be there in the form 16.
Estimated time : 10 mins
3. Go to the IT department office and stand in the queue for
a. Getting the PAN number verified (waived for those who bring along their PAN card or a copy of the same)
Estimated time : 15-20 mins
b. Filing the return (i.e. Get the form duly stamped and acknowledged by the IT dept)
Estimated time : 10-15 mins
Total effort = 50-60 minutes only + some travel time to the IT office
P.S: A few years ago, one of my friend's brother told me that the term "IT return" is called so, bcoz we salaried employees would have already paid tax in the form of TDS and now when we file the return, the dept (of all people) would return us the excess, hence IT Return!!!! LOL. Poor chap is a non-commerce graduate.
On 31st, me went to the IT office near Queens road to play it out. Went there early only to find that the counter would open at 10 am. However, in the meanwhile found some people standing in queues. Upon investigation found that they were standing her for getting their PAN number verified (waived for those who bring along their PAN card or a copy of the same). This got over in around 15 mins, though me shuffled between queues to stand in that queue which will take me the shortest possible time. Once done, went over to the 4th floor of the building only to find that the lift in that building runs only upto 3rd floor (how strange). Then to my amazement found a really big serpentine queue. However just sat there on the cozy sofa in the reception. Once the counter opened, me found again the queue which was the shortest, only 3 were in front of me. Got the acknowledgement within minutes and me was off to office in a jiffy. Really felt happy as earlier me had thought that this would take atleast 2-4 hours and ruin my first half of the day. In the process felt happy and saved around 250 bucks which would have otherwise been paid to some accountant or middlemen.
4 simple steps to file IT return
1. Download relevant form (ITR-1 and acknowledgement form, just 2 of them) from the internet
IT Return forms are available at this link
http://www.incometaxbangalore.org/forms/forms.htm
Estimated time : Max 10 minutes
2. Fill up the forms with the help of form 16 provided by the employer (all details required to fill up the IT form will be there in the form 16.
Estimated time : 10 mins
3. Go to the IT department office and stand in the queue for
a. Getting the PAN number verified (waived for those who bring along their PAN card or a copy of the same)
Estimated time : 15-20 mins
b. Filing the return (i.e. Get the form duly stamped and acknowledged by the IT dept)
Estimated time : 10-15 mins
Total effort = 50-60 minutes only + some travel time to the IT office
P.S: A few years ago, one of my friend's brother told me that the term "IT return" is called so, bcoz we salaried employees would have already paid tax in the form of TDS and now when we file the return, the dept (of all people) would return us the excess, hence IT Return!!!! LOL. Poor chap is a non-commerce graduate.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Mileage
Hmmm.. car, LPG, low mileage, me think, how to improve.
My car (Wagon R Duo) is yielding a mileage of around 11 km per litre of LPG in the city. On the highway depending on the length of the tour yields around 13 to 14.5 km per litre of LPG. Is there any other way of making this car yield a bit more per litre. The price of LPG has been fluctuating since last Oct as me have seen it. Its now back to last Oct levels. Mostly will increase in the near future as all oil prices go up.
Reliance petro..... are u guys listening....pump out all the gas from the KG basin and deliver it at the pumps at lower prices
My car (Wagon R Duo) is yielding a mileage of around 11 km per litre of LPG in the city. On the highway depending on the length of the tour yields around 13 to 14.5 km per litre of LPG. Is there any other way of making this car yield a bit more per litre. The price of LPG has been fluctuating since last Oct as me have seen it. Its now back to last Oct levels. Mostly will increase in the near future as all oil prices go up.
Reliance petro..... are u guys listening....pump out all the gas from the KG basin and deliver it at the pumps at lower prices
Hmmm...
Hm....long time no post me...???
Its been 2 months since me got married. The feeling is nice. But nothing soooo exciting to talk about. Not to be taken in the other sense. This is my sincere opinion...Wife has been so good to me. She is getting adjusted slowly, will take more time though. The best part my parents are getting very well adjusted to wife.
At work, its just really really boring........... :-((
Nothing much to do, its tooooo boring here sitting at the top as a project manager, wonder what the previous guy used to do ??
Nothing much happening overall, getting a bit frustrated. At times feel that me not in control of things. Is it time for a job change .................
Its been 2 months since me got married. The feeling is nice. But nothing soooo exciting to talk about. Not to be taken in the other sense. This is my sincere opinion...Wife has been so good to me. She is getting adjusted slowly, will take more time though. The best part my parents are getting very well adjusted to wife.
At work, its just really really boring........... :-((
Nothing much to do, its tooooo boring here sitting at the top as a project manager, wonder what the previous guy used to do ??
Nothing much happening overall, getting a bit frustrated. At times feel that me not in control of things. Is it time for a job change .................
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Hothhon se......
Currently i am singing this song............................ ;-)
Hothhon se chhu lo tum meraa geet amar kar do,
ban jaao meet mere, meri preet amar kar do.
Na umr kee seemaa ho, naa janmon kaa ho bandhan
jab pyaar kare koi to dekhe kewal maan,
nayee reet chalaakar tum ye reet amar kar do
Aakaash kaa sunapan mere tanaha man me,
paayal zanakaatee tum aa jaao jeewan me
saanse dekar apani sangeet amar kar do.
sangeet amar kar do mera geet amar kar do.
Jag ne chhinaa muz se, muze jo bhee lagaa pyaaraa
sab jeetaa kiye muz se, main har pal hee haaraa
tum haar ke dil apanaa, meree jeet amar kar do
Hothhon se chhu lo tum meraa geet amar kar do,
ban jaao meet mere, meri preet amar kar do.
Na umr kee seemaa ho, naa janmon kaa ho bandhan
jab pyaar kare koi to dekhe kewal maan,
nayee reet chalaakar tum ye reet amar kar do
Aakaash kaa sunapan mere tanaha man me,
paayal zanakaatee tum aa jaao jeewan me
saanse dekar apani sangeet amar kar do.
sangeet amar kar do mera geet amar kar do.
Jag ne chhinaa muz se, muze jo bhee lagaa pyaaraa
sab jeetaa kiye muz se, main har pal hee haaraa
tum haar ke dil apanaa, meree jeet amar kar do
Friday, January 19, 2007
Travel India..
Discvery Channel and India programs especially those travel India ones!
Me very interested in viewing those programs on discovery, travel & living and NGC where they show us around places in India. They infact show us many things which people like me never knew it existed. Its nice to watch these programs and learn about my country.But the problem is these programs are produced by foreigners. A stage has come where the foreigners are more interested about India and they show us (read Indians) about India. You might say, there are other shows on other channels which show us around India. But really compare the two and tell me which program is better. The one produced by Indians or foreigners? Its high time we knew more about our country and produced more programs which showcase the culture and diversity of our country to the world.
Me feel very ashamed when me see these programs on TV. Why dont i start producing these?
Me very interested in viewing those programs on discovery, travel & living and NGC where they show us around places in India. They infact show us many things which people like me never knew it existed. Its nice to watch these programs and learn about my country.But the problem is these programs are produced by foreigners. A stage has come where the foreigners are more interested about India and they show us (read Indians) about India. You might say, there are other shows on other channels which show us around India. But really compare the two and tell me which program is better. The one produced by Indians or foreigners? Its high time we knew more about our country and produced more programs which showcase the culture and diversity of our country to the world.
Me feel very ashamed when me see these programs on TV. Why dont i start producing these?
'Isms.....
Capitalistic economy vs Communist economy
Pretty much everyone knows the definitions of the 2 terms mentioned above. As far as me concerned, and that too at this point in time these 2 Isms are applicable in a different context. They are as follows:
a. Capitalism means = its free enterprise - you are free to do what you want (though some restrictions, like those from parents, friends, colleagues exist). You are a free bird (read before marriage and you are a bachelor).
b. Communism means = Every damn thing is rationed! You can eat only some much of a particular item, you can go out with you friends only for a few hours, you can go here, but not there! Every damn thing gets rationed (think of the USSR!)
Now you know what me am talking about.
Pretty much everyone knows the definitions of the 2 terms mentioned above. As far as me concerned, and that too at this point in time these 2 Isms are applicable in a different context. They are as follows:
a. Capitalism means = its free enterprise - you are free to do what you want (though some restrictions, like those from parents, friends, colleagues exist). You are a free bird (read before marriage and you are a bachelor).
b. Communism means = Every damn thing is rationed! You can eat only some much of a particular item, you can go out with you friends only for a few hours, you can go here, but not there! Every damn thing gets rationed (think of the USSR!)
Now you know what me am talking about.
Friday, January 12, 2007
DO IT ANYWAY
Around 7 years ago, me had found this on a wall hanging at my friend's house. This one had quotes from the BhagavadGita.
Me wrote this down on a piece of paper and kept carrying it all around. Infact, it appealed to me so much during that time that me even practised this for quite a while. Later realised, hey, this is infact my typical behaviour, this ain't something which me need to follow, instead me have been doing this from a long long time (though maybe not in toto). Me have put up this here with a purpose, hope the purpose is served!
DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable, illogical,
And self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you
Of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
False friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank;
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
(infact, the above quote is slightly different from the one which is there in the BhagavadGita. Will try to put up the original stuff sometime next week).
Me wrote this down on a piece of paper and kept carrying it all around. Infact, it appealed to me so much during that time that me even practised this for quite a while. Later realised, hey, this is infact my typical behaviour, this ain't something which me need to follow, instead me have been doing this from a long long time (though maybe not in toto). Me have put up this here with a purpose, hope the purpose is served!
DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable, illogical,
And self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you
Of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
False friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank;
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
(infact, the above quote is slightly different from the one which is there in the BhagavadGita. Will try to put up the original stuff sometime next week).
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Calvin & Hobbes.... in Kannada!!!!!
For all those guys and gals who love Calvin & Hobbes, it now available in Kannada at this wonderful blog!! he, he,......
Check this out.
http://kannadacartoons.blogspot.com
Check this out.
http://kannadacartoons.blogspot.com
Autogas
Me was pretty surprised after reading this item in Wikipedia and also some at howstuffworks.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogas
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/lpg.htm
Hey, this technology existed since 1970s and the car manufacturers in India took so long to introduce this in India????? On top of this we just have one or two car models running on LPG in India.
Come'on guys put more of these on the road and save
1. our planet
2. our country's oil bill (it'll surely reduce the total outflow)
3. running costs for consumers (like me!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogas
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/lpg.htm
Hey, this technology existed since 1970s and the car manufacturers in India took so long to introduce this in India????? On top of this we just have one or two car models running on LPG in India.
Come'on guys put more of these on the road and save
1. our planet
2. our country's oil bill (it'll surely reduce the total outflow)
3. running costs for consumers (like me!)
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