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How can you stay Mad - 2

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How can you stay mad at this guy ? This is the second post in the Series of Kitty Cuteness and what Humans can do as a result. The first can be found here: How can you stay Mad - 1 P.S . I know this sort of humour is not for everyone. Buttt.. Mehh... The Honey Badger doesn't care THIS IS COSMIC BLASTING OFF !!!!!!!!

In-Email(Flight) Passenger Announcements

Email, A very simple mode of communication. One which I use everyday, and once when I start typing something, without any thoughts or plan , Such Emails can go Haywire. This post is dedicated to my friend , who after getting the below email first thing in the morning, Did not murder me ( Yet ) I am copying the mail as such without any edits Good Morning < Name Hidden for confidentiality > Welcome to another new day in your life.  Please fasten your seat belt, Tray table band kar le, and khidki khuli rakhey... Seat Belt: Us se kya hoga ? Seat belt baandhney se aap ek hi jagah pe rahengey.. and life mein kisi bhi goal ke baare mein focussed rehna bahut zaroori hai.... Tray table: Us se kya hoga ? Tray table band karne se aap apney life ki choti choti luxuries ka tyaag kar rahe hai..But agar aapko life mein kahin pahuchna hai ( in this case your flight destination ) aapko tyaag karna bahut zaroori hai .. Khidki Khuli: Us se kya hoga ? Khidki khuli rakhney ...

I crave for Mediocrity

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Mediocre  Ordinary  Unexceptional  Typical Some of the classifications which we all want to break free of. Everyone wants to make their mark in this world. To stand out from the crowd. To Boldly go where No Man/Woman has gone before. I have a friend who inspires me to think differently.  Her daily struggle is to be Ordinary, not to stand out from the crowd. She craves to be one of the millions of faces who you forget as soon as you see them. She desires no special attention. She wants to be just one of the Gang. Honouring her wishes, I will not share her profile or her blog link here, as I would be then doing the exact opposite of what she wants. She is an Autistic and an ORDINARY human being. You know who you are. P.S. : Just a humble request to all. Treat everyone as your equal and as Bill and Ted said: Be Excellent to each other . THIS IS COSMIC BLASTING OFF !!!!!!!!

Whatever comes the Easiest

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As usual , his SPAM Folder was full of offers where people from Africa and Oil Rich Countries were ready to transfer all their fortune to him. He had again won about 2346 different lotteries. And he also had many lucrative job offers from companies in different countries and all he had to do was transfer 100$ to them for paper processing. But then one such SPAM mail caught his attention, It wasn’t so different from the others in the folder. Nor did it have the single shred of authencity about it. But the name of the Company in the Subject line caught his fancy.  ( The Spammer of-course had no connection to the company what-so-ever ) It was the same Company which he had admired since his days in the University.  The same company which he aspired to work with since the day he had touched the wonderful and magical machine. But then, he knew that he won’t do anything about it. He had always been taking the easy way out. Instead of chasing behind his dr...

Google+ Photowalk Sydney

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Well today is the big day for all of us here in Sydney Australia we have our first ever Google+ photo walk hosted by Michael Sutton  , Gretchen Chappelle and Giuseppe Basile and supported by Lockey McGrath from Google and many more Google employees. As of the time of creating this post we have 144 people registered for the walk. We will be walking from the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park http://goo.gl/XvOj2 making our way down to Circular Quay then up to Observatory Hill where Google will be putting on drinks for everyone. During the walk today we will be visiting a few of the Art and About exhibits more can be found about them at http://www.artandabout.com.au/ and for the iPhone users coming yes there is an App for that at http://goo.gl/Q5D3m . The QR Code attached is the route we plan on taking today. Scan the code --> Click View when the page opens --> Open the file in Google Earth/Maps RSVP RSVP by filling out this form here ---> http://goo.gl...

If it can be Googled, don't ask me

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For anyone who comes to me with Stupid Questions. I have the following: Rule of thumb: If it can be Googled, don't ask me! Unless of course : A. You are too lazy to Google it, so you rather use me to do it for you. B. You don't have time to Google it, so you rather use my time to do it for you. C. You don't trust Google, in which case you trust that I might end up Googling it anyways..( circularity here.. ) D. You already searched in Google, to no avail. E. You can't Google ( that's sad ). F. Your question is really unGooglable. ( What kind of question is that? ) G. You want the human element in the mix, you want to interact with me ( how nice of you ). H. Other possible scenarios ( ? ). THIS IS COSMIC BLASTING OFF !!!!!!!!

Why do boys don't need a Girl Friend

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Sorry the women of the world. But I couldn't help it. When people share something on Social Networking sites, I don't know why, But I always get a weird itch, which makes me want to always respond to them or to put it correctly. Always dis-agree with them. So another post which was a response to one of my friend's Facebook Status updates: The original facebook post: And my response: Why do boys dont need a girl friend ? Coz she -will never leave u alone . Even when you ask her to. PERIOD -will see to it that u cant get any of ur work done -will make sure u don't skip to pay for her meals.. -will ask u to leave all ur habits everyday, everytime.. -will fight with u. -will spend all your money -will be the reason for all your worries -will make u punctual when something needs to be done for her.. -will help u restrain ur anger..by making it a constant state of mind all the time -will talk to you 15 times a day to know what you're doing..Even ...

But again I Digress

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Ok, Here we go.. ( DAMN ! You meeting invites, leave me alone on a Friday ) ..  ( After 3 hours , 5 coffees and 4 conference calls ) Ok.. This time, let’s definitely go. But Again I Digress , - These used to be my 3 favorite words.  ( Ohh.. wait a minute, that’s 4 words )  Anyways moving on. So as I was saying, These ' n ' number of words were my favorite which I used to use in almost every post I ever wrote. Why You ask me ?  ( Ok, even if you don’t ask me I will still tell you anyways. It’s not like you have a choice, Since I am the one writing and you are the one reading. ) Yes, so where were we? Ohh yes... Why did I digressed such a lot,  Simple Da/Ra/Macha/Bondhu/Mitra/Yaar/ Hot Female/Not So Hot Female/Any Female.. (Really a female reading what I write. Bucket List No 67 - Accomplished ) I Digress because I have a very small attention span. If I start talking about one thing, pretty soon I would be talking about the weather in Timbak...

What makes you content in life ?

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Another day and another post taken from one of my Emails to my colleagues. This post was a response to an Email from my boss: " What makes you content in life.. Money..Achievements & Recognition (Awards )..Or the smaller things ..like the cliched ‘good bottle of wine and a good book/movie’ or writing defect less code , going on crazy & adventurous trips etc And more importantly ..when do you think you are content..Will you be able to realise it when you get there…will you stop your “Search for Happyness " My Reply is below: ( There might be lots of typos and grammatical mistakes, which I don't want to correct, as this mail was written in the heat of the moment and I think should remain so. ) Content/Happiness/Satisfaction… Is a very nimble and rapidly changing State of mind This state of Satisfaction varies with Time and situation in life. A Normal Human being ( including me ) I can’t put a finger on a commodity, an achievement or a state if mind a...

How can you stay Mad - 1

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How can you stay mad at this guy ? THIS IS COSMIC BLASTING OFF !!!!!!!!

India created Apple

Today morning I had a chat conversation with one of my colleagues, when he pinged me a what I suppose is a Head Lines from The Times of India. The transcript is below: Colleague 10:07 AM The monk who sold Apples rofl times of india wala Choudhary, Shrijeet 10:08 AM India Says: We made him the Monk that he was So Indians are the ones who changed the World of Computing Choudhary, Shrijeet 10:08 AM Congress Steps up and declares: We were in Power when he visited Colleague     10:08 AM lol Choudhary, Shrijeet 10:08 AM So gandhi family takes all credit Choudhary, Shrijeet 10:09 AM Then RSS and BJP retort , that Steve went to meet some baba so Hindutva Prevails And then Kerala and Bengal mein Strike.. Why didnt Steve Jobs visit these two places, Lets BoyCott all Apple Products Cholbey Naa...Cholbey Naa... Colleague       10:10 AM ha ah ha Ok now back to work... DISCLAIMER: I am not-politic...

Uninvited Unknows

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You meet someone, and after Hi, Hellos and few laughs move on. But what if these Unknowns decide to stay and follow you around ? Meddle and Mess in everything you do.  You keep on wondering, Did I send the wrong message ? Was it not clear from the beginning that the initial Hie , will also have an associated Bye ? These Uninvited Unknowns have the Uncanny habit of getting on your nerves and driving you insane all within the span of a few minutes. No matter how much to try and ignore them, They would still linger around the edges and just when you think you have got rid of them, They pop in again like an Idiotic Ghost in a B Grade Horror Movie. You don't want to be rude and harsh with them and ask them to DASH OFF once and for all, And you can't stand them being around. SIGH !! .. A dilemma I face day in and day out and the count of Uninvited Unknowns keeps on rising. THIS IS COSMIC BLASTING OFF !!!!!!!!

A Simple Man

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He was the Driver at the small village hospital where my dad was posted as a Doctor. His job was to drive the Ambulance, the Government Hospital Jeep and every feasible/available vehicle at the hospital. When I was a kid he was my best friend, as who else to run to but the “Driver Uncle”. The Uncle who can take you for free joy rides around the village, drop you off to school occasionally when you are running late ( which was very often ).  Take you to the sweet shop to get Samosa-Jalebi in the evenings. Come to pick you up at the small village bus-stand when you get back from your journeys. He was a simple man, with a simple small family.  One son and one daughter, who were both elder to me. ( My playmates ) He was very resolute about their education and extremely strict when it came to their homework or exam. Being a kid I never understood the reason behind this. For me he was dragging away my friends from the playground when we were just getting into the fina...

House Keeping

Unlike most bloggers, I don't write about one Simple topic or about a Single theme or Idea. My topics may vary each and everyday incoherently, and I guess that's mainly due to how I write. If I get a thought in my head which I think needs to be put down on paper. I start banging on my keyboard until something appears on the screen. Most of my posts are written and published within a span of 15-20 minutes from the time I start writing them. And even in those 20 minutes, if I lose the momentum or get busy/distracted with someone/something else. I leave those posts as such. I write in the heat of the moment, without so much as a second review of what I have written ( Other then a Spell check maybe ). Many people have suggested to me that I should concentrate on one topic and stick to it. But that's never going to happen. This is not the place for me to stick to one topic. It's due to this reason, that many of my readers and friends are quick to classify this blog...

I hate you Coffee Snobs

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Coffee Snobs, I hardly ever came across them when I was in India.  At work I had 2 ( free ) choices. Press a button on an ancient machine and get either  Tea Coffee ( mostly hot water ) If I wanted to splurge in a proper Café , I would then have 3 broad classifications: Cold Coffee ( with Icy Bits ) Hot Coffee ( with Steam coming out ) Weird-Looking-Colourful-Drinks ( with weird names ) But since coming to Sydney, I see coffee snobs all around me, always with an opinion on what kind of Coffee Beans to use, or how they should be grounded, or how much milk/sugar/water and what not to mix in them. What follows now: Is a confession and No I am not ashamed of it. I like those Weird Looking Colorful Drinks, Yes. I do !! When ever I would go to any café with my friend, I would always order a color ful drink with names like: Chilli Morkel, Ginger Fizz, WaterMellon Sparkel etc etc. And she would order some or the other Hot Coffee.  Chilli Morkel ...

Save the Fellas

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The phone conversation usually goes like this: Him: How are you? Her: Ok. Him: What's wrong?? Her: Nothing. At this point fellas you should abandon ship and get out of the house before she gets home! THIS IS COSMIC BLASTING OFF !!!!!!!!