Archive for August, 2006

My fav quote (frm Seinfeld, OC!!!)

August 31, 2006

i think this 1 was frm the episode “junior mint”

You can’t just *have* an adultery– you *commit* adultery. And you can’t even *commit* adultery unless you already *have* a commitment.

So you have to make the commitment before you can even think about committing it. There’s no commit without the commit. Then, once you commit, then you can commit the adultery and then you get caught,get divorced, lose your mind and they have you committed.

But y’know some people actually *cheat* on the people that they’re cheating with. Which is like, y’know, being in a hold up and then turning to the robber next to you and goin’ “Alright, gimme everything you have, too”.

PS: finally hv sumthin 2 show 4 report

PS2: GRE full steam!!!!

PS3: univs select karni rahti hain

These stupid fwds !@#$%^&(*

August 27, 2006

i am so irritated at the number of fwds i am gettin sent…i want to make an anti-fwds community

to all those guys who send us crap and mushy fwds, please don’t !!!!!!! i am highly incensed and believe me if pushed further, i wd register ur id on multiple sites and hv them deliver loads of magazines, newsletters in ur account and choke u 4 volume

to the gals who send us fwds…i know u can’t help it bt atleast remove me off ur mailing list……u want to mail me then mail me pls don’t send me a mssg stating tht if i don’t pass this or that on, i wd die!!!!!!

now sample this,

this is a between a girl and a boy on their 7th year anniversary

girl calls up boy: hey happy anniversary again
boy: hi happy anniservary!... hey remember you wanted to tell me
something after school? sorry i left so early i had to go to work. so
what
did you want to tell me?

girl: i wanted to say i love you

boy: yeah i know everyone does!

girl: really?

boy:yeah... everyone of my friends that are girls tell me that everyday

girl: oh... but am i only your friend?

boy: no... youre my girlfriend... why?

girl: so when i say i love you i really do mean it

boy:yeah i know you do mean it...its just that you dont need to tell me
that you love me anymore cuz i know you love me since the day we been
together and i love you more each and everyday.

girl: ......

boy: so wanna go somewhere tonight for our 7th anni?

girl: yeah... where?

boy: i dont know... maybe movie then dinner?

girl: ok

boy:ill pick you up after i get off and get ready ok?

girl: ok. what time do you get off?

boy: in 2 hours and then i gotta go home and yeah get ready which takes
about 15-20 mintues...

girl: aye... i thought you didnt have work today...

boy: one of my co-workers called in sick

girl: oh okay! so ill see you around 7:30 then?

boy: yeah! and babe?

girl: yeah?

boy: i love you

girl: i love you too!

boy: ok my manager is like looking at me so yeah.... i gotta go.

girl: ok bye

boy:bye

2 hours later... the boy drives to his girlfriends house boy walks up
to the door and rings bell

girl: hey! (gives a kiss to her boyfriend)

boy:wassup... you ready?

girl:um... wait... let me get my bag and we could go ok?

boy:ok

they both watched a movie and ate dinner.... once they were done eating
they head back to the car but before she got into the car...

boy:wait! can i blind fold you?

girl: why??!

boy:its a suprise

girl: what kind of suprise?

boy: a big one

girl: okay but only if you promise me that you will hold my hand while
we're driving.

boy: i promise.

girl: ok blind fold me...

so they drove off........... and then they stoped.

boy:ok we're here!

girl: where?

boy:wait let me walk you to the place!

girl: what place?

boy: somewhere! (and gives a kiss to her on the lips)

girl: babe!...

the boy walks her to the place

boy: ok.... let me take the blind fold off

girl: where are we?

he takes it off her and she opens her eyes and sees the view of the
city and at that same spot... thats where he first asked her to be his
girlfriend...

girl: omg.... (tears come down)

boy: why are you crying?

girl: this is where you first asked me out...

boy: what are you doing the rest of your life? (he asked on his knees
and after he says that...behind him... in the air it says will you
marry
me?" in firworks)

girl: (tears come down faster)

boy: i wasnt at work when you called me... i was planning this whole
thing!

girl: get up!

boy: yeah?

girl: (kisses him)

boy: is that a yes or a no?

girl: yes

iF YOU DO NOT REPOST THiS YOU WiLL HAVE THE loneliest LiFE! but iF YOU
DO REPOST THiS YOU WiLL HAVE A RELATiONSHiP THAT wiLL lAST FOREVER!


you have 3 mintues to repost this....starting

i hv gotten this from guys(note: not gals) i’d refrain frm naming

Now, wht the @#$% is this. the moment i read fwds like get i get so pissed off all i want to do is hold the person’s throat and strangle him till he gives me in writing he’d desist frm this stupidity!!!!!! alternatively, i wd like to cut his balls off, photograph it, scan it and well fwd it all over the net!

Please guys, u irritate me when u send these many fwds……..n fwds like these!!!!!!! u r a disgrace to the heterosexual community, do u realize that?

Please don’t send fwds to any1, anywhere!!!! This is the worst form of punishment u r giving to any sane man. Its alrite for u guys who hv crossed the fine line b/n asininity and complete idiotness or for girls (i hv nothing against u girls seriously!!!) bt nt 4 the rest of us

i hope u hv gotten the message

Bck from ISRO/ISAC…Bang (contd 2)

August 26, 2006

Now that our results had been declared and the pressure on us released (although least bothered me as i knew my result b4hand !!!!!!)  we rode a bus towards ISRO headquarters that is abt 40 mins drive from ISRO satellite development center

After a more relaxed and less stringent security procedure than wht we hd experienced at ISAC….we were led in into a plush environment replete with Glass shelves lined with awards bestowed upon the ISRO faculty. There were the cursory models and replicas of rockets and well, another scientist who was giving away advice and passing on knowledge albeit not gratuitously.  That done, we were seated in a nice looking conference room with mikes on each desk and water facility. It was just wht u see in shows like “The Apprentice” so i was obviously thrilled. Well scientists came in one by one and seated themselves..After a wait of abt 15 mins, the Director, Shri Madhav Nair came in and asked us for our introduction…We gave our intro so did the scientists….The director was highly impressed with what he saw and asked us for our suggestions. Many were given including revamping the site, asking students to sublet projs

Also, we were offered Samosas and Mithai during conference so nice altogether…..The meeting ended on a good note with the Director wishing us all the best for our futures

All in  All Bang was an experience that will remained etched in my mind for years to come

PS1: The winners also treated us to some fine dinner at Pizza Hut

PS2: I visited a pub that day later, nice atmosphere!!!!

PS3: wohi ghise pite kaam abhi bhi baaki hain

Bck from ISRO/ISAC…Bang (contd)

August 23, 2006

all rite!!!! after a full long day of ordeals and hardships, came to the results sections…….i knew i hd only 1 chance in a million however there was nthin to lose by attendin the prize distribution (n gud tht i did coz every1 got a certificate and memento after all!!!!) . After a few formal speeches by certain luminary guets, all of them exhorting us to give up dreams of a plum future abroad and work at ISRO instead, got to the selection stage……They announced the names of the candidates not winning first n well sadly bt nt unexpectedly my name was nt there……………

Therein, the guys named were Abhijit, Vaibhav, Neeraj, Suman (gal btw) and Ashay….all of them highly talented and real knowledgable about astro related stuff.

After some groans and moans of disapprovals and disappointments people got settled down to their fate……..anyways got a memento, a national level certi and a nice book as prize. Wht more can i hv asked for?

however wht followed was much better….firstly we were shown a restricted section of ISRO which has replicas of different satellites launched by ISRO including Aryabhatta, The Rohini series, APPLE (whose rocket was designed by APJ abdul kalam himself), IRS and the INSAT series plus an exemplary 3-d image for footings published right from CARTOSAT (hd to wear that ‘Chota Chetan’ kinda glass 4 it) bt the pic was real 3-d……..wonder how they shot it.

Ofcourse, there was a scientist who was explaining everything as we were going along.next we were taken to research labs at ISRO………now these are what i call labs!!!!!!! fully automated, fully airconditioned with dust filters and above all, state of the art machines and control systems….we were shown a satellite in its developmental stages and taken to 5-6 labs in total

All this done and us mortals still on a high, we hd to face the next big challenge…….meet the director of ISRO, Madav Nair

PS1: director se meeting ke baare me badme

PS2: report complete karni hai

PS3: GRE preps

PS4: univ search

PS5: hv to cut time on chattin

PS6: hv successfully controlled my orkut addiction

PS7: oh btw, i got placed in IBM global too, so have two jobs in hand

PS8: i mite sit for eval bt c no point, written mein bahar kar denge haramkhor

PS9: pata nahin kal coll jaoonga?????

PS10: wow, 10 PS’s already !!!!!!!!!

Bck from ISRO/ISAC….Bang

August 20, 2006

hv just returned by the monin flight frm Bangalore………. bck frm one of the most memorable experience of y life i wd write frm the beginnin (u need to chronicle things so u can look bck at them n realize wht a stupid ass u hv been all along!!!!!!!!)

so, reached bang airport at abt 6 in the evening on Sun… the pleasant breeze reminded me of my days in Turkey.(Bang remains cool throught the year) Sanjay bhaiya (my cousin bsd in Bang) came to pick me up at the airport n checked in at the hotel.i wntd to spend some time with bhaiya as we were meetin aftr a long time….so we went to a bar (yes!!!!) and chatted for a long time. Anyways the day aftr we were supposed to leave 4 ISRO early so i retired early to my room…..btw its worth mentioning here my roomie Sarag (who is a real big fan of MITHUN!!!), a real nice guy. The next monin the Bus took us to the ISAC centre. It was here also that I had the chance to meet some very brilliant guys who were to bcome my friends…….Bharat, Neeraj, Abhi & Parikshat(The patila PEGS), Ashay, Vaibhav and others Now these people are all very bright and intelligent so i expected some real competition…….

I was excited to see the ISAC centre from inside for entering which we hd to follow a very stringent procedure…….believe me it is one of the most advanced places in the country and u must not squander any chance of visiting once!

Once there, we hd a chance to present the tech. Papers to a panel which comprised of illustrious personalities like Dr. Vasagam once a project director of APPLE, Dr. Shailja much renowned kartadarta of the planetarium at banalore……..well to b fair every1 presented their papers well enugh bt were thoroughly grilled on the niceties involved.(I was akd abt microwaves which i knew nothin of) This ws followed by a gruelling interview against a panel of 12 judges. these guys were experts at exerting psychological pressure. they even got through the rock, urs truly

every1 did their interviews well (perhaps myself excluded) and were hopeful of gettin to the coveted prize, a paid trip to spain. I was nt in a good mood so went and watched seinfeld at my hotel (yeah, hd a TV!!) and went to bed early. Next morning, we woke up and were ready for the prize distribution…..i however was merely interested in seeing whether it’d be the guys i hd bet on all this time

PS: writin it late……..time nahin mil raha hai aajkal

PS2: report banane hai

PS3: coll bhi search kar raha hoon

PS4: GRE ki batti gul hai

PS5: dimaag mein khichdi bani hui hai

PS6: baaki baadme

Useful toll Free nos. in INDIA!!!

August 16, 2006

i found this pretty useful info……….guess i wdnt hv to search through yellow pages everyday//////

Airways
Indian Airlines – 1600 180 1407
Jet Airways – 1600 22 5522
SpiceJet – 1600 180 3333

Automobiles
Mahindra Scorpio – 1600 22 6006
Maruti – 1600 111 515
Tata Motors – 1600 22 5552
Windshield Experts – 1600 11 3636

Banks
ABN AMRO – 1600 11 2224
Canara Bank – 1600 44 6000
Citibank – 1600 44 2265
Corporatin Bank – 1600 443 555
Development Credit Bank – 1600 22 5769
HDFC Bank – 1600 227 227
ICICI Bank – 1600 333 499
ICICI Bank NRI – 1600 22 4848
IDBI Bank – 1600 11 6999
Indian Bank – 1600 425 1400
ING Vysya – 1600 44 9900
Kotak Mahindra Bank – 1600 22 6022
Lord Krishna Bank – 1600 11 2300
Punjab National Bank – 1600 122 222
State Bank of India – 1600 44 1955
Syndicate Bank – 1600 44 6655

Cell Phones
BenQ – 1600 22 08 08
Bird CellPhones – 1600 11 7700
Motorola MotoAssist – 1600 11 1211
Nokia – 3030 3838
Sony Ericsson – 3901 1111

Computers/IT
Adrenalin – 1600 444 445
AMD – 1600 425 6664
Apple Computers – 1600 444 683
Canon – 1600 333 366
Cisco Systems – 1600 221 777
Compaq – HP – 1600 444 999
Data One Broadband – 1600 424 1600
Dell – 1600 444 026
Epson – 1600 44 0011
eSys – 3970 0011
Genesis Tally Academy – 1600 444 888
HCL – 1600 180 8080
IBM – 1600 443 333
Lexmark – 1600 22 4477
Marshal’s Point – 1600 33 4488
M*cro$oft – 1600 111 100
M*cro$oft Virus Update – 1901 333 334
Seagate – 1600 180 1104
Symantec – 1600 44 5533
TVS Electronics – 1600 444 566
WeP Peripherals – 1600 44 6446
Wipro – 1600 333 312
xerox – 1600 180 1225
Zenith – 1600 222 004

Couriers/Packers & Movers
ABT Courier – 1600 44 8585
AFL Wizz – 1600 22 9696
Agarwal Packers & Movers – 1600 11 4321
Associated Packers P Ltd – 1600 21 4560
DHL – 1600 111 345
FedEx – 1600 22 6161
Goel Packers & Movers – 1600 11 3456
UPS – 1600 22 7171

Education
Edu Plus – 1600 444 000
Hindustan College – 1600 33 4438
NCERT – 1600 11 1265
Vellore Institute of Technology – 1600 441 555

Healthcare
Best on Health – 1600 11 8899
Dr Batras – 1600 11 6767
GlaxoSmithKline – 1600 22 8797
Johnson & Johnson – 1600 22 8111
Kaya Skin Clinic – 1600 22 5292
LifeCell – 1600 44 5323
Manmar Technologies – 1600 33 4420
Pfizer – 1600 442 442
Roche Accu-Chek – 1600 11 45 46
Rudraksha – 1600 21 4708
Varilux Lenses – 1600 44 8383
VLCC – 1600 33 1262

Home Appliances
Aiwa/Sony – 1600 11 1188
Anchor Switches – 1600 22 7979
Blue Star – 1600 22 2200
Bose Audio – 1600 11 2673
Bru Coffee Vending Machines – 1600 44 7171
Daikin Air Conditioners – 1600 444 222
DishTV – 1600 12 3474
Faber Chimneys – 1600 21 4595
Godrej – 1600 22 5511
Grundfos Pumps – 1600 33 4555
LG – 1901 180 9999
Philips – 1600 22 4422
Samsung – 1600 113 444
Sanyo – 1600 11 0101
Voltas – 1600 33 4546
WorldSpace Satellite Radio – 1600 44 5432

Hotel Reservations
GRT Grand – 1600 44 5500
InterContinental Hotels Group – 1600 111 000
Marriott – 1600 22 0044
Sarovar Park Plaza – 1600 111 222
Taj Holidays – 1600 111 825

Insurance
AMP Sanmar – 1600 44 2200
Aviva – 1600 33 2244
Bajaj Allianz – 1600 22 5858
Chola MS General Insurance – 1600 44 5544
HDFC Standard Life – 1600 227 227
LIC – 1600 33 4433
Max New York Life – 1600 33 5577
Royal Sundaram – 1600 33 8899
SBI Life Insurance – 1600 22 9090

Mattresses
Kurl-on – 1600 44 0404
Sleepwell – 1600 11 2266

Investments/Finance

CAMS – 1600 44 2267
Chola Mutual Fund – 1600 22 2300
Easy IPO’s – 3030 5757
Fidelity Investments – 1600 180 8000
Franklin Templeton Fund – 1600 425 4255
J M Morgan Stanley – 1600 22 0004
Kotak Mutual Fund – 1600 222 626
LIC Housing Finance – 1600 44 0005
SBI Mutual Fund – 1600 22 3040
Sharekhan – 1600 22 7500
Tata Mutual Fund – 1600 22 0101

Paints
Asian Paints Home Solutions – 1600 22 5678
Berger Paints Home Decor – 1600 33 8800

Teleshopping
Asian Sky Shop – 1600 22 1600
Jaipan Teleshoppe – 1600 11 5225
Tele Brands – 1600 11 8000
VMI Teleshopping – 1600 447 777
WWS Teleshopping – 1600 220 777

Travel
Club Mahindra Holidays – 1600 33 4539
Cox & Kings – 1600 22 1235
God TV Tours – 1600 442 777
Kerala Tourism – 1600 444 747
Kumarakom Lake Resort – 1600 44 5030
Raj Travels & Tours – 1600 22 9900
Sita Tours – 1600 111 911
SOTC Tours – 1600 22 3344

UPS
APC – 1600 44 4272
Numeric – 1600 44 3266

Others
Consumer Helpline – 1600 11 4000
L’Or?al, GARNIeR – 1600 223 000
KONE Elevator – 1600 444 666
Indane – 1600 44 51 15
Aavin – 1600 44 3300
Pedigree – 1600 11 2121
Kodak India – 1600 22 8877
Domino’s Pizza – 1600 111 123
World Vision India – 1600 444 550
Telecom Monitoring Cell – 1600 110 420

c&b

August 3, 2006

i hope no one puts up a copyright infringement on me

calvin and hobbes

My favourite poem

August 3, 2006

ok…….just lifted it off the net bt my fav coz i hv read only 2 poems im my life and one of them was well……..self composed

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Poem lyrics of Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it’s queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there’s some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

TCS done, placements over!!!

August 3, 2006

i hv cleared TCS after a day long ordeal which was more Tiring than it was tough. The written was fairly easy consisting of Antonyms and synonyms(i cn say tht now tht the wordlists are over!!!!), there was a quant section again no probs followed by a Data Interpretation section which ws a bit tough. As expected,i sailed through

Interviews strtd next day. again hd to wait for hours on end finally after waiting for about 5 hrs, got called for the Tech interview where i commited blunders after blunders answering one wrong question after another. Neverthless, i expected to go through and. Later on, i was called for the MR and the HR where i was aked varied questions ranging from my interest in Seinfeld to my french speaking skills. all in all, it went well n as expected i gt the job

PS: hv to keep recording these things. People say u cherish them l8r on

PS2: i however do out out of sheer desperation and to waste time

PS3: hv to do sumthin abt the ppt

PS4: hv to do something abt project at magatteoux

PS5: hv to do more RCs

PS6: hv to do more WLs