Cubicle Decoration Competition

Yesterday, December 1, 2006, we had cubicle decoration competition in my office.

Our department was divided in 4 teams, each of them had to come up with a theme and decorate a cubicle. After several meetings and discussions (yeah meetings for this also – SE to thahre, meeting ke bina to kuchh hota hi nahi hai) we decided our theme and started the preparation. After 2 days of hard work we completely changed our cubicles.

Here are the 4 themes

1) Tea Stall

2) Christmas

3) Country side cubicle – work life balance

4) Seasons of Canada: winter, summer, fall & spring (our client is in CANADA)

For more photographs check out following link

http://my-click-o-mania.blogspot.com/2006/12/cube-decoration-infosys-mysore.html

Don’t miss the “Behind the scene”

http://my-click-o-mania.blogspot.com/2006/12/behind-scene-cube-decoration.html

Okay then more later…

Chao!!!

Childrens Day celebration

Hmm I won’t say sorry and all…

I won’t even give any excuses…. I know you guys will think that this fellow is acting “pricey”, but really I am helpless :)

Hopefully from next week I will be back on blog with full form, Till then enjoy this

Children’s Day celebration in TARGET company

Shooona Baba

Chalo Sare Bachhe line mai lago... chalo chalo

ye dekho mera naya school bag

Naa bola tha na kyo late aaye? Chalo ab sab ko punishment mileg!!!

Aila sir bhi Chaddi mai, Jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai... Chaddi pahan ke ful khila hai ful khila hai.... ;)

Attention, jab dono mai se ek gadi ruk nahi jaati aise hi khade rahna…

The Gr8 Infy Training days…

Today is the right day to talk about Infy training because two years ago, on the very same day, I joined Infy. Yes I joined infy on October 18, 2004. We had two batches of trainees, one for computer background employees (short cycle) and one for non computer background employees (long cycle). Being IT student I was in short cycle. Ok let me cut the crap and tell you about training days.

On 17^th I reached the Infosys Mysore Campus. It was a unique experience. That was the first time I was staying away (more than 1000 kilometers away!!!) from home moreover it was my first job so my heart was filled with special feeling “wo kahte hai na ankho mai arman aur dil mai kuchh karne ki tamanna, kuchh aisa hi”.

Okay coming on the track on the very first day I met Manish Negi and Aldrin Davis at main gate. At the gate one sumo was waiting for us, as soon as we finished security checks it took us to reception block where we did some more formalities and I got a key for room number 1817. Negi got room number 1818. That sumo took us to our block (block number 18). That night we spent in some formal interaction, understanding map of the campus (an unsuccessful try I must say, it took 3 days for me to remember all the roads inside the campus) and more over I was wondering why I was alone in that room? Why no roommate?

So 17^th was over and it was 18^th morning, got up early and got ready with properly ironed shirt and tie (job ka first day hai bhai, izzat ka saval hai). After asking some two three guys and two three security men we reached to our auditorium. First day was awful, had to do a lot of formalities, like documents verification and bank accounts and then had some induction sessions and all. Finally first day @ MyDC was about to over and on the way back I met a guy, Praveen Jain. He was looking very hi-fi guy with his Nokia 6600 in hand, we started talking and finally I came to know he also had the key of room no 1817, which means he was my room mate. We entered into the room and started talking about life, college and all possible tings on the world, yeah it was our first meeting but Jain was so cool to talk with… We some how finished our chatting session at 1.30 in the night and went to bed.

On 19^th I introduced Jain to our neighbors (Negi and Aldrin). Jain, being very enthusiastic (wish I could write all those @#!@! words instead of enthusiastic) got an idea of organizing a trip so that we could get introduced to our training chicks. On the very same day he wrote a note on a piece of paper and circulated it to the entire trainees.

It was like

“

Hi Friends,

I am planning to organize a trip, so that we all can get a chance to meet everyone and know about them.

If you are interested the please write your name and phone number below.

”

Wow, in the first round we got around 70-80 response. We have got the name and numbers of all good looking people. Moreover Jain was happy because he got such a big number and some reasons to talk to gals. We thought it was going gr8, but from the next day onwards we started getting NO from many people. Jain started calling to each an every gal, n some boys also ;), to convince him/her for the trip (thanks to free intercom facility). Finally on the day of trip we were only 12. I would like to thank all those people for making that trip so memorable. You all know why right? And yeah that trip gave me two very good friends, Anup and Kamal.

Anyway let me talk about our actual training. According to training plan we had to go through some ILI (Infosys Leadership Institute) trainings for soft skill development. Thanks to those ice breaking sessions and team building exercises, I got some friends like Abhishek Kakkar, Fareena, Saurabh, Chanchal, Banani, Batra, Divya, Kanu, Shreelakshmi, Amey, Amit, Gopi, Gaurav, Anupreet, Arka, Sandya, Parul and many more… We used to do a lot of skits in those ILI trainings, I can’t forget that Bank wala skit where I was playing a role for bhukhkhad (one who use to keep on eating) bank manager and then other skit where Kakkar had played a role for Saree vendor. It was a gr8 fun ya. And that “Sholay” wala skit was also amazing. I must appreciate ILI for those wonderful trainings; it was indeed a team building exercise.

With all such fun we completed our ILI training and started technical training. Then it was the EID time. We asked Fareena to treat us (so that we could get introduced to her roommate Deepti, and neighbors – Pragya and Nandini). Kakkar some how convinced her and she gave us a dinner treat. We got introduced to all three gals now. And according to our master plan we expanded our group.

During the technical training we tried to enjoy fully. I can’t forget those Coffee breaks when we used to rush towards coffee vending machine. I can’t forget those late night stay in LAB some times for study and mostly for fun. Everyday we used to decide that “okay today I will go to lab and study, I will not do anything else” but we used to end up in sitting 2-3 hours in pantry or watching some movie in lab. Don’t tell anyone but yeah watching movie was strictly prohibited in lab but we somehow manage to do that. We also used to play some games in training. Playing NFS on network was such a gr8 experience. Thanks to NFS champs Dhanil, Barni, Arka and many more. According to our sitting arrangement I was surrounded by some fundu ppls. On my one side I had Dinesh Sharma, technically very sound, very matured and a very sensible guy, and other side I had Dhanil, a sporty person, very lively guy. We enjoyed a lot during our training time. We used to chat a lot using “NET SEND” command and using some VB applications for the same, as during training we didn’t have access to internet or internal messengers. But we used to get some solutions for both of them. Also we used to sleep during our lab/training time. Man I can’t forget those module tests and those weekend masti in lab.

It was for the day time now after office hours also we had a lot of things do in campus. Apart from playing TT, cycling, roaming around in the beautiful campus we enjoyed our hostel life fully. Our hostel rooms were like some Five-start hotel only. We had TV, AC, housekeeping facility and all other required facility in our hostel.

Let me share some experiences with you.

Gal’s Hostel

My hostel block was just 100m away from gal’s hostel block (no 17). And the location of my room was so good that we could see almost every thing those rooms. But unfortunately gals used to put down curtains every day and every night, it ruined most of over chances. We used to hate gals putting curtains the whole day. But every night me and Jain used to have a look at that hostel, hmmm first floor 3^rd room from left, the light is on, that means some one is still awake, yooo hi… Jain used to tell “Patel count kar ye room ka number konsa hai” (yeah we have a complaint against Hostel architecture; all the blocks has different structure and different numbering mechanism.) Being good at numbers I used to calculate the number perfectly ;) And then trin trin, Hello Madamjee, it’s Praveen Jain here, I was just wondering how come you are still awake? And then blah blah and more blah… Yeah I am still surprising how gals used to talk with him.

Pranks

Jain was very famous for his pranks. He used to call someone and say “Hello this is Mr X from facilities; I think you have asked for cloth stand (or something else) could you please come out of your room and check whether is there?”

He used to set morning alarm on maximum volume in somebody’s TV, and then next morning everybody a big blast…These are some of those very simple pranks, rest of them I can’t mention here. Many nights I (Negi, Aldrin and many others) have spent without sleeping because of Jain. Every hostel room had an electric cattle and milk, coffee, tea bags, so we had a habit of making tea at late night. Jain used to call Negi to come our room and ask him to prepare tea for him and poor Negi, he didn’t have any other option than preparing tea for him. The list is too long and I can’t describe each an every thing here. But let me quickly remind you some of those,

“Roost is a secrete of my energy” was our famous slogan. (yeah read it right, it’s roost and not boost)

Reason : Roost is a name of a restaurant in Mysore and it was the nearest boozing point. :)

Number 116 had special importance to each and every trainee.

Reason : It was the only city bus which used to come to Infy campus at that time.

I can’t forge those late night cloth washing sessions, those small get-togethers, those B’day celebrations,

For a change sometimes we used to study also. It was college like atmosphere, but everything was in fast forward mode. 4 years of college = 2 months of training. Another difference was we were being paid for studying here ;)

As every good thing has an end (good or bad), our story also came to an end. Finally the day of Posting came and we got our respective posting.

Negi, Jain, Kamal, Aldrin, Deepti got Bangalore.

Myself, Batra, Banani, Kakkar got Mysore. (Then Kakkar moved to Pune)

Pragya got Pune.

Nanadini got Chennai

Fareena got Hydrabad and so on…

On the last day of our stay in Mysore we had a confession night, we had a session till 2.30 in front of one of the food courts. We shared our first impression and current impression of every one. It was a gr8 session.

HUH I never though it will be such a big post!!! But I think it’s not only my story, after reading everyone who has gone through training in infy will feel that it’s his/her story only. Just the names will be different.

I know you are getting bored now… sorry can’t help ;)

Anyway let me stop here…

Chao!!!

Click here to refresh your Mysore memories

http://my-click-o-mania.blogspot.com/2006/07/infosys-mysore-3.html

http://my-click-o-mania.blogspot.com/2006/07/infosys-mysore-2.html

http://my-click-o-mania.blogspot.com/2006/07/infosys-mysore-1.html

BTW this was our most favorite slide during training time

No Smoking

No Smoking!!!

Yeah that’s the theme for today’s post.

You might have seen different signboards for the same but how about this?

Some days back I happened to go to Bangalore to some of my friend’s place and I got this at his place.

You might be thinking what is special about it????

Now have a look at this

Yeah it’s made up of empty navy cut cigarette boxes. And not collected ones; that fellow smoked that many cigarettes to create this poster.

Man I can’t believe this!!!

Mysore Dasara

Mysore Dasara is a Royal Festival Celebrating victory of Truth over Evil. Legend has it that the Goddess Chamundeeswari or Durga slew the demon Mahishasuran on Vijayadashami day. Dasara is a 10-day festival in the region culminating on Vijayadashami or tenth day. The day marks the successful conclusion of the preceding nine days. Vijayadashami is also a day of victory of the King and his subjects, be it in a battle or day-to-day governance.

The preceding nine days of Navarathri have celebrations starting only after six days. The sixth day is in honour of goddess Saraswathi. Eight day is dedicated to Durga and Ninth day is for Lakshmi, goddess of wealth. On tenth day a grand spectacular Procession is held which starts from Mysore Palace and ends in Bannimantap.
(Courtesy: http://www.mysoredasara.com/)

Being a Dasara weekend, there was a festive feeling in the air in the entire city. We also planned manything and yeah did a lot of masti during this weekend. We went to the famous Mysore Palace, Flower show, Yuva Dasara festivals and Mysore race course (yeah first time we went for Derbey). Okay I know you are feeling joelous, don’t worry I won’t write much about it. Click the following links and check out Mysore Dasara photos.

http://my-click-o-mania.blogspot.com/

Happy Dasara / VijayaDashmi / Durgapuja
May God Bless you!!!

Life's little Instructions

A big Hello to all of you

First of all let me tell you "Sorry". These days I am not able to visit your blogs regularly
But I will be come back in a short while….

Till then njoy this, I got it as a forward.

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Have a firm handshake.

Look people in the eye.

Sing in the shower.

Own a great stereo system.

If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.

Keep secrets.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Always accept an outstretched hand.

Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.

Whistle.

Avoid sarcastic remarks.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come per cent of all your happiness or misery.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never find out.

Lend only those books you never care to see again.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all that they have.

When playing games with children, let them win.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

Be romantic.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

Don't allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It's there for your convenience, not the caller's.

Be a good loser.

Be a good winner.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

Keep it simple.

Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.

Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.

Live your life so that your epitaph could read, No Regrets

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the one's you did.

Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Remember no one makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick to acknowledge those who helped you.

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.

Visit friends and relatives when they are in hospital; you need to stay only a few minutes.

Begin each day with some of your favorite music.

Once in a while, take the scenic route.

Send a lot of Valentine cards. Sign them, 'Someone who thinks you're terrific.'

Answer the phone with enthusiasm and energy in your voice.

Keep a note pad and pencil on your bed-side table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 a.m.

Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.

Send your loved ones flowers. Think of a reason later.

Make someone's day by paying the toll for the person in the car behind you.

Become someone's hero.

Marry only for love.

Count your blessings.

Compliment the meal when you're a guest in someone's home.

Wave at the children on a school bus.

Remember that 80 per cent of the success in any job is based on your ability to deal with people.

Don't expect life to be fair.

Dedicated to all the testers

Forgiving or punishing
the terrorists
is left to God.
But,
fixing their appointment
with God
is our responsibility
- Indian Army

Updated statement for this…
In S/w industry

Forgiving or punishing
the Developer
is left to Manager.
But,
fixing their appointment
with Manager
is our responsibility
- Tester

Missing ma College Dayz!!!

I don't know why,
But today I am missing my College Days... :(

Orkut ne kiya parda faash!!!

Hi Friends,

I am back after a long (yeah real long) time. I don’t want to give any excuses (/ valid reasons) but yeah I have felt that “With great power comes great responsibility”.

Anyway for the title of this post I would like to thank Aaaj Tak / Start News / other news channel. These days I can watch only “Vaardaat” type of episodes (crime reports) in TV because when I go back to my room, only thing I can watch on TV is these late night crime reports on news channels or late night shows (nahi mai uski baat nahi kar raha…) thanks to the new project.

Some time I wonder, ye reporter to koi jail se bhaga hua kaidi to nahi!!!!
The way they speak, “Chain se sona hai to jaag jaoo”, “Shakal se maasum dikhne wala ye shaksh kahi bhi ho sakta hai, aapke bagal mai bhi”, “Bhai bana bhai ka katil”, “Delhi Police ne kiya parda faash”, is much more threatening. When they use special effect and computer generated videos to show some crime reports it looks so stupid.

Guys pardon me for the language of this. Actually I tried writing in English but wo baat nahi bani. So “Swalpa Adjust MAADI” (do adjust a bit - in Kanadda)

Aaj hum dikhane wale hai ki kis tarah se Orkut ne kiya parda faash, aur benakab kiya un logo ko. Hamare crime reporter Dhaval Patel ki ye sansani bhari special report “Orkut ne kiya parda faash!!!”

Dhaval : Ji ha dosto, mai dikhane wala hu ki kis tarah se shakal se dikhte bole bhale logo ke andar ek shaitan chhupa hua hota hai. Social network ka zansa de kar ye log apni kali kartut chhupana chahte hai... Jana mane Orkut ne kiya aise kahi logo ka parda faashh. Ye kuchh scarps hai jo muje acchi photo wali ladkio ki Orkut profiles se mile hai.

(1)
hiiiii plz help me out....
waNNA MAKE FRIENDSHIP WID UUUUU.....
PLZ DO ME FAVOUR........
UR SMILING IS SOOOOOOO NICE.BA BYEEEEE
[Naubat yaha bheekh maangne tak ki aa gai hai… Magar ladki ka dil bilkul nahi peegla aur ladki ne ladke ko help karne se inkaar kar diya...]

(2)
hii there of course i dont know you ...
m new to orkut and m trying to make some new frds and just wrote to you asking you to become one of my new frds....
so if u dont mind can we be frds....
[abe sale maaan na maaan mai tera mahemaan, janta nahi to kyo aaya yaha pe…
And naye dost kyo chahiye… purane dosto ne baga diya kya… n bade aaye don’t mind wale… mind kar liya to???]

(3)
Hi, heard u r very gud friend with the people around u so if intersted 2 make me a friend do reply soon byeeeeeeeee
[nope tumne jo bhi suna hai wo sab galat hai and I am not interested in new friends :@]

(4)
hiii...BETA.how r u
this is ALPHA here
can we F.R.I.E.N.D.S
waiting for ur reply
[Name(s) changed
Bhai ye hit serial ka naam likhne se kuchh nahi hota
Keep waiting]

(5)
hello
hi
u luk gorgeous
wanna be my frnd
[Ha pata hai mai gorgeous lagti hu… tabhi to sale message kiya hai…
Apni original photo lagai yoti to ye friend request nahi bhejta…]

(6)
hey BETA....i hv gon thru ur profile ...
nw i just wanna b ur frnd
[kisne bola ki profile so go through karne se friends ban jaate hai!!!!]

(7)
hi BETA
how are you???
...can we start exchanging mesgs now???
...it has been long time capturing a little space in each other's friend lists...
...i just felt...i should break the silence...to start with...
...what do you say???
[You are asking me now and you have already started exchanging messages…
Little space, break the silence !!! ye sab kya hai…. Grrrrr ]

(8)
you are looking so sweet in your album...
[I look sweet in album only... Real life mai koi chudel se kam nahi hu...
ab banega friend????]

(9)
hi BETA wanna be friends? u look damn hot yaar.
[but you are not looking hot… don’t want to be ur friend]

(10)
hi BETA,
i like to creat new friends!
can u join me as friend?
[but I don’t like to CREATE new friend
BTW ye new friends create kaise hote hai…]

(11)
i also live in pune if you wanna meet me just call me on my cell 98989 89898
you seriously look so beautiful i will definatly like to meet you.
[Bande ki tadap dekho, phone number bhi de diya… are bhai so what you are from Pune… there are many more… and each one of them also likes to meet me…]

(12)
BBBBBEEEEETTTTAAAAAAAAAA ur name is too hot to pronounce.
[Jal nahi gaya kya?
bada aaya... ur name is too hot wala...
pahle kabhi ye naam suna nahi hai kya???]

(13)
hey yaar..
we were supposed to meet na..
forgot dear??
scrap me sweet!!!!!!
[ye bandi scrap nahi karti aur bande ne to milne ke bhi khwab bana diye.. kuchh nahi ho sakta bhai tera to]

(14)
ABC@XYZ.com .......... my mail n messenger id....... scrap bk or mail or msg......... wanna b frenz ??????
[pahle hi email id de diya… ha muft ka jo banaya hai account…
Waise banda dekha kitna adjusting hai…
Scrap / mail / messenger / … kuchh bhi chalega]

(15)
HI i am Girl trapped in male body ....can we chat?
[:O:O:O!!!!! Chhii]

(16)
aila!!!!!!!!
what a profile intro.....
i am impressed!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Abe profile to hoti hi hai impress karne ke liye..
Ab sachhai bhi jaan na chahega???]

(17)
kai baisaheb amchya scrap baddal kahich ka vatat nahi aplyala?
Nasel scrap pathvayacha tumhala tar tasa sanga na friendcha kantala ala ahe kinwa amchyashi bolayala avadat nahi tumhala.
ugich garibachi tingle karata rao ani scrap chi maja pahata fakta!
[Can’t translate it totally – Its written in Marathi. But point to be noted here is “Ppl are taking help of different languages also”
konacha hi kahi fayada nahi (kisi ka kuchh fayda nahi)]

(18)
hi BETA
can i call u BET?
i like u r name
hey too sexy snap ha
[Bhaiya naam chhota kar ke bulane se ladki pat jaati to aat tak ladkiyo ke naam bachte hi nah… har koi A B C D mai baat karta hota…]

(19)
Hii wanna be close to me tell me somthin abt u
R u interested in dating wanna meet me
[Andhere mai teer pe teer maarte raho… kahi to kuchh to hoga…]

(20)
hi dear how are u? let meet or chat sometime. add my id to ur gmail.
when are u online?
can we meet soon?
can i knw a bit more abt u...frends???
[Oye gattu thand rakh yaar..
Ek scrap ka reply to aane de…
First time mai hi friend / chat / meeting request sabkuchh!!!]

To dekha aapne ki log kis had tak gir sakte hai,
ek ladki ka scrap pane ke liye… "Sirf ek Scrap"

aap bhi savdhar rahe…

aise log kahi bhi ho sakte hai…
aapke next cubicle mai ya
aapke next room mai ya
aapke bagal wale flat mai….
Yaad rahe “Chain se sona hai to jaag jao”


I think I should cut my crap here only(u can’t expect anything else in Blog-Full-Of-Crap right???)

But one thing is sure... these guys has changed the definition of Friends and Friendship.

Anyways... Wishing you Happy Friendship day
Njoy!!!

~Dh@v@!

White Board

Naah!!!! I am not going to tell you which white board to buy and what should be the dimensions for it, etc... Neither am I doing marketing for any of the white board manufacturing companies. Actually today I was bit free and by mistake I looked at the white board in my cube with a different angle. Normally I use my WB for maintaining To-Do list, for noting down extension numbers, as a reminder, for Money matters, etc…

But you must have heard this famous line “Khali dimaag shaitan ka Ghar”(Means : Blank mind a house of devil). I thought of looking at others’ WBs. I went to some cubicles around me and here is what got …

Company provides White Board (WB) to reduce paper wastage, but have a look at the following pics and see what you can do with your WB.


Blank WB

Wah kya safai huyi hai!!! Must be a Surf Excel user:)

Look at this WB - Batra’s creation (are na re baba… Dr. Batra nahi re… ye apne Ashutosh Batra)
Man too much “Chamia Doggy”!!!

You can imagine the situation in IT industry. That is why we should have equal number of male and female in office.

I know you must be thinking, "Guys will be guys" Right??? :):):)

Ye dekho… Mr. Romeo’s WB

In school / college people use to write their GF/BF’s name on the bench and now on the white board… Common guys, grow up now!!!

Next we have, my favorite "Da Confused Soul" [Unknown : Just clicked it, when the cube was empty]

Dunia to gol hai… Magar yaha to sab kuch gol hai…

Okay now this must be of some artist’s WB [yeah it’s Ajesh’s WB]

Sarkar by Ajesh

The Dream Girl

The Ash love

Yar I think you are in the wrong profession. You should not waste your time in IT industry…

Here comes, my WB "before" and "after" I went to Tirupati

" Before"

"After"

Have you seen this pic somewhere? Where!!!

Next, C&H lover… [Banani]

She has converted the WB into a C&B poster. But it's a good one, must read.

Another Calvin lover [Mohan]

I think everybody is painter here. Huh…. Sometimes I wonder what these people are doing in IT field.

Here comes the real Techi [Miss Rekha Rao]


Great… At least somebody is working…

Another time pass WB


Finally that Chamia doggy has got some partner… ;) ;)

Anyway that’s it for today… I will continue posting my crap…
Njoy!!!

U have been Tagged

Sorry, please don’t blame me. It’s a new kind of chain on net. No not like chain mails, forward this to 5 people otherwise something bad will happen to you. Let me explain you. I got a message from Anu telling that you have been tagged. She was tagged by some of her friends. So now I am tagging you (yes you, my dear reader).

Ya hold on I m telling you what do I mean by tagging you. You need to write all weird things about yourself the way I have written here. Somehow I found this chain interesting and would like to continue it. So remember I have tagged you, Yeah can’t write everybody’s name (and don’t want to miss such opportunity also). After all this is a rare chance for you to show your weirdness.

Here goes my nomination for “DA WEIRDO” competition

1. The very first weird thing. I always use dictionary for writing weird. I have used this word for a million times but still I get confused between weird and wired. (In both the cases MS Office dictionary doesn’t show red underline, so it’s not a my fault)

2. My driving speed is directly proportional to Road Traffic. I generally drive relatively fast on heavy traffic road and comparatively very slow on empty roads. In both the cases my pillion rider shouts… Tell me what should I do?

3. I can’t talk more than 15 consecutive minutes over phone. I wonder how people can talk hours and hours together!!! I can’t talk like those love birds. “Tell me you love me”, “What did you do today?”, “Had your lunch?”, “Had your dinner?”, “Why didn’t you call me this morning?”…. My Gosh!!! Because of my undeveloped mind (or whatever) I can’t understand how can people do that?

4. Fully day I can sit in front of the stupid box. (I am talking about TV here). But I can’t spend more than an hour with a TYPICAL Gal. (Ya typical is the word to be noted here… you know the definition of typical gal right?). Very simple reason in former case I have the remote control, I can switch it off or swap the channel but stopping gal is a real tough job for me.

5. When I watch TV, around 80% of my time goes in swapping the channels. Sometimes I only watch Ads.

6. I hate changing cloths every now and then. You can call it’s my laziness also – Now you know the only reason behind not selecting Modeling as my career option.

7. Movies – Believe me guys I can tolerate any movie. Whenever somebody asks me, hey Dhaval how was the movie? My typical answer “ya okay types, can see it once” (Though it is rated 0.5 out of 5). I can find, at least something, interesting in any movie. I have seen movies like “Jani Dushman”, “Chhote sarkar”, etc… Last Sunday only I saw “Mohabbatein” 4th time (thanks to MAX)

8. Songs – I like all weird songs, all flop songs. I like all those cheap songs (not only that type of songs, I do like some good songs also. I like all sad songs, all boring songs, all slow song, all fast songs… I like any type of songs, any language…

9. I do get inspired by Motivating songs like “Lakshya – Ha yahi sapna hai tera”, “Corporate - Oh sikandar, oh sikandar”, “Buz Luhrmann - Everybody is free” (Though the effect lasts for a very short span of time, that is a different story all together)

10. I still like BSB, Boyzone and Britney Spears songs. I know they are considered as teenagers’ songs, all that chocolaty songs, but I love them.

11. Another tragedy of my life. I have lots of female friends but I don’t have a single Girlfriend (Imagine not even once in my 23 years, i.e. 23*365 days = 23*365*24 hours, huh such a long time – Okay now, no need to use your brain, I am straight only)

12. Plz don’t laugh, but I prefer milk with Bournvita (or any chocolate flavored powder) over Tea or Coffee. Tea I have hardly had in my life and coffee also when I don’t have anything else to have.

13. When it comes to Biscuit I still prefer Parle G and not the Parle Hide n Sick. Yeah I prefer plain glucose biscuits over cream / chocolate / nut biscuits.

14. I hardly take Cold Drinks. I prefer mango / orange flavored drink than regular cola flavored drink

15. On weekends I prefer sleeping in my room than going to Café Coffee Day. Plz there is only one weekend in a week right?

16. I like games where I need minimum energy. I like computer games, I like video games (Contra and Mario my all time favorite games), I like Pool over Badminton or swimming.

17. I generally keep quiet with my good friends and expect them to understand everything without saying anything. I am a great listener (according to my friends), I can keep on listening anybody but can’t talk more than 15 minutes.

18. Train journey - I prefer Sleeper Coach and not the 2-tier AC, after all you can’t get those chatwala and fruitwala and samosawala and all in AC coach right?

19. Every time I go to the library I issue some books and without reading them I return them on time and issue some more books. It’s a vicious circle and like the ring it never stops. Unfortunately I had a great library in my school / also in my college and now in Infy also….

20. I can’t write a single post with out Microsoft-office-built-in-dictionary. Typo error is just the other name of Dhaval

21. Eating – When it comes to eating, I don’t have any control over it… I think it is the most beautiful thing to do, followed by a nice sleep :).

22. I can’t be serious in my time. Believe me guys I have tried a lot but every time I failed miserably. I really want to be serious over this “not being serious” nature.

23. Like every other guy, I also think that I m an unlucky chap. I am a total mess and confused to the core, I mean it.

Better I stop here now… Believe me guys I am not that weird also. Common now, almost everyone around me considers ME as a pretty normal guy (I don’t know, what will be their reaction after reading this post).

Phewwwww… Yuck... Chheeee… Thhuu…. This is what you are thinking right?
I know that… I know I am the weirdest guy on this earth… But just can’t help it…

Anyways, it’s your turn now :):):)

Show your weirdness by giving comments or by posting your list on you blog. Remember you have been tagged. Let’s continue the weird chain. :):):)

Is it fair?

Few days back I was watching a show on NDTV and I came to know about this issue. Let me share it with you.

Garima Devi, a girl from poor family, has scored 97.6% in board exams (10th Standard, CBSC). Just like other students she also had a dream of getting admission in DPS (Delhi Public School), a top notch school of India. But she was simply rejected, reason: “lack of fluency in English”. The point to be noted here is, the interview was in English only. I too agree that her English is not up to the mark, but is it fair? Rejecting the admission request just because of this reason!!!!

I agree that English is must for in this competitive world. I am not denying the fact that India has earned the global image because of her 3rd largest English speaking population, after USA and UK. But does it mean that we should consider only English speaking people for better opportunities? Shouldn’t we give a chance of improvement to others? Shouldn’t we create a good learning environment for such people? Have you ever thought; if we will keep on giving a special treatment to English speaking people what will happen to majority of the Indian students (yes we have hardly 33% English Medium schools in India)?

This is not about only one Garima or only about DPS. Thousands of people are not getting deserved opportunities just because of their “not so good” English. You can observe that if you want. Go to any of the Café coffee day counter, or Barista, or any pizza counter, or leading restaurant or any multiplex, you will find people talking in English only. Because “it is in”. If you don’t know English you are considered as a backward guy. Non-English speaking people are considered as “Desi” at such places. The question I want to ask here is “Why is so?”, “Do English-speaking-people have some extra brain?”, “If a person is good at analytic skills and managing tings but (s)he is not good at English, does it mean that (s)he is not intelligent and (s)he has no rights to dream about good school/college/job? ”

Coming back to Garima, she already has got her admission in some other school. She is not happy with DPS and wants to achieve betters marks in 12th Standard than any of the DPS students and show them that she has the real caliber and English is not everything. During the show itself principal of IPS (Indian Public School), Dehradun called in NDTV stidio and he was offered admission in two years residential course with full scholarship, but she couldn’t accept it as she has already taken admission in some other school. I think DPS must think over their decision.

Any way Garima, let me congratulate you for your mind blowing result and all the best for your future. May god bless you!!!

Naryans

This post is dedicated to “Naryans”.
You must be wondering what the hell this Naryans is. Right?

Well well well… That’s my college group. One day we decided to give some name to our group. Some one came up with “ARYANS” but as you know Bollywood has used it a million times (seriously guys bollywood has got very limited database… Raj, Pooja, Prem, Kkkiran, Aryans), so we decided to come up with some fundu name… but we all are zero at creativity… it was like asking some Haryanvi Jaat to write an essay of 100 words in English without any errors. We simply added “N” (for Nirma, my college) before ARYANS and we came up with a group name “NARYANS”. Like people use to register a name for their company we got our group name registered in yahoo groups and done… we got our identity… But this was in 6th semester.

Let me tell you the story of the great group.

Squad:

00IT002 - Nirmal Bharadia
AKA – Bapu
Currently at – (SE) TCS, Ahmedabad

00IT007-Abhishek Dalal
AKA – Abhi
Currently at – (SE) TCS, Ahmedabad

00IT008-Hiral Desai
AKA – Kalu
Currently at – Sydney, Australia, Pursuing Master degree and part time job

00IT013-Mahesh Donga
AKA – Donga
Currently at – (SE) TCS, Ahmedabad

00IT023-Vishal Khanama
AKA - Japke
Currently at – Baroda, Gujarat, Managing the study pressure at MS University for MBA

00IT027-Palak Limbachiya
AKA - PC
Currently at – (SE) Infosys, Pune (Working as a SAP consultant)

00IT038-Don Hiral Modi
AKA Dallo
Currently at – (SE) LnT Infotech, Mumbai (Going to US for an onsite assignment tomorrow)

00IT040-Don Naman Modi
AKA – Modi, Tondu
Currently at – California, USA, part time M.Tech full time Job – Thanks to Green Card ;)

00IT052-Jigar Parmar
AKA – Dahod, Fendo
Currently at – (SE) Satyam, Hyderabad

00IT054-Denish Patel
AKA – DJ, Doho
Currently at – Maryland, USA, Full time job

00IT055-Dhaval Patel
AKA – Patel, Dhems, Google
Currently at – (SE) Infosys, Mysore

00IT056-Dipesh Patel
AKA - Surti
Currently at – United Kingdom, Pursuing Doctorate Degree (Man now I doubt about the credibility of HPD degree)

00IT061-Kartik Patel
AKA – Andho (The Blind man)
Currently at – (SE) LehMan Brother, Mumbai

Pahchan Kon???

The way we all met:

This is the most interesting part of the story. In the first year we all were strangers. I knew only PC and DJ cuz there were my schoolmates. In some initial days Naman Modi and Hiral Modi (AKA Modi Brothers) became very famous because of their notorious nature and their pranks. They grabbed my attention (physics is proved wrong here, electron is not attracted by proton, it’s proton that attracts proton, in college you always look for your kind for guys/gals right?). One fine day I was caught by my teacher n she asked me to leave the class. As usual being happy to get such a wonderful opportunity (yeah spending one hour in canteen or Nirma’s lawn is much better than listening to some faculty in class) I moved out of the class without thinking anything. I met Naman outside the class and we both started blaming education system, Nirma rules n what not. So this was our first step towards the friendship. Naturally along with him I came to know about Hiral Modi and also PC n DJ got introduced with those guys. Dahod also became notorious and he also came in to our group. I, DJ, Surti n Andho were in same lab group so we also got to know about each other. In every class we used to go late and from every lab we used to move out early (In a lab of 2 hours we used to come before 1 hour). As every illegal work needs some support, we started going around together. Kalu, Japke, Bapu, Donga and Abhi got introduced by PC n Modi brothers cuz where were in their lab group so they also joined the group. Aakhir masti kisi achhi nahi lagti…
Meanwhile we got result of our first internal exam. We all got unbelievable marks, yah more than 85%. (For the first and the last time in college). We became very popular in our batch. Most wanted, Black list, whatever you call it… In 3rd semester we crossed all the limits. We literally started dadagiri against lecturers. Throwing arrows and sleeping in the lecture was very common we started playing cards also. And that reflected in our results also… After getting around 90% in first internal n around 80% in 1st year university we got just around 65% in 3rd sem. But we recovered it anyhow and finally got a decent average of 4 year marks.

Bombay & Diu Trip:

In the 3rd semester we went to IIT Mumbai. It was supposed to be an academic tour but it turned out to be one of the most memorable trips in my life. It served a purpose of a power buster in our Friendship. We hardly spent 3 hours in IIT out of 3 days academic trip; instead we went to “Essel World”, “Juhu Beach”, “Chopati” n “some dance bars”. It was a great time. Somebody gave alcohol mixed cold drink to DJ and he got all angry but it was a good prank. Usko laga ki uska dharam bhrasht ho gaya. One funny incident I would like to quote here, while traveling by local trains in Mumbai, by mistake some of us board on the 1st class coach and the TT asked for the tickets. I happily gave tickets to him and then he asked me to look at the coach once again. It was 1st class coach. He took us to his cabin and started demanding for the fine. Somehow we managed a small under-the-table treat and left his cabin. We did a hell lot of the things in Mumbai some of which I can’t write here. ;);)

But happiness doesn’t come alone, Right? On one side we were in a process of making a great group, something went wrong in a card game and a question mark was raised on the Modi Brothers’ strong one year friendship, which was finally settled down in the 7th semester (uff such a long time). Nothing but a wall of ego was there in between them which was finally destroyed and the following picture is the proof their compromise. As they say “Friendship gets much stronger after one breakup” once again they became good friends.

We had another great trip, which was to Diu (one of the most beautiful beaches in India). Let me quote some of the funny incidents of that trip.

• Naman Modi got full drunk and felt off from the auto
• Once again cuz of Nama Modi’s drunken state he started blasting a foreigner child on a private resort beach
• Kalu was out of control and started blabbering. “Since I was” [He still denies the fact that he was drunk that time]
• Because of sleepless overnight journey (ya this was the only reason) I was feeling so sleepy on the first day of diu trip and I still don’t remember when did I open door of my hotel room for DJ. I am not even sure where I did that but DJ only told me that I am the one who opened that door for him after knocking for 15 minutes so I have to believe it.
• The foreigner–one guy–n police incident at the beach
• The Beach Volley Ball n many more…

Midnight Chillouts:

Some of us are from Ahmedabad so didn’t have full independence in our college time but rest of us used to stay in apartments. We have enjoyed many night outs at Bapu’s place, Kalu’s place and at Surti’s place.
Ghar se bol ke jate the “MOM project ka bahut kaam hai aaj to puri raat beth ke khatam karna padega… ya fir MOM group study karni hai”.
N then full time masti… I can’t forget those late night movies, full night comp games (We used to break n set new records of the computer games), indoor cricket… Let me tell you this. Surti’s flat was on the 10th floor and luckily 2 beautiful chicks were staying on the 9th floor in front of his balcony. So obviously Balcony became the best place in his house, we literally used to fight for standing there. Guys remember those balcony scandals? Hahaaha it was real fun. I am really missing those midnight Bun-Butter, Tea, Soda and all time pass stuff. Dahod remember that night, we were all hungry and at 3 in the morning we went to “Bombay pav bhaji” and requested those guys to give some food they were having….

The Punch Game:

We use to play this funny game. Whenever we find somebody sitting quietly, showing the back, we used to punch him like anything… Modi, Bapu, Kalu, PC and Surti were the all time hit players of the game.
(In da pic… Bapu and Kalu hitting Surti)

Weird!!! Isn’t it?

Placement & Farewell Time:

Final year of engineering, campus recruitment was started in the college and we came to know that we will have to depart after some time…

But we really missed our farewell party… if any of our juniors is reading this post then let me tell you “You are the worst juniors in the world”. Can’t throw a farewell party!!!!! Huh

Anyway coming back to placement scenario, some of us got job in the initial phase itself and some of us couldn’t make it till the end. The tension was in the air. We all were worried. We also had the same question in our mind.
“What will happen to us?”, “Who will go to where”, “Will we keep in touch?” etcBut as everybody in the world faces that phase of time, so we also faced it. Today we all are so scattered, we are a thousand mile away but still it’s just a mail away. Thanks to Outlook (yeah I can’t pass a single day in office without it), Yahoo, Orkut (my all time favorite Google), n internet… we still exchange lots of mails everyday…

Here come the Gentlemen

I would like to end this post (yeah this time it’s not crap for a change) by this sher…

Vishwas ki ek dori hai dosti,
Betab dil ki majburi hai dosti.
Na mano to
kuch bhi nahi,Aur mano to KHUDA ki bhi kamzori hai dost.

Pine walo ko pine ka bahana chahiye…

If you are looking for some real good stuff then let me tell you friend, this is not the place for it. Click on the X (top right corner) and read some good blogs or articles or rather watch TV. Don’t blame me afterwards, remember you have been warned!!!!

Okay let me start my crap now….

As usual last weekend also we had a party (no need to tell it was a “daru party”). [Daru means Alcohol]. A picture can speak a thousand words… right?

It is strange that being only a coke drinker some how I enjoy daru parties, just because of the kind of discussion we have. We started our party somewhere around 8.30 pm and this time around we were discussing liquors, dope, hukka and stuff. We discussed about Vodka, Rum, Tequila, Dragon Shot, Submarine Shot, Chocolate with Cigarette, Sweets with drinks and some weird combos. Moving on to Charas, Ganja, Afeem, LSD, etc… but suddenly our discussion took a serious turn and we started discussing about friends, life, relations, and more serious topics. By the time we finished the discussion it was already 3.15 am. You should watch people discussing after 5 pegs down.

But bottom line is, “Pine walo ko pine ka bahana chahiye…” [They need some reason to drink]

I have a list of reasons given by my friends

• Not in the mood today
• I am in the party mood today
• People around are enjoying in party
• Feeling lonely today
• Have got some friends today
• Today is the Friday / Saturday / Sunday (or any other day)
• She spoke to me today
• She didn’t speak to me today
• I am happy today
• I am sad today
• I am missing my BF / GF / Friends / Bro / Sis / who-so-ever
• My wife has gone to her place
• My wife is coming next week
• My friend is going somewhere
• My friend has arrived
• I am not drinking, it’s just a beer.
• I have to improve my capacity so let me drink
• I am feeling tired today
• We won the match today
• We lost it
• I am going through the tension these days
• I have been drinking for last 10 days, now let me continue and make a new record
• I am getting it for free
• I got a promotion
• I didn’t get a promotion
• And the most frequently used reason, I am drinking for nothing “I mean just like that”
  

By the way I would like to thank Tau (aka Anuj Mahajan) for enhancing my knowledge about different types of drinks. Also I would like to thank him for giving valuable inputs and making my post more readable. You know guys my English sucks big time…

Look at this guy, my winamp has got artificial intelligence. It is playing
“Nasha sharab mai hota to naachti bottle.”

Let me cut my crap by great quote

“Reality is an illusion caused due to lack of alcohol - Johnny Walker”

Everybody is free

“Depression” – The root of all the problems.

These days I have observed a wave of depression everywhere…

This post is dedicated to all the people out there, who are suffering from depression,
Who don’t know what to do?
Where to go?
What is good n what is bad?

Guys, I use to listen to this song when ever I am down, when ever I feel sad or confused and believe me it has helped me a lot. It’s one of my all time hits, so I would like to share this song with you all.

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Lyrics to "Everybody is free to wear sunscreen"
by Baz Luhrman


Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97,

Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis or reliable then my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice....now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind, you won't understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded, but trust me in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future, or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind: the kind that blindsides you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive; forget the insults. (if you succeed in doing this, tell me how).

Keep your old love letters; throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives; some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of Calcium. Be kind to your knees -- you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40; maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body: use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it; it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance...even if you have no where to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions (even if you don't follow them).

Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents; you never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings: they're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but what a precious few should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps and geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.

Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old; and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse, but you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you are 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia; dispensing it is a way of wishing the past from the disposal--wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts, and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me, I'm the sunscreen.



PS : mp3 will be provided on demand. ;)

I am against RESERVATION

I am not going to write anything about reservation issue because there are more than 700 blogs for that. Each of them is telling the same thing “I am against Reservation”. Have a look at these pics and respects those who are fighting for it.

Practice Questioning…

We can say many things without words…

They will try to suppress your voice…

They will try to crush your spirit……

They will give you pain…….


They will torture you……

They will inflict sufferings…

They are the brutal organized force…

They will fire…

Never succumb to pressure...
Are we living in Democracy???

Never sayDIE…

EQUALITY is our BIRTH RIGHT

I salute you guys…