Revival check

With Blogger's revival, I am tempted to use this earlier space of mine to post tid-bits of humour, fun and trivia. Google, Help me raise the bar.... Cheers,

Action: Blogbreak till VinBlog is reloaded

Well...As I have successfully exported my blogger entries to MT, I won't post anything till my domain is setup. And that means another blogbreak. Dont know whats up with webcomindia.net. They promised one day for registration. And I am yet to see my domain registered. I am gonna sue them If they dont do it soon. Till then you guys relish recipes from ritu on her foodlog. I did this coolgray template for her blog. Now I am in the process of doing my own for MT. Catch me soon. Live in action.

Immersion in the responsibility matrix I have got a huge load of work to do today. Lotsa things are expected to be done at a time. And this migraine attack though not a severe one, a bleak long standing throbbing sensation all through the day is expected. No matter I am going to beat the heat, and do my work. I can do it. Start nowwww...

"What is a meme?" Ever since I saw this word in one of those sentenses in one of the archived posts of Anil Dash, I am kinda getting allergic to blogworlds lingo. I like to love it. But I still hate it. Primarily because its a pain in the ass, to look around and find what on earth it means. Especially when you are struck up neck deep in the work assigned to you and you need quick look at whats happening in the blogworld, and there you get to read words that you dont understand, and it becomes harder to do some digging around certain things like this. But as an exception, today I took away some time to do the dig and got hold of this superb FAQ on "What is a meme". Go have a read.

Free ain't cheap !!! Well..okay I am going to move to my own domain with my own space and going to power my blog with MovableType personal publishing system. There are hundreds of bloggers who move from blogger, greymatter so on and so forth to things like MT, Nucleus, pMachine. I found this interesting post at USS Clueless, which talks about all this moving to own publishing system for blogs and more. There is also a mention of the tussle between MT and Kathy Kinsley, of The Third Hand, who was going to start a small hosting service whereby people could pay a small fee per month for a site which would have Movable Type on it.

Almost done - VinBlog reloaded. A long wait and its almost done. Yup, the VinBlog which was earlier hosted at rediff, is almost set to be relaunched at my own domain and web hosting space. It took me exactly 15 minutes to set the MovableType thingie at my host. Such an ease. I would say the impression of TotalChoiceHosting.com (my web host) till now has been excellent. The CPanel it provides, though not a very good looking UI (UserInterface), has almost all the controls you need to run a web space. However the cliche has been in the domain registration. I had registered the domain at webcomindia.net and it is yet to be registered. Also I am slightely unclear about my domain transfer. Though it looks as simple as pointing the DNS1 and DNS2 of my domain to the name servers of TCH, I am unsure about it untill I really get the thing going. The domain name propagation this, as quoted is said to take atleast 24-72 hours. So as soon as this gets done, I will be all set to launch the new VinBlog. More articulated, More elegant and all under my control. Now I dont have to worry about the blogspot ad that shows up right up there, like here at somatosense. I dont have to worry about comments, trackbacks, the RSS feed. I am going to get all this and more at MovableType. So so far so good. I need to work a bit on the design part, I am almost there, I just need a 2-3 hours to design my new look template and the layout. Thats the update about VinBlog for now. Over the weekend, apart from setting the MT thing up, spent the whole day saturday with my mom, she left that evening back home. When I cribbed about my health, my food problem, the unorderly life, She believes all that would change after August. Guess why, my stars. They are gonna show the favour on me. I hope they do. But I have faith in myself than on stars. I am going to try my best anywaz. Voila, I watched 'The Matrix - Reloaded'. And boy, I loved it. I would give a ***** (5 stars) for that movie. Earlier I had planned to watch this with none other than Jivha. But yesterday somehow I could not resist the urge to give it a go. Sorry J, but hey I am gonna watch this again. In symphony. So still I am coming with you. Dont forget to give me a ping, when you are ready. The conversations, so philosophical and high-end. The long phrases and witty dialogues. The high-tech action, the superman thing by Neo, the one handed tussle with hundreds of Agent Smiths, the Morpheous, Trinity runway with the keymaker, the life-saving act by Neo again, there are more than these sequences which are spell-binding. Somethings never change and somethings do. Absolutely recommended.

A Blogger's Big-Fish Fantasy A good blogger's must read this article at NYTimes. The observation is that bloggers always think a few things a like. They ask themselves more importantly 3 things, -- why do they blog? -- for whom do they blog? -- what do they blog day after day?

As most bloggers know, it's better not to fret over how many people are reading your Weblog. In any creative pursuit, recognition (or in the blogger's case, traffic and links) cannot be the only motivator.

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It turns out to be.... Well...I have to admit that I am infatutuated by this certain someone. Yup thats 'B', The unseen, but known 'B', who is kinda become my passion or as I said earlier an addiction. I admitted that and told her so. Her response was 'Kya kahe ! Pata nahi' (Wattu say, dunno). I dont know how to interpret that. But I am fine with it, as long as her SMSs beep on my cellphone. She whispers and giggles when we are talking. When we are not talking, still she does, in my mind. I feel good when she rings me up and we discuss things from blogging to the movies we watch. When she doesnt, Still she does. When I take out my cellphone, the most likely thing that I do is SMS her. I imagine how would it be, if we were childhood friends. I imagine how would it be, if we were schoolmates. I imagine how would it be, if we were collegemates. I imagine how would it be, if we were collegues in the office. But it turns out to be none of these. She is someone living somewhere, so far, yet so near, I can listen to her sweet voice, those giggles, But it turns out to be that I can't see her. I think this is not just friendship. This is something more than that. Something different. Something which I can't explain. For now I am thinking on the lines that this could be an infatutation. (The 3rd time till now, but can it be?). Guess whether she can explain. Hey 'B', Can you?

Aashiqui....with...Mousiqui... I wanna talk about music now. The music in movies. When I was a kid during those Amitabh, Mithunda, Chunky, Govinda, Jeetendra movies in the 80s, the music was not as melodious as it was in 90s. Though still I like Bappi lahiri's numbers from 'Disco Dancer'. The disco genre is still one of my favourites. The romantic wave began with Nadeem-Shravan's 'Aashiqui'. It saw the birth of a new Music Composer, A playback singer - Kumar Sanu and a new wave that hit the bollywood, Then came Saajan, Deewana, Dil hai ki maanta nahi, and so many other hit music scores. Aashiqui is still one of the most revolutionary scores till date. 'Sochenge Tumhe pyaar' was so enchanting that I instantly fell in love with this song, the moment I heard it. Then cam Anu Malik, the struggler in the 80s became the hit music composer of mid and late 90s, with scores like 'Phir teri kahaani..', 'Baazigar', Vijaypath, Imtihan, Border, Refugee, Asoka all were pretty good. One of the most distinguished music from Nadeem-shravan was for 'Pardes'. It was so unlikely of them. Nevertheless a good score. Jatin-Lalit is one of my top-rated composers, especially for romantic, funny comic numbers. They made it too good in DDLJ, Raju Bangaya..., KHKN, JoJeeta.., Khamoshi, Fareb, Bada Din, Yes Boss, KKHH, Mohabbatein, till recently Haasil and Chalte Chalte. They are the followers of RDBurman in this era. Vishal-shekar who have composed for the yet to release, 'Jhankaar Beats' seem to have followed RDB's composition style. But my all time favourite Music composer is none other than A R Rahman. He is the master of the masters. He scores in all the areas, be it romantic scores or epic scores. From Roja to Rangeela he started, then came Bombay, Thiruda Thiruda, till recently Lagaan. All of them too good a scores. Shankar-ehsaan-loy were too good in Dil Chahta hai. The title track is just too good. These days I am hearing the same tunes from the MDs again and again. Be it chalte chalte or Main Prem ki diwaani hoon, all the tunes seem to have lost originality and look pale. Same tunes same instruments same voices. I am fedup of listening to the voice of Sunidhi Chauhan. The scream is there in every alternate number I listen to on the TV. There is no doubt that she is a talented singer. But the composition is so similer in almost all the numbers. Koi Mil gaya is not as good as KNPH by Rajesh Roshan, Hopes on Kuch na Kaho by Shankar-ehsaan-loy. Enough said. I am looking forward to an eventful music happening in the rest of the 2003 and 2004. Currently listening to 'Chali aayi' sung well by Chitra from MPKDH.

Corp Blogging Moving ahead from one of my earlier post on 'Business Blogging', here is what I could find in the Boston Globe, an excerpt says -

Companies have begun to recognize the potential power of what buffs like to call ''the blog-osphere.'' Consider: Every business needs to know what its employees know. Companies are crammed with experts on various topics whose knowledge goes to waste -- because nobody knows what they know. Now give these workers an internal corporate blog, and encourage them to use it. Let them natter away on every topic that intrigues them. Harvest and index the results. You've mapped your workers' brains. With a few keystrokes, a manager can find out who's been blogging about skiing or bowling or restoring classic cars -- just the thing when you're trying to sell something to an avid collector of '64 Mustangs. The company's hidden experts will cheerfully reveal themselves, and the firm's institutional memory gets an upgrade.

Venus Venus penne...rap There is this song called 'Venus Venus penne' in the new tamil film called 'Punnagai Poove'. The rap bit that comes in between sounds so funny and interesting. Just check this out. You would enjoy if you've been hearing this super hit song.

Your Mama Knew It He'd Be Breaking It Down Slip In The Rhythm And The Groove Of The Old School Sound We Talking About This Girl, Man She Looks So Fine One Glance At Her And I Want To Make Her Mine I Want To See Her And Rub Her All Over While I Please Her Ooh Baby Because She's There Everywhere All Over The Place I Ain't Worried About The Springs, I Can Get Them Replaced Ah Ah Voulez-Vous Couchez Avec Moi Ce Soir? You Might Want It Bad Girl Like Within The R Uh R Uh Because With That Oomph He's Got A Bad Wheeze So You Better Move Your Butt Girl If You Want Me To Please

Gone are the days.... Gone are the days when we used to talk for hours with our friends. Now we don't have time to say a HI. Gone are the days when we played games on the road. Now we code on the road with laptop. Gone are the days when we stood to watch birds. Now we see and hear them in mpeg files. Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at night. Now we see stars when our code doesn't work. Gone are the days when we sat to chat with friends on grounds. Now we chat in chat rooms..... Gone are the days where we studied just to pass. Now we study to save our job Gone are the days where we had no money in our pockets. Now we have the atm as well as credit card Gone are the days where we shouted on the road. Now we don�t shout even at home Gone are the days where we got lectures from all. Now we give lectures to all

My Top 10 all time favourite hindi movie list. Not necessarily in any order. But DDLJ is the first one for sure. 1. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge 2. Kabhi haan Kabhi naa 3. Dil chahta hai 4. Dil hai ki maanta nahi 5. Lagaan 6. The legend of bhagat singh 7. Company 8. Satya 9. Chashme baddoor 10. Chhoti si baat

Chalte Chalte... It was yet another friday night. And we went to watch the movie - 'Chalte Chalte'. Didn't expect a lot. But there were expectations for SRK, that he will get out of his 'Devdas' mood and enact something different. The movie started on a sloppy note, with the friends circle trying to explain a love story to the hamming fiancee of one of the friends. SRK has managed to enact differently, and the facial expressions were different from his earlier films. The mannerisms haven't changed, but the role's portrayal has been impressive. The lips biting, eye brow crunching, expression of 'ohh i dont wanna miss her' were beautifully enacted by SRK. The first half of the movie is very much likeable. The self-marketing strategies of Raj mathur, are so natural and seem realistic. The 'Suno naa' number is so soothing to ears. The greece trip is also likeable. The first half itself is a movie within a movie. I initially thought that there would not be much in this film, shown what happens before marriage. The surprise was that the before-interval part totally focuses on how SRK is able to succeed in getting his love. The latter half is a normal family drama, and is not as good as saathiya. The climax at the airport is not so tolerable. And SRK hams a bit there. But he couldn't have done anything else to do there, coz the plot is not so thick. I was almost fedup of seeing Rani's face at the end of the movie. She is totally in the frame and tear jerking emotions all over. Guess this movie is gonna catch up well with the family audience. 'Prem nagari ya ki' is a song that is hummable and nice. Background score is pretty good. The most likeable song in the movie to me is the title track, 'Chalte chalte jaane kya faasale hogaye' so true... My mom has come down to my place and I was seeing her after a long time. Spent time chatting with her. Met granny, uncle, aunty and all..spent sometime sleeping too..So sunday was like there was no sunday. It went off in a flash and here I am on a gloomy monday morning...The work starts again..let me be mentally prepared for it.

Really Simple Syndication - RSS This link should say what is RSS. A good explaination at this site by weblog conceiver and chief evangelizer, Dave Winer.

Deep thoughts about blogging Blogging is not technology. Neither it is a new system invented. It was there since long. And we have been hearing about it this way. Digging more about it, here is an article which puts down some deep thoughts about blogging. Worth a read.

Business blogging and the conference Michael Gartenberg is VP & Research Director, Jupiter Research. Today I stumbled upon his blog and thought I have finally reached something worthwhile to mention about blogging. On June 9, 2003, a 2-day Jupitermedia ClickZ Weblog Business Strategies 2003 Conference was held. The thing that caught my eyes was as he says - "More than half the audience seemed to have laptops open at all times". There was this bunch of prominent bloggers and geekheads from the blogging community and industry specialists who attended this conference. The most ideal device to do blogging in my view. I would soon have one I thougt. The most important thing about this conference is it addressed Business Blogging - Blogging for fun and profit. This presentation by mike is something interesting that I was looking for since I started blogging. This topic puts some light on how the corporates finally might want to take a look at blogging for business for fun but for profit. I could not dig deep into how it can be for profit. Soon we may see this shift happening and taken seriously by the IT industry. Its not just about personal and corporate websites now. The shift I guess has already happening from the rigid, clumsy static publishing to blogging, content driven. As they say 'content is king'. During my stint at Indya, we brought this tagline to our day-to-day work, we could see the implementation happening. Everything else doesn't matter. Content is king. All that matters is how significant is your content on the web, How benifitial is it to the audience, how well has it been structured, does it have an RSS feed?, does it address the topics under light to its maximum?. We had bought a content management system from OpenMarket for a huge sum. Mainly to manage the content across the content-driven channels like news, sports, cinemaa etc. It was all XML-driven based on the Java langauge. It was quite difficult for us to install, setup for the requirement that we were looking for and program it for our needs from there on. We underwent some training on it too. Though it tried to address many issues of content management, it lacked the ease of maintainance, technical flexibility for future requirements and more importantly it was not as structured as we would have expected it to be. Now that the blogging is in the big picture I certainly believe there would be new revenue models coming out of this new arena. Though the blogging started since the initial days of the internet, it has come to the common man's door step only now. I guess it should lead to creation of business blogs for profit rather than mere personal weblogs. This presentation talks about Business Blogging. Dave at scripting news has put down a lot about this conference, his and other fellows views on blogging and more. Worth a Visit. Heath Row has a transcript of every session at the Jupiter conference. Awesome. As he says the show is not about technology, nor will BloggerCon in October be about technology. Technology was ahead of the users, but in some ways, the users are ahead of the technology. You see the focus !!!

Adoration I dont know what to say, this is a poem composed by 'B', and the 'he' in the poem is supposed to be me !!! I believe I am not worth this poem. Its should have been written for the holy god. No. Not me. I am no good. I appreciate the appreciation shown by you, 'B' but I am a human. If you regard me so much, then I have nothing to give you in return.

Poem Of Adoration He sounds like the utterance of an illuminated soul breath of aspiration, praise of infinite, timeless hours. Not created by thought, nor moulded by fancies It is all his grace all that is invisible but his merciful glance! His words scatters sparks of wisdom, he is song of bliss He, with what easy sways and swings. Sweet blossom of life, an illumined face holy sanctity and his divine radiance. I am glorified in knowing this unseen spirit's glory An immensity and unfathomed mystery.

The Story of us !!! Its been long. 2 months and I have to tell somethinng. I am addicted to someone. Someone who is far away. Yet so near. Someone who cares for me for no reason. Who doesn't goto sleep without saying goodnight, doesn't wake up from her bed without saying Goodmorning to me. And me too have reciprocated in the same way. Not because she does. But because its come that way at the same time from both the sides. I didn't know her 2 months back. It was my birthday and and I got this poem written by her in my inbox. I was impressed as to how can an unknown person send me beautiful poem on my birthday with wishes. I replied and few mails got exchanged. Finally I asked her for her cell number. She was not willing to give it, as with anybody. But to my surprise, the numbers were also exchanged. Then started the flurry of SMSs. Thanks to this thing called SMS and I had made a good friend. It is now almost next to impossible to be without her SMSs. Sometimes I feel I should hear her and I call up. Not that she doesn't call. There is some problem with her handset or the Service provider hardly few calls where I could hear her properly without any disturbances. But it is a pleasure talking to her. Interacting with her. An angel on earth as I call her, I am not sure how long will be able to be in touch with her like this over the phone, sms, and these days almost mails have not been exchanged. There is no reason why I am addicted to this special person. I tried to analyse this over a chat the otherday and put down a few points like, this feeling of haivng someone listening to you. paying attention to you. this feeling of someone waiting for ur call or sms. it can be the opposite sex factor. The feeling of understanding someone new, exchanging some sweet and some not so sweet feelings. The feeling of having a friend who cares for you so much. But I did watever analysis to understand why I am in to this, I could only convince myself that I like this person very much, and I told her so yesterday. And she felt the same. This is one of the most loveable experience for me, something different till now, and I want to meet her personally and talk to her. Dont really know whether that would be possible in the near future at all. But someday I am gonna meet her for sure. for this person is so good that I dont know what to say. Yup we have had a few fights, few sorrys, infact more sorries from me. 3 big chat sessions on the net. Infact its better we have chat sessions than SMS sessions. Its more interactive. Sometimes these service provider problems crop up and It takes almost a few hours when the messages are received. And both wonder why the other person is not replying. Gussa? phir shuru..I have no clue where this will lead to. Dont even want to think. I dont know. But I have all the respect to our friendship. No one till date has grown so close to me in such a short time and such a person. I miss you B, all the time.

My Indya Stintlog !!! Sunil Lulla(now Sony SET - EVP), Arun Katiyar, Niti Chopra, Anuradha Sharma, Anu K, Arunava Sinha, Koushal Modi, Raj@Webops, Rajaram@webops, pradeep@webops, Projyal, Subbaraman K, Ananth Ram, Sims, Priti Kohli, Suman, Deepa T, Ramya, Chetan B, Chatura, Seetal Iyer (Yup the Radiocity FM RJ), Leena Palekar@TechQC, Alistair@TechQC, NCB (NaveenChandra Bhat), Hitesh Ashar, Tariq, Arvind, Pavan HA, Joby Joseph, Puppy (I forgot his name sorry), M Satheesh, Mugdha, Shaila Holla, Arvind Krishnan Now who? what? why? where? HOW? all these questions form the basis of my new "Indya Stintlog". Yup the names you see there are some of the wonderful people who worked/working at a now defunct horizontal portal, the now-internet face of the Star TV in india - indya.com. And I was working with the indya.com during those unforgettable 8 months in 2001, that I will ever remember and cherish, and thats what I am going to write about. The "Indya Stintlog"..coming up soon...check it out.. Note: The views, ideas, expressions and write-ups featuring in the stintlog are of my only and doesn't reflect anything that the indya.com carried/carries or the people mentioned in the log carry.

Happy and not I am happy because the Monsoons are coming. And people are heaving a sigh of relief. I am not happy because I am getting drowsy (Slept at 2am. 3 hours of chatting with B) I am happy because I had a nice chat with B last night. I am not happy because the software installation on my pc is not working at all. I am happy because Its a nice weather out here in Bangalore. The hot waves have gone away. I am not happy beacuse I have an upset stomach. Food....No good.. I am happy Coz I talked to my dearest cousin S and bhabhiJi yesterday. I am not happy Coz he is yet to send me the snaps of his weekend picnic to Holland. I am happy because I now have an opportunity to utilise my skills and perform at work. I am not happy Coz my health is not getting any better. Though I have started taking utmost care possible. I am happy Coz D is yet in touch with me. She calls up atleast once in a week. I am not happy Coz D's treat is still pending. Dunno I will ever get a treat from her. I am happy Coz I have a nice blog up here. I am unhappy Coz I am yet to set up my own domain and the MT blog. Dunno when... I am happy and unhappy. Guess thats what life is all about. And it has to be that way !!!!

Khwahish adhoori Did't do anything great over the weekend. Went to see "Khwahish" - a realistic, hot but tragic, ill fated screenplay, crapy sequences dustbin which is not recommended on a saturday afternoon. The only thing to watch here was Mallika sherawat and some dialogue baazi between the two. Ullas was horrific. Sir looks tired. Amar, sethji watever u call him is as expressionless as he can get. Lekha khorzvekar is the only saving grace. Could not do the painting. Spent time reading the watercolor book, outline of a new painting in mind. May be next week. Meanwhile this one I did a few weeks back. Called the countryside house. I believe I actually have seen this one in one of the village near my native.

Again a new look I never get fedup of this. I enjoy changing my template often. But this one I liked from a blog and took some cues from it. I just love this skin. Did some serious tweaking to get it to this shape. Finally its here. Plan to keep it for some time. Last working day and I am looking forward to an eventful weekend. Though not totally sure. Gotta get my fiero some servicing. Gotta goto the SBI to do some deposits, afterall its the first week of the month :) Need to do some heavy washing business. Meeting with grandma long pending. She keeps waiting every weekend that her pota is gonna show his face to her. But it takes some time and effort to reach her. And loadsa work so. This week plan to meet her no matter what. Want to do some painting, not sure though. As I read today, The best thing to do to be successful is to finish the things that have started. One more long time thing pending for me is getting a synthesizer. Dunno when I am gonna learn it. Learning is no big deal for me. I already got the basics. But need to go to classes to learn it completely. I just love the synthesised music as much as I love classical. Have a very happy and enjoyable weekend you all. Loads of wishes to anyone who visits this blog. :)

Google India News - Link of the day Simply amazing stuff from Google again. This gives news accumulated at once place from all sources portals, news sites, magazines almost all. Too good a site to miss. Wish only they had provided the RSS feed too. http://news.google.com/india

Google to fix blog noise problem This is a welcome announcement by the CEO Eric Schmidt. Now there will be a separate tab called 'blogs', to search personal published blog. The blogs will be removed from the main index. That way the main users will continue to get the exact information they are looking for on the main index, and bloggers will find a place to search similar interests and other issues of their requirement on the blogs tab. Good show google. Read more about the announcement if you haven't already read about it.

10 things to know about the Internet 1. The Internet isn't complicated 2. The Internet isn't a thing. It's an agreement. 3. The Internet is stupid. 4. Adding value to the Internet lowers its value. 5. All the Internet's value grows on its edges. 6. Money moves to the suburbs. 7. The end of the world? Nah, the world of ends. 8. The Internet�s three virtues: a. No one owns it b. Everyone can use it c. Anyone can improve it 9. If the Internet is so simple, why have so many been so boneheaded about it? 10. Some mistakes we can stop making already

Very very busy? me? After a long time at my work place, I really seem to have taken something seriously from within. I never showed uneasiness or dislike towards work that I am doing while at work. I have been moved to a new project, after a wait of 4 months, finally my managers decided I am worth doing what I should be doing. All these four months I was in to technology or work whatever you call it as, which was of not a challenge to me, neither it was having a great experience or something. But I never hated it. I knew I would learn something from this passing phase. And I did. So finally today reviewed some stored procedures and wrote some UTPs. Later on in the evening when everything seemed to get over, visited quite a few blogs all different, some kool, some boring, some beautiful, some touchy, some cynical. After a long time did some blog surfing. Added a few blogs to my IE links. Nothing personal in mind to write now after a mentally tiring day today. Even physically. Eyes are straining, listening to Punnagai Poove, feeling good about the music, Added a few feeds to my newzcrawler, No patience to open the new items now, Will see tomorrow if time permits, most of them who sit around me, already left to their homes, Venus venus penne, A/C chilling, Very very hungry, Wanna leave home, rather to Nandhini, Need a good dinner tonight, I am starving, I am off..off..really offf.....but the mood is ON. Very much ON.

Gadgets and me I am a gadget freak. I love taking a look at gizmodo. I am sure to take it in my hand and inspect or use, whenever I see a gadget around. No shop lifting though. One of my gadget dreams is owning a high-end high-configuration Laptop, and using it to blog. Like many geeks out there in the United states and Europe do. A breezing evening in winter, Just sitting in the balcony of my 11th floor flat at a posh location in Bangalore, sipping some hot lemon tea (I dont like coffee much), fingers running on the silky soft touchpad of my laptop, occassional thunders can be overheard giving a hint that it would rain sometime late in the evening, yanni playing in the background on my Sony music system, my dear one sitting next to me, silently enjoying the ambience, is for me nothing but Senventh HEAVEN. I got a HP-Photosmart 315 digital camera, which I love as much as my cellphone. My cousin had gifted me this camera when he returned from a Long stint in the US. I am grateful to him for gifting me something which no one ever did till date. I have taken almost close to 1200 photographs from this camera till now. I have a huge album list lying on my home PC, which is one of the reason why my friends and relatives never leave before checking on the new additions everytime they visit my place. I had used my cousin's laptop too. And that made me to compose the dream I was talking about. Its a Sony viao. Simply fabulous. Watched some amazing DVDs on it during his stay in India last year. Like Resident Evil, Traffic, Silence of the lambs, Goodwill hunting, Gladiator and what lies beneath. Talking about my cellphone, its a Nokia 8250 which I bought in Feb 2002. The best I have seen. So light, so beautiful, hassle-free handset. I have used it so delicately that no one can believe its more than 15 months old. I will talk about my PC, Washing machine and my bike next time till you yawn.

TNBT - "The Next Big Thing" As I was wondering there would be predictions and hoopla about blogging soon and would be called the next big thing. Now don't we know what happened to the dot-coms and tech startups during the boom and safely would predict that the bubble is going to burst for anything thats been touted as the next big thing. I don't buy that thought. Each and every new thing that the world experiences can't be a bust in the future. We had new inventions in a variety of areas, better call them 'big things'. When the TV came in everyone thought this is the next big thing, from a liesure item of the riches it is now down to the necessity of a common man. Then came in computers, from the few labs at the MIT, like wise institutes to the corporate houses to the homes of a common man. Now are those a passing fad. A bubble that bursts? Agreed that we had an internet and technology boom (with unrealistic targets, impractical funding and umpteen number of venture capitalists to cash in on that boom), which eventually led to the burst. But we still have a number of dot-coms and the technology companies at work, who have been realistic and have been making money. And are bound to get a strong foot hold if they continue in the way they are doing. Blogging is now a hobby. Or for some its something more than a hobby. A daily routin for some. I presume if it's importance or need is seriously taken by the common man who is a literate, who has some interest in his personal life, soon may become a necessity. Like now I prefer to read or write blogs than watch a crapy soap or an action flick on the TV. The article that lead to this post is by John C. Dvorak at the PCMagazine site. Some of the reasons he gives why me and you blog,

Ego gratification.

Antidepersonalization.

Elimination of frustration.

Societal need to share.

Wanna-be writers.

Read it here. He also talks about how to make a perfect blog. But Anil Dashes who is the SVP for Business development at the SixApart, which is the company behind MoveableType publishing system and TypePad, comments on his article, which I found more interesting.

here are a few other ways you can have a weblog: Remind people that there are real families and emotions behind the news stories they see. *Start a literate, challenging discussion on the future of the online realm, particularly in the world of personal expression. *Share a simple, universal anecdote with the world. Remind us of our humanity. *Make me laugh. Spill the beans on what you've been up to. *Show me where the tech world that I am so interested in is going to be moving in the future. Or, you can do what some traditional journalists do, and just snipe at the easy marks in a medium full of exceptional work. Should we point out that 90% of technology journalism practiced by Dvorak and his ilk consists of "this software/hardware company put out a press release announcing a new product that's got bug fix/15% faster performance!" Trolling, even in print, is unbecoming.

Furthure more, he says,

Hell, let's keep it rolling: *Change the world. No, really. By starting a dialogue between two antagonized groups. *Document your life. Take those small vignettes that make up a whole life and open them up to the world, not out of narcissism, but because there's something universal and important to everyone's experiences, even those of us who don't have monthly columns. *Be a mentor, an elder statesman. Share the knowledge and experience you've gained to help others in your area of expertise. Let others gain from your perspective, without the pretense or intermediation of being an "expert" in a traditional forum. *Point a magnifying glass on the absurd. I don't get enough smiles in my day, and I don't read enough good writing. Am I greedy for wanting to see more? *Share your fixation. Love fonts and typography? Soup? Find the people who think that's cool. Oh, and yeah. If you just want to be a high-school kid, keeping up to date with your friends, posting lyrics to your favorite songs, bitching about your mean teacher who gave you a bad grade? That's cool too. Don't believe anybody who tells you otherwise. They're just afraid of what will happen with a generation that grows up used to expressing themselves well in a medium that is threatening to the old folks.

Quite interesting too see, how the blogging is turning out to be. I am sure there will soon be a time when print and television media will say that its the next big thing and make all the hype, then down to a burst again, if at all the tempo of the so called blogging phenomena sees an exponentiality.

Back here Well..after the short break I am back here. The reasons for this break as many of you know that I am planning for my own domain name and powering my blog with MT. Now after all the discovery and search for a host etc, it looks like will take a week or two before I move myself up there. So thought time to get back to some blogging, to let out myself through this wonderful(?) medium called blogs. Till now I have nailed down to TotalChoiceHosting.com for the hosting and domain name registration needs. MoveableType would be the content management system that would be running on my host. I am planning for the logos, gifs, layout and template design, the stylesheets, the topics and categories, credits, rss and geourl, xml etc. In an attempt the template of somatosense has also changed to make it for a faster download of the page. Till the time I get my own *** up there, I will continue to blog here. Keep coming.

Blogbreak making sense. Due to reasons, which I would discuss once I am back, I am officially taking a blogbreak. You wont see any posts from me for the next few days, until I am back with something more, something new, something different. Juz Saving Private Vin............

Nandhini and Lesa Lesa on a fairly laid back weekend Wanted to meet D on saturday. But looked like it wasn't possible as she had to attend guests at her home. Had to be content with myself for having a fairly enjoyable meal at Nandhini. Fish chilly added some zing to the meal. They serve pretty neat food. Neat and clean. Compare it with the near-by restaurants. And you will have it. They suck. All the eat-outs near-by my office are hard to even visit. Forget having something for the lunch. At Vaibhav, you find metallic tiny objects like pins, stepler pins, nails and what not. At Nayanashree you can get some beautiful dishes with variety of insects to relish. They range from ants, cockroaches, house flies and you name it. A nice hang out for the chinese and the japanese. You've got this beautiful nice place with A/C called Krishna chinai, where you can get different brands of bidis and suttas in ur meal. Satisfaction guaranteed. You dont have to look for the nearest pan shop after your lunch, for a smoke. You get it all so tasty and so smooth dipped in the rasams and the sambhaars. Nandhini by its class is a costly restaurant to visit everyday. But the quality surpasses any of the places you find near by or even far. Had an elongated afternoon nap, credits to the heavy and fishy(?) meal. Shaan never likes to watch south indian movies. He likes hindi so much. When this movie called 'Lesa Lesa' was released in Bangalore last friday, I had to ping him of my intentions of visiting Cauvery to see this one. And surprisingly he was willing to come with me. Guess this was the second movie in Tamil that he saw. First one was Bombay. And more surprisingly he liked it. Ofcourse I had the songs of Lesa Lesa on my tape. Since last few months, all the time in the mornings of the weekdays, you could hear 'Mudhal Mudhalai' and 'Yaedho Ondru' playing on my Sony Music system(2600 W). And he was quite used to the songs and started liking them too. The movie is pretty likeable. Madhavan was the surprise package. Shaam too had his share. The songs steal the show. With candyfloss scenes, wooden benches in the green pastuers, bridges over the running streams, all picturesque except the college plot with Madhavan. All in all watchable on a sunday afternoon without much tensity.

Writing skills styleguide Got hold of this styleguide, based on the style book which is given to all journalists at The Economist. Thought some of you interested could take a look into it. Though its good to have a unique style of writing for an individual uncluttered by the influential aspects of interactions in daily life, I think its good to read guides and get to know more. As I love writing since childhood, this blog gives me a good platform to experiment and learn writing. I have a long way to go. Here is the style guide.

The blogrolling thing and dinner at dada's place Just after installing the blogrolling I began to wonder why on earth is my page taking ages to load. Could find out from cheetz' and J's comments that its happening for everyone. So now reverted back to my favourite good old HTML way of brollsense. After 3 consecutive postponement of the scheduled dinner, finally had the dinner with dada at his place. We met at Barista - M G Road and then after a small chat quickly moved on to see his new house that he had rented out. Found his place too good. And primarily for the fact that he had arranged everything very elegantly. He had bought a premier DVD player, A Sony music system, A new 29 inch Philips eye-fi Television. One thing that strikes as soon as you enter his place is a standing variable designer lamp in the corner of the hall. I liked that very much. I am planning to get a few designer lamps too. There was this photography book on Australia which had some absolutely fantabulous pictures of australia. From the deep blue sees of South Australia, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Tasmania to the Alice springs and the great barrier reefs to the east Australia. Nice gift he got when he returned from there this Feb. Took a look at some of his amazing collection of DVDs, VCDs, and CDs. Aunty had cooked roti, tasty kofta, aloo gobi and dal for the dinner. I have to thank his mom for preparing such a tasty meal. Kofta was too good. After I finished off with the larger than life (for me) quantity of rice, it made me feel drowsy. Were watching 'Executive Decision' on HBO while we were having the food. After the dinner had some talk on the walk. Revisied some memories of our first job together. Returned home by 11:30. All in all it was an evening hard to come by often.

Indianism here I am no pseudo patriot. I am no swadeshi-videshi. I like to do what is comfortable to me. I like to make my lifestyle as good as possible. But am I doing the right way? Doesn't matter as long as I feel comfortable with it. But then when I get to read this everytime I get it in the eMail, I am tempted to pause a second and give it a thought. Now I have decided, no matter what has been said, quoted is right or wrong, I am going to contribute to this in whatever way possible, if not all. I love my country, India. It would be unfair of me, if I don't even consider what is being told. Even if its not worth it, I dont care. Atleast I am sincere to my thoughts. I am being myself. But dont think that I am joining the Swadeshi abhiyaan. Its no me. Thus...Well - to all the people who are reading this and are indians, I would like to suggest read this.

Back to D It was after 2.5 years that I actually met D (not the D whom I was talking abt in an earlier blog) today. Its her birthday today. And as I had mentioned yesterday, I got a gift for her for the first time(No I never gifted her anything in the last 3 yrs of our knowing each other). I went around Jaynagar yesterday and picked this beautiful pendant from archies gallery at Jaynagar. The pendant I bought has a violet stone in it. The adjacent pic is not the one I bought. Similer but with a rectangular shape and the voilet stone. I picked voilet because I thought violet suits her the best. I remember her wearing this beautiful light violet colored dress on one of those days, when we used to meet frequently. Initially I hadn't let her know that I remember her bday and I am gifting her something special. Later when I presented her that, she was surprised and seemed very happy receiving it. As only quoted by her she never accepts costly gifts from people. But I knew she would accept it and would be more than happy to do so. We had a chat for more than an hour or so. Came all the rants of life from buying a new house, astrology (Governing factor with many as with her, but I dont buy it), my dislike towards sweets (she offered me some sweets on this occassion of her bday, and I had to forcibly gulp it somehow) to shaadi-waadi, new friends, the new handset which I bought for my bro but now carrying myself (A cool new sleek Nokia 2100). Was a nice feeling to talk to her after such a long time. She is as good as she was. Me ditto. I believe she is as close as she can ever get with anybody and yet as far as one can ever get from me. We are good friends, we know each other since long, wat is missing is still mysterious. The mystery haunts. Doesn't bother me all the while. But sometimes does. Very genuinly and very naturalistically.

Interesting nostalgia Got this piece from a friend in a mail this afternoon. Some interesting read. This is what he says...

I came across the following info in a related to Bollywoord in a Hindi Film Music quiz ...Quite interesting.. 1. 'Chalo ik baar phir se, ajnabi ban jayen hum dono...'. This is a beautiful song from the movie 'Gumraah' sung by Mahendra Kapoor, music by Ravi. It is said that at the time of this writing, the lyricist, Sahir Ludhianvi, was disappointed in love. The woman he loved reciprocated his feelings but could not marry him because of family opposition. It is, hence, said that Sahir wrote the above lyrics as a message to that woman. Who was the woman? Sahir is romantically linked with two women ,at least, both talented strong willed women on their own. One is AMRITA PRITAM. It is said that she was so devoted to Sahir that she used to smoke buds discarded by Sahir. And the correct answer is SUDHA MALHOTRA. 2 .In the eventful history of Hindi film music, what significant event was marked by the song 'Dil pukare, aa re aa re aa re' from the film 'Jewel Thief' (music: SD Burman)? Ans. RAFI AND LATA COMING TOGETHER AFTER THEIR TIFF OVER ROYALTIES WHICH LASTED 3 YEARS. SD Burman actually made them sing together in a stage show, afaik, after which this was the first song recorded. They hadnt sung together for 3-4 years. Rafi beleived that the greater contribution in a the making of a song belings to the music director, while Lata beleived singer's effort was the crucial factor. 3. Shankar (of the Shankar-Jaikishen duo) came up to Manna Dey one day in the year 1955 and asked him to sing a rather heavily classical song for a film directed by Shashi Bhushan (Bharat Bhushan's brother). This was a 'competition song', i.e. a song in which there was a competition between the hero (Bharat Bhushan) and another person which the hero eventually won. Manna Dey had to sing for Bharat Bhushan and win the contest. But Manna Dey nearly missed a heartbeat when he heard whom he had to 'beat'. It was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. He went home and told his wife "Let's run away somewhere. This is an impossible job." But his wife egged him on, and he eventually gave a great performance with Bhimsen Joshi. Just identify the song and the film. Ans. it is 'KETKI GULAB JUHI CHAMPAK BAN PHOOLE' from BASANT BAHAR. Shankar's showpiece effort. 4. Shankar-Jaikishen had made a promise to Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri to only compose with their lyrics.They broke this promise when they approached Rajendra Krishna for the lyrics of the film 'College Girl' (1960). Very upset by this, hailendra cut off relations with the duo. He wrote them a letter with 4 lines mentioning that this was a small world and they would definitely meet again sometime. When they patched up a year later, these 4 lines formed the 'mukhda' of a famous Kishore Kumar song. Which song? Ans. 'CHHOTI SI YEH DUNIYA, PEHCHAANE RAASTE HAIN, TUM KAHIN TO MILOGE, KABHI TO MILOGE, TO POOCHHENGE HAAL' from the 1961 film Rangoli. 5. Asha Bhonsle's first husband was Ganpat Bhonsle. Ganpat Bhonsale's was the tabalchi used by their father in public performances at that point in time. As Tadatmaya' rightly points out, they had to elope. After which Asha had related that her family didn't speak to her for 7 years.

Matrix Reloaded - some thoughts Here is what I got hold of from nedbatchelder. Quite interesting as it seems to me.

1. The special effects were amazing. Even knowing that the burly brawl was synthetic, I couldn't tell. They did a fabulous job.
2. The movie had the same bipolar feel as the first: scenes were either extended over-the-top fighting action scenes, or quiet talky philosophical scenes with not that much in between.
3. I'd like to see more of Persephone and less of Merovingian.
4. It's a good thing Matrix Revolutions is coming out in only six months, because this movie is too much of a cliff-hanger for a longer interval.
5. The ending credits are very long, but a trailer for Matrix Revolutions awaits you if you sit through them.
6. If you go to see a movie with four 11-year-olds, be prepared to miss at least two chunks of the movie, as you take different kids for bathroom breaks!
7. A funny light-hearted spoof of the original: Laid-Off.

Shop search in Bangalore This is pretty neat. You can get the contact details (Address, Tel no etc) of almost all prominent shops and places in and around bangalore at the click of a button. You can search category wise (antiques, backeries, bookshops, kidswear, music shops, sweet shop almost all that you look for) and area wise (jaynagar, jp nagar, airport road, st.marks road) in Bangalore. This is one place I was looking for and finally found it. Stumbled upon this coz I was searching for a gift shop in Jaynagar, tomorrow is the birthday of a friend, and I wanted to gift her. Good stuff at OnlineBangalore. You get the shop search.

Romantic Balcony Right now I am humming this with the MLTR. Juz thought of posting it as I am into a very romantic mood.

The sun is almost down And we are both enjoying the sound Of the ocean softly brushing against the land We are sleeping you and me With a smell of tulip tree Under the starry sky on a romantic balcony But a pain inside my chest wakes me up The truth is slowly spreading on the Smokey battlefield I am bleeding from my heart and I I feel so tired I guess I have to rest for a while High above this world Missing your love High above this world Missing your love I can see your face in tears When you so far away from here Read the messages from the war �The battle took one more� I wanna tell nurse a secret My lips won�t move Oh she really looks like you High (nothing can touch us now) Above (no one t tell us how) This world (I�m sorry for the soldiers) Missing your love (Who are still alive in the war) High (nothing can touch us now) Above (no one t tell us how) This world (I�m sorry for the soldiers) Missing your love (Who are still alive in the war) High (nothing can touch us now) Above (no one t tell us how) This world (I�m sorry for the soldiers) Missing your love (Who are still alive in the war) Hey you I wanna live I don�t� wanna be a wounded soldier Don�t wanna let your face grow older Hey you Take me to the ocean Take me to the smell of tulip tree To the romantic balcony Hey you

The Matrix and the fate !! As the new 'The Matrix - Reloaded' is taking a serious note from movie fanatics all over the world, I thought of revisting the 'The Matrix' its prequel, thus I was watching 'The Matrix' again for the __ times and this statement by Neo invited me to compose this reflection.

Morpheus: Do you believe in fate, Neo? Neo: No. Morpheus: Why not? Neo: Because I dont like the idea of feeling that I am being controlled by someone else.

Exactly the point I am trying to make here is, Getting this feeling that I am being controlled by someone else, prevents our thoughts from thinking out of the box, doing the re-engineering, trying to think beyond the obvious. Most of times in the past life of mine, When I am into the situations which seemed to have re-occurred, I tend to remember what had happened earlier and try to predict the result or outcome of this situation. Whether or not it happens that way goes unnoticed by me. So I thought I should take note of my predictions and my reactions to the situations, and seemed to have reached to the feeling that Neo pointed out. The outcome/results were too irrational and unpredictable. Experience does matter. But fate isn't. Its only a consolation that things didn't go the way I wanted. We say-"Its all fate. Nothing could have helped it." Now at this point sit and think what could have been done from myside. What preparation or actions could have prompted a more favourable outcome. And did I stick to what I had analysed. Is it that inspite of this, the outcome was out of my reach? Then can only would have prompted me to think of the fate. Well. still I think its on a weaker note to think that fate played its part. If I start believing that - Fate isn't there. Destiny isn't there. With whatever knowledge, experience, quick actions, rational thinking, and my limitations I should be doing what I believe is right instead of leaving everything to fate and destiny. At this point only this way of thinking can make me be stronger, intellectual and logical individual. I believe I should stick to this point of view. Just like how Neo came out of the matrix, and beat the machines.(Well, he dint really do it completely). I dont know I mean I should watch this movie atleast a hazaar times to get the total jist of the movie. Not that I dont understand the screenplay. New things strike me everytime I watch this movie. Here is some notes from the back of the CD cover of the Matrix which I bought recently.

Perception: Our day in, day out is real. Reality: The world is a hoax, an elaborae deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Whoa. Mind-warp stunts. Techno-slammin' visuals. Mega-kick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix, the see-and-see again cyberthriller written and directed by the Watchowski brothers(Bound). The story sears, the special effects stake out new moviemaking territory -- the movie flat-out rocks. Perception: The Matrix is 'Stylish. Savvy. The ultimate in cyberscalpism" - The New York Times. Reality: Ditto

XSLT and what I am good at. Its time I should do some tech blogging.. Some good time ago, something which I tried and then when not able to solve, sent the query to Mr. Michael Kay (Author of XSLT PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE). I got a reply from him. I followed what he said and asked the question to the xsl-list. Finally I had the answer with me, which was solved by me and not with the help of the list. And I was more than happy. Just thought its time to remember what I am capable of, what I am worth consideration, feel good about my technical know-how and get ready for some challenge in the coming days. My query:

Hi, I was not able to find the solution for the following problem. Could you please help. XML: <Data> <AttributeType name="A1" number="1" writeunknown="true" colname=" cst_rqst_id"> <datatype type="string" dbtype="str" maxLength="10" maybenull="false"/> </AttributeType> <AttributeType name="A2" number="2" nullable="true" writeunknown="true" colname="cst_name"> <datatype type="string" dbtype="str" maxLength="40" fixedlength="true "/> </AttributeType> <data> <row A1="10400580" A2="UPSIDE"/> </data> </Data> Here the <data</datapart is the actual XML content. I need to replace the A1, A2 attributes with the corresponding column names [ for ex: colname for 'A1' is 'cst_rqst_id' ]. The Resultant XML output by the XSLT should be as follows: <data1> <row cst_rqst_id="10400580" cst_name="UPSIDE"/> </data1> Could you please help me find a way to do this. Thanks much in advance/ -- Vin

Mr. Kay wrote:

A good place to raise XSLT coding queries is on the xsl-list at www.mulberrytech.com. I'm sorry, but I don't have time to deal with queries sent to me personally. Michael Kay

Volare !!!! oooo !!! A nice and beautiful (hopefully) weekend ahead, and I am in a happy and jovial mood again..With no migraine episodes since I met the gr8 doc, It leaves me enough to presume that I wont have any over the weekend too. So here is me singing again the ever jovial lovely piece - Volare.

Volare, oh oh Cantare, oh oh oh oh Let's fly way up to the clouds Away from the maddening crowds We can sing in the glow of a star that I know of Where lovers enjoy peace of mind Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind Just like bird of a feather, a rainbow together we'll find Volare, oh oh E contare, oh oh oh oh No wonder my happy heart sings Your love has given me wings Penso che un sogno cosi non ritorni mai piu Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu Poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito Volare, oh oh E contare, oh oh oh oh Nel blu, dipinto di blu Felice di stare lassu E volavo, volavo felice piu in alto del sole ed ancora piu su Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiu Una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me Volare, oh oh E cantare, oh oh oh oh No wonder my happy heart sings Your love has given me wings Nel blu, dipinto di blu Felice di stare lassu

Elegance personified There is this certain someone who lives near-by. I would call her D. (Not becoz J has a friend called D, it just relates to this gal, thats why). Finally I will have to write why I admire her. This is why,

1. She has the best dressing-sense I have seen in a gal in the recent past.
2. She carries an elegance and class which amuses me everytime I get a glimpse of her.
3. Her smile is a nikon camera flash. She carries the perfect white teeth lining.
4. Her haircut is too neat to believe. Yup she has the boy cut.
5. She never does over makeup.
6. She has a perfect body language.
7. She never opens up so easily to strangers.
8. She is very very cute, smart and the best appearance, except her height (She is short).

All this is in my eyes. Can be different for someone else. Not to attach anything to this admiration. Its just admiration. She doesn't even know me. And I do not intend to do anything other than admiring her on my blog.

MakingSense for today The ms's below are related to what I feel today, in one or the other way. Thats why they are in there. Dreams or reality : Dreams Blue or Green : Blue Ocean or mountains : ocean Juhi or Ash : Juhi Armaan or Haasil : Haasil Mornings or Evenings : Evenings School or College : College Children or Old men : Old men Black or white : white Document-Hard copy or Soft copy : Hard copy Pop or ghazal : pop US or UK : UK Santro or WagonR : Santro House - Buy or Rent : Buy

Why Lotus notes is the most s***y thing I have to put up with? Last december when I joined my new employer, I was given this mail client tool called 'Lotus Notes' which is supposed to be the best in the market and I was kind of convinced that I can live without my cute darliing MS Outlook (which I used at my previous employer). But to my utter misfortune even after 6 months, I am left with sheepish grin on my face, When my ex-collegue asks me, "Lotus notes? what is that?" I say - "Its a mail client like your Outlook" "Ohh I see, then how does it feel dude?" "Well I have no words to explain you why I hate it so much" "Array !!! why? you say its from IBM, and it can have in-built applications for the intranet, then why are you cribbing?" After a long pause, I list him why Lotus notes is the most s***y thing I had to put up with in the recent past. Though I know that there are many LN fans out there, who think MS is ruubbish with its Outlook, and try to convince me why Lotus Notes is the best, I refuse to accept any of these claims and after 6 months of its usage, have convinced myself that 'I Miss my Outlook" My list of what LN can possibly do to your health.

1. No matter on when or what you click, you see that s***y hourglass mouseicon atleast for a handful of seconds, which isnt the case with MS outlook.
2. I cannot rely on either the calendar or the todo list. Whoever knows when the reminder I had set 2 months ago may popup this monday morning.
3. Be warned. If I click on a link, for sure it opens in the inbuilt browser which takes hours to load a simple html page.
4. I dont see a categorized view of my personal folders, files and my inbox stuff on the server.
5. All my mails lie on the server. Either you create personal folders or not, LN doesn't bother about you personal stuff.
6. I can't import .pst files that were exported from my OL, where I had all my personal stuff, with my previous employer.
7. The name/email id look up on the F9 key sucks.
8. I have no way of knowing which folder has how many unread mails. I gottu open it to see whats in there. (Ex: the new hotmail feature)
9. I have created rules so that I can manage my mails well. For sure It doesn't let me know when has a new mail arrived in that personal folder of mine.
10. If I create a new folder, disaster strikes and my inbox vanishes. I had complained this bit to the infra guys, and after 3 months, they are yet to figure how that can be solved.
11. I have no way to recall any mails that I have sent already by mistake.
12. The calendar utility is horribly user-friendly.
13. Everytime I delete a mail from the 'Sent Items' folder, I am asked to confirm, 'Whether I really wish to delete', which is a pleasing sight to see for a impatient user like me.
14. The whole Lotus notes-UI is supposed to be the most pleasing sight for a mail client, and being a UI specialist I cannot buy that point at the cost of anything.
15. I am supposed to select whether I need to 'Reply' or 'Reply with history' when I want to reply to a mail, from an annoying menu style selection.
16. There are a very few things I can know by right clicking and selecting 'View details' from a mail id.
17. I can't set the 'Read receipt' at once to all my outgoing mails. I need to peacefully and with my beautiful memory mark it for 'Read Receipt' for each.
18. And I have here, a beautiful contact lists which refuses to act the way I want it.

How I wish I had my sweet darling out look at my workplace. I miss you OL, I miss you !!!

The new look SomatoSense !!! Again implemented a suggestion from AKS, that you see this new color scheme and look of this blog. I am never satisfied with the look and feel I produce. Also I added the bookmarks for the 'TechSense' which were lying on my links toolbar in IE without seeing the light of the day. Continuous improvement till it reaches the perfection !!! Pour in your impressions...

MSN iloo Just got hold of this funny new thing from WiredNews. Now on the way: "Surfing on the loo" with Internet access at portable toilets. The iLoo being developed by the MSN division of Microsoft (MSFT) in Britain is a standard portable toilet -- a loo to the English -- with a wireless keyboard and extending, height-adjustable plasma screen in front of the seat. There would also be a "Hotmail station" with waterproof keyboard and plasma screen on the outside for those waiting in line. MSN officials say they're negotiating for the manufacture of toilet paper imprinted with Web addresses that users may not have tried. The device is expected to be in use at festivals this summer in Britain, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported. There's no word on if, or when, the iLoo will make its way across the pond. Read more at BigPinkCookie...

WEIRD CAR RIDE !!! I couldn't resist myself from posting this one. Have a laugh...

A guy is standing at a bus stop in the pouring rain with no coat or umbrella, when a car slides up to the kerb and stops beside him. Thinking he has just been offered a lift he opens the door and gets in relieved to be out of the wet. "Thanks pal I thought I would never......" he looks across at the driver and there is no one in the seat. Next thing the car moves off silently and for the next four miles it stops at every red light, obeys every traffic law and finally comes to a stop at the top of the road where the guy lives - he is by now is in a severe state of shock and anxiety and the only reason he has not jumped from the car en-route is because it was travelling so slowly that he knew he could get out at any time if something unearthly happened. Anyway it was going his way and keeping him dry! Now it is stopped at the kerb again just up the street from where he lives and the guy gets out, closes the door and as he turns to head off home he bumps into another guy who is going to get into the car. "Hey buddy I would not get in that car if I were you there's something weird about it" "Yeah, I know" says the second guy " But I've just pushed it four miles and I really need the rest".

His story of the thing that created 'asshats' !!! Many young people around the world use the internet every day, and yet they have no memory of the history that led to the creation of the global network. Many have no understanding of how or why the internet has developed. As part of the continuing efforts to combat ignorance around the world, The Lemon presents... The History of The Internet

On Free Will.... I was watching this movie - "Good Will Hunting" yesterday night. It was the 3rd time I was watching this. This joins the elite list of my all-time favourites. I did some googleing and found this piece of thought by Joseph C.K. Wong, and I am very happy to say, I subscribe whole-heartedly to all his thoughts. Cannot agree more on them. Have a read...

An excellent philosophical piece on "free will" inspired this reflection. Often, people talk about fate and how our lives are supposedly pre-determined. They go on to say that there is nothing we mere mortals can do to alter that. Like it or not, we must accept everything that comes our way, and live out the inevitable. If you ask me, I don't buy any of this. I doubt that our creator fixes with us tracks that we must rigidly stick to in life. If so, the best we can be are trams, not even buses! I interpret fate as a handy "safe haven" for those who experience failures in life and lack the energy to stand on their feet. They seek refuge in fate because it provides a false impression that there is nothing one could have done about the ill destiny that had dawned on them. Thus they are cleared of any responsibilities for their failure along with any need for corrective action. In fact, one might support the belief in fate with the following arguments: The past controls the present and the future. You can't control the past. Also, you can't control the way the past controls the present and the future. So, you can't control the present and the future. I am a fan of determinism, in the sense there is always a causal relationship between events. Events in the past cause events that are happening at present. These events in turn, affect those in the future. In spite of this, I in no way, am for the above argument. The flaw I see is that we are part of the way the past controls the present. We indeed, are in the midst of the very action that is governing the present! Therefore, we can affect the present. And the future. Free will is very much alive! Then there is this theory on luck. To me, luck is anything we have no control over that affects us -- yes, I do believe that we do not have complete control over everything that happens in our weird little worlds. Some people say that you can work your whole life and achieve nothing. They attribute that to "bad luck." But is that really so? Just plain bad luck? Sure, bad luck will stumble you somewhere along the way. However, I think that it takes more than bad luck to fail someone. Maybe you didn't maximize your potential. Maybe you did not play the right cards. Maybe you had no clue that you were doing the wrong thing all along. Luck is only another handy excuse for someone's failure. I believe in this: the harder you work, the luckier you become. Therefore, I am disappointed when people claim that bad luck cost them good fortunes. I am watching "Good Will Hunting," my all-time favourite movie, as I am typing. I love the movie because it conveys many brilliant messages about life. The dialogues are insightful and well designed. Will Hunting, a genius by all means, decided to live his life as a nobody when he could have been a successful mathematician. It was free will that prompted him to choose this route. In the end, he gave up a fabulous job opportunity in exchange for a more promising future with his girl friend. My point is, free will, when applied correctly, can make a person successful in his own little way. Will is certainly a success in that he achieved his wish - which was to be with his girl. There are skeptics who might not agree when they look at the opportunities he missed out in return for being with his girl. Yet, he is certainly a success in my eyes; somewhat fanatical, but a success nonetheless.

Credits : Joseph C.K. Wong

Fizzler scare !! A new and complex computer virus called "Fizzer" spread rapidly across the Internet on Monday, infecting computers around the world via e-mail and the file-swapping service Kazaa, computer security experts said. Businesses in Asia were the first to report the attack, followed by reports of tens of thousands of infections in Europe, and experts were expecting more cases in North America. "It first appeared last Thursday and started out rather slowly," said Vincent Gullotto, who heads up an anti-virus response team at Network Associates in Beaverton, Oregon. Fizzer is a complex virus that combined previously known tactics from other malicious viruses, Gullotto said. Read more...

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Love your job "LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY COZ U NEVER KNOW WHEN COMPANY STOPS LOVING YOU" - Narayana Murthy I wonder what makes this personality say that. Its okay, if you and I say it. May be the experience at PCS (Patni Computer Services)? eeks...

Professional Morals - II It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk. Fox: "What are you working on?" Rabbit: "My thesis." Fox: "Hmm... What is it about?" Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes." Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!" Rabbit: "Come with me and I'll show you!" They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing. Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit. Wolf: "What's that you are writing?" Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves." Wolf: "you don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?" Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?" The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow and again the rabbit returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing. Finally a bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?" Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears." Bear: "Well that's absurd! Rabbit: "Come into my home and I'll show you" As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the lion. Moral: IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS. WHAT MATTERS IS WHO YOU HAVE FOR A SUPERVISOR. In the context of the working world: IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU!

Professional Morals - I It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk. Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken" Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you" Fox: "Hmm. But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your great claws will only destroy it even more" Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed" Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches" Lion: "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed" The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself. Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun. Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken" Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you" Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV" Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?" The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed. Scene: Inside the lion's cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself. Moral: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A SUPERVISOR IS FAMOUS LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES. In the context of the working world: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED, LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

Midweek Humour !!! Here r some jokes 2 make ur day ............. Njoi !!!!!!!!! GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring?? BOY : Sure, what's your phone number?? GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.. BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple.. CAROL : Do you remember when you proposed to me, I was so overwhelmed, I couldn't speak for an hour.. PETER : Yes Darling, that was the happiest hour of my life... GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.. BOY : Don't you ever want to improve?? BOY : I love you and I could die for you! GIRL : How soon?? BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you! GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there?? SHARON: Have you ever had a hot passionate, burning kiss?? TRACY: I did once. He'd forgotten to take the cigarette out of his mouth. Man : You remind me of the sea. Woman : Because I'm wild, romantic and exciting? Man : NO, because you make me sick. Wife : You tell a man something, it goes in one ear and comes out of the other. Husband : You tell a woman something: It goes in both ears and comes out of the mouth. Mary : John says I'm pretty. Andy says I'm ugly. What do u think, Peter? Peter : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly. Customer : How much is that tie? Salesman : Forty dollars. Customer : Why, I can buy a pair of shoes with that much money. Salesman : But how would a pair of shoes look around your neck. Sam : I hate to see a girl standing in a bus when I am comfortably seated. Lilly : So what do you do? Sam : I close my eyes. Man : I'm new around here. Will you please direct me to the bank? Boy : I will, but only if you pay me ten dollars. Man : Why should I pay you so much? Lil' boy : Because bank directors are always highly paid. It was Christmas and the judge was in a benevolent mood as he questioned the prisoner. "What are you charged with?" he asked. "Doing my Christmas shopping early," replied the defendant. "That's no offense," replied the judge. "How early were you doing this shopping?" "Before the store opened," countered the prisoner.

Monalisaaa...... This stuff is quite funny. Ease out and show all your emotions with Monalisa. The world-famous art by 'Leonardo da Vinci' can now react with expressions on her face. Monalisa.

Back to the color scheme ! Well..The so-famous and rich color scheme is back at SomatoSense. Intend to change the look more so often. Keeping it fresh makes a better reading experience, is what the web guru say. hehhehee !!! :)

Back to the future !!! Last Friday, I decided to buy this CD finally, 'Back to the future'. It was a long pending one for me. Ever since I watched this movie 2 years ago, on a saturday afternoon@AXN, I fell in love with this one, and decided to buy the movie CD. But then this was yet to get in the market. AXN telecasted all the 3 episodes of BTTF at one shot. I think Its the most entertaining movie as far as Steven Speilberg's flicks go. As always, the BGM soundtrack by Alan Silvestri was juz the apt for this kind of a trilogy flick. It is fabulous. Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are juz as interesting as they can get. I wondered why did I miss this one till I saw it, as its a very old movie (1985). Some quotes - "In 1985, a movie was released to the public that combined adventure, science fiction, comedy, suspense, nostalgia ? all the things that make for a great story. That movie was Back to the Future. " Few interesting links to the BTTF here. *BTTF *Back to the future @ universal *BTTF Tour

Post deleted and brollsense updated !!! Just deleted a misfortunate post from me, dint feel anything good about it. Glenn, you were absolutely right. Now on to the blogrolling, decided to manage my brollsense with something as sophisticated as that. But is it really all that worth ???

Nostalgic feeling on a sunday morning !!! This sunday morning I accidently stumble upon this song lying in my PC, and it brings back the memories of my life in Engg, during the semester exams, how in the background, this one used to play and make me feel nice. Though the movie was a bit painful experience, this song is the best and one of my all time favourites. :: Movie: Sangharsh :: Music: Jatin-Lalit :: Singer: Sonu Nigam Mujhe raat din, bas mujhe chaahti ho Kaho na kaho mujhko sab kuch pataa hai Haan, karoon kya mujhe tum bataati nahin ho Chhupaati ho mujhse yeh tumhaari khataa hai Aa mujhe raat din, bas mujhe chaahti ho Meri beqaraari ko had se badhaana Tumhe khoob aata hai baatein banaana Nigaahein milaake yun mera chain lena Sataake mohabbat mein yun dard dena Mujhe dekhke aise palkein jhukaana Sharaarat nahin hai to phir aur kya hai Aa mujhe raat din, bas mujhe chaahti ho Tumhe neend aayegi ab na mere bin Mujhe hai yakeen aisa aayega ek din Khuli teri zulfon mein soya rahoonga Tere hi khayaalon mein khoya rahoonga Kabhi gaur se meri aankhon mein dekho Meri jaan tumhaara hi chehraa chhupaa hai Aa mujhe raat din, bas mujhe chaahti ho Kaho na kaho mujhko sab kuch pataa hai Haan, karoon kya mujhe tum bataati nahin ho Chhupaati ho mujhse yeh tumhaari khataa hai Aa mujhe raat din, bas mujhe chaahti ho

Weekend wishes ENJOY SIMPLE THINGS !!! SMILE A LOTS !!! LOADS OF FUN !!! HAVE A NICE WEEKEND YOU ALL !!!

The void Gudeangdi Beach This beach near my native place, just about 4 kms from my house, is a warm, fishermen beach. Few fisherman boats, white sand, coconut trees weaving, warm air blow during the summer, restless waves making a haunting fathom is a must visit place for me. Beaches along the coastal line are so much different from each other, and so much of a negligence by the tourism development corporation. Visit Junglelodges.com for a booking to the Devbag beach island near Karwar.

What is Blogging? Note: This is a complete post by Steveland on superfastcomputer.com, that I found it apt to republish here. Credits: Steveland, superfastcomputer.com If you are new to this site, chances are that you found it through www.blogger.com, is a pioneer of the blogging community, and is one of the most popular tools that allows anyone to publish a blog. A lot of people, however, are still asking, "What is a blog?" Blog is a cute abreviation for "web log". Basically, it is an online journal that can be used for any variety of applications. This blog focuses on computers, the internet, and related topics. Other blogs will cover a wide range of topics. Many are simply online diaries that provide a vehicle of expression. Blogs are used by individuals, companies, community organizations, and special interest groups. What all blogs have in common is that they are updated regularly. New items appear on the top of the first page and are dated. Older items are moved into an archive. Some of the most popular blogs can be found on this list. Blogging, although still in its infancy, is catching on like wildfire. It has produced phenomena that has impacted culture, politics, news distribution, and internet activity. It has certainly impacted my life: I waste a lot of time to waste your time reading this. I find it quite rewarding, however, and I certainly encourage anyone with or without web design skills to consider blogging as a way to share your interests and ideas with the world. Watch a great PBS report on blogging here. Bloggers: Use the comment link below to leave a link to your blog, with a brief description... and explain what motivates you to keep at it.

The coded message After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Saddam is still alive", Saddam decided to send George W. a letter in his own writing to let his friend know that he is still in the game. Bush opened the letter and it appeared to contain a coded message: '370HSSV-0773H' George W. couldn't figure it out so he typed it in and emailed Colin Powell.Colin and his aides had no clue either, so they sent it to the CIA. No one at the CIA could solve it so it went to the NSA and then to MIT and NASA and the cc list got longer and longer. Eventually it arrived at the Feds. Dr. Greenspan looked at it and replied the next second: "Perhaps the President would wish to look at the message up-side down...."

"What do women really want?" Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youthful happiness. So he offered him freedom so long as he could answer a very �difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer. If, after a year, he still had no answer, he would be killed. The question was, "What do women really want?" Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and, to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. Since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. Arthur returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess, the prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. What most people told him was to consult the old witch, as only she would know the answer. The price would be high, since the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. �The last day of the year arrived, and Arthur had no alternative but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer his question, but he'd have to accept her price first: The old witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. The witch was hunchbacked and awfully hideous, she had only one tooth, she smelled like sewage water, and she often made obscene noises. He had never run across such a repugnant creature. He refused to force his friend to marry her and have to endure such a burden. Gawain, upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He told him that nothing was too big of a sacrifice �compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, their wedding was proclaimed, and the witch answered Arthur's question: "What a woman really wants is to be able to be in charge of her own life." � Everyone instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it went. The neighboring monarch spared Arthur's life and granted him total freedom. What a wedding Gawain and the witch had! Arthur was torn between relief and anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous. The old witch put her worst manners on display. She ate with her hands, belched and farted, and made everyone uncomfortable. The wedding night approached. Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific night, entered the bedroom. What a sight awaited! The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen lay before him! Gawain was astounded and asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her (when she had been a witch), half the time she would be her horrible, deformed self, and the other half, she would be her beautiful maiden self. Which, she asked, would he want her to be during the day and which during the night? � What a cruel question. Gawain began to think of his predicament: During the day, he could have a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his home, he would be with an old spooky witch. Or would he prefer having by day a hideous witch but by night a beautiful woman to enjoy many intimate moments? What would you do? What Gawain chose follows below, but don't read until you've made your own choice. ... ... ... ... ... ... Noble Gawain replied that he would let the witch choose for herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her and had let her be in charge of her own life. �What is he moral of this story? The moral is that it doesn't matter if your woman is pretty or ugly; underneath it all, she's still a witch. With due apologies to the women folk.

Paradox Few centuries ago, a Law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was unable to pay the fee. The student struck a deal saying, "I would pay your fee the day I win my first case in the court". Teacher agreed and proceeded with the law course. When the course was finished and teacher started pestering the student to pay up the fee, student reminded the deal and pushed days. Fed up with this, the teacher decided to sue the student in the court of law and both of them decided to argue for themselves. The teacher put forward his argument saying: "If I win this case, as per the court of law, student has to pay me. And if I lose the case, student will still Pay me because he would have won his first case. So either way i will have to get the money". Equally brilliant student argued back saying: "If I win the case, as per the court of law, I don't have to pay anything to the teacher. And if I lose the case, I don't have to pay him because I haven't won my first case yet. So either way, I am not going to pay the teacher anything". This is one of the greatest paradoxes ever recorded in history.

Who's who - Indians - III SINDHIS... One Sindhi is a currency racket. Two Sindhis is a papad factory. Three Sindhis is a duplicate goods shop. Four Sindhis is big show-off parties (yeech!). BIHARIS... One Bihari is Laloo Prasad Yadav. Two Biharis is a booth-capturing squad. Three Biharis is a caste killing. Four Biharis is the total literate population of the state. BHAIYYAS... One Bhaiyya is a milkman. Two Bhaiyyas is a chanawala (or panipuri wala). Three Bhaiyyas is a temple-destruction squad. Four Bhaiyyas is a halwai shop. And 12 Bhaiyyas is one SMALL family). KASHMIRIS... One Kashmiri is a boatman. Two Kashmiris is a carpet factory. Three Kashmiris is a tourist agency. Four Kashmiris is a terrorist outfit. KANNADIGAS... One Kannadiga is a coffee estate. Two Kannadigas is a Udupi restaurant. Three Kannadigas is a pepper powder factory. Four Kannadigas is an anti-Cauvery squad. PUNJABIS... One Punjabi is chhole-bathure 5 times a week. Two Punjabis is one bottle of whisky in one night. Three Punjabis is a public fist-fight. Four Punjabis is 200 kg of excess weight. PARSIS... One Parsi is a sentence punctuated with BCs and MCs. Two Parsis is a doctor and a lawyer. Three Parsis is a 75 year old man and his two unmarried sisters. Four Parsis is half their remaining population Concludes here..

Commuting saga and the auto-rick !!! Its X drive from my place to the office on my bike. Where X is, 14 kms one way, takes 35 mins to reach, suffocating roads with dust, pollution from auto-ricks, BMTC buses which can stop anywhere in the middle of the road, people cycling on the wrong side of the road, unnecessary dividers, long waits at the signals, school children clueless which way to go, when they are in the middle of the road. The most killing out of all these is the Air and Sound pollution. Novallu nagalebeku, (One should smile in pain) is a song from the latest kannada movie "ABHI" running successfully in the cinema halls. Taking a cue from that line, I thought of changing my plight and cribbing at this and making it a fun ride as much as possible. This is what I did and intend to continue doing so. *Got a glass sheild to my helmet, to prevent the polluted air, directly getting into my nose and eyes. *Decided to keep my fiero's fuel tank full all the time. It seems to me, it is happy to run in that mode. *Drive at an average speed of 35kms all the time, Unless its a signal or a crossing. *Be patient and empathetic to old-aged people and school children, When they look cluless, smile at them and give way. *Buzz when an auto-rick or a vehicle is exhausting loads of polluted air, and if possible tell them that they should get the repair done. (Believe me I have done this, and doesn't matter, whether they relent. It should atleast set the thinking in one out of 10) *Avoid signal jumping. *Pleasant smile while I drive (not laugh) In this pursuit, here is a piece which when I read today morning, couldn't resist laughing at it endlessly. I dont want to analyse it here, but it was very funny and typos all over the place. I even told the driver that there are typos and funny stuff in there. He looked puzzled. I had to drive away. Here are those lines that I saw on the back of a slow moving auto-rick. "Some say cut me not Some say touch me not Some say forgive me not" "Dreams never ends" "Dont become fool. Dont fool others" Something in Kannada now... "Maanava kottiddu mane tanaka" "Devaru kottiddu kone tanaka" In english, "What man gives is till the home. What god gives is till the end" Now do you need any futhur explaination, to what a funny extent, the lines on the back of an auto-rick could get? More to follow....

Accentuating the Positive - by Mike sanders. Read this on his blog and thought should share it here. All credits to Mike. If you read enough bloggers you can see that they primarily portray four character traits, two positive and two negative. The positive blogger traits are: Intelligence Kindheartedness The negative blogger traits are: Self-centeredness Mean spiritedness What is fascinating about the human experience is how we all possess these positive and negative traits. In ourselves we tend to accentuate the positive and ignore the negative. In others, we often focus on the negative and ignore the positive. One of the most famous ethical/religious directives is to Love your Neighbor as Yourself. We might try to get closer to this goal by focusing on other people's positive traits and overlooking the negative. The spiritual pleasure achieved from this is much more subtle then the negative rush that comes out of contempt, anger and rage but it is well worth it.

8th Wonder The Palm Jumeirah & the Palm Jabal Ali project are considered as the 8th wonder of the world. They are two man made islands that have a palm Tree shape. The Palm Jumeirah is located in the area opposite the Dubai Media City & Dubai internet city.The Palm Jabal Ali would be 15 k.m. further towards Abu Dhabi & 10 k.m. away from the borders of Abu Dhabi. These projects would be the ultimate luxury lifestyle anyone would dream of. There are villas, penthouses and apartments. Owners will be able to select the style of the villa, the layout, and finishing in a way that would suit every taste.The two islands would also have theme parks, shops, hotels and many other attractions that would make this place the ultimate destination for luxury, entertainment and relaxation.

VISIONS Its time to humm a ghazal by JagjitSingh. Album: VISIONS by Jagjit Singh Writer: vaajidaa tabassuma kuchha na kuchha to zaruura honaa hai, saamanaa aaja unase honaa hai toDo, fe.nko.n, rakho, karo kuchha bhii, dila hamaaraa hai, kyaa khilonaa hai zi.ndagii aura mauta kaa matalaba, tumako paanaa hai, tumako khonaa hai itanaa Daranaa bhii kyaa hai duniyaa se, jo bhii honaa hai so to honaa hai uTha ke mahafila se mata chale jaanaa, tumase roshana ye konaa-konaa hai

Who's who - Indians - II MANGALOREANS... One Mangalorean is a supari seller. Two Mangaloreans can't stand one another. Three Mangaloreans is an Udupi restaurant. Four Mangaloreans is a fanatical Konkani Sabha. BOMBAYITES... One Bombayite is a hawker. Two Bombayites is a film industry. Three Bombayites is a slum. Four Bombayites is the rush-hour train crowd. MAHARASHTRIANS... One Maharashtrian is a bus conductor. Two Maharashtrians is a kabaddi match. Three Maharashtrians is a Ganpati procession. Four Maharashtrians is a Shiv Sena Shakha. GUJARATIS... One Gujarati is a share broker in a Mumbai train. Two Gujaratis is the total chatter in a Mumbai train. Three Gujaratis is a rummy game in a Mumbai train. Four Gujaratis is a dandiya-raas session all night long. KUTCHIES... One Kutchi is a kirana shop. Two Kutchis is a stationery shop. Three Kutchis is a saree shop. Four Kutchis is the entire Bombay retail trade. SARDARJIS... One Sardarji is a truck-driver. Two Sardarjis is a roadside dhaba. Three Sardarjis is a raagi jatha for kirtan. Four Sardarjis are always found in jokes. More to follow....

SMS and the beep sound Grabbing the newspaper, I wake up in the morning at 7:30, I send an SMS "GM, Have a Fab day". By the time I am brushing my teeth, I get buzzed with the SMS which reads, "GoodMorning, May you find hundred reasons to smile, and may you be a reason for hundred others to smile". I am struggling to understand a complex installation system 3 hours later, when my cell again buzzes with an SMS - "Juz read in a newspaper, and curd is very benificiary to health, and is a cure for migraine, a cup a day keeps migraine away". I reply -"No. the doc said - No curds". Get a buzz again -"Sorry I didn't know." I thank again -"I appreciate the care and love poured on me like this. Thanks much, I am blessed." This certain someone certainly is keeping me buzzed all the time. I am thankful atleast. Just when I am about to post this, A certain some PC near by is making a horrifying long beep, I give up and walk out.

Who the is Jack Schitt ??? There was a mention of Jack schitt on one of the comments left by J. and guess what, I made a mistake to ask J, what he meant by that. This is what he had to breif me. As it was left on comments section, I am repeating it here for a first look read. A very funny reading. Quite an impressive effort guys, whoever put it down. Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says "you don't know Jack Schitt". Now, You can handle the situation. Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Knee-deep Schitt, Inc. In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt and the deeply religious couple produced 6 children: Holie Schitt, The twins; Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt and Bull Schitt, a high school dropout.... After being married for 15 years Jack and Noe divorced. Noe later married Mr. Sherlock and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock. Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt and they produced a cowardly son, Chicken Schitt. Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt were inseparable throughout childhood and consequently, married the Happens brothers in dual ceremony. The Schitt-Happens children are Dawg, Byrd and Horse. Bull Schitt the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned with his new bride, Pisa Schitt. Now, when someone say's you don't know Jack Schitt, you can correct them.

A child's prayer One night, a father passed by his son's room and heard his son praying: "God bless Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma. Bye Grandpa." The father didn't quite know what this meant, but was glad his son was praying. The next morning, they found Grandpa dead on the floor of a heart attack. The father reassured himself that it was just a coincidence, but was still a bit spooked. The next night, he heard his son praying again: "God bless Mommy and Daddy. Bye Grandma." The father was worried, but decided to wait until morning. Sure enough, the next morning Grandma was on the floor, dead of a heart attack. Really scared now, the father decided to wait outside his son's door the next night. And sure enough, the boy started to pray: "God bless Mommy. Bye Daddy." Now the father was crapping his pants. He stayed up all night, and went to the doctor's early the next day to make sure his health was fine. When he finally came home, his wife was waiting on the porch. She said, "Thank God you're here -- we could really use your help! We found the milkman dead on our porch this morning!"

Colored or Not? A black man walks into a cafe one early morning and noticed that he was the only black man there. As he sat down, he noticed a white man behind him.The white man said, "Colored people are not allowed here."� The black man turned around and stood up. He then said: "When I was born I was black," "When I grew up I was black," "When I'm sick I'm black," "When I go in the sun I'm black," "When I'm cold I'm black," "When I die I'll be black." "But you sir..." "When you're born you're pink," "When you grow up you're white," "When you're sick, you're green," "When you go in the sun you turn red," "When you're cold you turn blue," "And when you die you turn purple." "And you have the nerve to call me colored!!!" The black man then sat back down and the white man walked away... Help erase racism...

Who's who - Indians MALAYALEES.... � One Malayalee is a narial-pani shop. � Two Malayalees is a boat race. � Three Malayalees is a Gulf job racket. � Four Malayalees is an oil slick. � TAMILIANS... � One Tamilian is a fugitive sandalwood smuggler. � Two Tamilians is a suicide-bomb squad. � Three Tamilians is a classical music school. � Four Tamilians is a Jayalalitha fan club. � ANDHRAITES... � One Andhraite is a cycle-rickshaw driver. � Two Andhraites is a spice shop. � Three Andhraites is a Naxalite outfit. � Four Andhraites is the Telugu film industry. � BENGALIS... � One Bengali is a rosagulla shop. � Two Bengalis is a black-and-white movie. � Three Bengalis is a Mohun Bagan support group. � Four Bengalis is a Marxist movement. � RAJASTHANIS... � One Rajasthani is a cattle-seller. � Two Rajasthanis is a mason. � Three Rajasthanis is a puppet show. � Four Rajasthanis is a folk dance-drama. More to follow....

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The Allergy prick test Yesterday was the worst day in the history of my migraine suffering. I would give it a 10 out of 10. I am maintaining a headache diary and none crossed the mark of 8 till now. But yesterday's does. It was terrible. Horrifying and untolerable. I was crying with pain. It started at about 2PM and gradually started developing by 6PM and at 11, it reached its peak. Took tablets, applied all kinds of balms, rolling message to the forehead, everything. But it never seemed like it would subside. Finally I was taken to the near by 24-hour intensive care hospital, and had to take the Diclofenac painkiller injection. One of my collegue today suggested me to consult this doc, who does allergy test and can safely find the root cause of the ache. I took to it, and consulted the doc this evening. He did some allergy prick test and assured me of prevention and reduction in severity of the pain, if he could figure out the cause and I can follow the treatment. I was impressed for the first time. "In this test a small needle is used to gently prick the skin through a drop of fluid containing a known allergen. It is usually done on the forearm, although with young children it may be done on the back so they don't have to see what is happening. The test is not painful and results are immediately available." (from BBCi) I was tested for 10 allergen and it seemed to me that I was allergic to two or three of them. I have to take 3 tests totally. 2 more to go. Just hoping that this works. No 'Inderal' and 'Paramet' for the next few days. heeyaa... Read more about Allergy prick test.

Golden Quadrilateral Sher Shah Suri built the Grand Trunk Road and gave India, according to Rudyard Kipling, a river of life. The BJP Govt is not talking in those terms, yet. What it promised was state-of-the-art, four-lane highways linking Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai by Dec 2003. But four years later, the wagon is sputtering, with just one-fourth of the 5,846-km stretch ready and targets scaled down. The Indian Express travelled along the Golden Quadrilateral and found usual suspects, unexpected potholes and surprise freeways. If Satara?s fancy for flyovers has grounded work, Rajasthan villages have cleared way without waiting for relief in the name of national interest. Beginning today, we take you on a journey of this highway. Read more...

Some relevant reading at MSN !!! "Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life." This age old saying couldn't have been more timely. A study undertaken by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with McKinsey in November 2002 brought to light an alarming situation waiting to hit those caught in the vortex of a competitive world. The study predicted that in the coming decades, lifestyle ailments will turn major killers in India. Read more..

BrollSense updated Now the BrollSense has been alphabetically listed for convenience. And is updated with Anvita's blog as well.

One more Personality check Now here you go and get your check done at Brainbench. It needs registration... it takes only 3 minutes for registration... rest 7 minutes for personality check...Nice time pass... www.brainbench.com also lets you take up Free Tests... Technical...U can choose the topics... See where u need improvement...

The NH-17 and the way out of my town !!!
This picture was taken sitting in the front seat of a van, when sun was furiously hot on the tar road, you could find the tar flowing on the road at some places as patches. The NH-17 goes past our house and thus since childhood has been one of the most familiar highway to me. Though the Ankola-Yellapur road is constructed in a way better than the NH-17, somehow I like NH-17. Its been this way from my kiddish days.

No one sees ??? At times when u cry, no one sees ur tears ! When u worry, no one sees ur pain !! When ur happy, no one sees ur smile !!! Try coughing, they'll look at u with SARSpect !!!!

A Glimpse of the Devbag island beach !!!
This is one place which is no less nearer to the heaven itself. On the last weekend I was here, and boy..Goan beaches are no where near the beauty and elegance that this one carries. Devbag which is an island just a few kms into the sea from Karwar, coastal karnataka, is far more beautiful and ravishing than Goan beaches. More in my travelogue.

Pleasantly surprised ...and I had this beautiful blog of mine, which offlate got major blows by the technical issues the blogging service had that I was using. So now I am on to the SomatoSense on blogspot. I am pleasantly surprised by the useability of this tool. I hope I will make this beautiful blogger dano my home. Just hope. and Hope floats !!!!

First few impressions The first few impressions that I have got with Dano is its got a few problems here and there. But still seems to be doing a better job then my previous blogging tool. Just waiting to see some good new features coming my way.

A scene from Dil Chahta Hai??? I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love. As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love... They try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you can not change its nature. If you have people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true Love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring. -- Author : Unknown

Your Age ??? ;) Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21 YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! HOW TO STAY YOUNG 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them. 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's. 4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. 6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive. 7. Surround yourself with what you love, Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge. 8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is. 10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths We take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Insurance Fun !!! The following quotes are actual statements from insurance forms where car drivers tried to summarize accident details in as few words as possible. Such instances of faulty writing serve to confirm that incompetency can be highly entertaining. 1. Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have. 2. The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intent. 3. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way. 4. In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. 5. I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car. 6. I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident. 7. I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident. 8. My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle. 9. As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no sign had ever appeared before, making me unable to avoid the accident. 10. I told the police I was not injured, but upon removing my hair, I found that I had a fractured skull. 11. I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him. 12. I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car. 13. The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth. 14. I was thrown from my car as it left the road, and was later found in a ditch by some stray cows. 15. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. 16. I thought my window was down, but I found out it was up when I put my head through it. 17. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian. 18. The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him. 19. The pedestrian had no idea which way to run, so I ran over him. 20. An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished. 21. A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face. 22. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment.

AAADD I got this piece from a friend in an eMail in the morning. Have a read... Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD--Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook out of my briefcase that is on the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the den, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of soda that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the soda aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the soda is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the soda, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the soda down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of soda sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Back from a well deserved tour of heaven on earth !!! Well..Guys I am back from heaven with loads of memories and experiences to share, and it would take me a few posts to publish them entirely. Once I compose the first part I will start posting.. Keep watching this space...

Off to a vacation So guys here is me off for a vacation of 3-4 days to my native and will be back with loads of information and travelogue to share. Till then have a great time all !!!

SUGGESTED SARS PREVENTION I got this in a mail this morning, and found apt to post it in here. I do not know the medicocities explained here about drugs, but there is a fair amount of knowledge depicted here for SARS prevention. The fact of the mysterious pneumonia, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), caused by a so-called mutated strain of corona virus has been widely spread worldwide. What is frightful to this SARS is that it has no known cure at present. The basic mechanism of viral attack, if we are infected, is that viruses, especially those causing SARS, replicate themselves using our body's DNA genetic replication system. By doing this, our body couldn't function well due to the massive viral replication. The immune cells in our body can fight off the infected viruses quickly, but viruses are capable of producing some chemical substances to cause our immune cells to die. This new kind of virus belongs to a mutated strain that no new medicine has been discovered yet and existing antibiotics have not been proven to be 100% effective in treating viral infection. So far, the only effective way to fight against or get rid of the virus is by strengthening our body's defense system as what the SARS survivors worldwide have successfully done. Once these viruses enter our body, there will be a battle between the viruses and our immune system. The viruses couldn't kill all the immune cells in a healthy individual. The stronger our immune system is, the lesser chances that these viruses can inflict viral injury to our body. Therefore, the degree of sickness after a possible SARS infection and the rate of recovery mainly depend on how strong our immune function is. We cannot avoid the infection unless we avoid close contact with infected individuals and going to infected areas which, in actual situation, cannot be done 100% because of day-to-day job limitations, family relations, compelling personal reasons, etc. However, we can always boost up our immune system/function to the maximum, to make sure that we are "extremely healthy" at least during this critical period. Stronger immune function could keep the viral damage minimal if we are so unluckily being infected. Also, stronger immune function delays the onset of any detrimental effects from the viral infection. Scientists are now working on tracking the treatment. What we can do now is to make sure we can prevent infection or survive, if so infected, until an effective treatment will be discovered. The following suggestions aim to strengthen our immune function within a short period of time. (1) Antioxidant Nutraceuticals: Antioxidants are chemicals found in foods which exert a great value in strengthening our immune system. We can boost up our immune function by taking a cocktail of antioxidant supplements such as:  Vitamin E-1000 IU daily. Alpha-tocopherol is the biological active form of vitamin E. There are of two forms: * d-tocopherol - the natural form (recommended for faster body absorption), and * dl-tocopherol - the synthetic form.  Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)-1000 milligram (mg) daily. Instead of taking supplement, we can have 2 pieces of citrus fruits (e.g. orange) a day to get the vitamin C.  Beta Carotene-not more than 10000 IU daily  Selenium-200 microgram daily  Zinc-not more than 500 milligram (mg) daily  Lipoic acid-50 mg daily  Glutathione-50 mg daily No adverse effects have been reported from the above suggested supplementation dose. Still, Please consult doctor before taking any such supplementation dose. (2) Green tea daily as beverage because it contains tremendous amount of antioxidant flavonoid, catechins. (3) Tomatoes, broccoli, fruits and vegetables in red and dark green color have to be part of our daily diet. They carry a huge amount of antioxidant carotenoids, lycopene and carotene. (4) No intense physical activities/exercises during this critical period! It has been shown that intense exercise will suppress the immune function (related to the upper respiratory infection) even several days following the workout. Instead of intense exercise, light-to-moderate workout would help if you have been training regularly. (5) Enough carbohydrate foods (e.g. rice, concentrated in starch, etc.) Carbohydrate is the primary food for immune cells . Do some Gatorade or Pocari, if needed, since they are both good sources of carbohydrate. (6) Enough sleep and stress avoidance are strongly advised! Anxiety, depression and fright will influence our body's stress hormones (e.g. catecholamine and glucocorticoids), thus suppressing our immune system capability. (7) Mouth-mask which can decrease the chance and gravity/level of possible infection, though not 100% effective in prevention, helps. (8) Washing hands thoroughly with running water and disinfecting detergent/soap before eating or touching our (or somebody's) critical body parts such as eyes, mouth, nose, ear) should be become a habit. (9) Avoid going to public places and having exposure to suspected people (even relatives and friends) who cough, sneeze, or are looking sickly or having fever without the proper preventive and protective devices. (10) Strictly observe and follow quarantine and medical procedures provided by concerned government agencies such as the Health Department. The above information were based from Mr. Parco Siu's (Mphil, PhD Candidate, West Virginia University School of Medicine) email write-up in which he claimed to be supported by peer-reviewed biomedical literatures. God bless and we hope and pray that none of us will get infected. Take extra efforts and extreme care as what God wants us to do in telling us to take good care of our body, which He considers to be His temple in us.