Give me one more chance !!! I am not Responsible if u had tears after reading the mail.

It’s another morning..
….. Again I have to go to office.

Ohh, this is me… I shouted having a glance on my snap in today’s news paper.
But what the HELL it is doing in the death column??

Strange…

One sec... Let me think, last night when I was going to bed I had a severe pain in my chest, but I don’t remember anything after that, I think I had a sound sleep.

Its morning now, ohh….. It’s already 10:00 AM, where is my coffee?
I will be late for office and my boss will get a chance to irritate me.

Where is everyone…??? I screamed.

“I think there is a crowd outside my room, let me check.” I said to myself.

So many people….. Not all of them crying…
But why some of them crying…

WHAT IS THIS??? I m laying there on the floor…

“I AM HERE” … I shouted!!! No one listen.
“LOOK I AM NOT DEAD” … I screamed once again!!! No one is interested in me.
They all were looking me on the bed.

I went back to my bed room.

“Am I dead??” I asked myself.

Where is my wife, my children, my mom-DAD, my friends?

I found them in the next room, all of them were crying… still trying to console each other.

My wife was crying… she was really looking sad.
My little kid was not sure what happened, but he was crying just coz his mom was sad.

How can I go without saying my kid that I really love him, I really do care of him. ??
How can I go without saying my wife that she is really most beautiful and most caring wife in this world..??
How can I go without saying my parents that I m … just because of u ??
How can I go without telling my friends that without them perhaps I have done most of the wrong things in my life… thanks for being there always when I need them… and sorry for not being there when they really need me..

I can see a person standing in the corner and trying to hide his tears…
Ohh… he was once my best friend, but a small misunderstanding made us part, and we both have strong enough ego to keep us disconnect.

I went there.. And offered him my hand, “Dear friend… I just want to say sorry for everything, we r still best friend, please forgive me.”

No response from other side, what the hell?? He is still preserving his ego, I am saying sorry… even then!!!
I really don’t care for such people.

But one sec…. it seems he is not able to see me!!!! He did not see my extended hand.
My goodness… AM I REALLY DEAD???

I just sat down near ME; I was also feeling like crying…

“OHH ALMIGHTY!!!! PLEASE JUST GIVE ME FEW MORE DAYS…”
I just wasn’t to make my wife, my parents; my friends realize that how much I love them.

My wife entered in the room, she looks beautiful.
“YOU R BEAUTIFUL” I shouted.
She didn’t hear my words, in fact she never heard these words coz I never said this to her.

“GOD!!!!” I screamed… a little more time plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..
I cried…

One more chance please… to hug my child, to make my mom smile just once, to feel my dad proud on me at least for a moment, to say sorry to my friends for everything I have not given to them, and thanks for still being in my life….

Then I looked up and cried!!!!

I shouted….

“GOD!!!! ONE MORE CHANCE PLEASE!!!!”

"You shouted in your sleep," said my wife as she gently woke me up. "Did you have a nightmare?"

I was sleeping….
Ohh that was just a dream….

My wife was there… she can hear me…
This is the happiest moment of my life…
I hugged her and whispered…. “U R THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND CARING WIFE IN THIS UNIVERSE…. I REALLY LOVE U DEAR”

I can’t understand the reason of the smile on her face with some tears in her eyes, still I m happy…. J


“THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS SECOND? CHANCE.”

So, Now it’s not late.. Forget your egos, past……….., and express your love to others………. Be friendly…………… keep smiling and be happy for ever…

SOME SWEET EXTREMES!

EXTREME OF ISOLATION:
Two persons sitting side by side using emails to communicate with each
other.

EXTREME OF COWARDICE:
Two persons fighting through emails.

EXTREME OF HELPLESSNESS:
Receiving no emails for a week.

EXTREME OF FRUSTRATION:
The email server being down.

EXTREME OF CARELESSNESS:
Writing a love mail and doing a 'Send All.'

EXTREME OF ACHIEVEMENT:
A person sending email to a girl wanting to become friends and getting
a reply.

EXTREME OF TIMEPASS:
A person sending email to himself.

EXTREME OF REPETITION:
Forwarding an email to someone and receiving the same email forwarded
back to you by some one in the receiving chain.

EXTREME OF BROWSING:
You are swimming in the water tank and shout "F1 F1 F1?" instead of shouting "HELP" when u are unable to swim..

EXTREME OF MY FRIENDSHIP:
I always mail, u don't.

EXTREME OF HAVING NO WORK:
You reading such mails. NT000

FREIND

Cricket players :- 11

Fingers :- 10

Planets :- 9

Corners :- 8

Wonders :- 7

Senses :- 6

Oceans :- 5

Directions :- 4

Seasons :- 3

Eyes :- 2

Lovely friend :- 1
Tht's one and only u.......... !!!!!!!

Thought for the Day

Failure is not when your GIRL FRIEND leaves you,
Its only when you don't try for her FRIENDS.

- Swamy Unknownanda

Sardar Strikes again-Time pass

1.

SARDAR:LAST NIGH I SAW A ENGLISH
MOVIE .IT HAD NO SCENES,NO
SOUND.
FRIEND:WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOVIE?
SARDAR:

"NO DISC"

2.TEACHER:WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EGYPTIAN MUMMIES AND INDIAN
MUMMIES.
STUDENT:CHILDREN'S ARE AFRAID OF
EGYPTIAN MUMMIES AND FATHERS
ARE AFRAID OF INDIAN MUMMIES.

3.MATHS SIR:A=B,B=C,SO A=C.PROVE THIS METHOD WITH EXAMPLE.
STUDENT:SIR,I LOVE U .U LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER.SO I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER.THAT'S ALL SIR..

4.WHY DOES A WOMAN WANT TO HAVE A HUSBAND?


(H)OUSING


(U)UNDERSTANDING


(S)HARING


(B)UYING


(A)ND


(N)EVER

(D)EMANDING


5.DOCTOR:YOUR HUSBAND NEEDS SOMEPEACE OF MIND AND RELAXATION..HERE ARE SOME SLEEPING TABLETS.
WIFE:WHEN SHOULD I GIVE TO HIM?
DOCTOR:THESE TABLETS ARE FOR YOU.

6.BREAKING NEWS:A SPEAKING SNAKE IS FOUND IN AMERICA.ONE OF THE PERSON ASKED"WHO IS YOUR PRESIDENT?THE SNAKE REPLIED"BUSSHH....". 7.
BRITISHER:I GOT A BRAND NEW FORD IKON FOR MY WIFE...!
SARDAR:WOW...!THAT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE EXCHANGE OFFER!

7.ONCE SARDAR WAS FOLLOWING GIRL,GIRL REPLIED "DON'T FOLLOW ME,MY MOTHER IS COMING BEHIND YOU"


SARDAR REPLIED DON'T WORRY MY FATHER IS FOLLOWING HER.

8..
SARDAR'S LETTER TO BILL GATES.


DEAR;
MR.BILL GATES WE HAVE BOUGHT A COMPUTER FOR OUR HOME AND WE HAVE FOUND SOME PROBLEMS,WHICH I WANT TO BRINGTO YOUR NOTICE.


1.THERE'S A BUTTON 'START' BUT THERE IS NO 'STOP' BUTTON.WE REQUEST YOU TO CHECK THIS.


2.ONE DOUBT I HAVE.WHETHER ANY WHERE SCOOTER'S AVAILABLE IN SYSTEM?I FOUND ONLY 'RE-CYCLE'BUT I OWM A SCOOTER AT MY HOME.

3.MY CHILD LEARNT 'MICROSOFT WORD'.NOW HE WANTS TO LEARN 'MICROSOFT SENTENCE'.SO WHEN WILL YOU PROVIDE THAT?


4.THERE IS MICROSOFT OFFICE,WHAT ABOUT MICROSOFT HOME.SINCE I USE THE PC AT HOME ONLY.ONE PERSONAL QUESTION.HOW IS THAT YOUR NAME GATES,BUT YOUR SELLING WINDOWS????

9.GIRL:IF WE BECAME ENGAGED WILL U GIVE ME A RING.


SARDAR:SURE,WATS YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

11.Santa- tu to aaj doctor ke pass ja raha tha, phir gaya kyo nahi.
Banta- yaar kal jauga ,aaj thodi tabiyat kharab hai.

12.NASA DECIDED TO SEND SARDAR TO THE MOON.HALF THE WAY HE JUMPED BACK TO EARTH AND SHOUTED -HOW DARE YOU CHEAT ME!TODAY IS AMAMVASYA THERE WILL BE NO MOON!

Good Morning..! Be your Own Life Coach

Good Morning

Be your own life coach. The next time you feel like turning yourself into a destructive thinker, breath deep and say, I love myself, just the way I am. Learn to walk and talk speaking and thinking only about things that will make your life better.

If you want to learn something, read books with the information you need to learn. Set plans and write your goals down and then take the action needed to achieve those goals. If you catch yourself feeling like your dreams will never come true, stop, and say to yourself, yes, and my dreams will come true.



If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.

---

Les Brown

Future of Dating

'ORKUT', 'FACEBOOK' profile of a Software Engineer

Ideal 'ORKUT', 'FACEBOOK' profile of a Software Engineer…..

About me: I think I am changing the world, but I am not. I think I am contributing to the Indian economy, but I guess I am not. I think I love my work, but I do not. I think I hate all people who made me earn my engineering degree, and I do. I think I am living, but and most importantly, I am LOOKING for someone to make me live !! Ok...I won't be funny anymore. I am a cool guy with a zeal to enjoy life (For all those who know me--> "Just stop laughing!!")


Relationship status : what?



Birthday : The day my PL is about to fire me.



Age : 10111
1111
111



Here for: web browsing in company hours.



Children : can't be (hey, don't get me wrong here!!)



Ethnicity : Programmer.



Languages I speak : Java, C/C++, 010101110101



Religion: I get holidays on all religious festivals, so I love all religions.



Political view : the guy sitting beside me is a pig!!



Humor : weekly.



Fashion: Ask my company HR. Btw, I like jeans, t-shirt and a cross-bag.



Smoking: The second greatest pleasure on the earth.



Drinking : The first is this.



Pets: Yeah, my PL looks like a dog. :-)


Living: Cummon, this is a stupid one. How can this be asked to a software engineer? Believe me, I am living!!



Hometown : My company (Oh God! Please bring my appraiser to this page)


Webpage: http://naukri.com, http://monster.com, http://jobsahead.com – Isn't it Ultimate???



Passions: searching for the cheapest pub around, cursing my company, looking for other company, remembering my good old college days, worrying about my future.


Sports: quake, CS (Counter Strike), computer chess.


Activities: Are you crazy?


Books: "How to lose weight in 20 days?", "How to live a happy life?", "101 ways to attract a girl", "Java Unleashed", "C++ at your footsteps", Others censored.


Music: Metallica, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, ACDC, and anything depressing.


Tv shows : can't afford one.


Cuisines : Bread Butter, Maggi, anything available within 200 meteres of my cubicle....

DO U HAV DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE?

Boy was telling the story to his IT friends and trying to explain him

Importance of domain knowledge.....



One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who

is four years older than I am. I was maybe 3 and half years old and had just

recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other

injuries.



Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a get-well gift and it was one of

my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news

and my brother was playing nearby in the living room when I brought Daddy a

little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and

lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Mom came home.



My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea,

because it was 'just the cutest thing!!'



My Mom waited, and sure enough, here I come down the hall with a cup of tea

for Daddy and she watches him drink it up, then she says to him, 'Did it

ever occur to you that the only place that baby can reach to get water is

the toilet??'



....Mothers know!!



MORAL OF THE STORY :

Domain knowledge is very important!!! Else your supplier will trick

you......

Take IT lite (Absolutely True)

School days jokes...

Teacher: 'What is your name?'.
Student: 'Mera naam Suraj Prakash hai.'
Teacher: 'When I ask a question in English, answer it in English.'
Student: 'My name is Sunlight .

Teacher: 'What is your name?'.
Student: 'My name is Beautiful Red Underwear'
Teacher: 'What kind of a name is this? Don’t joke tell me the right name'
Student: 'My name is Sunderlal Chadda."

Teacher: What happened in 1869?
Student: Gandhi ji was born.
Teacher: What happened in 1873?
Student: Gandhiji was four years old.

Question: What is the full form of maths.
Answer: Mentally affected teachers harassing students


Teacher: Now children , if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him then what virtue would I be showing ?
Student: BROTHERLY LOVE


Teacher: Because of Gandhiji's hard work what do we get on 15th August.
Student: A holiday

Teacher: Tomorrow there will be a lecture on Sun. Everyone must attend it.
Raju: No ma'm! I will not be able to attend it.
Teacher: Why?
Raju: My mother will not allow me to go so far!!!


Teacher: 'Can anyone give me an example of Coincidence? '
Johnny: 'Sir, my mother and father got married on the same day same time.'

Teacher: How old is ur father.
Sunny: As old as I am.
Teacher: How is it possible?
Sunny: He became father only after I was born. (1st Rank)


Teacher: There is a frog, Ship is sinking, potatoes cost Rs3/kg...Then, what is my age?
Student: 32 yrs.
Teacher: How do you know?
Student: Well, my sister is 16 yrs old and she is half mad.

Read till the end..Don't Miss the Moral.

Hope you like this...



Once PVNR (PV Narasimha Rao), L.K.Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav were
travelling in an autorickshaw. They met with an accident and all three of
them died.
Yama Raja was waiting for this moment at the doorstep of death.

He asks PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN.

But, for Laloo, Yama had already decided that he should be sent to HELL.
Laloo is not at all happy with this decision.

He asks Yama as to why this discrimination is being made. All the three of
them had served the public. Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public
positions, etc.

Then why the differential treatment?

He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluation before
a decision is made; and should not be just based on opinion or pre-conceived
notions.



Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an English
test.

PVNR is asked to spell " INDIA " and he does it correctly.

Advani is asked to spell " ENGLAND " and he too passes.

It is Laloo's turn and he is asked to spell " CZECHOSLOVAKIA ".

Laloo protests that he doesn't know English.

He says this is not fair and that he was given a tough question and thus
forced to fail with false intent.



Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another chance
assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide an equal
platform for all three).

PVNR is asked to write "KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW". He writes it easily and
passes.

Advani is asked to write "BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN". He too passes.

Laloo is asked to write "BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR....."
Tough one. He fails again.



Laloo is extremely unhappy.

Having been a student of history (which the other two weren't),he now
requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history

Yama says OK but this would be the last chance and that he would not take
any more tests.

PVNR is asked: "When did India get Independence ?". He replied "1947" and
passed.

Advani is asked "How many people died during the independence struggle?".

He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000
or 300,000.
Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes.

It's Laloo's turn now.
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in the struggle.
Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.

Moral of the story: IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE IS NO ESCAPE..... ...

5'' Seconds Between Life & Death.....SEE ONCE..

5 Seconds Between Life & Death.....



Like you, this man too, had a dream.
Like you, he too pushed his way into the crowded train
Like you, he too wanted to get going before he got delayed
Unlike you, he slipped and fell in the gap between the train and the platform at Kandivli station
And eight bogies went over him
Find out what happened to this man on




The man obviously has a guardian angel and supportive bystanders who told him exactly what he shouldn't do — move. And so, the man lay absolutely still as eight bogies of the train passed over him — centimeters from his head. Within seconds the 12-coach train passed and the man clambered out, unaided, unhurt, but too shocked to speak to us after his near-death experience
Untidy safety habits
Can trip you up.
This Guy was Lucky,
Dont cross Railway Tracks ever & make a mess of ur Valuable Life


whatever happens it happens for good!

The problems with GUYS

Have some laughter !!!! enjoy!!!
The problems with GUYS:

If u TREAT him nicely, he says u are IN LOVE with him;
If u Don't , he says u are PROUD .
If u DRESS Nicely , he says u are trying to LURE him;
If u Don't , he says u are from VILLAGE .
If u ARGUE with him, he says u are STUBBORN;
If u keep QUIET , he says u have no BRAINS .
If u are SMARTER than him, he'll lose FACE ;
If he's Smarter than u, he is GREAT .
If u don't L ove him, he tries to POSSESS u;
If u Lovehim! , he will try to LEAVE u.(very true huh?)
If u tell him your PROBLEM , he says u are TROUBLESOME ;
If u don't , he says that u don't TRUST him.
If u SCOLD him, u are like a NANNY to him;
If he SCOLDS u, it is because he CARES for u.
If u BREAK your promise , u Cannot be TRUSTED ;
If he BREAKS his, he is FORCED to do so.
If u do WELLin your exams, he says it's LUCK ;
If he does WELL, it's BRAINS ...
If u HURThim, u are CRUEL ;
If he HURTS u, u are too SENSITIVE!!
& sooo hard to please !!!!!

If u send this to guys, they will swear that it's not true.......
but if u don't, they say u are selfish.....
The moral of the story is.......

SEND THIS TO GUYS OUT THERE ANYWAY ...

Send it to girls also, gives them some laughter ..

The Challenge

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish. If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh. To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish.

The frozen fish brought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis!
But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan. How did they manage? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark.

The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull? Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active. If you are steadily conquering challenges, you are happy. Your challenges keep you energized. Don't create success and revel in it in a state of inertia. You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character" - Albert Einstein

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD

An old man lived alone in a village. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison.
The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the GUNS!!"

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next.
His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad.. It's the best I could do for you from here."

Moral:

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR
WHERE THE PERSON IS .....

MUST READ........ WHEN A LIZARD CAN, WHY CAN'T WE?

This is a true story that happened in Japan.

In order to renovate the house,

someone in Japan breaks open the wall.

Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.

When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there

because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet.

He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail,

it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.



What happened?


The lizard has survived in such position for 10 years!!!!!!!!!!

In a dark wall partition for 10 years without moving, it is impossible and mind-boggling.

Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years!!! without moving a single step--since its foot was
nailed!

So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing, and what and how it has been eating.

Later, not knowing from where it came appears another lizard, with food in its mouth.

Ah! He was stunned and touched deeply.

For the lizard

that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it for the past 10 years...


Imagine? it has been doing that untiringly for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner.

Think, will u do that to your partner?

Think that will you do it to your Mom,

Who brought you after a big struggle of nine long months?


Or at least to your Dad, Friends, Co-workers, brothers and Sisters?


Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with a brilliant mind can't.

As information and communication technology advances,

our access to information becomes faster and faster.

But the

distance between human beings . . . is it getting closer as well?

Please never abandon your loved ones

Never Say U R Busy When They Really Need You ...

You May Have The Entire World At Your Feet.....

But You Might Be The Only World To Them....

A Moment of negligence might break the very heart which loves you thru all odds..


Before you say something just remember..It takes a moment to Break but an entire life to make...
To Live Use Heart And to Survive use Brains.


Then Life would be a paradise Unfurling only Love Joy and
Happiness.....


Spread this message to everyone you Love and Help them Live life and not
merely Survive....

The Potter - A beautiful piece

The Potter

A man who had just lost his job went over to a shop and with the last of his money decided to buy a beautiful teacup for his wife. On the display shelf, he saw the perfect cup and told the sales person to take it down, "I've never seen a cup so beautiful!" he said as she handed it to him and he paid the money..

The man had tears as he handled the lovely cup but felt sad as he looked at his empty wallet. Suddenly the cup spoke: "I have not always been a tea-cup," it said, "there was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out, "don't do that. I don't like it! Let me alone", but he only smiled, and gently said; 'Not yet!!'

"Then. WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. 'Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!', I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly; 'Not yet' He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then he put me in the oven."

" I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. 'Help! Get me out of here!' I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, 'Not yet'. "When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. Oh, that felt so good! 'Ah, this is much better,' I thought.

"But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, please stop it, Stop it!!' I cried. He only shook his head and said. 'Not yet!'.

"Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed I cried. I was convinced I would never make it, was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited and waited, wondering what's he going to do to me next?

"An hour later he handed me a mirror and said 'Look at yourself.' And I did,

"I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful!"'

"Quietly he spoke: I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked."

"'I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You would not have had any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you."

The beautiful cup looked up at the man who had just lost his job, "So don't cry my friend. You are going through the shaping and heat and painting I went through. But when the potter stops you will be lovely to behold..!

So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems awful and terrible, try this: Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest teacup, sit down and think on this story and then, have a little talk with the Potter (Ur Creator). He knows what He is doing and may just tell you: "Not yet..!"

contact lenses

I thought it is useful for all who wear contact lenses :)

Those who wear contact lenses, remove them when you have to attend a barbecue party or whatsoever that got to do with flames... I heard a horrible true story about contact lenses.... It happened to a 21 year old guy, he wore a pair of contact lenses during a barbecue party. While, he was barbecuing, he stared at the fire charcoals. After a few seconds, he started to scream for help and moved rapidly, jumping up and down. No one in the party knew why... When he arrived at the Hospital, the doctor said he'll be blind permanently courtesy of the contact lenses that he had worn. Contact lenses are made by plastics, and the heat from the charcoal melted his contact lenses. So, tell all your friends..... DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES WHERE OVERHEATING AND FLAMES ARE CONCERNED.

Japanese Prime Minister's English skills..

A few years ago, Prime Minister Mori was given some basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Bill Clinton...

The instructor told Mori Prime Minister, when you shake
hand with
President Clinton, please say 'how r u'.

Then Mr. Clinton should say, 'I am fine, and you?'
Now, you should say 'me too'.

Afterwards we, translators, will do the work
for you.'

It looks quite simple, but the truth is...

When Mori met Clinton , he mistakenly said

'Who r u?' (instead of 'How r u?'. )


Mr. Clinton was a bit shocked but still managed to react
with humor:
'Well, I'm Hillary's husband, ha-ha...'


Then Mori replied

'me too, ha-ha.. .'.


Then there was a long silence in the meeting room.


Moral of the Story:

Let Experts do their Work

Impact of Crisis in IT Employee's Family

Sekar (Calling his family from Amsterdam): Good Evening Mom and Dad. Where is my wife Sheela?

Dad: Just now I called her. She is on the way to home after taking our grandson Rahul from his school.

Sekar: Let us wait for her few minutes and we will start this discussion.
(By the time Sheela entered in to the house.. Sekar continue the meeting)

I hope you know the Agenda of the meeting which I had mentioned in the meeting request. Even though let me read out the agenda once again
1. Status update/Discussion on Last Week Action Items
2. Family Strategy
2. Rahul's Education
3. Medical Insurance for Mom and Dad

I hope every one have the printout of last week MOM (Minutes of Meeting).
Dear Mom can you please update the status of tasks which you are taking care of?

Mom: Sekar, I am taking care of kitchen module which involves making products like Sambar, Rasam, Curd Rice, Vegetable Biriyani.I am not comfortable in handling the tools for making Non Vegetarian products. You suggest some training in Hlite. However after making these products, I am giving to your Dad for Acceptance testing. Once he satisfied with the quality of taste, we pass it to Dining Hall. One more thing, I would like to share with you. As you have suggested during my appraisal discussion, now I have stopped crying while watching mega serials in TV

Sekar: Sounds Good.

Sekar: Now coming to Dad. Dad can you please update us?

Dad: Yes. My dear son. I have completed my tasks by paying the current bill and phone bill with in time.

Sekar: That's good

Dad: But I couldn't pay the premium amount of 9200.00 of the LIC plan which you had taken for tax reduction purpose.

Sekar: It doesn't look nice dad. I have sent you the amount already and given clear instructions.
Can you explain to me what went wrong?

Dad: On Tuesday night suddenly one of our team mate (your mom) fell down on the floor when she was running to catch Rahul. Then we took her to hospital and spent that amount for her medical expenses.

Mom: Sekar, I would like to add on what your Dad said, that was true. I got heavy injury in my legs and I was in hospital for two days. So now we don't have money to pay for the premium.

Sekar: Sheela..! Would you aware of this? As a home lead, I expect you to track these issues and send it to me on daily basis. What are you doing (With stress on 'doing') after coming from college?

Sheela: Will do it Sekar. You know that the college, I am working is very far from our home. Every day I come back home at 6 pm and sit with Rahul for assisting him for doing his home work.

Sekar: Ok. Coming to second Agenda point .Due to this financial crisis we need to change the strategy of running our family. I am looking for your cooperation in the following cost cutting activities. I want to see the cost benefit of 40 % in this month budget after implementing this
ü Asking servant maid to leave her job
ü Stop ordering Pizzas for dinner
ü Avoid Tooth paste and use Neem sticks/Banyan Tree Sticks
ü Switch on TV only for watching Sunday Movie and Friday Oliyum Ozhiyum(Well known program for film songs in Podigai TV)
ü Wise to listen news from our near by portion when they watch news in TV
ü Every Saturday visit our relative's homes and spend the whole day including break fast, lunch and Dinner
ü Don't invite anybody to our home. Sunday our relatives might come to our house. Just lock the door outside and do your work inside silently.
ü Everybody assemble in adjacent street Perumal temple on Sunday for breakfast. They provide 'Pongal' as 'prasadam' which is good in taste
ü Sheela stop going for gym and Yoga class. Use Attural (Made up of Stone for making Dosa /idly dough), Ammikal (Replacement of Mixie) instead of grinder and Mixie. Mom please give KT to Sheela about this.
ü Don't buy excess of things and store it in Fridge. Use big Mud pots for cool water.
ü Everybody go to bed early around 6:30 pm. Ask Rahul to do his homework when he comes back from school immediately during the hours sunlight is available. If not ask him to read under street light. He will become like Lincoln (Former US President) one day.
ü Use as much of cycle for transportation to near by places(It will help you to reduce fat and Cholesterol content)
ü I know you are eager to watch latest release 'Vaaranam Aayiram'. Don't plan for that. Wail till next year Diwali to watch the same movie in Kalaignar TV

If you have any clarifications contact Sheela@kitchen

Coming to second Agenda point. Sheela, can you please update me about Rahul's Education. In which standard he is studying? Whether he got any double promotion? He was writing annual exam for third standard when I was leaving for Amsterdam.

Sheela: Sekar, I am bit worrying about his education. I have tracked his efforts, schedule in our OHM+ tool. I found 20 % in Effort variance and 35 % in schedule deviation. His learning curve goes down in the control chart which you can see in the report, I have sent you yesterday.

Sekar: Thanks for your measurements. I will review the report and we will discuss it on next week's call. I have a client meeting now. So we will discuss the third agenda item next week. Mom and Dad.. can you please drop out from the call. I wanted to talk to Sheela about few personal things and Dad, don't forget to circulate the MOM to every one.

Sheela: Hello Sekar..

Sheela: Hello…Hello…

Sheela: Hello…

Don't be a duck. Be an eagle

Cab driver's wisdom- good example of customer satisfaction

No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.



Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point.

He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine.

Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger

door for Harvey.

He handed my friend a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wally, your driver.

While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.



Taken aback, Harvey read the card. It said: Wally's Mission Statement:

To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.

This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.'

My friend said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.'

Wally smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice.'

Almost stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'

Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.'

As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card,

'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to listen to the radio.'

And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him.

Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day.

He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts.

'Tell me, Wally,' my amazed friend asked the driver, 'have you always served customers like this?'

Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer , on the radio one day. He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, youll rarely disappoint yourself.

He said, 'Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.''

'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally. 'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said.

'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. You were lucky

to get me today. I don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can't pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.'

Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab.

I have probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn't do any of what I was suggesting.

Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles. How about us?

GOOGLE's BLACK VERSION...www.blackle.com

Interesting article on energy saving via just switching to new website for Google

While Microsoft is struggling to cope up with Google in the field of search, Google is beating it every time with unimaginable findings..

Blackle is nothing but a black version of Google. A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIron titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year.

An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts.

Google, which has a white background and gets about 200 million queries a day, could reduce global energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a year by simply changing the color of its homepage to black.

In response to this post a black version of Google emerged called www.blackle.com

According to Blackle's homepage at publication time, 257,652.988 Watt hours have been saved by.

Nice idea! But how does the search measure up? Very well indeed. Give it a whirl yourself and start saving energy one search at a time.

Recommend you all to use this as your home page or default search engine. Kindly pass this on to people you know and save energy.

Try this :
http://www.blackle.com

Bonus tips:
http://www.blackle.com/tips/

Traffic Info

Dear All,

Look at this very useful link, a definite help in our day-to-day works....

Forward it to your friend's family & in BLR /HYD

A new portal to get live traffic and directions in Bangalore. The Bangalore traffic police have launched a live traffic portal (Bangalore Traffic Information System)

1. Where you can find the optimal routes bet ween any two places in Bangalore...
2. Auto-fares
3. Bus routes and stops, etc.

Check ->

http://www.btis.in/directions.htm for Bangalore

http://www.htis.in/directions.htm for Hyderabad

Micro waved water - A MUST READ

A 26-year old decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and
put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous
times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he told me
he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he
removed the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he noted that the
water was not boiling, but instantly the water in the cup "blew up" into his
face. The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand but all the
water had flown out into his face due to the build up of energy. His whole
face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face, which may
leave scarring. He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye. While
at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this is
fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in a
microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something should be
placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as: a wooden stir stick, tea
bag, etc. It is however a much safer choice to boil the water in a
teakettle.

General Electric ' s ( GE) response:

Thanks for contacting us. I will be happy to assist you. The e-mail that you
received is correct. Micro waved water and other liquids do not always
bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can actually get superheated
and not bubble at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup
when it is moved or when something like a spoon or tea bag is put into it.
To prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid
for more than two minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in the
microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything into it.
If you pass this on ... you could very well save someone from a lot of pain
and suffering.

Rajni v/s Amitabh Bachan(heights!!!!) .. nice one ...

Rajnikant was bragging to Amitabh Bachan one day, "You know, I know everyone
Just name someone, anyone, and I know them.

Tired of his boasting, Amitabh Bachan called his bluff, "OK, Rajini how about
Tom Cruise?"

"Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it" Rajini said.

So Rajini and Amitabh Bachan fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's
door,

and sure enough, Tom Cruise shouts :--- "Thalaiva! Great to see you! You and your
friend come right in and join me for lunch!"

..Although impressed, Amitabh Bachan is still skeptical.After they leave
Cruise's house, he tells Rajini that he thinks Rajini knowing Cruise was
just lucky.



"No, no, just name anyone else" Rajini says


."President Bush", Amitabh Bachan quickly retorts

.."Yes", Rajini says, "I know him .


And off they go. At the White House, Bush spots Rajini on the tour and
motions him, saying, :----"Rajini, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a
meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee
first and catch up".


Well, Amitabh Bachan is much shaken by now, but still not totally convinced. Af
ter they leave the White House grounds, he implores her to name anyone else.


"The Pope," Amitabh Bachan replies

.."Sure!" says Rajini, "My folks are from Italy and I've known the Pope a
long time".


Rajini and Amitabh Bachan are assembled with the masses in Vatican Square when
Rajini says, "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all
these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go
upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope."

And he disappears into the crowd headed toward the Vatican .. Sure enough,
half an hour later Rajini emerges with the Pope on the balcony.

But by the time Rajini returns, he finds that Amitabh Bachan has had a heart
attack and is surrounded by paramedics. Working his way to Amitabh Bachan's
side, Rajini asks him, "What happened?"



Amitabh Bachan looks up and says, "I was doing fine until u and the pope came
out on the balcony and the man next to me said,


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"Who's that on the balcony with Rajini?"

Wrong e-mail

A man checked into a hotel.
There was a computer in his room,
so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife.

However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address,
and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile... Somewhere in Houston ,
a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral.
The widow decided to check her e-mail,
expecting condolence messages from relatives and friends.

After reading the message, she fainted.
The widow's son rushed into the room,
found his mother on the floor,
and saw the computer screen which read:


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To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Reached
Date: 23 July 2008

I know you're surprised to hear from me.
They gave computers here,
and we are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones.
I've just reached and have been checked in.
I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing you TOMORROW!

Prorities in Life

This is truly brilliant



Sigmund Freud's Priorities:



Five things are happening in your house at the same time. In which sequence would you solve them?



1. The telephone is ringing

2. The baby is crying!

3. Someone's knocking or calling you from the front door!

4. You hung the clothes out to dry and it is beginning to rain!

5. You left the tap on in the kitchen and the water is already overflowing!



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BUT BE HONEST, THE FINDINGS ARE EXCITING.



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On the list you can see which meaning every point has:







1. Telephone represents Work



2. Baby represents Family



3. Door represents Friends



4. Clothes represent Money



5. Tap represents Love Life



Your chosen sequence determines the priorities in your life.

Sector Key Technology - Too much into Technology

Corporate Language----:)

Corporate language !!

"We will do it"
means
" You will do it"


"You have done a great job"
means
"More work to be given to you"


"We are working on it"
means
"We have not yet started working on the same"


"Tomorrow first thing in the morning"
means
"Its not getting done...
At least not tomorrow !".


"After discussion we will decide - I am very open to views"
means
"I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"


"There was a slight mis-communication"
means
"We had actually lied"


"Lets call a meeting and discuss"
means
"I have no time now, will talk later"


"We can always do it"
means
"We actually cannot do the same on time"


"We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline"
means
"The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."


"We had slight differences of opinion"
means
"We had actually fought"


"Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you"
means
"Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"


"You should have told me earlier"
means
"Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"


"We need to find out the real reason"
means
"Well I will tell you where your fault is"


"Well... family is important, your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected"
means
"Well you know..."


"We are a team"
means
"I am not the only one to be blamed"


"That's actually a good question"
means
"I do not know anything about it"


"All the Best"
means
" You are in trouble"

Life is

Wedding Invitation By an IT Employee.....

Wedding Invitation By an IT Employee.....

Good Morning.........................!!!

A Good Morning wish even before d sun arises!!!

Hi,

It's a beginning of a fresh day
and
I hope it's a beautiful day ahead for you...

A Very Good Morning!!




Sometimes I forget to ask, Are you ok?
Sometimes I even miss to say Hi
But it Doesn't mean that I Forgot u
I am just Lazy like You……..

Finding Friends
In this Big and Complicated world is truly a Magical thing…..
But for me Finding U is not only a Magic…
It's a Blessing…

So when I count my Blessings, I will count you Twice….......

CONTENT OR CONTAINER

Group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a
reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now
retired.

During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in
their work and lives.

Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and
returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups -
porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some
exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.

When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said:
"Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving
behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only
the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot
chocolate.. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even
hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you
consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each
other's cups.

Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position
in society are the cups.

They are just tools to hold and contain life.

The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot
chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the
cups. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make
the best of everything that they have.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And enjoy your hot
chocolate.:)

Love and Marriage Explained beautifully

Love and Marriage Explained beautifully
A student asks a teacher, "What is love?"The teacher said, "in order to
answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat
and come back.
But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to
pick."
The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big wheat,
but he wonders..may be there is a bigger one later.
Then he saw another bigger one.. but may be there is an even bigger one
waiting for him.
Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to
realize that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he know
he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted..
So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand.
The teacher told him, "..this is love.. you keep looking for a better one,
but when later you realize, you have already miss the person.."
*"What is marriage then?" the student asked.
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field
and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go
through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."
The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he has picked
one medium corn that he feel satisfy, and come back to the teacher.
The teacher told him, "this time you bring back a corn.. you look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you
get.. this is marriage.".

Stages in Life...

We have 3 stupid stages of life………..


Teen age:

Have Time + Energy …but No Money




Working Age:

Have Money + Energy …but No Time




Old age:

Have Time + Money …but no Energy

Nandan's brief of his first day in parliament!

From an INFOSCION to a POLITICION - Nandan's Chronicles

Continuing my tryst with capturing the life and times of Nandan Nilekani in his new avatar as a Cabinet Minister, here is what he had penned after his first day in the Parliament. The last entry stopped when the House was just about to begin. Let’s see what happened thereafter….

The House was in pin drop silence. I was brimming with anticipation and excitement!!!! Manmohan had informed me that my introduction was one of the important points of the agenda. I hoped that I will be able to make my speech properly. After so many interviews and conferences, I was nervous today!!!! After the Speaker indicated that the proceedings of the House could begin, Manmohan formally introduced me to the entire House. He mentioned that as the head of the Unique Identification Authority of India, I was responsible to ensure that each and every Indian had a digital smart card as a proof of his existence.

Manmohan spoke about why I was selected and also some references to the various projects executed by me in Infosys were mentioned. The House listened with rapt attention. I was asked to say a few words and I did exactly the same!!! I thanked the Government of India for having given me this opportunity and I assured the House that I would strive to successfully deliver this project. The Speaker then formally inducted me into the House and before the proceedings could move any forward, there was a small commotion on the other side of the hall.

It was Minister of Textiles who had a comment to make before the next point on the agenda. He made a request that I should be attired in a more austere way instead of a flashy suit. It did not go well with the image of a minister who should live to serve the common man and should be less ostentatious in his habits. I stood up to reply. I offered my apologies to the Honourable Minister and assured that I shall be in a more acceptable dress next time. I felt that he was right. We also used to have corporate dress code in Infosys. So it's here as well!!!!

I sat down and felt somebody nudging me. I turned around and to my surprise; it was the former Indian skipper and one of my favourite batsman Mohd. Azharuddin. I remembered that he had recently won the elections. I smiled at him and mentioned to him that I used to like his game very much, shaking his hand. No Rolex, I noticed. Azhar told me that he would “fix” me an appointment with an Italian designer who had designed his dapper Kurta suit. An Italian designer in Milan doing Kurtas!!!!! I made a note of this and reminded myself to give this example to Friedman for his next book,” The World Markets are flattened”.

Since there was no doubt about the “Fixational” capacities of Azhar, I told him to give me the details and I would consider. The proceedings of the House went on with numerous bills being debated and passed as I sat as a passive audience waiting for my project’s turn to come up. After the lunch break, it was the moment for me!!!!

MY PROJECT”S FIRST REVIEW CAME UP FOR PRESENTATION.

I was at sea. My laptop did not have any reserve power. I went to Manmohan and apprised him of the situation. I was sweating. He calmly replied that this would not be a cause of concern. I was flummoxed!!!! The Speaker asked me to explain to the House on what were my plans for the Unique Identity Project. I replied that I have a plan prepared for 30-60-90-120 days’ milestones and I have presentation to make for which I need a power socket, a projector and a screen. I had no idea what was going to happen after this.

The next couple of minutes were a complete jolt for me. I was completely in a tizzy. Let me just summarize what happened. A Joint Cabinet Secretary Committee was set up to judge the feasibility of my request. The Under Secretaries for the Ministries of Power, IT and Broadcasting will prepare a Viability Report after scrutinizing National Security threats to my request. This was because the power socket comes under Power, laptop comes under IT and projector comes under Broadcasting. I have also been told to reconsider my timelines of 30-60-90 days and start thinking in terms of years. Probably, they are right. I did not have the foresight in this matter.

The summary of the issue is that I need to come up with a more inclusive, democratic, comprehensive long term plan for this project to be executed over the next five years. I have also been given a presentation slot 3 months from now (by which the issues related to the power cord etc will also be resolved). I am filled with mixed reactions. I was planning for a quick resolution; the management wants a strategic solution. I come out of the House and text Murthy.

“You won’t believe it but these guys work just like us. I am on a NATIONAL BENCH for the next three months!!!!!!!!”

Disclaimer: I have got this on my email. so cant comment on authenticity of this blog. It may be a joke floating around on net. So just read and enjoy.

Problem is common to all but ATTITUDE makes the difference

When it rains all birds occupy shelter but eagle is the only bird avoids the rain by flying above the cloud.
“Problem is common to all but ATTITUDE makes the difference”