Murphy's Laws

1. Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
2. To err is human; to forgive is not a COMPANY policy.
3. The road to success??.. is always under construction.
4. Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.
5. In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
6. All the desirable things in life are illegal, expensive or fattening.
7. Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.
8. Everyone has a scheme of getting rich…which never works.
9. If at first you don't succeed...Destroy all evidence that you ever tried.
10. As soon as you mention something, if it is good, it is taken. If it is bad, it happens.
11. He who has the gold, makes the rules ---- Murphy's golden rule.
12. If you come early, the bus is late. If you come late, the bus is still late.
13. Once you have bought something, you will find the same item being sold somewhere else at a cheaper rate.
14. When in a queue, the other line always moves faster and the person in front of you will always have the most complex of transactions.
15. The day you have bunked the class, the professor has taken attendance.
16. You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.
17. All buses are crowded.
18. Corollary----- Buses in opposite direction always go empty.
19. The door bell or your mobile will always ring when you are in the bathroom.
20. After a long wait for bus no.20, two 20 number buses will always pull in together and the bus which you get in will be crowded than the other.
21. If your exam is tomorrow, there will be a power cut tonight.
22. Irrespective of the direction of the wi

how to tackle the death of loved ones

i heard this one at one session by "BAWA" last week .......

we always mourn the death of our beloved ones , for a long time...
sometimes can never get over it. some go into depression. some lose their purpose in life.

now here's a lovely way of putting it in a positive way.

you pass you final year of college....ie, you graduate...........
now even if you want to ,( coz u have enjoyed your time in college)you cannot stay for a year more, how much ever you want , coz your purpose of being there is achieved , and you must move ahead to pursue higher goals.it is a fact of life....

similarly ,
death is the stage of graduation from your life. you have achieved your purpose in life , and you are wasting your time here. death is the passage to your next goal , your next objective.so never mourn anyone's death for a long time , coz then you are not allowing your loved one to leave you( he/she cannot leave until he/she is sure you are fine) , so that he can pursue the higher goals, which "god " has decided for him................

so the best way to handle the death of your loved one is to mourn for some time, say a week or two , but then keep it all aside and celebrate his/her graduation....
by doing what your loved one had done in his/her times of happiness. go to the beach . throw a party. watch a movie......

the best gift you could give to the loved one who has untimely parted with you .........................

the generation gap

i have always been close to my mother , and very formal with my father . i can say with certainty , that this is the case with atleast 50 % of the boys.

as time has gone, we have the usual generation gap between us.
he doesn't approve of my my spendthrift nature, my late night outs,my careless and casual attitude, even my mom is fed up of my habits , especially that of procrastination and eating out when she has made a lavish dinner at home.but inspite of all this , they still care for me,they are worried when i do not inform them about coming late.they have sometimes not slept til i have come back.i have been reprimanded for this quite a few times.

they are the ones to support me when i am down and out.always encouraging me , and giving me the confidence that i can achieve anything.
they are the ones who are the happiest when i score for my cricket team , and my name comes in the daily magazine - which we call patrika,
my mom's the one who is always pushing me forward to learn new things
,my sister has been instrumental for me doing my mba, at a time when i was fully immersed in my job,in fact i can literally say that they have lived their life for me.... even my sister.

earlier , i used to fight with them a lot over trivial matters.
i could never understand why my father was so finicky over saving power, or why my mom used to shout at me to go to the doctor at the earliest.my sister used to fire me left right and center , over my laziness and personal hygiene,

I now realise is that all this was their way of showing their love for me , all for making ME a better person , so that i would not falter when i have to face the outer world.
we all have to learn that everyone has weaknesses.... so accept them and live with them. the good points far outnumber the weak ones. treat your parents as your friends.they could be the best ones. it is your turn to pay them back for whatever they have done. take your mom out for a dinner, or take your parents to a movie.
send them to a tour , with your own funds...... do something nice for them once in a while. they will really like it.

believe me , it is much more satisfactory and rewarding than spending money on yourself , your friends , or on your girlfriend .

A LIFE CHANGING LEARNING

a few days back i was given an assignment of doing three acts of kindness AT A workshop.and i couldnt do it.

i gave the reason " i tried but i couldnt"

the teacher placed a bottle on the table,
she told me " TRY to pick this bottle"

and i picked it up. she again said " TRY to pick up this bottle" " don't pick it up"

i got the message........

you can either pick up the bottle , OR YOU CANNOT......THERE'S NOTHING SUCH AS TRYING.....

golden rule of life :you either do it or dont, and it applies to anything and everthing .("try" is just used as an excuse)
from that day onwards , the word " try" is no longer in my dictionary......

do remove it from your dictionary too...........

ecological footprint

a few days back i cam across a concept called the ecological footprint ....

a concept everone should know about......
shows the extent to which an individual/ country or the world is utilising/abusing the resources of the planet.

the amount of land/water area that would be required if everyone had the standard of living that you followed.....

my footprint was 1.7. that means 1.7 planets would be required if everyone had my kind of lifestyle .switzerland has the highest number. more than 10 planets would be required if everyone lived like them.......


it has to be below 1

check out what is yours.....
www.myfootprint.org

technology for convenience

last year , it was a pain for me to pay the bill for my reliance cell phone...

i always pay by cash. so i go to the webworld. where i have to waste at least half an hour of my precious time just waiting in queue.. whats more it opends at 10.30 ( i am in college by then) it closed for lunch in the afternoon . the service is pathetic . and it shuts shop at 8.30 . half the time the power isnt there , so they cannot help you.

now you have this wonderful facility where you can pay your bills on the site of reliance at the following link :

http://bill.reliancecommunications.co.in/webapp/portal/jsp/user/AfterLogin.jsp
you have to create an account, and then at your leisure , you can pay the bill using your credit/debit card ,
whats more , u can view your entire payment history right for the last five payments , and you can also see your unbilled usage.
you can also send messages, though it was not a very user friendly experience.a boon for people like me whose time is very precious. technology does make life easy for everyone

from bathroom singing to karaeoking at the acres- chembur

well ,
These pics are of the day when the alumni committee members of simsr for 2007 decided to reward themselves for the efforts they have put in for the institute and bringing more visibility for the committtee in general .

The venue was acres club at chembur.....

it was the karaeoke night with dj savio rocking the dance floor.....

followed by the go karting, the booze started flowing and then the drinks happened...

the food was pretty good.... but the cake of the day went to the karaeoke round where i got the opportunity to sing my favourite song of my favuorite actor from my favourite movie.(main koi aisa geet gaun ki aarzoo jagaun agar tum kaho....)
although i sucked big time with my voice , i guess i made it up with my attitude..
the applause by the 30 something crowd was worth it...............

an experience of a lifetime.....

something i always wanted to do.....................

latest example of infringement !!!!

A new brand of mineral water has come up called "AQUARICH" (aquafina + oxyrich) which is packaged exactly like aquafina with just the changed name. it is being manufactured by an unknown company in taloja district outside mumbai......

enforcement of patent and copyright is still at a very nascent stage in india.

everyone is requested to make sure that they identify these dubious brands and not confuse them with the original ones................

Back in form after a long time

Happy days are back again.

Played my second club match for the season.(had got out for a mere two runs in the first one)I had in my mind to really make a match of it.

Usually i bat two down,but for this match i was three down.
It was a 45 over match. we won the toss and elected to bat.
15 overs and we were stuck at 50.The second wicket fell in the 20 the over at 75 runs.

I joined the crease.....
At that stage 180 was looking like a good score , coz the other team was bowling really well.I started settling down on the crease taking a few singles and twos.

Then the blast started.........
8 fours , 4 sixes

the fourth and fifth wicket partneship of over 50 runs each set the stage for us

I was getting tired.........
finally got out trying to slog in the 41st over with the score on 220.

82 runs it was ............. of 70 balls..........

then we collapsed and ended up making 239 , setting a target of 240....( it could have easily been 260)

the other team got out at 204 . we are now in the second round, with matches scheduled for friday and sunday.hope to continue the good form.

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