Just look at the other side

Well, last few days I have been arguing with my friends on several things. Don't worry, Its not like we are fighting and too furious to kill each other. :)

I saw a video on youtube, it was a trailer of upcoming movie "Slackistan". A Pakistani movie which portrays other side of Pakistan. Developing Pakistan, Rising Pakistan. Well, I was discussing this video with my friends which converted into a heated argument within a minute. Purvang was not agree to me, he was not ready to accept that there could be this side of Pakistan. Yes, he was correct, thats what everyone thinks.

There have been a lot of discussion around the web when "Slumdog Millionaire" released. Indian celebrities wrote in their blogs that British are selling poverty of India and earning money. They don't want to accept the truth that India has been making progress in almost all areas. They don't want to see Indians employing Europeans or Americans. They don't want to see that Indians are going beyond one can only imagine.  But the questions is, Isn't Purvang (or many more like him) doing the same when we talked about "Slackistan" ??

Its all about a mind set. I heard a word during my schooling "Koop-mandook" (Frog of a Well) who only thinks that whole world is in that Well. There is nothing beyond it. We need to change this mindset in order to have a clear understanding of the situation.

Next day, we were waiting for the bus, and the topic of discussion was "Why Bus is always late ?". Well, I agree that "Bus is late twice or thrice is week, but not always" .. Purvang just said "Whatever we say, you are always ready to talk opposite .. Are you a embassador of Maryland bus service ?" .. I just smiled.

Now, It was my time to find out why am I doing that. Hopefully I have found the answer. The reason could be my quality of accepting almost everything as nice. I want to see everything in this world good. I am mostly not ready to listen anything bad about anything.  When someone talks about any fault in something or someone, I just come up with good points to prove that "Its not always bad , you should also see the brighter side". According to me, nothing is perfect in this world, we all try to be good but still make faults. It doesn't mean that our good deeds are ignored because of our faults. So there is need of looking at everything from all point of views.

Then I just remembered one of my classmate, he was quite opposite to me. Just praise someone in front of him and he will contradict. Thats a balance. :)

Khush Raho..

Zindagi hai choti, har pal mein khush raho...

Office me khush raho, ghar mein khush raho...

Aaj paneer nahi hai, dal mein hi khush raho...

Aaj gym jane ka samay nahi, do kadam chal ke hi khush raho...

Aaj Dosto ka sath nahi, TV dekh ke hi khush raho...

Ghar ja nahi sakte to phone kar ke hi khush raho...

Aaj koi naraaz hai, uske iss andaz mein bhi khush raho...

Jise dekh nahi sakte uski awaz mein hi khush raho...

Jise paa nahi sakte uski yaad mein hi khush raho

Laptop na mila to kya, Desktop mein hi khush raho...

Bita hua kal ja chuka hai, usse meethi yaadein hai, unme hi khush raho...

aane wale pal ka pata nahi... sapno mein hi khush raho...

Haste haste ye pal bitaenge, aaj mein hi khush raho

Zindagi hai choti, har pal mein khush raho 

45 Points of Life

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.
It is the most requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
 

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything..
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time..
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young..
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Rajasthan Pre-Engineering Test : Result 2001

Token kaha hai ?

Class XI, KD Jain Sr. Sec. School, Madanganj-Kishangarh, Year 1999

Un dino mein class ka monitor hua karta tha, aur humein susse/paani etc. ke lyie 2 tokens milte the .. jise dekho token hi maangta rahta tha .. us din ladkiya dono tokens lekar chali gayi thi .. aur meri aur Naresh ki ichcha hui time pass karne ki ..

to hua yeh ki , mein aur naresh chale gaye ghoomne (without tokens) .. paani pi hi rahe the staff room ke paas tabhi aaye "KK" sir .. (The Gr8 Kishan Kasaayi) .. Unke dil me science wale students ke liye bada sammaan tha .. humare haal chaal puchne lage .. aur fir tareefo ke pul baandhne lage ..

finally itne timepass ke baad , unhone pucha ki "token kaha hai ??" .. ab bhai, token hota to pahle na dikha dete , bol diya ki "token anhi hai , urgency thi isliye aa gaye bina token" ..

KK - "Ohho ... achcha ek baat batao , ki kitne token hai tumhari class me "
Me : "Sardaar .. Do"
KK : "Achcha, aur is main block (wahi jaha principle office, staff room sab the) me kitne rooms hai "
Naresh : "Sardaar .. 16 "
KK : "Hmm.. agar do log token lekar , aur do log bina token ke class se bahar aayenge.. to saari classes se kul kitne bahar aayenge" .. "tum log science maths ke ho .. tum hi lagao ganit "
Me : "Sardaar .. 64"
KK : "Hmm.. To agar 64 log yaha bahar ghumenge , aur Om ji se milne koi guest aaya , to woh itne saare students ko bahar dekhke kya sochega ?? "
Me and Naresh .. :" QUIET"
KK : "Bolo .. achcha lagega ya nahi"
Both : "Sardaar .. Nahi"
KK : "Hmm.. to Galti ki hai ki nahi tumne ... ???"
Both : "Sardaar .. Haan"
KK : "To fir nikaalo haath .. "
Both : "Sardaar .. Sorry.. aage se nahi karenge"
KK : "Are , agar sabhi log sorry bolenge to kaise chalega.. Galti ki hai na tumne ?? to nikaalo haath "
Both : (haath nikaalte hue ) ... " (man hi man me) Maaar le $$!@#$!@#%.. "

PS: Sardar is an imaginary word in this conversation jo ki jabardasti ghusaya gaya hai :)

First rank aayega to ...

Bachpan ki yaado ko koi bhula nahi sakta. Jab hum paida hue, rote hue. Maa ko dekha, Papa ko dekha, apne rishtedaaro ko dekha .. Kuch log darte the hume apni god me lene ko ki kahi sussu na kar de, aur kuch log din bhar humein lekar ghumne ko bhi tayyar rahte the .. Tab no tension, bahut saare khilone, jo chaho karo, jaha chaho chillao, rone lag jaao, khilkhilaao .. Chalna seekha, Daudna seekha ..Aur tabhi hua ek disaster .. SCHOOLS ...

School time was the tough time (initially). To be away from home, sitting together with other kids, following what our teacher used to order and repeat this again and again .. "A for .. Apple , B for ... Baby, C for ... Cat ...... "

I am still in doubt, whether I learnt "ABC" first or "a, aa, i, ee (hindi)". Whatever, its not related to this post , mein to aise hi bhawnao me bah gaya tha .. kabhi baad me detail me yeh topic chedunga..

haan, to masla yeh hai ki .. schools me exams bhi hote the, aur kiske maa-baap yeh nahi chahte ki woh achche numbers laaye, aur apni class me top kare ... ab padhai humne ki ho ya nahi , woh hume jaroor motivate karte rahe .. Sabse bada motivation hota tha "If you get first rank, then you will get a bicycle better than what bagal-wala Sonu has" .. Laalach bhi itna bada wala hota tha ki bachcha sochne ko majboor ho jaaye ki "First rank" sharafar se laani hai ya jakar paper chori kiya jaaye (yeh wala idea future kids ko jaroor aayega, hume to college me jakar aaya tha) ..

Well .. me, my bro and my mamoo .. tikdi used to meet every summer/winter holidays and had cool time together .. We talk in Marwari at our homes .. I don't know what year it was, but "Jaan tere naam" movie was released that time and one song "First time dekha to hum kho gaya, second time me love ho gaya" was a hit ..

We were talking about the examination results and listening to this song .. and we got an idea .. we composed a song together .. and the lyrics is like this...

"First Rank aayega to cycle doonga,
Second rank aayega to ghadi doongh ,

Yeh aakhaa india jaanta hai , Padhna jaroori hai ..
Padhoge nahi to fail ho jaaoge
Fail ho jaaoge to thappad khaaoge
Thappad khaoge to rone lag jaaoge
rone lag jaaoge to dooja thappad khaoge
dooja thappad khaoge to machchak machchak karoge
....
"

(English: You will get bicycle if you get first rank , a watch if you get second .. Whole India knows that study is very important and if you don't study you will fail .. and if you fail, you will get a slap .. if you get slap then you will cry .. and if you will cry , you might get another slap .. if you get another slap then you will make such face that will show that you are not crying but actually you will cry from inside .. lol, sorry i cudn't find a proper word for that)

I don't remember whole .. but basic idea behind this to just imaging what worst can happen if we get failed...

If Pandava were on Facebook

Receieved this in a forwarded message, this is very interesting.. What a creativity :)

अजगर से दोस्ती

100 Pounds ka Python .. Mein to bojh ke maare dab hi raha tha .. It wasn't looking very scary to me because it was not moving. I think it was overfeeded thats what it was calm and only taking breath .. Gave $5 to get this pose..

Place "Battery Park, Newyork", Date : 24 May,2009

Vaada na tod ...

This is something which I don't like but I keep on doing this... Breaking the promise :( ...

 

Now being a person with good analytical skills, If I find out why does this happen then the reason is ...

 

- I am always ready to help others. I always tell others if they can use any oppotunity I am aware about. So I tell them, and promise them I will help you.

- I have too many things runnng in my mind .. I have poor time management and I am too lazy to act on something immediately.. So i keep on delaying the things and then once a week or two I decide the priority of all pending tasks .. I almost forget what I promised to other people during prioritization.

- I am afraid to tell them the truth that I actually forgot or I didn't care what I promised to you. I sometimes don't want to say "Sorry" also, because it could give an impression on others that I didn't keep my promise intentionally.

- One more reason could be, because I want everyone to be happy and sometimes its not possible to do that.

- I don't want to loose my friends by saying "NO" if they ask for my help. Even that thing is beyond my reach. So I just say "OK, I will try" and then pretend to forget. I am not adopting the habit of saying "NO" ..

Baltimore to Newyork

Sirf mein hi jaanta hu ki kaise Newyork pahucha, woh bhi akele .. I was desperate enough to go out of my town and it was the best time to go for a trip coz I had 3 consecutive off.

 

It was the last moment plan. Just 30 minutes before I started my journey. Going to Baltimore in the night was a big risk as I got warnings from my colleagues to not to go there alone during nights. There were many crime cases reported in Baltimore in the past.

 

Another unfortunate thing was I missed my first bus to newyork and I had to wait for another 1.5 hrs for another bus. The bus stop was quite sunsaan and you cudn't see any people there. Well, I talked to my friends to feel secure and was ready to press 911 on my mobile phone if something happens.

 

After waiting for 1.5 (8;30 PM - 10:00 PM) on that lonely road, finally I got the bus and reached newyork. The time was 1:30 AM , But the city was so lively and full of young crowd getting out of bars/pubs/parties that my fear was gone and I started enjoying the night life of newyork.

 

I was there for 1.5 more days and accompanied by one of my collegemate "Iyer" .. Had a lots of fun in newyork. Watch my picasa for the photos ..

Thats what I am called ...

Nicknames ?? Yeah, I have many ...

 

Hemant, what I am actually ..

 

Tailor, my surname and mostly called by customer care representatives .. mr. tailor ..

 

Rinku, what my family and relatives call me ..

 

Shekhar, its actually my elder brother's name. But one of my school teacher "MP Varshney" used to call me by this name. We both studied in the same school and Varshney sir has a habit of calling younger brothers by their elder bros' name. Strange na ??

 

Tani, thats what my school friends call me .. now how did i get this name ?? I was in 6th standard and we started learning Sanskrit. Our Sanskrit teacher Pawan ji used to ask me to recite the sanskrit lines most of the times... Reciting "Falaani, Taani, etc ...", my friends started calling me "Hemant-ani" , which were later changed to "Taani" ... :)

 

Hemu, well, I never liked this nick since i read the story of war between akbar and hemu. Hemu was defeated in that war and how wants to be called by a loser's name ?? lol, this nick wasn't much successful and hardly someone new call me by this name for the first time .

 

Tailu, the nick I have been called mostly. I got this name in my college .. Tailor was trasnformed to Tailu , no doubt .. I am still not able to recall who called me by that name for the first time .. my seniors who loved me, they called me by that name .. and all my classmaters, batchmats and later even my juniors .. It shows their love to me .. and thats why it the best nick i had ..

 

Kaka, Anurag saxena, one of my batchmate started calling me "Tailu kaka" , and later only "kaka" .. don't understand the reason , but we both call each other "kaka" ;) ..

 

Taylor, and thats my surname changed by foreign agencies.. Bank of america dispatched me my check card for 3 times with this surname and that was the reason i didn't get them any of them .. I now take precaution when i call customer care and tell them to repeat my surname in case they have spelled it wrong .. and yeah, they all have spelled it wrong till today ...

 

Sailor, pummy doggy aka yashu dani is the only one who call me by that name ..

 

Herman, well, I still can't understand what gives my customer this impression that my name is "herman" and not "hemant" .. i think they shud get their eyes checked because they have problem reading "m" .. funnier is when they consider me female and use "she" in their mails ..

 

Hermant, thats another irritating name, I got my company ID created by this name with my recent client .. I have already got it changed but still there are some stupid fellows using this nick .. :(

 

Gold, strange ??  yeah, Hemant -> Hem -> Gold .. Thats what I used for the first time as nick when i started chatting .. Its not being used anymore now ..

 

Choorma, and thats another tashani name .. Choorma is a Rajasthani sweet .. When choorma is prepared, the roti is crushed .. and the same way i used to crush my opponents with my rocket launcher in computer game "Unreal tournament" .. I always used this player name while playing "UT" .. my fellor UT players know me by this name .. I love when opponents said "Ohh my god, Choorma is here .. somebody save me .. " .. ha ha ha

 

FatBoy Slim, Thats actually a famous music band and I used it as my player name while playing "Counter Strike" , another computer game ... Listening to Fatboy slim's songs, it was fun to play that game .. also it had been very lucky for me most of the times. ..

 

Chhote, Ramteke, my classmate use to call me (or evrybody) by this name .. and i replied "haan bade" .. :)

 

Hemanth, Hemant-wa, Hemant-sa ... Given by my fropki friends .. Don't know what made PU feel that i hate "hemanth", she always called me by this name and showing ":P" emoticon ..  Well, there is another story behind "Hemanth", being in south india for almost 6 years, my name was written as "hemanth" most of the times .. obviously they have "srikanth, ananth, kavitha, anitha... why not hemanth" ??

 

Hadd hai na ??

IPL Mania @ South Africa

Well, I haven't been following IPL Season-2 this year.. Heard about the rumours about it being FIXED this year. It could be true , it could be false also. Who knows ?? ... Ask Lalit Modi, who haven't slept for days when IPL-2 plan seemed to be washed out in India due to Lok Sabha Elections.

 

One thing for sure, IPL Matches are quite unpredictive this season. Ever watched Reality shows ?? There are very large number of viewers who think that these all are scripted. YES, IPL-2 is a similar reality show, Could be scripted. Its none of business to find out what everybody is doing with this fixation (if it has any).

 

Watching the points table daily and looking at the team scores in their matches. Quite amazed of who will reach to the finals.

 

Delhi Daredevils are surely stealing this season. They are on the top and will surely go to Semis. A good team with good spirit.

 

Kolkata Knight Riders are carrying the comic flag. They were in news for Chak De Fame SRK leaving his support, then racism among the crew. Who cares, they are at the bottom and will surely play an important role in fluctuation other teams score at the last moment.

 

Rajasthan Royals, Champions of IPL Season-1, are now struggling to reach to Semi finals. One last match remaining and there is very less hope.

 

Chennai Superkings, King XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians all are playing good cricket. Apart from being matches fixed, one can still can't predict who goes to Semis. Royal Challengers hasn't disappointed Vijay Malya this time. They are also lined up in the to be Semi-finalist list.

 

Deccan chargers will also reach Semis this time.

 

Now where is the twist ?? Kolkata defeated Chennai SK in the last match. Royal Challengers are now challenging Delhi Daredevils. Surely it will change the IPL Points table in next 2 days.

 

Now coming to most predictive outcome after next 2 days matches..

20 May - RR vs. KKR ->

20 May - CSK vs KingP ->

21 May - MI vs. DD ->

21 May - DC vs. RC ->

 

Matches among RR,KKR, MI and DD are useless now. CSK, MI, RC and DC all still have a chance to reach Semis. Plus CSK has a bonus point. So my expected Semi-finalist this time are :

1. Delhi Daredevil

2. Chennai Superkings

3. Royal Challengers

4. Mumbai Indians

 

Lets see what script-writer say .. :)

Ki Paisa bolta hai ...

Kal tak jo dime aur penny me problem hoti thi .. woh aaj nahi hoti .. kal tak jab cash payment karne me minutes laga deta tha, aaj wohi itna accurately kar leta hu .. kal office se laut-te waqt mere dimaag me yahi khayal aaya ki US aane ke baad sabse pahle aur sabse jaldi meine kya chiz adopt ki .. that was my knowledge of Dollars, Quarters, Dimes and Pennies.. Sabse pahle meine Paise ki bhasha seekhi ..

Its not only about me.. Sabke saath aisa hi hota hai .. Everybody is so conscious about Money, that they learn the currencies at foreign place at first place..

bhai.. Paisa bolta bhi hai, aur uski Language bhi hoti hai .. Jise har koi samajhta hai .. Wah Paisa .. !!

Back To Blogging ...

Don't ask me why I quit ..
Don't ask me what happened to my older posts ..

Ek din mein vella baitha hua orkutting kar raha tha .. Aiwe hi, Meine profile visitors me kisi ajnabi person ki profile par click kiya .. Obviously, aajkal sab log hoshiyaar ho gaye hai, jyada content share nahi karte ajnabiyo se.. Lekin uska blog URL dekha meine .. ab jab Vella baitha hi tha, to click bhi kar diya .. click kar diya , to blog khul bhi gaya.. aur meine padh bhi liya .. Itna jyada heavy blog bhi nahi tha, aur badi funny aur interesting posts thi usme ..

That time I thought ki "bhidu, blog likhna to usse bhi jyada easy hai jitna tu samjhta hai .. " ..and there i am , Back to blogging..

Now I don't want to keep my blog private to only some of my friends.. sab log padho, bakwaas lage to gaaliya do (jise mein delete kar saku.. ;) , achcha lage to post se bhi fundooo comments daalo .. aur agar lagta hai ki mujhe blogging band kar deni chahiye , then "SHUT UP, I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT NOW .. !!!"

And the award goes to .... !!!

Well.. I have been trying to migrate from wordpress to blogger since a long time. The question was HOW ??

After a week's research and busy schedule, today i found out an amazing blog/site that did the work in seconds .. and the award goes to ..

Wordpress to Blogger

I found this website link from a comment posted to following Zeaster's blog ..

Zeaster's Blog

I am a happy man now !!!:)

Wordpress vs. Blogspot

I don't remember when I created my first account on wordpress. I kept on fogetting password and resetting it. Thanks to "Gramtrans" that never let me go away from Wordpress.

Well, if somebody ask me a question that why did i choose wordpress over blogspot/e-blogger tool , my answer would be "it just happend".

Yes, I had no intention of writing a blog in wordpress. But I liked the themes and other blog tools that are very user friendly .. Well, i created few posts in wordpress then realized "ohh !! i want to change the name of my blog page url", till that time it was very late .. and I missed e-blogger.

Well as of now i can conclude that I want to move to e-blogger .. the reasons, advantages and disadvantages of both the blog tool are as below :

Wordpress vs. E-Blogger
1. Nice themes, Uses the webpage space very nicely
2. Userfriendly dashboard (categories, tags, pages etc..)
3. NO functionality to export blog for e-blogger . I thought of exporting my existing blog to e-blogger. But found that e-blogger doesn't support the wordpress format. My idea to have same blog (one on wordpress and one on e-blogger) failed.
4. No functionality to publish blog posts through Emails. E-blogger is blocked in my office to prevent us from blogging. But what an idea, u mail your post on the email ID (mentioned in blog settings) and it will be published.. This was best feature i liked to see in wordpress
5. Now, I need to change my blog url's name. Say "haddhai.wordpress.com" .. how do i do that ?? no way, e-blogger give you this option.
6. Comments .. You cannot allow anonymous comments on your blog in wordpress. Your friends/family should have a wordpress account in order to post comments. E-blogger allows even anonymous to send comments (obviously you can disable it too)
7. HTML format, doesn't allow me to add my youtube playlist :(
8. Widget .. too less :( , I wanted to have more "TEXT" widget .

Will keep on updating..

Filmy ... and me ??

Hey.. many times i encountered with this situation when my friends called me "FILMY" .. But i oppose, I am not filmy ..

I don't watch movies or you can say, I don't want to waste my time in watching 2-3 hours of movie that includes around 2 hours of stale masala plus few minutes of good scenes.. I rarely go to cinema theatres, say once a year .. Then why am i filmy ??

Hmmm probably I watch them all on Television or my lappy. Movies channels are always not my preference while watching tv, and in lappy my preference is playing games or doing something technical ...

Well, if somebody has watched only 5 movies in lifetime then one must be "SHOLAY" .. similarly, 4 others could be some superhit movies by Dilip kumar, Rajesh khanna, Raj kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan or Madhubala, Meena kumari, Rekha, Sri devi, Madhuri dixit .. These are the movies that impacts our brain to such extent that we keep on finding ourself facing the same situation in real life... We remember the dialogue or actions that actor/actress performed in that movie ..
Everybody has this habit , so do i !!! and yes, I am filmy along with everybody else in this world ...

Why Antakshari is always played when we go for outing ? Why we laugh when somebody mimic movie actors/actresses (not lalu yadav, amar singh, advani or bajpayi) ?? Why do people relate SRK with Airtel or Dish Tv (not othr struggling models in fashion word ) ?? Why your friend circle mostly plans to go cinema theatre after buking a college lecture ?? The answer is same, because we all are filmy .. some people show it and they are filmy, some people doesn't and they aren't ..

Well, I have a toolbox .. a toolbox to deal with some situation .. it has many tools ..
If i talk with a kid, I try to be a kid of that age and make him happy , thats my Kiddu-Tool ..
If i need to explain something to such person who is very influenced by movies .. then there is no better tool that "Filmy-tool" .. I saw it worked best in many situation .. No wonder, if i use it on you , but please don't call me "FILMY" .. ;)

How the life has changed

A Beautiful poem I came across with while surfing the internet. Its so true in every sense. I'll miss my college life .. :(

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a maverick college life to strict professional life…...

How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks
but then why it gives lesss happiness….

How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe
but then why there are less people to use them

How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger
But then why there is less hunger….

 

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a maverick college life to strict professional life…...

How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on
but then why there are less places to go on……

How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day
but then why its feels like shop is far away…..

How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package
but then why there are less calls & more messages……

 

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a maverick college life to strict professional life…...

How a general class journey changed to Flight journey
But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment….

How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop
but then why there is less time to put it on……….

How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate
But then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz.….

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed….. How it changed……..

Phir teri kahani yaad aayi ...

"Tere dar par sanam , chale aaye .. 

Tu na aaya to hum chale aaye .. "



This song hit my ears yesterday evening.  I stood there still listening to this song watching the rain pouring outside.  Had a cup of tea in my hand and I don't know when my mind digging old memories.

I can't exactly recall which year was it ..but we had board exams , so it cud be year of 1996-97.  Cable TV was introduced in my town, One of our neighbour (Joshi uncle) came with a free cable connection offer at our home. My papa resisted because I and my brother both had Board exams that year, but he didn't listen. He told us to watch the free cable for some months and get it disconnected whenever we wanted.

There were some 12-15 channels including Zee Tv and Zee Cinema. It was like a blessing after watching the classic dance shows and 7-colors strips on Doordarshan.  We used to come to home from office and watch the Cable all day..  Very soon, we got addicted to "DISH" (Cable is called by this name still) ..

When my father realized that we are diverting from the study, he told joshi uncle to disconnect the cable. It was like "pahaad hi toot pada ho" , we started acting like, "we are studying papa, you go and watch the cable.. but don't get it disconnected" .. 

Zee TV started showing trailer of "Phir teri kahani yaad aayi". Its mahesh bhatt's movie starring Pooja bhatt and Rahul Roy.  This was a movie from Zee's own movie house and they were showing the premier of that movie after 2 weeks on Zee TV. 

It was quite fascinating to watch a movie on the day of its release. Zee Tv broadcasted its song whenever it got a free space in the channel schedule.

"Aane wala pal ek sapna hai ..

Gujra hua kal to apna hai ..

Hum gujra kal me rahte ha ..

Yaadoo ke sab jugnu jungle me rahte ahi .. "

I didn't realized when I sipped the last sip of my tea.  The song was still playing ..

"Mein gazal ban gayi aapke saamne ..

Shauk se ab mujhe gunguna lijiye ..

Shayarana si hai zindagi ki sada ..

Aap bhi zindagi ka mazaa liziye .."

This movie was based on Mahesh bhatt's own life .. (somebody says so) , But who cares, we watched it after studying for some 6 hours continously and after convincing papa ..  it was a short movie of 2 hrs with excellent songs.

The movie songs are awesome,  and the lyrics are very touching ..

Check out my playlist to see the videos..
Music Videos of "Phir teri kahani yaad aayi"

My personal favourite song is "Tere dar par sanam" .. Its not something which you listen a lot and then forget it when you hear some other song .. Some of my childhood memories are linked with the songs of this movie and It will always be cherishing those memories with these songs...

DJ Par Naachu !!

Dev gan soye hue the aur Rajasthan me shaadiyo ka season ekdum manda tha .. Ab un par kya rok tok jo love marriage, ya court marriage karte hai .. :)

Well, Diwali chali gayi aur shaadi ke invitation cards ki barsaat hone lagi har ghar me .. Mere mamoo ki shaadi 20th Nov,09 ko thi aur uska badi besabri se hum intezaar kar rahe the ..  Uske aaspaas aur bhi itni shaadiya thi ki lage haath saari shaadiya attend ki ..

Ab jaha shaadiya hogi, waha music aur dance masti to hogi hi .. DJ ka fashion aajkal har shaadi me sir chad kar bol raha hai .. Shahnaayi bechari kone me apne budhaape ko ro rahi hai , dholak kahi bagal me oongh raha hai .. Band baaje apne aap ko itra rahe hai ..  DJ jaha hoga, waha par yeh ek common question hota hai ... host kaun banega ?? who is performing ?? and on which song ?? ..

Is function purane jamaane me "mahila sangeet" aur aadhunik yug me "Geet Gunjan" ke naam se sambodhit kiya jata hai ..  Purane jamane me sirf ladies milkar dholak bajati aur geet gaati ..  Ab to yeh haal hai ki Shaadi ka reception ya dulhe ki sajawat badhiya ho na ho , Mahila sangeet (sorry, Geet gunjan) jaroor uccha koti ka hona chahiye .. Reception ke din khaane ko bhale hi makke ya baajre ki roti se kaam chala lenge, lekin Geet gunjan me chappan bhug hone chahiye ..

It can also be considered as a "Trailer" of a movie, Ise dekhkar ladies yeh idea lagati hai ki Shaadi ke baaki functions kaise honge aur unme aane ka koi fayda hai ya nahi ...

Well, jin logo ko is function ke baare me pata nahi, unki jaankari ke liye bata du ki yeh Shaadi ke 1-2 dino pahle hone wala woh formal function hai, jisme ghar ki bahu, betiya (aur program ke end me dulhe ke dost ya dulhaan ke bhai ke dost)  dance perform karti hai .. DJ wale ko order diya jata hai , he comes with the big speakers (no limit how many u order) , Dance floor with flash lights , a good collection of CDs (or Computer) ..  Special Nashta tayyar kiya jata hai guest ladies ke liye .. Ek host hoti hai (in most of the cases) aur she hosts the whole program with some jokes, some incidents about relatives, poems, sher-o-shayaris etc. . Host mostly collects the list of songs to be played in some kind of order for the dancers ..

Ab Rajasthan me geet gunjan ho , to gaane ki choices kya kya hogi .. ?? Hmm, Bollywood hits (for the teenage aur unmarried girls) , Rajasthani Folk songs (for Bua, Chachi, Maami, and other bahu/betiya of the family) , Punjabi Bhangda (Jab masti ka mahaaul ban jaaye, aur saare family wale maidaan me kood pade) , English (what ?? who plays that .. yes, Brazil is exception.. Lafadi dosto ki to yahi choice hoti hai .. )..

Now, there is a special song was the most played song durng that weddng season .. and the award goes to "DJ Par Naachu ..." , I don't even remember how many times i listened to that song in variuos weddngs (i think 200, no it shud be 500 above, forget it .. ) .. Agle 2 weeks tak mere kaano me shaadi ke dhol ki jagah "DJ par Naachu" hi baj raha tha ..

Song's lyrics are somethng like this ..

"Assi kali re manne ghaghro jada de..

chunri manga de manne tara su jadi ....

DJ par naachu saari raat saajna ..

Ek baar naachne ko kah to sahi "

(English me bole to , I will dance on the dance floor for whole night if you just ask me to dance ) ..

Thats a marwari (Rajathani) song , and I don't remember which album or which film this song belongs to .. Who is the singer and when it was released ..  Humkaa kuch nahi  pataaaa !!!!

Find out the Song's video at this place..

Bank of America : Largest Bank of USA 2009

Don't worry, I am not going to write anything statistical facts or the facilities provided by BoA.

Well, Soon as I arrived in USA,  My first task was to open a bank account. That is an obvious thing that we need paycheck as a reward of all hard work.

I enquired some of my colleagues and friends, and I got BoA and Citigroup mostly as a reference. I decided to go for BoA and opened a new account on 6th April,09. 

The Bank officer, who created my account wrote my name as "Hemant Kumar Taylor" instead of "Tailor".  I am not sure how my name was appeared like that in my passport. Well, I got it corrected and then she told me that I will get 2 cards (with correct and incorrect names printed on it) within 2 business weeks.  They issues me a temporary card to perform transaction.

Two weeks passed, and I didn't received my check card. I went to BoA banking center on 22 April,09 and describe the situation. They said "we apologized for the inconvenience, we will dispatch a new check card to your address and it will reach to your address within 2 business weeks".

Two more weeks passed, and it was the last day (May 5th, 09) to pay the apartment rent.  I used temporary check card but it was blocked (BoA blocked it on 22 April). Now another funny situation was Apartment renting center were not accepting "CASH". Hey !! What kind of rule is this ?

Well, I called customer service on 5 may,09 and it was their response - "Sir, we disptached your card on 25th April and it will reach you by 5 May. Today evening you check your inbox and it will be there" ... Unfortunately, It wasn't there that evening.

I convinced my colleague to pay the rent on my behalf and avoided late fee.

Next day , I again called customer service, and it was their response - "Sir, we dispatched your card on 27th April and it should reach you by 7 May." .. Unfortunately, It didn't arrive on 7th :(

I was furious,  This time I contacted BoA Online customer service. After a long debate, he assured me that I will get my NEW Card (yes, they are sending it to me third time) by Monday 11th May.  He told me that it will be dispatched by UPS this time, not USPS.

5 minutes later, I called Customer service on phone and they completely denied that Its not possible to send the check card by UPS and it will at least take 2 business week.

NOW I am frustrated and I am gonna close my account. Can you suggest me a nice bank ??

First post of your Blog .. ??

Well, this could be very difficult for many first time bloggers to write their first blog .. Its not that difficult !!!

Write anything .. yes, anything !!!

If you are worrying about what to write , then following ideas could be useful ..

1. How did you hear about blogs ?? what was your first impression when you heard about blogs ?? Who suggested you to write a blog ?? or Why did you choose to write a blog on wordpress or blogspot etc. ?

2. Write about yourself. Its not necessary to be in English .. Write in any language you are comfortable with.

3. Write about your hobbies, passions, fav. tv shows, fav. movies, music, sports, news etc. etc.

4. Write about your family or friends .. Write about your colleagues .. Write about your exams, jobs, coaching

5. Write about the recent incident you encountered with ..

and so on .. .

Need any other suggestion ?? Throw a comment on this post and i will suggest you more ... :)

And yeah ... you can write about "What to write in your first post" same as i did .. ;)

Sayonara ..!!!