Serendipity ! Is it ?

Microsoft Re-Designs the Ipod Packaging
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

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Funny One Liners
Monday, March 5, 2007

Just got these from a community on orkut [ya i'm active on orkut these days], so thought lets spread them a few more miles ..here goes

• People treat you exactly how you train them to.
• Smile. Keep everyone confused.
• My mind works like lightning. One brilliant flash and it is gone.

And here's my fav :

I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.

LOL

Posted by :ubuntu at 10:22:00 PM 3 comments    

Taking a much wanted break
Friday, March 2, 2007

So finally i'm taking a break from this sucking life schedule.
But the only concern is mother nature.
Yesterday my roommate boarded the flight for Delhi from Bangalore and today morning he is back in Bangalore. The flight took off from Bangalore( no need to mention, it was delayed), but could not land in Delhi due to fog. Instead the flight landed in Hyderabad, and from there he came back to Bangalore.

So naturally I'm scared and worried, to add to this I have luggage of two bags.
Let us all pray for the best.

Good news is its sort of winter in the valley, so i'll enjoy my days.
I just hope it lands in Delhi and in worse case in Chandigarh (instead of Hyderabad).

So what will I do at home (did I mention earlier I'm going home). My sole agenda will be to visit places in and around Doon with my family, yes my sister has also come from US.
And of course the charm of driving the car will always be there (traffic in Doon hasn't reached that point where driving a four wheeler is a curse, unlike in Bangalore).

Wish me luck.
Flying kisses to all who will pray for my smooth journey :-)

Btw visit the site imagini.net. What I liked most is theway they have symbolized lifestyles with pics. Have a look at my Visual DNA(thats what they call it)

Posted by :ubuntu at 1:12:00 AM 4 comments    

Open Source Cola
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

This one is interesting.

What can u think of when it comes to open source : s/w which is free and comes with its source code.

Ok , think beyond.. anyother guesses?

Change your paradigm !!

Just came across a blog mentioning about open source cola, its called Open Cola.
Check out this :
Open Source Cola

Well so the open source revolution is here to affest your daily lives too :-)

Posted by :ubuntu at 1:46:00 AM 2 comments    

I'm getting nostalgic
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

"tere saath gayi sab raunak, ab is sheher main rakha kya hai"

I'm missing home; I’m missing ‘The Valley’.

Dehradun is a valley with Himalayas on the east and Shiwaliks on the west. Mussouri is a popular hill station complementing Dehradun.

Shimla has witnessed highest snowfall in 100 years. As a result Mussouri and Dhanaulti (nearby place to Mussouri) have also witnessed snowfall this winter; it is not often that Dhanaulti receives snowfalls.
Now Dehradun will face gusts of cold winds blowing from Mussouri until snow melts in the hills.

This is the ideal time to fly kites, there will be constant flow of winds from the hills and anyone can learn to fly kite in this season. I remember I learnt it in this season, the winds blow at pretty good speed, so you have to put minimum effort to fly a kite.

Dehradun is witnessing rains since last week; here in Bangalore I have forgotten how the earth smells in rains. It’s occasional here to rain, neither monsoons nor retreating monsoons.
Winter rains in Dehradun are a nuisance. It showers the whole day, it’s not a stormy heavy rain, just a drizzle but will continue for hours. The clouds get stuck between the hills and give showers to the valley, this is the reason for long showers in the valley. The longest duration I have witnessed the rains is 72 hours non stop.
My uncle says he has witnessed it for five days non stop in his times.

Winters in the valley are much different from that of NCR region. Unlike winters of NCR region, Sun does shines in the valley, in fact it is impossible to sit in the Sun outside at noon, sky is too clear and sparkling blue and Sun burns in its full glory. It’s hot during day and cold during the nights and mornings. Temperature in the nights goes as low as one degree Celsius.
But at least your clothes dry in winters unlike NCR where you don’t see the Sun for days. Effectively winter in the valley reduces to 15 hours/day.

I remember the period of my pre board vacations from school. My parents use to go to school and I and my sister use to stay at home and study, what a study it was. I use to go up on the terrace and study until I use to go to sleep [time span was anywhere between 15 min to 30 min]; climate was perfect to induce sleep, not my fault.
Then use to wake up after two hours only to find my parents have arrived.

I use to shuttle inside and outside in winters, rooms were very cold and I was very lazy to pull a blanket or a quilt while watching TV during the day, could not remain inside for more than 30 minutes, then use to rush to terrace for warmth, couldn’t stay in Sun for more than 30 minutes, again use to rush down to cool myself, I use to feel like a cold blooded animal in those times.

It was one such winter morning when I was responsible for a mass killing of six lives and frankly my conscience did not prick me too much for it. My father had bought two rum bottles having six fishes in them, from an outsider seller claiming these are exotic species. He brought them home; I was amazed to see how these fishes swim in such a small area. The plan was to get a bigger fish bowl and transfer the fishes in it. The next morning my mother told me to put the bottles in sunlight so that fishes can feel good [but mind you, not in direct sunlight]. So I happily put the bottles on my terrace in direct sunlight and went to sleep (as usual), when I woke up, the fishes had died due to the heating up of water, yes all six of them.
I kept wandering what to do next, I immediately put the bottles in the shade, hoping this might revoke the effect on fishes, but they were dead. After that day I vowed not to buy fishes/aquarium for myself.

These are my memories of winters in the valley.
Yes I’m missing my morning tea mom use to give me while I use to sit inside my cozy quilt.
I’m going home in March, but winters by then will be gone, just an impression will be left.

And have I told you about the summers in the valley.
Next time … :-)

Posted by :ubuntu at 6:15:00 AM 2 comments    

Labels: DehraDun, Doon, valley

Thank You God
Friday, February 9, 2007

SO finally I thank GOD.

Ten month old trauma has finally ended. My refund amout has arrived from Air Sahara.

I must have called their CC at an avg rate of once per two weeks :
No. of calls = 1*[10(months)*4(weeks)/2] = 20 calls
no i think i called them many more times, mistake in maths :-)

Please dont cancel your tickets on Air Sahara, they'll do everything on earth to give u sleepless nights.
Oh GOD thanks for the refund :-)

Posted by :ubuntu at 5:30:00 AM 2 comments    

Baghdad Burning !!!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

i recently read a blog : Baghdad Burning.
This blog was given some award, I guess Best Middle East Blog (not sure), so must be quite popular by now.

It is really well written, by this I don't mean language or presentation, I mean it's a blog by common girl giving us a peek into day to day life in Iraq, no beurocratic discussions, no gory stuff, no racism, just plain daily life narration. You can actually empathise with Iraqis after reading this.

One particular touching excerpt from a post goes like this:

"... Here we come to the end of 2006 and I am sad. Not simply sad for the state of the country, but for the state of our humanity, as Iraqis. We've all lost some of the compassion and civility that I felt made us special four years ago. I take myself as an example. Nearly four years ago, I cringed every time I heard about the death of an American soldier. They were occupiers, but they were humans also and the knowledge that they were being killed in my country gave me sleepless nights. Never mind they crossed oceans to attack the country, I actually felt for them.

Had I not chronicled those feelings of agitation in this very blog, I wouldn't believe them now. Today, they simply represent numbers. 3000 Americans dead over nearly four years? Really? That's the number of dead Iraqis in less than a month. The Americans had families? Too bad. So do we. So do the corpses in the streets and the ones waiting for identification in the morgue.

Is the American soldier that died today in Anbar more important than a cousin I have who was shot last month on the night of his engagement to a woman he's wanted to marry for the last six years? I don't think so.
..."

Do visit it. Listed also under Do Visit section of my blog [left side]

Posted by :ubuntu at 1:15:00 AM 1 comments