I wish .

My life looks in complete turmoil these days. Nothing is going right :( since the past few days. It is making me think all over again as to what have i done till date . The more i think, the more it makes me realize that am doing things the wrong way. Sounds depressing ?? .. yeah !! .

But then,the people who know me would agree that this is just another mood swing and the phase would be over pretty quickly before i jump to some another useless thought to ponder over for days !! . Right, so in the mean time i have thought of job alternatives that i wish i was in now and believe that i could pull off, with the kind of qualification i posses to support my daily bread and butter.

- Not exactly an astrologist, but somehow i would predict people's future :-D.

My first prediction - The ongoing champions trophy will be won by Australia !!.
Also it will be a Australia vs Pakistan finals ;)


- I will become a farmer . ( Too much of farmville on facebook has influenced this decision)


- I will open a books library in my area.
Typical business minded observation that there is no books library in 8 km area of where i stay. So what if i live at the end of my city, surrounded by hills and animal grazing all around. Infact owing to my prime location of livinig , I might apply for living life as a nomad and get the certificate too. Life is bliss !!!


Ok, the mood swing is getting worse. Now am depressed again :(. Why am not doing these things !! . .Why god why ?? .. Ahh ... please grant me my wishes ... But then, if wishes were granted as shats , i would be one happy bloke ..

A thought ...

While having lunch the other day, the topic of social service cropped up and suddenly a friend popped up a thought that:

"An organization,that even in these recession times, goes to different countries , sets up their base there and recruits local people is doing a nevertheless pretty good job which is no less than a social service."

We all agreed unanimously , with few errant noises here and there made by the over enthusiastic people, that indeed these organizations are doing a noble cause from one point of view.

However the organization in question turned out to be: Al Qaeda

After the usual "Tch Tch" responses we did find out few points in this regard where we started discussing its pros and cons:

1. It not only recruits people with exceptional talent in their fields but even those people who aren't educated and don't find any job. Thereby creating employment.

2. As mentioned it gives job even to local people where it plans to set up its "industry" and expand its business.

3. There are frequent on-site "visits" in place. You might get to go to a new place if you return with "success" from the first visit ;).


4. People recruited are ready to give up their life for the cause. It takes a great deal to perform some work when u are sure that death is eminent and there is no looking back once you get in. The employees are motivated to such an extent that they are ready to lay down their life. Contrast this with a software company, a PM can't even make his sub-ordinates to work till late night consistently. All top management people should be sent to Al-Qaeda to take practice and learn how to motivate people.


Even though we were all joking around with this topic, these points are so true. Only wish that Al-Qaeda had a brain cleaning session and used its resources for a more better outcome.

Exporting shell environments via scripts

More of a technical one this is.

Recently, while creating a release package, i was facing a problem which, after some tries, I finally figured out the solution for. So here it is.


The need was to setup an environment by running a script, after which application can be run seamlessly. One of the entries in the script looked like =>

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH= $(pwd)/../lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH


The step was needed as the the package did install libraries in a separate path than the default one.

However even after i executed the script as " ./load.sh" , running applications still gave me error:

":error while loading shared libraries: : cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory".

I was able to set the path inside the script and running the application from within the script worked, but from the terminal (parent process) which executed the script (child process) i was not able to set the env. paths.

The reason for the failure was that the settings done by the child process are not visible in the parent process.

Solution-> Execute script as part of parent process instead of forking, as:

. ./load.sh OR source ./load.sh


Happy shell scripting :)

Curious case of Mr. Singh

It was the evening when celebrations were in full swing to mark the end of a long , tiring journey of being the judge of supreme court and starting of a fresh, comparatively sedate one for Mr. Arun Sanyal. 28 years at the helm had not only made his hairline recede but also thought him a thing or two about life and human nature. Sipping wine at the pool side Mr. Arun was engrossed in talks about "what next"? with his close friends , just when a petite young girl in the group popped up a question.

"In all this years, you must have been through cases which were not as straight forward as they seemed. Do you remember any such case ? "

What followed next as the reply not only baffled all people there, but it also left people astounded with the complications of a bizarre death.

Mr Arun started recalling each and every detail of the case.

On April 14, 1984 the medical examiner viewed the body of Shekhar Singh and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head.

Mr. Singh had jumped from the top of a thirteen story building with the intention of committing suicide. He had also left behind a note to the effect indicating his utter sadness and having no resolution of living.However, as he fell past the ninth floor his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him instantly.

Further on.... neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been installed by the building constructors just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers carrying out repair works. Hence, had he not been shot, Mr. Singh would not have died as per his plans, would have be injured at the maximum, but not died.


"Technically," Mr Sanyal continued, "A person, who sets out to commit suicide and ultimately succeeds, even though the way in which it is achieved might not be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide." That Mr. Singh was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide in his hands and not a suicide case.

Further investigations revealed that in the room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast originated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun.

On that particular day, the man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger he completely missed his wife and the bullets went through the window, striking Mr. Singh who happened to jump at the same instance. When someone intends to kill person "A" but kills person "B" in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of person "B".

When confronted with the murder charge the old man and his wife were both adamant and both said that they thought the shotgun was unloaded. The old man said it was a long-standing habit of his to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her.

Therefore the killing of Mr. Singh appeared to be an accident; that is, if the gun had been accidentally loaded. The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.

It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the habit of his father to threaten his mother with the use of shotgun,loaded the gun. It was an ideal plan on the son's part wherein he can get revenge from his mother and also be not caught. In the course of the case, it transpires that since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't actually pull the trigger.

The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Shekhar Singh.

Now comes the exquisite twist. Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Shekhar Singh. He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the thirteen-story building on April 14th, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window. The son had actually murdered himself, so the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide ......



How interesting it could get ? :).



Update: As pointed out by my friend, this is an indianized version of a story. Link to the original one shortly. Or look at comment sections if i get lazy to point it out here

joke time

PJ of the day:

Saap ne mujhe Duss diya.
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Maine usko 5-5 ka chutta diya :)


Tch Tch !!!

#1 -> #28

In a bid to blog more regularly i have always tried to think out of the box and try things to increase my regularity ..but nothing has helped me to press that publish post button more often. So herez one trick i was suggested and would like to implement it. Every title should go with the blog number. Increase in the number might help to encourage me to write on more stuffs regularly and over time i can stop including that # numbers. Right so here we go. But wait... i can't blog just statments like this. So here one joke:

Two bats are going for their midnight feed.

After an hour or so, one bat gets tired of looking and goes home with no blood.

The other bat comes home with blood dripping from its mouth. The first bat says enviously, "Where did you get all that blood from?"

The second bat replies, "Follow me. I'll show you."

After awhile the second bat leads him to a tree with blood spots on it. e says, "You see that tree branch over there?"

The hungry bat excitedly says, "Yes!"

Other bat says, "I didn't."

And the next question is ...

By now, we all know abt the marriage proposal of Rakhi Sawant. The glamorous doll has found this innovative and rather bizarre way of publicly searching for wannabe-brides who would get the umpteen punishment of marrying her. Well ..i saw an advertisement where she is asking us to send across questions to her which she would ask to the chosen candidates to find her numero uno lover, someone who loves her and not her money / fame / looks /blah /blah /blah . (U know what those blahs are ;) ).

Right, so being this good (looking),helpful, kind hearted, family valued (?),well cultured citizen of india ( NO !! .. am not one of the candidates of the show .. just using the opportunity to blow my own trumpets :p ) i decided i should help rakhi and came up with few questions from here and there which Rakhi should ask on her shows. So lets start the show !! ( AB in KBC style ..)


1. Can you dance ?
This is pre-requiste. Atleasst he should match the steps with rakhi on the dance floor. Else it would be so boring. Also then Rakhi can make her hubby dearest dance to her tunes ( Ungliyon pe nacchana types ;) ).


2. Can i hit you?
We all know what Rakhi did to Abhishek . Those 1 and half kg muscles do make a sound when hit hard .Hence the guy should be ready for such "physical" closeness :p ... preferably have a health insurance ..

3. Can u cook for me if i come home late?
Late night parties and the hang overs of it would not allow Rakhi to cook food u see. Also ghar ka khana is the best khana. Doesn't matter who makes them, but has to be home cooked, hence the better half has to pitch in ..


4. Can u take controversiries with pinch of salt ?
Rakhi and controverseries are synonyms. He should be ready to accept every such news and not make a big cry out of it. Atleast he should support Rakhi all long (no matter whether shez right or wrong)


5. Are u ready to go under the knife ?
Rakhi is supposedly fond of plastic surgeries. Might ask her would be to alter some parts she is disinterested in..

And last but not the least:

6. Will you allow me to wear skimpy dresses after marriage ?
Marriage with a guy might break someone's heart but not "performing" would be so bad ..


Jokes apart .. i seriously think that at some level this is surprisingly very interesting... also another thought says that this is just a attention - seeking gimmick performed to increase the TRP ratings.. No matter what, but with Rakhi hosting the show, one would definately be looking forward to see who does most of the talking this time. The host or the guests?

Your guess is as good as mine .. :-P

Tax woes

I recently calculated the total amount of tax am supposed to pay this time around and was astonished at the whopping figure !! .. Don;t understand how i have to pay so much tax when am getting paid peanuts . I have had my share of visits to the Tax department last time around and am not really interested in going back there. Also my accountant scrached every hair of his head and used all his mathematical experience gained over the decade before coming to the conclusion that this is the least amount i will have to pay. Hmm ... no wonder am so poor :p Nevertheless i remembered this joke about the Income Tax Department .so here it goes :

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man
around that they had a standing Rs 10,000 bet. The bartender would
squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the
lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice
out would win the money.

Many people had tried over time but nobody could do it. One day,
a scrawny little man came in, wearing thick glasses.

"I'd like to try the bet," he said in a tiny, squeaky voice.

After the laughter had died down, the bartender grabbed a lemon,
and squeezed away. He handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to
the little man. But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as
the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into
the glass.

As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the Rs 10,000 and asked
the little man what he did for a living. Was he a lumberjack,
or a weightlifter, or what?

"I work for the Income Tax department."

Just wished that i come into some special category where upon i get to decide how much amount of money i need to pay as tax to the government . I promise i will honestly pay some amount. Is any "law rules maker" listening ;)

IPL ..

Just watched the Mumbai Indians vs. Deccan Chargers. MI lost :( . Sach says that he hopes next time they will win. Bhai .. haath ki match haar gaye ho .. shaa .. hurts more cause i had bet on MI winning :(( :(( ... Never mind .. i hope CSK wins against KKR .. Raina is my trump player .. :p .. lets see ..

The great Indian Team

IPL has started and evenings are no more boring. With IPL comes the joy of making up your own "fantasy" team and see it winning ( mostly losing :( .. but still ..) amongst other teams in the league. But then elections are coming up too. As always i will cast my vote to that precious candidate whom i think is the most deserving one. But, if my past records of voting are to be noted, the person i have voted for never won. Infact, i once voted for a ruling party candidate and even he lost !! . Hmm .. opposition parties that want to win should contact me ;)

Anyways, with so much of prachaar and all going around, i gave a serious thought as to who should win. I realized that which party wins is not important as to who is nominated to the minitries is more important. So, i thought what the government would look like if some "dignitaries" come up to the different ministries of india. So here we go ..


1. Education Minister: Arjun Singh
If i have a son, he will face serious problems in getting admissions in institutes all because of this great !! (Or i wander around and figure out a way to get reservation certificate :p) . After all its the competetive environment which brings out the best u see :p

2. Foreign minister : Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Lets teach the world how english is spoken ;)

3. Sports Minister : Toss up between Jayalalita and KPS Gill
The first would Lead by example as in how atheletic one should be. and the later can make cricket suffer so badly that the lost sheen in other sports would be recognized.

4. IT Infrastructure : Mulayam
No computers, No english , No problem

5. Law And order Minister : Toss up between Varun gandhi and Raj Thackeray. I think half term for each :p

6. Animal welfare minister: Rabri devi
She would feel homely with animals around

7. Health minister : manmohan singh
Flexing muscles, he can promote better

8. Finance : Harshad mehta !!
Though he is no more, he would be the most apt person for the post. Did such a big scam but went almost unrecognized. Great brains

9. External Affairs:
Salman Rushdie, very good at "affairs"

10. Textile Minister: Ram Dev Baba
Less Clothes = Less money spent = rich individual = rich country = Everybody happy !! ..
(Hmm ... bollywood actresses should be considered for this post ;) )

11. Ministry of Sound: Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Pause ...... Pause .... Enough said :p

12. Food Minister: Adnan Sami

Do i need to explain ?

13. Communications Minister: Mayawati

Behenji is Mis(s) Communication leader !!

14. Prime Minister - with ministers like these, a PM is not needed .. However applications are accepted for the post

Look Ma ...my Lookalikes !!

Ever thought of ending up lookalike of some famous personality




The fun part is that every time you place a different photo of yours your lookalikes also change :p .... Hmmm ..

MY target => Keep trying with the photos till the day Tom Cruise is one of my lookalikes :-D ( End of the world =)) ..)

Ghajini -- Review

“Itni Shiddat se maine tujhe paane ki koshish ki hai; ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milane ki saajish ki hain”.

This is a dialogue from the OSO delivered by SRK. However, while watching the movie ghajini, i felt the dialogue more apt here. Right, so i have seen this movie and also read countless reviews people have written. Infact i read the review first and then watched the movie ( hah ..kya dude huin na main ? ). But then, i would also like to point out few things about this movie.

First, anyone who still believes that this is inspired from the movie Memento, then my friend you are correct. But the similarity ends at the fact that our hero also scribbles onto his body small details and uses photos to manage his memory as he is suffering from "short term memory loss" or referred to as the 15 min. guy as he lasts for 15 mins. I mean, his memory. Thatz it. Rest of all is the old Indian love story masala. Rich guy falls for poor girl, girl is killed, hero takes revenge !!!.

Even though am a Aamir khan fan, i don't feel the movie is upto his standards. It could have been better. May be i am comparing it to its original hollywood (which is a master piece by-the-way, you must have a dekho at it), but then, i didn't find the movie more appealing, apart from the few funny moments in the beginning and also the ease with which Aamir transformed himself from a normal guy to a revenge seeking ferocious animal and vice-versa.

Secondly, i guess what the story line would have been, had our female lead shown common sense and placed her mobile on silent mode when she was hiding ?. Nobody thought abt it ?? ..or is it just my great observation !! .. Nah, i know am not that good, and hence proves that there were some goof up .. Aamir are you listening ??

Jiah khan, the less i talk about her, the better. I did like her one time ..but now she is un-watchable. May be she was without her makeup or something , i don't know.

Overall i would say, a bit bloody and gory movie, some scenes were really cruel. A good one time watching type.

Also have a look at this .. its self-explanatory as to why women should not be allowed to watch ghajini ..




He he ..

New Year .. new begining !!

Happy new year (to any1 who is reading this !!). New year means ..celebrations .. fireworks .. and making of new resolutions which are meant to be broken within few days or months for most of us. As i lie in that category of breaking resolution ( in few hours sometimes ), i have decided not to make any new year resolutions, instead i have made a wish-list :D.So here it goes ..


1. Around the world trip in a personal jet.
2. At least 10 servants to help me out.
3. Around 5 people whose job is to carry out my office work.
4. I want a swimming pool filled with chocolates and all sweets :-D ( still a kid u see ;) )
5. I want the prime-ministers and presidents of each country to read out news to me every morning.
6. My house should be on a hill top from where one side shuld be ocean ..and the other side should be mountains ... with the best scenery on offer ..
7. My music system should have access to all radio stations all over the world ( May be extra-terrestrial too)
8. A round the solar system vacation for me and my frnds :-D


Thatz all ... i am not greedy .. i just want everything u see :)

Women's appetite for answers ??

For the starters, i am learning to drive a four-wheeler ( bullock-carts / modified rickshaw / tum tum and others are next on the list ;) ). Now being an inquisitive engg. myself, i always thought i ask a lot of questions. And when in mood, i can ask the most stupidest question ever. However, today this long lasting myth got broken and now the fact is that i at-least know one person who asks more irrelevant questions that i can think of. So here it goes ..

Morning 7:00 am, i reach the driving class destination, shivering. Its more cold than i had anticipated and should have worn that sweater instead of trying to look cool. There was this petite young lass. I guess, she was a product engg. from infosys because at-least her bag had those words imbibed on them. 7:10 , she broke the eternal silence and asked .. isn't it cold ?. I was like .. no ..its damn hot here ..feel like going for a swim .I just smiled and reminded her that this is the cold season. Immediately the next question was, how late is this man today. Though she had asked a right thing, i didn't reply back ( simple smile !!).

Finally 7:15, the instructor came. I get to drive first. Its been 7 days that i am driving now. I haven't learnt a great deal yet, but have improved a hell lot !! . Right from the first day , wherein i removed my hands from the steering wheel on seeing a truck coming from opposite side , i guess am at pretty good situation. Straight line drive is comfortable while side turns / U -turns still need assistance.

Right, so there i was completing my drive and driving cautiously on a small slope enjoying the serene morning and the calm and quite surrounding that pune showers on u these days .But that was the end ( of the thought and the calmness). What started next was a whole round of 20 minutes of firing of questions at point blank range.

Am driving, and up pops the question:

She : Sir slope pe konse gear pe gadi chalate hai ?
Instructor (I) : Stares. Thinks that he needs to give sum answer. And mutters "second".

She: Accha, matlab gadi uppar le jate samay bhi second aur neeche aate samay bhi second ?
I: madam, woh aapke speed ke hisab pe hota hai.


Wow... does she always drive with the rule books ?? , drive at this speed on this lane only !! ..

Next i was asked to take a U-turn. Not being good at it, i was a bit nervous and wanted to get over with it as soon as possible. But the champion lady had other thoughts in her mind.

Up pops the question, "sir mujhe aapne U-turn kyun nahi sikhaya ??"

For a moment i felt telling her .. le bhai .. yeah le steering, maar de U-turn tu hi. But sanity was restored and i completed my round of training quite comfortably.

Next it was her chance, and boy ..she clocked more questions than the wheels did the revolutions.

S: Sir clutch dabau ?
I: Aap ka pehle din thode hai Jo yeah basic questions puch rahe ho...
S: Nahi sir, mujhe darr lagta hai..
I: chalo ..

She accelerates more instead of leaving the clutch, hence the car vibrates instead of going ahead.

S: Sir, car main kuch kharabi hai ?? ( What the hell ??)
I: clutch chodo .. accelerate mat karo
S: ohh ..


The moment she gets car moving:

S: Sir second gear?
I: Ruko.

Just when the instructor signals for gear change:
S: Sir sab gears dalu ek ek karke ?
I: huh
S: Sir, woh dusre sir ne aisse hi sikhaya (The other instructor's job is gone i guess now).


After few moments.

S: Kitne thandi hai na?
S: Sir, 4th gear pe kitna speed hona chahiye ( Thatz a valid question)
S: Sir, gadi control main nahi rehti..

While taking a sharp turn,

I: Slow , clutch, third , release clutch, clutch, second.
S: Sir, directly second gear main dal du ??


By this time , i was actually enjoying the whole thing. There was a bus stop ahead, with few people standing there. While going near to that part of the road,the car moved a bit towards the stop. Instead of getting the vehicle back in line, she mumbled out , logon ko laggega main unhe pick up karne aa rahi huin !! .... killer statement.

I must confess,the lady has set new standards in my books when it comes to blabbering and asking useless questions. Looking forward to drive with her the next time around ;)

God, am i a mess ??

When God gave out brains,
I thought He said trains,
And I said I'd take the next one.

When God gave out looks,
I thought He said books,
And I didn't want any.

When God gave out noses,I
thought He said roses,
And I ordered a big one.

When God gave out legs,
I thought He said kegs,
So I ordered two fat ones.

When God gave out ears,
I thought He said beers,
So I ordered two long ones.

When God gave out chins,
I thought He said gins,
So I said, "Give me a double.

"God, am I a mess!!

Marvell-ous Begining

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted

Dan Sanford


40 months of work experience and i couldn't understand the meaning of this statement. However it got crystal cleared within 3 minutes one fine day. I resigned (lay off !! ) from my previous company and have joined a new one. Work wise nothing would change i guess ( it might get better ).What is more difficult i how i adapt to new environment, new people (and hence new friends) and overcome the fact that i can't keep missing my old office.

I was ghastly shocked / sad when i resigned as i had never thought of such situation. What was more bad was the untimely occurrence of the event.After the initial hiccup, where the whole world seemed against me, i now think that whatever has happened did happen for a cause which was to open my eyes.

It is in this period that i came to know who my real friends / well-wishers are. I called up some people considering them to be my friends but i was greeted with the words "will call u later" and hunged up to be never called back again. And then there were people, who called me up on their own and gave me all sorts of moral support (which was the need of the hour), some even from outside india ( Just shows how popular i am ;) ). Also it gave me some time to introspect myself and figure out where i stand today in the given scenario, how well can i cope with it, what are my strengths and where do i lack. Hence the real "eye opener".

Another bad thing that happened in the previous week was the Mumbai terrorist attacks. My deepest condolences for the victims of the attacks.We must thank the NSG commandos / fire-fighters / police and all ppl involved in the grueling attack and should be proud of their bravery. Hats off to them. Somebody please give me Raj Thackeray's phone number coz i want to ask him where is he hiding now? , Where is his marathi manus theory gone and his sena of dacoits who can vandalize at an examination centre on poor and innocent students, but are left hiding under their beds when a real trouble came. Also the NSG commandos who risked their lives never said that this is an issue in a marathi speaking region, hence we won't go there. They treated the attack on motherland and did what a true Indian should do.

But then, the good part is that atleast now some steps would be taken and stringent actions performed to ensure such stupid security lapses do not occur again in future.

Coming back to my new job, i still have to get to the terms and conditions b4 i feel settled in. Till then .. tata :)

Mistaken Identity

Rahul Dholakia had a dream., he wanted to be like Ketan Shah. He used to follow Ketan quite minutely and over a period of time he developed a Ketan Shah walk and talk.

However, it turned out that Ketan Shah instead wanted to be like Rajiv Kapoor. So, Ketan made it a point to atleast physically resemble Rajiv Kapoor. He also tried to wear the kind of clothes similar to the ones worn by Rajiv Kapoor so as to look as cool as Rajiv..

So, Rahul Dholakia ended up walking and talking like Ketan Shah in the attire of Rajiv Kapoor.

And Rajiv Kapoor was himself a very big impersonator of Tejas Chandok. Rajiv's every move was in itself nothing more than an attempted imitation of Tejas Chandok.

So overtly, Ketan Shah's attire was not really Rajiv Kapoor's but Tejas Chandok's.

And coming back to, Rahul Dholakia- He ended up walking and talking like Ketan Shah in the attire of a guy called Tejas Chandok mixed with some alterations done by Rajiv Kapoor.

Tejas Chandok, instead was inspired by quite a few people in a quite a few number of things. He tried to follow Amol Deo's style, Ajay Shetty's Accent, Aneesh Gore's build,Shailesh's Tie tying method, Dev Anand's hand rocking ways, Rajesh chawla's watch, Shalini's smile (?) , Ayub's hairs, Ram Singh's moustach etc. etc.

Now, even God doesn't know who exactly is Rahul Dholakia resembling.


Moral of the story: Most of us look upto someone and try to be like that person or attain the heights / traits which a particular person has achieved. In the process we forget what we can do on our own. So it is best to do what u feel is correct rather than trying to do what someone else has done !!


End of Rahul's gyan :p .... chao

Chinese in the box

Following are my all time favorite 4 chinese jokes !! ... they are really hilarious :p ... IF any1 is reading this ...then you must check out the last joke ...unbelievingly mind blowing to say the least ...




















１：一艘船失事后，1名女乘客和10名男乘客漂到了一个荒岛上。
一个月后，那个女的自杀了，因为她觉得这一个月发生的事情实在太恶心了。
一个月后，他们决定把她埋了，因为他们觉得这一个月发生的事情实在太恶心了。
一个月后，他们决定把她挖出来，因为他们觉得这一个月发生的事情实在太恶心了。
一个月后，上帝把那个女的复活了，因为他觉得这几个月发生的事情实在太恶心了 。


２：有一个成年男子来到一家旅馆，他看到车库里有很多漂亮的车，于是就问老板，怎么有这么多漂亮的车啊，老板告诉他，我有一个五岁的儿子，他做三件事，如果你能跟着做到，这里的车随你挑一辆开走，如果不能，就把你的车留下，很多人做不到，所以。他想，五岁的小孩能做到的，还能做不到嘛，于是就试一试。老板就带他到一个屋子里，里面有一个漂亮的裸体美女，小孩过去亲了她一下，他跟着做了，然后小孩又过去摸了美女的全身，他也跟着做了，第三件事，小孩掏出小弟弟弯了三下。


３：某男隐居深山,一曰赤裸身体躺于草丛中休息.突然来了个采蘑菇的小姑娘:“1个,2个,3个,4个,5个,5个,5 个,5个...“最终放弃离开.此男甚爽.第二天依然裸睡于此,来了个采蘑菇的小熊:“1个,2 个,3个,4个,5个,5个,5个,5个...6个,7个,8个......“


and ...

４：说白雪公主与皮诺曹生活在大森林里，一曰，白雪公主终于耐不住寂寞，抓住小匹的头夹在两腿之间说道：“说实话、说假话、再说实话、再说假话...”这样说了一千遍，公主才把小皮放开。






wasn't that funny now ? :p


chao !!

Windows - A virus ???

The one thing i do everyday religiously is browse the web and figure out what is new in linux. Needless to say i come across comparison with M$ (windows ..if u didn't figure it out ;) ) at various levels. I do have a few points to say from my side too. I was reading about what virus does and have seen uncanny resemblance in what windows does. Herez a small peek-view

1. Virus are known to perform haphazardly and block all your system resources for its own usage.
Windows works the same way. somehow i always ran out of system memory as the OS was doing something "more important" thing of its own.

2. Virus replicate themselves.
Well once problem starts in windows, a reboot is the only option, or the problem just keeps on growing !!.

3. Virus usually reside inside a piece of code and get activated when the code is executed.
Official Windows come in packaged form,that you buy ,and once you run windows ...

4. As i mentioned, Virus hog the system, making u to buy new software.
Windows does that all the time :-D .Though its not just software up gradation but also hardware in some cases.

5. If anti-virus fails, reformatting the file-system is the best known solution against virus.
In windows, sometimes i feel formatting and reinstalling things is the only option available :p

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences:

a. Viruses are well supported by their authors (You can actually see the signatures of the proud owners)

b. They run on most systems (Sometimes viruses are made cross-platform )

c. Their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature. Some serious man power is utilized in creating virus !!


So from the above differences mentioned, i conclude:

Windows is not a virus. It's a bug




ha ha !!!

12 sep 2001

Seven years before, exactly this day, I stepped out in a new world. It was the first day of my engineering life which would then be followed by my service (job) days. It was the first day of what would be my ever-lasting , fun-filled most precious years of my life that would shape up and bring me to the point where i am today and i must confess that i have enjoyed every tiny-weeny bit of it.

I still remember that day, because just a day before it ,that is on sep11 ,the twin towers were brought down by "osa mama". I had enthusiastically taken up Information Technology as my engineering . branch in a college which was hosting that particular stream for the first time. Despite the never-ending looks and scoldings i got from my near and dear ones for taking up such a step when i was easily getting the more established streams(E&TC / mechanical etc. ) ,i still stuck to my decision. After all ...bhai merri jindagi hai ..kuch bhi karu.

However the US bombings had made it clear that the IT boom would no more be a story ..and all the people had started saying "You taken IT ?? " with the pity full eyes. Amongst this high tension volatile surrounding i had gone to a place which somehow was filled up with loads of people and yet i found myself all alone. Though this was not going to be a for a long time because i met up the 40 odd people of my batch. And boy , how much i should thank God for giving me the best college mates i could have ever asked for. The actual learning process did start with a bang ( and is still continuing ). The assignments, the college canteen, standing in the corridor and doing "bird watching" , mimicking college professors , completing (copying) assignments at the last moment, studying together to scrap through the exams , and the celebration on even the smallest achievement. Such memories are hard to forget :)


4 yrs of college was followed by almost 3 yrs of service in the software sector.Right from being this college pass out who took his job as just other practical assignment, to now where i guess i am more serious about what i am doing , is also worth applauding. (Altough my dream life is that of a pensioner's ... sit at home and u get monthly wages :p ). I had never expected myself to do so well. The fact that my company has yet not kicked me out does somewhere tell that i am not doing that bad either. Well done Rahul !! .... (This is called blowing your own trumpets ..hi hi)


Seven years onto this day, i think i am fairly placed to take up responsibilities (family / social) .. have made really good friends .. made horrible mistakes in those 7 yrs and have learnt tons of things from those mistakes.If someone would ask me that if i had a chance what would i change in those 7 yrs ?.. then i would say that I am proud of what i am today and every aspect of those years have helped me to become to what i am and hence nothing needs to be changed. Its just PERFECT !!! ... ( Shouldn't i get some award for such a good answer ?? :p)