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 14:53 | 25/Jun/2008
Bangalore musings
my friends...Life has been hectic for a while ever since I moved to bangalore in Sept last year. At home and work it has been fun-tastic, each day brining in something new as I guess would be when "change" visits you. If at all it has taken a toll- it has been on my ramblings which used to be seen on this space. I have resigned to just posting what... more...
 16:00 | 30/May/2008
Old or Young( Laugh)
A farmer went out one day and bought a brand new studrooster for his chicken coop. The new rooster struts over to the old rooster and says,'OK old fart, time for you to retire.' The old rooster replies, 'Come on, surely you cannot handle ALL of these chickens. Look what it has done to me. Can't you just let me have the two old hens over in the corn... more...
 11:00 | 19/May/2008
Lead India..blah blah
Lead India campaign was a very high decibel exercise ostensibly to give to us a person who had the vision to take us and hence India forward. And after the many rounds of determining the best of the lot, Mr.Mishra emerged as the rightful winner. Ever since he has been voicing his views on issues that matters to public.Offlate one notices the politi... more...
 12:30 | 21/Apr/2008
Priceless ( Laugh)
PRICELESS WORDSA husband wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So ... more...
 15:53 | 17/Mar/2008
Why Men Are Never Depressed...
WHY MEN ARE NEVER DEPRESSED: Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a... more...
 13:42 | 21/Feb/2008
It happens in Indian Movies(laugh)
It can happen only in Indian Movies!!! Baghban: Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini are separated right after Holi remember Amitabh singing Holi khele Raghubeera?). They are said to be separated for six months, ie from March to September. Within that six-month period, they celebrate Valentine's Day, which falls on February 14, and karva chauth, which ... more...
 14:21 | 5/Feb/2008
Malayalee Blood..rocks
An Arab was admitted in the Lilavati Hospital at Mumbai for a heart transplant, but prior to the surgery the doctors needed to store his blood in case the need arises. As the gentleman had a rare type of blood, it couldn ' t be found locally. So the call went out to a number of countries.Finally a malayalee in Kerala (Mr Dinesh) was located who had... more...
 13:21 | 4/Jan/2008
Ayyappa Darshanam-Divya Darshanam
Ayyappa Darshanam-Divya Darshanam ( Dec 15th-Dec 16th,2007) My 6th tryst with Sabarimala has been a memorable one. The Journey Reached Alwaye early morning (15th) at 600 or so then went home. Kettunira and then started off at 10.15AM. Had been reading about the unprecedented rush this year especially from Dec 1st. Hence was mentally prepared for a ... more...
 17:13 | 31/Dec/2007
A Toast to the Year Gone By
As the clock ticks away the final moments of 2007, I raise a toast to all the great things that happened in this year to all of us... to all the bad things that could have happened,but didnt... and pray that the coming year brings joy and happiness in all that we do and dont... HNY 2008 more...
 17:29 | 17/Dec/2007
Life Hasnt Changed in the last 2500 year...
CHOOSE A JOB THAT YOU LIKE…..AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE - Confucius said this in 500 BC…Life hasn’t changed much , has it !!! more...
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LATEST FROM MY FRIENDS
 lonely | 09:13 | 8/Jun/2008
Friends: (312)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: sharing,observing...
My Thoughts!!!!
Hi friends, for the past few days I was busy with my work that kept me away from this iland..That’s reason why u haven’t seen my comments on many of ur posts...Definitely I’ll go through all ur posts which I missed.. Now-a-days life is going very flat. just doing routine work. Coming to office and going from the office. For the past few days I’m th...  more...
 Seena Vincent | 21:32 | 10/Jun/2008
Friends: (884)  | Interests: Internet Money
Affiliate Marketing Income for Rediff Bl...
RediffLand Bloggers also can make an extra income by promoting products and services that is related to their blog subject. Have the additional revenue stream simply by working from the comfort of your home. You can even earn 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 a month without much efforts.This is an abstract of blog post that have appeared on the blog Affiliate...  more...
 Binu Abraham | 08:38 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (831)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading
Marketing Concepts
A Professor at one of the IIM'swas explaining marketing concepts to the Students:1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up toher and say: "I am very rich."Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing"2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see agorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her andpointing at you says: "He's very rich."Marry...  more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (317)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: computerjobs
Jobs of editorial proofreading.
Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm  more...
 shanmugam ve... | 18:30 | 22/Dec/2007
Friends: (110)  | Interests: reading, chating,...
Listen to your ‘Inner Sense’...!
Listen to your ‘Inner Sense’           A boy was constantly scratching his head.  His father looked at him one day and said, “Son, why are you always scratching your head?”          “Well”, the  boy responded, “I guess because I am the only one who knows it itches.”           This is inner sense! Only you know.  Nobody else can know.  It cannot be ...  more...
 dhrubo | 17:41 | 17/Jun/2008
Friends: (146)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: In my small world...
A Wonderful Story
 A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she replied. "He's out."  "Then we cannot come in", they replied. In ...  more...
 manisha sharma | 11:43 | 22/Apr/2008
Friends: (412)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Reading,Listening...
How To Catch/Kill a LION
Newton 's Method Let, the lion catch you. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Implies you caught lion.   Einstein Method Run in the direction opposite to that of the lion. Due to higher relative velocity, the lion will also run faster and will get tired soon. Now you can trap it easily.    Software Engineer Method Catch a cat ...  more...
 K Nagesh | 22:33 | 28/Mar/2008
Friends: (391)  | City: BANGALORE  | Interests: Music (Karnatak),...
JEEVAN TARANG
A Deferred Annuity Plan  from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) that offers youLife Insurance Coverage right from day 1 of commencementy till your 100 years of age,Bonus on the full insured amount for the full Premium Payment Term (PPT) you have chosen that could be 10 or 15 or 20 years,Tax-free Annuity (Annual Payment) @ 5.5 % of the sum i...  more...
 Ramesh Menon | 16:03 | 19/Jun/2008
Friends: (142)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: TQM & Positive Th...
The Home Buying Process & Housing Fiance...
Dear Friends,It has been a long time since I have mailed you an update from Team 1 blogs. I can never blame it on the normal argument – due to lack of time blah blah blah… Because, I am a person who believes that if there is a need, one always has plenty of time. From my side, it was due to the reason that I noticed many of you visiting regularly t...  more...
 dilip krishnan | 16:38 | 22/May/2008
Friends: (245)  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
All, in a Day!“It’s 720, and you are still sleeping as if you haven’t had even a wink in the last one week”.Muzzeebatein pehle batake nahin aate!“You better get up now” – this is one wake-up call no husband could pretend he didn’t hear. “You see, I went for a walk all by myself. Your colleague Mr. Sharma was walking with his wife”.“Why, did you exp...  more...
 renu mathur | 13:56 | 9/Jan/2008
Friends: (16)  | City: panchkula  | Interests: wicca,tarot,all s...
positive spellcasting
this is to tell all you good souls out there....as a SHAMAN WICCAN I see a lot of stress in this year...2008.the SUN and SATURN  combination has already begun the damage starting with the BENAZIR ASSASINATION.as a person in the field of healing ,i will perform a positive energy healing spell on the 19.01.2008.This is my contribution to give back to...  more...
 priyanka | 22:38 | 11/Mar/2008
Friends: (67)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: dancing,computers...
MAMA'S LOVE
A Mother's Love~A Mother's love is somethingthat no on can explain,It is made of deep devotionand of sacrifice and pain,It is endless and unselfishand enduring come what mayFor nothing can destroy itor take that love away . . .It is patient and forgivingwhen all others are forsaking,And it never fails or falterseven though the heart is breaking . ....  more...
 ice candy | 21:47 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (149)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Observing
I cried last night...
June, 1999Someone called and told my sister that my 10th board results have come.We all were excited and started getting ready to go to school.I was the last to leave the house.The phone rang and I picked it up.It was my sister's friend congratulating me.She said I had scored 90%.I said I did not believe her. It cannot be my score.I told her that I...  more...
 SamPra iTi | 13:16 | 23/May/2008
Friends: (240)  | City: Mind n Music!  | Interests: learning to sing ...
You Said!
Oh My Lord…You said… “Now may every living thing,Young or old, Weak or strong, Living near or far, Known or unknown, Living or departed or yet unborn….May every living thing… Be full of bliss…”  Oh Lord….You also lead us towards Freedom… Freedom from Hatred…Freedom from Guilt…Freedom from Slavery… from Illwill… from Vengeance…  And You fill our hea...  more...
 Moe M | 01:40 | 25/Jun/2008
Friends: (267)  | City: Third Rock  | Interests: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ -...
Life N Living
Relationships We were lovers, but now she is my biggest enema!We have hated each other for so long.I want to borrow the hatchet.My relationship with my ax girlfriend was so painful. 4) FOOD AND COOKINGDo you like this food?I made it from scratching!I never liked mushrooms,but now they are starting to grow in me.Do you like your coffee cremated?Are ...  more...
 Srikant Sree... | 15:30 | 4/Jun/2008
Friends: (16)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Technology, Scien...
Adobe unveils Acrobat.com
News Adobe unveiled Acrobat.com, an online suite that allows you to create word processing documents, share files, convert PDFs and hold Web conferences. AnalysisOn first glimpse, Acrobat.com looks really snazzy and bests other online productivity suites such as Google Docs and Zoho. The online suite supports Acrobat 9 which was also announced on M...  more...
 VirginatThirty | 23:58 | 13/Jun/2008
Friends: (138)  | City: Urban India  | Interests: TV Addict, Voyeur...
Ode to Love
It catches me in the strangest of places.Especially hits me when I'm looking not.Few have come my way,Especially when I feel naught.Those that come I acceptin all blinding ways.Am I so hard as I make myself to be,may be not, or else I'll Flay.More I try to get away,The more it pulls me in,Like the call of the sireensor the quicksand that sucks me i...  more...
 sunshine sun... | 23:16 | 23/Oct/2007
Friends: (60)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: reading is my pas...
HOW INNOCENT !!!!!!!!!
For the first time,a young moth leaves the nest and his mother warns him about people.After he gets back,he tells his mother,"you have exaggerated about the people.They arent so bad.The moment they saw me,they started to clap their hands."  more...
 dew | 16:05 | 13/Oct/2007
Friends: (67)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: reading blogs
Coconut Crab
                                          This species is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world. It is a rare and endangered animal. The claws are so powerful that they can lift objects like vegetation or rocks weighing upto 28kgs.     Courtesy : The Internet  more...
 SATISH MENON | 23:14 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (5)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: PHILOSOPHY,CRICKE...
LIFE, LIFE & LIFE
SOME QOTES (ORIGINAL)1.  LIFE IS A SMALL JOURNEY     NEVER MAKE IT LONG,    WITH YOUR BELIEF'S AND PREJUDICES2. CALIBRATE PERIODICALLY YOUR VALUES OF LIFE    RE VALIDATE TO ENSURE YOUR DIRECTION OF JOURNEY    ALSO TO REASSURE THE NEXT GENERATION    THE WAY, THEY ARE BEING LEAD TO.3.  A MAN PRAISES HIMSELF     HAS STARTED HIS FALL     IN THE EYES OF...  more...
 Maya | 11:27 | 11/Feb/2008
Friends: (67)  | City: Mangalore  | Interests: Music, Dancing, R...
Take this through your life!!!
Excerpt from You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle SchoolThe eagle gently coaxed her offspring toward the edge of the nest. Her heart quivered with conflicting emotions as she felt their resistance to her persistent nudging. “Why does the thrill of soaring have to begin with the fear of falling?” she thought. This ageless question still remained unanswere...  more...
 sijil | 00:02 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (107)  | City: calicut  | Interests: friendship,cricke...
TO ALL MY FRNDS
Kanikkonakal ......... Viriyuna..... Ponpulariyil........ Snehathinteyum...... Orayiram...... ************** ***************** ****************VISHU *********AASAMSAKAL************* Sijil Nair    more...
 mohan | 14:14 | 25/Jun/2008
Friends: (57)  | City: Trissur  | Interests: friendship, paint...
vegetable dyed Textiles...
VEGETABLE DYES  IN TEXTILES... ( a unique craft )As posted by our fellow ilander Mr. Sreeni.R ancient artists were using vegetable colors for murals as temple paintings and gufa paintings..It is also interesting to see vegetable colours are also being used for textiles from the ancient times. Few years back, I have spent few days with the craftsmen...  more...
 shefa | 17:30 | 6/Jun/2008
Friends: (361)  | City: Holly feet of sai  | Interests: Sai baba
Jai Sai Baba
Sathya Sai baba is the Omnipresent,Omnipotent and Omniscent One.As such ,His nature is unfathomable.He has this to say of the world:'There is only one religion-the religion of Love.There is only one langusge-the language of the Heart.There is only one caste-The caste of humanity.There is only one god-He is Omnipresent.  more...
 janus janus | 18:56 | 11/Jun/2008
Friends: (309)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Yoga, music, cook...
PVR scores
I have no hesitation in saying that of the malls I have visited in Mumbai, InOrbit easily scores over the rest. And part of its mystique is owing to the excellent food court, and of course Fame theatres. I have often wondered if anyone can better the combo, though I am told Atria mall in Worli does a neat job of it. But I have not so far been there...  more...
 Aditya Chandok | 10:36 | 16/Apr/2008
Friends: (39)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Gaming
tokyo drift  more...
 Purvi | 13:18 | 28/Dec/2007
Friends: (55)  | City: dhanbad  | Interests: Reading Dicionery...
Lesson
 Why is change needed?       The eagle has the longest life-span of its' species       It can live up to 70 years But to reach this age,  the  eagle must make a hard decision In its' 40's       Its' long and flexible talons can no longer grab  prey which serves as food     Its' long and sharp beak becomes bent         Its' old-aged and heavy wings,...  more...
 surendra upl... | 08:19 | 23/Jan/2008
Friends: (99)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Chess
Books
for quality used, rare, and out-of-print books online click the following link http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-2372680-10468647   can save 60% by buying used copies or international edition textbooks at above site.      more...
 vedika bothra | 14:55 | 27/Nov/2007
Friends: (14)  | City: Thane  | Interests: music, networking...
very simple but powerful way
Dear Internet Friend, Give me 7 minutes. I will show how to become a Millionaire.Anybody will think twice before investing their hard earned money in any company or business. But if you are told that you will get Lakhs in 10 days, will you believe it? But it is absolutely true!!. Are you ready to spend just Rs.140 to earn Lakhs in 10 days? After al...  more...
 satyendra sahoo | 22:38 | 9/Dec/2007
Friends: (204)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music,cricket,bus...
Beware of Airlines!!
Lufthansa Airlines                                                                                                                                        Passengers on a Lufthansa flight heard this announcement from the           captain:"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry to inform you that we have        lost power to all of our engines and will shor...  more...
 priyanka kur... | 10:37 | 14/Dec/2007
Friends: (56)  | City: Thiruvananthapuram  | Interests: Music, Writing ar...
A Tragic Love story!
LIFE HAD TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG DISASTER UNTIL I MET YOU.YOU BROUGHT BACK ALL THE LOST COLOURS OF MY LIFE.I WAS BEING SQUEEZED WITH MANY PROBLEMS AND THEN ONE DAY YOU CAME AND RELEASED ME OUT OF ALL MY CHAINS.NOW I TASTE THE VARIOUS DELICASIES OF LIFE.YOU TAUGHT ME TO EMBRACE LIFE WITH A SMILE AND NOW I HAVE STARTED LOVING MY LIFE JUST BECAUSE OF Y...  more...
 sunil sachdeva | 18:33 | 25/Dec/2007
Friends: (270)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: writing,freindshi...
MY WEALTH MY GRIEF
O’ LordI’ll gladly share \My wealth and happinessWith one and allBut my griefWith none at allThose are treasured momentsOf my strifeLocked with gifted memories Of lifeWhen morns golden rays blackedAll colorsNights silvery octopus tentaclesSqueezed lifeHot lyrical gem talks melteddown ears, When doors slammedAt sightTurning colors of hopeBlack or wh...  more...
 siddhartha m... | 16:38 | 13/Dec/2007
Friends: (561)  | City: OUTER SPACE  | Interests: travelling into t...
A JOURNEY COMES TO AN END IN LIFE
Dear friends,Time has now come to say goodbye to you all. My spaceship from my planet has arrived.Like every good thing in life,this stint was also temporary in nature.I knew all along that I will have to go one day but it was difficult to reconcile in mind.But what to do?Our life is like that.When I first joined this I land ,I was not knowing much...  more...
 Neeraj Jain | 17:45 | 10/Jun/2008
Friends: (179)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: I am a profession...
Webshots is amazign and immortal!
Hi frenz,How are you doing?Do you know I have been using Webshots for the past 4-5 years? During this period, I have seen many online photo Web sites starting their shops online and then closing down suddenly. But if there is one photo site which has always remained up is definitely Web shots. Webshots provide you the ability to upload thousands of...  more...
 DENSON JOSEPH | 22:39 | 27/May/2008
Friends: (720)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Fitness
AARUSHI MURDER CASE
Assuming Dr Talwar is innocent,I am just forced to think about the trauma which this broken hearted father might be going through.Here is a dead soul,who has just lost his dear daugther, his pain had not even subsided that he was arrested, accused & stigmatised as the "killer father", and to cap it all;is now currently being tormented, tortured & t...  more...
 Elisabeth | 03:39 | 22/Jun/2008
Friends: (451)  | City: Amsterdam  | Interests: painting,drawing,...
ORANJE CRUSHED !!!
Classy Russia leave Oranje crushed Dmitri Torbinski and Andrei Arshavin struck in the last eight minutes of extra time to take Russia into the UEFA EURO 2008™ semi-finals at the expense of the Netherlands as Guus Hiddink eliminated the nation of his birth.Russia dominance From the off Russia never allowed Marco van Basten"s previously imperious...  more...
 ASIM SAH | 23:29 | 8/Jan/2008
Friends: (21)  | City: Singapore  | Interests: everything that's...
Buckled or Buckonered...
was really stuck  wrote nothing but have to writeSo am coming out of self imposed hiatusAM Writing... Few thoughts ... all mineProfound for me, may be(infact am damned sure) profane for many So my ramblings begin_________________________________I wish u can see the sheer determination on my face...try as i hard as i can  but its difficult to curb t...  more...
 MANOHAR | 14:47 | 20/Jun/2008
Friends: (143)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: RAJESH KHANNA - T...
Hrithik Roshan collects three award trop...
Hrithik collected his three award trophies (Best Actor, Best Debut and Critics Choice) at the 31st Filmgoers Association Awards Nite at the Club Millennium, he appeared unfazed. With his famous smile, the Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai hero declared, ‘‘Maybe it’s too much too soon. Besides the fact that we really sloggedhard, I also owe my success to blessi...  more...
 Shivaja V | 23:20 | 19/Jun/2008
Friends: (69)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: Reading,writing,K...
Ye andar ki baat hai……….. Prologue This probably will be my last blog !!!!!!!  Either my son will kill me (but I doubt whether he is capable of matricide, because he takes after his Dad and loves me!) or he will pull out all the hair on his head in frustration! In all truth, I assure you, he will laugh it off and say “Amma is weird” in his inimitab...  more...