Heights !

HEIGHT OF ISOLATION: Two persons sitting side by side using emails to communicate with each other.

HEIGHT OF COWARDICE: Two persons fighting through emails.

HEIGHT OF HELPLESSNESS: Receiving no emails for a week.

HEIGHT OF FRUSTRATION: The email server being down.

HEIGHT OF CARELESSNESS: Writing a love mail and doing a 'Send All.'

HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT: A person sending email to a girl wanting to become friends and getting a reply.

HEIGHT OF TIMEPASS: A person sending email to himself.

HEIGHT OF EXPECTATION: Sending Indian cricket team an e-mail,wishing them to win a match.

HEIGHT OF REPETITION: Forwarding an email to someone and receiving the same email forwarded back to you by some one in the receiving chain.

HEIGHT OF BROWSING: You are swimming in the water pond and shout "F1 F1 F1 " instead of shouting "HELP" when you are unable to swim.

LEFT BRAIN VS RIGHT BRAIN

While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make CLOCKWISE circles. Now, while doing this, Draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand finger.

If you notice carefully,your foot will change direction (ANTICLOCKWISE) and there is nothing you can do about it.

Things Around Me

I shuttle between Chennai and Bangalore quite often. These days if I have to book a train ticket, do you know how far I go? Nowhere. Ditto with Cinema tickets, tickets for concerts, air tickets etc. I simply have to use the Internet and find a way out. It is amazing how things have changed for better. I’m sure that the usage of internet is much more than what I know it can do.

I remember the days when we had to settle for the local kirana shops for anything that we needed to buy for home, right? These days, We step into a mall and buy more than what we actually want!

Mobile phone was a distant dream about seven years ago. I carry a phone now. Not only that, I feel restless if I don’t have it with me except when I’m asleep.Its like my detachable sixth finger!! The penetration of mobile phone is so high that it has become fashionable not having a mobile now!

This incident happened about five years ago. I accompanied my mom to the local bank to withdraw some cash. I initiated a conversation with one of the officer and I was checking if he can give me a credit card application form (I used to work in a private bank then), I was startled when the officer asked me if I knew what a credit card was!These days a Gold Credit Card is just phone calls away – that too a life time free card with credit limits that I can never repay at one go if I use them fully!

By the way, you must know that I have never gone to the bank where my salary gets credited. The face of the bank to me is the Internet banking, Telephone banking and the ATMs. If I’m too fond of seeing the bank where I have an account, I have to shell out 100 bucks per entry. Unbelievable? Huh!
Gone are the days when every arterial road in a city had an ATM. These days every street or a lane has more than one ATM. Or if you prefer, the ATM will come near you. Thanks to the Mobile ATMs.

If you work for a company in a grade where you are eligible for II AC train ticket for all your official travel, I’m sure you must have got an intimation from your HR that from now on all your official travel will be by air because the train fare is expensive!. These days, all flights go choc-o-block and the Airports are no less than a fish market. Buddy - welcome to the world of low-cost air travel.

There are many more instances and changes that amaze me - The sophistication that we as consumers have got, the technology that facilitates turning dream to reality.

I wonder about people in my Country who have no access to all that I have mentioned.
I wonder about people who have little in hand to even survive.
While we go to ATMs and Malls and Airports - what about people who are there just outside begging for their livelihood.
I wonder if I can live without these.
I wonder what more I should expect.
I Wonder.

TFTD - Thought for the Day

If you feel like doing some work, sit down and wait until the feeling goes away ;-D

So what if your Boss is around ??!!

I was checking this website www.lastminute.com . I went to this site not because I wanted to shop online, but I have heard so much about this venture – started when the Internet was ‘IN’ and still surviving. The stock price of this company which is listed in the UK is a lot less than what it was during the boom period.

There has been a lot of news recently questioning whether the Internet bubble is about to burst. The current huge drop in the share price of lastminute.com – the flagship web site of young British Internet entrepreneurs – is seen by many as the first sign that Internet mania could have reached its peak and has started to plummet towards oblivion. This is some piece of information for you.

An Interesting Observation- Well, there is something more in this web-site than the usual ‘BUY THIS’ and ‘BUY THAT’. On the top right side of the web-page, I noticed something like “The boss is watching – look busy”. Clicking on that took me to a page displaying some ‘spreadsheets’ and ‘analysis’. This is obviously made up. Interesting. Now you know how to shop online for your holidays while at work and still escape from your BOSS if he watches you. But don't worry anyways - May be he is doing the same thing!!

HappyNewYear.Com

Hello All- Another great and a very special day. Its the beginning of New year to a whole lot of people in South India. My best wishes to those who celebrate the New year and to those who do not need a reason to celebrate!

My day began with three missed calls on my hand phone when i got up at six in the morning!!! The closest I could get to my folks on this lovely day is to make a call and wish them - Which I did. The Vadaa, Payasam and Mango pachadi is a must in every Tamil home on a new years day. But i settle for the normal routine in Bangalore as i live in a paying guest accommodation.

Watching those special 'New year' programs in Sun TV, Raj TV or Vijay TV at home is part of the celebrations these days! I bet everyone agrees with me.
For those looking for entertainment outside 'home sweet home', there's the 'Chandramukhi' and 'Mumbai Express' which is showing in theatres. There is so much craze for these movies even in Bangalore. The theatres are gonna go full house for the next one week or so. I might catch up with the movie in a day or two. I will give you the review on that immediately:-)

While on this, i have to tell you about something hilarious that happened yesterday - One of my friend was asking someone he knew if he got the tickets.......That tamil guy responded - ethuku? oorukaa?kovilukkaa? My friend (who thinks he is the biggest fan of Rajini!) got annoyed. he said in the famous 'Chennai Tamizh'- enna nakkalaa? Thalaivar padam naalaiku release aaguthu, nee ennadaanaa oorukaa, kovilukkaanu kekare?.....i was laughing for the next ten minutes continuously.

In my opinion, the greatest way to celebrate any occasion, or for that matter, any day is to be with people who love to spend time with you. And being nice to them and to show commitment and confidence in the relationship. So what are you still looking at? Spread the message. Show to your loved ones that you care and celebrate. Have a nice day. Happiness Always.

The title of this article is dedicated to the silicon valley of India that I live in.

Cooool terms

One good soul sent me this stuff.Thought i must share it with you. I found it very interesting. Especially the one on 'Cellular Macarena'!! Enjoy.

Anticipointment: The feeling you get when a product or event doesn't live up to its own hype. "Windows ME was a huge anticipointment."

Audio caffeine: High energy, stimulating music that gets you moving in the morning.

BHNC: Big Hat, No Cattle. Another way of saying "all talk, no action”. Alludes to bragging cowboys.

Bobbleheading: The mass nod of agreement by participants in a meeting to comments made by the boss even though most have no idea what he just said.

Cellular Macarena: The dance that occurs when a cellular phone rings in a public place. Everyone reaches for their coat pocket, front pants pocket, back pants pocket, etc.

Director of First Impressions: A receptionist. Once the punch line of an Internet joke, it's now an actual job title at some companies.

Entity: A legitimate word that once primarily heard in science fiction stories. "Sorry, Captain, but the interference is being caused by an unknown entity. Now the business sector is abusing the term: "We've established a strategic partnership with another entity." Translated: "We don't really know how to do that so we have outsourced that part of the job to another company."

Forward-worthy: E-mail deemed worthy of being passed along to friends and colleagues.

Generation O: Move aside Gen X! The O stands for obesity since the latest generation of kids are the fattest in history.

Sept. 10: Anything that's outdated, old-fashioned or no longer cool. Used to describe the world that existed prior to Sept. 11, 2001. "That dress is so Sept. 10."

Spinach cinema: A movie that’s supposedly “good for you,” but you dread having to see.

Surfer's voice: The inattentive, half-hearted tone (punctuated with surreptitious tapping of a keyboard) that means the person on the other end of the phone is more focused on surfing the Web, reading e-mails and trading instant messages than listening to you.

Vampire creativity: Marketing term for a commercial that is so creative and entertaining that people remember the ad, but not the product being sold

'Phone'tastic

I have lived in Uganda for about 4 months when i was there on an official assignment.I have a friend there with whom i was having a light discussion on how technology can confuse people. Since i come from the software industry, i cant help but get puzzled about the 'gadgets' around me. I was narrating to her how the other day in my office (in Bangalore) when i wanted to reach someone, I lifted the receiver of my phone and started typing the numbers on my computer key board (Can you believe it actually happened!!?!!) I only felt better off after listening to what she had to say. She mentioned that once she wanted to talk to her friend from her work phone.After realising that she had typed in the wrong number, she was actually looking for a 'Backspace' button on the instrument!! If you can beat this, post it. Lets have a laugh:-)