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I wonder whether you got this one some time back via email? And,maybe I posted it earlier?I'm not sure..the quip for this is' Know why Sachin is known as a thorough gentleman?' And, Cyn-this one's for you -I'm sure you won't find this one 'MCPesque'...hehe!!Just kidding..hope u all have a good laugh. And,in the meantime, let me enjoy the last day at work before the weekend,tomorrow,so that I can be fresh and ready to post,tomorrow evening or The Day After. BTW, did you read this headline in one of our Indian papers-it says: CAT to be taken by mouse now, not pen. More views on that later.Cheerio!!

(Can you imagine anyone answering questions in a school exam like the above ones?) Thought for the day: "The difference between an obstacle and an opportunity is our attitude towards it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity." -- J. Sidlo Baxter Weekends always provide some rest and relaxation and this one was no different. Firstly, some new ads spotted during my morning/evening walks. These ads are plastered everywhere nowadays- right from electricity poles to divider walls of buildings under construction, to walls of existing buildings. Two which had me laughing away, were: Available For immediate possession Executive Bachelor (Keshi, did you roll your eyes yet, reading this one?*grins*) Any guesses what this ad was all about? No, it was not for gigs of the olo type. ------------------------------------------------ Room- Bat Cat To Let Contact 050- (I still didn’t figure this one out) ------------------------------------------------ My...

Thought for the day: Even monkeys fall from trees. I feel like reminiscing about my first days in Dubai . Why? The answer's down there somewhere. So, here goes(I promise I won’t make it too boring..haha). The first thoughts of moving out of Baroda, came when my first company started asking me to think of moving to Mumbai, and, that made me think ‘If Mumbai, why not Dubai?’. As always, I only needed to think these thoughts and begin a job search and a friend called from Dubai asking whether I wanted to change over and move there. Three others from our group had already moved to the same Dubai Company. After a few agonizing days of waiting for the telephonic interview, the call finally came, it all clicked, and, after another few agonizing days, my visa came. By then, I’d already quit from my Indian Company. Again, things clicked as I wanted them to, and I was relieved from my Indian Co on 31 st December, 2001. After a week’s break, I left for Mumbai and reached Dubai on 9 th...

A nice weekend..and,for a change, our first day at work is a Monday, like the rest of the world outside the Gulf. (And, of course,it'll end a day earlier, on Thursday..haha) Are you looking for a way to lose weight? Kya aap motaape se pareshaan hain?( Don't I sound just like one of those TV shoppe ads??grin grin) Want to shed those extra pounds? There's a simple solution, as I found out- in the current Dubai weather of 43 deg C+ and @ 70% or more humidity , you only need to don your Tees and jogging trousers/shorts (anything less is not permitted, except on the beach) and go out for half an hour. Or more, if you don't feel dizzy by then. You'll lose at least half a kg of weight. Come back, change, go out again for another half hour or maybe one hour, after, of course a nice drink of water to keep the water levels in the body normal. Good idea,huh? Trust me to find an optimistic side to even such weather. Well, there's just about a month or two to go before the...

I know going green is the in thing to do, but, Poo(p) Paper? And, not human poo(p)-it's Haathi Chaap-a particular brand of paper that is not just hand-made,but is made by elephant poop. The paper, supposedly one of the most ecologically safe papers to make and use, comes in many bright colours and doesn't stink.(Why not, I wonder? Don't elephants eat fried stuff ones in a while?) For one, you don't cut trees. All you do is wait for the elephant(as per the article) to finish it's 250 kgs meal, digest it and drop 100 kgs of dung(No wonder they're overweight, is my comment- if the rest 150 kgs is absorbed each time). Then, you collect the poop, use water to remove nutrients from it(Use this nutrient-rich water as fertilizer) and convert the fibrous waste to beautiful pooper,nee,paper. The paper can be coloured any shade, though the original colour of the paper depends on what the elephant's diet of the day was. I guess collecting elephant dung won't be the ...

(Click to enlarge) Thought for the day: When you are successful Your well wishers know who you are When you are unsuccessful You know who your well wishers are .............................. .............. Another thought: Falling down is not defeat... Defeat is when you refuse to get up... I always wax eloquent about Baroda and each time I visit there, so, this time I’ll quickly skim through the details of the visit- the highlights, so to speak: - Getting up at 5-515 AM, going to the EME Temple for the morning prayers. What was interesting one day, was seeing the Panditji (priest) in spotless white jogging shorts and T-shirt. On this day, even though I (like the others) reached at 0535 AM, the prayers were midway already. After they ended, the Panditji came and said’ from today we will have prayers at 515 instead of 545, because the HQ feels that people involved in religious activity also have to be fit and fine. So, he would be g...

View from the Resort Room..notice the free coconuts? One of the fountains at the resort Outside view of a room at the Resort The entrance to The Resort Thought for the day: Thoughts Become Things! Day 2 in Goa : The day dawned nice and bright. A lazy waking up, a nice half hour walk around the Resort and off to breakfast, which was as sumptuous as the day before. The rest of the day flew by, courtesy the wedding festivities. In the evening, there was another program, which began with two experienced salsa dancers demonstrating their skills for the first three dances and then demonstrated to those wanting to learn some basic steps. Great fun for all! Then, the wedding- remember the pic I put up sometime back asking you to guess what the location was used for? Well, the wedding mandap was put up on it, with toughened glass top and all. Amazing! And, someone wondered what would happen if the fountains started suddenly. That was day 2. Day 3 was our ‘extra’ day at the...

Thought for the day:: Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do. Neale Donald Walsch - Would you buy a bottle of water for AED 250/-( @Rs 3250/-), even if it was crystal encrusted? Even I contributed my two bits to the article(See comment by ‘ayeayeal’) . Some of the other comments were very interesting. What do you think? Are such status symbols worth it? The brand even has a 10000 Swarovski crystals encrusted bottle for those interested, costing just AED 15000/(Rs. 1,95,000/-). I can imagine some of hoipolloi in our part of the world as well, having a kiddy, nee, kitty party(not much difference) and saying ‘Beta, zara woh do lakh waali paani ki bottle to laana’. (Son, could you bring that Rs 2 lakhs bottle of water?) -...