Sunday, September 30, 2007

Marriage is a boon or a bane!


Few weeks before while we were doing chit chatting during lunch hours, we came across a discussion about "after marriage how the life is going to be?". (You might think "I'm not married then how come you can talk about this as if you had previous experience". Yes, you are correct. I don’t have previous experience, hmm what to do, but I can put forth my views right ha ha.). For few people it was great and for few it sounded dull.

But everyone had a opinion that after marriage don't dream and expect much, coz when I told them how beautiful it will be when you woke up in the morning to get a good coffee without even brushing your teeth (bed coffee I wanted to say). Your wife getting up so early in the morning and looking fresh after taking bath and wearing a beautiful dress which you like and coming to you smiling and asking you to get up. You are asking her for some more minutes of sleep request! and she is showing her dissent and pulling your bed spreads from you. (Doesn’t it sound like some movie!) When I said this everyone bursted out laughter and said "Sajith, is this your wish list? Never even think like this gonna happen. May be the first day, if you are really lucky then it could happen! I asked why not after that? They all said C'mon man what you are saying might happen in 50's and not now. May be it can happen like this and joked. “In one tamil movie, the girl friend of our hero tries to wake him up in the untimely hours (2am) and asking him to eat hot idlies and our hero cries out coz he doesn’t like her”. (Rajini & Radha)
I started to argue with them why it wont happen and started my as usual dialogues. “When you want to achieve something if you think you can and give a little push then it will happen”. If you really love your partner and ask her to treat a surprise to you one day, she will definitely treat a surprise. But don’t expect that surprise to happen everyday then it will not be a surprise at all and don’t expect such surprise to happen without telling it as a wish!
After I said this, they started to think. I was happy that I made them think and may be they might try out in the near future!

Audiences : Ladies & gentlemen present so this discussion was not one sided.

A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.

Dave Meurer, "Daze of Our Wives"

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Amusing Incidents in US - Part 2


How smoke detector became my villain?

I would like to boast myself that I'm a good cook. Don't give a look. I'm telling serious. One fine Sunday, I was cooking sambar , rasam and potato curry (That day something struck my mind and said, "Sajith, you can do it", that's why I touched the cooking utensils. Otherwise who cares!). Here the hotel rooms are closed completely and the windows cannot be fully opened and smoke detectors are placed to detect any smoke, so that fire accidents can be avoided. Coolers/ heaters are in the room which can be used to control the temperature. Why I'm saying all this? Got puzzled? Adding pepper and salt to get more flavor. Hope you would able to predict something I guess!

Finished cooking sambar and was about to cook rasam. Poured oil into the vessel and the vessel became so hot which I didn't notice. When I added garlic and mustard seeds, a thick smoke came out from the pan, as if coming out from steam engine, and within minutes I started to hear siren coming from fire engine. For a couple of minutes I was wondering what the heck happened and has any police arrived to hotel? Suddenly I realized that it is coming out from the smoke detector in my room. Oh man! You know, I started to sweat like a pig and didn't know what to do?

The smoke detector is in the roof above the bed, so tried to wave my hands off to clear the smoke. Ran length of the room and tried to open window couldn't open. Tried to keep the door but was worried coz i don't want the next door person to give a stare look on me. Suddenly an idea struck me, did kept the coolers to the coldest temperature. Switched on the TV and kept in high volume to suppress this sound. All done still this alarm is wailing. So I prepared myself by saying, "Sajith, this is your worst day prepare yourself and don't worry man whoever comes and questions you or throws you out of the hotel. Don't worry this is not the end of world. You will definitely find a way to come out of it. You have friends who can make you stay in their rooms". So many thinking went through and I switched off the burner everything and poured water on it to look as if i wasn't cooking at all and all the utensils went into the kitchen cabinet and nothing was outside and I was whistling a Tamil song which encourages how to face any situation but still horror in my face was clearly visible when I checked the mirror in the bath room.

Bit curious to know what happened? This siren went for fifteen minutes and no one turned up and I rang up my colleague and told up this incident and asked him why the hotel authorities didn't turn up?

He said, this is quite usual man, since there were lots of Indians used to stay in that hotel. They know that some Indian is doing cooking. Ha ha!

Finally I relaxed myself and laughed thinking about my genius work!

THE END

Cast: Hero - Me, Main Villain - Smoke Detector, Villain1 - Rasam, Special Appearance – Cooler

To know about smoke detector take a look here.
Smoke Detector

Amusing incidents in US! Part 1.


I would like to share a couple of incidents I came across in US.

1. How a name can be killed by Indian?

One of my friends was working in a call center job and he got a call from american lady. This guy is new to US and doesn't have got much acquianted with the American names. He was actually sitting on another person's seat and the call was for him. Following is the conversation
Customer : Hello I'm Bonnie here, can I talk to Ramesh?
Hero: Hi Vaani, Ramesh is not available in his seat right now. Would you to leave a message?
Customer : Thanks, Tell him that Bonnie called and ask him to give a call once he comes.
Hero : Thanks Vaani, I'll definitely pass on the message.

Once Ramesh comes, this guy, our hero tells him, "Hei Ramesh, Vaani called you and asked you to call her back". "I dont know anyone by that name, are you serious? Now our hero starts to realise things that somewhere he has done wrong. After a couple of minutes of racking his brains , "Yeah she sounded american, could I be wrong?" Ramesh searches all his contact list and finally comes to know that it was Bonnie who called up and laughed seeing our poor chap's mistaken identity!

How a name can be killed by American ?

My name is Sajith. Here in America J is silent. So think of the tortures, one has to go through.
X : Hello! am I talking to SAHITH ..( Mummy! the name which you fondly put is dying ma.)
X : Hello! am I talkin to SAAAAHI... (looks like he got a old tape recorder winding dead slow, will you stop it grrr.)
X : Hello! Can I talk to Saith ( Yeah you are talking to Saithan kee Bacha (devil's son) only.. Man stop it, I'm really pissed off).
X : Hello! Can I talk to SAHI ( Yeah you are talking to Mr. Right C'mon man don't make my day worser)

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Corporate Jokes.


This happened in real life.

My friend was a consultant and happened to be there at the customer site when the project go live was happening. As a part of sign off process he asked the Director of finance on how the project is going and how the product addresses their requirements.
For this Director told "Well my friend X, My COO asked me why we have not chosen this wonderful product even though it was in the market for more than 1o years". My friend 'X' got excited and told it is such a nice product and it has got lots and lots of features but i dont know why you didnt came across earlier. Can you tell me, what best feature in the product has impressed you?

Well,when we used our earlier product we used to get a turnaround of 30million but now it has gone 300 million. Can you ask someone to look into this issue and resolve this issue asap and get your ass out of this place immediately and dont waste my time and energy!!

My friend got totally stunned with this reply. Happy moment became a most embarassing moment in his life. Still laughs when he thinks about that.

Friday, March 09, 2007

Is it right to Pinpoint the mistakes done by others.

Suppose your wife or kid or friend or colleague or subordinate does a mistake and you are very sure that this mistake needs to be pinpointed to them and make them realise that it is a mistake, will you directly go and pinpoint to them. If yes then you are wrong coz they might feel low in those circumstances coz they might have done inadvertently or they dont know that it is a mistake at all. So in such cases you might ask what is best way to realise that they have committed a mistake. Solution : Make them realise by setting yourself as a role model in the long run or tell to them in such a way that they has to realise their mistake as well as dont get hurt.

Let me tell you a story. In the OLD myth, Sridevi and Moodevi were fighting with each other to know Who is beautiful in this world. At that time NARATHA came through the way so they both asked him to give a verdict. Naratha got perplexed and he sweated coz he has been put up in a difficult situation. If he tells Sridevi is beautiful then Moodevi will stay in his house and give problems whereas if he tells Moodevi is beautiful then Sridevi will go away from his house. So he thought for a while and asked both of them to walk for a while.

Now he gave the following verdict : Sridevi looks very beautiful when she arrives whereas Moodevi looks beautiful when she goes away. Both of them got convinced with this reply and went away with Joy.

In this story who has won, a. Sridevi - No b. Moodevi - No. It is actually Naradha coz of his wise reply.

I explained to this to my friend and he tried this mantra at home. He came and told me this "My wife doesnt wash the clothes or clean the house so i set myself as a role model washed the clothes and cleaned the house for a week. The following week my wife came and told me happily "i dont know these years that you are a best dhobi and housekeeper so the forthcomin years also please continue". What i have to do now."

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

I love chennai.

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I went through this website and it was kind of promotional website and telling about Chennai and also trying to make chennai a wonderful place to live in. It contains some interesting articles and photography to go through. Please spare sometime if you really love chennai.

I Love Chennai

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Most beautiful presentation about love!!

Dedicated to girls who have lost their pretty boyfriends. If you fwd this link definitely your lost love might come back. Listen with speakers on since it is too nice to hear.

Prettyboy

Monday, January 08, 2007

License to Kill - 2

I was goin in 40kms (very high speed for me coz of the experience) and these cows as usual was going to cross the roads. So i asked my master whether we shall wait for the cows to cross or go through. Master tells me " Arre Sajith you can easily cross this c the cows are 20 ft beyond dont you have sense to calculate this". I thought why the hell did i posted this question to him. Anyway i had fears in my mind but i moved on.

Suddenly the cow boy makes some noise "kkk kkk bruaaah" thats it all the cows started running like they caught a mad cow disease. I dont know what to do now i pressed on accelerate button instead of brake so my car is also running mad so i took a wild turn and went on rampage spree hitting the nearby dustbin (plastic) etc and i dont know what happened then coz i closed my eyes fully (its best way to avoid watching horrible things right).

Everyone nearby came and asked anything happened to me then only i realised am still unhurt. I cant blame anyone coz if i have to whom i have to 1. master for giving the decision or 2. the cow boy for makin such noise or 3. the cows for running mad.
After this incident if i happen to see any dog or cow or sheep ill let them pass the road then only ill move on even though they are miles apart (similar to the diesel engine oil advertisement - lorry driver allow the cycle to overtake him).

License to Kill - 1


This happened while i was learning to drive a car. Everyone will have some kind of experience to share while learning to drive. Me too had.

I was learning to drive the car in the 100 Ft road in velachery at 730 in the morning. At this time there wont be much traffic. So i was comfortable riding the car and ill drive as such i was a pilot of airplane. Eyes glued on to the roads so much that even the pebbles were visible something which you can see only if you use the lens. ( See how much concentration am having). One more thing ill drive the car very slowly like a bullock cart so the master will scold me that you better go and ride a bullock cart itself. It will just pass through my ears like a breeze.
Everyday near the rathna cafe some cows used to pass the roads every morning i dont know why they cross the roads (coz there is no place nearby to gaze upon). Sometimes it will be 1 or 2 other day it will be 6 or 7. I think they are going for a morning walk like oldies used to in beaches.

This particular day was quite normal and i was little bit comfortable riding the car. But still have one hand on gear and other on steering wheel and one foot normally focussed on break if not accelerated and other on clutch.

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Periodic Table Amazing!!


Back to School Days. Think which subject will be your toughest. For me it was Chemistry.
I dont know is it coz it did a lot of chemical reactions in my stomach before going for exam or benzene ring looks like a hang for me.
Sometimes even steam came out through my ears the moment I saw the question paper.
It reminds me the very first day of chemistry class. I think it was 8th or 9th not very sure on this. Teacher comes with a big stick in hand (tall enough to his height). I thought may be he is a P.T sir, going to explain us how to play polevault. To my sadness later point of time I came to realise that he is a chemistry teacher and what he is carrying is a periodic table. The chart looked nice and i really enjoyed watching it like a poster of cinema star. Later he told that we need to memorise those elements in the periodic table, i thought of running out of the class. I cursed the people who discovered the new elements and made my life miserable.
Finally i stood by my fate and mugged out upside down and came out unscathed and all is a different story altogether.

To refresh yourself just go through the periodic table seen in the pic. Its really different from the usual ones.

PeriodicTable

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

What element is your Love?

Your Love Element Is Wood

In love, you tend to gently dominate and guide your partner.
For you, love is all about sharing goals and future plans.

You attract others with creativity and vision.
Your flirting style is defined by your honesty and assertiveness.

Growth and improvement are the cornerstones of your love life.
You may focus on goals too much in relationships, but you never come out of them with a loss.

You connect best with: Water

Avoid: Metal

You and another Wood element: will be doomed to a stormy relationship

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Dating in Workplace...


Recently while I was going through this website and noticed that the information posted in the site has got more relevance to our present day living. Also the point to be noted it was a kind of advice to workers who normally get tangled with rumours and certainly get spoilt in their lives. Eventhough the title seems little bit odd but the content seems good.

Just go through the same and make yourself prepared to face with intelligence if you have any :).

Dating

Note : Points mentioned in that website is relevant to US federal law, but nowadays it has become more applicable to our living coz of economic boom.
While you are away, movie stars are taking your women. Robert Redford is dating your girlfriend, Tom Selleck is kissing your lady, Bart Simpson is making love to your wife.
Baghdad Betty, Iraqi radio announcer, to gulf war troops

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Never Smoke near your house!!


Story told by my friend :
He is a chain smoker and used to go to pettyshops to smoke. Once he smokes the smell should not come so he will get a betelnut or chewing gum to avoid being a suspect( Every dick and harry in town does that, just added little spice here). He is so frequent to these petty shops that once the shopkeeper sees his face automatically keeps one Wills flake and a betelnut.
Everything was going usual until one day his dad came along with him to this petty shop to get a betelnut and leaf. On seeing his face the shop owner automatically keeps the cigar. To his embarassment he could not tell the shop owner to hide the cigar.
His dad is a very stubborn guy and he still fears him a lot. It was such a moment he could not think what he has to do. Dad becomes suspicious on seeing this and asks him why the shop owner has kept the cigar on seein him. This guy feels that the world is goin to get over.

Continued in comments....

Thursday, November 30, 2006

M.A.


One of my friends got degree in both Tamil and English. I was just boasting this to my friends that see how determined that guy was to get a degree in languages and was explaining about his temperament to achieve such distinction. While we were seriously discussing about this one of my friend told me that he too got such a degree. We were all perplexed as we had heard that the guy did his graduation in some other stream (Commerce).

Then one of my friends asked "Buddy! then you were supposed to have become a lecture in some college. Why you came into the IT field and making our lives miserable".

For that he replied "Did I say that I did graduation, my friends called me fondly M.A M.A (In tamil which means UNCLE) which is also a distinction right". After saying this he giggled.

We are still searching for that guy as he escaped from the clutches of our hands after this scene.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, 1891

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Count on your Enemies!


On birthday of Abimanyu's wife, he bought a gift for his wife and presented to her. The uniqueness of the gift is that it will tell which person/ thing is there in the person's mind. When abimanyu's wife looked into the present it showed Abimanyu coz she always think about him. At that time Balarama came and enquired whether he can check whats in his mind, it showed a battalion of army with he himself marchin in the front. Everyone was busy checkin what is in their mind but Krishna remained silent and not getting involved in this act. So Abimanyu tried Krishna and enquired him y not he. For that Krishna told if you people come to know who is the person in my mind always then you all will astonish. But people still persisted to show him. Finally Krishna agreed and sat infront of the gift, the gift shows the face of SHAKUNI. Everyone asked y him, for that Krishna told the following " you all people will think about me only when there is something good or bad happens in my life whereas SHAKUNI will always think about me on how to destroy me thats y he comes first".
"So count on your enemies you will become famous very quick."
Disclaimer: Not very sure whether this incident really happened in Mahabharatha, it was told by my friend and found to be interesting so posted this.
Hate the sin, Love the sinner
Mahatma Gandhi

Friday, November 24, 2006

Lights On! Start Camera! Action!


Recently i came across one of the beautiful site, explaining the nuances of photography. After seeing the website i was spellbounded as if just woken up by a dream. There is definitely a third eye needed to see the beautiful sceneries revolving around our every day aspects of life. Kudos to the photographer and definitely one should not forget that you need high resolution cameras to get those stills captured.

For that you need to spend some bucks :)

Photos