Sitting down may be worse for you than you think.
Read this.

Some things are best unsaid.

I've tried to hide it
So that no one knows
But I guesss it shows
When you look into my eyes.

-Backstreet Boys

Uncertain future

Do you try to imagine the future sometimes and realize that you have absolutely zero clue how its gonna pan out? Given a choice, unable to make one, while at the same time realizing that not making a choice at all, is also in a way, a choice by itself?

Maybe this is what they call a mid-life crisis. Or is it? Or was it the quarter-life crisis? How to know for sure that one is doing the right thing at the right time?

I do NOT subscribe to the notion that "The ends justify the means". :-|

Source: www.dilbert.com

You know you are addicted to gmail, when you read a single mail (remember yahoo?) and expect the entire conversation to be above and below it, ordered by date. :-)

Why do I blog?

I do not imagine that many people will read my blog and start seeing things my way. I do not expect that people will read my blog and start understanding me better as a person. This blog is not a live journal. Then why do I blog?

This blog is authentically mine ~\cite{Chavan}. The thoughts are authentically mine. Sometimes putting thoughts to paper helps me release them, lessen the burden of thinking, possibly.

I love the English language; many of my previous posts stand testament to that. But mostly, I just blog because I can. Just because I can..

Extinguishing fires

This is an overview of the fire-fighting demonstration session we had today.

5 types of fires:-
A - ordinary household fire
B - oil, petrol, diesel fire
C - gas fire
D - metal fire (sodium, phosphorous)
E - electrical fire

4 types of fire extinguishers:-
1. water - used for household fires. Once opened, will need to go for re-filling before using again.
2. carbon-dioxide - can be used for all types of fires, generally recommended. Re-usable until exhausted. Just open/close the tap as needed. Remember that the hose will get cold and don't let the noise scare you.
3. dry powder - useful for household fires and open fires. Will last only for 5-6 seconds, so aim well before firing.
4. foam - useful for household fires and open fires. Will last for a minute or so.

The session was refreshing. But will I be able to put it to good use when the time comes? Only time will tell.

Feb 9 - The bad, The good and The beauty

I am sorry to inform you that the submission was not selected by the program committee to appear at XXX 2010.
-Program Chairs

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If I have given you an appointment, you need not take another one from the counter.
-Dentist

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It is O.K.
You may go ahead.
-Dr. K.K.S

Just another sunday

A few years back when I was based out of Pune, we used to travel within the city in these auto-rickshaw lookalikes called "tum-tum". Those were the days when I used to indulge in a spot of blogging called "The tum-tum musings". Ever since I moved out of Pune, I havent been able to do that. However, many a times I have thought that even while traveling in buses, I do engage myself in these so-called musings. So finally, today I decided to blog about my musings for the day, a sunday.

First and foremost, the BEST buses themselves. Thats what I travel in these days; so natural that I observe them a lot. What a transformation they are undergoing these days! Just a few months back, probably all we had were some beaten up, old chassis plying the city. But then they came up with some new AC buses along some select routes. Next, they started upgrading the normal buses too; so we got newer (read redder) buses with plastic individual seats instead of those generic benches, and some green and yellow lines running horizontally along the center.

Ofcourse, advertising and sponsorship caught on a lot during these times. All along the sides and the back, there would be commodity and movie ads, not to forget ads of even the "K" serials! Then sponsorship entered inside the bus, with the seats advertising tuition classes and FM radio shows. Even the hand grips have become transparent plastic so as to enable advertisement!

In the mean time, buses continued to get upgraded. There were red coloured star buses introduced. These are buses with huge windows, and all seats inside are in plain view from the outside. They would have digital displays for the destination names, and automatic door open/close mechanism. Then came some purple coloured star buses. Well, I havent found out whats extra in the purple-coloured variety other than the colour change. But these star buses are still in the luxury variety because the seats are plusher, and the tickets costlier than the normal fare.

And just today, I saw a new BEST "normal" bus with a twist. What was normal about it was that it was the regular red colour with the green and yellow lines. And the twist was that the destination and bus number display was on a scrolling LED display! So the conductor doesnt have to manually scroll the huge black cloth through the signboard anymore. They hopefully just punch in the bus number and the corresponding destination name starts scrolling like a marquee. I know its not that big of a deal, but I did look at it and say, "Wow thats an improvement, I want to take that bus." :D B-)

love this one!

teri kali ankhiyo se
jind meri jaage
dhadkan se tej daudun
sapno se aage

ab jaan lut jaaye
ye jahaan chhut jaaye
sang pyaar rahe
main rahun na rahun

sajda.. tera sajda
din raen karun
nahi chaen karun