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 16:40 | 19/Aug/2008
Moments in a day can often become memori...
Moments in a day can often become memories of a lifetime.  Today morning while I was driving to work, one of my favourite songs was playing – ‘A new day has come’ by Celine Dion. There is something really magical in her voice, in this song that gets me into another world, for a brief while I almost forgot I was driving. This song and voice like so ... more...
 16:20 | 4/Aug/2008
What can Rs.3 do?
What can Rs.3 do? Have you ever wondered what Rs.3 can do?A smoke for the chimneys called smokers perhaps, a strand of flowers for the women folk, a sachet of shampoo for most of us and maybe a few toffees for kidos but am sure we don’t add up a few of these 3’s to make our livelihood!  Quite stark isn’t it? To think people actually sell various th... more...
 15:01 | 29/Jul/2008
To PEE or not to PEE
To pee or not to pee!! The answer is rather obvious isn’t it? I mean none of us would want to store it am sure.But I was in this rather unusual dilemma sometime back. I undertake this ‘Great Indian Car Journey’ everyday morning where in I cover a distance of approximately 36 kms one way and depending on Mother Nature (whether it pours or not), the ... more...
 12:29 | 24/Jul/2008
The Post Mortem Of a Write Up!!
The Post Mortem of a write up! The reason for this post perhaps stems from my primary urge to write! We write, all of us do, at various points in time, on a wide range of topics – personal, philosophical, sentimental, fictional, mythological, moral etc but we all write…..and wait. Wait for reactions, good, bad and the ugly! We feel happy, sad, bad,... more...
 17:33 | 22/Jul/2008
My first brands
My first brands….This post is probably the easiest to write, all you need is a fairly good memory, a tinge of sentiment or the ability to gup! Ha.Ha. Let’s see how much I can remember (have acquired some of them fairly recently and therefore I still have a few of these, with the possible exception of the disposable ones- u’ll know what I mean when ... more...
 17:24 | 18/Jul/2008
Why do we blog?
Why do we blog?  I’m probably asking this question a touché early – am hardly a month old out here but this got me wondering much before that! What do we seek? Do we seek anything at all? Are we looking for friends? Are we looking for anonymous friends? Are we here because we get free internet? Or great browsing rates?Or just kill time?Do we want t... more...
 20:59 | 12/Jul/2008
Romancing the train!
Romancing the Train!! Chai Chai…garam Chai!.....Kaaaju..yeh kaaaju!!...Meals/Dinner bolo…meals dinner?Nahhh I ain’t turned into a salesman, just rutting out what I’ve been hearing the last few days! This is my fourth night in train, fourth in the last five days…..boy am I enjoying it! At the cost of sounding elitist it’s been a while since I have t... more...
 18:58 | 8/Jul/2008
I don't want to be more happy
After weeks of trying to find a reason why am not writing a blog, I gathered enough reasons of why I should be writing one!! This is my first blog, let’s see how it goes(Do mind the lingo and typos)  Have you ever wondered why one wants to be ‘more happy’? I mean even if you are happy one always strives to be ‘more happy’. Let me narrate an inciden... more...
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 ravinder rawat | 13:15 | 17/Aug/2008
Friends: (114)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: SURFING, NET MARK...
Beauty of working from Home
The beauty of working at home!Here"s what my life is like now I"m working from home. I get up out of bed, walk over to my computer and login to check to see how much money I made while I was sleeping. I prepare myself a nice cup of coffee, catch up on the news then go for a nice morning walk... and that"s during the week!Notice that I haven"t said ...  more...
 raja | 22:08 | 17/Aug/2008
Friends: (69)  | City: Coimbatore  | Interests: everything the wo...
LISTEN TO ME
LISTENTO ME (A short story)                                                     Tick tock…ticktock, everything around me happens just like clock work. It is yet anotherbeautiful morning; I don’t know how many of you admire the beauty of themorning, the sun, the birds and the colours of twilight. I am surrounded bybeauty and I do wish the smell will ...  more...
 myparadise | 00:53 | 12/Aug/2008
Friends: (66)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Plz Dnt Stop The ...
"learner or loner ! "
no ! m not a poet not even a writer,however m a gud orator on my isolated iland....no ! i dnt hve regrets  being a loner ........as i believe loner will radiant sooner!thus, m a learner on my isolated iland..........n without "You fellow blogger" it wudnt b possibleYour blogs gives me inspiration to do smthng........whenevr  i  hv tried hard to do ...  more...
 cubicile blues | 14:34 | 13/Aug/2008
Friends: (111)  | City: Pune  | Interests: When I told my fr...
My super power is sleep
Sleep is natures gift to man. Many people say to me that they can only sleep in the bed. Moreover they want lights to be switched off, a soft pillow and silence. They can’t sleep if there is even a slight noise. Such people have never worked in a BPO. As an ex-BPOite I will suggest them to join a BPO as soon as possible so that they can overcome th...  more...
 Vijit Vivek | 12:45 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (727)  | City: Patna  | Interests: Bio Medical Engin...
Once upon a time......
Once upon a time.... There was a rich King who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighboring kingdoms. However, he feared that one day she would leave him for...  more...
 ankur vishnoi | 16:05 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (178)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Dancing, networki...
Earn money From Mobile
Earn money from mobile Hey Friends earn money from mobile. You can earn upto 1000 Rs. per weak. To start visit www.iseak.tk and click on earn from mobile link. Don't forget to verify your mobile. use invite id 76306  more...
 Kamalesh Sharma | 08:48 | 15/Jun/2008
Friends: (255)  | City: Jaipur  | Interests: Music, photograph...
News channels
Friends have you seen/watch indian news channels nowadays? Their breaking news are nothing except having so many breaks. 4th umpire, IPL,glamour, crime events, bollywood gossips and commercial breaks are main news which are broadcasted on priorities. current national or international issues, economic policies of the Govt, public issues, issues rega...  more...
 Home Based I... | 19:00 | 15/Jul/2008
Friends: (35)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Astrology, Home B...
Does Page Rank Have Any Use?
Any newbie in home business is keen to get a Page Rank (PR) for his/her website or blog. Google gives PR based on the value of the webpage. Does it promise anything? Does it make your webpage rank higher in the search results? Do a search on Google for any keyword or key phrase and chances are that a zero PR website may come on top of the search re...  more...
 Mira Iyer | 22:11 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (197)  | City: Boston  | Interests: Music,books
Waiting for you
Let me first give a small intro about this work.At the age of 25 I have already come across multiple extra marital relationships...friends,friends of friends. What could be the root cause of all this?Unhappy marriages? The after effect of an ill-fit "arranged" marriage?Or that people just get plain bored with their boring old lives and want some fu...  more...
 bubble | 22:09 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (53)  | City: bubbleworld  | Interests: dreaming........
Hello Dear Friends, Thanks for all your comments & wishes. Wish you all a happy & bright week ahead.    more...
 riya sanyal | 13:42 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (15)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: music,humor,trave...
Telephone etiquette
                                                                    Telephone etiquetteWhen I rang up my friend the other day,she seemed to be a little busy and so was a little cold in her reply.She then hung up quickly saying that she is going out and that I call up later.My good friend as she was,I did not mind at all.......BUT......this set me th...  more...
 A S | 21:53 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (464)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Food, Books, Movi...
Am off to Bangalore
Well folks, i am off to Bangalore tomorrow.  I take off at the unearthly hour of 7.50 a.m. which means that i have to leave my house at 6.30, while all of you'll are busy snoozing!! :(I will be in Bangalore all of this week.  (Come back on sat morning) and though i already have way too many outstation friends a few more can not hurt. :) so anyone w...  more...
 abhishekprat... | 14:48 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (31)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: making new frnds&...
GIVE ME ANS..
HELLOW , MY DEAR FRNDS HERE I SHARE SOME EMOTIONS WITH U N THEN TELL ME I AM WRONG OR NOT.          WHEN I AM IN 2nd Yr. B.TECH. , THEN ONE OF MY CLASSMATE WHEN I SAY THAT CAN U MAKE MY SIS. THEN SHE SAY NO N TOLD THAT U CAN SEE WITH DIFFERENT WAY. I N OTER MY FRNDS TOLD HER THERE IS NOTING FROM MY SIDE N ALSO NOT TALK TO ME . WHEN I ASK TO HER WHY...  more...
 Raut Vilas | 10:38 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (456)  | City: Pune  | Interests: swimmig,Reading,T...
Thought is the Master of us all…
Thought is theMaster of us all….Karm karo fal kichinta mat karo ,fal aapne app mil jayega,Karm start from forehead of humanbody, karm start from Human two eyebrow centre ,So good thought isgood master & bad thought is bad master, Good thought is our driver oflife,  Even when we areasleep a good thought (dream) can bring the faintest of smile on our...  more...
 sheik maideen | 12:11 | 11/Aug/2008
Friends: (105)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: Music, photography
The Big Breaking News! India's ace shooter Abhinav Bindra created history by winning the first ever individual Olympic Gold Medal for the country. It's Abhinav Bindra, Abhinav Bindra all over the Beijing shooting range. Abhinav won the gold in 10m Air Rifle event. Abhinav Bindra scored 700.5 points in the final. Although India had won 8 gold medals...  more...
 Purna c | 17:11 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (70)  | City: Thane  | Interests: Reading,Cooking,T...
Reflections.....
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.The best kind of friend is...  more...
 anupam | 14:41 | 4/Aug/2008
Friends: (20)  | City: Allahabad  | Interests: music
POSITIVE
                                                 ... NEVER LISTEN TO PEPOLE WHO HAVE THE BAD HABIT OF NEGATIVE..BECAUSE THEY STEAL THE BEST ASPIRATION OF YOUR HEARTALWAYS BE DEAF TO SOMEONE WHO TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN'TAND WON'T ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS OR MAKE COME TRUE YOUR DREAMS              ALWAYS  BE  +VE. IT HELPS YOU                               ...  more...
 girish bhava... | 12:36 | 18/Aug/2008
Friends: (11)  | City: Chennai  | Interests: playing cricket, ...
birthday
happy birthday to lord krishna  more...
 arpit srivas... | 15:41 | 26/Jul/2008
Friends: (54)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: I LIKE TO PLAY CR...
meaning
Pain of a Married Man ...!!A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in bed. She goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffe...  more...
 shallow water | 09:57 | 5/Aug/2008
Friends: (51)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: kids, stories, re...
reading
Read 'How I taught my granmother to read & other short stories' by Sudha Murty, really inspirational. I know book is s'posed to be for kids but I really liked the way she simplified writing. Solutions are there its for us to find them.  more...
 Shalini K | 01:07 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (264)  | City: Singapore  | Interests: Books, environmen...
Taboo words
Yesterday morning I overheard my 6 year old son say "Stupid" and immediately my 4 year old daughter said in an almost threatening tone "Ho-ho, you said a bad word. I am going to tell Amma." Yes, "stupid" is a taboo word in my home. Call me "stupid" but I believe that the word is one of the most demoralisng words that can be  used on another person ...  more...
 angel | 23:17 | 15/Jun/2008
Friends: (168)  | City: Vizag  | Interests: music,browsing,fa...
m happpeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I am happy...... :) ....dis is my 2nd blog 2day....nt cuz m bored....bt coz m happy tht my faith is strong enuff 2 keep me from breaking down!!!!I dunno...if i really hav d will power i need....but having faith sometimes really helps.....from d past 1 week i was sooo disturbed....for things i hav done...for sufferings from things i have'nt done.......  more...
 nayantara se... | 00:14 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (32)  | City: Dehradun  | Interests: well!!!
four cats!
The Four Cats !Four men were bragging about how smart their cats wereThe first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant,the thirdman was a Chemist and the fourth man was a GovernmentEmployeeTo show off, the Engineer called his cat,"T-square, do your stuff."T-square pranced over to the desk, took out some paper andpen and promptlydrew a...  more...
 bhavna patel | 12:28 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music,traveling,d...
Happy Independence Day
Vandemataram…                                                                 PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN .  This is our 61th Independence Day!Freedom is not a Right but a Feeling! Let's be proud to feel the Freedom! Let's say loud we are INDIANS!!!   Let all of us get to-gather & Let's Celebrate Our Freedom!  It is our duty to preserve this Freedom! Carr...  more...
 Meoww Meoww | 09:21 | 7/Aug/2008
Friends: (24)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: I love to read bo...
Mummy 3
Mummy for us is like cricket in India. We can fit it anytime, analyze it, scrutinize it, quarrel over it, laugh with it. It is just a great way of passing time! Not having the privilege of watching the previous mummys at the cinemas, we made a big fuss over this movie and drove 20km to PVR to watch it in the silverscreen.:)Watching the movie the re...  more...
 raj phad | 13:10 | 28/Jul/2008
Friends: (139)  | City: Pune  | Interests: music literature....
no words
no words................................... ..., my heart is crying for the innocent people ,those who are injured or dead in current bomb blast series  for those  sufferers who  are not at all concerned .  the fight for existance{?} continue within the masses, communities, and then u and me. when it is going to stop?    more...
 anilairen | 00:00 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (450)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: travelling music ...
Independence Day
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 sur | 17:42 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (71)  | City: aap ke dil main  | Interests: kya kahu kisse ka...
vande matram
vande matram vande matram gunj rahi hai sare jahan main.......har labo se har suro se nikal rahi hai sare jahan main............vande matram vande matram vande matram............................rag rag main josh bhar rahi hain ye fizaye................................josh dugna kar rahi woh sahido ki yade..................................har hatho ...  more...
 nikita prashar | 20:07 | 14/Aug/2008
Friends: (81)  | City: Secunderabad  | Interests: Reading Books,sur...
Independence Day
 Independence Day - The memoriesI'm out of school now and missing badly the good days of my school life.First of all I wish all my readers A very HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!Remembering this day during my school days gets a smile on my face, the day when we used to dress in white and assemble in the school to celebrate after the routine prayers there w...  more...
 Konfessioner | 16:08 | 9/Aug/2008
Friends: (36)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: jus luvin d way l...
LOVE NEVER NEEDED WORDS :)
Black velvety clouds,swirled and swarmed, out of the warm blanketsto paint the midnight sky.galore of stars disappeared so  did the cupids, one could swearfor everything was left so drenched in love.endearing sights clarioned for loversunusual musk swam , aroma out of bottletranquillizing the fussy dissonance around  ! we knew no romantic lines, n...  more...
 Rinky B | 02:14 | 8/Aug/2008
Friends: (86)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Music, reading, t...
umm..BURP!! xcuse me
Have you ever pondered over such a dubietyAs you float across the writings known-unknownOf how to saviour a poem or a proseSo all you wise fellas here's my sayOn how to eat down the poemNot too quick, and just not too sloweach has a flavor kind unkindSo take it downDown your tongue to touch the soulFeel it. Smell it. Look at it. Listen to it.And Oh...  more...
 Vikas Kathunia | 14:49 | 13/Aug/2008
Friends: (128)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Surfing and Trave...
Must See this...Its funny..
Agar Statue of Liberty India mein bana hota to bilkul aisa hota... Hai na doston??????  more...
 Ananta Khakh... | 19:26 | 13/Aug/2008
Friends: (250)  | City: Balacharah  | Interests: Football , Cricke...
Indenpendance Day pledge
My dear ilander , Greetings to you all on this day of national celebration of 61stanniversary of our independence. Let ussalute our beloved tricolor with special pride , patriotism and remember� the great sacrifice of our freedom fighters,whose undying love for India secured us our freedom. On this occasion please join me to bow our head in memor...  more...
 alina choudhury | 12:19 | 22/Jul/2008
Friends: (22)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: singing , dancin...
Boyfriend - an intriguing riddle
Ever  since  I  stumbled  on  the  threshold  of  adolescence , I  have  been  trying  hard to  unscramble  the  too-outlandishly  convoluted  riddle  of  'Phenomenon  Boyfriend' . Even  as   a  kid  ,  incarcerated  within  the  confines  of  a  girl's  convent  school, I  could  not  help  being  held  in  thrall  mercilessly  by  the  pristine  ...  more...
 MuntajibKhan... | 17:03 | 24/Jul/2008
Friends: (118)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Urdu shayari
Jiski qurbat mein qarar bahut thaUska milna dushwar bahut thaJo na tha mere hathon ki lakeeron meinUss shaqs se mujhe pyar bahut thaJiss ko na tha mera hal-e-dil maloomUss shaqs ka mujhko intezaar bahut thaNa chahte huve bhi bhula diya usay humneKya karte iss baat pe uska israar bahut tha English translation:Whose proximity was such soothingYet, a ...  more...
 karuna ghatge | 11:01 | 19/Aug/2008
Friends: (63)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: watching movies,r...
R WE SLEEPING?
"NAVI MUMBAI STUDENT IS STILL IN US CUSTODY FOR THREAT MAIL",READ ONE OF THE HEADLINES ON PAGE 3 IN THE TIMES OF INDIA ,paper today.and then i read the news of mr.haywood  leaving india without even the ats.noticing it,despite a lookout notice.!i do believe a person is innocent until proven guilty and so lets give mr haywood the benefit of the doub...  more...
 Monalisa Smile | 18:46 | 6/Aug/2008
Friends: (162)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: Taking pleasure i...
Monalisa Angry !!
Carpathian Bashi-bazouk! Dictatorial duck billed diplodocus! Miserable blundering barbecued blister . . . Anamorphic aardvark! Dunder-headed Ethelred! Addle-pated lump of anthracite! Nitwitted ninepin! Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!Ten Thousand Thundering Typhoons! Ahem....Lassies and lassas...no no, Captain Haddock has not taken ov...  more...
 Dr.Roopa Naik | 15:55 | 3/Aug/2008
Friends: (260)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: everything under ...
Time
A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.Ithad been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls,career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clearacross the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in therush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past andoften no time t...  more...
 janus janus | 17:16 | 1/Aug/2008
Friends: (326)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: Yoga, music, cook...
Weekend laughs
It suddenly dawned on me today that I have not been doing something that's an intrinsic part of my nature -- share the jokes I know. I just love jokes, and can be counted upon to rattle them off in sleep. So here goes my latest instalment of jokes, unfortunately none that I can lay intellectual ownershp of...*****"Guess what I heard today?" a man s...  more...