Zara Si Aahat Hoti Hai To Dil Sochta Hai...
kahin Yeh Woh To Nahin...
kahin Yeh Woh To Nahin...
kahin Yeh Woh To Nahin...
This is a classic song from bollywood movie, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. This song became very much famous in January 2001 when there was a earthquake in Gujarat. After earthquake, there was a series of aftershocks which made people think there is a tremor even if its not there.
I recalled this song two weeks back when we felt tremor in Mexico. It was not very high magnitude earthquake but still.. earthquake is a earthquake..
The one which we felt two weeks back was the second experience after coming in Mexico. We had one before in the month of April when swine flu had just started spreading in Mexico. At the time of first earthquake, I was in bus, on way to my hotel from the office. I saw many people gathered together on the roads and thought, may be they have gathered to pray to god for this epidemic !!! But when I arrived at hotel, guys from our hotel were on the road and told me about the earthquake. As I was in bus, I didn't realize there was a earthquake.
But this time, it was written in destiny to recall those memories of Gujarat earthquake. I was in a lunch with a friend on the first floor of a roadside restaurant. We were enjoying our lunch and suddenly everything started shaking. The first thought came in my mind is my friend is moving our table :D After few second, I saw many people on the road and realize.. oho.. this is something which you have felt before... yes.. its earthquake. Before we thought to go downstairs, it stopped and people started coming back. One of the person in the restaurant reacted like its a daily routine for him. He went downstairs without panic on the face. When it stopped shaking, he returned and continued his lunch without any fear on his face !!
I have heard people saying that its normal in Mexico to feel this so no need to worry !!! Just be calm and go downstairs whenever there is a shock. But some people have something different in mind. This happend to one of my friend at time of Gujarat earthquake. He was living on 6th floor in his building. As you might know, there were many aftershocks after Gujarat earthquake and most of them used to be there in night. These aftershocks were not very high in intensity so used to stop in few seconds. Now, whenever there is a shock, my friend used to go down. Few times it happened that he reached at 3rd or 4th floor and it stopped shaking. He got bored of coming down every other night and finally, stopped going down !!! His argument was also valid. If I can't reach down, what's point in running. So rather than running down at midnight, its better to enjoy the sleep.Yes, you might be correct but you never know what's the intensity of the shock. It could be your last sleep in the bed if you don't run.
Overall it was good that both the earthquakes were of low to medium intensity otherwise it could have created a big damage. Lets hope we dont have anymore bodyshakers in the future.
PS : I would like to thank all my friends who are baring my blog. I have already got 130+ hits on my blog in just 9 posts. Its really a great moment for me to know that people are reading my blog from different parts of the world like India, China, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Netherlands, UK, US, Canada, Mexico and Dominican Republic. Keep on reading :)
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Quote Unquote
A month back, I was going through blog of Sathya, one of my very good friend. I found one post in his blog regarding different status messages that people keep in messengers. It was very funny and interesting. During last couple of days, I have come across such status messages in Gtalk which are very interesting (and funny also if you don't take it in right manner) so thought to dedicate one post on the same topic.
Most of the status messages are straight forward like I am available or I am away. Few guys keep their website or blog address in status message (like me) while others keep inspirational thoughts or whatever they want to express.
I have mentioned some of the status messages which I found interesting or Hatke. I have given my comments along with status messages. No need to mention that its just for the fun so don't take it personally and don't get emotional. If your status message is not there in the list, I feel sorry :)
so... here we go...
"Did u try your luck" - I tried everything except my luck to understand what does it mean !! The only remaining thing is luck which I am going to try.
"Not in front of the system" - Checkout in either back or top of the system :D
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me" - So what do you mean by this ? Are you threatening ?
"Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason..." - No comments :D
"single and available !!" - So much desperate to get someone :) This is like a sale where people shout.. free.. free.. free.. !!
"Deep in my Heart, I do Believe, I shall get N97(White) some day....." - Please somebody gift him N97 and ya... that too in white color :)
"Dont wanna talk to anybody now" - Don't ping me even if my status is online. I am too lazy to log off.
"why so serious ??" - Reminds me joker from The Dark Knight. Why so serious ? Laugh otherwise I will kill you
"oh!" - No need to explain anything more. My expression says all... oh !!
"Insourced when born, outsourced after education" - I am thinking what should I understand :)
"It's special to be ordinary!" - Becoming special is extra ordinary
Most of the status messages are straight forward like I am available or I am away. Few guys keep their website or blog address in status message (like me) while others keep inspirational thoughts or whatever they want to express.
I have mentioned some of the status messages which I found interesting or Hatke. I have given my comments along with status messages. No need to mention that its just for the fun so don't take it personally and don't get emotional. If your status message is not there in the list, I feel sorry :)
so... here we go...
"Did u try your luck" - I tried everything except my luck to understand what does it mean !! The only remaining thing is luck which I am going to try.
"Not in front of the system" - Checkout in either back or top of the system :D
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me" - So what do you mean by this ? Are you threatening ?
"Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason..." - No comments :D
"single and available !!" - So much desperate to get someone :) This is like a sale where people shout.. free.. free.. free.. !!
"Deep in my Heart, I do Believe, I shall get N97(White) some day....." - Please somebody gift him N97 and ya... that too in white color :)
"Dont wanna talk to anybody now" - Don't ping me even if my status is online. I am too lazy to log off.
"why so serious ??" - Reminds me joker from The Dark Knight. Why so serious ? Laugh otherwise I will kill you
"oh!" - No need to explain anything more. My expression says all... oh !!
"Insourced when born, outsourced after education" - I am thinking what should I understand :)
"What more could you ask for..." - First tell me what do I have..
"The future depends on what you do in the present" - Really.. I didn't know that before you put this.
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions" - Yes. Don't meet the deadlines and wait for Happiness from your boss :)
"To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned." " - I know your definition of turning the stone, screwing up the people :)
"Montek, Mukherjee or Kamalnath ?" - Question for Rs. 10,00,000 in Kaun Banega crorepati trutiya :)
"Challenges are what make life interesting; Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" - I am fed up of challenges. Life was more meaningful before I got them. I don't have interest in finding meaning from life."It's special to be ordinary!" - Becoming special is extra ordinary
Some of them are reallllly big bouncers and you need to be extra ordinary to understand what it means..
"We should repay the favours of others by acts of kindness; so also should we return evil for evil in which there is no sin, for it is necessary to pay a wicked man in his own coin." - Best candidate for movie dialog.. isn't it ? :D
"There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is indispensable to a good condition of human affairs." - Please explain this to me in layman terms.
That's it.. Keep on setting such status messages so I can dedicate one more post on this :)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Aamras
Location : Western India, Gujarat/Maharashtra
Temperature : Nearby 42 to 44 centigrade
Time : Almost in mid of summer
Close your eyes for a second and imagine the above situation. You are in India in mid summer when temperature goes up to 45 centigrade (in some of the states). You might regret yourself in India for happen to be in this situation but.. you might regret yourself for not being India because you are going miss the sweetest fruit which makes your summer days unforgettable.
For all those who are not familiar with word Aamras, its a Hindi language word which means a juice that's extracted from the pulp of the Mango fruit. Mango, which is India's national fruit, is mainly available between April-June and people keep on waiting for summer to enjoy the Aamras. If you happen to attend any marriage in this season, Aamras is the "default" sweet which you will find. You cant imagine a marriage without Aamras in the summer. You can also find some people having only Puri and Aamras in their dish in the marriage. Why to waste the opportunity, attack on the best !! If you visit any of the relatives in summer vacation, you may find Mango in the breakfast; Aamras with Puri in the lunch and then Baflo (another recipe made up from Mango, specially in Gujarat) in the dinner.
Being from Jain community, I have some sweet memories with Mango. As per Jain religion rules, you cant eat mango after so and so dates even if its available in the market. So in last few days before this "deadline", you can find people giving proper "justice" to the Mango by having it to the fullest. They have it almost full day in last two-three days.
Currently not being in India, we guys are missing Mango a lot. During last visit to local veg market, we saw some nice "looking" mango so purchased it. It was not as good as what you get in India but still manageable. At time of purchasing the mango, thought of having it just by cutting it and making some slices. After coming to hotel, some experimental ideas started coming in mind and decided to have a Aamras. As we guys are always enthu in trying new dishes, we arranged a mixture from somewhere and got ready for Aamras. It was really nice to see that scene, one person busy in cutting the mango, another in taking out the pulp from it and then some other guy busy in making that Aamras by adding the milk, water and sugar. Frankly speaking, the taste which you get in having the Aamras in hot summer in India, you don't get it in comparatively cool atmosphere but still.. its better to have something rather than nothing. So overall it was good experiment and we enjoyed the Aamras.
Another time, we had Aamras with Pizza !! What a strange combination !! But as far as Aamras is there, you can have it with anything or in the worst case, only Aamras :) Thats the specially of Mango which makes it different from others and truly king of fruits, isnt it ?
Thats it for the Aamras. Friends who are in India, enjoy it to the fullest and make the hot summer some what chiller :)
Temperature : Nearby 42 to 44 centigrade
Time : Almost in mid of summer
Close your eyes for a second and imagine the above situation. You are in India in mid summer when temperature goes up to 45 centigrade (in some of the states). You might regret yourself in India for happen to be in this situation but.. you might regret yourself for not being India because you are going miss the sweetest fruit which makes your summer days unforgettable.
For all those who are not familiar with word Aamras, its a Hindi language word which means a juice that's extracted from the pulp of the Mango fruit. Mango, which is India's national fruit, is mainly available between April-June and people keep on waiting for summer to enjoy the Aamras. If you happen to attend any marriage in this season, Aamras is the "default" sweet which you will find. You cant imagine a marriage without Aamras in the summer. You can also find some people having only Puri and Aamras in their dish in the marriage. Why to waste the opportunity, attack on the best !! If you visit any of the relatives in summer vacation, you may find Mango in the breakfast; Aamras with Puri in the lunch and then Baflo (another recipe made up from Mango, specially in Gujarat) in the dinner.
Being from Jain community, I have some sweet memories with Mango. As per Jain religion rules, you cant eat mango after so and so dates even if its available in the market. So in last few days before this "deadline", you can find people giving proper "justice" to the Mango by having it to the fullest. They have it almost full day in last two-three days.
Currently not being in India, we guys are missing Mango a lot. During last visit to local veg market, we saw some nice "looking" mango so purchased it. It was not as good as what you get in India but still manageable. At time of purchasing the mango, thought of having it just by cutting it and making some slices. After coming to hotel, some experimental ideas started coming in mind and decided to have a Aamras. As we guys are always enthu in trying new dishes, we arranged a mixture from somewhere and got ready for Aamras. It was really nice to see that scene, one person busy in cutting the mango, another in taking out the pulp from it and then some other guy busy in making that Aamras by adding the milk, water and sugar. Frankly speaking, the taste which you get in having the Aamras in hot summer in India, you don't get it in comparatively cool atmosphere but still.. its better to have something rather than nothing. So overall it was good experiment and we enjoyed the Aamras.
Another time, we had Aamras with Pizza !! What a strange combination !! But as far as Aamras is there, you can have it with anything or in the worst case, only Aamras :) Thats the specially of Mango which makes it different from others and truly king of fruits, isnt it ?
Thats it for the Aamras. Friends who are in India, enjoy it to the fullest and make the hot summer some what chiller :)
Monday, May 11, 2009
New and Interesting usages of InterNet
Everybody knows usages of the Internet. A small kid of 6 yr knows mail Id of her class teacher. A granny of 75 knows she can "see" her grandson in a pc through net, who is working in a foreign country. Now a days, Internet is no more a luxury or something out of reach for common man.
In this post, I have tried to put down some of the day to day and practical usages of Internet, based on my experience in last couple of months.
Just imagine this situation. Weekend is round the corner. You are not planning to go out as you have already visited many of the places and want to take some rest at your hotel. You don't have any other way of entertainment except your lappy with net connection. You are thinking to enjoy your old classic all time favourite Hindi movie Sholay. In a country like US, its still possible to get the DVD but in a country like Mexico where you will hardly find an Indian, what can you do ? Very simple.. Download any of the famous P2P clients like BitTorrent, go to any of the torrent library like Mininova and enjoy the movie. Torrent has become a big blessing for us. Get the torrent from any these torrent library sites and download the movies. I have seen almost all the movies which I wanted to see since long time. Along with movies, I have been able to see some of my favourite shows like MTV Roadies 6.0 and MTV Splitsvilla. You can also find some old classic series like Vikram Aur Betal, Alif Laila etc. You will almost get everything which you want to see.
IPL 2 is in full fledge and being an Indian, its out national "duty" to catch the live action. If you are not lucky enough to have a Indian channel in TV which broadcasts IPL, no need to get upset. Go to a P2P site like myp2p which hosts live sports, download the player of your wish and checkout the live action. Along with cricket, you will find many other sports over there like Soccer, Baseball and Basketball. If you are too lazy to install the player, you can checkout cric7 and enjoy the IPL live. Do you need to switch on the TV anymore for matches, nope.. Isn't it ?
When Internet was invented, one of the main purpose was to communicate with others. Today we have plenty of chat clients and messengers available. It has solved communication problem to a large extent but still.. what to do to communicate where there is no net availability and you want to communicate on phone lines. There are many VOIP softwares available like Voipzoom or SmartVoip and enjoy calling on phone lines from Net in the cheapest way. Sometimes when I see some of my friends using these VOIP softwares to make their "private" calls in India, i can't stop myself recalling Reliance to Reliance free plan in India. Obviously this VOIP calls are not totally free but you can say its almost kind of free.
I was planning to visit ISKON temple in Mexico city. I asked the route to some of my friends here but couldn't get exact route. What to do now? Google maps are there to help you. You need to be clear about where exactly you want to go and then... you are on way thanks to Google Maps. Google Maps has really helped us a lot to find out the places in Mexico.
Its 6 in the evening. You are about to switch on the light bulb and suddenly it gets blown. Now you need to ask your hotel reception to get it changed. You will pick up the phone and would suddenly realize.. person sitting on reception doesn't know even an E of English. And what about you.. you know just few words in Spanish :( What to do now ? Well, Google language tools come in rescue. Checkout the Spanish translation and get your work done.
"Chal yaar aaj palak paneer banate hey (Hey dude, lets cook palak paneer today)"
"Han... par palak aaur paneer kahan hey ? (Sure.. but what about groceries, spinach and paneer ?)"
"Its there.. we just brought it last weekend.. Checkout the fridge"
"Sahi hey.. par kaise pakaenge ? (Great, But how will we cook it ? ).. I don't know the recipe."
This is a normal conversation for us, new "cooks", who are very much fond of trying new dishes but dont know the recipes. Dont be upset. Do some googling for "Palak Paneer Recipe" and you are on way to palak paneer :). If you are lucky enough, you should also find a video on youtube. What else do you need when all recipes are on fingertips through Net. Enjoy upto your strength :)
And this is the last usage. Actually its not a usage of the Internet but of your pc. In case you are having trouble from mosquitoes in your bedroom and don't enjoy their late night singing parties, you can try Anti mosquito software. I tried that but didn't work as per expectations. May be I need to try another version or mosquitoes in mexico are IT savy :). In case you try this software and find it effective, pass on the software details to me without fail. I need to get rid of mosquitoes at any cost.
That's it.. In case if you find interesting usages of the net, share it with others through comments in this post.
Keep Googling :)
In this post, I have tried to put down some of the day to day and practical usages of Internet, based on my experience in last couple of months.
Just imagine this situation. Weekend is round the corner. You are not planning to go out as you have already visited many of the places and want to take some rest at your hotel. You don't have any other way of entertainment except your lappy with net connection. You are thinking to enjoy your old classic all time favourite Hindi movie Sholay. In a country like US, its still possible to get the DVD but in a country like Mexico where you will hardly find an Indian, what can you do ? Very simple.. Download any of the famous P2P clients like BitTorrent, go to any of the torrent library like Mininova and enjoy the movie. Torrent has become a big blessing for us. Get the torrent from any these torrent library sites and download the movies. I have seen almost all the movies which I wanted to see since long time. Along with movies, I have been able to see some of my favourite shows like MTV Roadies 6.0 and MTV Splitsvilla. You can also find some old classic series like Vikram Aur Betal, Alif Laila etc. You will almost get everything which you want to see.
IPL 2 is in full fledge and being an Indian, its out national "duty" to catch the live action. If you are not lucky enough to have a Indian channel in TV which broadcasts IPL, no need to get upset. Go to a P2P site like myp2p which hosts live sports, download the player of your wish and checkout the live action. Along with cricket, you will find many other sports over there like Soccer, Baseball and Basketball. If you are too lazy to install the player, you can checkout cric7 and enjoy the IPL live. Do you need to switch on the TV anymore for matches, nope.. Isn't it ?
When Internet was invented, one of the main purpose was to communicate with others. Today we have plenty of chat clients and messengers available. It has solved communication problem to a large extent but still.. what to do to communicate where there is no net availability and you want to communicate on phone lines. There are many VOIP softwares available like Voipzoom or SmartVoip and enjoy calling on phone lines from Net in the cheapest way. Sometimes when I see some of my friends using these VOIP softwares to make their "private" calls in India, i can't stop myself recalling Reliance to Reliance free plan in India. Obviously this VOIP calls are not totally free but you can say its almost kind of free.
I was planning to visit ISKON temple in Mexico city. I asked the route to some of my friends here but couldn't get exact route. What to do now? Google maps are there to help you. You need to be clear about where exactly you want to go and then... you are on way thanks to Google Maps. Google Maps has really helped us a lot to find out the places in Mexico.
Its 6 in the evening. You are about to switch on the light bulb and suddenly it gets blown. Now you need to ask your hotel reception to get it changed. You will pick up the phone and would suddenly realize.. person sitting on reception doesn't know even an E of English. And what about you.. you know just few words in Spanish :( What to do now ? Well, Google language tools come in rescue. Checkout the Spanish translation and get your work done.
"Chal yaar aaj palak paneer banate hey (Hey dude, lets cook palak paneer today)"
"Han... par palak aaur paneer kahan hey ? (Sure.. but what about groceries, spinach and paneer ?)"
"Its there.. we just brought it last weekend.. Checkout the fridge"
"Sahi hey.. par kaise pakaenge ? (Great, But how will we cook it ? ).. I don't know the recipe."
This is a normal conversation for us, new "cooks", who are very much fond of trying new dishes but dont know the recipes. Dont be upset. Do some googling for "Palak Paneer Recipe" and you are on way to palak paneer :). If you are lucky enough, you should also find a video on youtube. What else do you need when all recipes are on fingertips through Net. Enjoy upto your strength :)
And this is the last usage. Actually its not a usage of the Internet but of your pc. In case you are having trouble from mosquitoes in your bedroom and don't enjoy their late night singing parties, you can try Anti mosquito software. I tried that but didn't work as per expectations. May be I need to try another version or mosquitoes in mexico are IT savy :). In case you try this software and find it effective, pass on the software details to me without fail. I need to get rid of mosquitoes at any cost.
That's it.. In case if you find interesting usages of the net, share it with others through comments in this post.
Keep Googling :)
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Great fortnightly shopping experience
"Oye sambhal ne.. Aa tamatar leva chhe ? (Hey listen, wanna buy this tomatoes ?)"
"Han chal lai laiye... ketla leva chhe ? (Ok fine, how much ?)"
"Aree na yaar... thoda vadhu paki gayela chhe and 18 pesos na Kg aape chhe.. thoda mongha chhe... (Nope.. they are extra ripen and you need to pay 18 pesos for it)"
"Saaru.. chal aagal kyank joiye.. aana thi saara malva joiye (Lets checkout. We should get better than this)"
"Aree ye dekh, ye achhe wale lag rahe hey.. kya bolta hey.. aaur wo 14 pesos me hi de raha hey... (hey.. this seems to be good and it costs 14 pesos only)"
"Thik hey.. chal ye vale le lete hey.. (Ok fine.. lets take this one)"
"Disculpe, uno kg jitomate (Excuse me, one kg tomato)"
"chal yaar.. aapne pan ahiya thi j lai laiye.... Aagal aana thi vadhu saara ane sasta nahi male (Lets purchase from here only. We wont get cheaper and better than this)"
"Uno kg otro (One kg more)"
"Aaur abhi kya baki hey ? Tamatar aa gaye, mirchi aa gayi... abhi aalu aaur pyaz lene baki hey.. (Still what's remaining ? we have purchased tomatoes and chili. Still potatoes and onions are remaining)"
I hope you have got clue about our great fortnightly shopping experience.. If not then, I am talking about our "shopping" of vegetables on every fortnight.
Its been a tradition for us to purchase veggies on every fortnight from veggie market rather than from super mall. There are many reasons for it. You don't get fresh veggies in super mall which you get in veggie market. This shopping from veggie market also gives us opportunity to spend our couple of hours in fresh air rather than keeping ourselves locked in our rooms. And last but not the least, purchasing veggie from veggie market is almost 50% cheaper than super mall so overall, its obvious choice for us rather than super mall.
As you go from one country to another, you will find a lot differences in culture, climate, locality, infrastructure and many more things but as far as veggie market is concerned, I guess it has same "look and feel". You will find many veggie shops in three or four rows properly categorized, market full of crowd and people shouting here and there. I cant stop myself from recalling veggie market of my town in India whenever I go for purchasing veggies.
Although this market looks is same, there are many differences in veggie shopping between India and Mexico. When I was in India, I had been to veggie market couple of times with my mom so that has helped me to understand how to bargain and how to properly pick up the best veggies from the given choices. Here, when I went to veggie market first time, I thought its my chance to test my skills but... that's not the case.
In Mexico, they don't allow you to pick up your choice. If you ask for 1 kg potatoes, they will randomly select some potatoes and will weigh for you. Here luck comes in the picture rather than your skills. You might get good potatoes while you end up with not so good onions... so forget about picking the veggies. One more difference is you need to always purchase in whole Kgs. You cant ask for 2.5 kg. You need to decide if you want to go for 2 kg or 3 kg. This option becomes very odd for some of the veggies like chili and lemon. What will you do with 1 kg chili !!! Have 100 grams chili a day and keep a doctor away :) And the main difference in veggie shopping which mostly likely any Indian wont like is you cant bargain. They have prices written over there and you need to pay exactly the same. This is really ridiculous, isn't it ? At least they should write more price first and then give the chance of bargain. It gives satisfaction that you paid 3 pesos less than what he asked first eventhough you pay 2 pesos more than the real price... Well, we have to be satisfied without bargaining in shopping :(
And one more important thing in this shopping.. we need to forget that we are software techies and working in so and so company. As you will find us carrying kgs of veggie from market to our hotel, we don't look better than labors. At least labors have got practice of carrying so much weight so they are able to adjust it properly in their body.. we are worse in that.
Though having all these difficulties, we like shopping from veggie market. We are done for this fortnight so now need to wait for two more weeks for next experience. Till that time, enjoy yourself from delicious dishes and make sure you empty the whole fridge which is right now full of veggie :)
Happy shopping..
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Swine Flu... Life back to normal
Its very difficult to believe for me.. I crosschecked 3 times with my colleague... I also checked in some of the news site... But finally, all of them were saying the same thing... I had no choice than accepting the news and following whats there in my destiny.... and the news were... from tomorrow onwards everything would be normal and we were supposed to go to office :(
ohh.... I didn't expect that my golden period will get over very soon..first time after my initial training in company, i got this opportunity to live a life like a king... Getting up early morning at 10:30 or 11:00, watching the IPL matches, watching movies, good afternoon sleep... it was really royal life :).. I am really gonna remember this swine flu mini vacation for a long period of my life.
But in the end, we are ready to go to office today.. we broke the tradition which we set for getting up early in mini vacation and we got up "very" early today at 8:00 and got ready for the office. The roads were jam packed with cars as it used to be before.. Restaurants were equally packed with breakfast lovers... and ya.. last but not the least, I was able to find some couples busy with their lips locked.. so everything seems ok as of now.. its really good to see thing coming back to normal after so many days.... The economy has started going up.
I went to office.. it was difficult for me to recognize some of the faces.. aha... they had mask on the face :)... Govt has asked people to continue with some of the precautions so you can see many of them with masks... some people didn't have mask on their faces.. when asked the reason, they said.. its there on the desk... !!! I had a mexican lunch after a long time otherwise...daily we had our own made Indian food... Indian food is always on the top of other dishes but... our own made food for 10 days and that too even both times... just imagine !!
At the end, first day finished with some fruitful work.. Lets hope there are no more numbers coming out for swine flu infection and people continue their normal life...
All the best Mexico..
ohh.... I didn't expect that my golden period will get over very soon..first time after my initial training in company, i got this opportunity to live a life like a king... Getting up early morning at 10:30 or 11:00, watching the IPL matches, watching movies, good afternoon sleep... it was really royal life :).. I am really gonna remember this swine flu mini vacation for a long period of my life.
But in the end, we are ready to go to office today.. we broke the tradition which we set for getting up early in mini vacation and we got up "very" early today at 8:00 and got ready for the office. The roads were jam packed with cars as it used to be before.. Restaurants were equally packed with breakfast lovers... and ya.. last but not the least, I was able to find some couples busy with their lips locked.. so everything seems ok as of now.. its really good to see thing coming back to normal after so many days.... The economy has started going up.
I went to office.. it was difficult for me to recognize some of the faces.. aha... they had mask on the face :)... Govt has asked people to continue with some of the precautions so you can see many of them with masks... some people didn't have mask on their faces.. when asked the reason, they said.. its there on the desk... !!! I had a mexican lunch after a long time otherwise...daily we had our own made Indian food... Indian food is always on the top of other dishes but... our own made food for 10 days and that too even both times... just imagine !!
At the end, first day finished with some fruitful work.. Lets hope there are no more numbers coming out for swine flu infection and people continue their normal life...
All the best Mexico..
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Sleepwell Syndrome
Anup : Hi buddy, how r u ?
Nirmal : I m fine.. you say.. howz life going on over thr at onsite ?
Anup : its going on fine.. thnx.. howz work going on ?
Nirmal : bit hectic but fine... not a big deal
Anup : ok...
Niram : hey.. I hav a meeting in 5 mins so gotta go now... btw wats time ovr thr ?
Anup : its 12:45 am over here
Nirmal : isnt it late.. at wat time do u go to sleep ?
Anup : yup.. its late but not much.. had some work... abt to go to sleep in few mins..
Nirmal : ok.. I need to go nw... will catch u later... bfn
Anup : ok.. bye.. tc...
Anup thinks...yes its late here.. its 12:45 now... I need to get up at 8 tomorrow and need to go to office... lets go to bed.. he is really not feeling very sleepy but still.. need to get up early so its not good idea to be in front of lappy any more...
After 2 Hrs...
Anup : hi, how r u ?
Priya : hey hiiii.... after a long time.. how r u ?
Anup : I m fine.. life is going on coool.. howz abt u ?
Priya : I m fine here.. life is going on as usual.. nothing new.. rohit has left the company... a new guy has joined our team... our manager has really gone mad and giving us very strict deadlines.. blah.. blah...blah.... (btw.. nothing is new as such !!)
Anup : ok..
Priya : btw.. it seems to be very late ovr thr.. wats time ovr thr ?
Anup : its 2:50 am over here
Priya : anup.. its too late... go to bed..
Anup : yes it is.. lemme go to bed now... cya..
Priya : byeeeee.. tc
Anup : bye..
finally Anup goes to bed... next day at 7:50... the alarm starts ringing.. beep.. beep.. beep.. beep... Anup gets up.. sets alarm for 8:30 and again goes to bed.. again the alarm starts yelling at 8:30 and he finally wakes up at 8:45... still bit sleepy but... need to go to office so don't have any other option..
so the question is... why didn't Anup went to sleep at 12:50 ? he should have gone to sleep at 12:50... if he had gone then it wud have been easy for him to get up on time and go to office with fresh mood... yup... you are absolutely right... and Anup is smart enough to understand that.. so lets see what happened between 12:50 and 2:50..
Anup goes to bed at 12:50... still not feeling sleepy but no other option as need to get up at 8:00... he really tries hard to sleep, struggles, fights... many other things (self explanatory !!) but.. he is not feeling sleepy.. he counts from 1 to 100 at least 5 times.. tries to concentrate his mind on one particular thing.. sleep... sleep.. sleep... but the more he concentrates, he goes on thinking thinking and finally... he gets up from bed and again starts chatting...
Well... this story might seem funny as well as interesting to you but its a sad reality for many guys... I have seen people over here suffering from what I call "Sleepwell Syndrome".. they go to bed to sleep... and again comes back in front of lappy in 1-2 hrs... and then next day... "hey man... i m feeling very sleepy... yest i went to bed at 12:30.. struggled for 1.5 hr nd finally got sleep at 2"... oh.. very sad...
Sound sleep has really become a luxury which everybody cant afford... or better say... its not there in everybody's luck... some other day, I was talking to a friend in India who had been in US for 2 yrs.. when i was chatting to him.. it was 1:30 am in India.. I asked.. hey.. why so late ? he said.. "kya kare yaar.. onsite ja ke ye gandi aadat lag gai hey... abhi to ye halat hey ki 2 baje tak nind hi nahi aati" (As I was at onsite, I have got habit of going to bed at 2.. Its really bad)..
If one wants to categorize the people for their sleeping practice, I will categorize them as following.
Category 1 : They get up at 7:30 in the morning and go to bed at 10:30 or 11:00 in the night.. They have the same schedule irrespective of its Monday or Sunday, Regular day or Holiday.. (very similar to famous Eggs ad in India, Sunday ho ya Monday, Harroj khao ande ... Whether its sunday or monday, have eggs)
Category 2: They get up at 8:00 in the morning and go to bed at 12:30 or 1:00.. In the weekends, they go to bed at 3:00 or 4:00 am... and then the next day, they get up at 11:00.. completes routines chores and again goes to bed at 2:30 or 3:00 pm till 6:30... Their weekends definition is 15-16 hrs sleep per day..
and finally the third category of people is there... they always try to fit in either category 1 or category 2 but they cant fit in any of them and remains in third category.. always..
So.. wat else... nothing... btw... Its very late here... lemme go to bed now :).. and ya... If any suggestion for third category people to shift in either of other categories, you are most welcome !!
Happy Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz
Nirmal : I m fine.. you say.. howz life going on over thr at onsite ?
Anup : its going on fine.. thnx.. howz work going on ?
Nirmal : bit hectic but fine... not a big deal
Anup : ok...
Niram : hey.. I hav a meeting in 5 mins so gotta go now... btw wats time ovr thr ?
Anup : its 12:45 am over here
Nirmal : isnt it late.. at wat time do u go to sleep ?
Anup : yup.. its late but not much.. had some work... abt to go to sleep in few mins..
Nirmal : ok.. I need to go nw... will catch u later... bfn
Anup : ok.. bye.. tc...
Anup thinks...yes its late here.. its 12:45 now... I need to get up at 8 tomorrow and need to go to office... lets go to bed.. he is really not feeling very sleepy but still.. need to get up early so its not good idea to be in front of lappy any more...
After 2 Hrs...
Anup : hi, how r u ?
Priya : hey hiiii.... after a long time.. how r u ?
Anup : I m fine.. life is going on coool.. howz abt u ?
Priya : I m fine here.. life is going on as usual.. nothing new.. rohit has left the company... a new guy has joined our team... our manager has really gone mad and giving us very strict deadlines.. blah.. blah...blah.... (btw.. nothing is new as such !!)
Anup : ok..
Priya : btw.. it seems to be very late ovr thr.. wats time ovr thr ?
Anup : its 2:50 am over here
Priya : anup.. its too late... go to bed..
Anup : yes it is.. lemme go to bed now... cya..
Priya : byeeeee.. tc
Anup : bye..
finally Anup goes to bed... next day at 7:50... the alarm starts ringing.. beep.. beep.. beep.. beep... Anup gets up.. sets alarm for 8:30 and again goes to bed.. again the alarm starts yelling at 8:30 and he finally wakes up at 8:45... still bit sleepy but... need to go to office so don't have any other option..
so the question is... why didn't Anup went to sleep at 12:50 ? he should have gone to sleep at 12:50... if he had gone then it wud have been easy for him to get up on time and go to office with fresh mood... yup... you are absolutely right... and Anup is smart enough to understand that.. so lets see what happened between 12:50 and 2:50..
Anup goes to bed at 12:50... still not feeling sleepy but no other option as need to get up at 8:00... he really tries hard to sleep, struggles, fights... many other things (self explanatory !!) but.. he is not feeling sleepy.. he counts from 1 to 100 at least 5 times.. tries to concentrate his mind on one particular thing.. sleep... sleep.. sleep... but the more he concentrates, he goes on thinking thinking and finally... he gets up from bed and again starts chatting...
Well... this story might seem funny as well as interesting to you but its a sad reality for many guys... I have seen people over here suffering from what I call "Sleepwell Syndrome".. they go to bed to sleep... and again comes back in front of lappy in 1-2 hrs... and then next day... "hey man... i m feeling very sleepy... yest i went to bed at 12:30.. struggled for 1.5 hr nd finally got sleep at 2"... oh.. very sad...
Sound sleep has really become a luxury which everybody cant afford... or better say... its not there in everybody's luck... some other day, I was talking to a friend in India who had been in US for 2 yrs.. when i was chatting to him.. it was 1:30 am in India.. I asked.. hey.. why so late ? he said.. "kya kare yaar.. onsite ja ke ye gandi aadat lag gai hey... abhi to ye halat hey ki 2 baje tak nind hi nahi aati" (As I was at onsite, I have got habit of going to bed at 2.. Its really bad)..
If one wants to categorize the people for their sleeping practice, I will categorize them as following.
Category 1 : They get up at 7:30 in the morning and go to bed at 10:30 or 11:00 in the night.. They have the same schedule irrespective of its Monday or Sunday, Regular day or Holiday.. (very similar to famous Eggs ad in India, Sunday ho ya Monday, Harroj khao ande ... Whether its sunday or monday, have eggs)
Category 2: They get up at 8:00 in the morning and go to bed at 12:30 or 1:00.. In the weekends, they go to bed at 3:00 or 4:00 am... and then the next day, they get up at 11:00.. completes routines chores and again goes to bed at 2:30 or 3:00 pm till 6:30... Their weekends definition is 15-16 hrs sleep per day..
and finally the third category of people is there... they always try to fit in either category 1 or category 2 but they cant fit in any of them and remains in third category.. always..
So.. wat else... nothing... btw... Its very late here... lemme go to bed now :).. and ya... If any suggestion for third category people to shift in either of other categories, you are most welcome !!
Happy Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Swine Flu.. Har Din Diwali
Title of this post is little weired.. isn't it ? What's this "Har Din Diwali"... Well for all those who don't understand national language of India - Hindi, it means "Every day celebration day".
In our hotel (Lemme use the word Apartment because when I use the word Hotel, a completely different picture comes in mind which is totally different than reality), we have certain "traditions" like some people don't enjoy living in Hotel on weekends (they like to always roam and you will never find them in hotel for sure on weekends), some people don't cook on weekends (they enjoy taking rest) while some people cook something special or try something new on weekends (they enjoy delicious and experimental food more than taking rest).. one of such traditions for our Alcohol lover is to enjoy the "Daru (word for alcohol in Hindi) on weekends.. Its really great fun to attend these "sessions".. Well, I used the word "Daru" rather than alcohol because the great feeling which comes on their face when they speak "Daru" , it doesn't come up with any other word in any other language.. :)
Before 4-5 years in India, I guess either Samsung or LG came up with this catchy slogan "Har Din Diwali Offer" at time of Diwali (Diwali is a BIG celebration festival in India similar to Christmas in west).. They were giving discount up to 60% on various items for one month of Diwali period rather than just on few days of Diwali.. So it literally meant each day is a celebration day.. you don't need to wait for a specific day / specific occasion to get the benefit of discount.. Well, that's ok but what does this swine flu has to do with celebration.. Hmmm.. you need to be little smart to understand that..
"Daru" lovers have started taking this slogan seriously since we got mini vacation of flu. Rather than waiting for the weekend, now they have it almost everyday or every another day.. Though I am a Teetotaler, I had been there quiet a few times and passively participated.. Regular drinkers say, have few pegs and enjoy yourself in totally different world.. You don't remember either Swine Flu or anything else which is bugging you.. So this mini vacation is really "Har Din Diwali" for them... Isn't it ?
Cheers, Bottoms up :)
In our hotel (Lemme use the word Apartment because when I use the word Hotel, a completely different picture comes in mind which is totally different than reality), we have certain "traditions" like some people don't enjoy living in Hotel on weekends (they like to always roam and you will never find them in hotel for sure on weekends), some people don't cook on weekends (they enjoy taking rest) while some people cook something special or try something new on weekends (they enjoy delicious and experimental food more than taking rest).. one of such traditions for our Alcohol lover is to enjoy the "Daru (word for alcohol in Hindi) on weekends.. Its really great fun to attend these "sessions".. Well, I used the word "Daru" rather than alcohol because the great feeling which comes on their face when they speak "Daru" , it doesn't come up with any other word in any other language.. :)
Before 4-5 years in India, I guess either Samsung or LG came up with this catchy slogan "Har Din Diwali Offer" at time of Diwali (Diwali is a BIG celebration festival in India similar to Christmas in west).. They were giving discount up to 60% on various items for one month of Diwali period rather than just on few days of Diwali.. So it literally meant each day is a celebration day.. you don't need to wait for a specific day / specific occasion to get the benefit of discount.. Well, that's ok but what does this swine flu has to do with celebration.. Hmmm.. you need to be little smart to understand that..
"Daru" lovers have started taking this slogan seriously since we got mini vacation of flu. Rather than waiting for the weekend, now they have it almost everyday or every another day.. Though I am a Teetotaler, I had been there quiet a few times and passively participated.. Regular drinkers say, have few pegs and enjoy yourself in totally different world.. You don't remember either Swine Flu or anything else which is bugging you.. So this mini vacation is really "Har Din Diwali" for them... Isn't it ?
Cheers, Bottoms up :)
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Swine flu...
Swine flu... yes... thats the flu which had sent the whole world into lot of fear and yes.. even i am no exception to that... It has also given me opportunity to do some creative work which I was planning to do since long time so I am trying to make best of the time by trying my hands on blogging. I started this blogging a long way back into 2006 and till date there is only single post over here !! So one can say I m regularly irregular at blogging !! Well, back to swine flu. As per the current update of WHO, Swine flu has been spreaded in 13 countries of the world with more than 350 cases worldwide. One local report of Mexico says that there has been no case reported in the last night in Mexico but still.. you can see the impact of fear to the great extent in Mexico.
"Dont handshake with others, use the mask when you go the crowded places, wash your hands regularly with soap and water throughout the day, dont kiss anybody" .. This is the common set of instructions which I have found at most of the places to avoid yourself infected from swine flu... so the along with first 3 instructions, people over here are specifically needs to be advised not to do kissing anymore... and you can see the impact on the streets very well. Normally when I go outside, it has been normal practice to see a couple with their lips sticked to each other, much like a Fevicol is applied on their lips.. but now... you can see couple just sitting nearby each other with their masks on their face and looking to each other with saddy face and thinking.. what the hell this swine flu has done... Well, there are some exceptions also.. During my walk to local store day before yesterday, I found one courageous couple deeply kissing each other.. bravo... they might be thinking of improving their immune system by multiplying their happiness. :)
When I was in India, I had strong feeling that India should be the only country which has got varieties of dishes and with plenty of restaurants and road side eateries .. But after coming here in Mexico, I realized that I was like a frog who has not seen the outside world... I can say people over here can definitely beat the Indian people as far as eating is concerned.. Eating is the most preferred exercise over here after kissing which keep their mouth busy the whole day... but swine flu has changed it a lot... you can see all shops, restaurants and roadside eateries closed like what we can see in India at time of curfew.. As per one report, Mexico is facing $5m loss everyday due to this swine flu.
Still I need to spend 3-4 days more in my "cell" before I get bail. Lets see what happens in these days.. Waiting for this flu to get over so I can see people enjoying their natural life.. Well, because of this flu vacation, even I have come to know my limits for example.. How many hours you can sleep continuously in a day, how many days you can go without shaving your face, how many movies you can watch in a day etc.
Anyways, this seems to be a good re-start for my blogging passion.. Lets see when do I come back with further impacts of Swine flu.
"Dont handshake with others, use the mask when you go the crowded places, wash your hands regularly with soap and water throughout the day, dont kiss anybody" .. This is the common set of instructions which I have found at most of the places to avoid yourself infected from swine flu... so the along with first 3 instructions, people over here are specifically needs to be advised not to do kissing anymore... and you can see the impact on the streets very well. Normally when I go outside, it has been normal practice to see a couple with their lips sticked to each other, much like a Fevicol is applied on their lips.. but now... you can see couple just sitting nearby each other with their masks on their face and looking to each other with saddy face and thinking.. what the hell this swine flu has done... Well, there are some exceptions also.. During my walk to local store day before yesterday, I found one courageous couple deeply kissing each other.. bravo... they might be thinking of improving their immune system by multiplying their happiness. :)
When I was in India, I had strong feeling that India should be the only country which has got varieties of dishes and with plenty of restaurants and road side eateries .. But after coming here in Mexico, I realized that I was like a frog who has not seen the outside world... I can say people over here can definitely beat the Indian people as far as eating is concerned.. Eating is the most preferred exercise over here after kissing which keep their mouth busy the whole day... but swine flu has changed it a lot... you can see all shops, restaurants and roadside eateries closed like what we can see in India at time of curfew.. As per one report, Mexico is facing $5m loss everyday due to this swine flu.
Still I need to spend 3-4 days more in my "cell" before I get bail. Lets see what happens in these days.. Waiting for this flu to get over so I can see people enjoying their natural life.. Well, because of this flu vacation, even I have come to know my limits for example.. How many hours you can sleep continuously in a day, how many days you can go without shaving your face, how many movies you can watch in a day etc.
Anyways, this seems to be a good re-start for my blogging passion.. Lets see when do I come back with further impacts of Swine flu.