Apr 30, 2008

Humorous sign ads!!

I came across this one on the net recently ...
Damn witty!!


Advertisement In A Long Island Shop: Guitar, for sale....... Cheap...........no strings attached .


Ad.. In Hospital Waiting Room: Smoking Helps You Lose Weight ... One Lung At A Time!


Seen on a bulletin board: Success Is Relative. More The Success, More The Relatives.




When I Read About The Evils Of Drinking...I Gave Up Reading.


My Grandfather Is Eighty And Still Doesn't Need Glasses... He Drinks Straight Out Of The Bottle.


You Know Your kids Have Grown Up When: Your Daughter Begins To Put On Lipstick.. Or Your Son Starts To Wipe It Off .


Sign In A Bar: "Those Of You Who Are Drinking To Forget, Please Pay In Advance."


Sign In Driving School: If Your Wife Wants To Learn To Drive, Don't Stand In Her Way.


Behind Every Great Man, There Is A Surprised Woman.
The Reason Men Lie Is Because Women Ask So Many Questions.


Getting Caught Is The Mother Of Invention.


Laugh And The World Laughs With You, Snore And You sleep Alone.


The Surest Sign That Intelligent Life Exists Elsewhere In The Universe Is The Fact That It Has Never Tried To Contact Us.


Sign At A Barber's Saloon In Detroit: We Need Your Heads To Run Our Business.


A Traffic Slogan: Don't Let Your Kids Drive If They are Not Old Enough Or Else They Will Never Be.


Sign In A Restaurant: All Drinking Water In This Establishment Has Been Personally Passed By The Manager.


Sign On A Famous Beauty Parlor Window: Don't Whistle At The Girls Going Out From Here. She May Be Your Grandmother
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Apr 28, 2008

The BCCI scores...

The BCCI 'slapped' a ban on off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for reportedly slapping Indian Team colleague Sreesanth on-field after the former's team(Mumbai Indians) faced defeat at the hands of the latter's(King's XI Punjab).
What happened was totally uncalled for. And the BCCI would feel the sting more than anybody else. The BCCI has left no stone unturned to make the inaugural edition of the IPL successful. Moreover it has even declared awards for the players who play in the ' Spirit of the Game ' . No wonder than that it went for such a harsh penalty for Bhajji .
A lot has been written already about what happened on the field was a result of the BCCI's unwavering support for the offie in particular and youngsters in general when it came to the indisciplined display on the ground on previous occasion. And that it has acted like a nanny that is too forgiving of a child's follies . And now the toddler's grown big enough and so have his follies.
But by banning Bhajji it has made a strong statement here . That it means business . The board that claims to be even richer than the governing body of world cricket had taken a huge step when it announced the IPL. IT drew a lot of critisism and apprehensions along with the expected 'wows' and 'ooohs'. And then somewhere between the cheerleaders at the fences to the celeb performances in the middle, the simplicity of the game was lost . And if the BCCI had one chance to prove to the fans and the franchisee owners that it was not blinded by the glitter, this was it.
Kudos to the board for playing on the front foot and avoiding the perils accompanying a back foot defence.

Word of caution for Bhajji: Dude, if you've hit the guy,then just say it. Because for me if the video evidence contradicts what you're saying, which implies that you're lying , there's no reason why you wouldn't be lying on previous occasions where similar discipline related questions have been raised against you!!! You're integrity is under the microscope ,mate ... and believe me, that worse than being slapped or being called a monkey!!!

Apr 7, 2008

SFE-Helping me P.T.O

S.F.E.-Students' Forum for Electronics
The name that has become a passion in the past year. I don’t know what I’m going to write about it. But since this is MY blog and it has things that concern me, it’s but natural that SFE is typed into it sooner or later.

I've reached a stage where my relationship with SFE has probably come to an end. And it is now that it strikes me how much I owe to SFE for making me realize my own worth!!
Frankly speaking, the 2 years prior to VESIT were perhaps the worst of my life. I was in the middle of nowhere... one hand clinched the past as tightly as it could not wanting to let go lest I’d falter & fall and the other circumspectly reaching to the next step & timidly withdrawing it too afraid of breaching horizons. I'd lost the spark that once people said characterized me.
Even when I became an SFE co-coordinator my apprehensions did not abandon me immediately, having being fueled with years of cynicism and negativity they were bound to 'cling' to me. Then gradually without me realizing it... I started viewing things differently... Each challenge that SFE put up to me... each seeming so exciting that I never thought of quitting for a single second. And in times I wavered from my grit, I had colleagues who although like me were exploring themselves showed that it was not a lone battle for me.

The transformation was not sudden nor was it anything miraculous. I didn’t change myself. No. Did I find a new person within me? No. I didn’t reinvent myself. Rather, I’d say that I discovered myself. I always had the skill sets hidden in me , somewhere , but never being tested , they just lay there , rusting , until the rust spread to my mind and I was blinded of who I am. SFE provided me with opportunities to see beyond the veil and find myself.

There is a tale I’d like to narrate at this point,

There were once two old men who were on a long journey. To their misfortune, they came across a valley which could only be crossed by walking on a thin piece of log put across the two opposing edges. One of them thought of the painful death he’d face if he’d fall and dreading every step he put forward. Suddenly it came to his mind that the long journey had caused terrible pain in his legs and that he would be totally incapable of going across the valley. In a few moments, the valley resounded with a ‘thud’. When the other man stepped onto the log he noticed that the wind was too mild to cause him any hindrance… but pleasant enough to keep him at peace. He thanked the Lord that the valley was to be encountered early in the journey when he still had fresh pair of legs. Not miraculously then, the man crossed the valley and went ahead on his journey.

Today when I walk through the road or the college corridor, I don’t notice the reasons why a guy next to me is better than me, I seek qualities in me that differentiate me from him.

I am unique. I am special. And I will always be grateful to SFE for making me realize such a simple thing.