Lol:)

Well…all of us are familiar with the saying- laughter is the best medicine! I somehow feel this saying should be changed to ‘laughter is the best living’ so that- there ain’t any need for medicine at all!!!

For a change in my blog I thought of putting in some gags which I came across in this particular week compiled from various sources. Now I don’t hope you to laugh out your lungs as I dint have much choice but I do hope the one from my real life incident does the best to crack you up!! Read on and laugh out loud:)

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Well being Robot’s season flaring up everywhere, tons of hilarious messages passed on about most admired hero-Rajni!! Here are a couple of txt messages that I got on blazing power of our Endhiran super star!!

Rajni Phobia…! What is that Rajnikanth can do that we can’t even think of doing???? Well he can even answer a missed call…:)

One more to go...Ek bar Rajnikanth aise hi neend me kuch numbers badbada rahe thae…and its now called…LOG TABLE:)

(See...I always thought he is the man of actions and there is no disappointment!!:)

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This one is from this month’s RD written by a mother…

“After a long day at work, I was helping my 11 year old daughter with her Maths homework. We were solving a rather complicated problem when my seven year old daughter asked me the full form of MS, “Microsoft” I replied impulsively. Seconds later, I realized how seriously my kids took me when she started reading aloud: “Microsoft Dhoni is a famous cricketer…”:)

(Microsoft should give a thought for new brand ambassador!! ;))

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I was browsing through one book- “Who writes this crap” and this ones from there…you must read what these service company got to offer their customers:

“Hey Buddy! For the next fortnight only, we’re giving away (For free!) eight thousand Big Chat rewards to Clear customers. To qualify, all you need to do is make 100hours of calls over the next week, then txt ‘BIGCHAT’ to 100345 and then you could be randomly selected to win an MP3 player (or promotional pen)!!:)

(WoW…this offer seems irresistible!!!:)

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And now comes the one from my life…

Just two days ago when I went to kitchen to grab my most wanted morning tea which actually awakens me...My mom gazed at me and said very sweetly in a whispering tone “Achu, you should eat cucumber everyday” hearing which all of a sudden I was up totally. I asked with my late 20’s apprehension “why ma, have I gone fat?” for which my mom just looked at me and dint answer so I continued non stop this time “tell me mama, what is it? Have I gone dull? Is something wrong with me?” my mom still listening answers in a soft subtle tone with a calm face “ They are just getting wasted” pointing at the dining which had three full cucumbers”;);):)

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Signing off for now,

Achu

@ First…

Ever got kissed by a mere conversation?

Umm…atleast in my purview if the article that begins with a line as delicate as above and plays a tic tac toe in mind, there you have it! You have the impression rather the First Impression that it takes to keep moving! This topic on first impressions indeed was twirling in my head for sometime now. Everytime I thought of it, my creative nerves kinda used to mettle for a big time tango! Must admit that I am hell excited to pen this down more than anything else so far in my blog!

Did you know that the neatness of a guy’s shoes does a slight march on his character? And the gals who know this do use it as a tool to form that first impression? Well this might be tacky and unrealistic but after all it’s a jinxed up world and this practice does exist!

In any case, we are all familiar with the classic approach that- the genuine smile can go long long way in forming that first impression!

And the email etiquettes form a great deal of first impression too! It doesn’t matter if you are a drop dead techie and don’t know to program English but, unfortunately you have no escape mechanism in there.

Sometimes there is a cue to judge the first impression that’s been formed on you. For eg: if you go for an interview and the interviewer after sometime starts adjusting his tie or coat or arranges papers on his table, then boy…his first impression on you is kind of screwed up and its time to repair the damage!

First impressions which come by experience are stronger. Like in my case, one should never buy deo’s which are on discounted price. Those smell nothing less like petrol! There I make a snap judgment the moment I see the word ‘off’ on them!

But, it’s also hard to agree on the say that first impression is the last impression coz the ‘time’ and the ‘chance’ take a big ride out there. Given a time, nothing can be beyond repair. But most of the times without our knowledge, the first impressions pave the way for further movement or a transition. Ignoring that would be like- ‘good the drink is, it will end in thirst!

Apparently first impressions can be formed in various ways. We all have our own tactics depending on our targets, purposes and the audiences. It could be the dressing sense, skills, body language, verbal gestures, accessories, appearance of a store, brand names, hoardings, and colors which indeed makes the deadly impressions and ofcourse in the conversation nothing other than the - ability to listen!

However, of all the factors mentioned above, I strongly feel that there is one denominator which can help make that required impression intact. Nothing can beat that innate or a natural charisma! If one possesses that factor there is no need of anything flashy or any extra bit of those efforts to be made for sure! It will be there at ya…all the time and implying the best in you!

Yup, you must have guessed that I am talking about the pricy jewel- the Attitude and quite obviously the right attitude! It makes you! It presents you so grand to the limelight that no other charm you could ever count on to have more. It’s such a natural way to strike that D impression without much of juggles and hassles and all at the cost of being oneself. It can win you over an interview in casuals, it can make the top shot carry on foul language gracefully, it can make the highway cafe to sell the blue muffin that tastes like a chalk piece and for that matter, guys may not need to polish their shoes at all!

Finally to conclude, there is a saying- ‘a last ship, a best ship’! And with this topnotch attitude, it’s certain that the first impression created will no doubt nudge you to that lasting impression ever!

PS: for those my friends who expect the topic on conversation, I will try to come back with it after sometime and after couple of my other blog posts. Now you don’t want to miss that…not under certain need of a shower;) Read on…

Signing off for now,

Achu

A hype factory?

Gone are those days where you wait for that half an hour news on DD and sometimes even for the afternoon news in sign language! Now we have access like 24/7 yet find it difficult to get that half an hour of quality information. These days, It’s all about sporting the trend of all our fancy news reporters going bonkers over varied fashionable statements of our country. Sometimes can’t make out if it’s an information channel or F-TV!(Metaphor intended)

However, I enjoy the drama! I like Rajdeep’s oozing out eyes wanting to plunge out of the TV screen to convince you! Infact, HT beats them all I guess. They have made it so obvious that whole nation can see the onscreen chemistry of their enmity with our own Indian cricket captain. Same goes with our RJ’s these days. Sometimes it feels like those jockey’s jump into my car, squeeze my neck and shout in my ears-“be happy, be happy!!” which indeed automatically happens with Vividhbharathi just by keeping themselves original!

And what about newspapers turning into GQ magazines? And especially their way of fighting competition. Deccan Chronicle had come up with promotional activity showcasing bikini models on hoardings having news all over them. Hmmm now who can explain that? Nothing else implicated to me except for making me guess that its an exclusive paper for men! Indeed recently, my journalist friend who writes for Financial Express wanted me to read one of the interesting articles that he had written. Boy…that paper felt heavy!

I will be dishonest if I say that I don’t enjoy the hype and mix up that our media is creating. Afterall they are entertaining us and who doesn’t like to be entertained eh? And also they put in so much pressure on the politicians or any other responsible authorities that things are getting done faster than expected!! In that way, it’s appreciated that their research is getting extensive and much bolder. Some deserving are getting hit hard now! It’s certainly not that easy to penetrate and target big shots. That means somewhere the hype factory is helping!

But it does hurt sometimes when our own media deny belonging to our country. For eg: When something goes wrong with sports and especially our religion equi cricket. Anand was yet again world chess champion but then that was 20% coverage in news but Indian cricket losing at the same time was 80%. That’s the attitude of our media! Why do they have this notion that we enjoy devastation the most! Ironically in gulf countries, believe any such negative implicated news will be in the third or fourth page but headlines will always be something positive. Now is that not a message in itself?

Again, I have no right to complain on democratic pleasures that each one is exhibiting. Now if I don’t like them, I always have a choice and nothing to brag about! But I must admit that it was extremely unpleasant to see the whole of CWG campaigning done by our media friends. Some even said- why did we need this? How sad a spirit is that? I felt that they don’t want to understand ‘us’ in the first place. Many things went wrong, but they coaxed at each and everything as though they have no responsibility in it. It’s a huge project and something’s bound to go wrong which shouldn’t have considering the time span. But, they should have projected it positively that can create healthy pressure on the culprits but please for god sake do not let our Nation down!!

Should we one day fight media-vs-Nation and wait for the verdict to happen for decades? Or should our media friends be paid bonus to have some integrity and pride? Or should they be given increment just to behave like Pranab Roy? Anyway, for a change, just day before yesterday I saw Rajdeep talking something positive about CWG with his sober eyes. Many foreign athletes were happy about arrangements and facilities at the end of it all! It made me so elated and proud about how its all set so grand and perfect despite such hurdles and unforgivable crimes! It’s not easy to make such things happen when every second person is dishonest and yet, here we are making it to the glory this evening being the grand inauguration of CWG!! Bravo!

As our Indian squash player very positively said “Its India and we like to do things differently”

Indeed we do! And I wish the best for the mega success of CWG! Way to go!!

Signing off for now,

Achu