December 2007
34 posts
Happy New Year!
May the New Year turn out to be the happiest and the best for you.
:)
From www.dumblaws.com:
In California, no vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
In Florida, if an elephant, goat or alligator is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
In Montana, it is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
In Oregon, a door on a car may not be left open longer than...
Bollywood Song at the Gym
I was at the gym today evening in Hillsborough, NJ. Now this gym is quite big and so far I am the only non-white person I have ever seen there. As I finished a set today, I passed by the room where they have spin classes and I hear them all having a good time working out and listing to a song from the Bollywood movie Om Shanti Om. I guess the fast pace of the song Deewangi Deewangi helps with the...
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the...”
– Nelson Mandela, ‘A Long Walk to Freedom’
Night before a final in 1997 with my friend Shan...
Shajir: Man, it is 9 pm and I still have tons of chapters to cover for my final tomorrow.
Shan: Thats cool - I guess you might be up all nite then...
Shajir: I don't know anymore - maybe I should just miss the final.
Shan: Why would you say that?
Shajir: Well its late and what can I do at the last moment?
Shan: Well you know what they say - last hope is the best hope so hope last.
Shajir: What the.....hahahahahaha
EightyEast Update
The countdown begins - HUM NA RAHEIN - releasing JANUARY 2008 on eightyeast.com.
I can’t seem to embed the video but have a look by clicking here.
“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.”
– Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
News in the Chocolate world..
Campbell Soup selling Godiva to Turkish company.
I used to be a big fan of Ülker back when I used to live in Cyprus. It seems that now Ülker’s parent company is buying Godiva.
Eid Mubarak!
Wishing everyone a blessed and happy Eid-Al-Adha.
Cough..Cough..Cough
Yes, I have a sore throat and I have started coughing. I went to CVS and I wanted to pick some cough medicine but then I was reminded of all the recent articles about how cough medicine does not work…so what was the final verdict? I need to know…..soon…..
WatchRemember: Big Brother is always watching you… make a fool of yourself. Courtesy of CollegeHumor.
“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy;...”
– Socrates
WatchPhil Collins?
Eighty East
Not they highway silly, the band! You know who they are - if not go check out their site.
“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood....”
– Isaac Asimov
My School - Grade 1 to 12
For those of you interested, this is where it all started - International Indian School. 13,000 students and counting.
Monday Blues
I can’t believe it is just Monday! I am in the office at 6:45 pm and today has been a long day at work - but all is well.
I need to make sure I use the holidays well and get ready for 2008…..
That reminds me I need to firm up my plans for New Year’s Eve. Any suggestions?
:)
Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Ralph out.
When the Head Nurse became aware of Edna’s heroic act she immediately ordered her to be...
“A Journey of a Thousand Sites Begins with a Single Click.”
– A Silicon Valley Proverb
Go Broncos!
I attended a Western Michigan University Alumni Association event on November 10th. It was a reception with our new President - Dr. John Dunn - who was visiting NYC. His wife Linda was in attendance along with members of the WMU senior management staff and alum in the Greater NYC region.
It was a few hours well spent, sharing stories and experiences from campus and to hear from John (as he likes...
What is it??
I have been asked by a bunch of folks as to what is a tumblelog? As per the FAQs page:
“To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.
You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.”
Watch
:)
A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: “That’s the ugliest baby that I’ve ever seen. Ugh!” The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: “The driver just insulted me!” The man says: “You go right up there and tell him off – go ahead, I’ll hold your monkey for you.”
“Vision without Action is a Daydream. Action without Vision is a Nightmare.”
– Japanese Proverb
Something New!
They say you will never know until you leap right in…..
I have been the owner of this domain for a while now. I never had a website up and running due to a number of personal and professional reasons. After all, the first thing everyone does these days is to google the person you come across.
In any case, I recently tumbled across tumblr - I couldn’t resist writing that:) - and it...