Every morning in Africa, a deer wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the lion or it will be killed.


Every morning, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest deer or it will starve to death.


It doesn't matter if you're a lion or a deer. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

I was waiting at the doctor's clinic yesterday evening while my attention was caught by this poster.

Dance like it hurts,
Love like you need money,
Work when people are watching.

~Scott Adams

Google and its related sites were not accessible the yesterday, while the other pages including facebook or twitter were loading successfully. Google, gtalk, gmail, reader... were totally out of service to the BSNL broadband users. I could neither google to find out a solution for this. ;)

C:\>ping google.com


Pinging google.com [64.95.64.197] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.


Ping statistics for 64.95.64.197:


Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\>tracert google.com
Tracing route to google.com [64.95.64.197]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms MyDslModem.local.lan [192.168.1.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.


If you're a BSNL customer and facing the same issue, try this:
1. Go to 192.168.1.1; system info and chk the attenuation and SNR value.SNR should be about 12 it seems.
2. Then change ip address in the internet settings from automatic to manual.

Thanks to Suyog for providing the solution.


A day without google is living in stone-age!

Having experienced frequent shut downs on my laptop which I described earlier, formatting Windows Vista  and installing Windows 7 did not help. I decided to visit a Sony Service station who thoroughly did a root cause analysis and found that the processor fan was not functional any more.

Here is a list of Sony Service Stations in Karnataka, I found on their website:

1. Bangalore
2. Belgaum
3. Davangere
4. Hubli
5. Mangalore
6. Mysore
7. Shimoga
8. Udupi

In Bangalore:

SONY SERVICE CENTRE

743. SRI KRISHNA TEMPLE ROAD INDIRA NAGAR 1ST STAGE INDIRA NAGAR   BANGALORE - 560038
T:25211050
**Phone no does not exist


SONY SERVICE CENTRE
NO.S-1760/G DR. RAJKUMAR ROAD RAJAJI NAGAR 2ND STAGE 2ND BLOCK RAJAJI NAGAR BANGALORE - 560010
T:25211050
**Phone no does not exist

AUTHORISED SERVICE CENTRE

PENTAGON SERVICES
64 MISSION ROAD SATHI COMPLEX BANGALORE - 560027
T:(080) 22234570


RMS TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
NO.13 11TH MAIN 5TH BLOCK JAYANAGAR BANGALORE - 560041
T:(080) 41301816-18


BENCHMARK INFOTECH
NO.5 10TH CROSS CBI ROAD GANGANAGAR BANGALORE - 560024
T:(080) 23331173


SAIRAM SERVICE
534/A DR. RAJKUMAR ROAD RAJAJINAGAR SECOND STAGE (OPP. ST. THERESA HOSPITAL) BANGALORE - 560010
T:(080) 65584958


VIGNESWAR SERVICES
NO:659 GROUND FLOOR 17TH D MAIN OPP. KORAMANGALA CLUB 6TH BLOCK KORAMANGALA BANGALORE - 650095
T:080 25525400


R.L. PROPERTIES; INVESTMENTS
606 80 FEET ROAD 4TH BLOCK KORAMANGALA BANGALORE - 560034
T:080 25505132


PENTAGON SERVICES
NO. 443 15TH MAIN ROAD 1ST BLOCK III STAGE BASAVESH BANGALORE - 560079
T:(080) 3228567

I am, now, installing the drivers for Windows 7.

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A beautiful ad on Youtube. Must watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8PBx7isoM

Pink - The color which all gals prefer over any given color. Women of all ages, be it a teenager, a little gal of age six or even an old lady of 60 admire. Pink, in other words is always referred to "girly" and hated by guys. If a guy admires "pink" or wears a pink shirt by any chance, they guy is treated like a gay!

Though, guys love red, they hate pink to such an extent that they express with weird expressions on their face. Whereas, we gals chose pink in lipstick, shoes, shirt, skirt, curtains, cell phones (oh, that moto phone) or even pink scooty ;)

A fortnight ago, my mother and her friend had been for shopping and bought many household stuffs including a dustbin. When my father noticed he dustbin at a corner of the house, he yelled, "Why pink? :( " with a weird expression.

We ladies, don't even spare a pink dustbin. ;)

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One of the jokes I received in a forwarded email.

Joke of the Year

Ek Aadami :  Chacha kaise ho ??? (Uncle, how are you ?)

Chacha: ab kya batau.... (What do I say!)

Bada beta share broker hai... (Eldest son is a Share broker)

doosara beta Jet Airways mein hai aur (Second son in Jet Airways)

teesara software mein hai aur (Third son in software field)


sabse chhota PANWALA  hai... Bus Wohi ghar chala raha hai.... (Last one sells paan. And the whole family is dependent on him)

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Disclaimer: This post reflects my opinion only. It is not posted to hurt anybody.

I sometimes wonder, what makes a country strong: is it the huge buildings, posh roads,  etc or the strong wise men to build a nation? Is it not that both the former and latter are equally essential? Is it so the former can be  accomplished only if we have the latter ones??? The latter ones say that there is no reason to be here since there is no career and recognition for merit. The latter ones remember that they once belonged to this land and come back when their kids begin to grow up in a foreign land. As for me, just because the neighbouring house aunty is modern and gorgeous, I can't stay at her house as a guest for a long time and can't love her as much as I love my mother. No matter how ever my mother is, I love her and the love is eternal.

On thursday morning, while I was stuck up in a traffic jam as usual, my attention was caught by the two little kids aged around 10-12 years who were asking the car owners or the bike riders at the traffic signal to buy the tricolor flags or the badges. But nobody even bothered to look at them. I was watching this through the window of the bus which was far away from those kids. Many people speak of abolishment of child labour and lengthy speeches on it, if they are so concerned why wouldn't they help those kids by buying a flag/badge which would cost them less than Rs 10/- or did they think it was a waste of money buying them? The child wasn't begging or stealing. He had chosen a path of decent living.

At office, grand celebrations went on in the evening which included cultural dances and finally concluded by National Anthem. All of us stood up, no matter we were eating or hurrying for the bus. There was some sort of oneness to which all of us are bound to.

For those people, who work on daily wages. Those who sustain eating once a day or thrive with hunger for days together, who don't even have voters card nor a shelter to protect them, it was just another day in their life.

Janani janmabhoomisch, Swargadapi gariyasi (the mother and motherland are dearer than heaven)

Now you can receive news updates from CNN IBN right on your gtalk. Just add IBN alerts in your gtalk and receive updates even while you are offline.

me: help im: These are the keywords you can use:

top: Gets you all the latest stories from IBNLive
sports: Gets you all the latest sports stories from IBNLive
biz: Gets you all the latest business stories from IBNLive
ent: Gets you all the latest showbiz stories from IBNLive
search: Search IBNLive's stories (Example: "search Euro 2000")
subscribe: Shows you the ways in which you can subscribe to or manage alerts

Twitter had introduced sending and receiving updates via gtalk which conked off in mid-May and they haven't restored it.

Lets see, how far this feature introduced by IBN will maintain its charm!

Everyday, I listen to music while traveling in the bus. Today, I was listening the songs from Rang De Basanti, I came across - Ik Onkar. Though, I knew "OM" is considered to be scared among Hindus and it is chanted before any prayer, say, Om Namah Shivaiah, I had never known the meaning of "Ik Onkar" which I learnt today. :)

OM is a compound Sanskrit word , which we consists of the three letters:
अ + उ + म = ॐ
ಅ + ಉ +ಮ = ಓಂ
 
OM represents the trimurtis:
अ for Brahma - The Universal Creator
उ for Shiva - The Universal Destroyer
म for Vishnu - The Universal Protector.

Ik Onkar means there is only ONE God. According to the Sikh philosophy, it is the opening part of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and also Mool Mantar(Main prayer) in the Sikh scriptures.






Here goes the actual meaning:

As all of us know, July 31st is the last date for filing returns for salaried income group. For those who haven't filed their retuns, can file them online.

Again, I am copying and pasting from a forwarded email.

Hi Everyone,

Now no need to worry about your Income Tax returns. No need to Pay 100 / 200 Rs. to any consultant for your income tax return. Govt. of india has made it very simple through the eFiling.

Follow the simple steps below and get the ITR Acknowledgement instantly.

1. Go to the site http://www.incometaxindia.govin/

2. Click on the link eFile-Income Tax Return (see snagit below) at the top-left of the home page.

3. Register yourself once with the help of your PAN No. You PAN No. will be your lifetime used Id for eFiling.

4. All salaried individuals need to submit ITR 1. To generate ITR 1 for eFiling, you need to use the following xls utility.

ITR 1 Utility

5. With the help of your Form 16, fill the details in the xls sheet above. Basically you need to upload all the data(salary,tax details) from your Form 16 to the xls sheet above.

6. Once the sheet is filled, click on the button Generate XML present on the sheet. This will generate a XML file based on the data filled in the ITR 1 form above. Save the file on your machine.

7. Now go back to the site once again and Log - In with the user id/ Passwd generated previously.

8. Click on the link Submit Return under A.Y. 2008-09 (see snagit below).

9. It will ask you to upload the xml file. Upload the xml file generated from the previous step.

10. Once the upload is successful, go to My Accounts->My Returns menu. Here you will get your digitally signed acknowledgement of ITR.

Check here for more info: https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/index.jsp

Pre-requisites:

Form 16/Salary Certificate should have a digital signature.

Happy e-governance :-)

We, Bangaloreans, have been facing severe power cuts at random intervals. First, it was the petrol price hike followed by LPG prices reaching sky. Now, we are running out of electricity in the Silicon City.

Today is World Environment Day. I have been seeing less greens of late. Why don't we take small steps to save Mother Earth? Though, it might be hard initially, it is not impossible.

My list goes here:

1. Use of plastic bags/bottles and throwing them on the road. Few people litter wherever they find space which is too annoying. Why not use paper bags?
2. Instead of burning confidential papers which cannot be given to recycling shop, why not shred them? :)
3. People going in the same route can pool car/bike saving petrol too. OMG, petrol and LPG prices are reaching the sky.
4. Switch off the monitor when not in use and if u are not using them for a long time-shut down the computer/laptops. This applies to all the electric appliances, too.
   
5. Some people spit everywhere on the road, thus creating an eye sore. Many so called educated people litter in the buses or public area. Why don't they discard the garbage in the dust bins.
   
6. The flyovers and digging of roads is another cause too.
   
7. Plant a tree for each house if less space or no of trees=no of people in the house :)
8. Even refrigerators emit lot of CFC(chloro fluoro carbon) which break the O3 structure of the ozone layer. Instead, use earthern pots during summer :D
9. Few advertisements on the roadside also require a tubelight lit the whole night. Is it necessary?
10. I appreciate the Chinese adoption of cycling and thus it compulsory. This not only reduces the pollution and traffic but also reduces weight and helps us to stay fit and fine. In most western or European countries, people cycle in summer and use car during winter.
    

The solutions to the real problems lie with us. But we do not think of the solutions and crib over the existing problems. As an individual, why don't we contribute to save the nature?

I casted my vote in the Karnataka Assembly Elections. The process of searching my name in their list was a heck. The voting slip was issued to a few. Some of my neighbours and myself hadn't been issued the voting slips though we already owned the Voters Card. A day before, my dad had taken a printout from the website for this reason.

We went along with the printout and told them that we weren't issued any voting slips and gently showed them the voters card. They searched our names in their huge booklet and finally found the names.

At the desk, I told the first person sitting: "We were not issued the voting slips. We have the voters card and here's the number." He noted number on another pink slip gave it to me. I was annoyed the way that fellow questioned me-"Whats your age? Have you voted before or is it the first time you're voting?" Crap!!! Why the hell he wants my age? Hadn't I been 18, I wouldn't have been issued the Voters card to vote! ..why does he want to know if I had voted before or not? I remained silent, went ahead, signed in their register. A lady, with the tiny ink bottle applied the ink on my index finger. The length of the ink being half an inch, maybe. She reset the electronic voting machine for each new person. I went ahead and cast my vote.

After coming home, I kept looking at the ink on my index finger. It was still "light blue". I tried to rub it while it was wet and it didn't vanish ;) Today morning, I checked my finger and the ink color had turned black. I asked my dad repeatedly, when this mark would disappear. I guess it may take a week or so!

As far whom I cast my vote, it will be confidential and it should. There are several things which shouldn't be questioned and cannot be answered ;)

With a hope of getting my iPod fixed, I visited the Apple showroom at Forum a month ago. Even if the iPod didn't function well, it was only "hope" in me, since I had an year warranty for my iPod which includes replacement, too :)

As I entered the chilled-air crowded showroom, I went to the cash counter complaining to him that my iPod isn't functioning properly. He directed me to the service desk which was just behind the cash counter. I noticed that there were few people who had faced similar issues with their iPod like me ;)

Me: I am facing lots of problem with this iPod... Whenever I connect it to my PC, iTuNes pops out a message saying that the iPod is "corrupt". And sometimes, it doesn't get charged :(

He: Ooh.. What version of iTunes are using? The version installed on your computer?

Me: some 7.4.... i guess... Don't remember the exact version, though. Whenever, broadband is connected, iTunes downloads the latest version along with Safari.

He: See, ma'am...you gotta install the latest version always... that's why you're facing such problem...

Me: (sounds stupid!) Its not the software problem... Its the hardware problem... Even without iTunes, Windows pops out a message that the "device connected may not function properly".

He: Its a software issue in your iPod... anyways, I'll reinstall iTunes...

Me: (Dumb, fellow! Its a hardware issue and what the hell is he saying???) Ok... reinstall it...

He connects the iPod to the Mac machine which has Windows installed.

He: May be some virus infect to your iPod.

Me: My PC is virus free.... Even if I connect it at my workstation, I scan for the virus... Its virus-free... Its a hardware problem.... why are you reinstalling the software??? I don't face such problem when I connect a pen drive... Even without iTunes, iPod should behave as a hardisk!

He: ma'am.. I shall reinstall it... Let me know if you face the problem again...

Me: (To hell with you! I'm telling you that its a hardware prob and you're saying its software??) What if I face the same thing again???

He: No worries... I will replace it with a new one...

Me: (Why shouldn't I worry? I've made a huge investment on the brand name-"Apple" whose service people can't even figure out that its a clear hardware issue and not software!) 

He: It would take sometime for installation....

Me: fine...

Meanwhile, I was gazing at the displays. A triband transistor/radio costs Rs 3599/- I was awe stuck to learn its prize. A couple of years ago or even now, handy pocket sized radios are sold for less than 100 bucks. Even Philips transistor is available for 175 bucks! "Apple"-got it? I, also needed a pouch for my iPod. After checking out few pouches, bought a cute leather pouch for Rs 1099/- Brand Name, you see!

After half an hour, the installation was done. I was given my iPod. I walked out of the showroom annoyed. It was a bad experience, totally. Never expected such a service from Apple!

Two days later, I connected iPod to my workstation. Due to virus infected iPod, my account got locked! At home, I connected it to my PC, scanned for virus. Altogether, 9 trojans were found. That fellow formatted iPod and introduced trojans! Sick!!! The antivirus was up-to-date and hence they were quadratined at a single click :)

Till to-date, it's working fine :) I wish I wouldn't visit the place again ;-)

Moral: I've learnt that I should never go by the so called Brand-Name and just because other suggest or won something, one shouldn't be running after it. Few had suggested me to own an iPod rather than Creative Wide Screen player since its service was better than Creative's. 

As for iPod is considered, I'm glad that it recovered :D ...and I love the sound clarity touch pad and of course the design though it lacks many features as in Creative. It isn't bulky at all!

We learn from experiences, don't we?

I had a weird experience on Sunday morning. My friend and I were headed to Mysore. Having slept only for 4.5 hours, I woke up early and reached Majestic sharp 7:45am. With no breakfast in the morning, I was hungry. For munching while travelling in the bus, I bought few snacks from a nearby shop: Mirinda 600ml, Kurkure and Good Day biscuits. Altogether, these would cost me only Rs 40/- if I was wise enough to buy it near my house. Instead I landed up paying 45 bucks much more than the MRP printed on each of them.

This isn't the only place where people are forced to pay more than MRP. In most places, where bus halts or be it railway station, sellers DO demand more than MRP. And we end up paying more :(

Why is it this way, everywhere? :-| [Indifferent smiley]

Here I am, in the food court having my breakfast alone in the mornings. A friend of mine sees me and with a broad smile asks: "Don't you get bored eating alone?" I said,"Why should I? I love spending time on myself. Got it?"

A friend of mine-"Why don't you buy a laptop?"
"Why? For what should I go for it?"
"Since you are earning, its affordable! Sell off your desktop."
(Annoyed)"My PC is in a good condition. Moreover, it serves my purpose. Just because I earn, I can't invest a huge amount on dumb advices."

This incident happened several weeks ago when I was on my way to a friend's house. The lady who stays in neighborhood, with a wicked smile interrupted me-"Enamma channagi dress maadkondu ello hort haag ide"(Hey there, dressed well-where are you headed to?) I was annoyed by such interrogation. Wondered what on earth made her ask this. Instead of minding her work, she was more enthusiastic to keep a record of others routine. I was getting late and replied with a plastic smile-"prati sala naanu elli hodru keLthiralla :| "(Whenever I step out of my house, you are keen to know where I am going) That was the last time she questioned me. Whew, now I'm freed from explanations to others.

The other day, while talking to my friend regarding onsite opportunities. He said,"Why do you gals need to go onsite alone?" It annoyed me-"Guys can digest the fact when gals race them in several aspect!" What was bothering him if gals go onsite?

There are several things which shouldn't be asked neither answered. Some people intend to ask such several annoying questions-can't judge if its out of their stupidity or intentionally want to hurt you!