Laughed Out Loud :-)

Rajiv and Mona are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!"

Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.

An hour later Rajiv turns to his wife and asks, "Mona, did we pay our Rs 5lakh deposit cheque yet to ICICI Bank?"
"No, sweetheart," she responds.Rajiv, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, "Mona, did we pay our ICICI Bank Master card yet?""Oh no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the cheque," she says. "One last thing, Mona. Did you remember to send cheques for the ICICI auto loan to them too this month?" he asks."Oh, forgive me, Rajiv," begged Mona. "I didn't send that one, either." Rajiv grabs her and gives her the biggest kiss in 40 years. Mona pulls away and asks him, "So, why did you kiss me?"Rajiv answers, "They'll find us!"

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Road Ahead !!

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Life is pretty fast. Hardly finding time to react, realize. Just moving on and on… Something or other comes and blocks your calendar. This place is pretty fast at least for me. There is always some pending task to be done and look forward for tomorrow to start. Donno how long this is going to be. Still this is current life and has to move on with it :-)

Just like that!

Felt like longing for a day off. The dawn was coming to a closure and so is the business hour. The week was coming to an end and so is the business day. It was time to pack up the black box into the black bag. One task was to be completed before shutting the Bill Gates framework. The frame of mood was for the weekend. At a relaxed outfit came out alone to see what’s happening in the outside real world. The scene showed me that always nature wins you. It provides the horizon of happiness at the sight...that’s nature as always.


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The Jaunts

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Last 3 weekends were faster and busy than the weekdays. I toured around Seattle, Detroit and near Chicago a place called Starved Rock Adventure. All the three trips were fabulous and resplendent. In Seattle I had visited my friends place and he took me to Deception Pass, Snoqualmie Falls and the great Downtown. I loved all the three places and it was a rich experience to see the nature’s beauty coupling tightly with mans craft. Seattle Downtown is small when compared to Chicago but the compactness and the elegance adds more value to it. I also had lots of home food to my delight and with beautiful memories landed back to Chicago.

Then last weekend visited Detroit to another friends place and roamed around the city like Kamal rounding in the Guna movie. Especially the Ford Village was the star attractions and was huge to look around. The town is small and moderate. Everywhere Ford has a place and occupied the whole city. It’s a good place to visit and has many interesting spots.

This weekend went to Starved Rock Adventure [SRA] near Chicago. The main reason I went more than for amusement was a self test. I have recently got a car and started driving locally. But I wanted to test myself and the car to see whether in the freeways of US we run well. The test was successful and around 250 miles was crossed without many hassles. Both the car and I passed in the test scoring 80% :-) [Assessed by narsidude]. It was a good experience and had boosted my confidence level in driving. The SRA has good marine attractions like speed boats, jet skis, and pontoon boats. The self drive in the speed boat was really exciting and loved it to zip around. Next weekend planning to take stay home as the human body needs some rest. Hope I make it and sudden plans don’t arise.

Hee Hee Hee :-)

"Anna Ava En Pondatti Anna....Please Vitudunga"


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Google Sweetenings

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Today, I noticed the change in my Google Toolbar. I then checked out the new features and it’s really helpful for all the users for getting a rich browsing experience. For long time I used to carry my favorites as a file from system to system. Every time I add\update my favorites, I send a copy as mail to myself. The new toolbar had relived this pain and you can carry your bookmark wherever you go and Google does it for you. The search box has been modified and really amazing to get list of values as you type in as suggestions\history\Did you mean? Apart from these, providing logon options to Google accounts, send to options, translator and much more. Check more features here.

I like the way they create the tools. They are very simple but cover everything they would like to do. No flashy colors, no big banner but it catches your eyes. Capturing the basic user’s needs and making surfing easier & comfortable. Everybody need is right information at right time. This is what Google is capitalizing and working on it. The bookmark is a kind of your information need, the listing of search values as you type in, and so on. I am curious and like to be an audience at their technical meeting when designing such tools. It’s like wanting to see how they hit the nail. BANG!!