I was going through my blog and came across several posts that were drafted but never got to the post stage.
Go ahead ..laugh your heart out.
Even I couldnt help breaking into one looking at the blog.
For people who have been following my posts, this should be truly hilarious. :D
The point was to change and add a bit of 'sun shine'. And tried a new template designed by Gisele Jaquenod.
This one was way too cute to match my posts. Anyways, I seriously it would be nice to use this one. Just for a change .
A total contradictory template to my posts.
Busy doing something..
mobile rings
I take the call.
Caller: ma'am do u want xyz bank card .
Me: No
and 'caller' hangs up.
No thanks , sorry for disturbing.... just nothing.
Before they teach call center people anything , they should be taught about basic manners.
Being polite is more important than their weird accents.
Go ahead have a look at the below list.
1. Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.
2. When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body not usually discovered.
3. Show nothing to your friends that may affright them.
4. In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming voice, or drum with your fingers or feet.
5. If you cough, sneeze, sigh, or yawn, do it not loud but privately, and speak not in your yawning, but put your handkerchief or hand before your face and turn aside.
6. Sleep not when others speak; sit not when other stand; speak not when you should hold your peace; walk not on when others stop.
7. Put not off your clothes in the presence of others, nor go out your chamber half dressed.
8. At play and at fire, it’s good manners to give place to the last comer, and affect not to speak louder than ordinary.
9. Spit not into the fire, nor stoop low before it; neither put your hands into the flames to warm them, nor set your feet upon the fire, especially if there be meat before it.
10. When you sit down, keep your feet firm and even; without putting one on the other or crossing them.
11. Shift not yourself in the sight of others, nor gnaw your nails.
12. Shake not the head, feet, or legs; roll not the eyes; lift not one eyebrow higher than the other, wry not the mouth, and bedew no man’s face with your spittle by approaching too near him when you speak.
13. Kill no vermin, or fleas, lice, ticks, etc. in the sight of others; if you see any filth or thick spittle put your foot dexterously upon it; if it be upon the clothes of your companions, put it off privately, and if it be upon your own clothes, return thanks to him wo puts it off.
14. Turn not your back to others, especially in speaking; jog not the table or desk on which another reads or writes; lean not upon anyone.
15. Keep your nails clean and short, also your hands and teeth clean, yet without showing any great concern for them.
16. Do not puff up the cheeks, loll not out the tongue with the hands, or beard, thrust out the lips, or bite them, or keep the lips too open or too close.
17. Be no flatterer, neither play with any that delight not to be played withal.
18. Read no letter, books, or papers in company, but when there is a necessity for the doing of it, you must ask leave; come not near the books or writings of another so as to read them unless desired, or give your opinion of them unasked; also look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
19. Let your countenance be pleasant but in serious matters somewhat grave.
20. The gestures of the body must be suited to the discourse you are upon.
21. Reproach none for the infirmities of nature, nor delight to put them that have in mind of thereof.
22. Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another though he were your enemy.
23. When you see a crime punished, you may be inwardly pleased; but show pity to the suffering offender.
24. Do not laugh too loud or too much at any Public Spectacle.
25. Superfluous compliments and all affectation of ceremonies are to be avoided, yet where due they are not to be neglected.
26. In putting off your hat to persons of distinction, as noblemen, justices, churchmen, etc., make a reverence, bowing more or less according to the custom of the better bred, and quality of the persons; among your equals expect not always that they should begin with you first; but to pull off the hat when there is not need is affectation, in the manner of saluting and resaluting in word keep to the most usual custom.
27. ‘Tis all manners to bed one more eminent than yourself to be covered, as well as not to do it to whom it is due. Likewise, he that makes too much haste to put on his hat does not well, yet he ought to put it on at the first, or at most the second time of being asked; now what is herein spoken, of qualification in behavior or saluting, ought also to be observed in taking of place and sitting down for ceremonies without bounds or troublesome.
28. If anyone come to speak to you while you are at sitting, stand up, though he be your inferior, and when you present seats, let it be everyone according to his degree.
29. When you meet with one of greater quality than yourself, stop, and retire, especially if it be at a door or any straight place, to give way for him to pass.
30. If walking the highest place in most countries seems to be on the right hand; therefore place yourself on the left of him whom you desire to honor; but if three walk together the middle place is the most honorable; the wall is usually given to the most worthy if two walk together.
31. If anyone far surpasses others, either in age, estate, or merits and would give place to a meaner thank himself, the same ought not to accept it, save he offer it above once or twice.
32. To one that is your equal, or not much inferior, you are to give the chief place in your lodging, and he to whom it is offered ought at the first to refuse it, but at the second to accept though not without acknowledging his own unworthiness.
33. They that are in dignity or in office have in all places precedency, but whilst they are young, they ought to respect those that are their equals in birth or other qualities, though they have no public charge.
34. It is good manners to prefer them to whom we speak before ourselves, especially if they be above us, with whom in no sort we ought to begin.
35. Let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive.
36. Artificers and person of low degree ought not to use many ceremonies to lords or others of high degree, but respect and highly honor them, and those of high degree ought to treat them with affability and courtesy, without arrogance.
37. In speaking of men of quality do not lean nor look them full in the face, nor approach too near them at left. Keep a full pace from them.
38. In visiting the sick, do not presently play the physician if you be not knowing therein.
39. In writing or speaking, give to every person his due title according to his degree and the custom of the place.
40. Strive not with your superior in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
41. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes.
42. Let thy ceremonies in Courtesy be proper to the Dignity of his place with whom thou converses for it is absurd to act the same with a Clown and a Prince.
43. Do not express joy before one sick in pain, for that contrary passion will aggravate his misery.
44. When a man does all he can, though it succeed not well, blame not him that did it.
45. Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in public or private, and presently or at some other time; in what terms to do it; and in reproving show no signs of cholor but do it with all sweetness and mildness.
46. Take all admonitions thankfully in what time or place soever given, but afterwards not being culpable take a time and place convenient to let him know it that gave them.
47. Mock not nor jest at any thing of importance. Break no jests that are sharp, biting; and if you deliver any thing witty and pleasant, abstain from laughing thereat yourself.
48. Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself; for example is more prevalent than precepts.
49. Use no reproachful language against any one; neither curse nor revile.
50. Be not hasty to believe hasty flying reports to the disparagement of any.
51. Wear not your clothes foul, or ripped, or dusty, but see they be brushed once every day at least and take heed that you approach not to any uncleanness.
52. In your apparel be modes and endeavor to accommodate nature, rather than to procure admiration; keep to the fashion of your equals, such as are civil and orderly with respect to time and places.
53. Run not in the streets, neither go too slowly, nor with mouth open; go not shaking of arms, nor upon the toes.
54. Play not the peacock, looking everywhere about you, to see if you be well decked, if your shoes fit well, if your stockings sit neatly and clothes handsomely.
55. Eat not in the streets, nor in your house, out of season.
56. Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
57. In walking up and down in the house, only with one in company if he be greater than yourself, at the first give him the right hand and stop not till he does and be not the first that turns, and when you do turn let it be with your face towards him; if he be a man of great quality, walk not with him cheek by jowl but somewhat behind him but yet in such a manner that he may easily speak to you.
58. Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for ‘tis a sign of a tractable and commendable nature, and in all causes of passion permit reason to govern.
59. Never express anything unbecoming, nor act against the rules before you inferiors.
60. Be not immodest in urging your friends to discover a secret.
61. Utter not base and frivolous things among grave and learned men, nor very difficult questions or subjects among the ignorant, or things hard to be believed; stuff not your discourse with sentences among your betters nor equals.
62. Speak not of doleful things in a time of mirth or at the table; speak not of melancholy things or death or wounds, and if others mention them, change if you can the discourse; tell not your dreams, but to your intimate friends.
63. A Man ought not to value himself of his Achievments, or Rare Qualities of wit; much less of his riches Virtue or Kindred.
64. Break not a jest where none take pleasure in mirth; laugh not alone, nor at all without occasion; deride no man’s misfortune though there seem to be some cause.
65. Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion.
66. Be not forward but friendly and courteous, the first to salute, hear, and answer; and be not pensive when its time to converse.
67. Detract not from others, neither be excessive in commanding.
68. Go not thither, where you know not whether you shall be welcome or not; give not advice without being asked, and when desired do it briefly.
69. It two contend together take not the part of either unconstrained, and be no obstinate in your own opinion; in things indifferent be of the major side.
70. Reprehend not the imperfections of others, for that belongs to parents, masters, and superiors.
71. Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of others and ask not how they came. What you may speak in secret to your frind, deliver not before others.
72. Speak not in an unknown tongue in company but in your own language and that as those of quality do and not as the vulgar; sublime matters treat seriously.
73. Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly.
74. When another speaks, be attentive yourself; and disturb not the audience. If any hesitate in his words, help him not nor prompt him without desired; interrupt him not, nor answer him till his speech has ended.
75. In the midst of Discourse ask not of what one treateth but if you Perceive any Stop because of your coming you may well intreat him gently to Proceed: If a Person of Quality comes in while your Conversing it's handsome to Repeat what was said before.
76. While you are talking, point not with your fingers at him of whom you discourse, nor approach too near him to whom you talk especially to his face.
77. Treat with men at fit times about business and whisper not in the company of others.
78. Make no comparisons and if any of the company be commended for any brave act of virtue, commend not another for the same.
79. Be not apt to relate news if you know not the truth thereof. In discoursing of things you have heard, name not your author always; a secret discover not.
80. Be not tedious in discourse or in reading unless you find the company pleased therewith.
81. Be not curious to know the affairs of others, neither approach those that speak in private.
82. Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.
83. When you deliver a matter do it without passion and with discretion, however mean the person be you do it to.
84. When your superiors talk to anybody hear not, neither speak nor laugh.
85. In company of those of higher quality than yourself, speak not ‘til you are asked a question, then stand upright, put off your hat and answer in few words.
86. In disputes, be not so desirous to overcome as not to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion and submit to the judgement of the major part, especially if they are judges of the dispute.
87. Let thy carriage be such as becomes a Man Grave Settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not at every turn what others Say.
88. Be not diverse in discourse; make not many digressions; nor repeat often the same manner of discourse.
89. Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
90. Being set at meat, scratch not, neither spit, cough, or blow your nose except there’s a necessity for it.
91. Make no show of taking great delight in your victuals; feed not with greediness; eat your bread with a knife; lean not on the table; neither find fault with what you eat.
92. Take no salt nor cut bread with your knife greasy.
93. Entertaining anyone at table it is decent to present him with meat; undertake not to help others undesired by the master.
94. If you soak bread in the sauce, let it be no more than what you put in your mouth at a time and blow not your broth at the table; let it stay ‘til it cools of itself.
95. Put not your meat to your mouth with your knife in your hand; neither spit forth the stones of any fruit pie upon a dish nor cast anything under the table.
96. It’s unbecoming to heap much to one’s meat; keep your fingers clean; when foul, wipe them on a corner of your table napkin.
97. Put not another bite into your mouth till the former be swallowed; let not your morsels be too big.
98. Drink not nor talk with your mouth full; neither gaze about you while you are drinking.
99. Drink not too leisurely nor yet too hastily. Before and after drinking, wipe your lips; breathe not then or ever with too great a noise; for it is an evil.
100. Cleanse not your teeth with the table cloth napkin, fork, or knife; but if others do it, let it be done without a peep to them.
101. Rinse not your mouth in the presence of others.
102. It is not of use to call upon the company often to eat; nor need you drink to others every time you drink.
103. In the company of your betters, be not longer in eating than they are; lay not your arm but only your hand upon the table.
104. It belongs to the chiefest in company to unfold his napkin and fall to meat first; be he ought then to begin in time and to dispatch with dexterity that the slowest may have time allowed him.
105. Be not angry at the table whatever happens and if you have reason to be so, show it not but on a cheerful countenance especially if there be strangers, for good humor makes one dish of meat and whey.
106. Set not yourself at the upper of the table but if it be your due, or that the master of the house will have it so, contend not, lest you should trouble the company.
107. If others talk at the table be attentive, but talk not with meat in your mouth.
108. When you speak of God or His attributes, let it be seriously; reverence, honor and obey your natural parents although they be poor.
109. Let your recreation be manful, not sinful.
110. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
yeah. guess we need one for Telugu now and several other native languages.
With English making inroads everywhere , most languages are on a downward trend. Even my maid speaks faultless English. And the funny part is she makes it a point to reply in English when I speak in Telugu. I stick to Telugu at home.
Go to any shop, any mall, its always English. Even the autos.
So ok enough of the rant.
Try and find the words for the following in your native language.
Doubt, Criticize, Agree, Disagree, Pity, Use, Misuse.
There are lots of em. From today on ill be posting a couple of words /day.
So check and see where you stand.
Remember Amar Chitra Katha, Superman, Phantom, Gokulam, Chacha Chaudary, Chandamama, Misha, Target (the last two, am not sure If anyone remembers em or read em. I was a regular reader.)
Comics @schools were coveted. For that matter any book but comics were there right on top of the list. You could trade it for anything in a hostel. The more number of comics the richer you were in the convent. OK I know you got the picture.
I miss reading a lot. The total absorption in a book, unmindful of the hours passing by, no lunch, no dinner just nothing till the book got over. Guess , this comes under some sort of fanaticism.
Some books that were totally in demand- David Copperfield, All Comics, Anne of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women.
And there were long lines before you got your hand on any of the books.
Remember reading David Copperfield back to front.
And my first experience of a book was a comic in telugu on Krishna. Vividly remember reading it in lamplight coz there was no power.
You do have weird experiences If you grow up in a convent. Things that day scholars take for granted, are coveted.
My understanding of twittering is its an ultra mini blogging, syndication whatever. And it does help me keeping track of a couple of frens.
Well, thts my reason of twittering.
I dont understand how people follow over 100's of people. Dont they get irritated with so many posts err...tweets on their page???
And I definitely can never get people updating every hour, every day. oh c'mon....
Well, each to his own.
And no offense to anyone. Just posting my feelings after unfollowing someone on Twitter. Got fed up with the number of mindless updates.
And dont read too much into the heading. just had it thr for the sake of rhyming.
And ... thts it. the end of the post.
Been experimenting a lot these days. tried a couple of templates before zeroing in on this one. Chose this one cause of its simplicity, neat colors, and nice background.
In the coming days you might come aross several changes. Will be changing and experimenting untill am satisfied. Meanwhile , I look forward to your feedback and suggestions.
I tried adding a flickr widget by Roytanck, but unfortunately didnt work. Trying to solve it. In the mean while if you know what could be the solution , please leave a comment.
For the past few days am in a disturbed state. So disturbed, that I was in and out of near fatal accidents. Narrowly escaping each of them.
I hate this state. Not being in a state to control and keep your thoughts in check. Not giving my 100% to the work am doing.
The result am always forgetting things. Not to mention the number of times I ve lost my car keys 'n' number of times.
Am irritated sick with my absent minded ness.
And to make matters worse , I carry a huge bag.
So huge that half the time am searching for things I want.
Am an emergency and a memory person. I always hoard each and every thing that has a memory attached and have everything that id need in an emergency. So my now bag has a compact, 2 eye liners (donno why am carrying so many), a cold cream (jus in case it gets cold in hyd), a liquid soap (yeah, n dont laugh), a normal soap, tissues, a note book and no pen (i keep losing a pen), a contact lens holder with no contacts, wallet, a comb, a hair brush, lots of hair clips and rubber bands, lip gloss, ear rings (that I never wear, n lost one of them. So now , I have jus one), keys for which ive lost the locks.
Guess, the time has come for a smaller one.
All of my growing up years were spent in convents , away from home for nearly 10 months of a year. The 2 lovely months- April , May at home for Summer Vacations.
Every year, one common trend among all of the classes was a count down chart would come up on the black boards. We'd strike off each day with growing enthusiasm. Mar 31 the D Day always marked brightly as if it were a deliverance or something.
Did I mention the enthu with, we 'd pack all our belongings. All those brand new clothes we d bought at the start of the year , now brown, faded, and in tatters. On March 30 we'd have just 1 pair outside. All the rest packed neatly.
Come Mar 31. Everyone's excited. Parents start to arrive at noon. All of us kids waiting with apprehension.
Finally when we spot em, get our cases and ready to sign out. Two months of fun , time with parents, and home sweet home.
You love your parents no matter what. The innocence of childhood.
Yeah. people do get it.
what are the triggers??
When
-u come across bad grammar
-the functionality is totally wrong
-the author is mixed up with whts actual and expected. Gives the very same data in both of the cases.
-the wrong FS Id
-testcases arent structured well.
And what takes the cake-
all the testcases start with - To check.
Aaarrrgghhhhh
When you get what you want in your struggle for self,
And the world makes you King for a Day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
and see what the man has to say.
For it isn’t your father or mother,
Whose judgment upon you must pass,
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life,
Is the one staring back from the glass.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartache and tears,
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
He’s the fellow to please, never mind all the rest,
for he’s with you clear to the end,
And you’ve passed your most dangerous test,
If the man in the glass is your friend.
-Author Unknown
I bumped into an acquintance of mine. This person had been working in the US for the past two years.
While catching up, he went on and on on the injustice towards telangana. Quite a rhetoric for over an hour.
A Question for him.
*Have you voted??
*Do you plan to vote in this election??
Seriously No. How can he come all the way from the US?? He has to take leave from work, book tickets and its quite a tedious process. Not to mention all those dollars lost.
When you cant vote , dont complain. When you cant make the effort and sacrifices youve no right to even bring up the T topic.
Thats Billa for you.
Must say the promos/ posters looked quite impressive.
I like color. I like movies to be colorful, happy. Or if they are monocromatic, subdued colors I expect that the movie excels in other departments- acting, graphics, story, interesting storyline.
What is it in Billa???
An endless parade of costumes, pathetic acting, a story thats made/remade/and again remade so that now its just dead.
Almost everyone dresses in Black. or a white. The cars/planes... just about everything ... the makers must have gone the extra length to color coordinate all those jets, cars, costumes.
The less said about the acting skills the better.
The makers should have had a scrolling bar at the bottom giving ddetails about the locations, costume designer, phones, cars used.
They could ve recouped some of the costs.
brrrr.......... chaaatttteeerrr
How do u express that its freezing?
The AC @ work is going full blast and I happen to sit near one of the vents.
The result am shivering most of the time and all 5 weekdays. c'mon it can blow hot for a while!!
Am actually chattering. And Ive notied that I dont eat much hardly move out from my sseat, which is one way of keeping it warm.
Did u notice the typos. I normally dont do tht. Am shivering and typing and going crazy.
Even my ideas freeze.
ok. thts taking it a bit too far.
I generally dont share , if I can stay in the background I stay. Infact I make an effort to do so.
Not many people know that I blog and am part of several other activities.
But today, err noticed/chanced..??? that there were several people following my posts/.../n other stuff.
Why its pleasant, jus tht I got noticed. :D
The problem with decluttering is, when it comes to making a crucial decision like to keep a post or not; I think each and everyone Is relevant. Was reading the old ones and all the memories that are attached came rushing back. Some, I still remember the anger I felt when people waste food, I get sad and senti with those lonely morose ones Id written in December.
Each and everyone of them are tied up to something that moved me so much that I had to write about it. Just so that I don’t go crazy keeping it pent up in me.
So the first ones to go are the Rants. Come on who wants to unneceraiily burst a nerve?
Ive recently realised that I don’t let go very easily. Be it books, clothes, letters, cards, frens, grudges, even enemies Just about anything that has a memory attached even if it’s those very old chats, mails, scraps, pebbles, .. the list is endless.
Well, I did a long time ago but didn’t have it in me to go ahead.
So now starting with the posts in the blog am going to shred each and every that’s irrelevant.
People who know me well wont be surprised If I don’t delete a single post.
So,… lets start hacking away.
It’s a dull cream one with slits on the sleeves and id bought it on a sale and well at the behest of a fren. And god forbid I paired it with a bottle green jeans. Come’on who wears a bottle green jeans?
Anyways its being lying around for the past four years . Finally, today got it out, dusted it and wore it to the office. The problem with fashion is it gets outdated. Your tastes change and the slits on the sleeves which were once so cool are now irritating. Irritating so much so that In a fit of rage I tugged at the sleeve and it tore.
Yep, it tore in the office which left me with no option but to tear the other one too and fold em. How cool is that. Now Ive got a brand new cream top, with smart sleeves. :)
Guess Ive to take a look at all the other outdated clothes in my wardrobe.
What is it to be wild?
How does it feel to think independently, totally unblemished by society.
if being Wild is doing what you want
if being wild is thoughts untarnished
if being wild is acting on instinct
Then perhaps all children ought to be brought up wild, run wild. think wild.
Children brought up so purely, not corrupted by religion, by manners, by being nice to everyone.
Thats the way and the only way for a future utopian society.
After the New year s long vacation and getting back to my office ...... am totally dazed. totally totally.
And all I did in Hyd was drive drive all around the place.
Which brings me to my car.
A Maruti 800 (donno which year. but pretty old while I was at school)
Being this Old, and after numerous threats, guffaws from a couple of frens to sell it.
Ive held on to it.
What follows are my 'misadventures' .
Ive a tendency to drive carelessly. I try to fit into every tiny weeny spaces in traffic. The small space between those two buses, i try to manuevor in. Donno in what way I gain from that but yes am mighty pleased when I do that. Often, those expensive ones- BMW, Mercedes try to keep a safe distance.
Last August after a lot of troubles, ofcourse I abused it . Nearly drove 100kms in traffic for a week, and tried to break all kinds of insane personal records.
The Oil had to be changed. Brakes wouldnt work. yeah I drove around for a week with the brakes in a sorry shape. Only after a near miss on a head on collision with a bus, did I finally convince myself that it needs to be taken to the car shed. Before which there were those numerous dents got from nearly missing (not always) autos, small cars.
So finally after a week spent in the shed, with
oil replaced
brake springs,
denting work done
engine oil leak
alternator replaced
coolant leak fixed
n lots of other stuff and me poorer by 15K I finally got it back.
And whats the status?
The engine oil is leaking again, which am ignoring for the time being. The water leaking again.
And again a problem with the battery charger.
