Rules for a happy life!!!!

Rules are made to be broken!!!! Ya I know this and follow this sincerely....but there is a small change to that " Rules framed by others are to be broken" ;). I know I sound like a prankster ( I know I am), what I actually mean is that I have a set of rules for my life and follow it religiously and am happy. So these are the set of rules for a happy life according to me:

• Set your ambition for life and work towards it.
• Enjoy every moment of life!! (be it tea break at office or d dinner with family or the pranks with friends)
• Save water
• Obey traffic rules
• Give somebody or something the benefit of doubt
• Set your own fashion statements and comfort always stays ahead of style
• Serve the society how ever small it might be...
• My priorities: Family, Friends & Self , Career...... let nothing stop u
• Keep others happy
• Last but not the least, believe in GOD
  

Skateboarding!!!

Skateboarding!!! My friend's lil sis got a skate board and was trying to use it in our street... but the little soul didnt know how to use it. And me the Know-it-all girl went to her rescue(chumma padams ;) )

I told her tat she was not doing it the right way and said that it should be done with one leg on the skate board and the other on the ground. With the help of the feet on the ground push the skate board with the other leg and then place the other leg on the skateboard. With the help(balance) of my other friend, I tried to demonstrate this to her. Oh yeah!! She was happy that now she is at least able to move a feet or so... And like a good trainer, I said "Practice makes a man perfect" ;).

After 2 days, she is managing to do it well!!

Namba kathukoduthu oruthar muneri irukkangena, namba yevlo therama sali.... But still to know the real thing, I was in search of a training video and found this. A useful one:

Dhidir thathuvam

Loosing a few pounds can help u gain million dollar happiness !!!

[Effect after checking the weighing machine]

Rain Rain come again!!!!

Rain is always associated with happiness and is no exception with me. Just the thought of rain, gives me an overdose of endorphin. As a child I always wanted to get fully drenched in rain and wanted to dance with the trees. And as all parents, my parents also never let me do it :(

As I entered into my late teens, I became an "avuthu vitta kazhudhai" ;) and decided that my parents cannot stop me from enjoying and dancing in the rain. But as fate would have it, it never rained hard during weekends/holidays. There was one Sunday wen it rained hard and I pulled all my friends out and danced not just with the trees but also with my friends singing all songs related to rains!!! And as all good things would come to an end, rain was no exception here. I just wish I had a digi cam to capture those moments. And the day ended with a lot of advice from my Dad :(

Last year, all members of the nuclear deal (of yeah, am talking abt my family) had been to Kodai. Just like all other tourists, we had been to the Kodai lake. After a long wait in the q, we got our chance to row (rather pedal) our boat. My dad and I were pedaling. Out of nowhere the Grey clouds filled up the sky and started showering at us. Wat more?? Now there is too much of endorphin and guts. I stopped pedaling and my dad knew it was my day ;). While the rest of the lake went empty, we stayed in the middle of the lake. And I cant foget the masala pori we were munching in the rain in the lake. And the day ended with a fully drenched family and a fully satisfied me!!!

Yen indha vegam?

Avasaram, Avasaram, Avasaram....
Yen indha avasaram????

Vanai kodaiai madaka pogiraya?
Megatha panjai matra pogiraya?

Ne panjai parakum mun,
Vaganathin vegathai kore.

Fav. food stuff!!!!

List of food items I like and where I like them best:
1. Sambar vadai from Saravana bhavan,
2. Spicy corn from Mathura
3. Bhel puri from Gangothri
4. Stuffed paratha from Mithai Mandhir
5. Triple chocolate from cake walk
6. Chikku Juice from Hotchips, Pondy bazar (near Big bazar). They do it by smashing chikku with vanila icream. The minute I think of it, my mouth starts watering.
7. Idly from Palmgrove
8. Grape juice from Palmgrove.
9. Samosa from Kalaimagal sweets, this shop is right opposite to my street and servers the best samosas.
10. And the best of all, CASSATA from Arun iceream!!!!

Meditation/Sleep

Meditation : Consciously concentrating on nothing
Sleep : Unconsciously concentrating on nothing

I prefer the latter ;)

Dont ignore customer feedback

A complaint received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:

"This is the second time I have written you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I kind of sound crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. The kind of ice cream varies so every night after we have eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It is also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem.

You see, every time I buy vanilla ice cream, when I start back from the store my car wont start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: " What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind? "

The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well-educated man in a fine neighborhood. The engineer had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night, and sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.

The engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, the man got chocolate, the car started. The second night, he got strawberry, the car started. The third night he ordered vanilla, the car failed to start. Now the engineer being a logical man refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged therefore to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And towards this end he began to take notes: he jotted down all sorts of data, time of day, type of gas used, time to drive back and forth, etc.

In a short time he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to find the flavor and get checked out.

Now the question for the engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Once time became the problem - - not the vanilla ice cream the engineer quickly came up with the answer: vapor lock. It was happening every night, but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.

All models then had their gas systems changed. The guy got a new car and also had his car repaired (now it likes vanilla flavor). General Motors disseminated an internal official statement, demanding employees to take seriously any claims, even if it sounded bizarre, " because maybe a great innovation is hidden after a vanilla ice cream."

Miscommunication

Came across an interesting picture..its a typical example of how corporate communication works.

Do u brush ur teeth before going to bed?

How may of us actually brush our teeth before going to bed?? I guess on 40% of us do it. And the major reason for not doing so is "LAZINESS". I dont promise that this post will be an eye opener and you start brushing at night, right from today.

On the way to/from work, it is usual to see beggars here and there. Nothing unusual. But last month, one late evening on the way back home, I noticed something unusual. I saw a beggar brushing his teeth!!! Shocking ?? When I told this to my sis, she just brushed it away saying that I am just interpreting things the wrong way.

Yesterday, me and my sis had gone out and on the way back home we had to cross the beggar's lane. I was telling her that this is where I saw him brushing. We looked up and YES he was brushing!!!!

These day beggars are concerned of their health, more than us....

Reversed PIN = Emergency call ??

Ok ! I got this mail with the subject "ATM thieves - Read the IMP Message bellow" today and wanted to dig up a little on this topic.

Read carefully

WHEN A THIEF FORCES YOU TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE ATM, DO NOT ARGUE OR RESIST,
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE MIGHT DO TO YOU. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS TO
PUNCH YOUR PIN IN THE REVERSE, I..E IF YOUR PIN IS 1254, YOU PUNCH 4521.


THE MOMENT YOU PUNCH IN THE REVERSE, THE MONEY WILL COME OUT BUT WILL BE
STUCK INTO THE MACHINE HALF WAY OUT AND IT WILL ALERT THE POLICE WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF THE THIEF.
EVERY ATM HAS IT; IT IS SPECIALLY MADE TO SIGNIFY DANGER AND HELP. NOT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS.

FORWARD THIS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND THOSE YOU CARE.

Is this true!! No chance..If there was something like this, we wud have got this info from our banks. After a little bit of googleing, I realized that this was a proposed solution to save ATM users in 1994 by Josheph Zigher, a Chicago businessman. But this did not interest the bankers. They had their own reasons to reject:

* Firstly, if this system was in place and alerted the police, by the time the rescue team reaches the spot, the attackers would have gone.

* Any one who is threatened with a gun on his/her head would have trouble entering the PIN in reverse, so no money from the ATM & further irritating the attacker.

* Incase this system is in place, what if people enter the PIN reversed by mistake..sending a false alarm to the police.

So, this system is not in place, atleast right now. A few links of more help

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/reverse-pin-ATM.shtml
http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_reverse_pin.htm

Note: Another important thing, dont send such message to everyone before verifying them. You can at least save the nwt bandwidth ;)

Arpudham!!!

Iruppadho irandey niram kangalil,
Parpadho pala niram kangalal....
Indha arpudhathai dhanam seiveer!!!