Cruising with Life

So I am back . And guess what - another "Offbeat" Discussion - The "Cold" and "Hot" of Winters. The Cold is ok ; what is "Hot" ?? A genuine question indeed. But then , If the weather changes with a Day temperature rise of 5-6 Degrees and you start feeling irritable in woollens ;then this is it . And to trouble more , it starts getting so cold after 5-6 P.M . So imagine a guy with just a shirt on in the afternoon stuck somewhere and getting caught in the Evening Chill !! Is it the Effect of Climate change ? Well; not really ; but the Temperature differences were not so high If one sees 7 to 8 years back . By the way , Wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and a Happy New year 2008. And lots of Love and Care to a very special one !

The other day someone was telling me that how people ;especially younger people do no longer frequent Temples or other places of worship and are "Less religious" . Then , there are the occasions when the Smart Priests ;many of them are now quite well adapted at using CellPhone to promote their work direct people to do some kind of Fasting or Prayers for the Planets-Venus, Mars,Saturn or the Stars : Sun , Moon etc .There they make a good amount too.Of course,it is their profession .Now,I too respect faith & not an Atheist .But I have a few questions : 1)Does one have to be a regular visitor to Temples/Mosques/Churches/Gurudwaras or the Religious places of other religions too often to prove that they are religious ? 2)If someone indulges in malpractices,corruption or even White Collar Crime and donates a large amount to Religious Institutions or conducts Big Pujas etc . , are they more religious than others ? Do think about it and If you like this one or like to add so...

Wow !! Brilliant !! What a Movie is this !! After watching the latest bollywood flick "Chak De India" , anyone must have uttered such words . The movie has been directed brilliantly,the script was well planned and overall execution by almost all the characters was perfect. It was so refreshing to see Shahrukh Khan to act in a totally natural manner. The female leads were also good ;especially the captain . Even "Wagle" was good .(I keep on forgetting his real name -just remembering his name from one of the TV Soaps) . The most convincing part was that the way female leads are shown playing hockey was very authentic .It seems they have "really" put in a lot of effort in doing their act (s). The effect that this movie has on media, public and nonetheless on Indian Men and Women Hockey has been phenomenal . The way Men's hockey Team beat South Korea twice and 7-2 the second time was simply superb. The movie has been marked for a case study in one...

Yesterday was another " Normal " Day in the Office .What it means : nearly 7 hours or even more in front of my Office System : coding,Document Studying,Checking and replying to Official Mails . In the evening I had a conference call wit h people in USA .So instead of 7 to 8 Hours in thefront of Computer Systems,my exposure time increased by1 Hour . There was a bit delay in the call and by chance I opened a Site . I minimized the Site Link during the call. Ideally,I would have just logged off after the call end.But unknowingly, I opened the Site and spend another 15 Minutes there. It is now becoming a kind of habit with me to be on Net just that little bit extra here and there. Is this addiction .Yes , in some way but it is also not like the stories of students or even elders who spent a lot of time - even 40 + hours at a stretch playing games or surfing on the Net . Then , there are thoseSaturday Evenings when I initially planned to ...

It s middle of june and after the scorching heat of last week sunday as well as for 7 to 8 days before that , it is such a marvellous feeling.True,people have had problems in commuting what with water -logging ( and to think that monsoons are yet to set in !! ) but the rains have cooled so much . I am really enjoying the moment and so are hundreds of people who frequent Central Park in C.P and India gate .

As has been the cases with my “Blogs” , I am continuing with another offbeat topic . Most of us travel to our workplaces daily. Then, there are the vacation times or times when we go out of our city to visit our relatives or friends. We have our personal notions or estimates of the amount of money we normally keep on our work days. As for the days when we are traveling , we may have a different amount .The traveling amount would be again different for trips and Family visits . I have a term for this : “Safe Money Limit” Now how much is this “Safe” for each person ? A student traveling via public transport between home and School/College may be carrying just Rs. 100/- (excluding the pocket Money if they are getting. In Dollars , it might be $15 or in Pounds : ₤10 . Otherwise you can think the amount for your own currencies ) . An average working person ( is there really an Average working person ? ) might keep an extra buffer for emergency expenses . For him/her , the ‘safe’ limit might...