tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280774972024-02-07T04:22:53.335+02:00Do lot of whys make you wise?Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-55790718099997662452013-04-17T12:52:00.001+02:002013-04-17T13:06:43.764+02:00At ease with being difficult...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Guy X : Arent you being difficult now?<br />
Me : Well, a <strike>girl</strike> woman would rather be called difficult than easy!</div>
Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-71925370825042241312013-04-11T16:22:00.001+02:002014-05-30T01:49:21.906+03:00Yeah well....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Girl : blah blah blah.....</div>
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Mr. X : Ha ha fuck you </div>
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Girl (serious face) : By the way Indian girls take a serious offence to guys using that phrase in front of them.</div>
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Mr. X : Well, its just like you smoking in front of a non smoker like me</div>
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Girl : Fuck you!!</div>
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Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-20382274520563848002013-01-12T13:42:00.001+02:002013-04-16T23:55:20.990+02:00Silver Lining Playbook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.999998092651367px;">A rare combination of realism and romance!</span><br />
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Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-8684030087403482262011-07-18T21:44:00.000+02:002011-07-18T21:44:27.109+02:00Peace in a break... OR Break into pieces?So how do you know if you have all that it takes to be a companion to someone? I mean not for someone in particular but in general. What if you realise that you are a misfit for the concept? Do you embrace the realisation or fight it?<br />
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What if you think you are a decent human being and have many friends to endorse it but no one really special to call your own? What if you are open to accepting people for who they are and let life take its course but others you meet in this context aren't? Will you still keep going single handedly to make it work or let it go on the premise that if it was meant to be, then it would have started kicking?<br />
How long can you keep telling yourself that the its not time yet, and when the time comes you will indeed meet that one person meant for you? What if all this is a farce and there is no such thing as "one meant for you" ?<br />
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What if you find yourself toying with the idea of putting a stop to this companion quest and just let it be? Should this bring peace or scare you even more?<br />
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What if you think you have found the things you are looking for in principle like compassion, intelligence, being grounded yet fail to find that spark? Would you settle for that or would you not?<br />What if you find all that and the spark but the other person is not on the same page? Would you then try to make your point of why you think its worth exploring, or just let it go on the pretext that if the other person cant really see why it would be a great fit, is it really ever going to be great fit after all?<br />
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So I have moved countries - from Egypt to UK. And by the virtue of the fact that I am now here where there are loads of my fellow countrymen, the pressure of finding someone has started to take its toll on me. I guess I was better off in Egypt , at least I didn't expect anything on this front all this while that I was there - something like being in Civil Engg, when you see all other batch mates from other disciplines of Engg sweating it out for interviews etc but you are at peace knowing no company comes to your college for recruiting civil enggs<br />
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I think I need a break - but then again, how do you take a break from yourself?<br />
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<br />Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-40586531626883745442011-01-06T18:20:00.009+02:002011-01-12T03:12:53.972+02:00Lets keep the faith alive!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><b><u><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>Bomb blasts in a Coptic church in Alexandria</u></b> - A suicide bomber killed around 23 people and wounded dozens on the fist day of the new year with this bomb blast.</span> <div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In the light of the above incident there have been many christian - muslim protests on the streets, creating religious tensions between the followers of these two religions in Egypt. Of course all people with a rational mind are condemning this act of terrorism (Christians , Muslims alike). However whenever something like this happens, the emotional tide runs high. And this time is no different. The whole of social media is full of links to religious philosophies (the good), the videos & news pieces about the atrocities on one religion stemming from some other religion and so on. I have heard from my Muslim friends here that some Christian friends of theirs are taking it too way too personally and are sending smses to the effect of "Dont call me ever again"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span class="Apple-style-span">With this, the endless phenomena of debates on religious differences have surfaced again, sometimes in the form of a heated discussion and sometimes a calm & civil exchange of ideas - whatever be the case, it stays conclusion-less..</span><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)">.... and all this only goes to strengthen my staunch belief in- One world, One religion "Humanity"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Recently a dear friend (Muslim but agnostic) was telling us how a fundamentalist muslim friend of his was asking him if he hates the Christian Cross and how my agnostic friend was a bit agitated by this question, was trying to make his fundamentalist friend see the point (made some very good points!). He wrote an article about the incident and shared the same before publishing the same on Facebook (to check if the volatility quotient of the religious content was too high or passable for a media as open as Facebook), with </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">some of his friends from different religions / countries (I believe). There were some very interesting viewpoints in terms of both the content itself and the expression used to convey authors point of view. I wish I could publish the article and the comments by different people here, however I cant for obvious reasons (no permission from the authors of the comments / article).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">So I thought of sharing what I can - My point of view.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Copied & pasted from the comment box on the article.</span></div><div>*************************************************************************************</div><div>Dear Friend,</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I totally understand the feeling behind your retort. But you know maybe, just maybe we could just smile at the ignorance of these people who ask such questions.</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br />My two cents....<br /><br />I think "faith" should be a personal thing and should be treated like that. Dont get me wrong, no harm in opening a healthy intelligent conversation - but I feel it would be much easier if we just have some kind of a social rule about not questioning / scrutinising / opening debates on the topic of faith and just let people be.<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder how people have no problems accepting & following the social rule of not asking / discussing/ commenting on subjects like income/finances (as an example - among many other such things) when talking to someone as its considered rude... however the very same people dont even bat an eyelid while giving unsolicited opinions on the other person's faith / religion.<br /><br />What is so difficult to understand in the fact that "my faith" can be "what I want it to be", without having an iota of impact on "your faith" on "what you want it to be" - That, existence of differences is not always bad (Had that been the case, variety wouldnt have any positive connotation, now would it?)<br /><br />In my opinion, GOD was created because the concept of goodness needed a form, a personification for people to easily relate to.So how does it matter if different people choose to manifest this personification in different ways... as long as it enables you to stick to the path of goodness (You could argue that goodness can be a relative term, but if you think about it, is it, is it really?)<br /><br />All faiths ultimately boil down to having one guiding principle - some call it love, some call it sacrifice, some justice, some truth / knowledge, some tolerance ... and some call it something else. They are all meant to ultimately do the same thing , deliver the same message - guide you to a better living and to teach you to love yourself and everybody around you.<br /><br />I guess we should just remind ourselves (whenever we tend to get carried away) that all faiths in some way or the other were created/ to cater to the following human needs<br />1.Create <u>Hope</u> for the good for people to go on in their weakest moments<br />2.Create <u>Fear</u> of the bad to ensure a harmonious co-existence between billions of people on this earth.<br /><br />If you really look closely, the above mentioned (Optimism & Compassion) are the 2 fundamental principles of "Humanity" required fior a peaceful , chaos-less living. So does it really matter who you are - a Muslim, Christian , Hindu , Jew etc .. if you are following the principles of "Humanity" in the end , but just with a fancier / different name?<br /><br />Sometimes i think that we people have just way too much free time on our hands to indulge in the childish "my-religion/faith- shinier- than-yours" debates.<br /><br />P.S. - Since the last 3 years (since I moved to Egypt) , the number of times I have been asked this question about which religion i belong to.. is not funny! The funny part is that despite the fact that i am from a country which hosts almost all religions present in the world, this question is still new to me... or maybe its just the frequency of the question.<br />Not that we dont have religious differences/ propagandas in my country , still somehow i dont remember people asking me about my religion. Then again, maybe our names are perfect give aways of our religions... Any which way, I just wish people would stop asking me / anyone this question!!</i></span></div></div></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-28613412034930297732010-12-26T21:22:00.007+02:002010-12-26T22:18:28.968+02:00NO!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Me to a female qualitative co-ordinator in my office - <i>"When the consumers arrive for their indepth interviews, please inform Mr Ahmed" </i>(my colleague who is supposed to conduct these interviews)</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Qual Co-ordinator : <i>"Mr Ahmed? No!"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Me : <i>"Errrr.... ok..."</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">(Awkward silence)</span></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Me : <i>"Ahhhh u r kidding... ok ok"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">(Qual co-ordinates straight face, no smiles. Me t<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 16px; ">hinking - Good sense of humour, but a smile from her side wouldn't have hurt)</span></p><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 16px; "><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">(Me back to my seat)</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">(Desk phone ringing)</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Qual co-ordinator on the other line : <i>"Gina, Mr. Ahmed - NO!"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Me : <i>"Whats, whats wrong?...."</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Qual Co-coridnator : <i>"Gina I am telling Mr. Ahmed - NO!"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Me : <i>"Ok just inform me and i shall inform him"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Qual co-ordinator : <i>"we will send a mail to him"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Me : (thinking what the hell did Mr Ahmed do to this woman that she doesn't want to speak to him at all, and is expressing the same so vehemently in such an outright manner) <i>"Dear, what seems to be the problem.I understand that you dont want to speak to him , so i am suggesting that you just tell me and i shall tell him. He might not be at his desk so he might not see the mail for some time"</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Qual Co-ordinator - "<i>Gina Mr. Ahmed NO... "K N O W"....."</i></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">.... yeah English is a tricky language!!</p></span></span>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-88941637693128572312009-12-02T16:42:00.001+02:002009-12-02T16:46:32.477+02:00What will you do?As seen in London Tube....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8zQoXeMqfQG5MhST64H3jFT_FKZWieYmVAwsI-j737eYT7X-y9KXERAoXBVBc-kSH-U9FJYfDQS3cy7dQllVrBu31ZVJwu00OU04Nj0OtN-bPcEza584c1Us3I7LEB-3-PISlA/s1600-h/DSCN0418.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410650115685698706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8zQoXeMqfQG5MhST64H3jFT_FKZWieYmVAwsI-j737eYT7X-y9KXERAoXBVBc-kSH-U9FJYfDQS3cy7dQllVrBu31ZVJwu00OU04Nj0OtN-bPcEza584c1Us3I7LEB-3-PISlA/s320/DSCN0418.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafxSxc-rw8nbIKRAR_WAAQOoaeQgL-lZMdpzoWtmdrz9hxcSPyUMFZSzIOMtmngz4uWpueX77yEhaZh0NwTjULHnpvn49YRbU4JQlQ7zQ1PUtCXuYiRgETF9uwkZDuVIrGqiy2g/s1600-h/DSCN0421.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 198px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410649647084080034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafxSxc-rw8nbIKRAR_WAAQOoaeQgL-lZMdpzoWtmdrz9hxcSPyUMFZSzIOMtmngz4uWpueX77yEhaZh0NwTjULHnpvn49YRbU4JQlQ7zQ1PUtCXuYiRgETF9uwkZDuVIrGqiy2g/s320/DSCN0421.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-44785080897356258032009-10-15T15:43:00.003+02:002009-10-15T15:47:16.906+02:00There’s an NRI in 180 of world’s 183 countries...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kartikeya | TIMES NEWS NETWORK </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> This may well be the ultimate ode to the globe-trotting Indian who, for centuries, has been criss-crossing the world in search of opportunity and adventure: Indian citizens are today permanent residents of all but three countries in the world. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The ministry of overseas Indian affairs has registered the presence of non-resident Indians (NRIs) in 180 of the 183 countries of the world. The numbers may vary from just two in Lebanon to almost a million in the US but the fact is that Indians call the whole world their home. It is only in North Korea, Pakistan and Bhutan that not a single NRI is to be found. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NRIs are Indians, who like steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal, proudly hold on to their blue Indian passports while living in another country. They are also different from ordinary Indian citizens who obtain visas and go abroad to work or study for a limited period of time. NRIs remain citizens of India but enjoy the right to live and work permanently in another country of their choice. Indians can now be found in the remotest corners of the earth. Go to the Republic of Palau, a speck of an island in the Pacific Ocean which is one of the world’s youngest sovereign states, and you will find five NRIs there. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NRIs opening global windows of opportunity </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Non-resident Indians are to be found here, there and everywhere. Don’t be surprised to find 20 of them living in the mountains of Bolivia or a 375-strong Indian community living in tiny Djibouti on the Horn of Africa. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Historically, Indian communities have had a major presence in several parts of the world. Be it Gujarati merchants who settled in East Africa, Tamil Chettinads who lived in South-East Asia or indentured labourers taken from Bihar to work on plantations in the West Indies, Indians have been migrating to other countries for centuries. During the two World Wars, they fought for the British army and settled down in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The NRIs were a post-independence addition to this long list of migrants. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But it is also true that, historically, the NRI’s favoured destinations have been First World countries or the Middle East, where employment opportunities abound. But the latest data confirm that in a globalised world NRIs are making opportunities in literally every corner of earth. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The largest number of NRIs are in Saudi Arabia (17 lakh) followed by the United Arab Emirates (14 lakh) and the US (9 million) but what is more fascinating is they can also be found—albeit in minuscule numbers—in Slovenia (10), Montserrat (10), Iceland (21), Bosnia and Herzegovina (30) and Burkina Faso (150). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Experts also point out that, if people of Indian origin (PIOs)—a term for citizens of other countries who have an Indian ancestry—are included, then both Pakistan and Bhutan would also find it difficult to shake off the Indian links to their populations. </span></span></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-83480679030190311522009-08-09T13:29:00.008+03:002009-08-09T15:25:43.159+03:00Imagine that....<div><br /></div><div><b>Imagine that ...</b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">An examiner mistakenly (or otherwise) marks a correct answer of yours as incorrect. You point that out after seeing your marked answer sheet however the examiner is not ready to acknowledge that hes wrong. You keep trying for a while ....get some bumps on the way, but keep fighting rising from all that because you believe in the power of truth & optimism.... but after a long drive of sustained & varied efforts, you decide to give up. And when you ultimately do give up, you are engulfed with the sense of defeat & acute helplessness. Yes thats how I feel at this very moment!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Imagine that....</b></div><div><br /></div><div>One simple villager takes his two children to the village fare and somehow loses track of the children in the crowd. The older of the two children takes it upon himself to get himself & his little brother to find their way out. The older one does manage to find his way back to his father after a long tiring struggle of cutting through the crowd while protecting the crying child from the very same crowd. The father is happy to find his kids back with him and automatically turns his attention to the crying child. </div><div><br /></div><div>The other child wants to scream "Dad hug me, I am scared too" however keeps silent. He is scared that his fathers attention will be diverted from the little child who needs it more. He is scared that he would see the same expression of pain that his father had on his face when he saw the younger child scared & in tears. Not knowing what to do other than just deal with his fear himself, he is still waiting for his father to tell him that its ok to be scared sometimes, that he is going to make everything alright, that he has his father standing there for him when he feels all alone. Yes i feel like that child at this moment!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Imagine that....</b></div><div><br /></div><div>You are on a trekking trip with a lot of other people with you. You seem to have a better grip on that tough terrain than many of them. People automatically give their hands out for you to catch them when they start stumbling. You catch each one of that.. and keep moving. And then there is this hand that you really like. So you pay special attention to that. So after the first call of your name , even you are not being called for by the person whose hand you really like , you keep checking that he is doing ok on that terrain. </div><div><br /></div><div>You see the hand coming you way very frequently then. You are just so happy to hold it that you miss out on the realisation that the person has stopped walking on his own. And when that very hand starts pushing you , you lose your balance out of shock the first time but manage to gain it back quickly, thinking that if you are off balance there is no chance that the person will ever gain the balance back. You get used to that pushing hand and still are happy to just hold it. Why? For one you just love that warm feeling that your hand gets when in that hand. Also, you keep believing that this hand is the strong hand you have always been looking for, the stong hand that will hold you when you stumble along the way. And then you realise that the pushing is becoming way too frequent, actually an inevitable part of this hand holding. </div><div><br /></div><div>You put all your energies in trying to avoid falling down, losing the balance and holding the hand a little bit stronger than before. You see the hand slipping everytime after pushing you down, sometimes slowly, sometimes in a split second with a jerk. You are told that the hand breaking away from that warm grip is for your own good. You are told that this beacuse while the hand deeply realises its need to be in your hand, it just doesnt know how to stop the pushing. And there you are, after all this pushing, you still dont want to let go of the hand. You believe that this is indeed the hand which is going to support you when need be in future. So you find out the underlying reasons for this pushing down syndrome.. or at least try to. </div><div><br /></div><div>You figure that the belief on the other side is that the terrain is getting tougher by the day, and so because of you. Yes the belief is that it is so because of the shoes that you are wearing. The belief is that it is so beacuse the shoes have sharp blades which makes it difficult for those close to you on this trek to keep moving smoothly, as once your shoes hit that ground, the terrain is ruined. You are amused at this finding but take it seriously as it is causing serious trouble for your balance hence your ability to provide support to others balance.</div><div><br /></div><div>You decide to deal with it by simply showing whats underneath the shoes. But you are told that the blades exist even though you have tried hard to hide them. Your faith that you can prove your truth remains unfazed. You offer a thorough investigation of the shoe. The offer is taken but halfway through the process and not finding any sign of the blade, you are told that maybe its not the blades, its just the way you walk.</div><div><br /></div><div>You try again...and again.. not ready to believe that truth doesnt always win. But then finally get just too tired to try again.Yes I feel that tired now!!</div><div><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">BTW - "Imagine that" the movie : not that great!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-44896778677203964952009-05-22T21:03:00.007+03:002009-05-22T22:07:10.890+03:00Awaiting rebirth...<div><br /></div>I want to cry... but my tear glands are way too tired.<div>I want to sing... but my vocal chords just resigned.</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to run... but the signs on this crossroad are all messed up.</div><div>I want to scream ... but the voices in my head wouldnt shut up.</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to smile... but someone harvested all my smiles crop.</div><div>I want to jump.... but i am stuck with my feet glued to the hilltop.</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to drink... but the trip i am in, no drink seems good enough</div><div>I want to eat... but it just seems a little too tough.</div><div><br /></div><div>I do want to live... but as of now i am just too dead to try that!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-5173053796103936332009-04-18T21:48:00.005+02:002009-04-19T02:07:52.964+02:00One PIE please ... with some extra "I"<div><br /></div>So some of us know what PIE stands for .... yes i am referring to the acronym for Physical, Intellectual, Emotional.<div><br /></div><div>I used to believe that all conflicts/ confusions in a man-woman relationship could be easily explained by the fact that the order of heirarchy among these three needs is totally opposite in men & women. Let me explain. A man needs his PIE aspects to be taken care of in exactly that order - First Physical, then Intellectual and then Emotional. While for a woman, the order is exactly the reverse. For her it is Emotional first , followed by intellectual and then Physical. At least that was what i used to believe (with a few exceptions of course... for me the "I" has always surpassed "E" by zillions of miles..but we are not talkign about me here.)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Was just wondering if this theory still works? I am not sure anymore. </div><div>So is this the new-age world everybody keeps talking about? </div><div><br /></div><div>I just hope it means that whatever is the order, its the same for both the sexes. But life isnt that simple, now is it??</div><div><div><br /></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-50382230903513271132009-02-08T14:42:00.018+02:002012-12-07T18:02:54.477+02:00I "Taboo" that!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For the uninitiated, Taboo is just like Dumb Charades, the only difference being that unlike dumb charades here you can actually speak to describe the word that your team has to guess, but cant use specific obvious taboo words related to that word. For e.g. if the word is fish, while describing the word you can say anything that you want except for the words from this taboo list - water, animal, eat, sushi, seafood. I am sure you get the drift. Also, it works in one minute time slot for each turn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyway this time we got as much as 4 words right and were on the 5</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> one (You see, usually in one minute time on an average, you can get 3-4 words right, 6-7 if you are good and about 9-10 if you & your team are incredibly great at it!) So crossing the average by getting onto the 5th one obviously translated into the excitement running high in the team. All of us had by now left our respective seats and in an attempt to stand close to the guy performing on the center stage, ended up standing very close to each other as well.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At first, I thought the performer had pointed wrongly at me while he was just trying to point at that other guy standing right behind me and very close (who I spoke those words to, in the first place!) ... and just when i was about to give this whole thing, the benefit of doubt (we were standing close, rem?) ...it just hit me - he said “she” and not “he”. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">WTF, really!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ok ok, I know I planted the idea of building an instantaneous association between “looks like” and “potato”…but the context was that guy NOT me, for crying out loud. Maybe all my team members have the selective hearing syndrome. But really, all of them yelling? In UNISON? As if it was the most obvious answer? No, scratch that. As if it was the ONLY answer??</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">DAMN!!!!</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Moral of the story</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> – Being a hostess of a fun night which includes alcohol, barbecue, a fantastic view from the balcony and a lot of games like </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uno_(game)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Uno</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo_(game)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taboo</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Playing cards and so on.. might add to a great fun quotient ….But in the end, doesn’t guarantee that the next time anyone says potato, you are NOT the first visual that appears in all those peoples head!!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Yeah, the world is a funny place …apparently so is my body shape. :P</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Maybe next time when i am explaining the rules for playing taboo to all those present/particpating in the game, i should include "not pointing towards me when the word is potato" as the first rule!</span></span></div>
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Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-2652742442716251142009-02-04T10:17:00.005+02:002009-02-10T02:36:51.329+02:00Fucking Awesome!<div><br /></div>So this other day i was talking to one of my friends online<div><br /></div><div>Me : Howdy?</div><div>Friend : Not bad</div><div>Me : Now thats not very enthusiastic!</div><div>Friend : Well...I could have said "I am fucking awesome"...but then i dont know any girl named "awesome", you see.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-64329791481694107592009-01-18T15:33:00.002+02:002009-01-18T15:37:05.271+02:00Playing Dumb... (Charades)<p class="MsoNormal">So this last friday was a dumb charades night at my house … needless to say we enjoyed indian food, some ingenious mime for not only the difficult but also the simple movie titles….and <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>many expected and unexpected laughs!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The star among all those hilarious moments was when one of the guys got a 2 word movie name to enact.…. and to signify that hes enacting the 2<sup>nd</sup> word first he decided to not to show two fingers but only the middle finger with the palm facing his face.After a split second of awkward silence at this action of his, all of us burst in uncontrollable laughter... and the laughter continued some more for he remained clueless till the end of it all :P</p>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-81460391138068579452009-01-13T01:34:00.014+02:002009-02-10T02:31:12.469+02:00Kick Ass!!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />So someone told the guys in the office here that being kickass is the way to be these days... "Tabaan*</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(English translation - "Of course")</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">it is!!" they said and...</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This happened!!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color:#666600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Donkeys ordered to wear diapers in Egypt</span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Egypt</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> News. Net : Tuesday 30th Dec, 2008(IANS)<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left: .5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Donkeys have been banned from walking around in the streets of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Egypt</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s southwestern al-</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-tab-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wadi al-Gadeed governorates without wearing diapers, an official said.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mohammed Haround said the measure was to 'preserve the aesthetic and cultural scene of the governorate which currently witnesses an unprecedented boom in tourism'.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'Diapers are available in the markets at low prices,' Haroun was quoted by the official MENA news agency as saying Tuesday. He added that owners of the donkeys who violate this decision will be fined.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Donkeys are vital for many Egyptians since they can easily carry 20-30 percent of their body weight and are helpful in farming. Donkeys and donkey-drawn carts are a common sight in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Egypt</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s cities and countryside.</span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style=" ;color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Source : </span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><a href="http://www.egyptnews.net/story/447968"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">egypt news</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And this....<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline: none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Donkey Sent To Jail In Egypt</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style=" ;color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: .5in;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A donkey has been sent to jail in the Nile Delta in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Egypt</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> for stealing corn!</span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: .5in;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The donkey and its owner were both arrested by police after the donkey was found in possession of corn on the cob stolen from a field belonging to the local Agricultural Research Institute.</span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: .5in;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A special checkpoint had been set up to trap the perpetrators after the Institute’s director complained that someone was stealing his crops.</span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: .5in;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Later, a local judge sentenced the donkey to 24 hours in prison, whilst the owner escaped a custodial sentence and received only a fine of $9.</span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: 0in;text-indent:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Source : </span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><a href="http://funnynewsstories.org/donkey-sent-to-jail-in-eqypt/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: 0in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Should i go and tell them whoever told them this, didnt mean it literally?</span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><p></p></span></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-76467789286290894962009-01-11T11:07:00.007+02:002009-01-11T12:33:37.785+02:0050%... Huh?<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size:13px;"><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So i tried this (following it from another </span></span></span><a href="http://mudramehta.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">bloggers</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> space, who by the way is quite entertaining) and see what i got!</span></span></span><br /></h2><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://genderanalyzer.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Genderanalyzer for your blog : </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Results</span></span></span></h2><p id="verdict" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 50px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; "><img width="45" height="178" id="man-woman-result-image" alt="Silhouette of a man" src="http://mirror.codeode.com/genderanalyzer/man.gif" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; float: left; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 2em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; margin-top: -40px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We guess http://www.one-more-why.blogspot.com/ is </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">written by a man</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (50%), however it's quite gender neutral. </span></p><div id="poll" style="margin-bottom: 1em; "><form action="http://mirror.codeode.com/genderanalyzer/poll.php" method="post" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Is this correct? </span><label for="c0" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-left: 0.3em; "><input id="c0" name="choice" value="0" type="radio"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Yes</span></label><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><label for="c1" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-left: 0.3em; "><input id="c1" name="choice" value="1" type="radio"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No</span></label><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><label for="c2" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-left: 0.3em; "><input id="c2" name="choice" value="2" type="radio"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Don't know</span></label><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><input type="submit" value="Vote"> <a href="http://freepollkit.com/index.php?browse=viewresult&pollid=1011666" title="View the results of this poll" style="font-size: x-small; ">View results</a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">So even if the % is 50:50 for man:woman, the gendernalyzer picks "man" to be stated in its verdict! Hmph!</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">N</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ow my agreeing or not agreeing (with the verdict that is!) is one thing, but how the hell do i vote whether this result is correct , incorrect or even dont know. Damn!! it doesnt take much to confuse me..</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div></form></div></span></div></span>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-66547880063207224112009-01-08T03:33:00.004+02:002009-01-08T03:38:33.091+02:00Hoping for new beginnings<div><br /></div>The idea of doing something else work wise leaving the current line of work has been doin rounds in my mind (and more so in my heart) for sometime now... <div><br /><div>I am tempted... cos i know i shouldnt kill this voice and take a new direction....</div><div><br /></div><div>But the problem is...i dont know what direction is that.</div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-15394586779907085582009-01-07T04:05:00.014+02:002009-02-10T00:39:47.729+02:00And peace prevails.....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Disclaimer - This is just in good humour NOTHING else ....so please read it in the same ligh</span>t </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A recent mail forward (I am not too big on the whole fwd thing..yeah but then who really is? Anyway given the humour quotient of this one, i thought it deserved to be shared with all of you who havent had the chance of reading it yet :P )</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">********************************************************************************************************************</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Recent studies commissioned by US department of Defense included one on </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">nuclear war between India and Pakistan : This was the scenario.... ......... ...</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Pakistan </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">army decides to launch a nuke-missile towards India. They </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">don't need any permission from their government, and promptly order the </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">countdowns.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Indian technology being so advanced, detects the Pak countdown i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">n less than 8 seconds. Indian </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">army decides to launch a missile in </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">retribution. </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But they need permission from the Government of India. </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">They submit their request to the Indian President. The President </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">forwards it to the Cabinet. The Prime Minister calls an emergency Lok </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sabha session. </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The LS meets, but due to several walkouts and severe protests by the </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">opposition, it gets adjourned indefinitely.</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The President asks for a quick decision.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In the mean time, the Pak missile fails to take off due to technical </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">failure. Their attempts for a re-launch are still on.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just then the Indian ruling party is reduced to a minority because a </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">party that was giving outside support withdraws it. The President asks </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the PM to prove his majority within a week. </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As the ruling party fails to win the confidence vote, a caretaker </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">government is installed. </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The caretaker PM decides to permit the armed forces to launch a nuclear </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">missile. But the Election Commission says that a caretaker government </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">cannot take such a decision because elections are at hand. </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Election Commission files Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Court alleging misuse of power.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Supreme Court comes to the rescue of the PM, and says the acting </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">PM is authorized to take this decision in view of the emergency facing </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the nation.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Just then one of the Pak missiles successfully takes off, but it falls </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">367 miles away from the target, on its own government building in </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Islamabad at 11.00AM. </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fortunately there are no casualties as no employee reaches the </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">office that early. In any case, the nuclear core of the missile had </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">detached somewhere in flight.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />The Pakistan army is now trying to get better technologies from China </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and USA. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Indian Government, taking no chances, decides to launch a </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">nuclear missile of its own, after convening an all-party meeting. This </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">time all the parties agree. </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Its three months since the army had sought permission. But as </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">preparations begin, "pro-humanity" , </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"anti-nuclear" activists come out against the Government's decision. </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Human chains are formed and Rasta rokos organized.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In California and Washington endless e-mails are sent to Indians </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">condemning the government and mentioning "Please forward it to as many </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Indians as possible".</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br />On the Pakistan side, the missiles kept malfunctioning. Some missiles </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">deviate from target due to technical failures or high-speed wind blowing </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">over Rajasthan.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Many of them land in the Indian Ocean killing some fishes.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br />A missile (smuggled from USA) is pressed into service. Since the </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Pakistan army is unable to understand its software, it hits it original </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">destination: Russia.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Russians successfully intercepts the missile and in retaliation </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">launch a nuclear missile towards Islamabad. The missile hits the </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">target and creates havoc.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Pakistan cries for help. India expresses deep regrets for what has </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">happened and sends in a million dollars worth of </span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Parle-G biscuits</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></span><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Thus India never gets to launch the Missile....</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-71195787348179548822009-01-05T13:43:00.008+02:002009-02-10T02:40:57.007+02:00Laughter : The best medicine<div><br /></div>After fighting this rare insomnia for a while but all in vain, i gave up and started reading random blogs... <div><br /><div>Clicked on the sidebar link "problems in lauve?" cos it sounded phunny on a fellow bloggers blog (<a href="http://shreybhatia.blogspot.com/">What drives you?</a>)....It took me to rediff love guru chat sessions... couldnt resist sharing one gem that i found there in the comments section. It gets me rolling with laughter ...everytime! (esp the reply to this deadly predicament!)</div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><a name="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" colspan="2"><div id="postcontent_7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85" style="width: 100%; "><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="15"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="15"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="top"><span class="sb2" style=" text-decoration: none; font-family:arial;font-size:12px;"><b>Please help me...</b><br />by <a href="http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/userboard.php?service_name=&boardid=getahead2008nov07slid1&postid=7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85&username=Mat" target="mboardwin">Mat</a> on Nov 07, 2008 07:46 PM <a href="http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/permapost/s/bgetahead2008nov07slid1/Please_help_me.html" target="mboardwin">Permalink</a> <span id="readlinkdiv_7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85"> | <a href="javascript:closereplydiv('7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85');">Hide replies</a></span><br /><br />Dear Luv guru...<br /><br />I like one girl... But she likes a man 30 years elder to her. That man but loves his neighbour. That neighbour is married. That neighbour's sister-in-law crosses our house everyday. Now that sister-in-law's daughter in her first marriage is studying with me. Now I feel I am attracted to her also...<br /><br />What should I do?<br /><br /><span class="sb2" style=" text-decoration: none; font-family:arial;font-size:12px;"><input type="button" value="Reply" onclick="showReplyForm('getahead2008nov07slid1', '7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85', '7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85', 'Please help me...', 0, event);"> <a href="javascript:undefined;" onclick="showForwardForm('getahead2008nov07slid1', '7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85', 'Please help me...', 'Mat', event)"><b><u>Forward</u></b></a> | <a href="javascript:undefined;" onclick="showReportAbuse('getahead2008nov07slid1','7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85', event)"><u><b>Report abuse</b></u></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="10"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td height="10"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><div id="7cbc17a24c90eca251a05b2f21aa85" style="width: 100%; "><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" height="10" colspan="2" style="padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 10px; "><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="10" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="20" height="10"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="20"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td height="1" colspan="3"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td height="1"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" colspan="2" style="padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 10px; "><div id="postcontent_8a85dc4bbe56b01228f7dc263b2907"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#F4F4F4"><tbody><tr><td width="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="20"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="1"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="10"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="top"><span class="sb2" style=" text-decoration: none; font-family:arial;font-size:12px;color:#006666;"><b>Re: Please help me...</b><br />by <a href="http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/userboard.php?service_name=&boardid=getahead2008nov07slid1&postid=8a85dc4bbe56b01228f7dc263b2907&username=jat%20kr" target="mboardwin">jat kr</a> on Nov 07, 2008 07:58 PM <a href="http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/permapost/s/bgetahead2008nov07slid1/Re__Please_help_me.html" target="mboardwin">Permalink</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">suicide !!!!</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></span></div></div></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-72904409538394083692009-01-04T01:31:00.010+02:002009-02-10T02:36:23.583+02:00New Years Eve<div><br /></div><div>First things first - A very happy new year to all of you!</div><div><br /></div><div>New year's eve for me was good...actually more than I could ask for.</div><div>Some random observations from the eve</div><div><br /></div><div>1. I actually relished (and waited for the second serving!) the joke which they call samosas here (I mean really, their size could make a ram-laddoo feel proud for being so gigantic!) & spring roll look-alikes which seemed to have reluctantly left their dancing fields viz. the oil pan, still holding on to excessive oil.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. I didnt mind the fact that even after charging us quite a decent amount of money, the organisers provided only the mixers for our tonics. Yes we had to bring our own alcohol.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. I didnt lose my temper on the DJ who was so hyped to be an indian DJ (hence my expectations of all bollyqwood masala tracks!) insisted on playing english tracks more than the hindi ones. And he didnt even have any number that i requested. Ok, to be fair to him, i requested only one particular number <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Namak Ishq ka from Omkara</span> ...and then i gave up hope (now if he didnt have that...THAT track... then could i really expect anything else?) Ok, to be honest...i went up to him more than once to strangle him and take charge but everytime my colleagues somehow managed to pull me back. And given his size i could have easily achieved that feat. Damn!~</div><div><br /></div><div>4. I was somewhat surpised by the fact that i can still be on the dance floor for 5 hours straight!! yeay!! (and inspite of the above mentioned!) .....who knows, it could have been more, had they not politely hinted towards closing.. by serving food! (Really, who cares for food when you get to drink and dance??)</div><div><br /></div><div>5. I realised that my dormant wish to learn salsa suddenly found wings on that dance floor.... (its still not fallen weak though its been more than 72 hrs since that dance floor... so i am hoping i will do something about it this time!)</div><div><br /></div><div>6. I still dont take initiative in terms of social networking. No i am not anti social... i just dont have the drive to initiate it...thats all! So while i sat there enjoying my drink (for the first half an hour i.e. before the dance floor opened) some people came to my table, chatted ...and i reciprocated. While my newly married friend from office surfed through the entire gathering chatting up all of them one by one (i really think he covered everyone!) leaving his wife in my safe company. So I had to finally sit him down and wave this eye opener in front him. What, you ask? Well..think about it, he gets both the luxury of not sitting glued to the chair next to his wife and HAVE a wife...and i dont get either?? Now that cant be fair by any standard, right? I mean I didnt mind sitting next to her, shes a lovely person .... but the point is I dont get to take a wife home at the end of the party (Ok i am straight... but to be honest, sometimes i think i want a wife more than a husband! And i am sure it isnt so difficult to figure out why... he he!)</div><div><br /></div><div>7. All in all, it turned out to be a good evening ..more than i had expected (Actually i had said yes to this idea only to see more than 10 indians in the same room... trust me, its a rare sight here!)</div><div><br /></div><div>8. ...and last but not the least... i was happy to discover that i still dont believe in making any new year resolutions!!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, your turn now...what did you guys do?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-54532075557778584782008-12-30T01:41:00.009+02:002009-01-04T01:16:26.975+02:00Why,you ask? Why not, i say....<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After reading the comments of my readers on the last post, I realized maybe I wasn’t clear in expressing what I am angry about. So taking one more shot at it ..especially for you "</span></span><a href="http://challengecalledlife.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">my friend" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">:)</span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">But before I do, lets see if we have the facts right, shall we?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">A rabbit .A mouse. A playground. Rabbit approaches mouse, extends its hand for a hand shake, mouse accepts. Walk together for quite some time. As natural progression would have it, the path they tread on, leads to a room. Mouse, hesitant at first, finally overcomes its apprehensions (basically stemming from the realization of the differences between itself and the rabbit) and enters the room with the rabbit along its side.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Next step in the natural progression? Closing the door of the room so they have each others full attention! Mouse checks with rabbit , rabbit oks that.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Seasons change. Onset of winter. So next step of progression? T</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">urning the heat up in the room. After waiting for the rabbit to take the prerogative this time, mouse finally inquires about the rabbits stance on the same. Rabbit begins to choke. Mouse sees its discomfort and offers to let the rooms temperature as is.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">But to deal with the choking, rabbit needs the closed doors to open. Mouse goes ahead and opens the door. Rabbit steps out and so does the mouse. Mouse offers to have the final hand shake. Rabbit refuses. Says its not the only way. Says they should move on parallel paths overlooking each other along their respective journeys. Mouse says no, tries to make a clean cut and begins the silence … only to feel guilty that this might not be fair to the rabbit, and finally gives in to the suggested way of the rabbit.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">So they wave and pass a smile to each other, every now and then, from their parallel paths. So far so good.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">The rabbit starts extending its hand to other creatures along its way. The playground insists on notifying the mouse by default…Yes the default mechanism which was devised originally by the playground to keep all these creatures updated about each other hence closer in some sense. So you see, it’s neither the mouse nor the rabbit! The rabbit isn’t bragging about this to the mouse and the mouse isn’t indirectly snooping around or directly asking the rabbit. The mouse has let go.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Nevertheless this gets the mouse thinking. </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">And angry</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Why? For various reasons.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For one the rabbit had used its </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">inability</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to withstand the heat in the room behind the closed doors</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> as its salvation argument with the mouse. The mouse had given the rabbit the benefit of doubt, thinking that the rabbit really didn’t know what would the simple hand shake lead to when it started the journey; that the rabbit really had no way of being aware of </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this inability till the point of actually facing the heat. But NOW?? Now the rabbit knows.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And it is still extending its hand for new handshakes… knowing fully well that this would lead to ..the same natural progression..the room, the closed door and eventually the high mercury levels.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So what does this mean? Lets see...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a. If the rabbit is ok with that natural progression, then this implies that this was NEVER a problem. This only means that the rabbit lied and used this as his defense because it knew that this would pass as believable. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The mouse is angry because it doesn’t want to believe that the rabbit was a liar. Its angry because the facts are forcing it to believe so.</span></span></b></li></ol></span><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">b. Now lets say that the rabbit wasn’t lying and truly couldn’t withstand the heat. Think about it… given the fact that its trying to start new journeys being fully aware of its own limitations from a first hand experience……really, what kind of a character does this make the rabbit here? – One which knows that it is starting something which it cant complete, one which leaves the journey mate high and dry halfway through? The mouse knows no other way to see it as but lack of compassion. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And the mouse is angry ….</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Angry because compassion was one of the prime defining traits for the rabbit it knew, it was one of the reasons the mouse agreed to walk together with the rabbit</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and eventually entered the room.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The mouse is angry because it doesn’t want to believe this either while the facts insist on continuing their dirty dancing</span></span></b></li></ol></div><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">c. Now lets say that the rabbit was neither lying </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">then</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> nor doing anything wrong </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">now</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> because its inability was genuine then and now it has finally overcome it somehow. But really, is that possible? Isnt it easier to motivate yourself for conquering your inabilities when you have the reward right in front of your eyes? In the context of the rabbit, why now? Why not when it was in the room with the mouse?</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The mouse is angry because it doesn’t have answers to these whys.</span></span></b><br /></li></ol></div><div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Now lets sweep this whole </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">intolerance towards heat</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> issue aside to a corner for a while and assume that the second argument, the final stroke to gain an exit pass from the room, the mouse being a mouse and not a rabbit was really the whole deal breaker for the rabbit. Now the mouse had made its peace with the fact that the rabbit probably truly cant cohabit with a non rabbit which happens to be a mouse in this case……inspite of the fact….</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that the mouse to this date fails to comprehend why the rabbit didn’t think of this earlier, while extending its hand, while walking together, and more importantly while entering the room? No the mouse is not angry about all that now.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So then whats it angry about now, you ask?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Well those creatures that the rabbit is extending its hand towards now are non rabbits too. And the fact that they are different isn’t holding the rabbit back from proactively seeking an association with them.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a. So again, this makes the mouse wonder if </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> (being a non rabbit) EVER was a problem or was just cited to facilitate an easy exit, when the above argument (inability to tolerate heat) didn’t work? </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If this is the case the mouse is angry to have been lied to… again…</span></span></b></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">b. The other possibility is that this IS infact a criterion and the rabbit was not lying in the first place. (Whatever said in </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">b</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> above can be easily quoted here as well) … Aware of limitations yet raising false hopes in other creatures only to enjoy some gametime & fun with them? </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The mouse is angry because it has to press the buzzer for “shamelss lack of compassion”... again!</span></span></b><br /></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">c. The third possibility – Again on similar lines of </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">c</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> above… lets say “you- a-non-rabbit” was a genuine concern so no lying on the part of the rabbit </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">then</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, and somehow</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it has ceased to be a concern, so no lack of compassion in trying to reach out to non rabbits </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">now</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Again the anger for the mouse stems from the timing of the rabbit to decide this</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Why now? Why not when it was with the mouse (assuming that the rabbit has really erased this criterion)</span></span><br /></li></ol><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And ... the mouse is angry because it doesn’t want to choose between the possibility of the rabbit being a liar or a compassionless dead soul.</span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Yes the mouse believes in accepting the creatures it calls its friends </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">they are, with their strengths and flaws alike. But there are some things which cant cross the line at any cost. Coincidentally, both honesty & compassion belong to that list of things.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When the mouse decided to break its silence and agreed to appear once again in the visibility range of the rabbit , the prime reason behind it all, was </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the belief</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in goodness. The belief that no creature can deliberately harm someone’s else interest … …and if the interests do somehow get harmed in the journey, it only happens without design, without the other really meaning to do so. So the mouse thought that shutting the rabbit out, completely, probably wasn’t fair...more so when the rabbit had made it explicitly clear that it didnt wish to be shut out.The mouse didn’t wish to think about its own self only so it gave in to the rabbits wish of letting the bridges be!</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The mouse is angry because this whole thing shakes its basic philosophy of faith on which the mouse thrived on till now…</span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Maybe all of this is just a classic case of paralysis by analysis…. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The mouse is angry because it has lost all its ability to see things clearly!!</span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">P.S.- This is, in no way, an effort towards negating the other good qualities that define the rabbit. This is solely an expression of the anger felt by the mouse on its own perception of presence of certain other qualities viz Honesty & Compassion.</span></span></span></span></p></div></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-23834550056723562582008-12-28T11:39:00.013+02:002009-01-04T01:08:12.146+02:00I am angry... and want to hold on that feeling for a while!<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You think you have made your peace with something and then boom , it comes back later to bite you in the ass when you are not looking. Ok maybe not all of a sudden , maybe its triggered by some external stimulus rather than your internal think-machine. But the point is it comes back.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I am angry… and disappointed. </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And more pissed off for the fact that I cant remain angry for long. </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So when I found myself angry, what did I do? I called the person I was angry with to hear the voice, to try and feel his sense of obliviousness in this context and be able to give him the benefit of doubt.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yes call me crazy because I have weird mechanisms of dealing with things. But really… at the end of the day doesnt it come down to deciding for your own self what’s more important for you – </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">- Not letting the other person see the huge impact that the situation had on you and appear all strong/not vulnerable.. either shutting that person out or behaving in a nothing-has-changed manner with that person OR </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">- Not caring about the above. Instead facing the situation head on - but at the same time trying to remind yourself of the good things about the association with that person, in the hope that it would help you see things clearly... </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in the perspective of balance!</span></span></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So I go with the latter most of the times and it usually works. But this time, even after doing so, I don’t want to let this anger go. I am scared of the fact that this anger would evaporate all too soon and I would find myself getting bothered by a similar situation. So I want to feel this anger for so long that I don’t feel anything else.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Doesn’t make sense? Well remember </span><a href="http://one-more-why.blogspot.com/2008/12/mourning-death-by-being-alive.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the mouse and rabbit story</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The update</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">- The mouse is out and trying to figure where to go next, exhausted at the mere thought of finding another room to be comfortable, tempted by the thought of never entering a room again. While the rabbit is jumping on the same road again, just like before, but this time making sure to touch more creatures on its way, and touch them closely. </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So why should the mouse be bothered? Yes it shouldn’t be …but for the fact… that it still doesn’t believe that the rabbit’s original intention was to cohabit the room for only some time and to get out on the road eventually, still cant digest the fact that the rabbit would still be treading the same path… all over again! In the exact same way with other creatures on its way! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You see this takes away the benefit of doubt that the mouse gave rabbit to salvage itself. The benefit of doubt being that the rabbit didn’t know that it couldn’t stand the heat of that room till it stayed in the room for a while. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But now?? Now the rabbit knows! </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So why is it still looking, and pro actively so for partners to start a journey on the road which leads only to one place – that damned room?? Or maybe the foolish mouse doesn’t understand that problem was not the heat in the room in the first place but difference in their colour. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If that was it, then why did the rabbit wait for so long to say this? And doesnt it know that the possibility of finding his own species is next to nothing in this path full of all kinds of species? So is it ok with walking along with a non rabbit? So when it blew the mouse off, was that a specific aversion to mice in general? </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What about the other unsuspecting creatures which the rabbit is going to disillusion? Why should be the mouse be worried about those creatures in the first place? Why does the mouse still wonder if the rabbit knows that all creatures would ask for adjusting the thermostat after a while and the rabbit being rabbit would run away..again? </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It is difficult to believe that the rabbit is so naive not to know... and if it does, then this doesnt make it a good being! (Unless of course, the rabbit feels that some creature would make it want to take that fur off to be ok with the extra heat in the room!). But no, this time the mouse doesnt want to use the benefit-of-doubt theory. So it has decided to house this anger for a while. And also stop looking at the direction where the rabbit jumps... forever!</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The upside?? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Well why an upside??...cos i create such a hype about the sense-of- balance everytime!! So its only fair to expect an upside to this as well)</span> - Maybe all these <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">whys</span> will end up <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">making me wise</span>...somehow!</span></p>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-68053639557615513782008-12-25T13:07:00.011+02:002009-01-04T01:01:49.048+02:00Giving in...<div><br /></div>For the lack of anything better <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(I mean what do you expect? On the Christmas morning, when all the world is either sleeping or rejoicing in the festivities, I am here in office with a handful of others pretending to work but with no actual work on hand, overlooking grey clouds in the sky with an utmost certainitythat it is NOT going to rain for the simple reason that it NEVER rains here inspite of my constant prayers!)</span></span>... i am going to put a tag (picked up from a fellow blogger's land) here and see if all this hype about tags really holds any worth... <br /><br /><div>The way its supposed to go is that you get a chance to express ur true feelings :P by answering these questions honestly... </div><div><br />1. Who are you?<br />2. Are we friends?<br />3. Something I have and you want?<br />4. Give me a nick name and explain why you picked it?<br />5. Describe me in one word?<br />6. What was your first impression of me?<br />7. Do you still think that way about me now?<br />8. What reminds you of me?<br />9. If you could ever give me one thing, what would it be?<br />10. How well do you know me?<br />11. How do you see me in future?<br />12. Ever wanted to tell me anything, but couldn't?<br />13. Are you going to put this on your blog and going to see what I say about you?</div><div><br />Go ahead put up the same tag in your blog, I promise i wouldnt accuse you of plagiarism :P<br /></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-32994016308307048262008-12-23T01:42:00.013+02:002009-01-04T01:28:44.746+02:00Trying to paint the canvas white...And I just might!<div><br /></div>Yellow lights, green lights .... all saying the world is bright<br />And I run towards the sign which says “Its all black and white”<br /><br />I run and see …and see and run, where to I don’t know<br />Wasn’t I supposed to have a guide in this damn show?<br /><br />I thought I found you but I only saw, not bothering to open my eyes<br />So tell me who should I really blame for being blessed with this vice.<br /><br />I am not into worship so don’t bother asking me to pray<br />But I might just let go, so yes you will have to ask me to stay…Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28077497.post-80501466722064740112008-12-18T13:41:00.007+02:002009-01-04T01:30:43.301+02:00No hugging is bugging me!!<div><br /></div>Isnt it sad when you realise you have no one to hug?? Even when are you are feeling low ...or not feeling well physically?<div><br /></div><div>I think its been one whole month (or more) since i have had any human contact in these terms. And this realisation doesnt make me feel any better.... or maybe when you are sick, you tend to make these sad discoveries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I mean, really .... isnt this some kind of an indication that you are spending this precious part of your life without acually enjoying the true rewards that it has to offer! Or does this just mean that you are in a wrong place, at a wrong time?</div><div><br /></div><div>I dont know...</div><div>...What i do know is that i need someone to hug, as of now...</div><div>.... but i have no one, as of now!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKE1uGp5t9EybsO-iFbWIOLiczrQfsTBMS-hWGfcnJXOC5XLiOz-MhMbnse5IYhcw5KCEy6tDJznXiqpcoKUCwsVhHBVpgrGDf7ftMZSaGX5s80d1LbsEt7QCrFB-B_bL8CVIWjg/s320/Hug-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281104682492447378" /></div>Paradox Philichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530652994043269281noreply@blogger.com17