-- just a girl trying to conceal a romantic heart with a practical mind. Most days are a success, but a few precious ones are fabulous failures..
Monday, September 28, 2009
my experiments with Crackers
The man I love..
Monday, September 21, 2009
Peace One Day
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Escaping reality
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Eat Healthy
- NO more Soda!! Cut it out!
- Where are the vegetables in my plate??.. (what are vegetables?... oh! yeah the seasoning on my chicken!!. No?...Ok, will google about them, and start eating them!)
- Climbing stairs is not an exercise kid!.. Get a life!.. Play a game!!
- Stop living a office login - facebook id - Gtalk life! Get out of the net-trap !!
- Stop eating out all the time! (remember you have house!.. It has a kitchen!!.. You are supposed to use the room... remember what is stove??.. just in case, take a walk to the kitchen!)
- Cut out the alcohol! (There is an almost extinct variety available in the market... They are called fruit juices.. They come in a wide range of colors and combinations.. give them a try!)
- DON'T MISS BREAK FAST!
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Adventures of Dunno
Sunday, September 6, 2009
My answers
Saturday, September 5, 2009
I can't sleep.. again!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
A CM lost to incompetencies of infrastructure and governance!
Today, we lost our CM to incompetent governance, poor quality of resources, communication and infrastructure.
Next time any politician or statesmen stands up to talk about ‘state-of-art’ technology being used, I hope that he gets a well-deserved, un-explained, tight slap from somebody in the audience.
The new Augusta Westland 139 is the official chopper for the CM. Purchased at a whooping 58 crores, it replaced the old Bell 430 chopper.
So why was the CM traveling in the Bell chopper?
He had no choice as AW139 was grounded for inspection. As per DGCA guidelines, the helicopter should be inspected for every 300 hours of flying. Our extremely busy Civil Aviation guys could not find time to complete the inspection though they knew The CM needed it at 8:30am on Wednesday. Talk about governance!
The Bell 430 chopper in question lacks night-landing capability.
Unsurprisingly, It does not have a satellite phone connection, which is absolutely necessary when traveling over Nallamala forests. It is an inaccessible area not only in terms of cell and radio signals, but also road transportation.
As far as Bell Chopper history goes,
We lost a Lok Sabha speaker G.M.C. Balayogi in a Bell helicopter crash in 2002.
In august 2008, a Bell 430 crashed killing 4 people in Khammam district. The search for its wreckage lasted three months.
More recently, in April this year, a Bell chopper owned by Philippine Air Force crashed killing 4 govt officials.
These are just a few cases.
Oh btw, we din’t leave any stone unturned once the CM went missing! 10,000 people were involved in the land-air search. GreyHounds, Commandos, AP special police, Indian Army, TN special police, IAF helicopters, two private choppers, ISRO digital imaging, low flying copters, civilians, and tribals.
Who are we kidding?! The man is no more and we could have avoided the mishap at so many different levels…
May his soul rest in peace.
Just an Afterthought:
The Congress party couldn’t have defeated TDP in AP if it wasn’t for YSR. Reddy. I can’t see any other Congress politician of the state or the country who would have accomplished this when TDP was considered the people’s favorite. We lost a great statesman who knew how to get the job done at the central government. Unarguably, He was the only congress CM who never had a tiff with the Central government. He always got what he asked for and he knew how to ask! We lost a great leader who always knew what the people wanted. While states like Gujarat and Maharashtra were still lost in communal rights, W Bengal lost in resisting capitalism, he ran one of the most efficient governments, ensured peace and prosperity, bringing about many inclusive reforms which reached the poorest and far-flung people of the state.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
I can't sleep :(
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Who let the dogs out?!
As a kid I was all excited, happy and ‘lost in the moment’ when it came to playing with puppies on the roads. I’m not sure what went wrong as I grew up. I guess the dogs started to realize that I dint belong to their species anymore.
The minute they saw me, the used to snigger, bare their teeth, woof, growl and scare me to death. Trust me!.. This is the case with every dog!! Whatever errand I was on, I used to run back home and tell my mom, there was no way I was getting back on the road.
Those were the days, when street dogs were a common thing, at least in my city. There were instances when I carried a big stick if I couldn't avoid going out.
To add to my misery, one of my good friends from school owned a dog. He lived just a few lanes away. We played together every day and were thick as thieves during summer hols. His garden had an old mango tree. The number of hours we spent under it, on it and eating raw mangoes! We used to read stories and make up our own cartoon warriors, fight with sticks, and kill each other until we got hungry again.
The bad birthday episode
Anyways, all this was possible only after I used to give him a call, tell him to tie up his dog and that I would be at his place. So days went on. For me Summer hols also meant a birthday without many friends (Everyone’s on vacation☹). Like every other birthday, the morning was spent admiring my gifts. I was all excited to go meet Bhaskar (tht’s the friend’s name .. btw) and show him my new stuff. So, I stuffed the gifts in my bag and ran all the way to his place. In all this excitement I forgot to ring him.
I open the entrance gate and the next thing I know!.. a ferocious , gigantic, black ball of fur, running towards me! Self preservation being a priority, I ran on to the road, but it showed no signs of giving up. The only thing I had was my bag. I slipped it of my shoulder and gave the dog a good hard hit with it. The next thing I notice - Bhaskar, his mom and the maid were on the road, watching me give a couple of more gladiator style hits to the snarling dog. I don’t know whether it was the hits, or Bhaskar and his mom yelling at the dog, it left me alone. In all the confusion, I ended up in the house, all shaken (No one offered me Scotch☺.. Ok bad joke!) Bhaskar put some ice on the dog’s nose (Honestly, I dint know I had such good back-hand shot.. the dog whimpered for quiet some time. )
That was a very close encounter, and I wasn't sure what I would've done without the bag. Oh btw!.. That was the day I realized bags, especially back-pack school bags can be used as weapons of defence☺
The next dog-day was more scary.. will post it soon!