World is becoming smaller

When the quote turned from 'It's a small world' to 'World is becoming smaller', we were definitely talking about the technology, e-mails, phones, etc. E-mails were very exciting about ten years ago, especially for the older generations who did not know what was a computer, leave part what it did!! E-mails are definitely super fast, easy and inexpensive compared to the regular letters a.k.a. 'Snail Mail'.

I love writing letters. It’s a pleasure to hold a pen and write your mind on the paper. The scratches, spelling/grammar mistakes, the up-down arrows give that letter a personal touch. Even to the reader, doesn’t matter if you write the mundane stuff, it’s a pleasure holding that piece of paper in his/her hand and read it over and over again.

I still have the letters written by my friends when I was in high school. Even now when I open my 'Treasure chest', I can go through the letters, greeting cards (for all occasions), and trinkets and not to forget the beautiful letter pads.

All this came to my mind when I saw this article on MSN today. Here is the list of celebrities who are not tech savvy.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/10/celebrities-technoloy-technophobe-personal-cx_
ew_0611sanstech_slide_2.html?partner=msntech

Shame on Humanity

During my break time a couple of days ago, I was reading this article on CNN about the sex slaves from war torn Bosnia. Trust me, I didn’t realize the tears rolling down my cheeks! After reading that, it felt like ‘Death is painless’. Death comes to you only once, but whatever those women went through, is like dying every day! But the only thing I did not understand was – What were those soldiers made of? Weren’t they HUMANS? Or to put it in proper words – do/could HUMANS behave this way? I reading somewhere – When the humanity ends, the world will end! I am clueless as to what else could happen! Here is the link for the article if you are interested!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/22/sarajevo.rape/index.html

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, there will be peace!

Ah Men!!

Today one of my friends sent this funny thing about men:

Please note.. these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want.Let us be clear on this one:Subtle hints do not work!Strong hints do not work!Obvious hints do not work!Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a Problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria 's Secret girls, don't Expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both.If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong.We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really .

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or golf.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

And here is my reply to him:

Yeah! Thanks for reminding!!! So many are true with me on a daily basis!!! esp the thing you want us to or the way you want us to do, and the directions part is huge topic for fight!! Thanks to GPS (has reduced the fights nearly 80%). Well, do you really need a reason to fight!! LOL

Well Columbus didnt need directions (agree to the part). Here are my points:

1. He had compass.
2. He was on water, so matter where he went, he was bound to find land somewhere!!
3. He didnt have his wife on board! We dont know what the scenario would be if he had taken his wife (or anyone's wife on board for that matter)!!

Keep smiling :-)

Missed blogging for a long time...

It has been such a long time since I wrote anything on the blog (its one of my non guilty pleasures!). Hard to believe – no entries for nearly two months on the blog. So, today I thought I would update the blog while having my evening coffee. Traveling, stress, family and work have taken the leisure time away from me. Yeah, I know blaming something else is easier! On the other hand, this business travel has made me more confident. Now I don’t have the fear of driving the unknown car, finding my way around the unknown city/area. Well, everything comes at a cost! I have lost so much of the family time I used to get when I was home. That’s the most important thing which is bothering me! The major disadvantage of traveling is the diet and exercise part of life! I cant cook the food I want, and pretty much tired to exercise every day. So, I have gained about 6 lbs in a month!

Jr. was really happy the first week of my travel. He didn’t have to go through the restrictions which mommy puts.TV/computer/DS time. Well, after a day, he says – ‘No particular reason, but I kinda miss you’. After I get back home, he says he missed me because ‘Pappa doesn’t know how to prepare curd rice’! AAHH… here goes the valid reason – no favorite food, so miss mommy! When mommy says not to eat maggi, that’s unfair, but when dad feeds maggi for all the three dinners when mommy was away, it’s boring! Trust me, after that week, he never really has asked me for maggi!! Whenever I am home, Jr. gives me a list of things he wants to eat! I prepared ‘Saboodani khichadi’ this weekend, and he said ‘Yeah… ball khichadi’. It was good to see that smile back on his face.

It was worth all the labor :-) .