Bangalore Indiblogger meet 2009

Yesterday evening I went to this bangalore blogger meets by Indiblogger.in . Indiblogger.in is a blog directory website for indian bloggers as well as some cool forums and other stuff.
So first time I was going to any bloggers meet, so was really exciting. It started with a 1 minute of fame for all the boggers, where you had to introduce yourself. I turned up a bit late, so missed out on that. but no issues, there were really interesting introductions..
Then there was a talk on security issues for bloggers, which was really informative for people like me..
Nxt was launch and a sneak peek at windows 7 by two guys. They had a nice ppt presentation, but kinda boring for me, coz I had no clue about all the technical stuff. But nevertheless , they had a decent presentation.
Next session was clearly the best - the eating session, we gulped some tasty pizzas, and cola, felt really refreshing:)
In the end we wrapped it up with a nice group discussion on blogging, monetization, twitter and other stuff. we were enlightened by a guy named Sherin, he called himself  'The Money Maniac' , he shared with us his tactics of getting higher pagerank, monetization tips etc. That was amazing..
Overall it was a great meet, good getogether, looking forward to attend some more similar meets..

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Another disappointing game !!!

Yesterday, i met 2 fellow Arsenal fans, So we decided to watch the Arsenal game together.After a long time i was watching game wid fellow gooners. The game was against Sunderland.

As we were watching the game together, we were excited about the match, and we were confident we can grab a win, specially after the midweek trashing of cardiff. And the new boy Andrei Arshavin was going to make a debut. So we were even more excited.

As the game started, Arsenal made a good start, with couple of close chances, 2 of them from Arshavin. Van Persie missed a sitter in the opening minutes of the game, and i guess that cost us the match. The midfield were not that effective in creating chances for the strikers, And when they did , there was no one in the box to take that crucial headers. Van persie and bendtner totally looked out of place. Denilson and Song hardly created chances and game finally ended in a 0-0 draw. Arsenal's 3rd consecutive 0-0 draw in the league. Was really frustrating specially after a very good game in Midweek. Whats even more frustrating is wenger doesn't do anything about it. The formation is not suitable, there are not much penetrations, we can't take advantage of set piece situations, no free- kick specialists.

Only positive i can take from the game was Andrei Arshavin. he showed some lively spark at the beginning of the game. Hope he can blossom at the club.

God save arsenal...

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Moral Policing or Hooliganism

 In the recent past, Many parties and small organisations have taken into hooliganism in the name of protecting Indian culture.

Latest incident was in Mangalore, where a group of activists from 'Ram Sene' barged into a pub and pulled out young girls and started, molesting and assaulting them. And then 2 days back, a couple was pulled down from a bus and beaten. why? A hindu girl was with a muslim friend. What kind of democracy is this. How can a group of people, take law into their own hands in the name of moral policing and start attacking innocent citizens.

There will be no safety for woman in india, if such attacks continue. What Indian culture or Hindu culture they're talking about. Cultures never remain stagnant in a society. Cultures are always evolving and has to be progressive. While they take about the 'the bhartiya naari' . They don't understand you can't standardise any way of living, everyone have their way of living and should be allowed to do so. No one has the right to interfere with someone's way of living. 

The great indian culture these people are talking about , is the very origin of the Sexual expression , ' The Kamasutra'. the sculptures in khajuraho rather depict various sexual positions and expressions, and is among those ancient beautiful monuments which is regarded one of the beautful works of Art. Isnt these things offensive for this people. But couples walking on the road or hugging each other even though they are related is offensive.  

The Government here should take a hard stand against such hooliganism, which they wont because, it will affect their party alliances. First It was Shiv sena in maharashtra, and now Ram sene in karnataka, Half of the people doing these things, don't know why they are, they have been provoked and brain washed by their leaders like Mutalik of Ram sene. 

If Govt. can't handle this, We citizens should form a parallel organization to handle such hooliganism. 

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So much to Say... Little to write.....

These days i get very little time to come online and blog. I keep thinking about stuffs i need to express in my blog, but when i actually get time to write, i kinda forget what to write,. Its like a though block.

Has anyone faced with such situations. But for me it feels a bit familiar. 

Its happened to me quite a lot of times, Its like you are longing to talk to someone special for a long time. And keep thinking about what all to say to that person. But when finally time come , you sort of suddenly black out. Well thts very frustrating. 

My days at work are going pretty fast, from giving general anaesthesia, managing cardiac surgeries, Intensive care unit to going back to my bed at night thinking bout someone and somethings. Lifes been a rollercoaster..

I hope to keep blogging more often...

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Another Tagged Post !!!

RULE #1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.
[I don’t dislike any, so I’m not replacing any question]

RULE #2 Tag 6 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by.
[I was tagged by Aarthi ]

Continue this game by sending it to other people.

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?
 Will try to forget her and move on in life....

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?
Hmm.. nothing specific... well i would love to be in an episode of 'FRIENDS' wid the whole star cast... :)

3. Why do you blog?
I blog because i like it.. , its a portal for you to show yourselves to the outside world, and voice ur opinions..

4. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
Ha Ha... have been more than once... unfortunately not lucky in love..

5. Which is more blessed: loving someone or being loved by someone?
tough question, being loved by sum1 gives you a heroic feeling, but loving sum1 is a more special feeling...

6. How long do you intend to wait for someone you love?
Practically speaking, dnt want to wait much.. But dnt mind waiting for sometime, if there are positive vibes...

7. If the person you secretly like is attached, what will you do?
Will be happy...

8. If you could root for one social cause, what would it be?
Entering into politics and change my country...

9. What takes you down the fastest?
 Dishonesty and hippocricy. and too much of attitude

10. What resurrects you the fastest?
Good faithful friends around you

11. What’s your fear?
Failure    ……

12. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
very bad amd obnoxious gal... :P
heheh.. just kidding.. shes a smart and sweet gal...

13. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor?
I wanna have a live-in wid a rich gal ....... lol :)

14. What’s the purpose of such Tags?
Just total timepass. and filling your blogs :)

15. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously whom will you pick?
Hmm... i'l choose the one who loves me back....

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
Please Define give all.... have too many ideas in my mind for 'give all'  :P

17. Would you forgive and forget someone no matter how horrible a thing he has done?
Ya i usually dnt carry past grudges against ny1.. well wud never forget the horrible things..

18. Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
Hmm.. rite now.. wanna be in a relationship...

19. Who/what inspired you to start blogging?
God came in my dream and asked me to blog..... he even told me to choose blogger for blogging... :)

20. Tag 6 people.
noushy, preetilata, supriya, shantini , madhavi , akansha

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Mumbai burning

Mother India is crying... There is a series of terror attacks in india in the lasr 3-4 months.
Last night, a group of terrorists opened attacks in 11 places in mumbai. More than 100 killed, many injured, and many still missing. The ordeal has not ended, there are many trapped inside The Taj hotel and the Trident Oberoi. A batallion of army and NSG have descended to the scene, trying to gun down the terrorists and doing their best to save as many people as possible...
What is painful is even with so many assurances from the government and defense services, such attacks keep happening. So many people die, so many innocent fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters lose their, who will pay for the tears. Government compensation wont help.
Whos to blame in lapse of security, government, police, intelligence, no its we who are responsible. It is easier to blame these people sitting in a cosy cubicle in our airconditioned office. Its time as active citizens, we be more vigilant about suspicious people in and around you and help our government and police tackle such situations. The youth of india should come forward and enter active politics. To change the system, you have to be in the system.
All the political parties should stop blaming each other, rather come together and fight this painful attack by terrorists.
My tearful condolences, to the affected people and their families..

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Goodbye

Sometimes when someone close to you goes far away from you, it hurts more than you ever experienced...
Sometimes you realize the importance of people in life only when they are far away from you...
Things may not be the same later, quite different from what you expected...
Sometimes there is so much to say, but when you realize its too late and you don't have time...
The good times, the bad times, if only you could rewind and play again, relive those special moments, even though its only for a minute....
The very thought of not able to meet again is disturbing, but thers always hope, a hope that gives you some courage to move on....
Life's got its share of surprises for everyone, you just have to wait for your turn...
Sometimes you miss someone more than others, you become more restless, feel you should have spent some more time, but the time is never enough and suddenly theory of relativity starts making sense....

Sometimes you have to say goodbye even though you never wanted to........

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Mobile blogging

This is my 1st blog thru my new mobile. I recently got this really cool mobile ASUS P320 . Its a fully packed windows mobile, with amazing features. Best is the GPS system and Wi-fi, U'l rarely get these features at a less price.
I look forward for mobile blogging. For now Adios..

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Anil 'JUMBO' Kumble Retires

The 3rd test match of the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 saw the ending of perhaps, one of the best spinners India has ever produced. His name is Anil Kumble.
It was real surprise decision with one more test to go in the series, many would have wondered , why he made this decision. He had a bad injury to his left hand while attempting a catch in the match. He might have to go a surgery in the hand to get it fixed, so he thought its the right time to retire. Anil Kumble had a really illustrious career in both One days and Tests for India..
He has taken 619 wickets from 132 tests, and 337 wickets from 271 matches.
First thing that comes to ur mind.. when u think of Kumble is  his undying attitude, whatever maybe the situation , he was always prepared to take any sort of challenge. One match u can never forget , is that test match against west indies, where he suffered the broken jaw. He got a plaster and came back in the field to bowl again, with that sort of pain, and took brian lara 's wicket. that was tremendous commitment by any sportsman. His achievements have no boundaries, Hes the only Indian bowler and 2nd only to Jim Laker in the cricket history , to take 10 wickets in an innings against pakistan, in the same ground, where he has decided to bid adieu today ..
This is a small tribute to the great Legend of Indian cricket  " ANIL KUMBLE "

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Happy Birthday to Me!!

Yesterday 10 th October 2008, was my birthday. In between my busy work schedule, i suddenly realised that its my bday on 10th.. well it actually made me realise im getting old :)

 Had a mixed day yesterday. Since morning, i was missing my family and friends in bbay, missing celebrating my bday wid my twin bro. Well my bro sure had a good time wid his friends yesterday. It was kind of getting depressing that i was not able to celebrate my birthday with the people i wanted to. Well then at the end of the day, i planned a small , well not so small party with my colleagues and ended up having a good time with them. Overall it wasn't that depressing bday as i did imagine.. Though i din't get any gifts or cakes, but then i realised, im too old for cutting cakes and gifts rite now. Nevertheless, who doesn't like to be pampered with gifts on their bday. After all for one day u are the centre of attention among everyone. In my case, none of my colleagues knew, so i had to inform them to get some attention :P

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Family and Friends !!!

Its great to meet your family and friends after long time. Sometimes we get so tied up in this materialistic world, that we dnt acknowledge the presence of important people in our life. Life revolves around relationships which need to be nurtured like a young sapling. Give the people important in your life their due. Respect those who care for you, without asking you anything in return. Realise the importance of friendship in your life. Dnt be shy to show your love, respect, care to people who matter to you. Even though its just a small handshake or hug, might make a big difference to someone's life. 
Life is short, make full use of it. Dnt fight, make peace, love each other. Show your close ones, how much they mean to you. Reciprocate the caring and love.  

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