An update to the earlier post here: Had to visit the same consulate again today, and they have devised a permanent solution to the problem. The plastic benches have gone, and a step has been constructed (out of brick and mortar) all around the outside of the counters. Now the whole family can stand up to the counter instead of just the dad on the plastic bench shouting down at the mom for some details.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Three Little Pigs
Saw Disney's three little pigs after a long long time (23 yrs?)....amazing how the images and song stayed in my head all these years...understood the lyrics only now
:P
Here is the song (copied from some site online, not what i jotted down - the times have changed u know :)
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
Long ago there were three pigs
Little handsome piggy-wigs
For the big, bad very big very bad wolf
They didn't give three figs
Number one was very gay
And he built his house of hay
With a hey hey toot
He blew on his flute
And he played around all day
Number two was fond of jigs
And so he built his house with twigs
Heigh diddle-diddle
He played on his fiddle
And danced with lady pigs
Number three said "Nix on tricks
I will build my house with bricks"
He had no chance
To sing and dance
'Cause work and play don't mix
Ha ha ha! The two little
Do little pigs just winked and laugh, ha ha!
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
Came the day when fate did frown
And the wolf blew into town
With a gruff "puff-puff" he puffed just enough
And the hay house fell right down
One and two were scared to death
Of the big bad wolfie's breath
"By the hair of your chin-ny-chin,
I'll blow you in"
And the twig house answered yes
No one left but number Three
To save the piglet family
When they knock
He fast unlocked
And said "Come in with me!"
Now they all were safe inside
And the bricks hurt wolfie's pride
So, he slid down the chimney
And, oh, by Jimney
In the fire he was fried
Ha ha ha! The three little
Free little pigs rejoice and laughed, ha ha!
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
:P
Here is the song (copied from some site online, not what i jotted down - the times have changed u know :)
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
Long ago there were three pigs
Little handsome piggy-wigs
For the big, bad very big very bad wolf
They didn't give three figs
Number one was very gay
And he built his house of hay
With a hey hey toot
He blew on his flute
And he played around all day
Number two was fond of jigs
And so he built his house with twigs
Heigh diddle-diddle
He played on his fiddle
And danced with lady pigs
Number three said "Nix on tricks
I will build my house with bricks"
He had no chance
To sing and dance
'Cause work and play don't mix
Ha ha ha! The two little
Do little pigs just winked and laugh, ha ha!
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
Came the day when fate did frown
And the wolf blew into town
With a gruff "puff-puff" he puffed just enough
And the hay house fell right down
One and two were scared to death
Of the big bad wolfie's breath
"By the hair of your chin-ny-chin,
I'll blow you in"
And the twig house answered yes
No one left but number Three
To save the piglet family
When they knock
He fast unlocked
And said "Come in with me!"
Now they all were safe inside
And the bricks hurt wolfie's pride
So, he slid down the chimney
And, oh, by Jimney
In the fire he was fried
Ha ha ha! The three little
Free little pigs rejoice and laughed, ha ha!
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Suicide Stats !
This is not meant to be funny, but quite interesting -
did u know that more number of teenage girls attempt suicide than teenage boys?
did u also know that more number of teenage boys are successful at their attempt than teenage girls?
source? http://mywife.toldme.com
07/29/2007 0744
correction: its not just teenage stats, its applicable to the entire population of suiciders
07/29/2007 0756
(a suicider - "an urban word describing a suicide bomber" has been used a bit out of context here..)
did u know that more number of teenage girls attempt suicide than teenage boys?
did u also know that more number of teenage boys are successful at their attempt than teenage girls?
source? http://mywife.toldme.com
07/29/2007 0744
correction: its not just teenage stats, its applicable to the entire population of suiciders
07/29/2007 0756
(a suicider - "an urban word describing a suicide bomber" has been used a bit out of context here..)
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Subconscious Catch
we all have heard abt how our subconscious works...or experienced it sometimes, when u wake up and are able to finish off that puzzle, or whatever it was that we were fighting over the previous night....well, i think i sort of caught the chap at work....
there was this big discussion at office abt how each project mgr(PM) handles the customer etc etc.
nothing important..normally in any such case, i end my day with total blur abt who did what etc., but things get clearer the next day, or after i finish the gym or do something else...anything but think abt customers and PMs :)
this time I was woken up early next morning by the phone, and had some clue abt what i was dreaming (usually, i wake up with no recollection of dreams). It was a laboratory setting, with lots of cubicles arranged, each with some unique problem, and each PM was being sent through the cubes...and we (the guys in lab coats) were observing and noting down how each PM reacted...
brilliant! i would say :)
(honestly, that does not sound like boasting to me..:P
more like commending somebody else!!)
there was this big discussion at office abt how each project mgr(PM) handles the customer etc etc.
nothing important..normally in any such case, i end my day with total blur abt who did what etc., but things get clearer the next day, or after i finish the gym or do something else...anything but think abt customers and PMs :)
this time I was woken up early next morning by the phone, and had some clue abt what i was dreaming (usually, i wake up with no recollection of dreams). It was a laboratory setting, with lots of cubicles arranged, each with some unique problem, and each PM was being sent through the cubes...and we (the guys in lab coats) were observing and noting down how each PM reacted...
brilliant! i would say :)
(honestly, that does not sound like boasting to me..:P
more like commending somebody else!!)
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Scooby Dooby Doo
Never quite sat through the latest genre of animation - to me the old hand drawn tom and jerry or donald duck is a cartoon...not today's computer animated tom or jerry. So my cartoon themes have always been just a dog chasing a cat chasing a mouse or something similar.
Happened to watch a "current" episode and was quite surprised to find scooby doo searching a "wired" mansion (everything from the window shades to doors to refrigerator to the vacuum was connected and controlled by a central computer) for an evil computer virus, before it became more powerful and took control of the whole world.
yeah...cartoons have come a long way...so have the kids :)
Happened to watch a "current" episode and was quite surprised to find scooby doo searching a "wired" mansion (everything from the window shades to doors to refrigerator to the vacuum was connected and controlled by a central computer) for an evil computer virus, before it became more powerful and took control of the whole world.
yeah...cartoons have come a long way...so have the kids :)
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Chinese Buffet / Takeout
It is amazing how much of america is covered by chinese buffets...even in small towns with population figures proudly posted (with signs like You are entering XXX Population 600), you may not have a mcdonalds, but you will find a chinese buffet, with of course chinese speaking chinese people in it :) and the stories around them are endless
1. "copee tee meee?" goes the lady (coffee tea milk?)
2. "whajijuoja?" that was our deli owner in SFO asking "what did you order?". he will keep repeating it till you pay up...
3. me and wifey were sitting at one take out waiting for our order, and it was a lean time for them...the lady there teaching a new recruit some english....she did "good morning" to "good night"...then started on how to welcome somebody coming in for take out ... understood it in bits and pieces, but it was basically if someone comes in for take out, and his order is ready, go "hellooo mr. xxx, yoo are just in time...".....sure enuf, the recruit mugged it up and said it to the next chap who walked in....
4. Three big (by american stds) men went to an "all you can eat" chinese buffet...filled up their plates with crab legs and started on it....the crab legs had to be re-filled in the buffet spread...cycle repeats 3 times....and the owner starts shouting at them..."no more..no more....get out...no more...". Not much reaction from the guys, expect one chap moved his chair to sit right next to the buffet...
5. colleague receives a call on his mobile..."sir u odaa ready..."
colleague "i did not order anything"
take out "yes u did, come pick it up"
and phone slams down
1. "copee tee meee?" goes the lady (coffee tea milk?)
2. "whajijuoja?" that was our deli owner in SFO asking "what did you order?". he will keep repeating it till you pay up...
3. me and wifey were sitting at one take out waiting for our order, and it was a lean time for them...the lady there teaching a new recruit some english....she did "good morning" to "good night"...then started on how to welcome somebody coming in for take out ... understood it in bits and pieces, but it was basically if someone comes in for take out, and his order is ready, go "hellooo mr. xxx, yoo are just in time...".....sure enuf, the recruit mugged it up and said it to the next chap who walked in....
4. Three big (by american stds) men went to an "all you can eat" chinese buffet...filled up their plates with crab legs and started on it....the crab legs had to be re-filled in the buffet spread...cycle repeats 3 times....and the owner starts shouting at them..."no more..no more....get out...no more...". Not much reaction from the guys, expect one chap moved his chair to sit right next to the buffet...
5. colleague receives a call on his mobile..."sir u odaa ready..."
colleague "i did not order anything"
take out "yes u did, come pick it up"
and phone slams down
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Men Talk Alike?!
As per new study results published today, men really do talk as much as women (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-07-05-women-men-talking_N.htm),
my only point here is on the sample group studied ... university students - well, what do you expect?!!
here is a real life example from a non-university (or post-university) student (called prowe?)
a typical day, the wife calls up around 3 ppl (family/close friends), and talks around an hour to each....and probably a half to 1.5 hour briefing to me (yeah..prowe!) on what they spoke...thats a straight 3.5 to 5 hour advantage she has over me ...
competition?
my only point here is on the sample group studied ... university students - well, what do you expect?!!
here is a real life example from a non-university (or post-university) student (called prowe?)
a typical day, the wife calls up around 3 ppl (family/close friends), and talks around an hour to each....and probably a half to 1.5 hour briefing to me (yeah..prowe!) on what they spoke...thats a straight 3.5 to 5 hour advantage she has over me ...
competition?
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