A communication technician drafted by the army was at a firing range. At the range, he was given some instruction, a rifle and 50 rounds. He fired several shots at the target. The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.

The technician looked at his weapon, and then at the target. He looked at the weapon again, and then at the target again. He then put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand. The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area: "It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!

manasaa vaachaa ninnE valachaa ninnE prEminchaa
ninnE talachaa nannE marichaa neekai jeevinchaa
aa maaTa daachaa kaalaalu vEchaa naDichaanE nee neeDalaa
manasaa vaachaa ninnE valachaa ninnE prEminchaa

chinna tappu ani chittaginchamani annaa vinadu
appuDeppuDO ninnu choosi nee vaSamai manasu
kanneerainaa gautamikannaa tellaarainaa punnamikannaa
moogaipOyaa nEnilaa

ninna naadigaa nEDu kaadugaa anipistunnaa
kannu cheekaTai kalalu vennelai kaaTEstunnaa
gatamEdainaa swaagatamananaa nee jatalOnE bratukanukOnaa
raamuni kOsam seetalaa

vaagardhaaviva sampruttou vaagardhap pratipattayE
jagatahpitaram vandE paarvateeparamESwaram vandE paarvateepa ramESwaram

naadavinOdamu naaTyavilaasamu parama sukhamu paramu
abhinaya vEdamu sabhakanuvaadamu salupu parama padamu
bhaavamulO a.. bhangimalO a.. gaanamulO a.. gamakamulO a..
bhaavamulO a.. bhangimalO a.. gaanamulO a.. gamakamulO a..
aangikamou ee gati sEyaga

naadavinOdamu||

nee mada nee madanisa nee...................
kailaasaana kaarteekaana Siva roopam
pramidE lEni pramadhaalOka himadeepam
kailaasaana kaarteekaana Siva roopam
pramidE lEni pramadhaalOka himadeepam
navarasa naTanam darisanisanisaa jatiyuta gamanam
darisanisanisaa navarasa naTanam jatiyuta gamanam
sitagiri chalanam suranadi payanam bharatamaina naaTyam bratuku nitya nRutyam
bharatamaina naaTyam bratuku nitya nRutyam
tapamuni kiraNam taamasa haraNam
tapamuni kiraNam taamasa haraNam Sivuni nayana trayalaaSyam
dhirana dhirananana takiTa takiTatadhimi
dhirana dhirananana naatyam dhirana dhirananana takiTa takiTatadhimi
dhirana dhirananana laaSyam
namaka chamaka sahajam naTaprakruti paadajam
nartanamE Sivakavacham naTaraaja paada sumarajam
dhiranana dhiranana dhiranana dhiranana dhira .........

naadavinOdamu||

Near Sunnyvale Library


Fair Oaks Apartment



Drink beer (HEINEKEN,CORONA..), Eat Chicken, Sleep vth Lappy :)

Movie Name: Padmavyuham (1993)
Singer: Susheela P
Music Director: Vandemataram Srinivas
Lyrics: Rajasree
Year: 1993
Actors: Revathi

mmm mmm
kannulaku choopandam
kavitalaku oohandam
teegakE poolandam
vaarikE nEnandam

kannulaku

vaanaagipOyinanu aakupai chukkandam
ala chediripOyinanU darinunna nurugandam
chinaari taaralakE raatiriki O andam
chinnari taaralakE raatiriki O andam
Srivaari choopulaku eppuDu nEnandam

kannulaku

andaala vannelakE apuroopa kurulandam
anuraaga muddaralE cherigina boTTandam
maguvalO prEmostE manugaDE O andam
maguvalO prEmostE manugaDE O andam
naa tODu neevunTE cheekaTE O andam

kannulaku

* No more listening to music while work hours, so total ban to speakers and headphones. People had that WTF reaction on their face, which was neatly camouflaged with that "Oh that’s ok", the simplest reaction they could ever give as it was declared by our head…
* It is better to minimize chatting. …[Thank God it is not should and stop but just better and minimize …hehe….be positive guys!!!!].

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter ask for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The paid was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.

His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work.

The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees

"Congratulations," the boss said. "Go on that way!"

Very motivated for the boss’ words, the woodcutter try harder the next day, but he only could bring 15 trees. The third day he try even harder, but he only could bring 10 trees.Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.

"I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

"When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.

"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees..."
Author : Stephen Covey

Nee vadanam, virise kamalam
Naa hrudayam, egise kaavyam [Nee]

Paadam neevai, payanam nenai
Prasarinche rasa loka teeram

Praanam virisi, pranayam kurisi
Prabhavinche gandharva gaanam [Nee]

Naada lenno, ruupaa lenno
Nanuchere lavanya nadulai

Bhuvanaalanni, gaganaalanni
Ravalinche navaraga nidhulai [Nee]

It is really fortunate that O.P Nayyar directed music for all the songs of Telugu movie "Neerajanam". All the lyrics are beautiful, full of meaning.

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki are the singers. S. Janaki (like in the other song from Saptapadi "Marugelaraa ....") put her signature in singing the phrase "egise". And of course, our great music director Nayyar gave one better in putting the phrase to that delicate lilting (step-like staircase effect) sound (saxaphone, trumpet) in the last trailing pieces. Great, it makes my day lighter every time I listen to the song.

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Dhanjay: naku jetlack inka poledu
evening velli padukundi potunna
:(
Jeevan: hmm.. inko week vuntundhi....
small correction... jet lag not lack :)
Dhanjay: he he heeeeeee
yeah
thnx
na english dobbipotundi day by day
actual ga english kaadu
brain
......
......

It was the chat transcript which was happened this morning.

I spent a good ten minutes trying to figure out why the text-editor gave me a spell error for 'Jetlack'. And as I expected, two strong reasons why it is?
1.'jetlack' does not exist in the English dictionary! and spell it as 'jet lag'.
2.'jet lag' is a two word pack :)

Thnx JK for correcting me :)

As now in process of correcting my english, my thoughts went ahead comparing US English with My English.
Here are few of the many times I got weird looks, caused raised eyebrows or was the reason for plain amusement.

Me: "We bunked school all the time"
Them: "did what with school???"

Me: "Where's the dustbin?"
Them: "Hahaha...what did you just ask for...the trash can...hahaha!!"

Me: "About 5 kilometres"
Them: "And that's how much in...?"

Me: "In India, there are people who fill petrol for you"
Them: "....."
Me: "Petrol as in Gas...for the cars"
Them: "Oh...Ok!!!"

There have been many more such incidents, but I just can't seem to think of 'em at the top of my head right now. Will definitely keep adding to the list, as and when such conversations happen, and happen again, and again!



I've always made an effort to keep this blog clean. Tasteful humor. But sometimes you just can't help it! I am still laughing.


Courtesy: http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Disclaimer: All characters in the story are not at all imaginary. Any resemblance to person living or dying of work is purely intentional.

Have you heard the story of " The Washer man and the Foolish Donkey" ?

To refresh your memory, and for the benefit of those who have not grown up listening to this moral story, it goes like this…

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake. The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson. The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly. Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason. Moral of the story " One must not engage in duties other than his own"

Now take a new look at the same story…

The washer man ( J ) was a well educated man from a premier management institute. He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night. He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it. Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet. The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed a " meets requirement" . Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around. The donkey was rated as " star performer". The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a job rotation…

Life is like having a cup of tea.
You sit by the side of the window, lift the cup and take a careless sip,
Only to realize, somebody forgot to put the sugar.
Too lazy to go for it you somehow struggle through the sugarless cup.
Until you discover un-dissolved sugar crystal sitting at the bottom.

Singer: Javed Ali
Lyrics: Javeed Akhtar

Kehne ko Jashan-e-bahara hai
Ishq yeh dekhke hairaan hai
Kehne ko Jashan-e-bahara hai
Ishq yeh dekhke hairaan hai
Phool se khusboo khafa khafa hai gulsan mein
Chupa hai koi ranj fiza ki chilman mein
Sare sehmein nazare hain
Soye soye vaqt ke dhare hain
Aur dil mein koi khoyi si baatein hain
Kehne ko Jashan-e-bahara hai
Ishq yeh dekhke hairaan hai
Phool se khusboo khafa khafa hai gulsan mein
Chupa hai koi ranj fiza ki chilman mein
Kaise kahen kya hai sitam
Sochte hai abb yeh hum
Koi kaise kahen woh hai ya nahi humare
Karte to hai saath safar
Fasle hain phir bhi magar
Jaise milte nahi kisi dariya ke do kinare
Pass hain phir bhi paas nahi
Humko yeh gum raas nahi
Seeshe ki ek diware hai jaise darmiyan
Sare sehmein nazare hain
Soye soye vaqt ke dhare hain
Aur dil mein koi khoyi si baatein hain
Kehne ko Jashan-e-bahara hai
Ishq yeh dekhke hairaan hai
Phool se khusboo khafa khafa hai gulsan mein
Chupa hai koi ranj fiza ki chilman mein
Humne ne jo tha nagma suna
Dil ne tha usko chuna
Yeh dastan humen vaqt ne kaise sunai
Humjo agar hai gumgin
Woh bhi udhar khush to nahi
Mulakato mein jaise ghul si gai tanhai
Milke bhi hum milte nahi
Khilke bhi gul khilte nahi
Aankhon mein hai baharein dil mein khilza
Sare sehmein nazare hain
Soye soye vaqt ke dhare hain
Aur dil mein koi khoyi si baatein hain
o hoo Kehne ko Jashan-e-bahara hai
Ishq yeh dekhke hairaan hai
Phool se khusboo khafa khafa hai gulsan mein
Chupa hai koi ranj fiza ki chilman mein

Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care
of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a
water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You
never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just
too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a
bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress $5000. Tux
rental-$100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time.

Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own
jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If
someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.

Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than
enough. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your
face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe
decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.

You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one color for all
seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your
nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a
mustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in
25 minutes.

No wonder men are happier.