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Recently, I have got my Google Android Dev Phone 1. It is powered by Google Android Operating system which is an open source OS. This phone is SIM unlocked and boot loader unlocked. This version of phone is meant for developers to play with the real device. 

The phone costs $399. To order this phone, you should register with Android Market as a developer. This registration costs $25. In this market site, you can download both Paid and Free applications for Android mobile.

Here are the photos of my Open Source Android phone, powered by mighty Linux Kernel.

Android phone with chinnu on home screen (playing YouTube)

Android phone with iPhone theme :)

While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on the side of the car.
In anger, the man took the child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench.
At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father....
With painful eyes he asked 'Dad when will my fingers grow back?'

Man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times.
Devastated by his own actions...... sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches, child had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'.
The next day that man committed suicide. . .
Anger and Love have no limits; choose the latter to have a beautiful & lovely life....

Things are to be used and people are to be loved,
But the problem in today's world is that,

" People are used and things are loved "

I drop a comment to take up the tag thing from one of fellow bloggie Shalini. I luv her "Monday Morning Inspirations episode".
So back to the tagging thing.. Here are the Rules

Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag ten people.
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name : Dhanjay
2. A four Letter Word : Dear
3. A boy's Name : Dhruv
4. A girl's Name : Daisy
5. An occupation : Doctor,Dancer,Director.. but my choice Designer :)
6. A color : Daffodil yellow
7. Something you'll wear : Denim Jeans
8. A food: Donuts :)
9. Something found in the bathroom: Door
10. A place: Dehradun
11. A reason for being late : Drunkenness
12. Something you'd shout : Deaf & Dumb saala :)
13. A movie title : Desperado
14. Something you drink : Dr Pepper's
15. A musical group : Dragon Force (google search)
16. An animal : Dinosaur
17. A street name : Disney St
18. A type of motor : Dodge Car
19. The title of a song : Dangerous (Michael Jackson)

I would luv to tag all of you guys, please post a comment to start with. :)

If you purchased $1,000 of Delta Airlines stock 1 year ago, you would have $49 today.

If you purchased $1,000 of AIG stock 1 year ago, you would have $33 today.

If you purchased $1,000 of Lehman Brothers stock 1 year ago, you would have $0.0 today.

But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of BEER 1 year ago, drank all of them, returned the ALUMINIUM CANS for a recycling refund, you would have $214.
INVEST WISELY...

Came across the blog, the Olympic Gold Medallist :)

Link

Fatima bi( one of the village panch) to kaveri amma:: ek baat yaad rakhna..... Apne hi paani mein pighal jaana baraf ka muqaddar hota hai........ samjha dena us chhokre ko..... (Movie -- Swades)

Sameer - Tujhe kya lagta hai, main roz is takiye par baithta hoon...(Movie -- Dil Chahta Hai)

The Saptapathi rites involves taking seven steps walking around the fire. According to Hindu Law codes [Yalgnavakya Smrithi], completion of the seventh step is the moment of completion of marriage for all legal purposes. For each step they say a manthra as follows:

Step 1. Groom: "My beloved, our love became firm by walking one step with me. You will offer me the food and be helpful in every way. I will cherish you and provide for the welfare and happiness of you and our children.

Step 1. Bride: "This is my humble submission to you, my lord . You kindly gave me responsibility of the home, food and taking charge of the finance. I promise you that I shall discharge all responsibilities for the welfare of the family and children.

Step 2. Groom : My beloved, you have now walked the second step with me. Fill my heart with strength and courage and together we shall protect the household and children.

Step 2. Bride: My lord, in your grief, I shall fill your heart with strength, In your happiness, I shall rejoice. I promise you that I will please you always with sweet words and take care of the family and children and you shall love me alone as your wife.

Step 3. Groom: My beloved, now you have walked three steps with me. By virtue of this, our wealth and prosperity are bound to grow. I shall look upon all other women as my sisters. Together, we will educate our children and may they live long.

Step 3. Bride: My lord, I will love you with single minded devotion as my husband. I will treat all other men as my brothers. My devotion to you is of a chaste wife and you are my joy. This is my commitment and pledge to you.

Step 4. Groom: My beloved, it is a great blessing that you have walked four steps with me. You have brought auspeciousness and sacredness into my life. May we be blessed with obedient and noble children. May they be blessed with long life.

Step 4. Bride: My lord, I will decorate you from your feet up with flowers, garlands and anoint you with sandal wood paste and fragrance. I will serve you and please you in every way.

Step 5. Groom: My beloved, now that you have walked the five steps with me, you have enriched my life. May God bless you. May our loved ones live long and share in our prosperity.

Step 5. Bride: My lord, I share both in your joys and sorrows. Your love will make me trust and honor you. I will carry out your wishes.

Step 6. Groom: My beloved, you have filled my heart with happiness by walking six steps with me. May you fill my heart with great joy and peace from time to time.

Step 6. Bride: My lord, in all acts of righteousness, in material prosperity and in every form of enjoyment and divine acts, I promise you that I shall participate and shall always be with you.

Step 7. Groom: My beloved, as you walked the seven steps with me, our Love and friendship became eternal. We experienced spiritual union in God. Now you have become completely mine and I offer my life to you. Our marriage will be for ever.

Step 7. Bride: My lord, as per the law of God and the Holy scriptures [Vedas] I have become your spouse. Whatever promises we gave, we have spoken with pure mind. We will be truthful to each other in all things. We will love each other for ever.

After these seven steps, the marriage become legal by Hindu law codes. Then, they both say: "Now let us make a vow together. We shall share the same food, share the strengths, the same tastes. We shall be of one mind, we shall observe the vows together; I shall be the Sama, you the Rigveda; I shall be upper world, you the earth; I shall be the Sukhilam. you the Holder; Together we shall live and beget children, and other riches. Come thou, Oh, sweet-worded girl."

Sapthapathi Mantras - shorter version

The following are the Manthras for the seven steps around the Holy Fire during the Sapthapathi commonly used in South India in the Smãrtha Sampradhãya, which is a shorter version of that in the Yajñyavãkkya Smrithis.

Step 1.:- Ekamishe - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -
Step 2.:- Dhve Oorjve - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -
Step 3.:- Threeni Vruthaya - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -
Step 4.:- Chathvaari Maayo - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -
Step 5.:- Pancha Pasubhyaha - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -
Step 6.:- Shadru Thubhyaha - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -
Step 7.:- Sapth Sapthabhyaha - Vishnuthva - Anvethu -

"Sakaa -Sapthapadha -bhava Sakaayov -Saptha padhaa –Bhaboova"
By these seven steps you have taken with me, you have become my best friend.

"Sakyam -the' -Ghame'yam Sakyaath -the' Maayosham -Sakyan me"
I will never move out of this relationship. God has united us in this bondage.

"Maayosta -Samayaava -Samayaava Sangalpaavahai –Sampriyov"
We shall perform all activities together with love and affection.

"Rosishnu -Sumanasyamanov Ishamoorjam - abhi –Savasaanov"
Let us be friendly in our thoughts. Let us observe our duties and rituals together.

"Managhumsi -Samvrathaas smu Chiththaani -Aakaram –Sathvamasi"
If you are the lyrics, I am the music. If you are the music, I am the lyrics.

"Amooham -Amoohamasmi saa -Thvam –dhyowraham"
If I am the heavenly body, you are the earthly world.

"Pruthivee thvam -Retho' aham -retho' Bhruthvam –Manohamasmi"
While I am the life source, you are the carrier of the same.

"vak thvam -Saamaa ham asmi -Rukthvam –Saamaam"
I am the thoughts and you are the speech.

"Anuvradhaa -bhava Pumse' Pumse' -Puthraaya- Veththavai"
While you are the words, I am the meaning.

"Sriyai -Puthraaya -Veththavai ehi -Soonrurute"
With your sweet words, come with me to lead a prosperous life begetting our progeny with [male] children.

Maangalyam Shloka

mAngalyam tantunAnena mama jIvanA hethunA |
kaNThe: badhnami subhage! sanjIva Sarada: Satam ||

Meaning: This is a sacred thread, this is essential for my long life. I tie this around your neck
O maiden, having many auspicious attributes, may you live happily for a hundred years

Full of Masti, fun and little little work, this is how life@netapp.com is!!! Almost 9 months with no breaks had fun fun fun and only fun... Work environment was too gud. I miss u netapp, will surely join u if I get a oopty.

Frnds, couple of praises from my last project

Dhanjay has been invaluable to the SAP-Stage and Data Miner process and he will surely be missed. I have relied on his expertise and I will miss his genuine ability to get things done and his willingness to help me and everyone else.
-- Jim McMahan

I would like to thank Dhanjay for all the work he did to help me.
The work he did is giving me the ability to run my business, control my accounts and money.
For NetApp, Support Operations and me this was business critical.
Especially the efforts delivered to squeeze my (late submitted queries) into his busy schedule is extremely appreciated.
I enjoyed working with Dhanjay and the work he delivered pais off.
Dhanjay, much success wished in next opportunities.
-- Best regards, Michel Bangels

We are going to miss you Dhanjay. You've done a tremendous job in the past
couple of months.
Thanks a lot Dhanjay.
--Edwin Lichteveld

Can only repeat what Edwin is writing. You helped us a lot!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
-- Greetings joe (Blum, Joachim)

Dhanjay,
You have been a tremendous help. We will surely miss you.
--Gary (Craig, Gary)

Thank you for your excellent work! I know I am not alone in wishing your
didn't have to leave.
--Tim (Kirby, Timothy)

Good luck on your next project, and thank you for the great job and help you did on this one.
-- Chris (Chris Peterson)

and lots lots lots lots of more.....................

Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are a happy and loving couple living in New York City. The only problem in their relationship is Sam's apparent discomfort with saying "I love you" to his girlfriend, only responding to her saying it with "ditto." This bothers Molly, who feels she needs to hear him say "I love you" in return.

One night, while walking back to his new apartment after going to the theatre, he encounter his old friend dh@nu (Dhanjay Singh).

Dh@nu consoled Sam and the below pic shows you that. :)

U want & U wait...That is time...

U want but U compromise...That's life...

&

U want,U wait & U dont compromise...

That is Success!!!

* 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!!!!].

......
......
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!

Alice came to the fork in the road.
"Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
"I don't know," Alice, answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

How important is it to find a direction in life…to know where you are going and why?? Further how difficult is to choose road less traveled?

I have wondered about it for ages. Dilemma at every nook and corner. I have realized predicament is the result of too many choices. People say, you know deep in your heart what you want to do. Well the problem is we want to do everything. And sometimes I wish we had 3 or 4 parallel lives running so we could live each of our choices and see where it takes us. Well life being life, that doesn’t happen… So for all of us who are in one of those tight spots speculating your next step, remember what the Cheshire cat told Alice and unfortunately if the choice goes kaput…Well then its time to repress another memory!!!!

Keep smiling people!!!!

Dec 31st '07 long weekend, planned for tour to death valley, loss(los)Vegas and Grand Canyon.

Anyway, Grand Canyon is amazing indeed.
And did you know, there are many points on the Grand Canyon that are named "Vishnu Schist (the lowest strata of the canyon almost 1.5 billion years old)", "Brahma temple", "Shiva temple", "Rama Shrine" etc. Wonder how they got those names??

Googled and here's d info :

"Carved by nature devas into the Canyon's breathtaking buttes were "Shiva," "Vishnu" and "Brahma" temples, along with a "Vishnu Schist" and a "Hindu Amphitheatre." Going to the Canyon is a pilgrimage across immense stretches of time and rapturous landscape unlike any other on the planet. It's a geological phenomenon that reduces your physical body importance to zero while stretching your psychic awareness to God-like infinity. Every Hindu should pilgrimage to this fantastic nature temple. And indeed many do."

It is yet-another-rainy day here in Sunnyvale. Not even remotely my definition of good weather. And especially not so when we have had plenty of them rainy days since December. I acknowledge the power of the clouds and the wind that can so efficiently transform a bright, sunny day into a gloomy, rainy day.

Leaving behind my perspective of rainy weather, I begin to wonder where the rhyme "Rain, rain, go away" originated.

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day,
Little Johnny wants to play,
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
Never show your face again!

According to this link that I chanced upon in my search for an answer, the rhyme originated way back in the late 1500s. And the rivalry between England & Spain during that period, explains why the rhyme implores the rain to go to Spain. Talking of rain & Spain draws back from my memory, the famous dialogue from 'My Fair Lady' - "The rain in Spain, stays mainly in the plains".

While on the train of thoughts revolving around verses on rain that one has known since childhood. Having dwelt upon sweet childhood verses, how could I ever complain about the rains that brought me to them today!

"Sreedharan faced numerous challenges. Bureaucratic red tape tried to delay his work. Contractors would not meet commitments. Corruption threatened to slow him down.

But the unassuming railway engineer never lost hope and never stopped believing in his project, which changed the face of urban transport in India. "

Courtesy : ibnlive.com