FAQ - India

I loved this forwarded mail.. I had a good laugh when I was so tensed up with my work here. So I wanted to share the joy and laughter with you... Go on and read the whole thing.

 India holds a certain sense of mystery for the world outside its borders. Read on to find how curious foreigners are about India and its ways or rather read on to find out how dumb and ignorant they are about our beautiful country. This was taken from a tourism blog where people could post queries if they were planning on making a trip to India.

The answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who demonstrate tolerance and excellent sense of humor.

Q : Does it ever get windy in India? I have never seen it rain on TV, how do the plants grow? (UK).
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.

Q : Will I be able to see elephants in the street? (USA)
A: Depends how much you've been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Delhi to Goa - can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden)
A: Sure, it's only three thousand kms, take lots of water.

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in India? (Sweden)
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

Q: Are there any ATMs India? Can you send me a list of them in Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and Bangalore?(UK)
A: What did your last slave die of?

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in India? (USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. In-di-a is that big triangle in the middle of the Pacific & Indian Ocean which does not.. oh forget it. ...... Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Goa. Come naked. 

Q: Which direction is North in India? (USA)
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into India? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Indiana Pacers matches’ schedule? (France)
A: Indiana is a state in the Unites States of...oh forget it. Sure, the Indiana Pacers matches are played every Tues day night in Goa , straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

Q: Can I wear high heels in India? (UK)
A: You're a British politician, right?

Q: Are there supermarkets in Bangalore, and is milk available all year round? (Germany)
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is illegal.

Q : Please send a list of all doctors in India who can dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All Indian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make good pets.

Q: Do you have perfume in India? (France)
A: No, WE don't stink in India.

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you tell me where I can sell it in India? (USA)
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in India? (France)
A: Only at Christmas.

Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first

Q: Can I see Taj Mahal anytime? (Italy)
A: As long as you are not blind, you can see it anytime day and night.

Q: Do you have Toilet paper? (USA)
A: No, we use sand paper. (We have different grades)

My first blogoversary

 

Hi everyone… I know its been long since I’ve frequented my blog but I still read all your posts!!! :P Today is a special day I share with something I genuinely fell in love with… My blog. This guy(My blog) is a very special space for me with which all my emotions and feelings are dealt with. I still don’t believe its been a year since I started it. I’ve started writing stuff regularly only by January this year. I have engrossed so much in this guy that I even forget to eat sometimes. My mom keeps asking me what I write so much on the computer even on holidays because she knows that I don’t study. I don’t remember why I choose this blog address. http://attitudethatneverfails.blogspot.com but something that time told me that I was going to hang on to this for the rest of my life.( i hope so). 

I’ve changed my blog template about 10 times this one year and I will still keep changing it. Not for sometime now. I love this template!! I’ve learned a lot. I’ve made quite a few friends in this virtual reality. I love interacting with them. It keeps  me happy. My blogger friend, this guy, my love, has shared various phases with  me. It kind of makes me feel that I belong in this blogger world. People from all over the world have read my posts. This blog has seen my success, love, failure, life, friendship, separation, marriages and divorces too.. May be that's why I named it, Attitudethatneverfails  and given the title as “Take life as it comes”. Thats how I am and I reflect it in my posts. This blog actually helps me a lot because once I write my emotions, it makes me feel comfortable. I forget about it. Its like as though I’ve told a good friend about your feelings and it makes you feel kind of relaxed. That is what I get from writing a blog.

I take this opportunity to thank a no of people who frequent my blog everyday. I thank Raji, Bharathi, Shruthi, Shankar, Sreya, Satish, Vipul, Madhu, Ash, Kajal, Sid, KaKa,Soin, Hary, Miss nobody, Nikhil, Anand and the whole bunch of Blog-a-tonics who visit my blog and care to comment on my posts... Its my dream come true to write something and get a recognition for it. Thanks to all those guys who have given me awards and appreciated me a lot. I’ve not only received awards here but also in my MBA class presentation where I got the highest mark for talking about my passion and only hobby.. blogging. Even my faculty know that I’ve a very passionate blogger. This has taken me to a higher level and also given me a lot of confidence too know myself more. Thank you blogger too!!!

PS: My stats.. Google Page Rank is 2.

                      Alexa Ranking is 389,047.

                      Indi Blogger rank is 79(out of 100).

                    

PPS: I am a proud blogger and I am proud about my love.. My Blog

Pregnant with two babies but not twins..

I was just stumbling through New York times and I came through this piece of information about a woman named Julia was pregnant with a baby girl and when she went in for ultrasound a few days ago, they found that there was another smaller fetus growing inside her. This time, a boy. She was shocked initially but the doctors have assured her that it would not have many complications while delivery, but the first baby would be born on Dec 25 and the next smaller baby boy would be born on Jan 24. It is one of those rare cases where the guy could not keep himself occupied with anything else!!! LOL. There is the picture for you.

  And for more information on this, visit here

Ceramic figure

I usually go to my college in my car. While going, I always a jolly good time looking around, noticing all sort of funny stuffs happening early in the morning. Likewise, Today I noticed something strange about the car which was very close to mine and we were going on the same roads for quite a long time. Since I was looking around, watching to see any funny stuffs. I noticed a ceramic figurine in the backseat of that  car. When I looked close by to see what was this figure all about. It was a state of the art picture of two people making love. They must have been taking that picture, probably to put in an Art Exhibition. But when I noticed it, I had quite an embarrassing scene because I found that my driver was also saw me looking at that picture ( because at first sight, I couldn't make out what it was, so I had to peep in close to see it) and also the guy who was driving that car noticed it. Quite unintentional of me to see it but I could take the stares of my driver till i reached college. What a great morning!!!:)

Funny People!

Like every Sunday, today I was taken to see my grandmother..
She is a very sweet mother and grandma. Being a mother's day, she was given a chance to ask everybody any question she likes. First was my mom and after 6 people, I was the last person to be asked.

Here is the typical situation between us:
Grandma: Raji, when are you going to get married?
Raji(me): I have just not found the right girl(kewl)
You should have seen the look at her face, not a million dollar is worth it.
It was definitely a cultural shock to her but every other person at home was laughing their lungs out including my dad. LOL. It was a funny weekend not for my grandma...he he he :)

PS:I'm straight

My mother taught me..

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
'You better pray that thing will come out of the carpet.'

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!'

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
'Because I said so, that's why.'

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me.'

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

7. My mother taught me IRONY
'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
'Shut your mouth and eat your dinner.'

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck?'

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'


11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
'This room of yours looks as if a Tsunami went through it.'

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!'

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'


14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
'Stop acting like your father!'


15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
'There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.'


16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
'Just wait until we get home.'

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
'You are going to get it when you get home!'

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.'

19. My mother taught me ESP.
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
'When that lawn mower cuts off your foot, don't come running to me.'

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
'You're just like your father.'


23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'


24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.'


25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE
'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you.'
Sound familiar????

PS: Mail courtesy Prem 

Poem from an old valentine..

I was going through all my old stuffs today like my slam books, greeting cards, etc.. I found this card. Now this card brings back a lot of memories and also thinking about it, makes me laugh -out-loud now. This card made my dad realize, I wasn't his little girl anymore and gave my mom a little heart attack and quite a lot of excitement in me... This guy, Balaji, my senior in school was a very good friend of mine and I knew he was quite fond of me as a friend(that's what I thought). He lived nearby and a sweet guy. We had 3 years difference between us. Once my friend, Arun told me that this guy, Balaji was telling his friends that he likes me and fell in love.. I thought he was playing the prank on me and got angry on Arun for playing with me... This was when I was in the 8th std. February 14th was always exam time for us. The management of the school always made sure we had some exams during this time. I was totally late for school as always and attended prayers at the last minute. Since Balaji was the vice-caption of the school and he had duty for late entry, he let me.. Cool huh?? Not always I can do that. But before, I can get into the class he called me aside and said that he wanted to talk to me after school. I, usually get to talk to him after school because we live very close by each others house. I said okay and ran for my exams. 3 hours. Did as much as I can in exams. I wasn't very bright those days.

After exams, he called me aside when I was chitchatting with my friends and handed over the card he had. You wouldn't believe how much that guy had done for a card. He had written a poem and which he had given it to printing press to print it on the card and then he had hand picked the background and all the other decorations. I know its not so great now but at that time, when I was just 14 years old and my friends around me were the same too, It definitely was a big thing. Even now, some of my old schoolmates talk about it when we have a get together.Talk of the school. I was dumbstruck. I didn't know how to react. Not like, I'm the cutest girl in class or he was the handsome guy. Everybody around us knew we were close friends and neighbors. I just said thank and left. Then I showed the card to my parents and it became big issue after that. Then Balaji apologized to me and all those thing happened, but I never threw the card away.

Hello, this is my first Valentine card and how can I get rid of it.. I still have and I never take it out. Okay, Balaji still lives near my place but now with his wife...He got married about 6 months ago and of course, I was invited.

So, Here I want to share my first secret, my first valentine's day poem..

Sweet Raji,

Quietly you came into my life,
Openly you shared yourself with me.
Gently you drew me closer
Tenderly touched my heart
Gratefully I celebrate each moment shared with you

Thank you for the miracle of you..
You are , and always will be the love of my life.

This was on the 1st page and in the second page

The miracle of you
My dearest Valentine
Raji


FROM
Yours loving
Balaji



Wasn't that cute?? I really appreciate the way it was written for me and me only. After that Balaji and me, we had always kept the distance and never talked much( Actually never talked). Then I wanted to share it with you because I thought this is always important to me.
He was also one of the inspirations for my poem writing skills. This poem motivated me a lot and I started writing my own. Thanks to BALAJI

A Powerful Dreamer!!!

RAJI, my blogger friend calls herself a dreamer.. I'm no dreamer because I hate it when I dream something and it never happens... it pisses me off.. So like my Title "Take life as it comes" I take life as it comes... but last night, my wildest dream occurred..

An unknown figure was chasing me in a very lonely road.. God knows how I got there but this was definitely a man..He was chasing me for a long time but couldn't catch me because I was too fast(in my dreams)... So here I was with no one around except for this unknown man who also made some sort of noise while calling me as something which I could not recognize. After sometime, I nearly forgot that I had a cell phone with me. I,then searched for it and found out that it was missing. I was anxious to call up my dad as ask him to come a rescue me but I couldn't... After a while, this unknown man came almost near to me and tried to get hold of me.. I tried to fasten my speed but something was slowing down because you know I am a natural runner(like I said in my dreams). After sometime, this man got hold of me and said, "Madam, you forgot your parcel and cellphone back at the hotel." Then when I turned back to see, I was on the Mount road, Chennai near Spencer plaza ... The Thing which was slowing me down was myself caught on my bike wheel...For god's sake, where did this lonely road go and where was I running all this time. I just couldn't realise what was happening and then this awful truth stuck me....
It was my imagination... No No crying people... LoL!!!!

PS: Now thats why, I don't dream....

Cute Vodafone Ads

These are the on-going campaign for VODAFONE ADS... They are sooooooo cute... The best of all is the first one..Hats off to the guys who came up with this idea...

Vanilla Milkshake..

Okay, I read how Nikhil had written about Strawberry milkshake and my favourite is Vanilla milkshake. It doesn't matter how much calories it has but it just gives us all happiness with friends or family. I always cherish my hotels and Cafe coffee days memories with a Vanilla milkshake( maybe even two,LOL). This is how you make it.


Ingredients:

1 cup milk,chilled
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1tsp. vanilla essence

How to Prepare:

Place the vanilla ice cream and vanilla essence into a blender.With it running add the milk, until it is thoroughly mixed.Garnish with a cherry on the top.Prepare right at the time of serving.

Desert or Zoo???

Image Courtesy: Friends

7 things to make sure you are truly happy.

Are we happy with what we are today? Are you happy with everyone around you? Are you having fun? Are you giving your best at any work you do with happiness? If your answer is no, then I ask " why not?'

So then where did happiness go? It hasn't gone anywhere just inside you. Its an internal feeling which can be felt only internally and impossible to obtain from outside things. Sure, they may make you happy initially, but the emptiness will not go away.

Then you ask," so, how can I be happy then?"

Follow these rules:

1. Accept That You Deserve To Be Happy.
If you cannot accept the fact that you are meant to be happy, then you can never be happy. So tell yourself that you are deserve to be happy all the time and you are definitely worthy of it every bit.

2.Accept Who You Are.
Being happy means is accepting who you are: Good, bad, ugly or whatever. Its knowing that you are doing the best you can do, and being content about it. I'm not saying that you would have to ignore what you'd like to improve in you life but if you only see what's missing, you lose out loving what's great about you.

3.Be Comfortable Wherever You are.
Being happy today means being comfortable where you are in the present. Live this moment. You would never know what you would be the next moment. Try to live every bit of the day.

4. Appreciate Your Life.
Be grateful for your life. Whether its your health, job,place, love, food, family or everything around. Wouldn't you live your life differently, if you had known that you were going to live only for 3 months from now? Guess What? You are going to die one day, and what does it matter whether its 3 months or tomorrow.

5. Ask For Help.
Being happy doesn't mean you should keep your problems to your self. It also means that you ask for support, love, guidance you get through with everything with ease.Most of us don't ask for help because we don't want to burden the people around us. But, if someone asked you for assistance, wouldn't you lend a helping hand? Then why wouldn't you let others do the same for you?

6. Do Something Nice For Someone Else.
This could be as simple as holding the door for the person behind you, or as big as volunteering your time to your favorite charity. Your problems become smaller when you are not always thinking about them. When you take the focus off yourself, it is easier to see how great your life really is.

7. Do Something That Will Move You Forward.
Being happy is taking steps that will move you forward. Movement keeps you from feeling like a victim. When you're unhappy, formulating a plan puts you in a different place and helps change your perspective. It also put the power back in your hands!

So, what is it going to take to have you be happy today? How much more of your life do you want to live waiting for "someday" to bring you the happiness you crave? It's up to you to create your own happiness. It's up to you to create a life filled with joy rather than sorrow. Why not choose a life filled with happiness today?

Smile People :) :) :)

Fun for a while

Have you ever felt that you have the same routine everyday and you get to see the same people everyday? Wish you could leave everything for sometime and get out and do something different??

Well, I'm in that mood today.. I am so damn bored with this routine life here. Just want to live life without any fear and stressed out. OMG!!! do I make sense?? Do you think I am stupid ? May be I am but at the moment I am so frustrated that I just want to get out of the house at the middle of the night and do something different. Like runaway and get married..LOL!!! Just joking. Its just that I am toooooooooooo bored at the moment and I also wish that a prince would come and rescue me on the horse back.. Me and My imagination.. LOL

April fools day....

Thank you, Sisters

I consider myself very lucky
To have sisters;
Sisters, who loves me for what I am,
Not for what others see me as,
Or for what I ought to be.
They loves me truly the way I am.
We've fought and patched up.
We've shared secrets of happiness and sadness
We've laughed until we cried,
And then we dried each other's tears.
I look up to them (because they are taller than me)
We don't laugh at each other's mistakes,
But help each other to correct them.
They prevent me from losing my temper,
I prevent them from losing their sense of judgments.
I know none of us are perfect,
But together, we help each other to become so.
Thank you, sisters
For always being there for me.

Ishu and Gayu, I love you both very much.

And will never leave you both again.

Sextuplets??? What would my mom feel about that?

Today, we were watching this show called Jon & Kate Plus 8. It makes me wonder how the mother can manage twins and sextuplets all at the same time.

We( my sisters and me), made sure that my mom watched that show. It was hilarious how the mother had to keep up with them every single day. My mom, after watching the show, talked about how my dad use to rock the cradle till I sleep. Even with the slightest noise, I would wake up and cry. It was my dad's turn to make me sleep in the night because my mom had enough trouble with me the whole day. Actually, I also heard that he loved doing it. Since I was the first born, I was pampered too much those days. My 1st sister (Aishu) was always the best according to my mom because she never troubled my mom in eating or sleeping. Whenever it was time to eat, she would do it herself. No wonder she is all so plumply and cuddly. Gayu, the youngest of the lot was also a trouble maker just like me. But I was the worst. Am still the worst. Well it all happens :)

We also talked about my cousin sister Pooja who is the worst of all of us in the family. Her mom even cries sometimes due to the pressure. So the next time, we watch that show on TV, we are going to ask her to watch it too..
Its just amazing how Kate tries to be bias to all the kids.
They first had Twins:
Mady and Cara
And four years later, they had Sextuplets
Alexis, Leah, Aaden, Hannah,Collin and Joel.( 3 girls and 3 boys). They all look very cute.
WOW they must have whole lot of fun and hard work taking care of them.
I wonder what my mom would do with Sextuplets, if she had them.
She cannot manage with just the three of us.

25 things about me truly to you!!

Found this one interesting. Well to think about it, maybe I can discover myself when I will be writing something about myself.

1. I wish I was born a boy, not because I don't like to be a girl but just that I feel the guys have more freedom to act according to their will.

2. My dad, my best friend. However, I feel I talk more to my mom than my dad because mom is at home all the time.

3. Secretly, I wish my sister doesn't go abroad next year for higher education. I am going to miss her sooooooooooooooo much!!!!!:-(

4. I have more boys as friends rather than girls because I feel that I can trust a guy rather than a girl.

5. I love to have kids. Everytime I see a cute baby on the road or somewhere else, I would imagine myself as his/her mom. :P

6.Blogging has now become my favourite activity in the whole wide world.

7. I am not perfect. Nobody is. We all learn from mistakes. So do I.

8. I have always hated this particular family which is related to my dad but never showed it out.

9. I sometimes cry in the night, without any sound, thinking that I shouldn't have done certain mistakes.

10. I give a lot of importance to people around me but ignore my family( I take them for granted).

11. My favourite food is biryani which is known to everybody who knows me well. I would eat it for breakfast, brunch,lunch,supper and dinner everyday.

12. I love it when my friends call me "DA". It makes me feel that I am important to them.

13. I am not a feminist but I hate it when guys think that girl are worth less. (They get on my nervous).

14. I wish I had my friend Bharani with me now so that I could hug her and tell her everything in the past and ask her to forgive me.

15. I broke two flowerpot in school when I completed my 12th due to the happiness(naughty me).

16. Once I had no money and was left stranded in the road with just a PCO where there was a blind man. I asked him, if I could make a call and left without paying any money when my friend arrived to resuce me. So I have promised  myself that I should go back and pay that Rs.2 someday.

17. Visit Kumbakonam again and see HIM atleast once again.

18. Goal to achieve in the future: To become future chief minister of Tamil Nadu.

19. I hate girls who act all girly and frizzy.

20. I respect eunuchs and always treat them as a human being.

21. I love to ride on the bike at a speed of 120kmph. (just me alone, but  my dad would say," In your dreams raji!")

22. Laziest of laziest. That me!!

23. Hate to work around the house but was the top performer in my former job.

24. Nothing can be done to erase the past, but I'm not least bothered about what others think or feel about me.( Go to hell!!)

25. Friendship rocks and so does MBA!!!!!

Just one more guys..... pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........

26. Last but never the least, I can never live without MUSIC.

Tagged:

Here go the rules -
Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.

And I tag Raji.

HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY EVERYBODY!!!!

Comedy video--IIPM chennai

Here are some of the comedy characters of my class... have fun