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 Courtesy: Yash Wardhan(Pinku)

Hunger and Hike

Hi guys,

I hope most of the visitors of this post got their increment letters (obviously, if you are working) by now and have buckled up yourselves for the "improvement areas"  that were "forcefully" spotted in you..Good.

I hope you feel justified with the increase you got this year..but i think i know the truth, please continue reading.

You got few % less increase then last year or compared to your colleague or may be from what you were expecting and you turned yourself in depression, start complaining.. what a pathetic life you have and perhaps to god that he is being unfair to you... really ?

Watch this video and read after:

Intentions were not to spoil your mood, but just wanted to remind ourselves that we forgot to think that God has already blessed us with the great life and we complain, complain and complain ?

Also i am not saying don't aim for the luxuries, better house, a big pay cheque, forget your dreams and just be happy..... not at all !! But in the way of achieving all this, in case you get few hiccups , think about this video and fight back twice as hard.

You know what, 2012 current stat says: 8 million people die from lack of food and nutrition every year - about 24,000 deaths each day.

If somehow your increment was not good this year, No need to worry..Its time to think about the video, fight back for your dreams and in this journey don't forget to help a hungry child as i am sure you know how its feel when you are hungry.

How to access Gmail Offline..Installation steps !

I must say Google came with a great feature of accessing Gmail Offline !

You can view your mail, in situations where no mobile, No internet connections etc but thats very rare isn't it ? The good example would be in flights :)

Users who are using Chrome as their browser should follow these steps else you might want to install google Chrome first.

To access Gmail offline, you will need

1. Google Chrome or Chromium browser
2. Offline Google Mail extension

To install Google Chrome go to “Google Chrome Download” page.

Now you need to install “Chrome Web Store – Offline Google Mail“.

Click the Add to Chrome button:

You might get a pop up box as shown :

Click install.

Now go to Apps and you will find Offline Google Mail application icon.

When you open this application it will give you following settings page:

Thats all... you are ready to use “Offline Google Mail”.

To open “Offline Google Mail” go to Apps tab, and launch “Offline Google Mail”.

Done.

Things you never want to say to your manager

Hello Everybody,

Did you ever realize that despite of the fact that you are working hard for your company, sacrificing your personal time for work without even asking for it, still you are not getting your boss's confidence rather he/she seem annoying with you ? In our daily conversation there are lot of occasion where we become little casual with the situations and say something to our managers which they never want to  listen.

Saying the wrong thing to your boss can really damage your career. From refusing to work with a colleague to bragging about your irreplaceability, here are 10 things you never want to say to your manager:

1. "Can you write that down for me?" When you're talking about the details of a project, writing notes to consult later is great. But you need to take them yourself, not ask your boss to do it for you.

2. "I just booked plane tickets for next month." Never book time off without clearing it with your boss. There might be a major project due that week, or she might have approved others to have that time off and therefore need you around. Check with her first before you do anything irreversible.

3. "My bad." There's nothing more frustrating than an employee who has made a mistake and doesn't seem to think it's a big deal. When you make a mistake, take responsibility for it, figure out how you're going to fix it, and make it clear that you understand its seriousness. Responses like "my bad" sound cavalier and signal that you don't take work seriously. Don't use it for anything other than the most minor mistake (like spilling something in the kitchen, which you then promptly clean up).

4. "I can't work with John." Refusing to work with a colleague is an unusually extreme statement and may mark you as difficult. Instead, try something like, "I find it hard to work well with John because of X and Y. Do you have any advice on how I can make it go more smoothly?"

5. "I don't know what you'd do without me." No one is irreplaceable, even the head of your company. Statements like this mark you as a prima donna who feels entitled to special treatment ... and will make a lot of managers want to show you that you're wrong.

6. "Do this, or I quit." Whether you're asking for a raise or requesting a day off, don't threaten to quit if you don't get your way. If you don't get what you want, you can always think it over and decide to quit, but if you use it as a threat in the negotiation itself, you'll lose your manager's respect and poison the relationship

7. "I have another offer. Can you match it?" Using another job offer as a bargaining chip to get your current employer to pay you more money may be tempting, but it often ends badly. First, you may be told to take the other offer, even if you don't really want it--and then you'll have to follow through. Second, even if your employer does match the offer, they'll now assume you're looking to leave, and you may be on the top of the lay-off list if the company needs to make cutbacks. If you want a raise, negotiate it on your own merits.

8. "What's the big deal?" Statements like this are dismissive and disrespectful. If your manager is concerned about something, you need to be concerned about it too. If you genuinely don't understand what the big deal is, say something like, "I want to understand where you're coming from so we're on the same page. Can you help me understand how you're seeing this?"

9. "I can't do X because I need to do Y." Don't say that you can't do something your manager is asking of you. Instead, if there's a conflict with another project, explain the conflict and ask your manager which is more important.

10."That's not my job." Protesting that something isn't in your job description is a good way to lose the support of your boss. Job descriptions aren't comprehensive, and most people end up doing work that doesn't fall squarely within that job description. (That's what "and other duties as assigned" means.) You want to make yourself more valuable to your employer, not less.

Technologies Old Vs New

Its after midnight, yet not feeling like sleep !

I hope the world is doing great despite of the fact that world will be ending on December 21,2012:). I hope many of you believe that this is untrue (remaining will believe on 22).

Mayan Calender

Anyway my discussion topic is not very far from 2012 ending story, its moreover towards what people believe on technologies that were in existence in thousand years back and what we are using now a days.

Sometime i get very disturbed because I think and i think what would be the technologies in future years (may be after 20-25 years) look like ? I feel lucky as i have witnessed few amazing revolution in technologies not more than within last 20-30 years. I remember my childhood when i used to watch black and white television, but technologies like  LCD,Plasma,3D ..in fact now everything is high-definition are in existence which changed the complete image of entertainment world ! The blessed people like you and me have witnessed the century change, Internet revolution, Mobile revolution, Touch screen devices, Gadgets that people could not have imagined few years back but now its true..Don't you think to be lucky to use all or some of these inventions ? Well I feel so.

friendly(Hopefully) neighbourhood

Our ancestors could not have imagined that human can travel in air and measure the earth within few hours..but now that is not surprising any more. We have reached moon, even searching new home (like earth) in our millions of galaxies.

But suddenly after thinking of all these changes (revolutions) and many more which I have not mentioned..i somehow feels we are still behind the technologies that were in existence, hundred and thousands of years back.

If we talk about from the spiritual point of view, Some people like me have no problem in believing the fact that may be just may be Our Gods in Christianity, in Hindu, in Islams and in others religions were nothing but Aliens. (Intentions are not to hurt anybody's feeling but just trying to look things from a another angle which might be possible).

We all have our religion stories and few things are very common in our mythologies that our gods were able to fly, they had technologies to become invisible, they touched and people healed etc etc. I am a strong believer of Hinduism and have a strong faith in my religion( everybody should have in theirs), If you recall the technology which was used in Mahabharata (the epic war happened 1200-800 BC) where the guy "Sanjay"  narrates the live news of the battle filed to the blind king sitting way far in the palace..did you ever think how ?

Can it be possible in today's world, that we see live (Like "Sanjay" of thousand years back) whatever is happening in another part of the world without television telecast ? May be yes !!

I really hope coming year and the future inventions will enable us to see which is not visible now .

Rohypnol - a beware drug for ladies

A woman at a nightclub (Mumbai) on Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her at a Busstand in Mumbai. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes along with traces of rohypnol in her blood. ... Rohypnol, date rape drug is an essentially a small sterilization pill. The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims. All they have to do is drop it into the girl's drink.

The girl can't remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the night before. Rohypnol, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later. The Drug's affects ARE NOT TEMPORARY - they are PERMANENT.

Any female that takes it WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE. The weasels can get this drug from anyone who is in the vet school or any university. It's that easy, and Rohypnol is about to break out big on campuses everywhere. Believe it or not, there are even sites on the Internet telling people how to use it. Please forward this to everyone you know, especially girls. Girls, be careful when you're out and don't leave your drink unattended. (added - Buy your own drinks, ensure bottles or cans received are unopened or sealed; don't even taste someone else's drink) There has already been a report in Singapore of girls drink been Spiked by Rohypnol. Please make the effort to create awareness, specially to everyone you know. For guys - Pls inform all your female friends and relatives, remember you also have sisters.

"Your life is God's gift to you. What you do for others is your gift to God.”

Bangalore traffic..experienced and explained !

Bangalore the city we love. A hectic city,yet blessed with the most lovable whether one can imagine. In my school books i read that Bangalore is called a "City of Gardens"..is it ? The only garden i have experienced is LalBagh which is now in the news (Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) crackdown on a coffee bar serving hookah near Lalbagh on Wednesday turned nasty, when a father-son duo running the joint assaulted the civic officials..The Hindu).

Anyway (after a long sigh), I actually wanted to talk a little about the most common issues which has been haunting everybody for years is traffic jams and Parking slots.

Yesterday I took my cab and it took me 40 min to travel 3 Km of distance (yeah in peak hours),Sounds funny but it’s not ! I was not the only guy who suffered but there were 3 more in my cab and millions other who are experiencing this problem every day.

We call ourselves modern and innovative..Are we? Let me share with you a real story that you might find intresting as well (experienced by me).

One day, I took a taxi for the railway station (Friday at 8 PM).Being new to this city I was not aware of the Friday evening hectic and tiring traffic jams. So I board the taxi at 5 pm (you might be smiling now) and headed towards SBC railway station. With my headphones and my favorite playlist of U2,Pink floyd, Metallica, Radiohead and in Hindi Kumar sanu (Thums  up if you like them too) i was having fun. Suddenly my taxi driver told me "Sir aagey poora jaam..naat Paasible"( means total traffic jam, not possible to clear soon).Then i remember the movie Taxi number 9211,(the only difference was I don’t look like John but my driver was almost Nana) but unlike the movie I could not have paid him more as there was no way out and my money would have wasted.

I was looking at my watch minute by minute and becoming nervous as no ray of hope to get through. It was almost 7 pm and i was way far from railway station. Suddenly Nana remembered something and assured me that "Sir we will reach well before time Chill Maadi". He took the taxi into the wrong lane and was thinking to take a long route where traffic won’t be that much. His risky driving for some time worked and we found a another way to the SBC station and fortunately reached there by 25 minutes before my train’s departure time ( Thanks to Nana).I paid him more than what was decided, but I found strange he was refusing to take.

So that was the end of the traffic jam story and I was about to experience the Bangalore -Delhi Rajdhani express.

I will share this story soon, in my next blog (with the assurance that you will get to know more about, how our beloved Rajdhani express and its services are in place as of today)