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Going Bonkers!

OIDA

Operating Income before Depreciation & Amortization - OIDA And Raghu says, there's one more term similar to this: OIBDA - Operating Income Before Depreciation & Amortization

24 Hours @ Boeing

Just think about this amazing company ... and what it will do in the next 24 hours: In the next 24 hours, more than 340 satellites put into orbit by Boeing launch vehicles will pass overhead. In the next 24 hours, Boeing will export $53 million of goods and services to customers worldwide. In the next 24 hours, millions of travelers, hikers, and boaters will find their way home using the Global Positioning System (GPS) designed and built by Boeing. In the next 24 hours, 3 million passengers will board 42,300 flights on Boeing jetliners carrying them to nearly every country on earth. In the next 24 hours, 6,000 Boeing military aircraft will be on guard with the defense forces of 23 countries and with every branch of the U.S. military. In the next 24 hours, Boeing will sell more than $2 million over the Internet at boeing.com, putting us in the top five of all web commerce sites. In the next 24 hours, Boeing will send 4,650 shipments of spare pa

Q&A!!

Question: An elephant was in love with a she-elephant. But the she- elephant went and got married to some other elephant. So our elephant was very Depressed. One of his friends felt sorry for him, and took him to a park to cheer him up. In the park, they sat on a see-saw, but the see-saw broke. Now, which song would our hero sing? Ans: "See-saw ho ya dil ho, aakhir toot jaata hai." :-) Question: Two hairs on a bald man's head fall in love with each other and want to get married, but cannot. Why? Ans: Because under Indian laws, "baal vivaah" is illegal. :-) Question: One fine morning, Ravan felt guilty day for all his bad deeds. He felt that he should go an apologise to Ram for all the problems he had caused. So he went to Ram's house and knocked on the door.Ram opened the door and was surprised to find Ravan standing there. Ravan just kept staring and thinking but didn't say a word. What was he thinking? Ans: "Kis mooh se maafi

Watching Chandramuki for 100 days!!

Coimbatore, July 24. (PTI): An ardent fan of Tamil film hero Rajnikanth has viewed his idol's movie 'Chandramukhi' daily once for the last 100 days, believed to be a record by the film industry in Tamil Nadu. The 22 year old vegetable vendor, Muthu, had viewed the film on the first day of its release and completed 100 days of viewing on Friday last, as the film also celebrated 100 days of screening in a city theatre here. According to sources in the Kumaran theatre here, where the film is being screened, Muthu was viewing 'Chandramukhi' since its release for the first 50 days spending money from his pocket. But when the theatre management came to know about this, they allowed Muthu to watch the movie freely to set a record, they said. Muthu, who was upset over the failure of Rajnikanth's earlier movie 'Baba,' had vowed for the success of this film, they said. Muthu, who has the satisfaction in achieving this record and success of the

Ha ha ha ha :-)

Wife: How much do you like me? Hubby: Like Shah Jahan. Wife: Wow! You mean you would build a Taj Mahal for me after my death. Hubby: I've already bought a plot for you. The delay is from your side. Sardar's son praying to God: Oh God, somehow make Punjab the capital of India. His mother: Why did you pray so, son? Sardar's son: That's what I wrote in my exam. Life is difficult, full of trials, pain and sorrow, and if you fall down, just stand up straight, be confident and ask, "Evanda Thallivittadhu?" Sardar asked to a lady: What's your car's name? Lady: I don't know but it starts with "T". Sardar: You are very lucky. My car starts only with petrol. Once someone sent an SMS to Sardar: Sender is cool, reader is fool.. Sardar replied angrily: Sender is fool, reader is cool.. Via: Gopu

Mission Statement!

Hari is looking for a mission statement that will best suit our FRM division.... So, if you guys have any punch dialogues that is short & sweet and is meaningful to what we do, please leave it as a comment in the below given link.... FRM Mission Statement PS: He is offering a prize for the best mission statement....

Bollywood Call Center

What 'll happen IF film stars work for call centers... Amithabh: Thank you for calling customer care... rishte mein to hum tumhare baap lagate hian filhaal ek customer care rep hain... Customer: (angrily) I NEED YOUR MANAGER Amithabh: Jaao pehle uske manager ko laao jisne mere baap ko chor kaha tha.. Jaao pehle uske manager ko laao jisne meri maa ko gaali dekar naukri se nikaal diya tha.. Jaao pehle uske manager ko laao jisne mere haath pe yeh likh diya tha... uske baad uske baad mere bhai.. Tum jis manager ko kahoge main laaonga.. Dharmendra: Thank you for callllllliiiiingggg..... Customer: I need help Dharmendra: main aaraahoon maa... Customer: I am unable to use your product... its waste and worthless Dharmendra: Kutte mein tera khoon peejaaonga.. Customer: What!!! I need your manager Dharmendra: (To his manager) Manager is customer ke saamne nahi naachna Shatru : Aaaaaiiin Kis ullllu ke patthe ne call kiya hai... Customer : How dare you speak like that

Beer good for the health

A recent Canadian study pointed out that taking beer is very good for health. The study says that a glass of beer has the same health benefits as a glass of red wine. According to John Trevithick, a lead researcher “One drink of beer or stout contributes an amount of antioxidants benefit equal to wine”. A catch here is that while one beer provides all the good benefits if consumed as a larger dose, can be harmful. The study says that larger daily intakes like three beers can actually contribute to increased and hastened diseases. Diabetes, heart diseases and cancer are more likely to happen to people on larger doses daily. The risks increase with the doses. So moderation is the key to prevention. Via: Jerin

TCS @ Coimbatore

The IT & BPO arm of the TATA Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has once again chalked out its ambitious Coimbatore plans... In this report , it talks about their Coimbatore expansion...

Less

Our communication - wireless our business - cashless our telephone - cordless our cooking - fireless our youth - jobless our religion - creedless our food - fatless our faith - godless our labor - effortless our conduct - worthless our relation - loveless our attide - careless our feelings - heartless our politics - shameless our education - valueless our follies - countless our arguments - baseless our commitment - aimless our life - meaningless our bosses - hopeless our salary - veryless finally, our existence - useless via: Jerin

Some Facts!

1. Chewing gum while cutting onions can help a person prevent himself from crying while chopping onions. Try it next time you chop onions!!! 2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient! 3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name. 4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite. 5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle. 6

Strike!

Most of us mallus will be all the too familiar with what "hartal" means... Now, here's a good explanation of "hartal" written by one of our own mallus... Click here to read it... PS: Those who don't know malayalam, please get it read by someone who knows....

Advertisement for a Wife

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A slap!

Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE. The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?" The other friend replied "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it." LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN

How fast can you read!

Click on the above pic for a larger version and see how fast you can read it... it took me quite sometime to figure out :-) Via: Rachael

ICT is 2005 KG Cricket Cup Champion

Dr. GB Stadium, KG Gardens - July 16, 2005 Overwhelmed by the power of precise bowling, HR BPO went down to ICT by 8 wickets in the KG Cricket 2005 Finals here. ICT won the toss and elected to field, the outcome of a brilliant strategy laid out by their astute captain. It is worth to mention here that ICT played more of a mind game by electing to field first (HR BPO had been terrific chasers in this tournament) and clearly reflects what mindset can do to one during such pressure situations. Let down by an innocuous batting attack where none deserved any notice for their performance, the only hope left for the HR-BPO Team was the performance of Winston with a sparkling innings of 25 runs; the ‘chukka’ over long on will be etched in one’s memory for a long time! Admittedly, the ICT team did a creditable job holding the incisive HR-BPO Team almost throughout the first innings. Exemplary work by Santhosh (3 wickets for 16 runs) of ICT was enough to keep the pacy HR-BPO Team under check and

PreMatch Interview - Part 2

Here's what Vinith Menon, Captain of ICT had to say about the upcoming finals tomorrow..... 1. You had a brilliant win against the EDS team in the semifinals and are still unbeaten in this tournament. What are your views about the upcoming match? Play our natural Game and keep winning. 2. Any new players in the team? Yes, we have a change. Vinodh will be playing. 3. What have you learned from your previous match? Proper planning would give results. 4. What are your main concerns for the upcoming match? Bowlers have to bowl in good length. This is the place where we have worked hard in last 2 weeks and I hope will have good results. 5. How do you rake up HR-BPO? Good team. We will not allow key players to settle. 6. Any message you wish to convey to the HR-BPO team? Get prepared.

PreMatch Interview - Part 1

Here's what Ranjith, Captain of HR-BPO team has to say about the upcoming mega finals... 1. You had an unbelievable victory over the mighty FRM in your semifinals and are now the underdogs to win this final. What are your views about the upcoming match? I do not understand the word "Unbelievable". We have been called "underdogs" every time we step into the field. We are a new entity at this event but I am not sure that classifies us as "underdogs". I think we have played every match in this series with merit and believe that needs to be recognized. FRM A was the better player on the day of our prelim match and they deserve all cerdit for the same. We have been playing good cricket from the beginning and believe have a very strong team spirit both on and off the field. Our victories would not have been possible without the support of our cheerleaders. We have shared wins and losses together. We knew we could beat FRM and that was what happened. To FRM A

Drunkard's ABCD!

A - Aristocrate B - Bagpiper C - Contessa D - Director's special E - Eight PM F - Fun drop G - God father H - Haywards I - Imperial Blue J - Johny walker K - Kingfisher L - Lime drop M - Mughal Monarch O - Old monk P - Peterscot R - Royal Stag S - Seagrams T - Teacher's scott U - Uni boul V - VAT 69 W - Whitehall X - XXX Rum Y - Yankey Z - Zingaro PS: Thru SMS via Gokul

Hats off!

You guys remember an Einstein deductive reasoning quiz which I had put in the blog a few days back?? Well, one person has taken all the efforts to crack it... it's none other than Nazrene... and I am pretty sure she didn't Google it coz she explained how she got the answer to me... The question was, who keeps the fish?? And the right answer is, the German!! Kudos to Nazrene, you've got a very high IQ!

Did you know?

In 1883, the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years. Aegilops, 8 letters long, is the longest word with its letters arranged in alphabetical order.

Learning!

It was a sports stadium. Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in the running event. * Ready! * Steady! * Bang!!! With the sound of Toy pistol, all eight girls started running. Hardly have they covered ten to fifteen steps, one of the smaller girls slipped and fell down, due to bruises and pain she started crying. When other seven girls heard this sound, stopped running, stood for a while and turned back, they all ran back to the place where the girl fell down. One among them bent, picked and kissed the girl gently and enquired 'Now pain must have reduced'. All seven girls lifted the fallen girl, pacified her, two of them held the girl firmly and they all seven joined hands together and walked together and reached the winning post. Officials were shocked. Clapping of thousands of spectators filled eyes were filled with tears and perhaps it had reached the GOD even! YES. This happened in Hyderabad, recently ! The sport was

FRM Vs. HR-BPO

A stunning victory by HR-BPO, thru to the finals. In what can be termed as one of the biggest upsets ever in the history of the KG cricket series, HR-BPO, the underdogs defeated the mighty FRM-A fair and square in the second semifinals of KG Cricket 2005. If one scrambles for the reasons behind it, much like what happened to the Australians recently when they played against Bangladesh stands true here... Is it complacency or "they are nothing" attitude that plagued the FRM team? No one is sure. Hats off to the HR-BPO team for pulling up their socks and rising to the occasion. HR-BPO, led by Ranjith, won the toss and elected to field first considering their ability to chase big targets. The FRM team, who have some heavyweights in the team couldn't really capitalize and Johnson (Captain) soon departed for only 3 runs (tried to hoist the ball for a six, but ended up gifting his wicket). In came Chandru, who played some fine, clean crisp shots, contributing a valuable 18 runs

Hit with a virus!

Never Download!! It's hardly one month since I got an internet connection at home and I am already plagued with viruses. Today morning I opened a mail attachment from Yahoo as a zip file only to find that it was a virus -- W32.Beagle. Now don't ask me what I tried to download, but thanks to Sriram (who came to my home with "pirated" anti-virus protection CDs) some viruses have been detected and killed. We were wondering (me & sriram) how these anti-virus companies were able to come out with latest virus protection as soon as a virus breaks... rather, they will be the ones issuing press releases stating that such a "virus is found in the wild"... Is it the virus protection companies themselves creating the virus and spreading it so as to get some revenue??? God only knows!! PS: Any virus writers reading this? COME GET ME!! :-)

Cyber Gazzals!

Aisa bhi nahin hai ke I don't like your face. Par dil ke storage mein no more disk space... Ghar se jab tum nikale pehen ke reshmi gown. Jaane kitne dilon ka ho gaya server down... Jabse meri zindagi mein, aayi hai ik female. Bhool gaya hai sab kuchh kya mailbox, kya e-mail... Dil se ek ishq ki application create kar raha hoon. Pyaar se debug karna mein wait kar raha hoon... Tumhaare intezaar mein neend aayee so gaya. Yeh dekho mera connection time out ho gaya... Kal jab mile thhe to dil mein hua ek sound. Aur aaj mile to kehte hain your file not found! Jo muddat se hota aaya hai, woh repeat kar doonga... Tu naa mili to apni zindagi ctrl+alt+delete kar doonga... Shayad mere pyar ko taste karna bhool gaye... Dil sey aisa cut kiya ke paste karna bhool gaye... Laakhon honge nigaah mein kabhi mujhe bhi pick karo... Mere pyaar ke icon pe kabhi to double-click karo... Roz subha hum karte hain pyar se unhe good morning... Woh aise gh

Solve it & win a prize!!

A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11. He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he inquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same, exactly $7.11. What were the prices of the four items? PS: Folks, yesterday I had mentioned about a surprise package coinciding with the first anniversary of my blog.... Well, whoever answers this correctly will win an expensive prize from me... Click here to register your answer and please put your proper name...

Breakthrough Printer!

HP has announced a breakthrough in the ink-based printing platform technology. The result of a five-year, $1.4 billion strategic investment, the company believes that the breakthrough will take its leadership in the printer market years ahead of its competitors. At a press conference, HP unveiled its first products built on the new scalable printing technology, which is designed specifically to deliver high-performance printing for high-volume users. These include the world's fastest home photo printing devices - 4 x 6-inch photos in as fast as 14 seconds - as well as the world's fastest desktop color business printer, which enables small and medium-size businesses to print up to twice the speed and 30 per cent lower cost-per-page than color laser printers.

Watchout Coke & Pepsi -- Here comes Wahaha

Wahaha, whose main products are milk drinks, bottled water and mixed congee, is the number one beverage company in China, with revenues of 11.4 billion yuan ($1.37 billion) and profits of 1.35 billion yuan ($162.7 million) in 2004. In 1998, Wahaha launched its own brand, "Future Cola," to compete against Coke and Pepsi. Read more

Ash Barbie!

A new range of Barbie Dolls, inspired by the style of former Miss World and Bollywood film star Aishwarya Rai will hit the stands and High streets of Britain soon. The dolls are based on the looks and style of the doe eyed diva, and is being imported to the UK from India. Via: Narayanamurthy

Ambani Fued!

The Ambani brothers have settled their issues and the business is back to normal... Here's a lowdown on what Wharton, one of the premier B-schools in the world, thinks about the Ambani fued... Click here to read

Happy B'day Peak Day Blues!!

I really can't believe that I've been blogging for the past one year!! Special thanks to Kalidass, Rachael and Madan for reminding me this... It's been a special journey, one that enriched my personal life, got so many friends... am being a little philly here.... Thanks a lot for all you folks who come check out my blog and I mean it PS: Expect a surprise today! :-) Any comments?

What's in your name?

Given below is a list of corresponding traits of people with their alphabets... Just try it out... Eg: TOM T-- You have an attitude, a big one. O-- You are very open-minded. M-- Success comes easily to you. A-- You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind. B-- You are always cautious when it comes to meeting new people. C-- You definitely have a partier side in you, don't be shy to show it. D-- You have trouble trusting people. E --You are a very exciting person. F --Everyone loves you. G-- You have excellent ways of viewing people. H --You are not judgmental. I --You are always smiling and making others smile. J-- Jealously K-- You like to try new things. L --Love is something you deeply believe in. M-- Success comes easily to you. N-- You like to work, but you always want a break. O-- You are very open-minded. P --You are very friendly and understanding. Q --You are a hypocrite. R-- You are a social butterfly. S-- You are very broad-minde

A touching story!

Somebody forwarded me this very touching story and I felt like putting it in the blog... Please read it... Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: "How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?" The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it." Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?" The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university." Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair. "Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally. The mot

Reasoning Skills

Below is a quiz, written by Einstein in the last century. He said 98% of the people in the world cannot solve the quiz. Are you among the other 2%? FACTS There are 5 houses in 5 different Colours In each house lives a person with a different nationality These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or Drink the same drink HINTS The Brit. lives in a red house The Swede keeps dogs as pets The Dane drinks tea The green house is on the left of the White House The green house owner drinks coffee The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill The man living in the house right in the centre drinks milk The Norwegian lives in the first house The man who smokes blend lives next to the one who keeps cats The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer The Germa

Boys are like?

Boys are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The girls don't want to reach for the good ones because they're afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground, that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think that there is something wrong with them, when in reality, they are amazing. That is why we just have to be a little patient and the right girl, the one who takes a chance to find the good, right apple, will come someday.......So Guys if u are alone...this means that u r on top..........!!!! Via: Nidhish Narayan!

Thiraiparvai with Vivek

Did you guys watch this week's Madans Thiraiparvai in Vijay TV?? Well, this week he interviewed comedian Vivek and it was quite a good show to watch for all vivek fans. I came to know about a lot of things regarding Vivek which I was unaware of... He is a voracious reader....Was having a government job before coming to movies....Was part of a comedy club in Chennai etc. etc. I've seen him as the best friend of the protagonist in many a yesteryear movies and I believe "Vali" starring Ajith was the turning point of his career. I read from some articles that in this particular movie he started writing the script himself and thus began the upward swing to new heights in his career... I also came to know that he has got 3 good comedy writers with him who go out to the society and comes up with social issues which he portrays quite well in his movie through the mass appeal of comedy... I enjoy his comedies immensely and he is one of my fav comedians/character arti

Typos!

How many times have you typed a website address wrongly and taken for a ride by a mirror site which downloads chunks of viruses to your system or porn for that matter?? The answer would be plenty... Now Google is on a mission to stop this nuance... "An internet arbitrator has awarded Google the rights to several website addresses that relied on typographical errors to exploit the online search engine's popularity so computer viruses and other malicious software could be unleashed on unsuspecting visitors." Read more

Past Life Analysis!

The Hindu mythology says that one has 7 incarnations and I've even heard of stories where people remember their past life... Now, here's a chance for you to know what you were in your previous life... Check out this cool website My profile said the following: "I don't know how you feel about it, but you were male in your last earthly incarnation." Good to know that!! Phew! "You were born somewhere in the territory of modern South China around the year 1075. Your profession was that of a digger, undertaker." Man! I always wanted to be an Undertaker (WWE)! "Your brief psychological profile in your past life: Revolutionary type. You inspired changes in any sphere - politics, business, religion, housekeeping. You could have been a leader. The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation: You are bound to solve problems of pollution of environment, recycling, misuse of raw materials, elimination of radioactivity by all means includ

Did you google?

Cruel!

I got a picture through mail yesterday which was quite shocking. He/she (can't make out) fell from a fair height and on impact he literally split open and his internals came out... You can see the horror on the faces of those around him. If you are strong enough then click here to see that picture. PS: I'm warning u again -- if u r weak hearted , dont go for it. Its not your cup of tea. But if u dare enough -- go 4 it. Later on don't blame me.

A message from FRM coach Hari

Good Luck for the semis, guyz! Well, it’s a pity that I will not be around to watch and cheer this Saturday’s Semifinals in which we’re pitted against the surprise semifinalist, HR-BPO Team. Don’t worry, I will be enticing Lord Venkateshwara to support FRM in our endeavor to reclaim the coveted trophy…!! My only message to the Team is ‘Don’t get COMPLACENT’! Complacency has been and still is the bane of many a sports teams and it has got an acute knack of knocking you head down, when you’re least expecting it. HR-BPO may be a rookie but the determination and the spirit that they have displayed in their previous matches are commendable and we better watch out. You can expect a couple of new players in their ranks as well from the just-finished recruitment drive. Obviously, they would be waiting for a chance to get even with us after their comprehensive defeat a couple of weeks back. So, FRM as heavyweights & HR-BPO as underdogs, where does that leave us? Pressure Cooker si

Update - my medical condition!

The verdict is out folks, am suffering from some kind of collitis (couldn't read the doctors prescription) and the possible causes are through food or water...they have advised me to take rest today also and I might need some saline if my condition worsens... so i will be missing office today also... I sincerely hope to make it to tomorrow's semi final match... ooops, again problems in stomach... bathrooooom, here I come.... PS: Thanks for all those forwarded articles fellows, will post them ASAP I can come out of the toilet :-)
A man was leaving his house one morning when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A funeral coffin was followed by a second coffin some distance behind the first. Behind the second coffin was a solitary man walking with a large black dog. Behind the man was a queue of about 100 men walking in single file. The man simply couldn't contain his curiosity, and he respectfully approached the man walking the dog:"I am so sorry for your loss, and I know now is a bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen a funeral like this with so many of you walking in single file. Whose funeral is it?" The man replied, "Well, that first coffin is for my wife." "What happened to her?" The man replied, "My dog attacked and killed her." He inquired further, "Well, who is in the second coffin?" The man answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my wife when the dog attacked and

Kerala - the next best BPO bet?

With IT, ITeS and BPO companies flocking to the state, Kerala is fast emerging as a hot IT destination. IT experts say increasing costs in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad, are prompting many IT companies to look at Kerala which offers infrastructure at low costs, better quality of life and easy availablity of quality manpower. Recently, a high level delegation from Qatar, led by minister of state for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, had visited Kerala and expressed its intention to invest in several projects, including the third stage expansion of Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram. Technopark, launched in 1992, was the first of its kind in India offering ready-to-use infrastructure exclusively for IT companies. With 75 companies and 7,500 people, the 15 lakh square feet structure, spread over about 156 acres of land cannot take in any more companies, prompting authorities to chart out a Rs 1000-crore expansion plan. News via: Jerin

"World of Wars" conquers box office

"War of the Worlds" captured the second-biggest Fourth of July weekend gross ever, but the Steven Spielberg-directed epic starring Tom Cruise could not snap an industry box office slump now in its 19th week. Warner Bros.' "Batman Begins," which had spent two weeks as the No. 1 movie in the marketplace, finished a distant second with an estimated four-day total of $18.7 million and a solid overall domestic gross of $154.1 million to date. TOP 10 MOVIES Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will be released today: 1. "War of the Worlds," $77.6 million. 2. "Batman Begins," $18.7 million. 3. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," $12.7 million. 4. "Bewitched," $10.8 million. 5. "Herbie: Fully Loaded," $10.5 million. 6. "Madagascar," $7 million. 7. "Rebound," $6 million. 8. "Star W

Down with diarrhea!

Is it the Gulab Jamun that I had y'day from the canteen or something else, am not sure... but am visiting the loo every now and then and downloading.... Diarrhea finally hits me hard... Eppo varumo, ippo varumo??...

ICT beats EDS-B by 6 wickets!

ICT maintains its winning streak, thru to KG Cricket 2005 Finals!!! A sunny morning and a freshly laid pitch greeted the two semifinalists – ICT & EDS-B and the stage was all set for a grand semifinal. EDS-B won the toss and decided to set a target for ICT to chase. After a steady start from the openers, ICT broke through the defense of EDS and snapped a couple of quick wickets. After that, it was left to Hariprasad and Vignesh to steady the boat, each one doing it in contrasting styles. If Hariprasad was rock solid and played a patiently grueling knock, Vignesh (shall we say ‘Viru’) was his usual self, carting the bowlers all over the ground with his unorthodox style of batting. Unfortunately for EDS-B, after HariPrasad lost his wicket to the fiery Suresh, no one could keep company for Vignesh, who remained not out on 30 at the end of the innings. Kumaresh, who was clobbered in the first match against FRM-B, emerged from a hiatus and picked up 4 quick wickets in just 2 overs, comp

Eating out!

It may take a strong stomach to eat curry or chocolate ice cream out of a toilet bowl, but a commode-themed restaurant in Taiwan does booming business serving up just that. The Martun, or toilet in Chinese, restaurant in the southern port city of Kaohsiung boasts lengthy queues on weekends as diners wait for a toilet seat in its brightly colored tile interior. Food arrives in bowls shaped like Western-style toilets or Asian-style "squat pots." Manager Hung Lin-wen said the original inspiration came from a toilet-shaped spaceship in a Japanese cartoon. The theme has attracted droves of novelty-seeking young people who come to play with their food and gross out their friends. "We think the theme is special, and the food is tasty," Hung said. But no matter how delicious, a few customers still find the combination a little hard to swallow. "The taste is good, but I still feel disgusted when I look at it," said diner Lin Yu-may. Via: Caroline

Tomb Raider!

A 75-year-old man in Sankarankovil has built his own tomb stating that he did not want to leave the work to somebody. "I am building the tomb for myself in advance because I did not want to leave the work to someone else. Besides, when our father died, we built his tomb with great difficulty as we were in debt," says K S Madasamy of Gandhinagar in this small town. A stone tablet on the sides of the tomb 'predicts' that he would die in 2007. Madasamy had built his tomb adjacent to the tomb of his father, who participated in the freedom struggle and died in 1942. Madasamy began constructing his tomb a few days back and completed the work on Thursday. Via: Sriram!

PreMatch Interview!

After the heart-beating and pulse raising knockout rounds, KG World Cup 2005 is now moving into the semifinals where the best of the best compete with each other. Tomorrow is the first semi match between ICT and EDS-B. ICT is roaring with great pride as they have won all their matches so far whereas EDS-B is a wounded tiger who wants to forget their last match defeat and come back strong. The stage is set with a brand new pitch and lengthy boundary lines. The groundsmen have really done a wonderful job of preparing a brand new pitch in just one week. I heard they digged up some 10 feet and have filled them up with 25 sacks of clay!! Great job!! Both the teams were training hard today evening and I caught up with both the captains in the ground. Here's an excerpt from their interview: Gnanasekar - EDS-B You played brilliantly in your first match but lost out to FRM-B in the second round of the knockout match. Now, what are your views about the upcoming match? We want to have a wonde