Confused Soul

When it comes down to the wire, there are frayed nerves, trembling hands and palpitating hearts. One who is able to conquer and rise above these emotions walks away with his head held high, experiencing an adrenaline surge which will be remembered by that individual for a long time to come, if not for ever. For 11 gentlemen on the field, the last ball of the final match between India and Pakistan in T-20 world cup 2k7 will be narrated over and over again for eons to come. And for Misbah-Ul-Haq, the scar will probably never heal.

Last year on this day, India won first ever T-20 world cup and created history. This match was special not only because of its heart throbbing climax but also for other reasons:

• It was a match between two arch-rival India and Pakistan. Every match between these two teams is special but this was extra special being the final of first ever T-20 world cup.
• The last match between these two teams (league match in same tournament) ended in the most exciting manner in T-20 history.
• These were the 2 teams, which were out in the first round in ICC ODI world cup earlier in the same year.

Last Monday, Adobe Toastmasters Club held its Annual Humorous Speech Contest. There were 6 speeches and all the 6 contestants tickled the funny bones of the audience which gave them tremendous response. I'm embedding the video of the winning speech of that contest. Since the camera angles are not at its best, please concentrate on actual content (i.e. speech) and enjoy the humor :-).

This is a very short post just to show you an example that how a simple 3 word sentence can turn into a complete paragraph. Look at this example and see how a paragraph develops from a simple sentence.













Certainly, its creation did require imagination. The thing is, whether you’re writing a diary, a blog or a column for a magazine, writing remains a creative process.

It has been not more than 2 months when Google introduced its own Wikipedia like product KNOL. But it seems that Google itself forgot about its own child, I've never heard anyone talking about KNOL, in fact all the focus is on Chrome(which itself isn't a great product till now). The best part is that when you search for "what is knol" in google, you’ll be surprised to see a suggestion like "Did you mean: what is knoll." That is really funny and a perfect example of how one can forgot one's own child.

This post is in continuation with my last post on jigsaw puzzle. Currently we are trying our hands on some practice puzzles and we finished a 6000 pieces puzzle on this weekend. This is a great achievement as this puzzle was harder than the actual target 24000 pieces puzzle, LIFE. There is a lot of learning which we have learnt while solving this practice puzzle. I am putting some of our learning here and those who are interested can get benefit from that.

• Solve Puzzle on a table; solving it on floor may need you to see a doctor for your back...
• Make sure the light in the room is vertically top of the puzzle; reflections with tube light from an angle sometimes make you color blind.
• Counting helps, for example for a 600 piece puzzle 20*30 can assure you that many pieces in a particular row/column.
• Borders as usual are very easy and should be taken up first.
• When stuck on a pattern, leave it and try another (that will also reduce no of pieces spread around so less options to choose from)
• Don't forcefully try to fit in pieces. If it’s in the flow, the piece will fit in very easily; else it’s like CAUGHT- IN-THE-WRONG-JOB.
• When tired of searching for pieces in a particular section, switch the views/sections. This will be quite refreshing.
• Learn to sort & operate by shape, in our case we have changed our strategy many times and continuously switched fitting the pieces based on shape/color/design.
• We learnt that prior experience or level of expertise doesn’t matter, whereas it is the observation power that is more important than anything else.
• Sorting is the most important activity of this exercise and that too not only in the starting. Sorting is needed on every stage. The mantra is THE MORE SORTING THE EASIER. We sorted pieces on every stage of the puzzle. Also we have sorted them by every possible shape and color: FLAT HOLE, FLAT BULB, FAT PIECE, TILTED HOLE/BULB etc etc...
• If you are working in a group, keep the atmosphere humorous and motivating. This is an absolute must.
• Last but not the least, we used to play music throughout our exercise; else we might die in monotony?

I found an amazing presentation on current Indian scenario explained by the use of cartoons. I am sharing it with you guys, please have a look at it and don't miss any slide. You will find every single slide very true to current Indian scene.

वक्रतुंड महाकाय कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभ .निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा...

This is my 100th post and what else can be a better topic for this post. Yesterday was Ganesh Visarjan and the crowd was in full josh in Maharashtra. In Delhi, Serial blasts, high security and overcast weather with rains failed to deter the devotees as they went in large groups to immerse idols of different colors and various sizes.

You must be knowing that Ganesha is always worshiped first in Hindu Pantheon for any purpose. He is the lord of wisdom and intellect so lets pray him to give us wisdom and pray. Ganesha's unique elephant head makes him easy to distinguish and everything associated with him symbolizes something. Let's look at a picture, which shows significance of his unique appearance.

This is the song, which I am promoting these days... Actually when I saw the movie, I couldn't stop myself from laughing on the lyrics of this song. And the scene which this song is featured makes the thing more funny... Look at the lyrics of this song and you will see that why all this is true. The music and lyrics of this song make a perfect combination for this song to be called the most stupid song of recent past. Again many of you won't believe that lyricist of this song is Javed Akhtar. Have a look at the lyrics below, followed by the sound track embedded from youtube and decide yourself...

Aakhein band karke jo chehra saamne aata hai
Us chehre par mar jaane ko dil karta hai
Par, phir is dil se aawaaz aati hai
Ki vo chehra to kisi aur pe marta hai

-Akash

So finally the wait is over and the results of Slideshare World's Best Presentation Contest are out. Here are the winner entries. Have a look at these entries and you will find that these are not only awesome in design and content but also giving a message to community. I am embedding the slide shows which grabbed 1st, 2nd and 3rd position, for complete list of results please visit here.

First Prize:.

Here is what I used to do when I was a kid:

1. When I was a kid, I thought that walking at wrong side of road is easier as you can see everything coming towards you...
2. When I was a kid, I wished to have specs...
3. When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a pilot... (I still want to be)
4. When I was a kid, I was more daring then I am today. I could easily walk on a 1 feet wide and 20 feet high wall without any support...I could pass between the compartments of a running train...I could do that Gulaam like stunt... I could climb at the top of the tallest tree in garden...
5. When I was a kid, I used to collect everything from different types of stones to some newspaper cuttings...
   
6. When I was a kid, I didn't allow others to interfere what I was doing, I hated the concept of teamwork... ( now, I love this concept...)
7. When I was a kid, I was more afraid of God then I am today...
8. When I was a kid, once I tried to shave myself with papa's razor in order to get a mustache... (When I was 6-7 years old)
9. When I was a kid, I believe that riding a bicycle by sitting on it's backseat is easier then riding it by sitting on its front seat...
10. When I was a kid, once I skipped tuitions for watching 'The sword of Tipu Sultan'...

This is the first post of this month and is dedicated to my friends in office, with whom I spend the most of my time. We have lunch together, have after-lunch-walk together and we go to each others cubicles if we want to spend some free time. We hang out together for shopping, for movies, lunch/dinner, having momos, having Pizzas etc etc... If someone of us feels low, his/hers first choice for immediate concern is the cubicle of one of below mentioned persons. You can say that there is an unspoken bonding that develops with time. For example, there is a uncommitted commitment between Bhavya and me to put comments on other's blog. I used to put regular comments not only on Bhavya's blog but also on Chaya's, Bhatti's and Abhinav's.

Here I'm presenting the most frequent and favourite dialogues of the group members:

Akash:
Hopefully, you will find my dialogues in comments...

Chaya:
Disgusting...
shut up...
Mujhe pata hai, mujhe pata hai... (with her hand raised in the air and jumping simultaneously)
Bas, ab yeh ghar jaayege... (whenever someone just touches her collection of soft toys)

Bhavya:
Akaaaaash... (with a feeling of helplessness)
You are disgusting... (mainly to Abhinav and me)
I'm not talking to you... (again to Abhinav and me)

Sandy:
Harkatein mat karo... (whenever someone disturbs him)
Yaar, mujhe jabardasti pila di... (:P)

Namrata:
... (read silence)
LOGIC (Oh my God, this girl is always ready with her logic)

Bhatti:
Grrrr... (Whenever someone irritates him)
Aaj Harbhajan (or any other tailender) century maarega... (whenever India showcases its worst batting performances)

Sumit:
Abe use disturb mat karo... (whenever someone talks to Sandy on lunch table)

Abhinav:
Aisi baatein Majak me bhi nahi kehte hai... (:P)

Bhavna:
pata nahi yaar... (most of her sentences starts with this line)
Aaaaaaaahhhhhh... (I bet she can scream louder than anyone else :D)