Speaking my mind

Miss Teen USA 07 - South Carolina

2007-09-02T19:38:00.000+08:00

This will completely change your mind about beauty pageant entries being beautiful AND brainy.

Who's suppressed?

2007-08-16T16:20:00.001+08:00

With the recent 42nd National Day (Singapore), i feel its necessary to rebut the claims that there is a certain fear here and no one makes political jokes (or jokes about politicians) because of it. Check out the two videos below, its so hilarious, you might just wet your pants. Strictly for people who understand Singlish only.

L.O.L

2007-06-11T09:57:00.000+08:00

"After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Osama is still alive," Osama
himself decided to send George Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let
him know he was still in the game.
Bush opened the letter and it contained a single line of Coded message:

* 370H-SSV-0773H *

Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condoleezza Rice. Condi and her aides
had not a clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.
No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, then to NASA.
Eventually they asked Britain's MI-6 for help.
Within a minute MI-6 cabled the White House with this reply:
"Tell the President he's holding the message upside down."""

A little note

2007-06-06T09:09:00.001+08:00

On 7.7.07 or 7th July, the world will get its new seven wonders of the world. And, among the list of probables is India's own, Taj Mahal. The catch, however, is that the Taj needs nearly 30 crore (a third of a billion) votes to make it to the list.

In india,

How to vote for the Taj:
SMS on 4567 or call landline number 1255545 to register your vote.

For others,
To do it online, log on to http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=409

P.s.
I'm not asking you to go over the top like those guys below but just go and vote, alright? Hehehe.

The fight to be a scheduled tribe.

2007-06-05T11:09:00.000+08:00

Gujjar leaders in Rajasthan signed a truce agreement with the state government on Monday, and called off the community’s week-long agitation for Scheduled Tribe status that claimed 30 lives. - Taken from HindustanTimes 5th june 2007

For those of you wondering WHY any sane person would want to be declared part of a scheduled tribe...here's why...privelages. The privelage to government jobs, to quotas in higher education...its all about privelages. Its not going to be long before there are a gazillion groups demonstrating in cities all over demanding their 'right' to special treatment.

Thus, there's a dire need to scrape the very 'quota' system that we have. Primarily because it does not serve any purpose. Why should one be in a quota because the person is of a certain religion or caste? Is the government indirectly trying to say that they are less academically inclined and need 'extra support' in getting a seat in a college or a government job?

If there should be a quota, it should be there for the physically disabled, who are inevitably discriminated in society. The system of dividing a country into 'castes' should be abolished. But then again....when certain parties (**coughs) remain in power, they will undoubtedly make use of ancient division to futher divide the country and garner votes at the same time.

Till any miraculous change takes place, i'd like to offer my sympathies to the poor souls trapped in the traffic jam for hours due to the enlightened demonstrators.

In the news today...

2007-05-29T13:50:00.000+08:00

America and Japan seek to allow whaling by their indigenous people.

When such economically and politically mature and able governments decide that what matters more is who kills the whales rather than the fact that they are being killed, you start to lose hope in humanity.
U.S. can claim that they have championed freedom of speech....but if their speech leads to the killing of innocent creatures, i'd rather have a mute world.

Picture taken from www.channelnewsasia.com

The proud Indian

2007-05-24T20:05:00.000+08:00

I just got this forwarded joke. And it was too good not to post here. Hehe...

A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is an American.
She asks her students to raise their hands if they were American too.

Not really knowing why but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands

explode into the air like flashy fireworks.

There is, however, one exception.

A girl named Gita has not gone along with the crowd.

The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.

"Because I am not an American." replied Gita.

"Then", asks the teacher, "What are you?"

"I'm a proud Indian," boasts the little girl.

The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks
Gita

why she is an Indian.

"Well", my mom and dad are Indians, "so I'm an Indian too."

The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason", she says loudly "if your mom

was an idiot, and your dad was an idiot, what would you be then?"

A pause, and a smile.

"Then..." says Gita,

"I'd be an American."

Human insanity

2007-03-04T12:54:00.000+08:00

Could this be considered against animal rights?

Bonds...

2006-12-30T02:14:00.000+08:00

Oscar-nominated British actor Clive Owen (right) was first in line to take the role of Bond in Casino Royale, which , instead, went to Daniel Craig (left) .

Tell me...does it make a difference??! Neither of them qualify as eye candy.

Although i have to appreciate the fact that the Casino Royale director did try to salvage the situation by focusing more on his abs than on his face. Didn't work that much though...he still looks like a construction worker who had mistakenly taken up the wrong job.

New era of advertising

2006-12-23T01:42:00.000+08:00

Here's the new replacement to clearance sales

It could have been worse

2006-12-18T03:59:00.000+08:00

Frank always looked on the bright side. He would constantly irritate his friends with his eternal optimism. No matter how horrible the circumstance, he would always reply, "It could have been worse." To cure him of his annoying habit, his friends decided to invent a situation so completely bad, so terrible, that even Frank could find no hope in it.

On the golf course one day, one of them said, "Frank, did you hear about Tom? He came home last night, found his wife in bed with another man, shot them both and then turned the gun on himself!"

"That`s awful," said Frank, "But it could have been worse."

"How in the hell," asked his bewildered friend, "Could it have been worse?"

"Well," replied Frank, "If it happened the night before, I`d be dead now!"

Credits: jokesgallery

In all fairness

2006-12-16T12:08:00.000+08:00

The Singapore government, in their latest bid to draw a distinct line between Singaporeans, PRs and foreigners, have increased the costs of healthcare and education for foreigners and PRs. I understand why they do not want to subsidize the foreigners...after all, they are not contributing to the money that subsidizes the costs. All they contribute to is the workforce and a cosmopolitan society. PRs on the other hand, i feel, are being taken advantage of. Or perhaps its just another way to force us to take citizenship.

Their argument is that we shouldn't receive the subsidies since we don't belong to this country. Pardon me...but we happen to pay the income taxes that go into providing those subsidies. So basically...what they what is for us to pay so that the locals have a good life. Nice.

I do not mind the government trying to draw a distinction. But since they are already trying to draw that, perhaps they should also reconsider the fact that PRs still have to serve NS. If you don't consider them part of this country enough to receive the subsidies they pay for...why expect them to give up two years of their youth serving a country they are not loyal to.

Alas...i'm starting to feel the great need to pack my bags and leave.

Down with the green?

2006-12-05T02:42:00.000+08:00

I just came across this website and had to blink a dozen times to make sure what i was seeing was right. No..it wasn't a pornographic website. It was a website dedicated to hating cilantro. In case you don't know what it is...presenting cilantro...

Oh my goodness! Isn't it soo harmful that it deserves an entire website with 1140 members to speak up against it?

Welcome! You are visiting the web site of a growing community of cilantro haters. We are, however, rational people. In fact, we are the most rational people on earth. No normally functioning human being would ever in a lifetime consider cilantro edible.

The above was written on their website. Hmm...you spend your time speaking up against a common garden vegetable and say you're rational. Err...sure. Right. Readers, apparently, its not going to be long before greens become man's worst enemy. So...lets bring out the nuclear weapons, shall we?

Psst... www.ihatecilantro.com

Ideal role models?

2006-11-16T18:37:00.000+08:00

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that tennis star Sania Mirza and master batsman Sachin Tendulkar were ideal role models for kids. - Taken from Hindustantimes.com

I say: That's nice. Do you get it kids? You've got to become capable sportspersons and then ditch improving in your sport and try to do as many advertisements as possible. Even if you're only advertising biscuits.

On a lighter note....

Brave Uncle - Jokesgallery

One day at the end of class little Billy's teacher has the class go home and think of a story and then conclude the moral of that story. The following day the teacher asks for the first volunteer to tell a story.

Suzy said, "Sunday we load the chicken eggs on the truck and drive into town to sell them at the market. Well, one Sunday we hit a big bump and all the eggs flew out of the basket and onto the road." The teacher asks for the moral of the story. Suzy replies, "Don't keep all your eggs in one basket."

Next is little Lucy. "Well, my dad owns a farm too and every weekend we take the chicken eggs and put them in the incubator. Last weekend only 8 of the 12 eggs hatched." The teacher asks for the moral of the story. Lucy replies "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."

Last is little Billy. "My uncle Ted fought in the Vietnam war; his plane was shot down over enemy territory. He jumped out before it crashed with only a case of beer, a machine gun and a machete. On the way down he drank the case of beer. Unfortunately, he landed right in the middle of 100 Vietnamese soldiers.

He shot 70 with his machine gun but ran out of bullets, so he pulled out his machete and killed 20 more. The blade on his machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands". The teacher looks in shock at Billy and asks if there is possibly any moral to his story. Billy replies, "Don't mess with uncle Ted when he's been drinking."

Song of our time - The irony and hypocrisy

2006-11-15T12:10:00.000+08:00

I'm going to be bringing forth very nefarious morals current songs are replete with. We often discuss the negative impacts of the mass media but leave out the very thing that stares us in the face. To bring in irony however, we'll look at the female aspect of it.

Fergie - London Bridge

All my girls get down on the floor,
Back to back, drop it down real low.
I’m such a lady, but I’m dancing like a ho,
‘Cause you know
I don’t give a f***, so here we go!

The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Big Snoop Dogg - Buttons

I don't even want to put the lyrics here. The song is that sick. Feel free to contaminate yourself by reading the lyrics at http://www.completealbumlyrics.com/lyric/128879/The+Pussycat+Dolls+Featuring+Big+Snoop+Dogg+-+Buttons.html

Ashlee Simpson - La la

You make me wanna la lain the kitchen on the floor
I'll be your french maid
Where I'll meet you at the door
I'm like an alley cat
Drink the milk up
I want more
You make me wanna
You make me wanna scream
You can meet me on an airplane
Or in the back of the bus
You can throw me like a boom-a-rang
I'll come back and beat you up

So basically, if i was a brainless git, all the entertainment i wold get from the above songs would teach me that women are sex toys and have no dignity whatsoever. In fact, they love being used and treated like an object. What joy do people get listening to such sick fantasies? Oh pardon me...they are not fantasies, its a projection of what really happens in certain developed nations. Such role models don't you think? Someone youth who listen to these songs can really look up to? The singers? Actually, i think what they're trying to say is that they're only good for one thing. And i'm pretty sure its true.

To provide a stark contrast ...presenting a feminist group.

Harnessing the power of the Internet, Feminist.com serves girls and women, and the people and organizations working to empower and sustain them. Feminist.com provides free and easy access to quality information related to issues impacting girls and women, and helps connect them to the many useful and varied organizations serving their needs across the country and throughout the world. As a library, a promoter of activism, a networking engine, and an Internet home for women worldwide, Feminist.com advances women-friendly organizations, increases civic involvement, promotes self-sufficiency, spiritual health and general wellness, and works for equality, justice, and safety for all girls and women.

I'm not really much of a feminist but i don't really think that the Western media, or rather, Hollywood is doing much for the 'safety' and etc of girls and women? Especially when it is bent on portraying them as disposable objects to satisfy desire. I'm sure American girls are feeling so much safer. Whadya think Fergie?

The following is one of the worst hypocritical 'group' i've seen...nah, heard.

I've just put the lyrics of two of their songs. I'm hoping you'll understand the irony behind it. If you don't please stop reading my blog. Its full of irony. We are..of course, assuming that someone who sings something believes in it.

Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

What you gon do with all that junk
All that junk inside that trunk
Ima get get get get you drunk
Get you love drunk off my hump.
What u gon do with all that a**
All that a** inside them jeans
Im a make make make make you scream
Make u scream make you scream.

Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love?

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

So, the same 'eminent' people who can rap/sing about social problems to create awareness are also so very proficient in rapping/singing about the female private parts.

There you have it folks...the songs of our time. Plunge into an oceanful of loose morals, superficiality and utter nonsense.

Broadened Sayings - Only the Misses

2006-11-07T19:05:00.000+08:00

“I would say I’m a great shower singer. And I mean what I’m singing…it’s true to my range, and it’s just me being me.- Rapper Sean Combs

Miss: We’d like it very much if you remained in the shower…

“I just want to see Oprah debate Condoleezza…I think that’s pay per view” – Actor Robin Williams

Miss: Quite intriguing. But you have money to spend on all the wrong things.

“Sleeping is one of the most amazing things ever. I can go 14 or 15 straight hours with no breaks. Eight is so yesterday” – Actress Eva Mendes

Miss: I would like to apologize to her on the behalf of the majority of us unenlightened folk who continue to feel that we have better things to do than to be dead to the world for half a day.

“They are little. Tiny little birds…when it’s windy and they go on the school bus, I am afraid the wind will blow them away.” – Grey’s Anatomy star Justin Chambers on his eight-year-old twin girls.

Miss: Oh boy…this guy’s taking paranoia to a whole new level.

So you think you're cool?

2006-09-26T23:52:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer: If you've been reading my entries, you'll probably realise how cynical and skeptical i am...therefore, please don't take the following article seriously...its only to exaggerate a certain shallow culture in our society.

Things you need to know to be 'cool' in a junior college.

1. You must know at least half of your cohort. If you don't know them, pretend to.
2. Never ever come on time for a lecture. And coming early might be considered social suicide.
3. Mark out your 'hang out' area...as would animals their territories.
4. You should come late at least a couple of times a month or you'll be striked out from the classification of a night person...which is 'cooler' than a person who sleeps at 10.
5. Try to mis-match your earrings, socks and anything that comes in a pair for the sake of diversity and 'appreciation of fusion'.
6. Tucking in your shirt is a crime against humanity and you must refrain from this heinous act at all times.

P.s. If you're seriously considering following any of the above, please hit your head with something really hard and hope that your senses are returned to you.

Is it really democracy?

2006-08-25T16:59:00.000+08:00

Anti-quota stir: 15 doctors held in Mumbai

About 15 top doctors were among those arrested on Friday during anti-quota protests in the city, police said.

My input: I'm pleased to know that people haven't forgotten about the quota and are still making their voices heard. With the sort of 'support' the Congress is getting, i hope it will not last long in power. But then again, their methods of bribery have been vast and almost always effective. I think it's time for the BJP to step up competition and bring in younger and educated politicians into their campaign. The very last hope that's left after all. Or the fight to be backward shall remain.

The world just gets 'weirder' by day..

2006-08-23T17:29:00.000+08:00

Osama's obsessed with Whitney - claim of a Sudanese poet (Straits times Life!)

I haven't yet come to my senses after reading this less-than-ordinary article because i find it so preposterous. Plus, too many loopholes for any sane being to believe. To even believe for a second that Osama would consider an American the most beautiful woman in the world and on top of that, claim that she was 'very Muslim' but just brainwashed by her husband and American culture. Give me a break!!

Why the above is so ridiculous:
1. He's too busy engaged in other ...umm...activites.
2. He would completely not agree with Whitney's dress sense

Pakistan VS England - Ball tampering controversy

What i simply cannot comprehend is why Pakistan would want to forfeit a match just because of the loss of five runs. Yes, i agree that in some matches, it can decide the fate of a team but i doubt that this was one of those matches.

Till then though, Inzaman should try to refrain from tampering with balls ;p

Hmm...he looks more of a coach than a captain, right?

Tradegy

2006-08-05T21:29:00.000+08:00

Once George Bush Jr. visited an elementary school to talk to a group of 3rd graders.

He said to them, "Today we are going to discuss the difference between a tragedy, a great loss and an accident".

Then he said, "Can anyone give me an example of a tragedy?"

A little boy raises his hand and says, "If a kid runs out in the street after a ball and gets hit by a car."

Bush says, "No, that would be an accident. Can anyone else try?"

A little girl raises her hand and says, "If a busload of kids drove off a cliff."

Bush says, "No, that would be a great loss. Come on, anyone else?"

A boy raises his hand and says and says, "If you and Mrs. Bush was on a plane and it blew up."

Then Bush says, "Well, Yes, but can you tell me why it would be considered a tragedy?"

And the little boy says, "Well, it wouldn't have been an accident, and it sure as heck wouldn't have been a great loss."

Why Mathilda will not win Singapore Idol 2

2006-07-14T00:17:00.000+08:00

She is undoubtedly the best singing talent in Singapore Idol. Yet, i am willing to bet a million bucks that she will not win the competition. Why? Yes, it is about personality as well...and she does have a great personality...one which most higher-order thinking people would appreciate. Unfortunately for her, these are the same people who do not watch Singapore Idol...those who do are screaming teenage girls who vote for the best-looking guy, teenage guys who vote for the best-looking female...and all your singlish-speaking uncles and aunties, who vote for the one who'd be most likely to release a chinese karoake album. That's what happened last season when Olinda Cho, who was vocally the best amongst the finalists, was voted out. I predict a very similar ending to this season. After all...aesthetics come first...singing is secondary.

Donkeys!

2006-07-03T16:30:00.000+08:00

Article taken from Times of India

NEW DELHI: A textbook used at schools in Rajasthan compares housewives to donkeys, and suggests the animals make better companions as they complain less and are more loyal to their "masters," TOI reported Tuesday.

"A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master," the newspaper reported, quoting a Hindi-language primer meant for 14-year-olds.

The book was approved by the state's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government but has sparked protests from the party's women's wing.

My input: For the guys who published and wrote the textbook, i'd suggest they go
marry donkeys since they are so unsatisfied with women. Also, i'm quite sure
they'll find much more pleasure in the company of their own kind.

Broadened Sayings - Hits and Misses

2006-07-03T16:08:00.000+08:00

"Say no to men with the three emptys: empty pockets , empty heads and bald." - Taiwanese TV Artiste Liu Chen

Hit: Probably the best rule in the 'Which guy to avoid' handbook.

"It's only okay to have cosmetic surgery if you've got a nose the size of the Himalayas." - Model Elizabeth Jagger

Hit: Go tell Ashlee Simpson that. It wasn't the size of the Himalayas...okay, maybe Mt.Fuji...but never Himalayas!

"I have to pat myself on the back. It's not easy to be married, to have a successful career, to have children, to be with someone who is as strong-willed and ambitous as i am."

Miss: Yes, she is definitely strong-willed and ambitious. What else do you call a woman who still wears swimsuit-styled outfits on stage when she's approaching my grandmother's age?

Ironic history

2006-06-22T17:13:00.000+08:00

Reference to the book 'A concise history of India' by Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf

"brought modren British colonical rule with its enlightened leadership, scientific progress"

My input: I feel that the authors need to look up the dictionary for the meaning of enlightened. Putting placeboards forbiding Indians and Dogs in theatres is enlightened? Or perhaps shooting hundreds in the middle of a market place is making scientific progress?

"it was the culmination of the long-term transitions in trade, finance, culture and society that offered the English the very resources they needed to exercise their own remarkable innovations in finance, organisation and military"

My input: This paragraph i found very amusing. I think what it actually means is that the British used their finance, organisation and military to put an end to the trade, finance, culture and society. After all, there has to be a reason that a country which was once called the golden bird becomes a featherless duck after two hundred years of colonisation.

A few laughs....

2006-06-09T22:04:00.000+08:00

An old man gets on a crowded bus and no one gives him a seat. As the bus shakes and rattles, the old man's cane slips on the floor and he falls. As he gets up, a seven year old kid, sitting nearby, turns to him and says, "If you put a little rubber thingy on the end of your stick, it wouldn't slip." The old man snaps back: "Well, if your daddy did the same thing seven years ago, I would have a seat today."

Government imposes quota - your views

2006-06-05T18:52:00.000+08:00

Amongst the many replies i received on the quotas that the Indian government has confirmed it will impose, i received one thought-provoking one that i feel compelled to display here.

From Poonam, 43, Canada, Toronto.

I want to ask you a question, would you like to be treated by a doctor or get your bridges or building made by a person who doesn't know the basic of math or science? He is there to do and certified to do only coz he was poor and that is the criteria of his selection and that is how he got his degree. What class of services are you expecting? What are the qualities you need in a person to run your hospitals or government offices??

I have great empathy and compassion for poor, we must raise them up from their lowest ebb, but not by compromising on the quality or standards given to an average Indians. How can we raise them up? Encourage them to be competitive like others, once they are in the college, based on their merits, give them absolutely free education until they want to learn and study. Put a condition for the free services: earn the services, it may be an incentive, but they must earn through merit. No where in the world, there are reservations for poor classes, they enter the system through proper channel (by competing) and then they have subsidized fee structure.

Class, religion, poverty should not be the basis of selection, selection should be done based on their mental capacity and then they should be given the pull to achieve the success once they have shown their intelligence. One of the reason I moved away from India was I realized the average Indian has the least of rights in India. We have equal rights all over the world except in India. I was very fervent about moving to India few years back, but realized I may have all the resources, capabilities, or intelligence in the world, I am a second rate Indian in India coz Govt treats me with discrimination if I have earned some money and my basic rights are given to people those do not even know how to respect and be thankful for the services they rec'd on golden platter. I couldn't see a future where I have to fight for every small rights and I realized I have come too far to go back and fight the system.

I may have money to buy anything in India, but if I have to buy a train ticket to travel, I am at the feet of the ticketing clerk. He holds me at ransom, he has rights to not to issue me the ticket, he has rights to throw me out of the line, he has rights to abuse me...who has given him these rights, he is there to serve, he is being paid from the taxes I pay to Govt, but he wants to be served, rather say use me and abuse at the same time! For this again, blame the Govt!!!

V.P. Singh created so many reservation in jobs for unqualified people that they are not being reminded of basic rights of an average Indian and they are more like goons holding the offices at their guns... I am so sorry, very sorry, we Indians cud fight the British and throw them out, but we are still slave to our own politicians and Indians. This is not the vision of India my forefathers had...it is time educated class of India to stand-up for their basic rights, to get the rights which has been given to minorities, poor class...else we might have to drain our brain to the world...who will pick them and use them with respect and dignity....I am with all the kids those are on the roads protesting today...you be there with them too!!

We have the power of media, use it to protect the rights of each and every Indians, not only of the poor or backward class...tax payers should have equal rights (if not more) to the one who doesn't pay any tax at all!

Here is the technical evaluation of the situation:

-You have a kidney stone, dr. suggests Lithotripsy, but he is doesn't know his math well, he calculates incorrect dosage of laser therapy, and induces you with 10x more laser, u definitely lost the stone, but lost the kidney as well as he has irreversibly damaged the kidney with lasers therapy.

-A kid has high fever, dr calculates wrongly the drug dosage, he under treats the child, the infection spread to his blood system, child dies of septicemia.

-Dr's math is so poor, he cannot convert nanograms to micrograms, he treats the thyroid patient with thyroxin and makes an error with decimals, and he kills the patient by poisoning him with over dosage of thyroxin (thyrotoxicosis).

-How about his anatomy, he was never good at biology or chemistry, he doesn't remember which side is the gall bladder or appendix, will you let that dr touch your body or perform surgery on you???

Let's face the consequences hypothetically, are we ready to be treated by a doctor who entered the system from the back door???? If your reply is "NO", then stop it before we lose our kids or parents to these doctors. Would you like to drive a car that has mechanical problem, coz some brainless engineer developed it, it stops in the middle of the road, or goes on fire? Will you cross a bridge that is at the verge of collapsing? How will you know who designed it? A qualified capable engineer or an engineer who got his degree because of his social status??? Choose the "Best" to produce the "Best".

I'd like to thank the many for their comments. I doubt it will make a difference...but at least we know what the government is doing is not right.

Da Vinci

2006-05-26T18:27:00.000+08:00

Finally watched Da Vinci Code since it was the last day of the term. I don't think it lived up to my expectations, but it came pretty close. Except for the changed and disgusting bits, it was quite thrilling. Only if they had added more of the mystery and deciphering, i think it'll be more engaging. But the content does make it a must- see. I'd give it three stars.

Government gives striking doctors 24 hour deadline

2006-05-21T17:30:00.000+08:00

New Delhi. 21.5.2006

My take: I can't believe this! Leave it to the Congress to come up with new ways to get votes. Sickening new ways to get votes. Impose quotas, completely undermining the meritocracy that a 'democratic' country should be following. And so, they expect to get the votes of the minority races and outcastes by sugaring them up. I have nothing against any particular group, but i am all for equality. The last time this happened, students burnt themselves alive because they couldn't get into universities. That's the stress they face. The politics involved are so dirty, it makes me shudder. Seriously, if Indians lose whatever common sense they have and vote for Congress ever again, then the country is in for a horrible university education standard. To give outcasts a quota and allow them to get into universities with a lower mark?? I guess i know why the government wants to produce such doctors. Its a way to counter the ever-growing population.

Apple VS Creative

2006-05-20T09:18:00.000+08:00

Finally, after a long long time...a legal battle worth following. In fact, this one is rather amusing to watch as well. Both suing each other for patent breaches. Personally, i think that Creative has taken a wrong turn, after all, Apple is a US company. But if they do win the legal battle, they'll be rolling in the millions, something they really need after record losses. I don't think many people realise, however, how wonderfully Creative has planned the entire affair. Couldn't it sue Apple earlier? Nah, it waited for Apple to sell millions of Ipods before suing them, and therefore, getting a much larger compensation. Haha, i would soo fall for their legal consultant.

Above: Apple logo and Creative logo. Credits : Google image search

Male Bashing ;p

2006-05-14T07:41:00.000+08:00

Q: What is the difference between men and puppies?
A: Puppies grow up.

Q: Why do men always have a stupid look on their face?
A: Because they are...

Q: What do men have in common with ceramic tiles?
A: Fix them properly once and you can walk all over them forever.

Q: If you drop a man and a brick out of a plane, which one would hit the ground first?
A: Who cares?????.....

Q: What did God say after he created man?
A: I can do better than this! And then he created a woman!!!.

Q: What's the difference between an intelligent man & a UFO ?
A: I don't know, I've never seen either.

Q: What are two reasons why men don't mind their own business?
A: i) no mind ii) no business

Q: Why did Moses wander in the desert for 40 years?
A:! Because even back then men wouldn't ask for directions.

Q: What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying?
A: The same urge that makes dogs chase vehicles they have no intention of driving.

Q: What do you do with a man who thinks he's God's gift?
A: Exchange him!!

Q: Why do men like smart women?
A: Opposites attract.

Is it really music?

2006-05-06T16:32:00.000+08:00

[ Well...this is some sort of my preparation for a debate on whether the media is influencing us the right way these days or not...i intend to shut my opponent with this alone...haha! It is rather appauling to think of what we're listening to these days...do we really support American culture that much that we're willing to follow their non- existent morals as well?]

Beyonce - In Da Club

You can find me in the club, sippin' on some buds,
Daddy I got what you need you's a s**y little thug
Don't wanna be your girl I ain't lookin for no love,
So come give me a hug, s**y little thug.

Sugababes - Red Dress

Done the candlelight to make you stay over
I'm giving it up now, baby
If that's what I gotta do just to own ya
I'm giving it up now maybe

50 cent - Candy Shop

I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into
Got the magic stick, I'm the love doctor

Eminem - Shake That

There she goes, shaking that a** on the floor
Bumpin and grindin that pole
The way she's grindin it oh
I think I'm losing control
God, come oneI ain't leavin' without you b****
Come here home with me
And my boy, and his boy, and his boy, and his girl
haha, Nate call

Ashlee Simpson - Lala

You make me wanna lala
In the kitchen on the floor
I'll be your french maid
When I'll meet you at the door
I'm like an alley cat
Drink the milk up I want more
You make me wanna
You make me wanna scream
You can meet me on an aeroplane
Or in the back of the bus
You can throw me like a boom-a-rang
I'll come back and beat you up

Striking a conversation

2006-04-21T14:50:00.000+08:00

Two strangers are sitting in an adjacent seats in airplane.

One guy says to the other, "Let's talk. I hear that the flight will go faster if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger."

The other guy, who had just opened a good book, closes it slowly, takes off his glasses and asks, "What would you like to discuss?"

The first guy says, "Oh, I don't know; how about nuclear power?"

The other guy says, "OK, that could make for some pretty interesting conversation. But let me ask you a question first:

"A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff, but the deer excretes pellets, the cow, big patties, and the horse, clumps of dried grass. Why is that?"

The first guy says, "I don't know."

The other guy says, "Oh? Well then, do you really think you're qualified to discuss Nuclear Power when you don't know shit?"

Indians terrorised by dogs, threatened by US agents

2006-04-18T20:13:00.000+08:00

Credits : Hindustan times- Indians Abroad

Here's what happened to Akhil Sachdeva

1. Chained to a bench at FBI's office in Manhattan.
2. Demanded to tell his religious and political beliefs as well as if he had taken flying lessons.
3. When he told them of his plans to settle in Canada, they shackled his legs to a steel bench and interrogated him for four to five hours. Never offering to call a lawyer.
4. Was jailed for three and a half months for no apparent reason.

My take: This is seriously and utterly mad. Another fine example of the bully the US is. Just because of one incident that occured, look at everyone dark-skinned with suspicion? Isn't that a bit mental? So, next ...if an American executes an attack..i'm guessing it will be all right for other countries to ill-treat Americans?? Oh..of course, in that case..the US will attack! Oh the fairness of it all relieves me of any trust in democracy and humanity itself.

Little sisters...

2006-04-10T08:34:00.000+08:00

As i watched the riots in Nepal on the news last night with my sister...i expected her to comment on it by saying that they're so violent, evil or something like that. Instead, she looks at the objects set on fire and says..."why do they have to cause air pollution". For the love of God!!!

Miss Singapore 2006 - what were you thinking?

2006-04-09T21:38:00.000+08:00

I feel compelled to pen this entry down, just having watched Miss Singapore 2006. The selection of all the three finalist, especially the winner, shocked my very belief in the entire system. Articulate contestants, like Jade Seah, Nisha and Ssunita should have been in the final three. The second-runner up totally gave me the goosebumps because she hardly showed any intellect. Please...what were the judges and the public thinking. This is the exact reason why Singapore never even makes it into the finals of the Universal pageant. You need someone smart, confident, articulate and passionate. Something i find people who don't get chosen always have more than the one who's being crowned. Beauty may be relative...but all the current and previous winners don't seem to have any form of it.

Kim Mathers give her side of the story

2006-04-08T11:09:00.000+08:00

It's amazing how celebrities...especially those in Hollywood find marriage no different from dating. One moment i'm with you..the next, i just can't bear to live with you. Repeat this process a few times over ...and you have..four ex-wives!!! (Not referring to anyone in particular). And yet they have the guts to look down upon arranged marriages when love marriages, at least in their context, don't work.

Anyway, back to the title. You get married in December and file for a divorce in March after not talking for weeks. The wife blames it on the fact that he refused to get a counselor for his drug problem and he blames it on the fact that things were already not working from the start and marriage could not possibly solve it.

Why, the lightbulb took quite a while to switch on, didn't it? So mature are these people that i don't think they should bother getting married but just get their 'Barbies and Kens' married till then. That's what it is to them...a play.

Credits: Yahoo News

Broadened Sayings - Hits and Misses

2006-04-03T08:10:00.000+08:00

I saw these plastic horses - we'll have them instead of chairs. People will climb in the saddle to sit. - Angelina Jolie on furnishing her new house.

Miss : You planning to live on a ranch???!!!

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'we saw your movie' . 'Which one?' I said. He shouted, ' Betty, what was the name of the movie i didn't like?' - Brad Pitt

Miss : Can you blame them? And believe me...it's not because of their age but rather his non-existent acting skills.

It's great being blonde, which such low expectations, its easy to impress. - Pamela Anderson

Hit: I agree...depends on what you use to impress huh Pamela? ;p

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But i'm the pie and the pie is good all by itself. Even if i don't have a cherry. - Hallie Berry

Hit : Finally a sane person who doesn't think she's going to die if she's not with someone, like being single is some sort of terminal illness.

Time for another revolution

2006-04-01T18:47:00.000+08:00

The Indian market has recently been touted as a virgin market. But i'm not as worried about that as much as another larger problem in our hands. The chinese AKA the best copycats. Here's what the latest trend is...learn Yoga from India, come to Singapore, open up a Yoga centre and charge thousands to teach them something that is not from your culture and that you learnt from another. Of course, they're doing nothing wrong...its business after all. But hello Indians!!! Wake up!! Where are you while others are making money from your heritage??! Recently, i published an entry on how Europeans need a wake-up call...well, so do Indians...if anyone should be earning from Yoga and Ayurved, it should be us. After all...original is better than photocopied.

Forgiving your enemies

2006-03-25T18:53:00.000+08:00

Toward the end of the service, the Minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?" 80% held up their hands.

The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.

"Mrs. Jones? Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"

"I don't have any," she replied, smiling sweetly.

"Mrs. Jones, that is very unusual. How old are you?" "Ninety-eight," she replied.

"Oh, Mrs. Jones, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years & not have an enemy in the world?"

The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said:

"I outlived the bitches."

Wake-up call

2006-03-25T18:19:00.000+08:00

'Brits too lazy to compete with India' -

One reason why i love this article so much is because its soo true. You may not realise it but the whole affair reminds me if the rabbit's and turtle's story. Anyway...i think it's too late for a wake-up call...we've risen too much. Payback for two hundred years of forceful colonialisation.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1463860.cms

Sonia Gandhi steps down as Lok Sabha member

2006-03-23T19:34:00.000+08:00

Sonia Gandhi steps down as Lok Sabha member - A chance for new and local uprising or the removal of good leadership?

My input: I think this move was inevitable. Her party blames Jaya Bachan for holding an office of profit and making her resign and being so crafty, ignore the fact that Sonia Gandhi herself holds one. What's the insane part is that they proposed to promulgate an ordinance to modify the law book and redefine an 'office of profit'. Is she really worth changing that for?

Now...i don't think majority of the Indians are very bothered by this. We are more worried about how Sensex is going to take this...

Polling gone mad

2006-03-17T16:52:00.000+08:00

Polls. They're such a great way of finding out what exactly people want and what they're thinking. I recently came across this poll conducted by Yahoo Singapore, the exact question being - Majority (55%) of the 110,800 jobs created last year went to Singapore citizens and PRs, do you think this is fair? So obviously the majority of the population voted for the stance that foreigners were taking away they're jobs. Shouldn't they wonder why? There has to be a reason why they aren't getting the higher-end jobs, right? Talk about sour grapes...

11 killed in US raid in Baghdad

2006-03-15T21:07:00.000+08:00

It's bad enough to wage war on a country claiming that its to 'cleanse' the country of wrong-doers...while the real agenda is just oil, oil and more oil. What's even more horrendous is the killing of innocent folk. I agree that life's not always fair but what did they do to deserve to die by 'accident'? Eventually, this world runs by the thinking that - If you have power and money, whatever you do is right. If not so, why aren't all the countries making a fuss of the situation in Iraq? For goodness sake, the country was probably more stable under Saddam's rule than it is now. Anyway, you know what else...by the time the 'Bush administration' would have left Iraq...they would have lost too much to recover. Isn't it amazing how responsible and mature Americans are? Imagine voting for Bush, who was pushing for wars against terror and the like, and not Kerry, who was more for medical and education matters! It's not like they're so rich that they don't need social security you know...America's debt runs in the trillions. But well...i guess as long as you have people with microscopic brains around, who love sadistic pleasure...well...i just think that they are more terrifying than terrorists themselves.

Picture credits: Yahoo News

Starving children

2006-03-12T21:28:00.000+08:00

Speech by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times....

"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat ourVegetables at dinner and not to leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the Starving children in India and finish the dinner.'

And now I tell my children: 'Finish your math's homework. Think of thechildren in India who would make you starve, if you don't'

Prettylicious

2006-03-11T13:31:00.000+08:00

Your ultimate and ultra-expensive make-up guide..;p

1. Foundation
"So ingenious"--> Multi-dimension Powder Make-up by Estee Lauder

Why it works : It's great if you don't want the usually blotchy and lumpy sorts of foundations....plus it goes well both outdoors and indoors.

2. Eye-liner

"Full and soft" by Maybelline --> Curved Brush

Why it works : Doesn't have a brittle feel and easy to remove
....a plus factor is that it is contact lens-proof.

3. Blush

"Satin bright" by Estee Lauder --> All over highlighting powder

Why it works: Ultra light and blends well with the Asian skin color. Perfect if you want a 'blushy' look without making it obvious that you're wearing one.

4. Eye-shadow

All products by Artistry

Why it works: Good range of colors and superb quality...plus expense.

5. Lip colour

Lacquer Lip Color by Red Earth

Why it works: This is something you've got to see for yourself...beautiful colors and a great texture.

Drinking out of the toilet bowl

2006-03-09T16:26:00.000+08:00

An American school girl recently won a science project for proving that the toilet water of fast food joints is actually cleaner as compared to the ice that they put in our drinks. To put it simply, it contains more bacteria.

As i read this piece of information that i really did not need to know...well, besides the fact that i felt like puking...i was shocked at the realisation that we are exposed to soo much everytime we eat out. But i guess there isn't much we can change ourselves. Till then...well, toilet water might not be that bad after all. Hehe...

The difference between a girl and a wife

2006-03-02T13:28:00.000+08:00

I was so bored yesterday that i actually had the time to come up with an answer to one of my friend's questions. So here goes

What a girl wants in a guy:

1. Honesty
2. Humour
3. A caring spirit
4. Complete devotion
5. Good looks

What a wife wants in a husband

1. Secure and high-post job
2. Ability to cook
3. Able to get rid of lizards, cockroaches and the like
4. Act as a carpenter, mechanic and engineer when needed
5. A very very sound bank balance

Credits: Me

Outrageously Disgusting

2006-02-26T11:36:00.000+08:00

I have started to play a role in resolving Kashmir: Bush

US President George W Bush has said he has "started to play a role" in resolving the Kashmir issue by calling for a solution agreeable to all parties and emphasized the need for "tangible progress" on the issue.

I think my blood boiled to about a thousand degrees Celsius when I read this piece of news. I understand that Bush might be the most powerful man on earth but he has no right to interfere in the matters of other countries, especially at a time when his own country is running the debts in trillions and his soldiers in an abusing spree. Bush apparently feels the need to 'play a role' in everything there is. Oh yes, he has definitely played a role in a lot of things. These include murder of hundreds of innocent citizens, thousands of people scarred with the memory of war and of course, the daylight robbery of oil from other countries. When will he realize that he would play the best role if he kept his big mouth and vicious brain, both shut?

Stupid boyfriend

2006-02-24T09:45:00.000+08:00

A redneck father confronted his daughter one night. "I don't like that new boyfriend, he's rough and common and bloody stupid with it."
"Oh no, Daddy," the daughter replied, "Fred's ever so clever, we've only been going out nine weeks and he's cured me of that illness I used to get once a month."

Credits: jokesgallery

IT Companys Full Names

2006-02-20T15:25:00.000+08:00

* 1. NIIT : Not Interested in IT
* 2. WIPRO : Weak Input, Poor & Rubbish Output
* 3. HCL : Hidden Costs & Losses
* 4. TCS : Totally Confusing Solutions
* 5. INFOSYS :Inferior Offline Systems
* 6. HUGHES : Highly Useless Graduates Hired for Eating and Sleeping
* 7. BAAN : Beggars Association and Nerds
* 8. IBM : Implicitly Boring Machines
* 9. SATYAM : Sad And Tired Yelling Away Madly
* 10. PARAM : Puzzled And Ridiculous Array of Microprocessors
* 11. C-DOT : Coffee During Office Timings
* 12. AT&T : All Troubles & Terrible
* 13. CMC : Coffee, Meals and Comfo

P.s. No offence ;p LOL

Why you should never do online quizzes...

2006-02-15T22:59:00.000+08:00

My results when I did the 'Your signature color' test.

You're one-of-a-kind, that's for sure. A unique individual like you will make her mark with a bold, eye-catching color that's not afraid to be noticed. That's why we're pairing you up with Aqua Paradise. Your friends may sometimes question your choices in everything from what you wear to who you date, but they are likely to admire your willingness to experience all that life has to offer. In fact, it wouldn't surprise us if your experimental nature has helped you become ultra-secure in yourself - and that's a great way to be. You've also probably got a creative way of looking at the world that gives you a unique approach to solving problems, at home and at work. And your offbeat opinions and adventurous spirit likely make you a compelling character to pal around with. So keep it up, Aqua, and never give up on whatever paradise you seek!

My results when I did the 'Handling stress' test.

You're a Sergeant, and crisis is your middle name. You don't shy away from stress - in fact, you thrive on it! In a tough situation, your attitude says "we can do it!" as you roll up your sleeves and get to work. No whining or foot-dragging from you - it's action, action, and more action.The problem with automatically taking control is that some situations may turn out better if they're left to work themselves out. A light touch is sometimes best. You can't always force stress to bend to your will (a fact that can be another source of stress for you!). And being the kind of person who eats stress for breakfast may mean you go hungry when life is flowing smoothly. So try allowing you to loosen up a bit, and enjoy the ride.

Coincidence??? Or not...

2006-02-14T15:33:00.000+08:00

Year 1981
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament.
4. Pope Died

Year 2005
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament .
4. Pope Died

In the future, if Prince Charles decides to remarry ... > >please warn the Pope!!

Brat Brits

2006-02-14T00:01:00.000+08:00

UK troops shown abusing Iraqis in a video that has caused uproar in the Muslim community. And why should it not? This incident is merely a repeat of the many that went on when the British ruled as colonial masters in India. I often wonder whether discord is in their blood. There was once a time when young kids looked upon soldiers as heroes. But these days, you might as well start equating them to villains. Same thing really.

Indian Airlines

2006-02-13T21:36:00.000+08:00

Guess what the new slogan of Indian Airlines is?

Guaranteeing you a warm and motherly trip.

Warm because the air-conditioners don't work and motherly because all the air-hostesses are old enough to be your mothers.

Un-defined

2006-02-06T14:10:00.000+08:00

Another definition for news should be -- a series of unfortunate events occurring around the world due to the idiocy of the human race. Or maybe...a depressant when you're feeling too pleasent.

Redneck Mirror

2006-02-02T14:21:00.000+08:00

After living in the remote wilderness of Kentucky all his life, an old hillbilly decided it was time to visit the big city. In one of the stores, he picks up a mirror and looks in it. Not knowing what it was, he remarked, "How about that! Here's a picture of my daddy." He bought the 'picture', but on the way home he remembered his wife, Lizzy, didn't like his father. So he hung it in the barn, and every morning before leaving for the fields, he would go there and look at it. Lizzy began to get suspicious of these many trips to the barn. One day after her husband left, she searched the barn and found the mirror. As she looked into the glass, she fumed, "So that's the ugly bitch he's runnin' around with."

Credits: jokesgallery

Broadened sayings hits and misses

2006-01-26T16:43:00.000+08:00

I hate to spread rumours, but what else can one do with them? - Singer Amanda Lear

Miss: Well, you could store them inside you, even if it gives you the most terrible stomach ache….consider it a gift to humanity.

You can't be in a relationship because you were moved. That's like charity -Taiwanese actress Ariel Lin

Hit: What can you say? People are just getting too good at giving those puppy-cute faces and romantic poems which are copied from the internet half the time. You might say they live off charity.

She likes me to have my other life. My dark, gay showbiz life. - Matthew Broderick on what his wife thinks of his friendship with Nathan Lane.

Miss: Wow! I guess your wife also doesn't mind when you try on her latest purchase before she does?

I had a grey hair. Once...I didn't pull it out. I just willed it to go away. - Actress Salma Hayek

Miss: Aww...she's never heard of hair dye!

To be or not to be

2006-01-23T14:11:00.000+08:00

My recent book-devouring rampage has led to the discovering of many thought-provoking opinions. Below is one of them...to ponder over.

Isn't that what love is ? Fantasy projection? Ignoring the facts until
you're too committed to get out.

My input: Lachlan Harriot obviously has a very distorted idea of love if facts have to be considered in it. And that he feels love doesn't come with the freedom of walking away when it's over. Then again, i think most of the male population have the same thoughts.

And the following i found in someone's online diary. Quite intruiging.

I remember that strong, possesive feeling, that she was my girl, that no one
could give her this sort of comfort but me.

My input: What do you girls think? You know...possesive can be a very weird feeling. Sometimes, you get mad when a guy is so possesive and you feel this need to break away. Other times, you feel comforted by the fact that someone cares about you so much. I guess we'll have to learn to strike a balance.

Blood Circulation

2006-01-19T19:34:00.000+08:00

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, he said: "Now class, if I stood on my head, the blood as you know, would run into it and I should turn red in the face." "Yes, sir," the class said. "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in an ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A class member shouted, "'Cause your feet ain't empty."

Cheating Wife

2006-01-12T16:24:00.000+08:00

A man goes to a shrink and says, "Doctor, my wife is unfaithful to me. Every evening, she goes to Larry's bar and picks up men. In fact, She sleeps with anybody who asks her! I'm going crazy. What do you think I should do?" "Relax," says the Doctor, "take a deep breath and calm down. Now, tell me, exactly where is Larry's bar?"

Credits: jokesgallery

India wins patent Battle

2006-01-08T17:14:00.000+08:00

It may seem entirely ridiculous to you, but the patent being fought over was on neem, which is a tree. Leave it to the Americans to steal one's culture and traditional medicine. They call it bio-piracy...should be called tyranny if you ask me. How can they except someone to pay for neem? Something that Indians have been using for the past centuries and have found beneficial. The moment the Westerners realise its benefits, they go all out to make it theirs. They're the ones making the most money in the commercialising of yoga and ayurved, isn't it? Well..i guess you couldn't blame them for being mean. They got to where they are doing the very same thing...taking from others and calling it theirs. What the rest of the world...especially Asia...has to realise is that unless we start making use of our heritage to our advantage before they do, we'll be the ones paying for our ignorance.

A quote from BBC News: "This victory is the result of extremely long solidarity. It is a victory of committed citizens over commercial interests and big powers."

Trash time

2006-01-07T15:33:00.000+08:00

Hopeless singers of the 21st century

1. Hilary Duff

What do you get when you put a high-pitched, squeaky voice and rock music together? Oh...the horror! Add senseless lyrics and mediorce beats to the recipe for your ultimate disaster dish...her debut album, metamorphosis.

2. Lindsay Lohan

Let's just say, some people should just stick to acting.

3. Hanson

I understand that they've been home-schooled and everything but that is no excuse to make music which can't really be placed in a genre and is definitely not of this century. I would definitely applaud those who can bear listening to an entire song of their's...without puking.

4. Will Young

Nothing wrong with his music really. Except for the fact that my grandmother might like to listen to it! Well...i guess every artistes targets different age groups, isn't it. Oh...now it all figures... he got to perform for the Queen and all. ;p

Sensitive Guy

2005-11-27T15:29:00.000+08:00

Sensitive Guy

Three guys were working on a high rise building project: Steve, Bill and Charlie.

Steve falls off and is killed instantly.

As the ambulance takes the body away, Charlie says, "Someone should go and tell his wife."

Bill says, "OK, I`m pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I`ll do it."

2 hours later, he comes back carrying a 6-pack.

Charlie says, "Where did you get that, Bill?"

"Steve`s wife gave it to me."

"That`s unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and she gave you the beer?"

Bill says,"Well not exactly. When she answered the door, I said to her, `You must be Steve`s
widow.`

" She said, "`No, I`m not a widow."

And I said, "Wanna bet me a six-pack?"

Credits: jokesgallery & stogiebros

Finally...!

2005-11-24T17:38:00.000+08:00

After fifteen years of utter madness, Laloo Prasad Yadav's party has finally lost in the Bihar elections. Now, it makes you wonder why the people didn't have common sense to do it earlier. Well...you can't blame them when they have people threatening their lives if they were not to vote for his party. But why hasn't that same senario happened this year? God knows. I still remember in that one programme on television when director Mahesh Bhatt said how he admired Laloo, one of the reasons being that he did not let a single riot take place in Bihar when Bombay was faced with so many. When will these people, who have not an ounce of common sense in them, realise that the reason for that was because if there were to be any riots in the first place, they would be by Laloo's hired thugs. And if you're wondering what could be so horrible about this man? Well...why don't you ask the people who lived there and just walked out of the state...not selling their house and hardly taking anything with them...just to get away. Why don't they sell their house? Well....someone would only want to buy it if they wanted to live there...which no one does. And believe me...things have got to be bad if someone can just walk out of the house they spent years saving for. But in the end...it's good that things are finally going the right way...i hope. Corruption is soo rampant that it has become a part of everyday life. But then again...that's what life is about. Good versus the evil.

Credits for picture: outlookindia

Marriage's reality

2005-11-19T15:14:00.000+08:00

Marriage is not a word. It is a sentence--a life sentence.

Marriage is very much like a violin; after the sweet music is over, the strings are attached.

Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution for the blind.

Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree and the woman gets her Masters.

Marriage is a thing which puts a ring on a woman's finger and two under the man's eyes.

Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit.

Marriage is not just a having a wife, but also worries inherited forever.

Married life is full of excitement and frustration:

* In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens.*
In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.*
In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

It is true that love is blind but marriage is definitely an eye-opener.

Getting married is very much like going to the restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.

It's true that all men are born free and equal, but some of them get married!

There was this man who muttered a few words in the church and found himself married. A year later he muttered something in his sleep and found himself divorced.

A happy marriage is a matter of giving and taking; the husband gives and the wife takes.

Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad?
Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying for it.

Son: Is it true? Dad, I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries.
Father: That happens everywhere, son, everywhere

There was a man who said, "I never knew what happiness was until I got married...and then it was too late!"

Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

They say when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage, it is self-defense.

When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a ten-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.

There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for her. They got married, and now he is going through hell.

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive. -- Bruce Friedman

A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage. -- Marvin Kitman

A gentleman is one who never swears at his wife while ladies are present.A husband is living proof that a wife can take a joke.A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. -- Helen Rowland

Credits: ahajokes

Shocking times

2005-11-19T15:00:00.000+08:00

I am extremely sure you all have heard of the recent 'shooting' in the US. The appauling thing about it is that a student shot his vice-principal and pricipal and the vice-principal ended up dead. Does it not make you wonder how a child of fifteen could ever have committed such a ghastly act? What is the world coming to.....? Does it not shock you more that this piece of news was printed in our national papers in the 5th page...about a 10 by 10cm piece of news. What can that possibly hint to one? That everytime something terrible like this happens in the 'superpower' country...its allies feel that the entire incident should be downplayed. Or perhaps people are so used to this violence that they don't feel anything special about this incident. Then....all i can say is...God save the World.

Photograph: Signs and flowers in honour of the victims.

Credits for photograph: cbsnews

Special Trick

2005-11-18T18:53:00.000+08:00

Special Trick

The little boy greeted his grandmother with a hug and said, "I'm so happy to see you grandma. Now maybe daddy will do the trick he has been promising us." The grandmother was curious. "What trick is that my dear?" she asked. The little boy replied, "I heard daddy tell mommy that he would climb the walls if you came to visit us again."

Credits: jokesgallery

5 things I learnt in the toilet

2005-11-18T18:47:00.000+08:00

~5 things I learnt in the toilet~

1. Don't have a hot shower if your mom is below the exhaust. She might think something's on fire.

2. The lizard on the door will refuse to move even if you throw water at it.

3. The light above is not a good place to spray water at, especially when it is uncovered.

4. Red means hot..blue means cold....No color means your shower is faulty

5. Dumping rubbish into the bowl and watching it swirl after flushing may have serious consequences later on...when it refuses to go in

Credits: Me

Insight

2005-11-16T11:48:00.000+08:00

The kind of guy who says that he can look at you all day and wants to do so for the rest of his life is the most dangerous.

Why?

He'll marry you, take a life-size picture of you...and throw you out of the house because you can talk and the picture can't.

Credits: Me

A Few Laughs..

2005-10-29T09:21:00.000+08:00

13 Differences between Women and Men

1. NAMES:

If Shalini, Divya, Ekta and Arti go out for lunch, they will call each other Shalini, Divya, Ekta and Arti .

If Mayank, Chandar, Rahul and Tushar go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Lamboo, Saand, Ganja and Machhar.

2. EATING OUT:

When the bill arrives, Mayank, Chandar, Rahul and Tushar will each throw in a Rs.20, even though it's only for Rs.32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want the change back.

When the women get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

3. MONEY:

A man will pay Rs.2 for a Rs.1 item he needs

A woman will pay Rs.1 for a Rs.2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

4. BATHROOMS:

A man has five items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.

The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.

5. ARGUMENTS:

A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

6. CATS:

Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.

7. FUTURE:

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

8. SUCCESS:

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

9. MARRIAGE:

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change and she does.

10. DRESSING UP:

A woman will dress up to go 4 shopping, to water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, and read the mail. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

11. NATURAL:

Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

12. OFFSPRING:

Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

13. FINAL THOUGHT:

Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

GoogleEarth

2005-10-18T12:43:00.000+08:00

Amongst the very workable and popular ventures that Google has explored comes one that might result in a potential terrorist attack. I am not kidding. Many of you would have heard of GoogleEarth, a new software that allows you to see any part of the world. You're probably wondering what's the difference between that and a map? Well...considering the fact that you would be able to see airplanes if you zoomed into any airport, it is rather what one may call 'high-tech'. Even the Indian Prime Minister has stated that the software may be used for the wrong purposes. Considering the fact that his residence is so prominently shown on it, i don't blame him. Even though the pictures are outdated and terrorists may get the same information from other sources, isn't this like spoon-feeding them information? And to think...we are supposed to be fighting terror...the irony.

Some Marriage's Insight

2005-10-17T15:18:00.000+08:00

My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way. -- Henny Youngman

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. -- Rodney Dangerfield

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. -- Milton Berle

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. -- George Burns

What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds. -- Cindy Garner

I bought my wife a new car. She called and said, "There was water in the carburetor." I said, "Where's the car?" She said, "In the lake." -- Henny Youngman

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. -- Phyllis Diller

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. -- Henny Youngman

People are always asking couples whose marriages have endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually, it is no secret at all. I am a forgiving woman. Long ago, I forgave my husband for not being Paul Newman. -- Erma Bombeck

After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you." The husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice."

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months - I don't like to interrupt her.

My girlfriend told me I should be more affectionate. So I got two girlfriends.

A man said his credit card was stolen but he decided not to report it because the thief was spending less than his wife did.

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are beautiful.

Credits :Anonymous (And obviously male)

Crippling Heat

2005-10-15T14:33:00.000+08:00

We are all feeling the extreme heat waves as the temperature rises an all time high here. Of course, it just makes me believe more in my stand that the world is coming to an end. But i wish it would hurry up and happen already because i am in no mood to sit for my exams. My study break has started and the last day of school was quite sad. I don't think it'll be the students that i'll be missing more but the teachers. I now truly appreciate how hardwoking our teachers are. I think our school is the only one which has night study practically the whole week and to top that off, i think we get the most practise papers. Our poor teachers didn't even have any marking days after the prelims...like most others schools did. It makes me wonder sometimes..no matter how great and educated a person might become...he would always owe some of his success to his teachers, at least to a certain extent. Enough crapping for now...i promise i will write something more interesting next time.

Utter amusement

2005-10-14T14:44:00.000+08:00

Me: Hey, how are you doing?
Him: Yeah..alright. You?
Me: Quite stressed but alright. There's alot of static, you're using your handphone?
Him: No...mobile.