Monthly Archives: February 2006

exchange offer

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Give me your tears
And i shall give you smiles.
Give me your fears
And i shall give you a heart devoid of it.
Give me your pain
And i shall be its cure.
Give me the tiredness
And i shall paint the dash in you.
In return I give you my heart
Would you please help me wipe you out of it?

Prof. PJN Rocks!

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Prof. PJN, my FYP advisor is one of the 8 recipients of the Virtual Earth RFP[Request for Funding Proposal]. He is the only one from India and the only one outside United States. Its one of those Kodak moments, that once in a life time events; they just happen and you just happen to be at the right place at the right time.

As we all say at IIIT, Prof. PJN Rocks! Words are failing right now. And Im just waiting for the sort of idea the god has in mind and definitely it will blow us all away. This is just such a proud moment
Cheers! :) *yay!*

The details here!

meebo

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Got this blog entry from a friend of mine about a VC post of a new startup company. Promptly went to their site and even tried it out.

The new internet app. [We have been seeing a LOT of them lately, havent we?] which aims to work as your browser based IMs all-in-one place. Something analogous to GAIM in a browser. That is what Meebo is for you in short. Hey! but isnt something ringing in your head regarding those keywords? “browser + im”. Hmm… when was the time we heard about one such thing? Oh my, thats the one! … Google Talk in Gmail, isnt it?

What gets me thinking is that when GMail provides with the opportunity of sending a mail from your gmail account as though its from one other accounts how far is it from integrating the IM support for these other IMs into the browser itself? It already has google chat in gmail isnt it? Or is there something that actually stops it from doing so… Could this be the next thing in the ‘Evolution of Google’??? And then what would happen to meebo? Is Meebo the next in line to be acquiesed by Google?
PS: Dont ask me how I can send mail as though its from my other account from my gmail, I forgot the link :(  

PS : In your Gmail, Go to Settings -> Accounts -> Add email…

Friends, VDays

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A movie
A meal
A thought
A moment of silent contemplation
A fired up discussion
A silent moment
A heated debate
A teary eyed farewell
A cheery smile
A wonderful thought
A patient ear
A strong shoulder
A tender heart
A stubborn mind

For all the things we did together
I thank you for all the things that you are
And for all the things you’ve turned me into.
Thank you folks and Thank you Mates.

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Never mind even if I have met you only once in my life.
Never mind even I have never seen and only heard your voice.
Never mind even if you have given me one moment of thought in your mind.
Never mind even if you have never called me, the intent is enough.
Never mind even if alll you say to me is a ‘Hi’.
Never mind even if we have never met in life. But when I see you, just look at me, spread your smile and wave at me. You would have made my day :)

You are my friend if you have a tick for any of the above. Even if its not, dont worry, its not too late to dash a mail to me. Thank you guys. Each one of you counts more than you can understand.

—*—

For all the wonderful singles and of course the couples. since its a formality and sometimes its better to be formal.

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Happy Valentines Day!

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Steer away from the commercialization of the V-Day. Make every day… nay every moment count :)

spam kills

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“a sparrow was in love with a white rose.. one day this sparrow proposed the white rose.. the white rose rore told when he turns red he’ll love her..sparrow tears her body & slowely spread her blood on the white rose and it turns red & fell in love but the sparrow is no more.. this is love.. if u really love some one forward this msg to 9 friends , u will see him/her on 14 feb with u. have the best luck.. plz don’t break the chain “

Got the above spam message in my IM. I was reminded of the real poem story faintly i remember associated with this story. It is one where a man is in love with a woman. the woman says she will love him if he gives her a red rose. The man disheartened returns as there are only white roses around. Seeing his pain, a sparrow[swallow?] nightingale asks a white rose bush for a red rose and it tells him that only the blood from its heart can make a white rose red. The sparrow nightingale pierces its heart with a thorn and starts singing all night. By the morning the rose turns red but the little sparrow nightingale is dead. In the morning, the young man is overjoyed to find the rose in his garden. He plucks the rose and goes to give it to the maiden. But he finds that his lover is now engaged to another (rich?) man. He is anguished and throws the rose away and goes back to work…

That probably was my first encounter with a tragedy; a love story which ends with no recognition for the sacrifices done. A self-centred world. :(
Anycase, can anyone update me about the poem story here? Was it by Ogden Nash Oscar Wilde?

Update

It was a story and was by Oscar Wilde, The Nightingale and the Rose. Go read it online.All edits and updates credits to Sabs,thanks & hugs to you Sabs :)

The trip

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The disappointment of a housefull matinee show later,
Picking up a friend from his house without his chappals reasoning ‘anyways we wont go far’ later,
Ruminating about the absence of any good hangout spots in the radius of 60 kms around hyderabad later,
And so deciding to go to Nagarjuna Sagar dam at 4:00 in the evening later,
1200 bucks lighter in the pockets later,
330 kilometers of non stop driving & sitting in the car and cramps later,
5 hours of travelling later,
Two near miss “zero-gasoline trapped in no-mans-land useless-car” scenarios later,
One scenario of empty gas car stopped scene later,
Mistaking a buffalo for a black panther & a nanosecond moment of terror later,
Strolling on the dam for hour and a half later,
Clear full moon sky, silver sheet of water and gray rocks later,
Seduced by the vast expanse of water to make a jump later,
Friends promising to push you off the edge if you do manage to climb it later,
Confusing debate on moralities later,
Reminiscing the days of yore, character analysis and laughing later,
Dropping lighted matchsticks, matchboxes, stubs to find the height later,
Panicked parents making frantic calls for their missing wards later,
When you finally come home to sleep deprived parents,
Sitting alone in the room watching your dose of TV and having your dinner at 12:00,
When you sit and think up and it all adds up perfectly,
you just smile, feel happy, blessed and fulfilled,
And go to sleep!