Lost your mobile?? then don't mail to cop@vsnl.net

Few days back I recieve an email saying :

If u lose your mobile in India,..... you can get it back. Got an interesting fact to share.. Nowadays each one of us carries Hi-Fi Mobile devices and always fears that it may be stolen.Each mobile carries a unique IMEI i.e. International Mobile Identity No which can be used to track your mobile anywhere in the world.

This is how it works!!!!!!
1. Dial *#06# from your mobile.
2. Your mobile shows a unique 15 digit.
3. Note down this no anywhere but except in your mobile as this is the No. ,which will help trace your mobile in case of a theft.
4. Once stolen you just have to mail this 15 digit IMEI No. to cop@vsnl.net
5. No need to go to police.
6. Your Mobile will be traced within next 24 hrs via a complex system of GPRS and internet.
7. You will find where your hand set is being operated even in case your No. is being changed.

PASS ON THIS VERY IMP MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

If u lose your mobile, send an e-mail to cop@vsnl.net with the following Info:

Your name:
Address:
Phone model:
Make:
Last used No.:
E-mail for communication:
Missed date:
IMEI No : 

I just jumped on my seat ... thats really great!! isnt it ? Do you know I lost my mobile back in Dec 2007 I thought lets try man whats harm in it? So started searching for the reciept of my cell phone to get the IMEI number but unfortunately it was not the easy task you know.. to find 3 year old small piece of paper. I had been stayed at 3 diffrent locations in those 3 years. But with god's grace after digging a lot I found it in my one of the study books. I said wow! seems like I will get my mobile back soon. I was more than happy really this happyness was definetely more than it were when I actually bought my cell phone.I composed a very beautiful email with required details as mentioned above to convince them by sweet talking and all and hit sent. I was just started thinking what I will do with it when I get it back in my hand. I was just in dreams of my lovely cell phone and recalling all my memories related to it. And within a minute or so I got an email back from vsnl domain ... do you know what was the subject? "Delivery Notification: Delivery has failed " what I can say now :(.

Top 10 of 2010

Oh man! one more year has been passed now.

Parents

Pencil: I'm sorry....
Eraser For what? You didn't do anything wrong.
Pencil: I'm sorry cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.
Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :)

I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on). Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse, children), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

Just like that..

Nityas Tax Calculator

Guys I have found very good calculator for tax calculation, Nitya has done really good job. Keep it up dude. TaxCalc_2011.xlsx (right click and "Save as...") for year 2010-11. This Indian Income Tax Calculator can be used to compute tax liabilities for salaried individuals only. After downloading, please read the instructions in the first sheet carefully, before entering data. You would need Microsoft Excel 2007 or above to open these files. They may not open with OpenOffice or other such applications. For more info visit http://taxcalc.ynithya.com/

 

 

The Great Sachin

Sir Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 50 Test centuries but South Africa were on the brink of victory at the end of the fourth day in Centurion

Worth reading...

One of the forwarded emails ...

  Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few seconds. I thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not used my iPod in last 6 months. And then… more things, Handy cam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and many more. Now I can say that I bought that Handy cam just out of impulse, I have used it twice only in last 4 years.

So, what's wrong and where? When I look at myself or my friends I can see it everywhere. We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and not happy for the things we don't have. You have a Santro, but you want City… You have a City, but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money… .I mean, these examples are endless. The point is, does it actually worth? Do we ever think if we actually need those things before we want them?

After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don't. May be I didn't need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player. When I see my father back at home. He has a simple BPL colour TV, he doesn't need 32″ Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask him to change the phone, he always says… "Its a phone, I need this just for calls." And believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those limited resources and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn't want things in life to make it luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life easier. It's a very fine line between these two, but after looking my father's life style closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32″ plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.

Initially I had lot of questions.

I am earning good, still I am not happy…...why ?

I have all luxuries, still I am stressed.... ....... why ?

I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired...... why?

I met lot of people, I thought over it again and again, I still don't know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. I realize that one thing which is keeping me stressed is the "stay connected" syndrome. On the weekend itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls… and that is keeping my mind always full of stress. I realized that I am spending far lesser money than what I earn, even then I am always worried about money and more money. I realized that I am saving enough money I would ever need, whenever needed. Still I am stressed about job and salary and spends.

May be, many people will call this approach "not progressive attitude", but I want my life back. Ultimately it's a single life, a day gone is a day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, I'll never be happy tomorrow morning. I finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved one's; spending time with yourself is the most important thing. If on Sunday you are alone and you don't have anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is wasted. May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future goal in the light of today's happiness is a worthwhile thing to do. May be selling off your Santro and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe    putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we need to make.

I think, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it. 

buying home

"specifically for Pune, India." (in progress)

I am writing this because I had some queries in my mind when I decided(actually forced ;)) to buy a small piece of property in Pune. So this is just a attempt to say few words about my first one of the big deal in life.
Who don't want to have his own space (small or big whatever) in this fast forward train and at the time when all things are on track, especially when one is married. That's true some people don't get married until they settled down in their own space.So after long waiting ...