tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39294966714598112342024-03-26T13:13:50.939-07:00About Me!!!Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929496671459811234.post-57318104662783950772012-07-06T09:09:00.002-07:002012-07-06T09:26:46.383-07:00Frandships and friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Time flies faster than Rajnikant! I'm coming back after two months! Hopefully I'll be regular from today. I'm already grinning cause I know that's never gonna happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Last two months were wonderful. May and June were the months of friendships and gatherings with some of my best'est' friends. Some new, some old, some sober and some with whom you could just laugh your guts out loud (really LOUD). Friends definitely put me in an very good mood as there's more <span style="background-color: white;">(</span><span style="background-color: white;">nonsensical</span><span style="background-color: white;">) </span><span style="background-color: white;">laughter </span><span style="background-color: white;">when I'm with my friends. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There are others whom I would like to meet but somehow its not happening. Of course, I know that I need to take out time and blah, blah, and blah. But sometimes, it just not possible. <span style="background-color: white;">I never really thought this day would ever come when I'd get so busy that I won't be able to take out time for my friends. I used to laugh at people who'd say, 'Oh! we are married, so you know...it's difficult'. Well, now I know what it's like to get married. Basically, you loose all your <b>FREEDOM</b>! Not exactly, but yeah.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">That's why I'm going to pledge to meet <span style="background-color: white;">(atleast) </span><span style="background-color: white;">one </span><span style="background-color: white;">set of my friends every month.</span></span></div>
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</div>Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929496671459811234.post-5982789336893603152012-05-01T06:43:00.001-07:002012-07-06T09:24:33.300-07:00I hate/love cooking!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I really don't like to cook. Well, I wouldn't of course mind if there were somebody to do the preliminary stuff of chopping and cleaning vegetables and also to do the post-cooking affair of cleaning up the whole mess. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">But well, yes, I do enjoy it at times like I did today, and the dal and bhindi-curd turned to be quite nice, edible and most importantly tasty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The microwave's lying wasted. I'm yet to try it to make some food and not just use it as a heater. Probably, this coming weekend I will. I must! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Now, that's a resolution.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In my quest to make a world a better place to live, I started researching on ways and means to spread awareness on education with the sole aim to make life better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Now, it does help when you share your thoughts with everyone around you. One of my colleagues promptly dug her memory and recalled a training session wherein another brilliant colleague (rather a senior) had enlightened the group about hole-in-the-wall by sending them this link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hole-in-the-wall is a brilliant concept envisaged by Sugata Mitra in the field of primary education for under privileged kids living in remote locations in rural India. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It started out as an research experiment on unsupervised learning with computers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In a hollow space of a wall, a computer was installed to be freely accessed by everyone and anyone. Some of the tiny super curious beings – children – from the nearby area fiddled with the device for a while and viola! – the children had taught themselves to use the computer. That was not the end of it, the kids not only learnt basic math and science, but also taught themselves English because the computer spoke just English. The kids were learning and teaching their peers – without the intervention of any teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This idea completely blew my mind! I was so impressed by the simplicity of the idea and the curiosity of the young kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This is one of my favorite sites that I visit whenever I’d like to get inspired. Someday I’d like to contribute to an idea worth spreading and be featured on TED! </span></div>
</div>Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.com0Mumbai, Maharashtra, India19.0759837 72.877655918.835877699999998 72.5617989 19.3160897 73.193512899999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929496671459811234.post-23229301668707239392012-01-02T21:21:00.000-08:002012-07-06T09:31:54.810-07:00A long time...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Seriously, I had forgotten the existence of my own blog! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">But, now that I'm back, I'd better stay here. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's time that I write for myself again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Cheers!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Happy New Year! :)</span></div>Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929496671459811234.post-22156124821524441522010-08-04T00:03:00.000-07:002010-08-04T00:07:52.104-07:00Isn’t it comical!<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 1.3pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>‘Comic books helped me to define myself and my world in a way that made both far less frightening. I honestly cannot imagine how I would have navigated my way through childhood without them.’ – Bradford W. Wright, Comic Book Nation</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 1.3pt;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s psychic because it is exactly the thought running through my psyche and displayed in my some of my actions since past couple of months. I wish I’m able to practice it whole-heartedly for life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuaoVfq1EAm-vxu8nG_mrgK5rdHf9yoaNIKKuFqgLO38ViPLunR14mNUPnxUZli7sIlDsQ6owbgQ98pDJFbcpIHqwTlzCDMc_MzezrSJLX5mVBCMHKegi44gKgt5AqDdU86CSSiNXe6g/s1600/r_r_r.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuaoVfq1EAm-vxu8nG_mrgK5rdHf9yoaNIKKuFqgLO38ViPLunR14mNUPnxUZli7sIlDsQ6owbgQ98pDJFbcpIHqwTlzCDMc_MzezrSJLX5mVBCMHKegi44gKgt5AqDdU86CSSiNXe6g/s200/r_r_r.jpg" width="157" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“I'm poisoning myself and my world. By polluting rivers, oceans and the soil with toxic waste. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 1.3pt;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Waste that is produced, consumed and disposed off by no one else, but me. </span></div><span class="apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And nature has its way of making things come a full circle.</span></div></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So these poisons end up in our bodies through water, soil and various other means, resulting in every living species having at least 700 man-made chemical contaminants in their bodies. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 1.3pt;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But now I won't keep quiet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I won't destroy myself and my world.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I will reduce, reuse and recycle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I will only buy products that I require.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GreenPeace</span></div></span>Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929496671459811234.post-34152794617354784612010-07-20T01:57:00.000-07:002010-07-20T01:57:45.425-07:00My First Love Affair – My School Textbooks<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>‘Let books be your dining table,</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I still recollect how we would devour the books till all the interesting stories were read. And all this happened in a couple of days from the purchase of the books. I would even complete the stories from my sister’s textbooks and she is 4 years older than me. She would read mine to go back in time.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There were some good one’s like the ‘the Duck and the Dachshund’ – an emotional story about friendship between a dog and a duck; ‘A letter from Mussourie’ – a letter from an elder sister to her younger sister describing the picturesque beauty of Mussourie and the clouds which she had experienced and realized it was mist; ‘Visraloo Vinu’ – a forgetful boy who once forgot to sow the seeds and continued to water the flowerbed till his teacher pointed it out to him.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stories about ‘Sikandar aur Porous’ and ‘Shaikhchilli’ was also enjoyable.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And then there was this extremely hilarious poem amongst the stalwarts like William Wordsworth; W.B Yeats, Robert Frost, John Keats and W. Shakespeare.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It began something like this, ‘Okee Pokee Chinga ma ring; 18th wife of the mighty king’. That’s all I remember of the poem and how I went in splits when my sister was reciting it for her exams. </span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I wish I had paid more attention to the classic poems then. Sigh!</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The only prayer song I know completely apart from ‘Our Father in Heaven’ is ‘Prarthana’ and started like this, ‘Hey bhagwan, mujhe is duniya ki seva ka vardaan do…’ This was the first chapter in the 6th standard Hindi text book; which I tend to recite unknowingly whenever tensed.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As I grew up, I enjoyed reading my History texts which had inspiring anecdotes and narrations about Indian history, freedom movements, sacrifices, famous leaders and martyrs, losses and victory. With each story I became more Indian and a patriot in every sense.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">More than anything I loved the action, adventure and most of all rebel. I love rebellions! :)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And of course who can forget the famous slogans which erupted in the streets in captive India (and in our semester exams:)</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> ‘Simon Go Back’; ‘Tum Mujhe Khoon Do main Tumhe Azadi Doonga’; ‘Inquilab Zindabad’; ‘Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">’</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">, ‘Ab hamare dil mein hai’.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The world history was as interesting and adventurous especially the chronicles on American history, Boston tea party, the cause and culmination of World War 1 and 2 being most interesting feature of the entire book.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Oh! It was so beautifully described that I wanted to meet the Masais who drank a particular insect’s blood. It was all so fascinating. </span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But that was it. Parents and teachers don’t expect fascination; they expect good marks.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That’s where the problems begin; I somehow could never remember much of what I had already read :) </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I simply enjoyed<b>.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm an Enthusiast and love to have fun always, whether at work or life. People usually associate the following phrases with me, "full of energy"; "excitement"; "laughter" and "always smiling" :)</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though old age and maturity are catching up too soon…</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can be brutally honest but the intention is always good. Best friend to my friends, whenever and wherever.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With me it’s like…. What you see is what you get.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a set of wacky parents and a nice sister, not sure if we complement each other too well. But we get along nevertheless.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a creative side to me which usually is displayed in my work, photography and origami.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love to read. Could take it up as a profession! But not sure if I would be able to do justice to my love for books…</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the nature and want implement means of living a luxury eco-friendly life. I’m also a travel enthusiast and want to explore as many places as I can in my lifetime. I hope to add value to the less fortunate and help live a better life.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Music is the soul of life and I’m a music junkie.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This blog is primarily dedicated to me! :)</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After all, we all need to do something for ourselves as well. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 1.3pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It includes (will include) snippets about my life, thoughts, friends, people, associations, travel, nature, eco-friendly ideas, my creations, and everything about me!</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></div></td><td width="50"></td><td valign="top" width="140"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I had superb time creating these cards! Its almost 1 year since I adopted this hobby </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">:) </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Quite happy and satisfied with the consistency! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eagerly awaiting to light some 'phooljhadis' and 'anars' and jump in the 'chingari' of 'zamin chakri' </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">:)</span></span></strong><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dont know about others, but for me it was almost like cracking a murder mystery. Believe me, it took 3 hours just to write 10 lines about myself. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And guess how much time it took me to sign in today into my blog?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17 minutes (to be precise). I mean its not rocket science. Is it? </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm probably a little too much out of touch with the internet. Oh, I can't wait to write about some of my travel to various parts of the country. Also, about some interesting parties i attended! ;-)</span></span>Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929496671459811234.post-73265523112504915452009-08-23T02:30:00.000-07:002010-07-06T03:06:42.216-07:00First Time<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Okay,</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This was too easy to create :) </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First times are always thrilling! Well, I really have'nt thought of anything to post on the blog. It will take me a couple of days to figure out. Just hope I don't forget my blog address :) </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It happens to me a lot. Would'nt remember where I placed my cup of tea in the morning and would later realise that I gulped it :)</span></span>Sumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520038631804818840noreply@blogger.com1