My outloud opinions

Email helpers

2012-03-12T14:24:00.001+05:30

Giving clarification
1. Let me clarify what I meant.
2. In my opinion,

Thanks Giving
1. Thank you for your letter.
2. Thank you for your letter of March 5 th .
3. Thanks in advance for your generous help.
4. Thanks, and I really appreciate your willingness to help me out.
5. Thank you for your letter [inviting, offering, confirming]
6. I am very grateful to you for [letting me know, offering, writing]
7. It was so kind of you to [write, invite, send]
8. Many thanks for [sending, inviting, enclosing]

Appreciate somebody
1. We appreciate your gift.
2. Works like a charm
3. Works Like Magic
4. (CEO Level) I was astonished and pleasantly surprised to see the exuberance of folks on the floor.

Giving reason for something
1. The Reason for Writing

Do inquiry
1. I am writing to inquire about
2. Please let me know as soon as possible what action you propose to take

Referring to something
1. With reference to your advertisement in the Times
2. With reference to your email of 23 rd March
3. With reference to your your phone call today
4. As we discussed yesterday
5. Further to our telephone conversation of
6. I refer to your letter of [date] concerning

Request for something
1. Could you possibly?
2. I would be grateful if you could
3. I would also like to know ...
4. Could you tell me whether ...
5. Any pointers will be really helpful.
6. At your earliest convenience.
7. I hope you can settle this matter to my satisfaction
8. I look forward to hearing from you
9. I trust that you will give this matter your urgent attention
10. I would be most grateful if you would look into this matter as soon as possible
11. I would be grateful if you could forward me a [price list, catalogue]

Agreeing to Requests
1. I would be delighted to

Response when someone agrees to your request
1. Thank you for accommodating my request.

Miscellaneous yet creative

2012-03-06T20:44:00.001+05:30

Home design

2012-03-06T00:33:00.003+05:30

Clean Bed Room

Inside the mind of Software Architect

2012-02-23T18:00:00.002+05:30

The architect observes the world
but trusts his inner vision.
He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky. (12)
The architect doesn't talk, she acts.
When this is done,
the team says, "Amazing:
we did it, all by ourselves!" (17)
When a great architect leads, the team
is hardly aware that he exists.
Next best is a leader who is loved.
Next, one who is feared.
The worst, one who is despised. (17)
A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets her intuition
lead her wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed herself of concepts
and keeps her mind open to what is.
Thus the architect is available to everyone
and rejects no one.
She is ready to use all situations
and does not waste anything.
This is called embodying the light. (27)
If you want to shrink something,
you must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something,
you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something,
you must first allow it to be given.
This is called the subtle perception
of the way things are.
The soft overcomes the hard.
The slow overcomes the fast.
Let your workings remain a mystery.
Just show people the results. (36)
When the process is lost, there is good practice.
When good practice is lost, there are rules.
When rules are lost, there is ritual.
Ritual is the beginning of chaos. (38)
The architect concerns himself
with the depth and not the surface,
with the fruit and not the flower. (38)
The architect allows things to happen.
She shapes events as they come.
She steps out of the way
and lets the design speak for itself. (45)
The architect gives himself up
to whatever the moment brings.
He knows that he is going to leave,
and he has nothing left to hold on to:
no illusions, no resistance in his mind.
He holds nothing back from the project,
therefore is ready for departure,
as a man is ready for sleep
after a good day's work. (50)
The great way is easy,
yet programmers prefer the side paths.
Be aware when things are out of balance.
Remain centered within the design. (53)
The architect's power is like this.
She lets all things come and go
effortlessly, without desire.
She never expects results;
thus she is never disappointed.
She is never disappointed;
thus her spirit never grows old. (55)
Those who know don't talk.
Those who talk don't know. (56)
Alternate:
Those who do not have a clue are still debating about the process.
Those who know just do it. (56)
The architect is content
to serve as an example
and not to impose his will.
He is pointed but doesn't pierce.
Straightforward, but supple.
Radiant, but easy on the eyes. (58)
If you want to be a great leader,
stop trying to control.
Let go of fixed plans and concepts and
the team will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have,
the less disciplined the team will be.
The more you coerce,
the less secure the team will be.
The more external help you call,
the less self-reliant the team will be. (57)

Diversity , Life and Blogs

2012-02-22T16:10:00.002+05:30

Few blog titles and description I came across while wandering on blogspot -

Sand Between My Toes
The rambling of a retired teacher talking about life on Sanibel Island, Florida, about wildlife, about kids and grandkids and about living life to fullest.

The Tarp Report
Confessions of a sugar-fueled Upper West Side dad/husband/writer/dreamer/aging ex-kid

Adventures in Storytelling
The adventures of The Patchwork Players, Patti Christensen and James Nelson-Lucas, as they travel the dimensions of time and space, telling their tales

Creative Gardens

2012-02-22T16:08:00.003+05:30

Shared by Sahay !!!

My sufi likes

2012-02-18T12:20:00.001+05:30

Kaisa yeh junoon

Saibo

Teri Deewani

A puzzle of life

2010-05-20T00:29:00.007+05:30

You have a dream, you pursue your dream hard still there are times when you feel that you can't realize it. Life is not always how you want it to be, sometime you feel that everything is achievable and there is nothing impossible but some other time you feel that its not like that. You always lose something in order to get something.

But leaving a dream unfulfilled is not that easy, especially when you are so persuasive. You always have to choose between this two options

1. You just follow your dream and believe that everything else will fall in place.
2. You run behind all the smallest things, you want to do everything and also want to achieve your dream.

And the consequences will decide the size of your name in the tag cloud of lives. Actually this is real trap which everyone come across at least once in a life.

Its like a fight between heart and mind. In my case, so far I have always believed my heart but almost all of my experience has proved that mind is right and heart always lost the fight but still I am optimistic and want to see the climax of this war.

To justify minds victory, I say that if you look at the broader landscape of earth you will understand that your feelings doesn't matter much in this materialistic world. What effect its going to put when millions of lives are coexisting simultaneously. Who is going to pay attention to your emotions? Practically there is always your alternative available. There exists no space which can only be filled by you. Life goes on, no matter what happens.

Then why should heart win? Due to the contradiction - If all is like what is written above than Why we feel? Why there's love exist between Mom and Son, Boy and Girl, you and god? What binds them together? What inspires people do good for others? Why kindness?

Isn't it a good puzzle to solve, a puzzle of life !!!

How being a south paw can make you different ?

2010-02-04T19:37:00.003+05:30

A person who primarily uses his or her left hand, more so than the right hand is called South Paw.

An Added advantage for IT Professionals:

Universally common technological implement actually favoring left-handers is the QWERTY keyboard layout. Since this layout contains far more of the common English letters on the left side of the keyboard, the left hand does a solid majority of the typing, giving left-handed typists an advantage.

South Paws - Great Thinkers:

One theory divides left- and right-handed thinkers into two camps: visual simultaneous vs. linear sequential.
According to this theory, right-handed people are thought to process information using a "linear sequential" method in which one thread must complete its processing before the next thread can be started.
Left-handed persons are thought to process information using a "visual simultaneous" method in which several threads can be processed simultaneously.

Rich and Famous:

Many famous people throughout history were also left-handed: Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Picasso, and Jack the Ripper.

Seven Presidents of the United States were left handed (approx. 16%). They are: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford; Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton.

Simple alone is a huge feature that's often vastly overlooked.

2009-12-01T14:09:00.002+05:30

When you walk into a high-end restaurant, you really don't get a whole lot of choice. Usually, the hallmark of a high-end restaurant is the chef's menu. The chef prepared courses of a dinner in advance where he made all the choices. You eat there because you trust the chef's judgment and want his taste. And this way I think you'll end up with a much tastier meal in the end.

What DHH says:

Nobody would say, "I want to make complex software." But they do say things that amount to the same thing. "I want my software to have tons of features. I want my software to have endless flexibility." Well, all these things are in essence saying, "I want complex software." We're willing to take a stand for simplicity in software. We're willing to say, "You aren't going to get all the features you think you might need some day, you're just going to have the basics executed beautifully.

There's so much software out there that's just endlessly complex, that has too many features, that has too much flexibility, and it ends up not being used because users can't relate to it; they can't get into it. It feels too complex. It feels intimidating when what they really need is just a small subset of what they're given.

Source : From the DHH interview with UX magazine (We use common sense.)
I believe when you specify source, you are not plagiarizing the things !!!

Kind Regards,
CRV

The Secret to making money online

2009-11-29T17:23:00.002+05:30

I'm not writing it down to remember it later, I'm writing it down to remember it now.

2009-11-29T00:35:00.002+05:30

Heal The World

2009-10-26T20:32:00.001+05:30

There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living

Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow

We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares

We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me

- Love Jacko

Let not your heart be troubled

2009-10-14T14:25:00.003+05:30

I thought of sharing this with you all, who knows you might be searching this at this moment -

Are there situations in life that are beyond your control? I have been through so many of those situations and today as I write this I’m in one of those situations again. As I started this day with the Word of God, the first words that He showed me were, “Let not you heart be troubled.” Even before I made a decision for myself, He already gave comfort to my heart and reminded me that He is in control. An extraordinary nurse that served patients for more than twenty years, but wasn’t well compensated, was asked by one of the doctors she worked with, “Why don’t you make them pay you more?" He added, "You ought to have at least a little more. God knows you’re worth it.” There was a short pause and the nurse smiled and responded, “Doctor, if God knows I’m worth it, that’s all that matters!” The Bible says promotion comes from the Lord. Just be patient, because some situations are beyond your control. God knows what you are going through. Remember, He is a just God.

Source: Jundy Bautista

Does god exist?

2009-10-02T22:21:00.001+05:30

I Love My Family

2009-09-10T10:40:00.002+05:30

Morning ... I Was going through the Google employee blogs with the intention to find something new something different....Eventualy I came across the blog of Alma Whitten and I found something different there... There is a section in the left bottom corner of her blog, something like -

Family

My husband, Andrew Willmott.

Stories and history: The Melting Pot.

I follwed "The Melting Pot." and I ended up in an amazing new world ... Where she is saying "My great-grandparents lived in Agrigento, Campania, Missouri, and Mississippi. This site tells their stories and those of their families. Many living family members have contributed photos, documents, and memories to these pages, so this site is their labor of love as well as mine."

Isn't it an amazing IDEA to brought toghether all your love and memories for your family? I really liked it. Thanks a lot Alma !!!
(http://www.gaudior.net/meltingpot/).

An evil influence

2009-07-05T18:21:00.003+05:30

Have you ever stolen someone else’s thoughts or ideas and had pretended to show them as your own. It’s very usual, we all do it one and the other day in our life, and we are programmed to exhibit our fake intelligence by doing it that way.

But doing this over some extent, with intention of humiliating someone in front of others, just to falsely prove yourself superior is really malefic.

Read this…

It starts something like this, a group of friends (boys and girls) sitting in a Harvard Bar (a hangout place for Harvard geniuses) …Will (Matt Damon) is hero, he is working as a floor cleaner at MIT, he is blessed with immense mathematical intelligence, though he is doing floor cleaner’s job because he feels that there’s honor in doing whatever you like. And Chucky (Will’s friend in reel life) and Ben Affleck in real life is a guy who works at mines but at this moment he wants to flirt with girls, so he starts conversation with the girls. The movie is Good Will Hunting…

Chucky: Oh, Hello
Girls: Oh, Hello

Chucky: hi, how are ya?
Girls: fine.

Chucky: so, do you ladies come here often?
Girls: huh…

Chucky: Do I come here? I come here a bit. I’m here you know by time to time. Do you go school here?
Girls: Yep

Chucky: Yeah, That’s it. I think I had a class with you.
Girls: Oh yeah, what class?
Chucky: History
One from the group a girl named Skyler ( heroine): May be…

Chucky: Yes, I think that’s what it was. You don’t necessarily and may not remember me, you know I like it here. It doesn’t mean cause I go here I’m genius, I am very smart

Someone (a boy): Hey
Chucky: Hey, hows it goin? How are ya?

Someone: Good, how ya doin? What class did you say that was?
Together Girls and Chucky: Hostory

Someone: Yeah, just history, It must have been a survey class then .
Chucky: yeah, it was surveys.

Someone: Right
Chucky: You should check it out, it’s a good course. It’d be a good class.

Someone: How would you like that course?
Chucky: You know frankly, I found that class, you know rather elementary

Someone: elementary, you know I don’t doubt that it was yeah. I uh. I remember that class it was um it was just between recess and lunch.

Girls (Syler): Clark why don’t you go away?
(I think Skyler hated that nerd)

Someone (clark) to Skyler: Why don’t you relax?
Skyler: Why don’t you go away?
Someone (Clark): I am just havin fun with my new friend

Chucky: Are we gonna have a problem?
Someone (Clark): No No. There’s no problem here. I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution of the market economies in the southern colonies. My contention is that prior to the revolutionary war, the economic modalities --- especially in the southern colonies could mostly be characterized as – agrarian pre-capitalist.

(Looking that guy harassing his friend Will (Matt Damon) chips in…)
Will: Let me tell you something, off course that’s your contention you are a first year grad student
You just got finished reading some Mexican historian Pete garrison. Probably you’re gonna be convinced of that till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you’ve gonna be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That gonna last until next year. Then you gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon wood talking about you know the pre evolutionary utopia and the capital forming effects of military mobilization.

Clark [Scoffs]: Well, as a matter of fact I know because Wood drastically underestimated the impact of …
Will: Wood drastically underestimated the impact of social distinction predicated upon wealth especially inherited wealth. You got that from Vicker’s work in Essex county page 98, right? I read that too.
Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us?
Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? or is that your thing, you come into a bar you read some obscure passage, then pretend pawn it off as your own idea, just to impress some girls? Embarrass my friend?

See the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you’re gonna start doin some thinking on your own. You’re gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life
One: Don’t do that and
Two: You dropped $150 grand on f**kin education, which you could have got for $1.50 in late charges at the public library.

Clark: yeah, but I will have a degree and you’ll be serving my kids fries at a drive through on our way to a skiing trip.
Will( smiles): May be, but at least I won’t be unoriginal. If you have a problem with that we could step outside, we could figure it out.

Someone (Clark): No man, there’s no problem its cool.
Will: cool.

Some people have very bad habit of showing others inferior to them by showing their fake intelligence, it’s pathetic. In above conversation, Will have tried to give concrete answers to those suckers.

Off course being unoriginal unnecessarily is probably like blowing away your soul out of your body. Stop being intentionally or unknowingly outlawed.

Gosh… its 12:53 am. It took me 32 minutes to copy the conversation. But is it worth? Yeah, at least I think so…

I have much more to bore you on this subject but I wont do that..

Its 12:59 am, signing off, Ta da da…

Plethora of Emotions

2009-07-05T18:03:00.001+05:30

(Sunday, May 08, 2009)

How it feels like writing a diary? Just imagine…after passing many golden decades of the journey called life, after experiencing lots of up and downs, after being into lots of relations, after feeling lots of love and oomph, after passing through lots of traumas and tragedies, one day you are alone and remembering your old days, and you took out your diary, you traverse through its pages recaping your life, living it again entirely in just few seconds … isn’t it amazing?

The only time I have been impressed or get motivated to write diary is when I got the chance to see an Oscar winner movie named “The last Samurai” (dubbed in Hindi). Let me remember, the screen play was something like...

Tom Cruise, An army captain who had fought many battles was abandon by the Samurai cabillah and they have just not killed him because they wanted to learn the war strategies from the experiences of his life which he had carved into his diary. Tom was so alone and had just recovered from the wounds of samurai swords... He was habitual to write his diary, in this movie they have tried to loud the inner voice of a captain as and when he was feeling like writing into his diary in the background of the screen play…One beautiful, lively serene morning, He was wandering in the woods exploring the place and murmuring to himself...

1876, Din nahi janta , mahina nahi janta , mein in anokhe logo ke beech reh rah huun, mein unka bandi huun aur mein bhag bhi nahi sakta, muje sab yaha nazar andazz kartein hai aur aise pesh aatein hai jaise mein koi raah chalta kutta huun ya bin bulaya mehman…

Sab tamiz se baat kartein hai, haskar adab se juktein hai, par is adab ke niche mein unke dabe hue jazbaat dekh sakta huun…

Ek ajeeb si kashish hain in logo mein, subah ki paheli kiran se hi woh apne kaam mein ji jaan se lag jaatein hai, maine kabhi itna anushashan nahi dekha, mein heran huun yeh jankar ki samurai shabd ka matlab hota hai seva karna…

Sardioka Mausan 1877, Ek Samurai hone ka matlab mein Hamesha Dhundhta tha, Kuchh usulo ke liye khud ko kurban karna, dimag ki sthirta ko pana, ya talvar baji mein mahir banana…”

Meri zindgai mein aisa paheli baar hua ki mein kisi ek jagah itne dino tak raha, yaha aisa bahut kuchh hai jo mein kabhi samaj nahi paunga, mein kabhi church janewalo mein se nahi raha, lekin jung mein jo kuchh dekha uske baad lagtaa hai ki aakhri ishwar ka maksad kya hai. Par Yaha kuchh to khas hai, kuchh adhyatmik hai is jagah mein halaki yeh mere liye hamesha raaz rahega, par mein in shaktiyo ko samazana chahta hunn, mein bas itna janta huun ki saalo baad mein yaha chain ki neend so paya huun…

Isn’t it a nicely said? Writing diary, does it mean capturing smallest possible things those are happening in your life…Nopes I don’t think so, in my opinion diary is a nice articulation of someone’s feelings…

So finally, I thought of serializing the upshots of my life…Getting infected by the Internet and an being an IT engineer, I chose to digitalize it by putting it on my blog…

Now a title, for this “To be continued” post, I wanted something that can represent inner me, I searched, I thought for it for few days and finally I have zeroed on “Plethora of Emotions”…

When you are already naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart

2009-07-01T13:41:00.002+05:30

I love them Shakespeare

2009-06-08T14:05:00.002+05:30

Friendship is not measured when both take care of each other;
It's measured when one ignores and the other still continues

All's Well That Ends Well

Down to earth interpretation of success

2009-02-23T13:14:00.005+05:30

Before few days I was listening to Akshay Kumar's reactions after getting one of the most renowned Indian award named "Padma Shri". What he said about luck and success was so realistic that it left me with no reason to give it some space on my blog:

Luck and success all these things come and go but the only thing that survive you through most difficult times is your courage to continue, tell me the actors who struggled and did not get fame and success, everybody gets it in the end the only thing that is required is to continue without being discouraged and don't be tired or afraid of your failure just continue and you will definitely get what you want

A Friend most true...

2009-02-17T19:22:00.004+05:30

I need to know if you're my true friend,
will you be by my side until the end?

Can I tell you my secrets deep,
and trust them in your heart you'll keep?

We are neither of us without our flaws,
can you accept mine as I will yours?

I'll be a shoulder to cry on when you're blue,
will you be there for me when I need you?

No matter how busy I will make time for you,
if you are busy will you make time for me too?

I will take your hand and comfort your tears,
will you hold me and soothe my fears?

I will give you joy and many warm smiles,
can we share that even across many miles?

I will not forget what's important to you,
will you remember what's important to me too?

With you my most favorite things I'll share,
If only I know do you truly care?

If you can accept me as I do you,
then I will know you are a friend most true.

Potraying my dream

2009-02-06T22:16:00.005+05:30

This is me in my dreams happy, steady and determined. Driven by my emotions and controlled by feelings. Enjoying every bit of life without worry...

On the way to realize my dreams, no distraction no hesitation only confidence...

Touching million lives and enjoying the proximity of divine blessings....

Unique and electrifying...

Freezed when speaking in public

2008-09-27T17:06:00.007+05:30

Most of the people fear more of public speaking than death and I am one of them. I always ask myself a question Why speaking in front of public is so damn fiery and freezing sensation? Is it because we are not prepared, we don't have confidence but the more important thing what I think is we don't know exactly know where to start and how to go about presentation in very controlled and synchronized way keeping the target audience attached to you? Here are some of the best presentation which can help you get your lost confidence back and give you some freaky ideas to present you self, Feel the energy ...
1. Steve Jobs - An awesome intro to Macintosh by a well dressed handsome geek
2. Guy Kawasaki can inspire you start your own company (Meaningful Fun)
3. Seth Godin - Is there anything wrong with getting people to laugh and think at the same time?
4. David - The art of making money online

I will come up finding more speeches, please be patient.......

Don't dare to think of kicking my ass if somehow the video are moved off the pages

Truly, madly, deeply

2008-07-30T16:20:00.002+05:30

I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong I will be faithful
'cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning, yeah
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down ON me
And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish, SEND IT to heaven then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
the tears devour you
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down ON me
Oh can't you see it baby?
Don't have to close your eyes
'Cause it's standing right before you
All that you need will surely come
ooooohh ye-eah
I'll be your dream I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down ON me
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I want to live like this forever
Until the sky falls down ON me