Tuesday 29 December 2009
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Monday 21 December 2009
You are a Hyderabadi, if...
Copied from http://www.hyderabadi.in/ Contribution by Amarnath Dixit
1. Your address reads as 23-404-32/67A-43 (New MCH number 56-678/4A/B-22),while you actually live in the second house beside zamzam cafe in lane behind Anand Theatre on SP Road.
2. You end up buying only a salwar kameez, whether it is a theatre workshop, food mela, consumer expo, designer jewellery show, science show or an automobile convention.
3. Your street has at least one roadside mobile hotel that serves Chinese delicacies such as ” Vegetable soft needles”, “Navrotten Kurma”, “Chicken Manchewurea” or “American Chompsee”.
4. Your answer is ’seedha chale jao’ when somebody asks you for directions,whether it is to Malakpet, Masab Tank, Malkajgiri or Moosapet.
5. You come across tailors sporting the board: ‘Immidiot delivery in two days onli’.
6.You can speak Hindi, Urdu, hyderabadi hinglish, except Telugu, fluently.
7.You ask the waiter to get you some ‘Aam ka achaar’ even if you are sitting at a lavish continental banquet dinner with exotic Chinese, Mexican, Italian and Lebanese cuisines.
8. You order for a tea just after having had a Caramel custard.
9. You have at least one Srinivas, Prasad, Raju, Rao or Venkatesh within six square feet. OR you have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance with these names.
10. You have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance in the US in software.
11. Every time somebody gives you a piece of good news, the first thing you ask them is ‘Party kab hain ?’
12. Refer to any past as ‘parso’, be it yesterday or long before three hu ndred years.
13. You call 11 AM as subah subah.
14. You label your boss as ‘Dimakh Kharab’
15. And it doesn’t matter where in the “Gulf/middle east” you are leaving you always tell you are going to “Dubai “. (I know of one family who still keep telling everyone their son is in “uno Dubai mein hai” but he is physically in Yemen for the past 5 years.
16. You are 15 minutes late and you feel you are on time.
17. You look at the fixed pr ice stand and still ask ‘dene ka bolo’
18. If you do not eat rice at least once a day you will die.(Nothing other than Rice is considered as a meal)
19. You feel offended by someone looking at you (Kaiku ghoor raa be?)
20. You think you are a born shayer and use some typical filmi batein in stylish urdu and crack some romantic jokes.
21. While someone does the above, you say to yourself ‘chubbe saale ,mooh dekh aaine mein, tere ku kaun pat thi, pataaney waala tho main hi hoon’
22. You can say the typical “Light le le baap” a nd be cool without analyzing what the situation is.
23. You feel its legal and your Nizami birth right to show your hand and stop the traffic (better than a traffic police) while you cross the road whenever and wherever you like.
24. You can hang out in a Irani cafe the whole day after ordering one cup tea and a empty saucer for yourself and your dear friend and you chat like thats the last day with each other.
25. You eat Paradise Biryani or bawarchi Biryani atleast once in a month
26. You go to the Petrol Bunk and say “Panch Point Single Oil maaro yaaro” and hand over 15 bucks.
27. You can relate the words ‘Nakko’, ‘Hou’ ‘Kaiku’ ,’hallu’ and make these the integral part of your vocabulary.
28. You tell your friend that you will ‘just come back’ (”abbhi aathu mein”) and your friend knows that either you will take a couple of hours or not come back at all.
29. You end up watching every movie you come across , and end up saying oh! that was good , but it could be better if it was made that way
30. You are reading this and secretly admitting that you are, after all, a true blue Hyderabadi [J] You know one thing….. Once a Hyderabadi, always a Hyderabadi… and you will forward this site for sure to Hyderabadis … because only they can relate to it.
1. Your address reads as 23-404-32/67A-43 (New MCH number 56-678/4A/B-22),while you actually live in the second house beside zamzam cafe in lane behind Anand Theatre on SP Road.
2. You end up buying only a salwar kameez, whether it is a theatre workshop, food mela, consumer expo, designer jewellery show, science show or an automobile convention.
3. Your street has at least one roadside mobile hotel that serves Chinese delicacies such as ” Vegetable soft needles”, “Navrotten Kurma”, “Chicken Manchewurea” or “American Chompsee”.
4. Your answer is ’seedha chale jao’ when somebody asks you for directions,whether it is to Malakpet, Masab Tank, Malkajgiri or Moosapet.
5. You come across tailors sporting the board: ‘Immidiot delivery in two days onli’.
6.You can speak Hindi, Urdu, hyderabadi hinglish, except Telugu, fluently.
7.You ask the waiter to get you some ‘Aam ka achaar’ even if you are sitting at a lavish continental banquet dinner with exotic Chinese, Mexican, Italian and Lebanese cuisines.
8. You order for a tea just after having had a Caramel custard.
9. You have at least one Srinivas, Prasad, Raju, Rao or Venkatesh within six square feet. OR you have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance with these names.
10. You have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance in the US in software.
11. Every time somebody gives you a piece of good news, the first thing you ask them is ‘Party kab hain ?’
12. Refer to any past as ‘parso’, be it yesterday or long before three hu ndred years.
13. You call 11 AM as subah subah.
14. You label your boss as ‘Dimakh Kharab’
15. And it doesn’t matter where in the “Gulf/middle east” you are leaving you always tell you are going to “Dubai “. (I know of one family who still keep telling everyone their son is in “uno Dubai mein hai” but he is physically in Yemen for the past 5 years.
16. You are 15 minutes late and you feel you are on time.
17. You look at the fixed pr ice stand and still ask ‘dene ka bolo’
18. If you do not eat rice at least once a day you will die.(Nothing other than Rice is considered as a meal)
19. You feel offended by someone looking at you (Kaiku ghoor raa be?)
20. You think you are a born shayer and use some typical filmi batein in stylish urdu and crack some romantic jokes.
21. While someone does the above, you say to yourself ‘chubbe saale ,mooh dekh aaine mein, tere ku kaun pat thi, pataaney waala tho main hi hoon’
22. You can say the typical “Light le le baap” a nd be cool without analyzing what the situation is.
23. You feel its legal and your Nizami birth right to show your hand and stop the traffic (better than a traffic police) while you cross the road whenever and wherever you like.
24. You can hang out in a Irani cafe the whole day after ordering one cup tea and a empty saucer for yourself and your dear friend and you chat like thats the last day with each other.
25. You eat Paradise Biryani or bawarchi Biryani atleast once in a month
26. You go to the Petrol Bunk and say “Panch Point Single Oil maaro yaaro” and hand over 15 bucks.
27. You can relate the words ‘Nakko’, ‘Hou’ ‘Kaiku’ ,’hallu’ and make these the integral part of your vocabulary.
28. You tell your friend that you will ‘just come back’ (”abbhi aathu mein”) and your friend knows that either you will take a couple of hours or not come back at all.
29. You end up watching every movie you come across , and end up saying oh! that was good , but it could be better if it was made that way
30. You are reading this and secretly admitting that you are, after all, a true blue Hyderabadi [J] You know one thing….. Once a Hyderabadi, always a Hyderabadi… and you will forward this site for sure to Hyderabadis … because only they can relate to it.
Saturday 19 December 2009
Smart Questions
Below are four questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. OK?
Let's find out just how clever you really are.
Ready? GO!!!
First Question:
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!
Try not to screw up in the next question.
To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.
Second Question:
If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?
You're not very good at this! Are you?
Third Question:
Very tricky math! Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000, Now add 10. What is the total?
Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100.
Don't believe it? Check with your calculator! Today is definitely not your day. Maybe you will get the last question right?
Fourth Question:
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary . Read the question again
Okay, now the bonus round:
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
He just has to open his mouth and ask, so simple.
KEEP THIS GOING TO FRUSTRATE THE SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE
Let's find out just how clever you really are.
Ready? GO!!!
First Question:
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!
Try not to screw up in the next question.
To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.
Second Question:
If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?
You're not very good at this! Are you?
Third Question:
Very tricky math! Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000, Now add 10. What is the total?
Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100.
Don't believe it? Check with your calculator! Today is definitely not your day. Maybe you will get the last question right?
Fourth Question:
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary . Read the question again
Okay, now the bonus round:
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
He just has to open his mouth and ask, so simple.
KEEP THIS GOING TO FRUSTRATE THE SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE
Sunday 13 December 2009
Continuous Learning
There was once a hat-seller who passed by a forest on his way back from the market. The weather was very hot and so he decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side.
A few hours later, he woke up by some sounds. The next thing he realized was that all his hats were gone. He heard some monkeys on the tree and so he looked up. To his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.
The hat-seller sits down and thinks how he can get the hats down. He thinks and thinks and starts scratching his head. The next moment, he realized that the monkeys were doing the same action. Next, he took down his own hat and fan himself and the monkeys do exactly the same. An idea came to him, he took his hat and throws it on the floor and the monkeys do that too.
So he finally managed to get all his hats back!
NOW READ ON
Fifty years later, his grandson, Jack, also became a hat-seller. One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest, it was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor. He woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and realized that the monkeys had taken all the hats. He remembered the story he heard from his grand father, started scratching his head and the monkeys follow. He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.
Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, Jack threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still hold on to all the hats.
Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and said "You think only you have a grandfather?
A few hours later, he woke up by some sounds. The next thing he realized was that all his hats were gone. He heard some monkeys on the tree and so he looked up. To his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.
The hat-seller sits down and thinks how he can get the hats down. He thinks and thinks and starts scratching his head. The next moment, he realized that the monkeys were doing the same action. Next, he took down his own hat and fan himself and the monkeys do exactly the same. An idea came to him, he took his hat and throws it on the floor and the monkeys do that too.
So he finally managed to get all his hats back!
NOW READ ON
Fifty years later, his grandson, Jack, also became a hat-seller. One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest, it was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor. He woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and realized that the monkeys had taken all the hats. He remembered the story he heard from his grand father, started scratching his head and the monkeys follow. He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.
Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, Jack threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still hold on to all the hats.
Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and said "You think only you have a grandfather?
Sunday 6 December 2009
Importance of Timing
Today morning I received an SMS from my daughter:
Cricket has reached exciting levels after T20 was introduced. Infusing the same ideas into exams, here are some suggestions for creating excitement among students...
1. Reduce exam duration to one hour and marks to 20.
2. Introduce strategic break after each 30 mins.
3. Give free hit, ie a chance for students to frame their own questions and write answers.
4. First 15 minutes should be Power Play i.e. no invigilator in the exam hall.
5. Introduce fair play awards, just in case there are old school kids!
Talk about bad timing in messaging! I could respond:
The new excitement in Cricket is India becoming Number One in "Test Cricket" ;-) Now ROFLOL :))
Poor thing. Learnt a lesson or two on "timing", that's so important in Cricket!
PS: For those who may read this many days later - Today India won the Cricket Series over Sri Lanka and became Number One in ICC Rankings
Cricket has reached exciting levels after T20 was introduced. Infusing the same ideas into exams, here are some suggestions for creating excitement among students...
1. Reduce exam duration to one hour and marks to 20.
2. Introduce strategic break after each 30 mins.
3. Give free hit, ie a chance for students to frame their own questions and write answers.
4. First 15 minutes should be Power Play i.e. no invigilator in the exam hall.
5. Introduce fair play awards, just in case there are old school kids!
Talk about bad timing in messaging! I could respond:
The new excitement in Cricket is India becoming Number One in "Test Cricket" ;-) Now ROFLOL :))
Poor thing. Learnt a lesson or two on "timing", that's so important in Cricket!
PS: For those who may read this many days later - Today India won the Cricket Series over Sri Lanka and became Number One in ICC Rankings
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