Thursday, September 10, 2009

And the answer is...

http://www.iqtest.com/prep.html?test=final

Because I have a constant fear of becoming mentally inactive (chaar saal se tho bus Ctrl C Ctrl V karthi aa rahi hoon ;)) and of letting my hare-brain rust away to glory, one fine day I took this IQ Test (Google threw this up first – Tickle seems to have closed down).

What followed was thirteen minutes of suspense and mental anguish (what if my IQ had drastically lowered, after more than 50 golden months of idleness???)

Phew… 121…read as
(http://iq-test.learninginfo.org/iq04.htm) Superior to 90% of the population (he he, let me please bask in my moment under the sun; we are merely discussing statistics you see… not actual accomplishments :))

And yeah, pretty much in the same percentile as to what it was four years ago (discovery courtesy – Tickle score mail stored in a near extinct, wiped-from-the-face-of-earth(internet) mail id –
checkout_aparna@yahoo.co.in)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Work is when somebody makes u do it!

Have some work am in no mood to do

Deadline in an hour or two!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Intezaar... ho rahi... mere 'aapu' ki

Do you know how irritating it could be to wait for someone! - Am sure you do!

But do you know how embarassing it could be to make someone wait???
Especially if the 'someone' panel reads like a Who-is-who in the context of an organisation! Something like, say, the Group Operations Director, Group Head and another Group Head, Group Lead (to be read in a top-down approach in hierarchy) and alongside the CLIENT!!!
Well, now I know!
Why did they have to be 'humble' enough to visit me?! Why couldnt they simply have asked me to pay them a visit! How and why does nature beckon me at such inopportune moments?
EEEKSSSS! Why me oh why me???

I went a deep crimson-RED! The client must have mistaken my embarassment for a Red Indian complexion!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Ganpati Bappa Morya - II

Cash donations at the Lalbaugcha Raja - Rs 3.57 CRORE and counting, with an auction of Gold and silver donations still pending!!! (kya ji... kisine kuch recession ke baare mein kaha??)
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&AW=1252303695968

Monday - Aug 24 - was a sight... the 14 km journey from office to home took exactly 2.5 hours - 6.45 pm to 9.15!!! Why? See, the funda is that 1.5 days after Chaturthi, the golu-molu-cho-chweet-Elephant God has to reach his destination - the sea :) (its alright if other golu-molu-cho- chweet ppl like me, sitting in comfy buses go home a tad later than usual) he proceeded in all forms - dancing Ganesha, Shiv-like Ganesha, Murlidhari Ganesha - adn in all modes - Wagon Rs, Sumos, Matadors... followed and 'prologue'ed by a retinue of band-baaja, aam/affluent janta-turned-dancers!
1.5/3/5/7/12th day 'visarjan', Traffic diversions, blaring loudspeakers... voila... this city should be renamed Ganpatiya! (how come the think tank never thinks of asking ME for advice?)!
I heard even Diwali doesnt come anywhere close to this electrifying celebration!
Anyway, am glad was a part of and a witness to the festivity!

Ganpati bappa morya!!!
Mangala moorti morya!!!

p.s: MY pics in the pipeline (due to technical flaws, the pipe is still being laid - typical Indi fashion ;))

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

I came, I saw, I was conquered!

Cadbury Dairy Milk - खुश है ज़माना आज पहली तारीख है
Nestle Munch- खाओ बिना तारीख देखे