I Said It
A Case of Misleading Ads
I remember an incident that my father-in-law narrated some time back. And I feel this is the right moment to reproduce it. A door to door salesman had come to my in-laws house, and was trying to sell a clothes washing powder. He was really persistant about the high quality of the product even though my […]
Out of ‘Tune’
Have you activated the caller tunes on your mobile? You could be wasting your money!! I see that people have picked up this habit of activating every odd service that is ‘”provided” by a cell phone service provider. And caller tunes, or dialer tunes, or hello tunes, whatever the operator may call it, is on […]
A Struggle To Survive
I accidently deleted all the files on my web hosting account today. And my blog went poof!! My heart skipped a beat when I realised my mistake. There was no recovery of my error. I was about to give up when I remembered that I had taken an export of my posts. I found it […]
A Different Life
A friend of mine came home to invite me for a function at his house. And I was bit pleased. This was the indication of a new life that I am living. And how is that? As some of you know, I am a marine engineer. And my job involved extended period of stay on […]
This Soap Runs Long!!
I just had my bath, but that didn’t inspire me in posting this. Its was the TV. Television has come to this world long back, and its had become somewhat an integral part of our life. I remember those days when we used to keep free time in the evening for the tv shows. In […]
Life full of Worries
Isn’t it? I feel so. I have always felt so. What am I doing? Right now I am studying for my higher exams which will ensure a stable and secure life ahead. You feel thats very good for me? Well, I have been doing this all my life, and so are you. I passed out […]
Presidents & Precedents
I found this particular article in the Times of India page 10 in todays print edition quite amusing. I wouldn’t differ if some of you found it to be just informative. But my analysis; here it is. The Presidents Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) Term of Office | January 26, 1950 to May 13, 1962 First President […]
Taking my Chances
Well. Am taking my chances. Against all odds, namely the surveyors at the examination section of the mercantile marine departmant, India, I start my struggle to procure the Certificate of Chance. Or the CoC, as majority of mariners, know it. I was among those who called it Certificate of Competency, but my colleague Jimmy, enlightened […]
They all Come Back
Couple of days back I had gone with my colleague to conduct a training session at a particular institute, and I met there a gentleman, whom I recognised as the person who had allotted my first ship as a junior engineer in the shipping corporation of india. There was no way that he might have […]
The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
Many of you might have already seen this. But for anyone who has never com across the title of this post, here it is.