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Yup, bags are getting packed, tickets have come so it does mean that I am leaving once again. And once again, its for the same kind of tough session. I just hope that all goes well.Pray for me guys and wish me luck!

Wall-E   or bettrly said, Pixar's Wall-E  is among those few movies which I wanted to see so much but didn't get time to see because of one reason or the other. I did read the review that Tim gave over his blog post  about it but still, I wanted to experience it myself too. This time, when I was flying back to home, I found that the in-flight entertainment program  is showing it. Needless to say that I didn't let the opportunity slip out of my hands. So I did watch Wall-E or Hal's love story with Eva and here is my take over what I felt about it? If I can give a single word review, I shall say , EXCELLENT! I am not sure that how much you are into animations/cartoons but I am totally hooked up to them. If there is a very good animation combined with an excellent story , I guess, that's the best combo to get and wall-e is exactly the same. Pixar animation studios have done the best of their work I must say with it. The graphics are by far the best which I have seen...

I got back home today morning from  a spine chilling session that I did. As I mentioned in the last post, the session was among the toughest of almost all which I have taken so far. The guys were amazing and there were some very interesting discussions that did happen at times. As I always take that as my take-away back to home from a session, so in a way, it was very much beneficial for me. I am hopeful that I was able to satisfy the guys some what and their expectations were met. Well, all had a smiling face so I guess I did achieve it ;-). I mentioned "for 2 days" in the title. Yes , just today when I got back home, I got a news that I am going to the same place again and guess what, I shall be there on new year eve as well. Now I certainly don't mind working but who would have thought to organize a session on a new year eve? That's like too much of work isn't it? When the entire world is going to welcome new year, what I shall be doing, trying to discuss som...

I am still here , in my travel doing my session. As I said in my last post, this is going to be among the toughest sessions that I would ever take and indeed its getting as true as it can be. No doubt, guys are really good and so is the discussion that we are doing daily. To meet the expectations of the guys, I need to do a lot of work every night after I am done for the day. No doubt, this is helping me too as its increasing my little knowledge too. I normal don't say it but this time, I am hating the food that I am getting in my hotel. I have been eating just because I have to and I am not complaining just because, I won't be staying here for long. But if god forbid, I need to live here with these people who are cooking my food, they will experience first hand what's called, criticism. Tomorrow one more disaster is waiting for me, again related to my travel. About that, after a bit while. Its time for me to sleep(did I mention I am having fever?) ;-).

Its been almost a month that I am at home. There are some problems on the personal front so I had to stay back. Though they are not over yet but still, I need to travel for a very tough assignment. Probably its going to be the toughest among all that I have taken so far. I don't know what's going to happen? All I am doing is hoping that everything would go fine. Let's see what happens? Wish me luck and pray for me guys, I really need it!

Due to my job, I have traveled across India and Asia (and still doing). I did read some where that this world is a book and those who have not traveled, have read just one page. I completely agree to it. I have learned so much from my travels, have seen the entire India and its cultures. Every culture is good in its own way and as they all belong to India, they are all respectable for me. I am a Punjabi and belong to Punjab . Because of this, Punjab holds a very special place in my heart and being a Punjabi is the most proud feeling for me. Punjab is known for everything of it, be it food, culture, love, literature, sports, bravery, you name it! In sports, besides the sports being played currently, there are many which are only played in Punjab and by Punjabi's across the world. They are a part of our culture. Kabaddi  is one such sport whose history is as old and rich as Punjab is. There is a very famous proverb that anyone can play any game but Kabaddi can be pla...

Those who know me, they are aware about this fact that I listen to a lot of music. And 90% of that is mostly , Punjabi music. Though there are legends in Punjabi music who are uncomparable with anyone else in the galaxy, yet there are some whose names are not known to many but they are the maestros of soulful music. Gurdip Singh is among those few names whose singing is a divine one. I can't recall since how many years I am listening to his songs. He has only released two albums so far but both are like milestones. If you really love good poetry and fond of deep, mystic voice, you must listen to his songs, you will be delighted, trust my words. Here is a link to all the albums of Gurdip Singh. The first one is called Hook, http://music.pz10.com/album/3859/Hook-Gurdeep%20Singh.html And the second one is, Ishq Aakhda-e Tera, http://music.pz10.com/album/2590/Ishq%20Aakhda-E-Gurdeep%20Singh.html I am putting over here the title song from the 2nd album, Ishq Aakhda-e Tera. . This ...

Since the time, Google has announced Google Friend Connect , it seems every one is trying to get into the "connect bandwagon". Now Facebook  is also having a Facebook Connect . I some times, wonder where all this will end? This is like a cat-mouse kind of thing, he did this  ,now its my turn. I really wonder what kind of productivity all this will bring to an end user's web experience? Now, just for the record, I am not at all against any social networking. It can be confirmed from the numerous social network sites whose I am a member. But there is a limit to everything and there are certainly some ethics. Doing this kind of "copying" of a feature which one has already introduced, I don't know what's so good about it and here, I don't care who brought the feature first, what matters is that the copy has been done and that's some thing which I can't understand.

Alright, so the time has come to reveal some secrets. I wanted to have my own website from a LONG time. I have made some already which you can see in the links over the right hand side. Though they are all very close to my heart and I made them all with great passion and put lots of efforts in making all of them, there was still one small hitch and that was that these all were free domains. Yup, there is no issue in this but you know, when some thing comes as free, people (I mean this world) don't give it much of the importance. So despite that I have some sites of my own, there was still an unfulfilled dream and that was to have a fully owned website of mine! Those who know me well,they are aware about the fact that when I decide some thing,its actually very rare that I would change my decisions. So keeping that tradition alive, I did buy a domain name. I spent whole 3 days to search for the name. And than I decided to use Arista as one. Arista is a Greek word which me...

Link to Part-I This is the second part of the series where Linda Goodman talks about Aquarians or in other words , about me :-). The last post, was about  how to recognize Aquarians!.  This one deals with the facts about an Aqua Man, surely enough that's me! This is the last part. There are other parts like about an Aqua child, boss, woman and so on but I guess, its too much for me to put all here. These two , the one that you are going to read now and the last which I have posted already, these two are enough as far I am concerned. So I won't be putting more about this (atleast not from the same writer) here. Unlikely the last  post, I won't be doing an analysis of this one. There are some things which should remain hidden and mysterious. So I am leaving this part undisclosed here. If you know me, you would be able to pick up the right notes about me from here. If you don't know me yet, well as its said some where in this page, you need to solve the puzzle yourself. ...

December is a sort of birthday month for me. Lots of people who are close to me, their birthdays fall in this month. Today is my younger sister's birthday. We just finished the celebrations. She did her shopping already for this day so I didn't have to take her out for this. And she is working from early in the morning tomorrow in her parlour so we didn't go out too. Still, everything worked out very nicely. She was happy and that's all which matters the most for me! Happy birthday Gudia, I love you so much!

Just now, I read on Google's official blog that Chrome browser  is now out of beta.  Irony of the story is that it was never in beta but was in alpha (version 0.4.154.29)I have been using it for some time and its a good browser but I guess it was a little too early to push it as a "finale" product. I have just updated it to the final release but I am too disappointed to see a basic address bar drop down menu missing(again). I still have to type my required website address. Now, certainly this is not what I expected from Google coming with a final version of product. I have read that Google is planning to give it pre-installed with OEMs(Original Equipment Manufacturers) just like Microsoft did for IE when it launched it. I don't know how this all will work but I guess browser wars are heating up. Let's see who give burns to others and who gets burned out?

I have mentioned several times before that I am an Aquarian. I have posted about it  here  and  here  as well. But it is said that any astrological talk is incomplete as long as one doesn't include in that excerpts from Linda Goodman . So here I am with Linda Goodman telling how to find Aquarians, what they are and how they are so different from other sun signs? When I read the descriptions, I was amazed to see that just the single one, how to find an Aquarian, is more longer than both the above mentioned posts of mine? So I am going to put the entire content in two series of posts here. One would be talking about how to find one and the 2nd one would be about the Aqua men,certainly that's me. I shall also put some of my own observations about both the descriptions , explaining what I think is correct/near-to-correct in it. So grab some salted cassunuts , some tea and let yourself lost in the world of Aquarians. How to Recognize AQUARIUS "In spring, when -woods ar...

Google  has a very robust search algorithm which makes it an excellent search engine. But there are always way to hack something and the same happens with Google too. Using techniques, people make their sites come over the top in the search results despite of the fact that they are not very helpful. Google probably was aware of the fact and that's why Google has launched now SearchWiki, a mechanism through which you can control which search results you want to see and which you want to remove. Here is the Youtube video displaying it, And here is the official Google Blog spot about the same, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/searchwiki-make-search-your-own.html I am not sure that how many actually would bother to tweak their search results but in any case, the facility is there now. Hope it works also as projected but that , time only will tell.

I haven't been able to write much since the last I have come back. Despite that I am at home, there are reasons that I couldn't write. First and foremost is that there are some serious issues in the family which are going on. They are not letting me have a peace of mind. I don't why god hurts those only who faith on him too much? I am not sure what's the logic behind all this? Why to hurt those only who love you so much? Why to give pain only to those who worship you day and night? I don't know and I don't think that I am in a state of mind to understand it even. Second reason(if I can say it a reason) that  I myself met with an accident. And this time, not just me but one of my friend was along with me too. Luckily, he escaped from being hurt otherwise it would be a big burden over my heart that I became a reason for some one being hurt just because he was with me. About me, I did get hurt and a little too much. I am not over bed but there are some injuries w...

I just read this awesome piece of poetry over my friend, Amardeep's poetry blog  and within an instant , it striked me so much deep inside. If you have been in love and lost it, got hurt by it, you would understand the heat hidden in these words. Have a read it, dayaar-e-gair mein kaise tujhe sada dete tu mil bhi jata to tujhe gawa dete (dayaar-e-gair=alien/unknown place, sada=voice, call) tumhi ne ham ko sunaya na apna dukh warna dua woh karte ke ham aasmaan hila dete hamein yeh zom raha ab ke woh pukaarenge unhein yeh zid thi k har baar ham sada dete (zom=illusion) woh tera gam tha k taseer mere lahje ki ke jis ko haal sunaate use rula dete (taseer=effect) tumhein bhulana hi aval to dastaaras mein nahi jo ikhtiyar bhi hota to kya bhula dete (aval=firstly, dastaaras=within reach, ikhtiyar=control) tumhaari yaad ne koi jawab hi na diya mere khiyal ke aansu rahe sada dete samaaton ko main taa-umar kostaa Syed woh kuch na kehte magar honth to hila dete (samaaton=hearing power...

I have been listening songs and in that, sad songs from a long time. Though its always tough to bring that pain in both lyrics and music which one has himself not felt, still there are some songs which do justice to those emotions. I have mentioned few of those kind of songs in the past over here.  Despite that there are so many songs out there, there are very few, I shall even say, countable over finger tips which are truly magical and have a capability to simply hook you with them. Its very rare that the voice of the singer truly do a justice with that pain which only that person can understand who has his heart wounded. I found this song just 3 days back.Infact, I didn’t even find it.  I just stumbled over it and since that time,I believe I must have heard it over hundred times. After so long, I have heard just a song and nothing else. Now a days, even sad songs are prepared by adding disco beats in them so that people can enjoy them while driving.  But those who do ...