“When you see things differently, you can do anything! Please speak openly & honestly with our sales team and remember we may be recording your call. Listen carefully and press a number”

– This is what you hear when you dial O2 mobile network sales team (0870 225 7879). Don’t know what these guys had in mind while phrasing this blurb, it not only sounds out of place but also irritating. Who are these guys to advice me to talk openly & honestly? In addition to the honesty bit, “remember, we may recording your call” sounds like a threatening note. Hardly the right way to welcome the new customers.

Diana

Perhaps if everyone connected with Princess Diana join together and publish a compendium of information, it would a world of good for many. If everyone publishes a book, releases a taped interview, presents some other evidence about Diana, how many sources of information would the future generation look for? Seven years after her death, there is no dearth of stories of whom Diana shared her bed with. At the way at which it goes, several decades later, we would still be able to find lot of ‘sensational’ stories about Diana. One big problem of being a royal in UK is, everyone wants to have a peek at your bedroom.

Hot Des(s)ert

I’ve never had fritters before. Neither did I know that it would be served hot. Last night when we dined at Good Earth, a Chinese restaurant at Bournemouth, I ordered a Banana fritters for dessert thinking that it would be some sort of cold & creamy stuff, only to find it served hot along with a syrupy sauce, tasting great. But what appealed to me most was the Vegetarian Pork. Since I have already had experience of being served prawns when asked for Veg. Fried rice, I asked the waiter several times about the ingredients. It was nothing but deep fried vegetables esp. cauliflower, capsicum and pineapples over sweet & sour sauce, making the plate very colourful. When taken with rice, it was heavenly. Having enjoyed it, now we aren’t bothered whether its vegetarian or otherwise.

Readers of the future

There is a book shop on the way to my office. Today morning, I saw a boy of about 5-6 years running past that shop and stopped on seeing something, started giggling and called his friend – another 6 year old. On seeing what he saw, the other boy started giggling as well. The reason for their giggle was a fairly large book with the appropriate picture on its cover. It was the picture that caught their attention. The title of the book: Joy of Sex.

What should I look for while buying a Digital Camera?

I want to buy it for someone who wouldn’t be using it a lot, but occasionally. He doesn’t care about any hi-fi stuff. Any suggestions/recommendations?

Indian Holy Man

Today as I was walking past a school on the way to work, I found that the children were dressed up in different, funny costumes. It appeared that a Fancy Dress Competition, as it used to be called in India, was being held today. It was heartening to see that parents had taken quite a lot of effort in getting them dressed up as Dinosaurs, Saddam Hussein, Ancient warrior, Frog etc. A mother approached me and asked whether I could help her with her son’s costume. That kid was being dressed up like an ‘Indian holy man’, dressed in orange with a long wig on his head, plastic trident in one hand and a little stick & a metal container to make up for kamandalam, all done to perfection. She even had some white & red powder to be applied in the forehead. Only thing she was confused about was which colour should be applied horizontally/vertically? I helped her do it the right way and that boy really looked like a young saint despite his lengthy black wig. That lady was saying that she had read in the media about the life of a recluse in India and went on to say how learned & noble they are. Perhaps, she hadn’t read about the latest news on an Indian holy man.

A Lovely Photo Gallery by one Maciek Da… (dunno what his full name is) Among so many galleries on display, check out the one on India. For a change, it presents a realistic picture (pun intended).

After enjoying those lovely photographs, do check out the other great photo blogs (Shyamal, Rajesh, Pradeep) and leave a note encouraging them. Nothing like a word of encouragement to do wonders to one’s spirit.