Redefining Abstractions: August 2008

Thursday, August 28

Words of Wisdom!!

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This is not one of my original work, rather I recieved this message in an email.

This one is for all those 'OVERSMART DUDES'!!

"A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about nuclear power?' and he smiles.
'OK, ' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose
that is?'
The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'
To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?"

Monday, August 25

New Attire!!

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The blog is looking funky wearing denims. Isnt it?? The new attire I found on a blog and immediately copied (though I never copied anything before). I have been trying to get a new look to my blog ever since I started it, but oopsie!! I could not fit a template (I felt 'JAHIL' at those times - 'HTML illiteracy').

And strangely I loved these denims and they fit so perfect..

Though I lost all my widgets and my side bar contents and lists, and I guess it is gonna take some time to put the things back altogether, I have lost all of my blog roll and people I liked reading I'll have to work harder to find them again - till then, I'll miss U guys..

But 'Cha.alo', I'll manage..

And for information purpose, a friend of mine, pretty impressed with my writing skills, [:D] has done me a favor, providing me work, a li'l help in decreasing my 'unemployment'.

I, hereby officially thank Mr. Google Vahi for trusting in me to write 'web content' for his website.

I have another project coming up too soon - hopefully.

Yeah I know I havent written anything for a long time. I'll be back soon - with a bang. For the time being I need to reorganize things on my blog and I am 'Googling' too much these days.

Friday, August 15

AAZADI MUBARAK

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Proud to be a part!!

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I came across this website for over a year ago and I liked just the idea of it. I made it my home page on my desktop and on my lappy as well. And I promoted it too, sent emails, mssgs to friends. Never could I make sure if it was just a malicious site or it actually did what it claimed to, but it never harmed my system and I kept on clicking it every time I reached there, cuz at the back of my mind I had a thought that if this works, I may be doing some good just for a matter of 5 seconds and today when I switched on the Lappy, I saw these pics as proofs..

Bhookh.com, HATS OFF to you guys.. I am proud to be a part and a meager contributor.

I request all my visitors to please click over here and donate a cup of staple food to chronically hungry children (in India).

The inspiration behind it:
Born on December 15, 1975 and brought up in Mumbai, Lt. Nawang Kapadia was the younger son of Harish and Geeta Kapadia. Nawang did his schooling at St. Xavier's Boys' Academy to move on to Jai Hind College and graduate from the Mumbai University with a 'Bachelor of Commerce' degree. Nawang was always everyone's favorite wherever he went. A true follower of Mahatma Gandhi and believer in non-violence joined the Indian Army as an officer and was engaged in a sudden, fatal combat in Kashmir on November 11, 2000 just a few days after his first posting. He understood and did more in his few years than most of us will in our lifetime. A tribute to the young man by his elder brother Sonam Kapadia at www.nawang.com

Wednesday, August 13

The Phobia List

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Following the huge success of 'The Devil's Dictionary', here I present the 'Phobia list'. This is a work of extensive search on internet and not my own terminology.

(A)

Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. (LOLz)
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers. (Who doesnt have?? :D)
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.

(B)

Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles.

Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

(C)

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women. (hmmm)
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors. (Must be in men)
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing. (Some one sufferring plz stay away)
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed. (OMG!! R U AFRAID OF THE BUGS??)
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.

(D)

Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Demophobia- Fear of crowds.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.

(E)

Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness. (I suffer it for sure)
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.

(F)

Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture.
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.

(G)
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage. (I know a few)
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter. (for those, HEHEHAHAHA)

Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.
Genophobia- Fear of sex. (OoooooooO)

(H)

Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666. (BETS!! Try Pronouncing)
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.

(I)

Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.

(J)

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.

(K)

Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing. (Heard of Kleptomaniac??)
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue. (Another name for Lazyness)

(L)

Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.

(M)

Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music. (DONT TELL ME!!)
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.

(N)

Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.

(O)

Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight. (No Comments!!)
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.

(P)

Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything. (Throw some more light plz)
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Indian Women!!)
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing. (uhuh!!)
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love. (hmmm)
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers. (Plz stay away)

(R)

Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles. (Oh these women, 'what not' do they fear of??)

(S)

Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law. (Abundantly found in India)
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.

(T)

Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.

(V)

Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women. (hmmmm)
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.

(W)

Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.

(X)

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.

(Z)

Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.

The

Sunday, August 10

Wasted

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I am panicky, bewildered, and alone in dark. I look into the mirror, I have never seen myself crying like this before, I am confused, I am looking for something, trying to find something or someone, I am fumbling for things in the darkness and out of nowhere I hear my name being called.
I turn around and run towards the voice, I can not see the face, I clasp to that figure and I sob more vigrous. The figure is trying to clam me down, the voice seems known, the face is still unrecognible.
And that figure parts, goes away, I stretch out my hand and try to reach, no use, I can see that figure disappearing in the stark dark far away..

I feel a sensation run through my entire body, the tingle starts from my toe and reaches to my head. I am scared and I am wet with prespiration, and a puff of cold wind tries to freeze me down, I am shaken, I feel too week to stand anymore, my eyes are heavy, I try to open them and I wake in vain..

This is the third consecutive night I have had this dream.. I believe that dreams are the thoughts of the sub conscious mind. What is bothering me that is recurring as the dream. Everythime I wake up after this dream, I am in a state of shock as the sand is slipping through my hands.. And I realize "I dream of rain by Sting" being played at the back of my mind..