Brisbane, one of the beautiful town in Australia

I know, its been long time i have not blogged so thought of write something.

When I started it was afternoon and when I reached Brisbane, it was morning. I dont know why i cant sleep in flight which force me to watch screen continuously and get tired so i can have better sleep next day when I reach my destination. Same thing happened again, I reached early in the morning and was very sleepy. You wont believe I almost paid 1600 Indian Rs. to reach to apartment where I had booking.

Unfortunately it was full and I cant get in till someone vacant the room. I had to wait for 3 hours in reception to go to bed. Finally! the receptionist (a very beautiful Australian girl) confirmed the booking. Again another fine problem, She was not able to swap more than $500 AUD on credit card so I had to use my debit card & travel card to pay all the apartment bill. It was like $500(credit card) + $500(debit card) + $300(travel card) + $73 (cash)..... coooool! Please dont ask me why i did it like that.

I had a good sleep for 6 hours till 5. Went out for couple of hours to discover city. There is famous place called Brisbane Street which is most famous shopping place. Imagine! I dint shop anything. I was running out of money on my travel card and really dont wanted to use credit card as I have stopped doing it long back.

Grab my dinner from subway (Fresh chicken and plenty of vegetables with bread). It was good. Again went for sleep. Really having a good time. I did not get free internet access at the apartment which forced me to watch soccer matches highlights all the time when I am in. 1 hour of internet access cost $8. bad!. Raleigh (USA) was much much better. They gave me TV in my bedroom, free internet access next to it and most important Complementary breakfast. I am really missing that. Next time I will choose a hotel/apartment where I can at least get complementary breakfast. Hope my manager allow trips to happens so frequently :). Red Hat is very strict about travelling and policies.

Monday and Tuesday went fine. Nothing special I did except preparing presentation and getting most of the stuff online. We went for a lunch to Japanese Restaurant, had Extreme spicy japanese chicken dish. Extreme spicy is not really for any Indian. It was just a normal dish. But yes chicken was good. Oops! I forgot to click snap. Here I usually have dinner around 8 as everyone office leaves around 5 as they start early in the morning. Shampa must be happy that I am at least having good sleep over here.

I had a presentation today which was good as per the feedback I got from the people over here. They did not know most of the stuff that we have. So I am happy that I am able help them out. Hope I will get more work once I go back to India.

Going to Gold Coast tomorrow with John and Pranesh (South African Guy). Please dont go by name ;). Heard pretty good things about it. Lets see how it goes. Have fun and wish me luck for rest of weekdays and a weekend.

3 idiots

Again extra ordinary performance by Aamir khan and I loved it. Very sensible movie. everybody should watch at least once. Its based on book of "five point someone" by Chetan Bhagat. Its little different from book but whatever changes made in script does surprise to people those who already read book.

It has comedy, love, passion, will n lot more. I would suggest everyone to watch this movie at least once. I had idea about the theme but script change does surprised me. Let me not talk about movie go ahead and watch!

There are no mistakes in life.... only lessons.

I like this quote from Robin Sharma's book. He is awesome writer.

I have been going through hard time from past 2 months. I lost my dad, my job, my confidence. But good thing was I dint loose my mind, there was something which was keep inspiring me.

Shampa was telling me that I have been doing regular traveling and was in stress so god has given me chance to rest. I feel my dad wanted me to come back Pune/Mumbai and now take a responsibility of family. He always wanted me to behave like a gentleman, he mean responsible person but I never took him seriously as he was there with me and he will be there always. I am missing my dad very much.

My dad was a nice person, has his own principles, values, ethics but he never forced anyone to follow them. I wasn't knowing that god will take him away from us so early. Day by day I am realizing my mistakes, my principles and trying to recover from this soft injury.

I dont know how much days it will take for me to forget my dad last days. I know he must be watching me and will help me to take decisions.

love you dad.

PRINCE - A known journey, unknown friends.

It wasnt a beautiful day, not even a peaceful night. I had a fight with shampa a day before I decided to go to Pune (An unplanned journey), which she is always against of.

I had to catch bus around 6.30 from majestic so I finished my tasks in hand and left office around 4:30 as traffic is worst here in Bangalore. I was in hurry as i dont wanted to miss the bus, i reached there around 5:30-5:45. I was happy that i reached before time, but when i came to know that bus will come around 7.30, I was surprised. was feeling bad that i could not go office and finish some more work.

A manager of the travel office was very short temper person, I was observing him since the time I reached there office. That guy was shouting one every person coming for an enquiry. It was holiday on friday(Ugadi in South and Gudhipadva in Maharashtra, A new year for Maharastrian's). So everyone was in rush to reach home and have some rest from daily hectic work schedule. I had some other plans. It was 7:45 when I asked again about the bus, they said bus has already left kalasipalyam(bus starting point) and must be in traffic. It was ok for me as I am very much aware of bangalore traffic.

I also wanted to charge my battery but there was no open(free) socket, I was in impression(wrong impression) that bus may come anytime to decided not to charge it but that travel guy found one free socket and asked me to charge. I said its ok, but he said, "Go! and charge sir, there is plenty of time.". So I got his point that bus gone take lots of time, I would have make my mind that its gone take more than a day to reach Pune, but here I made mistake. I was keep telling myself that I will be late by 2-3-4 hours not more than that.

In the meantime I met Satyajit from Mumbai and Ganesh from Sangali but living in Vashi, Mumbai, looks typical Maharashtrian. Let me tell you about Satyajit, a cool guy and hardcore traveler. Unfortunately, for everyone, this bus(PRINCE) was a last choice. We all decided to ask that travel guy one by one about bus as it was 8:15. He was smarter than us, answer was same "Bhaiyya gadi idharich hai... traffic main", "Ap baitho abhi aayega 5 min. main".

We were waiting for more than 2 hours now, Satyajit was already drunk a beer so was ready to get into bus and sleep :). He believe's, when you know that travelling is hectic get drunk and sleep. It helps you to go into heaven soon without stress, a perfect solution for these kind of buses which take more than 20 hours for 600km distance. It was all new for me as I never travel with these buses before. He was keep telling me that go and have your food but I was in impression(wrong impression) that once we leave bangalore bus gone stop at some point where I can have food in peace. Sometime's you should listen to experience person, it really helps. Later I had to pay serious cost.

At last bus arrived around 8:45, we were in again in wrong impression that our seat numbers are confirmed but they were not. You need to be very polite to get into bus even though you paid for seat. Luckily I got a good seat. There was a Rajstani, Marwadi guy beside me, later he told me that he is a businessman, does oil import/export business. Although he was married, he was behind one girl who was giving him signal since the time they got into the bus. Everyone get a chance, you have to recognize it.

Bus took another half an hour to start. It was 12 when we left Bangalore city. I was happy that at least we left Bangalore but that happiness was for only short time. Bus got punctured around 1:10, both the rear tire were burst and there was no workshop around so driver had to run bus for some time until he found workshop. It took more than one hour to repair both the tire's. We found one grocery shop, there we had chips(an unknown brand) and banana's (South indian special fruit). Satyajit was keep telling me, if we follow this bus will reach Pune late evening. I was laughing at him but I wasnt knowing that it was his experience. When bus started I had a small sleep of 2-3 hours. When I woke up, I was still seeing coconut trees around, it was indicating that we still have to cross Karnataka boarder. Then I made my mind to leave this bus and get into any other bus or truck. I started discussing this with Satyajit, Ganesh and other few Maharastrian guys. Fortunately Satyajit and Ganesh became ready to leave this bus.

Hubli was the next big town, where we planned to get down and hire the car. Rajstani guy gave me a number of one car owner in Hubli. We finalized on 2500 till Kolhapur. we had to pay him return journey fair. Me, Satyajit and Ganesh started checking other people so that we can share the fair but no one was ready to leave the bus, could be money problem. So we all get down at Hubli bypass and called driver "Sadpa", an old man nearly 55-60 of age. He came with nice, decent Maruti Swift. It was 10:30 in the morning, when we left Hubli. Instead of taking bypass he took us into City to fill the Diesel, he also wanted to save 40 Rs. toll tax. To reach to bypass, you have to cross Dharwad, it is 17 km from Hubli where you can not run your vehicle more than 40 km/h. Its a govt. rule. "No one no the reason.". Somehow we reach to bypass and when sadpa started running vehicle like anything.... 80...90....100...110.......120. :). We were crossing town after town. We also saw PRINCE standing in some motel. We were so happy that we took a right decision to leave bus. After belgaum, we stopped for snacks, Satyajit was looking for wine shop to get a beer, As you know.... "Where this is a WILL, there is a WAY". He got a beer and I got a chakna(snacks).

Satyajit wanted to have one more beer, but I stopped him. As we were in hurry to reach Kolhapur. We also planned to have lunch on the way. We found one good "Maharashtrian" hotel on the way. There we had awesome chiken masala, with unlimited gravy and roti. I was feeling like reach to heaven. I was having such a wonderful lunch after so many days. Sadpa also had lunch with us. This hotel was 55-60 km away from Kolhapur, so it was only one hour journey to reach Kolhapur. We had to finish it fast and hope onto vehicle.

We reach Kolhapur at 2:20, paid 2500 to Sadpa and thanked him for wonderful driving. It was like Bus for Pune was waiting for us :).

Thanks to Satyajit and Ganesh. It was a hectic journey but I got new lifelong friends. Whatever happens it happens for good.

Say "SORRY" and fix it.

During a stopover at the Frankfurt airport, I seized the opportunity to have one of my favorite European meals: good coffee and a pain au chocolate. So I ordered a fresh chocolate croissant and waited for my espresso macchiato.

Out came the pain au chocolate. Loved it. But the coffee was full of milk. The server had given me a latte rather than what I ordered.

I just couldn't be bothered to say anything. It was a small thing and I had a flight to Calcutta to catch. But as I got up, she wondered why I didn't drink my drink. Where I told her I'd ordered an espresso macchiato and this was a latte, she said "Sorry". That was good. But she didn't fix her mistake. That was not so good.

"Sorry" means zero if the problem that led to it remains unfixed. You know what she should have done - if she was a Leader Without a Title. Say sorry and then replace the coffee she gave me with the coffee I'd ordered (and paid for). And if she really wanted to play at wow, she would have given it to me on the house. Now that would have been a real turnaround. And a Sorry that fixed everything.

Please remember, mistakes are nothing more that gorgeous opportunities to make things even better. And a mistake is really only a mistake if you make it twice.

Words....

redundant - not necessary because something else means or does the same thing.
Ex. As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.

Leaverage - influence that you can use to make people do what you want:
Ex. diplomatic leverage by the US

robust a robust system, organization etc is strong and not likely to have problems:
Ex. The formerly robust economy has begun to weaken.

hyp‧o‧crite
someone who pretends to have certain beliefs or opinions that they do not really have - used to show disapproval

"Tingya" a story of a boy. - Awesome movie.

A story of a boy in a village, Mandve who has lots of affection for his bull. Its a a story of a father who has to run his home but dont have enough money.

In india that farmer's don't have enough money to survive, to feed there family. "Tingya" a son of "Kaba" love's his bull very much as they born with the difference of 2 months. So tingya grown up with his bull friend "Chitangya".

Once Chitangya and failed to work in farm because its leg got hurt in some accident. Kaba has no choice to either sell his bull or give him to Khatic ( A person who kill these animals and sell there meat). When Tingya hear this, he doesn't ready to sell him to khatic. He had a right intention, when a human fell sick we take them to doctor why not animal's. He asked his father, Kaba to do so but his father don't listen. Its not like his father is not ready to Chitangya to doctor but he doesn't have money to feed his family, so from where he will get money to get doctor for his bull.

So the boy decide to get doctor. He manages to go to nearby town and get doctor, but that doesn't help as local doctor suggest to take him to big doctor. As Kaba already decided to sell bull, in weekly market, Tingya tries all his possibilities not to change his fathers mind.

Farmer never wants to sell there own land, animals, home but they had to sell it to survive. for whole life they work in others farm on very small amount of money on which they hardly buy food. Is there life gone change ever? Such movie make you think about them and do something.

Do I really understand people ?

Even though I am away from home from last 11 years, I feel that I don't understand people well. Agree that we learn from experiences but is it necessary that we should taste every experience? I always blame myself and try not hurt others but don't understand why people take me wrong. I do frustrate sometimes, but again invite myself into life. I remind myself a wonderful sentence from Robin Sharma's book "Run your own race".

move on.....

When i left pune, i had a plan of actions to follow at Yahoo!. But unfortunately nothing worked. I jumped into more problems for no reason. I never cared for money before but i realized value of money when i couldn't able to buy my own home. I decided to move on....

From Robin Sharma's blog - IV

Start Strong

Listening to the audiobook called "50/50" by Dean Karnazes - a man who ran fifty miles a day for fifty days straight. Remarkable feat of human endurance. I want to learn how he did it. So I can share his secrets with you.

One of the lessons I've learned from him so far is this one: you can't control how the race will unfold - but you can control how you start it. Great point. Applying it to what we're all about as we achieve great things/leadership in business and in life/personal development, here's my spin: Start Strong...which means start your day doing all the things that will set you up to win the "race" that unfolds over the 23 hours that follow.

If you've read The Greatness Guide and The Greatness Guide Book 2, you know I fiercely believe in the importance of having a Holy Hour each morning - a sixty minute space where you regenerate and renew so that the way you show up through the rest of the day is first-class.

- Morning Reading. Reading inspirational books makes a difference. Whether it's "50/50" or "It's Not About The Bike" by Lance Armstrong or something motivational like anything by Og Mandino, putting excellent mental fuel into your mind at the front end of your day fuels superb results. This practice just helps you remember what's most important in a world that is flooded with tech/things to distract you.

- Journal writing. Write about what your hopes and dreams are. Recreate the story you want your life to be. Do a gratitude list to get you off to a great start. Writing in a journal helps you to live with greater clarity and more deliberately.

- Exercising in the morning is a brilliant move. Boosts creativity/stamina and joy.

- Use affirmations to lock your focus into who you want to become and what activities are most important

- Be grateful. Quickly review the good things in your life. I recently listened to an audio program where Dr. John Demartini was interviewed. He said he never begins his day without thinking about the blessings in his life to the point where tears fill his eyes. Then - and only then - does he feel set to walk out into the world and play at his best. Love it.

Parikrama (A center of learning)

A wonderful day started in hurry. We suppose to be in office by 9.00 but it wasn't possible as we woke at 8.10. We had to rush. Somehow we manage to get ready by 8.50. I knew it would take another 20-30 min to reach office. I showed my smartness and called at office security desk to stop vehicle which suppose to take us to parikrama school.



This was my first visit to parikrama school in last one year and I felt I may have missed lots of chances to see smile on these poor children. But now sure I don't want to miss any chance anymore. I will visit school regularly.



The school was somewhere near to ISKON temple surrounded by slum area. Everything was scheduled before we reach there in school. Its a 2 floor building which runs almost 6 classes. You will find all kind of children's, very innocent. Our visit for them was like someone from other planet came to visit them. They all were very happy to see us.



They have arranged few programs based on freedom fighters. Children sang some patriotic Hindi, Kannada songs which remind me my school days. I used to do all these things. I realized one thing, when you are kid most of the time you don't know what you are doing. You really don't understand the purpose behind it. But as you grown up it make you feel something different. I don't how to describe it but I felt something like that. I was really missing my school days.



I always had a wonderful time with kids. I love kids very much. Few kids wanted to look at the snaps whichever i had taken so I showed them, but then they showed interest in click snaps so i gave my camera every one of them to click photo. I cant explain, they were so happy. look at this kids expression while clicking his snap :).

Here are few more snaps .....

From Robin Sharma's blog - III

Just dont do the things because everyone else does them. Do the things that are right for you. Because being a different for all the right reasons is a wise way to live.

If you want something to be done rather than waiting for luck to look your way, take steps to get it done. Who cares what others thing when you know that what you are doing is the right thing to do.

From Robin Sharma's blog - II

We are all cut from the same cloth. The great leaders were once considered ordinary. Until an idea came to them about how things could be better. That idea transformed how they saw the world. And then they acted on that idea, day by day, week by week, month by month and year by year. Until the world eventually saw them as extraordinary.

"I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves," observed Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild TV show.

To call yourself ordinary is to play victim - I suggest. To say you can't Lead Without Title at work and innovate and inspire and wow clients is to avoid the power that resides within you. To make excuses for not being as passionate/loving/brilliant as you can be is to close your eyes to the call on your life.

So today, walk out into the world as the person who you truly are. That's what leadership is about. That's what authentic success is about. In my mind, that's what being fully human is all about.

From Robin Sharma's blog - I

Life isn't predictable. Some things just don't work out as planned. Setbacks happen. Problems show up. That's just life happening. To fight it is to fight the seasons.

But through the ups and downs, there is one striking consistency: we all have the power of choice. Liberating idea isn't it. We have no power over the way some things ultimately turn out. But in every hour and in every day, we have the capacity to choose how we will think/perform and show up. And that's a ton of power.

And each of these choices is like a seed. It gets planted and must ultimately bear some fruit. Every action is a cause set in motion. There isn't a single choice you make that doesn't drive some result.

So today, choose your best. Stand in your power to create remarkable things at work and in home. Remember, you are not a victim. You are so much more.

My favourite song.....

Manzile apni jagah hai.....

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www.travelocity.com www.travelmartindia.com www.mapsofindia.com www.chennaionline.com www.mumbaitalaash.com www.net2travel.com www.jayahey.com www.biztravel.com www.outlooktraveller.com www.razorfinish.com www.hydonline.com www.bharatplanet.com www.shubhyatra.com www.indiacity.com  www.herald.com www.nydailynews.com www.nytimes.com www.usatoday.com www.indiamela.com www.mapquest.com www.southwest.com www.aa.com www.makemytrip.com www.tourisminindia.com www.accessworldwide.com www.triple1.com www.destinationindia.com www.delta-air.com www.americanair.com www.itn.com www.flycontinental.com www.nwa.com www.iflyswa.com www.twa.com www.ual.com www.usairways.com www.fly-virgin.com www.lowestfare.com www.aol.com www.globe-online.com www.australia.com www.canada.com/travel www.mauritius.com www.touregypt.net www.expedia.com

Loans.

www.allahabadbank.com www.hdfc.com www.countrywideindia.com www.kotakmahindra.com www.associatesindia.com www.birlaglobal.com www.anz.com/india www.icici.com www.apnaloan.com www.citibank.com/india

Art.

www.art.net www.art.com www.indiancanvas.com www.art-in-usa.com www.rossfineart.com www.dart.fine-art.com www.artcyclopedia.com www.wwar.com www.nga.gov www.arthorizons.com www.art-in-canada.com www.art-in-europe.com www.artcottage.com www.smfa.edu www.collectorsguide.com www.artinside.com www.aboutscotland.com

Games.

www.abc.go.com www.psygnosis.com www.hasbrointeractive.com www.mindspace.com www.nazaragames.com www.microsoft.com/games www.shockblitz.com www.simthemepark.com www.gamesdomain.com www.indiagames.com www.gamesville.com www.lycoszone.com www.leftfoot.com www.usacoop.com www.funbrain.com www.blakkat.com www.moonme.com www.nintendo.com www.gungames.com www.gamepen.com www.huronline.com www.gamesdomain.com www.komando.com www.mortalcombat.com www.aylic.com www.leftfoot.com www.gamebot.com www.happypuppy.com www.station.sony.com www.paget.com www.avana.net www.riddler.com www.phrazzle.co.uk www.gamesdepot.com www.amo.qc.ca www.free-gaming.com www.arcadegamesonline.com www.plusmedia.com www.bytesize.com www.piginc.org www.nuclearnet.com www.diablopro.com

Domain Registration.

www.networksolutions.com www.signdomains.com www.domainthugs.com www.enamaskar.com www.123domainregistry.com www.webdomains.net www.surfport.com www.virtualdomains.net wwww.netwizards.net

Music.

www.hrithik.net www.mp3.com www.music3w.com www.indiagaana.com www.dhadkan.com www.musicworld4u.com www.enn2.com www.rhythmindia.com www.supernet.com www.musiccurry.com www.whitepathmusic.com www.indiaculture.miningco.com www.musicweb.co.uk www.tipsmusicfilms.com www.topcassette.com www.ancient-future.com www.indiaexpress.com www.hindustan.net www.aishwarya-rai.com www.freemusic2u.com www.coolindiaworld.com www.angelfire.com www.bollynet.com www.joyofindia.com www.geocities.com www.justgo.com www.hamaracd.com www.ccmusic.com www.pointlycos.com www.cqkmusic.com www.guitarsite.com www.steelguitarcanada.com www.mtv.com www.compass.com www.rocknrollvault.com www.music.indiana.edu.com www.imusic.com www.civilwarmusic.net www.webprimitives.com www.classical.net www.allmusic.com www.classicalmusic.co.uk www.classicalusa.com www.tunes.com www.columbiahouse.com www.mp3grand.com www.irish-music.net www.iuma.com www.worldrecords.com www.contemplator.com www.humaracd.com

Properties.

www.indiaproperties.com www.architectmatters.com www.buildzone.com www.indiahomeseek.com www.homeseekars.com www.realestate.com www.pioneershelters.com www.propertyindian.com www.propertymartindia.com www.floor2roof.com www.homes.com www.indianpropertymarket.com www.indiaconstruction.com www.castles.org www.propertybuilder.com www.dcircle.com www.estatebazar.com www.worldlights.com www.estatedeals.com www.estateindia.com www.homesby.com

Chat.

www.icq.com www.netfandu.com www.mirc.com www.yahoo.com www.rediff.com www.coolchat.com www.talkcity.com www.chatting.com www.cybertown.com www.chatjunkies.com

Astrology.

www.astrology.com www.astroexpert.com www.astromantra.com www.astro-vision.com www.dailyprediction.com www.astrology-online.com www.astrosurfindia.com www.starlightastrology.com www.jagjituppal.com www.nostradamus.org www.lindagoodman.net www.zodiacal.com www.astrologyspot.com www.ancientweb.com www.spiritweb.org www.astrostar.com www.realastrology.com www.chineseastrology.com www.cyberastro.com www.astrology-india.com www.astrospeak.com www.starteller.com www.jyotish.com 

Health.

www.apollolife.com www.pharmabiz.com www.onhealth.com www.goodhealthnyou.com www.alibaba.com www.healthfinder.com www.healthyideas.com www.health-library.com www.health2health.com www.arogya.com www.calcuttamedics.com www.doctoranywhere.com www.healthcarenyou.com www.emedlife.com www.bloodgivers.com www.goodhealthdirectory.com www.healthatoz.com www.caducee.net www.indegene.com www.fem40plus.com www.endocrineindia.com www.embarrassingproblems.com www.who.org www.indmedica.com www.ehirc.com www.acupuncture.com www.acupressure.org www.apollohospitals.com www.ayurvedic.org www.cancer.org www.doctorsofindia.com www.doctorsaab.com www.healingpeople.com www.homeopathyhome.com www.webmd.com www.gynonline.com www.mayohealth.com www.yourhealth.com www.indiaherbs.com

Matrimonials.

www.jeevansathi.com www.indiadaily.com www.matrimonials.com www.matrimonialonline.com www.matrimonialsindia.com www.snehaquest.com www.a1im.com www.couples-place.com www.saakshi.com www.searchpartner.com www.inmatch.com www.desilink.com www.hastamilap.com www.indiamatches.com www.indianrishte.com www.matrimonials.indiainfo.com www.indianlink.com www.indiausamarriage.com www.indiacanadamarriage.com www.indobride.com www.marriage.com www.rishteyhirishtey.com www.suitablematch.com www.godblessmatrimonials.com www.indianalliance.com www.indialite.com www.timesmatrimonial.com www.bachelorsindia.com www.webmarriages.com www.marriagebuilders.com www.globeads.com www.cyberproposal.com www.ourmarriage.com www.keralamatrimonial.com www.waycoolwedding.com www.weddingcircle.com www.marriagetools.com

Sports.

www.wwf.com www.collegesports-online.com www.onlinesports.com www.espn.go.com www.khel.com www.bharatiyahockey.org www.golfindia.com www.indianopengolf.com www.indianhockey.com www.indiarace.com www.indiapolo.com www.indianfootball.com www.tennisindia.org www.yourgolfguru.com www.excite.com www.ski.com.au www.usatoday.com www.adventuresports.com www.iransports.net www.activeusa.com www.attpbgolf.com www.nike.com www.leisurepursuits.com www.foxsports.com www.wimbledon.com www.allsports.com www.caaws.ca/main.htm www.sportingnews.com

Animals.

www.allpets.com www.petchannel.com www.theoviary.com www.peta-online.org www.panda.org www.aquarium.org www.nj.com/yucky/worm www.remedia.com www.animalsunlimited.net www.indianwildlife.com www.sandiegozoo.com www.animal.discovery.com www.junglelore.com www.wildphotos.com www.cranes.org www.mahaforest.gov.in www.animalweb.com

Comedy

www.comedy.com www.comedycentral.com www.jokewallpaper.com www.theonion.com www.humorsearch.com www.funnies.com www.netfunny.com/rhf www.humorpower.com www.humorproject.com www.jokes.com www.lotsofjokes.com www.comedynet.com www.cybercheeze.com www.comedyorama.com www.cartoon.com www.humorspace.com www.humorandhealth.com www.jokeaday.com www.funny.co.uk www.makeyoulaugh.com www.planethumor.com www.comic-relief.com Films/Movies www.film..com www.filmscouts.com  www.imdb.com www.777film.com www.reel.com www.hollywood.com www.bollywood.com www.filmtvindia.com www.bollywoodonline.com www.bollywoodpremiere.com www.indiamoviebiz.com www.cinesouth.com www.indiatalkies.com www.qcinema.com www.actress-actor.com

Books.

www.amazon.com www.merikitaab.com www.barnesandnoble.com www.mozzie.com www.idgbooks.com www.ingrambook.com www.ambook.org www.bookwire.com www.booktv.com www.bestbookbuys.com www.bigbook.com www.1stbooks.com www.borders.com www.bookbrowser.com www.bookweb.org www.abebook.com www.worldbooknetwork.com www.vintage-books.com www.bookstudio.com www.booktalk.com

Hobbies

www.coinuniverse.com www.stampworld.com www.juggling.com www.hobbyworld.com www.hobbies.net www.ehobbies.com www.creative-hobbies.com www.caboosehobbies.com www.guineahobbies.com www.hobbystores.com www.sabersedge.com www.hobbyhobby.com www.towerhobbies.com

Kids.

www.cyberkids.com www.kidlink.org www.kidsworld.com www.vsa.cape.com/powens www.headbone.com www.kids-corner.com www.kidsdomain.com www.kids-space.org www.kidscom.com www.safekids.com www.child.net www.4kids.com www.kotb.com www.timeforkids.com www.foxkids.com www.cyberkids.com www.bonus.com

Decorations

www.orientarts.com www.creepypeepers.com www.decor.a2z-holidays.com www.indodecor.com www.dir-dd.com www.alliving.com www.decoegypt.com www.gospurk.com www.topbrillant.com www.decoratingstudio.com www.homeartdecor.com www.interiorworld.com 

Encyclopedia

www.encyclopedia.com www.encarta.msn.com www.britannica.com www.ntreasearch.com www.go.grolier.com www.kids.infoplease.com www.letsfindout.com www.stars.com www.boatshowusa.com www.encyclozine.com www.libraryspot.com www.shotokai.cl www.emulateme.com

Furniture

www.furniture.com www.furnitureonline.com www.goodhome.com www.drawrn.com/furn.htm www.furniturefind.com www.go-furniture.com www.bluetomatoes.com www.jori.com www.furnitureguys.com www.thomasville.com www.chinese-furniture.com www.furnitureshoppers.com www.willowcreekfurniture.com www.worlddesigncenter.com

Maps

maps.yahoo.com www.mapquest.com www.map.org www.map.excite.com www.map.com www.emagame.com www.maptown.com www.thomas.com www.chicagomap.com www.mapacademy.com www.3datlas.com www.4maps.com

History

www.historychannel.com www.thehistorynet.com www.history.com www.historyhouse.com www.historyinternational.com www.historyplace.com www.historyoftheworld.com www.hyperhistory.com www.womeninworldhistory.com 

Parenting

www.indiaparenting.com www.fathersworld.com www.allaboutparents.com www.familyplay.com www.indiachildren.com www.indianmoms.com www.indianmother.com www.parentsoup.com www.parentstages.com www.mustformums.com www.drspock.com www.babycenter.com www.parenting.com

Others

www.sawaal.com www.planetcustomer.com www.screensaver.com www.bimaonline.com www.masti.com www.fashiononline.com www.mailmetoday.com www.bimatimes.com www.indialedger.com www.glamorousfaces.com www.ideas2.com www.bizkool.com www.indianroots.com www.bonzi.com www.elabh.com www.directhit.com

How to download and convert youtube videos

(Off course i found it somewhere and copying to my  blog for my knowledge)

1) Copy the URL from the page with the video

2) Paste this in the text box at the top of vidgrabber.com and select from the source options in the dropdown menu.

FLV Players [Windows and OS X]: Wimpy http://www.wimpyplayer.com/products/wimpy_standalone_flv_player.html VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Transcoding Software: Riva http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Riva-FLV-Encoder-Download-14482.html Total Video Converter http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/index.htm Imtoo http://www.imtoo.com/downloads/avi-mpeg-converter-2.exe

3) Right click on the box that says 'Download Link' and select 'Save link as' (in Firefox), or 'Save target as' in Internet Explorer.

4) The file should begin downloading. It should be a .flv file, but in some cases it will be called get_video.htm or similar. In these cases you must change the extension of the file manually to .flv

You may need to set your system to show file extensions to change.

To play the .flv file we reccommend Wimpy (it’s free):
http://www.wimpyplayer.com/products/wimpy_standalone_flv_player.html

 How to download and convert youtube videos

Converting the FLV
For the next step of the process you will need to find a compiled version of FFMPEG. The program is free, but is not generally distributed as a compled binary. A list of download sources is provided at the end of this page. You will find versions with differing amounts of bugs. You may need to try a few version before you find one that works. Once you have ffmpeg.exe, put your .FLV file and ffmpeg.exe into the same folder. Open a command line by going to Start - Run and type in cmd.exe. Hit Enter and you will be looking at your command line. Navigate to the folder containing the FLV (and ffmpeg.exe) using the CD command. Issue the magical command of: ffmpeg.exe -i yourvid.flv output.avi (you could also change it to output.mov or output.mpg if you want to convert to one of those).

ffmpeg.exe should kick in and begin converting the file. It will look something like this.

You can find the output file in the same directory as the input file. If it doesn’t work, you may have a buggy version of ffmpeg. Try find a better one. Here are some places you might find them: http://arrozcru.no-ip.org/ffmpeg_builds/ http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?Convert_Tools:FFMPEG http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ffmpeg

Understand SMTP error messages.

I found this very good and interesting post on email.about.com so pasting it here for my knowledge as well as for those people who are interested in knowing what SMTP errors numbers indicates.

The Meaning of the Numbers

A mail server will reply to every request a client (such as your email program) makes with a return code. This code consists of three numbers.

The first generally tells whether the server accepted the command and if it could handle it. The five possible values are:

• 1: The server has accepted the command, but does not yet take action. A confirmation message is required. Currently, this is not used.
• 2: The server has completed the task successfully.
• 3: The server has understood the request, but requires further information to complete it.
• 4: The server has encountered a temporary failure. If the command is repeated without any change, it might be completed. Mail servers can use such temporary failures to keep untrusted senders at bay.
• 5: The server has encountered an error.

The second number gives more information. Its six possible values are:

• 0: A syntax error has occurred.
• 1: Indicates a informational reply, for example to a HELP request.
• 2: Refers to the connection status.
• 3 and 4 are unspecified.
• 5: Refers to the status of the mail system as a whole and the mail server in particular.

The last number is even more specific and shows more graduations of the mail transfer status. This leads us to the detailed list of ESMTP server response codes, as laid down in RFC 821 and later extensions.

Examples :
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• 211 - A system status message.
• 214 - A help message for a human reader follows.
• 220 - SMTP Service ready.
• 221 - Service closing.
• 250 - Requested action taken and completed. The best message of them all.
• 251 - The recipient is not local to the server, but the server will accept and forward the message.
• 252 - The recipient cannot be VRFYed, but the server accepts the message and attempts delivery.

• 354 - Start message input and end with .. This indicates that the server is ready to accept the message itself (after you have told it who it is from and where you want to to go).

• 421 - The service is not available and the connection will be closed.
• 450 - The requested command failed because the user's mailbox was unavailable (for example because it was locked). Try again later.
• 451 - The command has been aborted due to a server error. Not your fault. Maybe let the admin know.
• 452 - The command has been aborted because the server has insufficient system storage.

The following error messages (500-504) usually tell you that your email client is broken. It's probably best to let the program's author know.

• 500 - The server could not recognize the command due to a syntax error.
• 501 - A syntax error was encountered in command arguments.
• 502 - This command is not implemented.
• 503 - The server has encountered a bad sequence of commands.
• 504 - A command parameter is not implemented.

• 550 - The requested command failed because the user's mailbox was unavailable (for example because it was not found, or because the command was rejected for policy reasons).
• 551 - The recipient is not local to the server. The server then gives a forward address to try.
• 552 - The action was aborted due to exceeded storage allocation.
• 553 - The command was aborted because the mailbox name is invalid.
• 554 - The transaction failed. Blame it on the weather.

Unix questions and answers

Que - How shell "builtin" commands are different from regular commands ?

Ans - "builtin" -- means the shell implements the call instead of calling an external program. It does not have anything to do with kernel/user space. It saves process creation overhead and makes the shell script run more efficiently.