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A: Hello sir, I am your bank’s customer. I want to know something.
Bank: Oh sure, how can I help you?
A: My a/c no is ….. Some one deposited a cheque four days back and my a/c has not been credited till date. Normally it takes 3 days but today is 4th day. Can you tell me what is the problem?
Bank: Certainly, I will be happy to help you, can you just hold for 1 minute, let me punch in the your a/c no into PC and umm… wait and no, there is no sign of any cheque deposit in your a/c. Kindly confirm with the person who deposited the cheque.
A: OK
hang up…
A: Hello sir, how are you?
Person: Hi, am fine wat bout you?
A: Me not fine, could you please tell me the details of cheque you deposited in my a/c…
Person:?? Sure, I deposited a cheque on 16th, cheque no xxxxxx and it was deposited in a/c no 00860011…
A: Wait, repeat the a/c no again
Person:00860011…
Ah, now I know
Person: what???
A: My account no is 0086000111…
Person: Oops!!
A: Yes, Ooops!!! I have lost 18K.

Moral: Next time note down the Bank A/C no more carefully. Never underestimate the power of 0s and 1s.

ishq wo aatish hai ghalib,
jo lagaye na lage aur bujhaye na bujhe
Passion can’t be ignited and when ignited can’t be put to rest.

My dad tried hard, very best, everything, love, slaps, anything, to make sure his son has a good handwriting. But he failed. He could not ignite that passion. I had a flair for sketching but that too died. And now am all determined to learn atleast 2 more languages. Urdu and Persian or French. This time the burning desire has got more fuel from some of good bloggers. Lady DON, I still dont know wats her name Fizaa, Don, Dawn or Seher. But her blogs, this and this, both feature a blog radio, full of gazals, and I am lisning to gazals again.
Gazals turn me serious.
Now only one person can’t make me serious. Then Copy Cat hav suddenly started to like some good songs which are basically gazals.
I am tempted to learn Urdu.
I have been adding words to my vocabulary. I have become a pain (in b***s) for Adnan and one day he said, dont mail me.
But the passion has been ignited.
So apart from learning good managerial skills Urdu is on my list now.
One sher to conclude.
zamane se keh do ab muje na roke,
meri rehbari khud junoon kar raha hai
Tell the world not to stop me, am being guided by my passion.

rehbari = guidence
Junoon = passion in this context for me only, the word has got many meanings and depends on the context.

I love Bacardi White RUM. The wallpaper on my desktop is now a glass of Mojito. I simply enjoy Bacardi with water or sometime sparkiling soda but rarely go for cocktails. There is a common belief in India that RUM is only good in winters. But I enjoy Bacardi RUM whole year. How? On the Rocks. Melting ice dilutes the shot and one can sip the rum. I started drinking just coz of taste and now the following is on my list.

Mojito recipe - the original authentic recipe from Havana Cuba
(Actually I found this from net. Infact I found many and then using law of avearages I only found this one ok. Its easy to find the stuff also.)
1 teaspoon powdered sugar, around 20-25 grams max
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces/50-55 grams/2 tablespoons)
4-5 fresh mint leaves
Havana Club white Rum, bacardi wat else (2 ounces/ one drink)
2 ounces club soda (2 ounces/ one drink)
i.e. equal amount of lime juice, soda and bacardi with sugar and mint just maikng 25-40% of whole the stuff, for taste only.
1 sprig of mint for garnishing.
Place the mint leaves into a long mojito glass (often called a “collins” glass) . Now how to find this glass. Find the tallest glass. The normal Yera glasses found in Indian house hold will not do. Taller glass. Squeeze the juice from a cut lime over it. About two ounces of lime juice. You will need 2-3 limes. Add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (some kind of long wooden thicker than pencil and taller as pencil. Though you can also use the back of a fork or spoon if one isn’t available). Add ice cubes if ypu have, (preferably crushed) then add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda. Garnish with mint sprig. Looks simple.

Back with public demand. Yes people It’s me. Praise me. Worship me. I am the one. I am great.
Shameless_Self_Promashan ™

A lady awoke one morning and discovered her dog was not moving. She called the Vet who asked her to bring the dog in. After a brief examination the Vet pronounced the dog dead.

“Are you sure?” the distraught woman asked. The Vet paused for a moment and said, “There is one more thing we can do to make sure”.

He left the room for a moment and returned carrying a large cage with a cat inside it. The Vet opened the cage door and the cat walked over to the dog, sniffed the dog from head to toe, and then went back to the cage.

“Well, that confirms it!” said the Vet,”your dog has got to be dead!”

Satisfied that the Vet had done everything he could, the woman sighed, “How much do I owe you?”

“That will be $330″ the Vet replied.

“I don’t believe it!” Said the woman, “What did you do that cost $330?????”

“Well,” said the Vet, “its $30 for the office visit and $300 for the CAT SCAN!!”