Respect the Chai (tea)

I recently had to go to a cobbler, as my shoe's sole broke while i was going somewhere, so after asking directions from someone for a nearby cobbler, i managed to hop till there, unfortunately there were quite a few 'babus' already present over there for boot-polish, and i was getting late already. Then the old man (the cobbler), looked up while sipping his tea, and asked "kya hua?" (what happened?), i replied casually, "koi bat nahi, baba, pehle chai peelo, phir dekh lena". He smiled back at me, finished his tea, and then ignored all those babus who waiting for boot-polish, repaired my shoe very quickly and skillfully and withing 2 mins i was back on road.

Moral of the story: Respect the chai.. ;-")

Never get stuck Behind a Learner

BAD:
You are on a two wheeler, stuck behind a car in a narrow lane, and you are getting late.

WORSE:
You notice that there is big "L" (learner) sign in red color, on the car, and apparently it is for the driver itself, and unfortunately the driver isn't aware of the reverse gear in car

WORST:
The driver is a woman, no offence. I believe in 9 out 10 things women are better than men, but then driving, they need some serious help.

StumbleUpon is Addictive!

StumbleUpon is a web service which allows you to browse through webpages, that have been marked as worth a visit by fellow users, something like the del.icio.us service.

Now comes my warning, it is short but not sweet:
Do not touch (click) the stumble button till you got loads of time to spare or you possess an iron will power. It is simply addictive, i just couldn't resist myself from going to one more page related to programming/tech/humor.

Try it at your own risk. ^|^

fortunately, i learnt this lesson long back.

Never wait for a Baraat! ;-(

Never, ever, in your life, apply the laws of motion/logic/time-management to estimate the time that a Baraat (A procession, which is a part of "The Great Indian Marriage") will take to travel the 100 meters that it need to cover to reach the reception area. And for heaven's sake, even if you are blessed with the lowest level of IQ possible, please do not estimate that time in minutes.

It requires extraordinary patience for the procession to cover those few meters in a time span of atleast an hour and half. Here i am making an important assumption that people who are dancing in that procession, are not drunk out of their sense, in which case, you can safely extent that time span by another 40 minutes.