My Visit to Bangalore Palace!

This weekend I happened to visit Bangalore palace - 4 of us - my dad, mom, saloni(my room mate) and I.
As soon as we reached the palace, the guards directed us to the ticket counter. We went there and my dad asked for 4 tickets. The lady at the counter screened me from top to bottom, then said,"Below 18, only half ticket, sir!!".
My dad asked,"So, you mean you will give us only three and a half tickets??"
The lady said,"Yes!"
Can you believe it???
I simply recalled the advertisement - "meri twacha se meri umar ka pata hi nahi chalta - santoor santoor!!"
Coming to the review about palace, it wasn't that great, as I have seen Mysore palace - which is huge and fully commercialized where as this palace was not even maintained properly.They rent out the place for weddings, approximately 1.75L per hall room and 4.5L for just the ground area.

Any takers??

BhoothNath - The Movie

Happened to watch BhoothNath yesterday in Fame Cinemas, Bangalore.

About the Multiplex:
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Multiplex seemed really promising. The sound and the video quality was excellent. The seating was very comfortable. And most importantly, it seemed like a multiplex auditorium, not just a room with a screen just bigger than 25" screen. The food court was also good, just that they were not giving the bills for the items purchased.

About the Movie:
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The movie, as the trailers clearly show, is not a horror movie - but rather a sweet movie with a child(BANKU - Born to Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla) being the center of attraction. Everyone loves him - his parents, family, friends, etc.He happens to be the naughtiest child around and with his sweet childish acts, he manages to be friendly with the BHOOTH as well.
Till here, the movie was quite as shown in the trailers. After this, the story takes a new angle, which neither the name of the movie nor the trailers reveal. The angle is 'Parental Love'. The Bhooth seems to have a story of his own with his son. That is what makes his soul wander around and not rest in peace. After a lot of melodramatic scenes, Shahrukh, Juhi, The kid and BHOOTH's son organize a POOJA for the soul's MUKTI.

I wont say A MUST WATCH. But yeah, a GOOD TIME PASS. The kid has acted really nicely.

- Nidhi Chaudhary

No Care,No education,No food,No self-respect,No dignity,No Choice,No Power!!

It was really disheartening to see a news on NDTV about the condition of women in India.The lives of these women in rural India is a struggle, right from their birth.
No Care, No education, No food, No self-respect, No dignity, No Choice, No Power, Nothing - but insults and dishonors is what they get! What is their fault?? Why .. Just Why.. is society so cruel to them..?? No Man can tolerate such a behavior with his sister, then why doesn't he understand that the girl he is torturing - mentally and physically - is also someone's sister, daughter,mother and above all - a Human! She also has the right to be HAPPY, the right to LIVE! In the Report, I watched today, they were showing the different phases of life's struggle - a woman has to go through before reaching a stage where she has to actually beg god for death.
As a child, she is not accepted in the family - No Food, No Education, Sometimes SOLD for money too!
When she grows a little up, she is either married(without her knowledge and consent, of course), or raped by someone in the village - which in turn gives others the right to call her 'BADCHALAN' (of a bad character!) and sometimes, a child too...
And the pain doesnot end here, the child for whom she has done hell lot of sacrifices, refuses to support her when she needs care and attention - he even refuses to give her food!
The story comes back to from where it started - No Food, No Care, No self-Respect,No Dignity, No Choice, No Power!
Is this why we are born as humans?? Aren't Animals much better than we are??

Keep thinking!
- Nidhi Chaudhary

Emotional Intelligence Quotient

Your EQ is 167

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick! 51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese. 71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely. 91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that. 111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt. 131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin. 150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

Funny One-Liners

• Nurse: A beautiful woman who holds your hand for one full minute and then expects your pulse to be normal


• At the scene of an accident a man was crying: O God! I hv lst my hand, oh!
Santa: Control urself. Don't cry. See that man. He has lost his head. Is he crying?


• A blonde was being admonished by the doctor: Until the penicillin cleans out ur infection, u r to have no relations whatsoever!
Pausing for a moment, blonde replied: Ok, but what about friends & neighbors?


• A French in a hotel in NY, phoned room service for some pepper.
Attendant: Black pepper or white pepper?
French: Toilette pepper!


• A French guest, staying in a hotel in New York, phoned room service for some pepper.
"Black pepper, or white pepper?" asked the concierge.
"Toilette pepper!" said the Frenchman.


• A history professor and a psychology professor were sitting on a deck at a nudist colony.
The history professor asked the psychology professor, "Have you read Marx?"
The psychology professor replied, "Yes, I think they are from the wicker chairs."


• We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations--we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together


• Mother: So, you want to become my son-in-law?
Boy: Not really, but I don't see any other way to marry your daughter


• Two women were talking about their new milkman.
First: He's very good looking, punctual & dresses so smartly.
And so quickly too!, said the other.


• Santa & Banta were walking in the highlands then suddenly Santa fell down a deep hole.
Banta: Are you ok?
Santa: Fine thanks!
Banta: Did you break anything?
Santa: No, there's nothing down here!


• An old: Doc, I think I'm getting senile. Several times lately, I have forgotten to zip up.
Doc: That's not senility. Senility is when you forget to zip down.


• Boss: We are very keen on cleanliness. Did you wipe your feet on the mat as you came in?
New employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: We are also keen on truthfulness. There is no mat.


• It isn't widely known, but the first toilet seat was invented by an Irish scientist in the 18th century. The invention was later modified by an English inventor who put a hole in the seat.


• There is a sign in the toilet of the Sex Change Clinic. It reads "We may never piss this way again."


• Santa always leave an empty milk carton in the refrigerator just in case someone wants their coffee black.


• Guide: I welcome u all to the Niagra falls. These are the world's largest waterfalls & the sound intensity of the waterfall is so high, sound of even 20 supersonic planes passing can't b heard! Now may I request the ladies to keep quiet so that we can hear the Niagra Falls??


• A blonde calls a mechanic 2 fix her car, he gets it goin in 2 minutes.
What was the prob?
Just shit in the air filter
How often do I hv to do that?


• Santa falls in luv with a nurse... After much thinking, he finally writes a love letter to her: "I luv u sister."


• Q: Why dogs don't marry?
A: Because they are already leading a dog's life!


• A history teacher & his wife were sitting at a table. The wife asked. 'Anything new at work?'
He replied, 'No, I'm teaching History.'


• Two old ladies were attending a rather long church service. One leaned over & whispered: My butt is going to sleep. 'I know,' replied the other, 'I heard it snore three times.'


• Q: What's the diff between mother & wife?
A: One woman brings into the world crying & the other ensures you continue to do so.


• A guy took a part time job as an opinion poll sampler, calling people for their views on various issues. On his very first call, he introduced myself, "Hello, this is a telephone poll."
A man on the other end replied, "Yeah, and this is a street light!"


• Santa enters kitchen, opens sugar container, looks inside and closes it. He does this again and again. Why?
Because his Doctor told him to check sugar level regularly.


• Boss: I'll give you 3000 per month and in three months, I'll raise it to 6000. So when would you like to start?
Santa: In 3 months.


• A girl proposed to Santa and he denied simply saying that in our family, we marry only our relatives. My mom married my dad, my brother married my bhabhi , my uncle married my aunt and so on. So please excuse me !!!!!


• I took my secretary to lunch the other day, and I discovered she was not the old fashioned type. After two old fashions she couldn't type.


• Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world.
There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord,"
And there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."


• There was this guy who told his woman that he loved her so much that he would go thru hell for her. They got married and now he is going thru hell.


• An army sergeant told Santa to go to the end of the line. He did, but then returned.
"I thought I told you to go to the end of the line," barked the sergeant. "Why did you come back?"
"Because there's already somebody there!"

Car Theft Controller

Car Theft Controller - a GSM Technology based alert which is installed in your car.

If any unknown enters into the car, the Infra Red system detects that and activates the sim which is inside your car. The technology used is GSM and not CDMA as it has a better coverage.
It will then send you a message that your car is in danger.All you have to do is send a message saying "Seize the engine" and the engine would get jammed in seconds.
Now the problem is that if any friend lends your car for a day(or two..or three ;-)), all you have to do is stop the infra red syatem from detecting any kind of signal. The procedure is same..just send an SMS to your car.
Isnt that simple and great? What makes it more interesting is that it is not designed by some High profile engineers but a group of students who are pursuing their engineering. It really makes me feel WOW!

Sardarji - A Detective A policeman was interrogating 3 SARDARS who were training to become detectives. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first SARDAR a picture for 5 seconds and then hides it. "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?" The first SARDAR answers, "That's easy, we'll catch him fast because he only has one eye!" The policeman says, "Well...uh...that's because the picture I showed is his side profile." Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds at the second SARDAR and asks him, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?" The second SARDAR smiles, flips his hair and says, "Ha! He'd be too easy to catch because he only has one ear!" The policeman angrily responds, "What's the matter with you two?? Of course only one eye and one ear are showing because it's a picture of his side profile! Is that the best answer you can come up with?" Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third SARDAR and in a very testy voice asks, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him? He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a stupid answer." The SARDAR looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The suspect wears contact lenses." The policeman is surprised and speechless because he really doesn't know himself if the suspect wears contacts or not. "Well, that's an interesting answer. Wait here for a few minutes while I check his file and I'll get back to you on that." He leaves the room and goes to his office, checks the suspect's file in his computer, and comes back with a beaming smile on his face. "Wow! I can't believe it. It's TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such an astute observation?" "That's easy," the SARDAR replied. "He can't wear regular glasses because he only has one eye and one ear."