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Review : Dyson Website

Keeping places clean is an important thing, both at work at homes for obvious reasons… One we don’t like walking around on carpets which have dust in them, neither would people who work with us for us or the customer’s who visit our shops or stores or the people who work in that corporate building that we are the service providers for…

What comes in handy is Vacuum Cleaners… and let me introduce you to one of the most beautiful Vacuum Cleaner brand I have seen so far, Dyson… The best looking designs, which look good even if they are kept right out instead of tucked away in the closets, and work like magic too and that too at very competitive prices for the quality they offer.

When you visit the Dyson website you would now be greeted with a brand new website, with ease of browsing and loads of important information. Go, wander around the site, read about what you want and what you need, pick a nice vacuum cleaner for yourself and order it online if you’d like to be delivered to your doorsteps…

The range of vacuum cleaners includes the Upright range, the cylinder range, the handhelds in addition to the parts and Dyson Genuine Accessories, not to forget the amazing Airblades which dry your hands in half the time as compared to the rest of the hand dryers.

The website also offers assistance on searching for the right Dyson for yourself in case you have some allergies, if you are a pet owner or you are concerned about the weight of the equipment or its storage.

Once you have bought the product, you would also be able to register it online and get support in case you have been facing any issues, chances of which are not too high though 🙂

All in all, a great product with the right support right from selection to use to maintenance… worth it !!!

5 December 2007
small words big message

Mom sent me this poem today in email… 🙂

एक चिडिया के बच्चे चार ,
घर से निकले पंख पसार ,
पूरब से पश्चिम हो आये ,
उत्तर से दक्षिण हो आये ,
बोले देख लिया हमने जग सारा ,
अपना घर है सबसे प्यारा

🙂 🙂 :))

4 December 2007
Addition to the menu…

Its no big deal…

all it takes is some

~Fresh grounded black Pepper
~Salt
~Butter like spread
~Chilly flakes
~ Basil and oragano
~ Chilly tomato sauce
~ sandwich pickle with veggie peices in it..
~ tomatoes
~ bell peppers ( I like yellow and red ones) and finally
~ bread( preferably the brown bread, but for this week, white one will do)

and you got a not too bad lunch pack with two different types of sandwiches ready…

And it tasted pretty neat too, because of the fact that I made it or I made it for the first time or whatever… it was nice 🙂

this means, The चाय की दुकान would now, also be able to serve freshly prepared sandwiches while you are sipping your favorite cup of tea…

Enjoy 🙂

4 December 2007
Review : Shopping Cart Software by Ashop Commerce

With the Internet becoming more popular as the shopping destination for a lot of us out there, it becomes imperative for the sellers to be able to give us the best and the most secure way of doing transactions online…

This is where the ecommerce software and online shopping carts play a very important role. A website that is selling something very interesting but is not able to give its customer the confidence of shopping online with it would not be able to do as good as a website where the customers feel confidant and comfortable paying money.

So if you are someone who is selling or is thinking of selling things online, the next few lines are going to be important for you.

Ashop commerce is a website that offers customisable ecommerce software at competitive prices. The secure shopping cart software is integrated with major bank, gateways and third party processors including paypal.

You have the option of trying the shopping cart software for free for 10 and also avail the free store design offer to give your audience a good to look at interface and make them feel about your online store.

The set up of this ecommerce software is easy and does not require any plug-ins or programming. It offers a web-based store administration and free technical support through phone, email or chat and to top it all, you don’t need to be an techie to use this software.

With loads of features relate to inventory, layout and design, payment options, shipping, web optimisation, sales analysis, support, and repeat customer accommodation, built in and the flexibility to use what you want to in the way you want to, this ecommerce software might just be the key to your online store.

3 December 2007
Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world ~T’ien Yiheng

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Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world ~T’ien Yiheng, originally uploaded by ~Panache.

Sharanya uploaded this picture on her flickr page today… Thanks Sharanya for reminding me of one of my favorite drinks ever !!!

Tea… my best companian on all the trips I’ve had so far !!! and looks like its not changing… except when I am travelling in the UK… its coffee in those paper/plastic mugs with covers on the top… no steam nothing…

3 December 2007
Jhini re Jhini re Jhini..

If I had to think about one album that I could listen to over and over again, without thinking of forwarding the songs that has to be KANDISA, by Indian Ocean…Needless to mention, I am in love with the way the music and the lyrics flow in every single song… and the vocals are fantastic… Another song that I love to love is the title song from the album Jhini… love the folk touch with the guitar and the percussion… for me music does not get better than this…

Nothing in my list of albums that I want to hear a million times beats Kandisa.

And I noticed something today… you can go to the official website of the band and download the MP3s from there itself…

2 December 2007
कुछ ऐसा करने का dil करे

dil का अरमान के खुली हवा हो …

और उसे सांस मे भर लेने का dil करे

आखों के आगे न ज़मीन हो न आस्मान …

और चलते चले जाने का dil करे

ऊपर देखूं तो कुछ तारे मुझसे बात करने के लिए नीचे हो जाएँ …

और मेरा sirf उनको niharne का dil करे …

कहीं दूर पहाड़ के पीछे से बांसुरी की आवाज़ आये …

और मेरा भी कुछ गाने गुनगुनाने का dil करे …

कहीं दूर एक झरने से पानी के गिरने की आवाज़ आ रही हो …

और उस आवाज़ मे खो जाने का dil करे …

एक् रेलगाडी की सीटी सन्नाटे को चीरते हुए मेरे कानो तक पहुंचे …

और फिर वापस घर जाने के dil करे …

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Dil ka armaan ke khuli hawa ko…

aur Saans lene ka dil kare

aakhon ke aage na zameen ho na aasman…

aur chalte chale jaane ka dil kare

upar dekhoon to kuch taare mujhse baat karne ke liye neeche ho jayen…

aur mera sirf unko niharne ka dil kare…

Kahin door pahad ke peeche se baansuri ki aawaz aaye…

aur mera bhi kuch gaane gungunane ka dil kare…

kaheen door jharne se paani ke girne ki aawaz aa rahi ho…

aur us aawaz mein kho jaane ka dil kare…

ek railgaadi ki seeti sannate ko cheerte hue mere kaano tak pahunche…

aur phir wapas ghar jaane ke dil kare…

30 November 2007
Parental Guidance Advised ‘even’ for Adults

I reached home pretty late last night almost around midnight…

It was a li’il strange sitting in the train coach all alone… no one in the entire coach that I was sitting in… but was kinda happy to see a lot of people get down at Horley, the town where I am staying these days…

A good 10 minute walk under the stars to home, and a warm room… nice…

Switched on the television, got the juice from the fridge.. and saw something on TV that almost shocked me…

A Girl’s guide to 21st Century Sex..

Yes that was the name of the program on Channel 4, one of the 4 channels that i get on the TV in my room… and this program was about the to dos and the don’ts… i guess i joined the program in the last 20 minutes of the last episode of the season 1… hence a quick recap of what was there in the entire series was being shown, which included

~Discusions with sex experts about how to get the most out of your encounters
~People having sex on camera, with cameras stuck all over their bodies… and inside too ( if you know what I mean), so basically leaving nothing to imagination…
~Alternative Sex.. Gays, Lesbians, Groupies, Tantric Sex and all that…and
~Some utterly grose Surgeries…

And nothing about this program was even remotely erotic… While I had to appreciate the intention behind it, I still found myself asking if TV shows need to be this explicit about SEX… I am not sure…

and why is this program titled a Girl’s Guide to…

30 November 2007
The Itch to Drive…

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18060007, originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ “FoTo-SoFiCaL” Bhardwaj.

A = Accelerator
B= Break
C = Clutch
D = Drive
E = Exciting
F = Fkking Exciting
G = God, when do I drive again?
H = Hoping to Drive soon
I = I want to drive
J : Jab I drive, tab I have fun
K : Kabhi na kabhi, I will drive from JK to Kanya Kumari
L : Long Drive
M : Mornings are the best time to drive
N : Nothing else but Palio
O : Ooops, i forgot one CD.. damn..
P : Phull Time Masti
Q : Questions on the rules here…
R : Raring to Go
S : Speed thrills, but kills…
T : total funn…
U : U turns to boring places not allowed
V : Very nice thoughts
W : Whole of India..
X : Xciting
Y: Y wait…
Z : ZZZZ never while driving.. but i like if the rest of the gang is sleeping and i am driving 🙂

and one song that I have to have to listen to when I am out on a drive is All Star by Smashmouth… check out the lyrics below… its been my favorite for ages now…

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kinda dumb with her fingers and her
Thumb
And the shape of an “L” on her forehead

Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn’t make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what’s wrong with taking the back streets
You’ll never know if you don’t go
You’ll never shine if you don’t glow

Hey now you’re an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you’re a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

It’s a cool place and they say it gets colder
You’re bundled up now but wait ’til you get older
But the media men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world’s on fire how about yours
That’s the way I like it and I never get bored

Hey now you’re an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you’re a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

Hey now you’re an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you’re a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars…

Somebody once asked, “could you spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place”
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change.

Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn’t make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what’s wrong with taking the back streets
You’ll never know if you don’t go
You’ll never shine if you don’t glow

Hey now you’re an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you’re a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

(And all that glitters is gold)
Only shooting stars break the mold

28 November 2007
Sympathy for me…

How does it feel to open the shower one chilly winter morning, hoping that you will have some warm, if not hot water… and what pours on you is the cold water…

sounds like a funny situation !!! When that happens to me, which it does at times… i usually scream out loud!!! 😀

what happens when something of this sort happens to emotions…

Something similar happened to me sometime back… Its not been a very interesting trip this time in UK… work pressure, being alone, not speaking a single word for the entire day, etc etc keeps me busy…

and to add to it one of my monday mornings, not today, started with bad rains and winds… and while I was trying to handle the umbrella and myself, there were cars on the road, which shamelessly kept splashing water on me everytime they passed by… for someone looking at me, that would have been a funny situation.. but there was li’il that I could do… if i stand under the only two shades around, the cars would ensure i was wet… and otherwise, the rains and the winds would… pretty neat consipiracy that was 😀

last week… I was told that when I told about this incident to a friend, I was looking for sympathy for my condition in UK…

and I was stunned… why would a friend ask for Sympathies?
… friends don’t need sympathies !!! do they?
was I looking for sympathy? NO…

strange…

That incident made me think about a few other people would have reacted to this situation of mine

Aro: He would have laughed his ass off…. and he will when i tell him this…
Deepu : Would give a quick practical advice on how i can manage the next time this happens…
Subbu : Would listen and not really react to it…
Bindiya: would just laugh and tell me that I am responsible and that I am an idiot to get out in the rain… to end it would ask if I managed a cup of tea or not when i reached office…
Tushar : Would have said,” Chal koi na… wapas aaja chai piyenge”.
Mom : Would have called, emailed to ensure that i was keeping myself warm and packed for atleast 5 days after that day… she did… though she does not know that I was running fever the entire week…

While I now smile thinking about how some people, I know, would extend their sympathies to this cry baby; I remind myself of being careful of how people look at you… its not a very good feeling when you are looked down upon and made to realise that you are not worth it… and I am going to not like it for a very long time….

Oh on a footnote, I am thinking of doing a roadtrip between London to Brussels via Paris sometime soon… any ideas or thoughts?

26 November 2007