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New blog - Dedicated to Denzel

Opened a new blog dedicated to the versatile actor - Denzel Washington.
Do check it out!

Denzel - Part 4

Found some of denzel's personal quotes on this site.
They are very interesting

Denzel Washington - Part 1

I watched the movie Dejavu last weekend. It was truely wonderful.

While reading about this movie in IMDB, I happened to see Denzel's biography on IMDB.

Thanks to IMDB!! I have 288 photos of Denzel now to droool over.

I also happened to see some of his personal quotes. I liked all of them .. The best are ...

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

[on where he likes to keep his Oscars] "Next to each other."

(In 1998) "Acting's like someone asking you for years to write the characters, but they write the book."

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am or is it the basis from which I answer every question.

My next goal is to read the book "A Hand to Guide Me" by Denzel with Daniel Paisner.

I dint find it on esnips. Can somebody tell me from where I can download it.. please

Harsha Bhogle's speech on excellence

Harsha Bhogle is a man with multiple personalities. When he is not with Cricket big shots in the commentary box, he contributes as columnist to multiple news papers. I got a chance to watch a video of his speech , delivered in IIM-A, on excellence. It was the most wonderful speech I have ever heard. It was very motivating and inspiring

I have tried summarizing some of the points which he has mentioned in his speech.These are those few lines which were really inspiring.

"What is Excellence?"
Harsha says

Excellence is not a skill
Its an attitude!

Excellence is about chasing the professional performance goal and
letting the results take care of themselves.

Excellence never seeks excuses.

Excellence is the series of 100%

In life if you seek excellence, always seek people who are better than
you

Excellence is not about talent alone. Infact major part of excellence
has nothing to do with talent. It is what you do with the talent matters.

Excellence is also about learning from mistakes. Mistakes are your best
friends.

Excellence is as much as knowing what not to do as much as knowing
what to do

Excellence is about desire.

Excellence is all about having the confidence to share
knowledge

Excellence is all about accepting criticism.

" What is crucial? The End or The Path"

His views on "The End"

The end is crucial. Because end is always the driver of the ambition. We usually set ourselves the end or the result goals. The End gives us the vision. "The End" at all cost attitude that pervades is the source for all anxiety. It also
creates the temptation to do whatever it takes to win

His views on "The Path"

Excellence is about chasing the professional performance goal and letting the results / end take care of themselves. Make the process of achievement supreme and make the result irrelevant. Make perfect the process of performance and don't allow the pressure of the results to choke your performance. And that is the wonderful journey path to excellence.

"Excellence is a series of 100%"

If you give every moment 100% and then wait for the next moment and say " You know what ! this is the moment I wanted to give 100% too" and then the next moment turns up and then you say " Actually this was the moment I really wanted to give my 100% best" . And then you will find the little things in life that makes the difference between the good and great just happen.

You don't know who is watching you, where which opportunity is coming along. So always give your 100% best effort.

Can you fill 2 litres in a 1 litre pepsi bottle?
So you can never give anything more than 100%.
But you can give 100% for every moment

There is no shame in saying "Well Done .. you are better than me" When you know that you have given your 100% effort ethically.

"Excellence never seeks excuses"

The moment someone says "I would have been good But".. it means you are trying to assign the blame of your poor performance on someone else. This means you are not great already!

The moment you allow youself to go wrong , you fall into a possibility map, then you DO go wrong!

"Stop hating Criticism"

Don't live in the rarrified bubble without taking criticism.

Never marry a fan.

"Arrogance"

Arrogance is the biggest stumbling block to success.

In the path of excellence, if you have ego and anger on your sde, you don't need an opponent. You have done 90% of the job of ruining youself.

"Talent and Attitude"

Excellence is not about talent alone. Infact major part of excelelnec has nothing to do with talent. It is what you do with the talent matters.

Attitude and Passion count far more than talent

Ability talent opens the first door but it is not going to open the last door for you.

"Luck"

Luck is all bout recognizing the opportunity before it comes.

Luck is the fantastic fusion of talent and an opportunity spotted.

Ultimate Risk!

I did an ultimate risky job on Sunday!!
I watched

VEERASAMY

Spell Checker Blues

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

Anon

Found this poem on blog : Chewing the cud
Another beautiful example to prove that Windows sucks

Dreams - by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Dreams - Cntd

Was listening to DDLJ songs

Dekha Na Tune Mudke Bhi Peechhe
Kuchh Der To Main Ruka Tha
Jab Dil Ne Tujhko Rokna Chaaha
Door Tu Ja Chuka Tha

Is this is reason for all our deferred dreams?
The opportunity waits, but we don't realise that it is still waiting for us to turn back and grab it. By the time we understand this, its always too late.

And hence the dreams stay forever and sag like a heavy load.

Denzel Washingtion - "My Man"

Watched Denzel Washington's American Gangster.

Watched it more than 10 times over the last 2 weeks.

I feel "head over heal" every time I hear him say "My Man"

He is just too good. Wonder how he missed the Oscar for this

I liked the scene , where he speaks to a "Dominic" after an attempt was made to kill his wife by some opponent. His expressions were so correct and apt.

I loved his dialogue delivery, especially when he says "This is my home. This is where my business is, my wife, my mother, my family. This is my country, I ain't goin' nowhere"

And of course every time he said "My Man" I went bonkers

Reality

Two wonderful quotes on the word - REALITY

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
-- Garrison Keillor

Reality continues to ruin my life.
-- Calvin ( from Calvin and Hobbes )

Things You Dont Want To Hear During Surgery

This was posted by gas man aka Doc aka Dr. Rajesh in his old blog on Sunday, 21 March 2004

- Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?
- Hand me that... uh... whatever it's called!
- Oh no! I just lost my watch.
- "Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness"
- Bo! Bo! Come back with that! Bad Dog!
- Better save that. We'll need it for the autopsy.
- Oops! Hey, has anyone ever survived 500 ml of this stuff before?
- There go the lights again...
- Ya' know... there's big money in kidneys... and this guy's got two of 'em.
- Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens!
- Could you stop that thing from beating? It's throwing my concentration off.
- What's this doing here?
- I hate it when they're missing stuff in here.
- That's cool! Now can you make his leg twitch?!
- Well folks, this will be an experiment for all of us.
- You sure it wasn't this leg?
- OK, now take a picture from this angle. This is truly a freak of nature.
- Are his relatives waiting outside?
- Nurse, did this patient sign the organ donation card?
- Don't worry. I think it is sharp enough.
- What do you mean, "You want a divorce"!
- FIRE! FIRE! Everyone get out!
- This scissor looks rusted.
- Rats! Page 47 of the manual is missing!
- Isn't this the one with the really lousy insurance?
- Now from where did this spider come in from?

Doc!! I just realized that we have known each other for the past four years!
And the first time we met was on April 3rd 2004 .

I still remember that coffee day incident !!
Mrs. Doc .. I need to update you on the same. Lets meet up sometime

Story of Ultimate Hatred turned Friendship(??!!)

This is not another He-She story. It is a story of ultimate hatred. , revenge , ego clashes and a lot of negative feelings. This is not a short story. It went on for 4 years to come to more or less a happy ending.

He was her college mate for 4 years. She was one of the toppers in the first year and then He took over the position. This was surely not their issue because She knew He was brilliant. She admired His capabilities and his hard working nature. She appreciated the fact that a Hindi medium guy who wrote his first year Physics answer paper in Hindi worked his way up to being a college topper.

They were friends(??!!) for a few days. They even exchanged birthday cards. There were rumors that He had a soft corner for Her. But He hated to admit she was intelligent probably because he was the leader of the male chauvinist group of their college.

She wanted a partner for doing a technical paper presentation and she thought He would be the best option. But He never even considered Her request. But this did not stop her from winning the Paper presentation contest conducted at BITS.

She was one of first few students who got placed in a IT company through campus interviews. He commented saying that IT companies were for Losers. And He joined CDOT.

The best attempt from His side to tarnish her image was when He tried to cross question during Her project reviews to prove that the functionality She has tried to embed in her project is already existing. The Project Review hall turned into a ground for Fourth world War leaving other teams and professors frustrated.

Similar small incidents sparked the hatred between the two. Leaving just the two in one room, would have made sure one was dead, that is how much they hated each other by the end of third year.

After an year of leaving the college, He mailed her to her office id. She replied back calling him "A Male Chauvinistic PIG". He called her to tell her how sorry He was for all the things He did to her during the college days.

She is happily settled in India and He is pursuing his Masters Degree in France.

They are in touch again. They exchange scraps with not even a small trace of the previous enemity. Have they grown up? or Is it the effect of the new generation of Networking Sites?

Anyways !!! Thanks to Orkut and Hi5!

Miss those days!!

Life is not the breath you take. Its the momemts that take your breath away.

A Tag!

I know that this blog is not visited by many.
But still .. that doesnt stop me from writing tag.

Any five question-
no matter how personal, private, or random.

I have to answer them all and answer them honestly.

In turn, you post this message in your own blog and answer the questions that are asked to you.

Ready ... Start ... Shoot your questions

And I am tagging Rajesh

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

Oscar Wilde

A grand Hurrahhh!!!!

Our Team attended a virtual training session conducted by Microsoft on SQL server 2008 and its new features. At the end of each session, an online quiz was conducted.
And our team won a LOTS of prizes !!!!!

Can you believe !!!
6 - 4GB pen drives and
3- MS- Press Books..

The sessions were very informative and pretty useful.
Hats off to Microsoft team for giving us this nice opportunity!!

check out www.VirtualTechDays.com for more details of the online sessions!

OUR TEAM ROCKS!!! As Always!!!!

Dylan wins rock's first Pulitzer

He surely deserves it!!

You got a lot of nerve
To say that you're my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinnin'

I love them

Hmmmmm

I like this word "Hmmmmmmmm"
A "H" followed by umpteen m's

For some, this word might sound empty , bleak or may be forsaken

For me, its pretty dear , though sometimes meaningless
It brings a feeling of exultation and joy
which is lost in other common known yes and no

Dreams!

what happens when the dreams are delayed?
Do we forget them? ..No
Do they stink like a rotten corpse? .. NoDo they just fade away in the bright sun? ..No

They stay ... and sag like a heavy load