Sunday, August 15, 2010
TIME 1:07 PM
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Here is a list of Run Commands that can work wonders with anyone of us using Windows, most of us being doing so.

In case you have got stuck to some un-indentifying (well,apparently,to you) problems which you are not being able to undrown from, this is the right thing for you. You just turn your face to these commands that can act as way-givers and savers in your bad computing days!


Accessibility Controls- access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard- hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs- appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools- control.exe admintools

Automatic Updates- wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard- fsquirt

Calculator- calc

Certificate Manager- certmgr.msc

Character Map- charmap

Check Disk Utility- chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer- clipbrd

Command Prompt- cmd

Component Services- dcomcnfg

Computer Management- compmgmt.msc

Date and Time Properties- timedate.cpl

DDE Shares- ddeshare

Device Manager- devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (if installed)- directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr

Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc

Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager- diskpart

Display Properties- control.exe

Desktop display Properties- desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control.exe color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility- verifier

Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif

Findfast- findfast.cpl

Folders Properties- control.exe folders

Fonts- control.exe fonts

Fonts Folder- fonts

Free Cell Card Game- freecell

Game Controllers- joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game- mshearts

Iexpress Wizard- iexpress

Indexing Service- ciadv.msc

Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed)- jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed)- javaws

Keyboard Properties- control.exe keyboard

Local Security Settings- secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups- lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of Windows- logoff

Microsoft Chat- winchat

Minesweeper Game- winmine

Mouse Properties- control.exe mouse

Mouse Properties- main.cpl

Network Connections- control.exe netconnections

Network Connections- ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard- netsetup.cpl

Nview Desktop Manager (if installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl

Object Packager- packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard- osk

Opens AC3 Filter (if installed)- ac3filter.cpl

Password Properties- password.cpl

Performance Monitor- perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor- perfmon

Phone and Modem Options- telephon.cpl

Power Configuration- powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes- control.exe printers

Printers Folder- printers

Private Character Editor- eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl

Regional Settings- intl.cpl

Registry Editor- regedit

Registry Editor- regedit32

Removable Storage- ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests- ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy- rsop.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)- rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras- sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks- control.exe schedtasks

Security Center- wscui.cpl

Services- services.msc

Shared Folders- fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down Windows- shutdown

Sounds and Audio- mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game- spider

SQL Client Configuration- cliconfg

System Configuration Editor- sysedit

System Configuration Utility- msconfig

System File Checker Utility- sfc

System Properties- sysdm.cpl

Task Manager- taskmgr

Telnet Client- telnet

User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager- utilman

Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier- magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure- wmimgmt.msc

Windows System Security Tool- syskey

Windows Update Launches- wupdmgr

Windows XP Tour Wizard- tourstart


Wordpad- write
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
TIME 7:07 AM
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After doing a number of disk clean up and optimizations, I found myself in the circumstance of OS X’s spotlight returning no results. Whether I searched for a keyword in Mail, or by Spotlight using Command-Space, I got no results backs – just an empty list for my troubles.

It turns out there’s a neat utility out there called Rebuild Spotlight Index 2.7 that does all the grunt work for you. Problem is, it didn’t work for me. What’s going on is actually fairly trivial, and it’s possible to simply do everything via the command line.

The metadata utilities need to run as root, so to see what your drive is up to, you’d enter something like: sudo mdutil -s /

This shows the status on the root volume.

To turn indexing on for a volume, you enter: sudo mdutil -i on /

And, to force Spotlight to rebuild its index, you simply erase the master copy of the metadata stores on the volume like this: sudo mdutil -E /

However, while I did all this, Spotlight was still not building the indexed for me.

Here’s how I solved it, using just the Terminal.

First, I wanted to see the schema file, so I printed it out using to the standard input using: sudo mdimport -X

At the bottom of the schema listing, I say a reference to a schemaLocation, and took a shot in the dark that perhaps that Spotlight’s index rebuilding needed to check data against its schema before it would start. To do that, it might need network access, if not back to the local machine. And, for good measure, I went to check the date/timestamp on the Spotlight directory using: sudo ls -la /.Spotlight*

While most of the files had the timestamp of when I tried to delete the index, not all the files had the current date and time. Additionally, the file sizes were not growing, a good indication the index was not being rebuilt.

Then, I did the following commands to ensure indexing was on, the spotlight metastore was really gone, and that I wanted it rebuilt:

sudo mdutil -i on /

rm -rf /.Spotlight*

sudo mdutil -E /

The moment I did the last command, this time the system sprung to life, the directory /.Spotlight-V100 was created, and the files inside it were growing quickly. Spotlight on the toolbar showed a progress bar, indicating the system would be done indexing in a bit.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
TIME 1:58 AM
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Howdy techies.

I had been thinking, since long, about starting to write about the new things i learn every day, but my lazy ass never helped me to sit on it and do so :D As i currently work as an iOS developer, i would like to start with some tutorials & tips-tricks that i use on daily basis to keep my code clean & efficient.

First, each one of you planning to start on iOS development should know some basic things about the platform (which are somehow forced by its father - Apple Inc.). iOS development environment is made for Mac (not MAC) only and cannot run on a Windows based machine. Although there are some alternatives like - buy a legitimate Mac OS and put it on VMWare on Windows OR do a hackintosh and make your PC a dual boot / external HDD boot for Mac OS but generally they dont give the due power and frustrations come Free Free Freee :)

For the setup, you will need a Mac machine (Macbook  / Pro , iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Pro) with Intel based architecture running a Mac OS version 10.6.3 or later (you can choose the hardware here). The XCode IDE with iOS SDK 4.0 or later (which can be downloaded here).

Not to forget, and the most important of all, a fully functional human brain ! wink..

Voila.. The setup is complete for now but it is highly recommended that you should have an iPhone/iPod touch also as the simulator does not give you the actual experience of how your code will behave on the device.

At a later stage, when you are done creating your application, you will have to buy a Standard/Enterprise iPhone Developer License in order to publish your app on the App Store (or within your organization). The license will be valid for 1 year only, so personally i think that the developers should apply for it only when your application is almost ready as otherwise, the initial 1 month or so will be waisted on understanding and development and you will not be using your developer license.

Once you have downloaded & installed the XCode IDE on your machine, open XCode (I generally do it by pressing Cmd+Space and type Xcode and select the XCode app and press Enter (or Return)).

If the XCode is the current open application, the status bar (on the top of your screen) is shown like this
XCode status bar

Go to File > New Project > Navigation based Project and press 'Choose' button.

Give a Name to your app and choose where to save it, then press 'Save'.

[I am not putting the screenshots for this as it is a very simple & direct procedure]

Congratulations, the app is ready !!

Just press 'Build & Go' button on the window and the iPhone Simulator will come up showing an empty table and a blue colored 'Navigation Bar' on top.

Stay tuned for upcoming tutorials & tips for best practices on iOS development.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
TIME 9:57 AM
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Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough?

What is the speed of darkness?

Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up every two hours?

If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Did you ever stop and wonder...

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?'

Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its bum.'

Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Why do the Alphabet Song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
TIME 7:14 AM
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[caption id="attachment_67" align="aligncenter" width="392" caption="The dance"]are they really dancing ?[/caption]

Are the men really dancing or its just the 'Human Eye' thing ! ? !
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TIME 7:10 AM
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1) What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?

2) Which side of a cat contains the most hair?

3) What can you put into a wooden box that would make it lighter? The more of them you put in the lighter it becomes, yet the box stays empty.
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TIME 6:49 AM
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I remember so well

The day that you came into my life

You asked for my name

You had the most beautiful smile



My life started to change

I'd wake up each day feeling alright

With you right by my side

Makes me feel things will work out just fine



How did you know

I needed someone like you in my life

That there's an empty space in my heart

You came at the right time in my life



I'll never forget

How you brought the sun to shine in my life

And took all the worries and fears that I had

I guess what I'm really trying to say

It's not everyday that someone like you comes my way

No words can express how much I love you
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
TIME 11:19 PM
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Def. two |toō|cardinal number equivalent to the sum of one and one; one less than three; numerical 2;

'2' is inherently the most unexceptional number for humans, 2 eyes, 2 hands, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 2 feet, 2 distinguishable sections of brain but of-course i was talking about

  • 2 feelings of Love & Hatred which lead to every single action of us

  • 2 sets of dear ones - Family & Friends

  • 2 places where most of the time is spent - Home & Office

  • 2 forms of acceptance - Agreement & Rejection

  • 2 directions of lifetime - towards Past & towards Future

  • 2 desires - Love & Lust

  • 2 forms of intention - Selfish & Selfless

  • 2 forms of needs - Necessity & Luxury

  • 2 necessities to survive - Breath & Water

  • 2 states of world - War & Peace

  • 2 states of existence - Life & Death

  • 2 forms of decisions - Right & Wrong

  • 2 forms of reasoning - Intellect & Emotional

  • 2 forms of truth - Validated & Trusted

  • 2 states of interests - Excitement & Apathy

  • 2 kinds of qualities - Positive & Negative

  • 2 kinds of feedback - Pros & Cons

  • 2 requirements to live - Love & Money

  • 2 kinds of happiness - Contentment & Laziness

  • 2 kinds of pressure - Gravity & Burden

  • 2 kinds of darkness - Insincerity & No Light

  • 2 forms of gyaan - Learnt & Experienced

  • 2 forms of attention - Care & Probing

  • 2 kinds of dreams - Ambitions & Sub-Conscious

  • 2 forms of anger - Hostility & Helplessness


The list is too long and this is what makes me envious of multi-dynamic properties of '2'
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
TIME 4:17 AM
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1. Last beverage?

Pulpy Orange (day before yesterday :P)

2. Last phone call?

Rahul Gupta

3. Last text message?

Beepika (Mullu)

4. Last song you listened to?

Aazma Luck Aazma (currently playing)


HAVE YOU EVER:

1. Dated someone twice?

When was ONCE ?!?

2. Been Cheated on?

Umm.. No..

3. Kissed someone & regretted it?

NO

4. Lost someone special?

YES

5. Been depressed?

LOL.. Ofcourse

6. Been drunk and threw up?

No


LIST FOUR FAVORITE COLORS:

Red

Green

White

Black

Blue


HAVE YOU:

1. Made new friends?

Yes

2. Fallen out of love?

Yes

3. Laughed until you cried?

Yes.. But not in near past.. Missing tht feeling :(

4. Met someone who changed you?

YES.. Many

5. Found out who your true friends were?

YES

6. Found out someone was talking about you?

Yes :P

7. Found someone had a crush on you?

Yes :P

8. How many people on your facebook friends list do you know in real life?

Atleast 400/545 :P

9. How many kids do you want to have?

1

10. Do you have any pets?

Yes, fish aquarium :)

11. Do you want to change your name?

Never, Why would I.. Kisi aur ne chura liya to mere saare awards uske ho jayenge :P

(Although i also dont have any :) )

12. What did you do on your last birthday?

Was at cousin brothers' bachelor party @Maurya Sheraton, Delhi.. Had loads of beer n vodka (first time in that quantity)

Had great fun with all cousins..

13. What time did you wake up today?

10:30 am

14. What were you doing at midnight last night?

Sleeping..Zzzz..

15. Name something you CANNOT wait for?

Increment in Salary :(

16. Last time you saw your father?

Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010, 5 Am.. When he left me @ Delhi Airport

17. One thing you wish you could change about your life?

I wish I knew how to praise people

18. What are you listening to right now?

A rejuvenated version of Pyar Maanga hai tumhi se.. Shaan, the singer

19. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom?

NO.. AFAIR

20. What's getting on your nerves right now?

The pungent smell from kitchen

21. Most visited webpage?

It has to be 'www.engadget.com'


ABOUT YOU:

1. What's your name?

Pulkit

2. Nicknames?

Uncle P, Pillu, Shankey

3. Relationship Status?

Single :D

4. Zodiac sign?

Sagittarius

5. Male or female or trans gendered?

Male

6. Elemenetary?

Silver Bells School, Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad (U.P.)

7. Middle School?

Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad

8. High school?

Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad

10. Hair color?

Brown..

11. Long or short?

Kinda Short

16.. Height?

5'9"

17. Do you have a crush on someone?

Not right now

18: What do you like about yourself?

Honesty and courage to pursue what i feel is right.

19. Piercings?

Had 1 ear pierced for almost 3 yrs, just gave it up last month

20. Tattoos?

None

21. Righty or lefty?

Righty


FIRSTS :

22. First surgery?

Havent got that pleasure

23. First piercing?

Ears

24. First best friend?

Mayank Khosla

26. First sport you joined?

Joined - School for Education. Played - TT & Swimming since early days

27. First pet?

A parrot & Fishes

28. First vacation?

Srinagar.. wen i was about 8 months or so

30. First crush?

Umm.. cant remember the first one :P

RIGHT NOW:

49. Eating?

Nothing

50. Drinking?

Water.. Neat..

52. I'm about to?

Post this and 2 more articles on my blog

53. Listening to?

Dil ye mera, tumse kuch keh raha hai, Suno Na.. by shaan

55. Waiting for?

This smell to go away


YOUR FUTURE :

58. Want kids?

Yes..

59. Want to get married?

Ofcourse :P

60. Careers in mind?

Something involving Mobiles & Portable Gadgets


WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?

68. Lips or eyes?

Lips

69. Hugs or kisses?

HUGS.. for sure

70. Shorter or taller?

Equal :P

71. Older or Younger?

Whatever is more adventurous

72. Romantic or spontaneous?

Spontaneous.. Any Day..

73. Nice stomach or nice arms?

Can i have both ??

74. Sensitive or loud?

No louds plzz..

75. Hook-up or relationship?

Hooking up in a relationship

77. Trouble maker or hesitant?

A hesitant trouble maker :P


HAVE YOU EVER :

78. Kissed a stranger?

No

79. Drank hard liquor?

Yes.. First on 19 October 2009

80. Lost glasses/contacts?

No.. wait once, i lost one of the contacts

81. Sex on first date?

NO..

82. Broken someone's heart?

YES

83. Had your own heart broken?

YES

86. Turned someone down?

I tend to do it many times, but TOTALLY UN-INTENTIONALLY !

87. Cried when someone died?

Yes...

88. Liked a friend that is a Girl?

YES.. Ofcourse.. Men are not my type..

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

89. Yourself?

YES !

90. Miracles?

Umm.. Yes..

91. Love at first sight?

Havent experienced it still

92. Heaven?

Earth ? Yeah..

93. Santa Clause?

Mummy ? Yes...

95. Kiss on the first date?

Havent experienced that still.. talking about the 'Date'

96. Angels?

Yes.. on and off..


ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

97. Is there one person you want to be with right now?

YES

98. Who is it?

Sprih Harsh

99. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time?

Ouch.. NO !

100. Posting this as 100 Truths?

NO.. 100 proofs of my current existence..
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Monday, February 8, 2010
TIME 9:51 AM
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I dont have any reason because if i had one, then all my education would have gone in vain and I cant even imagine my parents' faces, when i would have told them that I firmly believe that Earth is flat. However, thinking in a different dimension, its a beautiful insight on how things change in a relative paradigm. Although we all know that Earth is round, but we never actually feel its roundness.

Analogously, in life we are so much surrounded by prejudice & over confidence that we start believing in only what we see but not what it ACTUALLY is.  Most often, the emotional stress that we take comes from this notion only. Either we believe ONLY in what we know or what we expect OR we tend to dominate the situation but in both the cases, it is only WE who are kicked back with a carton of experience and a bundle of advice packed inside a story.

Funny... Isnt it ?
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TIME 9:26 AM
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While on my way to office, today morning, I was just wondering that why don't industries produce electricity using their chimneys. Out of hundreds of thousands of Industrial Units spread whole across the nation, atleast 30-40% of them have deployed huge chimneys for propelling out their gaseous wastes into the atmosphere. Now, with the advent of wind turbines being gaining popularity in producing Green Electricity, I believe, these industries should install some wind turbines over their chimneys which will be driven by the propelled gasses coming out of the chimneys. This can not only serve the in-house needs of electricity but also, the near by slum areas could be easily benefitted with this scheme. If a chimney runs all 24 hours or atleast 12hrs a day, it can produce a sufficient amount of electricity as today's wind mills are quite efficient & productive in converting the potential energy of the wind to electrical energy.

'Zada hoga nai, aur kam ham karenge nai' is a totally inappropriate approach in today's scenario. Every single bit counts and people should come up with more innovative ideas to spread awareness and try to conserve or recycle energy as much as possible even at an individual's scale.

Interestingly, many IT companies like Google, Apple, Infosys, Wipro et al are already putting huge efforts to lower their carbon foot print. Recently, Idea cellular company also showed their ad of replacing paper with mobile, as people cannot afford to leave mobile phones, hence its better to add more value to it and become more environmental friendly too.

Preserving / Recycling of Non - Renewable resources is the only option left for us, to sustain mankind. Beware OR Be aware !
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
TIME 9:28 AM
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Metempsychosis (Greek: μετεμψύχωσις) is a philosophical term in the Greek language referring to transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. It is a doctrine popular among a number of Eastern religions such as  Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Druzism wherein an individual incarnates from one body to another, either human, animal, or plant.

I title my post as 'it' because today, after more than an year, of which my New Year Resolution was to blog regularly, i have come back to write a post. And this time, I promise I will NOT promise or even say that i will be regular in posting my thoughts as I know I can't !! period.

Year 2009 has been the one of the most Adventurous, most Enriching, most Enlightening, very Social and Intellectually Igniting year of my life, till date. It started with some dreadful days @JIIT, followed by many laborious weeks at Infosys Technologies Ltd, Mysore.

Training at Infy [as we call it] was quite a hectic and rigorous schedule in the initial days, but the feeling, in totality was perhaps amusing. We were trained, technically, and due then due to the humungous size of the campus, very much physically too. I still remember those days, rather nights and late nights, we used to spend together preparing for a module test after every 2-3 days. Some going to sleep to get up early next day for cramming the slides, some fooling around and asking 'kitna kar liya.. mujhe bhi kuch padha de na yar' and some not sleeping AT ALL, in the fear that they will not be able to wake up the next morning at the time of test. Gosh, its still so amusing :)

Then came the Version 1.0 of '2 Golden Months of 2009 @Infy Mysore' when we had completed our training and had to develop a 'Project' which will act as our Final Semester Project @JIIT also. I cant even explain the joyous yet hostile, insightful yet lazy moments of that 'era'. I just wish that could have never ended, sigh..

But it ended, in last week of May 2009 and on the next day, we had our Farewell @JIIT. It was the last time I kind-a loved JIIT from all 4 sections of my heart 'coz after that, I had the WORST ever, literally worst time attending some stupid sessions at JIIT, Noida.

Nevertheless, came July 25, 2009 and I had my own, my very own iPhone in my hands !!! Sigghhhh...

Now my wish list was materialistically empty, but as we had to join back Infy on July 27, 2009 I was separated from my Macbook for 3 months. But yes, the upcoming 2 months of Extended Training @Infy Mysore undoubtedly qualified as Version 2.0 of '2 Golden Months of 2009 @Infy Mysore'.

And yes, this was the same period where I got selected for SETLabs, the Research Arm of Infy and it was a moment of Pure Contentment ! [All thanks to Mr Puneet Gupta, Principal Researcher, Convergence Lab, SETLabs, Infosys Technologies Ltd. ]

Experience at SETLabs has been great till now, as I work in Mobility Platforms domain, and currently developing a thick client application for iPhone. I have some very learned yet humble people around me, with whom I can share, learn, discuss ideas quite comfortably.

And then ofcourse, Vipul bhaiya's marriage on November 29, was a total blast. After so long, I had been with half of my family and had loads & loads of fun, all around my birthday.

Phew ! So that was year 2009 for me, in a nut-shell. I hope it must had been great for you too, and if not, WHO CARES.. Its already gone, right ?

Cheers
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