Monday, June 12, 2006

666

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Yes, that is what you have when you fear the number 666. Heck, even that word is fearful. Try pronouncing this fearful word only :)

Wikipedia says that:
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear that originates in the the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18 which indicates that the number 666 is the Number of the Beast, linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ. Outside the Christian faith, the phobia has been further popularized as a leitmotif in various horror films.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobes will strongly avoid things related to the number 666. A prominent example is of Nancy and Ronald Wilson Reagan who, in 1989, when moving to their home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles, had the address of 666 St. Cloud Road changed to 668 St. Cloud Road.
So, what do you say??

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Failomaniac



Ever felt the thrill, the sensation of facing a crowd of a million people eyeing directly to you.....they have a lot of expectations from you.....they have high hopes.....your one silly mistake will break million of hearts......your action at that particular time will be converted to anecdote and will travel centuries to centuries........just give it a thought by closing your eyes.....if not, then lets' analyze the situation in different scenarios:



1. You are in red clad from head to toe, you are wearing a black cap very similar to that "Lucknowi topi" or "Gandhi topi", but it is much thicker than that, you are holding a big red cloth standing in a stadium, a big crowd all around shouting, noising, in an excited and elated mood, you are in Spain, and you can see a bull running towards you in the full speed, yes you are a bull fighter in Spain and is going to ditch the bull. Now, you are representing a particular part of that country and people of your village are there to excite you....they are betting on you.....they are screaming in excitement and they have a confidence on you. Cameramans and reporters from Discovery, National Geographic and Travellers are there to cover your this dare. Now, you can see the bull running towards you, he is furious by the red cloth in your hand, he wants to kill you and tear down the red cloth completely.........he is coming towards you faster and faster with the increasing pace......now, tell me is your heart pounding?? are your legs shaking?? are you thinking about the people all around you?? are you thinking about being completely failed in this situation and its embarrassing consequences??



2. Again consider a new situation....you are the best performer of your ballet dancing class and your dancing class got an offer of a big stage show for welcoming a meetings of presidents of all countries in U.N., where you had chosen with one another actor to perform a ballet dance in front of all those very important person. Your dancing class is a newbie in the field but your class grabbed this offer because in the previous show you gave a scintillating performance and caught the eye of big fish of the market. They saw you performing and liked it so much that they rejected all other offers and chose you.
Now, the entire future of your and your dancing class depends upon your performance in that show. You did hard work and today is the day when you have to perform in next some minutes, you are ready in your classical ballet dress, your partner is ready, stage is ready, all important persons had taken their seats and waiting for performers to appear on the stage, a soothing music in the background is started, ballet dance is all about balance and confidence, you started dancing, people are watching you.....you are broadcasted on TV, internet, radio, and moreover those hundred very important people who are ruling different countries, your one wrong step can cause catastrophe to you and your entire dancing class, you had to perform with utmost balance........now, tell me are you feeling pressurized during dance?? where is all your attention?? what are you thinking?? what is going on in your mind?? are you thinking about the media coverage?? are you thinking about the Important people around you??are you thinking about your career after this dance??are you thinking about being failed in this situation??



3. Now, consider yourself to be a football goalkeeper representing a country that is on the spree of making hattrick in this Fifa World Cup. You are the best goalkeeper of the world, any opponent team had never scored any goal in your presence at goalpost. Your team has confidence in you, they trust you, your alone presence made your team to win as opponent never got a chance to score any goal in your presence. Now, your country is playing in the final match of the world cup, match is getting difficult for both the teams as both have zero score upto the 40 minutes of the game and in the 41'st minutes bacause of a silly mistake opponent team got the chance of Penalty!!!
Your team trust on you, your people trust on you, entire world has a confidence on you, people are betting for this goal, billions of dollars are on stake, many people have a so much confidence on you that they bet their entire property on this goal, they are considering it to be highly impossible for the opponent to make this goal......you are in the focus of all TV cameras, reporters, commentators, and public........if this shot convert into goal your team will not only lose the match, but, lose the chance of making hattrick too.....your career and trust will be soiled.....you will never be able to show your face to the public......you may be the target of a public anger and outrage......
Moment has been arrived...people are watching you....cameras are watching you....the player has shot the football, ball is in air proceeding towards the goalpost at a very fast pace.....you were able to decide where it is heading...you started runnning in that direction.....ball is very near to you....you jumped in the air....caught the ball in your hand....you are falling to the ground.....people started screaming in joy......you maintained your trust........ suddenly, something happened...you lose your balance....ball slipped from your hand and before you gain your balance it hit the net and converted into the goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How will you feel and What will you do after this public failure......was the goal your mistake......was those broken heart your mistake......you were not able to maintain your trust.......you missed the Golden chance of saving your country's pride.....it will be presented as the worst example of losing balance and its important for centuries.........your public will never forgive you......do you ever have a fear of such public failure while performing in front of million pairs of eyes??
You may even face this public embarrassement and be a part of mockery in your daily life too.....how?? suppose you reached to the stage to represent about your company and project in a five star hotel and as soon as you started presentation you just felt a very attacking stomach ache and you felt a die hard need to rush toward the Wash room :), and there may be numerous such examples where you can be a part of insult.......but the point is what to do after these public failures??

Saturday, June 10, 2006

After a long time




It was the month of January when I thought to start writing weekly blogs, but, in the absence of motivation I never got time to post second message. Even tody, I am writing this blog because I forgot (my favorite hobby [:)]) keys to my home and my partners are not there at the flat and I am bound to stay here waiting for an ordered pizza. MAndeepak was telling me to utilize this time to learn build scripts, but, I am thinking oterwise. This is my personal time and I am free to do whatever I like and i like writing and reading and I am doing that and I am happy about it.

6 months back when I posted my first message situation was entirely different. Our team had 4 QEs and 2 Developers at that time and now it is 7 Developers and 8 QEs...a tremendous increase of people in project, Suudhan left for Banagalore last to last week, two major event happened which forced me o write something but the constraints of timings and details didn't let me to do so, first one was Caricature row and the second was reservation policy, then it was RangDeBasanti that was pricking me to write something,but, again professional life and then social life didn't give me enough time to write bout that. Somehow, now I had started feeling that professinal and sov=cial life together is sucking my personal time, i am not able to get time for myself, for my improvements, for my hobbies. Ok, so my pizza is at my door, i will tell you about my hobbies and areas of improvement and what I feel about the world at some later time.
Thanks for hanging out here!!!