Dec 8, 2010

Changing Numbers

My friends and family members are now furious on me. This is the third mobile number that I am changing in 6 months time :P.


What will I do, poor fellow, I have been trying Tata Docomo, BSNL till now, both looked promising in the initial stages. But as time passed by, their network seems to have lost the flair. Something is wrong somewhere, Can't get a proper signal anywhere inside office or inside home.

This made me to think about going to a bigger private player, Bharti Airtel. I have bought their services this time. To my surprise their network picks signal inside the office but not at home :(. Hope I continue using this service for another 6 months at least.

Please friends don't bash me if I again change the network to some Vodafone or Reliance :(. Hope Airtel would not make me do such acts again :P.

Dec 7, 2010

Medical Business!

Now a days Doctors are doing business with Patients in Hospitals in India. They are keeping the patient in ICU for 1 or 2 weeks and in the name of treatment they are collecting heavy cash from the patient by scaring the whole family saying the patient has so many diseases.



Hospitals wantedly modify patient's body parameters like Blood Pressure, Sugar etc in order to scare the patient's family further. They never reveal this information I say! They never inform that patient’s sugar level has gone up so much because of some medications given by the Hospital itself. They hide this information unless we investigate and bribe attendars thoroughly.


I had a torrid experience this weekend at Hyderabad - Usha Mullapudi Cardiac Center, where the patient was none other than my Father. Had a terrible time in the Hospital, my dad is now out of danger thanks to my family members and relatives, he was discharged with high Blood Sugar levels. Anyways what matters now is that he has been discharged and he is feeling alright and relieved so much now.


Doctors, whom we regard as GOD are no more GOD, I get so irritated to see such behaviour and attitude from highly learnt people who play with patient's body experimenting their drugs etc and give panic pills and bills to the whole family. I really doubt how many genuine doctors are there in India.


I can only recall the film in Tamil named Ramana, whose lead actor is Vijayakanth. In that film that hospital episode is so true, trust me guys, really Medical Services has become a Business now. Never experienced such things so far in my life, this was a horrible experience which I will not forget until my death.


PS: Never reveal to hospitals that you have Medical Insurance, it is highly dangerous, they will surely trap the patient for at least one month with huge bills thereafter.


Nov 27, 2010

SMS


Disclaimer: This short documentary or event is based on partly imaginary and partly real life incidents. Any resemblances to persons who are either dead or alive are just a pure coincidence. I wanted to bring out the contrasts of two different persons – one who has a girl friend and one who does not have a girl friend.


Time 6:30 AM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 1 New message received:
  • ‘Hi Dear, Good Morning….. !!’
Mohan’s cell beeps – 1 New message received:
  • ‘Friends are like Early Morning Flowers, they are fresh, scented and beautiful to look at, you are one such, good morning my dear Friend!!’
Time 6:45 AM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 2 New messages received:
  • ‘What doing??…Did u brush ur teeth? I finished coffee also!’
  • ‘Chella kutty go brush your teeth, don’t snooze now ok??, reply me idiot!’
Mohan’s cell sleeps

Time 7:00 AM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 2 New messages received:
  • ‘ I took bath also, what about you? And hey I planning to wear Red color saree today, eppadi? Ok ok don’t release water from your mouth now itself..:-P’
  • ‘Reply me, are you getting my messages or not??’
Mohan’s cell sleeps
Time 7:30 AM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 1 New message and 2 missed calls:
  • ‘When are you coming? I have started from home, come near our College Bus stop in 10 minutes time…’
  • ‘You got 2 missed calls from the sender of this sms: Customer Care’
Mohan’s cell sleeps
Time 7:35 AM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 2 New messages:
  • ‘Ok, I am waiting here, come fast.. where are you?’
  • ‘Are you coming by walk or bike? Bring the bike, ok?? We will go to movie today and then to beach..’
Mohan’s cell beeps – 1 New message:
  • ‘Dear Customer, special offer for you, recharge with Rs.220 and get full talk time, offer valid until 30-Nov-2010 only.’
Time 8:00 AM
Rakesh’s cell sleeps (he is with his lover)
Mohan’s cell wakes up with 2 missed calls:
  • ‘You got 1 missed call from Thilak’
  • ‘You got 1 missed call from Ramprasad’
Time 9:00 AM
Rakesh’s cell is switched off
Mohan’s cell beeps with 3 new messages:
  • ‘Come to Bus stand at 10 sharp, we are waiting for you.’
  • ‘Machi today we will party like anything at Mahabalipuram. Come soon.’
  • ‘A mountain is not higher than confidence…coz it ll be under ur feet, if u reach the top! Good morning :-) da’
Time 10:00 AM
Rakesh’s cell is still switched off
Mohan’s cell beeps with 3 new messages:
  • ‘In Bus# 150 come soon, we got a seat reserved for you too machi’
  • ‘Machi we are just reaching , wait for us…’
  • ‘Dei naaye come fast da, I am excited to meet you.’
Time 11:00 AM
Both cell phones are switched off
After some hours of time…..
Time 6:00 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 2 New messages:
  • ‘Honey we had an awesome time today, I want to spend my whole life with you like this.. I love you dear. You are my life!’
  • ‘Sweety you are so sweet and nice, I love you ever and ever..’
Mohan’s cell beeps – 1 new message received:
  • ‘Where are you Mohan? When are you coming home? Buy some vegetables while coming back and something to eat also. Call your dad, he wants to speak with you immediately.’
Time 6:30 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps – 1 New message:
  • ‘I reached home and changed my dress also dear, where are you chellam, please reach home safely and message me da.. by the way, mom has prepared chappathi for me, will have now.’
Mohan’s cell beeps – 5 New messages received:
  • ‘Machi, awesome pics da I took , will share with you on facebook later tonight’
  • ‘Machi hell of a time we had da, we should meet like this regularly, wat say?’
  • ‘Dei naaye enga da irukka, veetuku poitiya illaya? Call me once you do.’
  • ‘Dear Customer, to register complaints about ….’
  • ‘Friend is a need is a friend in deed….blahblah.. good evening!’
Time 7:00 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps 1 new message and 2 missed calls:
  • ‘Then, wat else da? What are you doing now? Calllllllllllllll or else I will kill you.. with whom are you talking for so long.. Priya only no………….??’
  • You got 2 missed calls from sender of this sms : Customer Care.
Mohan’s cell beeps with 2 messages:
  • ‘Machi thanks for the time, your presence made me really memorable da. Waiting for more such get-togethers da.’
  • ‘Hey machi, I reached home safely, will you call you some time later, take care da.’
Time 7:30 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps 5 new message and 5 missed calls:
  • ‘Call me call me call me call me…….’
  • You got 5 missed calls from sender of this sms : Customer Care.
  • ‘What the hell are you doing? Pick up the call now…’
  • ‘Idiot I won’t speak with you hereafter, you are doing too much.’
  • ‘I love you.. I love you.. I love you… Don’t you understand I am mad at you, please reply or call me da chellam…’
  • ‘Ok bye, you won’t reply na… do you think I will end like this, never…hehehe.. I will keep on troubling you da chellam’
Mohan’s cell sleeps
After few hours
Time 10:00 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps with 10 missed calls
  • You got 10 missed calls from sender of this sms : Customer Care.
Mohan’s cell beeps with 2 new messages:
  • ‘Sun Pictures new movie.. Hero – Arulnithi, SideHero – Udayanithi, Asst. dir – Stalin, costume – dayanithi, stunt – azhagiri, media – kalanithi, title – Kollai kootam, dir – karunanithi, producer – makkal oda nidhi’
  • ‘A cute thought 4 those who believe in friendship – Its not necessary to share every secret with ur close friend, but whatever u shared should be true – good night da’
Time 11:00 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps with 5 new messages:
  • ‘Hmmm then what else will you buy me for our marriage?’
  • ‘No no you itself tell, I don’t have any choices to make, whatever it is I will accept it wholeheartedly :-)
  • ‘You tell me whatever there is in your mind, don’t hide anything ok. I will kill you.. tell me how did I look today? Did you notice I was wearing a new ear ring today;) how was it da?’
  • ‘naughty naughty…next time I will wear a skirt da, how was I today in saree? You liked me or not ?’
  • ‘ok dear sleep well, we will meet tomorrow, good night ’
Time 11:30 PM
Rakesh’s cell beeps with 1 new message:
  • ‘slept? How cud you sleep with you giving me what I owe, come on… idiot.. get up.. ’
Mohan’s cell switched off!
PS: Comments and critics are welcome :)

Nov 21, 2010

Birth Date Coincidence

I was born on Deepavali (Diwali), the festival of lights. It was an Amavasai, and people used to say that those born on Amavasai will be dark in color and also would be a thief or robber. None of the above claims happened in my case.

I have some unique information to share, my birth date of 4th Nov was a Deepavali and not every Deepavali will fall on 4th of November. I was told that my Birth Date coincides with Festival of Lights every 9th year, it happened when I was born, then in the 9th and 18th year respectively. My 27th Birthday just got passed but this time Deepavali was on 5th Nov. I am wondering why Deepavali did not happen on 4th Nov. I really missed it badly, hope when I turn 36 it will coincide.

Sep 1, 2010

Someone Special Birthday

Yesterday (31-Aug) was the birthday of someone special in my life. 

The person is the one who coaches Cricket for downtrodden and the rich alike for free of cost, yes absolutely free of cost!! 

The person is the one who teaches Mathematics for the downtrodden and the rich alike for free of cost, yes absolutely free of cost!!

Can't believe it? The person also helps downtrodden people with some finance help without expecting a return from them. The person also has tie up with his student owned Corporate to employ Sports person (Cricket only) and to play for their Corporate Cricket Team.

He is the person with dedication, passion, compassion, clear vision and service in his mind always. He is none other than my lovely Father.

I did not know what to gift him yesterday but thought a good novel or story book would do, so I inquired my friends which book would be interesting and thy recommended "Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. Gifts are incomplete without chocolates for my father, hence I added the gift pack with Cadbury Celebrations pack. My Father was very happy to receive the gift. He even started reading the novel :).
Long live my Father's passion for Cricket and Mathematics.

Aug 21, 2010

Long time no post

Its been a while since I posted anything, I can only promise that cool posts are a few days away, probably weeks. Till then take care :) good bye.

Apr 28, 2010

Important Attributes - Patience and Self-confidence

"When the going gets tough, the tough gets going" - Splendid lines, indeed! 

But the above said statement is stylish and incomplete. How does the Tough get going? Just like that? Move on  forgetting about the disappointments? Well the answer is tough and incomplete. But what I learnt in my life when I faced such tough times is to learn to be Self-confident and try to maintain some patience while dealing with the matter.

The said attributes so important for any human being. You need to exercise it, you cannot be taught about it. You need to be confident and positive about yourself, your outlook and believe that you can change around the tough times into fruitful ones. Don't get bogged down by disappointments or brood over them for a long time, of course we can't stop brooding since we are normal human beings, but try not to over react to such situations. Just be patient enough to watch how things proceed, always have a positive outlook towards future, but keep your expectations to minimal.

Another important factor you must remember yourself during tough times is to be Self-confident. Believe in yourself, first love yourselves and trust your own knowledge, intuition and wisdom. This is really important and it will help you overcome any disappointments in life. If in spite of practicing these two virtues you fail again, never mind, just bite off the dust and say that the third invisible/uncontrollable component namely "Luck" is not in your side. Remember that it is a matter of time before good things come back.

Apr 8, 2010

How to invoke Calendar in Oracle Forms

The field for which you need to invoke calendar function should be of Date type or datetime type.
  1. In the field properties, under LOV, set Enable List lamp to Yes
  2. Set Validate from List to No
  3. In the Trigger "KEY-LISTVAL", code the following: calendar.show
That's it, the Calendar functionality will be invoked once you compile and run the form.