Sharing My Experiences
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An autobiography of Gaurav’s glass(spectacles)
Sep 2nd
One thing you should know before reading this is that Gaurav lost one of his glass from his spectacles on our way to Bhutan . Mysteriously we found the same on our return journey after 6 days. Here follows the story recounted by the glass itself:
An autobiography by Gaurav’s Glass (Spectacles)
I am one of those luckiest in this world, not just because I have a twin brother to look after me, but also I am being worn by a very good & humorous person. The first time I was picked up from that shop, I knew that I was in good hands. My master sees the world through me, may it be the beautiful IIM Calcutta campus or my master’s beautiful wife which his friends lovingly call “Bhabhi”.
Both I and my twin brother (who looks exactly like me) were very much excited when we learned that our master is going for a Bhutan trip on 21st August. It was an amazing group with 10 people and I enjoyed a lot looking at all those smiling faces. Amongst them, there is a famous Shayar, two handsome models cum photographers, our bhabhi , one baba, one psycho, one Basanti (Sholay), two interesting small guys called Gimli aka coco & Frodo aka kotidas and lastly my loving master .
The journey was really good and I enjoyed a lot watching the beautiful mountains, skies, rivers etc. At one point of time during the ride, all of us stopped to catch a nice view of the mountains and the river on the way to Thimpu. We were photographed a lot at that place and I was really happy. Suddenly someone started throwing stones to the river and a contest soon started on deciding who can throw the stone farthest. I was also in a frenzy mood and I never expected that the moment would come. In an attempt by my master to throw the stone afar, I slipped from the frame and fell into the ground. I screamed at that moment but none heard my pain. I tried to shout but my voice couldn’t come out. My twin brother gave me a last longing tearful look towards me before he left with my master and the rest of the people.
Suddenly I felt so lonely. The skies and mountains are so lovely but what use are all those beauty when I have no one to share. I hoped that my master would soon realize my absence and come back to take me back. I waited in silence for the familiar voices to come but it didn’t. Night fell so sudden, airs whispered me stories of the abandoned ones; I felt so cold, my eyes swelled with tears and the dewdrops blurred my vision. The eeriness of the night with little visibility of the moon and stars gave a deep lonely agony. Suddenly, I felt a pang, deeper than my present pain on thinking “How would my master enjoy the beautiful sights of this land of Dragon without me?” I and my twin brother were the ones who make things more clearly visible to him. But the very fact that my brother is still there with him relieved me.
For 6 full days and nights, I had been waiting for me to be picked up. I hated to see the same sight, and feel the same cold nights again and again. When all hope was gone, and when I had started to blame my fateful fate, I heard the same familiar voices near me. An impulse of joy lifted me. Before I could clearly see though my tearful eyes, my master picked me up and shouted: “Hi everyone, I found my glass covered in sundews”. The happiness for this reunion was inexpressible. The moment he wiped my tears off, he shouted loud and clear: “Guys, I am giving a big treat back in Kolkata, and guys, remind me if I forget to do so.”
The Bucketlist revisited
Dec 20th
Here is the list from the Movie “The bucket list”
1. Witness something truly majestic
-can’t think of anything right now
2. Help a complete stranger for the good
-can think of offering bus seats to elders and girls. (It doesn’t mean i have done only this small thing… it means I don’t remember it right now
)
3. Laugh till I cry
-I think it happens a lot to me and my friends…
4. Drive a Shelby Mustang
-I have no interest in it and so it doesn’t come under my bucket list.
5. Kiss the most beautiful girl in the world
-yeah this is tricky
I guess every married man fulfills this one as to him, his wife is the most beautiful woman on Earth
-for me its still to come
6. Get a tattoo
-hmmm yes, m planing to get one… just wondering what and where to tattoo..
7. Skydiving
-definitely in my list… (have completed parasailing…but i want the real diving, the same one as in the movie)
8. Visit Stonehenge
-Not interested…
9. Spend a week at the Louvre
-not that much important to me…
10. See Rome
-m gonna do this
11. Dinner at La Chevre d’Or
-lets see..
12. See the Pyramids
-have seen a lot of times in movies
… ya, i would be excited to see it
13. Get back in touch (previously “Hunt the big cat,” added after being earlier added and crossed off)
-what was that, I forgot … is it geting in touch with the family??? if so, no need fr me as i ll always b in touch wit evry1
14. Visit the Taj Mahal
-Not a big deal fr any Indian
15. Hong Kong
-for me it might be Seol rather than Hong Kong
16. Victoria Falls
-m going there 1 day
17. Go on a safari
-I missed to go wit my frnds in my college life… still regret it…
18. Drive a motorcycle on the Great Wall of China
-looks like i ll end up in jail..
19. Sit on the Great Egyptian Pyramids
-would love to, but seem imposible to me
20. Find the Joy in your life
-I guess I find it everyday in my life..
Feels good to have watched the top 55 movies in IMDB list
Nov 21st
| I feel good that I have watched all these 55 top IMDB movies. | ||||
| Rank | Year | Movie | Rating | Votes |
| 1 | 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | 9.1 | 472,633 |
| 2 | 1972 | The Godfather | 9.1 | 381,975 |
| 3 | 1974 | The Godfather: Part II | 9 | 225,172 |
| 4 | 1966 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. | 8.9 | 143,041 |
| 5 | 1994 | Pulp Fiction | 8.9 | 384,479 |
| 6 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | 8.8 | 254,638 |
| 7 | 1957 | 12 Angry Men | 8.8 | 104,833 |
| 8 | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 8.8 | 196,137 |
| 9 | 2008 | The Dark Knight | 8.8 | 421,026 |
| 10 | 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | 8.8 | 258,827 |
| 11 | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 8.8 | 336,849 |
| 12 | 1977 | Star Wars | 8.8 | 302,325 |
| 13 | 1942 | Casablanca | 8.7 | 157,119 |
| 14 | 1990 | Goodfellas | 8.7 | 210,705 |
| 15 | 1954 | Shichinin no samurai | 8.7 | 89,706 |
| 16 | 1999 | Fight Club | 8.7 | 350,038 |
| 17 | 2002 | Cidade de Deus | 8.7 | 151,400 |
| 18 | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 8.7 | 228,297 |
| 19 | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 8.7 | 362,108 |
| 20 | 1954 | Rear Window | 8.7 | 110,024 |
| 21 | 1995 | The Usual Suspects | 8.7 | 249,222 |
| 22 | 1960 | Psycho | 8.7 | 132,524 |
| 23 | 1968 | C’era una volta il West | 8.7 | 67,021 |
| 24 | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | 8.6 | 226,575 |
| 25 | 1999 | The Matrix | 8.6 | 353,435 |
| 26 | 1995 | Se7en | 8.6 | 255,226 |
| 27 | 2000 | Memento | 8.6 | 249,624 |
| 28 | 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 8.6 | 304,313 |
| 29 | 1946 | It’s a Wonderful Life | 8.6 | 95,413 |
| 30 | 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 8.6 | 146,946 |
| 31 | 1950 | Sunset Blvd. | 8.6 | 49,961 |
| 32 | 1959 | North by Northwest | 8.6 | 86,678 |
| 33 | 1941 | Citizen Kane | 8.6 | 130,530 |
| 34 | 1994 | Léon | 8.6 | 182,174 |
| 35 | 1979 | Apocalypse Now | 8.6 | 161,885 |
| 36 | 1999 | American Beauty | 8.5 | 273,208 |
| 37 | 1998 | American History X | 8.5 | 205,601 |
| 38 | 1994 | Forrest Gump | 8.5 | 274,595 |
| 39 | 1976 | Taxi Driver | 8.5 | 142,818 |
| 40 | 1958 | Vertigo | 8.5 | 84,885 |
| 41 | 2009 | Avatar | 8.5 | 169,471 |
| 42 | 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | 8.5 | 74,408 |
| 43 | 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 8.5 | 218,897 |
| 44 | 2008 | WALL·E | 8.5 | 160,659 |
| 45 | 2001 | Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain | 8.5 | 166,496 |
| 46 | 1979 | Alien | 8.5 | 166,948 |
| 47 | 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | 8.5 | 251,538 |
| 48 | 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | 8.5 | 179,419 |
| 49 | 1980 | The Shining | 8.5 | 163,409 |
| 50 | 1957 | Paths of Glory | 8.4 | 41,240 |
| 51 | 2006 | The Departed | 8.4 | 239,487 |
| 52 | 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 8.4 | 77,170 |
| 53 | 2002 | The Pianist | 8.4 | 121,710 |
| 54 | 1986 | Aliens | 8.4 | 158,359 |
| 55 | 2001 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | 8.4 | 91,489 |
Oscar awards: The wait is over tonight
Feb 22nd
The much anticipated wait for the announcement of oscar award winners is to be over tonight. All the nominees have already been assembled to the kodak studio except Heath Ledger( Joker in Dark Knight). He is the favourite for the award in the best supporting caregory. Unfortunately he is not there with the rest of the nominees. Slum Dog Millionaire, filmed entirely in Mumbai, is the most popular film running for the best film, best director and best original score. It has 10 nominations. The curious casef Benjamin Buttons has 13 nominations in almost all the main categories. This year’s highest earner, (world’s 4th highest earner) Dark Knight comes with 8 nominations. I would not be surprised if it bsgs the best visual effects award. Iron man, the 2nd highest earner of this year has 2 nominations. W.A.L.L -E, the animated movie got 6 nominations. It was voted the best animated movie of all time in IMDB. Kungfu Panda is also nominated for the same category. Action Paced movie “Wanted” got up with 2 nominations. James Bond actor Daniel Craig starer movie “Defiance” based on 2nd world war gets 1 nomination. “Milk” gets 8 nominations. Popular movie “Hell Boy II”, “Australia” and “In Bruges” got 1 nominations each. Lets see which movie bags which award. I hope A.R. Rahman brings an oscar back home for the Indians.
Alcohol : A Menance to Society
Oct 9th
Alcoholism in our societies is increasing every single day. The biggest concern is that the youngsters and teenagers who are addicted to alcohol and drugs are affecting the younger generation of our world. More and more teenagers indulge in drinking for fun and sometimes to deal with their personal problems, depression and anxieties in life, peer pressure, family problems etc. The notion that Alcohol leads to freedom from all such problems is the mother of all such problems along with the image created by film stars like Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears who are the idol of many youngsters. Most drug rehab cases on addiction treatment are of age less than 25. The number of drug addicts is alarmingly increasing day by day.
Many teenagers who drink for fun eventually indulge in persistent use of alcohol and become alcoholics. Peer pressure and the urge to stand out in the crowd (many alcoholics seem to believe that they look and sound manly when people see them drunk) are also the main causes for the present day drug abuse among teenagers. The effects of drug can make you look much older. They start to develop dark circles around eyes. These dark circles are due to the loss of energy and weakening state of your heart and body. Insomnia, irritation and frequent outbursts and brawls are early signs of drug abuse. When such problems start showing off. it is the time to get a test to drug abuse and check into a drug rehab.
A Drug Rehab Center is a place where people suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, eating disorders, and other co-occurring disorders are treated with specialized treatments with variety of clinical components. The point of drug rehab program is to create a comprehensive and effective addiction treatment program for all levels and from all types of drugs like Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, Opiates (Oxycontin, Vicodin), Methadone, Crystal Methamphetamine, Prescription Pills, Psychiatric Medication and many more drugs. Also while choosing a drug rehabilitation center it is always advisable to consider the costs involved as they often tend to be a very expensive business, so plan before hand is always good. Also make sure that the center has good professionals to deal with the addicted patients and have latest tools and facilities to make sure that patients are taken well care of.
NTSE contact number and address
Sep 20th
For the past 5 months, I have been trying to contact NTSE scholarship section with little success. The scholarship they sent to my college MANIT, haven’t been received by my college(thats what my college, with the biggest red tapism I had ever seen, says). I took about 4 months to check and confirm that the scholarship draft they sent wasn’t in our college record. I nearly took the permission of every available employees, staffs and even clerks to check it.
I sent mails through speed post to NTSE office in DElhi. They reply back in ordinary mail which takes about 20 days to reach me. I tried to contact through telephone but their phone was out of service. I can’t understand why such a thing should happen to such a big academic office. Again in search for a means to contact them, I googled every web pages in the internet. What I find was always related to NTSE coaching centers etc. NTSE doesn’t have an official site!!!
After a lot of inquiry, I found the following contact numbers and addresses. I hope others may find this helpful.
postal address:
NTS-2
Dept. of edn. measurement and evaluation, NCERT
Sri AUrobindo Marg, New Delhi- 110016
contact number for NTS Examination Inquiry: Phone No. : 011-26560464,
contact email: mamta.ncert@nic.in
contact number for NTS Scholarship Inquiry: Phone No. : 011-26562704,(but this nuber is out of service now)
contact email: ntse2@yahoo.co.in
The documents for claiming scholarships can be downloaded from this link:
http://www.ncert.nic.in/html/sholarship_forms.htm
Eche Shanti Speaks – 2
Feb 8th
I work here in Tulsa,Oklahoma as a nurse assistant on weekends double shifts.My coworker is a big gal but only 20 yrs old. I like to observe people always and find it very fascinating at the different hues of life everywhere you can see!! This young gal I work with is ‘Goth’ loving and a very good artist.She dyes her front hair every other weekend with different colours and is a great source of amusement for my residents on my floor at this facility.They all address her as a ‘boy’. She is so used to them calling that name that she takes it with a pinch of salt. After all, they are affected by Alzheimer’s disease and dont know any better.
Back home in Manipur, she would fall in the group of “NUPA SABI”. I have no problem working with her.She also works as a ‘Drag King” in a gay bar in downtown Tulsa.She sometimes gets pissed off at me because I am not a sit still person as I always keep finding stuffs to do.She says that makes her look lazy. Well,I have been that way always! I cant help it!!
I had a whole lot of different experience when I worked in a nursing home for the first time here in this country.It was a sad environment,I must tell you guys.These unfortunate seniors had no one to take care of them at home so they were dumped there. It was a real heavy work as most of them were big and burly seniors.I am very tiny and could not lift nor budge them an inch at all anytime.The charge nurse always reassured me that I should seek other helpers when needed. Tell you what, it did not happen.They all just seemed to vanish while I was left doing so much work! I would go look for other workers to help but they were nowhere to be found nor seen. Imagine my shock and surprise one day when I went to get something from the common bathroom….I found two of my coworkers in a tight clinch!! I broke out in sweat and hastily retreated my steps!! I could not help thinking…….these normal looking women who have kids and husbands could carry on their lesbo leanings at work place ..of all the unlikeliest places!! Anyway,I have nothing against them.Its just their individual choice of lifestyle and they dont harm me ,so to each their own!! I may disagree with their lifestyle but its their life and choice.But the next time I could not find them,I did not bother to go look for them.I was just a “MAMULI” worker in that environment.
Dont we too have those “Nupi Sabis” and “Nupa Sabas” in Manipur? If any one says there isnt, then he/she is lying. Its just that it is not talked about loud. Dont we also know them as “HOMO”? Some of them are very good with what they do.Even the Manipur women police do have a lot of them , if I am not wrong. I met one at the Delhi railway station back in the 90s with a group of mountaineers just back from their camp /adventure course at the NIM in UP. She had her own GF with her in the group and they seemed pretty happy together!!
I came into contact with one such from UP who was the “gal friend ” of one of our tough “NUPA SABA” who besides had another local Meitei “GF”.It was the first time that I had encountered/met such lesbian couple in the real sense.Boy! it was something that I could not shake my mind off it!! I guess they are happy in their own world and so be it!!!
Coming back to my story,I hurt my back and shoulders at that nursing home.It began to make me think “what if I become crippled or something happens to me,what would become of my little son?” I then began looking around for another job and got the above job and since then I have been there working! I love working here because the staff are very understanding and quite enjoyable taking care of my residents who cant wait till the next weekend for me to come to work!! They do that because I bake my own concoction of chocolate and banana cakes which they love it very much!! I sing the tradtional church hyms with and for them or just turn on the radio on country music channel! Lo and behold! they begin to jive and swing..reminiscing their glory and past days of youth!! Sometimes we do have a pot luck lunch and my coworkers favourite food is the Aloo Samosa so there is heavy demand for that!! I dont mind it because I love to cook and share with them.It makes one feel good to be appreciated and loved!! This much for today! More in the next,folks!!!
Eche shanti’s experience: word of god
Jan 24th
All posts under this category “eche shanti” is about the life experience of eche(big sister) Shanti and are spoken through her mouth. All “I” here means “eche Shanti”.
I would like to share this incident with you all.Yesterday as I hurried home to wait for my son’s school bus,I stopped at the grocery store to buy a gallon of milk for him.And who do you think I met? An old lady whom I did not even know at all!! She tapped me on my arm and aksed me if I was a Chinese and I said no but from the northeastern part of India called Manipur.I had only 8 or 10 minutes left before my son’s school bus arrives at my apartment complex and this lady started preaching to me about being “saved’ and “going to heaven when I die” !She asked me about my job and that I should tithe 10% to the Almighty !!! I just could not make her stop as it would be rude on my part.I was saying “yes,yes, yes ” to all what she was preaching and trying to put down my throat ,so as to end the session soon! Lordy lord, instead of that ,she began to rattle out some Manipuri names with whom she came into contact here in Tulsa,Oklahoma.Even then I said “yes” for the upteenth time.There was no end to her preaching and I hated that very moment why I came in her path!! I dont need to be preached at that moment about what she was saying!! I dont buy that kind of stuffs which is being pushed down one’s throat.
I had to cut her short and tell her that my son would run amock if I was not there at the bus stop and excused myself soon after that. Sure enough,my boy was not to be seen anywhere around.I became very worried and looked for him here and there.I began to sweat, where would my little boy be now? I had given him strict instructions on not to go anywhere if I was a little late to get there at the bus stop anytime but to stay put at the apartment leasing office! I went round the other apartment buildings knocking on other older school bus riders’ rooms to ask if they had seen my son. Thankfully, one of the kids had taken him to his house and boy! I was very relieved!! At that point, I could not help asking myself, was that lady just come to check my patience or what?
I am not for those who just grab people and start preaching the “word of god”.It does not have the desired effects.
My son said he was sorry to be in his friend’s house but I was very glad to see him after my frantic search.Me being by myself here is not everyone’s cuppa tea.I have to be up and about and cant complain! I have a lot to be thankful for because the positve things in my life far outweighs all the negatives things!!
I dont have any family member to rely on but some very good friends whom I can count on when needed but they are my good church friends. I will be writing more articles for our young friend Kriti on this site!
Eche Shanti
Jan 18th
I met eche Shanti(Thokchom Shanti) for the first time in orkut. Well, I have heard about eche long before in e-pao.net. She stays in USA presently. I met eche for the first time in orkut when I joined the Thokchom comunity. She was the moderator in that community. Since I have already read most of her articles in e-pao.net, I requested her to write some for our Thokchom.com too. Well, I was really happy to hear from eche that she is willing to write articles for us. I will keep a separate category called “eche Shanti” for her article so that those who want to read her articles can find it easy to search. Whenever the topic is related with thokchom, I would also put the post under the thokchom category too. So, I am now looking forward to see the articles of eche Shanti in this blog.
An ebook for guide to blogging
Oct 11th
Well, when I started a thread in the webmaster forums saying that I earned $500 in the first month of my earning, many of the forum members requested me to tell them the secret of earning that much amount so fast in the first month. Some of them even asked me to write an ebook on how to make fast money only through blogging. I admit that I used some of unusual techniques to earn that fast and easy money. Some of the techniques I used were even against the rule. But I succeeded in getting fast money as those techniques may be known only to me or other few person like me who are willing to risk and try new things. I thought of writing a short ebook for my friends, but I feared that if more than 1000 persons do the same technique as I do, all of us would be surely banned. But now, that I have almost left blogging, I thought I would tell the secrets to everyone here in this site. I don’t have time to write a separate ebook for this. My fingers give me a lot of pain because of the excessive typing in the last few months. Doctor advised me to take a break. That is the reason number 1 for me to quit blogging. The second reason why I quit blogging is that I have planned to turn my face on internet marketing. It takes a lot of studies, experiment and observation to become a succesful internet marketer. I have been trying to do some google adword campaign in the past few days without much success. But still I am taking out this little time to write something about blogging, -HOW TO SUCCEED- easily, on the request of my new-blogger friends.

