An inspirational poem about "Thinking" by "Walter D. Wintle" 

If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you like to win, but you think you can't
It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost
For out of the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN !

                                                           - Walter D. Wintle

Watched Lo Gujjubhai Ghode Chadya at Gandhi Smruti Bhavan Surat

Watched Gujarati play "Lo Gujjubhai Ghode Chadya" by Sidhdharth Randeriya @ Gandhi Smruti Bhavan, Surat on 15th Oct 2011, Sat.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Life's Scars

A nice poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Life's Scars

They say the world is round, and yet
I often think it square,
So many little hurts we get
From corners here and there.
But one great truth in life I've found,
While journeying to the West-
The only folks who really wound
Are those we love the best.

The man you thoroughly despise
Can rouse your wrath, 'tis true;
Annoyance in your heart will rise
At things mere strangers do;
But those are only passing ills;
This rule all lives will prove;
The rankling wound which aches and thrills
Is dealt by hands we love.

The choicest garb, the sweetest grace,
Are oft to strangers shown;
The careless mien, the frowning face,
Are given to our own.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.

Love does not grow on every tree,
Nor true hearts yearly bloom.
Alas for those who only see
This cut across a tomb!
But, soon or late, the fact grows plain
To all through sorrow's test:
The only folks who give us pain
Are those we love the best.

Vodafone IPL Zoozoos are not animated cartoons

Yes ! You read it right !

Those cute little characters in vodafone IPL ads are human beings wearing body suits.
They are called Zoozoos.



Everyone thought it was cute animated characters.

I came to know about this when I was watching an IPL match at a mall along with a friend, who is MBA in advertising.
She informed me that these are not animated cartoons, but real human beings wearing white body suit and it's the large set which makes them appear smaller in comparison .

And after few days I am reading a lot about these zoo zoos on internet.
So I thought to write a little about this.

My friend also informed me about the company O&M which created the zoo zoos. (link)

One line I would like to add for O&M (Ogivly & Mather) was established by David Ogilvy, who is known as "The Father of Advertising".

Coming back to the Zoozoos,
For a common man, it's an egghead creature with black dots as eyes and mouth.

If you are interested knowing more about zoozoos, please follow the afaqs! link.
It's really an interesting read, especially the making of zoozoo.


Source : http://www.afaqs.com/perl/news/story.html?sid=23893



Links:

You can find all the IPL Zoozoo videos on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=vodafoneipl&view=videos

Download IPL zoozoo screensaver

Download IPL zoozoo cursor image

Download IPL zoozoo wallpapers

To know, What kind of zoozoo are you ? click here

Let your mind drift for a few moments

I had visited Narmad Library at my hometown Surat.

While I was searching for books regarding body language analysis, came across a book of some other topic (I forgot to note down the book name).

I really loved a paragraph in the book, which is about taking time for yourself from your everyday busy schedule.

I'm sharing the paragraph with all of you.

"
Let your mind drift for a few moments

Every so often, during your day, make sure you take a minute to look at the sky,
breathe deeply, and watch the clouds.
Watch fish in an aquarium.
Go to a pretty spot in nature and watch the light move through the trees or
the wind move the grass.
At night take some time to look at the moon and stars and to breate the night air.
Rock in a rocking chair, lie in a hammock, swing on a swing, or hang on a chinning bar.

Let go. Let yourself Be.
"

I'm back

It's been such a long time I've been away from blogging here.
The reason being
- Work
- Personal Website (http://www.viralpatel.info/blog)
- Boredom
- Laziness

I've decided to get active again and start posting every once in a while I get time and topic to share something.

Hope that I'll keep my words that's said in the title of the post.

Little Green E-book

Hi All,
I was going through a discussion (office internal forum) & came across a very cool link.
It's called "Little Green E-book".
This e-book has 50 tips to go green and offer a helping hand to preserve enviromnent.
http://www.morganstanley.com/about/community/littlegreenebook/
I would suggest atleast once read !
Ciao

ABC for happy life

I got this in a mail & liked it so much that i decided to post here :)
Hope you'll like it !
Keep Smiling
ViRaL

Can Penguins fly ? NO ? Check this video !

Few days back, BBC Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins at King George Island (about 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands).

Here are the words of Terry Jones, the program presenter...

"But then the weather took a turn for the worse. It was quite amazing. Rather than getting together in a huddle to protect themselves from the cold, they did something quite unexpected, that no other penguins can do."

So according to the BBC team, Penguins took flight to protect themselves from cold and started to flew away !

Here is the video footage of the story.




Read the story here: Penguins take flight @ http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Hope u enjoy this !
Don't forget to leave comments if you like the post !
Viral
www.viralpatel.info

Surat, fastest growing city in India

Read more reports:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Surat_GDP_growth_rate_fastest_in_India/articleshow/2740519.cms


http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/29gdp.htm

$1.00 Camera Image Stabilizer

This video from metacafe.com shows how to make Image Stabilizer for your digital Camera to forget the shaking effects on images !

Have fun photographing !



$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod - video powered by Metacafe

Tumse Hi Din hota he Lyrics (Jab We Met)

Song : Tumse Hi
Movie : Jab We Met - 2007
Singer : (K.K.)

na he ye pana , na khona hi he ,
tera na hona jane , kyu hona hi he ...

tumse hi din hota he, surmai sham aati he, tumse hi ,
tumse hi har ghadi sans aati he, zindagi kehlati he , tumse hi tumse hi

na he ye pana , na khona hi he , tera na hona jane , kyu hona hi he ...

aankhon me aankhe teri, bahon me bahe teri, mera na mujme kuch raha , hua kya ..
baton me bate teri , rate saugate teri, kyu tera sab ye ho gaya , hua kya ..
main kahi bhi jata hu , tumse hi mil jata hu, tumse hi , tumse hi ..

shor me khamoshi he , thodi si behosi he, tumse hi , tumse hi ..
adha sa wada kabhi, adhe se zyada kabhi, ji chahe kar lu is tara , wafa ka

chode na chhoote kabhi, tode na tute kabhi , jo dhaga tumse jud gaya , wafa ka
me tera sarmaya hu , jo bhi me ban paya hu, tumse hi , tumse hi

raste mil jate he . manzile mil jati he , tumse hi , tumse hi
na he ye pana , na khona hi he ,tera na hona jane , kyu hona hi he ...

Happy Friendship Day

Hey all ya Friends out there.

I know its quite late to wish Friendship day, but its better late than never ! :)

So here are my wishes to all my friends & blog readers
A HAPPY BELATED FRIENDSHIP DAY !

Have drafted a gazal by Pankaj Udhas...
"KYA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE..."

Hope you like this !
Luv & Regards,
ViRaL
(www.viralpatel.info)

Nayi Nayi Bahar Se Miloge? Ek ajnabi ke sath tum chaloge ?
Bataoo...Bataoo...Bataoo Mere Humsafar Banoge ?
KYA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? KYAA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? (2)

Basant rut ka taza zonka hu, Jawan dhadkano ka nagma hu (2)
Na jane kab se tanha tanha hu,
Kaho na .. Kaho naaa.. Kaho na mere sath khus rahoge ?
KYA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? KYAA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? (2)

Tumhe jo maine dekha peheli baar, to dil ye bola tum ho mere yaar ! (2)
Tumhi ho wo tha jiska intezar,
Kya mere, Kya mere dil pe dastakhat karoge ?
KYA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? KYAA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? (2)

Na jane kyu tum achche lagate ho, Ho ajanabi par apne lagate ho (2)
Haseen khwabo jaise lagate ho,
Dhadakte... Dhadakteeee...
Dhadakte dil ka tum yakeen karoge ?
KYA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? KYAA MUJSE DOSTI KAROGE ? (2)



All you who want to be friend, comment to this post !
_____\""\(* *)/""/________

IIM admission criteria revealed - CAT + Academic Perfornance

IIM admission criteria was made public, because of a petition by Vaishnavi Kasturi, a visually challanged student.
Vaishnavi could not make it to the IIM Bangalore, even after high score in CAT. She filed petition under Right to Information Act (RTI) [pdf].

IIMs give only 20 per cent weightage to the score of CAT (Common Admission Test).
While 40 per cent weightage is given to the academic performance in Class X, XII and graduation scores.
35 per cent weightage is given to Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).
Chartered accountants get 5 per cent weightage.

So, guys n gals dreaming of admission in IIMs start your prepation earliest, from class 10th itself.

Good Luck.
ViRaL
(www.viralpatel.info)

Harry Potter : The Order of the Phoenix

The 5th movie of Harry Potter series released on July 11th after preponed from July 13.
It's "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix".
The movie was released in Surat (my home town) in Hindi as "Harry Potter aur Phoenix ki fauj".

I watched the both versions. No no its not that I liked it too much ;) !

So far the movie was good as far as animation, special effects and acting was concerned, But I personally felt it a little boring.

For the first time watchers of Harry Potter series, this movie was total time pass, but for those who were Harry Potter fans, the film is superb. The reason I found the film boring may be that I am not big fan of Harry Potter, though I liked the previous movies.

It was same story plot of fun in the beginning and much exciting and full of special effects climax with a hint of the next movie of the series.

This time the main attraction (??? ;)) was the character of Dolores Umbridge, especially her smile .. "hi hi" (J.K. Rowling describes as toad-like) !! Everyone hated her as she is always punishing the students and banned teaching the magic in school.

Anyways, I enjoyed the movie at Surat better than at Mumbai.
People were enjoying the movie with whistles and clapppings at Surat, while at Mumbai people enjoyed by sharing comments with neighbours only.

Well, let me stop here.
Ciao till next post.
ViRaL
(www.viralpatel.info)

Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

This Video is dedicated to all the students who are studying or have studied in my AlmaMater, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology aka SCET.

Ohh I forgot to mention all the students of computer department must see it because its especially for computer engineering department.

Do watch it & Feel Free to comment to the post !




Also, let's not forget to thanks the person whoever have worked to create the video.
I liked it so I am posting it to my blog !

Adieu
ViRaL
(www.viralpatel.info)

Mauli Dave - Mayya Mayya - Sa re ga ma pa Challange 2007

કંકોતરી -આસીમ રાંદેરી-Gujarati Gazal

મારી એ કલ્પના હતી કે વિસરી મને,
કિન્તુ એ માત્ર ભ્રમ હતો થઇ ખાતરી મને.

ભુલી વફાની રીત ન ભુલી જરી મને,
લ્યો એના લગ્નની મળી કંકોતરી મને…

For rest of the gazal ... visit the original post at

http://urmi.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/kankotri_byaasim_randeri/

Web Based Instant Messengers

Hey Friends....

Ever miss your home where you were chatting late night with your friends, while messengers are banned in your offices now !!???

Check this out then...

Here is the list of online web based instant messengers to let you chat with your friends online & without having to use the messenger applications. Just type-in the following url into your browser and here you are.. ONLINE :)

Yahoo [NEW]

Yahoo just launched it's official web based messenger.
They allow you to login invisibly from browser also... which is not availble in Gtalk (web/application).

http://webmessenger.yahoo.com

Older Version:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmsgr/fmsgr.php

Google Talk Gadget

The chat from Gmail is blocked !!?? Dont worry use TalkGadget from Google until it's blocked too :)

http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/popout

MSN

Web messenger from MSN.
http://webmessenger.msn.com/

Meebo

http://www.meebo.com

EBuddy

http://www.ebuddy.com

Watch Out for more...

Also add comments if you know any such websites...

Njoy IMing...

ViRaL
(http://www.viralpatel.info)

Happy Birthday Rani

Happy Birthday Rani Mukerjee

Visit My Last Year Wishes to Rani...
http://patelviral.blogspot.com/2006/03/happy-birthday-to-rani-mukerjee.html