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After some phenomenal lyrics in TZP, Prasoon has done it again in Ghajini. Its great that we have a terrific addition to the lyricist pool (joining Javed Akhtar). Power to the Indian Light Music scene!!. Some excerpts from Ghajini: Kaise Mujhe Tu Mil Gayi:...... Mein to yeh sochta tha ki aaj kal,
Upar wale ko fursat nahi,
Phir bhi tumhe bana ke woh,
Meri nazar mein chadh gaya,........ Guzarish:...... Sheeshe ke khwab leke,
Raton mein chal raha hu,
Takra naa jaun kahin,
Aasha ki lau hai roshan,
Phir bhi toofan ka darr hai,
Lau bujh naa jaaye kahin,..... Out of the world! Tags: ghajini, prasoon joshi lyrics
Current Mood:  relaxed
Current Music: ghajini
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Bought something on ebay.com. I get an email from mikedean35@gmail.com to the email address registered on ebay, stating that the payment must be processed outside paypal as ebay has informed him that there's a problem with using his paypal account. Initially, I trusted this sender because the email came to my official ebay-registered address, which is normally private (obviously, ebay has a hole somewhere). Then I get another email from this guy saying that ebay tells him that just one time, they'll offer free protection for this transaction, and that ebay will directly email me with the "steps" to follow. He asked for my address & name so that he can move the processing forward. It felt fishy, but I sent the shipping address anyway. I get an email from "ebay@safety-trust.com" that looks like an authentic ebay email.. asking me to transfer money to a guy in Romania!!. (ADRIAN UTA, Street Cocorilor, Rm Valcea 1000, Romania) who is an "ebay agent". The requested payment method was WESTERN UNION. This made it fairly obvious that a scam was in progress. I've reported mikedean35@gmail.com to google. I wonder if safety-trust.com should be reported, or it was just a random domain name the scamster is abusing. I don't know how to report the romanian address & name. Anyway, thought I'd let people know so they don't get bitten by such a scam. Tags: adrian uta, ebay, fraud, mikedean35, scam, western union
Current Mood:  annoyed
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A motivational/inspirational video clip was sent on a CD by a good friend, but then I found it on youtube. Here it is. It is one of the finest clips I've ever seen - moving, piercing, inspiring. I was once asked to name a few individuals I admire a lot. Three names quickly came to mind, and co-incidentally, two of them are on this clip - Kapil Dev, Pele (the third was Mother Theresa). Enjoy. Tags: carl lewis, inspiration, kapil dev, lance armstrong, michael schumacher, motivation, nadia comaneci, pele, sergei bubka, youtube
Current Mood: touched
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While I was reading a post venting about poor banking experiences, I realized I have some unvented angst as well. When it comes to banking, I'm always seeking the ones that have good online solutions which minimizes the need to call them. Calling a bank to get some service comes close to a torture technique that sadistic autocrats would have loved to use. Wrong published numbers, frequently changing numbers, byzantine menus, long holds, clueless service reps, cookie-cutter responses, dumb-as-a-doorknob procedures etc etc.. HSBC looks and sounds shiny, and it was the bank my previous employer used, and given that I had tried most other "global" banks before, and hadn't found the holy grail, I gave it a shot. I opened a personal account, and the experience was mostly ok - no worse than the others, but not significantly better either. It is when I opened a business account with them that the troubles began, starting with the "welcome package". It took 35 days to get it! (took only 5 days with HDFC that I opened around the same time). The explanation was that the first time, it was "lost in transit" (and bluedart was the courier, no less). Still doesn't explain 35 days!. The online services are quite deficient, and the relationship manager had to have someone call me atleast 3 times to walk me through strange menus to accomplish simple things such as transfer funds, and view opened FDs. And as if that wasn't enough trouble, I had to support that with paper applications that I had to fill and send. To cancel a cashier's check that was issued online, I had to send a written request on paper!!. When an new FD is created, the system makes assumptions instead of giving choices online... and to change the default choice, send an email request or call!. HDFC provides these choices as part of the FD creation process. The info I get from HSBC folks isn't always reliable. For example, I was told there was no limit on hsbc a/c to hsbc a/c transfers, but the system imposed the same limits applicable to out of bank transfers... Enough said. Still looking for an icon for good service in india... Open to suggestions from friends. Current Mood: annoyed
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Bought the Pavilion DV2601TU 3 months ago. An automatic HP software upgrade happens, which includes a BIOS upgrade. Machine cannot boot after that - there are 4 beeps and the power button blinks. Took it to a walk-in HP customer care center. After an hour of narrowing down the source of the problem, they conclude the motherboard is faulty. I get an SMS in an hour saying part is not in stock and they'll send the ETA "shortly". 48 hours are gone and there's no ETA, despite going to the center again and explaining to the folks how difficult life is when your work depends on the laptop and its in the shop. I requested a way to atleast get some of my data from the drive, but nope there was no help. I've been promised an ETA for the part on monday. After that, X days of waiting for the part, and then a day (hopefully not more) to install. SOmething is seriously wrong if a marquee brand like HP cannot get an ETA for a common part like the motherboard... Either the logistics network is busted or there's too many motherboard failures??. Tags: hp, hp pavilion quality problem, laptop, pavilion, poor service
Current Mood: frustrated
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