I tried to observe my colleagues’ socializing activities and Orkut topped their list. However, I also realized that extreme orkutting is a renowned pass-time for most of the youngsters!
- You start your day with the thought of sending a scrap to co-Orkutter (or Orkutian? Or Orkutist..i leave it to you)
- You read through all your old-older-oldest scraps
- You walk into the workplace and the 1st thing to do is to check your scraps in Orkut
- You login to Orkut once an hour to re-check your scraps
- Your default website on your browser is Orkut
- You visit profiles of people you know and don’t know
- You look at your friends’ albums in Orkut in your free time
- You wait for updates from other profiles
- You create strange communities on anything under sun and invite your friends to be a part of it
- You join communities very frequently
- You poke your friends through ipoke and wait for their response
- You will search for your old pals and try to reconnect
- You play with the Orkut applications in your free time
- You often change the template
- You comment on all the pictures of your friends
- You tag yourself and your friends in the pictures
- You take pictures only to upload on orkut
- You try to update your photo album as much as possible
If you are able to relate yourself with more than half of these symptoms, then join the OCD club!
Orkutting Compulsive Disorder!
Credits: Thanks to Kalpana for helping me with this experiment! :)
Note: You are welcome to enhance this list, if you are experiencing different symptoms.
Barack Obama needs no introduction. He is the star of this year and you can find loads of info about him on Google. Simple way to trace him is to switch on the TV and watch any news channel. At least one of them would be airing some special focus show on him.
I am not an ardent worshipper of world politics, but this guy has been intriguing. The possible reasons could be his ethics or principles. I am posting an anecdote about him which impressed me to the core. Source: Times of India
When the whole media was roaring about the Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter’s untimely pregnancy, Obama demonstrated his wisdom in a very pragmatic way. All he said was, “My Mom was 18 when she was carrying me”. He could have criticized to any extent, but he kept mum and slapped their indignity to publicize a sensitive issue.
This is the change we definitely need in our thought process not to demean someone’s life! Such a change will inculcate true human values and build a philanthropic universe.
How does that feel? At least, I was totally impressed with his reply. Please comment your views.
I am neither a religious person nor an atheist. But am truly spiritual and would like to express my gratitude to the creator of this beautiful universe.
Who is God? I can define God as an invisible, omnipotent and omnipresent spirit filled with compassion and humanity. Being oneself can bring out God from all of us. I can relate the following attributes to God:
--Love
--Patience
--Goodwill
I don’t believe in idol worship, since I can actually see, realize and feel in people around me. Let us see how?
My Mom – God’s own Angel…or is she the God, as she created me and brought me up with immense patience and boundless love?
My Siblings – Are they..as they share and care with compassion?
My friends – Are they…they are ready to do anything to keep me happy…for selfless goodwill?
My circumstances have been the eye openers and I regard these set of people in my life as the ambassadors of God. We are born to be optimists and if we follow our heart & conscience, all the senses like common and civic will surely fall in place, as the instructions given by our heart are always POSITIVE!
It is our attitude which governs these instructions. Listen to your heart carefully and the 1st advice that you hear is always the right one! Believe your conscience; it leads you in the right direction! Coming back to our basics, conscience is the spirit within you…So trust yourself!
Now, let us look at a simple example from Hinduism. Namaskar, which is the traditional form of greeting others, is symbolized by clasped hands. In this way, we bow to the soul or spirit in the co-human being. By doing so, we wish wellness and seek forgiveness from the other person.
Our ancestors have identified and realized it long ago to love thyself and love thy neighbor…
God is in and around us....realize the spirit and be happy!
