Raavanan

Saw the movie yesterday (had an early getaway from office citing my birthday as reason) in Tamil.

I can see why people dont like the hindi version. I did not like the tamil version either. A big dissappointment from Mani.

What rocked
1) Exotic locales. I loved the shot where there is a huge statue of Vishnu in the middle of a river and Aishu is praying to give her strength...
2) Beautiful cameramanship
3) Aishu - old but still gold
4) Music was good

What sucked
1) There is a lot of buildup for the Raavanan character - but there is no back up in it
2) The completely goofed up attempt to link this to Ramayana
3) All the monkey noises, dandanaa dan nonsense and characters behaving like a gorilla half the time
4) Mani always has a wierd sense of the setting - which I personally hate. Some may like it. It is either a dark room with just a zero watt bulb (anjali, iruvar, mouna ragam) or it rains a lot throughout the movie (raavanan, nayagan) .
5) There were no gripping dialogues
6) There was not a single moment where I sat at the edge of my seat

Casting I liked
1) Aish
2) Prithviraj
3) Priyaaaaaaaaaaa

Casting I hated
1) Karthik
2) Prabhu - he gave the cameramen the real challenge of keeping him within the frame
3) Vaiyyapuri - why is he an Ali?

Anyways - dont waste your money. Watch it in Sun TV after 2 months

Why dont you start a company of your own?

Have you ever been asked this question? Have you ever wondered yourself about this question?

To be frank, I have.

And the answer I get is the same as "Why dont I become a zoologist?" or "Why dont I become a cricketer?"

I am not entirely convinced that that is what I want to be doing.

I am not saying that I wont start a company of my own - all I am saying is that I dont know if I will, I dont know when and I dont know how. The things that are needed for me to be an entrepreneur (whatever they may be) havent yet taken place in my life.

I am yet to get an idea that excites me. I am yet to get the inspiration to act on an idea. I am yet to get enough guts to start doing something on my own. And last but not the least - I am still not convinced why "entrepreneurship" is the right option for me. Heck, I am an MBA and I dont even know how that degree is going to help me yet.

But all of this apart,

What I dont understand is, why do people give entrepreneurship such a high regard?

I hear sentences like
1) Entrepreneurs control their life and they have a complete rein over what they want to do (they can come to office when they want to, go when the want to, do what they want etc)
2) Entrepreneurs are wealthy
3) Entrepreneurs can hire anyone
4) Entrepreneurs are famous

Well, I do agree that Entrepreneurship is an exciting career option and many at some point of time in their career have always wanted to have a company of their own. It has been like this little dream in almost everybodys heart to own their own company and provide job opportunities. But that doesnt mean that Entrepreneurship is the end all of life. If you are not an entrepreneur then so be it. There are so many professions out there - and each come with their own set of advantages and disadvantages. There is no one career option that can be "best". The "best" career option is the one where you are enjoying your work. Thats it.

If by chance - your career and your passion match - then you can consider yourself lucky. If per chance - you happen to enjoy painting - but are a software developer - then you can always paint in your spare time - but be a developer for your living.

Entrepreneurship has its own advantages, namely

1) The feeling of self satisfaction
2) Best possible way of getting paid what you are actually worth
3) Its a service - you provide job opportunity to so many
4) Fame. A lot of people look up to you

But it comes with its baggage
1) Risk Factors. Competition, changing technology, changing needs etc. Any of these can put an end to the business.
2) Ability to spend time for personal life
3) Stress
4) Success Factors are low in many cases

The above mentioned are hard aspects. But there is one very critical baggage which this career option brings - which is

With success in entrepreneurship comes the difficulty in managing success. There is nothing that people like to see - more than to see someone high up - fall down. You always want Australia to lose a cricket match. You always prefer a Tata to a Reliance group. You always prefer an AR Rahman to any other musician. You prefer Tendulkar to Ponting. You prefer a Narayanamurthy to Azim Premji. You prefer a Kalam to any other politician.

Why?

The way these companies, teams, individuals manage success.

With success in entrepreneurship - comes the great responsibility of managing it right.

People always love to hear a scandal more than anything and it is human nature. A simple mistake on part of an entrepreneur is enough to put at risk the personal and professional relations.

Some qualities which look bad on a CEO or Entrepreneur are
1) Arrogance
2) Negligence
3) Disrespect for others
4) Show of wealth/power/fame

I am not saying that they would impact the CEO personally. It is just that others love to see such persons fail - and it is always not a good feeling to have for a CEO.

People always love a Warren Buffet to a Richard Branson.

Both are successful. But I enjoy to see Buffet successful while I think "man - God has been kind to this Branson"

What I think does not matter to Branson. But I would personally want to be a Buffet and not a Branson.

World of Warcraft

This amazing game from Blizzard has me hooked for the past few months.

This article might not really make sense to many of you ... but for those of you to who it does - heres some of my learnings from the game

Call this my own personal WOW Guide if you may....

I have levelled up a hunter to level 80 and a priest to level 77 as I write this article - and I also have a few mid level characters....and here are my general do's and donts for the game

So here goes....

Game Aids

1) Please get the relevant addons for the game...especially get yourself Questhelper and Auctioneer addons. These are quite useful and you can do so much better with these addons

2) Get a wide screen monitor - the game experience is really much better the bigger your screen. Believe me. I had used a small monitor before and now I use a big one and I love it...

3) I play in Windowed mode. That way - I know if someone pings me in Gtalk or something while I play :). Choose your preference! Some like their screens filled up...but I like it this way


Gold Making


I dont consider myself a great gold maker in WoW or something - but there are some fundamental things you can do - to make gold in WoW. Some of these are very simple things which anyone will know once they play the game for sometime

1) First and foremost thing you want to do - is to forget all those stupid crafting professions. I mean all of them. ALL OF THEM.

Be a miner/skinner or herb gatherer at the starting levels. This is especially true for your first character in a realm/faction.

However tempted you may be to roll a leatherworking profession since you are a hunter or an engineering profession to get that cool bike ride - it is not worth it.

Crafting professions give you value (if at all) only VERY VERY VERY late in the game - and that too - the value can always be purchased. For levelling up your leatherworking from say 1-450 you will easily spend a hell of a lot of money and time which can easily be spent gathering stuff and making money.

Take my case - my leatherworking is now at 441 (my character can bee seen here)

Even with skinning as my primary profesion - I still need Artic Furs, Primal Fire/Water/Shadow etc. / and Orbs and what not - in order to level - and not a single crafted item that I am wearing is made by me.

I never even found anything worth selling - maybe a few armor kits here and there - and a few of the items which are used by disenchanters. Hardly worth the effort I put into L/W. End of the day - it did not make me money and it did not make me anything worth wearing.

Had I taken a mining profession - I would be riding an epic mount by now and still had the same gear I am wearing.

The highest gear items - are almost 90% available only on 10/25 man dungeons in PVE and by playing Arenas for PVP. You dont craft them. So what is the point of a crafting profession?

This is seriously an area where I See that Blizzard needs to add more value for people to actually make value from taking a crafting profession.

So - be a miner/skinner/herba.

Personal preference would be miner/skinner or herba/skinner (you hunt animals often you might as well skin them and since ores share the minimap with herbs - you dont usually get too many of them anyways)

Sell any crap you mine/herb/skin and you are easily making money in no time. I started a character with these professions now and I am comfortably making good money even in level 20.

If at all you choose not to listen to my advice and want to roll a crafting profession - be a Tailor. Netherweave Bags are a good source of money and later Frostweave bags. My other character is making good money off of tailoring.

Thus far Enchanting hasnt made much money for me - maybe I am just not spending enough time Disenchanting to make money. I need to investigate.

But if there were any advice I were to give on Gold making - it would be roll a gathering profession. No matter how high a level you reach - you can always use the gold.

2) My second tip on gold making is the Auction house. There are some simple rules in auction house

a) Sell what people want -
nobody wants a stupid Green item (except maybe enchanters) which is priced above 4G. You get better items in a random dungeon run
nobody wants a 6 or 8 or 14 slot bags...they want what they cant buy off the vendor.
nobody wants vendor trash - so dont sell it
Money is almost 80% of the time to be made off items which are "Raw Materials" to a profession/item. It is very rarely to be made of Actual items. Learn to identify raw mats
Stop making frostweave bandages after you hit level 80. The frostweave cloth in my realm sells 4G a stack - you are better off selling it than making bandages

b) Sell competitively - just because somoeone just put up a frostweave bag for 10G a piece - does not mean you have to jump on it and sell it at 9 G. Wait for the item to get sold and then resell in the market price. Patience is a virtue. Some noob idiots will always sell stuff at a value much less than what an item is worth. Dont waste your time and energy trying to undercut noobs. It is not worth it.

c) When you undercut someone - undercut sensibly

If the cheapest price in AH is currently 10G 99S 99C for an item, you only need to price it at
10G 99S and 98C to undercut him/her

Dont be a noob and take the price to 9G...that is just plain silly. Not only are you losing 1G 99S 98C but you are in effect bringing the market itself down drastically

3) The third tip to gold making is to farm

a) Farm for fish - there is a lot of money to be had by selling raw fish in the market. Whenever you are just plain bored to do anything else - go fish yourself to money. It doesnt matter which level you are. You can always fish and sell what you catch.

b) Farm for leather - a good place is Gundrak Raptors near Zuldrak - they give you 2-3 Borean leathers a kill. I cant think of any other place where you can get 2-3 Borean leathers in 1 kill. In an hour I create 200 Borean leather which is roughly 40 Heavy Borean Leather - each of which is easily worth 8-10G - which is 300-400 gold per hour

c) Farm for Emblems - you can convert them into Orbs which sell for good money in the AH.
4) (applicable to level 80s - who can easily get a lot of Emblems of Triumphs)


4) Dailies - Especially once you are level 80. They give you 13G and 23S per daily. You can do 25 of those. Argent tournament grounds and areas in Icecrown (shadow vault) have dailies which can all be finished in 1-2 hours and would fetch 13G 23S per quest and you can do 25 of those every 1-2 hours. This is easily 331 G in just the quest reward - plus you get to loot the corpses which would separately yield another 100-200G worth of items and you get to skin the kill sometimes, not to mention the occassionaly mining/gathering which you do in the process (if you are a miner). This is one of the fastest ways to earn money in the game.

5) Be Sensible.

Yes.

Be Sensible.

You dont need a heavily overpriced gun in the AH - which would cost you 10G and you are in your level 10 - just entering the WSG battles . You are much better of saving that money for your first mount. Remember the epic flying mount and Artisan Riding skill - they take a ton of gold. Also - you need to save for your skill learning/profession levelling/travel/repair etc.

Resist the urge to make unnecessary purchases in the AH.

A simple rule of thumb you can use is - never make a purchase which is than XX% your bank balance (until you are level 80 or are making the purchase because you ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY MUST) and you should be fine.

You can decide the XX suitable for you. I would recommend 20-30%.

Social Tips

1) Please learn to be polite. It is very important that you are polite to people. Dont go shouting "noob &£$% idiot" if someone accidentally does not heal you - or you die because of a fault in a dungeon group.

Everyone makes a mistake.

This is just a game. Its not as if you got really killed or something. You can always respawn and get back into the game

2) If you are a Tank/Healer in a dungeon group - it is very important you dont just ditch the group because you got a stupid dungeon or because the group is not keeping pace with you. DPSers are easy to find. But not a tank or a healer. So before you roll as a Tank/Healer - think about if you are serious about doing a dungeon - or if you might go for a bathroom break and not come back.

3) Always inform the group the buffs you need when you need

4) Watch for mana breaks (mb) and dont just keep running and killing everything in a dungeon

5) Dont "Need" when you dont "Need" an item

6) To sum up - just dont be a jerk and dont show off.

Gear


1) maxdps.com is a good site. Use it to identify the right gear

2) Gearscore addon is quite good. Use that as well.

3) The path to a good gear needs patience. I would suggest you start off with the 5 man dungeons and slowly move to 10-25 man once the gearscore is decent (say 4K + )

4) Join a good raiding guild and take part in the weeklies

5) End of the day it is just Gear and Skill which matter in WoW. Gear is something you surely can improve quite easily and you better work on it.

6) Make sure you Enchant/Socket and use all your Glyphs when you have the money to do so. Currently my characters lack the enchants - and I am still working on it - (not sure if I want to enchant tier 9 gear or want to wait to get to tier 10 and enchant it once and for all)


Seasonal Contests

1) Take part in the seasonal games and also on the Fishing tournaments. Some of the items they reward like the Darkmoon cards/the ring from the Kaluak fishing etc. are very useful items to win.

2) Easy money and easy way to gain levels as well.


PVP

1) PVP is different from PVE. Learn the essential differences.

The most critical one would be your gear changes. You need more +sta and +resilience items in a PVP scenario - as it is more important that you live first. Only if you live you can tank/heal/dps.

2) In a PVP scenario - be realistic. Dont try to be a hero. If you are Horde, dont think you can take on 5 allys of the same level as you.

You can't. Period.

Go in groups in Battlegrounds. Unity is strength. You go alone - and you will soon spawn in the nearest graveyard.

I am not saying be a coward. All I am saying is it is better to live and win another day than to die brave and lose the bg.

There are no honor points for dying bravely in battle. You will only be sitting and doing nothing.

3) If you are in a flag carrying scenario (EOTS or WSG) - allow a player well equipped to carry it - if it is possible. A well equipped player is - ideally a druid who can shapeshift and run quickly or a tank who can take tremendous punishment before dying or a mage who can teleport quickly. If you are a hunter/priest/lock/rogue etc. it is maybe better of if you wait unless you have a very good idea of what you plan to do.

If you are a priest - and you do take the flag - keep your shield up all the time - and cast dispersion/use trinket wisely to get out of a stun/lock situation

If you are a hunter - use the Mark of Wild to give you boost to run speed and cast deterrence at the right time

Locks/Rogues - Try to stay away from flag as much as possible

4) If you are a caster - behave like one.

You strength is in staying away and causing damage. Dont be a fool and run into the enemy.

5) If you are a tank/melee - dont waste any time getting to the squishies

Rogues - Please learn to stealth well...that is the key to your success

6) In an Arathi basin - dont keep turtling. The moment you have 3 bases - stick to it unless absolutely necessary. Defend wherever you are and dont keep running up and down. A win gives more honor than you killing a lot of them and losing.

7) In WSG - once you pick up the flag - be sensible. Keep your allies close. And take your time to reach your base. You dont get brownie points for running back with the flag within 2 minutes (unless you are aiming for the 3-0 achievement in 7 minutes). Take your time. Find where your allies are. Choose the right path to run. Use the boosts within the small huts outside the tunnels. Get the fast move boost if possible. But most of all - dont just keep running. It is better to sometime stay back fight and then run.

Example - a level 71 hunter is attacking you and you are a level 78 pally. Take your time. Go kill the hunter. Then start running. If you keep running - you will keep losing HP. It is better to sometimes just fight and get it over with and then run.

8) In EOTS - Towers are more important than the flag. 3 towers al the time - and you win. You dont need any flag. First make sure you have 2 each defending a tower and only then go to the center.

10) In SOA - take out the tanks and machines. Concentrate more on them than on the players

PVE

1) In PVE - you need to have the gear which matches with what you are trying to do. A dps does not need a +sta or +resi at the cost of AP/Crit chance

2) PVE - dont pull the crowd which you cannot handle.

3) Learn what to do in different dungeons - this only comes with experience. But more importantly - if someone does not know what is the tactic - either educate him./her or be patient with them. Remember - there was once a time when you were new to the dungeon and someone else was patient with your "noob"ness

Levelling

1) In order to level quickly there are some basic rules

Always - pick all quests in a particular area and finish them. dont take 1 quest in Grizzly hills, 1 in borean tundra, 1 in crystalsong forest and 1 in icecrown and keep running up and down. Take 8 quests in same area and do it all in 1 go

2) Use questhelper

3) Always level in a region where the quests are closer to your level (quest color in the quest log should atleast be yellow). Abandon quests which have become grey/green

4) I have found dungeons to be one of the fastest ways to level. Always queue up for a dungeon and spend most of your time levelling in dungeons - they give good items/money and levels

5) Keep an alt for banking/selling/storage - and mail all items to the alt (or mule). Dont waste time running back and forth from Dalaran to Ogrimmar just to sell some stuff in AH

6) Remember to go to Outland/Northrend as soon as you hit level 58/68. Dont waste your time in Kalimdor/Eastern Kingdom doing nonsense runs which give you half the experience and practically useless items as compared to that in Outland/Northrend.



End of the day - remember. It is just a game. Enjoy it. Bring your friends to it. But always remember to spend enough time outside of it!

Cheers
cb

Why we like or dislike a movie?

I gave a very bad review to the Tamil movie "Achchamundu Achchamundu" and subsequently got spit on by 2 anonymous users of the internet who thought the movie was good. Their comments actually got me wondering as to why is it that sometimes we like a movie and sometimes we do not.

Many a times we find that a movie has received rave reviews and we rush to the theatres but we end up hating the movie. At other times we read dumb movie reviews and then find that the movie was really good.

In fact, the tamil movie which I mentioned in the below post - on hind sight - was not very bad. It is just that I was expecting a "thriller" - one which keeps me on the edge of my seat at all times - but the movie did not do that - and subsequently I failed to see some of the good aspects of the movie - such as , no thoppulla pambaram stuff, very naturally taken movie, atleast some concept which is not again and again based on puppy love, no "there has to be 5 song sequences and hence I am force fitting a dream song when the hero sees the heroine for the first time" nonsense etc. Movie was actually a matured, soft and easy on the brain one.

It was then that I realized that a movie gets a bad/good review based on the expectation you had from the movie before you saw it. If a lot of people say it is a "great" movie, then your expectation is already raised. So if the movie is not downright legendarily awesome, you think "Ah well..it was ok". However, the moment someone gives a movie a bad review and then you watch it , your expectations are already lowered, and then you find that the movie was "ok", but then its all relative. From a bad -> ok, you tend to think that the movie was actually good.

This has happened to me many a times. I saw this movie "Thenkasipattanam" in tamizh. First time I saw it I laughed so hard, saliva came out of my nose. I recommended it strongly to all my family members, relatives etc. I gave such rave reviews which made them think it was the best movie ever. But after they saw the movie they literally scolded me. They were sorely disappointed :(...

I guess it is because I had raised their expectation so much - that the movie sucked.

I guess, in order to enjoy/appreciate a movie with the right spirit, one should go and watch the movie first and then read the reviews next and then compare and contrast. The moment we read some review, there is a chance we get biased.

That apart, another reason why we sometimes like or dislike a movie is because we might not be in the right mood to appreciate it. If you watch it after a tough day at office, or when you are really sad about something, or when you are busy thinking about something else, even a "Titanic" would seem worser than "Thali Katha Kali Amman". However, when you are in the right mood, and watching a movie with the right crowd, even a "Yarukku Yar Stepni" will seem like "Michael Madana Kama Rajan"...

So there it goes, ... the perception of a movie is largely dependant on
1) Expectation
2) Mood

That said -> in spite of the expectation/mood - a movie has to also be good :)...a director cannot simply get away with a movie like "Boom" or "Kambakht Ishq" hoping for all the audience to come with a bad expectation and great mood. :)...

Until the next post
ciao
yours truly

Achchamundu Achchamundu - Movie Review

You know the moment in a movie when you start really concentrating and the plot begins to unfold after the basic introductions are over...well...such a moment never came and the movie ended.

The only bright spot about the movie was that I watched it with my fiancee and hence had enough time to look at her instead of the screen. So in case you plan to take out someone special to a movie not to watch the movie but instead to spend time with that special someone, then this is the movie for you.

All others, please dont waste your time.

They called the movie a thriller. There was not even one scene where my grandma with a weak heart can watch the movie and even wink her eye in fear.

Actually, there was really NOTHING in this movie. Finally the director puts a lot of fundas about child molestation facts and figures which runs so quickly, you just understand that child molestation is going on in the world and it has to be stopped.

Worstoworst movie. Uvack@#$.

What to say the first time you meet her?

In an arranged marriage, it is always trouble, when you think of what to say or expect when you meet him/her for the first time. I just thought I would pen down my thoughts on this, so that in case you are in such a situation, this may help you in a way. These are just the things I would do. They are in no way the best way to proceed or any kind of a guideline. It is just something you might want to give a thought to before you meet him/her.


1) Be very honest in the initial few meetings and let him/her know what to expect - so that there are no surprises or skeletons in the closet later on

2) Make the expectations very clear - eating/ settling in India/abroad , parents - who is gonna stay with who and for how long etc.

3) Talk about hobbies and friends - this will go a long way in finding the compatibility

4) Be prepared for receiving a NO from the other side - always better now, than later

5) And the most important of all - be prepared to say "No". You dont want to say "yes" to a jerk just because of parental pressure, pressure of having been in the process of a spouse search for too long or because of hurting the other person. Remember, this is arranged marriage. It does not mean the first guy/gal you meet is "the one"


Hope this helps...

The Wonder that is called Woman

Disclaimer : Ya ya ... I have to start with one when it is a controversial topic :D

0) Adult material. Kids please go away. Parents be warned.
1) The below is just for fun - all ye Womens Liberation Front leaders...no comments please...this is for fun
2) It does not in any manner seek to demean or insult any of the women folk. I just love them too much. They are Awesome. They are Legendary. I can't live without them.
3) Women are better than men. Period.
4) I am a feminist. Go ladies.
5) (Menfolk, please note that I am committed, and hence I have to give this disclaimer. Please do not get angry with me. If you are married/committed yourself you will understand why I say so. If you are single and not Gay, then maybe someday you will)

After having a lot of fun @ office about the classic men vs. women debate, I thought I will pen down some of the things I have always wondered about women.

(if you are reading this and you are my fiancee then this does not apply to you)

1) I have always wondered about the contents of a womans purse - my guess is it has some sticker pottu (bindis), a nail polish, a smalll mirror, a lipstick, an eyeliner, a comb, some more make-up items, a smalllll kerchief and a wallet (which conveniently will have only their bus pass and Rs. 10 for emergency situations (what if they lose the bus pass - they have to get home no).

2) Women have all the fun in the world

- You have separate Buses for them
- You have separate lounges in railway stations for them
- You have reservation for women
- You have separate railway coaches for them
- You have a Womans day
- You are arrested if she complains to the cops that you whistled at her (even if you were in fact whistling at the hot chic standing next to her)
- A woman can coo-chi-coo another woman, kiss her and do all kindsa stuff (which we want to do to a woman too), but if a guy does that to another guy - YUCK...the thought of doing it is itself enough to make you a gay

3) I find women very complex.

No seriously.

Men - we just need a few basic stuff - food, sex, sleep and sports. If we have that, then we are happy.

But what makes a woman happy? - you give them money, then they want attention. You give them attention, then they want to be called pretty. You call them pretty then they ask if the think the other hot chic is prettier. You say no and then they still suspect you. You say you love them and they ask if you love them more than Cricket. You say yes and they still suspect you. You give them sex, and they like to rather talk before/after the sex. You give them food and they say they will get fat. You don't give them food they say that we dont care. Ask them if they want to watch football and they say it is not a girls sport. Ask them if they want to play barbie they say "how male chauvunist of you"

Chris Tucker once said very truly. A woman wants "EVVVVVERRRRRYYYYTTTHHHING". Believe him dudes. She does.

4) I have always wondered if God has a separate pair of eyes for Men and Women.

The colors I know are, Blue,
Red, Yellow, Green, White and Black. And the dark and light versions of these.

The colors a woman knows are - Dark Blue, Light Blue, Peacock Blue, Ajanta Blue, Raama Blue, Navy Blue, Ocean Blue, Sky Blue.....(ok so you got the point)....

5) When we pick a shirt we check the color, the style and price and make the purchase.

Approximate time of shopping = 3-15 minutes
Approximate average Cost - Rs. 1000

When girls pick a dress - they check the color, the style, the price, is this better than the one their neighbor wore in the last party, is this dress going to show them as slim, is this "value for money", have we spent atleast 5 hours in this shop, would a salwar be better for the occassion or would it have to be a sari or a jeans and t-shirt or a skirt, is it too conservative, is it similair to one of the 1000 dresses I already have

Approximate time of shopping - 8 hours (and 23 headaches later, for the guy)
Approximate average cost - A large hole in his pocket

6) Guys check out girls - ok so that we know
Girls also check out girls - :( ...I recently learnt this guys.
And yes, they check-out the exact same things that we do. Ya, you know what I mean.

7) Why do they always have to ask the following dreaded questions (DQ in short)
- "Do I look fat?"
- "Do I look pretty?"
- "Is she more beautiful than me?"
- "Does this dress look good on me?"
Do you ever spot a dude popping "Hey baby. How does this Jeans look on my ass?" question? How about a dude asking "Do you think I am more intelligent than that geeky boy"
We don't ask such questions because we already know the answer.

One piece of advice to dudes - when you get suddenly hit by a DQ, you have the following options
- Quickly run to the bathroom and pretend to stay there till she forgets that question
- Practice Spontaneous Lying at the face - believe me, this is useful - you should not even blink - you think and you are screwed...you need to be so quick at answering these questions, that she should not think that you have even "considered" "thinking" that "she is fat" or that "she is not pretty"
- Cry and then divert the topic
- Speak the truth - And subsequently get clobbered.

8) Its ok if a girl says "She was selected in the interview because she had great racks"
It is not ok if a guy says the same. :(

9) I wonder Which is faster - Speed of light or the speed of a gossip travelling from the girl who is your best friend to the girl you hoped never finds out about it?

Seriously dudes, if it is a secret, Keep it.
IF you want the world to know, then tell any girl.

10) After being such an honest person they call me a male chauvunistic pig. I wonder why.

Yours Truly

Fun @ Office

One of my office colleagues sent us a forwarded email which contained the laws for women. The email is as follows
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Laws for Women
1. Go for younger men. You might as well - they never mature anyway.
2. Don't imagine you can change a man - unless he's in diapers.
3. What do you do if your boyfriend walks out? You shut the door.
4. If we put a man on the moon - we should be able to put them all up there.
5. Never let your man's mind wander - it's too little to be out alone.
6. Men are all the same - they just have different faces so that you can tell them apart.
7. Definition of a bachelor: a man who has missed the opportunity to make some woman miserable.
8. Women don't make fools of men - most of them are the do-it-yourself types.
9. Best way to get a man to do something: suggest he's too old for it.
10. Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.
11. If you want a committed man, look in a mental hospital.
12. The children of Israel wandered in the desert for 40 years. Even in biblical times, men wouldn't ask for directions.
13. If he asks what sort of books you're interested in, tell him chequebooks.
14. Remember: a sense of humour does not mean you tell him jokes; it means you laugh at his.
15. Sadly, all men are created equal (wether macho or not, intellectual or not, dump or not, etc or not etc)

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My response to that email was as follows:

The logic behind the Laws for Women however, is as follows

1) Go for younger men – because women are immature
2) Don’t imagine you can change a man – perfection cannot be improved
3) What do you do if your boyfriend walks out – truth is you cry
4) If we put a man on the moon – he would live happily ever after
5) Never let your man’s mind wander – because women need to have the attention all the time
6) Men are all the same – they are all perfect
7) Definition of a bachelor – lucky bastard
8) Women don’t make fools of men – we are way too intelligent to get fooled by them
9) Best way to get a man to do something – say please (dropping a pen also has effects sometimes)
10) Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye opener – could not agree more (for men)
11) If you want a committed man look in a mental hospital – ya, you got to be mental to get committed to a woman
12) The children of Israel wandered in the desert for 40 years. The girl children of Israel wandered in the desert for 80 years. Even in Biblical times women never listened to men.
13) If he asks what sort of books you're interested in, tell him chequebooks. – is this an insult for a man or a woman?
14) Remember: a sense of humour does not mean you tell him jokes; it means you laugh at his – provided you have enough brains to understand it (remember the donkey joke?)
15) Sadly, all men are created equal (whether macho or not, intellectual or not, dump or not, etc or not etc) – in spite of which women are always wanting the other girls boyfriend

Contributions from Harish also went into the above reply! :D