Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Cool poem ...this is appreciation not plagiarism hats off to Tara :)
I slide myself into you,
so soft so warm,
I feel your tongue upon my skin
keeping me from harm
I feel so lucky, love at first site.
I tried to restrain myself
when I saw you on that night
we mesh so well
I love being in you
At first you were so tight
As I moved in side of you
and you on me
I knew we were meant to be
I am so glad I found you
If people only knew
This is not a dirty poem
Its about a damn SHOE!
- TARA
Success story or is it the Great Fall of China ??
though its exports in 2009 had fallen 16 percent from a year earlier, according
to figures released Sunday by the General Administration of Customs (GAC).
But Chinese experts and officials said the country was far from being a
real trade power if measured by exports structure, technological innovation and
industry competitiveness.
GAC figures showed China's monthly exports in December 2009 were worth
130.7 billion U.S. dollars, up 17.7 percent from a year earlier. It was the
first rise since November 2008, when the country's exports contracted 2.2
percent year on year after sluggish overseas demand crippled China's export
engine.
In total, GAC figures showed that China's exports in 2009 stood at 1.2
trillion U.S. dollars, down 16 percent from 2008.
Germany, which had been since 2002 holding the title as the world's
largest exporter, didn't unveil its export value in 2009 yet.
But BGA, the Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade, had
forecast that Germany's exports in 2009 might fall 18 percent to 816 billion
euros (about 1.18 trillion U.S. dollars).
"The prospect that China will overtake Germany to become top global
exporter only means that China has indeed become a large trading country in
terms of exporting scale," said Zhao Jinping, a researcher with the Development
Research Center of the State Council (cabinet).
"But in terms of the structure of exports, technological innovation and
industry competitiveness, China is far from being eligible for the title of
'trade power'," he told Xinhua.
According to Zhao, China's exports had changed from labor-intensive
products in the 1990s to current technology-intensive products, and electrical
and electronic products as well as high-tech products have become a most
important part of China's exports.
But China's technology-intensive exports fell in the category of
processing and assembling trade. About 83 percent of its high-tech exports and
75 percent of electronic exports were made by foreign-funded enterprises, Zhao
said.
He said German enterprises put more emphasis on technology, branding,
quality and services, which generated higher added-value.
Zhao said a full recovery of China's trade might take another several
years. China should promote exports of high value-added products through
branding and technological innovation, he added.
Zhong Shan, vice minister of commerce, agreed that China was not a strong
trade power. "China should adjust the product structure and transform its growth
pattern," he said.
In December 2009, China's imports hit record monthly high to reach 112.3
billion U.S. dollars, up 55.9 percent from the same period of 2008, according to
the GAC.
The Fujian-based Industrial Securities said in a research note Sunday
that the jump of December's imports resulted from strong domestic demand for
commodities and mechanical equipment that were necessary in construction of
infrastructure projects and property.
Imports of raw materials that were used in manufacturing trade also rose
significantly, it said.
According to the GAC, China's imports of iron ore in 2009 rose 41.6
percent from a year earlier to 630 million tonnes, at an average price of 79.9
U.S. dollars per tonne.
In 2009, the economy imported 200 million tonnes of crude oil, up 13.9
percent from 2008, at an average price of 438 U.S. dollars per tonne.
The country's imports in 2009 stood at 1.01 trillion U.S. dollars, down
11.2 percent from a year earlier, said the GAC.
In December 2009, China's foreign trade amounted to 243 billion U.S.
dollars, which represented a year-on-year increase of 32.7 percent and a
month-to-month rise of 16.7 percent.
In total, China's foreign trade in 2009 dropped 13.9 percent from a year
earlier to 2.21 trillion U.S. dollars and its trade surplus last year slid 34.2
percent year on year to 196.1 billion U.S. dollars.
According to the GAC, the European Union (EU) continued to be China's
biggest trading partner in 2009, with two-way trade totaling 364.1 billion U.S.
dollars, down 14.5 percent from a year earlier.
Trade between China and the United States, the country's second biggest
trade partner, fell 10.6 percent to 298.3 billion U.S. dollars.
Japan remained China's No. 3 trade partner with bilateral trade totaling
228.9 billion U.S. dollars, down 14.2 percent from 2008, according to the GAC.
-Courtesy China News
Jamia$cope
This is not a big thing and it certainly wont make me any money , but it might be really helpful to my juniors . Out of my four years in engineering college , 90% of time was spent on collecting notes , photocopying previosu papers , photocopying "relevant " pages form"relevant" textbooks you get the drift right ? yes , in short for building my exam time inventory. So, I thought why not provide my juniors with this inventory .....its gonna be available 24 hours , its gonna be there for everybody and its gonna be free!! . So ya thats the idea of Jamia$cope , it will allow students to download previous years papers ,previous year notes ,"relevant " ebooks the real cool thing is.....that seniors will rate the book ,the papers and everything . If you are an engg. student at Jamia you know the value when a senior says -"buy that book and study paper is gonna come from there " or look up previosu years papers wahi repeat hota hai " ....so on . But as they say- there is no point in having the party , if its not cool enough . Yup,so its definately gonna be cool .The coolest thing is you are gonna login with your jamiarollno. so only jamia students allowed AND STRICTLY NO ADS!!.
I have absolutely no werb designing experience I looked up some tutorials .....and there are some cool sites out there like weebly which helps one design their own websites and there is the immense problem of where to store that huge chunk of data all the papers and stuff .pus its gotta be linked up proper so have to learn php i guess ddon really know in that area but hey if a crow can learn to shit on a human i can learn php (it doesnt make sense to me either !) .
Anyways lets see if this idea lasts beyond the evening tea , maybe it will cuz this time I am doing it for all the juniors and I have no profit in this , feels good inside !
While I am at it .....
A peach will always be a peach
don`t try to change it into an apple
Instead nurture the peach and it may
grow to be better than the apple you wanted .
Inspiring lines from Lord of the rings
To heal my heart and drown my woe
Rain may fall and wind may blow
And many miles be still to go
But under a tall tree I will lie
and let the clouds go sailing by
One more poem ....from Udaan
Bichhi hui hain lamhon ki lawn par.
Nange
pair unpar chalte-chalte
Itni door chale aaye
Ki ab bhool gaye hain
–
Joote kahan utaare the.
Aedi komal thi, jab aaye the.
Thodi si
naazuk hai abhi bhi.
Aur nazuk hi rahegi
In khatti-meethi yaadon ki shararat
Jab tak inhe gudgudati rahe.
Sach, bhool gaye hain
Ki
joote kahan utaare the.
Par lagta hai,
Ab unki zaroorat nahin."
Poem...from the film UDAAN
paati toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon,
Wo aawaz tumko bhi
jo bhed jaati toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon.
Zid ka tumhare jo
parda sarakta toh khidkiyon se aage bhi tum dekh paate,
Aankhon se aadaton
ki jo palken hatate toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon.
Meri tarah khud par hota zara bharosa toh kuchh door
tum bhi saath-saath aate,
Rang meri aankhon ka baant-te zara sa toh kuchh door
tum bhi saath-saath aate,
Nasha aasmaan ka jo choomta tumhe bhi, hasraten
tumhari naya janm paatin,
Khud doosre janam mein meri udaan chhoone kuchh door
tum bhi saath-saath aate.
Lets create
if you are a housemaker or have ever managed the inventory of supplies you know how difficult it is , now imagine a friend who helps you manage this ,you just give the initial inputs and it will tell you what vegetables you have , how many eggs and how much milk ? .....now imagine it will also tell you about the various recipes available ....it may even turn your electric induction cooking pan and chimney while you are cutting the vegetables . Now imagine all these facilities for free !!
If you are in the postal department ,imagine intelligent stamps that will tell you about the position of a package and lets you interact with the person handling the delivery .
The possibilities are unlimited and its get more amazing every time.
Just IMAGINE .....pls do !
Talk by Mr. Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis (Pune)
teachers be like, who are my new classmates – there is so much to
be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you
feel truly alive today. Today i am going to talk about keeping the spark
shining. Or to put it another way how to be happy most, if not all the time.
isn’t any external measure – a certain cost to company pays package a particular car or house.
make a better iphone, as he sold pixar for billions of dollars already. Why do they do it? What makes them come to work everyday? They do it because it makes them happy. They do it because it makes them feel alive. Just better from current levels feels good. If you study hard, you can improve your rank. If you make an effort to interact with people, you will do better in interviews. If you
practice, your cricket will get better. You may also know that you cannot become tendulkar, yet. But you can get to the next level. Striving for that next level is important.
Goals will help you do that. I must add, don’t just have career or academic
goals. Set goals to give you a balanced successful life. I use the word balanced
before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental
peace are all in good order.
driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if you mind is full
of tensions.
in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.
50 years. And 50 years is just 2500 weekends. Do we really need to ger so worked up? Its ok, bunk a few classes, goof upa few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.
purpose.
it’s life challenges could always be overcome, they would cease to be a challenge. And remember – if you are failing at something that means you are at your limit or potential. And that’s where you want to be.
my readers that other writers cannot even imagine it. However, I don’t get literary praise. It’s ok. I don’t look like Aishwarya Rai, but I have two boys who i think more beautiful than her. It’s ok. Don’t let unfairness kill your spark.
to you. This can create conflict as your goals may not match with others. And you may drop some of them. Basketball captains in college invariably stop playing basketball by the time they have their second child. They give up something that meant so much to them. They do it for their family. But in doing that, the spark dies. Never, ever make that compromise. Love yourself first, and then others.
Letter from Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the
whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons'
rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other
households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely
not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to
the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look
into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along
& work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the
country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to
America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes
insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the
next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be
rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and
rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is
mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought
inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience
too….. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to
Indians…..
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE
INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India
needs from us.
Thank you,
Dr. Abdul Kalam
Random thoughts
This is going to be a very informal thing I dont expect many people to find me out here ,but the amazing ease with which the internet has connected and integrated us has always amazed me and I think that information is the new wealth .With terabytes of data moving across millions of kilometer in millionth of a second the world is a fantastic place to live in (okay !! its a lil exaggerrated but c`mon its awesom and you know it )
So let the magic begin and a very warm Welcome to my blog ....njoy!!