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Slope 45
10 years ago
Monday, September 22, 2003
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Salaried People
Some basic facts of life for the Salaried People!!!!
Bank Balance
First Week : 10000
Second Week : 1000
Third Week : 100
Fourth week : 10
Conveyance
First Week : Auto ("I can afford it")
Second Week : Share Auto ("I would like to share. I am selfless!")
Third Week : Bus ("Public figures should travel by public transport")
Fourth week : Walk ("Good for health")
Girl friends
First Week : Eena, Meena, Tina ("I can BUY love")
Second Week : Meena, Tina ("I have enough girl friends")
Third Week : Tina ("I am loyal to her")
Fourth week : "Huh! There is no pure love on earth!"
Mobile Maintenance
First Week : Frequent outgoing calls ("This is what mobile is invented for")
Second Week : Restricted outgoing calls ("I should not create unnecessary traffic on mobile lines")
Third Week : Rare outgoing calls ("Mobile should be used in urgent situations only")
Fourth week : Only incoming calls ("I am not going to call her until she calls me")
And last....but not the least...
Boozing
First Week : "Come, let's go to Goa and freak out!"
Second Week : "Man, there is nothing in Goa. Let's go to Lonawala."
Third Week : "The best place to booze on earth is our house itself. What say?"
Fourth week : "Drinking is injurious to health"
Bank Balance
First Week : 10000
Second Week : 1000
Third Week : 100
Fourth week : 10
Conveyance
First Week : Auto ("I can afford it")
Second Week : Share Auto ("I would like to share. I am selfless!")
Third Week : Bus ("Public figures should travel by public transport")
Fourth week : Walk ("Good for health")
Girl friends
First Week : Eena, Meena, Tina ("I can BUY love")
Second Week : Meena, Tina ("I have enough girl friends")
Third Week : Tina ("I am loyal to her")
Fourth week : "Huh! There is no pure love on earth!"
Mobile Maintenance
First Week : Frequent outgoing calls ("This is what mobile is invented for")
Second Week : Restricted outgoing calls ("I should not create unnecessary traffic on mobile lines")
Third Week : Rare outgoing calls ("Mobile should be used in urgent situations only")
Fourth week : Only incoming calls ("I am not going to call her until she calls me")
And last....but not the least...
Boozing
First Week : "Come, let's go to Goa and freak out!"
Second Week : "Man, there is nothing in Goa. Let's go to Lonawala."
Third Week : "The best place to booze on earth is our house itself. What say?"
Fourth week : "Drinking is injurious to health"
Friday, September 19, 2003
DOC: Strategies for a Sustainable World
Beyond greening, beyond pollution control - how to ensure sustainable development.
Click here to read
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Ads I Love: Amul Movies - Utterly Butterly Delicious
Amul comes out with a new ad every fortnight in a campaign that has been running successfully for YEARS!!
Biwi No. 1
Boom
Dil Chahta Hai
Gladiator
Harbhajan Singh
Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai/ Hrithik Roshan
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Bhoot
Biwi No. 1
Boom
Dil Chahta Hai
Gladiator
Harbhajan Singh
Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai/ Hrithik Roshan
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Bhoot
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Ads I Love: Airtel - A R Rahman
1 mts 01 sec
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No, I don't really love this ad. But some of my friends requested it, and I am putting it up for them.
Click on the image above, and then click on play button once it becomes available.
No, I don't really love this ad. But some of my friends requested it, and I am putting it up for them.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Saturday, September 06, 2003
Psychic Computer Tells What's on Your Mind
There are many psychic websites that are able to tell what you are thinking. Here's one example (this one from CBS)...just follow the instructions.
Impressed yet?
* SPOILER ALERT *
Here's how they do it: The fact is that whichever number you choose, the answer will always be 9 or a multiple thereof. Thus all multiples of 9 have the same symbol as 9. The software does not "read" your mind; it just shows you the 9 symbol. To make the effect more believable, the 9 symbol changes each time you hit "Try Again"
Impressed yet?
* SPOILER ALERT *
Here's how they do it: The fact is that whichever number you choose, the answer will always be 9 or a multiple thereof. Thus all multiples of 9 have the same symbol as 9. The software does not "read" your mind; it just shows you the 9 symbol. To make the effect more believable, the 9 symbol changes each time you hit "Try Again"
Monday, August 18, 2003
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Ads I Love: Honda Accord - Isn't It Nice When Things Just Work
2 mts 00 secs
This is incredible. No SFX (special effects), no CG (computer graphics) involved. Everything actually happens. And, it works. Isn't it nice when things just work?
This is incredible. No SFX (special effects), no CG (computer graphics) involved. Everything actually happens. And, it works. Isn't it nice when things just work?
Friday, August 08, 2003
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Saturday, July 26, 2003
Any better, and I'd be twins
Jerry is a restaurant manager in America. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied,
"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood. I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it.
Everytime someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business: left the back door of his restaurant open one morning and was robbed by three armed men.While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great.They kept telling me. I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I need to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything."
'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it. The only thing that is truly yours that no one can control or take from you-is your attitude, so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied,
"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood. I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it.
Everytime someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business: left the back door of his restaurant open one morning and was robbed by three armed men.While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great.They kept telling me. I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I need to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything."
'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it. The only thing that is truly yours that no one can control or take from you-is your attitude, so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
Friday, July 18, 2003
Ads I Love: British Council English Learning Programme
The irony, of course, is that you need to know English to get that ad :-)
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Ads I Love: Fevikwik - Fishing
0 mts 41 secs
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Oh, what an ad! A gentleman is fishing in the country, when a village lad comes along humming a tune. Naturally, the gent shushes him, as all that noise can drive the fish away. Snubbed, but not despirited, the country guy walks to the river bank to fish in his own style. He places a few drops of Fevikwik on a stick and submerges in water. And lo and behold, fish get stuck to the stick in no time flat! That's the stength and quick-sticking power of Fevikwik. Superb ad! Transcends language and cultural boundaries.
Click on the image above, and then click on play button once it becomes available.
Oh, what an ad! A gentleman is fishing in the country, when a village lad comes along humming a tune. Naturally, the gent shushes him, as all that noise can drive the fish away. Snubbed, but not despirited, the country guy walks to the river bank to fish in his own style. He places a few drops of Fevikwik on a stick and submerges in water. And lo and behold, fish get stuck to the stick in no time flat! That's the stength and quick-sticking power of Fevikwik. Superb ad! Transcends language and cultural boundaries.
Saturday, June 21, 2003
VIDEO: CBS 60 Minutes segment on the IITs
13 mts 22 secs
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CBS segment "Imported from India" on IITs calls them "the most important university you have never heard about."
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CBS segment "Imported from India" on IITs calls them "the most important university you have never heard about."
Monday, June 16, 2003
Sunday, June 15, 2003
VIDEO: Dhara - Daughters-in-Law
0 mts 42 secs
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This is not a spectacular ad by any stretch of imagination. But it has an endearing quality, and an all-India appeal. More importantly, in my opinion it conveys the message effectively and efficiently.
Click on the image above, and then click on play button once it becomes available.
This is not a spectacular ad by any stretch of imagination. But it has an endearing quality, and an all-India appeal. More importantly, in my opinion it conveys the message effectively and efficiently.
Friday, May 23, 2003
VIDEO: LML Freedom
0 mts 34 secs
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Hmm...seems like all motorcycle ads these days are using the same formula: soft songs and feel good images. What the heck, I still do like them. Here's the one for LML Freedom.
The song goes:
Manzil se kehdo,
meri raah na dekhen.
Main na rukoonga,
Main aazaad hoon.
(Tell the landing
Not to wait for me
I will not stop
(because) I am free)
Click on the image above, and then click on play button once it becomes available.
Hmm...seems like all motorcycle ads these days are using the same formula: soft songs and feel good images. What the heck, I still do like them. Here's the one for LML Freedom.
The song goes:
Manzil se kehdo,
meri raah na dekhen.
Main na rukoonga,
Main aazaad hoon.
(Tell the landing
Not to wait for me
I will not stop
(because) I am free)
Monday, April 14, 2003
VIDEO: Monday vs Friday
0 mts 44 secs
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Penguins' impression of you on Monday vs you on Friday.
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Penguins' impression of you on Monday vs you on Friday.
Thursday, April 03, 2003
Sick and tired of your PC? Give it hell!
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Beat up your PC to your heart's content.
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