Favourite Quotes from Movies

Spider Man -> With great power comes great responsibility!
Karate Kid -> Life will knock us down. But we can choose whether or not to get back up
Jerry Maguire - Help me Help you!
Hitch - Because thats what people do. They leap and hope to god they can fly. Cause otherwise we just drop like a rock

List to grow ....

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Instant Mobile Payment Service

IMPS has been around for sometime. Today trying to use the same.

Generating the MMID for IMPS itself seem to be cryptic now.

Citibank IMPS
ICICI Bank IMPS
HDFC Bank

IMPS can be done from the respective mobile applications or SMS or through online accounts.

Currently there is a limit of INR49000/- per day.

Just that looks like the mobile is now more precious. Yet to check out the security features in the same.

All the information you need to transfer money is the Payee's Mobile number and MMID. The transfer is instant and very convenient!

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One day you will

Well this should have been a fb update rather than a Blog! Have been a fan of Lady Antebellum since the day I heard Need you now. What a song it is! Just pulled me totally into country songs. Not just fantastic music, but amazing lyrics and very easy listening.

Normally I'm not a fan of lyrics - I just listen to the music and the way the songs flow. To me that conveys a lot more. I have always heard One day you will be - but never realized it has such good lyrics.

Take a listen and enjoy the lyrics too! Such positive, up beat, refreshing song!

One Day you will  link from youtube. Couldn't find an official version though. This is from their first album Lady Antebellum.

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Gratuity fund!

Typically Gratuity would be payable to an employee if he/she has served at least 5 full years in a company. Most companies deduct about 4.81% of the basic salary towards Gratuity deductions.

So sometimes it makes sense to leave the company after completing 5 years if you are closing in on 5 years!

The value is calculated based on the following formula:

Gratuity payable = (Last drawn basic wage  X  15  X  No. Of years of service)/26

There are quite a few calculators available on line.

http://ndtvprofit.com/Calculators/gratuity.htm


is a good one.

AFAIK, up to ten lakhs of Gratuity is tax free. Not sure if things are changing in the new tax code getting implemented from 2012.

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Word of the day - Misinterpreted!

Misinterpreted is definitely the word of the day!

Can there be  life without misinterpretation? I believe most people make decisions only based on misinterpretations in personal life. Especially when one is angry it extrapolates! There are times when you just write what other say even if the word is "misinterpreted"! It becomes more tough when there isn't a chance to clarify the misconceptions.

When someone tries to lead a life without misinterpretation, it becomes fuzzy and complicated for others to understand. Living in this fuzzy state is ideal, but it becomes tough to make decisions. Unless one can keep a cool head, this isn't possible. But being in this state is possible when you know someone pretty well and who has seen us in this state. Misinterpretation most of the time is led by the words we choose while framing the sentence too. At times a simple "troubling" word too can lead to massive misinterpretation. If you are a man of fewer words, then it becomes even tougher. Our actions too can lead to misinterpretation.

I'm hoping I'm able to interpret what happened today! Extreme measures are definitely based on misinterpretation. But all said and done, all that happens is for good.

Well definitely song for the day is jo bhi mein

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Ghati Subramanya

Ghati Subramanya temple is about 30Kms after crossing the Devenahalli International airport ramp. To reach Ghati, there are two ways from Yelahanka (get maps from Google)-

1. Through the new airport road by going to the right before hitting Yelahanka Town. Proceed to Devanahalli Airport and go further without taking the Airport ramp. After this take a left turn in a junction showing the Doddaballarpur sign (first major left turn? and much before nandi hills turn). There is also a Ghati Subramanya sign board from here on.  From here Doddaballarpur is about 20Kms. After crossing Doddaballarpur junction, take a left turn with the Ghati Subramanya sign board. This is about 2Kms or so from the Doddaballarpur junction. Temple is at about 10kms in this turn
2. Take a through Rajankunte, for which you have to proceed to Yelahanka town and take a left towards Doddaballarbur. Once you hit Doddaballarpur, follow the above

Check with people on route any time. I took route 1 since I thought most of the route is good here.

The car parking approach route is kind of small and can be jammed. Chappals can be left in the official stand close to the temple entrance. Parking has paid public toilet too (kind of neat).

The temple two idols. The Subramanya seem to face the backside. There probably is an ant hill too behind the idols. They have placed a mirror in the back to view the face of Subramanya. The temple sanctorum visit area is too small and might get jammed on a crowded day. Yesterday it wasn't crowded, so could go to the sanctorum multiple times easily. 

Behind the main temple, is the abode for several Naga gods. You would find thousands of naga statues, a ganesha temple and a main naga temple. People pour milk (abhisheka) to the Naga statue as offering.

There doesn't seem to be any closing time during the day. There is also prasadam offered (lunch - not the oota; today it was lemon rice and curd rice). So looks like you can go here anytime. Forgot to check the official timings for the temple. The route was all the way good this time.

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Brown Rice

A visit to MotherEarth shop in Indira Nagar - Koramangala link road made me think about using Brown rice! They have Organic Brown rice - both Sona Masoori and Basmati.

With the amount of masala we use in the curries - it really didn't make a difference in the taste!

Few links on Brown Vs White rice:

http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/94/1/Brown-rice-vs-white-rice.html

http://arp.optimalhealthsystems.com/showeduc.asp?id=7

Start using Organic Brown rice for a healthy life!!

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