Three Mistakes of My Life -Review

"Crap" that is the only word that comes to my mind. Only good thing about the book is the price tag of 95/- attached to it. Not the kind of " was waiting to get my hands on the book". I din't find any thing different or interesting in the book. Party's, Sex, Friends and their sagas, that is the only thing he manages to incorporate in the book, except that the plots and endings differ. He seems to lack the flair of clairvoyance that a writer should have to keep writing his books one after another. May be thats the reason why he had taken a little longer to release his third book. It seemed as a prolix which included the topical burning aspects of Modern India Cricket,Politics, and relegion. Chetan managed to write his best on every thing he knew about cricket. I think my 7th standard Brother-in law knows more than him about cricket. The first book was a good one, the second was worth a day read, but the third is worst of all. Better to take a day off with your buddies than spend time reading this book. Take a bollywood movie and I am sure it falls flat at the box office in the biggest flop movies category. The book clearly depicts its real purpose of having been written - garner big bucks with fame from his earlier collection. It had too much of melodrama, The ending was not too great. The plot of the story was cliche and lacked originality with a lot of logical blunders. (NDTV where they watched riots never existed in 2001, and the usage of mobiles and SMS in 2000-01 in smaller townes of India is too apocryphal to believe). My take on this book would be 2.5 / 5

Learn n Grain

What did I gain by having a 512 kbps high speed broadband at home other than browsing, chatting, blogging, emailing, orkuttiung ? The answer is of course nothing. But here is your chance to donate grains by learning. I made it a practice to learn meanings to a few new English words and at the same time donate food grains as I learn them. Check out this very good site, contribute to the society by getting yourself indulged in a good deed www.freerice.com

Sidhuisms

When I talk Cricket, One think that I miss most is Sidhu's commentry. He is such a versatile genius, any adjectives to describe his momentary evolutions best known as Sidhuisms, are zilch.
I believe listening to him alone can fetch a GRE student a score of 1300+ :) After a long time, I have received a good mail which brought a smile on my face. It had famous Sidhuisms. You lay back to taste this now.

1.That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it.
2.There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an incoming train which will run them over.
3.Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.
4.Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn!
5.He is like Indian three-wheeler, which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30!
6.The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend, that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings!
7.As uncomfortable as a bum on a porcupine.
8.The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
9.The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack.
10.The pitch is as dead as a dodo.
11.The way Indian wickets are falling reminds of the cycle stand at Rajendra Talkies in Patiala..! One falls and everything else falls!
12.Indian team without Sachin is like giving a Kiss without a Squeeze.
13.You cannot make Omelets without breaking the eggs.
14.He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.
15.Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
16.Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.
17.You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.
18.The cat with gloves catches no mice.
19.Age has been perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
20.You may have a heart of gold, but so does! a hard-boiled egg.
21.He is like a one-legged man in a bum kicking competition.
22.Statistics are like bikinis… what they reveal is suggestive, what they hide is essential!
23.I lean on statistics like a drunken man leans on a lamppost, only for support, not illumination.
24.Good intentions die unless utilized.
25.In the orchard of opportunity, you can't wait for the fruit to drop.
26.There is always free cheese in a mousetrap.
27.The Only Thing You Get In Life Without Trying is dandruff.

The Oscar winning of them are ..

Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taximeter.
He is as confused as a child is in a topless bar!
He is not a Wicket Keeper, he is a goalkeeper. He must be given a free transfer to ManU
One, who doesn't throw the dice, can never expect to score a Six.
The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
The world is all about mind and matter, I don't mind and you don't matter...
In London they drive on the left, in India we drive on what is left!
Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.

The Cult of WWE

The first WWE (world wrestling Entertainment ) match that comes to my mind which I watched on T.V goes way back to times yore when I was hmmmm ...I think 7th standard. The match was between Shuan Michals and Razor Roman. WWE was then known popularly as WWF ( world wrestling federation ) and was telecasted on Prime sports. In retrospect, I have grown up watching all those famous wrestlers like Hitman,Yokuzuna,HulkHogan,BullDog and many others. I always thought that games were genuinely played and real similar to those boxing games etc, without scripts already written or results of the matches predetermined by their team. As I grew up it was hard to believe despite watching those blood spilling matches that all those matches were scripted and the results of such matches were predetermined. Creative controversies were created by the back end team with an element of emotion attached to make them more appealing to public, it was sports juxtaposed with entertainment. The Vagaries of wrestling matches are so surreal that its hard to predict the results, I guess that is the reason why it has gained such a huge popularity worldwide now. But the debates and discussions continue even today on the barrier to be laid by the parents of children by stepping a step further in disallowing them to watch these programs, I think it is left entirely to the parents to allow or permit with constraints, it would be a preposterous argument to debate on banning the entertainment though. After all it has been one of the best known creative ideas of intellectual business acumen and unassailable entrepreneur thought brought to cater and whet the appetite of global audience watching television. All that the parents or teachers have to ensure, is to make known the fact to the children that the grudges of the macho men, their acts and signature moves are limited to that ring and should never be imitated anywhere, at school or at home, for, its pseudo fight, faked and scripted. More than that, its just entertainment similar to what they watch in the movies.

My First RTI

After bearing all those irritating long hours of staying alone at her hostel to receive the Passport, for which she had applied earlier, My sister desperately wanted to come home to spend time with us.The official stipulated due date of 45 days with in which the government is bound to issue the passport provided there are no hiccups in the application form and the required documents, has passed long back and my sister still din't receive the passport at her hostel, despite multiple inquiries for the status at the Passport office there was only one reply which she managed to get from the officials " It will arrive soon with in a week". Many such weeks have flied past, the online site also shows the same old status of "Police report not received". After all this mental tension and plying to and fro to the passport office and hostel in this scorching sun, and standing in those unending queues for long hours, there was only one way left in which I could solve her problem. RTI. My dad was a bit skeptic, as it was about to question the police department. But I said I can deal with it and there is enough room for me to hide my identity in gathering the information about the passport application in RTI, I talked to the Public Information Officer on phone, and said I would be sending an application with regard to RTI act 2005 including the nominal fee of Rs 10/- in the envelop and would send it with one of my friends to collect the receipt, he obliged. This is My first RTI application

To Dated: 15/4/2008
The PIO, Md. Hamid Ali,

Administrative Officer,
DPO Karimnagar. A.P 505001
Ph: 0878-2262260. Cell: 9989736863

Sub: Application under Right to Information Act 2005
I had made an application/return/petition/grievance for the following reason (copy of application is attached) but no satisfactory action has been taken on my application so far.

1) What is the maximum period with in which a passport applied directly and by Tatkal be in the applicants hands, provided the application meets all the requirements of the formal documents needed and verifications done.

2) From whom can the explanation be sought or any kind of action be taken for the delay in the issue of the Passport for no wrong reasons, Who is answerable for this?

3) Who is the authority concerned and His/Her phone numbers to contact, if a passport application given in Hyderabad which has its permanent residence verification to be done in Karimnagar, is delayed for close to 2 months and the status on website still shows "Police report not received" ? (My Passport Application Number is A023834)

4) Who maintains the Official website of the passport status inquiry in India, specifically for A.P,

5) What is the frequency with which the status of the passport application is revised in the Official Indian passport status inquiry website on internet?

6) Who is the person to contact in person and on phone for the inquiry of the status of passport application in Andhrapradesh, other than on the website?

7) How do one know at which stage is the processing of the Passport application or where did it get struck, if the website only shows the status as "police report is not received" for a long time?
Please provide the following information with respect to the same:
1. Please indicate the daily progress made on my application so far. i.e. when did my application reach which officer, for how long did it stay with that officer and what did he/she do during that period by sending the info to the Email Id mentioned below.
2. Please give the names and designations of the officials who were supposed to take action on my application and who have not done so?
3. What action would be taken against these officials for not doing their work and for causing harassment to the public? By when would that action be taken?
4. By when would my work be done now?
5. By when would vigilance inquiries be initiated in the above matter of out of turn disposal of applications if any?
Yours sincerely,

Mr.XYZ
Taruni working women’s hostel, Jublee Hills Road no 2, Hyderabad.
+919949444617
Mail Id: shilpa.sankeesa@gmail.com

(If you do not directly deal with this application or a part thereof, kindly forward it to the right PIO u/s 6(3) of RTI Act with intimation to me. You are required to do so within 5 days of receipt of this application, as per sec 6(3) of the Act)

Awating response from the officials ....

Dreams unlimited !

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Helen Keller
(1880-1968, American Writer)

I know I have taken a challenge by quitting a cozy job. I am leaving in a constant hope by doing the best I can with the support of some adages like above. But to take a chance is what life is all about. I have a point to prove, to make it BIG.I promised to take care of myself, told myself not to believe or trust so easily, my intution told me too.. but, I learnt a lesson, listen to your intution!
Will I?? Remains to be seen!

Thinking on a sunday afternoon

Would you guys hate me if I started to post one line posts? Should I care?

pffff!

Last week this time...

There was you!
there was us
there was that place we went to...
yeah it was sunny... but there was lemon soda and ice cream :D
what does it take to get last week back?
Thanks to Raj and Shreeya for making us meet on their marriage, It was really special,but sorry to you Raj, you are from the pan, in to the fire :) swim the ocean of life with your Wife, happy married life machha

I Like .....

This is by far the easiest tag I've done till date. Well not too sure, guess that line will just have to wait for another day ;)

Lets start again . So here I've been tagged by pavan . I'm taking liberties to modify the tag to Pick Some - Kick Some ..which some people will recognize as an oooooooooooold idea of mine that has been dragged about the net for a while..But what the heck.It hasn't been to my blog yet.

My Picks

* Ofcourse cricket and Music
* Every inch of Sachin
* Sai baba temples where it is very serene and calm
* Formula 1
* Long walks (unless its a crowded Abids bylane .God forbid!) , long drives and all that jazz [Remember here .. I'd rather be alone than bored]
* Surprises
* Mathematics
* FedEx, Rehman
* Giving non-bday gifts
* Travelling ! ( Any form of travelling ....Even a bus trip to local Monda market counts.I'm kidding here..but you get the picture ..)
* Catching up on favourite blogs on a rainy day with a completely new tracklist to keep me company.
* Puzzles, CAT papers
* Watching Ads with my sister
* CNN IBN and NDTV
* The written word - books , movie quotes , mags , ....
* Coffee shops
* Watching dance competetions
* Colours !
* Oilpaints
* Catching four movies in a row with friends
* Mails from long lost friends [Ever notice how the longlost aquaintances are remembered as friends while current friends remain aquiantances ? until they become longlost ofcourse .]
* While we are on that topic..Friends who dont mind my not initiating-keeping-in-touch.[This one is actually a trap]
* Doing nothing [By now..I'm the resident expert.]
* That excuse called Hibernating ! [Call me for your very own copy of How-To-Disappear-Completely 101. On second thoughts, DONT call me!!! ]

don't have enoght time now, will post the remaining later..catch up for My Kicks :) it has been as a draft for quite a long time and I din't wanted to be anymore in my draft messages.

Sachin - The Living Legend

A King is a King, No one should testify his presence, neither can they, I suppose. Yes, I am taking "SACHIN". He does not need to bother for his critics. His Bat does the talking every time and leaves everything behind. He is arguably THE BEST Batsman in the World today. Every one is making a hue and cry, that its time he retires, and he is not the Sachin of old whom we have known for all the time, actually speaking there was no change in neither him nor his batting only thing that has changed are the peoples expectations of him, He has single handedly won matches in Australia now, Every one who said he does not play well in crucial finals and more specially when India is chasing, had to put their foot in mouth. He returned home as the second highest scorer in ODIs, His contributions in Tests were also commendable, The records that Sachin had set straight while on his journey in leading India to victories on numerous matches speak on their own. He can be compared to none not even to the likes of Lara or Ponting. He is a virtuoso. As a die hard fan of his, I feel he is one of the priceless gems that India has ever produced, I am really proud as an Indian. British media and official consortium also gave a statement to honor Sachin by bestowing up on him the honorary three letter word "SIR" which marks the knighthood in sports, ( Sir Garry Sobers, Sir Don Bradman, Sir Jack hobes and Sir Vivian Richards were the only four to have been given the Knighthood earlier ), I admit that he has not been as attacking as he used to be in his earlier days of his carrier, but now he plays according to the situation of the game and seems to be a more matured person on the ground to whom all the younger players in the team can look up to any time. He is admittedly the God of Indian cricket, let leave all those who try to find fault with his batting skills, there is nothing like form which he looses, its just a bad patch that he would have been traveling on the days when he could not score for his country. Tendulkar may nurture his genius or spurn it, the responsibility of greatness lies with him. It seems he understands that. He is surer now than before, less driven to petulant strokes or rakish indiscretion. The two ODIs in Australia in the 3 match finals because of which India romped home with a fabulous and eventful victory were just a reminder, a page from a book, that this is a batsman who was conceived under God's full attention. Imagine, what greater deeds remain, the other pages of that book are yet to be turned. He always maintained, that he never played for records, they just came as he played along and a victory for the team meant more than a century for him, and so dis I feel, he is so sober. and that is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar admired by millions Oops ! Billions around the world for you. Take a Bow !

Inspiring "Life"

Dismissed from drama school with a note that read “wasting your time" she is too shy to put her best foot forward --- Lucille Ball

Turned down by the deck of a recording company who said we don't like your sound the guitar music is on the way out ---The Beatles

Failed solder, farmer a real estate agent at 38 years old he had to work for his father as a help --- Ulysses S Grant

Cut from the high school basketball team, he went home locked himself in his room and cried --- Michael Jordan

A teacher told him that he was too stupid to learn anything, and he should go in to a field where he might succeed by the virtue of his pleasant personality---Thomas Edison

Fired from a news paper because he lacked imagination and had no original ideas --- WALT DISNEY

His fiancée died, he failed in business twice he had a nervous breakdown and was defeated in 8 elections --- Abraham Lincoln

If you never failed, you never lived, Life = Risk

Courtesy: A Youtube Video

"If" ...by Rudyard Kipling

This is a poem by Rudyard Kipling....this conveys a lot..."if only" we could be like this.... :)

This is the poem that "rajesh" character in "happy days" movie is asked to recite by "shreya madam"..... (courtesy Thulasi )

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

One life to love

I cant be bitter. I just cant.
thats why i choose to forget.
it keeps things simple.keeps life simple.

every passing day i realize that some things just don't deserve my energies.
while of some, I don't.
either way, life seems much easier to bear by pretending certain things never happened, and by forgetting things or people that could happen to you.

its a kodak moment I tell ya.

:(

expectations, of the familiar.
indifference, towards the unknown.
frustration, of the cycle around them.

All this after my scores in MAT- 95.44 percentile CAT-85.22 percentile XAT -??

HNY 2008??

God, Please make it a "HAPPY NEW YEAR"

Believable lies

The beauty of the internet lies in the fact that no one trusts it to work completely; thereby making the statement "I did not get your mail" an entirely believable lie...

The beauty of being a call center executive lies in the fact that no one can see the Voodoo doll on your desk; thereby making the statement "I was glad to assist you Sir, have a nice day" an entirely believable lie...

The beauty of being a gyan giver by profession lies in the fact that no one knows for sure what they're asking; thereby making the statement "I need some time to do some research and analyze the data" an entirely believable lie...

The beauty of marriage lies in the fact that your partner would invariably expect either too little or too much; thereby making the statement I don't know what I need to do to make you happy" an entirely believable lie...

The beauty of being a classical singer lies in the fact that there's more pressure on the listener to appreciate than the singer to sing; thereby making the statement "This is an extremely ancient raaga not known by many" an entirely believable lie...

India shining

Struck in traffic? Well, I have got some thing to tell. I guess everyone of us have a tale to tell about the situations and the agony of getting struck in traffic for hours together some time or the other, especially people abode in these tire-1 and tier-2 cities. This is what I learnt to do these days when I am caught up in traffic, "OBSERVE", yes, you read it right! I keep observing people around me. Believe me its very funny. After peeping through my helmet at an eye catching hoarding at the stop, I remove my helmet to get a breather and to take a look at the hoarding which has a bevy of beautiful babes in beach apparel promoting Faber castle stationery (Well! I am said that is marketing) then I look around to see people venting out anguish in different ways, one getting chided for his bike kissing the other vehicle from back, one tapping his feat to the numbers from his ipod, one trying to find a way to make his bike climb the footpath to reach his office earlier on time, other, making her hubby talk on the cell phone by holding it from the pillion, another spending some quality time with his girlfriend on the back seat. Not just this but you also get to learn some Bizarre facts after tickling you brain cells with some stats on this desperation now turned profession.

Qualification: Not required
Eligibility: Anyone who can speak a few words
Timings: very flexible
Dress code: disheveled clothes preferably
Salary: 6 lakh per anum + incentives and fringe benefits.

Well, If you think that the people making a living on the road side and begging for money at the junctions are leading a precarious life in indigence, Thing again!
With a pragmatic approach to this, let’s take this case study, say you are struck in a traffic jam at the busy crossroads of Ameerpet in Hyderabd or at a Koramangala Sony world junction in Bangalore, You are bound to stay on your bike for at least 5-6 minutes at that jammed juncture. The traffic lights turn red from green and back to red again at least thrice before you cross them. For these 5 minutes there would be at least a minimum of 100 vehicles at the junction at any given point of time in the day. Now comes the real math, say out of these 100 commuters, being very pessimistic, begging fetches them at least 25 Rs. That is Rs 300/- per hour (they can go to the other side when these vehicles move, no complaints) and if they work for the regular 8 hours a day their daily earnings would be 2400/- which makes it a whopping 52800 rupees every month, that too when they work for 5 days a week and 22 days a month, and well, they get those additional performance bonus and incentives during peak hours of 8-10 AM and 5-8 PM, for working over time and also on weekends if I wonder they really work. If that is not lucrative enough, they have no tax to pay. No wonder why the Finance minister announced an economic growth of 10% in the next fiscal when you observe these figures. Don’t be awestruck if you come across an advert of a college offering courses in professional begging, or a company which issues an IPO with an intent to expand its firm "Importune Pvt Ltd" with a share value of anywhere between 800-1000 Rs, in near future after a begging boom. May be that is the reason I see more people even with out any physical disabilities imploring for money these days at the busy junctions. So from now if you come across a person begging at the crossroads, ask him for his bank balance before giving him a penny, the chance is, he may have more in his kitty than you :p, all said, I have to change my future plans now and put a full stop to my MBA exams preparation :)

Happy Days ?

doubts...
its not a single day.
culmination of everything that was so beautiful in your life.
and a movie to remind it, which makes it far more worse.
doubts..

just one sign would do.
to know,
if what I am is worth what I have and have not been through.
hmm..

p.s. should this post even exist ?
its not the movie, its the non existent memories.

Happy Birthday Chitty

When words fail to communicate what I ought to, when silence is all which talks between our hearts,when I know what I crave for is not easy to get, When I do not know why am I being punished for all the while, When I am clueless on how to give you a clue to show my propensity for your company, When I grow in the scrupulous feeling of "if you started loathing me now?" I have no other way to wish you ,but this. HAPPY BIRTHDAY my dear dearer dearest Chitty :) Sending your way are tonnes of heartfelt warm wishes for you to stay happy for the entire life.Have a blast on your birthday.

A day from the Guys diary

This time its the day from the diary of the guy in the previous post. I should say that It was easy-writing for me, as I didn't have to imagine much, being a guy myself :)

"Yet another day in her thoughts, I am desperate to talk to her, I know she loves me too, but never did she confess her love, even after I proposed her mine.She grew closer after I said " I love you" I did not know what to interpret it as.She was never perspicuous in her feelings. The fear of losing her for entire life threatens me if she scuttles my proposal to accept me, which may end up in that "I-Thought-You-are-a-good-friend" phase of life. I could not believe my eyes when I saw her in the newly opened mall with a guy, hand in hand. She never told me about anyone after all these months of knowing each other,our families and friends, at least not about some one who is so intimate to her. I was only leaving in thoughts of trying my best in doing all kinds of things to impress her, just to get a single reply to my scraps in orkut or a hello and thanks to my offline messages. I still remember the day when I had garnered the confidence to write a very big mail Sitting up to 1.30 midnight saying about all the useful crap which happened in my last tour to her. The gifts that we exchanged still beckon me when ever I see them. The days when each of us were waiting for each others mails every alternate day, I had to convince her for 2 full hours for not replying her mail the very next day when she sent it.The mail had some greetings and Good Luck wishes I remember.My platonic love grew to infinity then.

I don't know how is she feeling right now but My heart is shards, many of my friends also said all the girls are the same and they start their hunt for a new one once they part with the old. Instances of a few celebrities and some people whom I knew were trying to convince me, but my heart was still not accepting it.I suppose Winning her confidence and impressing her with all my good qualities to get her mail Id was the real Herculean task I faced. She gave me her id after about 47 days of knowing each other on orkut. I remember the day when we caught up each other online on yahoo, coz we could not wait for each others reply mails. It was no looking back from there. I was still waiting for signals which confirmed her love to me, she said many times that "she liked me for what I am" It made my day when she gave me her mobile number, I thought she was still skeptical as I did not get replies to my SMSes for 3 days. Then We grew closer,She gave some hints of accepting my love when she also replied saying "I love you too" but by this time I did not understand the exact meaning of Love that she was talking about. Things seemed to be compounded when preethy, my cousin said true and real close friends will love each other for what you are and support each other at each point in life. My heart was vacillating among too many thoughts. All our visits to temples, the time which we spent together, the movies which we watched, every thing was on my mind.

For the past one month, she spoke to me only when I called her. I was missing her every minute. She did not make an attempt to call me back even when she missed my call, after looking at the "Missed calls" list on her mobile. My day would not be complete with out receiving at least 10 missed calls from her every day earlier, but now Her love seemed a plausible lie.

I tried calling her many times to give my new mobile number only to find that her mobile number was also changed. I thought of sending a mail with my number, but I thought, when she was not willing to talk, its waste to send a mail and ask her to take my number,she would take my number from any of my friends, if she really wanted to talk to me. I did not receive any mail from her either. Ego crept in both our minds to call or mail each other I suppose. Being alone was tougher than being lonely. I made an attempt to mail her conveying my sincere apology, if I had done anything wrong which hurt her. She too replied to that mail saying sorry, but again the same story prevailed, I did not receive any mails from her again. I have been waiting for her mail, even today.

My friend’s words gave me some courage to hate her for whatever she did, for putting a full stop where a comma could be done with, for putting an end to things, for not giving it one first or last try. May be everything was so perfect that something had to go wrong. May be some mistakes in life are such big ones that even your loved ones don’t accept your apologies. May be her principles of life were more important than my feelings. May be I was just somebody who gave her a friend to her loneliness. May be I was just destined to be alone as I never was lonely. May be it was her infatuation but my love."

PS: This little story resembles stories of many a million I think, and so was it, This one was a story of someone whom I knew from.... Hmmmm....My birth