Because of the low battery, my cell died yesterday around 10 pm, and when i finally switch it on at 12.20 am, saw few missed call alerts. Among all of them one was from a very dear friend of mine. I called her up this morning. Without even asking the reason she had called, i started like a chatter box. Because i had something to tell her too. Two of our friends are getting married, after all the fights and struggle of years they have finally manage to convince their parents and YAY they are getting married. I was way too excited to tell her this. She was way too happy to know this too. We talked and then she disclosed a news to me, that yesterday her engagement date has been decided. WOW !!! Even though i was happy more than that WOW expression but i couldn't say anything. This was not just a piece of news for me, she is a close friend and she means a lot. I am tooo happy for her and i wish her all the happiness and a wonderful life ahead ...

There is just one problem, they both in fact all 3 close friends of mine are getting married at the same date ... 25th Jan. :) Its gonna be tough to attend the weddings. But for now i am too excited and happy for them.

Congrats Guys !!!

A Smile

A smile,
sometime cute,
sometime confident,
sometime relaxing,
sometime inspiring,
sometime soft,
and its always so beautiful,
sometime so amazing,
sometime killing ...

a simple smile can make your day,
a simple smile can help you forget your pain,
a simple smile can motivate you,
a simple smile can lead you,
a simple smile is so easy to follow,
and its always pleasure to see it ...

It takes nothing to smile,
so never think before smiling,
you never know who is falling for your smile :)

Leh Ladakh - The most beautiful place i have ever seen

Trying to write something about the trip to Leh Ladakh since the day i came back from there, but i guess i have very limited vocabulary to describe the place and its beauty. It's beyond explanation and one should must visit the place to make sense why i am saying like this.

Ladakh is tibetian influenced area. The people there are very helpful and charming. They always wear smile on their faces, its really good to see people smiling all day long, even if they are in middle of the market, and even when they met with any kind of the accident on the road and that's amazing.

24th July (day 1)

We started our trip from Pune on 24th July. But the real travel starts from Delhi, where we took a bus for Manali. Not sure about the rest of friends but i slept all way long on the way to manali and reached manali on 25th July morning.

25th July (Day 2)

On the same day we started for Leh in a Sumo @2.30pm. Even though the Sumo condition was very bad ... we some how manage to reach Leh. The driver was so wired that he did not knew anything about the car and its machinery. He had just one cassette in his Sumo and we had to listen to his sad love song cassette all 2 days, until we reached Leh. I can't forget the song "tu to bewaqt aati hai, teri yaad har waqt ati hai".

1. We crossed a placed called Maadi, full of flowers and beautiful rocks. The place had a guest house worth spending 3-4 days.
   
2. Tandi bridge was the next stoppage on the way, a bridge over the Bhaga river. The place was so clean and the weather was good clear that there were 3 times more starts were visible in the sky.
3. Rohtang pass, this place is like lonawala, not because of the place but because of the crowd, the place was full of people local as well as visitors.
   
4. We stayed at a hotel @keylong overnight.

26th July (day 3)

1. Started early morning @5.00am for Leh.
   
2. Crossed Zingzingbar, amazing place. It was cold, we had salty tea there.
   
3. Surajtaal, the first glimpse of snow and we played as if we will never get to see snow again :)
4. Jipsa - The first place you will start feeling mountain sickness. Make sure to take rest whenever u feel mountain/motion sickness.
   
5. Baralachala Pass
6. Sarachu - Border of HP and J&K. [End of Deepak Project, start of Project Himank]
   
7. Pang - This place have very less oxygen and u will probably feel sick bcoz of the same.
8. 21 turns/loops - The route had 21 steep turns. And it was looking amazing from the higest steep :).
   
9. Morre plains - The areas which was more like a desert, a plain surface area totally different from the hills.
   
10. Lachlungala pass
11. Taglungala pass
12. Rumtse
13. Upshi - A beautiful valley with mountains and rivers.
14. Crossed Army check post of Leh and finally reached Leh @10.30 pm.
    

27th July (day 4)
1st day in Leh, we saw places in Leh, to get acclimatized with the Leh weather.

• Hall of Fame - A museum, constructed by Indian army. The place with biographies, weapons, attires, multi layered shoes and many more things related to war and army.
  
• Stok Palace - A beautiful palace with beautiful architecture and internal construction.
• Shey Palace
  
• Thikshey Gompa - A beautiful Monastery. It has school of Buddhism.
  
• Leh Palace
  
• Ingtse Gompa
• Shanti Stupa - Whole Leh can be seen from this place and its looks amazing in the night.
  

We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant with chopsticks, it was fun learning that.

28th July ( day 5)

We started early morning for Nubra Valley.

1. Khardungla pass -The world's highest motorable road @18,380 feet.
2. Reached Panamik - A place where you can find natural hot springs situated at valley of Sumoor. Had bath with the natural hot water, it was awesome. The view of panamik was amazing, greenery, sand, water, hills, every things can be found together at one place. WE stayed there overnight, it was cold there at night.
   
3. We had thanktuk for dinner. Its a local dish which was watery containing veg, wheat in it.

29th July (day 6)

Left panamik, for sumoor Gonpa, a monastery.
Then for Hunder, where you can find camels with 2 humps. Hunder a place of wonder where you can fine, water, mountain, greenery, rocks, sand all at one place.

Reached Leh around 4.50 pm and then kept ourself busy in search to shop something or other ...


30th July (day 7)

We started early mornign for Pangong Lake.
Stoped at Changala Pass on th way, world's third highest motoring road. The routes to the lake was exceptionally beautiful, but when i saw the lake, i realize this might the most beautiful i have ever seen in my entire life ....
It was awesome ... the water was toooo cold and it was so amazing to sit there ...
Unfortunately we had to leave the lake a bit early .. and we stoped around 4.30 pm at a place, for the overnight camping.
This was my first camping and i must say, there could not be a better place than this for the same. The palce was so good, clean and chilled. Sounded by mountain from 3 side with a small river just by the side of the tent. After having delisious dinner we played card till late night....


31st Jult ( day 8)

We started our journey back to Manali, packing our camping ...
Reached Kelong and stayed there overnight ...


1st Aug (day 9)

With a heavy heart we started from kelong, as this was about to be our last day of this beautiful trip and the amazing jaouney ...
On the way to Manali ...
1. Experienced Paragliding, it was awesome and scary in start .. but we had fun.
2. Cycling till manali ( just for 15 km, but still it was fun)

Finally as soon as we reached manali, shopping was only thign we were interested in ... :)

2nd Aug ( day 10)

Started for delhi around 12.oo pm in a enova.
Reached Delhi @3.30 am.


3rd Aug (day 11)

Took flight for pune @9.00 am and finally reached Pune @11.00 pm.

Not to menton, this was my best trip. Had so many amazing, awesome and different experience. Looking forword to go there again next year ...

Why Do We Feel Sad?

Why do we feel sad?
Are these sad feelings nothing more than a part of the usual cycle of mood swings? No they are not; these sad feelings are a message sent to you by your subconscious mind, in order to take an action.

Sad feelings are like all the other emotions we experience, they are an indication that something is going wrong in our lives. The root causes for sad feelings are uncountable but they can be summarized under one big category, Unsolved Problems.

Feeling Sad without Knowing Why
Feeling sad without knowing why is usually the result of having too many accumulated problems in your subconscious mind to the extent that you don’t know which of them is the real reason for your sad feelings.
Some people escape solving their problems by taking drugs, others escape them by sleeping while a third category escapes by going into a new relationship. There are hundreds of methods that people use to burry their problems deeper in their subconscious minds, but the subconscious mind never gives up, it always replys back by sending a more intense sad feeling in order to wake you up.

Feeling sad all the time is one of the symptoms of depression. You may be feeling sad because you are depressed. Personally, I consider depression a message too telling you that hope was lost and that you should take actions to restore it.

Whether it’s an unsolved problem or whether it’s a problem that is buried into your subconscious mind, the result will be sad feelings. The only way to deal with these sad feelings is to solve what can be solved and to accept what cannot be solved; only then your sad feelings will go away.
If you don’t like this approach, you can start it the other way around, by starting a journey towards feeling happy.

Why do we shout in anger ??

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'

Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'

'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'

Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.

Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'

Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...'

The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

MORAL: When you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.

Let the spirit of friendship in us not die

Horror gripped the heart of a World War-I soldier, as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his Lieutenant if he could go out into the "no man's land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back. "You can go," said the Lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away."

The Lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously, he managed to reach his friend, hoisted him onto his shoulder and brought him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are Mortally wounded." "It was worth it, Sir," said the soldier. "What do you mean by worth it?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead." "Yes Sir," the private answered, "but it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say...."Jim...I knew you'd come."

Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how u look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life..

The way people think ...

A Lot Like Love - One of the best movie

This is one of the best movie i have even seen. Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher they look amazing together !!! A very good movie to watch :)

Setting up Mysql Replication

Configure The Master :

1. First we have to edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf. We have to enable networking for MySQL, and MySQL should listen on all IP addresses, therefore we comment out these lines (if existant):
#skip-networking
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1

2. Furthermore we have to tell MySQL for which database it should write logs (these logs are used by the slave to see what has changed on the master), which log file it should use, and we have to specify that this MySQL server is the master. We want to replicate the database testDB, so we put the following lines into /etc/mysql/my.cnf:

log-bin = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
binlog-do-db=testDB
server-id=1

Note: write these under [mysqld]

3. Then we restart MySQL:

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

4. Then we log into the MySQL database as root and create a user with replication privileges:

mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

Now we are on the MySQL shell.

GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO 'slave_user'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '';
Note : (Replace with a real password!)
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

5. Next (still on the MySQL shell) do this:

USE testDB;
FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;
SHOW MASTER STATUS;
The last command will show something like this:
+---------------+----------+--------------+------------------+
| File | Position | Binlog_do_db | Binlog_ignore_db |
+---------------+----------+--------------+------------------+
| mysql-bin.006 | 183 | testDB | |
+---------------+----------+--------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

6. Write down this information, we will need it later on the slave!

Then leave the MySQL shell:
quit;

7. Take a dump of the database need to replicate(testDB)

mysqldump -u root -p --opt testDB > testDB.sql
Note : (Replace with the real password for the MySQL user root! Important: There is no space between -p and !)

This will create an SQL dump of testDB in the file testDB.sql. Transfer this file to your slave server!

8. Finally we have to unlock the tables in exampledb:

mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
UNLOCK TABLES;
quit;


Configure The Slave :

1. On the slave we first have to create the database testDB.
mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
CREATE DATABASE testDB;
quit;

2. If you have made an SQL dump of testDB on the master and have transferred it to the slave, then it is time now to import the SQL dump into our newly created testDB on the slave:

mysql -u root -p testDB < /path/to/testDB.sql (Replace with the real password for the MySQL user root)

3. Now we have to tell MySQL on the slave that it is the slave, that the master is 192.168.1.23, and that the master database to watch is testDB. Therefore we add the following lines to /etc/mysql/my.cnf:

server-id=2
master-host=192.168.1.23
master-user=slave_user
master-password=secret
master-connect-retry=60
replicate-do-db=testDB

4. Then we restart MySQL:

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

5. Finally, we must do this:

mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
SLAVE STOP;

6. In the next command (still on the MySQL shell) you have to replace the values appropriately:

CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='192.168.0.100', MASTER_USER='slave_user', MASTER_PASSWORD='', MASTER_LOG_FILE='mysql-bin.006', MASTER_LOG_POS=183;

* MASTER_HOST is the IP address or hostname of the master (in this example it is 192.168.0.100).
* MASTER_USER is the user we granted replication privileges on the master.
* MASTER_PASSWORD is the password of MASTER_USER on the master.
* MASTER_LOG_FILE is the file MySQL gave back when you ran SHOW MASTER STATUS; on the master.
* MASTER_LOG_POS is the position MySQL gave back when you ran SHOW MASTER STATUS; on the master.

Note: These information you can get it by running "SHOW MASTER STATUS" on master mysql.

7. Now all that is left to do is start the slave. Still on the MySQL shell we run

START SLAVE;
quit;

If The Slave needs to be configured as a Master for some other Slave :

For doing this just one variable needs to be set in the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file

log-slave-updates

Facts about India

• Chess was invented in India.


• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.


• The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.


• India has the most post offices in the world !


• The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.


• The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem.


• Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.


• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century.


• Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine.

Useless Facts

1. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
2. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
3. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
4. A snail can sleep for three years.
5. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
6. Butterflies taste with their feet.
7. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
8. The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', uses every letter of the alphabet.
9. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
10. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year, 1 in 10 people dream in black and white
11. People who are snoring are not dreaming
12. Coca-Cola was originally green.
13. Your brain is almost 80% water and weighs less than your skin
14. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.
15. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
16. The average person laughs thirteen times a day. Are you average?

Bizarre Laws

India : The third child is also not given basic amenities like free education and mid-day meal at government schools.

Switzerland : It is illegal in Switzerland to flush the toilet after 10 pm. A man is also not allowed to stand up and urinate after 10 pm.

Texas : A recently passed anticrime law in Texas states that criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

Massachusetts : Snoring is prohibited in Massachusetts unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.

Oklahoma : In a majority of countries, women are given the same rights as modern men, but in Oklahoma women are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.

Turkey : In Turkey all married women must get their husband's permission if they wish to have a job, they must live wherever the husband wishes to reside and they must surrender all jointly held assets when divorced.

Money really can’t buy happiness

Woman who give more attention to their financial matters are less happy in their personal life.

This is not just a statement or thought but its a study done at Washington by Miron-Shatz. No matter how much u earn, if you are not mentally satisfied with the concept of being satisfied with your financial condition, you are not going to be happy

She found that such concerns affected a wide variety of women at all income levels.

Miron-Shatz found that those who mentioned financial concerns -- retirement, college tuition, making ends meet, etc. -- were less satisfied with their lives than those who did not raise such concerns.

The study was published Feb. 25 in Judgment and Decision Making. (ANI)

For more detail http://www.topnews.in/money-really-can-t-buy-happiness-2141115

Sri Lankan cricket team attacked in Pakistan

A few gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan Cricket Team near the Gaddafi cricket stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Six Sri Lankan cricketers are injured and five of their bodyguards killed.

Is this gonna be the 1st and last terrorist attack in sports history ?

Taj Mahal

WOW !!!
This was the first word came out of my mouth when i saw Taj Mahal for the 1st time. Its strange that i am 26 and i have not even seen the 2% of India, its stuff with beauties all around.
Shah Jahan ... Solute to the man, who built such a beauty to dedicate his love to his wife Mumtaaz.

Taj Mahal Facts:

Built By: Shah Jahan
Dedicated to: Mumtaz Mahal
Location: Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
Year of Construction: 1631
Completed In: 1653
Time Taken: 22 years
Number of workers: 20,000
Cost of Construction: 32 crore rupees
Building Type: Islamic tomb
Architecture: Islamic
Highlights: One of the Seven Wonders of the World


Story behind creating the wonder:

Shah Jahan fell in love with the Arjumand Bano Begum(Mutaaz) and got amrried to her. Mumtaaz was his 3rd wife. When mumtaaz was dying she took a promise form Shah Jahan that he would construct the most beautiful monument in the her memory. And Taj Mahal is the result of the promise.

Just a thought: Taj Mahal was not actually dedicated but asked... but it was a pure dedication to fulfill the demand :).

Pink Chaadi Campaign - What kind of stupidity is this ???

The Pink Chaddi Campaign strated on 5 February 2009. This campaign opposes the Sri Ram Sena.
Sounds good but what kind of crap is that !!!

To counter a disturbing trend of right-wing Hindu thugs beating up women going to pubs or wearing clothes they don't approve of, Bangalore-based Alternative Law Forum (ALF) has launched a satirical campaign to support India's "Pubgoing Loose and Forward Women".

The Pink Chaddi Campaign asks women/girls to send pink chaddis (underwear) to the Shri Ram Sene.
The reason being they never let anyone celebrate Valentine's Day.

Sometime common things are not very common among commom people. If you do not like it, do no celebrate it ... Make it simple :)

To read more about Pink Chaadi Campaign - http://mutiny.in/2009/02/09/pink-chaddi-campaign/