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m back !!!!

2009-08-22T12:40:00.000-07:00

when i thght of starting my blog again, i couldnt think of any suitable topic to write on or comment on....then thght why not put some cool pics on....i have always wanted to try my hand on photography, so this could be it...so m starting wid this pic...i liked wht was written on this shirt, so clicked it :)

"Mah Stinkin English Teacher ! "

2009-03-11T12:28:00.001-07:00

Every time he looks at me
Its almost like he sees
Someone so stupid, way below his standards
And why on earth am I in his class he always wonders
A waste of space, that's what he thinks I am
Just because this once I scored less than Siyam (she's a gal, by the way).

He's been teaching us forever
And still doesn't know my name
I try so hard to get me noticed
But he treats me like scum all the same.

It's not just me he picks on
He called my best friend invisible
He doesn't know he's being rude
He needs to seriously sort out his attitude.

So, there I've decided; he just hates me and always will
And its obvious he puts up with me just to pay the bills
And don't even get me started
On the fact that he's definitely retarded
It's now official, the one thing I hate more than English
Mah Stinkin English Teacher !!!!

( A tragically brilliant poem written by my greatly magnificent (putting in her own words) sister Astha Adhikari......)

my desktop wallpaper

2009-02-10T08:57:00.001-08:00

Here comes Firefox 3 !!!!

2008-06-22T08:58:00.001-07:00

i have been a fan of firefox ever since i started using it. so when they came up with the latest version of firefox, i was pretty excited to try it. mozilla firefox has made so many ppl its fans, in fact it made a record for the fastest downloaded software in 24 hrs.

firefox 3 has some really cool features. one feature that i particularly liked was the ’save and quit’ feature.u no longer have to reopen all the tabs and windows when u start a new session. this is only one of the many cool features of this latest browser. u’ll have to try it urself to believe it. with so many add-ons to try, firefox 3 is a complete web browser. so happy browsing…….

back to blogging...

2008-04-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

its been quite a while since i blogged...don't really have a reason for not blogging- sometimes it was becoz i was bg, sometimes it was becoz i wouldnt come up with anything to blog abt, other times i was just too lazy to blog...whatever the reason, my blogspot was stagnate..so here i m..back..back blogging...

still today i have no particular topic i wanna write abt or anything..just jotting down whtever comes into my mind...n by the way my blog is going, u guys can pretty much say there's nothing much in my mind rite now...so before my blog becomes a jumbled up maze of repeated words n sentences, i think i should stop now n write another blog soon when i have a topic in mind.. :D anyways, feels gud to be back blogging...cheers

'Women in ICT' web portal launched

2007-09-13T02:35:00.001-07:00

There is a gr8 news for people who have been involved in 'Women in ICT' project since its inception. The web portal, highlighting the concept, community members, their activities etc. have finally been launched.

Follow the link http://www.womeninict.org/ to chk out this initiation.

Cheers ;-)

Personalized google search page

2007-04-20T02:35:00.000-07:00

Recently, when I visited a fren of mine, I saw that instead of the regular Google text when we visit www.google.com, he had his name instead. Was quite fascinated and asked him how I could do it. Its pretty easy too. And now I have my personal Google search page too. Chk out the link http://funnylogo.info/engines/Google/Red/Ssmriti.aspx to see the page.

If any of you guy's interested, here's how you can do it:

type the url www.007google.com. you'll be redirected to the page http://www.funnylogo.info/create.asp
type any text you want to display and choose the color and text style
then click on 'Create My Search Engine' and bingo, you have your own search engine. you can even make it your homepage (as i have done with mine).

Strange London

2007-04-19T12:31:00.000-07:00

Before I came to London, I had imagined it quite like shown in the Bollywood movies, with tall buildings, great sceneries n all. But, when I finally came here, things were quite different. Not tht the reality was shocking. London is a beautiful city. But, except for a few commercial places, rest of London (and in fact outside London too) is like a town. Houses are all the same wherever you go. So, tht is pretty confusing coz you can't distinguish one place from another. Also, I came across a number of things that i found as strange (coz these things don't happen in Nepal):

Vehicles have number plates in 2 colors. Its white in the front of the vehicle and yellow behind. (I remember my fren n I discussing abt his uncle's car number plate color. He said tht it was white and I was sure tht it was yellow. As it turned out, we were both rite.)
Here, people don't blow horns of their vehicles. Since coming here, I have only heard horn blowing once, n tht was quite new to my ears. Otherwise, no one blows horns, even when the vehicles' rite behind you.
Pedestrians are kings here. While crossing roads, pedestrians get first priority.

As I come across more interesting things here, will keep on updating my blog. Till then, get to know London a little more thru this post.

Latest addition:

In Chitwan, i remember people telling me not to go outside at nite coz you have rhinocerous running wild re. In London, its normal to see fox near your neighbourhood re. Saw one near where i live too. (Thought my fren was making a fool of me when he said tht it was a fox. Didnt believe him at first. hehe)

A must read

2007-04-07T08:02:00.000-07:00

when i was sent this report to read, i couldn't help but laugh loud coz this is so very silly n hilarious. i just couldn't imagine anjesh dai to be thinking something like this. n tht too when he was in grade eight. hehe.

we all thought tht this was one report tht people would luv to read. so a fren posted this letter in his blog n i decided to do the same. n not surprising, we did receive lots of comments on it.

many thought this showed symptoms of his becoming a serial killer. but, knowing him, i can only say tht he is a killer, but one who kills with his questions, not weapons. (all the guys who know him would agree with me on this). we all have been the victims of his endless questions.

if you are done reading this report then here's another one to compliment it. i read this report in anjesh dai's blog itself. he had uploaded this to counter our comments n prove tht he too has a gentle side to him (n even then when he was in grade eight). ;-)

these two reports show 2 sides of a person whom i know personally, a gr8 person and fun to be with, and with his trademark questions.

Coming to London

2007-03-21T03:04:00.000-07:00

so i finally made it to london. till the last moment when i was outside the tribhuvan airport in ktm, coming to london was just like an illusion. when i was outside the airport with my family and my fren prakriti, i suddenly realized tht i was coming to london, for 2 yrs, n it was not an illusion but a fact. many asked me later if i felt like crying or felt sad and so on. but the fact is, i didnt feel anything. for the first time, i was going out of nepal. 3 of us were travelling together. so tht was some relief. so, abt tht feeling thing, didnt feel like crying or anythig, maybe coz everything was new in terms of surroundings n all. but tht doesnt mean tht i didnt miss anyone. missed everyone in ktm very very very much, my parents, sis n bro, frens, my office, juniors, seniors n all. aba chaheko belama kasailai bhetna paudina. so feels lonely when i think of tht.

anyways, now m finally in london. 1st day ma yahan aauda ta felt odd not seeing people walking on the roads. ktm ko jasto bhid bhad nai chaina. everyone's either working, in college, home or travelling by bus, tube or car. bato ta sabai khali khali. peak time ma chahi bhid huncha stations haru ma. aba ta used to bhaye. another thing abt london is its weather. so unpredictable. n pretty windy. udaula jasto hawa lagcha yahan. ek chin mai sunny weather ani ek chin mai pani parna thalcha. people here are used to this, but since we just came here, we find it a little too cold. ani london auda sabai le dal bhat ekdum miss huncha timilai bhanera bhanthe. tara yahan aauda po thaha bhayo tyasto haina bhanera. everyday dal bhat nai khayincha yahan. chicken is cheaper than green vegetables re. so chicken ta almost everyday or every alternate day jastai khayincha.

will be writing abt my experiences as my days passes here in london. ahile lagi yeti nai.

missing u all................

Hike at Lakhure bhanjyang

2007-02-07T01:11:00.001-08:00

It's been a while since I wrote a blog. So, after soooo many days, thought about writing about my hike to Lakhure bhanjyang.

The day was 27th January 2007 and time well past 7 am. Venue- Outside Patan Hospital. I was supposed to meet my frens from YTC (Youth Telecenter) at 7 and here I was.....late. Anyways, seemed like I was not the only one late today....Gud for me....Anyways, by 8, we were ready for the trip. We boarded a bus for Lamatar at Lagankhel bus park and hence, began our much-awaited trip.

The bus ride was uneventful and we came to Sisneri at around 9. We had our breakfast and then became our hike started. In the beginning, we moved in full throttle, full of energy and zeal. As we covered more distance, it became more difficult for us and we settled down wherever we could, catching our breath (hey...we are not used to this kind of hiking....so no complains about the delay). We even managed to go up to the tower area n man, was the effort worthwhile. The view from the tower was superb, worth all the effort.

By the time we reached for our lunch, we were drained out of any energy. The only thing we could think of was FOOD, of course. N when food was put on the table, we went for it. Hehe. After relaxing for a while, we went on to our next destination, the Country Kitchen. The place was gud, but we were a little disappointed with the unclear view. Nevertheless, we joked, relaxed and had enjoyed our time there.

Now, it was time for our descent, which was much easier (at least I thought so). After an hour or so of descent, we came to our resort. Thankfully. We were exhausted, tired, hungry, but satisfied with the hike. But the day was far from over. There was a lot to come. We rested a while, eat and then the FUN began.

We had planned to have bonfire in the evening. But it was not that easy as we thought. The fire would not burn easily, but we tried and tried and tried and then finally we had our fire ready. We played Dumbsharaj, Antakshari and joked around and had chicken barbeque (most of which tasted like coal, hehe). We had also planned for a surprise bday party for 2 of our YTC members. (But, guess wht, they were already expecting the surprise. Here goes our SURPRISE party).

Nevertheless, the trip was truly a wonderful experience. All in all, a gud experience, a memory to truly cherish.....

Women in ICT workshop

2007-01-03T11:41:00.000-08:00

As a first step in our "Women in ICT" project, we organized a "Women in ICT: In Search of Identity" workshop on 19-20 December 2006 at SAP Falcha. Due to the bandh called on 19th Dec, we almost had to postpone the workshop. Nevertheless, we decided to go ahead with our schedule and indeed it was a good decision for significant number of participants turned up despite the disruption. The second day was also a fruitful one due to the presence of some key personalities.

The main question that our workshop focused on was "Why are women left behind in the ICT movement?". Discussions focused around the issue andwe were able to come up with quite a few strategies to address this issue, thanx to the valuable inputs and suggestions of the participants.

Another key feature of the workshop was the knowledge sharing mechanism that we used. Open Space methodology that we used to facilitate the discussions was appreciated and liked by all the participants. Also, setting up wiki stations was a key example of appropriation of technology.

All in all, the workshop was a satifying experience for us all.

The magic of AJAX

2007-01-02T12:24:00.000-08:00

Ajax, shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is a web development technique for creating interactive web applications. The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user requests a change. This is meant to increase the web page's interactivity, speed, and usability.

(From Wikipedia:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming))

WYSIWYG editor

2007-01-02T12:19:00.000-08:00

WYSIWYG [wɪziwɪg] or [wiziwɪg]), is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, used in computing to describe a system in which content during editing appears very similar to the final product.^[1] It is commonly used for word processors, but has other applications, such as Web (HTML) authoring.

The term describes a user interface that allows the user to view something very similar to the end result while the document or image is being created. For example, a user can view on screen how a document will look when it is printed to paper or displayed in a Web browser. It implies the ability to modify the layout of a document without having to type or remember names of layout commands.

NOTE: Extract from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG)

StumbleUpon:: Extension for IE, Mozilla and Flock users

2006-12-07T00:49:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. The following article is about an extension in a web browser.

I was surfing through the extension page of Flock web browser n came upon this wonderful tool. Its called Stumble Upon. As the name says it all, it helps u to stumble upon any gr8 websites or pictures or videos or arts, graphics, animation,etc. etc. (the list is endless) according to ur interests. All u have 2 do is sign up n create a stumble upon account. U can then keep it in ur web browser (mozilla or flock) as a toolbar. Finally, all u need to do is click on the stumble button n start stumbling into some of the great web pages. 'Njoy.

For more information on StumbleUpon: www.stumbleupon.com

Another Social Networking Video Site

2006-12-06T21:45:00.000-08:00

VodPod is heavily designed around social networking. Have a thing for birds? Join the bird “pod” and you’ll have an instantaneous collection of birding videos. Like unicycling? Some kids from Australia have started a pod around that pastime too. Users can join multiple groups that cluster videos around various subjects that allows them to post and collect new videos that pertain to that topic. Although you don’t have to join a pod or even sign up with VodPod to search pod videos. Users can “lurk” within the pods anonymously without being socially networked.

(Courtesy: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/another-social-networking-video-site/)

Semantic web

2006-12-06T11:21:00.000-08:00

Everyday we play with a lot of data. For example, I view my appointments in a calendar, view my photographs in my web gallery, check my bank statements online and so on. But can we view our photos in a calendar? The answer is NO. Because each of these applications have their own set of data, which is controlled by these applications themselves.

Semantic Web is a web of data. It provides a common formats for interchange of data, where on the original Web we only had interchange of documents i.e. with Semantic Web, data can be shared and reused across applications, enterprise, and community boundaries. It is based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF).

Creating flash presentations has become much easier

2006-12-06T09:54:00.000-08:00

Have you ever thought that creating a flash presentation or a manual in flash was a professional's job? If yes, then with softwares like "WINK", you don't need to be a professional to prepare a flash presentation.

All you have to do is download this software (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/) and you are ready.

More news on FLOCK

2006-12-06T00:04:00.000-08:00

This is so cooooooooooool. I am loving it so much more. FLOCK has almost all the features a person may want and much more.

With FLOCK, i can integrate my del.icio.us bookmarks into My News feature. Then there's this feature called web snippet. You can save links, text and pictures as snippets so that you can blog about it later

Snippets are especially handy for re-blogging bits of text from web pages. When you drag a snippet into a blog post, it is automatically formatted as a blockquote with proper citation.

FLOCK - a social web browser

2006-12-05T12:34:00.000-08:00

I just learnt abt this new browser - FLOCK. Haven't tried all its features, but from what I have tried, it is so cooooooooool. I have also worked with Mozilla Firefox, IE and Opera web browsers. But FLOCK seems to be a little different. It is an amazing new web browser that makes it easier to share media and connect to other people online.

Try it and you will feel the difference. ;-)

Something new

2006-12-01T16:47:00.000-08:00

I was just surfing thru blogger and its settings and came across this "Mail-to-Blogger Address" thing. So am writing this blog just to test it. ;-)

A small initiative

2006-11-29T00:29:00.000-08:00

IT field in Nepal is a booming industry. Today, no one industry can remain isolated from the developments in the field of IT. Be it banking sector, or hotel industry, or tourism, or software houses, IT is playing a vital role everywhere. With many IT firms opening up and many projects being outsourced to Nepal, IT promises to have a good future.

Nevertheless, I have found that not many girls/women are interested to pursue a career in IT. What maybe the reasons? If its the pressure of the job, then what job doesn't have pressure? If you are to survive in this competitive world, you have got to have a will and the capability to handle pressures. If it is the odd hours that the IT jobs demand, then there are always other options within the IT industry. In fact, IT jobs are more flexible, in terms that you can even work from the comforts of your home.

I feel that we have narrowed our horizon in terms of IT. Whenever we talk of IT jobs, we restrain ourselves to programming or designing or networking jobs. But IT is much beyond that.

In order to analyze the reasons for lower participation of females in IT sector, we have initiated a project titled "Women in IT". With this initiative, we hope be better able to know why girls do not view IT jobs as a promising and rewarding career.

A world in itself

2006-11-18T23:01:00.000-08:00

Google is a world in itself. With a variety of features like calculator, currency converter, Google maps, code search, Google alerts, the ever-popular Google search and soooooooo many other features, Google gives its users all they want and much more.

Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman and Eric Fredricksen have even published a book named "How to Do Everything with Google". You can even learn a lot about Google features at http://www.google.com/help/features.html#pdf OR at http://www.googleguide.com/favorite_features.html.

Explore more with GOOGLE.

Drupal Writeshop

2006-11-14T20:25:00.000-08:00

The concept of writeshop was quite new to me. Had heard it for the first time. So, I didn't know what to expect out of the "Drupal Writeshop" held on November 12, 2006 at SAP-Falcha. But, having attended the writeshop now, I can say that the concept is worth implementing. Enjoyed it thoroughly.

For more blogs on Drupal, check out the site http://workingwithdrupal.blogspot.com/.