-: Dreamer's Den! :-

Today, was googling some info when i came across the ' MSN Spaces ', a web-log site, powered by MSN ppl...looked very nice to me with lot of features like 30MB free space for photos uploading, can upload music files (mp3s) and some more stuff...so, i thought let me also have one of this...and hence gave birth to my ' Deeps World ' blog...link to which is http://spaces.msn.com/members/deepsworld/ Here, i will be putting some details about my evergreen interesting field called Aviation ! Aviation, Airlines, Airports have always amazed me...right from my childhood days... even though i have travelled numerous times domestically and once internationally, by air, still...the effect lingers on...the world of aviation !! First, i thought of having myself put in the ATC (Air Traffic Controller) shoes and experience it...i even started reading some docs on that...but what i came to know is that, only Telecom/Electronics Engineers will be entertained in this sector...here, i am,...

I have ' Getting to YES, Negotiating an agreement without giving in ' by Mr. Roger Fisher and Mr. William Ury and ' Ask Suze...About Stocks and Bonds ' by Ms. Suze Orman in my hands....am bit ' quarer-way ' thru the books...both seems good! Also, i purchased ' RISING SUN' by Micheal Crichton yesterday...put it in queue :) Last month i had purchased 3 books and have finished reading them!... ' The Cassandra Compact ' by Robert Ludlum - quite intresting one! ' The Sky is Falling! ' by Sidney Sheldon - very good stuff! ' Chicken soup for the soul ' by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen - Halfway now, but its damn intresting and good self-help book!!

Yesterday evening, when i was commuting back to my house from my workplace, i got struck in a traffic jam near my house...for around 15 odd minutes !! As i was listening to the Bangalore's FM music station ' Radio City 91FM ', the host, Darius, announced that he needs sms messages to know the traffic jam locations in and around bangalore, for which i messaged him rgding my position in the traffic. Within 5 mins, out of the blues, i got a call and there...bingo..it was Darius from Radio City calling me saying that he will put me on air and discuss rgding the traffic jam !! I was waiting for the current song 2 end and then i was on air !!! I told him about how bad the situation is and how traffic police are trying to clear the jam! This was for around 30 seconds..:) So, there i was, the ' Jam Buster ' of the day for Bangalore!!

Bangalore is drenching like anything !! Am enjoying the rains blr is getting...bringing along with it are some 'terrific' storm winds !! blr is getting back 2 its good old days now !! cool blr..cool...keep it up!! 2 things @ personal front, which is making my life feel happening.... 1. is that i got my passport stamped with UK Visa and Schengen Visa !! Am waiting for tickets 2 fall into my hand and then i go purr.....flying 2 Europe, for 2 months !!! 2. is that i got my much-awaited salary revision....sal jumped by 13% (on monthly gross) and 10% (on yearly CTC) !! Not much 2 say abt this but ok as of now....:)

I came across a situation last week where i had to get a AB+ve group blood, for my father, who was undergoing a surgery. The hospital blood bank did not have it and hence they refferred me to another blood bank, where that group blood was available.So, i went out and got 2 'pints'/'bags' of AB+ve blood. For the replacement of this, i got hold of two donors, each of them gave a pint of blood. The first of the surprises (one more will follow later!) came when the Blood Bank person gave me a receipt of INR 1200/- and asked me to give the amount! When asked, they said 'blood is free (donated), but the handling and testing charges (service charges) are separate' and hence the amount. When asked about the replacement blood given by my two donors, he said 'we have deducted INR 100/- per pint and hence the bill reflects INR 600/- per pint otherwise it would be INR 700/- per pint of blood'!! This simply put me in a state of surprise and shock !! I had and have th...