Shopping For Aman

Shopping for Aman is always an effortless job. All that fazal uncle needs to do is make sure I pick up everything that I like. It saves me from the trouble of having to make a choice. And yesterday was one such day. Mom and I had been out shopping.

@ The Store
Me : We need a dress for a 1yr old baby boy (Aman is only 6 months old. But Masha Allah, he is a healthy boy, and a tall boy like his dad)
(Shop guy starts spreading out some t-shirts)
Mom : Can you show some other items. We dont want t-shirts
(Shop guy starts to show some pedal pushers)
Me : Maa, Aman already has so many pedal pushers!!!
(But like I said, shopping for Aman is easy, we ended up liking two dresses and kept them aside.)
Mom : Don't you have anything else?
(Shop guy shows some shirts)
(Mom gets irritated)
Mom : Don't you have items like Kurta/Payjama for kids?
(He did show us a few, but all were too big for Aman, We were disappointed)
Shop Guy : No Madam, we don't have it for such young kids.
Mom : Dont you have any other designs?
Shop Guy : Madam, These are the only selection you ll find for boys. And I have shown you all
(Mom looks at me and then looks at all the dresses displayed all over the store)
Mom : See for girls they have so many nice dresses and so many variety.
Me : (Smiling) No wonder we guys don’t waste time shopping.

********

Little surprise that most women want a baby girl.
All said it's true; it's always difficult to dress up a baby boy. I wonder if shopping for Aman to me is so easy given the limited range of choice, how easy would it have been was it a baby girl.

@ Aman - But don't you worry my little guy, if not for dresses, fazal uncle ll sure flood you with a range of toys and gadgets in the days to come.... I ll do everything that I can to make sure you are a spoilt kid :) H
Hope your mom and dad are not reading this......

Trivia

"The girl, on her first date is always more interested in the guy sitting on the next table rather than the guy who is with her."

Yes, we saw this live the other day at CCD. It was quite an experience.....

Firefox 3.5

There are some things in life which become inseparable over time, and Mozilla Firefox is one such fixation in my life.. Normally any new thing in life, takes some time to get used to it, but this was one such utility that the very first time I tried my hands on it, I was totally in love with.
When Mozilla Firefox 3 was set for release, Mozilla attempted to set a World Record by trying to attempt for the most software downloads in 24 hours. And I am proud to be associated with it. For which I got this.

But FF3.x came with it's set of flaws and it was dis-liked by most. Everyone felt FF2.x was far better. But with each newer version Mozilla did well to fix all the flaws.
And finally a version FF3.5 was released. It is said to have 5 killer features of which two are of my interest.
One being New JavaScript Engine: TraceMonkey. The new engine promises performance improvements when running heavy JavaScript web applications and pages
The other being Private Browsing. In private browsing mode, Firefox doesn’t save your browsing, search, download, or web form histories, or your cookies, or temporary Internet files.
But all the best things said, what annoys me the most now is, most of my FireFox plugins are no longer working with this newer version. And that kind of paralyzes my work.
I am being FORCED to use other browsers now. "Mozilla" this is not the way to go....

Why fazal is broke

Today was a day to burry myself Alive.. Jus' a few days back, I was reading a blog post which read "Are you jealous of Me"... Today I met a couple of my juniors who were working with me at office. One being a one year junior and the other being a 2 year junior.. One after the other, these two gave me news which left me in awe.

One person has bought a brand new Honda City. No BIG deal you might squabble. But buying the car from one’s personal savings is indeed something laudable. Rs.8 Lakh Personal Savings!!! I was like... "Did you even live your life in the last 2 years"!!!!

The second person has bought a new fully furnished flat. I hope mom is not listening. She ll sure miss a heart beat if she hears this.
I really wonder if these two are into things which they should not be into.... Smuggling? Bank Robbery??? Or did they hack into someone's bank account???

But all those things apart, I wonder where is “All MY money”??? Why does money always elude me????
I was reading this piece of article jus' a few minutes back, and then it struck me, as to why "Fazal" is so poor... Here's why...

Excerpts from the book titled 'You Are Really Rich, You Just Don't Know It Yet'
“Those who say hearing the words 'I love you' is priceless, think again... ‘I love you’ comes with a price tag of 163, 424 pounds".

Now I know why I am so poor... I must have given away way too much of wealth all these years in the process making others rich.... I hope I soon find someone who can bring back my fortune. For at this very moment I can see “Chapter 11” Staring at me in the eyes

Now on twitter

The best thing about being alone in life is, you are on the constant look out at alternatives to keep you busy. A medium through which you can vent your anger, or some place where in you can jus' go and speak what is on your mind...
Blogger is one such medium in my life....
And now it's time for me to start exploring something new... From blogging to twitting...
Yes, fazal is on twitter now, with his signature name fzlc
You can catch me on twitter as well.... Click here

Random updates....

Been quite a while since I posted my last blog post, hence this....

Today on my way to office I was counting the number of traffic signals that I have to pass each morning. And the last signal that I counted on my way today was signal number 19!!! YES!!! That's the number of traffic signals that I need to cross every morning on my drive to office, not taking into account the manned signals. For a distance of 18kms, 19 Signals! Welcome to "Bangalore"...

I always used to think, that life of people who work in RnD must be fun, as they get to do whatever they want and try new things which no one would have even thought. Guess a typical example of grass on the other side is always green. For the last 3 weeks, I have been into a RnD team, a newly formed team with a specific objective to achieve. But ever since, I find myself SO lost. I don't know what to do, and what I have been doing. If today someone comes and asks me what have you been doing over the last few weeks, I will only have my smile to show...

July6th was sister's 4th Wedding Annv. It's been 4 long years. And Aman turned 6mnts old on 7th of this month. Seriously miss him... Sis was saying that the little guy is busy doing push ups these days!!! Yes, he is trying his best to get his ass moving ;) very soon my little Aman will start to crawl. Alhamdulillah...

There are lot of things which are going wrong in my life presently. Have a feeling sooner or later something is gonna give in and there is gonna be some serious change in the near future... Hope and pray for the best....