Friday, July 11, 2008

BLAST FROM THE PAST

So this is going to be the common headline, where I’ll share something about my past J mostly saari haraami cheezein \m/ \m/

So the 1st topic

BHARAT ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOOL – B.E.H.S

This was the place, the school where I grew up as a hell of a prankster. I had a great time in school. No studies or any related activities occurred in my school, not even by co-incidence, I still remember there was a rule made that if anyone was found speaking any other language than English, would be fined, and the culprits were teachers themselves ;) ;). Actually I was blessed to be a part of this school. I was in 7th standard when god was happy with me for some reason and gifted me some of my seniors, as in they all flunked, now we were classmates and they trained me throughout my school life 2 be a prankster and sooner followed suspension and restriction letters ;)

And here’s a bit of history about B.E.H.S AND BULANI CLAN everyone from my family studied there 3 generations so they knew my family very well and mostly 9 out of ten were toppers and the 10th one was hooligan and me and my big brother KAMAL were hooligans J

So here are my accomplishments as a student

Standard 7 – we were eating perk in class and we were caught and we were suspended for 7 days.

Same standard- I had bunked math’s lecture and was busy attending my library sessions reading TINKLE, at that time my cr had a tiff with me and he told the teacher about my bunking my parents were called and I was made 2 sit in the same library for the next two months after the school for 2 long months

Ps: I screwed the cr big time.

Standard 8 – we were caught bursting crackers while the national anthem was on we were kicked from the school for a week.

Standard 9th (biggest ever)

We had planted a time bomb in the loo now for all the future pranksters this is how you do it, take a longi bomb jiska thread bada hota hain (vaat) and attach it to a agarbati now since agarbatti burns slowly you can plant it and attend the lecture and as soon as it comes to the point of the bomb, it will explode, in my case all the glasses of the windows blasted and there was a school maid inside who unfortunately was the mother of my friend and this was how my luck betrayed me that day and i got screwed again

I still remember when my parents had come to visit the principal in his office (now it was a routine for them to visit him like he was our neighborhood friend) the moment he saw them he was like aap hi pratik ke parents hain right “abhi bahar jayiye aapke bete ko bhi naiaklne ki koshish main hain “ and he dint even hear to what my parents had to say even my dad was laughing at that time

Than my brother “kamal “ (hooligan 1 ) visited and than the principal got scared and than again gave me admission

Class 10 was heaven for us luckily neither I got suspended or restricted but my pranks continued

That’s all for the time being, school was heaven (and we made it hell) and narrating you all these events has brought a big smile to my face :) :)

Thank u for reading so much have a nice day.

Monday, July 7, 2008

DIFFERENT, EASY AND SIMPLE WAYS TO FIND HAPPINESS




Well today i was in a mood to be at home, bunk my lectures and be with my old friends so, i took this great step and executed all my plans, but when i met my friends they were completely distressed!!!!
distressed because of studies, project, their business, GIRLFRIEND'S etc etc!!!! so this post is specially dedicated to them.
SOLACE - NOW WHERE CAN YOU FIND SOLACE??? may be i have the answer or maybe i am trying to find the answer

THE ANSWER :)
Solace!!!!
1) It can be found in mom's hug.
2) When you have a friendly chat with your parents or relatives, sharing with them something you wanted to share for a pending long time with them.
3) Seeing a child smile or making them smile :) :) :)
4) A confession to someone or a chat with an old friend with whom you've had a stupid fight, clearing all mistakes and than having a pleasant chat with them
5) Remembering great old moments spent with friends and family
remembering your good old school and college days, the pranks you played the way you flirted with girls, the way you troubled your teacher.
6) Helping someone, anyone!!!!!
7) Exchanging just a simple smile anyone (try this with a stranger especially the one elder to you and than realize the heavenly feeling you derive)
8) Reading a good book and learning something from it
9) Admiring the nature and realizing all the beautiful and creative things around you.
10) Talking to almighty
11) Realizing the freedom you have to do and not to do ;)
12) Having your favorite cuisine PAV BHAJIII
13) The last one is my best way to find solace Listening to music - Metallica Pearl jam RD Burman, Kishore kumar and so on
and manyyy more things
So there are manyyyyyyyyy things you can do to be happy and also make other people happy
so be happy :)

Sunday, July 6, 2008

“TELEMARKETING- HOW IT COULD BE BETTER”


Now what is telemarketing- Telemarketing is a method of direct marketing where a buyer sells the product or persuades the buyer to buy the product, over phone. But now days it is considered as one “trouble some” activity, at least for the, person at the receiving end (tring tring hello, “sir mian ICICI Bank se baat kar raha hoon kya aap personal loan lena chahenge”….”are yaar mian khana khaa raha hoon kya aap baadme call karenge wait a minute aapne kya bola personal loan dude I am studying man!!!!! and aap mujhe loan ke liye poonch rahe ho”…haan sir main aap hi ko loan ke liye poonch raha hoon kya aap lena chahenge”…..abbe,(suddenly his slang changes) tereko bola naah tang mat kar teri maa ki #!#@#@$ and all the great words follow shortly”)

. So here, I try to give some tips for the telemarketers to make this activity useful and fruitful for both the marketer and the potential customer. And also for anyone who tries to market **anything** on the phone.

AGE GROUP-

Now rather than targeting students between age group of 15-25 for personal loans and retirement loans, it would be better if they approach some one who is in need of it.

PROPER TIMING-

Rather than calling in any time of the day, say you having your lunch and you get a call for some stupid product, call at such a time which would not irritate the customer and he would be free to give information.

PERMISSION AND POLITENESS-

Now this usually makes the buyer happy, at least will not annoy them. Take their prior permission rather than demanding their immediate attention and be polite to them.

PRECISENESS AND UP TO THE POINT-

Be precise; utilize the cost of every phone call by letting out the information which is of importance and which would affect the buyer, and try to be short and sweet, after all “time is money” so don’t waste your and customers time.

Now the later point if for the customers, after all every coin has two sides ;)

BE POLITE AND RECIPROCATE-

Now the telemarketers are calling you for you benefit too, so listen to them and give them an opportunity to convey their offer.

Be polite to them say an easy “NO” rather than shouting at them or disconnecting the phone or being rude to them in any other way, after all telemarketers don’t do it purposely, it’s their job, so try and be patient who knows you might get an awesome offer and may end up saving a good deal of amount.



PS:- just click on the side by pictures to have some fun :)

Saturday, July 5, 2008


After effects of “BMS” and “VISIONS”

Well, now I am a part of THE BMS CLAN and SIES COLLEGE so let me just share something with you, just a peep in my past and present, how I was and how I am and how, BMS and SIES (VISIONS- COLLEGE FESTIVAL) have moulded me in to a better human being

Life before “BMS” and SIES (VISIONS)

Now before bms I was just another person in this world, nothing new, nothing special, introvert by nature, ordinary looks, I wasn’t able to speak English, not even in our national language i.e. hindi in front of three people, had a misperception that I was one of the smartest people around (as I was completely unaware of what the word “smart” meant), I only possessed one quality at that time completely and that was “stage fear”. Until one day my life started taking a full round turn when I joined “BMS” (and later joined “VISIONS”)

Now presenting life after “BMS” and “VISIONS”

Well before “BMS” and “VISIONS” I knew only the letters A and B in my 17 years of life. But “BMS” thought me "A..."B"..."C"... to M" within just 2 years of my life, still more letters to learn.

Now I can proudly say that I am not just another person in this world, BMS and VISIONS taught me many things some of those are as follows- presentation, elimination of stage fear, self confidence, and confidence to talk in front of thousands of people, ability to understand what is right and what is wrong, gave me the ability and qualities of a team player, a better leader, to make movies, to write articles, to deal with stupid and the most idiotic persons, actually colleagues [;)] has made me extrovert. Now within just 2 years of BMS I have started hosting, presenting in front of thousands of people, have managed festivals, have, with the help of my team made almost 10 beautiful projects in 3 months, have made ads, and many more memorable things to jot it down. It’s just feels that GOD lifted me from the unreserved, general coach of a train and gave me a seat in AC, 1st class coach; it just feels great that at least I have something to tell the world about what I have done and I have achieved in these 2 most beautiful, worthwhile and the best years of my life. So this is me PratikkkKkK unplugged, new and improved and all thanks to……

THANK YOU FOR READING SO MUCH

HAVE A NICE DAY.

HESITATION


THE DICTIONARY MEANING OF HESITATION IS:
TO BE RELUCTANT TO DO SOMETHING

Well But why do people hesitate to do some things, some things which they like to do, for instance

-to laugh all of sudden or smile when u remember some good old scene or a joke J

-Dancing in the middle of the road or where ever, whenever your heart asks you to, or maybe when the nature or the rains persuades you to.

-To day dream and imagine yourself where you want to be: a successful man, in someone’s armJ, imagining that you are the star of future or all the girls are dying to talk to you or maybe your team wants 15 runs in three ball and you do the honor’s.

-to talk to people, especially the one you like or you would love to, like your neighbor, to a street child or your potential girl friend J or to a stranger.

-hum your favorite song care freely whether you know the lyrics or you have no sur taal kaa Milan in your voice.

-to complement someone, to thank someone, to confess or to apologize someone

-to say your parents and your family members that you love them

-to express your feelings to your friends, to show them how much you care for them

And many more things

Well the mystery still remains the same - why do people hesitate while doing things that they want to do

So, if you listen to me, don’t hesitate from the next time while doing something or anything that you want to do

Kya hoga yaar at the most you will be a bit upset because it didn’t work as per your wishes but the chances of happening this is 0.09%

Trust me!!!! (Yes I am saying this: P)

Most of the time you will feel happy, will feel great and will be relieved that you have done it, I am feeling great by not hesitating to talk to people and doing all the above mentioned things so try it and give it a shot

Ur best shot!!!

And may be you won’t hesitate any more

Have a nice day.

Friday, July 4, 2008

IN TO THE WILD


Said and Written by - LORD BYRON
m just acting as a mediator

" There is a pleasure in the pathless woods:
There is rapture on the lonely shore:
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more....

- Lord Byron.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

a new beginning


well well, so this is my new blog and my first post on MY blog yippee m proud of it :) ;P
actually i had no intentions whatsoever to create a blog and that to like this and at this time *( its around 10:45 now)
actually i had planned to sleep by 10 as i have to get up tomorrow for studying for my test as i had utilized the whole of my evening playing guitar and carom board with friends and watching cricket and wibledon so now i had to compensate for it by getting up early
just before going to sleep i turned on my comp to view divsi's article but than some error suddenly popped on the page and just to get rid of that i clicked at home { one of he few options which were available to me} thinking that it would be divsi's blogs' homepage
but than i had fallen to one of the most simplest persuasive and marketing techniques " 3 SIMPLE STEPS TO CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG" i mean they just struck the right chord " create YOUR OWN blog" they just gave me a nice feeling of having my OWN blog
i dun know how i fell to the trick but now am glad to having my OWN BLOG u see
so this is how i created my blog :)
so just hoping that i will be able to come up with some good posts and bolster :)
(fingers crossed)
have a nice day