On August 9, Seshu Karthick, a MS from University of Texas at Dallas, sent me a mail which unfortunately landed in my SPAM folder. Today while cleaning up the folder I found his mail. Seshu says that Ouchmytoe.com`s articles inspired him to build a web application which would cater to people`s creative needs (or bring … Read more
On 8 August a contest titled “The Quick Retort” was announced on Ouchmytoe, which involved responding to a caustic comment by a boy friend to her girl friend. Read all about the interesting contest. If you remember right, it had been announced that the prize money will be Rs 500 (the same Rs 500 that … Read more
A few days back a friend of mine joked that if Google carries on at the speed it is now, Yahoo! will soon have to replace the exclamation mark with a question mark…like this – Yahoo? I wasn`t so sure then…but after I read these three articles I wonder if my friend has a contact, … Read more
Situation: Girl friend has cleaned up her main course at the family restaurant but the boy friend is yet to go beyond the chicken soup he had ordered. “No wonder you are fat!” Yes, that`s precisely what the boyfriend ends up saying, even though he wanted to say: “Honey, you look nice in this dress.” … Read more
Just so you know…I have quit smoking in office. There was a time, when I smoked 10 cigarettes a day…now it is just one or two. All this wouldn`t have been possible but for this colleague called Sunandini, who on seeing me smoking said: ‘Hey R-a-j-a-n! Your smoke is troubling me!” It only took me … Read more
Three days back I met a girl in Gurgaon. Needless to say, she was pretty. I was smitten by her the moment I saw her – probably because I had spent six years in Chennai and was longing for somebody fair. If you are a Chennai woman you will have to excuse me…I am only … Read more
Sending off a friend on a short assignment out of town is a difficult task. More difficult if she is a 27-year-old pretty girl. Today one of my girl colleagues left for Mumbai on an assignment. She would be away from office for close to a fortnight and we are all going to miss her. … Read more
Entering a new house is an art in itself. Way back in 1997 when my father built a house in Madurai from his retirement funds, he made a cow enter the house first. I am serious. As if getting a shepherd and paying him Rs 100 wasn`t enough the cow was forced to stay inside … Read more