Hi All,

Found an interesting site which can be used to detect the accuracy of many email claims we get each day.
"Every day we're bombarded with e-mail of dubious origin and even more dubious veracity: messages that plead with us to find a missing kid or help a sick child, sign a petition to right some terrible injustice, take a stand on an important piece of pending legislation, forward a message to claim free merchandise, or take heed of the latest computer virus. The messages that aren't outright hoaxes are often full of misinformation, and even the ones that have some truth to them are usually out-of-date by the time we receive them."
- From http://www.snopes.com/

This site has many more links which you can check out to cross-check the accuracy of many more urban legends. The link to visit when u want to check whether an email u received is a hoax is "Inbox Rebellion".

Next time u receive a mail from a dying Romanian girl asking to forward the mail to 5 persons so that a fund is raised...first check out this site. :)

Guys, I enjoyed several pretty good movies past couple of weeks. Thought of sharing them with u all.
1. Cinderalla Man - Inspiring real world story about a coureagous boxer starring Russel Crowe
2. Citizen Kane - Regarded as the BEST movie ever made by Orson Welles starring himself
3. Bowling for Columbine - Documentary on Gun culture in USA by Micheal Moore
4. Wag the Dog - Sarcastic look at democratic political heists starring Robert De Niro / Dustin Hoffman
5. Motor Cycle Diaries - Che-gu-Veira's historical journey through Southern America (In spanish)

Movies I feel is one of the coolest way to learn about life and all of the above movies had me thinking after watching it...well at least for a couple of minutes :).

Thought of writing down a note of a different sense. You all know that christmas is near by. What do u think about Christmas decorations? Well, all the shopping centers and streets are getting decorated these days. Incidently I got a chance to stand beside a set of people who were doing some Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Colombo during day time. It was extremely hot and sunny and these poor fellows were virtually toasted. And I saw and heard how frustrated they are with this whole Christmas decorations stuff :).

And I begun to wonder how ironic it is that the same thing which is being loved and cherished by so many people bring frustration to another set of people. This becomes even more interesting when you get to know that all these Christmas decorations are meant for a commercial purpose (Virtually to pickpocket) rather than to show the true spirit of Christmas.

So count me in as one frustrated "observer" of Christmas decorations at commercial places. (Of course your own small X-Mas tree at home is something totally different)

Merry Pre X-Mas everyone. :)