Zoozoo

Recently I came across the Vodafone ads and I should tell, these are simply great. The ones in which you see characters in white costumes with egg shaped face. I mean, there is humor, creativity and more importantly sticking to their purpose - passing on the information on target!
Well, if you are under the impression that these are animated characters then you are wrong. The characters are actually men n women in white costumes and masks. All the shots are taken at 20 bps coz of which these look very funny and childish. New ads on the same theme for different value adds of Vodafone are being aired at regular intervals.

I am adding few here which I have liked in order. Lemme know what feel abt these ads!

Status messages

As many will agree, Instant messengers are the mostly widely used tools/gadgets in this internet age. These tools bring people closer and a way for those who aren't good at face-to-face communication ;-)
Well, keeping the benefits and advantages aside now, I would like to mention about one thing in IMs which is not followed in the right manner -- yes, few might have guessed it -- Status message option. Before proceeding let me tell you, this is just my personal opinion and not any standard specification :)

Status message option in IMs should be used to mainly show your current state(Busy, Available, Do Not Disturb etc) or to pass on some relevant information about yourself(Blog links, details about self, current stay etc) or something which helps to get some attention or information from your friends in the list.
Few status messages from my friends list which I feel are appropriate and interesting ones are:
- "I want my hour back!" Quite understandable during Daylight saving adjustment
- Link to their employer's website featuring them in headlines with a nice snap. Well, who doesn't want to do this if in headlines :)
- Link to their webpage or blog. Yes, this gives way to know them better
- Link to some interesting articles or cartoons Ex. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2096/sarkozy.jpg
- "YooHoo.. I voted!! Awesome feeling!!" Quite timely as this being the election time in the country
- "Its a baby boy!!" Happy to know dear..
- Current music track. Talks about their taste and mood!

And now coming to what I hate to see in status messages is some famous, thoughtful quote; which will be borrowed from a website or from daily subscribed mails or from those thousands of floating mails. Whats more, the quote changes every single day like the change in date in your PC. Yes, I simply detest reading a quote though its quoted by some great philosopher or a great scientist. For that I can simply browse the net and get from the websites. And besides what really does the person wants to prove by having it mentioned there?!! This remains a mystery to me.

My status message reads about the track - Viva forever Spice-girls
Whats yours??

Time for a break!

I have decided to go on a Himalayan trek in search of peace, adventure and trill :)
Sar Pass trek is a 11 days expedition and one can find more details here and here. I have registered for the 16th May batch but will report on 17th at the base camp as I have to attend one of my close friend's marriage on 15th and besides day1 does not have any interesting activities planned. Considering the fact that I missed this trek last year when few of my friends planned for it, I have decided not to miss this year's opportunity at any cost :)
All the necessary flight and bus tickets have been booked today. The only thing remaining now is to get ready with the list of trek items and go for shopping. This I plan to do over the coming weekend.

So thats the story. The countdown has begun and I am really excited about the trek :)