Wonder years

With the new semester just beginning, there was a mass bunk.So she was enjoying her time at home. Leafing through old magazines, she came across an edition of 'Brunch' which talked about "Wonder Years - Our school and college days never fail to evoke warm, nostalgic memories."
Our alma mater is so special to all of us.But when we studied there, we subjected it to all kinds of curses, expletives etc.
So, walking leisurely down the memory lane...she recalled her first real experience as a speaker.An event at school.It wasn't that she was a total stranger to stage.She noticed her seniors performing onstage at various times. She appreciated a few of them for their originality and natural-ness.And had herself attempted to deliver good performances...some of which crashed, leaving a little embarrassment...some gained a little applaud.It was her father who pushed her into these things and encouraged her to be active in them...perhaps he sensed something in her.
Her stage presence was shared by a good friend, which gave her some relief.Both had to work together on it.She reached onstage...hands and feet cold yet wet...heartbeat fast...wondering if her friend felt the same way as her.Then she brushed away all the thoughts...had a look at the entire audience, said a prayer of two words in her heart..with a deep breath and started the show with a bright smile.

After sometime...the fingers became normal she wondered how :O as if she got used to the situation.
At the end, she delivered her 'best show till then' and she didn't even know it.It was only when the show was over and she was flooded with applaud and 'pats on the back' from her mentors, that she realized what she just did or rather achieved.
Now after years had passed and she never missed an opportunity to grab the stage, she was cherishing those beautiful memories...which were the 'base' of what she was now- known as a gifted speaker among everyone. These memories, whenever came to her mind, left a never-ending smile on her face.Amazing were those days, those people, that stage, that school...which made her what she was today.Truly, those were the Wonder Years.

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Wrigley's doublemint ad : What an ad! Good way to give a lesson.

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Kishorda's amazing track in the background...Hum jab honge 60 saal ke aur tum hogi 55 ki, bolo preet nibhaogi na tab bhi apne bachpan ki ?

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The most beautiful jingle 

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2) Airtel ad :
Nigahen nigahon se mila kar to dekho. Naye logo se rishta bana kar to dekho
Hasratien dil me dabane se kya haasil hoga. Apne hoth hila kar to dekho
Khamoshi se kab hoti hai khwahishein poori . Dil ki baat bata kar to dekho
Jo hai dil mei use kar do bayaan. Khud ko ek baar jata kar to dekho
Aasmaan simat jayega tumhare aaghosh mein. Chahat ki baahein phaila kar to dekho
Dil ki baat bata kar to dekho...

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A collection of some nice Indian advertisements...

Share if i am missing some more good ones...

Here goes the ist one, of the 5-part series

1)Public service film : Won awards at Cannes Lion 2007 and Thailand ad-fest 2007.

Does it apply to everyone?

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed to ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

I am usually not into much of introspection, but this is something that made me rewind, observe and learn :)

A 3 hour pd session squeezed into a post

A group called Confluence visited our college to subject us to hours of  boredom.Their visit was spread over 4 days and one fateful day we became their victims.Some stuff was appreciable...and some were the same old stale things everybody keeps saying.So without talking much let me put down some excerpts...

• No detail is too small & No effort is too big.
• If it is to be it is up to me.So Take Charge.
• Don't get stuck with content but with context.
• If you can't make it good, make it look good.

They mentioned a book called 'Made in America' by Sam Walton.It describes two ways to know how well an instituition is working.The first one, the toilet test.If the toilet smells good, it indicates that the institution is working well.Second was, the employee feedback.Ask a few employees how they feel about the institution.If they answer in positive, the institution will go a long way.
The session seemed interesting in the first fifteen minutes.Then as they moved on to the theoretical details, it became terribly intolerable....details like-
Competency-Any characteristic that differentiates a superior worker from an average or poor worker.Types of competency-Technical(process-driven) and Behavioural or Managerial(people-driven).
Employability-Being useful and getting paid for it.The three stages of employability-Getting a job, Keeping a job, Excelling in a job.
Then they turned to one single word-Professionalism-and elaborated on it for the rest of it.
On the whole, i can only give them 5 on 10.