The crown and the frown.

Beauty is much over-rated. So was Miss Universe 2006. I wasn't even aware, did not care, until Ms. M introduced me to the event on Saturday. I was advocated on the opportunity of patriotism. Influenced, I decided to watch the grand finale. This decision meant I was willing to halt my LOST-1 marathon that was going on non-stop from Friday night.

It was going to start at 8 pm and I was all ready. Only a Spanish channel aired the preview and I was glued to the TV (despite the stupidest ads ever and audio that I had no clue of) just to catch the glimpse of our star participant. Miss India, Neha Kapoor. But they missed India and didn't show her at the preview!! What a disappointment. Bummer. *Frown* (this is where I stealthily make the title that rhymes count - its almost like this in IT. We invent a fancy acronym and then plug in the expansion). After this unruly act, all of a sudden a collection of pageants looked Indianish! In true spirit, I started extending support to sorta Indian looking babes Ms. Bolivia and Ms. Columbia while Ms. M totally disapproved it and accused me of being a traitor.

9 pm and the real show was on. There were a few learnings from the program:

1. New countries are being formed every day and beauty pageants are the most effective ways to announce it to the rest of the real world.
Quoting Ms. M, "St. Martin sounds more like a school than a country :p"

2. Starting this year, they allow laaaaarge costumes so you can legally block the view of 16 contestants behind you.

3. You can ALWAYS count on Ms. Venezuela.

4. Africa has more countries than you think.

5. The 800 diamond crown is worth $250,000.

6. You can send flowers to the pageant of your choice from $19.99 to $399.99

7. The Official Swimsuit Poster of Miss Universe 2006 is yours for just $5. No, I did not buy it. Not yet.

8. Beauty sells.

The French Head Butta Game

Zidane. From starred to barred.

One of the few players the world was watching this worldcup. Some men never get enough... and get famous the infamous way. Can't believe he ended his career that way.

Anyway, it was a treat for creative gamers. Check this out!!


http://www.addictinggames.com/zidaneheadbuttgame.html

Beauty "lies" in the eyes of the beholder

Thanks to people who forward crap. And stuff like these.

Outsourcing to India and globalization - Discovery Channel documentary

Got to watch if you haven't. Portrays the Indian Tech boom due to outsourcing and resultant US job drought, analyses how it ties into globalization and how the non IT Indian economy is doing.

Heights !!!

Morning on the way to work I turn on 99.5 - Washington DC's best music station as they claim to be. Usually they are okay, try to be funny, have a few wierd characters and stupid games and prizes to entertain you.

but...

Of late they have a competition called "Breast Year Ever" - competitors need to apply online - and the winner gets a breast implant sponsored by the Radio Station. In the name of selecting the finalists over the month of January all we hear is about "b", "b" and "b".

Ridiculous...images of the contestants with their identity concealed.

Call Centers in India - Pretty funny!

As seen on NBC.

This one is was kinda whacky! See if you like it.

The dude on the pic asks if he can bring his PC to the customer service to fix his popup ads. And she says shes in India!! And whohooo, hes flying to India. To meet "Sharon". Theyv'e mocked at us Indians big time, but pretty well ;) We can always retaliate with our own Russel Peters.

YouTube is one place where 1000s of amateur videos are getting housed. "Hey, I uploaded the wedding video" age is coming soon!

BBC Tamil.

Recently I discovered that BBC had BBC Tamil News Online. The quality of Tamil was very impressive. I learnt a new tech word in Tamil - 'font' went by 'ezhuththuru'.

Awesome effort, kudos!