Thursday, December 03, 2009

Checkin Baggage (60") - Baggage Allowance -- Singapore Airlines

Baggage Allowance -- Singapore Airlines: "Economy Two pieces, the sum of the three dimensions (length width height) of both pieces added
together does not exceed 273 cm (107 in) and the outside linear dimensions of each bag must not exceed 158 cm (62 in.) The weight of each piece is limited to 23 kg (50lb)."

Cabbin Baggage (45") - Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines: "*

The following baggage items are deemed to constitute one piece of cabin baggage:

* Trolley Bag : 55 cm x 40 cm x 20 cm (22' x 16' x 8')
* Garment Bag : Dimension not exceeding 115 cm (45') and thickness not exceeding 20 cm (8') when
folded
* Briefcase : 50 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm (20' x 16' x 10')

*Subject to local country specific requirements, aircraft cabin space and stowage availability."

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Funny subtitles in Telugu movie KICK

Scene 1:

Conversation between Ali and Illeana with her sister accompanying her. Raviteja is the patient.

Ali (Doctor) : What do you want babies?

Illeana: Doctor, what is the problem?

Ali: Are you talking about the patient?

Illeana: Yeah

Ali: చిన్న మెదడు చితికింది, పెద్ద మెదడు పగిలింది. Total ga brain, దొ.....బ్బింది
Subtitles: Cerebellum is damaged, cerebrum is battered. Totally his brain has busted. (Awesome! :))

Youtube Link

Song:

Lyrics: అ ఆ ఇ ఈ ఉ ఊ ఎ ఏ ఐ ....

Subtitles: ABCDEDFGHI..... (Creativity!)

Monday, September 21, 2009

Can I get more bill?

I met an old friend from Engineering today in San Jose. He is here on site for a month or two. I met him up in his hotel room and from there we went to have lunch. I've asked him whether he had a burrito and he said no. So, I took him to my favourite burrito place 'Chiptole'. As soon as I started ordering stuff, he told me that already had this Chappathi roll thing before :). That's when I realized that I should have asked whether he had Mexican food before. Mexican is more generic term than a burrito and people would easily remember it.

After the burritos have been packed, I took the credit card out of my wallet and was about to pay. That's when I turned to my friend and asked him, does company pay for you? He mentioned that by default the company gives $50 per day for food. He also mentioned that if they have food in an expensive restaurant and the overall amount crosses $50, will get reimbursed on providing the receipt. (He already mentioned this to me before but I didn't remember. ) Since there is no advantage of my friend paying the bill, I went ahead and used my credit card for the payment.

As soon as I finished paying the bill, I grabbed both the burritos and started leaving. At the same time my friend grabbed both the water cups and asked the cashier 'Can I get more bill?' I was shocked at this moment and left soon asking my friend to leave without further questions. But he heeded my advice and continued asking the cashier same question again and again, 'Can I get more bill?' I was standing on the side and was getting worried. I was all prepared to say that I don't this person if the restaurant people would come and ask me. The total bill was less than $13 and this guy was asking for additional bills which would sum up to more than $50! Also, he didn't even pay the bill. Oh boyyyyyy!

I was about to sweat and started shouting at my friend, 'Dude come here!' My friend was still not hearing me and he moved close to the cashier, was standing beside her and trying to explain his 'concern' clearly. My nervousness was increasing every second and was about to lose my patience. At this moment my friend left the cashier came to me and said in a sad voice that the lady didn't understand what he was asking. I was extremely glad and very very relieved that she didn't understand the question. If she had, then I went to the Chipotle alone, had ordered two burritos just for myself and knew no one else around. OMG! That was scary.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Going to airport, remember 3.4!

I am all set for weekend in DC & NY. When you are going to places like
these, how can you not take a deodrant and moisturizer. Not exactly
remembering the limitations, I took my mini moisturizer and also a
general sized deodrant. Sadly, my mini moisturizer turned out to be
6.0OZ and the deodrant was 4.0OZ, both heavier than 3.4OZ. Even though
they were used ones and would weigh less than the numbers written on
them, airport security does not have a weighing machine to weigh them.
And I have to sadly forfeit my items. Even though this is not a great
way to start the trip, hopefully I can have some good time with
friends :)

Thursday, January 08, 2009

How Porsche hacked the financial system and made a killing

"Adolf Merckle, one of the world’s richest men, committed suicide yesterday by throwing himself under a train, Bloomberg reports. Financial difficulties, and particularly great losses he suffered on Volkswagen stock, are being cited as the key reason he ended his life:"

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Reliance GSM offers Rs 900 free talk-time

Reliance GSM offers Rs 900 free talk-time: "Customers will also get unlimited calling on Reliance network (both GSM and CDMA) absolutely free between 10 PM to 6 AM through out Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa, giving access to seven million Reliance phones in the region."