Salmaaan's Scroll

A note to everybody

2010-11-02T22:02:00.001+05:30

Greetings from Salmaaan's Scroll

For some time now, I have been thinking of a new name for this blog and I got nowhere till recently. Opening a new blog with the same old posts and with the same author [That is I], is what I did.

Giving You iLife @ www.life-inspire.blogspot.com

With the launch of this new URL for the same blog, I celebrate two things.

The Last Post of blog content on this URL [www.salmaaanscroll.blogspot.com]
and the change of the Blog's theme from Absolutity or Awesomeness to Personal Development, Wisdom and Philosophy.

Please Click Here to be redirected to iLife.

Yours
Author@Salmaaan's Scroll a.k.a iLife

*/FURTHER NOTICE: BLOG ADDRESS CHANGED TO www.lifeinspire.wordpress.com . CLICK HERE TO BE REDIRECTED TO LIFE INSPIRE

A short post on Determination

2010-11-02T19:47:00.000+05:30

There are a number of "things" in this world which drives a being to success or to glory. Hunger, curiosity, love, respect, greed, sadism, dutifulness to name but a few are different forces which drive a being to success. This is the fuel for us. But what is the thing which keeps the fuel burning? Determination.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

Mario Andretti

Determination is the matchstick which fires up the fuel, which brings the heat to our needs and which keeps us running.

Determination is the key to success. It is strong will power characterized by unwavering concentration, ever increasing longing and discontinuous effort to achieve one's goal.

Determination is not like will power. Determination can be seen. Will Power is not always seen. It can be for the good or for the bad, but is always seen.

To achieve something, one needs the fire in his belly. And cannot achieve much without it. You can only start the fire by wanting more, by counting your failures, by not being disheartened by failure and be inspired by anything and everything.

When you get the fire burning, there is only one extinguisher and it is hopelessness. So make sure you are not losing hopes. A person without hope is like life without colour.

So Dream Well, Aim higher, and have strong hopes so that your determination does not fade.

Lessons from Inception

2010-10-15T20:53:00.003+05:30

This July, Christopher Nolan blew our minds out with his Science Fiction film, Inception. He might have blown you out of your minds in July, but I was mind-blown only in September. [when I first watched it]

To those who have not yet watched Inception, This post contains spoilers. Please watch the film before continuing.

Inception is a film about Dom Cobb, a professional information extractor who extracts information from people's minds when they are asleep through Lucid Dreaming. He is hired by Saito, a businessman to implant an idea in Robert Fischer's mind. Robert Fischer is the son of Saito's competitor Maurice Fischer. Dom Cobb and his team are within the mind of Robert Fischer to convince him to break his father's business.

What do we learn?

Starting from an Idea
There might be hundreds of things that we can learn from Inception, but what we learn first is the fact which makes Inception so mind-blowingly elegant in its complexity.

It is that Inception was born from one single idea. One single idea of "dreams within dreams" brought us a whole 150 minutes of inspired brilliancy.

We have to know that "Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes." Everything in this world began from an Idea. It was one great idea of striking two stones against each other to make fire. It was one great idea to give inflatable tires to a tricycle. [John Boyd Dunlop]

Building something from a single idea is not an easy task. It requires high levels of concentration and continuous brainstorming.

An idea can start off only in a place where logic and science has no play. That is your Sub-consciousness. There are three levels of consciousness the first of which is your Sub-Consciousness. This is where you dream and this is where physical, real-life awareness is very dim. It is here where you can make ideas. These raw ideas can be unrealistic and may seem alien. But by building upon these ideas, you can recreate reality.
Postponing Problems
In Inception, Dom Cobb buries his problems and regrets deep within his sub-consciousness. This was not very good for him as his problems resurfaced and caused him personal harm. [Mal sabotaging many of his missions]

If you have a problem or any sort of social, mental or any type of disturbance, Just face it. By postponing it or by hiding it, you are just giving yourself more peace now so that you are destroyed in the future.

Inception was one great movie and there is yet a lot to learn from it. But remember

Buy using proper techniques one can turn a small idea into a greater reality.
Face problems now. Don’t let them grow and don’t let them pop up at you at unexpected times

Thats all for now.

The Life Book: A description.

2010-10-13T00:22:00.004+05:30

Back in March, I had written posted an article about an awe-tical tool I use called "The Life Book" [You can see it here]. But that was not enough.

So, What is the Life Book?
The Life Book is just a simple book, or you can say, a manual that contains every single detail which is important in your life. Your Life Book can contain a variety of information starting from your Dreams and aspirations and all the way right down to details about your favourite pair of socks. The Life Book is just like a diary except that it is much more organized.

Why do we need a Life Book?

Having and maintaining a Life Book can be highly rewarding. It helps you to become a master of your life, having full control over mind and body. It constantly reminds you about your dreams and goals. About your duties and disciplines.

The Life Book will enable you to handle data more effectively and be much more organized. The brain might forget what it wants but the Life Book will remind your brain of what it need.

How should the Life Book be?
Back in December 2009, when I first got the idea for the Life Book, I brought a ITC Classmate Spiral-bound "Open Happiness" Notebook. This was what I first used. And this is what the earliest users of the Life Book used too. But, I found that using a notebook was not very organized, so I went for a 5-Subject notebook with soft covers. This had only 5 sections. I needed many more Sections and I needed Sub-sections also. It was then, when I thought about using the Microsoft Office OneNote software. And since March 2010, I have been using One Note.

But, actually you can keep it in whatever way you want , either in Physical or Digital format.

I recommend that you use Microsoft OneNote for its easy editing features, but you can use a hard copy too. You can customize and decorate your hard copy how you want. But the OneNote software is only a data holder.

What can the different sections be Sections?
Your Life Book can have as many as sections as you like. But what builds the basic foundation of The Life Book are the following sections [You can name them how you want]

Goal/Purpose of your Life

Big Lifetime goals for your life

Lessons you have learnt in your life

Very, Very, Very interesting people/places/things/anything from which/whom you can change your life.

Short term development and project goals.

Your personal rulebook

Your different mood settings and how you should behave in those times

Now, Go make your Life Book and

Update your Life Book frequently with ideas, goals, information etc.

Refer and Read it every now and then.

Always have a second copy safe.

Now friends, let your Life Book be your teacher, your friend, your master your saviour and most importantly, let it be YOU.

Hail The Life Book!

Goals and Dreams. Why and How

2010-10-08T22:57:00.003+05:30

Why to keep Goals for the future.

Many people in the world have dreams and aspirations. We think about the future and dream but most dreams are left unfulfilled.

Dreams, aspirations and Goals are made from the basic universal bond - Love.

People dream about the things they love. They want their future to be made up of the things they can't live without now. And the things which they don’t have, but they love. Dreams and Goals are the basic, foundational structure of a bright, loveable future.

Different people have different goals[That is quite obvious.] And also different types of people have different types of goals.

When people ask me what my goal in life is, I say "My answer might depend on what you define goal as" . Well, this is only since this January. Before that I just said stuff like "I want to become a film maker"

But No. "I want to become a film maker", "I want to be a doctor" , "I want to live happily" are not replies to that question. An apt answer to that question should be something more specific and more well-defined.

My real goal actually is "To be a man of honour and great respect." Examples of such men in the real world are really few, like,

My father,

Osama Bin Laden,

Any Gangster or as I say "Rowdy" ,
King Akbar,
Jesus PBUH,
Muhammad PBUH etc.

But when I give an example I speak about the great man "Thirupathi" from 2001, Tamil, family-drama movie, Aanandham.

Living a meaning less life is truly sad and people who live a meaning less life are often criticized. Living without a goal is like "Thinking of the trouble only when the trouble troubles you"

Now, let me get to the point. Why do we have to set goals.

So that we can decide what is important for us to achieve in our life.

To separate what is important and what is distractive in our life.
To motivate ourselves to become who we were supposed to become.
To learn from failures.
And most importantly, to build our self-confidence by successfully achieving our goals.

These are the top five reasons for why we have to make goals.

How to set effective goals.

Goals should be specific, attainable, relevant and should be time-bounded.

Write down your goals. [One of the many 100 uses of The Life Book] Writing down goals helps to solidify them and helps you to review them.

For the larger, complex goals, Start with a complex goal and break it up into performance goals.
Goals should be realistic. That is they should be achievable.
Goals should always be positive.

Not making goals is one of the most common flaws of the modern youth. As told in my blog post in July "Making well-defined goals" is one of the defining attributes of a successful person.

That is all for now.

Sources : http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html

Forgiveness

2010-08-30T17:57:00.003+05:30

On the occasion of World Forgiveness Day, I had given a small speech on Forgiveness as a "thought" in my school this June. Well it was easy for me to hunt stuff over the internet and write down the words but my effort and words were appreciated.

3 months have passed since and I don't have a record of my words and my brain fails to remember the details.

But I think this is what I told.

We often face challenges in life and we confront opponents who offend and insult us on our faces and behind our backs. Even though, I have called them opponents, they might be friends or foes. They can hurt us and break our heart.

They might have asked for forgiveness or probably not. But we must do our duty. We must do what we are supposed to do. We must forgive them for their actions and treat them with love.

The Bible instructs us to forgive as the Lord forgave us:

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Colossians 3:13

Forgiveness is the greatest and most powerful form of love. Sometimes it brings an enemy down to an acquaintance and an acquaintance to a friend.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

Bryant H. McGill

It is one of the few forms of love which does not imitate. This love is the love which will always be remembered by the forgiven and it will be the secret strength of the forgiver.

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Luke 6:37

So, people, remember that your duty is to forgive and you just have to forgive.

Lesson from 3 Idiots

2010-08-30T17:22:00.003+05:30

If many of you have not noticed, the Oolosophies and Maxims page has been removed recently. All the articles and posts which came on that page and those which were to come will henceforth be published as blog posts only.

What did Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots teach us?

"Run behind Excellence and Success will follow"

and my way of saying the same is

"Excellence is a lizard and Success, its tail. Achieve excellence and you have success. While if your tail [Success] is cut, it will regenerate."

Psychologically speaking, an aim of success will always instigate certain other feelings like impatience, intense desire and heightened attachment to your goal, anger on other people who share your desire for such an eventuality of success. Anger further leads to delusion and oversight, which can turn into confusion and literal "chemical locha in the brain". Such a state of senses might lead to an eventuality of the destruction of mind and intellect.

We can say that Success is relative and Excellence is permanent.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Tennessee Williams

As Sam Wing once said

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.

SI Unit for Awesomeness

2010-08-23T20:25:00.001+05:30

Lately, there has been rising disturbances and uneasiness regarding the Standard Unit for Awesomeness.

The unit "Ooh" has not been a big success, though it has received mostly positive feedbacks. But, people felt that "Ooh" did not radiate the power and strength that was demanded of a unit of Awesomeness.

So I decided to give everybody else the Power to decide the WAR [World Awesomeness Representatives] standard unit for Awesomeness.

You can now give suggestions and comments for/on this matter.
Visit WAR at its Facebook discussion page

Personality and Career

2010-08-22T18:09:00.002+05:30

I am only 15 and I just finished high school. There is this one thing which is poking me at the back of my head, though I rarely realize that it is there. It is the question of what I will do when I grow up.

So, this afternoon I came online and google-ed various things and I came to this.

Don't just choose a profession on whether you like it. There are a limited number of professions out there for your personality.

There are various personality type and personality trait theories. Out of my ramblings over various websites and books. I came down to two Personality type/trait theory related websites which offer to test your personality with a quiz and then tell you which careers suit you.

So these are the two.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
4 questions, 8 factors, 16 Personality types and a few career fields can give your required answer(s)
Click here to take the test.
Holland Codes
Around 100 different traits, 6 Personality types and 6 Career fields.
Click here to take the test.

I prefer the second one out of the two, because it tells you which field you can choose.

So, soon then...

Socio-Compatibility

2010-08-22T17:48:00.002+05:30

One of the greatest factors affecting Awesomeness is your compatibility with your society. To be accepted as at least a little bit awesome, you should have mastery over at least a few social skills such as "How much one should speak", "How to please others", "How to make a joke" etc.

In the calculation of awesomeness, Socio-Compatibility takes an equal role along with the other three factors which are Intelligence, Perfection of Action and Good Looks in deciding your Ooh Coefficient. But in reality, your social skills and people's perception of you matters much more than the the other three factors.

This is bare, common knowledge. Everybody knows this. Even in your little social group, the most nicest people are those outgoing, talkative and funny extroverts.

Appreciation for art, lot of good curiosity, and variety of experience, acting dutifully, positive emotions, surgency, and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others are various traits of sociable people.

Now for some fictional examples. The following people are all extroverted, talk some bit, are curious about others etc. and are also loved by all.

Prof. Remus Lupin

Fred and George Weasley

Samwise Gamgee

Leonard Hoffstadter

Ted Mozby

Tintin

Proffessor X

Ranbir Raj from Saawariya

Karthik from Mozhi

Well, I don’t want to think too much and find some real people to add to this list.

That is all for now...

Berlusconi determined to keep Brazilian pair

2010-07-21T18:34:00.000+05:30

Great News from the kings of Soccer in Southern Europe!

Our Pretty Prime Minister at Italy, as always, made a brilliant decision.

And anyway who would ever let Brazilians away??? Not Silver Berls...

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi is adamant Ronaldinho will not be leaving the club this summer, as well as revealing he has rejected an offer from Real Madrid for fellow Brazilian Thiago Silva.

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Ronaldinho has regularly been linked with a return to Brazil

However, the forward, 30, enjoyed a productive campaign in Serie A last season when scoring 12 goals and claiming 14 assists, and Berlusconi is determined to keep Ronaldinho at San Siro.

"Ronaldinho? I have a pact with him," Berlusconi said. "While he continues to play professional football, he will remain with us. We will renew his contract.

"Considering his quality, I am certain he will continue to play for a few more years. I consider him (Ronaldinho) the strongest player of all time."

Thiago Silva, 25, also enjoyed an impressive season at Milan and has attracted interest from Real Madrid, but again Berlusconi is opposed to any sale of the Brazilian.

"We have rejected offers from Real Madrid for Thiago Silva," Berlusconi said. "He will remain with us."

Source:http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=809571&sec=transfers&cc=4716&campaign=rss&source=soccernet

Sir Ian McKellen

2010-07-20T15:04:00.000+05:30

Sir Ian McKellen on acting

Five Rules for Life!

2010-07-20T14:12:00.000+05:30

Here are the five rules which will soon be posted on fiverulesforlife.com

Have a goal in life!
Stop dreaming about now and try to plan the future. Decide what you really want in life. And make sure it is well-defined. Only well-defined goals can be achieved.
Define who you are.
Design the person who you want to be. Build in your characters. Work to bring this person to life within yourself. If you are not the person you want to be than you will have to change yourself.
Do what you must.
Do what you must and not what you want to do. The real conquerer acts on fact or logic and not on will.
Keep your promises.
Always keep your promises. Be a man of your word. And stick to the your promises.
Aim for excellence.
Aim for excellence and you will naturally get success. Excellence is static. Success is relative.

Here is the link to the site. http://fiverulesforlife.blogspot.com/

Will be back...

Five Rules for life .com

2010-07-15T18:28:00.002+05:30

This is a pretty famous blog which I found a few weeks ago. I was surprised that I had never heard of it.

Its called Five Rules for life.

The blog was started by Jon Andre.

Every week he publishes 5 rules for life which are given by people from places around the world.

It was a brilliant idea of Jon Andre. He is connecting people from around the world through simple thoughts.

You can also get your rules published if you want. Send an email with your name and location to fiverulesforlife@gmail.com

In fact, my five rules will be coming up on that blog next week.

Sooner or Later...

The Third Law

2010-07-03T18:41:00.002+05:30

I guess I have not written about awesomeness in quite some time.

So, let me give out the basics again.

People who have a goal in life always desire for one thing that is Absolute Awesomeness.

"Awesome" is that state of any entity, so that it creates a feeling of wonder and fear, more commonly known as awe, in any other entity

"Absolutity" or "Absolute Awesomeness" is that state of awesomeness which instigates the maximum amount of awe possible also known as 100 Oohs.

SI Unit for Awesomeness: Ooh

Definition : 1 Ooh is the value of awesomeness hundred times of which is the maximum value of awesome any human being can become.

Origin of the SI Unit : The constant scream of Ooooohs by the feminine variety of the human beings species [Homo Sapiens] when she happens upon any entity, which may or may not contain a special privilege of being able to live life, but still withholds a rare gift of being able to be awesome.

World Governing Body for Awesomeness : World Awesomeness Representatives

Head Quarters for the World Awesomeness Representatives [WAR] : Unknown

The WAR helps the people of the Earth to lead a nice, enjoyable, meaningful and awesome life. Their only mean of conveyance to the outside world is through me.

So now you recall what this all is about....

Now the First two Zikruwartian laws of Awesomeness.

"When an actor exerts a certain amount of awesome Oohs on reality, a reactor exerts the same amount of reality unto Awesomeness, which thereby brings a heightened possibility of a blissful eventuality of a 100 Awesome Oohs by helping to blend the awesomeness and reality into one and the other double fold"
"The perfect brew for 100 Oohs is the combination of 10 drops each of 100% Social Compatibility Solution, Above 125 IQ Solution, 100% Perfection of Action Solution and Salmonella's Good Looks Solution."..........................................The Ooh Brew Law

So these are the first and second laws of awesomeness.

Factors affecting Awesomeness

The Good ones are :

• Socio-compatibility Quotient

• Intelligence Quotient

• Perfection of Action Ratio

• Good Looks Ratio

The Bad ones are :

• Fight and Might Quotient

• Sloppy-Clumsy Ratio

• Foolish-Intelligence Ratio

• Sociocratic Quotient.

Click here for more details

De-Awesomifying agents : "Any human being or any entity which in any way prohibits your action of proceeding onward to perform an activity which you believe is significant in any possibly positive manner in any tiny tidbit of life and hence causes you to start thinking more clearly is known as a De-Awesomifying Agent"

Finally, I will now come to todays topic.

The Third Law, also The Binary Belief Law

"The two effectors which bring about the birth of awesomeness in any Human Being are the face of awesome and de-awesomifying agents. These two may or may not be awesome, may or may not be living but will certainly instigate awesomeness"

The Face of Awesome is that "thing" which starts the Awesomifying process.

The Face of Awesome

It was one rainy day at twilight,

when my mind worked unusually bright

Arrogance and ego had taken me dead.

"You awful dumbo!" the people around said.

It was then. I took a leap of faith and held arrogance as bait,

when the devil, in pain, handed me to the devil's true bane.

He was, both at mind and out handsome

because he was the face of Awesome.

By Salmaaan Shah (True Story)

You now have the first three laws of awesomeness.

So Soon Then...

Birth of a Star

2010-06-21T23:23:00.001+05:30

Fast Post

2010-06-21T19:24:00.000+05:30

I really don't have time now. So...I will continue this later ..You have this for now.

The Next Step

2010-06-21T18:18:00.000+05:30

Introducung You Say .

What do you want The Scroll to say? What do you want The Scroll to talk about?

Mail us your desired topic or genre or whatever as you choose, and we will blog out our thoughts and your thoughts. You can mail us with movies and book reviews. You can give your word on anything in the world.

Just send an e-mail to salmaaanscroll@gmail.com

Yours
Writer @Salmaaan's Scroll

iPad vs. Adam

2010-06-20T21:05:00.005+05:30

The new iPad, creating talks among both young and old, as a revolutionary tablet PC by Apple Inc. , has not yet been launched in India.

But even still, Notion Ink. a India-based company is yet forward. I present to you, the first of its kind.....The Adam.

The Adam is the better-yet-cheaper Tablet PC, by less known Indian company Notion Ink.

	iPad	Adam
Screen	9.7" 4:3 IPS LCD [1024x786]	10" Transflective LCD PixelQi Screen [1024x600]
OS	iPhone OS 3.2	Andriod, Ubuntu, Chromium
CPU	Apple A4 Processor	nVidia Tegra 2 (Dual core 1 GHz + Graphics)
Browser	Safari	Firefox, Chromium
Camera	No	Yes, 3 MPixel, Autofocus
Battery	Up to 10 hours	16 Hours, 160 hours on backlight mode off
Wireless	Wi-Fi, 3G and bluetooth	Wi-Fi, 3G and bluetooth
Weight	1.5 pounds	1.7 pounds
Sensors		RF, ambient light sensor, AGPS, proximity sensor, accelerometer
Multitasking	No	Yes
Flash support	No	Yes
Storage	16, 32 and 64 GB without any external storage	for external storage SD card slot
Price	499$ onward	327$ onward

So Soon then...

The Bhopal Bill

2010-06-17T18:27:00.000+05:30

Even with the injustices of Bhopal right in front of their eyes, the government seems to be merely considering cosmetic changes to the nuclear liability bill, that mean nothing.

The proposed bill appeases foreign corporations by allowing them to get away by paying a meagre compensatory amount in case of a nuclear accident in the country. The Bhopal judgment highlights the manner in which an American corporation has been so easily let off after causing the deaths of over 25,000 people and affecting thousands more.

We cannot let another Bhopal happen! Over 1.8 lakh people have already signed the petition asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the bill in its current form. More signatures will add strength to the opposition to this bill.

Watch this video and then sign the petition to help add more pressure on the PM..

The 13 Characteristics of Successful People

2010-06-11T20:43:00.000+05:30

Many of you people might have seen this.

But once again....

There are the five things you’ll find every successful person has in common:

1. They all have a dream.

2. They all have a plan.

3. They all have specific knowledge or training.

4. They’re all willing to work hard.

5. They all don’t take no for an answer.

Remember: Success begins with a state of mind. You must believe you’ll be successful in order to become a success.

"If you believe you can, you probably can.

If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't.

Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad"

Denis Waitly

1. Successful People Have a Dream.

2. Successful People Have Ambition.

3. Successful People Are Strongly Motivated Toward Achievement.

4. Successful People Are Focused.

5. Successful People Learn How to Get Things Done.

6. Successful People Take Responsibility for Their Actions.

7. Successful People Look for Solutions to Problems.

8. Successful People Make Decisions.

9. Successful People Have the Courage to Admit They’ve Made a Mistake.

10. Successful People Are Self-Reliant.

11. Successful People Have Specific Knowledge, Training, and/or Skills and Talents.

12. Successful People Work with and Cooperate with Other People.

13. Successful People Are Enthusiastic.

The Fundamental Principle of Arrogance to Awesmeness Transition. [AT&T]

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. "

David Brinkley

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."

Dale Carnegie

"Failure is success if we learn from it."

Malcolm Forbes

The Fundamental Principle of AT&T can be said as

"The key to passing through the Arrogance To Awesomeness Transition stage is to learn that one must be motivated by the opponent's mocks. The opponents in this case can be anybody from a school bully to an unknown offender."

Refer The 13 Characteristics of Successful People

Promotion: Save Our Earth; Greenpeace

2010-06-05T21:29:00.002+05:30

Pranav Mistry: SixthSense

2010-06-02T16:34:00.000+05:30

Barney

2010-05-31T00:15:00.000+05:30

Barney Stinson is one of the main characters of american television series "How I met your Mother".

He tends to be opportunistic and manipulative, and will attempt to manipulate a situation so that it goes his way. He is also highly competitive, and will take on "challenges" to complete (sometimes) outlandish tasks in order to prove his worth. He is proud/stubborn and attempts to stand by his word no matter what.

As far as talent goes, Barney has exhibited wit and creativity numerous times throughout the series. He seems to have a thorough understanding of human behavior and uses this mainly to manipulate situations to his advantage.

You see, whenever I start feeling sick, I just stop being sick and be awesome instead. True story.
A lie is just a story ruined by the truth.
It's gonna be Legend -wait for it- Dary. Legendary.

This guy, even though fictional and a little bit funny, he leaves a mark on all the show's watchers.

Read the following excerpt:

Barney: [About his brother] He's the awesomest, most best-lookingest, greatest guy ever!

Lily: He's exactly like Barney.

Barney: That's what I just said.

Barney considers himself the most awesome person in the world, which brings down his Ooh Constant.

The WAR has recently had an enormous breakthrough in Awetitudinal Sciences.

The WAR after years of secret research in their private labs and libraries, found out what happens when the 100 Ooh barrier is broken.

Firstly, no man can break the 100 Ooh Barrier and still remain 101Ooh or more awesome. This is because after crossing the 100 Ooh barrier men come back to the 50 Ooh stage.

And Secondly, the 101 Ooh or more stage is reserved for God. It is not possible to burst into it.

You see it. It is impossible to beat the 100s.

Moonbane - The Saviour

2010-05-28T23:52:00.000+05:30

My best "Co-Man" Mr. Emotional Numb Brain, also called The Mongoose Moonbane did a beautiful thing the other day.

It is a common play of the children in the villages of China and India to tie dead flying insects like dragonflies and butterflies to a piece of thread and run around.

I personally find it disgusting and cruel.

Here comes the story.............

It was after my last exam....Moonbane, Mr. Electric Livewire and I were walking down the road [or you know...it was up the road].

We passed a little kid of around 6 years playing with a dead butterfly. We chose a stone nearby and sat down.

We sat there for some time till... I saw the butterfly fly by itself. It was still alive.

Mr. Moonbane [i.e. Mr Emotional Numb Brain] caught of the boy and started talking to him and urged him to let the insect go. The boy still continued playing with the butterfly.

The kid was from a poor family from the nearby Slum. So guess what Moonbane did??

Push the kid down and "steal" the butterfly???
No
Snatch the Insect with its string???
No
Just walk away???
No
Punish the boy ???
no
Buy the Butterfly???
Yes

Mr. Moonbane offered the kid 5 Indian Bucks. The boy said "No". The reply was the same for 10 Bucks. And guess what...he bought the dying butterfly for Rs. 50.

We gave the kid 50 bucks and the kid ran away happily. It was a green butterfly with black veins and black borders.

We took the the thread off. But the butterfly did not fly, because it could not fly, because its wings and body was hurt beyond repair. [Rescue a Butterfly??? Funny, na???:P ]

But the poor thing soon died. I thought "What a waste of 50 bucks"

No not all.

It was Moonbane who taught me that no matter what, anything that has life is worth much beyond money.

Bless the Moonbane.

"Your Welcome Moony.

And thank you too."

"No matter what, anything that has life is worth much beyond money"

Inner Beauty vs Outer Beauty

2010-05-12T14:34:00.001+05:30

Lots of people have challenged me in my times. For Peace and for pieces.

But one thing has always angered me. They Criticize the WAR of making foolish statements.

One of them, they claim is in regard with beauty.

The WAR has clearly stated that to attain Absolutity, you should be good looking. Very good looking. Like you know...like Robert Pattinson or Katrina Kaif.

The argument here is that Inner Beauty is more important than Outer Beauty.

Well the WAR has its own "Queries and Questions" Department. And when I put my questions, the reply came....

Inner beauty is not more important than Outer beauty.

Why??? Simple...because to attain Absolute Awesomeness, your Outer beauty is taken into count. and not the Inner beauty.

Also because Inner Beauty, includes psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, politeness, charisma, integrity, congruence and elegance etc.

Haven't you ever come across simple-looking, down-to-earth people who impress upon, and look good to you, in the first very instance?

They are the ones who carry an inner, positive influence as a beautiful mark on their faces.

In short, you can say that the goodness of the heart can be reflected out onto your body, designing your exterior outlook.

So once again we know that whatever happens the WAR [World awesomeness Representatives] will always prove themselves to be right and true.

More Coming...

A Note to the Notorious Arguers

2010-05-05T20:07:00.002+05:30

A number of people....no....a huge number of people feel that the interesting and nice things are awesome for some people and are not awesome for others.

Jeez...I am sorry to say that they are correct.

But, they yet don't come to the higher state of thinking....to Absolutity....to 100 Oohs...This stage is....as you probably don't understand....the highest of all stages and is the same for any entity. [speaking in a narrow view]

This is a narrow view because we do not see who/what these entities are....neither do we look at what they have achieved. We only see that they stand high above us in a charmingly beautiful museum of men.

This is as King Saloman once said

"100 Oohs is that one way ticket which will bring you to the peak of livelihood and humanhood where you will achieve everything you would like to achieve, not more nor less"

From Post 1:- I am Awesome

This is "thinking in a narrow view" because we only know that all of them have achieved everything they need/want.

So, know that this 100 Oohs is same to all entities.

I NEVER SHOUT!

2010-04-22T13:48:00.002+05:30

The WAR has made one thing clear about shouting.

There are a limited number of people at whom you can shout.

In-Jail criminals.
Traitors
People you love i.e people you care about.

These people mentioned above can be shouted at

You shout at people you love only if they do not suffer from any type of mental/social injuries.

++Never shout at anybody before 2 PM.

This theory implies that you never shout at a person above you. [Like your boss or principal].

and Neither do you shout at anybody below you [Like the shopkeeper or the PA or the trash collector].

You shout only at people at your level.

++those unwanted antisocial elements who can not be kicked into the void. [Criminals and Traitors]

This might be very difficult for short tempered people. But its good.

and also Shouting before 2 PM spoils the whole day.

More Coming on 3rd Law of Awesomeness....

Scientific SMoron's Human Periodics

2010-04-21T23:18:00.002+05:30

My "Friend" Scientific SMoron, as I told, had his own methods to find friends.

His procedure was complex.

Step 1: Judge the available candidates.

Step 2: Put them under

Indies
Holders
Climbers
Leechers

Step 3: Befriend the Indies and literally leech from them.

Now, lets get to the point.

Scientific SMoron's Periodic Law states that the social and mental properties of the human beings in a group are the periodic functions of her/his personality.

Now, what are these 4 abstract terms???

Indies: These people are the independent loners who rarely depend on others, but may be introverts. [Seems Weird, right???] [Usually Extroverts]
Holders: These are those people who depend on others , but are also partly independent. They hold on to other people for their reputation.
Climbers: These people are poor, pitiable people who hold onto other people and slowly build their reputation.
Leechers: These people are puppet masters who manipulate situations cunningly and secretly up to a good [but false] reputation.

Mr. Scientific SMoron was a Leecher.

More coming on 3rd Law of Awesomeness....

Revenge is Sweet!

2010-04-21T23:03:00.000+05:30

Has somebody insulted you..........or spread false information regarding you with false proof.........or has irritated you?

Do you feel that she/he needs her/his head within a box with nails on the inside or she/he needs to be run over by a road roller?

Well these things cant be done. What you can do is take revenge.

Step 1: Place the individual in the below table....................

Has stolen something [non-living] of yours........................................................................................... or similar
Has physically hurt you...............................................................................................................................or similar
Has physically hurt one of your friends or family or somebody dear to you..................................... or similar
Has / Had put your life in danger [or dear one's life]............................................................................ or similar
Has defamed you or a dear one.............................................................................................................. or similar

Step 2:

Place prank calls to his home at all hours of the day and night from a blocked number.
Call his home from a blocked number in the middle of the night several nights in a row. When he answers, hang up.
Write on his face using permanent marker.
Send him edited pictures of himself.
Pass along secrets he's told you.
Make him a meal with way too many hot peppers.
Pull the mouse or keyboard cord out just a little so it no longer works.
If he has an optical mouse, just put a piece of tape over the light.
Pay back any money you owe him in pennies.
Add a tripwire at the bottom of a doorway
Wipe petroleum jelly on their doorknobs.
Glue them to their chair.
Hide their stationery.

Step 3:

Visit The Latest Awepenings page

Remember....Don't break the rules and keep to your limits.

More Coming on Awesomeness and various Key Characteristics....

The Ooh Brew

2010-04-01T22:13:00.004+05:30

There are a number of factors which can affect Your Ooh Constant

They are :

Fight and Might Quotient
Sloppy-Clumsy Ratio
Socio-Compatibility
Intelligence Quotient
Foolish-Intelligence Quotient
Good Looks Ratio
Sociocratic Quotient
Perfection of Action

Your Ooh Constant is judged by the WAR [World Awesomeness Representatives] under these criteria.

The Good ones are :

Socio-compatibility Quotient
Intelligence Quotient
Perfection of Action Ratio
Good Looks Ratio

The Bad ones are :

Fight and Might Quotient
Sloppy-Clumsy Ratio
Foolish-Intelligence Ratio
Sociocratic Quotient.

The most important of the 8 are Perfection of Action Ratio and Socio-compatibility Quotient. Any increase in these two Variables will bring up your Ooh Constant.

The Perfection of Action Ratio is the average number of times you succeed in doing what you are trying to do out of hundred. It is given by

Number of successful attempts

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Per One Hundred Attempts [In Average]

The Socio-Compatibility Quotient is a constant of how good you are in the public face, the people's perception of you and how well you behave generally.

But these are just the nice sides. You have to see the bane of the brew. It is your Sociocratic Quotient.

The Sociocratic Quotient is the ultimate downer. It can drop you down from 90 Oohs to well below 50 Oohs.

Your Sociocratic Quotient is increased by your rudeness, your disability to be pleasant, your temper, and your disability to socialize and be friendly all the time.

I once knew this highly awesome person [I thought she was highly awesome]. Lot of other people told me that she had this antisocial attitude [which I did not see]. But then years later, I did see it and in my sense, her 88 Oohs became oooo Oohs. [That means Zero Oohs]

A high Sociocratic Quotient in an Ooh Brew is like how cyanide is on a human tongue. Later on, the term "Scraweper" was created. [Sociocratic Awesome Person]

"Any seemingly awesome being who seems really nice at all times will definitely show the Sociocrat in her/him [If she/he is sociocratic] at one time or the other. Such a person is a Scraweper."

The Second Law of Aweomeness / The Ooh Brew Law states that

"The perfect brew for 100 Oohs is the combination of 10 drops each of 100% Social Compatibility Solution, Above 125 IQ Solution, 100% Perfection of Action Solution and Salmonella's Good Looks Solution."

This is the much awaited Ooh Brew Law.

The theory was formulated by Salmonellus Shaizun together with MAMA [Most Awesome Man Alive] Award Winner Zikruwart.

It was later proved by a group of Scientists calling themselves "Oochemists" who worked on Experimental Awesomeness.

Sweet Summer Sweat

2010-03-30T20:30:00.000+05:30

What do I do every summer??? Till Now...Nothing....but this summer I am going to do something different. Something which is against my type of doing. That is Hang-Out. I never hang out with riends or family cause I found it very, very Un-Salish.

But I will tell you what to do....

Keep yourselves outdoors. Shut the Idiot Box, get into some cool cloths, grab some lemon juice[or Butter Milk] , jump onto your sandals and move out.
Stay Cool both at mind and out. Stay Cool and calm all the time and try to give a reply of "Yes!" when somebody proposes a hang out idea. And keep your body cool. Have some Butter Milk or Lemon Juice.
Try some new restaurants and find a hang out place. Try some new food and take a look at those dark alleys
Try to find your hidden talent. Try to do something new like hmm….try the harmonium or learn to repair old electronics.
Sleep Out in the open once or twice. Take the old, unused sleeping bags and try sleeping out in the open.
Do what you have wanted to do since a long time. Like hmm…run uninvited into some party or skateboard backward all down the long lane or get caught climbing a tree in the garden of a recluse.
Spend some time doing something alone. Like hmm…Write a story or Read the Bhagavat Gita or the Koran or cook for other people.
Spend some time playing your favourite sport with your friends. Your friends don’t want to see you as a 110 kg rolling drum of flesh and fat. Get out and make your hands and legs of some use.
Get to know people you have met and think are interesting, but you don't know them.

The Life Book

2010-03-30T20:29:00.000+05:30

The WAR sometimes makes extremely senseless decisions, like prohibiting people from giving their children a step-parent [More on Steps later]. The same way, a few months ago the WAR, after a long tiresome shouting match within their secret headquarters [in Bangalore, India], came upon a decision to enforce the "The Life Book" on all aspiring candidates for the post of MAMA [Most Awesome Man Alive].

The Life Book is like a biographical diary along with a personal rule book called " The Decretum". It is required of every aspiring candidate to write in a book all his deepest aspirations, wishes, past stories, short descriptions of people he loves, things he wants to remember all his life + a long/short list of rules which he shall follow all his life.

"The Life Book is an awe-tical tool required by every candidate of the MAMA, which helps in accelerating the process of awesomification"

The Decretum is a set of rules either made or compiled or made and compiled by an individual for his benefit. Once a man has written his decretum, he should take an oath promising to follow the rules he has written down. The Decretum is similar to a Code of Honour.

The Life Book is a name given to wide variety of written manuscripts. The Life Book concept has come down history since a long time.

The first records of such a manuscript is the diary of Marcus Aurelius from the Second Century AD. From then till the Renaissance, the concept of such a tool kept improving.

From the Renaissance on, some individuals wanted not only to record events, as in medieval chronicles and itineraries, but also to put down their own opinions and express their hopes and fears,

This was the primitive type for The Life Book. On and On The Life Book was further developed by the WAR.

The Second law of Awesomeness coming Soon...

The Best Summer Ever

2010-03-30T20:26:00.002+05:30

My Grade 10 is soon getting over and my friends and I are planning to spend as much as time as possible together. And have the best and Most awesome summer ever [Till Now].

What we are first going to do is Walk. Walk from our classmate's house in Konunkunte till My house around 7 KM on road [directly], but around 10 KM on the route Mr. Live Wire and I are going to walk.

My friend Mr. Soccer Scientist is a great soccer player. And all he wants to do till his junior college starts on 24th April is play soccer. But I spiced up his 23 days by adding a Boys Computer Gaming Competion [BCGC] in which we play 3 good games.

NFS Most Wanted and Fifa 09 and Something Else [I have not decided].

Plus we also spend some time In Book Stores [buying and reading]

You see, Mr Soccer Scientist needs to be spontaneous and always in action. He does not do "Watch the fishes skimming the water on a lazy summer afternoon."

I decided to monumentalize the events of the summer into one 20 minute Music Video.

And I came up with this idea of a "Yes-Side Man"

"A Yes-Side Man is a person who shall always stay faithful to his co-Yes-Side man and always give an answer of "YES" to any offer made by his co-Yes-Side man" when he/she [the co-Yes-Side man] means the best for the duo."

Visit http://salmaaanscroll.webs.com/latestawepenings.htm for the application form format.

Every human being who has achieved to get a Yes Side Man is entitled to follow the "Codex of Yes".

I have never had a good summer till now. I always found them boring but now...

I'd say Aloha to a lot of lemon juice, sandwiches, dark creepy unknown streets and plenty of disgusting food in many unknown but pleasant restaurants. But I clearly would not miss out on some movies like Clash of the Titans or Aptha Rakshaka or The Lightning Thief or Iron Man 2.

Awsomeness???

2010-03-19T21:25:00.001+05:30

So folks....You now know my story of how I became who I am. This story is one of the most boring ones about awesomeness.

There are two types of awesomeness based on how this awesomeness was born.

In Born Oohs : These types of people are real wonders. They are masters of living life since the very start [Since they were kids]. They never will have an Arrogance Era. These people are usually not Absolute Awesome. Usually they are satisfied with who they are and they do not aim for Absolute Awesomeness. These people are sometimes SMorons [Secret Morons]
Artificial Awesomeness : There are two types of Artificial Awesomeness.

Real Art Awes : These are the real awesome people who try to increase their awesomeness using awesome means [which are certified by the WAR].
Show Off Bags : These are the useless idiots who roam the gardens of awen [awe-en] that is the heaven of awe without deserving to. They only fake the Absolute Awesomes and often have a Breakage Point.

AT&T stands for Arrogance to Awesomeness Transition. This stage is one of the most saddening and sometimes inspiring of stages in life.

"AT&T is defined as a stage in life when a poor, ambitious soul fights his way across one or more De-Awesomifying Agents through Arrr...s and Awwe......s to be a partly bold, confident, individual who has learnt from his Arrogant Times and has learnt how to live life [Who has learnt the art of awesoming]."

There are certain rules to be followed while trying to be awesome.

Be Awesome
The second thing about being awesome is that you have to be sociable and should share a good rapport with all.
The third thing is that you should have a sense of humour and a good one at that.
1 and 2 and 3
1, 2 and 3 and 4
Understand Awesomeness and Don't be Awful.
Add point 6 to point 5.

More coming soon.......

The Tales of the three Tomfools

2010-03-19T21:24:00.001+05:30

De-Awesomifying Agents are defined as

"Any human being or any entity which in any way prohibits your action of proceeding onward to perform an activity which you believe is significant in any possibly positive manner in any tiny tidbit of life and hence causes you to start thinking more clearly is known as a De-Awesomifying Agent"

Believe it or Not, I was not always as awesome as I am today.

It was 2007. I had just jumped over the Grade 6 turnstile and I had just moved into the age of arrogance. It was then when a classmate of mine, Mr. No Nonsense had also moved into the same zone.

I was the soft-hearted and good but arrogant boy. And Mr No Nonsense was the stone-hearted bully. This fellow came into my line of flight every time I launched my XLR8-2-XLNCe missile. [Accelerate to Excellence]. Such instances always led to fights and arguments between us. It lead to anger, but as I got used to it, I started to look (think) through clear sky over the boiling sea of rage.

Both of us got over it two years later and then we became better mates.

But then I met Mr All Nonsense. In 2008-2009, I had just found my best friend, Jonathan.

Mr. All Nonsense was new to the school, so as was our nature, Jonathan and I helped him to live in this new school. But then later in 2008, I realized that I was being edged out by Mr. All Nonsense. Soon, Jonathan who was a nice and kind boy had changed and was caught every now and then bunking classes and breaking many school rules. He was eventually kicked out of School with Mr. All Nonsense. I lost my best friend to nothing. I was heart-broken.

This was when I got 100% visibility from my jet. I had made my decision that I would change myself whichever way Nature and Myself wished. I decided to design my life to overcome all past blue blots and all other forms of hindrance.

But, the story was not over. My age of arrogance started in 2006 June and its first part ended around 2009 April. I spent the rest of the summer learning to live life to its full extent.

My final year at school started yet again on June 1st 2009. It was on this day that I met Mr. Scientific SMoron. I then called him one of the most awesome people I have ever met. He was intelligent, friendly, funny and lots more. I naturally found a friend in him.

Slowly, his dark side revealed and it was not very bad. This fellow gave me the strength I needed. I helped him and he helped me. His incy wincy dark side made him a Moron. And the fact this dark side was not widely shown made him a Secret Moron [SMoron]. Everybody seemed to like this newcomer.

I liked this guy very much because, he opened this white mist around me, which helped me see clearly and others too look at me clearly. I hated him for the same reason. Then, while I was with him, I moved from the dark, dingy corner of reserved loneliness to somewhere out in the locus of the centers of attraction.

He seemed to have preferences to whom he befriended...Mr. Emotional Numb Brain, Miss. Supernaturally Awesome. Mr Scientific SMoron soon turned out to be annoying and irritating but still very interactive and enthusiastic. He seemed to be mingling with no one but all were under his spell. Especially the three people he talked too most....Myself, Mr Emotional Numb Brain and Miss Supernaturally Awesome. These two were a few of my 4 best friends. He was extremely influential.

and then BAM all over again....I felt as if I was being edged out. I hated that stupid SMoron more than I ever hated anybody else. But I had learnt a lot since last time.

This time I became the SMoron. I dominated over all and Mr Scientific SMoron. I did what I had to do. Mr Scientific SMoron always told me that I was too kind and that I had to be more mean and evil. I did just what he told me to "be evil".

I used my inborn talent of acting and pretending, against him and then within some time my bullet train came on track. I was on my way to awesomeness.

More coming on "Arrogance to Awesomeness Transition" [AT&T].

The So Called De-Awesomifying Agents

2010-03-19T21:23:00.000+05:30

A few days ago I discovered something. A specific something of great influential importance.

No matter how much you try to be awesome, there is always one or the other source for

de-awesomification.

For Example

Galileo Galilee vs. The Catholic Church
Mahatma Gandhi vs. The British Empire
Harry Potter vs. Professor Umbridge
Kannagi vs. Maharani Koperindevi
Julius Caesar vs. Gaius Cassius
Kerlon vs. Opponents' Mockings

As one tries to push awesomeness into reality, there is always another opposite force pushing against us. [Newton's 3rd law of Motion]

This is what we usually understand when we try to be awesome. We understand that somebody or something is proving to be a hindrance when we push.

No! What actually is happening is

"When an actor exerts a certain amount of awesome Oohs on reality, a reactor exerts the same amount of reality unto Awesomeness, which thereby brings a heightened possibility of a blissful eventuality of a 100 Awesome Oohs by helping to blend the awesomeness and reality into one and the other double fold"

Yes! The hindrance is helping. The trick is to work hard and then harder and then gain motivation from your so called opponents.

This is Zikruwart's First Law of Awesomeness.

Zikruwart is a fictional Scientist working in the WAR. [Refer Post 1]. He holds Doctorate degrees in various fields of Absolute Awesome Rewards for Men Sciences. [ARMS]. He has also achieved various astounding results while experimenting Awetitude Radiology and he is also credited for the discovery of many Physical forces such as Inter-Awesomic Forces of Attraction and Oohma Rays. He has also won various international awards such as " Most Awesome Man Alive 1989 [MAMA]" and "Oohaw award for Highest record of significant research in Human and Inhuman Awetitude 2010"

All the people mentioned above used the criticism and mocks as positive energy to fuel their body for further advancement in life in order to achieve what they wanted and what they needed to.

My Own Story Coming Soon........

I am Awe....pause for the applause....some....Awesome.

2010-03-19T21:21:00.001+05:30

So Ppl.....This is Salmaaan Shah and do notice the three 'A's.

This is me on my quest to awesomeness.

Absolute Awesomeness that is 100% Awesome is everybody's goal. Some people fight for it. Some wait for it. Some just have it. Some fail, but publish their fake awesomeness. Their journeys are usually as boring as a normal day with not many "to be legend" tales.

But mesa 'bout ta make ma journey L....E....gendary.

So Ppl..Know That "I am Awe.....pause for the applause.....some...Awesome.

Everybody can proclaim that they are awesome. For instance, take me.

I can say "I am awe..."

[More further down]

I find that our world is deficient of an SI unit for Awesomeness. We cant always go on using terms like 70 % awesome etc. So I called for the World Awesomeness Representatives [WAR], to confer upon us human beings, a Standard International Unit. And presto! I got it...Oohs.

" 1 Ooh is the value of awesomeness hundred times of which is the maximum value of awesome any human being can become. "

SI Unit : Ooh

Origin : The constant scream of Ooooohs by the feminine variety of the human beings species [Homo Sapiens] when she happens upon any entity, which may or may not contain a special privilege of being able to live life, but still withholds a rare gift of being able to be awesome.

Usage :

That painting is so awesome, I could rate it 99 Oohs.
I am awesome but not as awesome as Aamir Khan. I am only 70 Oohs.
Wow! That gal has got to be at least a 90 Ooher [Ooh-er]
Woah! Woah! That coffee is the second best coffee ever made and is 80 Oohs.

Date of Coinage : Jan 12, Tuesday. 2010

Being Absolute Awesome with 100 Oohs is most men's dream and very few get to be absolute awesome. Being this person with 100 Oohs is like being one of a few

[actually many] specimens in a museum of men. You get to be role models in every walk and every station of life.

100 Oohs is that one way ticket which will bring you to the peak of livelihood and humanhood where you will achieve everything you would like to achieve, not more nor less and that is when you can look down upon everybody, every-single-body else and proclaim "......some....Awesome" . [See http://salmaaanscroll.webs.com/oolosophies.htm ]