HOW TO ASK YOUR BOSS FOR A SALARY INCREASE..?

One day an employee sends a letter to his boss asking for an increase in his salary !!!

Dear Bo$$

In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$ perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding the need$ of u$. We are worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company ..
I am $ure you will gue$$ what I meant and re$ pond $oon .

Your$ $incerely,
prashanth.

The next day, the employee received this letter of reply :
Dear prashanth,

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOw a days, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticably well . NOw the newspapers are saying the world’s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad . I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean .
—- Your Boss.

Jeezzz! What I anticipated as a riot turned out to be a long procession of super fast cars. It is very unlikely now that Massa will win his first F1 driver championship unless Hamilton is penalized 20 grids (LOL) and/or an accident gets in his way in Brazil.

The 2008 F1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix is going to be a riot!

Hamilton’s going to do all possible means of techniques (including the really stupid and selfish ones) to protect his lead over Massa and Kubica. Massa and Kubica on the other hand will try to sneak in front of the careless and feisty McLaren driver avoiding any accidents that Lewis almost often brings to his fellow drivers trying to race him. Then there’s Alonso who is so eager to help Massa win over Lewis as he made public his desire to see Ferrari win the championship rather than his old friends in the McLaren. Of course the defending champ will also try to do everything in his capacity to help his team mate win for Ferrari.

Add those all up and it seems like that Massa’s got the upperhand! Why? Maybe because Lewis’ freakishly selfish maneuvering in the track alienated each and every other drivers in F1. I wouldn’t be surprised if the management of F1 opens up a poll today and ask each driver who’d they like to win the championship this year and Lewis gets voted behind Massa and Kubica.

Got nothing against Hamilton. His style of driving is fantastic but his selfishness almost always gets the better of him.

And oh, did you that last lap in last week’s Fuji GP? Hamilton tried so furiously to unlap himself that he looked like he wanted to bump Alonso (who was on his way to winning the race) off track. Alonso just laughed his ass off and gentlemanly got off the racing line to let the Tazmanian devil breeze through.

Pride, pride, pride. Pathetic!

The hairstyle.

The eyeglasses.

The way she talks.

The way she projects herself.

The hottest governor from the coldest American state.

Wow! Sarah Palin’s sex appeal is way off the charts!!! She’s now the hottest political sensation in the whole world. With rumors circling around that she’s even more in demand and popular than her runningmate Senator McCain.

I believe that the choice of Senator McCain for Sarah Palin is one of the bravest and boldest political move done so far in this latest edition of America’s search for the next most powerful leader in the world. If Senator McCain wins, she can give thanks to Gov. Palin as she takes with her millions of female voters who once thought they’d support Hillary. The Republican party is now brimming with life, excitement and anticipation not seen before the VP choice has been made.

Anyway, here is a list of celebrities who look like Sarah Palin, or vice versa.

1. Tina Fey
2. Kate Beckinsale
3. Myrka Dellanos
4. Sarah Chalke
5. Heidi Klum
6. Katie Holmes
7. Angeline Jolie (Gasp!)

Wow! What an exciting race and what a great scramble to the chequered flag that was! The race at Spa really provided much drama as what was anticipated during the whole weekend. The race saw Hamilton spinning just before the last turn of the very first lap, recovered and held on to the lead only to let the slip streaming Kimi overtook him. Thereafter it was Kimi all the way building the gap and sucking all the pressure from Lewis whenever the young Brit would close in on him. For 37 laps, the excitement on the track was provided more by the midfielders with the likes of Bourdais, Vettel, Heidfeld, Kubica, Alonzo and Picquet and Trulli pulled overtaking maneuvers and raced like hell to secure the best place available after the big three. Heiki pulled a lot of exciting tricks passing cars even after a poor start and after being penalized with a drive through penalty for causing a collision with Webber.

Then came the last five laps when Lewis was trailing Kimi by just a second and the season leading driver showing again how determined he is to add another victory to his very young F1 career.  Inch by inch Lewis was closing in on Kimi with the McLaren having a better grip and speed using the harder tires. Then the rain came which provided more advantage to the silver team. The mad dash to the finish started on the 41st lap which saw Kimi and Lewis muscling each other for track position. The whole attention of the race shifted quickly back to the two drivers in front of the field. They were both driving like crazy! Overtaking, spinning, getting off track, defending left and right, breaking too early, being too cautious at times, being too aggressive in some parts of the track, bumping each other… and Kimi’s accident! I fell on my seat…jeez!

I can say a million more words but I’d like to summarize my observations as follows:

• Raikkonnen folded under immense pressure. Not only did he not win the race, he was not able to finish it.
• Raikkonnen is a poor driver in wet condition.
• Hamilton is a better all around driver than the Ferrari drivers.
• Ferrari still has a bit of an edge in straightline speed but McLaren has the better overall package.
• Massa should have gambled into putting on intermediate tires.
• The smart gamble of Heidfeld to switch to intermediates with only two laps remaining paid off big time as he snatched a podium finish.
• Force India cars are still the slowest in the track.
• Bourdais showed some flashes of brilliance during the majority of the race but was unable to haul more points when it started raining.
• Toro Rosso team is rising fast!
• Hamilton is going to win this season’s championship not only with his excellent driving skills but also by his big heart and hunger.
• Having a clear numero uno driver helps a team to produce a better championship contender.

I can’t wait for the Ferrari to announce that the Maestro is coming out of retirement to drive for the scarlet team again. I can’t wait to see Lewis and Schumi wheel to wheel on the track!

Recently, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been involved in a lot of negative events in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Burning of houses, murder of civilians and ambush attacks against the government soldiers. All these while the peace talks with the GRP (Government of the Republic of the Philippines) is happening. Unbelievable!

And now that the dialogue and negotiation had been suspended by the government, MILF continues their operation in Mindanao and this time snatching sacks of rice donated by the World Food Program for the people affected by the conflict in the said region!

What is wrong with these people? Why can’t the government or the supreme court or whoever has the authority call these bunch of bozos TERRORISTS? Is it because the group hadn’t made a ‘demand’ yet? Grrr!

Here’s the news about the latest operation of MILF:

MILFs snatch rice for Maguindanao

ABOUT 20 suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas stopped an Army truck in Mamasapano, Maguindanao Tuesday and stole 60 bags of rice donated by the World Food Program.

The rebels led by Commander Bonnie Ayunan of the MILF’s 105th Base Command loaded at gun point the rice shipment on two handtractors with trailers and fled, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Regional Office said.

ARMM police director Chief Supt. Joel R. Goltiao said the rice cargo was intended for the Mamasapano local government for distribution to evacuees.

The evacuees are the tens of thousands of civilians in Mindanao who were forced to leave their homes following the spate of MILF atrocities which triggered a massive government operation against the raiders.

Barangay councilmen Nasser Mapangal and Udasan Bundula said they were threatened with death by the guerrillas if they resisted.

Goltiao said follow-up operations are still underway to recover the bags of rice and get the rebels.

Two days ago, I got curious and tried playing this game for the brain called SUDOKU and I could not stop playing eversince. I got addicted to it. I kept on trying to beat my fastest time for the hardest level because I thought I can still improve.

My average time for level 4 is 4 minutes and 40 seconds and my fastest time is 4 minutes and 7 seconds. When I tried comparing my average time with the rest of the online players I was surprised to see that I am actually ranking higher than 60% of the players. That’s not bad for a beginner.

Sudoku

 

Follow this link to start playing sudoku online now…

The European Grand Prix produced plenty of interesting things to watch out for in the coming weeks and races to come. Here are some:

1. Raikkonen (more and more) shows that he lacks either the quickness or the desire to compete with Massa and Hamilton.
2. Massa finally showed some muscle while dominating the qualifying and the race, never relinquishing the race lead he had from the start.
3. F1 is like a procession of expensive cars. No overtaking maneuvers were done during the entire race except for the one Coulthard pulled over a Honda car and the front runners lapping the bottom dwellers.
4. Vettel is the next big superstar.
5. Spanish circuits are jinx to Alonzo. Or Alonzo is a jinx to any Spanish circuits?
6. Ferrari should concentrate their resources on supporting Massa. Kimi should be relegated to number two driver status because of his poor showing the whole season.
7. Schumacher should come out of retirement and pair up again with Massa next season if Ferrari can’t get Alonzo’s services. Or maybe try to steal Trulli from Toyota.
8. Ferrari’s pit crew looked too much under pressure to perform better producing several mistakes during the pit stops of both Kimi and Massa.
9. How about that gang sign (? devil’s horn) Massa kept on flushing after the race? Weird eh.

I’ve just returned from a three-week vacation in the Philippines. I expected heavy downpour for at least 4 days a week there but to no avail, the rainmakers above canceled those showers and instead let the sun shine in. It was like summer time in Cavite during that 21-day holiday.

I can still remember about 10-15 years ago that when rainy season starts you better wear your raincoat before you go outside because it’s either raining or the rain’s about to fall. But now all you can see is a small blanket of dark clouds and a brief drizzle. That’s it. The weather’s weird.

Is this the climate change that the nerds in a talk show in TV are talking about?

This morning, I was informed by the office admin that I have to go and fly earlier tomorrow afternoon (economy again!) instead of the scheduled early Saturday trip. Reason is that Saturday is the designated maintenance day for the firetruck in the air strip in Babo, Irian Jaya, Indonesia where our company plane is based. They’ve only got one fire truck and have to cancel all flights scheduled during the maintenance day or when there’s something to be fixed in that truck. Whatdafawk!

Now, that’s just fine by me. The thing that irritated me is the hotel thing. This admin staff told me that I have to share a room with another fellow. Crap! Are you freaking kidding me? First, I have to fly on economy with the rest of the papuans while all the other expats are in the business class. Now, I have to even share a hotel room. They must be crazy. I can’t accept that. I will not accept that. They have to find me a nice, decent hotel room where I can get a comfortable sleep while waiting for my connecting flight the next day or just re-schedule my flight to a latter day and give me some sort of compensation for the delay.

I’ve been too nice and cooperating for three years, enduring all those unfair treatment these Indonesians in the admin section gave me. I can’t stay too tame and nice if this is what I am constantly getting. Can somebody explain them the meaning of the words ‘loyalty’, ‘expatriate’, ‘fairness’ and ‘privacy’ to these dummies?

Grrrr!!!