Simplify Your Online Social Life

yoono

Yoono is free software that allows you to connect and share with all your social networks and instant messaging services in one place.

Yoono develops products designed to simplify social life on the web by centralizing all social networks and instant messaging in.

Yoono – Useful Multi-task Tool – Yoono is an Internet plug-in that creates a sidebar on your browser (but you can decide if you want it visible or not). You can pick from 10 social networks that you update or follow the most. After putting in your settings, Yoono shows all updates on the social networks you chose to view and any RSS feeds you follow. Yoono is great because you don’t need all those tabs open and you can update several profiles at the same time.

I installed Yoono as a Firefox add-on initially but its taking up lots of memory and causing Firefox to crash. Obviously it could make Firefox crash because I connected Yoono with Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Twitter, GTalk, YM and imeem. I downloaded the desktop app instead so it would take up its own memory separate from my browser. It is so convenient! I agree with all the reviews they got! If only they support Plurk, Tumblr and WordPress, they will be the coolest app I’ve ever downloaded for free!. Thats it! five stars for Yoono!

گوگل در تلاش است تا به هدف‌های خود در قبال اطلاع‌رسانی به دنیا دست پیدا کند. در این مطلب از ابزارهای مفید گوگل 10 نمونه ذکر می‌شود. گوگل قدرتمندترین موسسه در فضاهای اینترنتی – اطلاعاتی است. گوگل آن قدر مهم است که یاهو پیشنهاد حضور آگهی‌های گوگل را در جستجوهای خود ارائه کرد و گوگل همچنان با بودجه‌ای میلیارد دلاری و هزاران رایانه به کار خود ادامه می‌دهد.
گرچه به نظر می‌رسد که مهمترین کار گوگل جستجو است اما این شرکت ابزارهای دیگری را هم ارائه داده است. اگر در سایت گوگل جستجو کنید متوجه می‌شوید که این شرکت پروژه‌هایی را شروع کرده که توسط دیگر شرکت ها طراحی و تولید می‌شوند. از این ابزارهای مفید 10 نمونه آنها ذکر می‌شود:

نامه‌های الکترونیک گوگل- Gmail:
سال 2004 شرکت گوگل اعلام کرد که تنها وجود موتورهای جستجو این شرکت را راضی نمی‌کند و به همین خاطر می‌خواهد نامه‌های الکترونیکی را هم با آدرس خود ایجاد کند و برای این کار از چندین نفر برای تست صفحات نامه‌های الکترونیکی طراحی شده با نام جیمیل استفاده کند.
گوگل سیستم نامه‌های الکترونیک خود را با نام جیمیل راه اندازی کرد. در ابتدا اگر کسی می‌خواست از سیستم نامه‌های الکترنیک جی میل استفاده کند تنها باید دعوت‌‌نامه را از سوی فردی که از این سیستم استفاده می‌کرد دریافت کند. اما سه سال بعد این استفاده عمومی شد و اکنون هر کسی می‌تواند به سیستم نامه‌های الکترونیک جیمیل دسترسی داشته باشد.

گوگل در کاری ابتکاری نامه‌هایی را که فرد ارسال و یا دریافت کرده است را به عنوان محاوره می‌شناسد. به این معنی که اگر فردی برای شما نامه‌ای ارسال کند و یا شما نامه‌ای را ارسال کنید گوگل آن را در یک پوشه قرار می‌دهد. اولین نامه در بالای صفحه قرار می گیرد و دیگر ارتباطات شما به ردیف در پائین صفحه واقع می‌شوند و به همین روش کمترین جا در صفحه نامه‌های الکترونیک شما قرار می‌گیرد. به این روش شخص قادر خواهد بود تا تمام نامه‌های ردو بدل کرده با یک فرد خاص را در یک پوشه داشته باشد و برای پدا کردن یک موضوع وقت کمتری از او گرفته شود.

گفت‌وگو از طریق گوگل (Gtalk):
دقیقا زمانی که شما فکر می کنید که اینترنت دیگر هیچ سیستمی را برای گفت‌وگو کردن ارائه نداده متوجه می‌شوید که هنوز هم محیط‌ هایی برای یک گفت‌وگوی آسان وجود دارد. سال 2005 گوگل اعلام کرد که سیستم “گوگل تاک” را راه اندازی کرده است. استفاده کنندگان از این سیستم می‌توانند برنامه آن را به طور کامل روی رایانه‌های خود بریزند. در “جی تاک”شما می‌توانید فایل‌ها را با هر اندازه که باشند به صورت آنلاین به شخصی که در لیست گفت‌وگوی شما حضور دارد بدون هیچ اتلاف وقتی بفرستید. تلف شدن وقت برای شما تنها زمانی صورت می‌گیرد که فایل اندازه بزرگی داشه و یا آن که سرعت اینترنت کند باشد و این مشکل تنها به “آی اس پی” شما مربوط می‌شود.
“گوگل تاک” همچنین سیستم صدا و تصویر هم راه اندازی کرده است. این به معنی آن است که شما می‌توانید از رایانه به رایانه دیگر افرادی که در سیستم گفت‌گوی شما قرار دارند تماس بگیرید. آن‌چه شما احتیاج دارید تنها یک میکروفن، دوربین و بلندگو است و بقیه ماجرا تنها به گوگل مربوط می‌شود.

خرید اینترنتی گوگل (Google checkout):
افراد زیادی که در کشورهای اروپایی و آمریکا زندگی می‌کنند از اینترنت برای خرید اجناس مورد نیازشان استفاده می‌کنند. یکی از ضررهای این کار آن است که شما مجبورید اطلاعات شخصی خود را وارد اینترنت کنید. اگر بخواهید اجناس مختلفی را از سایت‌های متفاوت خریداری کنید تمام اطلاعات خود را باید به همان تعداد سایت وارد کنید. سیستم گوگل راهی را برای این مشکل طراحی کرده است.
برای حل این مشکل شما کاری ندارید. ابتدا باید یک حساب گوگل باز کنید. سپس در اولین قدم اطلاعات شخصی از جمله شماره کارت اعتباری و مشخصات و آدرس خود را وارد می‌کنید و آن زمان خرید کردن شما آسان می‌شود.

کاری که باید انجام دهید آن است که وارد سایت‌هایی شوید که “سمبل و لوگوی خرید اینترنتی گوگل داشته باشند. آن زمان است که می‌توانید مطمئن باشید هر خریدی که می‌کنید اطلاعات حساب شما از گوگل برداشته می‌شود و دیگر لازم نیست بار دیگر در محیطی ناامن همچون فروشگاهای آنلاین آن را وارد کنید. این سیستم گوگل کاملا رایگان است.

تقویم گوگل (Google calendar):
سال 2006 گوگل اعلام کرد که تقویمی را طراحی کرده است. اگر شما عضو گوگل باشید می‌توانید تقویم گوگل را هم داشته باشید. اگر هم عضو نباشید کار شما مشکل نیست به صورت رایگان عضو می‌شوید و از این وسیله استفاده می‌کنید.

ویژگی که تقویم گوگل دارد آن است که می‌توانید رویدادها را در آن ثبت کنید و حتی دیگران را هم در آن دعوت به شرکت کنید. اگر پوشه‌های برنامه‌هایتان را به اشتراک بگذارید می‌توانید آن را با دیگر استفاده کنندگان مقایسه کنید و اگر همه تقویم خود را به روز کنند هیچ اختلافی به وجود نمی‌آید.

یک کاربر تنها می‌تواند تمام حوادث و اتفاقات نوشته شده را در یک پنجره تنها ببیند. و از آنجا که ممکن است تعداد اتفاقات و نوشته‌ها زیاد باشد گوگل آن را به شکلی طراحی کرده است که هر کدام یک رنگ داشته باشد.
دارندگان تقویم گوگل می‌توانند آن را شخصی نگه دارند و یا آن که آن را با دیگران به اشتراک بگذارند. حتی این امکان وجود دارد که یک نفر از چندین تقویم استفاده کند. این حالت یک خصوصیت ویژه دارد و آن است که به طور مثال یک مدیر برنامه تئاتر می‌‌تواند برنامه‌هایش را برای عموم روی تقویم به نمایش بگذارد و از سوی دیگر نیز تقویمی را برای بازیگران بگذارد تا آنها را زمان تمرین‌ها مطلع کند.

اسناد گوگل-(Google docs):
این ابزار گوگل برای طراحی کردن و ساخت تولیداتی همچون بازی‌ها مناسب است. ابزار رایگان فوق، برنامه‌های پایه نرم افزاری را که برای بسیاری از کارها مفید است در اختیار قرار می‌دهد. به این معنی که به جای آنکه شما اطلاعات رایانه خود را روی درایو‌های آن ذخیره کنید و می ‌توانید اسناد گوگل را در سیستم فایل گوگل بگذارید و از آنجایی که این اطلاعات روی گوگل قرار گرفته‌اند شما از هر کجا به اینترنت متصل شوید می‌توانید به این مدارک که شبیه به جایی همچون “word” قرار دارند دسترسی داشته باشید و احتیاجی به حافظه‌های جانبی ندارید.

خصوصیت دیگر اسناد گوگل؛ قابلیت اشتراک گذاشتن محتویات و از جمله اسناد آن با دیگر کاربران است. چندین نفر می‌توانند هم زمان روی یک سند که در این پوشه گذاشته شده دسترسی و حتی ویراستاری داشته باشند.
گوگل حتی اسنادی که در حال ویراش هستند را از اولین شکل آن برای کاربر نگه می‌دارد تا اگر هنگام به اشتراک گذاشتن یکی از کاربران به طور اتفاقی آن را پاک کردن فرد به طور کامل اسناد خود را از دست ندهد.

نقشه گوگل-(Google map):
گوگل ابزار نقشه خود را در سال 2005 برای کاربران ارائه کرد. نقشه گوگل کاربران را ممکن می‌سازد تا بتوانند نقشه شهرها و کشورهای مختلف را ببینند و حتی مسیر نقطه‌ای به نقطه دیگر را در بیاورند. با استفاده از این ابزار افراد می‌توانند نقشه خیابان‌ها و حتی مشاهده ماهواره‌ای داشته باشند.

نکته جالب این است که ماهواره‌ها حتی می‌توانند نقطه‌های کور ترافیکی را هم در نقشه‌های گوگل پوشش دهند و کاربران را مجذوب خود کنند.
در سال 2008 گوگل امکاناتی را ایجاد کرد که هر کس می‌تواند مشخصات راهی را که می‌خواهد با پای پیاده طی کند را نیز به راحتی در بیاورد. سابق این نقشه؛ تنها امکانات را برای جاده‌ها و بزرگراه ها و برای خودروها امکان‌پذیر می‌ساخت اما از این پس کاربران خواهند توانست نزدیک‌ترین راه پیاده به مقصد خود را نیز به راحتی از نقشه گوگل پیدا کنند.

نقشه زمینی گوگل-(Google earth map):
گوگل همیشه در تلاش است تا راه‌های جدیدی را برای ارائه اطلاعات به کاربران عرضه کند که یکی از آنها اطلاعات “جیوتگ (geotag)” است. “جیوتگ” همان راهی است که اطلاعات را به مکان‌های واقعی در دنیا مربوط می‌کند. گوگل برای کاربران خود راهی را اندیشیده است که جهانی دیجیتالی را در دسترس داشته باشند و ه همین خاطر نقشه زمینی گوگل طراحی شده است.

شرکت “کی هول” در سال 2005 به گوگل کمک کرد تا جهانی دیجیتالی را برای این شرکت ایجاد کند تا کاربران آن بتوانند با استفاده از زیاد و کم کردن فاصله عدسی ها تا فاصله بسیار کم زمین را ببینند.
با این روش افراد قادر خواهند بود تا تصویرهای ماهواره‌ای را ببینند .یکی از مهمترین خصوصیت های این ابزار آن است که افراد با درخواست خود روی یک نقطه و یا منطقه می ‌توانند اطلاعات و حتی اخبار مربوط به آن منطقه را دریافت کنند.
در ابتدا کاربران برای استفاده از این ابزار باید برنامه آن را روی رایانه‌های خود منتقل می‌کردند اما از سال 2008 این امکان داده شد تا این ابزار به طور کامل روی وب جاسازی شده باشد.

دسکتاپ گوگل (Google desktop):
تا به حال شده چند دقیقه خود را صرف پیدا کردن فایل‌های خاص در رایانه شخصی خود کنید؟ مثلا نامه الکترونیکی که بین ده‌ها نامه دیگر و در پوشه‌ای دور مانده باشد؟کاری که گوگل دسک تاپ با دانلود کردن برنامه مجانی‌اش برای شما می‌کند بسیار خوشایند است. این ابزار می‌تواند فایلها را روی رایانه شما جستجو کند و تمام این کار را زمانی انجام می‌دهد که رایانه شما در حال انجام دادن هیچ کاری نیست.
این ابزار تنها نام فایل را پیدا نمی‌کند بلکه محتویات آن را هم بررسی می‌کند. ممکن است شما نام یک نامه خاص خود را به یاد نداشته باشید اما یک خط از محتویات آن را به یاد بیاورید. این ابزار با همان اطلاعات بسیار کم هم می‌تواند اطلاعات مربوط به آن را به شما ارائه دهد.

با ابزار فوق همچنین کاربران می‌توانند اطلاعات به روز شده‌ای را همچون آب و هوا و وضعیت ترافیکی و حتی دفترچه یادداشت و یادبود روی صفحه رایانه خود داشته باشند.

آی گوگل-(i-Google):
شما هم اگر کاربر دائمی اینترنت هستید حتما سایت‌هایی وجود دارد که بیش از یک بار به آنها سر می‌زنید. اگر به شما بگوئیم که این ابزار گوگل می‌تواند به شما کمک کند تا تمامی صفحات مورد علاقه و توجه خود را در یک صفحه وب باز کنید حتما خوشحال خواهید شد.

آی گوگل به کاربران امکان می‌دهد که چندین صفحه درخواستی و خبری را در تمامی اینترنت انتخاب کنند. با این برنامه کاربر می‌تواند صفحعه شخصی برای خود داشه باشد. به طور مثال یک طرفدار ورزش می‌تواند پوشه‌هایی ایجاد کند که در آن آخرین خبرها از دنیای ورزش از تمامی اینترنت جمع شده و در آن ذخیره شوند.

گوگل سلامت (Google health):
تغییر دادن پزشک کار آسانی نیست و اگر شما به بیماری مبتلا باشید و بخواهید پزشک خود را تغییر دهید اولین مشکل شما توضیح دادن تمامی مدارک پزشکی شما از پزشک قبلی‌تان خواهد بود. انتقال اطلاعات پزشکی شما در این حالت بسیار مهم است و هر چه پزشک جدید شما اطلاعت بیشتر و درست‌تری داشته باشد بهتر می‌تواند به شما کمک کند.

راه گوگل برای این مشکل شما؛ ایجاد صفحات الکترونیکی است که گوگل سلامت نام گرفته است. پزشک‌تان می‌تواند اطلاعات پزشکی شما را به این صفحات منتقل کند و به این روش پزشک دوم شما تنها کافی است از طریق رایانه خود به این صفحه دسترسی پیدا کند.
اما موضوعی که ممکن است نگران کننده به نظر برسد آن است که شاید فردی به این اطلاعات شخصی شما دسترسی پیدا کند. اما گوگل اصرار دارد که امنیت این فایل‌ها کاملا امن هستند و هیچ خطری برای دسترسی افراد دیگر به این فایل‌ها وجود نخواهد داشت.

منبع: هوادار

Google Talk is one of my favorite applications: it’s light, unobtrusive and you can store your old conversations in Gmail. But I realised I wasn’t using it as well as I could, so I looked for some keyboard shortcuts. Here’s a few:

Text

CTRL + R Right align text

CTRL + E Center align text

CTRL + L Left align text

Spacing

CTRL + 1 For single spaced lines

CTRL + 2 For double spaced lines

CTRL + 5 For 1.5 spaced lines

Function keys

F9 Send an email to the contact you’re chatting with

F11 Start a voice chat with the contact

F12 Cancel the current call

Other

ESC Close the current window

ALT + ESC Close all Google Talk windows

WINDOWS + Esc  Open Google Talk if minimized, or behind other windows

Tab/CTRL+Tab/Ctrl+i Cycle through open windows

Shift+Tab Cycle backwards through open windows

Sources

Google Talk keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts from Customize Talk

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Acho que estou ficando velho. Não só achei uma boa dica a do meu pai, como coloquei em prática. Interessante que ele está ficando mais novo. Depois de abrir uma conta no MSN e Skype, a nova coqueluche dele é conversar conosco via Gtalk. Minutos antes de sair do trabalho, disse a ele que não iria de carona, mas de metrô mesmo. Para andar um pouco e dar um tempo até chegar em casa. A idéia não era prolongar a chegada por não querer estar em casa, mas meu pai disse uma coisa interessante, sobre a ida do trabalho para casa, a transição, o trajeto e um monte de coisas que esqueci. O fato é que fez sentido e lá fui eu, tentar me desligar do trabalho aos poucos, andando com vagar.

Não costumo andar com pressa, mas diminuí, mesmo assim, o passo. No meio do primeiro quarteirão já queria andar mais rápido. A gente se acostuma a um ritmo e quando muda, não sabe direito como fazer do novo jeito. Forcei-me a dar passos mais lentos e mais curtos. Fui pensando no que havia feito no trabalho, o que tinha para fazer nos outros dias e reparei nas pessoas. Algumas estranharam ver alguém andando de forma tão devagar, em meio a tanta gente andando depressa e carros acelerando até o semáforo vermelho.

O mais difícil foi no Metrô, onde todos correm. Claro que há momentos em que estamos com pressa e precisamos correr. Mas nos acostumamos a estar sempre com pressa. A necessidade de estar nos lugares suprimiu a possibilidade de aproveitarmos as idas e voltas. Como para viver intensamente a vida precisamos estar nas melhores festas, estar com as pessoas mais legais, estar nos restaurantes mais desejados, o processo de ir de um lugar ao outro se tornou apenas um mal necessário. Um incômodo na nossa vida, que não pode ser desperdiçada com coisas banais.

Reconheço que o caos no trânsito de São Paulo [e o transporte público com tantas falhas] ajuda no processo de querermos ficar o menor tempo possível em ‘tráfego’. Quem, em são consciência, curte aquela fumaceira dos caminhões e o altíssimo volume dos motores dos ônibus, motos e buzinas?

Assim como meu pai sugeriu que eu diminuísse o passo, proponho que retomemos os momentos de transição. Andarmos com mais calma para chegar em casa. Nos desligarmos aos poucos das coisas que nos preocupam e que só poderão ser resolvidas daqui 12h ou mais. Darmos ‘bom dia’ e ‘boa tarde’ aos que nos olharem assustados, e validarmos a idéia de que somos loucos, sim, mas que é assim que sobreviveremos. Pessoalmente, preciso lembrar que fazemos sentido também nas passagens e não apenas nos destinos.

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Texto publicado originalmente na coluna Miudezas, da Revista Paradoxo.

(14:13:38) lisie: depois que consegue, ele começa a te explorar, sacou?
(14:13:55) lisie: não é pra saber de mim. é pra saber que graça eu vejo nessas pessoas e ele não tem.
(14:14:10) lucas.mezencio: tendi.
(14:14:38) lisie: vc é meu BEST MINKS. ele não deve entender pq. o que me chama atenção
(14:14:53) lisie: aí aproxima e faz o intimo. entendeu o lance?
(14:14:59) lucas.mezencio: é porque eu sou rico.

♫ lady gaga – bad romance

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(16:06:37) Lori M.: aliás ontem c disse um trem q eu fiquei com tesão

mas enfim. (:

Pois é, não basta saber o que estamos fazendo, mas sim jogando!

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Prologue

Girls are crazy sometimes. I don’t want to make any general statements as I do not want to earn hatred from girls who are reading this.

I’m going to talk about a girl who wanted to be a guy!

She really did not mean it. But she simply wanted to be a guy because that may alleviate her from small troubles that she faces with the world around her.

***

The Chat

“But seriously, if u write too much no one will have time to read and they may not know that u r leaving….” I pinged her.

She was a great blogger who writes real life incidents in an interesting way. All that amused her, impressed her, the things which made her weep, the ones which made her embarrassed, she writes everything. Life is to live and to learn things. And the best part is to share things. The late night talks with roomies with black coffee and tea. The daily late night TV remote wars and the all time menace due to unscrupulous maintenance of water supplies in the apartment which few girls share in Pune.

***

Click the “Read more…” link below to read the rest of the story

It was sometime back in the mid week of month when I was busy with downloading games at home; I got a ping in my Gtalk.

“Hey u ther?” It was she.

“Yea I’m here dear ” I pinged her back

“Gd Mrng”

“GM 2 u 2 !!”

“A frnd says he can get me a seat in a college . . .at Bangalore. Wat 2 do? Wat 2 do? Tell meeeeeee” she pinged these partially repetitive texts.

“Get u a seat in a college? Hmmm…”. I pinged her back to cause a little delay, so that in the meantime, I could think. I’ve never given advices to anybody, as the receiver seldom likes it and is the case with me too. But since this seemed to be a help, I extended readily to give her tips on this.

“Yea exactly !!” she replied

“First enquire whether it is a good college or not..”

“It is”, came quickly the reply.

“Next is fees…How much?….worth spending?” I added.

“The whole thing..…including agent and everything, comes to around 3 lacs” she pinged back

“Hmmm… and the course u r going to take is worth pursuing in that college?”

“MBA” She said.

“Oh Good… I’m telling u…if u wanna go for MBA…do it in known institutes….”

“It is a good college . . . . Good ranking n all..”

“Just another college will of course give u a degree….but job after that should pay u much… hmmm..well if u feel it is a gud college, then go ahead na?..” I pinged her back with some concern. “OK tell me what’s the college name?”

She told me a college name which I haven’t heard before. I can’t just simply tell her that it is a good college. I should confirm things, and then give her assurance.

“mmm….do u know abt the college’s infrastructure, Internship companies and the coaching that the college offers?” I asked her back.

“No much idea of infrastructure. . Internship companies are quite good. ..and coaching…..heard that is good too” She pinged me back.

“mmm….will u b able to spend tht much? If not then, you can go for loans also… if u feel it’s good, then Go head!” I told her with some concern on her spending capacity. I thought about myself who did my engineering and paid my college fees through loan.

She pinged back, “I think the fee can be managed . . . without loan. . .”

“You’ll stay in hostel then” I pinged.

“Yea I guess so…”

“I don’t want to leave this company in which I’m currently working ” She said. There was a sad smiley.

“Hey…this company will give you salary, but nothing worth anything more than money…but but higher studies will give u Degree!!” I pinged her back with speculation.

“But you know what, no more job from now on., I will not get a chance to work, once I leave this once” Some sadness has started creeping in.

I tried consoling her, “You’ll get a job after your MBA. You’ll be managing people. You have better scope of work with your post graduation. It will be fun”

“I’ll get but I won’t be allowed to work” There was a strong reply ping. I didn’t know what to say. I tried searching for reasons to console her. I got a call from my friend who is in California.

“Oh…I see. Hey be online, I’ll be right back after in few minutes” I pinged back and attended the call. The call went for half an hour. I came back to my system.

***

“I’m back dear” I pinged her. Her Gtalk was in idle state. Thought she was away from her system.

“Veekay” The Gtalk application in the task bar blinked orange. Someone was pinging. I opened the window to find her ping again.

“Yea tell me Simi” (Simi…That’s how I call her)

“I dropped it…Dropped that college in Bangalore. I asked a friend from Bangalore . . . He asked his from who is now in Bangalore . . .and SMSed me. .. MBA is not that good at that college. . Don’t join…”

“mmm…I told u na…2 enquire whether the course is worth pursuable in that college…” I pinged with amusement. She had dropped the college.

“Like PSG college in Coimbatore. . . the college’s trust and institutions are famous. . But it seems that the MBA is not worth this much… and for some strange reason. . I am happy. . .” She said.

“Theek hai….u got some useful info…then…u didn’t end up somewhere in a college in a course which is not worth pursuing”

“Is it normal right?” She asked me. I knew what she was asking.

“Being happy is always normal yaar…let it b for any reason… Be happy always ” I replied for her ping.

“I missed a chance and I’m happy. I should be an idiot…” she said. She always says things like this. But I always have an answer for that.

So I replied her back, “No no…that’s not a good college for MBA as you said. So you did not miss anything and moreover you are lucky enough to drop the college. Try out somewhere else. You may have better opportunities”

“Hmmm….right now, I have two things in mind.

ONE – - GET ME A TRANSFER. . NOW. . RIGHT NOW. . .

TWO – - I WANNA BE A GUY. .NOW. . RIGHT NOW” She pinged. I was like…What does she wants and why is she so desperate.

“First one is OK. That can be arranged. But for the second one???” I replied.

“One of these….” It was Simi

“And why the hell you wanna be a guy??”

“If transfer is not possible, then I wanted to be a guy” She repeated.

“Kyyon kyoon kyoon?…wats d relation between transfer and being a guy??..hehe” I pinged her back confused. I still did not get the motive behind her, being a guy. As she is an avid blogger, I was afraid that she may vent out her anger by writing this idea of being a guy in the blogs too.

“and for heaven’s sake..Don’t blog this… agar tum blog mein yeh sab likhogi ki u wanna b a guy..Then that’s all!! Then people may start making fun and it will hurt you the most” I immediately pinged her. “kya hu tumko??  Theek ho na?”

“If I were a guy. . . Transfer wouldn’t matter. . I won’t have this much things in mind to confuse me.” She said.

“….Simi should be a girl!! Always” I pinged her.

“Right now I’m not enjoying being a girl” She was persistent in her thoughts.

“arey arey…chill chill..” I tried convincing her. Searched for words to console her, I could understand her feelings.

Suddenly she pinged, “Fine … I will b girl…GET ME A TRANSFER”

I was in mixed emotions. I exactly did not know what to do. I pinged her smiley.

“See…you tell me to be a girl and when I talk about transfer…” she has again caught the point. It is always difficult for guys to console a girl when she is not near and when she is expecting things, which you cannot do it or you do not have any privilege to do that.

“acho… Even I will b happy if u get a transfer!!…but things should turn out fine …until then…we need to wait” I knew I could not do anything about this. Still I wanted to feel comfortable.

“Wait….I’ve been waiting for five months, five long months.

FIVE

FIVEEEEEEEEEEEE” She has started those repetitive pings.

“Hmmm…but abhi to can’t do anything about it yaar….probably u can pester your manager…That’s the only solution for now…” I said.

“That won’t work…that’s why I say…I wanna be a guy…now…right now…this very moment” she replied to mine.

“But, how it is going to help you, if you are a guy? Same case with the guys too right?” I asked her puzzled.

“I don’t have to think, and beg people to come with me if I have to go somewhere…I don’t have to worry about continuous discussions about marriage proposals for at least next 6 yrs…i don’t have to get scared that one day I might have to wear a burkha / pardah”

Now I was getting it. I could understand what she really meant.

“Oh…that’s there…I can now understand…..” I replied

“Are people at home planning for your marriage?” I asked.

“Oh yea…started to worry about it long back…and I’m just 22” This was Simi

“Now that, you started thinking about all that rey….hmmm…coz of this job!!…I understand, being in and around 22 for girls, is bit difficult…ghar mein alliances dekne shuru kar denge…” I pinged her back.

“They started when I was in 20. But I somehow managed to hold it for 2 yrs . . . . Had to fight a lot…” She pinged back.

“OMG…yeh to…bahut jaldi hai…20 years se hi??” I was bewildered.

“Arrey.. .my community. . .they sent off their girls at the age of 16 – 18 “ came the reply.

“Oh…par kab se pardah pehente hain??… I mean…shadi ke pehle hi to pehente hain na?..I have seen girls”

“arrey haan yaar…lekin shaadi tak apni marzi…” She replied.

“I have heard that people marry off in early stages..”

“agar shaadi ke baad, pati ne bola….wear it… I won’t have any other choice….rite?”

“Yea correct…but sabhi log orthodox hotein hain kya? Someone will be there to understand you right?

“If my family is searching, they will search for a guy like him, who is very religious and conservative…my dad will be so damn happy when he sees someone who is very religious…if that’s the case, .nothing else matters to him…so. . .after shaadi, Simi dead…Not exactly DEAD . .. But Simi as she is now will be DEAD…She will be a different person…someone who always have to be scared, who cannot do what she wish to do, who may not be allowed to work and so on and on…” She was speaking her heart. I could see the independent girl in her. She wanted to be free from all the problems around her.

She continued, “Simi is

DEAD

DONE

DUSH…Mummyyyyyyy :’( “ There was a crying smiley.

I replied, “I have seen most of the Muslim girls wearing Parda…and I’ve not seen any open….and most of them so religious and strict…I live in Muslim area.”

“My sister does. My mom doesn’t wear Parda. But she always wears that tight scarf to cover her head…and I…I cover my head with the Dupatta, once I cross the border of my hometown when I travel from here…and in Office, not that much of Pardah…and I feel guilty for it sometimes. See life is complicated” She pinged.

“Hmmm…now I understand all your problems. Lekin guilty hone ki koi aavashyakta nahi hai…you are one independent and educated girl” I encouraged her.

“You know what?. . .I still wear only full sleeve dresses and take care no one gets a chance to blame me once I get home. . .not because I want to do all those. ..but I know how much trust my parents have on me. . .I won’t do anything to make them regret it” She pinged. I felt proud to have such a friend, who is ready to sacrifice her wishes for others.

“You know how to be well behaved and groomed in a society…..and being so religious is not that much needed here…only when u go to your hometown, you’ll have to wear Duppattah on your head n all that… and haan I can see how much you are true and sincere to your parents that you don’t want to break the trust, your parents have kept on you. You are so so good to yourselves and to others” I spoke my heart.

“As any other GIRL . . I’m also very much interested in dresses, clothes and all. . (not a news I know) but every time I have to let my likes and dislikes go just for this. See, life is complicated for no reasons at all. I don’t see any reason why I should have all these tension. . I have grrr8 supportive family. .

Parents – Very cool and encouraging, agreed me to join this company (it is something sort of a miracle)

Siblings – good and to top of it, you know what, but still my life is messed up” She was instantaneously pinging things.

I immediately pinged her back, “You know what Simi, in life, each one of us have desires. We want to do things in life, the time at which, we are going to achieve it, we are unaware of it. Some things attain the completion soon, making us happy and some remain incomplete. We can’t keep ourselves preoccupied on it. We have to do things which make us happy. That is what life is all about. So try not to keep thinking about this more. It will result in frustrations only”

“Hmmm…yea but still, it keeps bothering me a lot” She replied.

“Don’t worry; life will have super cool surprises for us. You will have it too.

“I hope so….Wish you soooooooper cool surprises to you too

and Thanks for listening to me. I needed someone to let this out”

She sent a smiley in the end. I felt like a heat sink of a Dual core Intel processor, where the heat sink gets all the heat generated out of the silicon electronics circuitry. I was happy. The heat sink supports the functioning of the processor. I felt relaxed as she felt better after letting out all her problems to me.

“Don’t worry!! main hoon na??….see…for this only u need a good friend !! Venting out ur feelings may lighten ur burden and makes u feel light sometimes…” I replied.

“Tu talli tu talli tu talli ho gayi” I pinged her, these lines as she always used to ping me whenever she felt bored or excited. These are the lines from the movie Ugly aur Pagli. I thought this may bring her cheerfulness back. Of course it did.

“haan yaar… iss baar toh sahi mein talli hogayi” came the reply.

I took some break to have biscuits and tea. As I thrive 24 X 7 infront of my System (Computer), I came back again.

***

I pinged her, “What else…still thinking about all this?”

“I was thinking, what would I write on the blog . . . the day I leave this company”

Both of us work for the same company. Both of us are software techies. We have an internal blog in our company where people blog, share ideas, information and experiences. Some use it as their personal diary and they write about their crushes, office politics, birthday parties’ celebration and wishes, bloggers meet and all that. I’ve seen many people who leave the company, post their final post in the company blogs telling, “This is my final post in this blog and today is my last day in the company”. Many of them will post their comments saying, All the best, Take care and all those parting phrases.  Now she had plans to quit, if she did not get a transfer and go for higher studies.

She again pinged, “Whatever I’m gonna write, I will not keep it open for comments. One last post in the blog…No comments…What will you do?” She asked.

“One last post with no comments?” I asked her.

“Yea…”

“mmm..you can probably block all the comments. Screen the comments by default. Change your blog settings on the final day” I was telling her what I’m not supposed to. Nobody will like to leave someone’s blog uncommented that too when they are quitting the company. But still, if I don’t tell her, she may find it herself.

“Yea I’ll do that. Block all incoming comments” she replied.

“But why suddenly this thought?” I asked her again puzzled.

“Just like that…I’ll write something like…. a few more hours and I’ll be an ex-employee” She told.

“That is fine, but why are you thinking about all this now?” I asked.

“Just like that…and then … I’ll give my email ID. . . and then. . a biii…and then disable comments and then BHOOM….Vanish”

I felt like this girl is going crazy. I asked her

“But seriously, if u write too much no one will have time to read and they may not know that u r leaving….” I pinged her.

“I won’t write too much. 4 or 5 sentences and the biiiiiiii” She said. “I won’t tell anyone, till the last day. one day. . achanak. . .a post. .good bye wala..” She said.

“That will be depressing yaar…” I pinged back.

“I sound like a suicide maniac…don’t I??” she asked.

“Gone crazy you are…Crrazzy Simi ! ß One more Prefix for you…” I said.

***

Epilogue

Friday, 6:59 PM:

“Do you remember what you spoke 2 months back when you were in Pune Office? Do you want to be a guy now also??” I pinged her in the Office chat client that we use in our office.

“Noooooooo…I’m happpeee being a girl now” She replied.

“Still in Office?”

“Yea. My home is just 20 minutes away from office. So I’ll leave bit late today” she said.

“hmmm…finally got a transfer to you hometown itself, otherwise I would have seen a male Simi by now…hehe ” I teased.

“hehe..I’m now happy. I’m coming from Home. I’ve my schoolmates and college mates here. So every weekend I go out with friends. Evening I call them. My weekend plans are always working out now. We have planned for a Goa trip next weekend.

“Hmmm..kewl then” I said smiling

“…and I’m not staying in PG now. I’m bringing Lunch from home. Life is fine, now-a-days. Hey, we have been chatting as usual, after those conversations, it’s been 2 months and how suddenly you remember this today?”

“Just like that…I’ve got a new story to write. Check my blog tomorrow” I said sending her a winking smiley.

“Sure !!!! Wooooow A Story based on Simi..That will be cool !! I love to read. Come on. I’ll check out for sure!” She said

“Well, carry on…I’m leaving for the day now. Catchya tomorrow. Bbye !!” I said.

“Biiiiiiiiiii”

THE END

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