Facebook posts getting deleted automatically. A new bug on facebook.

Earlier today I got an IM from a friend of mine, he sent me a link, told me to look at it. Surprisingly, it was a wall post in my wall! Obviously I knew that post and I just didn’t understand the point of him sending me that link. Well, after that I didn’t get any reply from him, so I couldn’t stop myself and I finally asked him about the link he sent me. Astonishingly, he replies “which link”! Well, nothing irritates me more that this type of reply and after some spicy chat he tells me to click the link again and to my utter surprise, I see nothing there! This is the screenshot of what I saw:

Now it was really shocking, because there is no chance on earth he knew my password neither did he live nearby so that he might have sneaked into my place and deleted the post. I was unable to understand how the hell he do it and all I see in the chat box are smileys illustrating nothing but victory! Yeah, he actually trolled me for some time while I kept on asking him how did he do it. Anyway, after all that funny part, he told me about this bug in facebook which made anyone delete posts in their friend’s timeline, provided he has access to his/her wall and there are no images in that post. He also told me that people actually screwed Mark Zuckerberg’s (Well, if you don’t know who he is, don’t read this post!) profile, and yeah, all his recent public posts were deleted and his profile looked like nothing but a sample mock design! (Yes, his recent post where he clarified that he had nothing to do with the PRISM program, which was quoted at many news sources, was also deleted).

Screenshot of Zuck's Timeline taken from my  profile.

It’s really hard for me to imagine that Facebook, a website which probably has the second largest number of users (Of course after google), can suffer with a bug THIS big. And my friend kept on trolling his friends just like this.

Facebook has a very good reporting channel, through which we can report any post which we feel was harassing us or our friends. After thorough checking of the posts, if facebook finds that the report was genuine, the post was removed and the concerned person would get a notification, saying that the post was removed. They also sent a warning message to the person whose post was deleted although they never let them know who reported them. Good, right?

Now what happens when this whole system goes drunk? (That’s what I will call it!) This is what happened a couple of days ago. After someone reported a post, selected the option which says ‘harassing my friend’ and then reported the same to facebook, within seconds a notification appears that the post was reviewed and deleted! Whoa! Hang on there facebook… how come you made a review so fast! Well, that is the whole point. Posts were getting auto deleted without any review. And here my friend kept on reporting posts of his friends!

See how fast were the notification coming after the report!

I just hope that facebook rectifies this problem as soon as possible, and till the time being, if you were lucky enough to read this post, go on, have fun! (You know what I mean ;)

Sky Is The Limit

My teacher used to say, think big, sky is the limit. There are many more saying which i probably don't remember. And that's what i thought is being followed by everyone. Anyways few days ago i participated in a B-Plan competition to start a business funded by college. I, with a couple of my friend submitted a good B-Plan  which was something about uploading videos (of-course, not like YouTube) and ya, i forgot to mention before the competition, we had a seminar conducted by big entrepreneurs about how to proceed with your plans. Coming back, we were one of the 160 B-Plans submitted in that competition. We were extremely exited as we found out we were selected among top 30 teams!! Next round required detailed business plan, and fortunately, we made a good one and reached third round where we were required to present our business plan in front of a panes of judges (same ppl who took the seminar).

Initially, they were unable to understand our plan (obviously, every loser blames the judge and so, i have my reasons!) and when they finally did, they ended up telling us things like: "why do you want to create a website for this? you could easily make a facebook/youtube application for this and in the meantime you can earn a lot more and both you and facebook/youtube will be happy!!!"

After this line, i was like WHAT THE HELL!! are they the same people who told us that day to think big??? lol  I just don't get it. Why do they want us to become a subset of facebook? Why is it that believing in a brand new and unique project is feared by most of the experienced investors? First they tell us to think big and then when we do they abruptly stop us. Rightly said by Mr. Bill Gates that successful people start getting an illusion that they can't be defeated. And this is why they deteriorate.

Taste of Potassium Cyanide

I was wondering today. What would Potassium Cyanide taste like ? Not that I am going to try to find out anytime but I am just driven by the basic human weakness of inquisitiveness. Afterall even a miniscule dose kills in less than 15 seconds. Is it even possible to determine its taste ? I know it smells like Almonds but how would one determine the taste ?

People have said that some guys have tasted diluted form of KCN and experienced a bitter taste but I can easily refute this theory. This theory just does not hold water. Why would one drink a diluted solution of KCN in order to determine its taste ? I mean, if 300 mg is needed to kill a person, why would one need to dilute it with water in order to find the taste. Why not just take, lets say 50 mg of undiluted KCN and be done with it ? Diluting KCN in water will only serve one purpose - Making it harder still to determine the taste with certainity. Most of these stories must have been the brainchild of some idle nincompoop grappling with the properties of solutions in physical chemistry trying to apply his half baked ideas to practical applications like this.

So here is my advice to all those who are willing to stake their lives for a better informed society : Try KCN in a smaller dose. I would say 1/5 of the fatal dose. If you are lucky enough, you would be able to tell the taste. There is just no point trying to dilute it with water and then wondering why the hell does the solution tastes like distilled water. The result also depends upon your sensitivity of taste. Mind you, if you cannot taste it, you were just not cut out for it. Don't go 'Well lets have one more spoon and see what happens'. It doesn't have to be an ego point. If your friend performs better, well, tough luck. Don't swell your chest and go 'My mom said if someone can do it, I can too'.

Anyways, I digressed a bit. I was thinking of making a movie plot which would revolve around this special property of KCN. The movie would be 3.5 hours long. It would start with a happy family. Everyone would be leading a perfect life until one fine day the husband discovers that his wife is cheating on him and tension starts to simmer beneath the surface. The wife suspects that he knows. They constantly indulge in quarrels which by the way screw up the children completely. Depression coupled with midlife crisis forces the husband to evaluate his life. He starts looking for ways to make sense of his life which he thinks is going waste. What could he do to make a mark in the world ? How would the world remember his name ? How can he bring a meaningful change to society ? Such are the questions pestering him when he comes upon this unsolved problem of the taste of KCN. Perfect ! He doesn't wanna live anymore. How better to die than dying for the betterment of the society. He figures:

"If not in life, I would be worth atleast in death' (Melodramatic music. Glycerine. Flashbacks of his wife and children).

Ecstatic at this ingenious plan, he moves ahead to bring it to fruition. Last 10 minutes of the movie. He has to tell whether KCN tastes sugary or salty. He has the bottle in his hands. He has a pen in the other hand. A pink coloured, scented paper is lying just below the pen. Orchestral music is slowly reaching a crescendo. There are beads of perspiration on his head. He weighs his judgement again. His children float in front of his eyes. Then his wife. His home. His dreams, happy times. Then the sullen faces of all those millions who lead an unfulfilled life unaware of the taste of KCN and die with only one wish- What the hell does it taste like ? In that moment of intense judgement he decides to die for the social good. He takes a spoonful and transfers it to his mouth. Sudden convulsion grips him instantly. He starts shivering, choking, writhing in pain. He takes the pen and in that last moment of intense concentration writes something down... Police arrive the next day and see the paper. Whats it gonna be. Sugary or Salty? Sugary or Salty? Sugary or Salty? The paper reads:

S

Hu ha ha ha. Hu ha ha ha. My revenge against all those suckers who leave the most important details of a movie 'to the discretion of the viewer'. My foot. How about this ending. Not only is it a kickass story, it also makes sure that millions of manhours are wasted all across the world. Next time when a bunch of friends come out of a David Lynch atrocity, they could atleast console themselves by saying:

"Atleast Lynch didn't pull off a Singh !!"

tineye vs google images? (reverse image search)

Well... finally its there... BAMM!! reverse image search in our favorite site: http://www.images.google.com/ and thats what lots of us wanted... isn't it?? well its rite here folks and its really cool. The first thing I tried into it was a random wallpaper in my desktop (a lamborghini) and after google uploaded the pick, within a flash, it was displayed: "the best guess for the picture is a lamborghini gallrado !! omg!! cool. what can be more better. well.. this another web-site, called tineye.com also did the same thing but was not much appealing and i didn't get desired results many times, and i thing those times are gone 'cuz its google now !! so common guys, go and try it out... its awesum, cool, and whatever :P

hmmm...

OMG!!
feels so good if you have actually prepared for your exam... seriously, nothing can be more happier than this! and the best part is... you feel more happy when you see your results!! well, at the same time, we become more and more nervous :( obviously, we studied so much which makes it obvious (oops, again !) for anyone to become nervous. buy hey, thats ok! itna toh chalta hai :D

The Twitter Follow Button

Today when I logged into my twitter account, the first tweet was surprisingly of twitter itself as it was explaining everyone about the new 'follow' button they just introduced... well.. the first thing that came into my mind after reading this was the 'like' button which was introduced by facebook, and surprisingly, now it is used by almost all the websites round the globe. well, its almost certain that this 'follow' button won't make that big impact but we can also not underestimate it... i mean there ARE chances that it will also boom in the same way... you can find the like button at many websites now on in which as soon as you click on follow, and if you are logged into twitter at that point, you will automatically start following that person or firm, or whatever it is... great !! now i am just waiting when will I be able to put this thing in by blog :P (well.. for now, you can just follow me by typing this in your address bar... http://twitter.com/prasannjeet ) :D so anyways... the moral of the story is that twitter has introduced this 'follow' button thing and we people are just waiting to see its public responce. thats all for now !! (whyyy... what... ??? did you expect more?? ) :P :D

find out more about this thing (if you are reallllllllly interested !!) rite here !!
http://blog.twitter.com/2011/05/introducing-follow-button.html

just a thought !

Ever wondered which one's better?
Having one hundred good friend... or having one best friend ??

The Facebook Email Is Finally There :)

Well this was what almost all the people were waiting for! Facebook finally launches the Facebook-Email. Now since we have almost 600 million active users on facebook, they won't be having any problem dealing with it. In fact, its kinda awesome. Now all you chat messages will be saved in the form of messages, and guess what you can also attach a file now! just like any other email client!! and the biggest advantage: there will be absolutely NO spam. Well, I am actually looking forward for this email as my primary email address.

Join the page if you love the Facebook Mail:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-am-lovin-the-new-face-book-email-its-awesome/195977907087255

The 4-year holiday called engineering

20 Things common to all engineering colleges:

1). The lecturers dont teach.The students dont study.The only guy who benefits is the one who owns the 'dhaba' next to the college.


2).Rules are made to be broken.


3).Promises are made to be broken.

4).Deadlines are made to be extended...ALWAYS!


5).Guys always think the chics in the college next lane are more beautiful.
 
5).The geeks are the most pampered lot during the internal exams.
 
6).The lab assistants are the most respected people(during the lab exams i.e)


7).The watchmen are the people most bribed.
 
8).The HOD is the person most respected(heights of sycophancy here).


9).The principal is the person most abused and insulted(behind the back i.e)

10).Dropping subjects is 'cool'.(arre yaar..drop the idea of dropping subjects plzz).
 
11).There is always a lecturer in the college who cant speak proper 'english'.
 
12).Night-out is the second most important tool to ace the exams.
 
13).The most important tool..the bhramastra..is the 'chit' in which the words can be understood only by the person who wrote them(in most of the cases i.e)
 
14).The freshers are the most sought after..be it in the canteen,the 'free' periods or for completing the records,assignments.


15).The second-years are the ones with the 'I am the don-of-the-college' feeling.

16).The third years are the ones with the 'so-many-backlogs' feeling and the poor souls get down to studying after bossing around in the college for so long.but the fun still continues.
 
17).The fourth years have no connection with the college whatsoever...with no interest in ragging,pulling each other`s legs,the bday parties,the bday bums et al which they enjoyed so much till now.All they want is a good placement and a '1st-class' tag attached to their memo.


19).The first three years are spent in cursing the college,the people there,the system et al.
 
20).But towards the end of the fourth year,people tend to feel nostalgic abt the pure unadulterated fun they have had for 4 years.Now the very system they disliked,the very canteen they cursed,the time that they spent there,the bday bums they suffered..all these seem like heaven to them.

being nyc VS being a jerk !! which one's better ??

well.. its not obvious, cuz first time in my life i am totally sick of being nice to people who don't even care about me !! being the 'nice-guy' is not good always. half of the people think u r silly nd half think u r a coward.. lol. if this is what people get by being 'nice' then why the hell should one be the same? it all started with my ex-roommate who almost kept screaming on me for no apparent reason and i... on the other hand was quite... as always (i am still unable to believe how cud i control myself those days!!) well.. ultimately he was thrown out of our hostel cuz of his deeds and there i was... congratulating myself that i did the right thing.. i still continue doing the same.. but now even those friends whom i thought were the best ones started taking me for granted, just like "say him anything and he doesn't feel bad" or "humiliate him or slap him or anything and just say a simple sorry... thats it!!"... WOW kinda astonishing reaction... specially when this comes out from your friend. so all the good guys out there... take care of yourselves cuz unless and until you are a jerk, you are nothing but a piece of crap !!

u know ur an MIT manipal freshman when.....

1. you shout LAPTOPS! everytime ur at nlh..

2. you make plans to bunk, but then you remember about the 75% attendence

3. you bunk anyways...

4. you send mass smses and then realise that you messaged your professor

5. your professor sends a reply asking you to complete your assignment and then see him after class..

6. you still dont know which group you want to be a part of.

7.you finally get your laptops....turns out they dont work proprly..

8. you went to give your sessionals, didnt pepare for it, tried to copy from the guy in front of you.....
turns out you knew more than him.....

9.you bought tickets to tryst...sold them cuz u thought it wasnt worth it .....turns out it was...

10. you cant figure out why couples make out at 'frustration' point..

11.....when obviously the workshop is a better place...

12. you go to the hostel library to study...but end up doing everything but study...

13. you get a 5 and a half in your sessionals....

14. you're proud of yourself cuz the smart guy in your class just got a 10...

15.you call your seniors sir and ma'am

16. you hate workshop...

17. you hate EG more...

18. you cant sleep....your friends ask you to read their ES book...

19. you didnt read the book...didnt sleep at night....got addicted to the net...then figured out that BE class is way more effective at putting you to sleep...

20. you have a crush on a guy turns out he likes you too but now you're going around with his best friend..

21. you walk all the way upto the greens to stare at the hot KMC girls...the girls stare at the cute HM guys....

22. you set your alarm at 3...hoping that when you wake up you'll find the washing machine empty...

23. You're so glad that the food is cheap that you blow all your money on it.

24. You then discover that you can't pay for your laundry, and can't buy sheets for EG next morning.

25. You find out that the high quality camera cellphone you brought so lovingly from home is now going to get confiscated.

26. You take it to class anyway.

27. You are awake till 3 in the morning on Monday completing the assignment you could have finished the entire sunday you spent doing not very much at all.

28. When u reach foodcourt, u remember u forgot ur mess card at your room, u try to make a fool of the chef on wheels guy by showing the front of the card, but later they ask u to turn the card back to see ur photo :)

29. Ur impressed by a new workshop whose registration is going on at kc, u realize u dont have enough cash, u go to the rotten sbi atm which takes all the time to print the receipt of ur balance, later u realize that the registrations are over


30. You are wondering whether you'll be shouting 'we want cycles' at 11:05 a.m. sometime in the near future.........

31.you try to rag a 1st year thinking u r d alpha and the omega of being a BIG guy...

bt then he jst flashes his sbi card....
and then BAM u realise u in 4 sum ass pwning at sum seniors flat

Done a mistake ??

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Thought For Today:

Don't be puzzled by problems, whatever they may be. always face them as they are examinations you have to pass.

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What if you don't get a second chance..... think about it.

There's no rehab centers for each and every mistakes we commit.
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Thinking…

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Thought for today:
The one who can adjust to any situation with humility, possesses true greatness,
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Well… from many days i was thinking to update my blog, but i wasn’t getting a good topic to post… same is the thing with me now, but i wasn’t able to live without it !!

Morning classes are really to hard to attend… 8’o clock sounds like somewhat hectic… and i think i am quite rite!!

Changing my timetable is the only option left for me it seems…

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I generally keep on speaking that mine is the best section in MIT but literally speaking, now even i feel that my section is bullshit !!

I don’t think i should give any kinda explainations for that...

Seriously speaking, i have a lot of things to share, but i just don’t have even a second’s free time… sooooo embarrassing !!

Joined second life but so sad that won’t be able to use it comfortably in manipal’s proxy !!

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Sorta Idiotic Idiots

Speaking the truth, I really liked the movie 3 idiots, but I am a firm 'unsupporter' of Aamir Khan. The reason – I never like overconfident people, and specially those people who think more about themselves. I recently saw a news about the star: he said in media that chetan bhagat has no contributions in the movie and after a huge start, he just wants some kind of publicity, so he is speaking some shit. I don't know how much exclamation marks should I put here to express my feelings!! Should bhagat need any kind of publicity!

Still, people think he is right. The reason – I toh don't know, someone xplain me J

And Here Comes The New Year…

Like it is happening for me from like past 18 years (well, I should say past 12 years, 'cause I was sorta senseless in the initial 6!) I cheered with everyone for the new year, and sometimes also swore to do or to not do something the coming one tenth of a decade. Actually, I never followed it and I don't even think i'll do it in near future! So lets just not speak anything, but keep the resolution (I am talking about the new year resolution) to ourselves… lets try this out!

Lets not depend on the 'may the new year bring you all the….' Kind of things and lets try to convert this may to will. Yes, that's possible… and the ingredients required are also so very affordable… just a bowl of will power and a pinch of courage.

Well, its new year now and i am off celebrating it!

Thes3 Idiots toh is Awesome

Well, I consider myself as one of the biggest critic of Mr. Amir Khan, and there are many reasons for thinking like this which I don't want to elaborate now, but still I am forced to say that his new movie, 3 Idiots is an awesome one and the director should really be appreciated, and why not, he is the one and only who directed Munna Bhai MBBS (sorry if I am wrong, but i think I am not). But as a critic, I am the one who always takes out negative points, and so is what I am gonna do. There was one thing which was shown in a really exaggerated manner, and that is the gentleman nature of Ranchordas i.e. Aamir. They have made him a guy who does everything right, and is never wrong (obviously !) except one line (why can't we use pencils in space?... you'll get to know more after watching that movie). He is a genius... well, I don't have any problem in he being a genius and so on, but the manner, i.e. laughing, playing and never studying (just few nuts and screws with few machine) in which he excels in exams is toh filmon me hi ho sakta haiJ.

Anywys, if we accept these fictious things and also try to digest the last suspense (not actually suspense, but whatever this is, let it be confidential!), then it is a worth watching movie, totally paisa vasool !!! So, go and watch the movie at the first place. I guarantee you won't return disappointed, and thats for sure.

My rating to the movie (Which any way doesn't matter): 3 Idiots
Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor:
4/5.

Media and Death!!

Dec 23^rd, 2009.

Well, this is the only thing which more than 40% of Indians want just after their sweet snooze is finished. Perceptibly, i am talking about the Newspapers. "It's impossible for me to live without newspapers", is few of the countless statements which can be made by those people. Now, i am aware about these things for the reason that i was one of those before some time, precisely, when i was in Kota, I didn't give a damn to anything until i got my TOI.

Well, we always think (and are still thinking) that these rag -people do a very good thing by giving us all those news which we read, but if someone asked me to guess those peoples who can be unaware of all the things happening in the state, then my answer, without any dilly-dallying would be none other than – The Mediapersons. The biggest reason: They are so keen in finding other news around the nation that they forget about the news which they themselves brought few moments earlier. They literally have nothing to do with the news they brought just now. And yes, if we think doctors are the only one who can see deceased-bodies very easily, then once again, mediapersons take the lead here. Once again the same reason: They really don't care! What if those people are dead, what did i gain or lose? – Nothing. Then why should i care! Obviously, they are quite correct. This is the mentality of almost all the mediapersons. And nevermind, they were the same from decades, obviously except very few – which can be said 'extinct'. It's very easy for them to speak like: "fifty people dead", or "five hundred wounded";

I was recently watching a TV interview of Aamir Khan with a journalist (who i am sure was in a different news channel the last time i saw him) in a sort of 30 minutes show. One of the annoying things which i saw in that interview was that the journalist was never interested in listening in the answers which Aamir Khan gave, rather, he was searching for the next question which he can impose on the actor as soon as he finishes his present answer. But yes, he keenly listened to those answers in which he can cross question the star. Seriously speaking, these guys are one of the emotionless living being in the universe. "Sorry to interrupt you sir... but what is...", is something which we will frequently listen in any shows, but think again... are they really sorry to break off? The answer is an utter NO, without any doubt.

Remember 'tehelka'? These are those guys who, the first time in Indian history took a secret camera and wedged someone taking bribe; Actually, they themselves were the people who gave bribe, i don't know whether what they did was correct or not, but yeah, this became a sort of tendency after that, if some channel's not getting good news, the best thing to do is to go to any government establishment (obviously with a secret camera) and give the concerned guy a huge amount of money as inducement – there you go! Now we have a Breaking News for our channel, awesome. Well, now these guys are also too smart!! And so the news-people are not really able to get these footage now-a-days. So what to do now – yes, lets make a show like 'movie masala', and also another show in which we can give an account of all the saas-bahu serials going on today, eureka, our news channel is really growing. And if people are bored from this too – compile news with the topic 'end of the world' and show it 3 times an hour. Now who'll stop this channel from mounting!!

Well, almost all of us are now sentient of the fact that this is what is happening from many years, and the biggest quandary – people like this too, which gives a boost to news channels putting these stuffing more. But as we say, lotus is very easily able to grow, in spite of all the mud around it, in a similar way, we have our conventional Doordarshan, the best channel all across, with no intension of escalating its TRP, it still stands alone and unique with its quality and true news, and therefore, we can very easily say that – yes we can rely on you. So, give away your dilemma and catch up with the latest flick in Doordarshan, that's all i can say!!

Tips And Tricks!!

26^th December, 2009

Well, in this case i am talking about your computer, you can obviously be a little smarter from your mates by doing some very simple things. There are few tricks which i can tell you:

Temporary files can make a hell lot of problem for you, you can minimize it to zero very easily and after that, just no need to bother about it. After you follow these simple steps, windows will automatically delete all the temporary files as soon as you start up your computer. Here are those steps:
1: Create a folder SysImp in for system drive (It generally is C:\ in most of the cases}.
2: Now open notepad, you can do this by:
2.1: Searching it somewhere in the start menu.
2.2: Or by opening 'Run' (Press windows key + r to open it, or you can see it directly as soon as you click on start button, if you use xp) and then typing in it : 'notepad.exe' or only 'notepad' (without
the quotes).
3: Now in the notepad text box, write:

"cd C:\

Users\%username%\

AppData\Local

Rmdir /S /Q Temp"

without the double quotes and replace the 'username' with the username of your system.

4: Now save it with the name "tempclean.bat" this time WITH the double quotes and at the folder which you just created (sysimp).
5: Now open the scheduled tasks in the control panel (xp) or the task scheduler (windows 7) and set this program (tempclean.bat) to execute in every reboot.
6: There you go, you should no more bother about your temporary folders.

IF USING WINDOWS 7, YOU CAN DEcrease the shutdown time by doing some simple steps:

Disclaimer: The author is not responsible for any damage whatsoever happened to your system by following the below trick. Readers follow this by their own will. The author also recommends backing up the registry before editing it through the system restore utility.

1: Open run, press windows key + r.
2: Now type regedit, this opens a registry editor window (after this, do exactly as written, as mishandling may lead to crashing of your system).
3: Now in the window, open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHILE, now move to SYSTEM, then move on to CONTROL, now see in the right side of the dialog box you will see WaitToKillTimeOutService. Right click and click on modify. Change the value from default 12000 (12 seconds) to 5000 (5 seconds). Close the editor and see yourself by shutting down your computer.
(Well, I recommend not decreasing the value less than 5000, as it can close many programs before it is saved.

Q: Then why the hell is it set to 12000? Will it not make problem to my system if I do this?
Ans: Well, thats because those Microsoft guys want to be at a safer side, and if you still think it can make problem, just reboot your computer and check the conditions of your system, if it doesn't look good, change it back to its original state! Easy.

Well, i think the length is increasing a bit, so thats all for now, more next time.
And yes, for all those guys who are more interested in the fact that where did I get all these... please sirjee... change your attitude!

:(

If you think you were the most overconfident person in this world... you are wrong! 'cause you'll always be less than me... this is the only reason for my problems, trying to reduce it now. Well, God, this time i seriously need your help.