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Posted by 7 on Jul 9, 2009 in Uncategorized
Hey there guys.
There’s an opportunity to join the VideoSoundandPhoto.com support team.
They need help with filming and editing across the country and there’s a cash incentive involved.
Check out http://www.videosoundandphoto.com/support-team-opportunity/
Enjoy!
Posted by 7 on Jul 8, 2009 in Uncategorized
If you’ve ever had to have a photo of yourself countersigned for things like passport pictures, what is the first profession you would think of going to? Doctor? Accountant?
Yup.. these were my first 2 guesses. And you’d be right to go to them. But have you thought of any other profession?
Here’s a list of other professions you can ask from the DirectGov website. I especially like the one about director/manager/personnel officer of a VAT-registered company. How many people do you know who own their own business and are VAT-Registered? Check out the list here:-
Your countersignatory should be a professional person or a person of good standing in the community. The list that follows gives examples of the type of person that would be suitable. If you are not sure who to ask you can call the IPS Passport Adviceline on 0300 222 0000.
• accountant
• airline pilot
• articled clerk of a limited company
• assurance agent of recognised company
• bank/building society official
• barrister
• chairman/director of limited company
• chiropodist
• commissioner of oaths
• councillor (local or county)
• civil servant (permanent), but not someone who works for IPS
• dentist
• director/manager of a VAT-registered charity
• director/manager/personnel officer of a VAT-registered company
• engineer (with professional qualifications)
• financial services intermediary (eg a stockbroker or insurance broker)
• fire service official
• funeral director
• insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company
• journalist
• Justice of the Peace
• legal secretary (fellow or associate member of the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs)
• licensee of public house
• local government officer
• manager/personnel officer (of a limited company)
• member, associate or fellow of a professional body
• Member of Parliament
• Merchant Navy officer
• minister of a recognised religion (including Christian Science)
• nurse (RGN and RMN)
• officer of the armed services (active or retired)
• optician
• paralegal (certified paralegal, qualified paralegal or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals)
• person with honours (an OBE or MBE, for example)
• pharmacist
• photographer (professional)
• police officer
• Post Office official
• president/secretary of a recognised organisation
• Salvation Army officer
• social worker
• solicitor
• surveyor
• teacher, lecturer
• trade union officer
• travel agent (qualified)
• valuer or auctioneer (fellows and associate members of the incorporated society)
• Warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers
Posted by 7 on Jul 8, 2009 in Uncategorized
Oh My Gosh… I can’t believe it.
I flicked over to CH4 today and there was a nude lady posing for a portrait.
Not at some random time of the night… But this was on at 12:30 this afternoon. Yes! Literally only 15 minutes ago!
How can they show this kind of thing on TV at this time of the day??? Don’t they realise there are children at home who just flick through channels???
I’m totally outraged!
Posted by 7 on Jul 7, 2009 in Uncategorized
Hey guys and girls!
Wow! It’s really been a long time since I’ve put up a post! How are you all? Well I hope!
I’ve been really busy with work and wedding preparations… Yup! You heard right! I’m getting married! To Miss Jilna Haria, soon to be the new Mrs Gosrani! I can’t believe there’s only 34 days left till we’re officially Mr and Mrs Gosrani…
It’s going to be an awesome time with family coming from all across the world, the 2 families meeting each other and best of all… The Food! Haha! Just kidding Jilna… The best bit is I’ll have this amazing, gorgeous, wonderful, caring, lovable, (I could go on all night), girl as my wife. To hold hand in hand, forever in my heart.
I’m sure I’ll be back soon for more updates about what’s been happening but I better rush off right now. Speak to you all soon!
Sawan.
Posted by 7 on Apr 1, 2009 in Affiliate Sales, Uncategorized
I love this video!
The coordination and the fluidness is amazing!
Posted by 7 on Mar 13, 2009 in Uncategorized
Yesterday I was at Suraj’s and Heena’s place.
We were having a conversation, and my phone rang. Due to the bad reception in the area, I had to go to extra measures to have a chat.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking Orange service. I’ve been with them for a good number of years now and not had many problems.
The situation was just a bit comical and I’m glad Suraj was there with his Flip camera to capture it. 
Enjoy!
Posted by 7 on Feb 19, 2009 in Uncategorized
I was recently going through some of my old posts and I found this lovely story. Read on:
I was 16 years old and living with my parents at the
institute my grandfather had founded 18 miles outside of
Durban, South Africa, in the middle of the sugarplantations.
We were deep in the country and had no neighbors, so my
two sisters and I would always look forward to going to town
to visit friends or go to the movies.
One day, my father asked me to drive him to town for an
all-day conference, and I jumped at the chance. Since I was
going to town, my mother gave me a list of groceries she
needed and, since I had all day in town, my father asked me
to take care of several pending chores, such as getting the
car serviced.
When I dropped my father off that morning, he said, “I will
meet you here at 5:00 p.m., and we will go home together.”
After hurriedly completing my chores, I went straight to
the nearest movie theatre. I got so engrossed in a John
Wayne double-feature that I forgot the time. It was 5:30
before I remembered. By the time I ran to the garage and
got the car and hurried to where my father was waiting for
me, it was almost 6:00.
He anxiously asked me, “Why were you late?”
I was so ashamed of telling him I was watching a John Wayne
western movie that I said, “The car wasn’t ready, so I had
to wait,” not realizing that he had already called the
garage.
When he caught me in the lie, he said: “There’s something
wrong in the way I brought you up that didn’t give you
the confidence to tell me the truth. In order to figure out
where I went wrong with you, I’m going to walk home 18 miles
and think about it.”
So, dressed in his suit and dress shoes, he began to walk
home in the dark on mostly unpaved, unlit roads.
I couldn’t leave him, so for five-and-a-half hours I drove
behind him, watching my father go through this agony for a
stupid lie that I uttered. I decided then and there that I
was never going to lie again. I often think about that
episode and wonder, if he had punished me the way we punish
our children, whether I would have learned a lesson at all.
I don’t think so. I would have suffered the punishment and
gone on doing the same thing. But this single non-violent
action was so powerful that it is still as if it happened
yesterday. That is the power of non-violence.”
Posted by 7 on Feb 15, 2009 in Uncategorized
I LOVE this advert! Watch closely at the kids eyebrows! Freaky and fascinating at the same time.
Posted by 7 on Feb 15, 2009 in Uncategorized
I read this story in the October – December 2008 edition of “SanghSandesh”, which is the magazine published by the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (UK):
There was a young student-archer who became so good in his art that he could shoot an arrow into two with the next shot. He began to boast that he was a greater archer than his guru,
One day his guru, an old man in his 70’s, asked the youth to accompany him on a trip across the hills. The journey was uneventful until they came to a deep chasm.
A single log spanned the chasm. The guru walked down to the centre of the log, un-shouldered his bow and taking an arrow shot it into a tree on the other side. His next shot split the first arrow in two.
“Now it’s your turn” he said, walking back to where his student was standing. The youth stepped gingerly on the log and very slowly and carefully made his way to the middle. But his heart was in his mouth. He knew that if he lost his footing, he would plunge to his death. His hands trembled as he strung an arrow into his bow. Preoccupied with the danger he was in, he found it hard to focus on the target. Consequently when he let go of the arrow, it missed the tree altogether. Whimpering, he turned around.
“Help me!” he shouted to his guru. “I’ll fall!”
The old man walked up to him, took his hand and stepping backwards led him to safety. Neither of them said a word on the return journey but the boy had much to think about.
He had realised that to be a master of his art it was not enough to know how to control the bow, he had to learn how to control his mind too.
Many thanks to HSS (UK) for the use of this story!
Posted by 7 on Feb 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
Hey all!
Right, well as you can tell from the last post I just added TweetSuite to my blog and it’s brilliant! I just added a post as per normal, saved everything as per normal, and published it… yes… as per normal. The only difference is that it updated Twitter automatically. For all those who haven’t caught up on what Twitter is, it’s MicroBlogging. A small post worth 140 characters giving a short sharp concise message to everyone on what you’re up to! Check out my post about Twitter.
Here’s how to add TweetSuite to your blog. Head on down to http://danzarrella.com/beyond-tweetbacks-introducing-tweetsuite.html and download the plugin (You’ll find the link part way down the page).
Then once it’s downloaded, log in to your hosting area for your blog, find the directory for your site, then go to the contents directory, and then the plugin directory. Upload it here in Zip format (using Zip upload) and it will automatically extract.
After this, head back to your blog admin area, e.g. www.lifeof7.com/admin and get to the area where your plugins are (usually the ‘plugins’ tab). Activate the TweetSuite plugin and go to the Settings tab. Make sure everything is to your liking, insert your Twitter username and password, and save.
Then as normal, create a post! Remember, when you create a post, the title of it will show up on Twitter as a Tweet, and it will turn the long URL into a ‘TinyURL’ for people to click on.
Simple!
P.S. Don’t forget to create a Twitter account before you do all this otherwise you’ll be stuck halfway!
